St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-15
CRIME RECORD.
The Hot Springs Difficulties Death OF
a Notorious Woman-0ther
Notes.
ANOTHER HOT SPRINGS SHOOTING.

ANOTHER HOT SPRINGS SHOOTING.
HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb IA shooting
affray occurred last night between NJ. c..
Harris and Charles and Tom Shannon, grow
ing out of the assassination of last Saturday.
Harris is the editor of the Morning Horse
Shoe, and bitterly denounced the assassina-
ton, and all connected with it. Watson was
especially denounced in yesterdays Horse
Shoe, charging him with being a fugitive
from justice. from Carlisle, Pa, where he is
under Indictment for murder, arson and burg
| larry, under mis- right name,
Charles Faullls. Last night, while
| Harris was in, saloon, Watson
accompanied by the Shannons, entered
| through back door. The instant they ar
rived Harris drew a revolver and ordered
them to throw up their hands, at the same
time backing towards the door. Passing out,
he started for his office. He had gone but a
| few steps when Watson rushed to the middle
of the street and opened fire on him. AT the
same time Shannon ran and also fired. Har-
ris began firing at Shannon, who retreated
into the saloon. Harris started to his Office
and procured Winchester rife,
but before he could use it,
the officers interfered and placed him
under arrest. The examination of Dorm,
/ thO AlJlSOu, LucuS, l4duuluR, hOn
and Dale, is progressing before Circuit Judge
| Wood. Five witnesses were examined to-
day, whose testimony is very damaging to
the prisoners. Murphy and Rector repre-
sent the defense, while State Attorney Hen
derson, Davies and Latta act for the people.
A general feeling of confidence exists that
the examination viii be honestly and impair
TALLY carried out.
END OF A NOTORIOUS WOMAN.
New YORK, Feb. 14-Mrs. Emma Uhler,
made notorious last year by figuring in Il
murder case that made great sensation died
from morphine poisoning in New York hos
! pital this morning. On the 10Th of last
March Wilbur H. Haverstick. broker who
lived with this woman, was shot and killed
by Mrs. Uhler's brother, Geo. w. Conkling,
| surveyor in the service of the government.
The latter, understanding that his sister had
been enticed away from her husband by
Hayerstick, visited her rooms and
tried to induce her to leave
her paramour. Hayerstick coming in, a
quarrel took place between him and Conk-
ling, the latter drew a revolver and shot the
other in the abdomen, he dying in few
hours Conklng was arrested, but released
on bail. Mrs. Uhler then disappeared from
public view, For time she was in the west,
but for the last three or four months has
been living in various disreputabe houses in
the twenty ninth precinct. Conkling's bail
was dismissed to-day on account of the only
witness, his sister, being dead.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14.-Between 12 and p.
m, tehmster named Robert Robertson en-
tered the room of Anna Ford and commenc-
ed moving her furniture. Mrs. Ford, with
! the aid of colored man, elected Robinson.
The latter got knife and re-entered the
house, when the woman shot him twice,
mortally wounding him.
NO CLUE TO THE MURDERER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-No light Of any kind
has been thrown on the murder of James L.
Wilson and his invalid wife, at the village of
Wipnetka. Detectives are convinced the
motive of the murder was purely one Of rob-
berry. Residents ST the village have offered a
reward of 81, 900 for the apprehension of the
assassin.