Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-19
NUMBER 1856.
CRIME CASUALTIES
Arrest of Bank Defaulter After Seven
Years Absence-A Criminal Sentenced
to be Hung Confesses to Four Murders
Other Crime. and Accidents.
ARREST OF A pEEAuL1EK.

-OLnef crimes and Accidents.
ARREST OF DEFAULTEK.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-E. j. Oakley. the alb
scondlng cashier of the Merchants Exchange
National bank, after eluding the vigilance of
the authorities for several years, was arrested
to-day, and is an inmate of the Ludlow
street jail, to which place he was sent by Unite
States District ATTORNEY Woodford on a bench
warrant issued for his arrest at the time of his
hrst troubles. He was arrested on informa-
ton given by stranger who called on the dis
trlct attorney and went with the officer and
pointed ont Oakley. Oakley
indicted IN the United States court in Feb
ruary, 1870, and was placed under $4,000
bail, which he readily obtained He left the
city In July of the same year, and has not beer
seen here until to-day. He was connected with
the bank twenty-seven years. He told the
district attorney that for the last seven years
he had lived In Canada, being most of the
time in Montreal. and that on many occasions
he had been obliged to beg for bread, and was
now penniless. On several occasions to keep
from starving, he had worked as common la
borer, and orce took situation of cook
coastlng vessel. Oakley said that MIR. Bell
present assistant district attorney, was his
counsel, and acting ON his advice Oakley states
he lied to Canada He also says if it had not
been for Bell he would have remained here and
taken the consequence of his misdeeds. The
amount OF Oakley's defalcatiop was $50 co.,
THE HERO OF FOUR MURDERS,
WATERFOWL N. Y, July 18.-Peter Bresni-
ham, now confined i'll Canton, N. Y, Jail for
the murder of Daniel Their last spring, and
who is to be hanged on the 18th int, confessed
the crime July 9. He has since made supple
mental confession, stating that lie committed
! three murders previous to that of Daniel
Theirs The first an Indian who claimed
OndlSDuteQ he
1851 he killed Scotchman named Duncan
MacCameron, with whom he buying furs
near Big Opemgo Lake, Canada. In 1861 he
killed Michael Crowley, on Shad Lake, near
Bannechore Point, Canada. Crowley was sup
posed to have money. He killed MacCameron
because they had trouble about division of
a stock of furs He also confesses other minor
crimes.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.-As east bound
freight train the p. G. g. st. l.. railway was
passing over bridge at Monticello, yesterday
the bridge gave way, precipitating the engine
and twenty into the Tipacanoe river.
eighty-fve feet killing the engineer, Louis
Bland, and the bridge Waterman, Jerry
O'Keefe.
FATALLY INJURED.
WASHINGTON. July 1s.-Lieutenant Com
mander w. H. Hoff of the United States navy.
was probably fatally injured by the breaking
down of his carriage. Mrs. Hoff's arm was
broken, and she was otherwise I'M ured, An
other lady and the coachman were also hurt.
TRIAL OF THE oRANGEMEN.
MONTREAL, O., July 1S.-The trial of the Or
) angemen arrested on the 18th of July up
! to-day, and adjourned without any evidence
taken to the 30th inst. The application for
adjournment was made on behalf of the prose