Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Throat Cutting Affair at Hastings Coils
sion on the Wabash Railroad-Miscella-
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THROAT CUT.

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Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
HASTINGS, May 6.-S. Griesmeyer, who for
merly worked near Pennington, from where
he returned last evening, was brought to the
Niskern hotel early this morning with his
throat cut, the windpipe being entirely sew
cred. DR.. Dodge sewed up the wound and the
patient is doing as well as could be expected.
He claims that young lady did the cutting.
coLL1pED.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May GA Wabash pas
senger and freight train collided near 1lliapolis
this morning, resulting in the almost total
destruction of both engines. The passenger
engineer and the two fremen had limbs
broken, but no lives lost. Nine freight cars
were thrown from the track and piled up in
indescribable confusion. Three cars were
filed with grain, which was almost total
loss. About twenty-five head of cattle were
killed outright and many others injured.
Total loss of property is not far from $50, ,GOO.
The passenger train was an hour late, and the
freight train was delayed between stations by
breaking of couplings.
MADDENED WOMAN.
FAIRPLAY, May 6.-Great excitement yes
terday on the acquittal of Tatttersall of the
murder of Fitzgerald. The widow of the lat
ter procured a musket and rushed after Tat
tersall, but bystanders disarmed her. The ex-
citement and sympathy for the woman ran
high, and Abraham F. Burgess, delegate to
the legislature, openly advocated lynching,
but Tattersall saved him self by leaving town.
THE WRONG MEDICINE.
CARLTON, o. May 6.-Mrs. Chas. Mavey died
last night from mistake in taking medicine.
Morphine powers had been prescribed twice
day and ouinine pills every three hours. She
reversed the order with fatal result. She
had been married but two weeks.
ABscoNDED.
ST. LOUIS, May 6.-The Republicans
Weatherford, Texas, special says: G. Frost,
president of the Franco-Texan Land company,
has absconded, leaving heavy debts behind
him. 1t is said he appropriated $40, 900 Of the
company's money, and that he owes $500 to
different parties in town and along. the rail-
road. He left riding on horseback.
leading another. He was armed with couple
of six shooters and twenty.six shooting
Evans rife. 1t is believed he has gone to Ari-
zona or New Mexico. It is also stated that he
obtained s4,50O, which the county subscribed
toward building q court house at Sweet water,
Nolan county.
COULDN'T BEAR THE SHAME.
GALL1poL1s, O., May 6.-Reuben Bray, a
wealthy and prominent citizen, committed
suicide. He had suffered great trouble on &C.
count of his daughter, who recently died in a
house of ill-fame in Iowa, and his mind seem
ed to break down. He found shotgun which
had been hidden from him and blew out his
brains.
NOT so BAD AS THOUGHT.
HANN1BAL, May 6.--The break in the Sny
levee was stopped last night, and the water
in the submerged district receded ten inches
within an hour after the crevasse was closed.
All water on the bottoms will be rapidly drawn
off by the Sny river. Some of the land
has already appeared above water, and the
wheat SO far In sight looks improved by Its
bath. The damage sustained by the overflow
will fall far short of the estimate which had
heen made