Daily globe., 1879-09-01
\ A NEW MEXICO TRAGEDY.

ST. LOUIS, Aug 3l--Sherilf Whitehitt. of
Grant county. New Mexico, is in St. Louis
en- route for Indianapolis, whittier he is taking
Granger. The lad is nephew of Bishop
Granger, Of Indianar olis, and tho sheriff is
confident that the boys father, who was the
bishops brother, was murdered at the instl-
cation of none other than Kate Bender, who
six years ago was the most odious woman in
the United States The sheriff of Grant
county says Wm. G. Granger, father OF the
hoy ROW i'll his charge, married a wife in
California, and when she died moved with
his son William 10 Fort Smith, Arkansas.
A second marriage took place
there, and Josie was the issue. He
| took into his family as nurse and servant a
young woman who bad been dom site in
the hotel an who went by the name OF Dora
Hesser. The family moved to Grant county,
| N. NJ, and Dora went along. The secund
wife died ON the 25th Of last September.
| GRANGER MARRIED DORA
just three weeks froul that time. Ee WIS
en- iced into the mountains by his own son
| William and man named Parson Young.
| aid the boy fired bullet from needle gun
q
'oe, jamned the body iuto a heap and
| threw 1t in, then covered it up and stampes,
| the ground level. Going back home they
'ivded the old M ans possessions, amounting
| TO about $50O, Young taking one-ihlrd, Will
liam one-third and the bride Of three weeks
| one-third. The auth ,risias suspected SONS
! thing wrong and the sheriff went to Gransers
house to arrest the trio. He found them all
| III bed together, and hidden under the bed
we're the old mans CORY clothes which
Dora had chopped into pic ces. William was
closely questioned and tinaly a ,knowedsed
| that his mother and Parson Young hxeG
up the job on the old mBu and induced him
to do the k'lling,the otj Ct bring re of plum
der. He led the officers to the scene cf the
murder aud the buoy was txhumed. Sine.
then belief has been steadily growing that
Dora is
KATE BENDER.
She acknowledges that her real name is
Kate, and she knows great deal about the
Bender murders. A young man who went
TO school with Kate Bender when she Wa.
about 16 years old, visited Dora in Jail and
'sihveiy identified her as Kate. In her
trunk were touud about $500 worth of sill
verwart, most of it marked 'Galt houss,
Kentucky" The woman is still in Jail and
wall suo!l be tried. Meanwhile the sheriff
'nteuds to give the little boy Jc-ie, who
il very amiabie and intelligent child, aud
who gives graphic accouns of the murder,
| III charge OF Bishop Granger.
woMAN's DEVOTION AND MANS pERFIDY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
V1NcENNEs, Ind, Aug. 31.--knbinson, Ind,
is thrown into u ferment over three cases OF
scandal that have just been brought to ligh,
in that unusually quiet place. The most
important, owing to tho prominence of the
| Interested parties, has just been made public
through the columns of tho C0nstituts0n,
and is abcut as follows: Miss L-mma
Spansler, rather pretty lady of Is years,
daughter of MIR. Alexander Spansler, well
| to d. citizen, has brou.ht two suits against
John y. Maxwell, a pre- minent attorney OF
Robinson, one for bastardy and one for breach
| Of promise. claiming $4,000. 1t is the old
story of woman's blind devotion and mans
peridy. Under promise Of marriage ste
yielded to his desires, resulting, it is alleged,
IN the birth, about q month since, of a girl.
After the birth plaintiff claims that defend
ant visited her three times, each occasion
renewing his promise of marriage and there
hJ- securing her silence. About q week since,
uOWeVer, ASmlut ldtuGr DeCanlh convinced
that Maxwell was preparing to e,nigrate hast
lily westward, aud hence suit was brought.
The other two cases are very similar to the
above.
SUSPICION OF POISONING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Ang. 31.-Mrs. Xavier
Hubert, wife of a butcher, fell dead yester-
day, few minutes after her husband had
given her powder. Her husband being
very anxious for burial permit suspicion
was aroused and the doctors ordered a post
mOrtem examination to be held. Az far as
can be learned up tn the present time there
has oeen some foul play practiced with the
woman. There Is also a report that Hubert
poisoned his wife to marry g.rl employed
ia his house.
MURDERED.
Special Telegram TO the Globe.
| UPPER SANDUsKY, O., Aug. 3l.-Washington
| Hite, u farmer living about ten miles south Of
| here, was brutally murdered last evening. 1t
is believed he was killed by a tramp.
| RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
! BooNv1LLE, Mo-. Aug. 3l.--Friday night a.
| body OF unknown men went to The cabin of a
| negro named Casin some five miles from here,
called him ont and ridded him with bullets.
| Ge was rough character, kept sort of low
| gambling den and made himself generally dis
agreeable to the nrighhors. The immediate
| cause nf the affair was Casn went to the house
| of reighbnr during his absence. insulted and
| -lapped his wife and otherwise abused her,
which s" enraged the community as to cause
| the above result.
SHOT HIS MISTRESS.
PoTTsvn-E, Pa. Aug. 3l.-At o'clock this
evening Henry Christian, keeper Of disre-
pu.able house, while c'azed with drink, ahot
| Lizzie Britton. his reputed wife, j, flic,ing
| pr.,bahly fatal wound. Christian afterward
| tried to blow his brains out, but frns rated
| and arrested.
KILLED BY HER LOVER.
ST. LOUIS. Aug 3l.-At an early hour this
morning Will Ward shot Annie Lewis girr of
IA, because she refused to leave her mothers
house and go to a beer saloon with him. The
| ball passed through the left side, inficting a
| wound, which terminated fatally this evening
| Ward was captured by the police Viii rum
ming away from the hopse. The parties are
colored. previous difficulty had occurred
between them on account of the girls refusal
to marry Ward.
KILLED IN HOUSE OF ILL FAME.
CAMBRIDGE CITY. Aug. 3l.-A young man
from CunnorsviIle named Carroll was shot and
instantly killed in house of i'll fame, by Lee
Morgan, son of the proprietor. The mnrderer
! capped. mob of citizens burned the house
down.
| WEST VIRGINIA FIRE.
WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. 3l-A special to
the Intelligencer says fire broke out in Clarks-
town, Jefferson county, W. Va, at o'clock
this morning, destroying the fine house Of Sad
Ter Bros. and damaging the county Jail to an
extent of $7f0. The luss on the Sadler build
ing is $4,000; insured in the Phoenix, North
British Mercan tile and Etna companies:
FIRE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 81 AT 10 o clock this
morning the fire destroyed building .. 20 Elm
street, occupied by the Lake Superior Paint
company. Estimated loss on machinery. So.
900; on stock, S5,0uO; insured 5l1,W'0 in several
different companies. Loss on building S25..
QUO; no insurance. Cause of tire unknown
HAT FACTORY BURNED.
WArsoSTowN, Pa, Aug 31.-The wooden mil
and hat factory OF Geffry & Co. was totally
destroyed by fire last night. Loss s150,Og0
partially insured. Origin of fire unknown.