Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-18
10 BE HANGED.
THE SENTENCE IN THE COX MURDER
TRLAL.
The Date Fixed for August Goth Efforts
OF Sharp Lawyers to Find Loop Hole of
Escape-Illinois Postoffice Robbers Sent
Observation-Disclosures.
posroFF1cE ROBBERS SENTENCED.

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PosTOFFICE ROBBERS SENTENCED.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 17.-John Shoe
maker, John Henderson and VIM. Hender-
son to-day plead guilty in the United States
district court to robbing the postofice at
Oakland, Gales county, and were each sem
fenced to the county Jail for six months.
PERsoNATING A REVENUE OFFICER.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July Thames Stepler
was taken to-day under two years sentence
and $500 fine for personating revenue
officer. During the past two years Shepler
has been travelling through Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa fleeing people as government
officer and successfully enacting various
roles, such as temperance lecturer.
KILLED By THE PHYSICIANS.
New York, July IT, Counsel renewed his
motion to-day to aquit the prisoner on every
count Of the Indictment. He read various
authorities to show that the failure to prove
the cause of death would vitiate trial. He
maintained that the jury should not be al
lowed to infer the cause of death. The
judge denied the motion and the counsel
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then examined for the defense, counsel at
tempting to show that Mrs. Hull was killed
by the physicians at the autopsy and not by
Cox.
After an address by the district attorney
on behalf of the people, Judge Cowing
charged the jury, and at 5:15 P. NJ. they re-
tired. AT 6:25 the jury came into court with
a verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, and the judge sentenced Cox to be
hanged Aug. 29th next.
TEXAS sHooT1NGs.
GALVESTON, July 17.-In court yesterday
at Marlin, Sheriff Featherstone quarreled
with Francis Gather and shot him, making
necessary the amputation of his legs. Feath-
erstone fled, followed by posse.
At McKavaett, while Constable Cisco was
taking Andrew Burns to Jail, Burns broke
away. Cisco commanded him to stop, when
he turned and dared Cisco to shoot. The
constable did shoot three times, with fatal
effect.
CLEANING OUT FLOATING HE'LL.
CHICAGO, July 17.-About o'clock this
morning row occurred on a boat devoted to
the vilest purposes and owned by Bill Muir
ray, who keeps it anchored about mile from
the shore and entertains in it the lowest
classes of the city. The result of the row
was five men shot, none fatally, and the ar
rest by the police of about dozen persons
implicated, including three women.
KILLED FOR HIS HUMANITY.
New YoRK, July 17.-Patrick McDermott
was killed to-day by Nicholas Meiners. Both
lived at No. 81 Hudson avenue, Brooklyn.
McDermott interfered when Meiners was
beating his wife.
BUFoRDs INSANITY.
OwENroN, KY, July II. Mrs. G. w. Mer-
riwether, of Louisville, testified that she be
lieyed Buford insane. DR.. w. Chipley, 81
an expert, testified that from the testimony
presented he did not believe that Buford
was sane at the time of the killing. The de-
Tense is less confident to-day.
OwENToN, KY, July 17.-On the court re-
assembling this afternoon, DIR. Chiply was
recalled. Witness went on to explain the
difference between sanity and insanity. He
was frequently interrupted by the judge, who
said the jury could not understand it, and he
did not think the parties engaged in the ex-
animation knew anything about it. The
doctor continued for nearly two hours, and
when he closed instructions were given to
the jury. The arguments were opened by
Mr.. Settle, of this place, who spoke for three
hours, making very able argument. The
arguments will probably close tomorrow,
. i'd the case be given to the jury Saturday.
LOSSES BY FIRE.
COLUMBUS, O., July 1.-THE store of u.
Jenkins, at Delaware, O., was damaged $1O,-
ono bv r "a thio noornino Tponrod for @16 :
600 as follows: Knox M utual and Richmond
Mutual, $4,000 each; Western and Column
bina, 5000 each.
INDICTED AND COMMITTED.
Boston, July 1.-THE several parties ar
rested, yesterday, as concerned in causing
the death of Jennie P. Clarke, the victim of
the Lynn trunk mystery, were indicted by
the grand jury this forenoon, and soon after
were arraigned before Judge Aldrich, who
ordered each of the defendants TO rAcopniza