The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-17
1t is believed that the murderers of Pay.
mnster ] Rrainard Mcl,lnra and Hmrh Elan.

master j. bralneru MCCLURE ana dugn t1an@
negan, who were assassinated on the noun.
tains near Wilkesbarre, on Oct. 10 last and
robbed of $12, 900, are In the custody OF
the PinEerton detectives of Philadelphia. 1t
is known thatsone sarpestswas made and that
the prisoner spent the night in the private
cell of the Pinkertou agency headquarters
The man was removed to some unknown
place. The statement is given that this
prisoner made a confession III which he i'm
plicated an other person, and, it is believed
a portion OF the money has been recovered
The prisoner is supposed to he-~"Red -Nosed
Mike" an Italian laborer who was employed
on the new railroad that was being built
near Wikesbarre, on which Mcclure was em.
ployed as paymaster.
At Auburn, N. Y, five inmates of the crmi
nal insane asylum here made a desperate
break for freedom. One attendant had been
left in charge of the hall in which were forty
prisoners. At a favorable opportunity the
five men sprang upon him, and, in their
eagerness to secure his keys, tore the clothes
from his body. With the KEYS the gang
opened the door leading into the yard.
Here they encountered another .attendant
and another battle took place. The officer
broke his musket in pieces over their bodies.
The insane men triumphed, but gained the
open air only to be met by third attend
ant, who fred into the gang, disabling
one of them. This shot alarmed the other
Keepers VINO, ulIHE q ueS ptTdJe uSut, SeCuEeu
the madmen and returned them to their
cells. Afs&&E - AE
The discovery of a supposed murder and
suicide on the fourth floor shocked the ten
ants of a tenement house in Fifty-fourth
street New York. The relationship that the
man and the woman in the tragedy sustained
towards each other made the double crime
unusually disgusting. The murderer was
William Mann, an artist, aged fifty two, and
biS wiz his nioan Eorpio V0nas
the vile of Stephen Jones and the mother OF
a thirteen-year old son. The woman's hus-
band did not live with her and, instead, she
lived with her uncle. The womans son
rushed out of the house and calling police
man said his father and mother were both
dead upstairs. An officer went into the
house and found the man and woman both
dead, with bullet wounds in their bodies.
What preceded the murder could only be
gathered from the story of the woman son
and the woman's sister
Bill Ryan the train robber, a member of
the famous James gang, has been granted a
communication OF his twenty-fve-year term by
Governor Moorhouse of Missouri. The gov
ernor in granting the communication says:
Ryan was but boy, and came of an hon
orpd and respected family of Jackson county.
He was no doubt guilty of violation of the
law, but from statements submitted and
other information believe he was the least
guilty member of the band. A man who was
much deeper stepped in crime, and who was
more guilty was pardoned out of prison to
convict him, and he has been punished more
than any member of the gang" Ryan hos
been confined in the penitentiory since Oct.
16, 1881. He was convicted of completely
in the Blue Cut train robbery on the Chicago
& Alton railroad in that year. The testimo-
ny on which he was convicted was given by
Tucker Basham, a member of the James
gang. Ryan will be free man April 16
1889.
For some time gang of burglars has been
operating successfully on safes in the small
towns of Northern New York and Vermont,
and recently they have visited Champlain,
n. Y, and La Cole, Canada They broke in
to two safes in East Stanbridge, little
town in Quebec. There were three men in the
| party and they stole horse and wagon and
| started for Stanbridge station, where they
| boarded Conductor Church's train. AS the
train was drawing out of the station two Of
fcers of East Stanbridge drove up just in
time to see the burglars smiling at then
from the window of the rearcar The officers
| telegraphed to Pete Smith, Canadian rev
enue officer at St. Andrews, to arrest the
burglars and he found them. The train had
started, and as the burglars make no resist
ancs. Officer Smith asked an assistant to
watch them while he went into the baggage
| ear to see if any of the stolen property was
on board. In O few minutes he returned.
His assistant had disappea red. On the
platform of the car stood the three burglars,
armed with revolvers. AS soon as the officer
| appeared they fired two shots at him,
through the glass door. One of the bullets
went through his hat. When the train
| reached little station near st. Johns, the
burglars disappeared in the woods.