Daily globe., 1883-07-11
CRIME RECORD.
A STEREOTTPER IN BOSTON WIZ
L4IDIND NEARLY MURDERED.
A Minneapolis Woman Abducts Her
Daughter from Syracuse. n. IA Chi
cago Embezzler Returned from For
eigIl POrts-Murderous ARRAYS and As
sassinatioBs.
SUICIDE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

| AOI tlto lds1 tWouty years EoSIGouG Oh Ills
county, committed suicide by hanging
during a fit of mental despondency,
caused by the change Of life. For the past
six months she had been ill.,
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
| BOSTON, June 10.-A deliberate attempt
to murder j. Johnson, foreman of the
stere typiug room of the Boston Herald,
V as 1nade tonight. About 10 o'clock, as
Johrson was ascending the stairs from the
press Eoom to Williams court, he was as
saultod by person hiding behind closed
half u the lsstl door and was knocked
dovr nd pounded on the lead with what
Is sac Posed to have been an iron bar. but
| the Taapon, however, has not been found.
Johrson received four CHASTITY wounds
| IN tha lead and was taken to the city hos
pltal IN very low condition. David
Elan ery, night engineer in the press
| room. who acted strangely after the as
saun mas pAen arrested. Three news boys,
who are aetained as witnesses, saw the
whole atfai from the top of the stairs and
identified Flannery as the man who COM
United the assault. They state they saw
Flannery hiding behind the door lying in
wait, that he struck Johnson as
soon as he appeared, that the
first blow knocked johnson
down and the others were inflicted while
he lay PROSTATE. Flannery, they say,
endeavored to close the door to shut him =
self ana johnson in but the latter's foot
was in the way. He then fnng the door
back and ran down into the press room
johnson identified Flannery at the police
station as the man who struck him but
Flannery strenuously denied the charge.
The victim knows no motive for the
assault. and has never had any trouble
with Flannery.
GIRL ABDUCTED.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, July lO.-On Monday
evening shortly after o'clock, Lille Par
roy was abducted by her mother, who
lives in Minneapolis. The girl had been
living with her grandmother in this city.
strange man appeared and claimed to
have warrant for her. He dragged her
out of the house and forced her into a car
riage, despite her protests, and the car
riage was driven off rapidly. 1t is sup
posed the man and the girls mother have
taken her to Minneapolis. The girl is
aged nlneteen and worked in dry goods
| store IL this city.
SUICIDE Of SPORTING MAN.
KANSAS CITY, July 10.-The funeral SER
vices will be held tomorrow over the re-
| main of Robt. F. Potee, the well-known
gambler, who committed suicide yester-
day II jumping into the river at Wyan-
dotte. The body will be taken to ST. Louis
for interment. Potee was one of the most
widely known sporting men throughout
| the west, having resided in a number of
cities. He has recently been keeping a
gambling house in Kansas City. Business
troubles are supposed to have induced
suicide.
SHOT A NEGRO TRAMP.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, July 1O.--EI. Clay,
colored, was shot and killed near here to-
day by John Oday, citizen of Hunts
vile. Ga Sunday night, Clay attempted
to ravish Mrs. Oday. Her screams fright
ened him and he fled, and was not seen till
to-day, when he was discovered by Oday
in field a few miles from the city. Oday
overlook him and fired three shots with
the above rest 1t. He surrendered to the
authorities, but was released.
TURNING THE TABLES.
ASHLAND, KY, July 1O-Wm. Direly,
colored, recently arrested, charged with
the murder of the Gibbons family and dis
charged after examination, has obtained
warrants for the arrest of Alf. Burnett and
Marshal Cubell, the detectives who caused
his arrest.
AFATAL BLOW.
BLANCHEsTER, o., July 1O.-Benjamin in
White, contractor, sixty years old, was
struck on the head with spade and fatal
ly hurt, by John Long, young man re.
Gently discharged by White.
TRAIN wRECKERs UNEARTHED.
ALBANY, July 1O.-Myron and Youngs
Bowling were arrested this afternoon at
Schenectady and Alfred Youngs at Quaker
station, charged with wrecking a train on
the Central road, June %, 1873, near
Water street, and killing Platt Truax. a
brakeman. No clue was obtained until
| four weeks ago.
SAD CASE.
MACON, Ga, July 1O--The body of an
infant was found near Vienna Sunday, and
Emma BQllard confessed the maternity of
the child. The coroner's jury found that
the child came to its death at her hands
4 warrant for murder was issued, and the
young lady attempted to commit suicide,
and is now in critical condition. She
belonged to good family, and the affair
has created profound sensation.
ALABAMA SHOOTING.
SELMA, Ala, July 10.-At the Macon
station on the Alabama Central this after
noon, one, Carpenter. had three sh OTIS
fired into his head by brother-in-law W,
A. W. Smythe. Smythe soon after fired two
shots into his own breast. Carpenter can
not live and Smythe may not. Carpenter
had nistreated his wife, Smythes sister.
AN EMBEzZLEB CAPTURED.
SAN Francisco, July 10.-Francis NJ.
Kerr, Chicago defaulter for $4,000, cap
tured at Callao and taken to the Sandwich
Islands by the American man-ofwar Essex
and thence to this city on the City of 1Syd-
ney, tarrived here last night. He was
brought on extradition papers issued by
Gov. Stoneman of California to a Chicago
detective. The latter says Kerr's pecula-
tions were from the banking house of Pres
ton, Keene & Co.
PRISONERS ESCAPED.
OZARK, Ark, July 10.-Two of the men
sentenced to seven years i'll the peniten-
tiarv for robhinC the Iron mountain team