St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-22
GIVEN TO THE JURY.
The Trial of Jacobs For the Murder
of Blair at Owatonna Closed.
The Case Given to the Jury Last Evening
A Short History Of the Case.
Bloody Tragedy at a Wedding, In Which
the bridegroom is Killed
Otter Grimes.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

THE JACOBS TRIAL AT oWATONNA.
OwAroNNA, Minu., Jan. 21.-The trial Of
James Jacobs, charged with the murder Of
Police Officer John l.. Blair, has just closed
! and the case given to the jury. The killing
Of Blair and the arrest and trial Of Jaeobs
caused more excitement than anything that
has transpired in our city for years Blair
was an old and much respected citizen, and
at the time Of the MURDER September 10
last, was acting as policeman near the depot
during the performance OF a circus. Jacobs
was circus employe, and after the
circus had closed In the even
ing, au alteration took place
between Jacobs aud Blair, and Jacobs dealt
Blair blow on the head with heavy club,
crushing his skull and causing his death.
Jacobs was arrested the next day at Roches-
ter, and has since been in Jail. The case
has been ably prosecuted by our county at.
| torney, W. F. Sawyer, and Jacobs has been
defended by Hon. Amos Coggswell, who
seems to have been wonderfully stirred by
the intense feeling Of the community against
jacobs, and has MADE this the supreme eff.
fcrt Of his life. During the three days of the
trial the court room has been packed with an
interested crowd, but whatever the verdict ot
the jury, We apprehend no such trouble or
excitement as wo had when Jacobs was ar
rested and brought here from Rochester the
day after the murder.
BLOODY TRAGEDY AT A WEDDING.
| ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.-Advices from the In
dian territory note bloody tragedy which
occurred few days ago near Webbers Falls.
Colson Baldridge had been married, and the
event was being celebrated with a dance at
the house of man named Davis. Whisky
Was freely used, aud shortly after midnight
I Baldridge was shot by an unknown person
| from outside the house. Baldridge rushed to
the door, fired three shots at the fleeing as
sassin and then dropped dead. A general
melee followed, during which over fifty shots
were fired, aud when matters Quleted down
1t was discovered that Jennie Butler, Jennie
Smith, two Indian women, aud Joe Muskrat
an Indian, were wounded, one of them SER
iously 1t is supposed that Baldridge was
killed by friends of Jesse Foreman, whom
Baldridge killed some years ago while at
tempting to arrest him.
FEARFUL CUTTING ARRAY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 21.--A bloody cut.
ting sffray occurred In down town coal Of
fee this afternoon. in which John King,
(wh!te) was fatally stabbed and John Neal
aud Hired Fields. both colored, were seriously
wounded. Fields and King we're rival coal
peddlers. They had quarrel and were fight
ing when Neal ran in and stabbed King In
the back. Butch Sanders, (white) came TO
Kings assistance and together they put the
negroes ~ flight. Knives were used freely.
King was cut In the back and shoulders and
will die. Fields has q dsngerous cut In
the neck aud head. Neal received serious
stab Just over the heart.
| ABoY SUICIDE.
SrERLrNo H., Jan. 21.--The body Of a
boy fourteen years old, named Robes, was
found yesterday frozen stiff hanging from =
tree forty rods from hs mothers house, at
Eagle Point eighteen miles north Of Ster-
ling. His mother bad whipped him for some
misdemcanor, and be went TO the barn and
told the hired man he would hang himself.
He had tied rope about bis neck climbed a
tree In the grove, fastened the rope to o
| Limb and sprang of.