Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-10
REIGN OF TERROR.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
COLUMBUS, March 1O.-A perfect reign of
terror exists here owing to the presence of
an apparently we'll organized band of in
cendlaries. So extensive has become their
depredations that public meeting was
called for last Friday evening to take
measures for protecting property from fur
Their destruction. While it was in session
houses were entered and prepared for the
torch by liberal applications of coal oil, etc.
At an early hour yesterday morning no less
than eight fires were started almost stimuli
taneously in different parts of the city.
Aroused to vigorous action by these start
ling events, the mayor has authorized re-
ward for the capture and conviction of the
villains, and last night three hundred soldiers
were placed on patrol duty to guard the
city.
Western Associated Press.1
COLUMBUS, O., March 9.-The city was
patrolled last night by police, militia and
citizens, aggregating about thousand In
number, and not fire occurred. The ma
htla are on duty again o-night.
BURNED TO DEATH.
WASHINGTON, March BY fire at George
town last night, three children of Daniel
Martin, colored, were burned to death.
FEARS FOR THE FISHING FLEET.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 9.-No tidinps
are yet received of the fourteen fishing YES
sells which went out from here to GEORGES
banks, and the feeling is generally prevalent
that the entire number went down, with all
their crews, in the severe gale of last month,
BURNED TO DEATH-suPposED 1NcEND1AR1sM.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Between l and 2
o'clock this morning, fire broke out in the
wagon shop of Mrs. Henrietta Bausoh,
Broadway, East st. Louis, and owing to there
being no fire apparatus, and no call being
made upon the fire department of this city,
one brick and five frame buildings were de-
stroyed, entailing loss of about 10000.
In the second story of the wagon
shop where the fire started, which was oc-
cupied as residence by Bausch, there were
sleeping three children by former mar
rage, named Charles Guchenbach, about l6
years old and John and Emma Zrepp, sew
eral years younger. Henry Schepperkntter,
blacksmith, and Mrs. Catherine Borst, who
was spending the night with Mrs. Bausch,
all of whom were burned to. death, they be-
ing unable to escape by reason of the door
Leading to their apartments being
fastened on the outside. Mrs. Bausch was
also asleep in the same house at the time,
but she jumped from the window and was
90 severely injured she will probably die.
At the inquest this afternoon testimony was
ELECTED pointing 80 STRONGLY to incendiarism
that John Borst, husband of Catharina Borst,
Andrew Marshall and Thomas Hammond
were arrested and locked up.
THROUGH THE ICE.
ERIE, March 9.-This afternoon Joseph
Grandam, while fishing on Lake Erie, broke
through the ice and was drowned. The body
is not yet recovered.
BURGLARS KILLED.
NEW YORK, March 9.-One burglar was
shot and killed and another captured to-
night by John P. Richards, who surprised
them while they were ransacking parlor in
his house, No. 3O5 East Eighty-sixth street.
Richards was up stairs and heard noise
below in the parlor. He got revolver and
went cautiously down, and by the light of
the moon he saw two men in the room, who
heard him coming and ran, one to the right
and the other to the left. He fred three
shots after the latter without apparent eff
1
feet. Failing to get out of back window
latter turned on Richards, who shot him
through the heart and he fell dead in the
middle of the room. The other man was
then covered with revolver and surren-
dered. The police were attracted by the
shooting, and as they came to the house
Richards, after telling the story, surrendered
himself. The dead burglar was recognized
as Timothy Casey, a hardened young crimi-
nal hardly yet man, who has given the po-
lice in the upper part of the city good deal
of trouble. James Dargen, the captured bur
glar, is known to the police as an
old offeuder. In the station house he said
to Richards, that if he Dargan) only had a
revolver, Richards would not be at the sta
ton with him. Richards is member of firm
of John P. Moore's Sons, dealers in guns
and arms, and is captain of Seventh regi-
ment rlfle team. Later in the night coroner
discharged Richards from custody.