Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
AN AIMS HOUSE HORROR
A CRAZY OCCUPANT BEAT TO DEATH
BY KEEPERS.
Body Secretly Buried and His Death
Ascribad to Mania Potu-The Crime Of
Poisoning His Own Child Brought Home
t. Homer Wellington-Miscella
Crime and Casually Record.
THE PITTSBURGH AIMS HOUSE MURDER.

PITTSBURGH, March 3O.-Additional facts de
veloped at the coroner's investigation relative
to the murder of John Goehring, inmate OF the
Allegheny City aims house, are that the morn
ing of July 6, 8. B. Crawford, in charge OF the
insane department, found an insane man
named Wanswan severely beating Goehring.
Wanswan was locked up and GOehring ran in.
to tie dining room. Crawford called Coolhaf
weak minded inmate, to assist him IN taking
Goehring back to the room. Goehring resisted,
kicking COolhaff in the stomach. Coolhaf was
greatly augered, returned the kick, Knocking
him down. While Goehring was on the floor,
held there by Coolhaff, the latter asserts Craw.
ford kicked Goehring on the head several
times. Finally they succeeded in getting him
as far as the bath room when he again became
violent. COolhaff then seized the roller on
which the towels were hung and struck Goeh-
ring on the head, knocking him insensible. he
was then taken to his room where he died at
Il 80 P. NJ, Crawford and two inmates burying
the body quietly the next day: In the month
ly statement of the poor board Goehring Is re-
ported as dying from mania pOtu. Tho affair
was kept quiet but finally leaked out through
the medium of an inmate coming to the city
and getting drunk and telling the story. Craw-
ford and Coolhaff will be arrested on the charge
of murder.
SHOT HIS MAN WHEN DRUNK.
CINCINNATI, March 30.--Charles Thies, Jr.,
and Joseph Ritter, two we'll known young men
of Newport, KY, attended ball together at
Eclipse hall last night, and during the night
Thies was ordered away from the side OF q
young lady who had been brt ught to the ball
by Henry Brown. Some trouble arose then but
it was quelled without violence. About five
o'clock, however. while going home Brown and
Ritter met Thies at Jefferson and Monmouth
streets. The quarrel was resumed, Brown
knocking Thies down. At this point Ritter
ran up with drawn revolver and leveling at
the heart of Thies fred twice, both balls taking
effect. Thies died in an hour. Ritter surren-
dered to the officers. Both are young men of
goud character, but both were under the in
fnence of liquor. Ritter claims he had to
shoot or he would have been shot by Thles.
SHOT BY WHITE MAN.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-James Edward
Johnson, colored, was shot dead last night by
Joseph alias Bigfoot johnson, white. The
shooting took place in front of the store which
Geo. 2. Forth, recently murdered, occupied.
clown TO THEIR DEATH.
NEW YORK, March 30.-Peter Smith aud
Patrick Cantwell. tinsmiths, were blown from
the roof of the Seventh regiment armory to-
day and killed.
DRIFTED TO THEIR DEATH.
TORONTO, Ont. March 30.-Samuel Price and
Edward Rainor, aged IA and Is. playing in a
boat Sunday evening, drifted out into the
lake. The boat containing their dead bodies
were found near Niagara this morning.
CEEMATED ON POLICE BOAT,
NEW YORK, March 30.-Fire broke out thi
morning in the galley IF the police boat Sen
eca. All on board we're asleep at the time.
The steward, Chas. II. Berry, was burned to
death in his bunk, and Officers Patrick H.
Kelly and Robert J. Vail are probably fatally
burned. The others escaped serious injury.
wHLIAMSoN's PLEA.
Eugene Fairfax Williamson, who gave SO
much annoyance recently to DIR. Dix by writing
letters pleaded to-day not guilty, and trial
was fixed for the 18th Of April.
CHARGED WITH COMPLETELY.
CHEYENNE, Wy. March 30.-K. Allen, late
express agent, who had charge of the bullion
recently stolen from the express office at Sid
ney, Neb., was arrested there last night charged
with completely in the robbery. The arrest
was made through detectives, under direction
of Supt. Low, of the Mountain division of the
Union Pacific railroad.
DUPLICATE AND FORGED CITY BONDS.
the coupons of city bonds that have been re-
deemed develop the fact that additional dupli-
cations and even forgeries have been made.
Some time ago it was discovered that eight
bonds had been duplicated. Now as many as
eighteen duplicates have been discovered, and
several forged coupons, as we'll as Others upon
which the numbers have been written in pen
Gil. The subject is undergoing investigation
by the board of revision.
SUICIDE OF AN Ex-DErECTIvE.
CLEVELAND, o., March 3O.-Isaac Frank,
well known in police circles ten years ago as a
detective, suicided at the Union depot this
noon by shooting himself through the temple.
Motive unknown.
HOMER wELLINGroN's CRIME.
Boston, March 30.-The report of the inquest
his morning on the body of the child of Homer
Wellington is to the effect that the infant child,
Morris G. Wellington, aged Is months, son Of
Homer Wellington, came to its death on the 9Th
of January last by being poisoned by arsenic
administered at sundry times by his father.
Wellington was held for trial.
CANADIAN BANK OFFICIALS ACQUITTED.
MONTREAL, March 3O.-Sir Francis Hincks
and other directors of the Consolidated bank,
against whom true bills were found at the last
assizes for making false returns, were formally
acquitted at the court of queens bench to-day,
the private prosecutor having withdrawn the
accusation and the crown having no evidence
to offer.
SEVERE CYCLONE.
PETERSBURG, Va, March 30.-A severe cy-
clone passed over Lawrenceville, Brunswick
county, Saturday night, demolishing houses,
uprooting trees and doing an immense amount
of damage. The roof of the county cou TT
house was blown off.
EXECUTIONS FIXED.
LEBANON, Pa, March 30.-Wise, Brandt and
Huminwell, the three condemned Rober MUIR
derers, will be executed May Is.
SHARP PRACTICE.
CINCINNATI, March 30.-When the case of Miller,
alias Henry Petrie called to-day for the purpose
of Identification under requiston from the Cover
nor of Louisiana, where he is wanted to serve out
life sentence for murderous assault, 1t was found
the man had been permitted to get out of Jail and
was then arrested by two detectives, who started to
New Orleans with him. The court made an order in
the case, no formal charge having been made in the
case against the jailor.
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