The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-08-08
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Crimes and Casualtle

Crimes and Casualties.
DEADLY FRACAs.
NAsHv1LLE, Aug. 4.-Another bloody trag-
edy was enacted on Deadrick street here. J.
Cox, formerly . hardware clerk and fast
young man, while drunk, ran against Joseph
@. Allen, = lawyer, and struck him with bis
fist. Allen demonstrated, when Cox drew
from his pistol pocket a three-iuch bladed
knife and cut Allen over the eye. Allen
in the left side with his cane and
saying they should he friends, took Cox by
the arm and walked over to barber shop
proposing to wash the blood off Cox's face
While making preparations to carry out that
intention Cox obtained q razor, and saying
':Now, Cd d-n you, I have got you,': cui
his throat, severing the jugular vein and
Cox owe, barber's chair and got up on him
his bloou squirting into Cox's face. Finding
his strength rapidly leaving him, Allen ran
across the street into house, where he hap.
pened to find DIR. Glenn, who kept him from
bleeding to death by thrusting his thumb
into the ghastly wour'1 Aliens recovery il
doubtful. ca said all he asked was not to
die an ignominIor1s death. The tragedy Gre
ated the wildes: excitement.
AN A1hotloUs RIDER.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4.-Six weeks ago Her
man clearinghouse, an Illinois farmer, took a
steamboat coming to St. Louis with 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 to
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 a
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 of
age and supposed to be in good circum-
stances.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.
New YORK. Aug. H. Railway, N. j., has a
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 i'll Walkers house at Rohway.
Mrs. Walker is woman Il
property, and entered into some kind OF
speculation with Forbes, by which they made
$4,000. Forbes had this money Friday
and showed it to MIR. Walkers brother, and
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 O'Clock
this morning. Mrs. Walker awoke late Sat
urday morning, expecting to receive he1
money. but instead found that she he'd beer
drugged and Forbes had departed. Th,
mystery is as to where the $40, GOO cam,
from, and where Forbes has gone with it
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER.
New YORK, Aug. 4.-Mrs. Smith, the wifi
of the murdered policeman of Jersey City
threw herself on the coffin and wept bitterl.
when the funeral ceremony was in progres
yesterday. 1t was rather a curious inciden
that after this scene she was not allowed t,
go to the cemetery, but was driven to tn
police station and locked up. She reiterated
her story OF chloroforming, and said tina
Bennett, her paramour. had not visited he
within two weeks. Whenever cornered sh
resorted to her old tactics of answerin!
''yes' or s'no.' The police seemingly con
tented themselves with arresting Mrs. Smith
The case has been very bunglingly managed
and Bennett, the suspected murderer, ha
had ample opportunity to make good his es
cape.
CONANT, THE DEFAULTER.
BosroN, Aug. 4.--The announcement tha
Cashier Conant, of Eliot National bank, wa
a defaulter in $4,000, has created grea
surprise here. His standing ha
always been of the highes
Nothing in his manner or in anything tha
| he had said during the past few months le
the directors to suspect in the least that mat
ters had gone wrong.
Cohant, even while he WIS weighed dow
with the CONSCIOUSNESS Of wrong doing, all
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| must soon come out. let no word fall frol
his lips to betray his thoughts.
It was on last Wednesday morning tbs
| conscience asserted her sway over man. Th
directors were in session. The cashiel
pale and determined looking, said: ''Gentle
men, resign my position as cashier of til
| Eliot National bank" Then like thunder
bolt from cloudless sky came the dir
closure of wrong-doing to the assemble
/ directors.
"Gentlemen," said Conant, trembling, g
am ruined. l have used $;7O,O00 of none
of this bank: Then the cashier brol,
completely down, wept like a child, and
was some moments before he could procee
with his story.
| FIGHT WITH TRAMPs.
ROCHESTER,, Aug. Sat fifteen minute
past o'clock, after the excitement of th
stabbing affray y and while the sheriff Wa
locking the prisoner up, six hard iookin
fellows came into the jail yard and into tt
jail through the basement kitchen, and on
met the officer at the top of the stairs nea
the Office. The sheriff demanded the reaso
for his unceremonious entrance, and on II
ceiving an evasive answer kicked him on
In the meantime three had attacked the jaile
and had him down. BY this time a
alarm was sent down town that there was
row at the Jail, and help wanted. Men re
sponded and they were all arrested, bein
overpowered by force of numbers.
Crowley, who struck Mr.. Wood with
knife, was arraigned this forenoon, and til
trial postponed for one week, Mr.. Woo
being better this morning. The knit
striking a rib, glanced around. It was
narrow escape, and should be met by deci.
i've action on the part of the authorities
! CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. AT barbecue yestel
day, given by the colered people at Caledoni'
a general fight occurred in which Will Ere,
man and George Ruttedge we're killed. N
arrests.
| COMMITTED-TO JAIL.
NEW York, Aug. 4.-Michael Hahn, fo
mer secretary Of the wrecked Teuton
savings bank, has been committed to Jail i
default of bail in the civil suit begun again
the officers. 1t is understood that Grim
nal prosecution will be instituted.
TORONTO, Aug. "A terrific storm, accon
panied by thunder and lightning, passe
over the city to-day. Hailstones as large