Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-04

door and Yves fired at by man who was
concealed beside the porch. The load of
buckshot took effect III TIlden's left arm.
shettering it 80 that amputasion waa
necessary. The victim, who is seventy
two years of age, will recover. No arrests
have yet been mace.
hAooxIA, N. h, Dec. 3.-Sauon con-
fesses to being the murderer OF JAS. Rud-
dy and child and Mrs. FCFd.
Samon says he killed Mrs. Ford at 8
O'CLOCK Saturday forenoon, but did not at
tempt to outrage her. She was killed in a
drunken squabble. She showed signs of
life for about ten minutes and he made
several attempts to bring her to life. Fail
ing, ne became frightened and chopped the
body and put ii into q trunk and started
of to dispose Of 1t. He carried it TO Rud-
dy's house, where he was somewhat ac-
quainted. He then left the trunk in front
OF the house, where it remained about two
hours. He took IL into the house about
dark, and during the night hs became
frightened and could rot sleep. When ii
was near morning and he had had no op-
portunity to dispose OF the body, he con
Guided upon the plaa of killing Rudy and
his family and burning the house, thereby
destroying the evidence Of his gclit.
Samon gives a graphic description of the
killing of Rudy and tbs child, and che at
tack on Mrs. Rudy. The latter got up at
midnight and made him a cup of tea and
returned to bed. Rudy sat up with
Samon, who did not intimate to Rudy
what the trouble was. Sanon was all
worked up ana imagined the house sur
rounded by people. 81 walked about the
house," he says, until abont 8 o'clock,
when. it occurred TO me might kill the.
whole Of them and burn the house. The
very momers the thought came to me
l struck Rudy. don't suppose he saw
me. I killed him instantly He
made no noise mora than dropping off ths
chair. His wife ran cut. There was a
ligh. on the table when she came in the
room. I grabbed at her and strnck her
| With the Ratchet and she screamed. I CEN
not remember what she said, ae the child
was screaming also. took him off the
bad, but don't remember cutting him with
the Ratchet. | cannot tell whether struck
| the woman afterward or not. At this time
| the trunk he'd not been opened. Ichopped
| the rope off the trunk, and turned the BODY
| of Mrs. Ford on the floor in the same way.
pulled the bed clothes around every way
! and poured kerosene around and
set 1t on fire. Then ran
out into the street and went right over to
Ford's, bat could not get in, and then
l started for Plymouth. I did not hear the
| fire bells, nor old 1 hear the women
scream. did not know the house was
not burned until jewell told me. [ sup
posed the bodies might have been de-
stroyed. Have not seen Ford since the
Friday night before I killed Mrs. Ford. I
ate supper with him that night and they
had words ct the Table. did not see Mrs.
Ford again u0til next morning. l can't
describe the Rudy hGtchet. / remember
wishing 1 had pat IL where | found 1t. Did
not throw the Ratchet ia the river. | had
no thought of doing Mrs. Ford any in jury
until L saw her on Saturday morning.
TRIAL OF TIE RIOTERS BEGUN.
GREENsBURG, Dec ga hundred and
fifty witnesses arrived from Murray sYilla
this forenoon, TO testify before the habeas
corpus proceedings on the late fatal riots.
A heavy guard was placed on the stairway
OF the grand jury room where the prison
ers were. The charges are murder, aggre
gated riot and felonious assault. When
the cases were called the court room was
crowded to its utmost capacity. The cases
were all taken up together instead of sep
erately as expected. The testimony clio
tied SO far is in accordance with the facts
already telegraphed.
TOOK PARIS GREEN.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.-Margaret Haz
card, the woman who shot Charles Reid,
brakeman, subsequently, took paris green
and her death is expected.
WILL PROBABLY RECOVER.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Laura Rial,
who killed her two daughters and at
tempted suicide on Friday, Will probably
recoTer.
FRANK JAMES, TRIAL.
KANSAS CITx, Dec. 3-The case of Frank
James, charged with the Blue Cut train
robbery in September, 1881, comes up in
the criminal court tomorrow. 1t is con-
sidered likely the defense will ask that the
trial be deferred until early next month
James, to all appearances is nearly in his
usual health.
ST. Louis, Dec. 3-Mrs. SCHNEIDER,
whose head was crushed on Saturday by
her husband, died to-day. SCHNEIDER is to
be heli for murder.
DIED FRoN BIS WOUNDS.
CLEVELAND, Dee. 3.-Baegage Master
Longacre, shot by burglars at Shelby last
Friday, died this morning. Marshal SUIT
ton is improving.
FATALLY SHOT.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3.-At 1:20 tonight
Henry Lanmerding, bartender in Jake
Aug's saloon on Vie street, was fatally
shot by Charley Beck.
KILLED OVER CARDS.
BATON ROUGE, Dec. 3.-R. B. Summers
and VIM. OreilI quarrelled while playing
cards and the latter killed Summers.
HEAVY SHORTAGE.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 3.-Joseph Lohnstel
cotton buyer of Dallas, was brought Y
the city to day from Sherman charged
the Texas Pacific Railroad company wi
forgery and swindIing. 1t claimed Lohn-
STEMS operations covered upward of SIPS
600. 1t is alleged he was in collision with
the eastern defaultiDg agent of the rail
road at Sherman. It is said the fictitious
name of G. j. Anderson was used by Lohn-
STEMS confident at Sherman in sending
him samples of cotton, bills of lading, etc.