The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-17


ard G. Dare, the man found dead on
the top of IL Northern Pacific train
Thursday. WAS accidentally killed by
| one of the two men who climbed over
the tender into the cab of the engine
shortly after the tragedy. has been
| exploded. The bullet that was taken
from Dare's head has been weighed
and found to he 1872 grains in weight.
| This would make it Il 44-caliber bullet,
| while the revolver taken from one of
the men who We're on the engine was
of 3S-calibcr. This eliminates all pos
sibility that the killing might have
been the result Of an accident and
makes the case purely one of murder.
| The police are lost on the case and
from present appearances the muir
derrrs will get off scot free. The DO
lice and Coroner Williams NAV Get
dispositions from Sherlin and Meal
lister, now in Wallicrton. Ind, in
which will be included their version
|
tanned thereby.
y man crawling along an eight inch
ledge from one window to another on
the fifth floor of the court house build
ing, fully $50 feet above ground. WAS
Il spectacle that made spectators
breathless with horror Tuesday at
ternoon. Shrieking as if with terror,
the maniac had. with superhunan
strength. torn the iron bars in the
window of his cell in the insane ward.
Before he could he stopped he had
stepped out on the ledge An attend
ant who rushed into his cell expected
to see the mans manYlcd remains on
the stone pavement below as he look
ed out of the window. hut saw that
he crAwlru twelve feet alon:. the mar
row ledge and was just disappcarin.
into Il window of the wash room,
where h" WAS captured. The lunaticS
name is Joseph Brown. and he was
arrested Monday night at the Mil
waukee depot while shouting that
some one WAS trying to kill him. He
was taken to Kenoslla. Wis. last
night. where he resides.
The first alraignment on an indict-
ment growing out of grand Jury
Doodle investigation was made We'd.
nesday. George Moulton. grain
dealer, and a well-known member of
the Chamber of Commerce, is charged
with offering Alderman Powers. of the
Eighth ward $500 to aid in the defeat
of George W. Sublette. candidate TO,
city engineer last January. Mr.. Moul
ton was given a week to plead or de.
muir to the Indictment and forthwith
furnished $4,000 bonds with w. II
Eustis, Morris Mcdonald and w. r
Moulton as su2eties. The city engin
eer campaign was warm one, and
the defeat of Sublette was desired, il
was gossiped, because Sublette was
not a believer in brick paving, and
Mr.. N1oultOn was interested in bricl,
paving i'll a business way. The in
dictment is signed by G. \. Quist as
foreman. which shows that it was
found last week. Perl B. Rhodes. as
sistant deputy assessor. also was q
witness with Alderman Powers Mr.
Moulton enters flat denial to all tho
charges.
from the weight of eighty-siX years
who was being sent from his homo at
Winncha%o city to the Little Sisters
of the Poor in st. Paul. fell exhausted
at the corner of Washington and First
avenues south last Saturday night
and was carried to the city hospital
where he lies in a critical condition
Budie has suffered from asthma fol
Il number of years. and recently. being
unable to support himself. his daugh
ter decided to send him away. He
was carried in from his farm at Win
nebago city and put on board a trail
for Minneapolis With a ticket in his
pocket. Utterly Worn out by the jour
ney and without money. the old maj
was finally noticed by Patrolman join
Long. who, learning his destination
was about to put him on an interur
ban car when he fell to the pavement
The patrol was called and the ole
man carried to the city hospital, where
he was found to be in Il serious con
dition. Budie stated, with the great
est of candor. that the reason he was
sent from home was that his family
wanted him in place where ht
would he taken care of withou
charge. Budie died at the hospita
Wednesday.
The Death Roll,