The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-13
Grimes and Criminals.

Ed Lee a captured horse thief, while trying
to make his escape, was shot and killed III
Polk county. Tex.
Gus Black shot and killed Reese W. Perkins
at West Lake Charles, La, Black fed. and
has not yet been captured.
Morris C. Baum. a prominent politician
Of San Francisco, has lied to Europe, leaving
forged notes for $4,000 on his brOther-in-
law Simon Anspacher. Besides this. Baum
owes over $4,000 in debts. With him went
Jessie WierS. who blackmai,ed prominent
married merchants out OF thousands o.
dollars
Antonio Silvera Desemia. a herder, blew
his head OF with revolver in a crowded
railroad train near cheyenne Wyo. The
brains sputtered over the other paSsenge
Many women tainted. \ number OF Swedish
emigrlnts were on board. During n panic
that ensued one man was crowded OFT the car
platform and killed.
Theresa Astor. wife of cigarmaker
named John Jacob AStor, committed suicide
IN New York by taking Paris green. Astor
claims to be Il cousin Of his millionaire name
sake and has frequently been written up as
such in newspaper articles. He earns
only $3.50 a week. and lives i'll miserable
tenement. Dependency because OF poverty
- given as the cause Of the wOmans 5 suicide.
The body OF the child. Maggie Thompson
whose mysterious disappearance excited the
,ity OF Cleveland, o, was thought to have
been abducted. wa found in the cellar 0i a
am!lv named Lruch rrsiding a few doors
from the THOMPSON =. The child : head was
OH and size was o,uarwise horribly mut lted.
The entire Leurh family were mt once placed
un;er arrest. The police nl" working hard
to gather clues. The lputll,s have not been
Identified in any degree with the case pre-
viOus 10 this time.
Judge Parish, OF Ashland Wis.
sentenced Samuel Mcdonald and John
Graham to fourteen and thirteen
year terms respectively in the state prison at
Waupun. Ghey were convicted of beating
Alfred Mcdonald almost lieless at Pence,
Feb. ), alter which they robbed him of over
$500. Both have served terms at Waupun
and are regarded as dangerous criminals.
While awaiting tIIul for this offense they
broke all 1wirH, once going as far as
Spokane Falls. Wash., where they were cap
tured by Sheriff Brren Frank &. Martin,
for burglary, received Il sentence of four
years. John Berry Tor stealing purse con-
tanning $3.50 on u Wisconsin central train,
was given two years.
Mrs. James Phylng recently began action
in Detroit, Mich. against her husband. charg-
ing deSertion. PhyHng has filed an answer
in which he sets forth that hpfell in love with
the woman because OF her Iuxuriant hair
After the marriage which occurred a year
ago. he found that every Ie erence to her hair
caused her to become angry. and he noticed
that she would never make her tOIet in his
presence. This worried him, and one day he
climbed upon a chair. looked over the tran
som of his wife bOudOir and discovered that
her ringlpts were hanging on the back of a
chair. The woman was as bald as the back
OF her hand PhFliug shTeked and his vie
tainted. When she recovered she explained
that she had lost her hair in a fire, but no
explanation would satisfy him. and he left
his wife in the possession of their home. tax
ingup quarters himself in another part OF
the city. He says he cannot live with her.
Some weeks agoa Chicago rag-picker found
Prince Albert coat, a vest and camels hair
undershirt in a barrel on Elston avenue, in
Lake View. The police came in possession
of the clothing and several towels in which
it was wrapped. Chief Hubbard kept the
matter quiet. but was positive the clothes
we're not worn by Cronin when murdered
Mrs COnklin was called to identify the
things, but said that DR.. CrOnin had never
worn them. He had only two Prince Albert
coats, and these were still hanging in closet
in the house. This has injected new sensa-
tion IN the case. The towels about the
clothes were denticaIIy the same as those
found in the catch basin with DR.. CrOnin' s
body. The belief is growing that Cronin
first killed one Of his intending assassins be-
fore he was himself slain. He always feared
being killed. and never went without re-
vUlver 1t is thought that he killed one OF
his assaiIants and was then butchered, and
that the dead consplrator's companions
made away with their comrades body and
put the clothes in the ash barrel The above
sensation was badly damaged for when
further investigation has convinced all re-
sponsible for the error that there is such a
thing as jumping at conclusions. The fact
is now proven that the slashed and CORY
garments were not Cronin's at all, but be.
Ionged to Albert Herzog, barber, VIII O
committed suicide over his shop at the cor
ner of Milwaukee avenue and Perry streets
about five weeks ago.