Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Money BY False Pretenses-Killed by
His Brother-Poisoned by Physician.

LOST HIS FOOT.
!, Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
BIRD ISLAND, Oct 40. F. Dressed, drug
gist of Hector, undertook to board a freight
train while in motion, missed his footing and
his left foot struck the rail and was terribly
crushed by the truck, SO that portion of it
will have to be amputated.
BEN BUTLER BAMBoozLED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 3.-Rumors prevail
that there is large deficit in the accounts of
the Pawtucket Navigation company, of which
Gen. Ben. Butler is the main spur. This de-
ficit was once charged to Hon. E. M. Boynton,
but experts. examination of the books ex-
honerated him. 1t is now thought that loose
management, on his part, was the cause of it,
and Butler who ousted him and placed C. A..
Thomas in charge. Old hulks have been
charged to the company at enormous figures,
one purchased for $4,000 being charged at
$4,000. 1t is also charged that property was
charged to the company that was never re-
cnived by it, and a still graver charge is that
parties having access to vouchers to SUBJ
stantiate these and other allegations have been
approached with view to their destruction.
A KENTUCKY MURDER. 49,
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. "A terrible trag-
edy occurred in Jeffersonvllle at II o'clock
last night. Ed. McDermott, notoriously
bad character, killed John Reef instantly and
fatally wounded b. McCardle. A reporter was
at the scene of the tragedy soon after its oe-
currence and learned the following particulars.
Ed. McDermott went into Barney Dietz' sa-
loon, and when drunk got into an alteration
with Pat Duffy. Dietz drove them from the
saloon and the fight was continued outside.
Barney McCardle, aged % years, came along
and endeavorad to make peace. McDermott,
without saying a word, stabbed McCardle
twice in the left breast. Duffy, who was
Dermott down. About this time John
Keef, young man who lives
in the neighborhood, came along and seeing
McDermott's hat on the ground picked it up
and was about to place it on his head, when
McDermott drew 4 large knife and struck
Keefe in the jugular vein. Keefe fell at the
murderer's feet aud was soon corpse. The
police of Jeffersonville found McDermott on
the street and took him to the station but did
not lock the door, and he walked away. At
12 o'clock, however, he was again arrested
and lodged in Jail. McCardle cannot recover.
McDermott lives near the prison, and is the
son of A. McDermott, who shot his wife and
baby and then committed suicide few years
ago, and is one of the most desperate men in
Jacksonville. John Keefe was a worthy and
respected young man.
SHOT By HIS BRoTHER-IN-LNw.
CHATTANOOGA, Get. 4.-Col. Love, president
of the Huntsville Co. cotton-seed oil mill, a
prominent citizen, was shot and killed by the
brother-in-law of young lady to whom, it is
said, he was paying improper attentions.
DEATH IN SUGAR VAT.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. "A small child while
standing near a molasses evaporation near
cambridge, Tenn, few days ago, Witnessing
the evaporation with great glee, lost its foot
hold and fell into the seething mass and was
dead before its Mortified relatives could rescue
it.
THE MALLEY TRIAL.
New HAVEN, Oct. 4--In the Malley trial
to day Mrs. Catherine R. Malley testified that
James Malley was at his fathers house Friday
evening, August 5.
Louisa c. Malley, the younger sister of JAS
Malley, Jr., testified that he took her to ride
on Thursday evening, August 4, and then
drove down town; next saw him on Friday
noon at dinner; he came home to supper, and
remained home that night; at IL she saw him
in bed, and soon after removed the pillow
from under his head, waking him up; he rose
at next morning, and went to the store.
MANsLAUGHTER.
LONDON, Ont, Oct. 3.-At the inquest on
the five persons killed by the collision on the
air line local Western railroad Thursday, the
jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
against John Maxwell, conductor, and Richard
Wolmsley, engineer of the excursion train,
1 1tc1I rod f1n Of fha
pany. Maxwell has fed the country and
Wolmsley was killed.
MURDEROUs CARELEssNEss.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Oct 4.-Intelligence
has just been received here of the fatal pois-
oning through the carelessness of a physician.
DR.. j. D. Burt, a practicing physician of
Charleston, Franklin county, sent to Mrs.
James Ross, a patient living few miles from
cine had been given Mrs. Ross remarked that
it was not the same she had been taking, and
complained Of tingling sensation at the end
of her fingers. Physicians were summoned
but came too late to be of any service. The
same drug was given Mrs. John Redman, but
her life was saved by prompt medical atten-
dance.
AN AssAssIN's MISTAKE.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 4.-The trial of Frank
Hall was concluded in the circuit court TO
day by verdict of murder in the first degree,
with the penalty of death. Hall killed a man
named Sanders, mistaking him for one Dave
Cunningham, against whom he held an old
grudge. All the parties are colored.
MOSES ARRAIGNED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Ex-Goyernor Moses
charged with obtaining money by false pre-
lenses from Major Hall, was arraigned in court
to-day and the case set down for future exam
nation. A further complaint was made
against ex- Governor Moses by j. D. Town
send, counsel for the complainant on crime,
who accused him of swindling him out of
money on the plea of furnishing Townsend
valuable papers, touching the election frauds
at the South, and that they would expose great
corruption. These papers, however, never
came to hand.
DEFALCATION.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. Sit is reported a
large deficit has been discovered in the funds
of the Pawtucket navigation company, of
which Gen. B. F. Butler and E. W. Boycton
are the principal controllers.
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