Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-13
CRIMES N CASUALTIES.
LIBEL SUIT AND SUICIDE.
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MILwAUKEE, Dec. 11.-John G, Ludwig, a
prominent attorney here, has begun suit
against the proprietors of the Eoentng Wis
c0nSia for $4,000 damages. He was attor-
ney FOR Sophia Bower, who recently killed
her Legitimate child, and the alleged SANDER
grows out OF that case.
August D:edrich, a German teamster aged
50. walked into an East Water street GUN
store this evening, bought a pistol, and sent
q bullet into his brain, while the clerk was
making out a bill for the price of the weap-
or. Domestic trouble is the reported cause.
MURDERED az THEIR BED.
CEIoAGc, Dec. 1.-THE Trt6une'S Daven-
port, Iowa, special says: 4 horrible muir
der occurred last night three miles from
Colona Station, on the Chicago, Rock Island
y Pacihc r-iiIoad, thirteen miles east of
Davenport. At an early hour this morning
Thomas Dlley, g wealthy farmer and old
resident, was found dead in his bed, his skull
crushed ia and his face and body horribly
~disigured. Beside hin was his wife uncon-
sclous aud probably fatally injured by blows
about the head, inflicted by a sharp instru-
, meRt. 4 short distance from the house a
spade, battered and bloody, was discovered.
lie had evidently been the instrument of
death. There was quite q sum of money in
the house which was not touched. Il is
believed an cid grudge and q law suit in
which DIley came out ahead were the causes
of the deed. Two young men, Clement and
Albert Gallon, are suspected and the police
are on their track.
\ OUT CAROLINA TRAGEDY.
CHARLEsTowN, S. c., Dec. 1.-THE Ners
md T1gf,i14. Iae raooS-oI at l. e IL
murder of Mrs. Kennedy in Ciarenday
county and of the subsequent lynching of
the Three murderera. Last Sunday Thomas
keenedy, living near Salem, intending to
visit Chariestown, went over to his fathers
house, & short distance from his own, to ask
his mother 10 stay with his vile during his
absence. Kennedy's wife was formerly Ada
Wright of Darlington, Ohio, being married
about & yesr. Size was only ~piueteen or
twenty years of age, Intelligent, refined and
highly respected. When her husband left
she shat the door and sat down by a window
20 write Z letter to her mother. AS she sat
there she saw il the yard DR.. Barnes col
ored boy, about sixteen years old, employed
by Kennedy the previous week, and she
ssked him 70 bring her an armfnl of wood.
This boy had been induced Big two negroes |
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Julis, eighteen and fifteen years, to hang |
around the premises, and when Kennedy |
left the place give a signal TO Vance and
JGlia, VINO kept themselves concealed. |
These two heard Of K~ennedy's
intention to visit Chsrlestown, and thinking |
he would have 4 good deal OF money IN the |
house, determined to break in and get il.
When Joe turned to so for the wood he |
gave the signal, and soon met Vance coming |
into the yard. Vance asked him where |
Mrs. Kennedy was, and went Immediately to |
to the window and three times attempted to
get in, and each time was showed out by Mrs.
Kennedy. Finding that he was determined
10 get 10, she opened the front door and ran
through the yard, and was just going
through the gate, when Vance rushed up, a |
stick IN his hand, overlook her and knocked
her down. she implorcd mercy, and told
him she would give him all tho money ia
the house If he would spare her life. He
cursed her and said, II have been waiting to |
kill you a long time," and struck her two |
more blows, IN attempting to avert which, |
II is supposed, her hand was broken. I17f |
then julia came up with a hoe and seyoloa
the head.
When Mr.. Kennedy returned, some three |
hours afterwards, he found his wife lying
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her Read almost severed in twain. The en-
tire Uranium was cat off from ear to ear, |
leaving the brains scattered around on the |
ground. A jury of inquest being held re- |
turned a verdict murder in the highest de-
gree by unknown hands" Several colored
persons were arrested Monday. but no clue
to their guilt being obtained they were
promptly released. On Tuesday the colored
boy ice Barnes, was arrested. He showed
so much confusion on being questioned
as to his whereabouts Sunday that only a
few questions served to bring out his
fnll confession, from which the above &C.
count is taken. Vance and Julia denied
having anything to co with il, but the
clothes they wore Sunday were very bloody,
with small particles of brain upon them.
The money and pistol Of Kennedy, found in
their possession, we're bloody, and, on be-
iog Questioned about the blood on their
clothes, the woman said she had killed a
chicken, and the man said he had killed
some cartridges, On examination the
bloody finger prints on the hoe handle cor
responded precisely with those on the shawl
worn by the woman the day of the murder,
which circumstance had as great weight to
convict her as the testimony of the boy. The
horrible character Of the murder awakened
AAOASAdIlOu III Lu0 uCipuOOIQOQO,
and a crowd of $50 white men and so col
ored men assembled to punish the murder
ers. A further examination estab-
lished the truth of the confession
Of tine boy Barnes. The negroes begged
the whites to permit them to take the prison
ers and burn hem alive. This was refused
but a vote was taken whether they should be
jailed and await the court or be lynched.
Only twenty-three voted to await the law
and 1t Was detocnined to hang them to the
tree nearest the scene of their crimes. Halt
ers were obtained and fastened to limb of
the tree, a cart was placed under the limb and
the prisoners ordered to mount. Just then
Joe Barnes begged to he allowed to pray and
commenced by saying ne had never prayed
before and never expected to again. Moth
ing was said by either of the others except a
groan aud "Lord have MERCY from Vance.
handkerchief being tied over their faces,
the cart was pushed away and tee trio soon
dsugled in air.
HALF MILLION FIRE IN PENSACOLA.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Dec. 1.-THE custom
house aud records burned last night. In adj
dition nine-tenths of the business portion of
the city was destroyed. Loss abont $780,
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