Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-25
CRIMINAL BUDGET.
THE STURI.A TRIAL,


CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The entire morning
was occupied in Judge Gardeners court to-
day in an attempt to secure the last Juror
| III the Sturla murder case, and at 1890,
when an adjournment was taken until 3
o'clock, the juror had not been obtained.
Twenty-Five of the extra panel of thirty
ordered yesterday had been excused either
for cause Or peremptorilv.. But eight re-
| NAMED from which to select the twelfth
juror. The LAST juror was obtained shortly
before 3 O'Clock this afternoon, and the
twelve were then sworn i'll, amid quite a
profound excitement in the court room.
States Attorney Mills then began his open
ing speech to the jury, reciting the story
of the terrible crime and describing the act
of the prisoner when her hot
Southern blood was fred by
anger and revenge Attorney Trude
followed for the defense, claiming that
Stiles, his fathers sister and two brothers
had lived with and on the prisoner and
repaid her kindness with abuse which fin
ally drove her to desperation, crazed bel
mind, and in moment of insanity, she
killed the one she loved most on earth. He
was stopped several times by the court for
reflections on the character and conduct
of the surviving members of the Stiles
family. At $50 the court adjourned until
Monday, cutting Trude off in the midst of
his remarks. The main point in the de-
tense will be temporary insanity. 1t is not
believed here that Theresa SturIa will be
convicted. but if she is, it is thought the
punishment inflicted will be light.
DESPERATE DEVIL.
BosTON, Nov. PA Montreal special to
the Herald says: VIM. Richards, of Birm-
| lngham, England, who was to have been
hanged at Swedsburg Jail this morning,
and who committed suicide, left a letter
and biography. It appears from his
own account that he was one of the most
desperate and degraded criminals that ever
crossed the Atlantic. His whole record has
been series Of most infamous crimes of
every kind and degree. His chances for
committing the most horrible and unmen-
tionable yillainy have been
limited to interim periods
when he was out of jail or free from penal
servitude in Great Britain. He acknowl
edges having stood every kind of punish
ment from the cat-of- nine-tails to being
tied up by the thumbs and kept for days
without food. There is scarcely Jail in
| England he has not served a term in, be-
sides going through all the penal stations
as we'll. He admits he meditated the MUIR
| der of his companion, and merely
followed him about to accomplish his pur-
pose. He was nearly six feet five
| inches tall, powerfully built, weighing
200 pounds. He leaves widow
and three married daughters in Hartford,
! Conn.,, none of whom visited him after his
conviction. When twenty-five years of
age he fought the celebrated Coventry
| fighter in the English ring and won the
| battle. He served in the British and
American navy, but deserted from both.
CONVICTION AFFIRMED.
NEW York, Nov. 24.-The supreme court
has affirmed the conviction Of Pasquale
Magone for the murder of his mother-in
law in December last.
CRIMINAL LIBEL.
Ernest Harvier was held for trial on the
charge of criminal libel in the suit of
Marie Prescott Persell, the actress.
SUICIDE.
DAYTON, O., Nov. 24-Thomas Pardon. a
young man of prominent family, COM
mitted suicide by taking morphine.
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 24.-James
Wheeler, respectable white citizen, re-
turning home after selling cotton was muir
dered and robbed tonight near Pratt's
mills.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. pa collision be-
tween coal trains OF the Lehigh Valley
railroad resulted in wrecking the engines
and many cars.
POSTOFFICE ROBBERS SENTENCE.
PADUCAH, KY. Nov. 24.-In the federal
court JAS. Hindle and Mosten Marshall
were convicted of robbing the postoffice at
Columbia four months since, and sentenced
to four and two years respectively to the
Detroit house of correction
FEMALE swINDLER CAUGHT.
New YORK, Nov. 24.-May Mischief,
young English woman with half dozen
aliases which she adopted during resi-
dence of only two or three months in this
country, was arrested to-day by detectives
on charge of robbing John H. Davis,
banker. of $4,000 the day after she had
entered into his employ as governess
She was secured through decoy letter.
She is twenty years old, very ladylike
and speaks half the modern languages. She
claims her brother is one of the wealthiest
of England copper masters, and she her
self is worth many thousand pounds which
she is unable to get possession of. The
police learned when she came to this city
in June. She presented letter to Ran
som of the law firm Knevals
& Ransom, President Arthur's
partners, from friend of his in England,
in which she was described as a wealthy
lady looking for child stolen from her,
and strongly commended her to his care.
She complained she had been robbed of, or
lost her check book, and borrowed first $40, |
and after, $50 from Mr.. Ransom for her
needs.
sPUYTEN DUYvAL DISASTER
New YORK, Nov. 24.-In the case of Geo. |
Melius, brakeman on the Chicago express, |
run into January last by the Tarryto
special at Spuyten Duyval, the jury to-day
refurnad verdict of not ryr;1tv Hfa!;,, |