OCR Text |
Show Farmer Was Game. William Ratltff, aged 22, for whom a reward of $50 was offered for housebreaking, house-breaking, appeared at tho homo of Lowls Ballman, a farmer living near Lesuor, Minn., and demanded money. Ballman gavo him $10, all ho had. Rat-llff, Rat-llff, enraged at getting bo llttlo, shot Ballman In tho eye nnd breast. Tho farmor then knocked his assailant down with an ax, and, with tho holp of his wlfo and hired man, bound him. Ballman can llvo but a fow hours. RaU lift Is in Jail hero. |