Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
An Aggravated Case of "Bean Soup" Leads
| to Wife Murder and Suicide in Cincin-
nati--Bond Robbery at jackson, Mo.--A
| Resident of Gridley, I'LL, Impaled on An
| Anger Rod--Other Rascalities and Mis-
| fortunes:
BEAN SOUP TRAGEDY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 22.-The simplest and
completest wife murder and suicide of the
season occurred at 10 o'clock last night in Gin
cinnati at the private residence over the Rhine.
Just across the street, north of Musical hall,
Chris Prehn had met his wife in the house of
his father, Fritz Prehn, who had appointed
meeting for the purpose of inducing them to
make up difficulty which had separated them
since last Wednesday. Chris Prehn, the lead
ing actor in the double tragedy, was % years
| old, and his wife was six months younger.
They had been married nearly four years, had
had three children, none OF them living. Last
| Wednesday the wife made bean soup for din
ner, and the husband left home and dined down
| town. At supper he found bean soup again,
| and threw the pate, soup and all against the
stove. He did not like that kind of soup.
Both left the house and did not meet until ten
minutes before the tragedy. Chris often spoke
| of
| HIS DOMESTIC DIsCoRD,
never charging his wife with infdelity, but
complaining of their infelicity. He abhorred
| soup, and that second dose of bean soup was
the hair that broke the cancels back. When
| he came into his fathers parlor and met his
| wife in the presence of his father and mother
and sister to hear the parental overtures for re-
Cancellation he exhibited no conduct that at
tracted the attention of his parents. For
while he sat upon the chair and quietly list
ened to the talk, saying nothing. At last he
arose and walked the floor with his hands in
| drew his hand from his pocket. ''Bang, bang
went two shots from pistol and down fell
Carrie Prehn and Chris Prehn, wife and hus.
band, side by side, the bloody corpses surround
| ed by the father, mother and sister of the muir
! derer and suicide.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
GR1DLEY, ILL.,, Sept. GA most horrible ac-
cident occurred here this morning. resulting in
the fatal injury of Farris Jewett, well-known
resident of Gridley. He went to the farm of
p. Breese to get well augur which was in
partially finished we'll. The augur was in the
earth in the button of the well, and the rod by
which the auger was turned projected from the
earth. While descending, the rope broke, and
Jewett fell thirty feet, striking on the augur
rod, which penetrated his body at the lower
tremity of the right side, and emerging under
the ribs on the left side, passing through the
intestines, and the physicians say rupturing
them. The at the top of the well threw
him rope, which he caught, and by which he
was pulled out, bringing the rod with him.
| sticking in his body until near the top when it
worked out. The rod was three-fourths of an
inch square.
BOND ROBBERY.
Western Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.-An extensive bond rob-
berry was committed by unknown persons at
Kansas City Tuesday afternoon which, for rea-
sons best known to the police, was kept quiet
till late last night. 1t appears well-dressed
man drove to the office of the Jackson county
horse railroad about o'clock Friday evening
and called John Burke, cashier of the company,
out to the sidewalk and had five minutes con-
versstion with him regarding the bad conduct
OF Il conductor on the company's car. Shortly
after Burke returned to the Office he discovered
his safe had been robbed of $1,000 in money
and $21 900 of county bonds and matured
coupons also life insurance policy belong
ing to Theodore Carrigan for $'5, 600, and which
contained bonds, etc. The package was found
near the express companys stables, still hav-
ing in it the insurance policy and the papers,
bonds were $4,000 of Lafayette county, matur-
ing January 1st, 1879, with coupons attached
since 1877; st. Clair county bond of $1,000,
| and $3.50 coupons the bonds of Cass, Henry,
and st. Clair counties. These belonged to
| Bernard Carrigan, and valueless to the
robbers, Mr.. Carrigan has their numbers,
and has reported their loss to the proper au-
| thorities.
| NEGROES BREAK UP A POLITICAL CONVENTION.
! New ORLEANS, Sept. GA special to the
| Democrat from Coushatta says, Yesterday the
t Democratic convention at Natchedoches for the
| nomination of candidates ssembled- The ne
| groes, under the leadership of Blunt Bredo and
Others, came in force, making incendiary
speeches and threatening the convention and
causing it's adjournment, which created consid-
cradle excitement. Armed negroes focked into
was sent from Natchedoches calling for assist
ance. Coushatta responded promptly. The
country is aroused. At this moment firing was
commenced on the pickets and one negro is re-
ported killed. 1t is impossible to obtain full
| particulars.
Note-Coushatta is about fifty miles from
Natchedoches, and no dispatches reporting a
disturbance have been received from that point,
and no confirmation from Coushatta, the impress
sion is here that serious trouble has oc-
Cured.
MURDERER LyNCHED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. pa special to the
Ane,'can from Athens, Ala, says: Last night
at IL o'clock, crowd of men from IS to 100,
rode into town. forcing the jailer to deliver the
keys of the Jail, took therefronn Daniel Nc
Bride, the negro who murdered white man
near Athens the night Of the 7th, and hung him
to a tree on the spot where the murder was
committed by the negro's confession. No fears
, of lynching had been entertained by the
authorities, and the matter was conducted sc
| l,ok Al
been removed from the Jail till this morning
Coroner's verdict: death from strangulation
by unknown parties"
PICNIC MURDER
Frank Davidson, while very drunk, shot ant
killed William Haggerty at picnic six miles
from Warrensburg, Wis, last evening. Til,
7 murderer arrested, but not till he fred tw,
shots at those attempting his capture, withou
] however, doing harm.
WOMAN AND CHILD MURDERED.
INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Sept 22.-The make,
body Of woman and child, the latter but
] day or two old, was found to-day on the farr
of Marshall Palmer, near this city. The We
man had evidently been murdered, as she ha
Q a hole in her head sufficient to cause death. Th
k bodies were in an advanced state of decompos
}. ton; been dead at least two weeks. It was tn
IS work of more than one person heavy 10
# laid across them. No clue to the murderers.
e FIRE AT PEORIA, ILL.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Sept. 22.-The residence of v
; R. Woodward was destroyed by fire this afte
8 noon. The building cost $4,000. Insuran,
on the building and contents $4,000.
Southern Ohio Fair Association.
l DAYTON, O., Sept. 22.-The fifth annual ext
. bition of the Southern Ohio Fair associate
q opens tomorrow. Tt promises to be the large
fair held in this city for years. Over 100 hors
n have been entered in the speed ring alor
I'd Horses and cattle are arriving hu eueru trai