Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-13
THE STURLA TRIAL.
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The STURLA TRIAL.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-The criminal court
was more crowded than ever to-day when
the Sturla trial was commenced, it being
generally known that the arguments of
council would occupy the time, and the
greatest attention was paid by all in the
room to the remarks on both sides. IEa-
mediately Oh the court being called to
order the prosecuting attorney com
menced his opening address to the jury,
and occupied less than half an hour in his
remarks. Mr.. Mills, on begin
ming his address to the jury,
said he was thankful to be able to tell them
that after three weeks toll they saw the ap-
preaching close of this great investigation.
He theu reviewed the case rather briefly,
reserving most of his remarks for the clos
argument. Trude then opened for the
defense and occupied the remainder of the
day, reviewing il detail the testimony Of
each witness. fatty accusing Potter, the
Sunnyside bar tender, with perjuring him
self, and scoring with harshness tho per-
Stiles family, including the widowed moth
er Of Sturla's victim, whom he said sat
fearless liz court thirsting for vengeance.
He dwelt at considerable length on two
lines of defense, insanity and self defense.
At o'clock the court adjourned until to-
morrow, when Trude will Conclude his re-
marks and Mills will reply.
THE TRUE INWARDNEcSs.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 12-It is stated
that for some time previous to Henry
Cary's departure he was a regular fire.
quenter of Madame French's place. Last
July woman, tall, with dark hair and
eyes ana quite an attractive appearance,
arrived there from Philadelp hia She
called herself Sylvia, bat her real name was
Elvira Bowman, and she originally came
FROM Louisville, Ky. She remained at
Trenci.'s until two weeks before Cary's
disappearance with the exception of one
month spent in st. Paul at place called
Jennie Bateson's. Cary became very much
infatuated with this woman, and saw her
very frequently. When she was in St.
Paul he visited her couple Of times. She
returned to French's and later went
to Ell Paso. Texas, just exactly two weeks
before Cary followed to that place. On
the Saturday before Cary left he was at
French's house, and was parading around
better that he had received from Sylvia -
On Monday afternoon he left on the 4
o'clock Northwestern train, going direct to
Ell Paso. It is believed here that Cay was
guilty of some serious crime that he was
afraid would come to light, or he never
would have flown. And the fact that the
ST. Paul officials had the young man
brought back looks suspicious. Gradual
ly the true inwardness of the case will be-
come known.
COX PARDONED.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 12.-This afternoon
Governor Stephens signed an uncondi-
tional pardon of Edward Cox, who killed
Colonel Robert A. Aston in the treasury
Office Of the capital in this city, in March,
1879. Cox was tried and convicted of
murder in the superior court and sentenced
to the penitentiary for life. With the
exception of about one year, which he
spent in Fulton county Jail while his case
was being considered by the supreme court
he has been convict al the Dade coal
mines in this state. The petition asking
his pardon was very numerously signed by
people of all classes III every part of the
state. It bore the signatures also of 101
representatives in the house of the pres
No argument was made by
counsel before the governor. He simply
looked thoroughly through the evidence of
the case, which he weighed for several days.
Mrs. Cox, wife of the prisoner, in conjunc-
ton with hundreds of his friends has
worked heroically all these years to secure
his freedom. Never man had a truer or
more devoted wife. She lives below here
in De Kalb county, and will pass through
the city tomorrow morning and return
with her husband tomorrow nigh.
SHOCKING BARBARITY.
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Troy, N. Y, Dec. 12.-Nellie Card. aged
fifteen years, has since the death of her
mother, five years ago, kept house for her
father and grandfather, in an isolated
neighborhood several miles from Troy.
Her life has been that of a drudge, and
her treatment inhuman. On Sunday
morning she was discovered lying in the
snow, sobbing. ''Jesus, pity poor Net"
When carried into the house it was found
she had taken strychnine. Her head was
frozen. Ia ten minutes she died in fright
full agony. She had threatened suicide the
day previous, and her inhuman relatives
volunteered to get her razor to cut her
throat. ''The damned critter has taken
poison" was the remark of her grand
father, as he stood over her corpse. The
girl was shortly to become mother, and
the coroner will investigate the report that
her father was the cause of her dishonor.
SUICIDE.
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eGKNHsKE, Ill, Dec. 12.-Wm. Whitcomb
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