Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-07
NUMBER ll3.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Prominent Citizen of Columbus, Ohio.
Arrested Charged With Intended As
sassination-Brutish Brothers Taken to
Madison From Polk County, Wis.,. for
Safe Keeping-Miscellaneou Criminal
and Casualty Record.
BRUTEs OF BROTHERS.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
MADISON, Wis, May 6.-Oficers arrived
here tonight with two brothers named Elias
and Isaac Palmer, from Polk county, Wis.
Isaac is charged with numbering man 80 he
could marry his wife, and Elias with commit
ting rape on a 10-year-old daughter of the
same woman. They are brought to the cap
ital city for safe keeping, and will have their
trial at the December term of court. They
are bestial men capable of committing al
most any crime.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
COLUMBUS, O., May 6.-This afternoon
while VIM. Bell, State railway commissioner,
was seated in his Office talking to several
callers, pistol shot was heard and the same
instant bullet came crashing through the
window pane near where the party was set
sing scattering broken glass, but doing no
other damage. No one was seen near tho
window, but at the instance of Bell war
rant was sworn out for the arrest of George
B. Lyon, vice president of the State Mutual
Aid association, charging him with the
shooting with intent to kill. Bell is presi-
dent of the Mutual Aid association, and
last night had street quarrel with Lyon,
which came to blows.
Lyon was arrested tonight and placed in
the station house. In conversation with .
reporter he declared he knew nothing of the
shooting that he gave his pistol to friend
this morning, that he was not in the State
house yard to-day, and was in his room when
the shot was fired. He further says he had
not said he intended killing Bell, and had no
idea of such thing. he said Bell inshgated
this charge to ruin him. Bail has not been
merly connected with the Michigan Mutual
insurance company.
CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE TRIALS.
CHICAGO, May 6.-The custom house cases
were called in the United States district court
this morning, Judge Dyer, of Milwaukee,
presiding. The day was taken up with pre-
iminary motions and arguments thereon.
The defendants were all present, and all
represented by counsel except Reed and
Wheaton. Teh lawyers engaged in the de-
Tense are the Hon. Leonard Sweet, Thomas
Hayne, E. B. McCogg. and Chas. 81. Reed;
for the government, Geo. G. Campbell, L.
II. Bestolle and District Attorney Baugh.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the in
dictments found against them and argu-
.ments followed on motion to quash the in
dictments, for the reason that no criminal
offense was charged, which was still in prog
ress when court adjourned.
FLOODS.
NEWCASTLE, N. B., May 6.-The greatest
freshet ever known has occurred. Large
quantities of logs have been carried out.
Farms are submerged and stock drowned.
GRAY PLEADS GUILTY.
CHICAGO, May 6.-Gray who attempted to
shoot Edwin Booth recently, pleaded guilty
in the criminal court this morning of assault
with intent to kill, and was remanded for
sentence till Booth shall have made his state
ment in court and an inquiry is made into
the mental condition of the prisoner.
KILLED BIS DAUGHTER.
PHILADELPHIA, May edward PAR,
aged 60, fatally stabbed his daughter, Susan
Irving, aged 80. The murder grew out of
an old family feud.
MANHATTAN BANK RoBBER.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Henry hall,
charged with being concerned in the robbery
of the Manhattan bank of New York last
October has Teen held for the New York
authorities. The prisoner said he lived
some times in San Francisco, and some times
in st. Louis, and was Spectator.
PoLYGAM1sr FOUND GUILTY.
SALT LAKE, May 6.-The jury in the Miles
poiygamy case was out for five minutes, and
gave verdict of guilty. A procession of
over 10000 people is now marching through
the streets in honor of Miles for refusing to
answer questions concerning the marriage
| ceremony.
| ACONITE FOR WHISKY.
| CLEVELAND, May 6.-Yesterday DR.. Ezra
Rose, proprietor of a drug store in Palmyra,
Portage county, Ohio, invited his friend Syl-
vester Garfield to try some new liquor which
he had Just received. BY mistake they each
drank about two ounces of aconite. The
doctor died in about two hours, and Garfield
is in precarious condition.
SUPPOSED MURDER.
EVANSVILLE, May 6.-The body of Nathan
Frank was found to-day about one mile be-
low the wharf boat at Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Frank disappeared the I'd inst. while on q
business trip to Mt. Vernon. The body
shows signs of violence, indicating that he
was murdered.
BODY FOUND IN WELL.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 6.-The body of 9
boy by the name of Newman was found in &
we'll at Mt Vernon, Ind, to-day. The boy
had been missed since Friday. he was
years old, the nephew of a former sheriff Of
, this county. Supposed to have been muir
dered.
!, WEATHER TO-DAY.
WASHINGTON, May Z, l A. M.-Indications TO
the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
!. valleys: South and east winds, falling bar
ometer, partly cloudy weather, possibly follow
ed by rain in Missouri valley.
ADVENTIST ENTHUSIAST INSANE.
PooAssET, Mass, May CA. P. Davis
leading Adventist and abettor of Freeman,
thought to be hopel essly insane, and it is II
ported immediate steps will be taken for hi
arrest, thinking him unsafe in the CON
munity in the present state of feelings. Th
4 grave of the little victim is still guarded d.
= and night.
l. Milton Mobiles.