St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-23
FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
Frank mclaughlin, Convicted Of Burg
larry, Has His Time Shortened
Nine Months.
A Horse Thief Attempting to Escape
Runs Plump Into the Sherif's
Arms.
A Vital Secret Forced From Bold
Man in the District Clerks
Office.
The Sad Case of a Boy Who Lost Sew
eral Fingers by Contact With
Buzz Saw.

Buzz Saw.
In the district court yesterday afternoon
was filed communication of sentence IN the
matter of Frank Mclaughlin. who, Oh
March Is. 1854, was sent to state prison
| with George Blake and James Edwards for
four years. for completely in daring burg
larry. The document shows that it was rep
resented to the governor that Mclaughlin
was young and had been indiscreet and
that it was the influence of bad companions
which led to the commission of the crime
In view of these things the prisoners time
was shortened nine months. Judge Noon
was on the bench when the case was tried'
and those who remember the particulars
say that it was exceedingly dramatic. Nc
Laughln'S parents resided in Minneapolis,
and were fairly well to do. Frank was not
overnight and fell in with the gang that
| was then creating reign or terror. IL
| was a common occurrence for them to enter
a saloon or store and with drawn reviewers
compel the proprietor to give over all MS
money. Among the places gone tnroush
in this way were 4 Chinese laundry, Levers
saloon and Mason's gun store When the
case was tried two of the other prisoners.
when placed On the stand. Swore up and
down that Mclaughlin had nothing to do
with the case. they themselves being the
guilty parties. This would probably have
| cleared Mclaughlin had not man in Jail
heard the three prisoners talking up the
scheme
| DASH FOR LIBERTY.
After John Stevenson had been sentenced
| 10 t,rr at S+iilxyatnr for horse steal
Yesterday. he was being led back to seat
when he suddenly made spring, and be-
| fore Deputy Sheriff Doran could realize
what had happened was out in the hall and
starting down stairs. The deputy sheriff,
| as soon as he recovered from his surprise,
dashed after the fleeing prisoner. At the
| bottom of the stairs leading out doors Stew
enson ran plump into the arms OF Sheriff
| Bracket, who claSped him in warm en-
| brace. Mr.. DOran had arrived by this time
and took Stevenson TO the jail, from which
! place he will have no chance TO escape.
TO RENEW LOVES EXPERIMENT.
Peculiar cases often drift into the office
of the clerk of the district court, but one of
| the strangeSt and at the same time funniest
was witnessed yesterday. Along in the
morning John w. BO Hden, of st. Paul.
| came into the Office and SAID he wanted to
procure a marriage license The clerk
| gathered his books and blanks around him
and proceeded to question the candidate for
matrimonial felicity. as required by law.
| The name of the woman was Elnora Bow
| den. and. noticing this, the clerk asked If
she was any relation to him. 70 say that
! Bowden was wild but family expresses his
| feelings. He was red headed. and howled,
| mo. she is no relation to ME, she was only
my wife by marriage" As the questioning
| proceeded be became wilder and wilder,
| and finally said that if the clerk wanted his
pedigree he would write it out for him. No
measly clerk could pry into his family Sc
crets, not if he knew it. and he guessed he
would go somewhere else and get license.
! He finally thought better of this, and said
that the woman he now wished to marry
was his divorced wife. He procured his IL
cense and departed without having crippled
| the clerk.
A DISAPPOINTED FAMILY.
| Before Judge Young yesterday afternoon
the case of August Drew against the Min
neapolis Barrel company to recover $4,000
| damages for the loss OF hand by Herman
! Drew, a SOD of the plaintiff. was dismissed
on the ground that there was no cause for
action. Last tall the little fellow hired out
! to the company without his fathers consent.
and for running buzz saw was paid the
princely salary of $3.50 per week. One
! day he made misstep and placed his hand
/ against the saw, cutting off several fingers
! and manning him for life. The whole fam
lily was in court, and when they found that
( no damages could be obtained they filed out
in very disappointed manner.
COURT NOTES.
Articles of incorporation of the National
! Detective and Collecting association were
tileu yesterday By James Platten, james J.
Battisby, William T. Johnston and Charles NJ.
1 Hagebroom. Capital stock, SIO0000: limit
engage in a general detective and collecting
business.
While Officer Mike Kennedy was testfying
in case at the district court Yesterday
County Attorney Davis asked him if q certain
person was drunk at such a time, naming
date. 'Well, sOr' replied Mike, ''Oi won't
sa5 the man was drunk exactly, but if he
wasn't be was mhost awfully paroloized."
The divorce case of Maud Craig against
! Martin Craig was heard in the district court
yesterday, and Mrs. Craig granted divorce.
Her husband married her under an assumed
name, and is now serving term in the Iowa
penitentiary for burglary.
The case against Thomas Fraker, Charles
Fraker, Edward Quinlan and William Sulli-
! van, charged with grand larceny in the sec
| ond degree, was tried before Judge Rea yes
| terda1 and verdict of not guilty rendered.
| Judge Lochren filed a decision yesterday in
| the divorce case of Eliza n. Owen against
Dexter Owen, tried Tuesday, in which he
granted the divorce and granted the plaintiff
alimony in the sum of $500
. John Stoole filed an application in the dis
trict court yesterday for the bounty due from
the state for capturing Lewis Day, convicted
! and sent 70 jail for stealing horse from
Joseph Haley.
| Jaunsk o Brien, Herman Cirkler, Ole An
| derson, August Johnson, Ole L. den and
! Samuel Devin pleaded guilty to selling liquor
! on Sunday, yesterday, and were fined $40
each.
| In the case against Thomas Russell. charged
with assault and battery. the jury failed to
agree and was discharged The defendant
was ordered to appear Jan. 81, 1887.
| William Thomas pleaded guilty to grand
J larceny in the second degrees yesterday, and
! was sentenced to two years in the state
| prison.
John Stevenson pleaded guilty TO grand lar
! ceny in the second degree yesterday and was
sentenced TO two years in the state prison.
Jacob Sclosser. indicted by the grand jury
for sci ing liquor without a license, pleaded
guilty and paid fine OF $50 and costs.
James P. Hayes, charged with bastardy will
! be tried Dec. 81.
Reporter Will Not Answer.
! BALTIMORE. Dec. 22.-Some two weeks
! ago John T. Morris. reporter of the Sun,