Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-10

finished letter to his wife saying he had
contracted for parl of the work aud it
would cost him 81, 500. He said he would
send her some of the goods, and gave her
instructions how to get rid of the counter
feits he would send. He promised to send
some next week for her to prac tice with,
and then ne would send her more. ''Keep
things going" he writes, land when I get
my hand in, it will go merry"
DOUBLE DCURDER.
DODGE CITY, Kas., Oct. "a double
murder was committed here yesterday. 1t
seems Bill Smith, negro who keeps a low
whisky den, had trouble with Harrison
Holman, another negro, and shot him in
the stomach, the ball passing through the
body. AS HeIlman fell he grappled with
Smith, wrenched the pistol from him,
| blew his brains out, then reloaded the pis-
toll, fred two more balls into Smiths body
after which he fell back dead.
DISCHARGED.
The examination OF Dean, Donnelly and
Chambers, under arrest for attempting to
rob train at Coolidge, Kas., Terminated
yesterday in failing to iud sufficient EVIL
dsncs TO hold them, and they were dis
| charged.
FATAL TEAM5TER's QUARREL.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-Another murder
was committed last nightin the extreme
western suburbs of thu city. Two team
stsrs, driving along Forest Park road, dis
puted about the right of way, when one of
| them named Wichler struck the horses of
the other man, name unknown, with a
whip, whereupon the unknown man pulled
revolver and shot and killed WIchler.
HELD FOR MANsLAUGATER.
New YORK, Oct. 9,-Thomas Middleton,
conductor, and Samuel B.. Ayers, brake
with the flushing train at Hunker's Point,
| Sept. Is, have been arrested On q coroner's
warrant, on the charge of manslaughter.
| Three persons were killed and several
| wounded. Other arrests are expected.
THE AUTHORS OF A GREAT DISASTER.
PH1LADELPH1A,IO Oct. 9.-The inquest on
the bodies of four persons killed by the
collision of North Pennsylvania rail-
road train with street car Friday last is
concluded. A young man who was driv-
ing the car at the time of the disaster while
the driver was inside collecting fares of
passengers, said that after the north bound
train passed, the fagman walked away
and witness, thinking this an indication
| that the track was clear started the horse
across. The fagman shortly afterward
waived his flag to stop the car but too late
| to avoid the collision. The jury returned
a verdict declaring the Union Passenger
| railway censurable for running passenger
cars with one person in capacity of driver
and conductor, Peter Shultz, driver of the
car, criminaliy censurable, Frank Bird,
engineer of the train crimirally censur
able for running the train and the Phila-
delphia & Reading Railroad company for
scheduling their time at a faster rate of
speed withio the city limits than allowed
by ordinance. The railroad company was
also censured for employing an incompe-
tent fagman.
AUGUSTA ROCKIES TROUBLES.
New York, Oct. 9.-Last week Mrs.
Roderick CherriIl, whose stage name is
Miss Augusta Roche, had her little
daughter stolen from her by her husband.
She received letter from man named
| ROLAND Barrett, stating that on her COM
plying with certain conditions, all
would come right in the end, and that the
child was outside the jurisdiction of the
state. Mrs. CherrilI had got out writ of
habeas corpus, commanding her
husband to produce the child
| in court. Another writ was
served on Barrett. He appeared il court
and stated he knew nothing of the child.
| To day Cherrill was served q summons in
a suit for a limited divorce by his wife.
| She was in turn served with q summons
in suit for absolute divorce by Cherrill.
DR.. Jennings was arrested to-day upon
an order of arrest in a suit brought by
| CEerrlll to recover $4,000 for alteration
of his wife's affections. DR.. Jennings
was required to give $4,000 bail, but later
| the court vacated the order of arrest on
| tyrannicgl grounds.
STRANGLED TO DEATH.
FoRT WAYNE, Oct. Sam Mcdonald
was hung here today for the murder of
Louis Laurent. Mcdonald and Laurent,
| company the night of March 22d in their
cabin in clearing. On the 29th the body
of Laurent was found in the cabin fright
| fully mutilated. Mcdonald was convicted
of murder in the first degree, the evidence
being wholly circumstantial, but so over
whelming that no doubt of his guilt exist
ed. Yesterday Gov. Porter telegaphe1 a
refusal to intefere in the matter and the
execution took place on the day originally
| fixed by court. In his march from the
cell to the scaffold he maintained
most stoical Indifference, walking upright
Before the sheriff could PROFOUND ques-
ton Mcdonald volunteered this statement
Gentlemen, have nothing to say, may
the Lord forgive me-" Mcdonald stran-
| gled in twelve minutes. The only public
confession made was to an attending ply
stefan last night, to the effect that he had
no fault to find with the judge or jury who
convicted him.