Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-26
CRIME RECORD.
A CHICAGO KILLING.

CHICAGO, April Z5.-IhomaS Slime,
painter, while leaving disreputable house
on Pacific avenue, at 1 o'clock this morn
ing, became embroiled with three strangers,
one of whom killed him by stabbing him
in the neck with knife. The tragedy is
thought to be unprovoked. The men
were arrested.
KILLED RIVAL.
LANSING, Mich, April Pa. D. Clark, a
wealthy real estate man of Battle Creek,
has been here several days in company
with young woman known in theatrical
circles as frankie Carr. The supposed
wife of Clark appeared on the scene yes
terday, and in an alteration shot, proba
bly, fatally, the Carr woman. Clark asserts
that frankie Carr is his legal wife, and
that the shooter is simply his mistress.
The latter was accompanied by two young
children.
COLD BLOoDED MURDER.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April, 25.-Near
Cedar Glades, Sunday, VIM. Potter was
murdered while working in field by Riley
Blocker and Jack Daniels, in whosesposses-
sion some of Potter's hogs were found.
They were taking him to the woods to
bhoot him when he halloed to his wife, and
then they shot him and fed to the noun
tains and joined several other despera-
does. The sheriff and a posse are search
ing for them and bloody encounter is
expected.
AN ATRoCIoUS CRIME.
Houston, Tex, April 25.-An atrocious
crime was committed 8 miles from here at
Brick House Igully. negro, boy, Adams,
aged -, under the impression that the
boys of the neighborhood were going to
fog him, while playing with Coney Nelson,
aged IL, whom he suspected as one of the
party, tied rope around Nelson's waist.
Mounting horse he tied the other end to
the pommel of the saddle, and rode off,
rapidly dragging Nelson through the
prairie until dead. He took the train for
Houston where he was captured.
FAMILY QUARREL.
ST. LOUIS, April 25.-Elisha Kirby, a
rough character living at Carbondale, Ill,
murdered his brother-in-law, Isaac Pulls,
by shooting him through the head on the
street last night. The affair grew out of
family quarrel There is much excitement
and threats of lynching.
HELD TO BAIL.
MILWAUKEE, April 25.-Henry P. Wright,
assistant postmaster at Racine, Wis,
charged with the embezzlement of over
$4,000 of postoffice funds, was taken be-
fore Commissioner Bloodgood, of this
city, this afternoon, and waving examina-
ton, was held in bonds of $4,000 to an
swer in the United States district court
next term.
MURDERED IN BED.
LAMPAsAs, Tex, April 25.-Dr. A. G. Rech
was murdered last night by parties I'M
known. The doctor and Mrs. Rech were
asleep, when the door was unfastened, the
parties entered the room and shot Rech
through the head, jerked him out of bed
and fired twice, killing him instantly.
Rech came from Georgia several years ago,
and has been married only two years. His
wife is almost bereft of her senses over
the terrible tragedy she witnessed.
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 25-The SEN
tence of Jas. P. Il. Megher, to have been
hung at Dardanelle on Friday for MUIR
dering Lazarus Brooks, has been commit
ted to Imprisonment for life by Governor
Berry. n
SERVED HIM RIGHT. u
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 25.-Wm. Pock,
for whipping his wife, was given twenty
lashes. This is the first enforcement of the
law Furnishing wife heaters in this county.
BOLD BURGLARS.
RICHMOND, Va, April 25.-Robberies of
residences have been frequent of late.
Tuesday, in open daylight, Police Captain
J. II. Parater's residence was entered and
robbed twice, and at night stoned. This
afternoon, between 4 and o'clock, while
a policeman was on guard in the parlor,
burglar entered the garnet, seized a
daughter aged 16 years, tied and gagged
her. Having accidentally knocked sash
out of the window, fhe burglar reused the
house, but made successful retreat.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
LEAvITTsBURG, o., April pa place
about two miles from here, known as the
"Center of the World was the scene this
morning of terrible tragedy, man
named John belong killing a widow named
Griswold, and then committing suicide.
1t appears that belong had proposed to
Mrs. Griswold to marry him, but she per-
sistently refused, and he determined that
no one else should have her; so this morn
ing at 10 o'clock he called at the residence
of Richard Allen, where the victim was
employed as housekeeper, and asked to
see her. As soon as she appeared he opened
fire on her with a revolver which he had in
his hand. The first two shots took effect
in her head, the third in her side, and the
woman fell dead without a murmur.
belong then placed the muzzle of the re-
voIver to his temple and fired. falling dead
within three feet of the PROSTATE body of
Mrs. Griswold.
A Doctor on Pneumonia.