The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-01-30
SINFUL SIFTINGS.


believing himself on his death bed, confessed
to forgeries amounting to $4,000, has dis
appeared. His arrest had not been made on
account of his illness,
Jim July, alias Starr the husband of the
noted female outlaw, Belle Starr, who was
lynched u few months ago, was fatally
-@anded while resisting arrest near Ard
re, Ind. Ter
= a Gale, foreman Of the Bad River Castle
vuLapany, killed two Mexican sheep herders
ia Colfax county. New Mexico. They were
tresspassing with their flocks on the prop
erty Of the cattle company. A warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
Oscar E. Park, cashier at MarslAh Field &
Co. g retail store in Chicago has been arrest
ed, charged with embezzlement The amount
of his shortage so far discovered is over
$1,000 and Is expected to reach a larger fig
ure.
Charles Thornton, of the firm OF Hampson
& Thornton, who bye 1ahe Mexican National
rail-z- killed ths Superintendent of the
VenrEas railway in Mexico few days ago
In quarrel OVel d settlement Thornton is
under arrest.
Clyde Crane, aged twenty-five third son of
ey.Postmaster Crane OF Maquoketa, Iowa.
was found in the barn of q neighbor, Capt.
Platt, with u bullet through his brain. He
had been discharged from the Office of the
Adams Express company, and left home IN
a despOndent mood.
The general term of the supreme court has
affirmed the conviction of John Most of New
York, and his sentence to one year imprison-
mcnt in the penitentiary. Most was con-
victed of using language tending to incite
riot during q speech at an anarchist meeting
held in November, 1887, to express indigna-
ton at the hanging oftheir Chicago brethren.
An appeal was taken and Most was released
on bail.
Sergt Will Ziebath. of the regular army, a
son of ex-Gov. Ziebach of Dakota, was ar
rested at Sioux City on charge OF desertion.
Some days ago he was sent out from Fort
Randall, where his company is stationed, to
seek deseFter. He got this far, and meeting
friends was lured over to COEingtOn, where he
made the acquaintance Of a woman OF easy
virtue and staid longer than he should. 1t is
thought he had no idea of desertion.
A Norwegian woman about iorty-seven
years old came to Warren with two sons,
one two and one ten years old. One night
: she put her children to sleep. and when they
woke up their mother was lying dead on the
floor by the bed, with CHASTITY cut in her
throat and jacknife in her hand. She and
her husband had been sickly and had to be
supported by the town of Higdem, Polk
county, where they lived until recently. The
officers of that tOwf, she said with tears
rolling down her wrinkled cheeks; ordered
them to move and did move them to Mar
shall county.
/. D. Whore store Mt Northield, Mimi,
was entered by two burglars one night, and
$50 worth of goods, besides some cash was
taken. The snow on the ground enabled the
officers to track the thieves and capture them
twelve miles west of town. Both men were
heavily armed and drew revolvers when ap-
preached, but were overpowered before they
could shoot. The prisoners gave their names
as VIII Carl and George Ellsworth. Carl has
been connected with the Salvation Army al
Northfeld.
During confirmation services at st. John'l
Episcopal church in Philadelphia the congre
CATION was startled by the actions of On ap
parently demented young man who aros
from his seat and, pointing a revolver a
Bishop Whitaker, who was taking part il
the services, fred shot at him. Immediate
" there was great confusion, but it was quick
ly seen that no harm had resulted from tn
shot. An officer was hastily summoned, an
the would-be murderer taken into custody
Tho maniac's name was David Alexander, h
is an ardent Prohibitionist, and Bisho
Whitaker's attitude on the liquor question
having displeased him, he resolved to XII
him.
Andrew Newland who, with Henry GuinuE
is charged with an attempt to wreck th
vestibule fast express on the Omaha road
few miles north of Black River Falls, Wis
has made full confession. The crime wa
committed the morning of April 10, 1881
NewIand was arrested q month ago, an
Guinup was captured in st. lawrence county
NJ T., a few weeks ago. In his Gonfessio
Newland said that he and Guinup planned t
wreck the train, and in the excitement of tn
moment robbed the express car and passel
gers When the attempt to wreck the trai
failed they fed. Guinup was arraigned an
pleaded guilty To the charge. Newland wai1
ed examination, and Sas bound over to tE
circuit eourt.
B. p. Hutchinson, or "Old Hutch,"
Chicago, has again been robbed, and one
his settling clerks in the board of trad
named stoner is now in Toronto, across Il
line, the embezzler of an amount rangin
anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000. NJ
Hutchinson is not the only victim. w.
dickinson & Co., another firm on the san
Noor with Hutchinson in the board buildiI
had q clerk Bert King, in their employ VIII
it 10 alleged, was in the conspiracy, and M
Dickinson is loser of an amount which
seriously estimated at from 81 900 to 90
His clerk like I'll Hutchingon's has also tak'
to his heels, and Mr.. Dickinson says thl
the two are now together in Toronto. Tl
stealing has been going on for some tim
and until the accounts of both firms a
settled, there is no way OF arriving at 9
exact amount.
FOREIGN CULLINGS
By a vote of 141 to 81 the Spanish chal