Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1887 — Page 2

SljejOtmotrtittcSeMttnei RENSSELAER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, ... Publishes.

OF THE DEADLIEST SORT.

Ths Bomba Found in Lingg’s Cell, and What the Other Anarchists Say of Them. Some Charge That It Was a Put-Up Job—Engel’s Desperate Attempt . at Suicide. Chicago, Nov. 8. The excitement caused by the discovery of bombs in Lingg’s cell in the County Jail continues at white heat. A careful examination of the bombs has proved beyond question that they were filled with dynamite. How they came into the posssession of the prisoner still remains a mystery. The box containing them was a common starchbox that had been in Lingg’s cell for some time. He used it to throw odds and ends into. When the deputies ran across it, during their search of the cell, it apparently held nothing suspicious and was kicked out of the door witu the other rubbish. In the gallery were a couple of prisoners who were there to carry down the trash. Picking up the starch-box, a piece of gas-pipe rolled out. Deputy-Sheriff Hogan saw wh.t it was in an instant, and put it in his pocket without saying a word. He took the box into his hands for closer inspection and heard something rattle, although it was empty. The result was that a loose false bottom was discovered, and beneath were found the remaining tiiree bombs. There were fifty people in the jail at the time who saw the bombs and the box. Engel’s foolish attempt to commit suicide led to the investigation which exposed Ling’s murderous plot. August Spies received a letter from Professor William M. Salter yesterday, asking him to Sut in writing his views on the finding of the ombs in Lingg’s cell. After its completion tho reply was handed to Fielden and Schwab, both of whom indorsed what Spies had written. Tho letter is as follows : “Chicago, 111., Nov. 7, 1887. “Mr. Salter: It is useless for me and my friends to say that we had no knowledge of anything of the kind. No sane man would have bombs in his cell or countenance any such a thing in a cell—think of it!—subject to a search at any moment and at all times. The first intimation I received of the matter came from Sheriff Matson last evening. I could not believe it at first, and can hardly believe it now. I haven’t spoken to Lingg for— I think nine months. I don’t know much of him, but I think that ho is a monomaniac. Had only seen him once or twice before we were put together ami charged with 'conspiracy.’ I don’t believe that a single one of the other prisoners had even as much as a suspicion, for, otherwise, they would undoubtedly have reasoned the man out of his folly. What use was he going to make of the shells? Throw them into the jail? What intention, what object could there have been in such an undertaking? I repeat no Bane man would be capable of such a thing. “Ling.’, as far as I can judge him, seeks to be martyred, and, to be candid, would like the rest of us to go with him. Did he put those instruments into his cell so that they might be found? This is the question I have been asking myself. If he had them there for any purpose, this is the only one that looks plausible to me. He wants to die, thinking thereby to help the cause of labor. But he wanted us to die also. Perhaps he thought that tHe best and surest way to bring this about was to place a few bombs in his cell. » * * I have never met as peculiar a man as ne is before in my life, and for almost a year I have considered him a monomaniac, and have had nothing to do with him. “You ask mo to condemn his action. It's useless to condemn the action of an irresponsible man 1 If any one holds us, or any one of us, responsible for-Lingg’s deeds, then I can’t see why we shouldn't be held responsible for any mischief, whatsoever, committed in the world. And it has actually come to that. We are being made tho scapegoats for everything. Very sincerely yours, A. Spies.’’ “In the above I fully concur. “Michael Schwab.” “I also concur in the above statement. “S. Fielden." Adolph Fischer also addressed a brief note to Mr. 8a ter, which says: “I don’t know what to think of it. I cannot comprehend that Lingg intended to take the lives of the jail officials, who in every respect have treated us very kindly. Neither do I believe that Lingg wanted to commit suicide, because he possesses to much courage. The whole affair is a puzzle to me. May my fate be what it may, I will be grateful to the jail officials for their kind treatment to the last.” Engel acted like a big, gruff bear with a sore head all day yesterday. He had completely recovered from the ill-effects of his attempt at suicide. He not only acknowledged to Dr. Gray that he had taken the laudanum with suicidal intent, but also told the doctor that he had taken sixteen morphine pills at one time Friday night for the same purpose. He said that he had both the pills and the laudanum in his cell for over a year. Dr. Gray gave it as his opinion that the reason the pills did not cause death was that the sugar/coating had so hardened as to make them insoluble, and consequently not more than one or two of them had dissolved. Beginning to-day, everybody will be excluded from the jail and the prisoners will not be let out of their cells again until the night before the execution. It is. claimed that 10,000 names petitioning for clemency have been collected in the city within the last three days. The jail guard has been doubled, and the police find some trouble in keeping the streets about the prison cleared. Every caller is subjected to a series of questions, and unless he has some business requiring his presence in the building he is unceremoniously “lired” down the stone steps and hustled along by the guard on the outside. Inside the jail two or three dozen deputies, armed to the teeth, patrol the corridors, while a like number bar the entrance to the jail office. The two old gallows in the County Jail on which it is proposed to hang the anarchists have been repaired, and are now stored in the basement under the insane ward attached to the County Jail. One of the instruments of death is understood to be large enough for the execution of three men, and the other has been enlarged so as to accommodate four. Measures have been taken by some leading firms in the business center of the city to protect their property against dynamite." Quite a number of Pinkerton men are employed to patrol the vicinity of Marshall Field’s new wholesale building, at Franklin and Adams streets, all night. It has also been deemed advisable to provide the employes with small arms, and each man has been furnished with a revolver and has been instructed to use it if necessary. H. T. Sanford, the juror who sat in the anarchist trial, has been threatened with death on the day of the hanging of the Chicago anarchists. He is now living in St.’ Paul. Last Saturday he received a letter from State’s Attorney Grinnell, of Chicago, advising him not to come here, as his life would certainly be in great danger. Mr. Grinnell advised him to stay at home and look out for his safety on that day. Parsons wrote a letter yesterday, in which he charged that somebody on the outside not friendly to the anarch’sts smuggled the bombs into Lingg’s cell. This is the view taken by most of the reds, or, at least, they so express themselves. Lingg himself denies knowing anything about them. Five thous and United States troops are on the way to Chicago from the West. Every soldier is armed with a repeating rifle, two selfcocking revolvers and extra rounds of cartridges.

Telegraphic Brevities.

—Destructive forest fires are raging at ▼arious points in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia. —The Mexican authorities are anxious to co-operate with those of this country in a war apon the bandits whose deeds of violence have created a reign of terror along the border.

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN STATES. At the meeting of the American Woman’s Suffrage Association, just held in Philadelphia, reports were received showing that the cause was in a flourishing condition. It was determined to petition the State Legislatures for the right to vote at municipal elections. Hon. W. D. Foulke, of Indiana, was elected President for the coming year, and in the list of Vice Presidents appear the names of Hon. George F. Hoar and George William Curtis.

THE WESTERN STATES.

A Chicago special of Wednesday says: On the 11th of November, if the execution of the anarchists takes place, all traffic within one block of the Criminal Court building will be rigidly prohibited except on Clark street. Cordons of| police, assisted by the militia, will lorm solid columns along the intersecting streets, and to all except actual residents in this locality passage through the lines will be impossible during that dav. Already many requests for passes to witness the execution have been requested of Sheriff Matson, but in all cases they have been refused. The Chief of the Fire Department of St Louis is of the opinion that the recent explosion in that city, by which eight people were killed, was caused by dynamite or giant powder, and not by gas or gasoline. The jury sitting on the body of “Bill,” the fireman of the ill-starred propeller Vernon, found dead on a raft in Lake Michigan, recommended that the inspector who had last inspected the life-preservers of the wrecked steamer be arrested and held for trial. The preservers were stuffed with sea rushes, and not fit for the work required of them. Many of the bodies of the victims of the wreck are coming ashore near the scene of the disaster. Nineteen were brought into Two Rivers, Wis., on Thursday. One of them was identified as that of the captain, and another as that of E. R. Boland, a traveling salesman for a Milwaukee firm. Joseph Smith. Jr., of Cincinnati, has made an assignment, his failure being due to the collapse of the Fidelity Bank. His liabilities are estimated at $200,000 and his assets will foot up about the same amount A dispatch from Puoblo, Col., says that several masked men stopped the eastbound Salt Lake express on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, a few miles east of Grand Junction, and compelled the engineer, fireman, and express messengers to leave the train. While they were being guarded by some of their number the others passed through the train, relieving the passengers of their money and valuables. The robbers then entered the express-car, but failed to open the safe. The mail pouches were cut and registered packages and letters opened. The train was allowed to proceed after being delayed over an hour. The robbers took to the mountains. It has not yet been learned how much money they secure 1. The i row Indian affair came to a head on Saturday - . > ays a dispatch from the agency in Montana: The Indians held a big council among themselves, and disclaimed any intentions to fight. Gen. Huger then said: “I want all of the seven that fired into the agency buildings, and will give them one hour and one-half to come in.” He then said to “Crazy Head” that he must bring his son, who was one of them. “Crazy Head” replied that they would go back to the camp and talk to “Sword-Bearer.” General Rugar said : “That is all I have to say." The Indians were patiently watched by the command until the time was up. A few scattering shells were fired into tho air at this time, and the time being up, General Huger sent troops E and K down the valley on the left flank of the Indians, where they were met by about half of the Indians gathered in the war party, which numbered about 130. A. red-hot skirmish then resulted, in which Corporal Charles Sampson was killed, Private Eugene Malloy slightly wounded, and Private Clark was thrown from his horse, and his shoulder dislocated. A running fight ensued, the Indians retreating to the peaceful gathering that wat near the agency, and others crossing th ’ river and taking to tho hills. Sword Bearer mode a final stand at the crossing of the Little Horn, about one mile below the agency, in which he and probably three of his followers were killed.

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The colored strikers on the Louisiana plantations have taken to shooting the laborers who remain faithful to their employers. A Louisville (Ky.) dispatch says that in a neat frame cottage, No. 1922 West Chestnut street, were discovered the bodies of four persons, three of them with heads nearly severed from the trunk, and the fourth, whose hands had wrought tho bloody work, suspended by his neck at the end of a rope in the doorway between the two rooms in which tho corpses of the other victims lay, a centerpiece for the horrible group. Charles Brownfield was the murderer and suicide, and the victims were his wife, his baby daughter, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Bruner. On a small bureau in the front room were, found three plain white envelopes, upon which was written Brownfield’s starement as to why ho committed the deed. The statement was written with a lead-pencil and in a bold, clear hand. There was not a tremor in any of the lines, and the words were properly swelled and punctuated. The statement was as follows: To Whom It May Concern: I, Charles B. Brownfield, murdered my dear wife and baby ; also W. F. Bruner, my brother- ■ in-law. I killed my wife and baby because I was tired of life and did not want them left in the world penniless with no one to take care of them. My cause for being tired of life is gambling. Now let mv brothers and friends take warning. I killed W. F. Bruner because I did not think he was fit to live, and now I will make an attempt on my own life. So good-by, my father, brothers, sisters, friends, and relatives. All take warning. Good-by. Charles B. Brownfield. Time, about 6:30 o'clock a. m.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Of the $14,000,000 of bonds which the Government offered on Sept. 22d to buy for the sinking fund, $8,000,00J had been already purchased up to the 28th. The famous Sbaron-HiH case is now going to the United States Supreme Court on an ‘appeal from a decision of Judge Sawyer of the United States Circuit Court of California. Washington dispatches state that the sending of the bomb to the house of Chief Justice Waite was a hoax. It was the work of a young man by the name of Sherburne G. Hopkins, who makes a precarious living by selling sensational news to the correspondents. Hopkins has made a confession that the whole scheme was invented by himself and Arthur D. Sperry, a reporter on a local paper, for the purpose of selling the story to

the newspapers. , Hopkins, in his confession, said the small vial which was found in the package contained only ink and a very small quantity of powder, just sufficient to burst the phial and alarm tho person who might open the package.

THE WORLD AT LARGE.

A special from the Crow Agency, M. T., says the Indians reported Sword Bearer to have been in the Big Hom Mountains communing with the spirits. He tells them he goes to where God lives, who has a Chinaman, a white man, and an Indian there, with which to begin the world over again when all are killed in this war. There ard six companies of troops at the agency. Most of the Indians coming in in response to Gen. Ruger’s orders are squaws and children. Ihe will of the late E. B. Washburns was admitted to probate. The estate left by the deceased is valued at $885,100, and the bulk is to be distributed among his children, there being few bequests outside of the family. The Commercial (.able Company has increased its capital stock from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Dr. M W. Salter, President of the Ethical Culture Society, says a Chicago dispatch of Friday, has drawn up a petition for executive clemency, to which, as he states it, he only wishes the signatures of influential and coolheaded citizens. It is very short, the recital being to the effect that the signers believe justice can be best served by commuting the sentences of the condemned men, etc. He has already obtained about twenty signatures, among which are those of Judge Tuley, exJudge Booth, Julius Rosenfeldt, and Aiderman Manierre. “We are ready for any emergency that may arise,” said Capt. Schaack, of the Chicago police, to a reporter. “We have taken every precaution that we deem possible. lam not apprehensive of any riot or forcible demonstration by the friends of the condemned men, but I thiuk it always well to be prepared. Of course I have heard many threats against life and property, but I find that many of them are unworthy of notice.” Business at the various Chicago gun stores has been brisk during the last few days, says a special from that city. The purchasers of revolvers are generally well-dressed business men. A New York telegram says that at a crowded meeting of the Progressive Labor party in Germania Assembly Rooms, S. E. Shevitch, editor of the Leader, made a speech, in which he said: “I tell you if this crime of base murder [hanging of Spies et al ] is committed the end will soon follow. If these heroes are hanged tho days of all those concerned in the outrageous murder will be reckoned and the day will not be far off when they will have to answer for the blood they shed by every spark of life in their worthless bodies.” [Loud cheers and cries of “Kill them,” “Dynamite!”] “But let them hang. Seven men’s lives will not harm our cause. Let them kill seventy—seven thousand—and out of their graves seven million others will arise. I tell you, if these men are hanged next Friday something thousands of times worse than our late civil war will follow. We will not see it done without acting.” A Chicago special of Saturday says: A sensational report is telegraphed from Pittsburgh that Thomas Owens, a carpenter who had been killed at Homestead, a small station near Pittsburgh, had mode a confession before his death that he had thrown the bomb at the Haymarket riot. A man named Piper, who worked with Owens, testified at the Coroner’s inquest on Owens’ body that Owens had told him in confidence that he belonged to the same group of anarchists as Spies and Parsons, and had gone to the Haymarket meeting with Schnaubelt, his chum, from whom he received the bomb after it was lighted. He threw it and ran and then left Chicago. The Chicago police don’t take any stock in the story. Capt. Schaack says that Owens is the latest addition to the list of cranks who imagine they threw the bomb. He says that before the trial he had four different men locked up who were firm in the conviction that they individually threw the bomb. The condemned anarchists themselves say they never heard of Owens, and pronounce the story as utterly “improbable.” A big sensat on was produced at Chicago on Sunday last by the finding of four bombs which had been smuggled into the jail by some friends of the condemned anarchists. A dispatch from that city says: The bombs were taken from the cell of Louis Lingg. They were found under his cot hidden beneath a mass of papers and odds and ends of various kinds and were inclosed in a harm-less-looking wooden box. A thorough search of all the cells of the condemned men was in progess at the time by direction of the Sheriff. The bombs were at once taken to the jail office, where a cursory examination at once made their capabilities for destructiveness apparent. As soon as their nature was determined it was deemed unwise to make further examination and they were wrapped in newspapers and laid aside to await the Sheriff's disposal, He arrived soon afterwards, and, as neither he nor any of the jail officials had any practical knowledge of the mechanism of infernal machines, the bombs were taken from the jail and placed in the hands of an expert for examination. The bombs were four in number, as stated, and were what are known as the “gaspipe” bombs, in distinction from the spherical bomb thrown at tiro hay market. Tho iron gaspipe used was about six inches long and an inch in diameter. All wire exactly alike as to dimensions and differed only in some of tho minor drtails. All were plugged at each end. August 1 pies, Michael Schwab, and amue Fielden, says a Chicago special, have followed up the formal petition to the Governor which they signed a few days ago wit i a second communicat on of a still more important character. The document reads as follows: To Governor Oglesby, Springfield, III.: SIR —In order that the truth may be known by you and the public you represent, we desire to state that we never advocated the use of force, excepting in the case of self-defense. To accuse us of having attempted to overthrow law and government on May 4, 188C>, or at any other time, is as false ns it is absurd. Whatever we said or did, or said or did publicly, we have never supported, or plotted to commit, an unlawful act, and whilewe attacked the present social arrangernrnts, in writing and speech, and exposed their iniquities, we have never consciously broken any laws. So far from having planned the killing of anybody at the Haymarket. or anywhere < Ise, tho very object of that meeting was to protest against the commission of murder. We believe it to be our duty* as friends of labor and liberty to oppose other use of force than that which is necessary in the defense of sacred rights against unlawful attacks. And our efforts Lave been in the direction of elevating mankind, and to reinoye, as mucn as possible, the causes of crime in.society. Our labor was unselfish. No motive of personal gain or ambition prompted us. Thousands and thousands will bear testimony to this. We may have erred at times in. our judgment. Yes; we may have loved mankind not wisely but too well. If, in the excitement of propagating our views, we were led into expressions which caused workingmen to think that aggressive force was a proper Instrument of reform, we regret it. We deplore the loss of life at the Haymarket, at McCormick’s factory, at East

Bt. Louis, and at the Chicago Stock Yards. Very respectfully, A. Spies, Michael Schwab. Samuel Fielden. George Engel, the condemned anarchist tried to comm t suicide in his cell by taking opium early Sunday morning. Says a Chicago dispatch: By the prompt use of the usual remedies given in cases of poisoning he was restored to consciousness in about ten minutes. Dr. Gray, as soon as he saw Engel, said that he had taken some powerful opiate. The pupils of his eyes were widely dilated, and the action of his heart was almost imperceptible. When the anarchist recovered consciousness an effort was made to induce him to drink some coffee or swallow an antidote. He firmly declined to take anything whatever. “If you let me cook it myself I’ll drink some coffee,” he said; but when the jail officials consented to that Engel said he “had changed his mind,” and refused to anything. He positively denied that he had attempted to commit suicide, but said that “he had been drinking a little whisky.” “Where did you get it?” he was asked. “Oh, I got it easy enough," he answered. A Springfield (Ill.) dispatch of Monday says: The interest in the anarchist case is approaching fever heat at the capital and throughout Central Illinois as the date of the execution of the condemned men approaches. Every movement of Governor Oglesby is watched witn fervid curiosity. Petitions and communications are pouring in upon him, and he is the busiest man in the State. He refuses to talk about the case. The Governor has received a number of letters threatening violence if he refuses to exercise executive clemency in behalf of the condemned men. Gen. W. H. Parsons has addressed a long appeal to Gov. Oglesby, in which he reviews the trial and the evidence in the case, and argues that his brother, A. R. Parsons, is not guilty. A Cincinnati talegram of Monday says: Prominent workingmen here say that the anarchists of Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, and all of the other large cities of the country have been requested to send a number of chosen men to Chicago to be there next Thursday. Over fifty left Cincinnati Friday evening. They were joined by about the same number from Louisville.

THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE.

Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, the celebrated Swedish singer, passed away quietly at her home near London on the 2d of November. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 6, 1821. From infancy she showed a remarkable talent for singing, and at 9 years of age was given admission to a musical academy. She made such progress that in a year she was deemed fitted for the stage, on which she made her appearance in juvenile parts, at-

trading considerable attention by her dramatic talents as well as by her vocal accomplishment- 1 . At 16 she had become the reigning prima donna of the Stockholm opera. In 1840 she went to Paris and received instruction from Garcia, the first singing-master of Europe. In 1844 she first appeared before an audience outside her native city in Berlin. From this time her reputation grew with each performance, and she was received with enthusiasm at all the leading musical cities of Europe. She made her first appearance in London in 1847, and in September, 1859, was brought to the United States by P. T. Barnum,' and was everywhere received with the wildest enthusiasm. In 1852 she was married in Boston to Otto Goldschmidt, a young pianist who accompanied her. Since her marriage she has refused all offers to appear on the stage, only singing occasionally in concerts. She resided in Germany until 1858, when she removed to England, where she has since lived.

THE MARKETS.

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CHICAGO.

Police Arrangements for the r Protection of the City on Nov. 11. The Tireless Captain Van Schaack. Wide Awake and Watchful as a Ferret. Chicago, Nov. 5. The police arrangements for the protection of the city until af.er the execution of the anarchists are practically completed. Tho various stations, especially the* precinct stations, have a notable appearance of vigilance ani readiness. The police are a splendid set of men physically, and there is no question that they are efficiently armed. Each man has a club, a revolver, rifie, bayonet, and fortyrounds of ammunition, while extra arms and. ammunition are in readiness. Capt. Schaack, of the Chicago police force, is the man who has relentlessly pursued the> anarchists from the hour the fatal bomb was>. exploded in the Haymarket Square. To him.

CAPT. SCHAACK.

chiefly belongs the credit of unearthing the great conspiracy and bringing the conspirator® to justice. The Captain expects to have no rest until the seven anarchists are disposed of, either by the hangman’s noose or executive clemency. He has accomplished an immense amount of work in the last few days, but sticks to his post in spite of fatigue t at would wreck an ordinary man, and in spite of dark threats hurled at him. The Captain receives all callers, but is prepared for surprises and armed against them by a brace of glittering Colt's revolvers, ever at his hand. “There have been threats,” said Capt. Schaack, last evening, “made by persons whom I believe to be capable of causing trouble, but I will say that if they attempt it there will be more dead bodies on the streets of Chicago than there were on the night of the Haymarket massacre. I. think the Mayor and Chief of Police have done the right thing in their early and wise disposition of tho police forc,e. ” At Judge Gary’s homo on Ontario street, ample precaution is also taken. Ever since the trial of the anarchists a year ago, a trusty officer has given the Judge s residence special surveillance. Since the decision of the SupremeCourt two officers maintain the watch. The same protection is extended to the homes of State’s Attorney Grinnell and Captain Schaack. citizen soldiery. The citizen soldiery are wide-awake and are nightly be.ng put through their paces. There is no splutter or unnecessary excitement attendant upon their preparations and precautions. While as yet they have not received any instructions with refer nee to the impending executions, still they feel that they must be in readiness to answer promptly. Arms and ammunition have been carefully inspected and within twenty minutes fully 9j per cent, of the civic milifia of Chicago would be in shape tn answer the call to arms. Not only are the armories being guarded nightly, but all the public buildings as well. At tho city hall and county building twelve policemen are detailed to do sentinel duty. The Board of Trade is also closely watched by city a d special officers. The powder magazines have not been forgotten, and are carefully looked after. AT THE JAIL. Behind every door and in front of every window stand armed sentinels, watching the movements of those who enter the jail building by day or night. The men thus detailed rei>resenttwo full companies—one from the Chicago Avenue Station, the other from Harrison street. The Grand Jury room, on tho upper floor of the Criminal Court building, is used as a barracks for one of these companies. The anterooms on the lower floor, leading fre-n the main court room, supplies a retreat lor the other company. During spare moments the men are drilled in squads, and are fast attaining a proficiency rivaling that of the regular troops. Each package undergoes the careful scrutiny of Deputy O’Neill, who. by long experience, can locate contraband goods on a moment’s inspection. It has been often noticed that the only package that Mr. O’Neill is actually afraid of is-

MRS. PARSONS’ BASKET.

that brought in daily by Mrs. Parsons. Mr. O’Neill is rather touchy upon this point, but always adds that vigilance is the watchword just • at present. THE SCAFFOLDS. Tho material for additional scaffolds wasbrought to the jail yesterday afternoon. It consisted principally of well-seasoned hard timbers, partly finished, and requiring but a few touches to complete them into perfect working instruments of death. NINA IN A RAGE. Nina Van Zandt came to the jail yesterday with a badly rutiled temper. Nothing seemed to suit her, and even the visit of Spies’ sister to the jail increased her wrath. The two rarely speak with one another and each is said to be jealous of the other’s visits. Not finding an opportunity to vent her ill-temper on others Nina assailed her old enemies, the reporters. Going up to Jailor Folz she said: “Why are these nasty reporters allowed to clamor around here and . listen to everything? They ought to be kept out of here.” Mr. Foltz’s only reply to the young lady was ■ to inform her that in his opinion the reporters were more entitled to be present than herself, and that if any one were to be excluded he was • afraid it would have to be her. With a look which the reporters now call “a withering: glance” she brushed by the scribes and vented. 1 her spite by picking nervously at the bard iron-, caging which kept her lover a prison*”