Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1895 — Page 3

TOE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895.

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Vicuna Cloths Dark green mixed, swell iaIU styles, 56 inches wide, and every thread alt wcolsold everywhere at $1 a yard, and good value at that Our price 49c a yard. Silk and Wool Plaids Our second importation has just arrived. 7Sc should be the price I instead, we say 59 c a yard. Pettis Dry Goods Co VINEGAR HALL STORY Tin: TiiLTii or it told iiv hi:v.. . X. A. SKYJIOIU AMI CAMI'miM.. Great Colored rtepnlilleiin Mus Meeting nt Mnsoiife Unit LnM .Mglit Jleaolutlons Adopted. As Elder J. M. Morton, of Antloeh Church, said last mht at the colored jnasj meeting In Masonic Hal!, the bottom was literally knocked' out of that big story the Democrats have been so freely circulating lately about the meeting held In "Vinegar" or Wrlsht's Hall, on New Yorkstreet. The man who prayed that evening at that meeting was present and told how he. was invwigled Into it under the guise of Its being- a Republican meeting, yit s true," he said, "that thoy asked me to 'pray for them. I did It, because I am a praying man and never refuse to pray for anybody. I prayed for them and asked God'a Messing upon them, and I do It now, and hope God will lead them back Into the paths of righteousness." The meeting was by far the most enthusiastic held In this city during the present campaign, and few. If any, ever held In the city equaled It In the. spirit of enthusiasm expressed. Nearly a thousand colored men met at Odd Fellows' Hall, on Indiana avenue, and marched to Masonfe Hall, headed by the Brotherhood Band. Many of them were men who had worked hard all day and were so tired that they could scarcely walk. At the hall several hundred more were waiting for them. Every seat in the hall was taken. It was a meeting of which the colored men are proud and Justly so. Elder Morton told them In the beginning that some people had an idea that the colored people could not held a meeting In as orderly a manner as .the white people. ' He asked all present, to assist In showing. that they could d6 much better than the whites, and the result showed that he, did not overestimate his people. Never was a more orderly meeting held in the city for any purpose. There was a great deal of cheering, and bursts .of enthusiasm, but It was ail at the proper" time, and then when quiet was restored, a speaker could bo heard in. a whisper at the furthest part of the hall. , Klder Morton, of Ant loch Church, presided. He made a few Introductory remarks, which elicited applause. In speaking of the reasons why the colored people should vote as a unit for the Republican .ticket, he said: "Some of 3-ou younger generation who have never been oppressed by the 'Democratic party of the South; who have not felt the lash of the slaveowner, administered under the laws made ' by Democrats, may aiTord to vote the Democratic ticket, and . vote for Taggart;, but we older ones who have felt the keen cut of the lash laid on our bare backs cannot. On principle you cannot vote the Democratic ticket, and a man that can be6ought is nobody, so there you are. I hope to live -to see the time come when the American, people will come to realize' the fact that the colored people vote the Republican . ticket from principle, and not because we hope for some little petty ofllce by doing, so. .We will not refuse recognition of our services, but it is not for that recognition that wc voto the Republican ticket, and I want to. see the time come when the Democratic party will realize this fact, and not to be continually trying to .east odium on us by attempting tobuy us body and soul." MR. TRUSLEtt SPEAKS. "Mr. Truster was the first speaker rf the evening. He had a very sore throat and could scarcely talk " loud enough to be heard all over the hall. i For this reason . 1 , , . 1 & . m l ic a i-uiiiprucu 10 say wnai ne na,a 10 ay in a few words. He spoke of the time, a little over thirty years ago, when to speak In favor of the colored man having a roul and heart waa to call down upon a man the condemnation of his neighbors nnd fellow-being.; yet in those times, lie said, the Kenublkaii party was bold enough and strong enough to nominate a man for the presidency who was outjyxiken rnd'Open In his stand aanst slavery and all Its features. This mar, he .uid. was elected, to ordce by the Beniblicnn party and was backed by his piy In its successful efforts to free 4,w,0uj fouls from bondage. Then the question of the vote of the men came before the people and every Democrat in the State legislature red?ned to break a quorum ko the. amendment t the Constitution could not be passed, but they were prevented In their purpose by locking the doors ami compelling them to remain while the Republicans gave the men in this hall the risht to have a voice in the affairs of th Nation. Jn reference to the attempt ou the part of the Democratic party to secure the votes of the colored people, he said: "Tom Tasxart suxl the other candidates are dolnt? all in their power to break the sold rank of the colored vote. If the Democrat have such love for the colored man why da they not put up one against -Mr. Puryear in the Sixth ward. They do.iiot love, him tlrat much. They love his vote, but have.iio use for the man. Instead of that they nominate a man who goes from hou5e to house in making his canvass any says to the voters: 'You d- not want a nigger to represent you in the Council, do you?' How many white Democrats will vote for Mr. I'uryear? (Vok-es from the aulience: "Not one.") You are' right. Not one will vote fur him, ,;but at the same time they ask your vote Tor their candidates. Mr. Taxsart oes to the colored men in his employ and ask3 them to voto for him. Do you suppose lie attempts to dictate to the white men working for him how they shall vote? No; he seems to think there is something about the colored man that mskes it iossible for him to control the franchise the Republican party gave tc the colored man bceaus they arc in his employ." Gibriel Jonea was next Introduced. He " nwJfi -a fhort talk, but sard he would Rive way to whip otheis that could knock ' the bottom out of that Vinegar Hall meeting. He was on the committee on resolutions and read what the committee had adopted, which was adopted by the meetingwith a tiding vote. Only one man was b ft in his seat when the vote was taken. The chairman remarked that he was sorry fjr the one Democrat in the house and ltoped that by a facia tin in the cooj company present ho would heoumo con- , ertett ajtd return to the party of his father. . the resolutions. : The resolution were as follows; "' "Whereas. At a recent meeting held at cr. Wrisht's Hail, more commonly know n ri Vinegar Hall, under the leadership, or r :! 'Tfhlp of a few colored men claim ! ' tj L Republicans, at which time re so"5 r;tr. edeptet indorsing; the Demo

cratic candidate for Mayor, and speeches were made in which they wentJ on to say that It is to the negroes' interest to vote the Democratic ticket, and further that they represented the Intelligence of the colored people of this community; therefore, be it "Resolved. That we, as colored Republicans, In mass meeting assembled, denounce any man or any set of men that have fallen so low In the scale of honor and are to devoid of the principles that should characterize true manhood as to allow themselves to be hired for a paltry sum of a few dollars to mke such base imputations upon the colored people. He it further "Resolved. That the sentiment of the colored people here assembled be to regard only such colored people as honorable members of the race that have the Interest of the race at heart enough to vote and lend their Influence to the grand old Republican party that made it possible for those Intelligent colored men to meet In Vinegar Hall a few days ago and make their reKolves; and what's more, and we thank God for It, enabled us to meet here this evening, but not lna meeting to show our Ingratitude to the party that made us, but a tribute of respect. We know too well that the Democratic party Is not our friend, and that when they pretend friendship to us it Is for the base purpose of deceiving. Re IV further "Resolved, That we in this coming election renew our party pledge by going to the polls early and supporting the entire Republican ticket; and. not being content with that, stay there and see that our neighbors emulate our example, and If our party Is defeated let it not be laid at the door of the colored people, who have ever been loyal." TUB SOUTH CAROLINA WAY. Speaking of the report of the committee to the constitutional convention in South Carolina yesterday, in which the negro voter Is practically disfranchised, Mr. Jones sulJ: 0 "These old men among you know how the negro is treated by the Democratic party In the South, and many of the younger oues have often heard the storv from the lips of your parents. If you ail have the blood In your veins that 1 have you would feci like knocking any man In the head who would approach you Knd ask you to cast your vote for the party that has done this thing." Holding up a copy of the 'News of yesterday, be said: "Any man who can read the first column on that page and then walk up to. the ballot box and cast his vote for the party that commits such an outrage should be ostracized by the rest of the colored men. We hou!J turn him out and never, have, anything more to do with him. Tagfcart would not ak me to vote for him. because he can look me In the face and see too plainly Republicanism written all over it. Now, if you will sacrlllce your honor for a smile, it is your privilege to do so." .. Joseph Rroyles took the leading candidates, one by one. and showed why the people, regardless of color, should support the Republican ticket. He enumerated the many things that enter Into the record of the opposing candidates, and his comparison was much to the detriment of the candidates of Democracy. James Williams, a young colored man who has attracted much notice heretofore on account of his eloquence, was greeted with loud cheers. There had been many calls for him before his name was reached on th programme. Mr. Williams is . an orator who can hold the attention of any audience. His words flow freely, and with a force that cannot fail In its purpose. He talked for about fifteen minutes, but simple words, without the patho and earnestness of his voice, can express but a little part of what he said. After recalling in the most pathetic manner, and In a way that brought tears to the eyes of nearly every one In the hall, the treatment that his ancestors had received at the hands of the slave driver, he said: "It Is no pleasure for me to speak of the things that have passed, but it is how necessary. The colored man is the only one to whom the Democrats com and say, 'forget the past.' If I were a Democrat I would beg that every man should forget the past of my party rather than that they should forge. the past of the history of our race. I would be ashamed to stand and say that I was a Democrat, and then in the same breath be compelled to acknowledge that It was the Republican party that cast the shackles from 4.000,00i) human beings who have hearts to feel wrongs and souls to return to their Maker. Gentlemen, these are facts, and I would not allude to them were It not for the fact that the Democrats compel me to do so by. coming to men of my race and asking them to vote for the party that has caused us all our woe." Referring to the war, he said: "It was necessary to stop the tearing from the mother's breast of the suckling infant to be sold in bondage; it was necessary to stop men, worse than brutes, from selling their own offspring for the paltry gold it .would bring. (Voice from the audience: .'That's right. Hit 'em hard.) The Republican party rose up in its might and brought 4,000,0jO human beings with hearts and souls out of darkness, and gave them a chance to show that under their shabby clothes and beneath their black skin were hearts capable of feeling and capable of

being torn and bruised by the heel of a heartless master. When a man comes to me and asks what has the Republican party done to merit my respect, I have only two thoughts. One Is that that the man is a consummate ass, and the other that he believes me to be one." DR. ELBERT AND OTHERS. . Dr. S. A. Elbert spoke for a few minutes, but he saki he preferred to listen to others that were to follow and tell how they came to attend the meeting in Vinegar Hall. ReVi A. -Campbell, of the Second, Christian Church, ''was then introduced. He said he had the pleasure of attending that meeting, and would explain how it happened. "I was told.V. he said, "that t!here was to be o Republican meeting at'Vinegar Hall, and as I am always ready to attend a Republican .meeting, I went to this one. The men looked like Republicans, and I thought they were until those resolutions Were read, and then my eyes were opened. I am a HeRubllcan, and will stand by that party that a3 'never yet seen the stars and stripes insulted without making the wretch guilty of doing so bow down and apologize. 1 will be-with the party that on the 8th day of October will build a trestle (Trusler) over the drink of this city. I am one of those little preachers that were said to have gone astray, but I am here to-night, ami will always be with' you. The Democrats are going around and saying they got Campbell and Seymour In a trap, but we will put .them, in. a trap next Tuesday from which they will never come out." As Mr. Campbell' sat down, thero were loud cries for Seymour to knock the bottom but of the Vinegar Hall story. Rev. M. Seymour, pastor of New Rethel Baptist Church,' was introduced as the man who had asked God's blessing on the Vinegar Hall meeting. He said: , x "Since that meeting one man asked me what I meant by praying for Democratic negroes. I simply told him that 1 was a praying man and never yet refused to pray tor anvone when sked to do so, and that I hoped some of then would be converted as a result of that prayer and see the error of their ways. I was simply duped Into going to that meeting, because I thought it was to be a Republican meeting. My work will show whether I attended It for other reasons. This election means more than simply the election of Taggart or Trusler for Mayort.it means, shall we have the saloons thrown open on Sunday? CNo, no, from the audience.) Shall we have gambling dens, and shall we have wine rooms where your daughters may be ruined? Cries of 'No from all over the house.) Tho wine room Is knocking at the door Just behind Taggart. and if he goes In the wine rooms come back. Do you want them? (Louder cries of 'No.'J Well, then, look well to your vote and cast It for the man that you know will not permit them to bo open." ; Rnnuvnl of Hltclilnsr l'nntn. Now", that the improvement on Capitol avenue is progressing very rapidly the question of the removal of hitching posts from the sidewalks Is receiving attention. The Board of Works yesterday addressed the following to the Indiana Bermudez Asphalt. Company : "The board is desirous of removing from Capitol uvenue all hitching posts that can bo removed the property owners agreeing to the removal. If property owners will ride up North New Jersey street and ee the array of hitching posts next to the curb on that beautiful street, we think they will see that it is desirable to do away with all iost and substitute, rings In eurb if necessary. You have agreed with this board that you will furnish eyes and rings at 2i cents each, which Is less than a hUching posi will cost. We request that you have une of your men canvass the jstrcet In thin matter and secure, If he caa, the removal of all posts." Postofttee Quarterly Statement. The quarterly statement of the business of the postothce shows h total jrT money orders to the value of $70(813.CG. an Increase of I9.3T7.S6 over the same quarter of last year. The increase hi the payments of money orders, the same perioA being compared, was fci!.S;jt.:o. The totaJ money order buflne for the quarter ending Sept. 30 was- $173.0 r8. r - - r - , . '. f fecial Bath Room Tiles. Ano. II. Lilly.

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TWKLVK MBX IV TIIR COFFIX CASB IlHAtll XO AGRCnMliXT YKT. At Eleven o'Cloek the Jnrj- Separated for the Xlslit A Mysterlon Letter. The fate of Francis A. and Pe.rclval B. Cofhn at the hands of the United States government Is still unsettled. The federal Ji-ry to which was intrusted the duty of making a verdict separated at 11 o'clock last night without reaching a result. The Jurors spent ten hours In deliberation, but nothing is known as to the character of their work. Locked in his own breast each man carried his opinion to his couch. Nothing was given out, and no one knows how the last vote of the Jury stood. The case was given to the jury about 2 o'clock yesterday. Judge Baker devoted most of the morning to the reading of his Instructions, and the noon hour was taken up by the counsel for the defense In preparing their exceptions to the Judge's charge. Before 9 o'clock yesterday morning Frank and Perclval Coffin were In the seats they have occupied during the trial. Their wives, garbed In the somber hues they havo worn for many months, came and sat by them. The members of the Roberts family were grouped near tho Coffin. William Edward Coffin and wife, of New York, were not in the court room. They have not been there since the opening argument of the government. The defendents, as . well as their immediate friends, listened Intently to the Judge as he read from the voluminous roll of manuscript In his hands. The tedious details of the different counts of the indictment did not ! lose interest for them. Attorneys Miller, Winter and Klam, counsel for the defense, sat together near their clients. The court room was crowded at the opening' hour, and few people le'ft the room until noon. The eouit'8 Instructions covered thirtyfive pages of typewritten manuscript. Except in one or two instances tho charge did not differ materially from that given in the former trial. It was after It o'clock when Judge Baker finished the last page of manuscript and prepared to address some final remarks to the Jury. At this point attorney Miller arose. "If your Honor, please," he said, "I desire cn behalf of these defendants to enter an exception to the action of the court in refusing tho instructions offered in their behalf. e ask time to read your" instructions over again and to note our exceptions before the Jury retires." "Yoli may take the Instructions and read them over," replied Judge Baker. "The court will retain the Jury until you have gone through them." Attorney Miller took the roll of manuscript and, with attorneys Winter and Elam. retired to the office of the district attorney. The lawyers were busy for more than an hour and at 11:30 Judge Baker dismissed the Jury. The Coffins remained In the court room until 1 o'clock. The members of the Jury were in their places at 1:20 o'clock and at that hour attorney Miller placed the instructions which he and counsel had revised into the hands of Judge Baker. The court glanced over the pages, but did .not change his previous charge to the Jury. The attorneys for the defence were unable, In the limited time alloted, to do more than indicate with a pencil mark those parts of the instructions to which they proposed to object. Just be.fore the Jury retired Mr. Miller asked and was granted sixty days in which to tile a formal bill of exceptions. About forty objections were interposed to the courrs instructions. A few minutes before 2 o'clock the bailiff was sworn and the members of the Jury tiled into the room opposite the district attorney's office on the third floor of the government building. Judge Baker arranged with the bailiff to receive a verdict up to 10 o'clock last night, but after that hour he was not to be disturbed. The members . of the Jury were informed that they would be permitted to separate for the night in the event that an agreeement was not reached , by 11 o'clock. A great many people called at the government building during the afternoon and telephone calls at the office of the United States clerk were numerous. Date in the afternoon Perclval Coffin came down to the court room and inquired If there was any news from the jury. He did not stay long, and his brother, Francis A., did not put in an. appearance. William Edward Coffin hung about the corridors in front of the .jury room for an hour last night, dlscuss,ing the case with some friends. He appeared hopeful. At 10 o'clock the Jurors were occupying easy, chairs with their feet on the table. Nearly all of them were puffing cigars. At 10:30 they were ranged around the table, but the position of easy grace assumed thirty minutes before was absent. They appeared to be working. A half-hour later they adjourned for the night. This morning at 8 o'clock their deliberations will be resumed. JI DCIV: HAKKIt'S IXSTRLCTIOS. IIIn Reference to AYluit XV nn Shown In Evidence. The court began its charge to the Jury by reading the several counts of the indictment, charging false entries and, a mis application of the funds of the bank. As to the connection of the crime charged against the 'defendants with that committed by Theodore Haughey, the court said: "The criminal acts charged against The odore P. Haughey may have been done directly and personally by him. or they may have been done Indirectly through the acency of others. If Theodore J', iiaugney hart such eontrol. direction and power of rrsnagement. by virtue of his relation to the bank as to direct an application of Its funds In such manner and under such circumstances as to constitute the offense of willful misapplication, and he actually and willfully made such direction or caused such misapplication to be made, he Is equally guilty as,, if it were done, by his own, hand. If. therefore, it Is shown by the proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Theodore P. Haughey, as president of the Indianapolis National Bank, did knowingly and willfully misapply the moneys, funds or credits of the bank in manner and form as charged, . then he would be guilty of the offense charged. And If the defendants, Francis A. Coffin and Perclval B. Coffin, are shown beyond a reasonable doubt to have knowingly and unlawfully and with the like intent to Injure and defraud said bank as charged, aided and abetted the said Haughey, knowing him to be the president of said bank. In unlawfully and willfully misapplying the moneys, funds and credits of said bank by converting the same to the use and benefit of tho Indianapolis Cabinet Company, knowing it to be insolvent, s charged, then they would be guilty of the offense charged against them." The court Impressed upon the minds of the jurors the fact that they were not to find the defendants guilty of aiding and abetting in the misapplication of the bank's funds, except those specially charged In the counts of the Indictment. FICTITIOUS CREDITS. The authority of bank presidents to make loans and discounts extends to legitimate transactions honestly extended for the benefit of the bank. Concerning tills phase of the case. Judge Baker said: "The form of a loan or the giving of credit upon the books of the bank maybe adopted as a cover or pretense to conceal a fraudulent transaction; and when resorted to for that purpose, and the mDiieys, funis or credljs of the bank are withdrawn by such fraudulent means and converted to the use of another person or company, whereby the bnk is defrauded, he is guilty of a criminal act. A false and llctltlous credit given to any one on the books of a bank is in Judgment cf law no credit at all. It confers rro right In favor of the party to whom it is given, nor does it impose any obligation on the bank. The form which such a transaction may take, the methods adopted to reach the fraudulent ends, or the instrumentalities employed, whether consisting of one act, or a succession of acts to accomplish a fraudulent and unlawful purpose. In no way changes or alters the character of the act. The law looks through all forms, devices and contrivances to "the intent and the result. No form of paper can sanctify fraud or give It validity. If. therefore, llctltlous and fraudulent credits were given upon fhe bjoks of the bank to the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, it thereby acquired no right to the funds of the bank represented by such credits. A credit upon the books of the bank obtained by the knowing and unauthorized acceptance of valueless paper, or by credits fraudulently given without some consideration supposed to be valid passing to the bank, is -no credit in a legal sense, and when the funds of the bank are drawn out by checks upon such credits, they are wrongfully obtained. Therefore, if the Indianapolis Cabinet Ccrrrany b-

; 1-.: : ,-. talned credits upon the books of the bank by making and negotiating to It notes, drafts or other paper. which Haughey and the defendants at 'the time knew did not

represent anv actual. value whatever, with the intent to injure and defraud the bank, such credits gave the cabinet company no right to draw against them, ami the payment of checks drawn upon credits so ob tained would constitute a wrongful mis application of the funds of the bank used In paying such checks, if they were paid with the intention to Injure and defraud the bank." ... 'In determining whether they had the criminal Intent to. deceive or defraud, as charged, or whether they acted in good faith, you will take Into consideration the situation of the parties,. the course of bus iness between them. Before you can find them guilty of any charge- you must find that the moneys or credits of the bank or some material part of them have been willfully misapplied by Theodore Haughey with the intent xo injure ana uefraud and that the defendants knowingly aided and abetted such willful misapplication with the like Intent. In respect to eaeh of the counts of the Indictment charging willful misapplications, you will inquire and determine wneiner me moncj, funds or credits, or a material part of them charged to have been misapplied, were withdrawn from the bank as charged: whether thev were withdrawn lor ana applied ..to the use of the cabinet company as charged: whether the bank suffered loss thereby as charged; wnetner, ir mien withdrawals were made, Haughey willfully misapplied them to. the use of the cabinet company with the Intent to injure and defraud the bank as charged, ana nnaiiy, whether the defendants knowingly aided and abetted said Iiaugney m maKing sucn willful misapplication? with the Mke intent. If you entertain a reasonable doubt on any of these matters your verdict should be for the defendants." After reading the. count which charged false entries the court said that It was not necessary for the government, In order to prove that Theodore P. Haughey made fictitious entries, to show that they were made by his own hand or In his presence. If It was shown to the satisfaction of the Jury that tho entries were false In manner and form and were made under the direction of the , bank president with the Intent to deceive; that would bo sufllclent to make the act his own. pnrUMinTON of innocence. "By the statute of limitations," continued the court, "the defendants cannot be convicted of any of the' offenses charged unlc?s the same were shown to have been committed within three years next preceding the time of the finding and return of the Indictment. Haughey and the defendants are presumed to be inriocent until their guilt in manner and form' a charged, in pome count of the Indictment, is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. To; justify you In returning a verdict of guilty the evidence should be of such a character as to overcome this presumption of innocence, and to satisfy each -one of you- of.-the guilt of Haughey and the defendants as charged to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt. If, therefore, you can reconcile the evidence with any reasonable hypothesis con5lstent with the innocence of Haughey or the defendants, it is your duty -to'do so, and In that case, find the defendants not guilty. And if. after weighing the proofs In the light of the presumption I have mentioned, you Impartially and honestly entertain the belief that Haughey or the? defendants may be innocent of the offenses charged against them, they are entitled- to the benel'.t of that doubt, and you should acquit the defendants. ,It is not meant by this that the proof should establish their guilt to a certalntv, but merely that you should not convict 'unless from the evidence you find Haughey and the oefendants guilty beyond a reasonable doubts In concluding the ; charge Judge Baker dwelt upon the testimony of Francis Coffin and the failure, of Perclval Coffin to go on the stand. He said?'' "The defendant, Francis A. Coffin, has availed himself of this privilege. His testimony is before you, and you musft determine how far it is credible. The deep, personal Interest which he may have in the result of the suit should be considered by the Jury In weighing his evidence, and in determining how far and to what extent, if at all, It is worthy of credit. Perclval B. Coffin has not testified in this cause. You will not consider his failure to testify, nor draw any inference to his prejudice from such omission. He has done nothing but to avail himself of a legal right in so doing, and you must n6t 'consider it to his prejudice or iaJuryi'A ih ' - ' COURT'S STRONG LANGUAGE. In summing up the evidence the court ksed the following language, after explaining to the jury that the responsibility of finding and determining the facts rested with them, and not with tho court: "The evidence in the case shows that the offenses charged in. tho indictment, if committed at all. were committed in the State of Indiana and -within the jurisdic tion of the court, it Is shown that Theodore P. Haughey -was.-during the period of time covered by the Indictment, the president of the Indianapolis National Bank: that said bank Was a national bank duly organized under, the natlonat banking laws, and was engaged' In the business of banking during the'perrod of time covered by the indictment,' and that It had an au thorized capital stocK . 01 JU0,UW actually paid in. It is also Fhowrt that Theodore P. Haughey, as such president, had the en tire custody, control ana management 01 the affairs of the bank, .and that the ditfctors of the bank gave him no authority to do or commit thf various criminal acts charted aeainst him In the Indictment. It is further shown, by the evidence that large sums of money were obtained (from the bank by the Indianapolis Cabinet Company by means, of notes., drafts and bills of ex-chai-ee which, were wholly or. partially valueless. It Is also, proven that various sums of money were obtaif-e.d from the bank by means, of .fchecks drawh upon it hv the IndianaoQlW . Cabinet .Company. which were presentedto and, .casjte'd by the bank out of its mweys and; funds when said cabinet company had up . moneys, funds or credits on deposits. with skid bank with which to ray sald check?. The evidence tends to show- that 'the 'defendant. Francis A. Coffin, -was responsible lor the drawing and presentation of such checks. It Is also shown that the cabinet company and the various corporations affiliated with It organized-by, the defendants were, during the whole .period of .time covered by the indictment, insolvent, and that evidence tends , to show .-that the defendants, as well as Theodore P. Haughey, had knowledge of such insolvency. The evidence shows that tho defendants organized a number of corporations, ostensibly for the conduct of their business in this city, in Richmond, Ind., and in the cities of Boston, New York and.- London, England. These corporations are Known by the evidence to have had little or no substantial capital, and to have been- used as mere instrumentalities forr, furthering tho purposes c the defendants as the corporators and owners of the - Indianapolis Cabinet Company. It will be for you to determine whether they were organized and conducted as legitimate corporations, or whether they were intended to be used as instrumentalities to more successfully obtain moneys, funds and credits from the Indianapolis National Bank. -It Is claimed by the government that these corporations 'were merely colorable, nothing more than names, and were organized as devices to enable the defendants to obtain money from the bank for the use of the cabinet company. The proofs seem to me to support. this contention. The . views1 of ' the court on question of fact are not controlling upon you. You have nothing to do with the case except to determine the single question of the guilt or Innocence "of the defendants. If you should return a verdict of guilty, the measure of punishment, to be inflicted upon the defendants js committed to the court. A MYSTEniOl'S I.KTTKH. It Contained n lleu nml Wan Sent to Juror Short. Perhaps the most el-squent appeal made to a Juror on behalf of the Colons was through the medium of a letter received at the United States court room Tuesday afternoon. The missive, was addressed to juror George Short, In care of the federal court. The envelope bore the postmark Indianapolis. Three pages of fine otepaper bore every Indication of the delicate hand of a woman, and that an educate! one. Every sentence of the mysterious epistle contained a personal appeal to Juror Short. The writer constantly referred to one of the defendants. . but the name was not used. The letter implored the juror to exert himself In behalf of the defendant In the name of an aged mother and a wife. One paragraph ran thus: "You have before yoa a man who you think perhaps is guilty, but do you know he is guilty? ile who Is without s'.n, let him east the first ston?.' " Then the writer referred to the heartaches of a distressed wife, to the desolation of a home broken up by the relentless hand of the law. The concluding ibentence ran: "I say unto you to be merciful: as we deal with others, so shall God deal with us." The letter was unsigned, but th?re was no indication that a disguised hand had penned the lines. The letter was handed to Juror Short after the court convened, and t his earliest opportunity he paed It over t Jud-e Baker. The court read it

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And HATS, and were bought by us at LESS THAT HALF THEIR VALUE. Mr. Mannfeld, as this community knows, has had the reputation for more than thirty years of selling only firstclass goods, and these are the poods we propose to sell to you. Our Store will bo CLOSED TO-DAY (Thursday) to arrati&e this stock and mark the coods. Tomorrow they will be placed on sale in our store, Nos. 5 and 7 West Washington street. HEIE jTE lEV PRICES:''

Men's Suits in Fine Black Clay Worsteds, damaged so slightly the damage can not be seen, Mannfeld' s price $15. Our price, Fine Black Suits, strictly all wool. Mannfeld's price, $18. Our Price Cassimere Suits, all wool. Mannfeld' s price $12. Our price. . . Fine Black Suits, strictly all wool. Mannfeld' s price, $12. Our price

All Furnishing Goods, Half Price. Don't Fail to come. Remember the Sale will begin To-Morrow (Friday).

o C s T and placed It in the handg of the United .States marshal with Instructions to locate the sender If poslblt. J. A. HAHLA.VS SEXSATIOX. An Innnne Man SendN a 'ote to Jntle linker. J. A. Harlan, who was adjudged insane yesterday, created something cf a etlr In the United States' Court Tuesday;, He walked Into the office of the district attorney and, taking: up a sheet of paper and an envelope, addressed a note to Judge Baker. It was handed to the Judge while he- was busy in the Coffin case. The note purported to have come from General Harrison, who desired that Judge Baker meet him at 12 o'clock. The court did no understand the mysterious message and Clerk Butler telephoned General Harrison The latter had never heard of J. A. Har lan. - . Co fan Jnry Pernonnel. The names and occupations of the Coffin jury are as follows: O. M. Boyd. Joliettville, , farmer; James Bond, Nashville, farmer; George W. Ely, Kdinburs, farmer; O. F.' ilarvin. Clayton, commercial traveler; A. V. Galyan, Bluntsville, farmer; J. F. Griffin, Kllzabethtown, farmer; K. P. McLuse, .Marion, stock dealer; S. It. Davis, North Salem, farmer; G. H. Short, Clayten, farmer; W. Lu Risk, Greensboro, farmer and miller; 1. J. Hockman, Muncie, real estate; Sol Carter, 'Marlon, bridge aeent and farmer. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. C. Alwin Craft will leave to-day for Minneapolis, Minn. Miss Mary Booth WInsor. of Illinois, Is visiting Mrs. C. M. Walker. . Mr. John W. Kern left last evening for West Virginia to visit his mother tor a short time. Mrs. A. W. Alexander, of St. Louis, is visiting- her son, Mr. Cok Alexander, , on East St. Joseph street. Mr. and Mrs. Itobert M. Klum have taken possession of their new home, No. 743 North New Jersey street. Charles Jacobs is at the Morton Tark preparatory pchool. with a view to entering Chicago University later. Miss Anna Curtis will give a company Mondav evening: In honor of her guest. Miss Kuth McDoel, of Lafayette. Miss Florence Jacobs, of Chicago, will come next week- to make a visit of indefinite length with relatives here. Miss Svrormstedt, of Madison, will come this week to visit Mrs. Danforth Brown, at No. 873 North -Pennsylvania street. Mr. Willis S. Thompson, editor of the Denver Republican, and wife will come tomorrow to visit Mrs. Thompson's sister, Mrs. .Rose Taylor, on Vine street, for a few days. Mrs. C. P. Jacobs and son have returned from a visit to relatives in Chicago, and to Mrs. G. F. Seymour, at Loganspcrt. accompanied by Miss Amy Jacobs, who has been visiting there for several weeks. Mrs. S. P. Porter, of Brooklyn, formerly of this city, will come Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Marshall Moore?, , on North New Jersey street. Mrs. Moores will receive Informally one day for her sister. The Morning Muslcale was reorganized yesterday morning at the home of -Miss Jessie Miller. A number of new members will be taken into the Foclety for this season. Miss Bbwena New will be the hostess for the next meeting. Mrs. Maria Maxwell has returned from a three weeks' visit with her daughter, Miss Angela Maxwell, at Santa Fe. Miss Maxwell's Implement in health has not been as satisfactory as hoped, and her return was not considered advisable. The Daughters of the American Revolution will celebrate the ' anniversary of the second battle of Bemis Heights,,'Oct. 7, at 2::M) o'clock at the residence of General Carnahan. In Woodruff Place. There will be literary exercises and patriotic music, after which the annual election of officers for the ensuing year will take plate. The- members of the Mary Washington Association met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. C. S. Denny, on North Pennsylvania street. It was decided to give a 4 o'clock tea at the home of Mrs. G. A. Carstensen, on West Second street, a week from today. Preparations for the event will be made by members of the association, and the tea is for the officers and members. Presidents day of the Matinee Musicale was observed yesterday afternoon In the assembly hall of the Propylaeum, where the meetings for this year will be held. The gathering was entlerly social and was for the purpose of having the active and associate members meet. Each member had the privllepe of inviting one guest, and the room was well filled with ladles. Mrs. Henry Schurmann, vice president, and Mrs. Henry Jameson received the company. The room was arranged with palms and flowers. Ices were served cn the club china. Mrs. J. S. Jenckes and Mrs. D. U Whittier prc-ided at the table and the young ladles passed the cups and plates. A string orchestra furnished music. Th club will open the season two weeks from yesterday, with the larpest associate membership it has ever had. The programme arranged for the year will be unusually interesting and profitable. n ATL1 FF-N E W B V. One of the first church weddings of the season was that of last evening at the First English Lutheran Church, when Miss Lida Katherlne Newby. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Newby. became the wife of Mr. Harlan S. Ratlin. The cozy little church was filled with relatives and friends. The c-c-ia were crccrted to their rrats by

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the ushers, Mr. Harry Eddy and Mr. Wallace IIoMand. They also preceded the bridal paiiy to the pulpit. First came the flower children. Dottie and Robert Newby, niece and nephew of the bride. Both wore white and carried baskets of flowers. Then came the bridesmaids. Miss Augusta Paver and Miss Ida Eichholt7:. both wearing gowns of white organdie and carrying pink carnations. The maid of honor. Mias Carrie Blanche Newby, a sister of the bride, walked alone. Her gown was cf white silk and her bouquet , also of pink carnations. The bride entered with her brother, Mr. Harry Newby. The bride's dress was of handsome white satin, the skirt of walking length and the corsage high. The bread collar -was trimmed with rich lace' and long white satin ribbons fastened it at the front. Her veil was held by a wreath of orange blossoms and she carried three exquisite white roses. The groom's attendants were Mr. Herbert Gordon, of Spiceland, best man, and Mr. Charlesri Kuhn and Mr. Otto Muehler, of Brazil,' groomsmen. At the pulpit they were met by Rev. D. L. Mackenzie, pastor of the church, who performed the ceremony. An orchestra played the "Lohengrin" wedding march for the entrance, "Oh, Promise Me" during the ceremony, and the Mendelssohn wedding march as the party passed from the church. At 9 o'clock a reception was held at the family residence on North NewJersey street. Assisting with the bridal party were Mr and Mrs. Nathan Newby, parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ratliff. parents of the groom, and Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Smith. At the punch bowl were Miss Violet Wyon, Miss Carrie Busking. Miss Bessie Eagle and Miss Rhea Hall. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Iraac Newby and Miss Carrie Weber, of Richmond, and a number of relatives from other places. GREEN GOLDEN WEDDING. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., Oct. 2. Rev. and Mrs. Nelson Green, of this city, celebrated their golden wedding to-day. Mr. Green is a superannuated member "of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church. Ho was pastor In Danville about fifteen years ago. Since he retired from the active work he has lived here. He is now seventy-flve years old. He has a son Joseph In the same conference with himself. Many friends of the community were present and several relatives from a distance. M'CL'LLOUGH-TORRENCE. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind., Oct. 2. Miss Jennie Torrence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Torrence, of this ctly, and Mr. Edward McCullough, of New Albany, were married at the bride's refUence this morning.'- Rev. Frazer, of the Presbyterian Church, officiated. The. bride is a well-known society belle of this city and the groom is a young lawyer. They left on the afternoon train for the groom's home. WINDLER HALL. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLR, Ind.. Oct. 2. Mr. G. Frank Windier and Miss Ida N. Hall, well-known young people of this city, were married at the home of the bride's sister, north of Falmouth, last nteht. They will make their home w ith the groom's mother in this city. MADISON WEDDINGS. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., OcL 2,--Weddings thh evening: George Cowlam and Sarah Sanxay; William Gordan and Katie Havey. John Edward Bemier and Gertrude Grayson; Frank Harper and Nellie Colgate will re married to-morrow. Irvlnarton Item. Miss Lucia Berger is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Daugherty. Mr. and Mrs. John Julian will ko to Chicago soon, and will remain there during the winter. Mrs. A. M. Chamberlin went to Alexandria last Tuesday, where she read a paper at the district convention. Miss Mary Galvin left for New York on Tuesday, where she will occupy the position of" secretary for the Y. W. C. A. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. A. TX. Benton entertained the members of the Christian Women's Board of Mi.-pions. it being the twenty-first anniversary of that body. The hours were from 3 to 5 and there were fully fifty ladies present. Mrs. Benton was the recipient of many beautiful flowers. After tea and Ices had been served there were short addresses by the following ladies: Mrs. perrce, Irvlnffton; Mrs. Jameson, Indianapolis; Mrn. Atkinson, Wabash, and Mrs. Denton. ' n THE QUEEN OF T 1 't-

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O JL t I Waverley w. '3 2 Best on earth. Create new life, new courage and rosy checks. Corner Pennsylvania and Ohio Streets. UTV NEWS NOTES. The Lincoln Park Union Chanel will L dedicated not Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. It is iocated at the corner of Tlbott avenue ami Sixteen h street, and is uti association of Interdenominational nature. Ex-President John P, D. John, of HePauw. will deliver his new lecture. "Did Man make God or did God make .ManT at English's Opera Houie to-morrow night. It will be under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor and Kpwoith local leagut unions. The Protestant Deaconess'' Hospital wi Mississippi and Ohio srwts is now open for the reception of the tick. Thrre welltrained nurses or deaconesses, who have administered to the sick for a number of years arrived from Chicago to olTr their services to olir sick, either In the hospital or in private families. Thos? who l!ie their services may call and rce them at their home, lS and J3. North Mls?i8ippl street. The IndlanaioIIs Ixcal Council of Women has received a cordial invitation from th national council to pirlkiyate in ihe celebration of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's eightieth birthday, which occurs Nov. 12. If any of the members of the affiliated societies expect to be in New York on that dite and wisli to be prvsent at the celebration, they can learn further particular! regarding It from Josephine R. Nichols. North Illinois street, or from Miry Isabel Jenckts. 1044 North Illinois street. Lour en if j Flr. CAMBRIDGE O., Oct. 2. The business portion of this city was destroyed by fire this morning, with a loss cf more than SICO.ono. On man wa bdrnl to death -Frank Law, employed At Davis's livery stable. The prinrinal Ir.- are: London Hotel, building. -.,)-; Taylor Block. IS.a0; Memorial Hall. flfl.HJ; J. W. Davis, building ard stook. Jt.Ow; Carlisle Grimes. warehoue and utoc-k of hardware In the Taylor Block. J1S.CO; George Sehainrer, building and stock, M.7J0: .1. M. I(ir;iardon, building and stork, ll.jfO; Carries Brothers, livery'. $2.: H. C. llornbrock. boots and shoes, Si.onO; A. D. Steele, xroccry. ?2.-Vi0; Gillespie fz MrColloush. fumtture. jj.CO'O. The general ofhe-es of tho Cleveland At Marietta road were destroyed, but most of the papers were saved.' The lnRiiranc was less thaft on?-half the losrrs. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. The extensive t-halr factory of F. Herbold n. in Wet Krbr street, was gutted by Are this afternoon. Ixss. K0.O00. Emperor Charles 1 1, accompanied by half the nobility of Austria, went to the Carlsbad Springs for the recovery of his health. Six thousand, six hundred horses, so the town records, say, were necessary to convey" the company to the place. The Carlsbad Sprudel Salt can be obtained at every drug store in the United States now at trifling- cot. It is the best remedy lor catarrh of the stomach, constipation, liver and kidney troubles, tfout, rheumatism, etc. Best results uri obtained when out-door exercise can be had. Be sure to obtain the genuine imported article, which has the signature of "Eisner &: Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, New York on every package. o

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