Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-19
OUT ON Bail.
COL. COCKBILL, SL4YBICK;S SLAYER,
RELEASED ON Bail.
Aid For the Family of the Murdered Man
John Mccullough to Give Benefit
Cowboy Cussedness on the Frontier-A
Miscellaneous Assortment of Crimes and
Casualties.
sLAYBAcx's SLAYER.

OF. LOUIS, Oct. 1S.-lt is expected that a
warrant charging John A. Cockrill with
murder IN the second degree will be sworn
out this afternoon, and that testimony
taken before the corener's jury will be sub
inal correction in the absence of Judge
Laughlin, of the criminal court, who is sick.
Application will then be made by Col.
Cockrilrs counsel for his release on bail,
and numerous friends will be present to
furnish any amount of bonds the court
may name.
CoCKEILL RELEASED ON BAIL.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18.-Between and 6
O'Clock this evening Ed. Durkes, prosecut-
ing attorney of the court of criminal cor
rection. issued warrant for Col. John A.
Cockrill, charging him with murder in the
second degree. Half an hour later Joseph
B. Mccullough, of the Globe Democrat,
Joseph Pulitzer, of the ost-Dispatch. Mr..
Cockrill's counsel and several of his per-
sonal friends, repaired to Judge Cady's
private Office, where he was in waiting and
offered bonds for the release of the col
onel. After the usual preliminaries in
such cases Judge Cady named $1O,-
900 as the amount of bail,
whereupon Joseph B. Mccullough and
Geo D. Capen, the well-known insurance
agent, signed the bond and Col. Cockrill
was released to appear for examination
before the court of criminal correction
November 2. Cockrill, after receiving the
o%y,lO& of L; fr;o L.
went to his room at the Lindell hotel,
where he is now receiving numerous call
ers. After the bond had been executed by
Mccullough and Capen it was signed by
several other well-known gentlemen, and
and almost any number stood ready to at
tach their signatures for any amount that
might be required. It is understood Mr..
Cockrill will leave the city to morrow with
Congressman Horr, of Ohio, for a short
visit to relatives and friends in that state.
RELIEF FOR sIAYBACK's FAMILY.
At a meeting held at the directors room
of the Merchants exchange this afternoon
to consider measures for the relief of the
family of Col. Slayback, between $4,000
and $4,000 were subscribed to aid in lift
ing mortgages of $4,000 on the family
residence. The remainder will be prompt
ly raised. Among the persons present
was Jno. Mccullough, an old and warm
friend of Col. Cockrill, and one who deeply
SYM athizes with him in his present
trouble. AS token of his sincere desire
to be of service to the family of the
man who fell at the hand of his friend, he
offered to give a benefit for the widow and
children of Col. Slaybac which was fav-
orably received, and a comm ittee appoint
ed to make the necessary arrangements.
On motion of one of the members of the
exchange purse of seats at the theater
will be sold on change. It is expected a
large sum will be raised in this way.
The committee appointed, as noted
above, met at the Southern hotel and com
pleted arrangements for the benefit ten
dered by Jno Mccullough. This will be in
the shape of matinee at the Olympic
theater next Thurday, when Mccullough
will play Julius C@ser, with the
full strength of his company.
Seats will be sold at auction on change,
commencing at p. m. tomorrow, after
the adjournment of the regular session.
Jno: Mccullough subscribed $1,000 in
money to the fund to lift the mortgage on
Col. Slayback's house in addition to the
benefit rendered by him. A committee of
prominent members of the Merchants ex-
change has been appointed to solicit fur
Their contributions to the mortgage fund.
COWBOY cUssEDNEss.
DENVER, Oct. 18.-As express train No. 6,
to which was attached special car con-
tanning Assistant General Superintendent
W. s. Welior, of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe road, with his party, arrived at
Larkin, party of fifteen drunken COW
boys. led by F. S. Mead. discharged tele-
graph operator, began shooting through
the car windows. breaking eight in one car,
seventeen In the sleeper and five in the
special car. By lying down on the floor
the passengers escaped the bullets. The
sheriff, with posse of 100 citizens from
Dodge City, were sent to Larkin ON a spec
ial train and succeeded in capturing Mead
and two OF the cowboys. The posse is now
in close pursuit of the others.
FIRE AT MINNESOTA CITY.
WMoNA, Mimi, Oct. 18.-Troost's large
Touring mill at Minnesota City, six miles
from Winona, burned this morning. Loss
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
SHOOTING sCRAPE
CINCINNATI, Oct. 18.-In the Miami to-
bacco house quarrel arose between two
colored coepers, when R. Burley and II.
Williams, their partners took up the quar-
rel, and Williams advancing on Burley
with knife the latter fred. The bali
struck Williams in the breast. He was
taken to the hospital. The doctors fail to
find the ball, and can't tell whether the
wound is mortal or not.
HUNTING DESPERADOEs.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 1s.-Dispatches from
Gen. Alexander to Gov. Mace state that the
sherif's posse is on the track of Coleman.
Belmont and Park, fifty miles north of
Oxford, about sixty miles southwest of the
murder. The posse formed in Hitchcock
county, and expected the desperadoes to
be corraled tonight or early in the morn
ing. A rumor is in circulation here that
the desperadOes killed the dr;var of a moss