St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-28
CRIME RECORD.
Robbery and Outrage by a TRAMP
Seduction and Murder in Indiana.
A Bold Thief Gets Away With Bar of Gold
Miscellaneous Crime.
THE WORK OF THE FESTIVE TRAMP.

PITTsBURG, Sept 27-This afternoon,
while young lady named Strom, daughter
of well known and respected farmer, was
out riding on the Kittaning turnpike, on
valuable horse, she was stopped by q tramp, |
who demanded that she dismount and give
him the animal. Upon her refusal he
knocked her off the horse with blow, and
after beating her until insensible, mounted
the horse and rode away. Miss Strom was
found shortly afterward, and searching par
ties Immediately started in all directions to
hunt her assailant. He was captured shortly
afterward some distance away and taken to
Sharpsburg, where he gave the name of
Hugh Adams, and admitted the assault, but
said it was only for the purpose of robbery.
There was great excitement and for
time it was feared he |
would be lynched as threats
were freely made, but finally moderate
counsel prevailed and ne was brought to this
city and lodged in Jail. The young lady is
greatly Frustrated, but will recover.
SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.
MADISON, Ind, Sept. 27.-Lon Incl, liv-
ing at Bee Camp, seduced q girl by the |
name of Brinson some time ago, and find
ing that she was soon to become mother, |
decoyed her into the woods, mpted to |
murder her and left her for dead. She was
found short time after in an unconscious !
state, with three ribs broken and otherwise |
injured so that in all probability it will result |
in her death.
A DARING ROBBERY.
NEW YORK, Sept, 2S,-To-day an I'M |
known man stole bar of gold worth $500 |
from the brokers' Office of Martin 81 Run |
yon, in the basement of 102 Broadway, in |
the presence of clerks, He dashed out of |
the door holly pursued and ran up the stairs |
leading to offices in the building, Through !
an office on the fifth floor he reached the nre |
escape, assembled to a room in an adjoining
building and got down through scuttles to
Pine street, where he escaped. 1t appears
the thief visited the law Office of Mr.. Com
stock through which he escaped, both yester-
day and this morning, He pretended to be
a workman, and asked permission to ex-
anime the fire escape and some wires
Leave being given he descended the fire
escape this morning and took an opportunity
to open the scuttles in the fat roof to which
escape leads.
COULDN'T FACE THE MUSIC.
New YORK, Sept. 27.-Inspector Bassett
yesterday began an investigation of the post
office at Patchogue, Long Island. As the in
spector entered the front door Postmaster
Hammond disappeared through rear exit,
and has not been seen since. His accounts
are 81 400 short.
TULLY'S CRoOKEDNESS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 27.-Seth W. Tully,
whose arrest at Washington charged with at
tempting to defraud the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company, as was re-
ported by the Associated Press last night,
has arrived here. The reports of his arrest
contained several inaccuracies. Tully's rel
atives never submitted any proofs of his
alleged death, but claimed the insurance
money simply on the grounds of his disap-
pearance. On the company refusing to pay,
his relatives brought suit, and the company
having reason to believe that he was
not dead, instituted a search for him. There
waa no charge against Tully by the insur-
ance company, but he was required TO give
81 900 bail for answer to the charge of failing
to make an annual report while he held the
position of assignee in bankruptcy. Bond
was given and FULLY was released. There is
no suit against him by the insurance COM
pany.
TRYING TO BEAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
PORT JERvIs, n. Y, Sept. 27.-George
Leppert, Jr., a notorious person, sentenced
two years ago, took out S150,000 in policies
on his life, and claimed to be paralyzed from
an injury received by being struck by a pro-
jecting timber from train at the Erie depot
here. Several doctors pronounced him
shamming, and all but two companies re-
fused to settle. Suits are pending with these
companies.
DEFAULTER FOR $4,000.
BosroN, Sept. 27.-It is said that the
amount missing from the trust fund in the
security safe deposit vault, to which Charles
Z. Stevens had access. is about $50, 900, and
that the total amount of the fund is about
| 500, 900, which is held for the benefit of the
two daughters of the late William II .O'Brien,
of the firm of Jordan, Marsh 81 Co. Young
Stevens is reported as in Europe. It is be-
lieved he took only about 81, 900 with him.
MORTALITY WOUNDED BY A DEsPERADo.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 27.-At Magnolia,
Larue county, eighteen miles from here,
James Ship shot and mortally wounded B.
]. Beavers, well know business man. Ship
| is a bad character and had been ordered to
leave the country by the regulators.
DISGUSTING, IMMORAL AND INDECENT.
TORONTO, Sept. 27.-Charles Goodman,
proprietor of a museum of anatomy, show
which is said to have been fitted out in New
York, was before a magistrate charged with
exhibiting to the public for money disgust
ing, immoral and indecent objects. He
threw himself on the mercy of the court and
was remanded on his own bail The magis-
trate said If he heard of him exhibiting any
where in Canada be would have him brought
back and sentenced.
| UNITED IN DEATH.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. %. A shocking
double tragedy developed this afternoon by
the discovery in the woods just beyond the
corporation limits on the west fork of Trinity
river of the dead bodies of a man and woman.
The victims, when first discovered, lay side
by side, the mans arms extended and partly
lying on that of his love, as II in the agonies
of death he sought to embrace her in a con-
vulsive grasp. She was apparently aged
about eighteen, wore diamond breach and
was dressed with exquisite taste, which bore
no outward evidence Of poverty. He APP
peared to be few years her senior. Be-
tween them lay a revolver with two chambers
empty, telling the story of murder
and suicide. Near by was found a
note written in clear, bold hand, saying:
Gas we cannot be united in life, we win be
in death. George Fsustwick and Annie Man
dor" The appearances and examination of
the bodies lead to the conclusion that the
note was written before reaching the fatal
scene. and that after the final leave-takiDg
he fred the pistol in her mouth, thus killing
J her, then placed the weapon to his right
. temnle. and again pulling the trigger, fell