Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-17
| Western Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 16.-Tbe following ac-
count of a most horrible murder is given in
dispatch from Houston, Texas. The wife of
George Lynch, respected citizen of Berkeley,
Texas, died some weeks ago. leaving an infant.
Lynch had seven other children, the Oldest,
Clemle seventeen years old. On Friday night
the family retired as usual, a lamp being left
in the main room. At midnight the father was
awakened by a pistol shot striking him in the
breast. He sprang up and saw masked man
standing in the middle of the room,
sin fired again, the ball entering be-
meath the collar bone. Lynch fell I'M
conscious. When he recovered consciousness
he found himself lying in the lane outside the
premises. The assassin thinking Lynch dead,
seized Ratchet and put the children who were
buried the Ratchet in her head, also crushed
the skulls of three other children and then set
lire to the house. The distracted father saw the
burning house fall on the eight bodies of his
dead children. The bodies were afterwards ex-
humed and an inquest held when the Ratchet
wounds were discovered upon the skulls of the
children. 1t is thought Lynch will recover.
man named Boatware, with whom Lynch had
had difficulty, is suspected of the crime.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
LEWISTON, Me-, Sept. 16.-Saturday night,
ing home from circus, they were seized by
six roughs, two of whom held the man while
four ravished the young lady. Five men have
been arrested for completely in the crime.
KILLED HIS MISTRESS.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 16.-In a quarrel last
evening Edward Jenkins, an old man 60 wears
of age, struck Ellen Gundrick, his mistress,
three savage blows with II Ratchet, crushing
oil, .Jr~I,,
sTICKNEY's EMBEzZLEMENT.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. 16.-A warrant was
served on Charles R. Stickney this morning.
1t charges him with the embezzlement of
$4,000 from the Manufac' urers' gas COM
pany.
AN INSURANCE AGENT SUICIDES.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. l6.-Thos. b. Bowles,
attorney and insurance agent, committed sui
eide this morning at his office. Continued ill
health is supposed to be the cause.
AFTER THE STORM.
MEADvILLE, Pa, Sept. l6.-About 600 West
ern storm bound passengers laying here, left
for their destinations via the Cory, Erie & Lake
Shore road this evening. The body of George
Hoffman, fireman, who with the engineer and
one brakeman was drowned Thursday night,
was recovered to-day.
CHICAGO JEWELRY THIEF.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-For three years the large
jewelry, house of N. Matson & Co. has lost now
and then articles of value which could not be
accounted for. Within year they have no
ticed that goods have disappeared systematical-
ly and more frequently and after shadow1ng
their attention to an old and trusted chief
clerk, Frank W. Marchise. 1t was found that
he maintained improper relations with
a Mrs. Mitchell. That they frequently met at
the Office of DR.. V. G. Second, and that there
was another woman in the ring. Unbroken
packages of spoons etc, were found at various
places which Matson identified and as result
of the discovery Marchise, Mrs. Mitchell, DR..
V. G. Second and Mrs. j. F. Irwin were arrested
this afternoon and locked up. The amount of
the stealing is about $40, 600, and a consider
able portion has been already recovered. All
the arrested parties deny their guilt.
ILLICIT DISTILLERIEs RAIDED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 16.-The revenue
party raiding in Sumner county report the de-
struction of three distllleries. They think this
ends the last in Sumner.
PLEADED GUILTY.
CHICAGO, Sept. l6.-Lenzi Simoni the Italian
rag picker vino murdered young man recently
for attempting to prevent him making off with
stolen goods, to-day pleaded guilty of murder
and was remanded.
TREASURY THIEF.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-W. N. s. Wilson,
asserting letter Office clerk Of the redemption
division of the treasury department, was ar
rested this afternoon, as defauIter. Wilson
was recommended last week for dismissal by
the chief of his division, principally on the
ground of general inefficiency. The examine
tlOn of his hooks TODAY shows that ho
inst. he distracted 1000 from a package con-
signed to him for delivery to the custodians of
the vaults in the general order of business.
Wilson has been fifteen years In the depart
ment. He admits the theft. He gave bail.
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