The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-10-24
The World OF Criminals.

William Goddard, Bement (Ill.) saloon
keeper, was fined So 900 and costs torselling
liquor in violation OF the law.
Extradition proceedings were begun at
Toronto against Wilson II. Sherman, of the
firm of Sherman Bros 4 Co. of Buffalo. The
charge Is forgery.
Some unknown person opened the office
door of Police Commissioner Richard c. An
derson at Dayton, Ohio, fired O shot at him,
woundlng him in the thigh. The man escap-
ed.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch says that Mrs.
Christina Hitler, ST years old, hanged her
self OF her home in Center township. Sheused
the we'll rope for the purpose, attaching it to
a tree. Cause, i'll health,
The coroners jury in the case of Catherine
B. McRae, OF Rev. Donald McRae, who died
from eating poisoned candy received through
the postofice at ST. John, N. B. has return.
ed verdict of willful murder against William
j. Macdonald, young man OF high social
standing.
h. d. Gregg, for many years private secre-
tary of Gen Sheridan when the general had
his headquarters in Chicago, and for some
time department clerk at Washington and
later a newspaper man at Omaha, was SEN
fenced to the penltentiary at Kansas City
for FIVE years for horse stealing.
William Games murdered fellow workman
named Eugene Sullivan on the farm ofGeorge
Shields, about two miles south OF Bristol
Station, Wis. Games cut Sulvan's throat
with butcher knife, and thrust the blade
through his body seven times. He was ar
rested and confessed saying he feared Sulli-
van would "beat him out OF his job
At Massillsou, o., the police arrested aman
said to be Ike Morgan, the leader of desrer-
ate gang OF burglars and safe blowers that
has operated in Eastern Indiana and West
ern Ohio. Morgan had been living with his
wife at Massillon TOR some time. After his ar
rest searsh of his house was made, revealing
merchandise of all kinds in large quantities.
and also fine outfit of burglars tools
Miss Adelaide P. Thompson, aged twelve
years, who has been under treatment for q
nervous disease affecting her brain, jumped
from a third-story window of her home in
Brooklyn and was killed Members of her
family, who kept constant watch over her.
had left but moment before, thinking her
sound asleep. She was evidently feignng
sleep in order to secure a few moments soil
tude.
William Grant Eberhardt applied IN court
for change of name, giving as his reason
that he did not want to bear the name of his
father, who he alleged, murdered his infant
brother two yeaes ago in Lawrence, Kan.
The father now lives in Chicago. His son 8
application for a change Of name was the
first intimation received that he (the father)
was considered by his family q murderer. The
police will investigate the charge.
Fl. F. Parker, a well-known farmer living
southeast of Evansville, Ind, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head with o
rife. Deceased was part owner of q farm
adjoining the city limits which Senator Evans
and other capitalists desired to buy, it being
their purpose to locate n manufacturing plant
thereon. Parker was anxious to sell, but
his married son, who lived with him, opposed
the project. Parker came to the city and
signed an agreement to sell the farm of los
acres for $21 900 to Senator Evans. He
then went home and a dispute ensued, the
result ofwhich was the act ofself-destruction
IA terrible tragedy was enacted at point
about two miles from Ellensboro, Ritchie
county, West Virginia, Thomas Dye, a pros.
porous farmer, shot Edward Schofeld in the
breast with O musket, twenty seven heavy
&tugS taxing eHecU, causing instant death
The murder was the result of q aquarrel started
by Dye, who objected to Scho1eld's tearing
down q building which stood on ground
owned by him. Dye was arrested. Schofield
was about twenty-one years of age, and
aike Dye, belongs to a prominent family.
The settlement along the Murry canal
near Trenton, Canada has been thrown into
ngreat state of excitement over the discoy
cry of the mutilated body of woman
partially burned, in a vacant shed on tn
bank of the canal. The body had been dis
gmboweled and one of the legs was missing
The identify of the unfortunate woman ha
not been disclosed. The impression is tho
a foul murder has-been committed. A. cart
was attached to the vacant shed warning t,
trespassers to beware, while on stick t.
which was attached q piece of paper, wa
written in the same hand a lot of doggere
Every effort is now being made TO ascertain
if any woman is missing about the neighbor
hood, but as yet without success.