Daily globe., 1879-09-28
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CKlMES AND CASUALllES,
Murderer Hanged and Several Others
Copsigned to tho Same Fate--A Default
/ ing Treasurer In Martin County, MIMI
Mysterious Murder Near Dubuque.
a'3uE5ftsA REPUBLICAN, DEFAuLTxR.
| Especial Telegram to the Globe.
FA1RMoNT, Mimi, Sept. 28.-Samuel
Hackett, the Republican treasurer of this
eounty, IS q defaulter " the county
in II the. 9 sun, Of $4,000 The de-
fciency- and greater portion Of it is known
! TO have existed for years-is being carefully
covered up by Republican board Of audit.
| Hacket is in bad shape and there is but lit
tie show for His making the deficiency good
although he has turned over his property, all
heavily 3mortgaged;a to his bondsmen and
gone east to endeavor to- make q raise from
among his relatives. idGroS Hs.&w
5 iloY MASKED BURGLARS. ltsi -s
Especial Telegram to the Globe. IL
. WoRTHNaToN, Minn., Sept. ~. Sunday
evening last two masked men entered tho
house of German named King at Graham
Lake, in this county, and holding revolver to
his head compelled him to deliver up hi. money.
Smith of David Chambers and William Clark
resulted in their being held to answer. g
TWO MEN KILLED.
Two men were killed and two more wounded
at the Home Stake mine, Lead City, to-day,
but particulars are not to be learned tonight
~ MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Sept. 27.-Thomas Grimes,
farmer, who lived about eighteen miles west
of this city, was mysteriously murdered last
evening. He was returning home from Du-
bqane +,s Nth his ;at - Jim i'm % oGpnRos
ten miles from town they were overtaken by
man who was driving spirited pair of horses.
He was known to Grimes but not to O'Connor,
and the former left his son-in-law's wagon and
got into his acquaintance's vehicle. Grimes
and his companion drove away rapidly, and
about twenty minutes later OConnor found
Grimes lying in the road with his head terribly
mashed and breathing his last. He died about
minute after his son-in-law reached him.
A WRETCH HANGED. ;E'9H
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept. 27.-Nearcus A..
Whitley was hung at Pocahontas yesterday, for
the murder of Luke Summer, on February H.
Whitley left another confession to be made
public after death. In it an effort was made
for respite or communication, but as the con-
fession disclosed he was accessory to brutal
crime, the Governor declined to interfere.
Whitley and Joe E. Davis undertook to pilot
on the 14th of February, 1877. All were under
the Influence OF liquor. Davis suspected sum
mer had money and proposed the murder, to
which Whitley assented. se@1Ha
Whiteley was conducted to the scaffold after
having good nights sleep. After religious
exercises by Revs. Wilson and Armstrong he
was assisted and seated near the trap, being
very weak. Sheriff Conner read the death
warrant and Whiteley declined making an ad-
dress. He asked for drink of water, and at
his request another prayer was offered for him,
and the ministers bade him farewell. BE re-
vuested them to write to his wife thrt he was
going home. The drop fell at :12. After four
minutes of convulsive movements he was still.
At 30 he was proclaimed dead by the physi-
clans and was cut down.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
TORONTO, Sept. 27.-During quarrel about
property Edward DeCourse WAS shot dead by
his brother at the village of Lambton. The
brother then poisoned himself. Both had
been drinking. 81
! SENTENCED TO DEATH.
BARRIE, Ont. Sept. 27.-Ohester Monroe, for
the murder of Thomas Cook, in the township
of Mulmar, last January, has been sentenced
to be hanged October 18th. -
CORNWALL, ONT., Sept. 27.-Olark Brown,
fer the murder of + is father and sister at
West Winchester, Sept. 2, has been SEN
fenced to be hanged Oct. 31st. ,aqrr.
tg FIRE AT GLOUCESTER. @4>7giq ..
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Sept. 27.-Carter's oil
clothing manufactory, the Eureka House, and
several buildings occupied mainly as stores,
were burned to-day. The Gloucester National
Bank block and a number of other structures
were more or less damaged. The losses by the
fire amounted to $65, 900; insurance S5O,00O.
ACQUITTED.
CINCINNATI, Sept, pa verdict of acquittal
was rendered in the Boone county, KY. crimi-
nal court this afternoon in the case of Col.
VIM. G.. Terrell, indicted for the murder of
Hon. Harvey Meyers, in Covington. in March,
1874. Jt 5 EvH
s. MAssACRED BY INDIANS. l Raa
SALT LAKE. Sept. q. Silver Reef special: It
is reported aparty of twenty-eight prospectorr,
have been massacred by Indians near the east
ern boundry of this Territory. AiEYaI,
f;,IYt4ss1 A TEXAS MURDRR. 7r trcr
PALESTINE, Tex, Sept. 27.-Jamea Quisen-
bury, lately acquitted of the charge Of murder
ing DR.. Grayson and wife last year, was shot
3, to-day dead by g. G. Rogers, city marshal =
witness in the trial. g
| FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
READING, Pa, Sept. 27.--A freight train ran
into gravel train on the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad, during fog, and Isaac Young,
conductor, and Alexander Young, train hand,
were killed. David Hosier was seriously in
jured. t3'4
A TEXAS BLAZE. 4f#s"
GALVESTON, Sept. 27.-A special to the Neaos
from Bolton says: Five of the largest stores
in this place burned to-day. Two others were
pulled down to stop the spread of the flames.
Loss. 100000; insured. E
IHS@ nt70 CROOKED WHISKY.
! NASHVILLE, Sept. ~. Revenue officers,
to-day, seized on 2,4O0 gallons Of whisky,
valued at $2,5OO, from the distillery of 81.
Il. Shufeldt, of Chicago, on account of fail
ure to comply with the law concerning
marks and brands. Several hundred bar
rels Of the same goods have been seld in
Southern markets. Officers in this district
have been meeting orders before waiting
/ the seizures on account OF conflicting opin-
ions as to its liability to forfeiture.D02
4 BANK THIEF WANTS TO EXPLAIN.
! CMcAao, Sept. 27.-Perkins Bass, promi-
8 | nent lawyer lately returned frsm Europe, re
4 ports having bad 1 conversation in Strassburg
with the late president Of the defunct State
Savings bank, ID. d. Spencer, who was living
there in poverty, and is anxious to return and
tvindicate himself, rs he claims be can do.
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