The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-04-17
amar county

Lamar county, narRe o. roD-
bing mail and express train of the Mobile &
Ohio railroad near Butekatunna bridge, has
begun in the circuit court at Waynesboro,
Miss.
James Sloan. white, and Robert Bergen,
colored, engaged in an alteration over a set
Element at Greenwood, Ky, when Sloan drew
a revolver and tried to shoot Bergen, but the
weapon missed fire. John Sloan, a brother
OF James came in and followed the negro to
a saloon. where both had guns, firing began
simultaneously, and both John Sloan and
Bergen were killed. Sloan was q member OF
one of the best families in the county.
Joseph Fenscb, who for the past eight
months has been wanted at Ashland, Wis,
for the brutal murder of his vie, July Is,
1889. was captured at Butternut, Wis. He
was confronted by Officer Fart and Mr.. and
Mrs. Drummer, the uncle and aunt of the
murdered woman, who in spite of the fact
that Feusch had shaved off his mustache
and cut his hair close, positively identified
him. Two other men also swore that he was
Feusch.
Dakota, Mimi, was the scene OF a bold bur-
gIary. Entrance to the residence of NJ. C.
Harrington, postmaster and merchant, was
effected through one OF the windows. They
wrecked large So e, and carried ffthe whole
Ofits contents. The safe contained $500 in
III,
500 belonging to the postofice department,
800 longing to a grain buyer there, six
500 checks payable to bearer and an I'M.
known amount of postage stamps. The
whole aggregates about 81 800. There is
no CleW.
The river at Arkansas City has been on q
stand for thirty-six hours, SO that no dam
ages has been done here by the cutting ofthe
levee at Red Fork. An eye witness of the
cutting has made affidavit before the United
States com missioner giving the names of ff-
teen whites and eight negroes concerned in
the crime. The men will be prosecuted GRIM
inally by the levee board, and civilly by the
planters and Others who have suffered losses
on account of the crevasse The Catfish cre-
vase is 2, 900 feet wide, and still widening.
Mary Lahey was arranged at Fall River,
Mass, for disturbance of the peace at the
Fall River almshouse. Tie prisoner said
that shocking condition of affairs exists at
that institution; that inmates are abused,
things are unelean, that an idiot boy is con-
fined in a room tied to astake, Yallowing in
filth and treated like d beast. She says she
was confined in the lookup for soma petty
offensS. and TINT the air in the cell was so
vile she bad to smash the window to keep
from suffocating. Thejudge ordered an in.
vestigation. -..--.-. ~ ~.
It was discovered at Worcester; Mass, that
Frederick Kimball, teller of the Peoples Saw
ings bank of that city, who went away on a
short vacation for his health, took with him
about $50, 900 in first-clnss securities be-
longing to the bank. 1t is not yet known
whether Kimball is also defaulter. A let
ter was received by Mrs. Kimball from Mon
treal, Canada, which had been sent by Kim.
ball to the postmaster at Montreal to be re-
mailed by him to Worcester. The bank has
assets of over 50, 900, 900, and will not be at
fected. fri
A man named Willard Williams nick.
named "Crazy Kelly" went to the house of
Judge Clinton Texton of Medford, Wis, and,
addressing Miss Maggie Pritchard, a neice
of Mrs. Texton, said, Are you Maggie
Pritchard2" She said yes" and he then
said: You must die, and fred at her killing
her instantly. He then shot himself. He is
still alive, but will probably die. Miss Pritch-
ard was one OF the Leading young society
bellies the village, and a tavorite. The
cause of the tragedy is not known, except
that it be due to insanity.
A clue that may lead to the detec.
tion of the murder of Mrs. Mettiman has
been discovered at Leavenworth, Kan.
1t seems that at 10 o'clock on the Saturday
before the murder was committed man
named Benson called at the house of the Met
timans He was met ut the gate by Mrs.
Routzahan, and inquired to see her mother.
Leaving him in the front yard she went in to
the house and she said her mother returned
to where Benson was waiting. Mrs. Metti-
man said to her daughter, May, you had
better 60 into the house" Benson bears an
upsavory reputation. He has disappeared
and no trace OF him can be found.
a case has been decided in Indiana which
practically declares slave marriages illegal
In the ffties Andrew Thomas, Georgian
slave, married another slave according to
negro rites. Three children were born. Later