Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-01
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COUToL BLUFFS, NOV. 5U.-EVldeECeSO or 8
cold blooded, deliberate murder, were
brought to light this forenoon. The victim
of the foul deed was Mr.. John s. Sapp, o
saloon keeper on Fifth street, aged about sc.
The body of Mr.. Sapp was found on the
floor of his saloon. about 8 o'clock. with his
skull crushed in and the side of his face ter
ribly out or bruised, the result of blow
from some heavy, blunt instrument. The
wounds were sufficient to have ciused death
almost instantly. There is small clue to the
murderer.
MALL BAG STOLEN AND RULED.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 30.-At Mount
Clemens, in this State, last evening, while
the mail carrier was waiting at the depot for
the mail train going to Detroit, some sneak
thief stole one Of the letter bags from the
platform. AS soon as the loss was dis.
covered the postmaster procured lantern,
and, by the aid of slight snow, tracked the
thief over a mile, when the bag was found
cut open and the letters ri6ed of their con-
tents. There was more than the usual num-
Der Of registered letters in the bag, but the
amount of the loss cannot be known. The
thief succeeded in making good his escape.
LOSS OF LIFE sAvERs.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Cspt. Worthen,
of Life Saving station No. 8, Massachusetts
coast, reports that he picked up this morn
ing the body of Capt. Atkins, of Station No
z, and the body of one of his crew. It is
thought Capt. Atkins and crew in attempt
ing to beard some stranded vessel during
the night were capsized and all drowned, as
other bodies are seen in the surf.
A dispatch from Provincetown says only
the captain and two of the crew were
drowned. The names OF the surfmen lost
are Elisha N. Taylor and Frank Mayor. The
crew had rescued three of the men off the
schooner G. E. Trumbull, and were about to
take off the remainder when the boat was
struck by the boom of the schooner and
capsized. The crew not drowned got ashore
in an exhausted condition. The schooner
drifted away with the captain and pilot on
board. The vessel finally came to anchor
off Chatham, Mass.
DIR. BUCHANAN DISCHARGED.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-The trial of DR..
John Buchanan for using the mails of the
United States to defraud, was commenced
this morning in the United States district
court. After hearing the testimony, Judge
Butler directed the jury to acquit the de-
PENDANT upon the technical ground that there
was no evidence to sustain the charge of
using the mails for defrauding. Judge But.
Ter said Buchanan didn't impose upon his
correspondents, for they knew as much of
the fraud as he did. He, therefore, didn't
contemplate any fraud of which the mail
was necessary part. The man who pur-
chased was simply buying the means to i'm
pose upon others. There was nothing,
therefore, in the evidence showing an in.
tention to defraud his correspondents by the
use of the mails. In accordance with this
charge, the jury, without retiring from their
seats, returned verdict of not guilty.
FoUNDERING OF THE s1MooE.
OWEN SOUND, Ont, Nov. 3O.-The steam
er Manitoulin, arrived tonight from Mani
toulin island. brought j. G. Persons, first
mate, John Nesbitt. first engineer, Robert
McEnery, Wheeisman, Matt Mobiles, fireman,
aDd P. Croft, deck hand, of the steamer
Simcoe. which foundered the 24ih inst. The
steamer Simcoe left Chicago the 18th int.
with cargo of $4,000 bushels of corn and
general freight. She experienced contin-
ued and severe gales on Lake Michi-
gan, accompanied with heavy snow storms,
which she weatbered. Early on the morning
of the oath, whilst off Providence bay on
the south side of Manitoulin island, the sea
was so heavy it broke through tie engine
room, putting out the fires, and the ship be-
came completely unmanageable, and re-
manned in the trough of the sea taking in
water until noon, when she sank. As she filed
her upper works were forced away, carrying
the lifeboats with them. The five named,
succeeding in releasing one of the boats
from the wreck, got into it. They then tried
to rescue the others, who were clinging to
the upper works, but were unable to reach
them. When the hull went down the re-
mainder of the crew were standing forward
by the bow, and made no apparent effort to
save themselves. After witnessing the wreck,
the lifeboat, containing the five persons,
made for Providence Bay, distance of
twenty miles, and then went by team to
Waintowong, where they took the steamer
Manitoulin for this port. The following are
the names of those lost: Richard Hill, captain;
Robert McNao. second mate: Ben. Mllwood,
wheelsman; Jno. Henry, fireman; Tom
O'Hare, Tom Levi, Donald Car and Nc.
Dougall, deck hands; Julia Gibbon. lady's
maid; Lydia Williams, cook; George Pelton,
porter, and one deck hand, name unknown.
AN ELECTRIC EooENTR1oITY.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 3O.-Qulte sem
sation was produced here to-day by an un-
expected freak of lightning. The day had
been foggy, but without any sign of rain,
when clouds gathered and the whole city
was startled by two successive shocks of
lightning. sounding much like big explo-
sionH. The spire of the McKendree church
was struck, and the lightning passed to the
earth accompanied by smoke, which led to
an erroneous belief that the church had
been ignited, and fire alarm sounded and
the engines wdre brought out.
A FIRST CLASS CONFIDENCE MAN.
New YoRK, Nov. 30.-A swindler, who has
been long sought by the police, was arrested
in this city to-day. In September, 1879, a
person who passed under the name of Hugh
Leslie Courtney crossed the ocean in the
steamship Wyoming to this country. To
his fellow passengers he represented himself
as Lord Courtney, nephew of Lord Durham,
and succeeded in imposing on many. He
made the acquaintance of Mrs. Col. Floyd, of
Philadelphia, who was a passenger, and
gained her confidence. He disappeared in