Daily globe., 1879-07-15
Over-Issue Of Bonds in Pennsylvania
Strong Array of Insanity Evidence in tho
BufOrd Murder Trial-A Colored Brute
Lynched In miscellaneous.

the State, and subsequently $28,O0O was ne
gotiated in London by agents of the Girard
bank, leaving $4,000 not negotiated, which
he always understood remained in the Gtrard
bank. He stated that the department never
had any personal dealing with Charles s.
Baker, but dealt with the bank alone. It
will be remembered that paper was pro-
duced at previous meeting of
the committee, signed by Baker,
showing that the bank had 100000
of the bonds of 1853, when Bickel entered
upon the duties of the Office, and Alderman
Maurer, chief clerk in the auditor generals
Office for many years, testified that prior and
subsequent to MoGrath's administration
books were kept showing number of bonds is
sued and from which coupons had been cut.
The books had not been found, but State
treasury clerks were requested to produce
them if they can he found, at Bedford on
Wednesday, where the committee will hold
its next meeting. With their discovery the
unearthing of the over-issue mystery is prob
able.
COx-HULL MURDER TRIAL.
New York, July 14.-Chastine Cox was
placed on trial to-day for the murder of Mrs.
Jane Lawrence De Forest Hull. The prison
er was fashily dressed, looked happy and
chatted innocently with those around him.
The prisoners counsel said he had prepared
a challenge to the array of jurors. It chal-
1enges the whole manner in which the COM
missioner of jurors summoned the Jury
panel and selected their names. He then
moved that the panel be quashed. The
pros ecution demurred to the challenge. The
judge sustained the demurrer and counsel
took exceptions
UFoRDELL1oTT TRIAL.
OwENToN, Ky, July 14.-On the assem-
bling of the court this morning Col. Thomp-
son, for defendant, moved the discharge of
the jury on account of the absence of records
from Franklin circuit court. The motion
was overruled. Several witnesses pronounced
Buford lunatic. O1e witness said he was
insane since the day he was born. It is
thought the testimony willsll be in by Satur-
day.
CONVENTION, Ky, July 14.-The testimony
for the defense in the Buford trial is being
rapidly pushed through. There were twenty
nine witnesses examined to-day, all of whom
testified as to Buford's peculiarities, some
pronouncing him insane from the time he was
born. The defense will probably close the
testimony tomorrow and the case will 20 to
the jury on or before Saturday.
NEGRO BRUTE HUNG.
CINCINNATI, June 14.-A mulatto, John
Breckinridge, overlook Miss Mamie Berry,
white, while she was on the way to church,
near Carlisle, Ky., yesterday, forced her into
the woods and ravished her. He was subse-
quently captured and placed in jail. Early
this morning mob surrounded the Jail,
forced an entrance and carried Breckinridge
out and hung him on tree.
STABBED.
New York, July 14.-Mike Travis of Ninth
street, Brooklyn, died from the stab wounds
inflicted by Paul Shienly, clerk in the de-
livery department of the telegraph Office.
DEATH FROM SUN STROKE.
ST.. LOUIS, July 14.-Wm. j. Lewis, q
prominent merchant and banker, largely in
terested in the Big Muddy Coal mines of
Southern Illinois, was overcome by heat at
Carondale, six miles below the CITY, this
morning, and died in twenty minutes. Mr..
Lewis belonged to the firm of Bartholomew,
Lewis & Co., bankers, was president of the
Commercial bank, and was one of the most
active and influential of business men.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 14.-John B. r.
Spaulding, telegraph operator, died this
from Baltimore last summer as volunteer
during the epidemic.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 14.-Lucius
Weaver, colored, who in May last committe d
rape on Mrs. Howell, white lady, near
Strawberry Plains, was arrested yesterday
and taken to Mrs. Howell's house and fully
identified bv her tonight. He was taken
from the guards by mob of 100 men,
carried half mile from town, and shot
through the head, the wound proving NOR
tai.
AN OLD MANS SUICIDE.
BDDEFoRD, Me-, July AR. M. Chap
man, aged Ga, treasurer of the Biddeford
savings bank, killed himself to-day.
ACCUSED OF DEFAULT.
New YORK, July 14.-J. B. G. Goldsmith,
treasurer of Peru, Ind, has been arrested
here on the charge of being defaulter.
DoYLEsTowN, Pa, July 14.-Barcley j.
Smith, ex-treasurar of the Newtown railroad,
arrived this morning from Montana in charge
of detective and was released on bail.
KILLED HIS NEPHEW.
NASHVILLE, July 14.-Edward Miness
shot and killed his nephew, j. Mcintosh,
eight miles from this city, Saturday night.
In the affray Miness was severely if not fa-
tally wounded in the left breast.
ESCAPED LYNCH1NG.
A Murfreesboro special to the american
says the people of that place are greatly ex-
cited over the secret removal of Smith and
Hall, sentenced to be hanged for the murder
of Major Pugh, to Nashville and an appeal
taken to the supreme court. The prisoners
would have been lynched had the fact of
their appeal been kL own hencs their re-
moval to Nashville. Y
DEFAULT1NG TREASURER.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 14.-Samuel j.
Mills, treasurer of the town of Bloomfield,
is deeply involved in his accounts, and in
vestigation indicates deficiency of at least
$2,4OO. The town has attached his property.
SUICIDE OF PHILLIP BEST.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, July 14.-Phillip Best,
nephew of Phillip Best of the Milwaukee
Brewing company, and cashier of branch
concern here some months since, disappear
ed mysteriously last night, inducing belief