The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-10-30
SINS AND SINNERS,

Mcdaniel, the Ark ansas train robber. has
been condemned to the penitentiary for life
At Providence, R. l., Jerome Sweet was
found guilty of murder of his wife by saturat'
ing her body with kerosene and firing it, and
has been sentenced to prison for Ii e.
An unknown man assassinated Tom Mar.
sha Vogesong at Falmouth, KY. A. Richie
and Oscar Downard have been arrested and
may be lynched.
Numerous mpmb bers of the Corndodger
club, an organization of youthful thieves
and burglars operating in Texas cities, have
been arrested.
At Bluffs, Ill, Harry Thompson of Jack.
sonviIle was shot and killed by telegraph
operator named Chenomith. Thompson was
the aggressor.
At Montreal, Que, William ProuIx. from
Denver. Colo, has been arrested on the
strength Of a telegram asking that he be
held on the charge Of embezzling $3, 500.
Near Port Huron, Mich. man named
Pellet stabbed and probably fatally wound.
ell James O'Hare wealthy farmer. and his
wife. Robbery was the motive. Pellet has
not yet been captured
The White River Utes from Utah have
crossed over into Colorado and are killing
! been asked to send troops These are the
same Indians and they are committing the
same depredntions that caused the Ute wal
! three years ago.
| The Toronto Globe publishes q letter from
Bir"hall, who now claims that he and Ben.
we'll had concocted plan to swindle Ben
wells ather out OF $780, which they we're to
divide. and also that PelIv was to be victim
! lied. Their trip to Woodstock was ia
| further their schemes but he denies all knowl.
edge of Benwell's murder.
| John Hope. who was implicated in the rob
| berry Of the Manhattan Savings bank with
his father, Jimmie Hope, the famous bank
| robber, was liberated from Sing Sing prison
| upon q pardon from Gov. Hill. Hone re-
| ceived sentence o twenty years by Judge
Cowing in July, 1879. He served nine years
eight months and twenty days.
The jury in the Novak murder case at
Toilet, ILL.,, returned verdict of guilty in
| the first degree, with the death penalty
Several months ago Joseph Novak quarrel
I'd with fellow workman named Sokzloski
That night he went to Sokzloskis house
| and fired load of shot through q window
with the intention OF killing his enemy The
charge instead struck and killed Sokzloski's
Fl teen-year-old daughter
Officers at Mitchell, Bridgewater and
Olivet, 5. D.. sent pose into the country
near Mount Vernon to arrest a man named
Perkins, whom they suspect of being con.
nected with the safe breaking which occurred
in the post office at Bridgewater. Within
the last ten days the postoffice aafes at
| Olivet, Bridgewater and Letcher have beer
broken by robbers, who secured at the first
named place about $500. The officers think
they have traced the work all to the same
| source.
Miss Flora Tyler of Butler, ILL.,, walked in
to the room of Eugene F. Mease, at Chicago
and, after securing ring and p hotograph
placed a revolver over Meases heart and
fred. Mease turned slightly and the bullet
entered his LEFT shoulder The wound is not
| lataL Miss Tyler was immedia tely arrested
| Mease had been engaged to Miss Tyler but
had broken off the engagement and O few
days ago married Miss Je sic RAYMOND
who was present during the shooting Tb,
shooting was ior revenge.
Last summer William Fillinger and his
vile, who lives three miles from Perry, Mich
attended a series OF revival meetings and be
came religion-mad in mild way. Will
them lived Fillinger's mother, who has lonr
been physically rail. 1t worried FiEnrer
and his wi g that the elder woman was nm.
baptized, and so they decided that the nee
essary religious rite should he performed n /
though the poor woman was confined &c
her bed, unable to rise. Taking water tt
her room, they began the ceremonysby dnsh
ing water in her face, and continued it unit
rom shock aud exhaustion their victim died