The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-10-30
FEMININE PIBDDISHyESS|, S J,
n LUCRETIA BORGLA DEVELOPED IN
NEW YORK
Three Murders by Poison Traced to Her,
Her Mother and Aunt Being Of the vio-
: tims-Two Medical, Students of Cleveland
Arrested for Body observation-disclosures
Of . Backing Father ,aud Son At Pitts
burgh for Embezzlement-Wisoell
Casualty Record.
4 MODERN LUCREFIA BoRorA.

Casualty Record.
MODERN LU0RETn BoRalA.
8YRAcusE, N. T., Oct. 26.-The evidence
which il accumulstin7 against Mrs. Francis
Schroeder, who was recently arrested, charged
with having poisoned Mrs. Barnard ut Cnatte-
mango, eight miles east of this city, makes her
out = veritable Lucretia Borgia- Three bold
murdern are already laid at her door. After her
arrest for the killing of her mother, Mrs. Bar
nard, proofs Of her knowledge and use of poi
son shed new light on the death of Mrs. Louisa
Pope. the prisoners great aunt, who died sud-
denly and mysteriOusly 1T her house in 1876.
The alleged motive WA obtaining possession of
Mrs. Pope's little fortune of about el.t0O
in bonds and mortgagea- The authorities arc
of the opinion that Francis will make confes-
sion that she killed her mother, and that she
was urged to do 20 by her husband. Tho.e VINO
are intimately acquainted with her character
and disposition are of the opinion that she
will admit having poisoned her aunt, now
that traces of poison are found in her stomach.
Yet Sch oeder, her husband, it is understood,
is dispOsed at the proper time to tell what he
knows of the poisoning, and it is not unlikely
that he may endeavor to turn States evidence
to save himself. The inquest in Miss Pope's
case will be held next Tuesday.
DISAGREED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
BUFFALO, Wright Co., Oct. "a, 10 P. M.-The
jury in the Seig case disagreed. They were out
forty-six hours, and stood eleven to one all
through.
SUGAR MILL CASUALTY.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-About 10
o clock yesterdsy forenoon = Centrifugal large
cast iron affair, revolving at the rate of nine
hundred times per minute, in the sorghum
sugar mill of Messrs. Wardner Il Russell, sud-
denly burst into hundreds of fragments, which
building, manning workmen, and causing
about e2, 600 in damage. Mr.. Lorenzo Wilcox,
young man, was badly crnshed by the terrific
force Of the explosion, and after lingering in
great agony died bout midnight. MIR. Geo.
Munsen, Of Chicago. was near the terrible ma
chine and his leg and arm were badly crushed.
DBHoNEsT BANK OFFICIALS.
PTTsBuRaH, Oct. 26.-Jame. II. Riddle, head
of the firm of Riddle, Coleman 4 Co., and
president of the franklin Savings institution.
and his son Geo. D. Riddle, cashier of the lat
and substantial business men, were yesterday
found guilty on four counts for embezzlement
and two for conspiracy. The account of Rid
die, Coleman d Co. was overdrawn to the
amount of 9S6, ,49607. The account of Frantz
l. Co., of which firm the cashier was = men,
S., ,847.N were embezzled from tho
Savings institution. The directors knew
nothing of these transactions and
when the institution went up IN investigation
Was made and overdrafts discovered; also,
| notes discounted for the two firms to the
amount of $l06, 600, of which the board of di-
rectors claimed they only authorized and know
of 3l5O00. The capital stock of the bank at
the time of its collapse was only $l5l ,000. and
the Stockholders who had to make up the def
cheney prosecuted the Riddles, and the case
has been IN trial for nearly three days, attract.
dict of guilty with = recommendation to tho
extreme mercy of the court.
TRAMPs sUFFoeATED.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., Oct. 26.-Two tramps who
were sleeping in the Hazleton furnace, two
morning. having been suffocated by gas. They
cannot be identified by any one here.
DOUBLE MURDERER ARRESTED.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 26.-NIatthew Fitch,
who killed his wife from whom he had been
estranged for some time. and his four year old
daughter, near Hadley, in Lapier county, on
Saturday. the 10Th instant, was arrested at bis
house in Goodrich, q short distance from Had
ley, this morning and brought to Lapier, where
he is now confined. Since the date of the
doubl murder Fitch has been hiding in the
woods in the neig ghborhood and eluded his pur-
suers until this morning. He had a narrow
escape from lynching by the people.of Hadley
while being taken to the Lapier Jail.
RAILROAD TUNNEL BURNING.
CUMBERLAND, Oct. 26-Early this morning .
fire broke out in Pinkert,n tunnel, Pittsburgh
division of the Baltimore l. Ohio railway. A
fire engine was sent from here, but could not
do much good on account of the fire being near
the center of the tunnel which il half = mile
long. It il wooden lined. 1t was still burn
ing late this evening. Freight trains are
stopped and passengers are transferred in
wagons.
CHURCH CREMATED.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 26.-The McKendrie church
of the Southern Methodist church South, on
Fourth street, was consumed by FIRE at $40 to-
night. Loss e36, 900. insured for cas- 600, we'll
divided among various insurance companies.
The third story of John 81. Luck's toy store,
next door, was also burned. Thought to be
covered by ,nsurance.
WHEE1INo, W. Va. Oct. 26.-A FIRE broke
out this morning in the Presbyterian church 1T
city, which resulted in the total destruction of
the edi6ce, together with the residence of W.
b. Hicks. Loss @6, 900, partly insured.
BODY sNATCHERs NABBED.
AsHrABuIA, O., Oct. 26.-F. W. Dakin aud
N. Hoyt, two medical students from Cleve
land, were arrested here to-day for body
matching. The two men arrived here Satur.
day night, hired horse and buggy and went
to the county infirmary farm, i've miles east,
opened the grave of Mn. Goodrich, an old
lady rs years of age, who was buried Last Tues
day, packed tho body in . trunk and were
about to take the train for Cleveland, when
they were arrested. They had preliminary
trial, were bound over to the next term of
court in $500 bonds each. The prisoners fur
nished bail and were released.
DRUNKEN NAN CIGAR.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 26.-The Whitehouse block
in the town of Dresden, near Zanesville. was
deatroyed by fire to-day, including the dry
goods store of g. W. Lemrlert d Broa., 8. W.
Berton's grocery and residence, tho postofhce
and two or three small wooden houses. Losa,
e25 600. The only insurance reported is $4,000
on the Whitehouse hotel The fire caught from
the lighted cigar of . drunken man who had
crawled into the hay IN the stable aud sup
posed to have burned to death.
SERIOUS FoRaETFu1NEss.
BANGOR, Me-, Oct. 26.-A collision on tho
Bangor 4 Piscataguis railroad, Saturday night.
The engineer, named Green, was badly scalded,
and had both legs broken. The accident oo-
Cured ut Lows bridge, between Dover and
9uilford, where three cars had been left on tho
main track to be loaded. A both tho cOnduc.
TOO and >ooineer had been informed the cara