Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-06
BURGLAR SHOT AT RED WING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

BURGLAR SHOT AT RED WING.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
RED WING, Mimi, Nov. 5.-F. Sandberg.
proprietor of the Northwestern hotel, was
awakened about o'clock this morning by a
uoise in the bar room of the house, and on get
ting up and procuring light, he discovered a
man secreted in little closet adjoining
the bar, who had gained entrance to the house
by bursting open the kitchen window. Sand
berg called upon him to open the closet door,
but the man refused, saying that if he Sand
berg) did not go away he would shoot him.
Thereupon Sandberg threw his whole weight
against the door and opened it wide enough to
put his arms through. After he succeeded in
getting his hand i'm which he had a revoIver)
through the door he shot at the man three
hmes-each shot taking effect in his head
killing him instantly. The man was Norwe-
gian named Pete Swinson, of Wisconsin, and
was seen around the Northwestern the previous
night and was said to be considerably under
the influence of liquor.
ONE-LEGGED MAN HUNG.
LOUISA COURT HOUSE, Va, Nov. 5.-The
execution of Albert Mitchell, colored, for the
murder of Charles Z. WALTON in March, 1879,
took place to-day here in the Jail yard in the
presence of court officers and a few other
spectators. There was only small gathering
of people outside the Jail enclosure. Mitchell,
having but one leg, walked to the scaffold with
the aid of crutch. Upon reaching the scat
fold he was placed on the trap, but it being
found necessary to make some change in the
manner of springing it, he moved to one side.
Everything being made ready, he was again
made to stand on the trap, and then, in an
swer to questions, said: 81 don't want any
body to do what have done. Tell mother not
to grleve, as am about to go home Ihave no
other confession to make, nor anything else to
/ Affnr hxro aft nsrSs
during which the prisoner stood with bowed
head leaning on the crutch, his hands were tied
behind his back the rope and black cap ad-
justed, and at 1922 the trap was sprung. The
fall was over five feet and his struggles were
brief. The body was buried IA field near by
swrToHMAN's cARELEssNEss.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-This morning freight
train on the New York, Lake Erie Western
railroad had taken the switch at Penn Horn
creek, New York, to permit passenger train of
the North Carolina & New Jersey railroad tp
pass into the tunnel. The switchman, it is al
legged, omitted to close the switch, and the pas
senger train crashed into the caboose of the
freight train, killing David Quackenboss, engi-
neer OF the passenger train, the freight train
conductor, and Garrett Worries, fireman of the
passenger train. No passengers were hurt.
Charles Begart, the switchman, has fed. The
engine of the passenger train is scattered in
twelve feet from the track. Freight cars were
broken and thrown in every direction. Passen-
gers were thrown from their seats and among
the broken glass and seats of the cars. Mr..
Blair of Hackensack was badly injured. A
lady from Woodside tainted. Two passenger
cars were thrown from the track but remained
upright. The morning was dark and foggy
and no signals were displayed. Conductor
Hoor OF the passenger train was severe " shak-
en- and received a cut on his ear and had his
hand badly bruised. He was knocked from
his feet. Portions of the csboose of the freight
train caught fire after the accident and blazed
away for some time. The engineer and fire.
man killed were shockiugly mangled.
TRAIN DIsPATCHER's NEGLECT.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 5.-Two freight trains ran
together on the Marietta & Cincinnati railway
near Moorville on the eastern end of the route
yesterday. The engineer, Frank Lawhead and
fireman, Ohas. Kerick, were killed and six of
the crew wounded, none fatally. The cause of
the collision is said to be the failure of the
train dispatcher to notify the east bound train
of an order to the west bound train to run on
its time.
TICKET COUNTERFEITERs.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Two men, one being
named Delahanty, were arrested here to-day
charged with counterfeting large number of
tickets on the Canada Southern and Michigan
Central RAILROADS. These tickets were through
from Detroit and Denver, and were put on the
market for $12, the regular price being $50.
The counterfeiters had sixty bogus tickets on
their persons when arrested, some being
on the Lake Shore road. 1t is
quite likely that maAS of these
counterfeits on 1.-THE Lake Shore & Michigan
Central are in the hands of ticket sellers. The
men are known among detectives as Miller and
Stafford. Stafford claims that Miller, who has
a score of aliases, used him as tool, and that
he is innocent in the matter. A full set of
dies, stamps, etc, were found on them. The
tickets found purport to be issued at st.
Thomas over the Canada Southern, Chicago &
Alton, Missouri Pacific. and Unisn Pacific.
Quite number were worked off among scalpers
here, and Through them the. men were arrested.