Daily globe., 1882-10-21
HEAVY DEFALCATiON.

years On age.
HEAVY DEFALCATION.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
ROCKFORD. ILL.,. Oct. 20.-Elias Malm was
arrested in Chicago yesterday by Sheriff
Hutchins for embezzling $1,000 belonging
to S. c. Westerling, a sewing machine
agent in this city. He will be tried in the
morning. He sold machines and kent the
money.
VIOLATING THE LIQUOR LAW.
Especial telegram to the Globe.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 20.-The wife of
Lee Seaton, formerly United States district
attorney, has brought action against sever
a. saloon keepers here for $4,000 each for
selling liquor to her husband. In the first
case last evening the jury brought in a YER
dict for her.
EXECUTION.
EASTMAN, Ga, Oct 2O.-At 1 O'Clock,
Ridgeley Powell, Simon Oguinn, Joe King,
Bob Donnelson and Ella Moore, negroes.
were hanged in the jail yard for compiled
ty in the riot which occurred at this place,
August 9th, at camp meeting, in which a
young white man named James Harvard
was set upon by All infuriated mob and af-
ter being shot by one of the men, was beat
en- almost to a jelly by the others. The
the mob to the desperate work. No at
tempt was made to rescue them, and not
more than fifty negroes from whom VIC.
lence was expected, was in town. A de-
tachment of the military from Macon was
present for protection.
CONFESSION OF A MURDERER.
CINCINNATI. Oct. 20.-Fred Captain, a
coiored man who was arrested on suspi-
cion of the murder of A. w. Ross at Glen
dale, October Sth, has made statement in
the nature of confession. He says that
the colored man Harris, who was arrested
a few days ago. was the principal murder
er; that he induced Captain to join
him in robbing Ross at his house;
that they went there and found
Ross not at home, and then
waited for him at the railroad crossing.
and when he alighted Harris hit him with
stone and then beat him over the head
with club. Captain says he ran away as
soon as he saw that Ross Was murdered,
and that Harris did the robbing. The con-
fession was made to Mayor Giaugue, of
Glendale, and to Cincinnati police officers.
The latter incline to the belief that the
murder was done by Captain and his
father. The latter is in jail here on the
charge of drunkenness.
FOUND GUILTY.
TRENTON, N. j., Oct. yU.-iIihe jury in the
case of Chas. H. Haughton, charged by the
government with making false returns
while collector of the port of Perth -Amboy.
returned verdict of guilty with a re-
commendation to mercy.
SENTENCED.
CoLDwATER, Mich, Oct. 2O.-Heminp-
way, the confessed fire bug, was sentenced
to nine years in the state prison this
morning.
THE FORD MURDER TRIAL.
PLATTsBuRG, Mo-, Oct. 2O.-The court
room this morning, was crowded to the ut
most as testimony was commenced on the
Ford case for the murder of Hite. Rich
mond Morrison, testified to finding
Woods body buried in pasture
near the house as before published; that
the skull was crushed on the right side, and
the arm bore flesh wounds. D. E. Masters.
justice of the peace. testified that there
was also fracture in the left side of the
head. Chas. Sayres, a merchant of Rich
mond. testified that he was in company
| with Joe Sanderson and J. E. Hall, called
upon Bob Ford while held in Jail at St
Joe for killing Jesse James, and that Ford
then told him that ne had killed Hite: that
Dick Liddell was in one cCraer of the
room and Hite came in at the door oppo-
site and commenced firing. Mrs. Bolton.
Eord's sister and her two children were in
the thirli corner, and he was in the fourth.
near the stairs. AS the room filled with
smoke he was afraid his sister would be
hurt, and drew revolver and
shot Hite, and killed him almost
instantly. A rigid cross s-examination failed
to break down Sayres' testimony, and he
further said Bob didn't appear to be OK
cited. James Sanderson testified that he
was with Sayres at St. joe, and corrobo-
rates the latter's narration of the CONVEX
sation. Mrs. Bolton testified that she was
standing in the southeast Qvrner of the
room when the firing began. Hite was III
the northeast corner and Leddell between
them, and Bob was in the northwest cor
ner. She did not know who fred the first
shot, Before the conclusion of her evi.
dence the court adjourned. The defense
is closely contesting every inch of ground.
CRUEL TREATMENT.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 2O.-Een Hoiton, COL
ored. who brought suit against John and