Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 189A

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to «lt# taloo*. Hero Ur VUmr> produatd a niup of tbe looaUiy and ' a di««r«m of Hi* resort, tThkOt h* showed to the Jury and extt. » loon, Ur. Sum, th« pii*no-play^ r - frv>m 0*1 s of (he Inner rooms. Mr. Hutu, th« har-Uouttj, was behind the bur. There was al*«> prevent Mr. Whitman, the hack-driver. They went to the bar and were having aomothinjr to drink when Smith came in. The evidence will »how ♦hat before Smith came in he had already aoib'tpated havlnir trouble with some man. Thee* wiil be oonHIct a* to the detail* of what took place in the »aloon, fci:t there will be evidence to vhow that words muwed between the two men. and that Thotnaa woo killed by Snillh : Thomas waa killed with a pearl-handle-1 ben-knife. He wa* cut in the left *ide of the neck.” Mr. Henry than described the wounds that were found on Thonia*’* body, and he detailed the story of the KUHnc a* al•nady sold by the newspapers. He concluded by sayinn "W'e shan produce evidence ahowtnir that Mr. Thomaa wa* not ouarreijiome, did not want any trouble; That MV aralth killed Thomaa purposely, urallciotisly, and intended to kill him. I The Klrat Wt!»*•*., 1 The first w'itnMa. was Thoa A. Wlnterroftd, -the aiehttoct. He teatified that he and Mr. Wlltale had gone to Brighton Bar.eh and had made an accurate diagram! of jthe saloon and surrounding locality. Tiie map was produced in court and the attorneys gathered around It. testing the knowledge of the witness about his mgp by numerous questions. While this witness was being examined Mrs. Wan flu, the mother of the prisoner, entered from the room behind tbe^ ourtpen milting, sr son. The

said this,■ he laid hit hands on Smith’s j want anything to drink.’ Smith then shoulder. 1 do not remember that the ualked to Thomaa and 1 got the drinks bartender said anything. The bartender for the party. 1 got three glaase* of did say that he didn’t want any fuss in ! Thomas bad a pipe In his mouth, the saloon. ; After the trouble was over I saw the w2»T!“w.«u , RnT , X: 513 i & .«V*r. A {% S&Hr « satrUrs* Qtiwiri. I thlnjE siUcl. I Mr. Thomas tun

not Bee

w as close to the door. They clinched 1 V 00 !^ 1 ' i h , l h„ v h °® t there.'Then they fell toward the outside f^Sm^together Tho-na/held his hands »” “» !££, °“!„r US? InT'dlJ nm Tuih Ir^v' VtS?

g?*oviftcL I cion t icinow J\ow 2on^ j floor was

they were down. I was standing in Ihe | ..j tMJU ij no t see what happened after north side door. Smith got up first. H * : t j u , merl we nt out. 1 heard a scuffle. I went to his buggy, which was standing KOt u p on the bar ami looked out and

Close to the door. Smith struck Thomas ; Buw smith In the

after he got up ••

as

the

buggy. Thomas was gy. f saw Smith take

jmBIRH’ifare' about to

break down under th- scrutiny of the

Testimony- f'ompMred.

In all of tht* cross-examination the testimony of the witness was compared with the testimony ho gave before the coroner. If hi* statements varied from

those in his deposition, he

changed them to conform to his statement. He said that his memory

standing by the buggy,

the buggy whip and strike back toward Thomas. I did not see If he struck Thom-

as Thomas turned half way around and fell. His body lay east and west. The body was about a foot from the porch.

i He lived about half a minute. He did not 8t jurs were reserved for women. Most afterward ta ]g a t a \i j »aw a cut on his neck. He 0 j» t j, e seats were filled. A large number its former bled a good deal, niere^was^a^ lot^of , { ,f iTi en who wished to get In the court-

do

Journi we wM allow the iury to retire, there has been too much mixing of

Jury with the .spectators.

The Jury passed out and the Judge said: ’•There has been too much rough treatment of the women that have been present at the trial. The bailiff# will open the doors and allow the women to pass

out.’’

This was dime and the mass of specta-

tors wo* then allowed to go. Afternoon Se»Nton. *

The afternoon session of the trial was marked by a great Increase in the number of woman In attendance. Aa they \were let out of the room before the men. so were they let in before the men. In «pite of -this there was much crowding in the galleries, the women pushing among themselves, until stopped by the bailiffs. The three front rows of seats downstairs were reserved for women. Most

sat

DR. KNICKERBACKER’SWILL

blood on the ground. The blood was j roorn

# * t n*.» #*. a-: * j r Jt *.». ^ a*w;«n.i tiisftti j**.**,. ing, strong and vigorous, she, torn by conflicting emotions, worried and anxious and looking as if a sick bed would have been a beitar place for her than the court-room. Whitman, the Hack Driver. The second witness was Henry Whitman. the hack driver, who took Thomas to the place -where he was killed. The examination in chief was conducted by Mr. Kiain. In response. to questions Whitman said: "I live at 163 Capitol avenue, north, and have lived in Indianapolis twenty-seven years. On the morning of July 12 I drove a hack. I was called inaide the Imperial salooh In North

WHITMAN POINTING OUT SMITH.

Illinois street, by Larry McKeon. He is a bartender; he was once a ball player. 1 Saw Thomas in the saloon. I stayed in there about an hour. McKeon, Dan Lynch, the bartender, a man named Thompson. W. B. Thomaa and myself were In the place. When I first went in I waa engaged as a hackman. My team was outside the place. It was about 2 o’clock. Someone said, I don’t know who, ‘Lot’s go to Brighton Beach.’ I started to drive out there. In my hack were Thomas, McKeon and Lynch. We stopped on the way.to lot McKeon out. Then Dan Lynch and Mr. Thomas were alone in the

were unable to do so. Alb the a.is, all the standing room was occu-

pied, and nearly 300 disappointed men

were left In the corridors outside. The prisoner is brought in and taken out .before the crowd has a cnance at

hum. While the court-room was filling eX

the aftertmon session, he sat in the room back of thw^oourtytn company with his mether, Dr. W:w*ds, and a bailiff. The Jury came in shortly before 2 o’clock, and as soon as they were seated the main doors were thrown open to ad-

mit the men.

The aitlorneysi oame in the room soon afterward and the court was called to

order.

EXAMINING THE MAP.

was fresher at that time.' Continuing, he said: “After Smith drove off he came back. Something passed between him and the woman, and then he drove off. Before Smith drove off the first time Thdmas had staggered to the wheel of the buggy. He fell down before Smith drove off.

cleaned up by A1 Lacy, the colored man. I saw no knife or any weapon in either of the men’s hands. George Suss brought in the knife after I had telephoned. I laid the knife on the sideboard. The small blade was open. It was all bloody. I gave the knife to Coroner Beck. Suss came in from the piano-room. He came to the end

i did not hear any of the m-n use any ‘„b a . No drink was served to Hm vile names. I was within live or six feet M.h^ drmk's N J ru t on the l£r we?e not of them. From the time I first saw Smith ta w' f .n bv L 1V bodv A?ter the officers came neither of the men were out of my hear- taken by anj bony. Alter me ometrs came

Ing. When Smith came back to the crowd l emptied mem.

riot a man said anything td him.

To the State.

Passed back to the State the witness

“After the trouble the first to arrive were Sergeants Barlow and Kurtz. A1 Lat-y came next. Then Dr. Beck came. A hack came out before the coroner,

said, in reply, to Mr. Elam: “It was j No one moved the body before the corbrood daylight when the affair hap- ! oner came, ihe coroner searched the

ring

pened. The'north door of the saloon was | body^ He^got over $30 in money, open. Mr. Lynch was not sober. I don't i ' T j l# . Knife, know where Lynch went after the j Mr win show you a knife . l8 trouble. I drove *"* ^„^* to . t °" n ’ that the knife you got from Mr. Suss? I brought Lynch and Battle* back with n waB a 8ma]l knlfe .

me. Battley and Billy the Kid came out there in a hack driven by Jack Scanlon. When 'CUnmoo r.tiit Ulu mi* tnward

Smith

uftML WM

ing to smooth it over. I did say be

ef* W 1*1 * I 1/Vn *

Witness—I think that is the knife. Continuing, he said: “The knife was

very bloody when I got it.”

The knife was offered in evidence. The witness, contit mg, said: “After Smith

he ime back in about two

the blood. It came from the neck and tell north doofr. It was on Thursday that the

over hfs Hhirt. He walked steadily to the trouble took place.” buggy. Ha : — --

the buggy, u

hack. 1 stopped at the main entrance of the waloon at Brighton Beach and left the team unhitched. We all went into the

1 aaw

in we got in

no buggy at the we stood up at the

m i, Thomaa pear the wall, Lynch next and then myaalf. Mr. Thomas ordered ' ' Smith came in from the

at wa* the first I saw of

bar together, time.

♦ •Ilf bar,

and then roys< tho drinks. Mr

rear rootm Thai t»im» me *mo«. * „ v, hint. Mr. Susi, the piano player, was in the room, and there was a roan named

Wtsketta aateep In a chair.

'jPhe tin 11 t-rt-i.

’■When Smith came in, he said to the bartendett, I believe that’s a dollar I owe you.’ He waa within a foot of Thomas then. Thomaa said; Tf you owe the man, why don’t you pay him?* Smith said, T don’t know that that is any of your busipcMt.* He may have said ’business’ or *put-tn,' I don't exactly remember which. Mr. Thomas sfid: ’That’s ail right; ex.cule me. Take a drink with me. I’ve

•met you before-’

"Smith said; ‘I don’t know you. I never met you before. I don’t want to make any now acquaintances* Then some words passed betweeen the men. I don’t remember what they were. To tell the truth. I wuan’t paying a great deal

1 heai a diin

go out to yoiir buggy with 3 Smith said. *1 don't have to go,

fore the coroner that Thomas said ’Don’t ; q roV e off, i«u be offended, Smith. eom« and have a minutes, from Lite north. He was drivdrlnk.’ Thomas also invited Smith to j n g rapidly In a side-bar buggy, with the bring his woman in to have a drink.’ top down. There was a woman in the Witness here described the way in which buggy. It was Myrtle Overturf. I had Thomas fell and the manner in which he 8een her at the Beach lots of times, rose from the porch. Continuing, he said: when he came back, he stopped, and "l could see no weapon in Smith’s hand. sonie one went out and was talking to Smith struck Thomas sqmewhere about him. I saw the girl put her hand* to her the head. Thomas was not bleeding be- f ao e, and then Smith drove off. Smith fore he got up. After he rose to his feet had no hat on. His hat was underneath he started toward the buggy. Then I saw Thomas’s body, which lay east of the

the blood. It came from the neck and fell He walked steadily to the

stood by the front wheel of

saw Thomas's face when he fell. He was smiling still. I told the bar-

tender that Thomas was bleeding.”

In reply to Mr. Duncan: “I did say before the coroner that 1 did not see who

Struck the first blow.”

Whitman was then dismissed and Frank C. Hunt, the bartender, was called. Then Whitman was recalled, at the request of Mr. Duncan. Mr. Inmcan-'i'n ask you if you saw

Mr. Suss there? Witness—Yes.

Mr. Duncan—Was he not drunk? Witness—Not more than usual. He always was drinking every time I saw hira- „ , . , Mr. Elam—He always was drinking,

was he?

Witness—Every time I saw him.

of attention. Then f heard Thomas say : 'If you won’t take a drink, you’d better go out to yoiir bpggy with your lady.’

thing of that sort, and

presently both of tl

or »ome-

itg or that sort, atnt presently the men got to scrapping, and both of them fell out ,on the porch. Smith .was on top. Smith got up ,*oon. and went out to the buggy. Then he came buck and struck Thomas again. Thomas got up and followed him to th# buggy. Then I saw the blood for the first time. Thomas did not *ay anything after he got outside. I did not see any weapon. I first saw the’ knife when Suss brought it in from the outside. , He gave it to Hunt. I #aw the woman In the buggy. It was Myrtle Overton, or some name Uke that. I know her well. Smith c:ime back afterward. He just checked hta horse up and the woman said something and then acreamed. and he drove off. Thomas bled very freely. ,"I knew Smith, hut I did not know Thomaa. I *had knownSmith for a long time. The b*dy of Thomas was not moved until the coroner came. He searched the clothes and took some money, a watch, a ring i»nd some papers. 1 did not see what he did with them. D had drunk some beer, but I was not under the influence of liquor at ail. Mr. Smith did not aeem to in* under the influence of liquor at all. I could see that Mr Thomas had been drinking. Sir. Thoma* had a pipe in his mouth.’’

• Mr. Elam here announced that he was

about through with the witness, but as It wa* nearly 6 o'clock he thought that the eroes-examlnatlon had better be deferred until the morning. The Jury were reinstructed by Judge McCray and court adjourned. ‘ E2XASIIXATION OF WMPXESSES. Tha Fleet Teatlmouy Brought Out

Concerning the Gnae.

Henry Whitman we# McAlled to the •Und thl* rooming, and hi* cross-exam-ination begun by Mr. Duncan. He said: “On tIU night of July lb 1 gas driving n hack owned by Air. Spa hr. I went ou duty -about 11 o’clock that nixht. My hack wa* standing In front of the Y M C. A. HolL * went Into the Imperial about l o'clock; I wa* in the Imperial about ooe hour and *. half before I ■tartad to drive to Brighton Beach. It wa* about 3 o’clock when I atarted. It

si?

•tract and ^Columbia aiiey. 1 was alone

driving. :

-“It was about 4 o’clock when w# got to the Beocln I stopped in front of the aaloon. The hack was between the saloon and the canal. We went, out there to f «i aomathtn* to drink. i| r . Thoma* ordered thg-drink* Tbe bar-tender had the drlnks on the bar befog* I saw Mr. Bnnlth. Smith *a* i-enr Mr. Thomas when I firat aaw him. -nte first person that spoke go* Smith. He oald: •!* think that’# • <W*Ll you-’ The bartender **ik. That* all right.’ Then Thomaa spoke up. 'If you owe the mau. why don’t fou nay hltnr Smith said, T don’t know th»t thu D y© Ul - p„t i n .‘ Tbotna* Mid. /That # all right. Come and ; have a mlnic.* Smith eadf^J don’t want a drink. I’Ve been drinking ail night.’ Thoma* Add; Take a drink. I know you, Smith. I’vo met you before.’ Smith: i don't remembWBve, mettin . you, and l don t want to form any ne

■

Thoma* 1 and have

/ •

He was

not drunker

•staggered? Witness—No. than uaual.

When Whitman was first called to the stand he was asked If he knew Winfred E. Smith. He replied that he did. “Do you see him In 'the room now?” said Mr. Ekun. ■’Yes," answered the witness. “Can you point him out?” asked Mr.

Elam. •

“Yea,” said the witness; “there he is.” He pointed with his finger at Smith, who was half concealed, by the side of his mother and behind Mr. Duncan. There was a rustle among the spectator#, as everyone ifi the room turned as the witness iMTinted and looked full at Smith. He smiled slightly, did not change color and maintained his self possession throughout. Hi* mother put her black fan to her face. Hunt On the Stand. Frank C\ Hunt then took the stand. Ha said: "J am a bar-tender. I have not been employed since the Hth of July. I used to be a pre*sm*n by trade. At Brighton Beach I waa on the night watch. I was the only night bar-tender.

I wa* a substitute for "Bhorty” Custer, who waa til. I know Winnie Smith and have known him three or four years. 1 first saw him at Brighton Beach on the night In question about 1 o'clock. He ordered beer for the back room. He ordered six beers, then five beers ami a st-User. and than six beers. He did not pay for them. He owed me a dollar. He was only'there about fifteen minutes the first time. ’T did not see the woman who was with

bui

A recess of three minutes was then taken. The Jury rose. Many of the people In the audience went out. Tiielr places were quickly filled by other impa-

tient spectators. After the Hecess.

At the conclusion of the recess the cross-examination of Frank Hunt was begun by Air. Duncan. The witness said: “I have been a barkeeper for three or four years, and had been employed at Brighton Beach before. I was regularly t employed there In the summer of 1893. At ! the time this affray happened, the lights were still burning. The piano was kept I in the west room, recently added. Smith j and the woman were at the Beach bej tween 12 and 1 o’clock. They were in the j back room, about fifteen minutes. Smith : ordered six beers first. Then the porter ! got five beers and a seltzer for Smith. I The next order was six beers and two seltzers. I saw them as they went away. They went south. When they came back again it was near 4 o'clock. “Thomas, Lynch and Whitman came In tiie front door. They at once came up and ordered some drinks. They were at Ihe bar when Smith came in. Smith was standing in the center of the bar when he had the conversation with me. Thomas stood between Lynch and Whitman. Mr. Suss came in right after Smith. Smith came' in from the piano room. 1 did give my evidence before the coroner the same day the trouble oc-

curred.”

That part of the witness’s statement before the coroner in which h# said that when Smith, Lynch, Suss, Whitman, Thoma* and himself were the only ones present In the room wa* read by Mr. Duncan and Hunt said the statement

was true.

Mr. Duncan—You did not hear Air. Smith call Thoma* any vile names, did

you?

“No, sir,” replied the witness. Continuing, he said: “It was about two minutes after Smith drove away, before he cajne back. In the meantime another hack drove up. There was Jim Scanlon and Bert Bradley. 1 was behind the bar all the time. I turned over the knife to the coroner in the same condition a* I received it. No, now 1 think of It. I believe somebody had shut it. It was about half an hour before the coroner came. I telephoned to the police station and told them to bring the coroner. The telephone w'as in the bar-room. Mr. Smith came to the Bearh before the hack. 1 aaw the hack a minute or two after I saw Smith drive up. In the rear of the main building there are aheds for

horses.”

In reply to re-direct examination by Mr. Elam: “While the fight was in prog1 ess 1 got up on the b*r and looked out, leaning on my hands.” Witness got behind a table at the request of Mr. Elam and showed the jury how he got up on the bar. He was then

dismissed.

Alfred Lucy Colled.

Lacy, the first colored witness, was then called. He said: “My name Is Alfred Lacey. I came to Indianapolis from Ohio. I have been working around Brighton Beach for three years until about three weeks ago, business got so dull they laid me off. I left the Beach to wake up the day-men on the morning of the 12th of July. I looked back and aaw a crowd around the Beach and I went back. I got back there about 4:30. The coroner was there. I •The body of the man was close to the 1 step of the porch on the gravel walk. There was an awful sight of blood. J cleaned up the muss after the body was taken away. 1 put lime on the place.There waa a little blood on the step—a spot as large as my hand. There was a spot of blood on a post In front of the door. Some man asked me to show him the spot a few days ago. Part of the spot is there yet. I Juat put lime on the blood. 1 saw no blood upon the porch. “When 1 saw Thoma* he was close to the step* from the porch. I didn’t notice the body close, for I hated to see it, and I got away. I saw Smith at the Beach early in the night. He had a woman with him. When he came back the sec-

ond time I was gone.”

Orosa-examined by Mr. Duncan, he said: "The whole ground up there by Brighton Beach is owned by a brewery

him until I saw her in the buggy. There were other people in the bank room with Smith. There was a piano-player in ihe room furnishing music for them. His name was Buss. It sounded to me aa if the people in the piano room were dancing The phtno-room 1* not a* large as the

bar-room. There was no furniture in the J company. There are four rooms up-piuno-to'.m: but the ptano. and some : stair* in the Beach. There are two winechair*. When Smith left he did not come ' rooms and two bedroom*. I lived about back until about 4 o’clock. It was not • tw-o block* from the Beach over In what quit# light. The gas had not been turned ; they call Canada. I can pit in my door off. I remomber Mr. Thomaa coming to I and look right in the Beach door.” the Beach. 1 had never seen him before. Mr. Duncan asked the witness a quaaLynch and Whitman were with him. They tlon privately, and, continuing the examall came Into the room together. Thomaa ination, the witness said: "The piano was

stood in the middle. Lynch next to th« in the back room.”

ly to re-direct examination by am: “I don’t know if Bus*

Y + ’ u

wait and Whitman on the other side. In rep “I don't retaemtHf who ordered the Air. Els drinks. I ' turned to get the drinks. I — - a -

had to go to the middle of the bar to g«t th# drinks. I drew no liquor.

flmtth Enters.

“While I was getting the drinks Smith came in out of the middle room- He

met jto

meeting

r w [ “While I was getting

LSsPUsrS l L“L S £

was drunk or not. It’* hard to tell when he 1* drunk. I know he had not had much, ’cause they

not had much,

wasn’t coming very strong. When I went back he wa* talking to the coroner. I don’t know If ho was drunk. There was HI *-* cr f f* r» Vi Ic anti/vn-a **

Proceeding* were halted for a time by a racket outside the door. Two policemen went out to quell the disturbance, turt could make no headway against the four hundred men that had gathered in the corridors at the time. The police had to content themselves with shutting j the doors. Some excitement and a babel of talk was caused by the entrance of Prosecutor Wiltsle with a bundle of clothes, supposed by the crowd to be the clothes worn by Western B. Thomas when he was killed. Wttnea# IfiiMlin. The first witness called was Philip Haslin, who said: “I live at 97 North Illinois street. I am an undertaker and work for Kregelo, Son & Irvin. I was connected with th# firm on July 12. I received a message from Brighton Beach about 6 o'clock that morning. Mr. Kregelo and the driver went out there. The driver was Charley Lackey. I did not go with them. 1 remained and was at the morgue when they returned. They brought the body of W. B. Thomas in the dead wagon. It was placed in the morgue and I undressed it. Those clothes have been in the store since. In the possession of the firm. I have them with me. 1 brought them this afternoon.” The bundle was than unwrapped, amid a profound sensation in the court-room. Article by article the clothes, still red with the blood of Thomas, were held up for the jury to inspect. There was a light ooat, a neglige shirt ami the other clothes that Thomas wore. The clothes were gashed in places. Continuing, the witness said: “The, clothes are the same that I took off the body of Thomas. The discoloration is blood. I did not bring the trousers. They were all bloody like the rest of the clothes. I only kept the clothes the coroner told me to keep (holding up the bloody shirt). This is the garment I took off Thomas In the morning of the murder. I cut the shirt open in front to get it off the body. "There wa* a cut in the shirt in the left side, the sajne side aa the cut in the coat. The shirt wa* saturated with blood. The right shoulder of the shirt was torn. I don’t know what caused that.” Holding up the undershirt, the witness identified it as having been taken off Thoma*.' He fileo Identified the suspenders, red with blood. Smith looked at the clothes with attention. Dr. Wands hung his head, and All's. Wands covered her face with a fan. In the galleries above, the women leaned far out, their eyes riveted on the bloody garments. In the Mont row, downstairs, the women chewed gum and whispered together. The jury looked from the clothes to the prisoner, and back to the

witness.

PERSONAL AXD SOCIAL.

Airs. William F. Mason has returned to her home In Denver, Colo., after on extended visit with Mr. and Mr#. A. L. Alason. Mrs. C. E. Galloway, wife of Dr. Galloway, who has been Tying seriously ill at her home. 444 Central avenue, is oonvalescfng. Invitations have been seat out by Mrs. Frank Van Camp for a children’s party on Friday afternoon for liar little son. About seventy-five will be entertained. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of Roberts Park church will meet with Mrs. D. Fraser, 779 East Washington street, on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. At the Portnigbtly Club yesterday afternoon Mr. William Forsyth read a paper on “Art.” A social hour followed, during which tea was served by several young ladies. A number of guests were present. The members of the Century Club gave their annual “guests’ dinner” last night in the private dining-room of the Commercial Chib. Music, furnished by Marone, the harpist, and flowers tastefully arranged on the tables, added to the attractiveness of the occasion. Covers were laid for over forty. The toasts were given as follows: Mr. Jacob P. Dunn, ■’Opportunity Has a Beard, but No Back Hair:” Mr. John R. Wilson, “Gladstones in Politics;” Mr. Allan Hendrick#, “Foot-Ball and Homer;” Mr. John E. Cleland, "Greece, Grit and Gumption;” Mr. W. McKay Landon, “Poverty a* Capital.” A pretty luncheon was given by Mrs. J. H. Baker yesterday at the Denison House for her guest. Miss Mitchell, of Logansport. The others entertained were: Mr*. Beveridge, Miss Carey, Alisa Katharine Malott, Miss Mothenshead, Miss Annie Dye, Miss Margaret Smith, Mias Grace Smith, Aliss Duncan, Miss Annie Butler, the Miss Atkinses and Miss Erwin. At the close of tb« luncheon, the carnations which had been strewn over the table were presented aa favors. Green and white candles lighted the room.

nothing peculiar about his actions.” Mr. Elam said at this point; “We h

f with utf.’ Smith re- to fctm. YOU owe me a dollar. He j no other short wanes#, and as It is now •aid: ’If you wont ao- *ajd, ‘AH right. Mr. Thoma# said. t en minute# to 12 o’clock, wa might a apology, you’d, better ’Why don’t you pay th# man and come y—•> ” 1

and *0 oa,’ Aa Thomaa

and take a drink?' Smith said, T don’t

well adjourn.’■

Judge McCray—Before

the court ud-

For Miss Van Voorhls. The cotillion given last night by Mr. and Mrs. Knippenberg, at their handsome home in North Meridian street, was a beautiful affair. Miss Van Voorhis. of Boston,, is visiting Miss Knippenberg, and the invitations were issued in compliment to her. The guests were received in the drawing-room, which is finished in white and gold, and which was adorned with a quantity of Bermuda lilies. In receiving the host and hostess were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. GoU, Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. Hord, Mr. and Mrt. Hewitt H. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Morrison, Mr. and Airs. Arrick, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Sharpe, Jr., Mrs. McKee and Miss Beatty. In the ball-room the decorations were of winter greens, garlanded about the posts and secured by bright-colored ribbons. Wild smliax almost concealed the balustrade of the staircase. The hall and several small rooms opening from it were Invitingly furnished with cushioned divans, rugs ami softly shaded lights for tetc-a-tetes between the figures. In one of these room* punch was nerved. Many new and delightful figures were danced. Mr. Edward Gates led, having successively for partners. Miss Van Vporhls. Miss Jessie Miller and Miss Knippenberg. Among those present from a distance were: Miss Wilson, of Evanston, who is visiting Miss Lucy Holliday; the Miss Menzies. of Yernotf. Miss Miller’s guests, and Air. William Irwin, of Columbus. Supper was served In the dining-room at tables decorated in green and white. Century Club Anniinl Dinner. About forty persons, members and friends of the Century Club, sat down to the annual guests’ dinner of the club at the Commercial Club last night. The arrangements made the scene an attractive vone. The dinner was a disappointment, but the speeches after It were good, and were introduced in a happy manner by Charles W. Moores, toast-master. The Century Club, Air. Moore* said, had come into existence seven years ago to fill a long-felt want In being neither a nightschool nor a black-balling scheme. John R. Wilson spoke of "Gladstone in Politics.” He emphasized th# fact that the great English statesman was the descendant of a long line of British merchants on one side, and of a line of intellectual Scot# on the other, and spoke in eulogy of his combination of the scholarly and practical. Allan Hendricks made a witty response to the toast ’’Foot-BaH and Homer." Hugh McK. Landon did what be could to show that "Poverty i* Capital.” Jacob P. Dunn wandered from the subject “Opportunity Ha* a Beard, but No Back Hair,” into & minute analysis of “Jack and Jill” as an example bf sterling old poetry compared with effeminate modern stuff. John E. Cleland managed to give humor and dignity m the toa-d •'Grease. Grit, Gumption.”

THE DOCUMENT ADMITTED PROBATE TO-DAY.

borne /ornearljr twenty eenturiee by the one |

holy catholic and tpontolio church. “The elergy of Iris didcci>e will ever |

bless God's holy name for the gilt of this • true man just departed this hie in holy I

MR. ENSLEY STRICKEN

faith and fear, and pray for;grace to follow • THE EI-PF.YMOX AGEJTT POUND UXhia irood a|unstile. I COXSCIOU* X EAR HI* OFFICE.

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Various Requests, Conditional and Outright, To Ills Relatives nnd the Church—the ludinu Trust Company As Executor.

The will of the late Rt. Rev. Davit! Buel Knickerbacker, "by the grace of God, Bishop of the Holy Catholic Church, com-

monly known as the Protestant Episcopal xial features.

Church,” as his will reads, was admitted to probate in the office of the county clerk this morning. The will, proved by the witnesses, Aquilla Jones, Jr., and Charles R. Harrington, was executed October 8,

1894.

his good example.

“This uimutt wtil be »ent [to the church | papers and the daily papers ot indinnapolls, and* copy will be sent to his sorrowing widow, with assurance* ot our filial and

teaderest sympathy.’^

JN -IHE SUBURBS.

-4 -S-

West Indiana pulls.

The new Cito- Hall of West Indianapolis will be finished within a few days und the Council will hold k public reception to introdqce it to thq cmaens. The occasion will be distinguished by its so-

Removed To Hla Home In a Comatose Condition — Fears Eater* . talned Thai He May Sot Recover—Heart Trouble.

William J. Shinn, Democratic ex-pres-ld#nt of the Town Board of West Iq- j di&n&polls, denies that the Democrats are 1 responsible for the loss Of the gas ordinance. He states that it wa* not until the Republicans obtained (control of the suburb that the company got possession

...... of the contract between it and the town,

The will creates an entire trust of the and also began to charge bonuses for con-

property for the church alter certain pro- necting new houses and talk

- -“hTti

ing other un-

warranted liberties with I the people of

the suburb.

The new musical drama,’I’Snow-Bound,” will be presented for the i benefit of the unemployed at Spencer’s ( Opera House, West Indianapolis, next Tuesday evening, by a company of professional stage

visions are fulfilled. In its first item it gives the portraits of the father and grandfather of the bishop to the Historical Society of New York, his gold watch to ht« nephew, David H. Kniekerbacker, and the portrait of his grandfather Buei to Mrs. Arms. To his successor as bishop he gives one set of Episcopal robes, and the books, desks and other property bequeatheed by Bishop Talbott to the decedent, subject to the conditions of Bishop Talbott’s will. He bequeaths all his theological books to the 1 diocese to become a part of the diocesan li- j

brary.

For the Church. j

.k., , >• , , ... and pleadings of a woman within It and To the diocese of Indiana he bequeaths i cr j as 0 f "D^ a 't, don’t strike me." The

two men had heard that ithe master of that particular house was given to wifebeating and they forthwith rushed into fhe house. The wife with; a baby in her lap sat in a chair and the irate husband had an uplifted poker in his hand as ho stood over her. They ordered him to “drop it," which he did promptly. They then told him that if tWey ever heard again of him whipping his wife that he w'ould b« taken forth and white-capped.

Nicholas Ensley, ex-United States pension agent for the district of Indiana, S was stricken with heart failure to-day at the offlee of the Union National Building and Loan Association, of which he i* president. He was stiU un-

conscious this afternoon.

About 10 o’clock he went into the hall. After he had been out some time .a man called to see him, and one of the employes went out to look for him. He wa* found lying on the floor unconscious. Dr. Garver was called. The physician at first thought Air. Ensley had suffered a hemorrhage, but a more careful examination led to the belief that the trouble wa* heart failure. An atnbu-

people, among whom are Frederick J. | l** 1 *-'* called, and Mr. Ensley was

Stein and Guy De Laporte, of Indiana- ------

polis, and formei y of 'fThe Planter * Son" combination; Miss Cjiive North, of 4 U11 I o v*” * v. 0 v-i \ * • (lljf ! erda A 1 wvsa 1

The Burglar” company; .Miss Alma De Sano, pianist and graduate of the Indiana School of Music, and Willis N. Davis. As two men were standing in front of a house in Warren avenue, West Indianapolis, Monday night, they heard cries

29M acre* of land near Cedar Lake, in Lagrange county, lor the benefit of the Howe Grammar .tlchool. Hi* successor has the privilege of occupying the pronerty until

it is soid.

To the trustees of the diocese he bequeaths $10,000 to be applied to the cost of erecting a cathedral at Seventh street and Central avenue, in this city; if the building is not begun in ten years from the death of the decedent, the bequest with interest is to be turned into the diocesan building fund. The residue of the estate is placed in the bands of the Indiana Trust Company, in trust, and the trustee ha* authority to sell or convey and to invest the estate in its discretion. He suggests that the unimproved land be first sold so that the amount may

produce an income. To Hi* Relatives.

Out of the income from the estate he devises an annuity of $2,000 a year to his widow during her life time; to. his nieces and nephews, W. P. Mayes, Charlotte Haywood, \V. E. Chamberlain, Fannie, Jenatte L. Etta, Emma, W. C., D. H. and Oliver H. Kniekerbacker $250 each, payable in annual installments of $50 each; to his “faithiul servant, Jane Atkinson.” $100 a year as long as she lives; to his cousins, Charlotte and Elizabeth Smith, $100 x each. The remainder of the income is divided into seven equal parts as follows: To the Tuttle Home, Indianapolis; Cathedral services, Grace Church, city; for the education of daughters of clergymen at Su Mary’s Hall (the income never to exceed $5,000); for the education of clergymen at Howe Grammar School (never to exceed $5,000); to the maintenance of episcopate; to diocesan missions, and to the support of the

aged and infirm clergymen.

Upon the death of nis wife $1,500 is to be paid to her brother, George Moore, of Gravesend, England, or if he be dead, equally divided among three daughters. To each of the nieces and nephews named before he leaves an additional $250 subject to the same conditions as before. He provides for a lot in Crown Hill Cemetery and a monument, either to cost as much as $500. The Indiana Trust Company is named as executor. After the legscies have been paid and the other provisions carried out, the trustees of the diocese of Indiana are to receive the property, or, if they desire to receive it before, they can have that privilege by agreeing to carry out the provisions

oi the wiil.

The Indiana Trust Company qualified aa executor without giving bond. The trust company fixed the personal property at $26,000, the bulk of winch is life insurance. The real estate, much ot which is in Minneapolis, is said to be worth in excess of

$100,000.

BISHOP KXIGKERBACKER. Minute Prepared By Hie Committee Appointed By tbe Rev. Dr. Hale. The following minute on the death of Bishop David Buel Kniekerbacker was prepared by James D. Stanley, N. W. Heermans, A. W. Seabrease, J. Everist Cathell and C. G. Adams, the committee appointed by the Rl Rev. C. R, Hale, D. D., at a meeting of the clergy held immediately alter the bishop’s funeral: “The diocese of Indiana is beneath the shadow of a great, manifold and irreparable loss. On December 31, 1894, at the Episcopal residence, in Indianapolis, Bishop Kniekerbacker died suddenly from a combined attack of angina pectoris and pneumonia. His arduous labors m the diocese had been continued up to a moment only tour days previous to his decease. The hearts of his loving clergy are overwhelmed with a spreading and deepening sense of bereavement. This Christian bishop had been so continuous, persevering and persistent in his work since h# came to Indiana that we have been unable to realize the extent of bis leadership; but now that the great worker is at rest, aud bis active brain and loving heart are still, we are able to behold bis true character, and to appreciate his real worth, and thus to feel, all the more forcibly, our heavy loss. ‘‘Bishop Kniekerbacker was a godly man of a very genuine type. Beneath all official and professional matters, his life waa in consunt communion with God. Here was the source of that calm dignity and strength with which he met his trials and carried his burdens. Often in the administration of his episcopate could be seen evidence of that divine confidence, manifest in unwavering patience with resalts. The last two years of his life were a continued illustration of this, for be was conscious that the sentence of death was within him, by inheritance, and that he might be taken away iat any moment, yet, nevertheless, he pursued and discharged all the duties of his office, quietly, calmly, cheerfully, omitting nothing, continuing even his journeys about tbe diocese; and we now learn that he had also made every prunaration for his decease. ”Dr. Kniekerbacker was a most excellent bishop. It is perhaps true that, in administrution and executive ability he has never been surpassed by any American bishop. A glance at the comparative condition of the diocese wiil show plainly that tbe third bishop of Indiana was possessed of the courage, wisdom aud zeal of a statesman. He entered upon the Episcopate of one of the most difficult dioceses of this whole land, undismayed by its divers discouragements. Every interest of the church of God has been fostered and greatly promoted by bis loving and skillful care. Never did a Christian bishop render more faithful aud efleetive service to God ami to his fellow-men. Possessed of some private means, be devoted all that he was and all that he had to his manifold ministry. Parishes aud missions were multiplied; permanent endowments built up from nothing, schools established, a church home and a hospital set forward, and many other items could be mentioned of cumulative evidence that he was a masterly workman in his high and holy office. He was ever conscious of his commission to all sorts and condition* of men. Every city, town and hamlet unoccupied by the church was the subject of his hopes and plans and prayers, and much of his most earnest thought was devoted to the possibility of

fforth Indianapolis. The Rev. H. M. Egolt is meeting with success ait hi# evangelist (services in the North Indianapolis Christian church. The cradle-works, North Indianapolis, have remained ailent sirfee Christmas. The Udell works are (running full-

handed.

North Indianapolis, llkef the other suburbs and like the city, hja* many cases of meaalea, which has decreased the school attendance 50 per cent, in some of the rooms. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the North Indianapoll* AI. E. church has elected new ottieers, as follows: President, Alisa Minnie B. Tompklna; vice-president, Charles Payne; secretary, James (Spicer; treasurer, Mtsa Lizzie Harrison; chorister, Miss Nellie Swan; organist, Miss Ruby Owen; assistant organist. Miss Lillian

sent to his home, No. 830 North Me-

ridian street.

Effort* to revive the patient were unavailing, and it is feared by his friends that his con/ditlon is critical. For sometime Mr. Ensley has had stomach trouble, and the physicians believe the attack of heart failure ia the result of the stomach

trouble.

Mr. Ensley is one . of the beat known m^n in the State. He was appointed United States pension agent for this district by President Harrison. He served four years. His home at the time of the appointment was Auburn, DeKalb county. Upon retiring from the pension offlee last year he took the management of the Union National Building and Loan Association. He had been taking an Interest in the contest for Speaker of the House of Representatives and had been about the Denison Hotel every day since the candidates came In. Dr. Carver this afternoon said that Mr. Ensley’s condition had slightly Improved, though he is seriously ill. He is Buffering from congestion of the brain and stomach. The heart failure was due to the congestion. Mr. Ensley had talked a little but somewhat Incoherently.

Calvin.

Citizens of North Indi

polis have al-

ways been divided in their) opinions as to where the “end” of the ptreet car line should be. The line circles around the main part of the suburb,land naturally has no ertd. Wherever the pars take their

“lay-time” is, however, end. In summer it is ai winter heretofre it has be Lulu street*. During the meetings last fall the en maker and Rador street!

THE NICKEL PLATE’S PRESIDENT.

Air. Caldwell Resign# and Will Succeeded By Mr. Calloway.

Cleveland, O., January 9.—It is announced here that D. W. Caldwell has tendered his resignation as president of the Nickel Plate road, and will hereafter devote hi# entire attention to his duties | as president of the Lake Shore, apoaltion

nown as the ' which he has held in contunction with j the park; in 1 that of president of .the Nickel Plate for 1 at Udell and j the past two months. Mr. Caldwell has (

Kanaa# Cltlf rogd, will. In th# course of B few days, be appointed urexiutat of th# Nickel Plate, to euccsed Caldwell.

TROUl

WITH EMPLOYES.

Wayne Ktreel Car Mea ‘robubly Strike.

win

SpeoUll to Th# Indianapolis flaws. Ft. Waytte, Ind.. January I.-Monday night the Street-car Union of Ft. Wayn# presented krtevances to Mr. Frank Ds Haas Robison, general manager of' th# road, makRig certain demands. Last night the qemaxid# were answered and the company refused to grant the most important one. This noon a climax was reached, when the company discharged peremptorilj' Porter and HoltatMlawonh. two conductors who were on th# grievance committee. A strike will doubtles# be ordered to-night. The company ha* twenty imported men quartered »t a hotel for use in <ta*e of a strike.

ventlst camp- i ^ een president of the Nickel Plate about was at Shoe- ten years, and it is to his excellent man-

onoe- |

upcnT the**petitU>n of somelbf the ciCtons ! that the road OWe8 mUch ° f lU j and LuhF^toeeta^The <XLr^cuTv°najaMm- I ” ‘ 9 understood that the president. 8.

R- Calloway, of the Toledo, St. Louie A I

gers past that point, nearer their homes, without extra rare, the paissengers, how- j ever, having to remain In: the car while !

it consumes ita lay-time. ■

Uaughvllle.

When Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Baist, of 18 '

Warman avenue, Haughvjll

TO-MORROW'S GREAT SALE Cloaks, *- Silks, Dress Goods

Never such bargains ofiered the public be tore. Don't buy an article in these lines until you see what we will do lor yop. quaiUy^f AntoHraa Seal Capes, $25 $50 American Seal Capes for $17.50. 30-ineh long Astrakhan Capes, $8.!»5. $30 quality Astrakhans for $12JO. 40-inch Iqng Beaver Jacket# for $2.95. $18, $20 ami >25 quality Beaver Jackets. to-morrow’s price, jo.ftu. Over 80O pew Misses' Cloaks to select from; $4, $5 and $6 goods, for *1.25. SILKS 75c Crystal Silks, #11 shades, for 29c. 39c figured China Silks for i7V£c. $1 Black ifauin Duchess Silk for Me. A lot of .odd and short length# for 12Hc a yard. Thousand# of Dresa Patterns, in black and colored Dresa Goods at price. 100 piece# double told Dress Goods for 0>*oa y*rd.

BROSNAN BROS- ' 37 and 3l9 South Illinois Street.

jghville, awoke at 5

o’clock this morning they;found the cold ;

,y of thefr two months’

babe, Stella, beside them. | The balby had

mey luuiiu me eom their two months’

un.:

Doctors were of no

avail and the coroner wa# notified.

and lifeless bodj babe, Stella, besfi evidently smothered.

BOWER 18 TOO FAT.

Physicians Have Undertaken To Reduce His Weight IOO Pounds. ’

1

New York, January 9.—Thomas Bower,

who is well-known to the frequenters of the cafe at Delmonico’s, where for six years h# was cashier,is apatient at Blllevne Hospital. He weighs 3S2 pounds. Bower is a goodlooking young man, 30 years of age, and a graduate of St Francis Xayier College. All the members of his family are stout, but he, to use hi* own words, “uistauced them all.” ”1 kept growing fatter ami fatter,” said he to-day, “until I found my usefulness Impaired. I never took much exercise and that made it worse. I left Deiuionico’s cafe and found myself without au occupation. When 1 would apply for a position people would size me up and shake their heads. And all the time I waa getting bigger and bigger.” Dr. F. F. Russell has charge of Bower's case. ”1 think I can rid him of about one hundred pounds of his fat,” he said, “if he remains lor a month. The treatment will consist of extremelv rigid diet, plenty of exercise, and

massage.”^ j

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

May Bell Ballard, Fifteen Years Old,

Takes Alorphtne.

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Dr. Hoskina, of the city Dispensary staff, waa called to see May Bell Ballard, age fifteen, living with her mother at No. 5 Grove atreet. He found her suffering from an overdose of morphine, taken by the girl in an attempt to commit suicide. The reason given by her mother for the attempted sulcld# was a *colding she had given her 'for having so much company in the hbuse until late at night. Mlsa Ballard >took half of iu cents’ worth of morphine. This morning she had recovered from the effects.

BEHIND A MASS

or

COAL.

Two Miners Imprisoned-> One of Then* Thought To De Dead.

New sideboard# William L. Elder’s.

v», kMo uttcftL «fca<u xausaxw, MJXJ 1Q8&08, the wretched, th# outcast, were lamb# or •bee all o “No would be complete without reference to hU enthusiastic devotion to the church, whose honored and true servant he was. His Christian faith always rested upon the testimony to Jesus Christ, which ha# been

Pottauille, Pa., January 9)—Adam Burke and CharlesDeitzelare entombed behind a big moss of coal, in the Richardson colliery. The coal fell in, and it is hd^ved Deitzel is killed. The voice of ope man can be heard by the men who are working to rescue the victims. The colliery is located at Glen Carbon and belongs to the Reading Company. —•——1 Chartres Against Clarke Unfounded. Cincinnati, January 9.--Judge Lurton, of the Circuit Court of the United States, says that the chargee which have been filed In the United States (Senate against Judge Clarke, of Tennasaee, were made by the mine men in a sUit. which had been heard by himself and Judge Kev. They have agreed on an 'opinion, which Mil be Issued soon in panipnlet form and will be forwarded to the ji Iciary committee of the Senate. He days they found the charges against Judge! Clarae utterly unfounded and that he Is (not subject, in tiie slightest degree to crftlclarn. -A New Rank President. Greensburg, Ind., January’ 9—At the annual meeting yesterday afternoon of the ■tooKholders of the Citizens’ National Bank. ex-Governor Will Cumbaok was elected president. James B. Lathrop vice president and Louia E. LaJhrop cashier. He Feels the Laurel* On Hts Brow. Atchison diode. There Is no cheerfulness in the world that equals that of an amateur in responding to an encore. The Steamship Arrivals. New York, January 9.-iArrive<i: Nordland, from Antwerp; Teutonic, from LiverS&sxteii”"

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SOT

Mrs. F.—I like the couch, and it's very cheap at $12^.50. My taste always oversteps my purse. I’ve only saved $4, and so must do without it another year. Salesman—Not at all, madam. This firm will let you have it at once and allow you to pay the balance, say 50 cents a week. Mrs. F.—Will they do that for mfe? O, I’ll be so happy! Please deliver it to-day. And she always will be grateful to America’s Largest and Most Accommodating House Furnishers.

71 and 73 West Washington St. and 32 and 84 Kentuckjr Ava.

GREAT ALTERATION SALE

Important to real estat aity of Indianapolis, Ind.

owners in the

igpipsi for aald assessments. They will, there- * ay * cost * attorney’s fee# by calling at once at the county treasurer’# office ami paying eame. As the delinquents ars many, we takq this method of

MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE Extra values iu tiowns, well made, ftill size sad nicely trimmed at 60c, 7Se, fl-OO.fi.B sad - $LB Mu-lin Skirts, full size, good Muslin. 50c, esc, 76c, f 1 00 and fl.tf Chemi-es, great alteration sale, values st 25c, UOo Hild... *. fee Corset Covers, fins Cambric, handsomely trimmed, only — 19c KNIT UNDERWEARMen’s ail-Wool Scarlet Underwear was 50c; siile price ,.............................99# Men’s tine regular f 1 00 fleece-lined Underwear; sale price - 6#c Men’s fine »H-Wool fleece-lined and Csmelshair Underwear; was fl.28, now 75c Men’s heavy white Merino, regular 95c ^ Chiidrerj^fad-Wooi Scarlet and nature! gray Underwear, sizes 19, 18 and 20: were 30o, sale price — 15c Ladies’ Camelshair and White Merino 50c Underwear - 25c

HOSIERY

Boys’ heavy all-Wool Bibbed Bicycle Hose; were 26c, sale i0c Mi ses’ fine beamless Cashmere Hose; were l»c, sal* — Uo Ladies’ Cream fleece-lined, fnll regular made Hoee; were 25c, sale 10#

SHIRTS

Men’s Unlaundered White Shirt#, all full \ ■izer and perfect fitting, 25c, 35c and.... 46o All extra good value. Men’s heavy Knit Jersey Shirts, a corker at J.

at the 8)tar Store now going on ii) full force, as we n)ui>t reduce our immensf 1 ‘ “ ‘

commence work on oui new add

Washington Street.

CHEAP DRY GOODS

i in full force. Gr«at Bargains, use stock before the builder* ddjition in th# rear of 198 West

«e

Sttc ; 4c

fie

%

5#

Indigo Blue Prifits Turkey Ued Prieto Good Dree* Ginghams Good Chick Bhirting#

B##t Dress and Apron Gingham*.....,

Loukanesand Percale Print#..... Cloths, wide and! heavy at Regular 15c Dark Batin# Yard wide Brown Muslins Yard wide fine Sheeting Muslin. Yard wide Bleadhed Muslin

Hill’s host 4-4 Bleached MosUu ........ Special low prices on Muslin by th# boll.

CLOAKS

Don’t fail to see the bargain* in I-adies* 98c, $2.48,34.48 and .11...... : S6.4E

$1.48

All at half p Mias*#’ Cloeki

ancL..

That can’t be

SHOE

tched at doubt# the price.

)EPARTMENT

offers extraordinary value# in Ladies’ Shoes at 98c,|L39, fl Maud .................. «1« Latest styles, best fit end solk^leatlwr. ave you seen those Drees Good* bar* ina at, e yar«. 5c, Me 14 99t

iey ere eye-openers.

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