Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-04
SUICIDE OF A MAYOR.

SUICIDE OF MAYOR.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
KEoKUK, March 3.-Peter Weeks, mayor |
of the town of Beacon, left his home after
breakfast and entering a corn yard shot
himself through the temple. Death was
instantaneous. Financial difficulties are
assigned as the cause.
A HEAVY DIAMOND AND JEwELRY BURGLARY.
CHICAGO, March "a Springfield, ILL.,,
special states that early this morning
burglars opened the safe of j. G. Kaholf,
jeweler and watch maker, and stole from
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of goods. A
large portion of the property taken was in
diamonds and iewelry, together with 400
watches, of which $50 were left there for
repair. Kaholfs personal loss is about
$500. The burglars first entered R.
L. Rutlis' hardware store and
secured dozen revolvers, to break into
Kaholf's store. Private Waterman Shut
says the robbers bound and gagged him,
and threw blanket over him while the
burglary was in progress, and then threw
him into the coal house. He succeeded in
freeing himself, shortly afterwards, and
says there were three men. No clue is had
to their identity.
MORE oRooKEDNEss.
BOSTON, March 3.-Charles F. Boyle,
agent of B. d. Brown & Co., Burlington,
Ia, grain dealers, has been arrested for
embezzl1ng 81 900 from his employers. He
confesses.
ANOTHER ENLIGHTENMENT.
Boston, March 3.-Henry N. Follansbee,
clerk of the Boston police department,
and treasurer of the Police Relief associa-
ton, has embezzled some $50, 700 of the in
vested funds of the latter organization. He
has been specializing in stocks, made a
full confession, and was held for trial in
| $4,000 bail.
Follansbee was appointed a patrolman
in 1868, and for twelve years has been in
the superintendent office. He has been
treasurer of the relief association since its
organization in 1871. His management
of the relief funds, amounting to about
$4,000, was conservative and judicious
until year ago, when, owing to an in
crease in his living expenses his salary
proved inadequate to the demands made
upon him. His first peculation was made
to pay household bills.
BODY sNATC HERS SETTLE.
TORONTO, March 3.-The body snatching
cases have been settled by the accused
paying expenses and refunding the mon
ey received for the return of the bodies.
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 3.-Moses H.
Ray, a bookkeeper for the Merchants and
Planters bank, killed himself. Trouble of
a private nature.
FORGER SENTENCED.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-Dr. Waldeman
Billie, convicted of forgery, has been sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
A DRY GOODS MERCHANT KILLED.
GALVESTON, March ga Paris, Texas
special says that E. Samuels, prominent
dry goods merchant, was shot and killed
by B. W. Gumpert, and that the same shot
killed bootblack and wounded a drum
mer named Hoffman.
UNABLE TO AGREE.
New YORK, March 3.-The jury in the
case OF George T. Rice, former president
of the Utica. Ithaca & Elmira railroeC
company, on trial for embezzlement, wa!
unable to agree to-day, after being locked
up all night, and were discharged. Ric,
! E-sOON
bail.
SENTENCED TO HANG.
PIrrsBURG, March 3.-George Jones
r Jesse Carter and Martin Weinberge were
convicted of murder, and sentenced this
morning to be hanged.
S BAIL BOND REDUCED.
, NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 3.-Judge Al
len, the new judge of the criminal court
2 to-day, on petition of the counsel of ex
Treasurer Polk, reduced the latter's bal
= bond to $4,000. The bond previously re
: CURED by Judge Aliens predecessor haC
been $4,000. The grounds for the reduc
q ton was Folks inability to give so high
4 bond, and on account of his exhausted con
: dition from confinement, as shown by tn
It testimony of physicians. E1-Treasure
d Polk then gave bonds in the sum O
n $4,000 and was released.
% SUICIDE.
II MEANWHILE, Pa, March 3.-John Smith
a prosperous farmer, living near this city
II fatally shot himself to-day in the heaC
" No cause is assigned. He leaves a VIII
and several children.