The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-04

band, John Short, colored waiter, may
have murdered the woman and he has been
locked up. The neighbors claim that the
couple have quarreled frequently os late.
Mrs. Short, whow u Norwegian and twen-
ty-seven years of age, had recently fallen
heiress to some money through the death OF
relative in the old country, and had been
desirOus OF returning to Norway to take
possession of her property. This her hus-
band objected to her doing, fearing that il
she left him she would not return. Short
claims that when he returned from work he
found his wife's body lying on the bed with
the throat cut and notified the police imme-
dately A razor which he had been carrying
was found under the body on the bed.
A telegram was received by Marshal Gross
at Louisville, from United States Commits
sioner R. s. Friend at Prestonburg KY, an
nouncing the murder ofDeputy United States
Russell Wireman. The murder occurred thr-
teen miles southwest of Hindman, Ky. Wire
man made raid in Berry and Leslie counties
after the moonshiners. The country is very
wild and mountainous. filed with ravines and
cliffs. They had only gotten a short distance
when confronted by twelve men armed with
Winchester rifles. The party had been hiding
behind the rocks. and when the deputy mar
shal and his assistants approached with the
prisoners they stepped out from their wait
ing places. Without o moments warning
they opened fire on Wireman, their bullets
being apparently directed at him alone The
afticer returned the fire with his rife, as
also did the special baliffs, and several
rounds were exchanged. One of the bullets
struck Wireman in the breast, and penetra-
ted his heart killing him instantly.
What will probably prove to be one of the
ot nt-op mil ffoI in
Southern New Jersey was brought to light
by the discovery of the remains of man
fOa ting on the surface of pond near Turn
erville, n small village in Gloucester county.
The body was soon recognized as that of n
Jewish peddlPr, who visited that section of
the country once n month regularly until
about three months ago, when he was miss
ed from his rounds AS he had always stop
ped with Joseph Hillman, a young married
mar, living in Turnerville, suspicion was di-
rected towards him he was placed in custody.
About the time the peddlar was due on an
other round Hillman moved to another
house, and soon aStOniShed every body in
the vicinity by starting out with n peddlPr =
pack. He seemed to have lots of money,
and this fact was more astonishing as he
was usually known to be without money.
He offered his goods for sale at unusually
low figures. AID on being questioned as to
how he could afford to sell so low, he is said
to have explained that he found the pack
and wanted to dispose of the goods, as he
had no use for them. An examination o. the
house from which Hillman moved stains on
the floor of the second story room and also
on the boards on the ground floor. The
theory is that the unfortunate peddler was
murdered while asleep on the second floor
and his body carried down stairs. When
found the body had rope tied around the
waist, which had evidently been used to drag
the remains to the pond.