Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-03
SUICIDE NEAR FARGO.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Telegram TO the Globe.
FsRGo, d. T., March "a farmer
named Peter Dahlstrom, residing thirteen
miles south of this city, committed sui
eide by hanging last night. Yesterday he
came to town with load of wheat, and
imbibed prettylfreely. Returning home he
beat his wife in a shameful manner, and
to escape further castigation she pretended
death. He went outside and hung himself
to tree, where he remained till the hired
man came home and cut him down. He
leaves wife and three children. His wife
is suffering severely from the beating she
received, and may not recover.
THE MURDER OF ELLIOTT
CHICAGO, March 2.-There is little to
add to the account sent last night of the
shooting match between Dunn and Elliott,
in which the latter was killed and the for
mer wounded twice. 1t remains an open
question which fred the first shot. Plaist-
ed and others say Dunn fired first, and
that Elliott had no pistol. His belief is
: Dunn had two revolvers and that in the
struggle Elliott got hold of one of them
Dunn and friends insist that Elliott fired
the two shots whioh hit Dunn before the
latter fired. Dunn remains under arrest,
suffering considerably from his wounds.
The inquest over Elliott's remains will be
held tomorrow.
WASHINGTON KILLED BY HONESTY.
ST.. LOUIS, March 2-Albert Honesty
shot and instantly killed George Washing
ton between Berkner station and
French village, six miles ont
on the louisville & Nashville
railroad this afternoon. Both were colored
farmers. jealousy was the cause of the
tragedy. After the killing Honesty sur
rendered to Sheriff BelleYiIie. He claims
he acted in self defense.
LOBBYIST CONVICTED.
COLUMBUS, o., March 2.-The jury in
the case of ]. D. Watson, the lobbyist
charged with attempt to bribe Representa-
tive Black, of Cleveland, last winter, this
morning returned verdict Of guilty. The
penalty is from three to ten years in the
penitentiary. Sentence was reserved.
SHOT IN A QUARREL.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March 2-Last night
John P. Conroy, stone cutter, was shot
dead in a bar-room by Jack Griffin, a
gambler, with whom he had just had some
harsh words. Griffin made good his
escape.
GUILTY Or MURDER.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, March 2-Joseph
Paulon, on trial for killing Louis Marquis,
was found guilty of murder in the FIRST de-
gree.
SUICIDE.
SHELBYvILLE, H., March 2.-Willis
Wright, aged twenty three, shot himself in
front of his brothers saloon last highland
died this morning. Financial trouble was
the cause.
SNEAK THIEF.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2-While Jno. S.
Brown, treasurer of the Guarantee Trust
and Safe Deposit company, was in the
Office of the president of that corporation,
a sneak thief entered the private apart
ment of the treasurer's Office and stole
$4,000 of consolidated per cent. bonds
of the Peoples Passage Railway company.
The treasurer had just taken the bonds
from tin box. cut off the March coupons
and laid the bundle on the top of the box,
while he stepped into the presidents room.
When he returned 1.-The bonds were gone,
| and the directors of the company, who
we're sitting in the presidents room, in
formed him they saw strange man pass
out from behind the railing.
A RoBFER JAILED.
NEwCoMERsrowN, O., March 2.-Dan-
iel Zutavern, under arrest as one of the
robbers who stole $1,1OO in specie from
Samuel Bixler, near Boliver, in this county,
waived examination before Justice Sis
terhern at Navarro last evening and was
bound over to the common pleas court for
| $4,000, in default of which he was jailed.
HIS OWN ExECUTIoNEB.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-Sing Sum,
the Chinese murderer, who was to have
been executed to-day, hanged himself in
his cell this morning during the temporary
absence of the guard.
VIRGINIA MURDER DODGE.
RICHMOND, Va, March 2.-Barbara Mil
Ter oonfesses that Charles Lee killed her
husband and placed the body on the track
to make it appear that the man was killed
by passing train. All colored, and the
widow and Lee in jail.
FATAL SHOT.
HARTFORD, Conn, March 2.-Walter ].
Hosford, young man of ThompsonvilIe,
asked Belle Young to marry him. She re-
fused, when he then attempted to shoot
her and killed himself.
STAY OF EXECUTION.
UTICA, n. Y, March "A stay of execu-
ton was granted in the case of VIM.
Henry Ostrander, the West Camden muir
derer, who was sentenced to be hanged
| April 5.
| THE BOGUS LORD.
! BRooKvILLE, Ontario, March 2.-Henry
Allen, ''Lord Cantire," who eloped with an
Ottawa Valley heiress, and brought before
a magistrate on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, was dis
charged.
| CRAzED BY FICTION.
NEW LONDON, March 2.-Lane S. Denni-
son, fourteen years of age, killed himself.
The result of dime novel reading.
| FOUND GUILTY.
CANTON, o., March 2.-McMillan has
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