The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-19
DOINGs OF THE WICKED.


Albert Reyoir. tried at Hudson for killing
james Mcdonald, is convicted OF murder in
the first degree.
A Michigan man kills another'S mans wife
because she w0nII not elope with him. and
then kills himself
t. 3. Hemmingway, a druggist and private
banker Of Binghamton, \. Y, has dsap-
peared. aud is said to have taken S75, 900
belonging to others.
George Marker prominent miller of
Council Bluffs. Iowa, was sandbagged and
robbed OF jewelry valued at $500 and
number of checks.
F. G. Bechtel proprietor of a shoe store in
Scotia, y. y, was mortally wounded by four
whom BechteI surprised while they were
burgIarizing his store.
Thomas r. Adams. manager of the cattle
ranch of the Milwaukee & Wyoming Invest
ment company at Cheyenne, WyO., has alb
seconded. His detalcations are estimated at
81, 900. He mas been married but six weeks.
He took his bride with him.
The bookkeeper of the Farmers and Me-
chanics bank at Fort Worth, Tex, forgot to
lock the safe and Watchman Charles Wal
lace sent for his friend Lee RELY. REILLY re-
spOnded with u bag, and $4,000 in silver was
carried off. The men were arrested and part
of the plunder recovered.
The body of a woman was found among the
ballast of a vessel which arrived at Mddles-
borough England. One Of the hands had
been severed and was found in another place.
The vessel sailed from MillHall docks, Lon
don, and the police suspect that the woman
Is another of the victims of Jack the Rip
per
constable and a posse of 10 men cap
tured Chris Farsi and Chas. Sheppard in the
brush along the Elkhorn river in Nebraska.
The men are charged with murder OfC. F.
PuIsifer the grain dealer a. Cromwell Both
confessed the crime, and were taken to Ere
mont, where they are row in jail They
were followed by mob with a rope. but
were safely landed on the train under guard
of Is men.
fellow claiming to be a physician has
succeeded in badly fleeing a number of citi.
zens of Nauvoo, ILL., He made great profes-
sons as a cure all and succeeded in securing
a number of patients. He presented them
with a contract to sign, which they did with
out hesitation. The doctor lie t in few days
and now the, contracts have turned up in
the hands of innocent purchasers as notes
for amounts varying from So to so.
Reports have been received of an affray at
Geelyburg, Vernon county, Wis, that will
probably result in murder. Two young men
named Granger and Rockwell quarreIed
abOut something. Rockwell had sharp AK
with which he struck Granger in the side
burying the blade in the flesh and making q
wound that, it is believed. will result in deatf
in a short time. Rockwell fed and at last
accounts had not been captured, though
officers are after him.
In deserted cabin just west of Coolidge
Colorado, a herder made discovery that
probably means double murder. Lying
just inside the door was the body of a mar
with bullet hole in his head, while in the
house was the body of q woman with hel
skull crushed. Near by lay a bloody ak
The bodies were recognized as those of
man and woman who had passed through
the town two weeks ago. 1t is supposed
, they were murdered for their team.
- special from Lancaster, o. says
young man named Charles L. Crippen, met
tragic death. He and his father had room
on the fourth floor of the Tallmadge Hous
and retired early. About 1 o'clock mex
morning you ng Crippen aroused his fathe
by talking in his sleep. His father shook hin
to awaken him, when with bound the youn
man leaped through a window that had bee
left open for ventilation, clearing the balloon
and aIighting on the stone tagging. He wa
killed.
J. Randall Brown, the mind reader, ha
been retained as a witness for Perrin, who
implicated in the Hurley, Wis, bank robbery
The principal evidence against him is the fac
that he possessed the combination and was
friend of Bakers. The theory of the deiena
is that any mind reader could secure th
com animation from Perrin or the bank pres
dent, without either of them being aware
the fact The proceeding is considered one
the most novel in the history of America
Jurisprudence.
Two boys picked j. H. McVicker's pockt
of wallet containing $4,000 at Chicago
The veteran theatrical proprietor was on
crowded Indiana avenue car and was jostle
by two natiIly dressed youths who droppe
off the car at Hubbard court and disappears
Mr. MeVicker felt for his pocketboek, misse
it, and made unsuccessful pursuit. Most