Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-25
PISTOL and KNIFE,
4 BLOODY RECORD OF THE DOINGS
OFTHE CRIMINAL CLASSES.

"A Dakota Father Avenges nis Daughters
DishOnor-A Sensational and Mysteri us
Shooting in UniOntown, Pa. ,Hotel-Half
ScOre of Fatal ARRAYS in Various Parts
of the Counrry-Fatal Railway Acct
dents.
A DAUGHTERS WRONG AVENGED.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WAHPETON, OAK, Dec. 24.-E. A. Newton,
agent to the Northern Pacific, Black Hills
q Fergus Falls Railroad company at this
place, was shot about o'clock by Jas.
Nash, a painter and prominent citizen of
Wahpeton, whose daughter Newton is said
to have brutality outraged on Friday. In a
complaint sworn out by the girl before
Justice McCumbin she stated that she had
been working in the Newton family, that
Mrs. Newton was on a visit, and that on
Friday night Newton did not come home
until very late, and that
she was in bed and that
he came in her room, undressed and got
in her bed and brutally outraged her, in
spite of her pleading to spare her. She
was so frightened and weak that she laid
trembling in the bed until morning, when
Newton again came to her bed and repeated
the outrage. Newton was arraigned before
Justice McCumbin, and after consulting
with his counsel, Hon. Mr.. Dorr, pleaded
guilty As soon as the words were out
of his mouth Nash stepped in front of him,
saying: "You plead guilty, do you? Damn
your He then shot him. The weapon
used was 3S-caliber bulldog revolver.
The ball entered about
the center of the chest. DR.. Michaels, who
is in attendance on the wounded man. who
now lies on an improvised couch in the
Justices Office, says he thinks the wound is
fatal. Mr.. Nash Immediately surrendered
himself to Deputy Sheriff Bogart and is
now in the county Jail. Mrs. Newton was
expected home to-day.
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Dec. 24.-Shortly before
10 o'clock, this forenoon, When the people
were on the way to church the town was
thrown into state of most intense excite
ment by the report that Capt. A. G. Mutt,
cashier of TIE Pennsylvania state treasury,
had been shot in room in Jennings
hotel and killed by N. L. Dukes, a we'll
known member of the Fayette county bar
and member elect of the state legislature
The high social and political standing of
both men gave such prominence
to the affair that the hotel was
soon surrounded with excited citizens.
Capt Mutt had just returned from
Harrisburg to spend the holidays with his
family, and left home with his nephew,
Breckinridge, stating he had some bust
ness at the hotel with Dukes. On the way.
there he said that he had received some ins
femous letters from Dukes and wanted to
have an understanding with him. The two
men went to the hotel and Mutt started up
to Dukes room. Breckenridge followed.
but stopped on the stairs to speak to the
hotel proprietor's son, named Feathers.
While conYersing scufding was heard
In the room, and both ran up to
separate the combatants, who were
found on the floor clinched in the terrible
struggle. Breckinridge and Feathers sue
ceeded in parting them, when Dukes drew
revolver saying "you- came here to whip
me, and SO shoot" at the same time fir
ing. The ball took effect Just below Nuts
left eye, penetrating his brain and killing
him instantly. Dukes then quietly walked
down stairs, where he was arrested. As
stated the affair has created intense ex-
element, but what was in the letters or
the motive that led to the murder is still a
mystery. ,:
FATAL railway COLLISION.
81. LOUIS, Dec. 24.-News reached here.
to-day that the east-bound passenger train,
which left here at GAO last night on the
Wabash road, collided with an engine and
caboose from Decatur, ILL.,, on a curve
one and one-half miles from Carpenter,
between and o'clock. Both engines
were knocked off the track, and George
Silsbee, engineer of the passenger train,
and Hank Dresser, conductor of the ca
boose, were killed. Capt. Hyde and Ed
Bramble were dashed against the postal
boxes in the mail car and severely hurt,
and several passengers are reported some
what injured, and one or two of the train
crew w9Qpded, but their names are not
known. The cause of the accident was
either confusion or loss of orders. Dresser
and Silsbee lived at Decatur. Their bodies
are being taken there this afternoon.
- AEADV1LLk, Ia., Lee. Z4.-1n COnSe-
quence of an error of the telegraph oper-
ator two freight trains on the New York.
Pennsylvania & Ohio railway collided late
last night, between Kennedy d Randolph
stations, both locomotives and dozen or
more cars were wrecked. York, conduc-
tor, standing in the caboose was thrown
against the stove with such force that his
skull was crushed and he almost instantly
killed. The road was blockaded twelve
hours by the accident.
RED MKN CONVICTED.
WHEELING, VIVA, Dec. 24.-There has
been considerable excitement at Clarks-
burg, W. Va, during the past ten days
over the trial of the mail robbers before
United States Judge Jackson. Ex-Secre-
tary of the Navy Golf was engaged by the
government to aid in the prosecution.
Over 200 witnesses were examined, and the
result was that Albert Price was found
guilty and sentenced on Saturday to ten
years in the Buffalo penitentiary. He was
member of the Red Men organization,
similar to the ku-klux who have been ter
rorizing things in Bauber county. Per
sistent endeavors were made to break it up
but were always unsuccessful. The