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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Only a. RIackrna;,iug Scheme

Boston, Oct. %. To-day's develop
ments seem to throw new light on the
alleged murder conspiracy between Boston
and Baltimore parties The phase of the
matter, which seems to be corroborated by
the facts, is that the whole thing is giant
swindle and blackmailing sorrow stricken
family. In nutshell, the story as it now
stands is that Mrs. Coolidge, knowing of
the skeleton in the closet of the Mellen
family, cOnspired with James Denahue,
alias John Bull, to get money out of Mr..
Mellen. Then it is related that Thomas
Cobb got wind of the affair, and to curry
favor with the police informed them of the
plot, but John Bull' suspected Cobb, and
to save himself went to police headquarters
and told the whole conspiracy. Then came
the meeting between John Bull' and Mrs.
Coolidge, at which the inspectors were
present, but unseen, and during which Mrs.
Coolidge talked freely, supposng that
John BulP' was still acting squarely with
her The statement that 81, 200 had been
received by Donahue from Mr.. Mellen is
pronounced untrue though it is said the de-
tectives had actual proof of this payment.
An evening paper prints an alleged inter-
view with John B. Hebron, who was to-day
appointed sole counsel for Mrs Coolidge.
ana VINO visited her III jail. Mr.. Hebron is
reported as saying that he considers his
client insane. In regard to the telegram
which Mrs. Coolidge had prepared to send
to Baltimore Mr.. Hebron said:
1.-THE explanation of that cannot now be
given. 1t is of such simple and common
nature that when it is announced the reasons
for her so doing will be easily seen. The case
is just this: Mrs. Coolidge has been fearfully
victimiZed."
he declares all the facts will be made
public in few days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
LOVE is MIGHTY.
And that 1t Will Prevail Has Re.
ceived a New Exemplification.

And that 1t Will Prevail Has Re
ceived a New Exemplification.
Special to the Globe.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Oct. 2S.-Carrie
Weisel, pretty brunette OF sweet sixteen
and the daughter of retired lumberman
living at Dushore, town a few miles out
OF the city. left her boarding school last
night and it has just transpired from
note which she left in her room that she
has elOped. For some weeks past, Carrie
has received the attentions of young
clerk III the country store named Hiram
Spencer. Hiram did not meet the eXpecta-
tions of Carries parents, and she was for
hidden to have anything to do with him.
The teachers at the school were asked to
keep sharp lookout after the wayward
young miss, who declared that she would see
her Hiram in spite of all, and see him she did.
When the school was all quiet at night the
young clerk, by bribing servant, managed
to get into the school-room, where he met
his lady love. Sunday night, by some
means, the lovers were discovered and
young Spencer was put out of the house
and the girl received a severe reprimand
and was punished all day yesterday. Spen-
Ger was not downcast, but he went to
friend of his and together they concluded
the plan that Spencer should marry Carrie
without any further delay. Spencer sent
Carrie note and she agreed to it, The
young clerk has been quite saving and has
a few hundred dollars in the
bank. 1t was agreed that Carrie should
meet her lover at o'clock in the evening.
She managed to get out of the building un-
noticed, and meeting her lover at the depot
they took the train for Elmira, N. Y. Car
rie's note this morning, when read by her
parents caused a whirl of excitement. Her
father, declared that he would follow the
couple and cowhide Spencer. He prepared
to start on the afternoon train, but received
a dispatch that the pair had been married.
They averte1 the marriage-license law of
this state by going over to New York.
After awhile Mr.. Weisel concluded not to
go after them, but since they had outwitted
him he would have to grin and bear it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
a Murderer's Curious Resort.

special TO En6 GLOBE.
BELLAIRE, O., Oct. 2S.-The readers of
the GLOBE will remember reading an ac-
count of the brutal murder, with an axe, of
Mrs. David Conger by her husband last
July for the triflng offense of being re-
proved by the wife and mother for throwing
water On one of the children. He has been
in Jail ever since, but for two months past
has not spoken word. Court is now in
session, and has appointed Drs. Armstrong
and Farquihar to ascertain if the murderer
had lost his power of speech, and if he was
in his right mind. The physicians admin
istered powerful anesthetics, but instead of
making him talk he danced around like a
wild man, and would toot and whistle.
The physicians, however, will report
that he had not lost the power of speech,
that he is fully aware of the punishment in
store for him for his inhuman crime and
that he is but employing his mental fac
ulties to devise some means of escape. The
physicians are of the opinion that Conger
has more than an ordinary mind and their
conclusions are in accord with the popular
feeling, which, briefly summed up is, that
he shall not escape the moose. The story
of his butchery of his wife with an ak in
the presence of his children, republished in
the local papers, has again aroused public
sentiment against him. 1t was the most
inhuman and brutal murder that ever oc-
Cured in Eastern Ohio.
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small-Pox Patients Abused.

Specldi 10 uHe OIOD0.
MONTREAL, Oct. 2S.-The city has been
Mortified to-day by the stories that a num-
ber of patients have just been discharged
from the Civic hospital, under care of the
sisters of the Gray Nuns. Charges of a
most revolving nature are made. At pres
ent, it is alleged, there are $50 patieuts in
the hospital, and only six nurses and two
women servants. The care of the patients
has been of the most outrageous character.
The fault is due in no respect to the sisters,
but to the parsimonious conduct of the city
officials All that the city would pay to
women to attend the afflicted was
So month and men received $12. The
consequence was that it was impossible to
procure the proper nurses, and patients
were left for the most part to convalescent
patients who were entirely ignorant of
what was required, and besides, were them
selves in such state as to be unfit for duty.
Employees here continue to refuse employ
ment to persons without certificates of
vaccination, and the demand for certificates
is consequently brisk. During the week
ending Oct. "a, 1,SS7 persons were vacci-
mated. Forty-two new cases of smallpox
were verified Yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Mrs. WaIkup,s Trial.

EMPoRIA, Kan, Oct. 2S.-In the Walkup
trial this morning DR.. Ell. N. Stover. an
eclectic physician, testified to treating Mr..
Walkup twice for gonorrhea. once last May
and over two years ago; also treated a
woman for syphilis at his request. The
woman is now married and living ineEm-
porla in respectable standing. Witness re-
fused to tell the woman's name. and the
state insisting, the defense withdrew the
testimony as to her rather than have
her name revealed. Among other witnesses
Dr.. j. A. Lanpher of Kansas City was
called as an expert, and questioned as to
the effects of arsenic on the system. He
encysted and enveloped, for the arsenic
found in the stomach to have been taken a
long time ago. The afternoon session was
occupied with questioning by the counsel of
DR.. Lanpher as to the action of arsenic
and its effects, and his replies thereto. The
testimony was purely technical and of no
general interest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
e, J. Burns, an Employe of B. G. Dun &
Co., Chicago, Insults Two Lady Clerks
and is Discharged.
He Awaits Them in the Hall, Shoots Them
Down and Narrowly Escapes
Being Lynched.
Sixty People Precipitated Into the
Water by a Falling Bridge at
East Saginaw.
Ferdinand Ward Found Guilty, With
Penalty of Ten Years I'm
prisonment.
Nearly lyrlchir~.

CHICAGO. Oct. 2S.-Five thousand people
completely blocked Monroe street from La
Sale to Clark at o'clock this evening, half
mad with excitement, and but for the deX-
terlty OF couple Of policemen would have
hanged y. j. Burns 10 the nearest lamp
post. Shortly before that hour, when the
employees of the Offices and printing eStab-
lishmentS of the neighborho0d are released
from their days labor, a young, well-dressed
man entered the hallway Of the building in
which the offices of Dun & Co. are located,
and leaned against the wall as though wait
ing for some one. 4 few minutes later the
clerks and printers employed i'll the build
Ing began to stream down the stairs. The
young man watched them closely and catch
ing sight Of two young women walking arm
in arm, sprang forward and drew a revol-
yer. firing two shots in quick succession,
and rushed cut Of the hall and up Monroe
street toward Fifth avenue. The street
was crowded with people going home from
business. The sound of the shots attracted
others. An officer standing on the corner
OF Fifth avenue noticed the crowd accumu-
lating, OWNED the cause of the young
mans fight and promptly secured him.
They ws5;ed back to the
SCENE OF THE SHOOTING.
The two women lay insensible on the
sidewalk. At the sight of the man vino
had ATTEMPTED their murder, the crowd be-
came furious and attempted to tear him
from the officers grasp. Somebody cried
''lynch him." and the officer realizing his
prisoners danger. hustled him through an
alley in the direction of the nearest station.
The crowd attempted to follow, but only
jammed itself fast in the narrow entrance.
The wounded women were taken into the
nearest drug store and THENCE to the
county hospital. 1t is believed that
their wounds are fatal. 1t has
developed that the shooting was the
c0Wardly revenge taken by a former fellow
employe in II. q. Duns Office on the two
women, who, claiming he had insulted
them, had caused his discharge day or two
ago. The young man, A. J. Burns by
name. called at the Office to-day, and was
told by the foreman that if he would apollo
gize to the women. who are sisters, Mrs.
Ray Good and Lillian Walter, he would be
reinstated. lie left the Office and was not
seen again until arrested. Mrs. Good was
shot i'll the neck. Her sister received the
second shot in the side of her head. Burns
refuses to make any statement concerning
the affair
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which count he had decided to leave the

which count he had decided to leave the
case to the jury.
1--WE elect the second and fourth counts
said the district attorney.
''Ihen, said Gen. Tracy, 81 move the ac-
quittal of Ward, as the evidence does not bear
out the indictment. Ward did not procure
the Endorsement on the check on which the
business way"
The court denied the motion.
GEN. TRACY SUMMED UP
the evidence for defense, laying particular
stress on the fact that Fish, as a convict,
was not answerable to any penalty for per-
jury, and holding that he was urged ON by
vlndictive hatred of the accused. Col.
Fellows summed up for The State, con-
the time of the failure. The former ran
away, the latter awaited the catastrophe
like man. Judge Barret bdgan his charge
at 6:30. He defined the law and read the
statute covering the crime charged. The
question was as to whether the defendant
had an interest to defraud, and OF such
character as to deceive person of ordinary
prudence Had Ward procured the S71, 500
in such way, the whole case rested on
one point: Did Ward obtain the certifca-
ton of the ST., 800 check 1t was for the jury
to decide on the evidence OF James D. Fish
and his brother, the testimony of neither
being contradicted. Ward was not alone
on trial, but justice, too, was on trial.
Public clamOr should not influence, and
last of all, money should not Interfere
with the verdict. The jury retired at 1925.
At 1915 the jury entered the court room
and the testimony of John H. Carr, the re-
ceiving teller of the Marine bank, was read.
1t covered the transaction in regard to the
checks upon which the Indictment was
framed. The jury then again retired. At
12:45 O'Clock this morning the jury re-en-
tered the court and rendered verdict of
larceny in the first degree. The penalty is
ten years, with the discretion of the
court. Ward gave evidence of a severe
struggle as he stood to hear the verdict
In response to the question, ''Have you
anything to say?" he replied, Nothing"
Sentence was postponed till Saturday morn
ing. The case will be taken to the court of
appeals. The jury stood for conviction
and for acquittal. On the second ballot
it was 10 for conviction. and the third was
II to 1.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Washington Waifs.

About one-half the class of signal-service
men at Fort Myer are being court-martialed
for combining in petition for relief from
the abuse of their instructor.
Commissioner Black has rendered a decision
setung forth that in the case Of widow of a
soldier of the war of 1872, who can prove that
her husband had been granted the aid pro-
vided by law, is entitled to pension without
further proof being made or required.
f. S. Winston of Chicago has been selected
for the appointment as United States minister
to Persia His appointment will probably be
otf1c1ally announced to-day.
Judge Vincent, the deposed chief Justice of
New Mexico has arrived in the city, but re-
fuses to talk to reporters.
The president is having considerable diff
Guilty reorganizing the civil service commits
sion. Those whom the president wants do
not want the Office.
The fish commission car which left last
night with carp for the supply of applicants
in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota, Ore
gon and Washington Territory, carries a
large number of fish in excess of the amount
required to meet the requests on fle
Ii. E. Mann of st. Paul is in the city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Brighton Beach Races.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-The weather was
fine, the track was fast, and the attendance
arge at Brighton Beach to-day:
First Race-Non-winning allowances, SELL
ing race, one mile; Bahama won by half
length, Brunswick second, Banrath third.
Time, 1:45.
Second Race-Selling race, seven-eighths of
a mile; Joe won by three-fourths of
length, King Arthur second, Keokuk third.
Time, 1894.
Third Race-Handicap, all ages, one and
one-half miles; Little Dan won by four
lengths, Tax Gatherer second, Jenning third.
Time, 2:37.
Fourth Race-For three-year-olds. selling
race, one and one-fourth miles; Waukesha
won by half length, Ernest second, Dia-
mond third. Time, 2:1215.
Fifth Race-Welter weights, three-fourth
of q mile; Leman won by two lengths, Santa
Claus second Navarro third. Time, lit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
An Acgueduct Accident.

New YoKK, Oct. 2S.-Another accident
that will result in the death of at least one
man and probably more is added to the al
ready long list of disasters that have oc-
Cured in the construction of the new acque-
duct. Yesterday afternoon part of the roof
OF the tunnel gave way, burying several
of the miners. The following is list of
the injured:
John Wilson, aged %, of Birmingham, IN.
Y, compound fracture of the tibia, very
serious; Patrick Breen, aged 25, of Excelsior,
Pa, compound fracture of the femur and a
severe fracture of the skull will probably die !;
Frank German of Ardsley, severe confusion
of the back and fracture of the left hip, very
dangerous; John Francis,a a foreman, severely
injured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
mayor Harrison,s Defense.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-A. G. Story of
Mayor Harrison's counsel, last evening filed
the long delayed answer in the contested
election case. The first point made in the
answer is that the act Of corporation de-
clares that the city council shall consist or
the mayor and aldermen, and the same act
declares that the council shall be Judge of
election and qualification of its own mem
bers, which it would not be if the court
were to determine for it who is elected.
The point made on the demurrer that
neither of the skaters causing the suit was a
candidate for mayor is repeated. Next an
swer is made to the application for a re-
count of the ballots, and the points are
made that there is no statutory provision
for the preservation of the ballots cast at
any election for mayor, that the court has
the right to order them counted, if they
have been preserved, that they have, by
reason of being handled or tampered with
by other persons than the city clerk or his
deputy or the election judges lost their
value as evidence. Denial is then made
that any illegal votes were cast for Mayor
Harrison, and proof that the allegations
that certain persons did so as alleged in the
petition is demanded. The thirty days'
limit and the fact that Judge Smith is not
the contestant are repeated. 1t is next set
forth that the West Division Street Rail-
way company has 1,50O men in its employ,
and that the company or managers induced
them by all manner of threats to vote for
Sidney Smith. 1t is set up that illegal votes
were cast all over the city, permitted by
Republican judges, that the recent examin-
alton of the Sixth ward ballots showed evi-
dence Of the mayoralty vote having been
tampered with, and in conclusion that his
declared majority over Smith was only As,
but that if the votes were properly counted,
it would not have been less than 10000.
The document is long and tedious.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Penalty of Crime.

NoRRIsTowN, Penn, Oct. 2s.-Israel
Wilson, father of John NJ. Wilson. the self
confessed murderer of Anthony Daley,
whose remains he says he threw into the
Wissahickon. arrived in Norristown last
evening accompanied by his brother-in-law,
Rev. j. A. Freeman, a Baptist clergyman.
The two men paid visit to the murderer
in his CELL The prisoner had been pre-
pared by his counsel for the visit, but i'm
mediately upon seeing his father completely
broke down, and is still nervous from the
shock. The scene was deeply affecting
Mr.. Wilson says that when his son left
home he was perfectly sane, but that he is
SO much changed mentally and physically
that he would not be able scarcely to recog-
niZe the prisoner as his son.
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The Labrador Storm.

ST. JOINS, N. F., Oct 2S.-The hurri-
cane that ragged on the Labrador coast was
unprecedented even in that idclement
region. Over seventy vessels and 300 lives
We're lost. The particulars so far are meagre
there being no .telegraphic communication
The following is list of the vessels com
pletely wrecked: Thomas Ridley, Sheer
brook, Adam Averill, Peerless, Cleaner.
Surprise, Caleb, Corkum, Excel, Ruby.
Winifred, Scott, Scion. Sisters. Mary Cal
pin, McKea, Elizabeth, Mclean, Fanny
Grey, Amelia, Emma, Atlanta, Brisk,
Elizabeth, Isabella, Mary, joseph.
Mary Bell, Syringa, Verbena NJ.
Snow Drop, Rising Dawn, Voyage, Lark,
Harriet. Stars and Stripes, Barbara, H. NJ.
Curtis, Flora TriXie, Sarah C. Village,
Belle, Verdant, Guiding Star, Sophia,
Brondith, Razor, Release, Hope, Ja1niz,
Royere' Bride, Phoebe, Jane, Maritanna.
British Pride, Elizabeth. Kenmore and
Augusta. The bark Nellie has just ar
rived with 260 shipwrecked men, women
and children rescued from the disaster.
Several women died from exposure and
others were drowned. Over 1000 persons
are destitute and stranded on the coast,
Five steamers have been dispatched to their
assistance. The worst is not known.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29
Ferdinand yyard,s TriaI.

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-The trial of Fer
6inand Ward was continued to-day. George
j. Chambers, stenOgrapher in the case of
holt against Warner, and George L.
Spencer, cashier of the firm of Grant 81
Ward, wxre examined briefly, but their
testimony developed nothing new. The
prosecution then rested. Counsel for de-
tense moved that the state be required to
elect on which charge i'll the Indictment
they intended TO ask the jury for convic-
ton. The motion was denied temporarily.
EX-Judge Cochran then opened for the de-
tense. He said his client had been bounded
by the press, by financial men and by men,
berS of a prominent family, but the jury
had only to consider the evidence and
render a verdict accordingly. Mr.. Fish,
he said, went on to the stand as not re-
sponsble witness, and it was the irst time
that convict was called to the stand to
testify against a prisoner in the court of
oyer and terminer. Fish was a convict,
and his condition when sworn as
convict prevented his being liable for
perjury or anything less than murder. If
he testified to try and send Ward to prison,
he Is probably working for a pardon by
making W ard the scapegoat. In 1882 the
bank was in difficulties, and Fish'S testi-
mony could not be considered without cor
roborative testimony. Upon the evidence
verdict OF guilty was impossible Will
lam S. Warner, who had entered the room
during the remarks of the lawyer, was then
called upon the stand for the defense. He
testified that he knew Ward and
RECOGNIZED THE CHECK
for 81, 500 which he had received in the
ordinary course of business. After certif-
cation by the Marine bank it was deposited
in the American Exchange bank. The
amount was the profit on certain invest
ments with Grant & Ward On government
contracts. The witness could not remem-
Der the form of the obligations, but it was
due on May 5, 1884. The differences due
on the investments resulted in his getting
the check for sri. 500. All the contracts
were made direct with Ward in his
private Office on May 5. He received
a Contract for a much larger sum
than S71, 500, which only represented the
order OF the court. In one package where
125 bonds should have been 124 were found
to be missing. He had found 700 in the
office on taking possession. and the bank
account was overdrawn. The assignment
of Grant IL Ward was here offered in evil
dence. William G.. Smith testified that be-
tween May and he had beenCnegotiating
loans for the firm of Grant S5 Ward, but did
not know what became of the money real
lied. He was the representative of the
firm on the stock exchange, and also knew
James d. Fish. The witness virtually
closed the case for the defense. Gen. Tracy
asked the district attorney to elect upon
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Kansas Temperance Men.


TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 2s.-The State
Temperance union convened in fifth an
nual session in this city to-day. The meet
ing has not been a very harmonious one
and feeling has been shown by the osfac-
tions, one led by A. B. Campbell and the
other by Hon. Albert Griffin. The report
of the secretary shows that the
present law is enforced in seventy
five counties and that in seventy-fve
out of eighty-four counties in the state there
are no open saloons. Resolutions were
adopted strongly indorsing the Republican
party in Kansas, and protesting fealty as
long as the stand taken by that party on the
question of prohibition is continued. The
Woman's Christian Temperance union was
snubbed to a certain extent, being denied
more than one representative on the ex-
ecutive committee, which consists of four
teen members. Rev. B. Kelly of Winfield,
was reelected president for the ensuing
year. The convention adjourned sine die
tonight.
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From Fear of Poverty,
Special to the Globe.

SptCldI 10 GIt GIOUE
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 9s.-Police Ser
geant Dan W. Fales. who shot himself yes
terday, died at 2 o'clock this morning.
School Inspector George Fl. Fowler and
Alexander d. Fowler are brothers-in-law
of Sergeant Fales. They say that
hi concern about being unable
to support his family was purely
imaginary, as he is worth frem S25, 900 to
$4,000. He OWNS large lot on the corner
of Cass avenue and Seldom street, having a
frontage of nearly 500 feet on Cass avenue
This contains two handsome brick houses,
one of which has been occupied by Sergeant
Fales. The house adjoining, which is just
being completed, was one which worried him
constantly.