Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
THE CLAYsvIILE BASTARD.


WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 21.-The facts
connected with the incendiary fire at Clays-
vile, Pa, reciting the particulars of the at
tempt of young man to fire his father
house, mentioned In these dispatches last
evening, are augmented to-day by fuller re-
ports from the scene of the occurrence.
james Worrill, the son and the perpetrator
of the unnatural crime, was studying for the
ministry, and few evenings before the fire
led in prayer meeting. 1t seems that his
desire for money Lad become mania with
him. Some time preceding the fire he stole
several of his fathers sheep and sold the
pelts, and then innocently helped his father
search for the sheep. Ashort time after this
the house was robbed of several hundred
dollars, James claiming to lose 80 by the
robbery, to blind the folks to the fact that
the robbery was reality, committed by him.
which circumstance leaked out since the in
cendiary fire, and the fixing of the guilt
upon the most unnatural son. In these
dispatches, last evening, 1t was stated that
one sister and the father was locked up in
the burning house, but it is now learned
lat his sisters were locked
in their rooms; that after the house
was set on fire by James, one of his sis tiers
escaped and fed across the country to warn
the neighbors, who arrived in time to rescue
the rest of the family. 1t is said that young
Worrill tried to poison the family some time
before the fire. The young man is said to
have escaped to Ohio, assisted in his flight
by his father, who through all has lived to
shield his son from the Indignation of his
neigh5ors. The affair has created decided
sensation in Claysville, where the family are
known, and the facts were only learned by
the persistent inquiries of the nelghbors,
who demanded 10 know the name of the in
cendiary.
PROBABLE MURDER.
Boston, Feb. 21.-Henry Orpen, keeper
of boarding house at 90 Florence street,
South End, learned this evening that two
of his dodgers, who rooued together, had
been missing eight days. He opened their
room and found E. G. Marshall, one of the
missing dodgers, dead upon the bed with
revolver in his left hand and bullet hole in
the right side of his head. In the room
large lot of burglars tools were found. Also
and number of precious stones
taken from jewelry store. The police be-
lieve the murder was committed in quarrel
over the spoils. The stones are thought to
be portion of those stolen from G. II.
Norman's residence, Beacon street, on the
night of the 18th.
ROBBED, OUTRAGED AND MURDERED.
PATTERSON, N. j., Feb. 2l.-Harriet Hink,
4 widow aged thirty, was found in her room
his morning, murdered, outraged and
robbed of her gold watch and some money.
FORGING AN EDITORS NAME.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-J. ]. Wilson, of Bos
on, was captured to-day and is i'll Central
station for attempting to forge thu name of
N. E. Stone, of the Duly Ne,cs, and 10 get
500 from the baak thereby. He was de-
ecte1 through the quick wit of an 11-year
I'D boy, whom he mad employed to do his
york. Wilson is doubtless an assumed
lame.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION.
An illicit still at Crown Point, Indiana,
las been broken up by the sharp pursuit of
Internal revenue officers.
BURIED BY A SNOW SLIDE
RENO. New, Feb. 21.-Four men were
,uried by snow slide near Franktown this
morning. William Foul was rescued badly
INJURED. Samuel Kennedy, Alex. McLane
md John Burney were not found.