Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-05

States {. riot coGrt. johnson was son-in-
law of Justice Ward Hunt. lately from
the bencn OF the United States supreme
court.
LITTLE 10Y MURDERED.
PRINCETON, Wis, Nov. 3.-The eleven
year ole son Of Fayette Whittimore, miss
ing for ten days was found in the river
to-day dead, with his throat cut from ear
70 ear. 1t is supposed he was murdered,
but for what reason no one can advance
even theory.
KATE TOWNSHIPS MURDER.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. st is stated that
Sykes and Kats Townsend had been living
together for twenty-five years. They had
many rows the past few years but the
alleged cause for the murder is Hates
having recently determined to discard
Sykes. The murder was committed at
Hates bagnio, 40 Basin street. After tax
ing coffee il the diaiDg room as usual,
Sykes went into Kete's room. Nothing
more was heard of them till 10 O'Clock,
when a servant heard groens. Sykes, re-
spending to inquiries, said, miss Kate is
all right" Still hearing the groans, the
servant threatened to call the police
Sykes then opened the door and went up
stairs, remarking that he
would give himself up. He
did 20 and YVES taken to jail. The murder
or had placed his bloody shirt in bureau
drawer, and thrown large dirk knife out
Of the window. The servant, on entering
the room, found tbe murdered woman ly-
ing across the bed. There were five wounds
about the chest and each was an inch and
half wide and eight iRches deep. The
knife had been driven to the hilt every
time. She also received several scalp
wounds and one in the arm. Kate Town
send is reported to have been worth $780,
900, mostly in real estate.
MEAEEsr OLE ALL VILLAINS.
CLEVELAND, o., Nov. Edward B. Con
nelly, brakeman on the Lake Shore rail
road, was put in jail here to-day to await
trial in the United States court on charge
of sending obscene matter through the
mails. He has confessed to sending in
oredibly lewd letters to divers ladies of
er'inent respectabiIity living here and in
ueighboring towns. Some of these letters
were given to The postal authorities, and
with much difficulty detectives traced the
authorship to him. He was arrested last
night in Toledo, brought here to-dry, ex-
amined before Commissioner White, and
committed in default OF bail He claims
he was not in his right mind when he sent
the letters, which contained unnaturally
foul proportions aud represented that he
was the retained sensualist OF various
women Of high society standing. Before
going to prison he made abject apologies
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He is middle aged and he's wife and chill
dren in Lorraine,
EXPRESS THIEVES ARRESTED.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Henry Longstreet and
Gordon Ostrander, young men, were ar
rested tonight charged with series OF
robberies from the United States Express
company. Tho latter was IN the employ
Of the company, and his special duty was
the slowing away express goods in cars of
the Rock Island road, he carrying off
small packages from time to time. Long
street undertook 80 dispose of the stolen
goods, and was arrested in that act The
amount of losses of the company is not
Rscertained.
JAIL BRnARER RETURNED:
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Nov. 3 Frank Hiland
arrested in Atlanta, Ga, on requisition
from Governor Foster and charged with
an attempt at wife murder, arrived here
to-day IN charge of Sheriff IIudvick and
was placed IN jail Hiland recently got
out of the county Jail here, by the alleged
crooked workof some of the officialsand at
torneys. He says he was on hisway to Mex.
ioo' when arrested and asserts that he will
expose the whole scheme of his escape.
WE'LL CONNECTED MURDERER.
Sr. LOUIS, Nov. 3.-In row during n
dance at the house of Alexander Brown.
Lamar, Mo-, Wednesday night, between
Brown and n young man named Banner
Brummei, the former cut the latter with
pocket knife, seVering the jugular vein
and killing him instantly. Brown, who is
we'll connected, being son of Hon. Robt
Brown, surrendered to the authorities yes
terdsy.
TBoUBLFD WITH oREB HALP BREEDs.
FORr BUFoRD, d. T., Nov. 3.-A camp
of Gree half breeds is creating trouble on
the White Earth, fifty miles south of
Buford. Many ranches have been plum
dered and number Of cattle driven off
and killed. General Whistler has been
appealed to for aid and has referred the
matter TO department headquarters in st.
Paul.
CHARGED WITH MISREPRESENTATION.
PORTLAND, Ne, Nov. 3-A bill IN equi-
IS was begun by J Winslow Jones and D.
Ellis, stockholders of the Winslow Packing
company, against @. FL. Mattocks, presi-
dent of She corporation. It is alleged
Mattocks misappropriated $4,000 or
100000 and charged over $4,000 for his
services since January l, 1852.
soARE AT HALIFAX
HALIFAX, Nov. 3.--Intense exc;tement
was caused this morning by the discovery
of suspicious lsoking box floating from
the shore a. her msiesty's dock yard out
ward towards one of the vs-
ships. Men from the latter secured !. and
found it to contain bladder full of acme
thing connected with clock work mschin-
cry. The admiral vss summoned. ths
machinery was disconnected, and the boy
opened. couple of apprentices in the
yard confessed they had arranged the
thing for joke. The story, however, 90.