Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-30
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

and vicinity is all excitement over terri
bic tragedy which occurred at Nantlcoke,
nine miles from here. The murdered
mans name is Jas. McFarlane. He lived
at Plymouth, and was formerly superln-
tendent of the Susquehanna Coal com
pany. In West Nanticoke lives Samuel
Clauser, a night dispatcher on the hacka-
wanna & Bloomsbury railroad. About
wear ago, while McFarlane was occupied
with work at West Nanticoke, an intimacy
sprang up between Clauser's wife and
NcFarlane. The husband suspected his
wife. and the parties were watched. Then
there was separation for a
time. when conjugal relations
between the husband and wife were ag ain
resumed After this McFarlane seems to
have been forgiven, for he continued his
visits to their house and took his meals
there while in West Nanticoke. 1t is al
legged however. that McFarlane's visits to
Clauser's house were not agreeable to the
husband, and that the latter had his sus-
picions as to the object of his frequent
presence there. Last Thursday night Nc
Farlane was found in bed in Clauser's house;
a terrible wound in his head, evidently
made with a billy, caused his death. Nc
Farlane had been stopping at Clauser's the
week previous TO his death. Clauser say S
that when he came home on that night
at s o'clock he found McFarlane
in bed with the wound upon him. He says
he at once went to the house of a man
named Frace and returned with his son,
who, upon entering the room where the
the wounded man lay, spoke to him. Nc
Farlane recognized Frace and told him he
knew who dealt him the blows, butiwould not
tell until the next morning. Afterward Nc
Farlane sank into Inconsistencies and
died without revealing the important facts.
Clauser has not been arrested. There are
all sorts of wild rumors about the affair.
ACCIDENTALLY POISONED.
Especial Tele gram to the Globe.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. ga sad case of acci
dental poisoning occurred in the city yes
terday, which resulted in the death of
highly respected and worthy young man
Peter Killian complained of feeling some
what i'll, and expressed awish to take a
physic. His wife went to the pantry and
brought out a package containing as she
thought epson salts, but which proved to
be oxalic acid, deadly poison. She ad-
m1nistered a good dose of the terrible drug
in glass of water, to her husband. In
few minutes he com planned of feeling very
sick, and of terrible burning in his stomach.
At this Mrs. KiIlian became aware of the
fearful mistake she had made, and imme-
diately fastened to drug store near by
and summoned help. The clerks hurried
to the house and administered an antidote.
Although vomiting freely he continued to
grow worse, the acid spreading rapidly
through the system, burning and eating
the stomach causing the most excruciat-
ing pains. He disd soon afterwards. An
inquest will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Kill
liam is almost distracted over her act. The
acid was folded in white paper with the
customary warning on the outside, includ
ing the word poison" After using the
acid for the purpose for which it was
bought, Mrs. Killian had carelessly put
it on q pantry shelf with
out folding it up, the label
remaining underneath and out of sight.
Killian was thirty eight years of age and
his wife was twenty-five. They have one
child. The dead man was foreman of
Fueldner's planning mill, where he had
been employed several years. Hewas born
in Milwaukee and was extremely popular
among his companions and associates.
MISS BONDS CONDITION.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
TAYLoRvILLE, Ill, Jan. 29.-The condi-
tion of Miss Emma Bond grows more crit
ical each day, and she is nov lying at the
point of death at her brothers house, just
east of this place. The terrible spasms
into which she passes every twenty hours
ave about absorbed her vitality, and her
death is looked for at any moment. The
suffering of Miss Bond since Friday, June
30 last, has been simply horrible,and the
physicians express great surprise at her
continued clinging to life. Miss Bond re-
allies her condition, and is resigned to
death. While the excitement over the
Bond case has apparently died
out, there is a deep and
strong undercurrent of feeling against
Vermillion, Montgomery, Pettus and Glenn
emit. In the event of Miss Bonds death
the three latter named, now out on bail,
will be arrested, charged with murder, and
it is very likely the Tower Hill vigilance
committee will save the county all expense
of trial.
THE NEWHALL TRAGEDY.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 29.-At the Newhall
house inquest to-day, a number of night
policemen were examined. Their testi-
mony was of minor Importance, except
that of OConnell, who worked in the hotel
some months ago oyerhauling steam pipes.
He saw at that time various fire applian-
ces, hose and rows of water pals, the latter
filled. The witness helped in carrying
people out of the burning hotel while the
1iremen raised ladders. Roundsman
Sullivan said he thought the night
clerk, Delaney, did not do what he
could have Gone to rescue people, and BE-
sides Delaney, he saw no other hotel en-
ployees help. At the noon recess Landlord
Antisdel and son approached the district
attorney with complaints that he was fol-
lowing up Delaney. That official replied
that he would show that Delaney ran off to
save his precious life, not needing the
cries of those who were roasting to death.
If the Antsdels rescued lives like the DO
Hcemen did, they would not have SO much to
contend with now. May Garven, of the
saved employees, said the first thing she
knew of the fire was the cries of the girls.
Witness thought if the fire escape haa
been on the alley side the girls would have
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