The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-06
SINFUL SIFTiNGS.

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Thomas Thornton by blow with his fist.
The Mariposa stage, near Merced, Cal, was
held up by two highwaymen. The mails and
the Welsh FaTgo express box were taken.
Henry Lleweyn, living near Columbus,
Ind, mortally wounded his mother because
she refused to deed him the farm upon which
they both lived.
Dick Hawes. who will be hanged at Birm-
ingham, Ala, has made a third confession,
saying that he alone is guilty of the murder
OF his wife and two children.
Broker PeII, under Indictment for his con-
nection with the wreckng of the Lenox Hill
bank. New York, surrenderd by one OF his
bondsmen, and is once more locked up.
Bob Pope, white man of bad character,
and his son, eleven years, were shot dead
while riding from Cummings mill to their
home in Hampton county, s. c. The muir
derer Is supposed to be "a white man.
Herr thinner, editor of a newspaper pub
iished in Breslau has been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for two years for an insulting
reference to Emperor William in commenting
on his majesty's labor rescripts.
Charles J. Stephens, a letter distributor in
the Chicago postoffice, was arrested for rob-
bing the mails. About tveuty letters and
registered packages were found in his room.
He cor: :essed.
Walter c. Howes of De Witt, Iowa. in a fit
Of dependency shot himself through the head,
Tying few hours later. 8is ETiif5 hud refused
to live with him on account of his dissipated
habits. Both were highly connected
In the Jail enclosure at Osceola, Ark, John
King was hanged for the murder of Mrs War
rem and her child. The murder was commit
ted year ago, and King was convicted on
the evidence OF nine-year-old child.
9 Thomas H. McKinnon, a prominent bust
ness man of Atlanta, Ca, has disappeared.
and is short several thousand dollars in his
accounts 1t is said that Nc McKinDon let with
woman " ton he has been intimate,
leaving i.is vie and family behind.
The dead body OF William Schumacher was
found in q shanty in Zollers' Grove A re-
volver was found lying at his side, and there
was a ugly bullet wound in his right temple.
The death was the result of suicide He was
formerly a tax collector and became short in
his accounts about $500.
Andrew Torgerson, farmer living in High
Forest, Mimi, committed suicide in jail by
hanging with a handkerchief He came to
Rochester and about dark started for home
but having little too much alcoholic stim
ulant on board he fell off his wagon and
He leaves a widow and six or seven children
In 1886 an attempt was made to murder
Mayor Oscar of Racine, Wis, by placing 6
bomb in front of his residence, which he was
likely to drive over on his return home late
at night. John Jambor was convicted of tht
crime on circumstantial evidence and sen
fenced to ten years imprisonment. An ap
peal was taken to the supreme court, which
affirmed the decision of the lower court.
horrible torture was inflicted on two
horses belonging to William Rosenthal
Hebrew citizen of Winnipeg. The animalt
tongues were cut out with knife and the,
were suffering terribly, being unable to eat o
drink The tongue OF one horse was severed
close to the roots, while the other had abou
six inches cut of. Another Jew named Ber
ger has been arrested charged with commit
ting the crime.
E. g. Brooks and F. W. Grimmett, younl
Eng1ishmen who have been doing Winni
peg for the last six months presented checl
for $3.50 at Alloway & Champions bank ant
secured the cash. Next day they took tn
train for st. Paul, but were arrested on al
rival at Grand Forks. They were brough
back to Winnipeg by Chief off Police Hennes
sey of Grand Forks. They both claim t,
have wealthy relatives in England who,
is said, will square the matter with the bank
William SeeIey Hopkins was hanged a
Baltimore for the murder of his wife an
mother-in-law. When the drop fell the rop
broke and the condemned man was agai
fastened up. The drop fell successfully tn
second time. In 1887 Hopkins married Mag
gle Wigamen. For year they lived happily
but Hopkins became Jealous and finally lef
Sept. %, 1889. he went to the Wigame
house and deliberately shot both his wife an
her mother dead.
The Misses Carney, two of the three younj
lady students of the normal school of Wis
consin who have been missing for the pas
week, arrived at Oshkosh aceompanid b.
their father. They, with Miss Byron, th
third missing young lady, walked across th
lake, distance of fourteen miles, to thei
homes in Calumet. Miss Byron, is at HON
still i'll from the effects of the tramp. Th
Misses Carney say they did not disclose thei
purpose, because they feared that they Woul
not be permitted to carry it out.
Thomas Jandra shot Christina Wash
at Montgomery, Mimi, because she woul
not marry him, it is supposed. The murder
er then fred shot at John Mack, the ba
passing through Macek's right lung. The
Jandra turned the pistol and shot himse
twice through the heart, dying by the side
his victim, Christina. Tneshooting occurFe
about FIVE miles south of the village. at til
home of the girls mother. physician ha
extracted the bullet from the lung OF job
Mack and he will probably i've
Mark A. Barren, Chicago gambler, wa
shot and dangerously wounded by Charle
Hatfield, of Henderson, KY, on an Iro
Mountain train, near Dexter, Mo-, Bare
and n companion, George Jones, also of Ch
capo. had engaged in game OF poker wit
Hatfield and travelling man named Kelle
4. 1t was skin" game, and Hatfield locke
ike a farmer, but evidently was not caugl
the idea after losing about 500, and starte
for Barren with an ugly looking revolver
his hand. He first struck Barren with Il
weapon, then shot him in the rist and rigl
breast, inhicting an ugly and possibly fat
wound.