Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-23
CRIMES & CASUALTIES.

Bold Robbery at Northfi -l5---A NIinneap.
oils Crook Arrested in Chicago---A
Youthful Jesse James---Escape of a Dan.
gerous Pr,sOner--R Railroad Wreck--Fires
| BOLD ROBBERY.
| Especial Telegram to the Globe.
| NoRrHF1ELD, Mimi, Nov. 22.-Last
night, while Mr.. Pilling, of Waterford, a
merchant, was in the barn attending to
his horse, a man stepped in with cooked
revolver and said: 'sHold up your hands
and deliver your money" The villain
got $500 and a gold watch worth about
SO and skipped. No clue as yet.
Mr.. Robert Silk, an old resident of this
city, and one of the Oldest harness mer-
chants in this part of the state, died last
night, after a short illness since SUNDAY.
GONE TO SALTWATER. .
The convicted Roll Kingman, the would
be murderer of Sammy Searle last August.
was accompanied by his father to the PEN
itentiary at Saltwater to-day. The boy is
in good spirits and wanted to exchange
his $40 revolver for $40 pipe
MINNEAPOLIS CROOK CAPTURED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Mondays the propri-
etor of the hotel Denmark noticed that one
of the arrivals at his place was suspicious
individual. He couldn't say just why, but
great many little things led him to be-
lleve that the new conner was crook, and
so ne watched and waited. The stranger
bought ticket to Europe, and was well
dressed, and though in all his watching
the proprietor noticed nothing calculated to
increase his first suspician, he eventually
concluded to turn him over to the police.
and Officer Burns was called in and given
charge OF the stranger, who gave the name
OF AJAX o. Knale. Upon searching him
several checks, obviously not his lawful
property, were found. Acting upon a
pointer that he was wanted in Minnea polls
the police authorities telegraphed to the
st. Paul police, and received a reply to the
| effect that he was wanted for larceny. and
that an officer would be sent on immedi-
ately. Knale, it appears, was
stopping at the Krouberg house, Minneap-
oils. and Saturday last suddenly left. At
| the time he disappeared various sums of
money and checks aggregating about $500
were found to have beenssstolen, and he was
suspected of being the culprit. Thinking
that he would probably take passage for
the old country, the New York authorities
had been furnished with his description
with orders to arrest him if he showed up
there. lie spent the night at the .armory.
YOUNG JESSE JAMES.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. 22.-Fred. VII
sou, who was re-arrested at Winthrop on
James on small scale. During the. six
weeks he was concealed at Winthrop he
has broken into and robbed the depot of
the Illinois Central railroad at JACKSONVILLE.
the depot at Winthrop, where he got lot
| of tickets. a store at the same place, where
| money and goods were taken, and when
| arrested plans were all laid for an early
raid on the bank at Jessup. In these
depredations he had two pals whom he
now gives away, and young woman at
whose house he was concealed, where the
stolen goods and tickets were tonpd.
Besides. he is guilty of forgery, and to
clear himself has sought to impilcate the
sheriff and respectable citizens of Win
throp. When arrested he attempted to use
a knife, but did not succeed.
RAILROAD wR oK. :.
| COLUMBUS, o. Nov. 22-The st. Louis
limited express east, leaving here 1905
this morning on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
d ST. Louis road, was wrecked near Union
Station, twenty-six miles east, by rail
which had been placed across the track.
The accident happened shortly after 1
o'clock. The engine pitched down an en-
bankment over thirty feet, turning twice
over and landing in field. The engineer
and fireman escaped with slight bruises.
Two postal and baggage and passenger
cars were thrown to the bottom OF the hill
in a confused mass. No person was
fatally injured. The people in the
sleepers all escaped, some with bruises.
The injured are I. Newhead, Newcomers
town, brakeman, bruised and cut about the
head, nose broken; Fred X. Burr, Colun-
bus, mail agent, shoulder fractured, in
ternal injuries; J. J. Walters, East Liver
pool. rib broken, cut about the head; Stew
art. mail agent, Urbana, head cut. A large
number received bruises and cuts. Dam
age to cars about $4,000.
| JAIL ESCAPE.
| DETROIT, Nov. 22.-Dan Van Wagner, a
young but dangerous criminal, in Ionia
prison for five years for murderous assault
upon farmer for the purpose Of robbery,
escaped last night. This is the second
time he has succeeded in escaping from
this prison. Facts show that the matter
was carefully planned by him and q fellow
prisoner named Dan Root, from jackson,
who also escaped. Van Wagner was at
a prayer meeting in the chapel, where he
made very eloquent prayer, only a short
| time before he was outside the walls. It is
supposed he will make rlCanada, where he
was born. He is powerful man and a
desperate character.
SENTENCED FOR CONTEMPT.
New YORK. Nov. 22.-Abram Marks was
to-day sentenced to thirty days in the
county Jail for contempt in assaulting OPP
posing counsel while a case was progress
sing in the supreme court.
THE PROVIDENCE DISASTER.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 22.-Six of the persons
i,,iu bo1 OIL H.,