Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-26
TORTURED BY FIRE.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY At DELPHOs.
o., CHRLST1fAS MORNING..
An Old German Shot Dead by Robbers
And His Wife Tortured by Fire Until She
Disclosed tho Hiding Place of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars-Cincinnati's Abscond-
ing Bookkeeper Supplements His Arrest
by ide-Miscellaneous Crime and
Casualty Record.
MURDER AND TORTURE.

MURDER AND TORTURE.
DE1FHos, O., Dec. 25.-Bernard Packer,
an old German resident, was called to his
door at two o'clock this morning. Upon
opening the door he was confronted by three
men armed With reyolvers, who demanded
his money. He resisted and was shot and
instantly killed. His wife hearing the dig
turbance came to his assistance. She Was
bound with ropes, gagged and tortured with
fire until she disclosed where the money was.
Fifteen hundred dollars were taken. No
clue to the criminals.
BEAT TO DEATH.
BATAVIA, Ohio. Dec. 25.-A quarrel &C.
CURED last night at ball near there be-
tween Albert Fitzwater and Jake Teeger.
Fitzwater challenged Teeger to fight, where
upon Teeger seized stone mason's hammer
and beat Fitzwater on the head and should
ers 80 that he died this afternoon.
ARREST AND SUICIDE.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 25.-Informaion re-
oeived tonight states that E. @. Vowles,
bookkeeper for B. G. Huston & Co., Who left
here week ago under suspicious ciroum-
stances, one of which was giving check for
$50 on bank where he never had an 40
count, was traced to New Orleans, where he
was arrested last night at midnight. He
Immediately swallowed poison and died in
ten minutes.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-Fred vowles
defaulting cashier of Huston, con-
tractor Of the Cincinnati & Southern
Railroad company, was traced to 1876 Gus
tom House street. When Captain Bacennan
and aids entered the room Vowles attempted
to draw pistol, but was quickly covered by
Baceman. Vowles then swallowed something.
He was seized by the police, who, finding be
had taken poison, took him to Charity hos
pital, where he died in few minutes. Vowles
was on the way for Havana. Some money
was found on him and he was given decent
burial to-day. -
FATAL STARRING.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. 25.-At .
bloomer ball in sailor boarding house last
night Maria hall, negress, fatally stabbed
VIM. Marie, white sailor.
i4 Eat FACTORY BURNED.
NEwBuRYPoRr, Dec. 27.-The Bailey hat
factory and contents burned to-day. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. The factory
gave employment to 200 hands, and was run
ming to-day to fill orders.
FATAL FALL.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 25.-Early this
morning the dead body of q man at the
Commercial hotel as F. Howell, Arkansas
was found in an alley in the rear of the
building. At the coroner's inquest the jury
returned verdict of accidental death by
falling from the third story window above.
SHOT By A MARSHAL.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 25.-Edward Hanley was
fatally shot by Deputy Marshal Mullens in
Edgefeld, suburb of Nashville, this after
noon. The ball entered Hanley's left side,
penetrating the lungs. Hanley was at the
time unarmed. Nick Martin, who had pre-.
shot in the leg. short time before the
shooting Mullens had attempted to arrest
Hanley. A souf1e ensued in which Hanley
threw Mullens, when they were separated.
RoUaHs ON A RAILROAD TRAIN.
BA1T1MoRE, Dec. 25.-Eight roughs board
ed the Baltimore & Ohio train at Camden
station, at 11:15 Wednesday night, just as
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man from the cars and soon afterwards made
an attack upon another colored passenger.
he fed to tho ladies' car for safety, but was
pursued there by the roughs, who made an
indiscriminate assault with pistols and
sticks upon the passengers. A colored
woman was shot in the neck, and man was
badly cut, and other passengers were badly
bruised. It was with difficulty many pas
sengers were prevented leaping from the car
while it was in rapid motion.
A SANTA CLAUS FATALLY BURNED.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 25.-A Commercials
special from Potoskala, Ohio, says that Geo.
Lynn, who was personating Santa Claus at q
Christmas festival in the Methodist church,
was probably fatally burned by his costume
taking fire. s-.s
y. BARGES WRECKED.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 25.-By sudden rise in
the Licking river, number of b.rges be-
langing to the Swift rolling mill were swept
away, and eight barges were lost, with con-
tents, at $4,000.
Ross D'Erlna, Erin's Prima Donna.
This highly gifted and accomplished