Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-23
NO. 2S5.
MURDER AT DULUTH.
Repute--Capt. HOwgate Bailed--Double
Murder in Arkansas- Dastardly Attempt
at Train Wrecking on the Wabash Road
KILLED IN A BAGNIo.

.-MfSO0llAno0us.
KILLED IN BAGNIo.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
DULUTH, Aug. 22.-Last Saturday evening
France Lamaer shot and dangerously wounded
Michael Halleman. The affair occurred over
a game OF cards in Mollie Gilbert's bagnio.
lodged in or near the cayinege of the abdomen
in which the doctor expects peretonitis to re-
suit. Up to 7 p. m. Lamaer had not been cap.
tured.
DOUBLE MURDER.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 22.-Particulars
of double murdrr in Scott county, eighteen
miles from Waldron, reached here to-day
Two men In that part of the State, by the
name of Folsom and Habbs, had been gam.
bling for sevreal days with John Stewart.
Stewart was proprietor OF q country store, and
dealt quite largely in whisky. He was also an
inveterate and successful gambler, and had won
steadily of the men named above until about
500 changed hands. Finally they arose from
the table. They took several drinks to brace
up with, mounted their horses and rode of.
The night after the termination of the game
they rode back to the store; woke Stewart up,
and asked him for whisky. He got lamp,
went INTO the store, drew the liquor and
placed 1t on the counter. One of the despera-
does then quickly pulled out navy ix,placed
1t on the counter and as Stewart turned toward
him fred bullet into bis body. The unsuspect
ing victim fell to the floor, the blood pouring
from the wound in the breast. The murderers
then ran around behind the counter and drag
ged him out into the street, and shot him SIX
times. Billy MIssingale, who lives near
by Waldron, who was on visit to Stewards
family, heard the row, and ran out to see
what was the matter. He saw Stewart
10 the residence and told his wife the circnm. @
stance. While talking one of the men stepped
you want to take it ups'' Without waiting
reply he shot Messingale in the back of the
head, the ball passing through and coming
out in the upper lip. This second victim fell
dead. Stewart was known to be desperate
man. The courts had several indictments
against him.
HOwGATE BA1LED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Capt. Howgate
has been released on bail. The investigation
shows that the original amount of $4,000
would be ultimately increased to Sl00,0O0
The speculatious are found not to have been
confined to false telegraph bills, but extended
to nearly every branch of the expenditure of
the S50O,0 annual appropriation for the sig
riotous living on the government vessels, the
Modjeska and the Gulnare.
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE OF AN OLD TAR.
CHICAGO, Aug. S2.-Capt. John Pomeroy,
an old lake captain, attempted to commit SUI
icide this morning by taking large dose of
laudanum, and now lies in a critical condition
He was one of the first captains to make a
trip from Chicago to Liverpool direct, and
was known all round the lakes as a sober, in
dustrious man. Lately being disabled and
without means of support, be was sent to the
Marine hospital, where dependency got the
better of him. He is 30 years old.
RAIL ACCIDENT.
DENVER, Col, Aug. 22.-An accident ON
the Denver & Rio Giande bridge, five miles
east of here. The engine and two cars were
thrown from the track by a COW, and the en-
gineer and fireman are not expected to live.
No further particulars yet.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
BAY CITY. Mich, Aug. GA portable
boiler exploded this afternoon, killing Jas.
Kelly, the manager, and W. j. Abram, engi-
neer, Edird, fireman, and boy named Crab,
were injured. Cause of the explosion un-