The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-11
Grimes and Criminals.

Mrs. Annie Lawrence. aged seventy one
gears, living in the Thirteenth ward Ale
gheny City, was found by her husband in
the yard with her throat cut from ear to ear.
She had LETT the house during the night and
committed suicide. There is no cause as
signed for tie deed
Policeman John Manning of Bessemer,
Ala, went to arrest Il negro named Sandy
Jones on warrant When Manning said
Sandy, want you" the negro replied,
''NO, you don't" seized a Winchester rife
and shot Manning dead. Sandy fred
through the door at three policemen outside,
and then dashed off to liberty. He has not
been found.
Larry Mcdonald and John Schneider, gov
ernment employees working on the Mississippi
river improvement commission, quarreIled
in small skiff in the middle OF the river
at st. Louis. The men cinched. and terri
bic struggle followed. Mcdonald proved the
most powerful and Selling Schneider about
the waist threw him headIonginto the river
Schneider was drowned. Mcdonald rowed
ashore and escaped
The body of E. c. Mahr, a homesteader
was found in the sand hills four miles from
his home at Madrid Neb. He had been shot
in the head and robbed. He went to Impe-
rial, proved up on his claim and borrowed
the rest having been paid out in Imperial,
he started for home A neighbor who went
with him to prove mp, purchased draft at
Ogallala the day following the murder, and
has not been seen since.
The smuggling operations Of AIard &
Sons. of Paris and New York, was the main
topic of conversation at the office of the
custom house at New York. Special Treas
h. 4l.
swindle is of the opinion that the evidence
that the firm smuggled hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of dutiable goods
into this country in the seats of antique
chairs and quaint mirrors is conclusive 1t
is not expected that anything further will be-
done in the matter until Secretary Window
is heard from.
Sheriff O'Neill, of Choteau county, Mon
tana, arrested Charles and William Farrell,
Jeff Pruitt and another man on the Marias
on the charge of stealing sixty horses from
the Canadian mounted police. The FarelIs
drove theze horses into the Northwestern
territory to SELL The Canadian custom of
ficers claim the payment of duty was evaded
on them and they confiscated the whole
band The Farrels and Pruitt surprised
Lees camp on the night Of Feb 16. recap
tuTed the horses and ran them back to the
United States.
Rev. Charles Sidney Hurd, lately Of the
Palmerston Unitarian chapel, Boston, COM
mitted suicide by taking opium in the Eus-
ton hotel, London, Mr. Hurd wrote to the
Rev. Stopford Brooke, asking pecuniary as
sistance. Mr.. Brooke made inquiries and
promised to pay Mr. Hurds passage to
Boston, although Mr.. Hurd was q stranger
to him. At the inquest on the body letter
from Mr.. Hurd to Mr.. Brooke was found.
In this the unfortunate man thanks Mr.
Brooke for his kindness and apologies for
having troubled him. The letter concludes:
The sole way by which can escape my diff
culties is through the gates of death. / am
the most unlucky mortal on earth. Give my
body to medical school for dissection. My
brothers address is No. 4 Parker street,
Malvern, Mass.
Tt looks as if Denver would furnish the
country with another sensation. At the re-
sent municipal election, Wolfe Londoner, bhe
RupubIiean nominee, was elected mayor by
O small majority, after one of the most cor
rupt fights ever known in politics. Voters
were offered money at the polls, while many
we're assaulted tor not allowing themselves to
be bPibed. The citizens committee com.
posed of Republicans who declined to sup
port their party nominee, held a mass meet
ing at which the present ifcumbeHts Mayor
Lee and Mr.. Londoner, were denounced, and
subscriptions were received to contest the
late election. Among the speakers was G.. L.
Rockwell, who denounced Mayor Lee in most
uniting terms. This has aroused the ire of
the mayor, and he sent word to Mr.. Rock
well that If on apology was not forthcoming
within the next 4S honrs he would kill him
on sight. Rockwell says he will never apolo-
gize, and thus the matterprests, The affair
has oaused great sensation. J