Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-18

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farm hand who murdered little Sandy
White in horrible manner, was tried and
convicted in Monroe, Green county, and
was taken to the Waupun penitentiary last
night. The proceedings have been kept
quiet for fear of lynching.
AN ELEVATOR CRASH.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-AHEngliskman named
Allen Turner met with serious accident on
elevator 1852 Washington street, and his re-
covery is doubtful. A committee of experts
were testing the elevator, which was put up
by w. E. Hale & Co. Turner had discon-
nected one of the rods and the strain was
then left on the second rod, which buckled,
leaving the elevator to crash below.
FALL OF A soAFT o1D1No.
BRooKToN, Mass, Oct. 17.-By the break
ing of staging at the rldgepole of the new
Methodist church at Campello, George L..
Baker, John Roman and Amos r. Jones,
carpenters, were thrown to the ground and
probably fatally injured. .
sHoDDY MILL BURNED.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.-Adams & Rays
shoddy mill, at Fifty-third street and TORI
avenue, burned last night. Loss, 1871, 900 ;
insurance, $4,000. Two adjoining frame
buildings were burned.
INDIANA SHOOTING.
MADISON, Ind, Oct. 17.-Wm. Howard,
late city treasurer, in an encounter with
Maj J. Simpson, editor of the Star, was shot
last night, and it is thought MORALLY wound
ed. The thigh being badly shattered, the
leg will have to be amputated near the body.
This morninga part of his hand had been
taken off. Maj. Simpson claims the shoot
ing was done in self defense.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED.
ALBANY, Oct. 17.-An express train ran
into freight train on the Susquehanna road,
at o'clock to-day, by which the engineer
and fireman of the express were killed and
both locomotives badly damaged. The acct
dent was duplication of the one lately oc-
curing on the Michigan Central road. A
train was being made up in the yard at
Oneonto. There was heavy fog. flag
man was sent to warn the express that was
due, when it came rushing into the yard upon
the partially made up freight. Nontof the
passengers were injured. Juddman was the
engineer and Jas. Mcclure the fireman.
Both lived in Binghamton, and leave wives
and children.
OoRB1N's CRIME.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 17.-H. G. Corbin was ar.
rested at Westerville, to-day, on warrant
charged with blowing up his hotel q few
weeks ago. This outrage was charged to
the temperance people when the explosion
occurred.
FREEMAN INDICTED.
BOSTON, Oct. 1.-THE grand jury of Barn
stable county found no bill against Mrs.
Freeman, and she was discharged. Charles
Freeman was indicted for murder in the first
degree. and will be tried by special sessions
of the supreme court. ,
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
NEWTON, N. j., OCT. 1.-THE jury in the
case of Frederick Gill, charged with the
murder of his daughter, brought in verdict
of murder in the first degree. Sentence de-
ferred. The defense was insanity.
NORTH CAROLINA WHISKY CROOKS.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Oct. ia special
from Gastonia. North Carolina, says Revenue
Agent Blacker, assisted by Deputy Col
lector Gayles, unearthed gross frauds in
Gastonia county, North Carolina, carried on
by registered grain distilleries in collision
with government officers. The seizure of
over 500 gallons of corr. whisky abstracted
from the distilleries and secreted by the dis
tillers has already been made. The plans
of the ring have been exposed. Large seiz-
ures of spirits and distilleries, and important
Developments may be looked for. Frauds
to great extent have been perpetrated
through the sale and shipment of corn whisky
in kegs filled from unstamped packages.
TEE JACKSON HORROR.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE coroner g
jury, who for the past week have been taking
evidence in regard to the collision on the
Michigan Central at jackson, Mich, rem
dered the following verdict tonight: That
E. T. Colwell, yardmaster at jackson juno
ton, was criminally negligent of his orders
in ordering the switch engine upon the main
track at time when the Pacific express was
liable to arrive within ten minutes, as he had
ample time of ascertaining, and that if
he was deceived as to the time it was
by his own miscalculstion or want Of
calculation; that Joseph Sawyer, switchman
in charge of the switch engine, knowing that
Co,well had made mistake on previous oc-
casions, is censured for permitting the switch
engine to go on the main track in the face of
admitted danger without decided protest !;
that Robert Jones, engineer. of the switch
engine, is oensurable for moving his engine
upon the main track when he knew by ex-