Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-16
Other Criminal Matters.
ATTEMPTED RAPE.


Other Criminal Matters.
ATTEMPTED RAPE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.1
ST. PETER. Mimi, Oct. 14.-Yesterday
an employe in the cigar factory
here, giving his name as Henry Lemke, at |
tempted to commit rape upon three
year-eld daughter of Nels Wettergren. al
nelghbor on the premises saw Lemke car
fylng the child into an outside water closet,
and suspecting something wrong, inform
ed Mrs. Wettergren, who rushed down the
yard and upon opening the door found
Lemke in the act. The william rushed out
and fled towards the river bank, pursued
by MIR. Wettergren, the sheriff and others
joining IN the chase, and upon going down
over the bluff found him secreted in the
mouth of sewer. Quite an excitement
ensued, and there was some talk of hang
ing, bat the sheriff and marshall conveyed
him safely to Jail. DR.. Merritt made an
examination of the child and found her
uninjured.
KILLED AT FAIR.
AUGUSTA, KY, Oct. 14.-This evening at
O'Clock, on the Germantown fair grounds.
George Cooper, Of Germantown. shot Geo.
lnsco, of Robinson county, Kentucky, dead.
The two had been rivals for the hand of Mrs.
Geo. Cooper before she became Cooper's
wife. Yesterday George Insco promenaded
with Mrs. Cooper in the Germantown fair
grounds. Cooper was displeased with this,
and said so to both his wife and to Insco
This evening Insco and Mrs. Cooper were
promenading again, when Cooper met
them, and drawing pistol commenced
firing. Three balls took effect, one in the
hand, the other two in the head, land caused
immediate death. A brother of Insco
knocked Cooper down, and would have
killed him but for the interference of by
ISLANDERS.
AN OLD OFFENDER.
BALTIMORE. Oct. Thames L Carter,
arrested in Cincinnati on suspicion of
being connected with the murder of A. W.
Ross at Glendale, is well known in Balti-
more. Several years ago Carter,Swho, then
went under the name of James L. Huff,
and was arrested at uagerstown at the
Instance OF the United States secret SER
vice detectives, on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretences from the
citizens of that place, he at the time pre-.
tendingtto be secret service detective, and
the money was obtained by means of
forged pension papers. He was tried,
convicted and served term of four years
in the Maryland penitentiary, and was only
released a short time since. In June last
he reappeared again and visited his old
quarters in the penitentiary. While there
he renewed his acquaintance with one of the
deputy wardens, and obtained loan of $50
from him by giving him money order for
a larger amount as security, he promising
to go to the postofice with the deputy
warden to have the order cashed and re-
pay the loan. He accompanied the war
den to the postoffice, and leaving him to
wait at the door, Porter went inside and
| had the order cashed. The prison official
waited in vain for his temperance and
| upon making inquiry found the fellow
had skipped out through another door
/ with the money. After this Porter went
to officers Smith, West and Lyons, indie
pendent detectives, and meeting D. P.West
| one of the firm, unfolded to him plan
whereby he might he might make $4,000
He stated that explosive Internal machines
were being manufactured in St. Louis and
being shipped from there to New York, to
| be placed on English steamers for the pur.
| pose of blowing them up whilst at sea. Ir
support of his story he exhibited letter
purporting to be from the British minister
| at Washington, introducing him to the
| British consul at New York. and promising
him $4,000 reward, if he succeeded il
working the case up and arresting the par
| ties concerned. Porter proposed that
West should advance 5000 for expense in
New York. West declined any transaction
with Porter, and he attempted to enlist
other parties, and not succeeding disap
peared from this city.
| DAYLIGHT ASSAULT AND Robbery.
BOSTON, Oct. 14.-Chas. F. Chilas, fore
man of Cambridge cemetery, while driving
on Coolidge avenue, Cambridge, at 1875
this morning, was attacked by two mer
who shot him in the eye and took from
him $500. The men drove!rapidly towards
| Brighton, and have not been arrested
Child's injuries are not fatal. The attack
| occurred in very public part of Cam
bridge.
A POLITICAL ARRAY.
MURPHYsBoRo, Ills, Oct. lit is just
learned that Wednesday night, while Con-
gresham Thomas was making a cam
| paign speech at Carbendale, man named
Bronson made an attempt to kill him
with large clasp knife. but being pre-
vented stabbed John Casswell, and would
have done further injury had he not been
knocked down and disarmed. The trouble
originated in political hostility to Mr.
Thomas.
RIOT ON WARDS ISLAND.
New YORK, Oct. IA riot broke out
| this afternoon on Wards island among
the Russian Hebrew refugees quartered
there, which required a large force of po-
lice to quell. Superintendent Henry
| Blank received a scalp wound, and several
refugees were severely bruised by the po-
| lice, who entered into the ARRAY with
| drawn revolvers and clubs. Two police
men were slightly injured. The refugees
are discontinued at confinement, and dis
like the superintendent because of his
! harshness; hence the trouble.