Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-05
DEADLY FRACAs.

young man. while drunk, ran against Joseph
@. Allen, lawyer, and struck him with his
fist. Allen demonstrated, when Cox drew
from his pistol pocket three-lnch bladed
knife and cut Allen over the eye. Allen
then struck Cox fearful blow
knocked the knife from his hand. Allen,
saying they should be 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 a razor, and saying,
CHOW, Cd d-n you, l have got you," cut
his throat, severing the jugular vein and
two arteries. Allen then knocked
Cox over barber's chair and got up on him,
his blood squirting into Cox's face. Finding
his strength rapidly leaving him, Allen ran
across the street into house, where he hap
pened to find Dr. Glenn, who kept him from
bleeding to death by thrusting his thumb
into the CHASTITY wound. Aliens recovery is
doubtful Cox said all he asked was not to
die an ignominious death. The tragedy Gre
ated the widest excitement.
AN ATRocIoUs MURDER.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
ST.. Louis, Aug. 4.-Six weeks ago Her
man clearinghouse, an Illinois farmer, took a
steamboat coming to st. Louis with a ship
ment of grain from an obscure landing place
up the river The trip was chiefly i'll 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 I'M
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 i'll good circum-
stances.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
New York, Aug. Hallway, N. j., has a
strange story of robbery, where one detective
detective 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 in Walkers house at Rohway
Mrs. Walker is a woman OF
property, and entered into some kind of
hwy VIII ol, tbau 1c
$4,000. Forbes had ihis money Friday
and showed it to Mr.. 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 is
believed. sailed on the Adriatic at 8 o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Walker awoke late Sat
urday morning, expecting to receive hel
money, but instead found that she he'd beer
drugged and Forbes had departed. The
mystery is as to where the $4,000 came
from, and where Forbes has gone with it
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
New YORK, Aug. Airs. Smith, the wife
of the murdered policeman of Jersey City
threw herself on the coffin and wept bitterl,
when the funeral ceremony was in progress
yes erday. 1t was rather a curious inciden
that after this scene she was not allowed tt
60 to the cemetery, but was driven to thu
police station and locked up. She reiterated
her story OF chloroforming, and said tina
Bennett, her paramount, had not visited he
within two weeks. Whenever cornered sh
resorted to her old tactics of answering
eyes, or ''no." The police seemingly con
tented themselves with arresting Mrs. Smith
The case has been very bunslingly managed
and Bennett, the suspected murderer, ha
had ample opportunity to make good his es
cape.
CONANT, THE DEFAULTER.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
BosToN Aug. 4.-The announcement tina
Cashier Conant, of Eliot National bank, wa
defaulter in $4,000, has created grea
surprise here. His standing ha
always been of the highest
Nothing in his manner or in anything tina
he had said during the past few months LEI
the directors to suspect in the least that mat
ters had gone wrong.
Cohant, even while he was weighed dow
with the CONSCIOUSNESS of wrong doing, an
with the terrible knowledge that the trut
must soon come out, let no word fall fror
his lips to betray his thoughts.
1t was on last Wednesday morning tina
conscience asserted her sway over man. Th
directors were in session. The cashier
pale and determined looking, said: "Gentls
men, resign my position as cashier OF I'll
Eliot National bank Then like thunde
bolt from cloudless sky came the di
closure of wrong -doing to the assemble
directors.
..Gentlemen," said Conant, trembling,
am ruined. I have used $4,000 of none
of this bank" Then the cashier brol
completely down, wept like a child, and
was some momel4ts before he could procee
with his story.
FIGHT WITH TRAMPs.
Correspondence of the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, Aug. 3. AT fifteen mlnut
mast 4 o'clock, after the excitement of Il
stabbing affray and while the sheriff W
locking the prisoner up, six hard looki1
fellows came into the jail yard and into tt
Jail through the basement kitchen. and OF
met the officer at the top of the stairs ne
the Office. The sheriff demanded the reast
for his unceremonious entrance, and on I
ceiyino an evasive answer kicked him OF
Tn the meantime three had attacked the Jail
and had him down. By this time I
alarm was sent down town that there was
row at the jail, and help wanted. Men
sponded and they were all arrested, beil
oyerpowered by force of numbers.
Crowley, who struck Mr.. Wood with