The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-30

Printing company, II. NJ Foster manager
also check of 5000 on the National Bank
of St. Paul, payable to Couard Schneider,
and signed Wistry Schneider. The checks
were cashed and came into the hands OF n
local bank. kilograms from the Denver and
st. Paul banks proved the checks bogus
John c. Bradley, cashier of the Merchants
National bank at New Haven, Conn, was ar
rested charged with embezzlement The loss
to the Merchants bank may reach 800, 900.
1t is said Bradley and Charles W. Palmer
discounted notes without the knowledge OF
the directors, and it has covered space OF
several years. Palmer has been arrested also.
Teller Palmer has made full confession OF
all the transactions. The general opinion
is that the affair is much worse than the
bank officials care to admit. Bradley is
about fifty years of age; is very popular. He
was prominent in church circles, and was
also prominent i'll military circles, Palmer
is about forty years old and has been with
the bank nearly twenty years.
Recently "a member of the Canadian Blood
Indians visited Montana and stole number
of horses from the Gros Ventres. A fight
took place near the Bear Paw mountains in
which none OF the Canadian Indians were
killed, but two of the Gros Ventres were kill
ed and their scalps brought to the Blood
Reserve in triumph. The Canadian m Ounte ell
police have been in pursuit OF the thieves and
murdt rs-their object being to recover the
horses and return them to the Montana
authorities. Two were captured after
an exciting chase. Three OF the party
are said to be at the South Piegan agency in
Montana. Other arrests are expected i'll Il
few days.
Peter McGeehan, who mysteriously disap.
peared from Philadelphia three months age
and was next heard of in Chicago, where, it is
alleged. he threatened the Ii e of DR.. CrOEin
was arrested in Chicago. The arrest OF Nc
Geehan is thought to ioreshadow other ar,
rests because ii is known that he has been
under the surveillance OF the Pinkerton de.
tective ever since the disappearance of DR..
CrOnin on the 4th inst Though he was con
stantly ShadOwed it was deemed wise not to
arrest him until other important evidence
was obtained to demonstrate how far reach
ing was the conspiracy which had for it's OBJ
iect the murder OF CrOnin The arrest OF Ne
Geehan is interpreted in local Clan-na Gael
circles to mean that the net is being drawn
in by the detectives and thatit will eventually
land all the participants i'll the foul crime.
One ol the largest robberies of registered
mail ever committed in the Chicago post
office has just been perpetrated. The vault
in Supt A. R. Howard 5 division was entered,
evidently by an emplOye familiar with the
place, and eighty-six registered packages, all
ready TO put in pouches tortheir destination,
distracted and no trace LEFT. The night
clerk coming on duty did not receipt for tine
packages to the day clerk whom he relieved,
the latter being in Il hurry to get away, and
deferred taking Il rPrei pit, till morning, when
he in turn relieved the night clerk. 1t was
then discovered that eight-sX registered
packages were missing and could not be ac
counted for. The amount of money con
tanned in the packages cannot be ascertained
for some days Two employees of the post.
office are suspected of the theft.
Rev. Henry Greenfield Schorr, assistant
rector Of St, Paul's P. f. church, committed
suicide at Baltimore by blowing his brains
out with pistol Mr. Schorr was twenty
nine years OF age. and had been in his pres
ent position since last October. The tathel
of the deceased attributes his sons act tc
tie suiride of q friend in Mckeesport, while
he had IL charge at that place year ago
Mr.. Schorr endorsed note OF 81 900 for his
friend. At its maturity the drawer OF the
note tailed to take it up and the minister
Paid it the friend promising to REIN burst
him in monthly installments. The debtor
however shortly afterwari blew his brains
out, and young Mr.. Schorr o.ten -bewailed
the act believing that It was due to the in
ability of his friend to cancel the debt o
$1,000 Another possible and more prOba
j BILE cause for the suicide was discovered. Mr.
| Schorr was deeply enamored of a young lady
on Charles street, who did not reciproc 1T
| his affection.
The failure of the Scranton, Pa, Bank, th'
arrest of Vice President and Cashier Jessep
charged with the EN- bezzlement of bank funds
amounting to not less than $135, 900 pro
duced intense excitement Cashier JessuI
! stated that he was utterly astOnished whel
put under arrest on the charge OF embezZle
ment. He denies the charge and says tha
! he has not used, illegally. the banks funds
nor did he purpose going to Canada. If h.
had made mistakes III loans or investment
he was personally liza BILE and had ample prop
: Prty to make good the losses This proper
! ty was within the reach of creditors. DR.
! ThroOp stated that the banks embarrass
ment was caused by Jessup using it's fund
to promote contract with the New York
I Ontario < Western railway, by which tn
latter was to develop coal lands containln!
! 100000 tons OF coal, hled by Iessup ,unde
| leasehOld, the road now being under cOn
| tract. Jessup spent week before last in New
| York and Boston looking after the project
but the matter being deferred he returned
to Scranton dsheartened. Had the projei'
carried Jessup would have realized 5000, ,00O
and this would have carried him safely over