The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-05-16

William III. Johnson, secretary of til
board of charities and corrections and
superintendent of the city poor depart
ment, has been convicted of appro
priating $3.50 of the city's funds. AT
ter being out all night, the jury filed
into Judge Elliott's courtroom Tues
day morning at 10 O'clock, and, in the
presence of the defendant and Judge
j. H. Steele, his attorney, delivered the
verdict which stated that they had
found the accused man guilty as
charged in the Indictment Judge
Steele asked for a stay, which was
granted, and Mr.. johnson will appear
later on for sentence. A new
trial will be requested and Judge Steele
has confidence that the verdict rem
dered will never stand.
John S. Woodbury., 50 years old, was
gored to death Tuesday night by a.
bull. The old man lived with his son
at 119 Cedar Lake road and kept the
animal in Il stable in the rear Of the
dwelling house. 1t is not known OK
actly how he met his DEATH but it is
supposed that he went to the barn to
feed and water the animal \ neigh
Dor, +. G. Smith, heard his calls for
help and fastened into the stable and
found the body of the old man badly
mangled by the horns of the bull and
quite dead. y pitchfork lying by his
side and marks of blood on the bull
indicate that Woodbury. attempted to
defend himself to the last. The dead
man was the father of John S. Wood
bury, former sanitary inspector of the
city of Minneapolis. AS soon as the
body was found the coroner was mott
fed and the remains taken to the
county morgue.
George y. Harvey who was Il detcc
tive under the Ames administration
will not be tried on the two indictments
which We're found against him about
Il year ago. Tuesday, on motion of the
county attorney, The charges We're dis
missed. Harvey was indicted on the
charge of eNtorting $40 from Peter
Berg, who had been swindled i'll a
card game. Berg claimed he had lost
$275 and had paid Harvey $40 to re-
cover the money. The other charge
against him was perjury and his az
rest on this charge was Il sensational
affair 1t occurred in Judge Harrison's
courtroom during the trial of G. G
Norleck, the former detective, who is
now serving sentence in the penitcn-
tiary. Harvey was on the stand civ
ing testimony relative to the charge
that Norbcck had accepted bride
from Link Crossman and Billy Ed
wards, two alleged big mitt operators
, and was taken from the stand to a
cell in the county Jail where he remain
, ed until he was able to furnish bail
/ Prior to his employment on the police
force. Harvey was a member of the
sewer staff of the city engineers de-
/ partment and was prominent in labor
! circles.
James Judge died at the quarantine
hospital at st. Louis Park Thursday
afternoon about $50 from smallpox
Judge is the patient who escaped from
the hospital a few weeks ago and
wandered about the fields in a SNOW
, storm, clad only in his night clothes.
He was captured shortly afterwards,
but it is thought that the exposure and
chill received on that occasion is large
ly responsible for the fatal termination
of his illness. The dead mans brother
in-law II. ]. Coleman, 412 Seventh
street S., is most indignant over the
matter and asserts that the death of
Judge would not have occurred had it
not been for the escape. He says that
if there had been proper attendance at
the quarantine hospital his brother-in-
law would never have gotten away and
would probably have been alive now
Coleman proposes to have the matter
thoroughly investigated and will seek
renaration from the city authorities if
he can possibly do so. James Judge
lived at 1877 Seventh street Sc. The
remains will be taken in charge by Mr..
Coleman and the funeral, which, from
the nature of the disease, was private,
was held on Friday.
IMPORTANT COMING EVENT.