St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-19
SALTWATER NEWS.
A Drug Clerk Makes Target of
His Own Body.

George Anderson, convict under
going sentence of seven years for lar
ceny, sent here from Minneapolis Sept.
10, 1885, died from the effects of some
sort of poisonous powder, the exact nat
ure of which is not known. During
his dying moments he raved about
young lady at Minneapolis with whom
he was in love.
A half dozen Cinnamon, engaged in
the laundry business here, were arrested
yesterday afternoon for leaving switch
open in the Duluth railroad yard Sun
day afternoon. They were ignorant of
the danger incurred, they claim.
The water in the lake is at stand
still. but is greatly above low water
mark. The log jam continues to Oh
Struct navigation between this city and
Taylor's Falls.
A large portion of the delegation of
Uniform rank, K. of P, of this city,
have returned from Cincinnati.
A man named McMullin, who stole
and pawned coat at his boarding
place, On Mulberry street, was sen
fenced to jail for thirty days in the mu-
| nicipal court yesterday.
One of the workmen on the new
building, corner of Third and Willard,
was Frustrated by heat yesterday and
had to be taken to bis residence.
The annual inspection of the city fire
department will occur at p. m. to-day.
The local bar of this city were largely
represented at the session of the United
States supreme court in st. Paul yeSter-
day.
The wedding of III. R. Scott and Miss
Mary GreveS will take place at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, 4O2 West
Olive. tomorrow. 1t will be quiet af-
fair, only relatives of the high contract
ing parties being present.
Thomas Foran. wounded at the shoot
ing gallery Oh Saturday, died at 2 a. m.
yesterday. A post mortem revealed the
fact that the bullet, entering the cavity
of the abdomen, punctured the smaller
intestines in five different places, and
finally imbedded itself in the muscles of
the hip. Death resulted at last from
modification.
| BY THE PISTOL ROUTE.
At about $50 p. m. yesterday Harry
Patchen, druggist clerk aged about
twenty years, shot himself through the
left breast, the ball entering his body a
little below the heart and penetrating
the lungs. He had been employed at
| one time by j. G. Hening, and also
by Crandall & Barclay, of this
city, but at present was out of
employment. ABOUT 4 .0U p. III. ne naQ
been playing cards at saloon in the
city and got into an alteration with one
of his comrades who caught him in the
act of cheating. Leaving the saloon. he
went to the postoffice, and, borrowing
revolver from one of the clerks, started
for the residence of his sister, Mrs. G.
III. Atwood, who resides at the corner
of Third avenue SOulh and Dubuque
streets, where he soon afterward fired
the shot. George S. Brown was the
first one to reach the young man after
the catastrophe, attracted by the
screams of the woman, and found him
leaning against the fence.
"What is the matter?" said Mr..
Brown.
Cant you see,' said Patchin, point
ing to the wound in his breast, II have
put bullet through my heart" "You
have shot too low" said Mr.. Brown.
When asked why he did it he said: 81
wanted to die" DIR. B. j. Merrill was
at once called and the young man was
conveyed to the city hospital, where his
wounds were attended to as well as pos
sible, but there is little hope of his re-
covery. He was deeply enamoured of
very estimable young lady in this city,
and it is presumed this may have had
something to do with his state of mind.
He instructed DR.. Merrill to say, if
asked about the occurrence, that he had
| tried to kill himself, but hadn't made
| out. AT last accounts he was resting
| quietly, but was rapidly growing weak.