Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-28
MURDER AND SUICIDE.


Ended in the Murder OF Wife and Child
and Suicide of The Murderer-A Great
Fire In BrOOkIyn-AnconiaW Wstch Fac
tory Burned-TweIve Hundred Laborins
People Thrown Ont or Empioyment-
The Bonds Found on Doyle Very Skill
fully Forged
SHOOTING IN wABAsHAw COUNTY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
LAKE CIry. Mimi. Oct. rs News was
brought to this city this afternoon that Robert
Lowe. of Glasgow, in this county, had felon-
iously shot and mortally wounded his wife AID
little son, aged about three years, aud at this
writing officers and physician have gone out
co ascertain the facts in the case As near as
we can learn Lowe and his wife have not lived
agreeably together for some time Lowe being
her second husband Some time last summer
Lowe left her and went out West. returning to
this city but few days ago. In the mean
time Mrs. Lowe had applied for divorce and
since Lowe return papers to that effect have
been served upon him, which no doubt had
much Co do in regard to the shooting. The
affair having taken place far back in the
country am unable to give anything definite
to night, but will endeavor to do SO to- morrow.
LATER-All three of the above parties are
reported as being dead. Lowe after shooting
his wife and child, went off about mile from
the house and shot himself. Further particu-
lars cannot bs obtained to night.
BROOKLYN WATCH FACTORY BURNED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-The Anconia watch and
clock works, Brooklyn, are burned. The works
have been in operation about fourteen months,
and the building and machinery originally cost
over half a million dollars. From time to time
additional machinery has been added and i'm
nra ms ia aiI
were the most complete in the country. Some
of the machinery, new Inventions, will be diff
ficult to replace. Mr. Davis, superintendent,
says it is not likely the factory will be erected
on the same site, but the company will put up
another factory as soon as it can settle MP its
business. The factory was erected at Seventh
avenue and Twelfth street. to enhance the value
of a tract of land owned by the proprietors of
the works, and the neighborhood was building
up rapidly.
The origin of the fire is not known. The
watchmau says he was making a round of the
building, and upon reaching the fourth floor,
there was a report res bling an explosion of
gas, and Immediately the flames burst forth.
An alarm was given, but before the fire depart
ment arrived the flames had spread generally
through the building. Four alarms were
sounded, bringing the greater part of the fire
apparatus of Brooklyn to the scene. The water
thrown into the building seemed to have little
effect. and the fire ragged until nothing was left
but blackened walls. Opposite the factory on
Twelfth street were four two story and base
ment brick dwellings, occupied by employees of
the CONG pauy. These were also destroyed, and
several other dwellings were badly damaged.
The rnaiu~building covered nearly ffIy city
lots. Phelps, D,dge & Co., of this clty, are
largely interested in the Anconia company.
Ry this fire l. 20J persons are thrown out of
work. Half of the employees were young wo-
men and girls, The company. it is said esti-
@I.4.. L. I~1o
not insured for more than one-half this
sum. The company manufactured their own
gas and their own gas retorts. Last night, it
is said, before the wOrkm, left the gas got
low and began to flicker. It was im possible
for the men to continue work, they left,
leaving the gas jets turned on. Some went
out and the gas still flowed in from the retort,
it is said, and the gas escaped, which may ac-
count for the explosion which the watchmaa
heard. meeting was held this afternoon by
the board of fire underwriters and majority
of the insurance companies that losers by
the fire at the msnufactory were represented.
The aggregate amount OF insurance on the
buildin9 stock and machinery was found To be
1896, ,CO0, distributed among ninety-fve com.
panies. The policies vary from 81 500 to
$4,000. 1t is said company is interested
for more than 10000. Tnere are some forty
com panies involved and New Orleans, Cincin-
natl. and Boston companies are interested. A
committee of five was appointed TO take the
matter in charge and adjust the losses.
AN EXTRAORDINARY COUNTERFEIT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-A number of the
$1,000 coupon bonds f. und in possession of j.
B. Doyle when arrested in Chicago have been
examined by officers of the secret service and
by experts in the loan division of the treasury
department, who pronounce them remarkably
good counterfeits. No one but an expert, they
say, would be likely to detect their spurious
character. Smith, who engraved the plate it
appears, said that there were originally thirty
coupons on the bonds. When taken from
DOYLE there was but one coupon attached.
The others had been cut off in jsgged way to
look as if they had been clipped one at a
time. There in several places wider spaces
of white near the margin in the counterfeit,
than in the genuine. The large seal with
washington" right through the center is but
feebly brought out in the counterfeit. In
the loan division they detected the
counterfeit by the Initials I'D. l.. p"
and ''S. o. I'D. L. P" entered bonds in the
loan office and -. o.. received them in the
registers office. These signatures are stiff in
the counterfeit-not written in the round easy
hands of the genuine. The number of the
bonds are little larger in the counterfeit than
in the genuine. The signature of "E. NJ.
Platt, for the register Is pronounced excel
lent counterfeit, and the vignette OF Secretary
Chase is perfect. 1t is not considered that the
one coupon left on each bond could be detect
ed as counterfeit anywhere. Doyle will have an
examination o-morrow in Chicago. Brockway
will also be examined tomorrow in Brooklyn.
The twenty-seven 500 notes found in Dpyle's
valise were also forwarded to the secret ser
vice. Upon examining them they were found
to be genuine. and sent back 10 Chicago with
instructions to further look into Doyle's
doings.
MURDERED BY his FAMILY.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27.-It will be recollected
that about month ago DIR. P. 81. Talbot,
prominent citizen of Marysville, Mo-, and
editor of the Greenback paper published in
that place, was shot through the window of
his residence and killed while he was retiring
for the night. Yesterday his son. Albert Tai
bot, was arrested on the charge Of committing
the murder, and Mrs. Talbot, wife of DR.. Ed.
Talbot, another son, and a hired man named
Wyeth, we're arrested as accomplices. Their
preliminary examination is going on to-day at
Marysvllle.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
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