Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-20
Crimiaa, and Casualty Record.

BRUTAL MURDER.
3 ST.. LOUIS, April 19.-A Post Dispatch North
Springfield, Mo-, special says: About
O'Clock yesterday morning James n Edmon-
son, white man living near Pleasant Hope,
Polk county, went to the house of O colored
woman, Sallie Childers, land after talking pleas
antly with her for few minutes, suddenly
drew a revolver and shot at her. She ran out
of the house to escape, but while climbing a
fence was overtaken by Edmonson, who fired
with his pistol and left her for dead. She re-
covered, however, sufficiently to reach neigh
boris house and tell who shot her, and to state
that she thinks the assault was made by Ed
monson because he feared that she would in
form on him as one of the several men who
visited her a few days ago for immoral pur-
poses. The woman will die. EdmonsOn has
fled, but officers are on his track.
MANIAC MOTHER.
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-The particulars re-
garding the killing of her five children by
Mrs. Naht, near Camden, Ark, reported brief
lv last night, are that the frenzied woman
called her eldest child, boy IL years old, from
the field where he was plowing, knocked him
on the head and threw him into the well,
where she had previously thrown her four
other children. Finding that one of the chill
dren was not drowned, but was clinging to
the side of the well, she descended and tore
away its grasp and threw 1t into the water,
thus completing her diabolical work.
SHOT BY AN OFFICER.
PITTSBURGH, April 19.-This morning
about o'clock, Officer Samuel Hoffman shot
and instantly killed young man named Jno.
Siediehl, in McKllsport, Pa, under the i'm
preston that Siediehl was burglar. The
officer states Siediehl was acting suspiciously,
and when questioned in regard to his name,
replied that it was none of the officers busi-
ness, at the sane time placing his hand In his
pocket, as though about to draw a weapon.
Hoffman then leveled his revolver and fired.
A verdict of justifable homicide was rendered
by the corOnor's jury.
AN OLD GRUDGE SETTLED.
AToHIsoN, Kan, April 19.-About half past
4 this afternoon, a quarrel occurred in asaloon
in East Atchison, Mo-, in which Mark Taylor,
citizen of this county, was shot and instant
ly killed by Ambry Bates, also of this city.
The quarrel occurred while drinking, growing
out Of an old grudge. Bates knocked Taylor
down, and the latter, on regaining his feet,
drew revolver. Bates was unarmed, and
fled from the saloon. Returning in few
minutes armed, he opened fife on Taylor.
His first shot was through Taylor's hat, and
the latter returned, missing his aim. Bates
then fired second shot, which took effect in
Taylor's left breast, severing the main artery
of The heart. Taylor fell, and almost instantly
expired. Bates then fed to the river, a nd
taking skiff attempted to escape to the Kan
sas shore, but party of citizens drove him
back to the Missouri side, where he. surren.
dered himself to the marshal. After waving
examination before the justice, he was taken
to st. Joseph and lod ged in Jail.
ELECTION RIOT AND FATAL SHOOTING.
TROY, N. Y, April l9.-Michael Quinn was
shot and fatally wounded by Jas. Reynolds
police officer, tonight. A crowd of roughs
assaulted Reynolds and his two brothers
John Reynolds was dangerously wounded by
a pistol ball. John Mackey and person
named stapleton were fatally shot. One or two
others were wounded. The riot grew out OF
the last fall election.
BURNED TO DEATH.
EVANSTON, Ills., April ia horrible ca.
tastrophe occurred here at noon to-day. A
small house was discovered in flames in the
western part of the village. Knowing chill
dren were confined in it, Peter Swedland
rushed in and bore out one which died in his
arms from its burns. Another, also persisted
In the debris, and vigorous search is In pro-
gress for its remains. The family, colored,
are left in state of destition.
THIEvING POSTAL CLERK.
CLEVELAND, April 19.-For several months
and frequently during two months the rail-
road mail service between New York and
Chicago, has been greatly annoyed by thefts
of registered packages and letters. The chief
inspector detailed several special agents to
work up, and their labors eliminated this
evening in the arrest Of E. R. ,Blakeslee, postal
Blakeslee had arranged for another clerk to
complete the run to this city and had stepped
off at Toledo. Just as he left the car he was
nabbcd and put back on the train,