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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
DUNCAN IN COURT.
The Would-Be Murderer's Con.
fession Damns Him.

LONDON, June 5.-Richard Coolidge
Duncan, of Washington, ID. c., who is
charged with attempting to murder his
wife on May II last near Bettws-y- Coed,
North Wales, and who was remanded
OH Saturday last, was to-day again taken
into court at Carnarvon for examina-
ton. A quarryman named Evan Evans,
who is the principal witness against
Duncan, testified that he saw the
prisoner STOPPING over the PROSTATE
form of his wife and holding huge
stone in his hand. Mrs. Duncan was
lying in creyice between two rocks,
and her head, which was terribly bat
tered, rested in the extreme angle. Dun
can, soon after Evans saw him, touch
ed his wife's face with a handkerchief.
Mrs. Duncan, the witness said, was
bleeding at the mouth and
from one of her ears. She
appeared to be dead. So soon as he saw
Evans Duncan shouted in broken
Welsh: My wife is ill. Fetch doc
tor. My wife has fallen down the
rocks" Evans then assisted Duncan to
raise the form of his wife, and wiped
the blood from her mouth, fearing that
she would choke. Duncan then pointed
to the stone, covered with hair and
blood and said something about ledge
of the rock" and wife falling over"
and again asked the witness to fetch
doctor.
On May 13 Duncan was arrested and
charged with attempting to murder his
wife, The stone found near the priS-
oner, with which the crime is supposed
to have been committed, was produced
in court. 1t is huge wedge of slate,
and was stained with blood and had
few golden hairs clinging to it. Mrs.
Duncan, who is native of AbO, Fin
land, and whom Duncan is said
to have married without the
knowledge of his relatives in
the United States and under the
impression that her father was a
wealthy man, is still in very critical
condition. The prisoner is haggard and
broken down.
DR.. Jones, who attended Mrs. Duncan,
swore to-day that when he expressed
doubts of Duncan's story of his wife's
injuries, Duncan took the witness aside
and said: 81 did it myself with the
stone you have seen. God forgive me,
didn't know what was doing. Three
months ago i was worth $4,000,
and now L have lost all. saw
nothing before me but poverty
for myself and wife. Indeed, I
went to Llandune and hired boat, with
the intention Oh taking DOlH our lives Dy
drowning but failed 10 do So" Duncan
pleaded not guilty and was formally COM
mitted for trial. The prisoner is the son
of the rector of Protestant Episcopal
church at Earlvilie, Chester county,
Nd. He had, until he came to Europe,
been living with relatives at George
town, Nd Duncan's friends in the
United States are furnishing funds for
his defense and Nal colin Douglass, the
famous Welsh lawyer, mas been re-
tanned to defend him,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
DEATH HoVERs NEAR.
Canada's Premier in the Shadow
of the ReaDer.

OTTAWA, Ont, June :. 5.-Midnight-
The Associated Press correspondent
says: II have just returned from
Earnscliffe. The usual consultation
is over, and the doctors have
decided not to issue any bulle-
tins. DR.. Wright said no bulletin
would be issued. because the PATIENTS
condition was as bad as it could be.
The premier took serious turn for the
worse about two hours ago, and for
a time life seemed to have de-
parted. but with struggle the dying
Statesman see INTO rally. and partook
Of some nourishm mt in the shape of a
mouthful of chadpagne. DR.. Wright
attributed the che ge for the worse to
failure of both brain and heart,
and said it would be marvellous
if the premier passes the night.
Sir James Grant likened the
premier's condition to the dying flicker.
ing of burnt-out candle, which might
go out any moment. i don't see,' said
he, how he can last more than a few
hours. His condition is as bad as can
be and the thread between life and
death may be severed at any moment"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
JUDGE MORRIS TALKS.
Democratic Gov
eruOr on the Late Decision

Connecticut's Democratic Gov
ernor on the Late Decision.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, June 5-Judge
Morris said yesterday that the decision
of the supreme court on the ''for' ballot
question will have no effect at al, so far
as state officers are concerned. ut has
nothing to do with the question at ISSUE"
said he. TO my knowledge none
of the state officers have ever disputed
the validity Of the For ballots. We
contend that the legislature has no
right to 90 back of the returns, and
that is the main issue. If the
supreme court should decide that
the legislature can 80 back of
the returns then the decision as regards
the "for" ballots would come into place.
But this decision takes in other points
which l regard as exceedingly
favorable for the Democrats. l
look upon it as indorsing the decision
of Judge Hall relative to the ballots
on which no candidates name was
printed for judge of probate, which he
declared invalid. By careful estimates
we have ascertained that fully three
thousand of them were cast throughout
the state. With these thrown out, by
careful estimate, l would have at least
1.200 majority
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as have described. That is my theory,

what about the contracts signed by
your brother to abstain in future from
card playing, the others having agreed
to refrain from making charges
against him?'' 'Now, said Mr..
Cumming, speaking deliberately"
put yourself in his place, if you
can. He knew to do otherwise
that he did would create terrible scam
dal, involving the Prince of Wales, his
intimate friend. My brother was ready
to do almost anything to save the prince.
he relied upon friendS-aS he supposed
of lifetime to do their part and keep
agine the secret OF the precis became
known?" Il have not the slightest idea.
Certainly some one let it out. Berkeley
Levett, of whom you read, is mlser-
able little cad." "What about the Will
sons?" ''The Wilson's are extremely
common peOple-eXtremely common"
Have you ever been at the TranbycrOft
house?' Never" 'Do you know Lady
Brooke?" II do not; l believe she was
a Miss Maynard, but that is all
L know about her, save that
she was and is considered a
veey beautiful woman" "Have you
received any letters from your brother
in reference to the affair?'' "YeS. |
of the New York papers. | immedi-
ately sent cablegram to my brother.
and as soon as it was possible | received
a letter. He said that he was innocent,
and intended to fight the matter to the
bitter end. In the last letter l received
from him, he said he did not know
when the case would come off in court
] see by the testimony that they are
trying to make it appear that the game
was small one and to hide the fact
that the Prince of Wales. as ev-
cry one knows, is an exceptionally
high gambler. True, the bankers
stake was only e1OO, but that did not
mean that when the bank was broke
the game ended. Instead, when one
banker lost his stake another took his
place and the baccarat went on and on. :"
'DO you know anything of your
brothers future?" There is an un-
written law In the British army that
when any accusation is made against an
officer he must at once report it to his
superior. This, as you know, Sir Will
lam did not do, refraining in order to
cover up the peccadilloeS of the prince.
No matter how the trial ends, or whether
he is guilty or not guilty of the charge
against him, he will have to retire from
the service. understand by the papers
that Sir William intends coming to
America
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
GYPsIEs IN AFRICA.
Natives Who Have No Homes, But
Wander All Over the Country.

Wander All Over the Country.
A curious class of people, somewhat
resembling Gypsies, are found in some
districts of Africa. A traveller on the
ZambeSi has recently met them there.
Wherever they have been discovered
they are always hunters, killing game
OF one sort or another, wandering where
the humOr takes them. without the
slightest intention of remaining any
where long, and depending partly for
food upon the game they Kill. They re-
quire vegetables, also, and obtain agri-
cultural products from the settled ma
tives, to whom they sell part of their
meat.
Most of the dwarfs who have been
found III the Congo basin belong to this
hunting district for few weeks until
they have scared all the game away
which they have not succeeded in kill
ing, and then they leave the little grass
huts they had built as a temporary resi-
dence and move on to fresh hunting
grounds. These dwarfs are generally
migratory, unless they become attached
to some king, who, by kindly treating
them, induces them to live near his cap
ital, and pays them well for all the
game they bring to him.
n SOOu many OF tneSe OlacK wander
ers, also, are found in the neighborhood
of the lower Zambesl. The traveller
above referred to recently saw some of
their temporary villages on the north
bank of the river. Here there are hippo
potamuS hunters; and they wander all
over South Central Africa, both north and
south of the ZambeSi. Sometimes they
start out on their long wanderings and
do not reappear at the place they started
from for several years, having mean
time wandered among many tribes.
These hippopotumus hunters are par
ticularly skilful and daring, and as
rule, the natives are glad to see them,
for they know when they are around
that they can cheaply procure an ample
supply of hippopotamus meat. They
sell to the natives not only the flesh,
but the hides and teeth of the animals.
One of their peculiarities is, that while
they are very intelligent as savage AT
ricans go, they are wretched house
builders, their habitatiOnS being among
the very poorest and least comfortable
in Africa. This is, of course, natural,
because as their habits are thoroughly
migratory. they have never had an in
centive to give special care to the ant of
house building. while natives who ex-
pect 10 live long in one habitatiOn often
give much attention to making their
households durable and fairly comfort
able, and, therefore, have acquired con-
siderable skill in a rude way in house
constructions
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
INGENUITY OF THE RED.
TIL San Carlos Apaches Invented
the Center-Fire Cartridge.

The San Carlos Apaches Invented
the Center-Fire Cartridge.
San Francisco Call
G. ii. Russell, an old resident of Ari-
zona, was at the Palace yesterday. In
speaking of the trouble among the In
dians he asserted that, in his opinion,
the most intelligent, aud at the same
time the most cunning, of the Western
savages are the San Carlos Apaches.
To them, according to Mr.. Russell, is
due the invention of the center-fre car
fridge.
''During the outbreak some eight or
nine years ago." he continued, ''their
arms were all Winchester rifles of the
rim-fre pattern. and they soon exhaust
ed their supply of cartridges. They had
plenty of powder, bullets and percus-
sion caps. but they were not available
for breech-loading guns. The cunning
rascals had saved their brass shells,and
with surprising ingenuity, they altered
the hammers of their guns, drilled holes
through the center of the shells for the
caps, loaded them and used them dur
ing the rest of the war. 1t was discov-
cred when they were captured. They
were, l believe, the first of the kind in
uSe1
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
POISONED HIS WIFE.
Evidence Going to Show That
HRS. ZWald Was Foully
Dealt With.
ZWaId Seen to Put Something
in a Cup Of Coffee for
Her.
After Taking 1t She Became
Very Sick and Soon Passed
Away,
Lye Witnesses to the Awful
Tragedy in a Sand Creek
arm House.
knecial 10 the Globe

Special to the Globe.
ANoKA, Mimi, June 5.-This COM
munity has been all torn up all this
week over the awful confession of John
Zwald, at Sacramento, Cal, in which he
admitted the killing of his wife. A
GLOBE representative secured some
facts of decidedly sensational nature
In the neighborhood of the murder
to-day. Horace Smith related several
startling corroboratiVe incidents. He
Baid
81 lived just across Sand creek from
the Zwalds and spent considerable time
at the cheese factory. | knew Mrs.
Zwald was poisoned when she died. |
had seen Zwald put something in cup
of coffee and give it to her. He took it
out of phial or package, L don't re-
member which. She mad been with them
but short tine before she was taken
sick. Once she went with Zwald and
Mrs. Shields to Minneapolis, and was
taken sick before she returned, l think
he bought poison in Minneapolis and
gave it to her. She was buried
very soon after she died, think the
very next day. When l first went
over to the house after the death, the
corpse lay on the floor in neglected
condition. 1t had nothing but blanket
under it, with no pillow, and merely a
sheet Slung carelesSly over it. They had
no minister to perform the ceremony,
Jacob Schwab taking charge OF the serv-
ices, reading selections from the Bible,
praying in German or Swiss or some
other language that | could not under
stand. After the burial the procession.
which consisted of one wagon and my
team, stopped at saloon to get some
beer. They wanted me to drink, too,
but l thought it was hardly tue right
time. After l had got home |
thought the matter over and went
to Gus Borg and we decided to
have the matter investigated. Bugbee,
the county attorney, told us it would
take four to make the complaint and
acted as though it was foolish, as did
DR.. Freeman, so we dropped it. l met
Zwaid on the street one day and said to
him: Your wife died very suddenly,
uidn't she" Yes, she did, he replied.
asked, Don't you think she was pois-
Dned" and he started, turned white as
sheet and walked rapidly away. There
was a very small attendance at the
funeral, perhaps eight or ten, for there
were only two rigs. Mr.. Schwab and
another person rode in the wagon car
rying the coffin, which was only pine
box, and l hauled the rest with my
team.''
Mr.. Borg was seen and confirmed Mr..
Smiths statements IN many partic-
MARS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
IT'S PASSING STRANGE.
William Newby Wandered Home
After Thirty Years.

ST. LOUIS, June 5.-Capt. Porter, of
the governments secret service, sta
toned at Chicago, is at work OH the
Newly mystery in the interest of the
war department. soon there will
be taken at Mill Shoats, White county,
ILL.,. the testimony of number of wit
nesses in which the strange story of
William Newby will be told in full, the
official record of the testimony to be
placed in the archives at Washington.
William Newby, after being counted
as dead and buried on the battlefield of
Shiloh for nearly thirty years. sud
denly reappeared at his old
home and was identified by
his wife, children and brothers. The
cause of the investigation is that old
William Newby has applied for his
"honorable discharge" from the United
States army, and there is likely to arise
one of the most novel questions of ideD-
tity and may be of "back pay" ever
known in the military history of any
country,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
BLOSSOM OF THE NOSE.
Why the TOPPER Soon Gets So He
Always Has Cigar.Liglter.

The toddy blossom Oh the nose, ,saysDr.
William Gray, of Washington, has been
for years an affliction to the amateur in
ebriate. Usually he is interested as to
the philosophy of the symptom. 1t is
very simple. The skin that covers the
nose is very full of little blood vessels
highly vascular, as we say. Alcohol
weakens the nerves which control the
circulation of the blood.
Thus all accumulation of blood at the
end of the nasal organ closes up the
mouth of one of the little sweat glands
which are found all over the body. So
the perSpiration fails to escape from the
pore that is ordinarily open; it forms a
clOt, and nature seeks to remove the
clot by Inflammation. That makes a
toddy blossom.
Long continued indulgence in an ex-
cess of alcohol occasions general clot-
ting of the sweat glands, which results
in a swelling .of the nose, so that a
mans probosils may eventually assume
the appearance ola Sweet-bread, through
fatty enlargement of the degenerated
ficcIa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
A NARROWING TALE.
Frlendless in Philadelphia, a
Young Girl is Fiend-
ishly Abused.
Story Of Barbarous Cruelty
That Would Make the
Devil Blush.
Duncan, the Would-Be Wife
Murderer, Pleads Not
Guilty.
Damnfng Evidence by a Ply.
sieian and an Eye
Witness.

PHILA DELPHIA, Pa, June 5.-,Jennie
Long, aged eighteen years, of Olney,
was at an early hour this morning
found in dazed condition at Fourth
and York streets by Policeman Heath.
railing to get a satisfactory answer
from her he took her to the station
house and placed her under the charge
of the matron. The girl was suffering
great mental agony, and as soon as she
had been sufficiently Quieted she told
the matron a narrowing assault had
been committed upon her. She stated that
on Wednesday she came to the city IN
search of employment, and while walk
ing around she encountered an un-
known man, who induced her to go to
the house of David Burns. No. 1917
North Second street. She had not been
there long before one or the men called
her into rear room. On going in the
door was shut and locked behind her,
and she was
Made Prisoner.
Here she was kept for an hour with
the man, who made known to her
in brutal tones the object OF her con-
finement. She fought desperately
against the mans advances, but her
strength gave way to the power of her
captor. After the first brute had tor
tured the frail girl and conquered her,
he hastily left the room. One by one
the other men entered, until the
Door girl had been made the victim
of the nine brutes who occupied the
outer room. When the ninth man left
the room, the girl was allowed to
depart, and wandered around until she
met the officer. The officer, after
search, arrested Elmer Young, aged
twenty-one; John McGurk, aged thirty:
Frank McDermotl, aged thirCy; E. Laf-
ferty, aged thirty; Patrick Dollerton,
aged thirty; Philip Reuel, aged twenty
seven; John Beadley, aged twenty-five,
and David Burns. At hearing this
afternoon the fiends were committed to
await a further hearing. Miss Long
was sent to the Episcopal hospital,
where she now lies i'll precarious con-
dition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
BIBLE GUESSING FRAUDS.
A Willy Scot Who Has Roped in a
Small Fortune by a Trick.

A Willy Scot VINO Has ROped in
Small Fortune by a Trick.
Pail Mall Budget
The progress of Bible guessing fraud
has received sudden check at Dundee,
where certain willy Scot has been ar
rested on the charge of extracting shil-
lings from the pockets OF two confiding
Biblical students. This was the adver-
tisement he inserted in some 300 news
papers throughout the country: PRO
digiOuS! 9100 a week.! ESQ in cash
prizes for counting the words in chap
ters i. and ii. of Joshua" 1t transpired
that 91 200 had been received in reply
10 the advertisements (still unpaid),
and lbs Cd had been given as prize
money.
The presiding sheriff said he did not
think there were so many fools in the
country ready to send money in answer
to such transparent fraud. The idea
of giving prizes, he added, for counting
the words or letters in the New Testa-
ment was proposal which could be
made only by rogue or lunatic.
On prisoners agent objecting to the
sum fixed as bail. the sheriff said: HE
will be all the better off for a little time
for meditation. Send him the Book of
Joshua and let him count the number of
letters in it," Yet they say there's no
such thing as wit in Scotsman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
Bankers Cinch the Russ.

BERLIN, June 5.-The Hebrew pank-
ers of this city have given notice to
their agents and customers that Rus
sian securities will no longer be dealt
in by them. and that orders for such
securities will not be filled. 1t is said
that similar action has been taken at
Viedna and Frankfort and that in Lon
consideration. As to the effect upon
Russia opinion is divided. The czar's
government is amply supplied with
funds, and has given up the idea at
present of converting the loans which
it was proposed to redeem with the aid
of the ROthSchildS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06

disobeying her husbands Injunction.
Here counsel piled her rapidly with
questiOns-a course that somewhat con-
FUSED her. At last she was asked point
blank: why did you, in your own
house, and where it was primarily your
DUTY to protect your guests, sit at play
with man whom you had heard called
common cheat?" To the utter amaze
ment of every one present. witness re-
piled: Il had put 1t out of mind. 1 had
lot of other matters to think about.''
10 say that this episode created sensa-
ton is to put it mildly indeed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
THE sAWTELLE MURDER.
The Imprisoned Isaac Reveals
Details of the Crime.


PORTSMOUTH,, n. H., June S. Isaac
B. Sawtelle, now confined in the Con-
cord state prison, convicted of fratri
eide, has put on record with the governor
and council the story of how bis brother
Hiram was killed. In brief, according
TO the Herald's story. Isaac admits that
he was present when his brother was
shot in Lebanon, Me-. but says the kill
ing was done by the agent of DIR. Charles
Blood. He tried TO save his brothers
life, but to no purpose. The cause of
the shooting was DR.. BlOod's
failure to compel Hiram Saw
telle to sign a document releasing
certain property. Isaac says his broth
er's missing head was thrown into the
Atlantic ocean from one of the Portland
boats by the man who shot him, on the
night of the next day after the murder
was committed. In his communication
Isaac asserts that there was not par
ticle of direct evidence at the trial to
connect him in any way with the mur-
der of his brother.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
His Loved Ones.

AsBURY PARK, N. j., June 5.-Law-
yer Barline is still alive this evening.
His Physicians, as last resort. tonight
injected bicarbonate of mercury
in order to counteract the eff
fects of hydrophobia His pulse
at the last report made was
125. Mr.. Barline to-day cautioned
his daughters to keep away from his
bedside, as he feared he would do them
harm. During the iey he attempted to
leap from widow, but was overpow-
cred by his guard. He piteously begged
to be allowed to kill himself.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
Unlawful Fishing.

Epecial to the Globe
FOREST LAKE. Minn., June 5. =
Charley and Otto Ross, of st. Paul,
were arrested and fined $40 each and
costs, for fishing in Forest lake with
seine or net for market. The new law
of 1889 prohibits the catching of fish in
Clear and Forest lakes, Washington
county, even with hook and line, for
market purposes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
Reviying Erederiksen.

MILWAUKEE, June 5.-Edward l..
Option, Chicago lawyer, who purchased
blO4,5S4.76 worth of promissory notes
given by Nels C. Frederiksen, the fugi-
live land swindler. to John A. Rice, of
Merton, for money loaned, has brought
garnishment proceedings against Ru-
dolph Nunnemacher, E. G. Comstock,
John Johnston, John B. LIE Saulnier.
the Merchants Exchange bank and the
Frederiksen Land company. of this city,
who he claims hold S15O,O0O worth of
notes and mortgages given to Frederik-
sen by land purchasers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
Miss Smith Is Married.

Boston, June 5.-Miss Helen Frances
Smith, whose peculiar marriage rela-
tons with Harry W. French created
such scandal in West Roxbury last
winter, was married secretly to John
n. Morrill,, her fathers London agent,
last Tuesday. The newly married pair
have gone to London to reside for the
present.