Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-17
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
PROMINENT SUICIDE .

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15.-A special to the Post,
Dispatch from Sherman, Texas, says: w. r.
Greenlow, one of the wealthiest and most
prominent citizens of the place, suicided last
| night by taking morphine. The cause is said
to be criminal intimacy between his wife, one
of the most beautiful women in Sherman, aud
Rev. Conrad Haney, one of the most noted and
to be greatly excited over the affair, and
threats against the personal safety of the
| sanity seducer have been made.
A FATAL LEAP.
BALTIMORE, Nov. l5.-Henry W. Worthing-
ton, bookkeeper, aged 40, while delirious from
typhoid fever, leaped from window of his
room in the fourth story of the Madison house,
to the street this afternoon, and was instantly
killed. i
FoUNDERED.
BUFFALO, Nov. l5.-The steamer C. G. Breed
from Detroit. with $4,000 bushels of wheat,
capsized and foundered, Friday, eighty miles
east of Point au Pelee. The crew, consisting
OF the captain and seven men, are all supposed
to be lost, with the exception of Frank Davis,
who was at the wheel, and was picked up by
thirteen hours in the water. The lost schooner
was commanded by Capt. Rose, of Detroit. Jas.
Smith, Of Buffalo, is mate.
DISHONEST CLERK.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 15.--Major Chase, from the
department of Justice, Washington, arrived to-
day, and after an inspection If special agent
Newcomb's investigation Of the record of Thos.
Ambrose, United States clerk, and after con-
sultation with Judge Sweeny, of the U. 8.
district court, instituted formal criminal pro-
ces dinss on behalf OF the government against
Ambrose, warrant issued and he WAS arrested,
charged with making fraudulent claims against
the (4nVarnnent IT 81 GOm iroionor
required BIO, 900 bail. which was g wen by Edgar
NJ johnson, to appear for examination next
Monday. Judge Baxter, of the circuit court,
will arrive Monday, when it is expected new
clerk will be appointed.
THROUGH BRIDGE.
CHICAGO Nov. 15.-The south bound freight
train on the Chicago g. Alton road went through
bridge ut Riverdale, near Alton, this morn
ing. six freight cars falling into the river. A
brakeman was killed, and the engineer and
fireman injured. Officers cannot account for
the accident as the bridge was new and ex-
trcmely we'll made. Damage $1,000. No de-
lay ia experienced to trains.
SUPPOSED MuRDERERs ARRESTED.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 15.-A man giving the
name of Brown went into jcwelry store here
to-day, and asked to have the name of Ella B.
Dickinson removed from the case of watch.
The Jeweler became suspicious notified the
police, and Brown and two com anions, Lewis
and Green, were arrested. They say they
came from Kansas City, and the belief is they
murdered Dickinson, the printer, in that city,
last night.
BOILER EXPLOSION.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. ia special to the
Post and Tribune reports the explosion of a
large boiler in Wood & REYNOLDS saw mill and
salt block at Carbollton, near East Saginaw,
A s,f No l>oila srxh
ing nearly four tons was thrown a distance of
$50 feet. Edward kaguepas, fireman, was
thrown through the roof and into the river a
hundred feet distant. His injuries will proba-
bly, prove fatal. Cyrus Burr was badly injured
about the head and shoulders. Condition
critical. Frank Robinson fireman, is injured
Ia the back and shoulders not dangerously.
Jean PETAL was instantly killed, his mangled
body found beneath the ruins. Damage to the
mill estimated at 5000.