Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-30
BRAsH BRANSCoM.

NEW YORK, July, 29.-s. NJ. Branscom, ot
Jacksonville, Florida, was to-day committed tt
the tombs on the charge Of forgery of $137, ,0O(
sanitary Improvement bonds of Jacksonville
Florida. The bonds were Autographed hers
on what purported to be a genuine order from
the mayor of the above named city. The sealt
were cut by two different firms, and after com
pleting the impression on the bonds Branscon
carried the plates on board Fulton ferryboa,
and threw them overheard. He hired boy te
| write the signature of A. J. Baldwin, chair
man, to large number of bonds. and il
was through him the scheme
became known. The other signatures were
written in by various persons. The intention
was to put up these bogus documents as col
laterals for borrowed money with which te
move an orange crop. He had made partial
arrangements to this effect, and about $25, ,00C
of the bonds are in the hands of merchants
innocently betrayed into aiding his scheme.
HUNTED DOWN.
ST. LOUIS, July ga Post Dispatch special
from Moberly, Mo-, says an armed mob OF
about 100 men from adjoining counties, came
into town this morning, and, as Sheriff Matt
lock- was taking j. G. Carlew into the court
house to be tried for committing rape on the
person of Mrs. Crump, at a hotel in this city
last March, opened fire on him. He ran into
the court room, followed by three of the mob,
and was shot again. He then escaped to the
street, and fell, but quickly regained his feet.
and received another shet. He then ran
through dry goods store. closely followed by
his slayers. out into an alley, and again into the
street. BE then made his way up stairs over .
saloon, with his pursuers at his heels. Here he
found himself cornered. The husband of the
outraged woman, the man who did most of the
shooting, then fred five more shots into the
body of the poor wretch, and onsinto his fore
head. Carlew died in ten minutes. Intense
excitement prevailed while these violent pro-
ceedings were In progress, and the officers of
the law seemed paralyzed, as they made no
efforts to stop the butohery.
FALSE SWEARING.
SAN Francisco, July 29.--John 81. Clements
was convicted of perjury this morning in the
supreme court. He is the witness who swore
so strongly that Chas. De Young fred the first
shot at I. NJ. Kalloch.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITY.
ATLANTA, Ga, July 29.-Last night a party
of fifteen disguised men, twenty miles from
Atlanta, went to the home of Joe Thompson,
colored, dragged him him out, beat him and
his wife fearfully, fatally shot his son and
walls throughout the county, and citizens
meeting at Joneshoro denounced the killing
and offered $500 reward for the murderers.
Four arrests have been made. Thompson says
he recognized the leader of the gang as John
Gray, whom he recently prosecuted and had
convicted of assault and battery.
? DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, July 29.-The fire, which broke
nnt MT To- .Hou in tho MI oe
Demitt, on the south side of the creek. is now
under control. 1t proved to be one of the most
disastrous fires which has occurred in this sec
ton for a number of years and most rapid and
damaging in its extent: covering an area of
quarter Of a milo in length and about 500 feet
in width, burning and destroying property to
the value of $225, 600, on which there is
insurance of $195,0O0. Demitt's planning
mill, which was one of the largest in the coun-
try. being 300 by $50 feet, was totally destroyed
in 10 minutes. So rapid was the progress of
the flames there vas no time to close the Office
safe which, together with the
contents, was destroyed. The
flames next burned Searles & Brunning's and
O. T. Wilson's planning mills, the immense
lumber piles of d. @. Welsh & Co., Benson &
Locke's and R. Mills & Co.'s ship-yard. Capt
Frank Perew's floating elevator, Bridgewater,
which was lying on the opposite side of the
tim, being totally destroyed. By the exertions
of employees Of the Onion dock company, formed
into bucket brigade, ,itheir valuable property,
together with W. Il. Burt's shipyard and
Lehigh Valley coal company docks adjoining,
were saved.
The toto loss and insurance, as near as can
be gained tonight, are as follows: D. G.
600. J. F. Demitt, planning mill, lossa$40, ,000
insurance, $4,000. Benson & Lock, lumber,
loss $2S,000; insurance, Sl3,50O. Frank
Perew, elevator, loss $4,000; in
surance, $4,000. Searles & Rruening, planning
mill, loss $4,000; insurance $4,000. Joseph
church, lumber il WeIsh's yard, loss $4,000;
no insurance. r. Mills & Co., shipyard. loss
pany, fiat cars on side track, loss $4,000; self
insured. @. T. Wilson. planning mill, loss g.
500; insurance, 81, 500. Minor losses S, 500.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 29.-At o'clock
this morning the residence of Caspar Giles, on
North Front street, this city, caught fire and
was totally destroyed. At the outbreak of the
capped with Their lives. Loss $4,000; insured
for So, 600.
scHRoEDER's PRovoCATIoN.
San FRANCISCO July 29.-At the examination
of Schroeder for killing DIR. LeFever at Oak
land, Rev. Horatio Stebbins, father of Mrs.
Schroeder was allowed to testify He
said Mrs. Schroeder on June 18th confessed to
him and her husband that DR.. LeFever had
seduced her and that criminal intercourse had
continued between them for two months pre-
vious. DIR. Stsbbins and his son-in. law short
ly afterward visited LeFever, when Stebbins
taxed him with the affair, which LeFever
neither affirmed or denied, but was much ex-
cited and trembled visibly. DR.. Stebbins
said he was unarmed at the interview,
but had be pistol he would then and there
have killed the seducer and saved his son this
trial. Stebbins further testified that since
June IL, Schroeder has acted as though out Of
his mind. He, himself, accompanied his Son
1n-law on a trip through the country to divert
him, but did not succeed.
gN SUICIDE.
COLUMBUS, O., July 29.-Mrs. Ann Weber,
wife of the late Col Weber, of the Eighty.
eighth Ohio regiment, jumped from the third
story of building in this city tonight and
killed herself, while temporarily deranged.
PARTLY DESTROYED.
NEW YORK, July 29.-The large building at
West and Bank streets, occupied by the Domee-
tic Sewing Machine company, and several
other firms. was partly destroyed by fire to-
night. Loss about $4,000
The Red Wing AdDance of July % con-
tains the folIowino announcement MrTba