Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-09
NUMBER lis.
SIN AND SINNERS.
"A Batch of Murtierers, Rioters. Commun-
lists, Outrageous Tramps. County Treasur-
ers and Insurance Presidents.

"A Batch of Murtierers, Rioters Commune
lists, Outrageous Tramps. County Treasur-
ers and Insurance Presidents.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
DEADwooD, D. T., May s.-Ex-Treasurer
Brigham remained at his old Office last even
ing, and at 10 o clock attempted to perloin the
cash book and tax list from the safe for the
purpose of their destruction. He was detected
by Sheriff Manning, who bounced upon him
and prevented an escape or the relocking of the
safe In the alteration the heavy iron doors
closed upon the officers leg, injuring him Sc
verely and holding him as though in wise
While thus fastened Brigham struck him sew
eral times, whereupon the sheriff drew re-
volver and pulled the trigger, but the cartridge
failed to explode. Deputy sheriffs were sum
moned and the belligerent ex-official was drag
ged to Jail, where he awaits examination
upon four separate charges.
THE READS LANDING ROBBERS.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
WINoNA. May S.-The two prisoners, Orrin
and Faank Parker, arrested here for rohbing
the hotel at Reads Landing, were taken back
last night. Both are graduates of the reform
school.
BEN MOVES ON TRIAL.
NEWARK, N. j.. May s.-The trial of Benz,
Noyes for conspiracy with others to defraud
the policy holders of the New Jersey Mutual
insurance company, by converting money to
their own use, began at Newark this morning
before Judge Depue. Among the counsel for
Noyes is ex-Secretary Robson.
MONSIEUR MEGY.'
New YORK. May 8.-Edmund Megy, the rec
ognized leader of the commune in this city,
and who is said to be the individual who
caused the death of Archbishop Darboy of
Paris and Chief of Police Greyboy, was ar
raigned to-day in court charged with threaten
ing the life of Harry W. Marks, an attache of
the World newspaper. Justice Smith soundly
lectured Megy, telling him that the commune
was not an institution of this city and it's prin-
ciples would not be tolerated here. He held
him in $500 to keep the peace.
A SCHOOL TEACHER MURDERED.
Susan A. Stuart, public school teacher at
Zion Church, Norfolk, New York, was found
yesterday murdered in her room over the
school house.
sENEGAMBIAN sTARBER.
| Henry Speaks and Tillie Richards, colored
servants, quarreled Yesterday at Baltimore, and
/! Speaks fatally stabbed the girl.
RAILROAD RIOTERS IN MISSOURI
| ST. LOUIS, May S.-A large number of labor
ers on the extension Of the Chicago & Alton
railroad, between Mexico and Marshall, Mo-.
are on strike. Several hundred are said to
be congregatcd at Glasgow, where one of them
was killed Monday and another badly wounded.
| The sheriff of Howard county, with strong
posse, had failed to quell the disturbance.
/ MEMPHIS. May 8.-Last Monday tramp en-
/ tered the house of a planter. five miles south Of
/ Oxford Miss, who absent at the time and
after attempting to outrage the lady of the
house struck her on the head with axe. from,
the effects of which she died. Her little CIR!
alarmed the neighborhood, and u large
/ number of men were in pursuit of the villain,
who captured in the woods near Oxford
and is doubtless lynehed by this time rs the
excitement was very great there yesterday.
/ ACCUSED AND ACQUITTED.
4 DETROIT, May S.-Henry Barsman. Clarence
4 Mckee, Walter Aldous, Andrew Hughes, Daniel
Creeland, and James Rosenberg, the young
men arrested on suspicion of having murdered
/ Anton Miller, at Norris, near this city. on the
night of April Goth, were acquitted this morn
/ ing by Justice Comstock. The confessions OF
4 Mckee aud Aldrous, in which they declared
/ that Hughes, Barsman and Rosenberg were the
i murderers, were repudiated by them, and the,
4 declared that they were induced to make them
i by pressure from detectives. Immediately
] after the discharge of the prisoners Aldrous
and acting detective Sam. Moore were arrested
for conspiracy.