Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1887 — Page 1

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MARSHALL C. WOODS & CO., No. 9 South Meridian Sis-eat. Indianapolis, Ind. NOTICE . TO GAS WELL HUES. The Citizens' Gas and Pipe Line Co. of Fern, Ind., propose to sink three wells in the southeastern part of this eonnty immediately and will receive bias for same. R H. BOUSLOG, Sec'y. A WESl'EEN sardine caye. Discovery of a Cavern Filled with Oil. and Containing Lots of Lively Little Fish. Albkbt LFut, Minn.. Not. 9. A few weeks ago this community was excited over the diacoTery of natural gas on the farm of A. G. Hazard, a few miles from this city. Yesterday another discovery was made in the same neighborhood, which is more wonderful, if not more Important. The first intimation of gaseous deposits was the oil that covered a small stream flowing through Mr. Hazard's farm. The same phenomenon had been visible for a number of years. Yesterday rcrrning, while two men in the employ of Sir. Hazard were digging at the base of a small h ill whence this stream flowed, they noticed & sadden increase in the oily deposit. They dne into what seemed to be a natural basin in the ult ft formed by two !aree rocks. The excavation made was rapidly filled with a thin yellowish oil. and after the hole had been cleared of debrir it filled quite rapidlv with oil which spouted is thin jets from the sides of the basin. A blast was necessary for further developments. This vo ado an opening two feet wide in the side of the 'basin, showing a large cavernous hole, from w hieb proceeded a strong smell of oil. It was so'ne time before the men dared to enter, being .afraid of an explosion, but a safety lamp was procured from an old coal miner, who also volunteered to explore. He was gone bnt a few moments, when he returned and called for a pail. This rss furnished and he re-entered the cavern. When he earn oat be had the pail full of the thin yellowish oil, which, free from dirt, was clear and traaalneid. But a eraver surprise was at band. There apnea red to be something living in the oii.Closer examination showed that there were at least fifty email fish swimming abontin the oil' as li.vely and unconcerned apparently as a epeelci'ed trout in his native stream. The fish aver a red from an inch to two inches long. They were of a bright yellow color and without scales. They resembled the fish of the river in Mammoth cave in that tbev had no eyas. In all otn er respect, cave tboaa mentioned, they wero like the common minnow. Several pounds of thia wonderful varietv of the finny tribe were taken oat. Aa old .Frenchman, who was once engaged in the sardine fisheries off the coast of France, prepared some of the fish for the table, and declared them to be equal to the best sardines. Several scientific gentlemen are now analysing and experimenting with the oil, with a vi9w of ascertaining its value.

WHEN INDICATIONS. THURSDAY Fair weather; slightly warm er in central portion of Indiana.

BRACE UP The town is enjoying a boom. No doubt about it. When it gets ga3 it will boom harder, bnt, gag or to gas, we BOOM ! Everybody is on the alert, ready to do his beat, and trying to get into position to get bold or the best. One of the best things we know of to maintain this attitude is the B RACES Which we are selling now. They are for women and girls the UniTersal Shoulderbrace, They are an excellent thing for per sons with stooped shoulders or weak backs. They enable everybody who wears thorn to "brace up. The things that we call suspenders the lngiisn call BRACES. Call them either way. we can suddIv vou. Every size and kind from ordinary to extraordinary. Everything else in the famishing line. Hats, too. And we deal in clothes also. Make ua a visit. THE WHEN TRAVELERS' INDEX. TTANKAKEE T INE XV. (BIG FOUR it ail- JL i way.) SPEED. SAFETY. COMFORT and ECONOMY are assured to our patrons. CHICAGO AKD RETURN Reduced rates November 4. 8. 1 1 and 15. Round trip will be sold at $7.85. good fire days for tlie return. This includes admission to fat-show. Exhibitors at the stock show can Lave the return limit on their tickets extended by applying to the secretary of the fat-stock show in exposition building. Oar depot is only one block from exposition building. FLORIDA AND RETURN Those who hare, an impression that Florida has lost its attractions for 'seekers after perpetual summer are mistaken. We Lave sold more tickets to the land of dowers than ever before in the month of October. Those wno intend coinjr will fend it to their interest to call before Nor. 10. as up to that date we are offering the lowest round-trip and one-way rates ever offered at this teason of the year; the rate will be much highei after Nov. 10. CALIFORNIA and RETURN only $80. Can send you via New Orleans, and return via Salt Lake and Denver, etc. or any other of the many routes to the feci fie coast. Also the cheapest one-way rates and freight rates on household goods, etc Depart. CINCINNATI UIVION. I Arrive. No. 2Cin. f.l d lire 4.00 am' No. 7 Ind. acc. d.... 10.45am No.2ycin.acc li.JW INo. I Chi. m.d.p.c 11.45 " No. 4 Cin. ni. p.c... 3.55pnv Xo. 3 Lafvr acc... 6.42 pm No.6Cin.acc. .6.,.) - No. 8 Chi f .l.dsirc 11.15 Ko. 28, d ........ 6:50 am! No. 2tf. ti 10:45 pin SPECIAL. SCNDAYS ONLY. No. a...-........ 4:(X) pm No. 7 11:35 am. CHICAGO DIVISION. For tickets, sleeping-car accommodations and all information call at Union Depot or the Model Ticket Office, corner Washington and Meridian Sts. C. O. IlXON, JNO. EGAN, J. H. MARTIN, Ticket Agt. G. P. A. D. P. A. SILK UMBRELLAS. Now is the time to bay. Umbrellas. We have the largest stock in the city. FRENCH OPERA HATS. Indispensable to young men going to the opera or to parties. BAMBERGER,16 East Washington St. HOSIERY. 500 dozen to be sold for les3 than they cost to make. Children's Hose all sizes, from 5 to 8 1-2, 10 a pair. Ladies' Hose all-wool (Cashmere finish) 25c a pair. Men's half hose 25c a pair; this lot consists of Merino, Cashmere, Camel's Hair and Lamb's "Wool. Sold elsewhere from 35c to 50c. Sale to commence Monday, November 7. STEVENSON& JOHNSTONE Leaders of Low Prices, 37 East Washington St. HOW THE BAXK WAS BSOKEX. Cashier's Work. in Falsifying the Books and Accounts of the St. Louis Fifth National. St. Louis, Nov. 9. Cashier C C Creeeiius, of the Fifth National Bank, of this city, was arrested to-day, by the United States marshal on the affidavit of Bank Examiner L A. Foreman that he believed the cashier had feloniously made false entriea in the books and statements of the bank. His bail waa placed at $25,000. When asked if the prisoner conld be seen the bank do you want of a criminal examiner said: "What of the statement like him. He will be indicted by the next grand jury, and will go to the penitentiary." And to prove the assertion, he explained how frauds had been committed by increasing the statement of cash on hand in the daily statements by $100,000, and decreasing the loans and disconats $100,000. In nearly every case the figure 1 was neatly changed to a 2; in some cases the figures 8 and 9 were carelessly done in such a bold manner as to indicate a purely clerical error, hastily corrected. These changes were apparently made some time before a statement waa expected, notably in April and August. Mr. Foreman stated that the money thus obtained was loaned to several business concerns, the Meyer Lumber Company and Nathan, Smith & Co., dealers in hides and leather, in which Creeelius was personally interested. The money loaned to the Merer Lumber Company was loaned under four or five different names, and aggregated about $100,000. The date of the last loan was Oct. 31, and it was $33,000. Goldsmith & Co. were loaned about $100,000 of these amounts. Some of the directors say they never knew anything about the bank's business, having accepted the cashier's sworn statement. The examiner could sot say whether the loans were secured or not, as be did not know the value of the lumber or hides. At the last examination he had notified the Comptroller that the bank was overloaning, and notice was at once returned ordering a decrease in the loans. The directors apparently knew little or nothing about the affairs of the bank. Joseph Specht says the statements made to the directors of the bank were false, and that whenever he came in the bank everything was put out of the way. In the cashier's last statement. Oct. 5. he eave overdrafts as $22,000. and they were $53,000; in fact, he said, the Fifth National was in failing condition five years ago. President Henry Overstolz and Cashier Creeelius manaeed the affaire of the bank, and until Overstolz became sick no one else had anything to do with them. As tne president is lying at death's door he has not been notified of the condition of affairs. He will be arrested, it is said, when he recovers sufficiently. The several firms and companies who have over-loans have taken steps to secure the bank, and the amount the depositors will receive will depend on the value of the stock of lumber and hides, and on what can be realized on them.

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AXABCHISTS AKD THE LAW

The Chicago Criminals Invoke Legal Aid to Delay Their Prospective Doom ! Friends of Bomb-Maker Linjrsr Petition Jode Frenderjrast f0r an Insanity Inquest, and Are Referred to the Criminal Court Spies, Fielden and Schwab File Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Chicago Excited Oyer Many Sensational Reports Concerning Things that Are Contemplated for the Day of the Execution. Rntnor that the 16,000 Members of the Central Labor Union Will Cease Work. Friends of the Condemned Men Appear at Springfield and Spendtha Day in Pleading; for Mercy A Decision Expected To-Day. INVOICING THE LAW. The Chicago Murderers Seek to Use the Statutes to Avoid the Gallows. Chicago. Nov. 9. The lateat Anarchist bomb was exploded in the county court to-day, when an application was made to Judge Prendergast to have Louis Lingg declared insane, and Bent to an asylum instead cf to the sallows. At noon attorney V. V. Hunt strode into court and upset the hum-drum proceedings of a condemnation case by exclaiming in a loud voice: "If your Honor please, I have a petition here to have Louis Lingg declared insane by your honorable eourt. " "Let me hear your petition," said Judge Prendergast. Mr. Hunt then read, in a vary impressive tone, the following petition: To the Hon. Kichard Prendergast, Judge of the County Court: The petitioner, James G. Kirn an, -would respectfully represent that he believes Louis Lingg, a resident of Cook county, is insane, and that it would be for his benefit and for the safety of the community that he should be confined in a State hospital for the insane. The facta in his case can be proven by James G. Kirnan, M. D., a regular practicing physician, and George D. Detwiler, Ferdinand Spies, Ida Spies. Hecry Spies, Chris Spies, Mr. Kutternan, Gnstav Perch, Louis Zotter, Mr. Linemeyer, and V. Benthen, . all of whom are residents o Cook county, and that the said Louis Lines has uo property or effects; -wherefore your petitioner prays that a warrant be issued a for said Louis Lingg, and that a venire may be issued for a jury of six good and lawful men to determine the truth of the allegations in the forgoing petition contained, and also that a subpoena be issued for the witnesses named, returnable at such time as mar be fixed by your honorable court, and to at said Louis Lingg be declared an insane person after due hearing and proof, and that he be committed to a State hospital for the insane. James (i. Kibnan, M. D. Then follows a deposition, reading: James G. Kirnan, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing petition by James G. Kirnan subscribed, is true, to the best of his information and belief. Sworn to bofora me this 9th day of November, 1887. llEX&y Wclff, County Clerk. When Mr. Hunt bad finished, a pause of a few

moments ensued, and dead silence prevailed, V roarer wants to show on Friday that he looks whin the judge turned partly around, nd. tak, OI"r ' be, strangling of our con- , . , . . 7 deiiwed men as a murder, a murder for

lng up a leather-covered volume, perused it for a moment. Then he laid the book down before him, and said: "To save any misapprehension as to th'e court's action in this matter, the record will show that on the application to try the ' question of the alleged insanity of Lbnis Lingg, just presented, the court, in view of Section 2S5 of the Revised Statutes, which bear upon this petition, and in view of the fact that the alleged lunatic is under conviction in the Criminal Court of Cook county, will take no action on the petition without notice to the public prosecutor, the State's attorney of this county. The statute provides as follows: " 'A person that becomes a lunatic or insane, after the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, shall not be tried for the offense during the continuance of the lunacy or insanity. If, after the verdict of guilty, and before judgment is pronounced, 6uch person becomes a lunatic or insane, then no judgment shall be given while tar:S lunacy or insanity shall continue; and. if after judgment and before execution of the sentence, such person becomes a lunatic or insane, then, in case the punishment becomes capital, the execution thereof shall be staved until the recovery of said person from the insanity or lunacy. In ail of these" cases it shall be the duty of the court to impanel a jury to try the question whether the accused be, at the time of impaneling, insane or a lunatic' "In view of that section it becomes a question whether the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court in such a case is exclusive of the jurisdiction of the County Court. If the case falls within the jurisdiction of this court, and the petition is made out in conformity with law, and the petitioner is entitled to any relief at the bands of the court, the court will not hesitate to act. You may give notice for 2 o'clock this afternoon, to the State's attorney, that you will renew your application. That will be a written notice, certified to by the parties naaed in the petition. I will hear the matter at 2 o'clock. This will give you two boors to give notice." Mr. Bunt handed in his petition, which was placed on file, and left the court-room. At 2 o'clock the bearing of the arguments on the petitiou was taken up in the court. The usual formal notiee was served on State's Attorney Grinnell about 1 o'clock. It simply in formed the latter that a writ of inquisition, di rected to the sheriff, commanding him to bring Louis Lingg before the court for trial for insan ity, bad been filed. When the argument com menced. tbi3 atternoon, toe case which counsel for the condemned had to make was the showing of sufficient grounds to warrant the court in issuing the writ on the sheriff commanding Lingg to be brought from bis cell before the court. Judee Prendergast cot the proceedings short by refusing to interfere in Lingg's behalf and sus taining States Attorney Grinnell s argument that the prisoner waa out of the jnrisdiction of the Cook Connty Court. The eourt said that it wonld not undertake to pass upon the case until the Criminal Court refused to do so, and Mr. Hunt announced that he wanted to carry the matter to the latter tribunal to-morrow morning. Messrs. Hunt and Kirnan, late this afternoon. went to the Criminal Court and filed a petition for an inquiry into.Ltngss sanity with the clerk, after which they sought Jndge Baker's court room to lay the matter before him and ask him to interfere. The judge was not in. and they went out to find him. In case they do not succeed in getting the case before Judge Baker to-night, they will appeal before him to morrow morcing. Application for Habeas Corpns. Chicago, Nov. 9. Attorney Salomon, late this afternoon, obtained the signatures of Spies, Fielden and Schwab to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The grounds upon which the writ is asked are that the judgment of the Suerne Court of the State was illegal, in that it said the "judgment" should be affirmed instead of the 'judgments in each case;" also, that the defend ants should be in court at the time the judgment of the court was rendered, and at that time they were in the Cook eounty jaiL The petition will be laid before one of the judges of the Criminal Court to-morrow morning. The event of the day at the jail was the visit of attorney Salomon. He came first at 3:30 p. M., and asked jailer Fola to allow him to see the prisoners. His request was refused. Shorty afterward be returned with Sheriff Matson and proceeded to Parsons's cell, accompanied by the shertn. juere he drew out a type-written ietsi uocoujbv, idh, raaKing a snort ex- i planation to the prisoner and designating two I plaees where he should sign his name, went to ' egal document, and, after making a short ex-

Fielden's and Spies' cells, where the same performance was repeated. When Salomon returned to the jail office he announced that the papers in question were spallations for writs of habeas corpus, based mainly on the ground that the prisoners were never present before the Snpreme Court of Illinois, and consequently there was no legal judgment against them. Salomon asked jailer Folz if he would sign an affidavit that during the period the Supreme Court was in session at Ottawa the condemned men had been continuously in- Cook county jalL The jailer answered hesitatingly that he supposed be could do so, but it was very obvious that he was not anxious , to sign the document. The lawyer then made the same request of chief clerk Price, and obtained a semi-affirmative reply. Mr. Salomon proceeded to fix out the affidavits, but by the time this had been done jailer Foltz and chief clerk Price informed him that they bad reconsidered their disposition to consent, and the lawyer was obliged to leave without obtaining the signatures of the officials. Mr. Salomon declined to say positively which, if any, of the city judees he would apply to for a writ, and would not deny but that toe might go to one of the judges of the State Supreme Court, now in session at Mount Vernon. When State's Attorney Gricnell was informed that Spies, Schwab and Fielden had signed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, be expressed considerable surprise, "If such is the ease.' he said. "I don't know but I will withdraw my letter to the Governor." "Will you do itf "Well, I will have to consider it for awhile, bat I am at present inclined to recall it" SENSATIONAL KUMORS.

Report that the Members of the Central Labor Union will Not Work on Friday. Special to the lud'ansDolii Journal. Chicago, Not. 9. Rumors of the most startling character succeed each other thick and fast in connection with the Anarchists. The latest and perhaps the most sensational of all those heard oh the street grained widespread credence to-night. It was tothe effect that the Central Labor Union of Chicago had ordered its 16.000 members to stay away from work on the day of the execution. This union is composed almost exclusively of those believed to have socialistic or anarchistic tendencies. This order, it is stated, has thoroughly alarmed the police officials, and great efforts will now be made by them to counteract any mischief the members of the Central Labor Union may propose to do on Friday. As a step in the direction of preventing any organized outbreak it is said that the authories have determined that the bridges connecting the three divisions of the city shall be twang wide open early on the morning of the execution and kept so until all fear of trouble is over. Armed troops will also be stationed at the mouth of the two rivertunnels to prevent any one from entering. The bread dealers on the North Side have requested their customers to bny enough bread tomorrow to last them until Saturday. This is because the German bakers refuse to work on the day of the execution, and are going to make it a holiday, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Central Labor Union at their last meeting. The Arbeiter Zeitung, to-day, in a long article about the condemned men, says: "Should there be any plans for disturbance during the Vrobabie murder of our condemned xnen, we hereby request the respective not only in our own ' name. persons, but in the name of Mrs. Parsons who has given up her husband for lost and taken leave from him forever that they may desist from'carrying them out. When the trap with our martyrs drops, that sound shall be heard throughout the wide land, free from alloy with anything else. This people of murderers, the great majority of whom now' stand by in dumb, stupid apathy and listen to the money rabble bowling, 'their blood come upon os and upon onr children' thia people of murderers shall be brought to an understanding of what it is doing in murdering ours ana Its beat men. robbery, committed by robbers upon the defenders of their victims, let tliem do as, according to the biblical legend, the children of Israel did when the angel of death went through Egypt. Let them go, and. by crape on their doors, indicate how they feel. Let everybody remain at borne on Friday. May the metropolis in somber silence complete the work which the rulers propose to do; may it be so 6till that even those who. at the order of the societies, should try to make a disturbance, may not dare do ao." IN AND ABOUT THE JAIL. The Prisoners Confined to Their CelU The Preparations fr the Execution. Chicago, Nov. 9. The Anarchists were not permitted out of their cells to-day. Visitors were restricted, and in a remote part of the jail a few trusted deputies were busy perfecting the final preliminaries needful to the erection of the gallows. As yet, this instrument of death has not been removed from the storage-room, but everything is in readiness now to go forward with the executions that is, everything except tbe joining together of the framework of the gallows, but that can be done in a very little while. For the first time since the Supreme Court passed on tbe case, Nina Van Za&dt to-day was denied admission. She toiled up the iron stairs in the rain, opened the door, and took refuge in tbe closed entry. A moment later ber white face was appealing, and in humble tones she was asking to be allowed in. Tbe door-keeper shook his Head, sayine orders bad been given to keep her out. Jailer Folz was back somewhere in tbe cage, and she sent for him. He came out, and in a kindly but very positive tone informed her that he was obliged to refuse her entrance. She remained where she was, holding on to the iron bare, as if cot comprehending what was said. The jailer continued: "Spies is locked up; he can't be let ont of his cell, and you could not see him, any way, if you did come in." Slowly tbe young woman turned away. She groped ber way down stairs in the rain, and with painful steps she went out through the jail-yard and tnrned down tbe alley. But the jail door was opened while Miss Van Zandt was on the threshold. It was opened for aged Mrs. Engel, who waa accorded a brief conversation with ber husband. . None other'of the wives or relatives of the Anarchists called to see them this morning. Tbey remained unvisited, with the single exception of Fielden, who bad a caller in tbe person of Rev. Dr. Bolton. Spies, Parsons and Lingg remained out of sieht in their cells. There -was no movement of any kind to be noticed. The rain falling on tbeaheet iron roof was the only sound that broke tbe stillness, except now and then the heavy tread of officials going hither and thither attending to the preparations for Friday's work. All the interest just now belonging to tbe fate of the doomed men haa been transferred to Springfield. Most of their friends and sympathizers, and their counsel as well, are out of town, interceding with the Governor. "What will the Governor do?" was the query heard very often abont tbe jail-yard this morning. It was the general belief that nothing would be heard from Springfield before to-morrow. The Anarchists made no inquiry, cor did tbey exchange any words with each other at all during the forenoon. Whatever were their hopes, their fears, their wishes, or thoughts, they kept them . to themselves. A few jets burned in tbe corridor, but only served to make the shadows deeper. And there in the narrow cells were the men the length of whose lives can now be counted by hours. Only their absence of aetion of any kind would indicate that they were busy with reflection. All forenoon this stillness was kept up. All over town quiet but effective workers were engaged in attending to a multitude of arrangements that many bave something to do with the banging. The water-works are being gnarded; so are many of the big buildings down town. New wires bave been strong from the jail to the Chicaeo-a venue police station; another special wire has been put up between tbe jail and the Central police station, and still another wire between the jail and the Harrisonstreet police station. Should there happen an uprising of any proportions aud the officials do not expect any ample means are available to check it. A little before noon Spies called Mr. Orsborne (tbe death watch) ta his cell. The Anarchist wanted to talk to relieve the horrible tedium. He talked earnestly and at considerable length. ua taixea earnestly and at consineraoio leni Mr. Osborne said that Spies, and the oth too, for that matter, had strong hopes that ' era. the

Governor would intercede and prevent the execution. Spies, Mr. Osborne eaid, regarded himself as an apostle of the poor and down-trodden. His position towards society and order, he thought, was much like the one John Brown occupied in behalf of the negro slaves. Were he put to death, coming Generations wonld rise up and lament the execution, and his name wonld be an honored one among the world's martyrs. Spies, Mr. Osborne said, fully believes thia At 2:40 this afternoon the following telegram was received by Parsons in the jail: Sign, immediately, the petition I have prepared for you, and get Engel and Fischer lo sign. Everything may depend upon this your lives and others the public. For God's sake, sign, and wire me at ones. V. P. Black. The telegram was handed Parsons by a postal teleeranh messenger, who was accompanied by jailer Folz. Parsons read the message over several times, then receipted for it, and was turning away with the remark that no appeal would move him, when .the messenger asked him for seventy-three cents charges on the telegram. Parsons's eyes flashed as he turned upon the boy, and, thursting the message back through the bars, told him to send it back to the author and say that be (Parsons) said it was a fraud, as Capt. Black, he knew, would not send a message without paying for it. Fisher and EngM took the same view. During the afternoon Fathers M. J. Fitzsimmons and N. J. Mooner, two Catholic priests from tbe Holy Name Cathedral, called at tbe countv jail, in company witn Sheriff Matson, and sent a note to Schwab, stating tbey understood that hia parents had been Catholics and that he bad been baptized and confirmed in tbe Catholic Cburcb, and they desired to know if they conld be of any assistance to him. Schwab returned the note, declining to say anything on the subject, and the two would-be spiritual consolers departed.

SEEKING REVENGE. Explosive Substances Left at Residences Mr. Grinnell's Danger. Chicago, Nov. 9. Dr. Halloway, living at 1010 West Monroe street, found on his front porch, when he opened his door this morning, a round box about three inches long and one and one-half inch in circumference. It was inclosed in a thick covering of brown paper, on which was written: Don't let any one see you open this. Two lives are worth more than one. Beware! The eity calls upon you for help. Be careful upon which end you open this. The box was taken to the Desplaines-street station, and found to contain a quantity of saturated gun cotton. A little later in the day a bomb was found on the back porch of Mr. Campbell's home, at 11 Clarkson court. It contained enough dynamite to have blown the house up. Numerous suspicious characters have of late been seen in the vicinity of State's Attorney Grinnell s .house, in Aldioe square, and the guards stationed around the residence to prevent the fulfillment of ttie threats made against him by the Anarchists' sympathizers have had their hands full. Tbe facts' have been carefully suppressed, but a sample found its way into eourt to-day. On Tuesday evening Officer Stahl saw a strange-looking man loafing about the square, and watched him closely. As soon as the coast appeared clear tbe man quickened bis pace, and ran np tns steps of Mr. Grinnell's residence. Tbe officer approached, and the fellow ran off, but was caught after a sharp mo. When brought befora a magistrate tbe prisoner gave the name of William Troutwme, and said be could speak no English. It was apparent that be understood everything that was said, and, when told that bis dodge was dscovered, pretended to be insane. The magistrate sent him to the Bridewell for "disorderly conduct," as nothing of a compromising nature was fonnd on him. Tne officer said that if he was provided with a bomb or anything of the kind be might easily have thrown it away before he was caught, as the night was very dark. Korst and Wend Held for TrlaL Chicago, Nor. 9. Fred Korst snd Emil Wende. two well-known Anarchists, were before Justice Lyon this morning, tbe former charged with conspiracy and carrying concealed weapons, and the latter with conspiracy alone. These two men were arrested, as announced in these dispatches, last night. The cases were continued until the 16th inst , in bonds of $2,000 and $ 1.500, respectively, in default of which they were locked up. Korst and Wende are members of a regular anarchistic group which numbers thirty-six members. It was resolved by the group to purchase arms, and Korst was instructed to purchase revolvers for his associates, and be and Wende went down to purchase the pistols. The group bad been suspected for some time, and while the meeting was in progress an officer was in hiding in the room and beard the whole affair. A watch waa placed on tbe two men, and when they attempted to purchase the weapons they were arrested. THE MERCY-SEEKERS. Friends of the Anarchist Urge Governor Oglesby to Grant Commutation. Springfield, I1L, Nov. 9. A large crowd stood on the platform at tbe depot thia morning waiting to see the Chicago delegation wbieh bad come to intercede with Governor Oglesby in behalf of tbe condemned Anarchists. On arrival of the train the delegation at once proceeded to the headquarters of the Labor delegation. The Chicago Amnesty Association is represented by Messrs. L. S. Oliver, E. A. Stevens and J. It. Buchanan, of tbe Labor Enquirer. These gentlemen have a set cf petitions of their own, and will present them to tbe Governor at the interview this morning. Prof. William Salter and D. J. Lloyd have a set of petitions which they will lay before Governor Oglesby after the first interview is finished. Captaia Black has sola charge of the main petitions, and of these there are so many that it required a separate tronk to convey tbem here. Mr. Buchanan, who made an estimate of all the petitions sent in from all parts of tbe country, says that there are eleven miles of cameB begging for clemency. The delegation of labor people from New York consists of J. E. Quinn, Samuel Gompers, L. J. Ferrell and Edward King. It is claimed that they alone have a petition with 100.000 names attached. The feeling among the labor people who have come here is that there can be no argument before the Governor on the legal questions in the case. The two features now to be presented are tbe questions of mercy and public policy. On account of tbe rain and bad weather, the delegation which was to start for the Statehouse at 9 o'clock, was delayed until a little after that hour. When Captain Black and Mr. Trumbull arrived at the State Capitol tbey were informed that Governor Oglesby bad not yet arrived. On acconnt of this a half hour's delay followed. The doors of tbe reception rooms were thrown open at 9:40 o'clock, and the different committees filed in. There were nearly a hundred present when tbey were all assembled. Captain Black was presented to the Governor at once, the latter greeting tbe lawyer with hia extended band, after which he turned to a small table at one side of the room. A few minutes later all was as still as death, and Captain Black, advancing to tbe corner of tbe table at which Governor Oglesby sat, began to read bis address. The relatives of tbe condemned sat in a semi-circle to the left of the 'speaker. Captain Black first began by reading the general petition which had been signed by the men themselves. The Anarchist lawyer advanced but little ways when be came to the passage which said that never before tbe dav of the Haymarket had a single one of the Anarchists been interrupted by the police. At this point Governor Oglesby interrupted, and asked if be was to understand that statement as the truth. "Yes, sir," responded tbe lawyer, in his solemn tones, "and, furthermore, that very meeting was attended by Mayor Harrison himself, who remained there until within twenty minutes of the riot." "Proceed," said the Governor. Captain Black took twenty minutes to read the petition, and when be clospd be said: 'This baa been signed by Micbael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and August Spies. The reason that tne aeccsed. Parsons, Fischer, Engel and Lingg, did not append their names to this paper waa because tbey claimed that they bad forwarded to your Excellency their autograph letters, and did not think it necessary to sign this." The petition recited the history cf the alleged offense for whieh tbe petitioners bad been con

demned. . It affirmed that none of them either threw the fatal bomb or advised its throwing; that they had no knowledge of the fact that it was to be thrown: that tbey bad always counseled ' and encouraged peace. Considerable space was devoted to ao attempt to abow that they bad not had a fair trial, and, indeed, that such a trial was impossible in Cbicaro in view of the influence aud the state of public sentiment at the time it took place. Captain Black presented an affidavit from Otis S. Favor, a business man of Chicago, tending to show that ths jury which tried the Anarchists bad bea deliberately packed against them by a bailiff After reading the petition and affidavit. Captain Black addressed tbe Governor. He explained that' every effort had been made to comply with requirements of the law governing applications for the interposition of executive clemency, and stated that Judge Gary and State's Attorney Grinnell had joined in a recommendation for clemency for Fielien and Schwab. Having disposed of the mere formal parte of the application, he made an eloquent and touching appeal for mercy that brought tears to the syes of many of his auditor. He said: "Now. at last, we can prod ace tbe truth where it will not be refused; now we bave a chance to place it in legal form before tbe public and before tbe world, and before. your Excellency. Yon know, your Excellency, the floodtide of passion which filled the air like a subtle, poisonous ether, which bung around the tempi of justice, which hovered over the judge's bench, which filled the inrv-room with its fatal vapor

and which filled even the heart of the State's at- ; torney in the case, though I wish to make ee . XT r- . cnarses against any man. ow, your xxceilency, you sit outside the pale of public prejudice and passion; you sit on the bigh seat, rep resenting the people of the great State of Illinois. Beside you sits Mercy in ber kindest mood, and from your place you can set these things right without being touched by popular . clamor; you can decide from tnis seat of power, where justice tempers -erey. If you grant this plea of mercy tt will ' grand example of tha wisdom of tbe framerso our fundamental law, which gave Mercy in the person of your Excellency, a handmaiden to Justice." Gen. Tram bull followed Capt. Black, and simply asked for mercy, in plain and uupeteuuous terma curs, tjora Li. v . id the Amnesty Associs She had evidently &. jd, representative of was the next speaker, ei'uliy prepared for the without hesitation, and occasion, and spoke well. She urged that public policy and justice were opposed to capital pnnishment generally, and pleaded earnestly and eloquently for tha wives, mothers and children of tbe condemned. Hon. E. M. Haines, of Waukegan, followed. He asked for commutation of sentence on the grounds of justice and public policy. His address was eharaotetistic, and amused rather than convinced. Senator Streeter. of the legislative committee, was the next speaker. He was brief, and an adjournment until 2 o'clock Z. it, followed his address. The friends of tbe Anarchists held a meeting at the Leland Hotel at noon to select persons to address the Governor during the afternoon. The pleadings began at 2:15. Bailey and Campbell, of the Trades Assemblies, were the firtt sneakers, followed by William Orrille and Mr. Oliver, of Chicago. Mr. Sheibur, of De-, troit. Mich., and Representative. O. G. Dixon, of Chicago; Mr. Barapas, of the Central Labor Union, of New York; J. E. Quinn. master workman, and Frank FarrelL representing Division 49, of New York Trades Assembly, . also addressed the Governor. Tbey were followed by George Schilling, who presented a pe- '. tition from tbe Iron-molders Union, of Chicago, j to which two of tbe deceased ex-policemen be-' longed, asking for clemency. He closed tbe address by a short speech. Tbe Governor then received the relatives of , the condemned Anarchists, tbe audience being excluded. Up to a late hour this evening the Goveenor waa still holding private interviews with friends of the Anarchists. He has given no expression of his intentions, and it is, not likely that any decision will be given. It was said this afternoon that Spfes's brother wonld lay a letter before tbe Governor from Spies this evening. It is claimed tbat Mr. Grinnell said in bis speech that if Spies should be bung the law would be satisfied. In hia letter Spies asked that the sentence of bia comrades be commuted and that he may die, thereby satisfying Mr. Grinnell's demand. Among the petitions presented this afternoon was the following: To His Exceiiencr Hlchard J. Oelesbv: Dear fe-r As supplemental to the petition heretofore signed by me, I desu-e to say that 1 realize that many utterances of minn in connection with the labor agitation of the past, expressions made under intense excitement and spoken without any deliberation, were injudicious and immature. These I regret, believing that they must hare had a Wmdency to ee la to on. necessary violence oftentimes. I protest again that i had no thought or purpose of violence in connection with the HHymarket meeting. I did not intend vioj lence, and I have always deplored the result of that meeting. Respectfully, MiCHAEL Schwab. Accompanying Schwab's petition was the following indorsement: Supibigk Cocbt Cook Cottntt, Nov. 8, 1887. I have to-day been presented with what is called a supplement to the petition of Michael Schwab. As I have said on the application of Samuel Fieldan, it is onlv necessarv. as to the ease itself, to refer to the decision of the Supreme Court, with regard to the special case of Michael Schwab. I concur in what 3Ir. Grinnell has attached to the copy of the petition of Samuel Fielden. Respectfully, Joseph E. Gabt. Incidents of the Hearing. Spkhcgfield. 111., Nov. 9. As Governor Oelesby was about to step into bis private office Mrs. Black stopped him. She was permitted to speak a few sentences, when tbe Governor interrupted her with, "Excuse me, madam, but I should like to take care of this case myself." Tha man in whom all hope was centered finally forced his way out of tbe crowd in tbe reception room, and, after be bad reached the open air, walked along, with head erect, toward the executive mansion, taking the middle of the street; It was a memorable sight as the wives and friends of the condemned Anarchists stood in front of the Capitol and gazed with tear stained eyes at the retreating figure. A telling point by the mercy-seekers was made in the afternoon almost at the very outset. William Urban, representing the Central Labor Union of Chicago over 10,000 workingmen was at the moment addressing tbe Governor. The ebootine ot Begley by the Pinkerton men at the stockyards waa instanced by Urban as a ease where a murder waa committed by a membar of a well-known organization the Pinkerton aeency in the employ of another well-known organization the Packers' Unionend the controlling spirits of tbe oreaoizatioa were not held responsible for the crime of an individual member. The plea seemingly interested the Governor strongly, and be called for the repetition of the sentence concerning the stockyards murder. The Governor seemed, if possible, to grow more and more deeply impressed as the moments epel, and the bystanders did not fail to mark the care with which he ordered each petition carefully arranged for bis fntnre reference, and the particular solicitude in ob taining tbe name, address and standing of each, spokesman. Gradually the friends of the condemned became more and more hopeful, as tbe demeanor of the Governor plainly showed that the most thorough investigation, with the broadest views and the kindest of hearts, would be given the arguments and the petitions. . . A colloquy between Samuel Gomper. president of the Central Trades Union of New York, and of the Federated Trades of the United States and Canada, helped this feeling of hope materially, though just why it would be difficult to say. He had reviewed the history of the eight-hour movement in 1SS5, and narrated the incidents which led up to the atrike of McCorroick's reaper-works and the meeting at the Haymarket. When the Governor asked Mr. Gompera as to the methods proposed by tbe National eight-hour convention at Washington, in 1885, whether they were peaceable, lawful and by reasonable means, Mr. Gompers said "Ye." 'Then" said hia Excellencv. "vourobiect was to reduce the hours of labor that others might ' havo employment by peaceable means!" "Yes, sir." "Is it possible that the laboring men would regard aa an aid in their movement that a certain political or other organization should attempt to use force in forcing the adoption of tbe eight-honr plan, or wonld it be reearded as a retarding influence by the workingmen!" "Any attempt at force would be condemned. There is no doubt whatever in tbe mind of every one who knows anything of the labor movement, that the bomb that waa thrown at tbe Haymarket killed tbe eigbt-hour movement." The Governor aked Mr. Gompers several other questions as to the' scope and intention of , tbe eieht-hoor law. That gentleman's speech ' disavowing totally any approval of the Anarchists' theories or methods, but beeging mercy tor them, made a great impression on the audience, and also on the Governor. Captain Black left for Chicago at 9 o'clock tonight, leaving Schilling in charge. No decision is expected from the Governor to-night Caps