Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-06
CRIME RECORD.
4 81. LOUIS MURDERER ARRESTED
At CHICAGO.
Negro Murderers Nabbed at WATERFOWL,
Mass.-Escape of a Wife Murderer at Man
itOwoc, Wis.-The Doings of the Devious
Glass Generally.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

CHICAGO, April GA very clever and
important capture of q well-known MUIR
derer and desperate was effected about
1880 o'clock this morning by Officers Hal
loran and Egan. The officers were walk
ing along Randolph street, and, when near
franklin, observed man coming directly
towards them, who, when ne caught sight
OF the detectives, Immediately attempted
to escape their observation. He was
stopped, however, and, supposing he was
some Vagrant or sneak thief who had been
locked up at some time, they decided to
take him TO the central station for identity.
Detective Egan started with him alone.
and on the way the prisoner ATTEMPTED
to escape. Two shots were fred
after him, one of which inflicted
slight wound on the right hand. He at
once stopped, and was finally landed in
the station, when he was at once identified
as Charles Saunders, who shot policeman
named Walsh through the head, killing him
instantly, in st. Louis, on the 18th of Oc-
tober, 1879. A reward of $500 was offered
for his capture, but he could never be
found, and it was supposed he had left the
country. In the detectives room he &C.
knowledged he was the man wanted, and
seemed to appreciate the fact that he was
trapped at last. He has been
employed as fireman on
tugs for some years past, and is
very hard character. About two weeks
he robbed man of $40 in cash and
a watch and chain on the Clark street
bridge, but evaded arrest. The detectives
in this city feel very jubilant over his ar
rest. The police authorities in st. Louis
have been notified. At present he is
locked up at the Desplaines street station.
| The prisoner was seen this afternoon at
| the Desplaines street station, but could not
be induced to talk on any subject. It is
! learned, however, that his real name in
John Shay, and that Wright and Saun-
ders merely aliases.
SUICIDE OF JAIL BIRD.
Especial Telegram to the Globe1
| GALEsBUG, ILL.,, April 5.-Tbis afternoon
the police arrested colored barber named
| Everett Holmes upon a letter received
from Mount Pleasant, L., stating that he
had broke Jail at that place. Shortly after
| the arrest he asked to be taken to the
| barber shop where he had been employed,
| saying he desired to see the proprietor of
| the shop. An officer went with him. AS
soon as Holmes entered the shop he de-
| liberately took razor and cut his throat
several times in a frightful manner. He
fell to the floor bleeding and only. said
that he would die before he would go to
prison. There were several persons in the
shop, but the act was so sudden that they
were unable to prevent it. Holmes died
in short time.
| THE HOG STEALING CASE
| Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April 5.-The cases of Andrew
Ryder, James and John Sheridan, con-
nected with the enormous hog larcen1es
in the stock yards from Armour & Co..
were continued before Judge Barnum this
morning till Monday. Ryder recently re-
turned from Canada, and is now indicted
alone and in conjunction with both the
Sheridan boys, and on two other indict-
ments with each of them. Which case
will be heard has not been determined.
| POSTMASTER IN LIMBO.
STATE CENTER, Ia, April 5.-The
Granger Center assistant postmaster here
was arrested en- Tuesday night for rob-
bling the Office of valuable registered let
tiers. He made a full confession and the
money was recovered.
ARRESTED FOE EMBEzzLEMENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-John j. O'Bri
en-, assistant harbor commissioner, under
defaulter Gray, has been arrested for en-
| bezzlement.
TEE ISTHMUS CANAL RIOTERS.
PANAMA, March 27.-Severe and conten-
tious rioting has taken place along the line
of the canal, originating in race hatred be-
tween Jamaicaians and Carthagenians.
Some twenty of the former have been
massacred, and the government finds itself
unable to restore order. Arms are being
Unfortunately purchased, as no work is
| going on, and as there are about 5000 men
| drinking freely, serious trouble is antici-
| pated in the Isthmus, which is being rapid
ly overrun by the dregs of all nations.
| De Lesseps leaves the Isthmus to-day for
New York. He insists that the canal will
be finished in 1888.
| The Star and Herald has the following
dispatch from IquiqSe: A fire on the
10th destroyed ten blocks and part of
four others. The railway Offices were
burned, but the workshops were saved
| The club escaped, but the churches were
| destroyed. The fire did not extend west
of the churches. About 1000 houses were
destroyed, doing a damage estimated at
! e2,O00,00O. Jamieson's, Dawson's, Gilden-
eisters', Blair's & Leslie's stores are de-
stroyed. Gable communications with
| Iquique was cut off at enc time.
GENERAL CARVING.
NEWARK, n. j., April 5.--Two brothers
| named Dauria and two named Carlo, all
Italians. fought to-day with knives in a
saloon. The Daurias were taken to the
| hospital, with one probably fatally cut.
AFATLI FARMERS FIGHT.
SHERMAN, Texas, April 1.-Two farmers,
named Miller and Carpenter, had a fight,
and Miller received three bullets and is
likely TO die. They had fought twice be-
| fore with knives.
HAD THE CUSTODY OF $4,000.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, April George
W. Davids, who killed himself in New
| York, was the acting treasurer of the
| board of education here, and had the Gus
| tody of $4,000 of town funds.
| TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
WHEELING, w. Va, April ga sicken-
| ing tragedy occurred at West Union, Dod-