Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-21
CRIMES
A sHERIYF's LIFE SAVED.

attempted to shoot VIM. ID. Schiefer
sheriff, with Smith & Wesson revolver
purchased some time before for the pur-
pose. Green Smith, from whom Camp
bell purchased the revolver, suspicious of
the strange actions of Campbell, placed
rim fire cartridges in the revolver, which
was designed for central fire, and thereby
saved Sehisfer's life, as Campbell placed
the revolver to his breast when he fired,
but the revolver failed. Campbell was az
grisved at Sehiefer, who recently dis
charged him for alleged misappropriating
Of funds. for which Sshisfsr to-day en-
tered suit to recover the amount Of $3.50.
Campbell has been arrested. @@S
SCANDAL RzvIvRD. .~
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 18.-E. jacobs
reporter for the Galveston Daily Print, an
evening publication, has been arrested for
criminal libel, the complaint being that he
published statement conveying the idea
that Mrs. Ada Spencer, had inter-narried
with Mitchell Bradford negro, and had
continued to live with Bradford as his
wife. An offense against the Texas stat
utes, Mrs. Spencer who was once an exceed
iagly handsome woman, is q party to a di-
Torcs salt still pending, which couple of
years age was rendered memorable by the
revolving testimony introduced. Mr..
Spencer had long been prominent in the
mercantile circle of Galveston, and is at
present manager Of one of the tive leading
theatres. Jacobs eve bonds In hun
drsa dollars for his appearance On Thurs
day.
CAUGHT At LAST.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sep. ia oolorsd
man giving the nane Of Clarence Smith
was arrested at Havlsyville Sunday and
taken to DaRbury Jail yesterday. He was
identified az Sam Pine, the nsgrs supposed
to have committed an outrage On Miss
Slecum, of North Salem, in June last.
Pine was taken to Ridgsfeld yesterday
where he was positively identified by Miss
Slosum. .-,
osHKosH SUICIDE.
OSHKOSH, Sept. 19.-Frank A. Hayward,
late Of the firm of Thompson d Hayward,
carriage manufacturers, cut his throat with
q razor this morning in presence of his
bat his recovery is doubtful. His business
troubles produced temporary insanity,
which was the oause.
RETURNED TO PRISON. 49,
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 19.-John Sartoris,
who escaped from the house of correction
in March while serving an eight years
sentence for killing his brother with q
pitohfork, was eaught to-day and will be
returned to the house Of correction to re-
main until July. If he had remained in
Jail his term would have been ended nov.
80 90 : POISONED HHR HUSBAND.
Crno1ExATI, o., Sept. 2o.-Nrs. Emma
Fischer was arrested last night, charged
with the murder OF her husband, Adam
Fischer, by poisoning. Fischer died sud
denly at his home north of this city Sat-
arday night, Sept. 8. His family said it
was heart disease, but post norton sx-
animation showed different cause. The
analysis of his stomach showed the pres
snce of strychnine. Suspicion was directed
against his wife, because of quarrsls be-
tween the two, and the alleged infatuation
of the wife with Henry Haiser, farmer in
in the employ of Fischer. Kaiser surren-
dered himself this morning, and both are
held without bail till the 26, when a pre-
liminary examination will take place.