St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
CRIMES DISCOVERED.
The Deserved Lynehing of a Cold
BIooded Murderer.
Carpenter Declared ''Not Guilty. in the Fora
Burns Murder Trial.
The Crouch Murder Trial has Sensation
Other Crimes.
SHOT AND KILLED.

| SHOT AND KILLED.
! PLEAsANTvILLE, Ind, March 22.-Three
years ago Hud. Meek and Goodman Lee
| quarreled, and they threatened to shoot each
other They did not meet since till to-day,
when Meek entered a store where Goodman
was. Meeks shot him in the side, when
Goodman knocked his assailant down, took
| the pistol from him and shot him twice,
| killing him instantly. The men are well to
do farmers. Goodman is not seriously in
| jured.
FIGHT STOPPED.
CLEVELAND, o.. March 22.-Young Layton
of Philadelphia, and Dick Venting of Cleve-
land, began sparring contest with gloves
in the Armory tonight. On the request Of
City Prosecutor Button, the police stopped
the fight and arrested the principals.
A MURDERER LYNCHED.
| MARYsvuLE, KY, March 22.-About forty
masked men went to the jail last night, and
two of them entered the jailer's residence,
presented revolvers at his head, and COM
PEELED him to open the doors. Samuel
Freyer convicted of the murder of John
Pennington and wife, they took out and
hanged. He is said to have made full con-
fession, stating he had no accomplice in the
murder. The mob was very quiet, and dis
appeared as soon as the work was done.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MARYvILLE, Mo-, March 22.-Intense ex-
element has prevailed here for several days
over the trial of Samuel Fryer for the murder
of the Pennington family, which has been in
progress here. On Thursday evening the
jury returned verdict of guilty, and the
prisoner was taken back to jail 1t being
expected that trouble would ensue, strong
guard was placed around the jail, which is
fimsy concern. Last night twenty-five or
thitry masked men rode up to the JAIL took
Frye out and going to Spring creek, small
creek half mile from town, threw
rope over beam of the bridge and he was
swung off. When the rope was placed
around his neck, he was asked if he had
anything to say. He said, yes, and proceed
ed to give full detailed account the awful
and cold blooded murder of Jno. Penning-
ton and his wife, which he committed about
the middle of February, near Frankfort,
Kas. 1t will be remembered the victims
were found dead in the barn several days
after the murder They had been robbed,
and Mrs. Pennington was assaulted in the
most brutal manner and afterwards killed by
act last night
CLEVER THIEF.
AUGUSTA, Ca, March 22.-This morning
while R. D. Croker, book keeper of the
Commercial bank, was making exchanges
with the National bank at the counter of the
latter, he was approached by two unknown
parties, one of whom Haunted check in his
face, and commenced to question him close
ly, seemingly for information. The party
went out, and Croker found $4,000 had
been stolen from the satchel at his side.
There was considerable excitement, but no
clue. 1t is believed to be the same parties
who worked the Macon banks on Thursday.
DESERTED HIS WIFE.
New YORK, March 22.-Gen. Thomas P
Dockery, who served in the rebel army and
been acting as fiscal agent here for the city
of Houston, Texas, was arrested to-day for
abandoning his wife. Last year he married
a Massachusetts lady and brought her to this
city. After living with her about month he
deserted her. He gave bonds to pay his wife
a weekly stipend.
SHOT HER PROSECUTOR.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 22.-This even
ing Helen Ransier, a married woman,
mother of three children, shot and killed
Adam Sutler. The woman claimed that
Sutler has been prosecuting her for some
time, and she did not intend to kill him.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
WESTMINSTER, Pa, March 22.-George
NJ. Rupert, borough treasurer and solicitor
and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Mutual
Fire Insurance company, is short in his ac
counts with those corporations. At a meet
ing last night of the two boards, Rupert
turned over all his available assets and con-
fessed judgment for $4,000. The exact
amount of the deficit has not been ascer-
tanned. Rupert's friends believe, he will,
in time, reimburse both corporations to the
extent of the deficiency.
SUICIDE.
DENVER, March 22.-Jas. B. Johnson, of
st. Joseph, Mo-, committed suicide early this
morning, shooting himself in the right
temple while walking on the platform of the
union depot. Two years ago Johnson
started drug stores at Salt Lake and Pitkin,
Col, having partners in each. He spent
most of the time in st. Joseph, occupying
desk room in the drug house of Smith, Van
Malta & Co., from whom he bought most of
covered that Johnson had feloniously ship
ped away goods from time to time, aggre-
eating several thousand dollars. He was ac-
cused and confessed the fact, and at the
time of the shooting was in company with
Van Malta, en- route to Salt Lake, for the
purpose of transferring the stores and indem
nifying the firm from loss. johnson was
married, and occupied high social position
in st. Joseph.
THE CROUCH MURDER TRIAL.
JACKSON, Mich, March 22.-The Crouch
murder examination was resumed this morn
ing. Mrs. Galen E. Brown was present, but
upon observing Officer Mcmahon, of Toledo,
she hurriedly left the place. She was sent
for and brought back, and sworn. She
briefly stated that she lived week in Toledo,
at Mrs. SANKEY'S, but did not know it was
house of i'll repute. She said that she was
with man named McMahan, in Toledo.
She was permitted to depart, when Officer
McMahan testified. He found Mrs
Brown at house of designation or ill-repute.
She went under the name of Kittie Palmer.