Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-25
CHRISTIANCY'S DIVORCE.

duce TestimOny-An Assault to be Made
Upon Christiancy's General Character
Defaulting Revenue Officials in Cali
fornia-A Negro Hanging-Crime and
Casualty Record.
CHRIsTIANCY DIAORCE CASE.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The Christiancy
divorce case was before the equity court to-
day on the question of fixing the time to stop
taking testimony. The defense represented
that the prosecution had had nine months in
which to take testimony. and the defense only
two and that the prosecution were now tryingto
limit the time of the defense. The court made
an order allowing the defense sixty days more,
and after that the prosecution to
have ten days to wind up the case Counsel
for defense said they proposed to rip up Chris
tiancy's character; that they intend to show
bad character on his part, in this country and
in Peru; that he put spies on Mrs. Christia-
cy's track, and abused and maltreated her;
also that they will show that Mrs. Christian
cy's letters to Giro were obtained by fraud.
RESPITE GRANTED.
ST. LOUIS, June 24.-The Post -Dispateh's
Jefferson City special says: Gov. Cristenden
this morning granted respite to the Talbot
boys till Friday, July %. He says he has not
been influenced by the petition of the ministers
sent to him, but has been governed by his own
notion of right and justice. A special to the
same paper from Marysville, written before
the governors respite reached there says. Az
preparations for the execution were completed
during the night and great crowds of people
have already arrived from the surrounding
country to witness the hanging. Albert Tai
bott, the oldest of the boys, aged %, has had
farewell interview with his afffanced bride
which was very touching and had regained
much of his composure. Charles, the young
est, aged II, was also composed. Both still
declare their Innocence.
JEALOUS SHOOTING.
NEW YORK, June M.-Tribunc, ,25: Apolice-
man was informed yesterday that a young
man and woman were shot IN a house on
Chestnut street, near the Elm road. Ie Wis
tied the house and found two persons in the
kitchen wounded, David McCortney, who
said he lived at 139 Orchard street, New York
city, and Catherine Ennis, a young woman
staying in the house. Both had been shot
in the head, and both gave the same story of
the shooting. McCortney stated he was on
visit from New York; that he was sitting in
the kitchen talking to Catherine, when the
at the girls head and fired. He
ran to the door to prusue, when
he was fired at and shot, but he ran
after two men across lots for some distance.
As the faces of both were burned by powder,
the police doubted this statement, ,and the chief,
after questioning the members of the family,
determined McCortney did the shooting. Then
the woman told her story She stated she and
McCo rtney swere quietly talking, when he
suddenly said: "Kittie, am going to shoot"
She did not believe he was serious, but he
drew revolver and fired at her, and when he
saw the ball had taken effect, he shot himself
in the head. Neither give the motive for the
shooting, but it is supposed to be jealousy.
DEFAULTING.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-In settling the
affairs of the office of VIM. Highly, present
collector of internal revenue for the California
district, before turning over the office to
Chancellor Harrison, the incoming collector, it
has been discovered that many of his deputies
are defaulters. One named Hubbard is short
S3, 900 in his accounts. Another named Kelly
is defaulter in heavy sum. Both have ab-
seconded, but the former has been captured.
the affairs of the Office, and Harrison has given
him till the 1st of July tOsquare the accounts,
when the latter will take the Office.
KILLED BY TRAMP.
WILMINGTON, DEL, June 24.-Joseph Now
bray. tramp, from Baltimore, demanded
food, at Holly Tree, this morning. AS he was
drunk the proprietor ordered him out. He
then picked ap a brick and struck James
Ouinty, assistant at the hotel, inficting
wounds, from which the victim died in few
minutes.
KILLED HIR BEDFELLow
DETROIT. June 24.-About 3 O'Clock this
forenoon, Clarence Davis, aged 39, attacked
his sleeping bedfellow, Alonzo Garrett, aged
40, and pounded his head with a cudgel so
that he died at CLOCK. The murderer es-
capped. Cause instigating crime not known.
CHILD MURDERER.
TROY, N. Y, Juge 24.-In the trial at Eliza
bethtown, Essex county, of Harriet Stone,
aged IA, charged with the murder of an in
FAINT, the jury promptly gave verdict of not
guilty. The little girl testified she had been
criminally assaulted by the father of the child,
and that the babe was murdered by its
mother to furnish pretext for the charge
made.
DANBuRY, N. c., June 23.--Two negroes
imprisoned on the charge of outraging white
woman were taken from the Jail last highland
hanged The punishment is generally approv-
ed by both white and colored people.
HANGED.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June M.-Wyatt Holmes,
colored, was hanged to-day at Holly Springs,
Miss, for the murder of Andrew Scott, col
ered last February. When Holmes mounted
the scaffold he addressed the crowd briefly,
telling them to be quiet and listen to his
words: "Don't charge my being here, he
said, to my parents, for they raised me right.
DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION.
CHICAGO, June 23.-Tombstone, Arizona:
Fire swept over space of six blocks, de-
stroying about $50 buildings, including a
large par! of the business portion of the town.
The losses will probably aggregate quarter
of million. About 800 people are homeless.
The buildings were mostly of a cheap and
temporary character. The fire originated in a
saloon from opening barrel of whisky, the
fumes of which communicated with cigar
lighter Water was scarce, no fire engines,
and but little could be done to check the
flames, except to tear down the buildings, etc.
A few accidents occurred, but none of them
very serious.
BOLD BANK ROBBERY.
DETROIT, June 23.-One of the boldest bank
robberies on a small scale ever perpetrated in
this city was successfully carried out at the
First National bank of this city this noon. A
small boy was sent into the cashiers private
office, where he and the president were both
busily engaged in signing new curren-