St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02
A KEYSTONE MYSTERY.
The Theory Gaining Ground That NichO-
las Mayer of Pennsylvania Was
Killed by Tramps.
Fiendish Plot to Blow up Guatemala
Buildings and Murder the President
Unearthed.
Twenty Persons Wounded In Mu'
tiny OF Boys on the Clarence In
the River Mersey.
Sensational Ending OF n Michigan
Funeral Procession--Robbed OF
Lffe,s Savings.
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Special TO the Globe.
MAHoNEY CITY, Pa. Feb. 1.-Attor-
neY James and Coroner Halberstadt were
in consultation to-day in reference to the
murder of Nicholas Mayer. The coroner
inclined to the belief that Franz Mayer, the
youngest brother, is not guilty of the crime,
and those people of this place who know
Mayer coincide with him. He has been
released from custody but is still under sur
vigilance. The athorlties are awaiting fur
thor developments. The inquest decided
that the killing had been done by an I'M
known person. Franz Mayer has been
around Mahaney City ever since he was dis
charged from the hospital. He only spoke
of his brother once, and then to ask EnOch
Wild, near whose ice dam the cabin is.
whether he had seen Nick. The firm be-
lieyers in his innocence attribute the crime
to tramps. The murdered man frequently,
in his flights of passion. drove Franz away
from the hut and hired tramp OF pauper
TO help him at his work. This work Nick
got big pay for. He frequently had
TROUBLE WITH THE TRAAPS
and drove them away without giving any
pay. One OF them sued him Tor wages last
summer, and on the tramp gaining the suit.
Nick exhibited some considerable money.
The theory is that while Franz was in the
hospital Nick hired a tramp. and this fell
low killed him for his money. To rebut
this it is said the dogs were SO savage that
strangers were frightened away from the
place no longer since than ten days ago.
and that as the murdered man was killed
while lying on his bed asleep. no one unfa-
miliar to them could have entered the cabin
to commit the crime without the dogs rails
ing such cry as would have aroused the
sleeping man. The district attorney con-
fesses that at what at first seemed to him a
clean case of fraticide becomes more OF a
mystery the further he investigates. DR..
Halberstadt gives it as his opinion that
Nick Mayer was murdered at least month
ago. Rats had eaten part of the left side
of his face.
Twenty Wounded i'm Mutiny.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. LA mutiny occurred
to-day among the lads on the retOrmatory
ship Clarence, which is lying in the Mersey.
At a precOncerted signal the lads in a body
attacked officers with Delaying pins, fire.
arms and other weapons. The officers
drew their reyOlyers and fired into the mu-
tinous crowd and tried in vain TO force
them to lay down their weapons and return
to their places. The boys continued their
assault, and at last compelled the officers to
seek the shelter of their cabins. The lads
then lowered boats, into which they
crowded and the boats drifted down the
stream with the tide. The Clarenee's Off
GERS, after the departure of the boys, made
signals to the authorities ashore, and soon
several boats filled with police put out
from the shore and called upon the boys to
surrender. The youngsters, deeming that
resistance would be useless. gave up and
were taken back TO the ship. The ring
leaders were put i'm irons. Eighteen lads
and three officers received wounds in the
fight OH board. Two years ago the lads
confined on the Clarence set fire to the ship.
The mutiny arose out of a religious dis
pute over certain rulers of the ship. as all
the mutineers were Catholics. The out
break had been planned for several days.
The wounded have all had to be removed to
hospital.