Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Cowardly Murder by an Arkansas Son-in-
Law--The Fire at Quincy, ln...One Man
Killed by Failing Walls--M isOellane0us.
COwARDLY MURDER.

LaW.-The FIRE az quincy, lu...Ono maj
Killed by Failing Walls-- Miscellaneous
CowARDLY MURDER.
Special Telegram to the Globe.i
HoT SPRINGS, Ark. Sept. THE communit,
was shocked to learn of the cold-blooded muir
der of an old man by the name Of Thos. Riley
murder took place in Mountain township. Jus
before dusk Riley went out to feed his stool
and while engaged in that occupation Grave
stepped up behind him and emptied the COZ
tents of double.bsrrelled shot gun into hi
body. No less than sixteen buck-sh0t took of
feet, killing Riley instantly. Graves is under
arrest and acts as though he thought he hal
fensive man. A family feud was the cause.
TEE QUINCY, ILL.,, FIRE.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Further particulars Of
the fire at Quincy. ILL.,. state that the fire
originated in the livery stable of Sweet 4
Follansbee On Main, between Third and Fourth
streets. The stable together with the Academy
of Music and the large brick block adjoining,
occupied by j. w. Stewart, commission mer.
chant and J. E. Woodruff, baking powder
manufacturer, the packing house Of Adams
Sawyer, and several other small buildings were
destroyed. The fire then extended to the large
four story brick block on Main and Fourth
streets and Quilted the entire stock. The
board of trade, Western Union Telegraph Office,
Masonic block and many private Offices were
located in this block. Henry Locke was killed
by falling walls. The loss IL now estimated at
@25, 600, insurance not known.
property destroyed by fire at Quincy last night
amounts to $4,000. The following companies
are interested: Hartford. $1,000; Insurance
Company Of North America, $4,000; Royal of
Liverpool, 81, 900; Commercial Union, of Lon
don, $500; North British, $4,000; Lamar,
1000; Phoenix, of Hartford, $40, 900; Meridian,
field fire and marine, $1,000; Scottish Com
mercial, 1900; Fire association of Philadel-
phia, 81 1900; Queens, $4,000; London Il Liver
pool, $1,000; Williamsburg, $4,000; Fireman's
Fund, $4,000; Security, New Haven. e., 900;
Northern, New York, $4,000; New Hampton.
$1,000; Peoples. of New Jersey, $1,000, and
Harvard, Of New York, $1,000.
BOND THIEF.
ALBANY, N. T., Sept. Nv. q. Mayor, book.
keeper in the Niagara bank, Lockport. has been
arrested here ON the charge of stealing $4,000
in bonds.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED. j.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. IA west bound freight
train on the Wabash road, while crossing the
trestle work over creek about twenty miles
west of here, at o'clock this morning, broke
through, pillng up eight cars in the crsek and
wrecking several others. Particulars very
meagre, but John Cochran, engineer, and Chas.
Mcintyre, brakeman, are reported killed, and
James Fitzsimmous, fireman, had q leg broken.
&, Additional particulars show the accident was
occasisned by a misplaced switch as point
one mile and half from Edwardsville. The
signal light was hung to indicate q clear main
trace, while the switch was out at the side
track, down which the train ran at speed of
sixteen miles an hour, and plunged off the end
into gully twenty feet deep, wrecking the
locomotive and thirteen cars. The
switch is believed to have been
maliciously misplaced. The brakeman killed
was Chas. Niemeyer, not Mcintyre. His re-
mains were sent to Decatur, Ill. John Coch-
ran, the engineer, lives at Morrow, Ohio. Fitz-
simmons il not expected to recover.
i. CHANCE.
HARRISBURG, Sept. IA writ of error has
been issued in the cases of Israel Brandt and
Josiah Summed, of Lebanon county, murderers
under sentence of death.
SMOKING BLAZE. ..... .
COLUMBUS, Sept. IA fire Shis afternoon de-
stroyed the building of Thomas Bergen. Loss
S7OO; also the building and machinery of G..
W. Weyman. Loss on building $4OO; on ma
chinery $1,000; no insurance. The bui ding
was set on fire by boys smoking inside.