Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-03
Three Masked Men Rob :: Chicago Grocery
Store, Killing Customer in the At
tenpt-A Prominent Churchman of
Grand Rapids, Mich, "Goes West" to
Escape Punishment for Embezzlement-
miscellaneous
Especial Telegram to the Globe


CHICAGO, March "A bold robbery, which
has coupled with it murder, was perpetrated in
a grocery store, No. 2,O33 Butterfield street.
last night. 1t was the most daring and reck-
less occurrence of the kind which has trans
pired during the present prolific season of rob-
berries and murders. Three men completely
masked entered the store when it contained but
the clerk and two customers, the latter father
and son, and with revolvers drawn and
cooked they demanded the money of the store.
There was some hesitation on the part of
the inmates, who were rather inclined to treat
the matter joke. One of the customers,
an old man of 81 years, demanded that they
leave. When they did not he seized broom
and tried to drive them outdoors. He struck
the foremost blow, when he pointed the re-
volver at the man carefully, and fired without
any word. The ball struck the victim an inch
or two below the navel, and penetrated the
bladder. Fred Baro, the old gentleman, fell
to the floor, and called for help His son.
standing near at the time of the shot, became
40 frightened at the deliberateness of the gang,
that he sprang to the door and ran away. The
clerk was too dumfoundered to move speak
and this gave the robbers opportunity to go
on with their plan. They stepped behind
the counter, and quietly helped them
selves to the contents of the money drawers,
and departed as quickly as they came. Help
was soon summoned and the old gentleman
was carried to his nome near by. He contin-
ued to grow rapidly worse, until o'clock this
morning his recovery was pronounced impossi-
BILE. The robbers were 80 carefully disguised
that identification is said to be impossible.
Nothing was seen of them after they left the
| store. Baro is a married man and has grown
up family. The name of the proprietor of the
store is Godfrey Rockaw.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 2-Last Thursday
colored laborer at Cochrane's saw mill, in
| residence on Keel street, and last night the
disconsolate father found the dead remains of
his baby in DR.. Thomas field north of the
brick church in Chelsea. The child's body bore
| evidence of most brutal treatment on the part
| of the murderer. A struggle had evident-
! ly occurred when the murder was committed.
The man who took the child from his home
promised to pay him fifty cents to carry a
satchel from the Louisville depot. What mo-
tive could have instigated so inhuman crime
is at present unknown. Developments indl-
cate that it was an unknown negro, supposed
to be demented, who perpetrated the murder.
The supposed murderer's whereabouts has not
| yet been discovered.
ANOTHER cHURoHMAN FALLS
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March at is charged
i by officers of the Lowell National Bank, THU
county, that 81. NJ. CLARK, late cashier, is al
an embezzler to the amount of $4,000. Ii
addition he is said to have taken bad pape
that will run tho loss to $4,000 or $25. 600
Clark has gone w est. He was prominen
churchman.