Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Miscellaneous Record of Bloody Deeds and
Dire Disasters.
oowARDLY MURDER.


KILLED BY SHOVEL BLOW.
ST.. LOUIS. Nov. 7.-News came up from
Carondelet, six miles below here. at . very late
hour last night, that very savage and terrific
fight occurred some time yesterday between
Henry Freund and Pat. Gallagher: two work.
men in blast furnace, in which Frsund'a
head was split open with q shovel, resulting IN
death about o'clock last evening. Gallagher
was also badly injured, but not seriously. It
appears there had been bad blood between the
two men for several months and that it culmi-
mated yesterday In desperate combat between
them with shovels used in furnace work. The
police were not appraised of the affair for sew :
eral hours after 1t occurred, and then for
some unexplained reason did not telegraph it
to headquarters. t..s 5,
PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. 1.-THE house aad out
buildings of Isaac Spaftord, of Brownfeld,
were burned. Spafford persisted in the flames.
A MURDERER's TRACKS.
New HAVEN, Nov. 7.--There has been found
served at Yale Medical school, seventeen inden-
tations which correspond exactly with seven.
teen nails in the heel of Rev. Mr.. Hayden's left
brogau which he wore on the day of Mary's
murder. It is claimed by the State that Hay.
den put his heel on the girls face when no cut
her throat. - =
LANCASTER, Pa, Nov. 7.-During heavy
fog this morning freight train on the Penn
sylvania railway ran into another freight train
near the Pennsylvania rolling mill, this oity,
and two oil cars were wrecked. The escaping
oil caught fire and shortly afterwards ono of
the tanks exploded with terrific force, severely
shaking all the buildings in the vicinity. The
fire engines were Of little service, the flames
leaping up to hight of thirty feet, and for
some hours the road was blocked for miles east
and west, with trains waiting for the fire to
burn itself out.
NEW YORK CITY BANK DEFAULrER.
New YORK, Nov. John P. Howes, book
keeper of the Manufacturer and Merchants
bank, is defaulter to the amount Of $4,000.
Loaning funds of the bank without authority
aud speculation to make good the loan is given
as the cause. 49,. -
SUPPOSED INUENDIARY.
WHEELING, w. Va, Nov. 7.-Considerable
excitement was raised at Wellsburg. W. Va,
to-day, by the arrest of DR.. David Parkinson,
a reputable citizen of that place. The cause
of arrest is alleged to have been the discovery
of proof which will implicate the doctor with
the burning of Coman's livery stable at Beth
any. This town has been troubled great deal
trous being the partial burning of Bethany
college short time ago. 1t is claimed that
the arrest of Parklnsc may lead to the dis
covery of the incendiaries who fred the COL
lege building. -
ELECTION sHooTINas IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, Nov. IA shooting ARRAY is re-
ported at Leonardtown, Maryland, on the night
of election. There was great deal ofexcitement
in town and fight between tho lower element
of the two parties was momentarily expected
throughout the day. Nothing serious, however,
took place until after dark, when the Demo-
Gratis surrounded the Republican flag pole and
threatened to pull it down. It is said Mr.. A.
A. Lawrence, lwho had been elected county oon-
missioner ON the Republican ticket, made his
way into the crowd, and warned them to keep
off. rush was made for the flag pole, and in
the scramble that followed, the report of pistol
was heard and Lawrence staggered and fell pierc
ed in the breast. 1t is known who fred the shot.
Many declare that it could not have
been else than an accident, and refuse
to credit the wild rumors into
which the the affair has been shaped. Law
renee is very seriously hurt, but may recover.
He is a native of Ohio, and settled in St.
Mary's county Immediately after tho late war,
and soon became popular as citizen and bus
mess man, and is highly respected by both
Democrats and Republicans. He il Republi-
can in politics and was elected to the State
Senate, was member of that body in 1876,
and was elected member of the House dele
gates in 1878. It is rumored to-day that John
Dunton. an employe of one of the tobacco
warehouses of this city, shot and seriously in
iured eolored man in Prince Frederick. Nd,
on election day. Dunton is citizen of the
county and went there to vote. Particulars of
the affair are not known, efforts having been
made to conceal it altogether.
INTO TIL RIVER.
PoUaHKEEPsE, N. T., Nov. 1.-The three
rear cars of the special New York express train,
which left this city at 7:15 last evening going
south, jumped the track when between New
Hamburg and Low Point. One of them was
thrown into the river and number of passen-
gers were injured, but none seriously. All the
injured ones were put on board of tho train,
which left in about two hours after for New
York.