St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-27
THE CRIME RECORD.
A Brutal Outrage Upon a Young Girl
of Fifteen by Two Fiends.
The Killing of ex-senator Cooper by Bandits
in Mexico.
Other Minor Grimes and Wicked Doings
from Other Points.
AN OUTRAGE.

AN OUTRAGE.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. GA Cou7fer-JOuru
Elizabethtown, KY, special says, there is
much excitement over the outrage of Miss
Cora Vannort, respected lady living near
that place, by negro, Miles Petty. A mob
was organized and the officers barely saved
Petty by hurrying him off to Louisville
add minister troubles
BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 26.-Excitement
runs high at Sun Prairie over the brutal out
rage of Lena spraight, by two young men.
Two hundred citizens have organized, and
the sheriff has taken extra precautions to
save his prisoners from mob violence. It
is believed they will be lynched, unless the
crowd is paciied. Edward Peckham invited
the Spraight girl, who is only fifteen wears
old, to ride to her home, nine miles from
his uncle's house, where she was employed
as a domestic. When on the road he was
joined by Alexander Peckham, and they
forced the girl to submit to them in school
house, which they passed. The girl was ter
ribly injured Alexander Peckham was
caught in Watertown, but Edward Peckham
is still at large
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb 26-The american
has received advices from Culiacan, Mexico,
giving the particulars of the recent killing
of ex-senator Henry Cooper. When within
mile of Culiacan Cooper and his COM
panion were attacted by two bandits. His
companion Immediately fled, killing one of
the robbers. The other robber then fired,
shooting Cooper through the heart. The
robber fled and has not yet been captured,
though the authorities made every effort.
FOUND GUILTY.
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 26.-Geo W. Wilson,
who two months ago killed Policeman Bull
lard, while resisting arrest was to-day con
victed of murder in the second degree.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-Stephan Lang,
colored testified before the Danville commit
tee that he was in the hardware store the day
before the fight and saw two white men
loading about one hundred and twenty-five
double barreled guns. He went to another
hardware store and there found a white man
loading double barreled guns.
Rufus Hatchett, (colored) heard a white
man say at the postoffice that ''white folks
were going to rule this town if we have to
kill all the niggers."
THE FORA BURNS CASE.
LINCOLN, Ill, Feb. 26.-Last Thursday a
detective delivered satchel and valise to the
turnkey of the county jail, and the satchal is
declared to be that of the murdered girl,
Fora Burns, while the valise is said to con-
tain her gossamer and hat The authorities
now assert they positively have evidence
which will surely tend to convict the murder
er of the girl.
CAPTURE OF HORSE THIEF.
FIT. SmITH, Ark, Feb. 26.-Robt. Lam
ders, noted Texas horse thief, was arrested
here this evening. He stole horses from
stock associations at GAINESVILLE, Texas
Large rewards were offered. When arrested
he was fixing for raid on wealthy stockmen
in the Indian territory.
sAvAGEs ATTACKING THEIR ENEMIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ga report comes
from Auckland that the government schooner
Julia, which is regularly employed in procur-
ing laborers from the different groups of
islands in the Pacific to work on the sugar
plantations in the Sandwich islands, recently
landed at the island of Nanonti, with about
thirty returned laborers. The returned
laborers belonged to the pislands
Tarawa and Apaing, in the same
group the people of which have been at con-
slant warefare with the inhabitants of Ma
nonti The returned laborers, on landing,
seized a number of young girls and ravished
them, which provoked fight with the inhabi-
tants, who were armed only with clubs and
spears. Twenty of the Nanontis were killed
and many wounded, while others escaped to
the island of Apamama, short way Off Re
inforcing there, number returned to Ma
nonti, in which several were killed on each
side, and three or four of the assailants car
ried off to Apamama.
SHOT THROUGH JEALOUSY.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feq. 26.-At the Whit
comb house, this morning, Mrs. Bussey, of
Troy, shot another woman, whom she al
legged was her husbands mistress. The wound
is not fatal
CROUCH'S EXAMINATION POSTPONED.
JACKSON, Mich, Feb. 26.-The examina-
ton of Judd Crouch, for the alleged shooting
of Detective Brown, was continued until
March 5th, as Brown failed to appear to-day.
The clothes Brown wore when shot were con-
sumed in Sundays fire.
ARRESTED FOR APPRoPRIATING MONEY.
New YORK, Feb. 26.-Taff, Gent & Thorn
as, ofColumbus, Ind, grain dealers, are rep
resented IN this city by Oscar o. Bennett, for
whom he purchased seat in the Produce
exchange. Bennett and the bookkeeper, E. R.
Russell, were both arrested to-day on the
charge of appropriating the funds of the firm.
GOOD HAUL.
HALIFAX, N. s., Feb. 26.-Wm. II. Haigh,
of Port Hope, Ontario, passenger in the
Circassian from England, was robbed on the
passage of So, 600 worth of jewelry and other
valuables. The theft was not discovered till
the passengers landed.