Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-21
FATHER AND son.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IND
EMBEZZLEMENT.
Particulars of tho Attempt to Blow Up the
Hudson River Steamer Drew Terrible
Accident at Devere- Miscellaneous Grim
inal and Casualty Record.
THE "DREw" DISASTER.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 2O.-Additional par
ticulars of the attempt to blow up the
steamer Drew, of the. Peoples line, show
that the explosion was caused by cans of
powder being in some manner set off in,
stateroom 248, which is an
inside room and was not occupied.
No. 2, opposite, was occupied by William
81. Badwell, of New York, and another near
by, Hon. Thurlow Weed and nephew. The
conclusion tore off all the joiner work of
Nos. 249 and 245. The windows and mir
rors were smashed and wood work and bed
ding set on fire. Two powder cans, one hold
ing pound and the other half a pound, were
discovered. There was hole
in the top of each, as if for fuse.
A plain wooden box two feet long and
one and one-half feet deep with powder, etc.,
was also discovered. The passengers were
finally quieted and no personal injury re-
suited. Capt. Roes' suspicious were attracted
to a middle-aged man whom one of the
box from the pier before the boat started
from it. He was taken into custody on arri-
val of the boat in this city, and examined
before Justice Child. He refused to
give his name. He said he lived in
New York, but had worked at
Easton, Pa, as q waiter. He said he knew
James Gordon Bennett of the New York
Herald and had written for that paper
sketch of his life. He called himself "The
Man from Peru and is thought by many to
be insane. Chas. Marley and Caleb j.
Brown, watchmen, testified to seeing the
prisoner come on board carrying the box
found in stateroom No. 248, and two men
helping him. He says he knows nothing
about the matter. He was committed for
further examination Tuesday next.
FATHER AND SON.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 2O.-Geo. r. Rid
die and James H. Riddle, father and son
have been held in $5, 1000 each for court on
charges of conspiracy and embezzlement.
They were president and cashier, respectively,
of the Franklin Savings bank of Allegheny,
and it is claimed by the bank directors that
on investigating the accounts after the bank
closed its doors, it was found that the cashier
had overdrawn his account $4,000, and that
father and son has used the money of the
concern to further their interests on private
affairs, whereby the bank was swamped. 1t
is charged that they discounted notes of
firms of which they were members without
consent of he directors, that they did enter
these discounts but concealed them and per-
mitted large overdrafts in pursuance of their
conspiracy.
FLEW THE TRACK.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
DENVER, Col, July 2O.--A frightful acct
dent occurred in the freight yard of the Dem
yer & Rio Grande railroad yesterday morn
ing at o'clock. Since the Santa Fe Co.
took possession trains have been running in
irregular style because of trouble to get en-
gineers. switch engine was sent out after
a passenger train this morning to push it
over the grade, and while making curve
flew off the track, throwing Jack Finehart,
yardmaster, Mony han, engineer, and two
firemen. Finehart was killed, Monyhan died
ia the afternoon, the others were but slight
ly injured.
AssAssINATED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 2O.-Last night at
barn dance at Kresburg, near Allenshall,
Todd county, an assassin in ambush sent
bullet through the heart of Frank Smith.
The murderer is supposed to be negro.
DROWNED.
WILMINGTON, Del, July Dob. S. Ford,
of Chestertown, Nd, member of the Senate
was drowned at Ocean City this morning
while bathing.