Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY.


conductor of the freight telegraphed Road
master Griffin at this place of the accident,
and he summoned posse headed by John
Rea, and another headed by United States
Marshal o. K. Wheeler, who went north
On the belated express, eager fer a fight
with the robbers, but no attempt was made
to rob the train. The robbers were all
large men, thirty or forty years old. They
wore heavy overcoats and carried in their
party common lanterns. They were ap-
parently we'll organized, and seemed to
know their business. Every effort is be-
ing made to capture them.
No additional particulars are received
here at 9 o'clock tonight but Superinten-
dent Kerrigan of the railroad, received a
dispatch tonight from Assistant Superin-
tendent Frey asking that detectives be
sent down to look after matters, which
would indicate that Notwithstanding the
explanation reported from Little Rock,
there is something in the case needing in
vestigation. Two men of the secret SER
vice went down the road last night.
At IL o'clock tonight Superintendent
Frey's chief clerk says there is nothing in
the report of the train robbery, and that
no dispatch for detectives to investigate
had been sent to Superintendent Kerrigan
as reported from st. Louis. He says
the men were wood sawyers as already re-
ported and not train robbers.
CROOKED INSPECTOR.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 25.-Advices from Austin
say that postofice Inspector Gen. Edger-
ton, of ST. Louis, who has been investigat-
ing the affairs of inspector P. Foster at
that place, has found evidence showing
that Fosters course the past five years has
been highly criminal one, involving
large sums of money, and various other
Irregularities and corrupt action.
SKIPPED.
New YORK, Oct. 25.--Stephen James,
aged twenty, in the employ of Gaskill &
Greenlie, machinists, fled with the weeks
wages of the employees.
RoBBING THE MAILS.
WICHITA, Kas., Oct. 25-John M. Crow
ell, United States postofice inspector, ar
rived her. Today and arrested Miller Bird
as an n,;complice of John Jones whom
Major Csowell arrested at Council Bluffs
on Saturday night last, and who had stolen
a registered letter from the Wyandotte,
Kss., postoffice on the 10Th of last June,
which letter contained $50, which was di-
yided between Bird and Jones.
GOT HABEAs CORPUS.
BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 25.-Joseph E. Hurd
arrested Wednesday on requisition of the
governor of Missouri, to answer an indict-
Inent for enticing Amelia Larraent from
home, obtained habeas corpus, return
able Friday. Hurd claims he was legally
married to the girl in Massachusetts, and
the charge of enticing her from home can
not be maintained in st. Louis.
THE DYNANIITEBs.
HALIFAX, Oct. 25.-Holmes and Bracken,
the alleged dynamiters recently arrested,
will be arraigned tomorrow on charge
of violating the customs laws.
THE HEATHEN oHINEE ISN'T PECULIAR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Pa new Chinese
defrauding dodge has just been discovered.
Several packages containing between 3.0CO
or 1900 unstamped letters brought ever
from Hong Kong by self appointed Chi
nese mail agents. were seized to-day by
the postal authorities. 1t was remarked
that Chinese cores pondence was decreas-
ing, and watch was set, resulting in the
above discovery.
BREWERY SEIZED.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Oct. % Ernest
Klinkert, the Racine brewer, who was ar
rested for the misuse Of stamps, came to
Milwaukee to-day TO give bonds for his
future appearance. His brewery was
seized to-day at the instigation of Collec-
tor Bean, of this city, and the case will be
pushed vigorously.
GREENFIELD, o, Oct. 25.-John Daggett,
bar tender in Charles Hirn's grocery, was
attacked on his way home last night by un-
known persons, shot twice and instantly
killed. Several colored men saw the muir
der but failed to catch the murderer.
WILL BE REMOVED.
New YORK, Oct. 25.--Daniel Jackson,
auditor of accounts of the city comptrol-
ler's Office has been served with specifica-
ton of charges by the comptroller. The
action is preliminary to removal IN the
absence of satisfactory explanation.
A NOVEL LYNoHING.
DENVER. Col, Oct. 25.-One of the
Mexicans implicated in the murder of
four men at dance near Gardner few
nights ago, was overtaken by band OF
armed citizens last night, rope placed
around his neck, tho other end made fast
to the saddle of horse, which was then
frightened into run, dragging the poor
man over rocks and stumps until life was
extinct when captured. He, with his COM
panions, he'd been hired to commit the
murder.
ST. Louis, Oct. 25.-Wm. SSratman, of
the firm of Stratman & Meyer, livery stable
keepers, a we'll known politician. suicided
by hanging himself in his stable. Finan.