Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-31
DEATH BY ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

Sands w. Hopkins, about three miles south
of this city, this afternoon, by the acct
! dental discharge of a shotgun, young Hop
! kins blowing the entire head off his young
and beautiful wife. The husband and wife
were alone in the sitting room, where the
! terrible tragedy occurred, and his story of
the affair is as follows: cit is all so hor-
rible," said the young man. chat [ hardly
! know how to begin. On my re-
turn from town to-day L went to
the barn and put up the
horse, my wife joining me, and together
we re-entered the house. After some more
work my wife went into the dining room
or library, and sat down by the stove in a
rocking chair, with some work in her
hands. got d shotgun, which had been
in the house for some time, and proceeded
to load it and clean the lock. l had no
ticed some rabbit tracks near the barn and
wanted to have the gun ready for instant
USE One barrel was already loaded, the
! left one, and going to the room where
my wife was 1 loaded the remain
ing barrel and then sat down in
chair nearly in front of
her and took up a small oil can to oil the
lock of the gun, which was somewhat
rusty. I lowered the gun barrel just par
TALLY across my arm and leg during the
operation, when suddenly, as pulled back
the hammer of the barrel, it slipped out
of the fingers and then the gun went off
with a noise like thunder and my wife fell
right over against the wall, but 1 can't tell
any more about it asI was nearly wild
The charge of shot tore my poor wife's
head partially off, but when grabbed her
she was dead. Oh, my God, it was awful,
awfulv The unfortunate woman
was not five feet from
| her husband when the affair
occurred and mass of her brains were
blown against the white walls, from which
they rebounded to the opposite wall, and
portions of her skull, ranging in size from
a quarter to an inch i'll diameter, were
scattered all over the room. Photographs,
mirrors and every article around were hor-
ribly despatched. Hopkins was only
twenty -four years old. and had been mar
ried but two years. Both parties belonged
to quite wealthy families.
A WHOLE FAMILY DIES OF HYDROPHoBIA.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 3O.-A family of five
people in Lawrence county S. c., Sunday,
ate goose that had been bitten by dog
with hydrophobia. All were seized with
commissions and five died. The others are
suffering horrible agonies and will hardly
| recover.
BORDER OUTLAWS CAPTURED.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 3O.-Two of the
men engaged in the attempted robbery of
the Central Pacific train at Montello few
posse sent out by the Wells Fargo COM
pany's Salt Lake agent. They began firing
on the posse, but hit no one. They were
shot themselves, however, fatally. They
belong to a small gang having rendez-
vou5 III western Utah. Their camp, with
the remainder of the thieves in it, is now
watched by officers while assistance comes
up.
NOTES AND NEWS.
The president has nominated William
II. Mitchell for receiver of public moneys
at Reed City, Mich.
Rear Admiral Andrew Bryson was placed
on the retired list of the navy to- day, I'M
der the operation of the retirement law.
OKLAHAMA PAYNE.
The Indian Office has received advice
that Capt. Payne is making preparations
for another raid on the Oklahama lands,
l indian TERRITORY, about Feb. l.
BUCKET SHOPS THAT WILL GET NO MAIL.
The postmaster general to-day issued an
order forbidding the delivery. of money
orders and registered letters to Fleming
q Merriam, r. E. Kendall & Co., Charles
j. Henri & Co, Benlett Hoffman & Co.,,
and Cudworth & Co, all of Chicago, and
nominally engaged as grain and stock
brokers, under which cover it is alleged
they receive money for investment, max
ing little or no return therefor.
DAMAGE BY THE STORM.
DENVER, Jan. 3O.-The damage done by
the storm here yesterday will exceed $780,
600. Injury to shops of the Denver d Rio
Grande railroad will be several thousand
dollars, and other large establishments
suffered severely.
ASsAssINATED.
Jno. Gibbons, contractor on the Spring
field & Memphis railroad, was assassinated
AooO y 4AOdJ ltOu4O
from his work in Oregon county. He was
shot from the brush by an unknown per-
son.
FOUND GUILTY. :.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3O.-The jury in the
case of Jas. F. Brown, ex-storekeeper of
the almshouse, charged with forgery and
conspiring with Major Phipps and others
to defraud the city, came into court this
morning with a verdict of guilty"
FIRES.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-Fire this morning
in the candy store of NJ. Lsmonte & Co.
damaged the stock from 10000 to $1S, 900;
insurance $4,000.
SENTENCED FOR ARSON.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 30.-John A. Morbury,
convicted of arson in setting fire to his
saloon to obtain the insurance, was SEN
fenced to-day, to ten years in the peni-
Tertiary.
TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED.
OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 3O.-A telegram just
received from a member of the party in
pursuit of the robbers who attacked the
Central Pacific train at Monticello, New,
states the robbers have been surrounded in
the mountains, and that they are all known.
Three of the gang are cOnyicts escaped