Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-07
GALLOWS FRUIT.


Underwood was hanged here to-day. He
passed quiet night and morning dressed
IN suit of white prepared for him at his
request. Religious services were held in |
the jail, Underwood joining in the singing.
At l2:45 o'clock the culprit was led to the
scafold, accompanied by Rev. A. J. Hess.
Baptist minister. The prisoner then ad-
dressed a crowd numbering nearly 800. He
said: My brothers and sisters, black and
white, am standing on the
banks OF eternity. 1 am happy to
say, am at rest In Jesus. I am goinp
with golden slippers and long white robe.
to walk up and down the streets of glory.
l am in Jesus and he in me. 1 want to
tell you all to love each other, be honest
and live right" He then sang Precious
Name" and showed no signs of fear. The
sheriff then pinioned him, and at 1 o'clock
the trap was sprung. He died in seven
minutes and the body was cut down. IN
derwood killed Belle Lucas, a colored
woman, by shooting her and breaking her
head to pieces, more than year ago.
1 YOUNG MAIL RoBBER SENTENCED.
LITTLE ROCK, April 6.-Thursday Philip
Reisenhover, aged sixteen years, a carrier
of horseback mail between Hope and
Lewisville, in southern Arkansas, was de-
tected robbing the mail bag of three reg
tstered letters, containing $16. In the fed
eral court here to-day, he pleaded guilty.
and on account of his youth, was SEN
fenced to the lowest term in Detroit pris-
! on-One year and one day.
HANGED BY A MOB.
VICKsBURG, Miss, April 6.-Alexander
Williams, colored, arrested for outraging
a negro girl, Lena Moses, living on Deer
creek, was taken out of jail last night and
hanged by mob.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
BUFFALO, n. Y, April 6.-The second
trial of James S. Lyon ended in a verdict
of guilty. Lyon was charged with en-
bezzlement and being accessory to the
''big steal" Joseph Bork, late city treas
urer. is also convicted and awaiting SEN
| tence.
CARLETON ARRESTED.
| BOSTON, April GA warrant has been is
sued for the arrest of Carleton. who, &C.
cording to John Clark, the mulatto, in
| duced the black named Couliff to murder
Mrs. Carleton, paying him $3.50. The po-
lice say Couliff and Carleton did have a
| proven that Carleton was in Boston at the
time of the murder, Notwithstanding, &C.
cording to the story of Clark, he kept
watch while Couliff committed the crime.
Coulif was suspected of the murder,
some months ago, of an old man named
Whittemore, who carried money used in a
gaming house in Hayward place. He was
struck on the head with brick or stone,
and never spoke after the assault. The
Whittemore murder in detail was some
what like the Carleton tragedy.
| The police tonight consider Clark's con-
fesslon very fimsy. The belief in a con-
| spiracy to obtain the reward is momentari-
ly Strengthening. No warrant is yet
ordered for the arrest of Carleton or Con-
| lift. His detention with two companions is
simply to assure their testimony at the in
quest.
FIVE INDICTMENTS FOUND.
MooRHEAD, Mimi, April Give indict-
ments have been found by the grand jury
against ex-Sherif Bodkin, three for allow
ing prisoners to escape and two for en-
| bezzlement. Bodkin is one of the Oldest
settlers. Last fall he was a candidate for
the state senate.
COMPROMISED AND Run.
MONTREAL, April Ct. II. Hodgson,
wholesale cheese and butter merchant, ar
rested at the instance of the Bank of
Montreal for obtaining advances, has COM
promised with the bank for 100000, and
fled across the line to escape other credit
ors.
FATALLY SHOT.
MONTREAL, April George Brown,
fa+o
Johnson. The cause was jealousy.
EXPLOSIVES AT TIE DOMINION CAPITAL.
OTTAWA, April 6.-On Wednesday fore
noon, while Serg't Hughes and Police Officer
Codd were in the hallway of the basement
of the eastern department building, a
bottle containing some explosive was
thrown from above and burst with tre-
mendous force. The men saw the bottle
coming and succeeded IN getting shelter be-
hind pillar before the explosion. The
case was secret until night, and is in the
hands of the Dominion police.
CHARGED WITH ABDUCTION.
PETERSBURG, April 6.-There is great ex-
element to-day over the arrest of John
West, a negro barber of Richmond, on
charge of the abduction of Maggie Dooley,
age nineteen, an accomplished daughter
of Richmond grocer. A brother of the
woman attempted to shoot West. The
charge against West was finally with
drawn.
SRORT N HIS ACCOUNTS.
FARGO, D. T., April &C. j. Jensoa, the
past four years treasurer of this city, and
defeated at the recent election, is discov-
cred to be short in his accounts $500. His
bondsmen made good the city's loss.
Combines TEAL POSTPONED.
New York, April 6.-The trial of Geo.
". Conkling, Jr., indicted for manslaugh-
ter in killing W. II. Haversteck, has been
adjourned till the September term.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
ST. Louis, April 6.-An attempt was
made to wreck train on the Missouri Pa
ci1c railroad sixteen miles north of Den
ton, early yesterday morning, but no harm
was done. It is thought it was not the
design to wreck the passenger train, but to
stop train en- route to Mexico having on
board 100000 to pay the construction
hands of the Mexican Central railroad. A
negro was discovered near the obstruction
and jailed. This is the second time the