Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-29
CRIMES &CASUALTIES
A DISHONEST PENSION AGENT.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 2S.-Francis A.
Wordell, special agent of the pension de-
partment, has been detected in series of
audacious forgeries, which eliminated to-
day in issuing warrants for his arrest, but
up to this writing the officers have been
unable to find him. Wordell was one of
the keenest, shrewdest pension detectives
in the employ of the government, and dur
ing the past year or two that he has paid
particular attention to this district, he has
won the highest approval from govern
ment officials and all connected with the
cases which he has ferreted out and prose-
| cuted. For some time past, however,
he has been in the habit of
going on lordly sprees out of working
hours. His boon companions have been
noted women of the town, and his fall
| comes as matter of course. He ranked
among the very best agents in the employ
of the pension department. and received a
salary of something over So day. His
forgeries, which have been going on for
some six months past, consisted in the
use of Pension Agent Samuel Posts name
as an endorsement to four individual notes
amounting to $1,875 which were discount
ed by the city banks, with whose cashier
Wordell was on intimate terms,
and who passed the paper
without close scrutiny, which would
certainly have disclosed the spurious
nature of the Endorsement, such was the
implicit confidence placed in him. Besides
these $3.50 was borrowed of private indi-
viduals, and Pension Agent Post was in
duced some time ago to sign note with
him for $500, which, from present appear
ances, he will be obliged to pay a. matur-
ity. The bank officials refuse to com plain
against Wordell, and Pension Agent Post
finally did so, at the same time apprising
the department at Washington of the state
of affairs. Wordell is about forty years
old, and has wife and family at New
Bedford, Mass.
CHILD EATEN BY RATS.
EvANsvIILE, Ind, Nov. 2S.-On Sunday
the family of Thomas Hughes, living near
Spottsville, KY, eighteen miles from here.
went to church to be gone al day, leaving
an infant in charge of a colored girl. The
girl went to nei yhbor's, leaving the child
| on pallet on the floor, and was also gone
all day. When the family returned they
found the child dead and most. horribly
eaten by rats.
HEAVY ROBBERY.
DETROIT, Nov. 2S.-A robbery of the
Wabash ticket Office at Adrian, Oct Is, has
just come to light. Nearly three thousand
dollars worth of tickets were stolen by a
former employe, young man named E.
P. RoweI. The guilty man was assigned
to the Office in 1881, and became quite
popular in the city, but aboot year ago
Wa oho ral for ~ C~L
sequently he committed an assault, for
which he was imprisoned three months
Last week the agent discovered five coupon
| tickets for Eastern points taken from
the ticket case, and finally traced them to
Detroit, where four were found in scalpers'
hands. Last Saturday Rowell was arrested
on suspicion at Indianapolis, disguised as
tramp while attempting to sell some
tickets for distant western points. Shortly
after he confessed his crime and gave all
| the details of the robbery, which his pre-
| viouS familiarity with the ticket office rem
dered comparatively easy on Sunday when
| the Office was not occupied so onstantly
as on Mondays. Rowell is in Jail at Adrian.
THROUGH DRAW.
ROCHESTER, Nov. 2S.-The New York ex-
press coming east over the Auburn branch
of the New York Central, ran into a draw
at Cayauga. The forward part of the ell
CINE rests on the 2eck of canal boats in
the draw. No lives lost, but bad disas-
ter was narrowly aver ted. Where the
blame for the carelessness rests is not yet
ascertained.
AToH1scN, Kas., Nov. 2S.-The extensive
Touring mill of Upham, Son & Co. at Blue
Rapids, Kas., was totally destroyed by fire
on Sunday. The mill has only been COM
pleted two months, had sixteen rollers and
cost over 100000; insured for $4,000 on
building and machinery, Several thousand
dollars worth Of wheat and -four was also
destroyed, which is fully insured.
PITTsBURGH, Nov. pa fire in Ablekim
Co.'s glass factory this morning totally
destroy ed the pot room, packing house and
hattening department. Loss, $4,000; fully
insured.
BANK PRESIDENT SENTENCED.
SYRACUSE, Nov 23.-The second trial of
R. Porter Lee, late president of the First
National bank of Buffalo, for embezzle-
ment, resulted in his conviction, and SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment.
ACCIDENTALLY POISONED.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 28.-The family of
laborer named Sullivan was accidentally
poisoned to-day by eating fish. Two chill
dren died, and another is not expected to
live. The wife and two remaining chill
dren will recover.
THE STURLA TRIAL.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-In the Sturla murder
trial the prosecution rested to-day, and
the defense began taking the testimony of
friends and Appropriateness of the prisoner
to show that she was of insane mind, and
had strange conceits. Evidence was also
introduced intending to show that Stiles
treated her in most bgutal manner, offer
ing ply sical violence on several occasions.
RAILWAY WRECK.
PITTsBURGH, a.Noy.25.-Two passenger
trains on the Pittsburgh Southern railroad
collided near Castle Shannon, Pa, about
noon to-day. Both engines and the bag
gage cars were badly wrecked. Conductor
Barry was hurt about the back. Several
passengers were slightly injured, but none
seriously.