Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-08
MOWER co, MINN,. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1878.
Crimes and Casualties.
DEADLY FRACAS.

Crimes and Casualties.
DEADLY FRACAs.
NASHVILLE, Aug 4.-Another bloody trag
edy was enacted on Deadrick street here.
Cox, formerly a hardware clerk and fas
young man, while drunk, ran against Josep
@. Allen, lawyer, and struck him with hi
fist. Allen demonstrated, when Cox DIRE,
from his pistol pocket three-inch blade
knife and cut Allen over the eye. ALE
then struck Cox fearful bio,
in the left side with his cane an
knocked the knife from his hand. Allen
saying they should be friends, took Cox b
the arm and walked over to barber shop
proposing to wash the blood off Cox's face
While making preparations to carry out tina
intention Cox obtained razor, and saying
'"Now, Cd d-n you, I have got you," Gu
his throat, severing the jugular vein ant
two arteries. Allen then knocke,
Cox ovey barber's chair and got up on him
his bloou squirting into Cox's face. Finding
his strength rapidly leaving him, Allen raj
across, the street into house, where he hap
pened to find DR.. Glenn, who kept him from
bleeding to death by thrusting his thumb
into the CHASTITY wour1 Aliens recovery il
doubtful. c., said all he asked was not t<
die an ignomin,c',s death. The tragedy Gre
ated the wildes. excitement.
AN A1hv.IOUs RIDER.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4.-Six weeks ago Her
man Essinghouse, an Illinois farmer, took {
Steamboat coming to st. Louis with a ship
ment of grain from an obscure landing place
up the river. The trip was chiefly in the
night, and the boat landed in st. Louis
sometime after midnight. Soon after land
ing porter was sent to the state room te
call Essinghouse. but he could not be found
His clothes, and all his luggage, however
still remained on board, while he was be-
lieved to have fallen overheard.
Yesterday the body was recovered in the
river near Carondelet, and upon being re-
moved to the shore it was found to bear un
mistakable signs of an atrocious murder,
The legs were tied closely together near the
feet, the wrists were encircled with half rot
ten cord by which the hands had probably
been tied behind the back, and there was q
silk handkerchief drawn very tightly around
the neck, indicating that the man had been
strangled before being thrown into the river
Essinghaus was man about so years oi
age and supposed to be in good circum.
stances.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.
New YORK, Aug. f. Railway, N. j., has &
strange story of robbery, where one detective
runs away with $4,000 belonging to another
detective 8 wife, while nobody can explain
where the money came from. A detective
named Walker, of the Metropolitan hotel in
this city, formerly did some work with De.
tective Forbes, then of Chicago. Forbes
came East six months ago, and secured
board in Walkers house at Rohway
Mrs. Walker is woman Ct
property, and entered into some kind o1
speculation with Forbes, by which they made
$4,000. Forbes had this money Friday
and showed it to Mr.. Walkers brother, an6
told him that half belonged to Mrs. Walker.
That night Forbes and his wife stole away
from Rohmay, came to this city, and, it il
believed, sailed on the Adriatic at 8 O'Clock
this morning. Mrs. Walker awoke late Sat.
urday morning, expecting to receive he,
money, but instead found that she he'd been
drugged and Forbes had departed. The
mystery is as to where the $4O,C COO came
from, and where Forbes has gone with it
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER.
New York, Aug. 4.-Mrs. Smith, the wife
of the murdered policeman of Jersey City
threw herself on the coffin and wept bitterly
when the funeral ceremony was in progress
yes. erday. It was rather curious incident
that after this scene she was not allowed to
go to the cemetery, but was driven to the
police station and locked up. She reiterated
her story OF chloroforming, and said that
Bennett, her paramour, had not visited he1
within two weeks. Whenever cornered she
resorted to her old tactics of answering
''yes'' or ''no." The police seemingly con
tented themselves with arresting Mrs. Smith
The case has been very bunglingly managed
and Bennett, the suspected murderer, has
had ample opportunity to make good his es
cape.
CONANT, THE DEFAULTER.
Boston, Aug. 4.-Fhe announcement thai
Cashier Conant, of Eliot National bank, waf
a defaulter in $4,000, has created grea
surprise here. His standing has
always been of the highest
Nothing in his manner or in anything thai
he had said during the past few months lee
the directors to suspect in the least that mat
ters had gone wrong.
Col4ant, even while he Was weighed down
with the consciousness of wrong doing, and
with the terrible knowledge that the truth
must soon come out, let no word fall from
his lips to betray his thoughts.
It was on last Wednesday morning thai
conscience asserted her sway over man. The
directors were in session. The cashier
pale and determined looking, said: ''Gentle
men, resign my position as cashier of thu
Eliot National bank Then like thunder
bolt from a cloudless sky came the dis
closure of wrong-doing to the assembled
directors.
.'Gentlemen,'' said Conant, trembling, e.
am ruined. I have used $4,000 of money
of this BANK Then the cashier brok'
completely down, wept like child, and i
was some moments before he could proceed
with his story.
FIGHT WITH TRAnPS.
ROCHESTER,, Aug. AT fifteen minutes
past o'clock, after the excitement of tn,
stabbing affray and while the sheriff wa
locking the prisoner up, six hard looking
fellows came into the jail yard and into tn
Jail through the basement kitchen, and on
met the officer at the top of the stairs nea
the Office. The sheriff demanded the reason
for his unceremonious entrance, and on re
ceiving an evasive answer kicked him out
In the meantime three had attacked the jailo
and had him down. By this time al
alarm was sent down town that there was
row at the Jail, and help wanted. Men re
sponded and they we're all arrested, being
overpowered by force of numbers.
Crowley, who struck Mr.. Wood with
knife, was arraigned this forenoon, and tn
trial postponed for one week, Mr.. Woot
being better this morning. The knife
striking rib, glanced around. It was
narrow escape, and should be met by decis
i've action on the part of the authorities
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. AT barbecue yester
day, given by the colered people at Caledonia
F., 9 general fight occurred in which Will Free
man and George Ruttedge were killed. NJ
arrests. .-f~-,,...., ...., :~a-..,:'
...-., COMMITTED TO JAIL,