St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-11
TRAIN WRECKERS.
A Fiendish Attempt to Wreck a Pas
senger Train on the Milw au-
kee and st. Paul.
The Kentucky Regulators Make Quick Work
in the Execution Of John P.
Martin.
The Usual Batch OF miscellaneous Crime
Reported From all over the
Country.
rRA1v wREcKERs ARREsrEp.

TRAIN NRECkEkS ARRESTED
CHICAGO, Nov. IO.-Julius Prebs aud
I Herman Bollman, about twenty-four years
Of age, were arrested, charged with DELHI
crate attempt to wreck the incoming Coun-
ell Bluffs passenger train, near MOntclair,
on the Milwaukee & St Paul railway, Mon
day, which, it is claimed, was only frustrated
by resident of that village, who made the
discovery in time to warn the trainmeu.
They were held to the grand jury in $4,000
each.
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS BY MOB.
LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 1O.-John P. Mar
tin was shot aud killed by the regulators at
Farmers Station, Rowan county, about forty
miles east Of here, at 2 o'clock this morning.
Martin had a quarrel with Floyd Tolliver at
Moorhead, KY, last August in which shots
were exchanged. and bystander was killed
and Martin seriously wounded. The parties
met in MoOrhead on the goth inst, and the
quarrel renewed. TOlliver drew a pistol
but Martin got the drop, fired aud killed him
Martin was taken to Winchester for protection
from mob, and last night was put on
the train under guard and started
for MOOrhead to be tried to-day. When the
train reached Farmers il was boarded bv
twenty-five masked men, who held up the
guards and ridiled Martin with bullets,
I killing him in stauty 1t is charged the
guards were taking Martin to Moorhead on
forged order.
COUNTERFEITERs IDENTIFIED.
WAUKEsHA, Wis, Dec. IO.-Three coun-
terieiters who were arrested in Chicago last
July, aud who have since avoided identified
ton, have been located by Wallace Hail, of
the United States secretservice, as Ferdinand
Dittman, Of Saylesville, near here, and two
strangers who loitered in this locality for
about six months previous to July. when
they departed for Chicago. Ten thousand
dollars mostly silver certificates, were found
IN their possession.
MURDER WILL OUT.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec 1O-Judson Gam
son, teams;er, was arrested at Plymouth
this evening, accused of the murder of Philip
Oallander, prominent and wealthy farmer
oil Ross township. The murdered man on
Jan. 10, lS7S.was riding home from court in
Plymouth, was shot at twice by a person
lying In wait, and killed. There is great ex-
element
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 1O-The Jour
Ha's Hartford City special reports that in
quarrel at that place between some school
boys to-day Thomas Higgins, aged eleven,
was struck on the head by piece of brick
thrown by a boy named Knight. Young
Huggins reached home and related the story
of the alteration, and soon after was at
lacked with violent p aims in the head and
died this evening.
AN ADVERTISING FRAUD ARRESTED.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Dec. 10.-J II. Brown,
postoflice inspector, to-day arrested w. NJ.
Castle, charged with the violation of the
postal laws by using the United States mails
to promote fraudulent enterprise known as
the Miniature Pearl Oil Painting company.
Castle was jailed in default of bail. Castle
advertised in New York and other large cities
for correspondence, and succeeded in swind-
ling large number of persons al over the
country out Of $40 each, for which no com
pensatiOn was given. The amount obtained
is not known, but supposed to be very large
RETURN OF BROOKLYN's DEPUTY POSTMASTER
NEW YORK, Dec. i0.-Col. Charles B.
Morton, ex deputy postmaster of Brooklyn,
has returned from abroad and sure ndered
to the federal authorities. While in the com
missioner's Office Postmaster McLeer has
tened to meet him. Their meeting was
friendly, but there was no questions or ex-
plantations as to the suddenuess of Morton s
departure or his unexplained silence. He is
alleged to have withheld 1854 in money for
which the letter carrier had signed the pay
roll in blank. His friends say there is moth
ing in the charge against Col Morton, and
that he can readily explain his course Of ac-
ton. Morton furnished bail
MOTHER MANDELBAUM.
HAMILTON, Ont, Dec. 1O.--Mother Man
delbaum will come up for examination at 8
O'Clock. E. Marks, the jeweler of Troy, who
came here to identify some of the madam e's
iewelry as that which was stolen from his
firm, was unable to do so, and the probability
is that the madame will be released. The
goods found on 'marm" Mandelbaum will be
very hard to identify. One article is large
oval shaped lump of gold, evidently melted
The inspector Of customs intends to push
the matter, aud, whether the prisoners are
convicted or not, the jewels will be held in
event of their being smuggled.