St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-10

late hour, at New Lexington last night, and
went over to Monday. 1t is expected to
complete the preliminary hearing by to-mor-
row noon.
The preliminary hearing of the parties
charged with the lynching of Peter Clifford
began before the same justice to-day. But
little progress was made. The cases will go
before the grand jury tomorrow.
SHOT AND KILLED.
WILMINGTON, Clinton county, Ohio, March
9.-At O'Clock last evening the city mar
shal, John T. Vandoren, was shot in the
head and killed instantly, by Alfred Ballard,
drunken'man, when under arrest and on
his way to prison in charge of the marshal.
It required great discretion to prevent the
crowd from lynching Ballard while on the
way to jail after the murder. AS it was,
some person unknown cut Ballard in the
side.
THEY WANT TO LYNCH HIM.
LINCOLN, Ill, March 9.-The sheriff re-
ceived telephone message last night that a
mob had formed at Chestnut, for the purpose
of coming here and lynching Hall in jail,
charged with the triple murder, near Mount
Pulaski, about year ago. The sheriff removed
the prisoner from the jail and secreted him
In private house under guard all night.
The mob, learning that the sheriff had been
warned, cut the telephone wire and dis
persed. 1t Is rumored they are coming to-
night, and the sheriff is preparing to guard
the prisoner.
THE TRIPLE MURDER.
MARoA, H., March 9.-Wm. Hougland
was arrested to-day charged with completely
in the triple murder at Mt. Pulaski. The
detectives say another arrest will soon be
made.
ANOTHER ARRESTED.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Another arrest was
made to-day in the person of Henry Jackson,
negro teamster, in connection with the
butchery of the peddler Lavene, at Cokato,
ILL.,, last week. No doubt he assisted Brown
in the horrible murder.
WILL NOT INTERFERE.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, March S.-The su-
preme court refused new trial to Wright,
one of the Howard county murderers, and
affirmed the decision of the lower court SEN
fencing him to death.
THE CROUCH MURDER.
JACKSON, Mich, March 8.-The Crouch
murder examination was continued to-day.
The prosecution brought a number Of wit
nesses this morning, but nothing new was
elected Some testified to the lack of feel
ing on the part of Holcomb and Jud Crouch
when spoken to about the murder, immedi-
ately after its occurrence. 1t was mainly
repetition of the evidence given at the cor
oner's jury.
THE ARRESTED MURDERERs.
ST. LOUIS, March 8.-Brown and his wife
will have preliminary examination in a few
days.
A HEARING.
COLUMBUS, O., March 9.-A preliminary
hearing in the case of the State VS.. Rev. B.
NJ. O'Boylan, growing out of the Corning
disturbance was resumed before the magis-
trate at New Lexington to-day Only two
witnesses were examined, with McDevitt, the
prosecuting witness. Nothing new was de-
veloped further than already published. The
attorneys consumed most of the time with
technical matter. Nothing has transpired in
the trial at the present time to indicate that
O'Boylan has direct Connection with abduc-
ton.
PAWN BROKER ROBBED.
Boston, Mass, March S.-Isaac Myer
keeps pawn shop here. At noon to-day he
locked the door and went to dinner. He re-
urned at 1 O'Clock and found the store en-
tered in the meantime by burglars, who got
away, leaving no clue, with three trays of
jewelry and watches from the window and
two trays from the show case. The robbers
had an entrance into the store through a foot
and half square hole they cut in the wall,
separating it from the adjoining houses.
The property taken includes forty-eight silver
and gold watches, 200 gold rings, and
number of gold chains and other jewlery.
THIEvING OFFICIALS.
MONTREAL, March SIN a statement by
the city auditor it appears that the defalca-
lions of the officials in the service of the cor
poration, amounts to over S25, 900 All have
absconded. Its understood they have been
Systematically robbing the city treasury.
MURDER WILL OUT
PORT HURON, Mich, March Son De-
cember II, 1881, the dead body of VIM.
Phillips, wealthy cattle broker, was dis;
covered near Lexington, Mich, bearing all
the evidences of murder. James Dixon, an
employe of Phillips, was arrested on suspi-
cion, who afterwards committed suicide in
Jail. Last summer David Packard was sent to
Jackson, Mich, penitentiarY for horse steal
ing and is now dying of consumption, and
has confessed all the details of the murder,
which not only makes positive the guilt Of
Dixon, but also duplicates Joseph A. Nealy,
of Lexington, according to Packard's state
ment Nealey's participation is positive. He
has been arrested and placed in jail here.
Nealey is ex-marshal of Lexington, and has
held number of public offices.
A DRUNKEN SHOOTER.
Louis Buz, saloon keeper, when drunk,
assaulted his wife, and being rebuked by his
son he discharged rife at him and hit his
daughter in the head. The wound is not
fatal.
LIFE SENTENCES.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March S.--Alexander
Reyes, on trial for killing Sam uel Stewart
was found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. The punishment is fixed at life i'm
prisonment.
GREENsBURG, Ind, March S.---Jacob
Black, on trial for the murder of Eli Frank,
was found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree. Penalty, life imprisonment.
FATALLY STABBED.
TACOMA, N. H., March 9.-Freeman Will
lis, proprietor of the Eagle hotel, was prob
ably fatally stabbed last night by Fred. Dow,
while drunk