The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-10-23
WAYS OF THE WICKED.

A pirate craft on the coast ofChina recent
ly seized a trading junk and massacred i'll
cold blood the whole crew ofthirty nine men.
Will Hopper, who had lust arrived in Kan
sas City with load OF stolen cattle from
a special policeman while resisting arrest.
Thomas Greening, farmer living soven
miles north of Cameron, Mo-, shot Bill Lob
man of limestone while he was firing
Greening's barn and house.
DR.. Clinton T. Cooke of Chicago has been
missing fora week From the circumstances
attending his disappearancei it is learned that
he has been toully dealt with.
Max Wolf manu- facturer OF cloaks in New
York, has disappeared. He owed over $780,
600; assets insignificant. VOLTS transac-
tions have strong flavor Of fraud.
William H. Schrieber who robbed the
First National Bank OF Columbus, Ind, of
100000, has been sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Field and Mrs. Miller, arrested in New
York charged with receiving stolen funds
from the banking firm Of Messrs. J. M. Field
& Co., London, were discharged, but Mrs.
Miller was Immediately rearrested.
The Armenians and Druzes have blown up
+ portion of the barracks at Silensia, Syria,
nf1ling forty Turkish soldiers The Arme-
mans then invaded the government building
and killed the governor. They robbed the
treasury and released all the prisoners.
President Packer. OF the defunct Park Ma
tional, OF Chicago, was again indicted by the
federal grand jury on a charge OF false certi-
fcation OF check. lis bonds were fixed at
$4,000, and he will be allowed to furnish
sureties without being subjected to arrest.
John D. Nichols, late assistant postmaster
at Berrien Springs, Mich, has pleaded guilty
in the United States court to EN- bPzzling post
al money orders and will receive sentence
He is the son of one of the most prominent
men in town.
Mathew s. Pinckney, who gave himself up
at Alton, ILL.,, and was taken to Grand Rap
ids, Mich, to answer to the charge of embez-
zling $1,700 from the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern railroad two years ago, while
cashier, was sentenced to Jackson penitenti-
ary for two years.
A laborer named B. Iceberg presented a
$500 check in payment for $64 purchase
of clothing at West Superior, Wis. The
name of J. G. Rogers q contractor and
builder, appeared as the maker of the check.
The merchant sent O clerk out to inyesti-
gate and it transpired the check had been
A daring attempt to rob the Winnipeg
postoff1ce was made the other night. The
thief entered the lobby of the building and
secreted himself During the night he ran
sacked letters arriving on late train, but
luckily did not secure anything Of great
value. Some fifty letters were opened and
thescash drawer robbed. No clue.
Ten Hands, an Indian at Big Foot's Camp,
was arrested by the authorities at Cheyenne
Agency and thrown in the guard house for
posing as the elooked-for Indian Messiah He
has been going on for several days in the
most strange fashion, doing mysterious dane
ing, going into frances. etc. and asking an.
nuities, rations and even money and ponies
from superstitious Indians who thought he
was the new Christ.
The trial of John Spelman, son of Mil.
| lionaire Ed Spelman of Peoria, is in progress.
He is accused of robbing a gun store at
Bloomington. Inspector Fleming, of the
post Office. wants Spelman for robbing a
mail pouch. Sheriff Stalter of Pekin also
wants him for safe-blowing, and the authori.
ties of Terre Haute are ready to put him
| through for robbing O ticket office. He
| doesn't deny the acts, but claims emotional
or impulsive insanity.
Walton o. Kernochan, wealthy young
man of New York, blew his brains out in his
bed chamber. He placed the muzzle of a re-
| volyer in the center of his forehead while sit.
| ting on the edge Of his bed, fully dressed in
| evening attire. Death was instantaneous
| Kernochan was one of the wealthiest mem.
| bers of the club. None OF the other mem bers
of the fraternity would express any other
| opinion than that the man shot himself while
| temporarily insane, produced by insomnia,
from which he has suffered greatly for many
weeks past.
The Missouri Kansas & Texas train was
robbed by four masked men near Shell City
Mo-, at Usage river water tank As the train
was slowing mp to take water, the engine was
mounted from each side by the masked rob
bers, who compelled the engineer to dis
mount and knock at the express door for ad
mittance. Themessenger said that the trair
did not carry any money and that he die
] not have any himself The robbers seemed
to be satisfied that he told the truth, and
without entering the car allowed the train tc
proceed.
Elisha Smith, an aged farmer from Split
Log, Mo-, was robbed of his pocketbool
containing money and checks to the amount
of 81, 7S5 at Portland, Ore. just as tht