Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-08
WOFUL CRIMES.
REYENGEFUL MCRDERs IN NEW
YORK md MEXICO.
Fence Cutters and Cattlemen at vYar--Two
Desperate Men Shoot Each Other in the
acknowledgements of the Suicide
Season.
DYNAMITE IN NEW YORK.

through the window of room occupied by
| were in bed and John A. Beach and Sam
| uel Cram were in the large room. Cram
seized double barrel shot gun and started
| to the door. The cartridge had fallen
upon the table near the window, upon
| which was tin pan and tin dinner pail
| The explosion blew pieces of the pan and
pail into Grann's body, destroyed every
window on the floor, tore down the greater
part Of the ceiling, and split the floor.
! The bed under Mrs. Beach and baby was
knocked down and stunned, while Beach
| was blown from the main roem to the bed
room and when he recovered consciousness
found himself hanging out OF tho bed
room window. Cram is not expected to
| live.
MEXICAN TRAGEDY.
DENVER, COL, Cct.7 The facts and de-
tails of the tragedy mentioned in these
dispatches several days ago have just come
to light, as follows: On a rancho near
Sampasas, Mex, lived a we'll do Mexi-
can named Antione Valdez, whose family
consisted Of his wife and five children, the
eldest ten,the youngest two years old. The
wife had been subject to spells of melan-
| choly and often exhibited marked tempo
rary insanity. At such times she invaria-
bly, sought to do violence to the little Ones
Last Wednesday, during the absence of the
husband, the woman was attacked with
fit of unusual severity, during which she
grabbed huge butcher knife, and at once
| began the work of destruction. The old
est child, sweet girl of ten years,was first
to fall beneath the wild mothers heavy
blows. The victims head was almost sew
cred from her body. With the methodical
madness so peculiar to the insane. in quick
succession she slew the other four children,
hacking and stabbing them in the most
barbarous and sichening manner, and then
suddenly, taking a parting look at the
dead, she plunged the knife into her own
breast. Mex. morning the parish priest,
amid the sobbing and wailing of those
present, said the funeral service over the
six dead.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
LIBERTY, Me-, Oct. 7.-Ambrose Dag
gett, young man working on the farm of
David Greedy, shot through the necl, Miss
| Ella, the toughest daughter of Greedy, this
Immediately went into the orchard near
/ the house and putting bullet through his
Own head instantly expired. jealousy was
! the cause of the murder. Daggett has been
! partially dsranged at times.
WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 7.-At Northboro
this morning man named Taylor, from
Brockton, but on visit with his wife to
tbs home OF Richard Elwood, shot his wife
81. / L.,
was induced to go into a field, and whilo
there the shots were fired. the woman is
expected to recover, the ball having enter
ed her throat and coming out through the
roof of her Ioouth. The man died in
stGntly.
THE END OF SPREE.
CLEVELAND, Oct.7.-Aug. Butt finished a
drunken spree by swallowing, with suicidal
intent, three ounces of sulphuric acid to-
day, and died a horrible death, lingering
five hours in great agony. He leaves
| widow and one child.
STILL ANOTHER ROW.
Boston, Oct. THE Post says Gov.
Butler has detailed two state detectives to
| work up defense in the Amers case. At
and says the governors action is without
precedent and in violation Of the constitu-
tton. The attorney geneaal has written a
sharp letter to the governor, in which he
requests him to withdraw his officers and
leave the department Of justice and pres
emf council to manage the case. 1t is hint
ed the governor has reason to believe the
detectives employed by the prosecution
are using improper means TO secure
Amers' conviction.
THE OLD MAN WAS NEAR.
BALTIMORE, Oct 7.-On Saturday, at mid
night, William Little and John and Henry
Gernhardt i'll returning frem political
meeting stopped il front OF George
Chamberlain's house, both drunk. Charles
Gernhardt called one of ChamberLein's
daughters 10y name, asking her to come
CUT. Chamberlain shot Gernhaldt in The
head with q 32-calibre bail. He never
spoke, end died III nine hours. The repu-
tation Of Cbamheriain's house is not good.
Chamberlain was put il jail. Sympathy
is divided.
HEART-BRoKEN GRANDMOTHER.
Waco, Texas, Oct. 7.--Advices from
Gatesville says that near there some time
ego, soa-in-law of Mrs. Shaw lost his
Wits snd turned over his little two-year
old child to its grandmother to care for.
lie married again and was DESTROYS CT re-
gaining possession of the child. Mrs.
Shaw being unwilling to surrender the
chile, it was taken by force. Aggreived
by tbs loss, she last Wednesday committed
suicide by flashing herself in very in
genious manner to stone fence, first
saturating her head and clothes with
kerosene and then she struck match and
applied it. When found shs was dead
with her body horribly burned.
FELL FROM GRACE.
HoBoKEN. N. j., Oct. 7-Charles Mouch,
German, claiming to be a minister con-
nected with the Lutheran church in Bea7-
CT county, Pa, vas arraigned yesterday
before Recorder McDonou!h to answer
charge of larceny, preferred by Mrs.
Amelia Weber, wife Of the prophet or of
the Bsmer hotel. She alleged that Friday
night Mouch, who had been stopping there
since Tuesday, entered her room aud. stole
q watch and chain belonging to her hus-
band. Mouch admitted his guilt saying
he was drunk when he took the articles.
He was held for trial.
NO TRACE OF HOFFMAN.