Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

| CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Three Pension Perjurers Sentenced TO
Life-A Lake Captain and His Three Son
| Drowned-A Life Prisoner Pardoned b!
Mr.. Hayes-A Jealous, Insane ant
Drunken Man Kills His Wife, Child and
Visitor and Her Child An Optician Burg
larized--Magazine Exploded at La Oross
THE SHOOTING OF SISTER GERTRUDE.
New YORK, Nov. 8.-Thomas Stanton
who shot four times, yesterday, Sister Ger
trude Varina, says he knew her by sight
that he saw her go in and out of the house
He had no intention of killing the woman
he only wanted to frighten her. Wher
asked, Why did you shoot her, he answered
'1t was the witches. They have been both.
ering me for four years. I can't see them
but hear them talking continually. They
have told me that the sisters of charity are
continually following me about an6 talkine
of nae, and I went to Ireland to get rid Of
them, but it did no good. came again to
this country. The thing had to be ended
some time or other" Stanton supposed
Sister Varina to be Catholic like himself
but when told him she was Protestant
nun he remarked that 1t made no difference
his instructions were to kill her sil the
same. Sister Varina is suffering greatly
from her wounds, but it is hoped neither OF
them will prove fatal. Stanton is held to
| await the result.
ALL DROWNED.
TORONTO, Nov. 8.-The schooner Belle
Sheridan from Oswego, for. Toronto, cast
anchor at Weller's bay yesterday, and is @
complete wreck. Capt. McSherry, his three
sons, Hamilton, Mat. and Boyd, and q sail
or were lost.
PERJURERs SENTENCED.
BALTIMORE, Nov. SIN the United States
district court this morning, Judge Morris
sentenced Sydney D. Grant. Michael Ward
alias Thos. Callahan and Wm. Owens alias
VIM. Stafford, convicted of perjury in false
swearing, in the case Of Owens, who claimed
an additional pension. Grant, who had
been previously convicted of perjury, was
sentenced to pay fine of $1,000, and be
imprisoned in the penitentiary three years,
Owens and Ward are to pay 81 .005 fine and
have one year imprisonment.
STORMS IN THE FAR EAST.
MONTREAL, Nov. s.-A terrific windstorm
occurred yesterday and last night. three
story house on st. Mary's street occupied by
wholesale and retail grocer was blown
down. Damage to stock heavy. The clip
per ship Ravenscrag was blown on her beam
ends at the wharf, but afterwards righted.
An unknown man was blown into the river
and drowned. A fierce storm of wind and
sleet ragged throughout the province of Que
bee last night. Heavy rains flooded all the
New Brunswick streams and most of the
logs hung up will be got to market.
WHOLESALE MURDER.
BATEsvILLE, O., Nov. S.-A horrible trag-
edy became known Yesterday morning.
Frank M. Ridenbsugh, a young German,
wealthy, who three years ago married the
daughter of neighboring farmer, came
home late last Saturday night, intoxicated,
and entering the room where his wife and
child slept, assaulted them with an axe.
His wife's skull was crlshed by single
blow and then his sons throat was cut with
the edge of the axe. He then went to the
room where Mrs. Stephens, visitor. and
her child and a servant girl were sleeping,
and killed Mrs. Stephens and her child. The
servant girl awakened, sprang toward the
door but was knocked senseless and left for
dead. Upon recovering consciousness she
gave an alarm and neighbors came. It was
not until morning that the murderer was
found hidden in tobacco house with his
throat cut, not fatally. jealousy, insanity
and drunkenness are theories advanced to
account for the terrible crime.
LIFE PRISONER PARDoNED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. SIN 1875 Oscar
Snow, white boy aged 15, was tried with
others in the western district court of
Arkansas for murder. Snow was sentenced
to be hanged September I'd of that year, but
an application for pardon was made and the
sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
April 4th, 1879, the application for pardon
was renewed and it was decided that if at the
end of five years he had behaved we'll, the
application would be favorably considered.
The warden of the Joliet penitentiary having
reported the prisoners conduct good and the
judge who sentenced him having recon-
mended it, the President to-day granted q
pardon. When the sentence was commuted
Snow begged to be hanged, saying he would
rather suffer death than remain in prison
for life.
STEALING GLASS EYES.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Some time during
Sunday burglars completely Quilted the store
of Merrowitz Bros, opticians, Fourth avenue
and Twenty third street, carrying away
opera glasses, spectacles, optical instruments,
glass eyes, ETC., to the value or $12, 600 or
$4,000. No arrests.
MAGAZINE EXPLOSION AT La CROSSE.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8.-A magazine con-
tanning ton and half Of powder exploded
in La Crosse to- day by a shot fred at the
building by two men who were arrested.
The explosion was heard twelve miles and
smashed winows all over the city, bnt no
lives were lost.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
The steamer Niagara, which left Havana Sat-
urdsy for New York, brings $500, 900 in gold.
The Edinburg Philosophical Institution gave
banquet in honor of Minister Lowell Satur-
day.
NJ. Mason. president of the priyy council at
Ottawa. having retired, II. Ousseau has been
appointed in his place.
Atelegram from Nice says: Prince Gortshs.
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