Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-30
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
DARING AND SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY.
Special Telegram to the Globe.

at Maloen hOck, WIS.,, on FRIDAY night last,
that was ever known to that quiet little burg
Some time during the night burglars entered
the dry goods store of Trumbull & Hara by
prying off the castings of the back door. Once
inside the polished Williams proceeded to open
the safe by professional means. namely by ex-
perimenting upon the combination, as shown
by a tally sheet found upon the premises the
following morning, and by which they succeed
ed in opening it, and took therefrom over
$4,000 in current funds; after which they
quietly took a few cigars from an open box on
the shelf, and as quietly took their departure
not leaving even trace behind by which they
might be tracked In view Of the fact that the
| job was accomplished in such mysterious
manner, it is evident that it was done by ex
perts or some one familiar about the premises
Up to this hour q P. N.Y. no clue whatever t,
the robbers had been found.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
LAKE City, Mimi, June 2o.-A construction
train from the west, which arrived at THU
place at o clock this morning, ran over anc
killed an unknown mar snort distance west
| of Frontenac station. DR.. Sweeney, coroner
| from GOOdhue county, is now holding in
quest.
From the coroner's jury we CLEAN the follow.
was killed by the cars between this place and
Frontenac. The deceased was walking along
outside the rail with his head down, apparent.
ly unconscious of the approach of the
! train when he was struck by the locomotive
and instantly killed, the Car wheels not CT ming
in contact with his person at all. A paper was
| found upon the person of the deceased, recon-
mending him to the charity of the public, in
which his name was found to be Horace Has
tings, and about forty-fve years of age. He
was on his way to ST. Paul. 1t the opin-
ion of the jury that he deaf and dumb.
The unfortunate man was buried to-day by the
Goodhue county authorities.
HORRIBLE RAPE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 2S.-Late last night
W. J. A. johnson raped Lizzie Sherwood, a
child IL years old. Afterwards he fled across
the river to Arkansas. This morning Sergeant
Kusholz of the police force went over the river
and succeeded in arresting johnson, not how
ever, until after disabling him by shooting
him in tho thigh. The girl was outraged in a
most shocking manner, and now lies in criti-
cal condition. Fearing a demonstration agai nst
johnson, Chief Of Police Athy had him removed
from the station house to the county Jail. John
Porter, who aided in the escape of johnson last
night by rowing him across the liver, also is
under arrest.
CONVICTED MURDER.
MEMPHIS, June 23.-This morning the Jury
in the case of VIM. Parker alias G. Duncan,
colored, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Foster,
near this city last January, returned verdict
of guilty Of murder in the first degree.
MURDERED IN HOUSE OF Ill. FAME.
MONTREAL June 28.-Mrs. w. Mccormick,
alias Conway, was murdered, last night, in
house of i'll fame in Griffintown. The bod
was lying in pool of blood. The head and
hands, severed from the body, were in a pail.
HEAVY ROBBERY.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. June 2S.-C. Robert
Linke, jewelry and watches, II Westminster
street, was robbed last night of $4,000 worth
of jewelry.
WANTS TO GET OUT.
NEWARK, N. J., June 2s.-Mr. Blair, teller of
the Merchants bank, New York, who shot his
cOachman, was in court to-day on habeas
corpus writ but the question of admitting to
bail is postponed till after the coroncr's in
quest.
ANOTHER RESPECTABLE FoRGER.
BOsrcN, June 28.-Jas. f. Edmunds, aged
60, well known citizen and ex-alderman of
Newton, Mass, a -four and commission mer-
chant, OF this city, was arrested tonight for
forgery OF paper in possession of the Maverick
bank. The f"rgeries aggregate $4,000. Since
Tuesday, when the forgerics were discovered,
Edmunds has suffered severe mental prostra-
ton. He is now in charge of three police Off
eerSs
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
ST.. Louis, June 2S.-At a very late hour last
night meagre information was received here
that Mrs. Agnes Diechmann, wife of VIM.
Diechmann, a farmer living at Bluff Ridge, st..
Louis county, about twenty miles from the
city, had been very mysteriously murdered in
bed early Yesterday morning, Tonight addi-
tlonal information is received, but nothing
which clears up the mystery or fastens the
deed upon anybody. 1t appears that VIM
Dlechmann left home about o. clock Yesterday
morning and came to ST. Louis sell SOM, farm
products, leaving his wife in bed, and Joseph
Stockle neighbor who had helped him pre-
pare Tor market in the morning, at his house.
Some three hours later Fred. Schayer brother
OF Mrs. Dieckmann, called at the house, where
he found Stockle and a negro man named Lyle,
who We're going to cut wheat for Dieckrn an n.
Not hndlng his sister up, he and Stockle went
to her room and found her dead in bed, with
the remnant of an old calico dress on, bulle t
left ear, still another in the neck. several
slight cuts the head and neck, and the
bed saturated with blood. Intense excite
ment followed the discovery. ESQUIRE
Raveno was notified, coroners jury
summoned. and testimony taken, but no evil
dence elected duplicating any one as the per-
petrator Of the deed. Diechmann returned
during the afternoon, but could throw no light
on the mystery. He expressed the belief how
ever that Stockle committed the murder, and
the latter arrested. Diechmann was also
arrested and both lodged in Jail. Mrs. Diech-
mann's infant. about a year old, was nearly
smothered in bed with it's murdered mother.
The deepest mystery surrounds the whole af-
fair, and the inquest will be continued until
a thorough investis. cation is made.
STEAMBOAT COLLISION.
New YORK, June Is. The steamship City of
Columbus, from Savannah, ran into the steam
ship City of Berlin last night. The latter had
two iron plates cracked aft, the railing torn
away and the stateroom stove in. The accident
prevents the City of Berlin from sailing before
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Troy, N. Y, June 25.-John W. Dent, law
student, was killed near Cohoes this noon, and
two companions were injured, by lightning.
POSITIVE DENIAL.
What E1-Sccretary Robesoss Says about
the Sensational Story Told 6y john r..
Hines.
New York World. June 81.
at the Fifth Avenue hotel last evening ex-