The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-01
Criminal DCingS.

. During a riot among Italian laborers near
Pittsburc one man was killed. another mort
ally wounded and several severely hurt.
James Byrne a porter in Banks & Co.,
coffee house at New York has confessed to
stealing 30 900 pounds Of coffee
An unknown man hired boat at Chicago.
and after rowing ont into the lake q short
distance. stood up in the boat and shot him
self the body falling into the water.
Barnard Wrinkle ohm and his two sons, Bar
nard and Joseph, were arrested at Carlyle,
ILL.,. charged with numbering Frank Winkle-
john about six months ago.
White Caps at Gillespie, Ill-f hanged Henry
Bokamp until he was nearly dead and took
shameful liberties with his wife. Bokamp
was suspe cteI of committing petit larceny.
Bald Knobber Of Forsythe, Mo, has been
warned by Bald knobbers to leave the coun-
ty in ten days or be lynched.
A true bill has been returned against Mrs.
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, the American,
on the charge of having poisoned her hus-
band, James Maybrick, who was wealthy
cotton broker Of Liverpool
Luther GenooI. aged eighteen, of Spring
field, Mo, was poisoned by his mother and
ste pfather. The motive for the crime was
the mothers desire 10 get rid of her son, who
caused trouble between herself and her
husband.
Joseph A. Howell school teacher who
has been on trial in Linneus, Mo-, several
days past. charged with numbering his cousin,
Mrs Minnie Hall, and her four children, near
Brookfed, in Linn county, in January last
and then burning the house over their heads
to conceal his crime, was found guilty ot
murder in the first degree. Sentence was de.
fprred.
The five men accused of completely in the
murder of Dr. Cronin-CoughIin, Beggs,
Woodruff, O'SulIivan and Kunze-were ar
raigned in Judge Horizons court at
Chicago All pleaded not guilty. In the
cases of Bpggs, CoughIn, Woodruff and
KunZe motion to quash the indictments
was made and entered. o. Sullivan's attor
ney made motion for o change of venue
frbm Judge Horizons court.
Charles s. Crysler, a prominent lawyer o
Independence, Mo. is a defaulter to the
amount of $4,000. Crysler has been {
financial agent for Eastern parties. An at
tachnent suit was filed against him for tht
recovery of 81 800 by f. B. Jewett of Yer
mont for money sent him to be loaned ant
never accounted for. This transaction
brought matters to a crisis and Crysler lef
for the East 1t is believed that the tota
amount of his defalcation will exceed $50,
600. Of this $4,000 is money sent to hin
to be loaned.
When NJ. E. Billings, the alleged murderer
of Attorney Kingsley at WaverIy, charged
LAWYER Monaghan with larceny at Gary, S
u, the latter charged Billings with perjury
The sheriff arrested Billings on the Burling
ton train and brought him back, and tn
iustice adjourned the case until next Morn
ING. That night Billings eluded the sherit
nnd again sailed out He was seen on
night walking toward the creek and as h
had been acting very strangely the past FEY
DAYS it was thought by some he had CON
mitted suicide and the creek and the wood
surrounding it we're accordingy y searched
is probably that some one assisted him owe
the state line into Minnesota.
James W. Smith, the man who attempte'
to kill himself in Judge McConnell's cour
room at Chicago when he was found guilt
ofa criminal assault upon q little girl an
sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary
win be free man when he is able to leav
his bed in the county hospital. Judge Nj