The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-22
Criminal DOingS,

Catherine Mulig, an aged woman of Phila-
delphia, committed suicide by holding her
head in a tub Of water.
Emma Lindloff, an orphan girl at Lincoln,
Neb., was so prosecuted by children that she
committed suicide by taking poison.
Robert B. Ford was arrested in Chicago on
the charge of collecting money in Pittsburg,
representing that it was for the Johnstown
sufferers.
Herr Lachmann, editor of the Londoner
Journal, weekly newspaper printed in Ger
man shot his wife and child and then COM
mitted suicide.
Craven Garrett, who was arrested at Chi
cago for decoyiug young girls from Salem,
ILL.,, to leWd houses, was sentenced to five
years in prison.
The mail pouch containing $4,000,
thought to have been stolen from Pennsyl-
vauia train near Terre Haute, Ind, was
found by the side of the track unopened
John Sutton, farmer near Winamac, Ind,
has been arrested on the charge of conspiring
to kill FIVE of his neighhors and burn their
barns. A previous quarrel with his neigh
bors is SuttOn's reason for forming con-
Bpiracy to kill them.
In the United States court at Austin, Texas
Gus Wilke and Abner Taylor pleaded guilty
to the importation of skilled laboreres from
Europe to work on the New capitol and
we're fined 81, ,OCO and costs in each of sixty
fourcaEes.
Eben S. Allen ex-president of the Forty
Second Street & Grand Street Railroad COM
pany New York who pleaded guilty in the
court OF general sessions to the fraudulent
issue of stock Of the company, was sentenced
by Judge Gildersleeve to fourteen years i'm
prisonment in state prison.
Frank Donahue will soon be released from
the Illinois penitentiary after serving two
years sentence for larceny. 1t has been
learned that he was the innocent victim of q.
conspiracy. He had while going his rounds
as a newspaper carrier, become acquainted
with the young daughter Of certain mill
ionaire. The father, learning of the inti-
macy, had him arrested on a charge of lar
ceny, and bribed his lawyer to advise him
to plead guilty.
Prize fighter Sullivan was convicted by the
Mississippi jury. The verdict was ordered,
and the jury was relieved, Sullivhn's face as
the verdict was rendered was q study. The
look was not disappointment or grief, but
more of worry and annoyance. He showed
no feeling in presence Of the crowd, and as
soon as he could get away from the court
house he went by q back way, accompanied
by several of his faithful friends. He tried
hard to keep up his spirits, singing a sDatch
of song and forcing laugh, but he was
evidently little dOwn-hearted. He stopped
at the depot to see the north-bound train
pass, and later on recovered his usual merry
mood, and was as social and as unconcerned
as ever.
A. Musser, at one time o well known and
respected citizen of Brunswick Mo-, made a
novel attempt ut suicide that will doubtless
prove successful. Mr.. Musser was arrested
at the union depot Mt Kansas City, charged
with the theft OF numerous satchels. In
three of the satchels were valuable papers,
which he hid in different parts OF the city
Guarded by two officers. he was taken out
. to find tie papers, and while passing cable
road he threw himself in front of O passing
train before the officers could restrain him,
and sustained injuries that viii prove fatal
Musser was noted in Missouri for duel
fought during the war times with Robert
Hancock, n rival newspaper editor at Bruins
( wick, Mo. The formers revolver missed fire,
aud he stood calmly in his position while bis
antagonist shot at him three times. Then
erasIing tho cane of one of the seconds, he
thrashpd Hancock so severely that the on
lockers were obliged to interfere. Until a