The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-21

N/LE ~ - was With nlIl IHu DDIu
E&A9 ~ men brought each
L. NJ " { cheap revolver of a
~ X y heavy cali ber and
CLhoH. MI n o.. ~.sOme cartridge.
With the revOlvera in
U-IcAAT"A> their pockets the two
men resumed their drunken spree and visited
several saloons. At one of them they en-.
countered the city marshal, KnPpton. Moe
made threats in the marshal's hear
ing to kill some one, and knepton took Noes
revolver from him, giving it to the saloon
keeper to take care of. This was about 10
O'Clock p. IN. At Ills p. IN. Charles Chalin
was standing at the corner of Front street
and Holmes avenue, talking with young
lady and two young men. ChaIn,
who was young man of the same
station in life aS Lee and Moe.
had inst returned from trip In the country,
where he had been looking for work. Moe
and Lee came up as Chalin stood talking,
Lee walking a lew PAGES ahead. AS they APP
preached the group, Moe was heard to say
in Norwegian, Now we will have pig
waltz when within ten PAGES of Chalin,
Moe said in English, "There we have our
man Lee came cr0wding between Chaln
and the other three OF the group and askel
Chaln if he was the man who wanted to
run him (Lee) out of town. Chalin said he
knew nothing about it. and as he spoke, Lee
fired his revolver, saying: I'm show you
who the dog is in town" The ball passed
through Chains head, and he fell without
uttering II sound, and died Immediately.
Every one ran except Lee, VINO nred one o. or
TWO more fhots c lh1,scr'lllnately y aIo4hu oe
lore ne mace on; Moe was arrested nan an an
hour later, but Lee was not arrested until
the next IN mOrning. when he was found asleep
in the grass near his father house, his reyOl-
ger still clasped in his hand and only two OF
its chambers loaded
NOT SATISFIED WITH GOVERNOR MERRIAM.
Inc general sentiment IN Brandon ana
throughout the entire county Is that Moe Is
equally guilty OF the crime of murder with
Lee, and there has been considerable
amount OF censure against the few people
VINO nave been making an e1ort Tor the COM
mutation "i Moe sentence rIday num-
Der OF leading citlZenS whose sympalhles
were uhfaVoraDle 10 Moe on learning that
there was posslpliltE OF the governor
commuGmg moe sentence prepared teie-
gram addressed 70 the goFerhaf ASKING MN
noF 70 interfere win thc e&ecutl9n OF p"th
prisoners. The people who sent the telegram
were not very loud spoken IN their sentiment
on the sub,ec until the the tldIngs OF Moe
communication was announced to them. Then
storm OF Indignation went up from half
dozen throats at once when the shellh an
nounced tne receipt oi teiegram 10 lhe
crowd IN the hotei oHFe. Such expressions
o.: II ID shane' ana Lee sentence
should be cOmmuted, but Moe 5 never
THE LAsr SCENE AT THE s.AFFOLD
Tb;s ic q dosor;r+ion or tho oIoso of tho
+ra %od,,
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oon1rnond r. oIoor tba WOW ,vns CriTar, ond
10 nronoso;or erossod tho 9f4"o ornssoa Tho
norcb noSso1 oyor tho roilod rl,+rorro ond
for Tho 4re+ +imo in si~ mon+bS Iopn 10
could Iooi. m 70 tbo SlIv Tbo Sbor;ff wos in
odVonco NJ Wilnox yis;hIv q ffsctod laid o
man stood nnnn the dron the moose soon
to stran~la ont his life hrnshing his IL foot
Anave turned On 7 40 the Minute h. emerged
from tho door of tho ia;I Ua uavo ono h7;ef
rlonoo oromnd and +bon Iootad e+oad;IT
oboad mil ho STOOD ,,non tho tran ~
faco ros nolo bnt bal nat tho rbostIy 1ooE
nf ~" ,,pnr'i U' IL i"u nno LlenL diooonn1
sact sr;T and blro ond wb;to cbactod cot+oD
sbirt Tho Nal oonN-in +b;s ;nstanc.o 6a1t
hrnwn ,,[,I,, -, hia %noj A. Tho obo,ff
or,idoJ hin, 70 th;e I,ns;+io- ho stood nr,i.a
erect He oova ono swoen;nc, GLANCE over tho
neonie teIow from loft to r;ghf and rsisin~
his eves, looked for a brieT instant at the
miner windows of tho iaiI where wpre
SEVERAL members oftbe sboriffs' family Then
thav swant the renortors and sher;fs an Tha
nn,:oh "a in,.ad nbDod Tbe ioo%
80 ~, - ~ " gonti,,S, rF -;n,,t
Donn+I Turdaron d. "a % +ha nnmop+ 90 wos iT
Dositi9n foutaDod q 'n utrnn nhnnt Iis onISlos
and another about his lers above the knees
Tba VOL ,yoS dono o~nof;+innSlv onJ on,,oI
" ou;ctlv tho shoriff possad a s+ran sr6und
iae's hoSv ahoyn tho oIhows Yet tbis man
~ hn JooJ IN ~ y f,,, ,,;rn+oe S+ood u,;+b
ont tron,nr I h " roS " iiha s+o+un or"inst
tho S.rt Lactoround of mon on tho sceffoid
and not a +ron,or not q +wi+cbinn If a ms
cIa conIJ bo obsoryod II twasnot .!oamenass"
II was not ..bInff ,, T. wos simnIv irmnoss
wonSorfII 90 - =; o 80 Tbe sta,;sr ,lini.aJ N
!L " | ~ " J'r4 .i ~ 80 N f P
f. swan+ ~ foo'S cIn+bos w. - ~oseJ onS bo
rI.ncod at Il cn,.;onSIv A tho sheriff
55niIad down the cam after onickly ad-
instinc tho MOOSE wbinh obmt ont tho Eabt
forevar from Too's owes ha said. Pc