Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-24
CRIME RECORD.
A SHEPHERD BOY MURDERED IN
NEW MEXICO.


NEW MEXICO.
Doctor and His Son Stabbed in Quar-
rel at Washington, Ind.-Two "Rustlers"
Shot in Co1orado-FataI ARRAY in the In
dian Territory-Five First-Class Hang
ings Yesterday-Jewelry Robbers Ar
rested-Genera1 Cussedness All Round.
FIVE MINUTES IN JAIL.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I
CHICAGO, March 23.-Iver Nelson, a
young Dane, pleaded guilty in the crimi-
nal court to snatching valuable robe
from the buggy of DR.. W. H. B. Lewis, of
Hyde Park, where the defendant had for
merlya been employed in a grocery store
within few feet of the physicians office.
The Dane, who had borne an excellent
character from boyhood, in his own coun-
try, and was well known to his country
men who employed him as clerk in
Hyde Park, had reached a pitiable state
OF poverty when he committed the theft.
The prisoner had lost his entire savings by
loaning them to butcher, who had at
once gone into bankruptcy, and had had
nothing to eat for two days before he
took the robe. II believe
he was quite destitute, and
so became Desperate" said DR.. Lewis
father, man with a pale, intellectual
face, the doctor himself being unwilling to
appear against the defendant at all. 81
took the robe so as to get arrested and
have something to eat" said the prisoner
when on the stand. Give minutes in iail."
was the sentence of Judge TuIey. He ad-
ded subsequently to friend, 81 would
have discharged him if he had not pleaded
guilty"
CONFESSED AT THE LAST MINUTE.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 23.-Nick
Walker, colored, who last August murdered
Tom jenkins, colored, in Argenta, was
hanged to-day in Pulaski county Jail. He
protested his innocence until short time
before the execution when he confessed to
having killed Jenkins.
TWO RUsTLERs SHOT.
DENVER, March 29.-At daybreak yester-
day at Lake Valley, Major Fountains COM
mand surprised two notorious rustIer $
Jack Watts and William GiIlard. who had
were
unsaddling. They made break for Hber-
ty, and had two hundred yards the start,
when Fountain ordered his men to fire.
and both rustIers fell dead, riddIed with
bullets.
THE CoNKLING-HAvERsTEoK CASE.
New YORK, March 23.-A writ of habeas
corpus and certiorari was issued by the su-
preme court to-day in the case of Geo. w.
Conkling, Jr., held for shooting and kill
ing Wilbur H. Haversteck, commanding
Coroner Levy to appear and show cause
tomorrow why the accused should not be
admitted to bail. Conkling's counsel
claims as the shooting was iustifable his
client should be admitted to bail.
DEADLY ARRAY.
MUsKoGEE, /. T., March pa bloody
affair occurred on the border of the
Seminole nation. Brady Brettny, Eli Per.
rIman, Billy Grimmitt and an Indian were
engaged in game of cards, which finally
ended in free fight in which the Indian
killed Brettny, and Perriman and Grim
mitt, who took no active part in the fight,
was accidentally killed by one of the three
during the shooting. Next morning two
brothers named Nose and Gabriel Mar
shall, friends of the dead men, followed
the Indian, who had fled, and coming up
with him riddled his body with bullets.
WHO STOLE THOSE BONDS?
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 23.-The jury in
the case of VIM. M. Scott, the last of the
100000 bond robbery cases, which has
been tried for couple of weeks. disagreed
about noon and we're discharged. Thus
far nobody has been convicted of stealing
these bonds.
TRIED TO SHOOT HIM.
New YORK, March 23.-In the suit for
abandonment of Fanny Mordaunt against
her husband Frank Mordaunt, the actor.
the counsel for the latter to- day waived
examination, and filed bond to provide
for Mrs. Mordaunt paying IS week. The
parties left court, and shortly afterwards
Mordaunt re-entered and asked for 4 war
rant for his wife's arrest, charging that
she attempted to shoot him on the street.
An affidavit was made and a warrant at
once issued for the arrest of Mrs. Nor
daunt, who was found in her lawyers Office
a few blocks away, and when taken to
court she cried bitterly and denied having
had pistol. She had approached her
4N~SSoAANa, o1O ooANs 1OE Tie purpose OF Try
ing to arrange their difficulties amicabIy.
She was held III $500 to await the action of
the grand jury.
NO EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 23.-The governor
has refused to interfere in the execution of
the law in the case of Bank and Waite, to
be hung at Franklin to-day for killing
the Jailer at the latter place last May.
DOUBLE HANGING IN GEORGIA.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 23.-Wm.
Burke and Geo. Cunningham, who MUIR
dered IL. a. Rudd, last January, were
hanged to-day at Lafayette, Ga. They
passed the night in prayer, and this morn
ing confessed the deed. They mounted the
gallows with firm tread, and by permits
sion of the sheriff addressed the crowd,
warning all against their fate, and ex-
pressing hope that they would meet in
heaven. They then shook hands with