Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-10
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
FATAL RAIL COLLISION

CLINTON, Iowa, Oct. S.-A terrible accident
occurred at 10 O'Clock this forenoon at Full
ton Junction, three miles east of this city, at
the crossing of the Chicago q Rock Island
road with the Chicago, Mllwankee& St. Paul
railroad. The passenger train bound from
Rock Island TO Racine, ran into freight
train while the latter was passing on the
Northwestern. A freight Car heavily loaded
was thrown on the platform of the depot and
struck five persons, killing j j.
Flanagan station agent, lately appointed, and
Arthur Cuddy, boy of Is, son of a laborer,
both residing at Fulton, Lester FIske, son
of Clark Fiske, was hurt internally and will
probably die Rosenblatt, travelling man
residing at Detroit, was badly out not dam
gerously bruised, The car also crushed the
ankle and foot of H. B. Switzerland of this
city. Rosenblatt ard Switzerland had step
ped on the platform TO take The passenger
train north. Wrecking trains have been sent
from all directions TO clear the crossing.
Three freight cars, the engine of Northwestern
train and engine of the NJ lwaukee are piled
up in a heap on the crossing, making bad
wreck. The engineer and fireman jumped.
The passengers were shaken up slightly.
There were several narrow escapes on the plat
form. The cause of the accident was the air
brakes giving out, making it impossible to
stop the train.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. S--A fearful double
tradegy was enacted III this city this afternoon,
which will probably result in the death OF John
McDade, ex chief of police, ana of u gambler
named Jackson. McDade was standing in a
door opposite Jackson's rooms, when jackson
accompanied by two other gamblers crossed
the street, passing the doorway, whereuDon,
McDade stepped out and fired both barrels of
a gun into Jackson's neck and shoulders,
fatally woundlng him. Jackson then shot
McDdde through The breast with revolver.
The cause Of the assault is unknown
AN Ex-MIN1sTER IN DURANGO.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Rev. j. A. Lansing,
ex- Methodist clergy man, arrested yesterday
in Brooklyn on rtquisition, and who is jointly
indicted with Mary Ward, daughter of
I-aac NJ Ward, prominent physician OF
Newark, n. j., for obtaining by fraudulent
representations $4,000 worth OF bank shares
from Mrs. Thos. g. Upham, widow of the
late Prof Uphaui, of Bowdoin college, was
brought before the district attorney and bail
fixed at SO 800, and being unable to furnish
the amount was sent to The city prison.
sUFFoCATED.
NEW YORK, Oct. Sire broke out On
the second floor of factory No. 304, West
Thirty-sixth street, in John Walkers
hat factory, part of the floor was occu-
pied by Gust Frey and twenty-five
others, as shoe factory. The men
who were at work were cut
off from the stalrways and some
Jumped from the windows into the street.
Dr. Brown, aged 81, was suffocated and
his dead body taken out by the police.
Albert Kersten was injured internally
and Nelson Bergen about the hips by
jumping from the window.
TRAIN wREcKERs.
ST. LOUIS, Oct S.-Withln three months
series of attempts have been made at train
rob6ing on the lire Of the Ohio & Mississippi
railroad between Lawrenceville and VInscanes,
and at place known as Sand Ridge creek,
detectives were set at work and through the
Effectiveness of widow named Boher, ar
rested the perpetrators and three parties.
Hice Caring, his sister and John Boiler have
been arrested and have made fnll con-
fession and the gang has been broken up.
THREE FATALITIES
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 6.-Three fatal accl-
dents occurred here to-day. Hubert
Wirsching, a prominent saloon keeper,
was killed by the cars On the st. Paul
road. August Otto was killed in the
harbor, having his head crushed between
two boats. An unknown colored man
was killed by the cars at Brookfeld
Junction.