The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
Petty MiCkednessAs,

Gov. Thayer OF Nebraska offers a reward
of S4O0 for the arrest of the murderers OF
Caroline and Bessie Lovett.
j. A Hauck, teller of the Traders National
Bank Of Baltimore, committed suicide by
hanging.
Harry H. Flann. bOokkeeper for the Marine
National bank Pittsburg has been arrested
for the embezzlement of$35, 900 ofthe bank
funds
A. c. Green, agent of the Jenny Electric
Light Company Of Indianapolis. has not
been seen for ten days, and is thought to
have been murdered
J. J. Smith, the Ariz ona train robber has
been captured at Hernon. Tex Some weeks
ago he escaped from custody by jumping
from a car window.
Andrew Grimes the colored murderer of
John Martin. matc of the schooner Annie
Carl at Atlantic City on last Christmas day.
was hanged at Mays Landing, n. ].
At Galena Ill, Jonathan S. Keene, aged
sixteen, was sentenced to prison for life for
the murder, of Prof. H. 7. Matchett super
intendent OF the public schools at Hanover.
In South Carolina Andy Caldwell a negro
who had escaped from an insane asylum, at
tempted to outrage Mrs Beckham. He was
taken fl ON the sheriffs charge and shot to
death by tOrty masked men.
O'DonOvan Rossa and Wilbur H. Hen
erickson were arrested in New York at the
Office of the United Irshman at the instiga-
tion of Patrick s. Cassidy on a charge of
criminal libel.
new arrest was made at Chicago in the
Croniu case. The prisoner is Michael Walsh
plumber. who has been working at Joliet
Heknew Martin Burke, the Winnipeg suspect
in Chicago. Burke it is reported turned up in
Joliet the day after the Cronn tragedy, and re-
mained with Walsh practically penness un
til June 9, when it is thought q money order
came to the Winnipeg man from Chicago.
The natural inference would be that Walsh g
arrest was due to q desire on the part of the
police to elicit anything of value he may
know regarding Burke, the supposed Frank
Williams with whom DR.. Cronin drove off,
the night of May 4, never to be seen again.
Frank Roster, who was found dead in his
house near Maynard, in Fayettecounty, Iowa,
was murdered by his vie. Mrs Roster called
for the sheriff and made full confession. She
claims that she and her husband had agreed
upon division Of property and Il separation
AFTER the agreement Ln6y FeJlFeu IN QlUeFenG
rooms. About 4'Oclock in the morning
Roster broke into her room, dragged her
from bed and brutally beat her. She
sscoped, when fearing further violence, fed
at him, killing him instantly. Rosters
body was found by a cream-gatherer on his
morning rounds. Mrs Roster has been plac
ed in Jail.
George Renfel, q wealthy Mennonite o
Gretna, Manitoba imported two thresherE
and two engines from the states q few days
ago He paid $4,000 in cash for the ma
chinery besides paying 5000 duty and S14C
for freight. After arriving at their destina
ton a local machine agent discovered thai
they had been made by convict labor across
the line, and reported it to the government
The machines were seized, and will be de
stroyed, as it is contrary to the Law
of Canada to import anything from
the states made by convict labor. Renie
knew nothing about the law in force, ant
will have to suffer the consequences withou
any recompense
Stephen Hodge an old colored man, wa
killed at Marlboro, Md, by Benjamin Law
son, farmer living near that place. Law
son is now in jail Lawson was in UpDe
Marlboro in the morning. He started TO
home about II o'clock. Arriving there,
found Old 'Uncle steve ana young ncSr'
named james Stewart near his corn house
They had an OK cart with them. Lawson
thinking they had been stealing his corn
struck the old man terrific crack on tn
head with stick. The blow smashed tn
Old mdn's skull, and he fell in his tracks
Lawson then tied the old mans hands an
feet with q POPE and left him lying there
The eoIored population are very much eS
cited over the murder and all classes of cit
xens regard it as brutal crime,
william j. Hilton, q wealthy and miSe"l
old merchant of Franklin. KY, is dying in
room behind his store. One day he crawle
out of bed and into the store, followed b
his negro attendant. Hilton ordered, tn
latter to place a certain keg onthe hre
his room, saying it contained some oil
papers, among them will that he wished
destroy The negro did as directed nc