Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-16
Criminal Calendar.
A SONS REVENGE.

boston, Oct. l5.-Henry j. Gum, who
murdered his father in Bridgewater, Sept.
25th, was arrested last evening, and says:
"My side of the story has not been heard
yet. had reason for what I did. Sept.
25th was digging potatoes, and after had
got through with my days work I put the
potatoes in cellar that was wet. Father
was moving that day, and at night when he
came home he found out the potatoes were
wet, and didn't seem to like 1t. I spent the
evening with a lady friend, one of our
neighbors, aud getting home about 10, father
got up and let me in. He commenced to
scold. answered back, and he knocked me
down. If he had let it go at that it would
have been all right, but while was down he
began to pound me. got up,
reached to the mantel piece and
took a small screw driver the size of my fin
ger, but about two feet long, and struck him
with it, but he got the best of me and pound
ed me good. 1 was wild for revenge, and as
he rested on tue edge of the bed, I went out
of the dining room door into the passage
way and took Ratchet which found there
and came back to the room where he was.
Holding the Ratchet, heavy one, in my
left hand, down this way Gllustrating) by
my leg, 80 he could not sec it, I
went in front of father, and when
I got past I turned and
STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD
with it, using both hands and knocking him
so that his head fell toward the head of the
bed on which he was sitting. I struck him
three or four times. He fell off of the bed.
picked him up and laid him on it. The
next day, Friday, walked around the city,
and at Pr. M. in Drew's saloon met my aunt,
Miss Abbie Towle, who had then no knowl-
edge of the murder. There we had dinner.
after which walked down to Middlesex de-
pot, where I guess we were about half an
hour. I walked to her home and
left her about P. M. I was with her about
three hours in all, and then went back to
the hotel, where I stayed all night. The
next morning saw in Boston paper an
account of the murder, and took the $50
train for Boston. There walked around
the city, sat in the common and got dinner
on Cambridge street. took the o'clock
train that evening for New York, arriving
in the city on Sunday morning, going to the
New England house on the Bowery. I went
about the city good deal. Wednesday,
I left new York for Boston, accompanied by
an old chum whom met in Now York.
The remainder of the confession is his
tory of his wanderings up to the time of the
arrest. including visit to Lowell and
second visit to New York several days, re-
turning to Boston week ago Monday,
thence again to Lowell, where he was robbed
by his chum while drunk. From Lowell he
walked to Bridgewater via Boston, Sunday,
going within four miles of his house, bat
finally concluded not to visit it. He arrived
in Boston on Monday morning, and was
strolling about the city till arrested last
night. He says he is sick of hiding and is
ready to take whatever is in store for him.
THE THEATRICAL SHOOTING
BALTIMORE, Oct. 15.-John M. Newson,
the medical student shot last night at the
Front street theatre, died shortly after three
this morning. He was % years old and the
son of q farmer in Queen Annie county. Mel
son, after attending college yesterday, went
last night with his brother-in- to witness
the performance at the theatre. They were
seated in front of the row of the seats in the
orchestra circle, but at the close of the per-
Torrance as the curtain fell upon the tab
leaux, there was discharge of musketry.
Young Nelson was gazing lntently upon the
scene and simultaneously with the report of
the guns, he clasped his hands to his fore
head enchanting 81 am shot," and sank