Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-13
CHRISTIANCY SCANDAL.

CHRISTIANCY SCANDAL.
The Case Again In Court-Evidence Pro-
duced by Mrs. Christiancy to Disprove
the Alleged Assignation. With Giro at
the st. James Hotel-Miscellaneou
Crime and Casualty Record.
THE cHRIsrANcY SCANDAL.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Taking of testi-
mony on behalf of Mrs. Christiancy In the
divorce suit brought against her by her hus
band, was commenced before the examiner
this afternoon. Mrs. Chrlstiancy, her mother
and another lady were present. Miss Lille
Meloy, testified, by invitation she went to the
house of Mrs. Christiancy the afternoon of
December "a, 1878, to remain over Christmas.
That day che received a telegram (having pre-
viously received a letter. from Edil Giro, stat
ing he would arrive in the afternoon
from New York and asking Mrs. Christiancy
to meet him at the depot Miss Meloy accom-
panied Mrs. Christiancy to the depot and was
present at the meeting between her and Giro
and heard everything said. They parted with
Giro in front of the depot and she accompanied
Mrs. Christiancy home All next day, Christ
uIdSS BIC was LII tuc uOuSc WlLu Dlr9. CQrlSIl-
ancy, who was unwell and most Of the day lay
on the sofa in the dining room, and her par
ents were there nearly all the time. In the
evening between six and seven Giro
called and was shown
into the dining room. Witness, the father
and mother of Mrs. Chrlstianoy were present
during the entire interview, which was not
very long Cross-examination not concluded
There are three more witnesses to be examin-
al o,, tho Tho nhinnf IF fba fac
timony is to contradict that given by Giro to
the effect Mrs. Christiancy visited him at the
st. James hotel this city, the afternoon of
Christmas.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAM BOAT CASUALTY.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-About 1 o'clock this
morning, as the little steamer Daisy, owned
by the Missouri Furnace company, and used
as a ferry between that company's works, in
Carondolet, six miles below the city, and the
mixed iron works, in East Carandolet, was
coming across the river from the Illinois
shore, she blew out one of her cylinder heads
and became unmanagable. In this disabled
condition the swift current carried her rapidly
down stream till she struck row of piling
jutting out from the shore some distance be-
low, where she completely capsized, and float
ed on down river bottom up. Five men were
in the boat at the time, Captain Janisen,
Engineer Geo. Reed, Fireman Louis Snow,
and two carpenters, John Ebert and John
O'Hausory. Of these Captain Janisou and
John Ebert jumped to the piles as the steamer
struck them and were taken off by the railroad
transfer boat. O'Hausory and Reid were drag
ged down by the steamer and drowned and
Louis Snow, who was also thrown into the
river, clambered on the bottom of the boat and
was rescued by a tug. The Daisey was very
small narrow stern boat valued at $4,000 and
insured.
SMALL FRY THEE.
DETROIT, April 12.-Two or three weeks
ago John A. Schmidt, of Racine, Wis.,, Oh
tained letter from the Chicago postoffice,
containing draft of $50, which he got
cashed and fled 10 this city He was ar
rested this forenoon by Postofice Inspector
Spaulding, of Chicago, and taken before
Judge Brown, of the United States court, and
plead guilty. A warrant was Issued for
removal Of the case to Illinois.
FURNITURE FACTORY BURNED.
WHEELING, W. Va. April 12.-Early this
morning the large furniture factory of Metz
ner, Schnell G. Co. caught fire, and in two
hours was in ruins. The factory is situated
in the most populous part Of the city, and
was surrounded by frame tenement houses,
which several times caught fire, but were put
The factory was built in 1878, and was one of
the largest in the West. The building was
stored with finished stock for the spring trade,
all of which will be total loss. The loss of
buildings, machinery and stock is estimated at
$60, 600, upon which there Is an insurance of
about $4,000. About seventy men are thrown
out of employment by the disaster.
MASKED ROBBERS
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-The Republicans Lit
tie Rock, Ark, special says a party of armed
and masked men rode into Toledo, Dorsey
county, some sixty miles south of here, at
day-break yesterday, and while part of them
surrounded the court house as guards, the re-
mainder broke into the treasurer's office, blew
open the safe and abstracted therefrom $4,000
to $4,000, then mounted their horses and es
capped. An alarm was Immediately sounded,
and large number of officers and citizens
started in pursuit. The robbers were well
mounted, but as the whole country Is aroused
1t is believed they will certainly be captured.
JUsTIr1ABLE SHOOTING.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Ihe coroner's jury In
the case of the blackmailer, Sargert, conclud-
ed the taking of the evidence this afternoon,
and after a brief consultation returned the fol-
lowing verdict "That Johannes E. Sargent
died from pistol wounds at the hands of s. j.
Campbell; that the jury are of the opinion the
latter at the time believed his life in imminent
danger" The coroner thereon informed De-
tective Campbell he was free and handed Wit
ness Vogel over to Captain Gunner.
Vogel read statement in German, describ
ing his relations with Sagert and the various
steps taken in the attempted blackmailing of
Strasburger and the attempted kidnapping OF
his child. The statement embraced all the
facts already made public and little else:
Vogel admits that he composed the letters and
that Sagert copied them. He says he is the
man that fired the shot for Miss
Spelten to drop the letter and
Sagert carried the pistol. but he (VogeD
did not know what became of it at the time he
was shot. he and Sagert, he declared, were
the only ones connected with the affair. He
met Sogert in this country. Had seen him In
Berlin, but didn't know him. He knew Sogert's
family. His (Sagert's father had a large bust
ness in Berlin. Detective Campbell, In telling
of the shooting, saidhe had read the threaten.
ing letters and noted the mention made of
fifteen other conspirators.
AN INSANE MOTHER.
New YORK, April 12.-Mrs. Augusta Gedel-