St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-15
Assassin Birchall's Mysteri-
Gus kilograms We're In
tended to Be Blinds.
He Came to Canada to Learn
Farming, but Couldn't
Stand It.
Finaneiep Ives and His Part
ner Stayner Compromise
With Creditors.
Four Of the Tempealeau Coun-
ty Lynchers Sent Up
for Life.

BUFFALO. n. Y, 81 arch 14.-lt is be-
lieyed that a solution has been found OF
the mystery surrounding one of the tel
egrams produced at the Birchall exam
ination at Niagara Falls on Tuesday.
The telegram reads as follows:
Buffalo, Feb. 81, 1S9O-To Birchall, I'm
perial Hotel Niagara Falls, Ont.-Telegram
and letter were sent on to you yesterday to
ship heavy baggage to Fifth Avenue hotel
New York. STAFFORD.
AS the Birchall- Pelly party
stopped at the Stafford house, in this
city, it was supposed that the telegram
was sent by the hotel people, but the
authorities were puzzled to account for
their being so we'll acquainted with the
movements of the party. An inyeStiga-
ton here reveals the fact that the tele-
gram was not sent by any one connected
with the Stafford house. The clerk
there says that on Feb. q, the date of
the telegram, Birehall walked into the
Stafford house and inquired If tele-
gram had been received for him. The
clerk recolleeted that telegram had
came and been forwarded to him.
Blrchall said he had not received it, but
appeared Indifferent about it. The
clerk says he did not open the telegram,
and does not know its contents. 1t is
now believed that Burchell himself
wrote the telegram signed stafford. "
and that he did so to SubStantiate some
statements made by him about the bag
gage at the Falls.
WHY BIRCHALL CANE TO CANADA.
WooDsToCK, Ont, March 14.-Birchail
was induced last evening to make a
statement concerning the purpose OF
his coming to Canada, but could not be
persuaded to say anything that would
throw any light on Benwell's murder
or his own movements Oh the fatal day.
Birchall said he came to Canada as q
pupil farmer" THE firm of Ford,
Rathbun & Co.. said he, ''toOk 970
from me and promised to secure me a
first-ciass place Oh fine Canadian
farm. | came here with my wife. We
came through to Woodstock, and met
Pupil Farming Agent Mcdonald. He
said he would fix me all right, and in
few DAYS sent me out to farm near
Springfield. l could not stand it, and
stopped there only one day and half.
We then took up our residence at Wood
stock. Pickthall is also one of the
pupil farmers, and was sent out by the
same agency. l think the firm has
now changed, and is Ford Il Co., and
that the address is New Wallbrook.
They hold big position in England. TO
an applicant they will show a stack OF
original recommendations from bishops,
canons. peers and others. They are
making piles of money out of the bust
ness. They have also agents in Ohio
and some other Western states. About
that bank book. [ see it stated that the
authorities suspect that have no such
amount as ZOO in the Imperial bank,
and that | simply used that book to de-
coz dupes. Now this is fact: | de-
posted the amount with the bank in
stocks and bonds, and when the time
comes the deal will be m de clear. l
will bring a number of witnesses from
England, but | am not at liberty to say
what intend to prove by them" 1t
was learned from Birchall'S counsel that
the principal line of defense will be that
the prisoner could not possibly have
walked the distance from Princeton sta
ton to the place where BenWell's body
was found. committed the murder,
looked over the clothes, cut out the
name from them and returned to the
station between the hours of II a. nj.
and p. M, during which time it APP
pears that BeDWell lost his life.