Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-15
A NICE COUPLE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. ia horrible
story of human atrocity is reported from
Scranton. For some time past man
named Quinion and his wife have had
many family quarrels in which the woman
usually proved victor. Quinion resolved
on revenge and on Wednesday last he pur-
chased whisky for her, causing her to fall
into drunken stupor. While in this con-
dition he heated stove lids to red heat,
with which he burned her body in hor
with a red hot poker. When the police
went to arrest him the wife protested, de-
claring that she would infict worse pun
ishment on her brutal husband than she
received as soon as she was able.
MURDERER's DEATH-BED CONFESSION.
CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 13.-Chas. w. Cook,
committed to the state prison in 1879 for
the murder of Susan Hanson, died on the
9th. On confession of Cook, Jos. Boswell
was hanged for hiring Cook to shoot Mrs.
Hanson, after a noted contest before the
supreme court and legislature Cook left a
confession which admits the shooting; also,
that he testified falsely concerning Boswell
being present when the deed was commit
ted. He says that after Boswell got to
Marlborough on the day of the murder, he
relented and drove back at break
neck speed to Brookfeld to pre-
vent Cook from doing the killing, but
arrived twenty minutes too late, Cook hav-
ing killed the woman and gone to bed, as
Boswell had directed.
PASSENGER TRAIN TELEsCOPED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13.-A collision oc-
CURED this morning at the indianapolis d
Vincennes crossing of the Belt railroad.
The switchman gave the Illinois & st.
Louis freight signal to advance, and be-
fore it could be corrected the engine
crashed into the rear coach of the Indian
apolis & Vincennes passenger train, knock
ing it from the track and against tele-
graph pole, which prevented
its overturning and falling down the
embankment. None were fatally hurt, but
E. B. Jackson, assistant operator at the
stockyards, was disabled. John Sawyer
was hurt in the back and his fingers
Mrs. Emel Wudst1ey, of this city,
was severely bruised, but not dangerously,
She was thrown to the opposite side of the
car and climbed out through an open win
dow. An unknown lady from Martinsville,
was badly bruised in the face. The stove
was emptied of its contents, and at one
time it was thought the car would burn.
A COLORADO SNOW SLIDE.
DENVER, Jan. 13.-Information has been
received here of snow slide yesterday on
mountain, fifteen miles from
Leadville. A body of snow nearly quar-
ter of a mile long, 100 yards wide and ff-
teen feet deep swept down the mountain
side at great velocity carrying every
thing in its course. Two miners unable to
escape were caught in the avalanche and
hurled distance of 100 yards down the
mountain side. Though still alive when
found, they were frozen in shocking man
ner and recovery is doubtful.
TENNEssEE's TREASURER IN DURANGO.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 13.-The counsel
Of ex-Treasurer Polk will, on Monday,
make application before Judge Quarles, of
the criminal court, for the release of the
prisoner on bail. Meanwhile the prisoner
IS held at the county jail, but occupies
comfortable quarters in the jailer's Office.
The grand!jury of Davidson county at
noon to-day, presented Indictment against
Marshal s. Polk, former treasurer of Ten
nessee, on two counts, for embezzlement and
arceny of $48O,O0O. The judge of the
criminal court is charged with the duty of
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