Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-14

serting His Innocence--A Negro Fiend in
Memphis Righteously Sentenced to Death
/ miscellaneous.
ARoRTIoNIsr SENTENCED.
/ NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Dr. Bradford, convict
| ed of causing the death of Sarah Victoria Con-
| nors by malpractice, was taken to the court of
general sessions to-day for sentence. His
counsel made futile appeal for new trial on
| legal points and on ground of newly discover
/ ed evidence. DR.. Bradford then addressed tho
court, protesting his innocence and narratlng
the manner in which he discovered his new
evidence He said while in the tombs a Young
woman visited him and remarked that she had
| some little things belonging to Vicky Connors.
| He closely questioned her and she admitted
performing the operation upon the girl. At
| this point the woman rose and exclaimed 1T
| is trGe! / confess before God and Jesus
Christ that am guilty and that is limo
cent" The woman then made her way to the
/ side of Bradford and gave the details
of the crime. She stated it was
only after continued solicitations on the part
| of the girl that she consented to perform the
operation, receiving therefor $50. Frightened
at the consequences of the act she took the
| girl to DR.. Bradford, after making her promise
not to tell and returning her 80. and then left
| her in the doctors office. The woman subse-
| quently gave her name as Madame Cheradi,
clairvoyant of l65 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn.
| After a brief conversation between COUNSEL
| Judge Sutherland addressed the woman II
think we have had enough of your story. You
have got through Your part of the play" The
| district attorney said Haven't we had
enough of this? This man has added to his
many infamies by bringing this woman here
to tell her lies" Another moved for sentence
Judge Sutherland denied the motion for new
trial, but granted twenty days to prepare e1-
| captions. He then sentenced Bradford, who
again protested his innocence to the State
prison for fourteen years and six months.
QUEBEC HANGING.
ST. JOHNS, Quebec, Dec. l3.-Cyprien Casta.
fralez De Mirabel hanged here to-day fors
the murder of Matthew Motheron. When on
! the scaffold Castafralez said in a loud and dra
matte voice: Gentlemen, l thank my God.
friends in the county of Ibervile and also in
| the United States for the kindness that has
been shown me. l have been very high in the
VERDI and now am about to fall very low,
| God himself knows that am not guilty. He
will do me justice. Good bye, friends. good
| bye, gentlemen. Before the rope was placed
| about the neck of Castafralez the physician
suggested he remove his collar. He replied.
''No, might catch cold"
| ANOTHER DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
| CINCINNATI, Dec. 13.--About 4 O. clock this
morning Peter Muchmeisser, a res dent of the
| Twenty fifth ward, beat his wife on the head
with lat-iron until he supposed her dead, and
| then went out and hanged himself Muchmeis-
| ser drunken wrei Oh who drew his only
support from his wife, a washerwoman. Late
| ly she received small legacy, which he at
| tempted, unsuccessfnlly, to deprive her of.
hence his crime and suicide. The woman may
| possibly live, but will be manned for life.
InEAcHERoUs ICE.
| CHICAGO Dec. 30. w. Lone wife and two
| children, living four miles below SabuIa, Iowa.
on the Mississippi river were drowned yester-
day while out on the ice in hand sleigh. The
| ice broke so suddenly that could help
] themselves or be rescued
TIRED OF LIFE.
MEMPHIS Dec. ia German named l.. ".
Weitmuller to-day committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the head with pistol, near the
| corner of Main and Madison streets. The de-
ceased came from Marshall, Tenn, FIVE weeks
ago, seeking employment. Depression of
| spirits is the cause assigned for the rash act.
PARALLEL TO MINNESOTA.
| RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 13.-The surgeon of the
| penitentiary, in his annual report, states that
of $50 conyicts hired to the James River and
Kanawha Canal company, last year, thirty-two
| died from bad treatment exposure and filthy
| accommodations. This shows 8 per cent. NOR
tally, while the mortality should show only
"a per cent. The general assembly has APP
|
| TORN TO sHREDs.
| PITTSBURGH, Dec. ia horrible acct
dent occurred at the American iron
works. this morning, by which Patrick
Shannon assistant millwright, was instantly
| killed and his body torn to shreds. Shannon
| had gone upon the platform to examine line
| of shafting, when his clothing caught by
| pulley and his body was drawn onto the shaft
| which was making 240 revolutions minute
L Rofor fha acht ha efN
body was torn to pieces and scattered over the
mill, portions of the remains being thrown 800
feet.
| FATAL FALL.
An unknown man, about 80 years of age, was
instantly killed this morning by falling into
the cellar of the Fit. Wayne depot. at Alleghe-
ny. Name supposed to have been VIM. Burnt
son.
| LETTER THIEF.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13.-Wm. 81. Logan. clerk
in the postoffce at West Monterey Clarion
county, was arrested and brought to Pittsburgh
| this afternoon by Special Agent Camp. Logan
is charged with stealing and destroying letters
for preventing the appointment of a man
named Hogan as postmaster. He was held in
81. 900 bail for hearing before United States
Commissioner McCandless.
DROWNED.
San Francisco, Dec. ia heavy gale from
the north has prevailed several days. Some
minor damage to shipping at the wharves is re-
ported and sail boat containing three Italian
fisherman was swamped last night and two of
them were drowned.
COUNTERFEIT HALF DOLLARS.
United States detective, Henry Finnegas, has
arrested John a. Macdonald for counterfeiting
half dollars Implements found in his DOS.
session.
MUST HANG.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 13.-The trial of
VIM. Merrick for the murder of his wife, which
commenced on Monday, the I'd inst, was con-
cluded this evening. The jury after being out
Thirty minutes, returned verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree, and affixed the SEN
tence of death.
HIS JUGGERNAUT.
} WHEELING, W. Va. Dec. l3-As freight
train was entering this city about o'clock
, this morning, brakeman named Edward Lis
son. living at Cameron, attempted to leap from
, a car to the tender when he missed his footing
, and fell under the wheels. The remainder Of
the train passed over his body, crushing the
head and shoulders to Jelly and frightfuIly
mutiiatlng the limbs. Lisson was a Young man
of Is or 20, and had been in the employ of the
company some five or six months.
A BRUTE TO HANG
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 13.-The jury in the case
OF George Washington, negro who horribly
outraged Frances Otte, white girl aged II