The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
Petty CrimInalities.

W H. Webb. who murdered his wife at
Brandon on Sept. | was hanged ut Winnipeg.
He met his doom without tliurAimg, and pro-
teesed o have received religion. Death was
instantaneous.
On farm near No:th Loup. Nebraska,
Sheriff NirholI arrested 4 man answering the
description of the supposed murderer of
Miss Mehitahle White of concord, Mass. 4
large reward had been offered for him. He
denies his guilt.
Prado the murderer Of Marie Aigutant.
his mistress. was gulllotined at Paris in the
Place de la ROQuatte. He preserved firm
pempunor to the last He refused to make
confession. and also declined the services OF
the chaplain. The death was witnessed by
some POO artists. newspaper men, lawyers
and politicians who possessed influence sut-
fcent to obtain admission within the sentry
lines to the Place De Ia ROquette He died
with much the same bravadO rs Pranzini,
his former rhUm and counterpart.
\ = amber named Jack Calvin got into q
dispute with another man in Helena, Mont.
Jack Harris, Il we'll known gambler and ath-
lete nterfprred and took the stranger part
when another quarrel ensued between Calvin
and Harris the latter knocking the former
down. Calvin secured q dagger and followed
Harris to Dell Dicks saloon to fight Harris.
A scutfip followed, both men falling to the
floor, when Calvin pulled his dirk and stab
bed Harris in the left side, the blade cutting
through a rib The wounded man now lives
at the hospital in critical condition. Gal
vim is in jail. Sympathy seems to be with
Calvin IL, H1rris is Regarded Is bully, and
@shot a man at Great Fails last year.
In front Of the guillotine a board stood
upright to a height of five feet. Four hurley
men dressed in blouses Of blue and white,
striped stockings, sprang forward, seized the
condemned man, hurled him onward against
the upright flung themselves upon him, and
by their weight bore the struggling victim,
face downward to the top OF The low plat
form That board worked Ona swivel and
ran on rollers. In an instant it had been
wheeled forward until the neck was under the
glistening knife, upon which the morning
Night had begun to gleam. Then the knife
vas sprung, and the keen steel struck the
neck as it might have coIlidcI with q rubber
car spring. 1t went through. and the head
of Prado lay among the shayings beyond.
One of the boldest robberies ever commit
ted in st. Louis. occurred on Olive street,
near Sixth, the busiest part of the city.
Henry Ashoff, with ROseuheIm, Lewis & Co.,
wholesale millinery, had drawn $1,000 from
the Bank Of Commerce. He had the money
in three Dackagps-one Of 81 900 and two oil
$50 each At George NeiI's hat store, 625
Olive street, he was jOsted by three we'll
dressed men and found $500 of his money
missing He gave the alarm and one man
was arrested. The prisoner gave the name
ofC. W, Ward, but afterward admitted his
name was Clifford w Ely, and stated that
he Travelled for Price, the collar and cuff
dealer, Chicago The money was not founC
on the prisoner.
James Green. of W Olcott, Wayne county
n Y. who cut his wife's throat after hitting
her on the head with a hammer, and ther
cut q frightfu cash in his own neck, succeed
ed in escaping from his watchers and getting
possession Of Il razor, inflicted another depI
cut on the opposite side Of his neck from tho
first, and died in few moments. He haC
made frequent attempts during the day tC
tear open the first wound, but was held OF
the bed by two attendants. Mrs. Green viii
probably die. When asked why he attempt
ed to kill his wife, Green would only reply
because | wanted to- Green's son,
young man, says his fGtherwas Jealous with
out cause and that women gossips are tC
blame for the trouble. There is great ex
citement in the village over the tragedy.
Judge Robert A. Johnston committed
suicide at his residence in Avondalo nea
Cincinnati About two months ago, his es
timabe wife, daughter of the late Judg
Ewing, died after n long and painful illness
Since then Judge Johnston has been know
to be broken with grief though he has at
tended nearly as usual to his duties. II
resided with his married daughter. Mrs
Harries Hurlbert and after dinner visitc'
the, grave of his wife at Spring Grow
cemetery IN themorning, he rose, and, with
out dressing himself took revolver whic
he had in his room, and deliberately fred
ball through his head, singinstantaneou
death He was we'll established gnancially
happy in all his domestic relations and ha
no known cause for this act except for hi
overwhelming grief at the loss OF his lfelon
companion. He was between 55 and g.
years old.
An unknown man entered the saloon of {
Kalmbach, in the suburbs of Omaha. as he wa
closing up, and, flashing revolverin in his fnct
-Iordered him to throw up his hands. Kahn
bach seized the man, when the Inter free
the ball striking Kalmbaeh just above th
temple. The saloon keeper threw his assai
ant to the floor when O second man rushed j
and began beating Kalmbach over the hea
with a revolver. The saloonkeeper's do
here seized the second man, and Kalmbac
succeeded in throwing the first man out {
the window. The second burglar then brok
away frdm the dog and fed. Kalmbac