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

At Burksyilia Ky. Matt Baker was shot
and mortaIIy woHnded by his uncle, DR.. San
didge, and has cousin Sandidges son. The
town is uRder local prGhbiton law. San
didgs keeps a drug store. u hen he refused
to sch Baker whisky Baker followed him to
his house and became very abusive, Alter
ordering Baker away several times Dr. San
didgP fired upon him. and his son followed
with further shots 1t is considered impos-
sibde for Baker o recover.
Butler Thompson, Herman Thompson
and Samuel Odegard OF Mondovi, Buffalo
county, Wis, beca very drunk in SALOON
in that village The Thompsons, who ara
Brothers set upon Odegard on his way home
and dubbed and kicked him till he was un-
conse1GtIs, fracturing his skull, both of his
arms and five of his ribs. The Thompsons
ale in Jail. OdPgard is dying. An old feud
and bad whisky were the causes of the
trouble.
Oliver Osaug, the scaler who was recently
arrested for making a false scale of logs with
intent to deiraud the Northwestern Lumber
company, pleaded guilty to the charge be-
fore Judge Texter of Taylor county, Wis.
and wasimmediately sentenced to one year
in the state prison, the last dag of the term
to be spent in solitary confinement. The
extreme 14@fHlDy Oh Jilc law LOT TEe CUe1Se Is
five years in priRGn. Osnug seemed very pen
itent, and the fact 70 doubt had much to do
with making his senteEce comparatively
hight.
,EIerbert E. Coddington ahas Herb Parker
O. Colorado cowboy, was arrested at Newark,
N. j., oA a charge Of larceny, arsen and kid
mapping. The dispatch on which he was az.
rested came from trinidad, Col, from whic h
.A.y1,, IL
oFnar to secure her he set fire to her fathers
ranch, and then fed to New Mexico, where
he masfiRd her. They came to this city and
stayed With Jarvis Ayers, q relative OF the
girl. The accused admits all the charges,
except that of aEsGn, He says tn at the girl
was willing to go with him. He is held for a
TequisitiOn.
-Four Americans from H Psse ehot and
killed two American policemen ip JaaFez,
Mex. Tie Americans were in Juarez raising
considerable disturbance by firing off their
pistols and ovest9rning apple and meat
stands when the police attempted to arrest
them. One of the Americans opened fire on
the officers, shooting one dead. second
shot brought down the second policeman
fatally wounded, The American Powdias
then made break for the river, closely puF'
sued by Mexican soldiers. Three or them
Is
across while thefourth crossed on the bridge
and was fred at three times by tbs Mexican
guards. Fully 200 Mexicans came ovsR to
El Paao to demand the arrest OF the guilty
peTsoAs.
The Iitie town of Granville, Iowa, has for
hong time tolerated the open saloon, but
recently some temperance citizens began to
take action looking to closing them and q
warraEt was placed in the hands of the con.
stable to make a seizure ofliquors. But he
was met with mob who utterly defed him.
Threats were made to kiln him and they
even went SO far as to puta rope around the
officers neck The officer remained in
town, Sending word to the sheriff foF nssist-
Ance. That official was not at home and no
assistance was sent. Later in the day tbs
mob attacted the constable and used him
cashier roughly, he finally getting away by
drawing his revolver on the crowd. The of
dieers propose to make another attempt tc
close the places and will take a force sufh
scient to keep the crowd in check.
Mrs. Mary Short, a white woman living at
SO Fourth avenue, Chicago, was found dead
in her bed room with her tiFoat cut from
ear toear. The police think that heg bus