Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-09

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with the accused as classmates and COM
rades, going into details regarding his
career and reputation, and telling how he
was looked up to as the soul of honor and
exemplar of moral character and tenn
perate habits. The accused then requested
an adjournment until Monday, as Horace
Arlson, of San Francisco, the material wit
ness for the defense, would not arrive
until Sunday. The delay was also to
enable the accused to complete his written
statement and finish his side at the next
session.
THE STRIKING MINERS.
ST.. LOUIS, June 8.-Information is re-
ceived from Collinsville, Ills, that the
striking miners who were expected to ar
rive there some time last night or early
this morning have not yet turned up, and
all is quiet there. Inquiry at Belle
vile, Pinckneyville and other places in the
mining district fails to reveal the presence
of strikers, and there is no information at
any of these points of any band or any
body of men moving about the country.
1t begins to look as though the reports of
last night were very much exaggerated,
or that the strikers. moving out of Belle
vile, broke up and went quietly to their
homes.
WANTS THEM PUNISHED.
ST. LOUIS, June S.-Gov. Crittenden
has addressed letter to Judge A. J. Leay,
of the ninth judicial district, and one to
the prosecuting attorney of GalIua county,
calling attention to the Whitney lynching,
and suggesting that steps be taken to pun
ish the guilty parties.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 9.-Lawson E.
Mckinney, treasurer of Monroe county,
has been found $4,000 short in his ac-
counts, of which bondsmen have to make
good $1,000. He specialized in stocks.
HoRsEBACK DUEL.
RICHMOND, Va, June 0.-Sheriff Donck-
ley and 1. W. Waller fought a horseback
duel yesterday near Patrick court house.
Waller was fatally wounded. He was the
opponent to Donckley at the last election
SENTENCED TO HANG.
New YORK, June 9.-Edward Hovey who
killed his sister-in-law, has been sentenced
to be hung on the 28th of July.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, June 9.-Theodore
Hoffman has been sentenced to be hanged,
July q, for the murder of Zief Marx,
Polish peddler, February 5.
COMMITTED.
WORCESTER, Mass, June. Sc dward
Ryan's death sentence is commuted to life
imprisonment.
ARRESTED FOE MURDER
CLEVELAND, June 9.-Frederick CHASER
shot and killed Edward J. Thaler last July,
and the coroner rendered verdict that
the killing was in self defense, the quarrel
beginning in a drunken brawl in a saloon
on the south side. Chaser fled the town,
fearing the relatives of the deceased. He
returned a short time ago and was arrest
ed, at the instance of the Thaler family.
on a charge of murder. He was commit
ted to await hearing.
PEDDLER MURDERED.
LYNCHBERG, Va, June San Irish ped
dler has beenlmurdered in franklin county,
by man named Wand, at whose house he
stopped over night.
ARRESTED Foa EIdBEzzLEMENF.- $50
CHICAGO, June S.-George Sherman was
arrested this afternoon for embezzling
about $4,000, as clerk in the Office of the
American Steamship company. He has
confessed.
HANGED.
LAwRENCEvILLE, Ga, June S.-Elbert NJ.
Stephenson was hanged to-day in the pres
ence of 5000 people, for the murder of bis
aunt year ago last August. Stephenson
was arrested for the crime while arranging
his tent for camp meeting. His request
that a brass band play ''Golden Slippers"
at the gallows was refused. While toying
with the rope he spoke to the spectators by
name. Just before the trap was sprung
| hundred persons asked him if he was guilty
but he neither affirmed nor denied his
guilt.
COME BACK To HELP UNTANGLE.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June S.-John
Goodwin, the Chicopic contractor, who
fed in February last, leaving an insolvent
estate, has returned, under guarantee of
non prosecution, and is helping the as
signees to settle affairs. Liabilities $780,
600 and assets small.
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
CINCINNATI, June 6.-John Bittner, Jr.
fifteen years old, is on trial before Mayor
Lord, Riverside, for arson, being charged
with burning the Debus cooperage works
in April 1882, entailing loss of 100000.
Two witnesses testified that the boy told
them he set the place on fire; that he made
two attempts before and two since, that
his object was to get rest. He was en-
pIoyed in the factory.
Mayor Lord, upon the conclusion of the
testimony, held the boy to answer for the
crime, and in default of $500 bail he was
sent to the house of refuge.
MALTREATING PATIENTS.
The coroner began an inquest on George
H. Bacon, Ia patient found dead in his
room on Monday last. The testimony of
the attendants was that the dead man was
found with a bloody face and a blood
! mark only on the wall Jefferson Jones,
another patient described by attendant
as also peaceful, was in the
room with deceased. Superintendent
Miller said he would not regard the bruises
on Bacon's face sufficient to cause death.
He thought he died in a spasm and hurt
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