Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-11
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

Uk1MEO AMI CAOUAIIlES.
A Miscellaneous Assortment Of Evil Deeds
and Unfortuitous Events.
RUNNING MUCK.
New YoRx, Oct. 1O.-An extraordinary
occurrence took place to-day on Fourteenth
street at an hour of the afternoon when
the street is most crowded with shoppers.
A demented Frenchman ran a muck
through the crowded thoroughfare, and
with pair of sharp-pointed carpenters
compasses stabbed right and left, the vic
tims.all being women. The wife of police
man who patrolled the block was one of
the victims, and when her husband arrest
ed the lunatic he did not know
the compasses were dripping with his
wife's blood. The lunatic was Ernest Du-
bourgne half idiotic painter, whose
crazy antics have for years made him
conspicuous character. His victims were
more or less severely injured. Their
names are Mrs. Stobenberg, 422 East
Ninth street; Miss Louise Checker, aged
twenty two, of 400 West Fifty first street;
Miss M. L, King. 429 East Fifty-Seventh
street, severely hurt; Mrs. Pauline Fled
Ter, Of $50 West S ixteenth street; Mrs.
Thomas Worth, 666 Lexington avenue,
dangerously injured; Mrs. Mary Hanly, the
policeman's wife, ITO Greenwich avenue,
two stab wounds in the left breast, per-
haps fatally injured; Mrs. Hanley was
taken to the New York hospital
and the others assisted home. The lunatic
was arrested by Officer Hanley. His cloth
ing was spattered with blood He said he
felt dizzy and admitted he had been drink
ing. He wore two hats. He said he stabbed
the women because some man had threat
ened his life. The prisoner, with his father,
wandered for years through the city bear
ing painted signs demanding justice from
the California authorities for some wrong
They accepted charity, but only enough
to feed and lodge them. The father died
in February last. The son kept up his
pilgrimage.
THROWN FROM HIS BUGGY.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 1O.-Charles Scarritt
wholesale grocer, was thrown from his,
buggy this morning and fractured his skull,
from which he died in few minutes.
THE HERDER.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., October 1O.-The
steamer Neptune arrived at Cape Race this
morning and took on board the, passengers
of the Herder. The Neptune will return
to st. Johns and await the arrival of the
steamer Gilbert, which will take the Herd
er's passengers to Europe.
CAPE RACE, Oct. 1o.-The steamer Nep-
tune passed here with the passengers of
the wrecked steamer Herder for st. Johns,
n. j. They will be taken to Europe in the
steamer Gellert.
Ell PAso, H., Oct. 1O.-A fire here this
afternoon burned an entire block of wood
en- buildings, including the Ell Paso hotel
and fourteen business houses. Loss esti-
mated at $10O,0O0; partially insured.
DEFAULTER ARRESTED.
ST. ALBANs, Vt, Oct. 1O.-Esinhart, said
to be mayor of Iberville, Quebec, and for
merly member of the Canadian parlia-
ment, was arrested at the instance of the
bank of st. James, which alleges that he
has defrauded the bank out of $4,000.
WIFE MURDER.
DETROIT, Oct. 10.-Yesterday morning a
farmer named Davidson, living near Deck
erville, Sanilac county, quarrelled with his
wife and son about property matters. Dur
ing the quarrel Davidson short and killed
his wife, and tried to kill his son, aged
twenty-on A report says the son is dead,
and another fatally injured. The murderer
fed.
BOYS MURDER. n
GEoRGETowN, O., Oct. 10.-Last Sunda y
night after church services in a school
house six miles west of this place, Charles
Irwin stabbed and instantly killed Chiffon
Lemons, son of farmer in that locality.
Both were mere boys, Lemons being
nineteen and Irwin only sixteen. Irwin es-
capped.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 1O.-Edward Muther
was arrested by Marshal Lefar, Of Lock
land, at Middletown, this morning, as the
murderer OF Arthur W. Ross. He had been
drunk in a saloon in Lockland, where he
displayed some money, and wanted check
for $50 cashed. It was thought the check
had been taken from Ross pocketbook.
Auther was found at the residence of his
brother-ir- but nothing was found
about him to aid in fastening suspicion on
him. He was taken to Glendale.
INDICTED FOR MANsLAUGHTER.
FREEHOLD, N. j., Oct. 1O.-The grand
jury has indicted for manslaughter Alex
ander Kier, foreman of the gang. men
whose incomplete work caused the terrible
accident on the Long Brunch railroad at
Parker's creek in June last.