St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
BRUTAL CHRIS BERGER.
The Murderer of Mrs. Hale Cap
tured at Churchville.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. 19.-Chris
Berger, the murderer of Mrs. Hale, was
captured few rods west of the village
of Churchville this afternoon. Police
man Joslyn, of Churchvllle, was the
first person to see Berger, who was
walking along the West Shore rail-
road track. AS soon as Berger
observed the officer. he ran down
the side Of the embankment and
made for piece of woods. The officer
ordered him to stop, but he paid no at
tention to the demand. A butcher
named Tupper came to Joslyn's assis-
tance and together they gave chase.
When they gained upon the murderer
he suddenly wheeled and opened fire
upon his pursuers with two Twenty-Five
hand. He fired six shets at his
pursuers, and then placing the
muzzles of the revolvers to
his own head. he fired four
shots, three of which took effect. The
two men disarmed him and placed him
in buggy, which they drove to the vii
lage. Berger rallied from the effects of
the pistol shot wounds and inquired Of
the officer If he was wanted for pound
ing an old woman" At the village he
was taken bafore Justice Richmond,
who committed him to the Monroe
county Jail, which is located
in this city. The prisoner reached
here about o'clock this evening.
DR.. Muers, the Jail physician, attended
Berger. He found two bullet wounds
upon the forehead about two inches
above the left eye, and another wound
on the forehead about an hch above
the right eye. The wounds were
probed and the bullets removed. The
doctor says the skull was not fractured
and the wounds are not OF fatal char
acter. Berger could not be interviewed.
MARSHALL'S FUNNY METHOD.
The Late Cashier of the Seaman's
Savings Bank Stole $4,000 and
Then Died.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-The friends of
the late Henry P. Marshall, who was for
over twenty years cashier Of the Sea-
mems Bank for Savings, on Wall
street, were surprised at the published
statement that $4,000 worth of funds
held by him as treasurer of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church Missionary So
cleCy, 1Or Seamon, cannot De IOunQ. IL
was ascertained this morning that funds
of St. George church and of estates of
which he was trustee, are also missing,
to the extent of nearly $4,000 addi-
tional. Itnow appears that Marshall was
short in his accounts to the amount of
$4,000. The Seamen's Savings bank
has lost nothing. Up to date, the heav-
lest loss is sustained by venerable lady
who resides in East Haddam, Conn.
This lady is Mrs. Martha Blake
man, who is over seventy years
old. For many years Mr.. Marshall man.
aged her estate and was supposed to
have in his possession securities be-
longing to her valued between $4,000
and $4,000. All that is left of the
Widow Blakeman's estate is trifle less
than $4,000, and this has been turned
over to her attorney. 1t is eX-
tremely difficult to ascertain the exact
mount of the defalcation, but it is now
believed that the Seamen's Mission has
been defrauded of about $4,000 and st.
Georges Episcopal church of $4,000.
Other societies have lost sums of
smaller amount, but just how much no
one knows, owing to the peculiar
method in which business was trans
acted.