The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-24
WAYS OF THE WICKED,

Herbert and John Kennedy, Jr., of the
Tarentum (Pa.) bank, which recently failed,
have been arrested, charged with embezzle-
ment of bank funds.
An Indian is to be hanged on the Keshena
reservation, near Oshkosh, Wis, for repeat
edly assulting his daughter. This is the first
death sentence in Wisconsin.
A negro named Green Jackson was lynched
at Fort White Fla, for beating Mrs. Robert
Pritchard, a white woman, nearly to death
and then outraging her.
JEFF Smith and George Perry, coIored,
fought duel near Gate City, Ala, having
previously quarreled about young woman.
At the third shot Perry fell dead. Smith has
not been captured.
Deputy Sheriff Howard of st, Helena a. Cal,
was shot and probably mortally wounded
by Tom Collins, horse thief Howard
knocked Collins, down and handcuffed him,
and then tainted from loss of blood.
AtMarysville, Cal, the Belding soda works
were burned, and the remains of George Bell,
manager of the works, found in the ruins. 1t
is thought he was murdered by thieves, who
robbed the safe and then set fire to the build
ing.
An aged farmer named George Dufield, liv-
ing near HarIingen, N, j., shot and danger
ously wounded his grandson, Oscar Bodine,
and then cut his own throat with razor,
dying almost Immediately. Bodine will re-
cover.
The general Offices of the Northern Pacific
Express company, in Chicago we're entered
by masked robbers at IL o'clock Saturday
night. After covering two clerks who were
in charge with revolvers, the robbers secured
between So. 900 and SIC, 900 and made good
their escape.
Several hundred Mexicans armed, masked
and mounted, almost nightly patrol the vi.
cinity of Las Vegas, N. NJ, and forty miles
thereabouts, destroying fences houses,
bridges and crops. The motive for their de-
predations is stated so be kind of agrarian
discomfort.
c. E. Arthur, arrested near Eugene, Or, on
a charge of forgery committed in Harrison
county, Mo-, escaped from jail. He secured
a revolver by some m cans and compelled the
guard at the point of the pistol to drive him
several miles into the country, where he took
to the brush.
III. G. Thompson, The wealthy citizen OF
Beverly, N. j., who recently attempted suicide
in the Jersey City depot, is now accused OF
being a defaulter. He has held trust funds
for the Weyman estate, of which $17, 900 is
not yet accounted for, and he has also had
charge of funds of other estates.
The occupants of 712 North Eighth street,
st. Louis, heard the sound of pistol shot
which proceeded from an upperroom. Upon
crossing the threshold they found Mamie
Green lying on the floor with bullet hole in
her forehead lust above the nose. She said
she shot herself Alexander Hall was in the
room at the time, and it is understood was
placed under arrest, The woman will die.
At Guyton, G. A., r. C. Norton, Jr, son of
physician of that city, shot and killed two
brothers named Willie and John Bird.
Young Norton and Willie Bird traded mules
recently, and next day Willie Bird, accom-
panied by his brother John Bird, went to
Norton's place to get him to trade pack.
Norton refused and John Bird, drawing
pistol, told his brother Willie to break open
the stable door and recover his mule. AT