Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-29

Another Negro Kapist Captured In Ten
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DARING AND SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
LAKE CRY, June 28.-One of the most dar-
ing and successful burglaries was perpet rated
| at Maiden Rock, Wis, on Friday night last,
that was ever known to that quiet little burg.
Some time during the night burglars entered
the dry goods store Of Trumbull & Hara by
prying off the castings of the back door. Once
inside the polished Williams proceeded to open
the safe by professional means. namely by ex-
perimenting upon the com bination, as shown
| by q tally sheet found upon the premises the
following morning, and by which they succeed
ed in opening it, and took therefrom over
! S2,OOO in current funds; after which they
| quietly took few cigars from an open box on
| the shelf, and as quietly took their departure,
| not leaving even. trace behind by which they
might be tracked. In view Of the fact that the
job was accomplished in such a mysterious
manner, it is evident that it was done by ex-
perts or some one familiar about the premises.
up to this hour u P. N.Y. no clue whatever to
the robbers had been found.
HORRIBLE RAPE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 2S.-Late last night
W. J. A. johnson raped Lizzie Sherwood, a
child II years old. Afterwards he fled across
the river to Arkansas. This morning Sergeant
Kusholz of the police force went over the river
and succeeded in arrestine johnson, not, how
ever, until after disabling him by shooting
him in the thigh. The girl was outraged in a
most shocking manner, and now lies in criti-
cal condition. Fear ing a demonstration against
johnson, Chief Of Police Athy had him removed
from the station house to the county Jail. John
W IN 6ed int bo 80 I'll, u
night by rowing him across the liver, also is
under arrest.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
MEMPHIS, June 25.-This morning the jury
in the case of VIM. Parker, alias @. Duncan,
colored, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Foster,
near this city last January, returned verdict
OF guilty of murder in the first degree.
MURDERED IN HOUSE OF ILL FAME.
MONTREAL, June 2s--Mrs- W. Mccormick,
alias Conway, was murdered, last night, in
house of ill fame in Grif6ntown. The bod,
was lying in a pool Of blood. The head and
hands, severed from the body, were in pail
HEAVY RoBBERY.V
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. June Csc. Robert
Linke, jewelry and watches, u Westminster
street, was robbed last night of $4,000 worth
Of jewelry.
WANTS TO GET OUT.
NEWARK, N. j., June 28.-Mr. Blair, teller of
the Merchants bank, New York, who shot his
coachman, was in court to-day on habeas
corpus writ, but the question of admitting to
bail Is postponed till after the coroncrs in
quest. i.
ANOTHER RESPECTABLE FORGER.
Boston. June 28.--Jas. F. Edmnnds, aged
60, q well known citizen and ex-alderman of
Newton, Mass., flour and commission mer-
chant, OF this city, was arrested tonight for
forgery OF paper in possession of the Maverick
bank. The f"rgeries aggregate $4,000. Since
Tuesday, when the forgeries were discovered,
Edmunds has suffered severe mental prostra-
ton. he is now in charge of three police Off
GERS.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
ST. LOUIS, June 2S.-At very late hour last
night meagre information was received here
that Mrs. Agnes Diechmann. wife of VIM.
Diechmann, farmer living at Bluff Ridge, St.
Louis county, about twenty miles from the
city, had been very mysteriously murdered in
s Gsa early morning. adj
which clears up the mystery or fastens the
deed upon anybody. 1t appears that VIM.
Diechmann left home about 4 . clock yesterday
morning and came to St. Louis to sell some farm
products, leaving his wife in bed, and Joseph
Stockle, neighbor who had helped him pre-
pare For market in the morning, at his house.
Some three hours later Fred. Schayer, a brother
OF Mrs. Dieckmann, called at the house, where
he found Stockle and negro man named Lyle,
who were going to cut wheat for Dieckmann.
Not finding his sister up, he and Stockle went
to her rsom and found her dead in bed, with
| the remnant of an old calico dress on, q bullet
hole IN the forehead, another just behind the
| left ear, still another in the neck. several
slight cuts on the head and neck, and the
| bed saturated with blood. Intense excite
ment followed the discovery. Esquire
Rsveno was notified, q coroner's jury
! summoned and testimony taken, but evi-
dence elected duplicating any one as the per.
petrator of the deed. Diechmann returned
during the afternoon, but could throw no light
ON the mystery. BE expressed the belief how.
! ever that Stockle committed the murder, and
| the latter was arrested. Diechmann was also
arrested, and both lodged in Jail. Mrs. Diech
mann's infant, about year old, was nearly
smothered in bed with its murdered mother
The deepest mystery surrounds the whole af
| fair, and the inquest will be continued unit
q thorough investigation is made.