Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-14
ARoRr1oN1sr SENTENCED

| NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Dr. Bradford convict
| ed of causing the death of Sarah Victoria Con-
nors by malpractice, taken to the court of
general sessions to-day for sentence His
counsel made a futile appeal for new trial on
| legal points and on ground of newly discover
! ed evidence. Dr. Bradford then addressed thu
court, protesting his innocence and narratlnp
| the manner in which he discovered his new
| evidence. He said while in the tombs 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 aud exclaimed 1T
is tree! l confess before God and Jesus
Christ that l am guilty and that man is inno-
cent? The woman then made her way to the
side OF Bradford AID gave the details
of the crime. She stated it was
only after continued solicitations the part
of the girl that she consented to perform the
operation, receiving therefor 800 Frightened
at the couseq ueuces of the act she took the
| girl to- DR.. Bradford, after making her promise
not to tell aud returning her 80 and then left
her in the doctors office. The woman subse-
| quently gave her name as Madame Cherad
| clairvoyant of l65 Pierrepont street BROOKLYN,
| After a brief conversation between COUNSEL
Judge Sutherland addressed the woman: Il
| think we have had enough of your story. You
have go 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 les. Another moved for sentence.
Judge Sutherland denied the motion for new
trial, but granted twenty days to prepare e1-
| ceptlons. He then sentenced Bradfor who
again protested his innocence, to the State
prison for fourteen years and six months.
AoUEBEC HANGING.
ST. JOHNS, Quebec, Dec. l3.--Cyprien Casta,
fralez De AIirabel was hanged here to-day for
the murder of Matthew Motheron When on
the scaifold Castafralez said in a loud and dra-
matte voice: Gentlemen thank NV God
friends in the county of Iberville and also in
the United States for the kindness that has
been shown | have been very high in the
werld, and now l am about to fall very low.
God himself knows that L not guilty. He
"i!l 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. l3.-About o'clock this
morning Peter Muchmesser a res dent of the
Twenty-tifth ward, beat his wife on the head
with fiat-iron until he supposed her dead, and
then went out and hanged himself. Muchmejs-
ser was a drunken wretch who drew his only
support from his wife, washerwoman Late
ly she received small legacy which he at
tempted, unsuccessfully, to deprive her Of
hence his crime and suicide. The woman NAV
possibly live, but will be manned for life.
InEAcfERoUs ICE.
CHICAGO, Dec. &c. W. Lone, wife and two
children, living four miles below Sabula, 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.. W.
Weitmuler 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.
a PARALLEL TO MINNEsoTA.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 13.-The surgeon of the
penitentiary, in his annual report, states that
of $50 convicts hired to the James River and
Kanawha Canal company, last year, thirty-two
died from bad treatment exposure and filthy
accommodations. This shows per cent. NOR
tality while the mortality should show ONLY
% per cent. The general assembly has APP
pointed committee to investigate the matter
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 drawn onto the shaft
which making 240 revolutions minute
Before the machinery could be stopped his
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 Ft. Wayne depot. at Alleghe-
ny. Name supposed to have been Vim. Burni-
son.
LETTER THIEF.
| PITTSBURGH, Dec l3.-Wm. FL. Logan clerk
in the postofce at West Monterey, Clarion
county, arrested and brought to Pittsburgh
this afternoon by Special Agent Camp. Logan
is charged with stealing and destroying letters
for preventing the appointment of man
named Hogan as postmaster. He held in
| $1,000 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 a sail boat containing three Italian
| fisherman was swamped last night and two of
| them were drowned.
| COUNTERFEIT HALF DOLLARS
United States detective, Henry Fnnegas has
| arrested John Il. Macdonald for counterfeitinp
| 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 beingout
| Thirty minutes, returned a verdict Of guilty of
murder in the first degree, and affixed the SEN
| tence of DEATH
HIS JUGGERNAUT.
| WHEELING, W. Va, Dec. 13.-As a freight
train was entering this city about o'clock
this morning, a brakeman named Edward Lis
son, living at Cameron, attempted to leap from
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 a iey and fripbtfulIv
mutllatlng the imbs. Lisson was a Young man
, of Is or 20, and had been in the employ of the
I company some five or six months
| BRUTE TO HANG.
| LOUISVILLE, Dec. l3.-The jury in the case
OF George Washington, negro who horribly
| outraged Frances Otte, white girl aged IL
| years, using knife to accomplish his purpose
IN October last, rendered verdict of guilty
and affixed the penalty of death by hanging.
| BANK ROBBERS ARRESTED.
NEW YORK. Dec 13.-The police tonight az
rested Red Leary and John Mccarthy, alias
Butch. Capt. Byrnes intimates plainly that
the prisoners are known to have been among
the planners and perpetrators of the Manhattan
bank robbery.