The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-18
WICKEDNESSES.


The hostile Indian ca mp is said to have
broken up and the Indians have scattered
among the Bad Lands. They are stealing
horses and robbing houses.
Frederick Emmert, superintendent of the
Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, has been
arrested charged with keeping upon the pay
roll the name of dead employe and draw
ing the salary
William Miller, an Indian Territory horse
thief established himself in Dallum county,
Tey.. as preacher, and had just closed a
sermon when arrested. The congregation
was astounded.
Cecil Thomas, son ofMayor Thomas OF
Palmyra, Mo-, and Matt Rentschler, trav-
cling man, have been arrested in Kansas
City, charged with numerous forgeries for
small amounts.
State Treasurer Woodruff of Ark ansas is
reported $67, 900 short in his accounts.
He refuses to talk. and the truth will not be
known till the legislature investigates in
January.
Polk Wilson, well-known character OF
Cham bersburg, Pa. has been sent to Jail for
eighty days for swearing eighty profane
oaths, under the Pennsylvania "blue laws
act of 1894.
HTe0 we're CdpUuT0u near
| New Market, Mo-, recently, with their whole
outfit, and 10000 in spurious money.
The scoundrels have been circulating very
dangerous 500 counterfeit bills.
D. W Morey, of Morey & Craig, paper
agents of Philadelphia, has disappeared,
leaving debts OF $65, 900. Some of his cred
itors declare that he has swindled them, and
his partner is under arrest.
II
the Memphis Evening Democrat, has been
indicted by the federal grand jury for violat-
ing the lottery law in publishing list of the
drawings.
Premier Mercier and Mr.. LIE Blanc engaged
in heated controversy in the Quebec legis
lature and were prevented by friends from
engaging in a fstic encounter. 1t was a
most disgraceful scene.
A bloody fight between negroes and white
men is reported to have taken place near
white man and the wounding of another
| Several negroes were wounded.
The body of o white man, on which was
found card reading death to in!ormers. y
has been found hanging to tree in Dawson
county Ga, it is supposed that he is gov
ernment detective who has been locating
moOnshiners.
Life imprisonment was the verdict rendered
against Manic Starr, the poisoner of the
Newland family in Chicago. On hearing the
| announcement she screamed and tainted
| away in court, remained unconscious fol
| twenty minutes.
| At Cheyenne, Wyo., Charles Miller, the fif
teen -year-old boy who last September mur
dered Ross Fishbaugh and Waldo Emerson
of st, Joe, Mo-, while stealing ride with
them in box car, has been found guilty o
murder in the first degree.
Grof, Morshbach 6 Co., Cincinnati sad.
dlery firm caused the arrest of W. o. CIeve
land, one of their clerks, for embezzlin 9
$4, 900 or $5, 900. He confessed to part oi
the theft. He claims to be related to
ex-President Cleveland.
Diamonds valued at $40, 900, and owned
by Mrs. Kirk B. Armour, have been stoler
from the vaults of safe deposit company il
| Kansas City. The case is a mysterious ont
and the detectives have not the slightest
| clue.
The organized band Of robbers who have
been operating in West Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania for years past is abou1
broken up. Five OF the members of the bant
| are in the West Virginia penitentiary anC
ten more are under arrest.
band of White Caps went on raid il
Harrison county, Indianna. They whipped
on their bare backs with hickory switches,
man named Shuck, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin il
Hith township, David Lowe AMI Fielding
| Rickard in Washington township, and mott
fed dozen Others that they must reform
their morals or take the consequences.
A short time ago Mrs. Martin Overbecl
was called from Omaha to Cincinnati by tn,
illness of her mother Overlook, who wal
cashier for the Chicago Lumber company
it IL said, took an inmate of hou ne of i'll
fame and went for drive. The couple visit
ed road house north of town and had 9
royal time. Returning in hilarious condj
tion, Overlook undertook to drive across
the belt line track in front of Missouri Pa.
ciRc express train His body was hurled high
in the air, and he was SO injured that he dice
shortly afterward. The woman was unhurt
The defense in the Grinnell murder tria
now in progress. in Elkader, Iowa, intro
duced some sensational evidence. Samue
Schauer, who was CorneIps fireman on th.
fatal night, testified that he knew of Cor
neIl's intimacy with Mrs. GrinneIl; that th.
couple had system of signals, Mrs. Grinnel