Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-03
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

tlKlM.ES AND CASUALTIES
The Last of the Murphy-Ash Murder Tria
Trial at st. James-Chase, the Murder
er of Goodhue, Safe in Waupun-Th,
Norwich Husband Poisoner-Fires ant
Other Casualties
i THE MURPHY TR1AL.E
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
ST JAMES, Wantonwan county, Jan. g.
Mr.. Severance, cousel for w. w. Murphy
convicted of manslaughter, arrived here OF
the express train last night at about hall
past II, the train being nearly two hours be-
hind time. And this morning at O'Clock
the court was opened. Mr.. Severance stat
ed that from the peculiar state of feeling on
the part of the jury, and the peculiar way
they came to verdict. he was assured that
the lowest, or nearly the lowest
| the law would meet the case and
satisfy the jury. He, Mr.. Severance,
would move an arrest of proceedings, in
order that bill of exceptions might be
made. He stated that there was no errors
arising from the rulings of the court.
Judge Dickinson stated that the opinion
of the court was that justice would not suf-
fer by the delay. He believed in all trials
an effort should be made to obtain careful,
| impartial, unbiased consideration of the
| case. And he thought in this case the jury
had given such consideration, and when
they came to the decision that accused was
guilty of mansiaughter in the fourth
degree he believed that they wished
to express their conviction that prisoner
was not without criminal lability-that he
| failed to exert that care in the use of the
gun in his possession, and in fact several of
the jury had SO stated to the judge since rem
dering the verdict. The Recommendation
of mercy, considered with the statute refer
ring to manslaughter of the fourth degree,
will insure the sentence not being of the
highest character, but if it is desired to stay
proceedings it would not be proper to pro-
nounce sentence till the bill of exceptions
was presented.
In reply to t Q judge, Mr.. Thornton stated
that he had no objection to the motion; the
defense had right to make it.
The judge stated that there would be no
objection to prisoner going out in the mean
time on the same bail as he is now under.
Mr.. Thornton asked the court to state the
G1Lo 1OI LILO presentation OF the OIL.
Mr. Severance then formally moved for
an arrest of judgment on errors in the
judges charge; also on the ground that the
Indictment does not charge murder in the
second degree, for although prisoner was not
convicted under the indictment, yet the in
dictment was an error.
The judge set February 18th at 8 o'clock
as the time for the bill of exceptions to be
presented, and the court was adjourned to
that time.
THE NORWICH Po1soNER.
NORWICH, Conn.,, Jan. AT the trial of
Mrs. Cobb to-day, Prof. Rudolph A. White
house, of the University of Vermont, testi-
fed that he had assisted Prof. Doremus in
all but two OF his experiments upon Cobb's
body. They had consulted together, and
consequently he Endorsed every step taken
by PROF. Doremus. He had not shadow of
doubt that Cobb died of arsenical poisoning.
and he fully believed that Mrs. Hattie
Bishop, an analysis of whose body he
had also made, died from the same cause.
Prof. S. w. johnson, of Yale college, was
the next witnesses. He had been teacher
for twenty years, and of late had paid special
attention to poisons. He should hesitate to
assert that the finding of the amount of
arsenic terstified 10 in fifteen or twenty
pounds of the body was proof Of the admin
istration of poisonous doses. He believed
that some persons might t.ke, under certain
circumstances, as much as five grains of
arsenic. He was not willing to assert that
Prof. Doremus' method was wrong, but it
was not the one which he used, and which
was supported by the best authorities. Ad-
iourned.
KILLED BY GIANT POWDER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-Virginia dis
patch. w. M. Solomon and s. w. Sewell
were killed yesterday by an explosion of
giant powder in the Occident tunnel.
Los Angeles dispatch: Placer gold was
discovered in Alvera street yesterday. The
claim was located at once.
FIRE AT ELGIN.
ELGIN, Ill, Jan. "A fire this morning
broke out in Toms block, corner of Chicago
street and Fountain square, which spread to
Schultz & Todson's dry goods store, and
aided by high west wind swept the entire
south side of Chicago street, causing loss
estimated at 100000; insurance, $4,000.
IN PRISON FOR LIFE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Jan. 2-The curtain fell
upon the Chase Goodhue excitement last
Tuesday. The prisoner was taken to Eau
Claire by the sheriff about two hours after
his sentence to escape the mob for the third
time. He is in States prison at Waupun
for life.
BURNED TO DEATH.
TEETERvnLE, Ont, Jan. 2.-The house of
Robert Baine, Brandy Creek river, burned
to-day. Two young children, alive in the
building, we're burned to death.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "a Colfax dispatch
says: Engine II on the Central Pacific rail
road blew up this afternoon near Summit,
killing the engineer and fireman, and badly
wounding the conductor of the train.
| FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. Especial Dep
uty Collector James Davis was arrested here
| to-day by the sheriff of this county on a
capias issued by the circuit court of Macon
county on suits brought by persons alleging
false imprisonment against Davis, in having
detained them while on a raid over yea
ago. Davis procured writ of habeas corpus
which, having been heard by Judge job,
Baxter, of the United States circuit court
Davis was placed in custody of the United
States marshal with the privilege of goin.
where he pleased on the bond already given
Davis says that while on the raid mentione,
they had expected an attack from moon
sinners, who, as he believed, had sent dow,
four men to take in their situation and &C
accordingly. He had therefore held then
as matter of safety for himself aud mer