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FAIR AND FIFTEEN. BT HOWARD GLISDOS. She is tbe East, Jost ready for the sun l ; no n a cloudlets morning. Oh, her enee Hath caueht the trick, or toe nrt delicate streak "Which says earth's lightward footsteps have begun I And Uli her brow is like tome Arctic beliht Which never fall, knowi the hot blash oi noon ; - - Bhewe the seal of May, and not of Jane; She U toe new day, farthest off from night! a kT,,4 Crltt. .rimann rlftin thrOUKh 1U rutin 2 through ssuva green . The lar?e, clear eye, so shy their lids between, . , . ve hints of this dear wonder's neat completeness. lor, when the bad Is fair and full Hie this. We know that there will be a queen of roses Before he cloister's emerald and gate uncloses. And her true knight unlocks her with a kiss, And t?ing on' the young moon, fashioned slightly A silver cipher inlaid on the bine For all that she is mrange and Ulm and new, AVe knew that she will grow in glory nightly. And dear to loving eyes as that first look The watcher geiieth of the far white sail This new light on her fjice she doth prevail Upon us like rare, unopened book ! Atlantic for July. M'DOLE,THE MURDERER. BEHIND THE BARS. A VISIT TO M'DOLE IS FRWOX HIS PERSON AL APPEARANCE AND LIFE HISTORY THE PUBLIC FE EU NO REGARDING HIS QUILT. The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 2Gth inst. gives the following interesting account of a visit to the cell of the supposed murderer, "William M'Dole: "On Wednesday night last an Enquirer reporter accomplished an "interview" under peculiarly solemn circumstances. He was kindly admitted by Louis Weitzel, the famous sheriff of Dearborn county, Indiana, Into the presence of William McDole, committed that very afternoon "without bail, to answer for the murder of the Bradley family," with the horror of -which deed the country-side was yet ringing. It was only 8 o'clock, but already without the jail could be heard the marmurins of the fast gathering crowd of men who came to witness the lynching of the prisoner. lie was to be taken, so ran the wild rumor, with its only foundation in the fact that such horrible things had been suggested, to the lonely cabin where the raanfled corpses of the woman and her children ad been found. There he was to be tied to the stake, or nailed to the floor, while the wretched and blood-stained hovel was given to the flames. The moon rays, as they scant-1 ily showed through the heavily barred window on the north, were wierdly suggestive of what the proposed ride to "the Bradley hut" and Its tragic termination was to be, it consideraed merely from a dramatic stand-point. The professional instinct of the reporter was therefore naturally strongly aroused, and he was eager for "the last interview." As the sheriff went out momentarily, however, even his journalistic confidence was shaken for an instant, for while a triple barred iron door closed tightly behind him, the hastily Introduced "Monster" towered, a lank but brawny giant, in the dim lamplight before, standing erect in the corridor of the iail. What might not that man attempt for liberty, with the door unlocked and the road to freedom apparently blocked by only one lif?, when three had not stood as a straw Rf THE WAY OF HIS LUST ! The footstep of the sheriff behind showing that he was on the alert, and the calm, subdued tone of the prisoner, as he replied to our creeling, eave speedy reassurance. If even William McDole was the fiend who sprang upon that defenceless woman and those tender girls, maddened with passion and liquor, and reveled like a kyena in their blood, a change had come over him. There stood there only a long, bony, well-knit man, of a type common in Eastern and Western Tennessee, and as self-possessed as if there were no avengers on his track, no bloodhounds even then giving . tongue Within hearing. lie readily stood up nearer to the coal-oil dip that flared weakly on the top of the stove, to let ns have a look at his head. No semi-idiot there, if we be a judge. The long, attenuated jaws widen as the forehead is reached, and there are strong indications of an average brain, lost and stupefied by. vice, ignorance and disuse, it may be, but still an average, or more than an average brain. We do not startle the man by over-anxiety to make him talk, but did the talking, and questioned him indirectly and gradually, for he was reputed wary and taciturn, and had baffled every attempt so far. Convinced finally that -we came on no unfriendly errand, he spoke freely in answer to very Interrogation. He was a Buckeye not a Tennesseean. lie did not know his "A B C." When a boy, "up to Elizabethtown," he had been once in the second Header, but he stuttered badly, and the other boys and girls would laugh, and so the teacher would hurry past his turn. Would he take a drink from our flask? No, thank von: well, a little, then (taking very ordinary pull at the fine brandy prof fered.) lie was not a hard drinker, uouia he stand a creat deal? No; a very little got the best of bim. He didn't understand much about courts. When he had held up ills hand and sworn that day JfJET HAD CHOKED HIM OFF. Tie could tell the whole story in his own -way. Would he do it for a friend? Yes, How then did he account for his where abouts on Monday night and Tuesday? He wa3 at home at 10 o'clock Monday night. wheirp nn Tuesday? He was at home on Tuesday. All day Tuesday f He was home on Tuesday. Half the town could hat )ia often lav low a whole day. Wnv hnnid ativ nna have seen him? Then that man, Truitt, who had sworn about the tuming-up of his pants; he had said there were two turns, and there never was but one showing the one turn). What would he do if a committee of citizens would wait on him? He'd tell them he was clear of this thing. O.yes; but when that would not satisfy, would he tell them where a on Tuesday? He'd tell them he was clear of this thing. At this point the sheriff bade the prisoner enter nis cew, no on the right of the low tier of ceil-rooms in the iron-bonnd corridor. As he looked out to say good night, and having aked for a newspaper to use as a fan, received a palm-leaf. We asked him it he appreciated that he was in a dangerous position? He replied, with the only show of excitement manilesled since his arrest, "I koow that there is a God, and I can pray." Tha SherUi n An (ha hint uaid. "P.iliV. if VOU w.ntt milr to a minister, say so." The nrionnr renlied. "I want to do what's right, but if I got a preacher then they would say anmethlnflr was wron. sure." lie went on to say that he had once joined church "np to v.limhethtown ' hut the v hadn't treated him right and he had quit. As we withdrew he -exclaimed, with emotion, through the bars,

"It's an awful thing to accuse a man o .

One'sown blood cousins, too." Throughout the interview the prisoners face wouianave baffled shrewder physiognomists than were we. we naa once or twice neru nuj men. similarly situated, talk as innocently. else we would have sworn that he was "clear of this thing," in spite of ' THK SHOK TRACKS, the new clothes, the lustful threats and all those other frail links which the state had welded together in a broken far from an unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence. Once or twice during the half hour we were with him he had talked incoherently about some evidence which was, or could have been, produced at his divorce trial in proof of bis wife's Infidelity, but we could not follow the clue. As we left the corrldct the now anxious face of the prisoner pressed close up to - the little food-door, not itself more than six Inches wide, was a pltful sight, for we went out to a crowd that was thirsting for his blood. They bung around all night, a score or more lingered even long.after the late moon had sunk behind the westen hills, and left the darkling highways, under whose every bridge "the masked mob" were supposed to be lurking, in condition to suggest a deed of lawless horror, done In the name oi iustlce. The Seymour men and the men from Newton, or from the country 1 whose Interest is most at stake, were alternately named as the ones to be expected. But as the morning came, a representative man one of those many whose unwonted absence from their usual haunts had given the observing people the idea that McDole was doomed expressed to the crowd the real secret of the leniency of the people of Dearborn county: 4,You Bee," said he, "I am convinced he's the man, and I know he's cold-hearted and bad, anyhow; and I would be willing to stand by and see him banged, and so would others; but we wouldn't like to do Jt ourselves, you see, because they haven't proved it on him; no, not by a damned sight. Why, if he'd been A MAN OF GOOD CHARACTER ' they couldn't have held him .cn the evidence." The speaker expressed the feeling of all the substantial, earnest men of the county; the class of men whose desires the sheriff would hardly resist, except passively. The guilt of William McDole has not been proved. It is their desire that it shall be clear that he did the foul crime laid at his door before they will lift their bands, and even then they wish only to shorten the law's relays. Meanwhile there is no personal feeling of vengeance in Lawrenceburg, except in the breast of poor Bradley, half crazed by excitement, and we believe justice will be allowed to take her slow, but sure, course. When the dawn of Thursday came the crisis was over. The sunlight that fell into the corridor of the jail came like a b'essing to the eyes of the prisoner, albeit it was crossed with ominous shadows. ' It penetrated the lonesome glen where "the Bradley cabin" lies, and reddened the blood-stains with a Fromise that they should not be lorgotten. t came also to the awakening town, timehealed of the shock of the murder, with the whhperr Wait! There is always a tomoirow. The law Is sacred, aye, and stern. Let it take its course. It is better that an hundred guilty should escape than that one innocent man should die for another's crime, the disgraceful death of the felon. EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. TITE PROPERTY OF THE STATE BOARD OF AORICCLTCRE NOT TO BE TAXED AN IMPORTANT OPINION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DENKY. Attorney General Denny, in response to a communication from Gov. Hendricks, says: Yours enclosing a communication addressed to you by Alexander Heron, Esq., secretary of the state board of agriculture, in which he submits the question whether the prop erty held by the board in the city of Indi anapolis is exempt from taxation under a provision cf the act approved March 3, 1SÖ5, as affected by the general law approved December 21, 1372, is betöre me. The Indiana state board of agriculture was created by the act of February 14, 1851 (acts 1851, pp. 6 to 9. ) It is to all intents and purposes a state institution, created tor the purpose of advancing the great agricultural interests or the state. The officers are required by law to make reports to the legislature, etc. The third section of the act of 1S65,( 10. & H. p. 7) provides that the real and personal estate of said board shall be exempt from taxation." The section also requires the couuty of Ma rion and the state to relund to the board the taxes collected during the years 1862, 1863 and 1804.. The first section authorized the board to purchase not exceeding 80 acres of land for the purpose of holding state fairs and other uses of the board. The seventh section of the act of December 21t, 1872, (acts 1872. p. 58) provides, that the loilowing aoiong other property shall be exempted lrom taxation,viz., the property of the United states and of this state. The state contributes J 1,600 per annum to the support of the .state board of agriculture. TLe statute ol 18G5 akxve referred to exempting the property from taxation is not repealed by any proVision in 1872. The general repealing clause only repeals such acts as are in conflict with its provisions, and there is no provision in the act of 1S72 conflicting with the provisions of the ae of I860. The act of 1572 provides that certain property therein named shall be exempt lroui taxation. But does this provision by implication exclude from exemption such property as was by express provision of law exempt from taxation at the time H was passed? It would seem clear that It does not. I, there fore, conclude that the proirty in question cannot be taxed for state, county or city purposes for the reasons given. THE EVANSVILLE RACES. SOME OF THE HORSES THAT WILL APPEAR. Evans vims, Ind., June 27. The entries for the Evansville races have closed with about fifty horses. Some of the best in the whnln et .nntry are among them, including Goldsmith Maid and Judge Fullerton, who trot a match race on juiy zu. .mere are to be five races on the 4th witn Bay Harry, Sucker State. Charley Evans, Grey Harry, Tom Crowder and others, in the pacing race: Budd Doble's Ella Wright, Ida Fawcett and Tom Roach In the tree to all trot; eight horses in the 2:40 trot, including Jim Fisk, of Indianapolis. and Wilson's Kitty, by Bine Bull, in the 2:50 class. The running race for the lourtu ot Julvwillbe the most closely contested of anv race this season, iiarry loan, oi im " ... w m .I rtii noU. Kitty Gill and Queen of Diamonds will run. The track is in ine ieai or oraer, snd the larcest crowd ever gathered in thin section of the country will be present Rasiness will be entirely suspended on the second to enable the citiz-ns to entertain the visitors. Address by a Detroit Judge: "If it wasn lor your children I'd put you where the coaoh dogs couldn't bite you. I am going to let you go this time for their eakes, but look out for me in future. If that pbysiogomv ever neeps over this desk at me again. you'll think that I am a pile-driver and yon are a mouse. Trot oct of here, and don't tarry to see what becomes of the rest."

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE SO, 1874

AN ATROCIOUS MURDER. THE AMOS-McDONALD TRAGEDY. A YOTJKO INDIAiriAX GUILTY 07 MURDER THE STABBING AFFRAY IN BALTUf OBS TB TKSTIMONT OF ' XT E-WITNESS ES A SKETCH OF SAMUEL W. MCDONALD, THK MURDERER . . The Baltimore Gazette of the 23d, 24th and 25th Instants gives a detailed account of a shocking tragedy in that city. In which a. young man of Terra Haute is arraigaed as the guilty party i Last night the , Sherwood House, southeast corner of narrlson and. East Fayette streets, was the scene of a dreadful tragedy, which ended in the fatal stabbing of the well-known character about town, .Berry Amos. It seems that Amos, William Carroll and another young man were drinking in the Sherwood nouse, when Samuel McDonald and other young men entered. -' Some words took - place, and there was a row between Amos and .others, and , a scuffle took place, and . Amos was shoved over toward the washstand, and was heard to exclaim: "McDonald, don't cut me any more." lie was carried to the Russell House, where he was laid upon , the floor in front of the bar, and where Mr, Russell paid him every attention. A physician : was summoned, but the unfortunate man died in a few minutes after the arrival of the physcian. He lived about half an hour after receiving the cuts. His body was placed in a wagon and conveyed to the Middle District station. Immediately after the affray Samuel McDonald was arrestedby Officer T. Brown and carried to the Middle District station, where he was locked up to awit the results of the injuries to Amos. He preceded the body of the murdered man only about half an hour, and in the meantime a large number ot the friends of McDonald gathered at the station house, but Lieutenant Buswickdn charge, would not permit any of them ta have an interview with him. As soon as this was made known the crowd scattered, , and in a minute had disappeared. But as the news spread that Amos had been killed, a large crowd gathered inside and outside of the station house, and some few of bis friends were permitted to view his body, which was lying on a bench in the yard of the station, just in front of the row of ceils in which McDonald was confined. His shirt was off, and the wound which caused his death was plainly to be seen in the left shoulder. It was a fearful gash, and had been evidently made by a determined hand. Its external appearance was about two inches in length, and the knife seemed to have been drawn out of the wound and then driven back. One of the blows reached the head of the humerus, cutting a fragment off; the other penetrated down into the cavity, evidently cutting the subclariaa artery. This was necessarily a fatal wound. The other wound was through the biceps muscle of the left arm, cutting entirely through the arm and severing the brachial artery. This wound also might produce death, but was not necessarily fatal, in case of prompt surgical attention. The physique of Amos was remarkable, he being a young man, about P5 years of age, of splendid physical and muscular development. He was originally from Eichmo; d, V., and came here alter the war, and has followed the pursuit of gambling. He leaves a family in this city, consisting of his wile and 6tepson. He was very popular with his associates, and was looked upon as an "inoffensive big man." The Gazette of the 24th inst. says: The morning after the murder of Berry Amos broke in all the beauty of a summer morning, but at the Middle District Station it beamed upon one of the most terrible pictures of the consequence of profligacy and crime,far outvying in color and shadow Dubufe's picture of the prodigal son, lacking not the element of wicked women to fill up the picture of profligacy and ruin. Berry Amos, the strong and stalwart man; he who the dav before was of all in the city one of the most noted for his fine physique, lay still and stark in the prison yard, while in the grrted cell, almost within the reach of the dead body, stood the alleged murderer, the young man of wealth, education and position, the grandson of one of Maryland's best beloved children, the heir to - large wealth, the favorite ot fortune from his earliest hours. On the outside pressed the friends of both parties in hundreds eager for admission and oagerly discussing THE TRAGIC AFFAIR. They filled the streets, and when driven by the heat of the sun from the prison's front,' they sought shelter under the houses opposite, or pressing up the side alleys of the prison contented themselves with glimpses of what was going on inside. About 9 o clock the coroner, ur. iu . Walker, arrived, and shortly alter A. Leo Knott. Eso appeared for the state, and Hon. Wiliitim Pinkney Whyte terribly oppressed and overcome by the affair, w hieb had so sadly enwrapped in its dart folds the name and fame of his former ward aud John J. Foe, Esq.. appeared for the latter. About 9:30 o'clock the coroner, Dr. E. K. Waiker. administered the oath to the loilow ing jurors whom he had summoned to act a a iury of inquest. The jury were an youDg and intelligent looking men. ireceaea uy the coroner they went from the room where the iustice holds bis court to the area or tne prison, between the main building and the . A. 1 IL 1 - I 1 Driaon ceiis. ana viewea me way as 11. iaiu stretched before them with tha gaping wounds in the shoulder and arm, telling plainly the story of his death. THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. The Jury remained in the justice's room until Dr. Walker. Dr. T. Clay Maddox and Dr. Alexander Hill made a post-mortem ex amination of the body of the murdered man In about half an hour the doctors had fin isned their examination, and the body was sewed up by Dr. Hill. The examination of witnesses commenced at 10:30 o'clock. Dr, T. Clay Maddox was the first witness exam ined. He testified as to the result of the post mortem examination as follows: In my opinion it would be an extraordi nary coincident for a man to live more than ten minutes if that, after receiving such wound. These wounds were produced by a very powerful, long, sharp edged weapon driven with wonderful force and determination. Thomas L. Tnrpln, a youcg man re siding at No. 11!) Hutaw street, testioed Last night at 12:30 o'clock he went with Mr Cook and others to the Sherwood House when Berry Arnos camn in with other, and shortly after Henry Golibart, Wm. Clark. and Simul McDonnH came In; Golibart came np to Amos, looked at him from head to foot, and Berry asked him, "What was the matter?" Golibart said," You're a big buffer you're no good." That makes no difference," replied Amos, but uonoart made a move ment toward him, and Amos put out his arms and Golibart struck him; McDonald and several others attacked him, and I tried to interfere, and Clark asked me 'What was the matter with me?" I said Amos had done no thine, and be said, "You do not know

what he has done,'' mind your ' own busl-

nes;"saw McDonald strike A mos two blows, and Amos - ran out crying "murder and Vwatch;; I ran after him, and Golibart came ap with a brick In his hand ; I said "yon have given him enough," and on showing him my hands bloody from the wound in the shoulder ot Amos, he dropped the stone and left: I walked with Amos bacK to the Sherwood House corner and on arriving there he became faint and I called on Billy Carroll to help me with him; we started for Laroque's drug store, but, though we wrang the bell several times, we could not get in; we then went to Rossell's, at the opposite corner of Market Space and Baltimore street, and Mr. Rnssell at first, thinking he was drunk, would not admit us, but on our explaining that he was wounded he admitted us; I asked Amos who cut him, and he said "Sam McDonald ;" I made him say it twice; he asked us to take off his gaiters, which . was done, and we poured water on his head; shortly after he died. In response to a question from the coroner the witness said I saw a weapou In McDonald's hand; saw him strike Amos and then break through the crowd.,, In answer to a Juror as to whom he had seen strike Amos, he replied "Sam McDonald." STILL' ANOTHER ETE WITNESS. William Carroll, residing at No.' 113 E. Pratt street, was the next witness. He testified as follows: My name is William B. Busey, but go by the tame of William Carroll for family' reasons ; was at the Rennert House last night, and took a drink with Amos, who invited me to ride down in his carriage as far as the Sherwood House with him. I did so. and while in the Sherwood House McDonald, Golibart and others came in; Amos said, "Let everybody take a drink ;" I heard a scuffle, turned around and saw GolibarVand Clark attacking Amos; Mr. Bowman, in charge of the house ran from behind the bar and took hold of me and I aid to him "Let me go. I am protecting your house;" I saw McDonald run up with some bright thing in his hand and strike Amos twice ; I think Golibart commenced the row ; I was with Amos at hi death, and was holding his head in my arms when he died; we poured' Ice water on bis head; a minute ' before he died, he said, "McDonald cut' roe!" three times. Governor Whyte asked permission to state to the jury that the examination ot the witnesses was entirely ex parte, and that the counsel for the defense could not make any statement or examine any witnesses. The jury .. was then .left to themselves, J X I A. . idu iu auoui . au uaii , nour they determined on the following ver dict: "That he came to his death by a wound from some sbar? instrument In the hand of Samuel W. McDonald." The verdict was received with great interest by the large crowd in the station and In front of the station house. THE FRISONEB. -At 12.30 o'clock the prisoner, Samuel W. McDonald, was brought out of the cell which he had eccupied since the hour of his arrest, and, in charge of detective Mitchell and Pontier he was conveyed to the city jail to await the action of the grand urv, having been committed by the coro ner, w. F. McKewen, Esq., clerk . of the Criminal Court, was present at the station with a bench warrant for the arrest of McDonald, issued by the Criminal Court on the oath of officer Crosby, on the charge of wiUralmurder, with a commitment from Sheriff Albert, which would have been brought into requisition had the coroner's jury failed to find a verdict against him, in order that be might be held until the 21 and my had investigated the case. As McDouald passed through the station-house, he walked with a light, careless step; his face was free from any troubled expression; he shook hands with a friend cordially. and seemed entirely careless about . the position m . which he was placed. He earnestly denies bis guilt, and says he had nothing whatever to ao Ith stabbing Amos, and feels entirely confident that his innocence will be made nanlfeat. He accepts his trouble and imprisonment aa a necessary consequence of a night's debauch, and it apparently worries him to bo greater extent. He is a fine looking, well built young man, faultlessly attired, with graceful manners marked by great self-possession. He came into a large fortune about three years ago, arI has been busy squandering it ever since, though quite a handsome for tune, it la stated, yet remain to him. ' lie has a place at Terre Haute, at which he has spent most ot his time since his majority. and came to the x city to- sook altera law . case in which he was interestedand was waiting here its determination be fore returning to Terre Haute. He is a son of the late William McDonald, the own er of Flora Temple, and grandson of General McDonald, one of the most distinguished citizens ' or Baltimore. 'His mother is quite ill at : Nice, France. . Yesterday, wiiila In his cell, he was visited by bis surviving, grandfather, the venerable Mr. Thompson, and by Governor Whyte. He declared his innocence U'- these gentlemen in the most emphatic manner. On the nightof bUdeath, Amos with a party of young men, visited Pennsylvania avenue and bciime involved in a ficht in a saloon. Two efücers entered, and Officer Hush ; was struck in the back of the neok. One an-est was madeand Justice McCaffrey released the ptrty arrested yesterday morning on peace bond. Amos and the remainder of the party then started dorn town, when he met hU death. A lew veeKs ago Amos rented a saloon on W est Fayette street, next to Ulman's bank, and after obtaining cigars and other goods on credit,, be closed the establishment. , He was popular with his as sociates, however, and they all spoke of him yesterday In terms ot regret. His funeral. doubtless, will be largely attended to-day. Few atta rs that have occurred in Balti more have excited more interest than this trazic affair. The well known character ot Samuel McDonald, his family connections and his wealth, and the equally well known. character of the murdered man, made the murder a topic of conversation in every cir cle of society. The friends of McDonald hooted at the idea ol his beiag the murderer They say there was not tha mark of blood about. bim, and yet be is represented as pulling a bloody knife from his p cket and handing It to a friend; and further, that there was no blood In the saloon at She? wood's, which demonstrates conclusively to their minds the fact that Amos was stabbed outside by some one In the crowd. The friends or Amos, on the contrary, denounce the mnrder as a cold blooded, deliberate act on the part of McDonald, who, they claim, showed every disposition to become a murderer by a savage attack he made on Joseph Legg, of this city, some months ago, beating hirn over the head so badly as to confine him to his bed for sixteen days. The action of the grand jury to day will be watched with interest. The Gazette of the 25th, says: Yesterday morning the grand jury of Baltimore city presented ; SAMUEL W. MCDONALD . for the willful murder of Berry Amos, and presented Henry Golibart and William Clerk, as accessories to the murder. Goli bart aud Clark, who were in waiting in the ante-room of the grand jury's room as witnesses, were not examined, but immediately on the action of the grand jury bench war-

rants were issued for their arrest by the criminal court, and Deputy Marshal Frey took both the young men in custody. He con veyed them to the sheriff's office, and accompanied by Sheriff Albert conveyed them to the city jail, where they were placed in seperate [separate] cells on the the same tier as that of McDonald. McDonald yesterday still preserved his air of indifference and self-possession. He is treated precisely as other prisoners, being locked up in his cell all the time except for three quarers [quarters] of an hour in the morning and afternoon, when he is allowed to exercise in the corridor fronting the row of cells in which he is confined. Several friends called to see him yesterday, among them his lawyer, Hon. W. Pinkney Whyte and a minister of the gospel. Some friends have supplied him with a pillow, a mattress, an easy chair, a water cooler and some toilet articles, and he receives his meals from the warden's table, a privilege allowed any prisoner who has the means to pay for his own board, instead of eating the fare provided by the city. He is suffering still from the effects of intoxicating drink, and is under medical treatment, as he is not allowed to have any strong liquor of any kind, the use of liquor being prohibited in the prison. He is very reticent on the subject ot the murder of which be is accused. AN IMPORTANT FACT in connection with the murder of Amos has become known, and establishes the existence of a bad feeling between himself, and McDonald. It appears that several years ago McDonald furnished Amos and another party with money to establish gambling rooms on Liberty street. By an extraordinary bad run of luck the bank was broken. McDonald wished to obtain the furniture to send to a similar establishment at Terre Haute, but on his sending for it he found that Amos had called in a dealer in second hand furniture and sold out the entire place to him. Ever since then a bad feeling has existed between him and McDonald, which was manifested a few days ago on an excursion down the river, but the parties did not come to blows. A few nights ago McDonald displayed a large bowieknife in a drinking saloon in the western section of the city. .The authorities are diligently searching for the knife which inflicted the fatal wounds on Amos, and they have a clue which will in all probability render their efforts suceessful [successful]. The finding of the knife will furnish an important link in the chain of testimony. THE ILLINOIS BENDERS. A STRANGE FAMILY HISTORY— MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES. The Chicago Times of the 26th inst. thus brings to light a tragedy in that state. A correspondent writes from Tallula; The Reams family—of Cass county, and belonging to. Ashland and not Tallula, of Menard county, as has been erroneously stated hy the papers of Chicago and St. Louis have gloried in wholesale murder and larceny for the last two years without suspicion or detection. The first case of murder or poisoning was done by an older sister, who poisoned her husband some two years ago in Virginia, Cass county. Her object, as was proved by her letter to her paramour, was to get rid of her husband so as to marry this second love. Thousands of dollars were spent by the family in procuring ber acquittal. About the same time a farm hand disappeared off the Reams farm in a mysterious manner, and up to this date has not been seen or heard from. The Reams brothers owed him for a year's work, some $300. Nothing was thought of it at the time, as the family were members of the Methodist church of the neighborhood, and highly respected by those who did not know them too welL Since this time they have-been accused ef stealing watches, money, and hogs from their relatives ana neighbor. The last er wning act and the most dastardly murder thit has ever occurred in central Illinois, was com mitted- by Albert Jteams onTharsday afternoon, June 11- He and a hired man by the name of E. Parr were cutting snail brnsh that was growing around stumps in a cornfield. 'About 2 o'clock 'Reams came to his house and kissed bta wile and child rood-bye, saying he was going ont to ' hunt a hand, as the one he naa had wit. nothing was suspected until late tie night. Hia wife, becoming alarmed at hia not returning rou&ed the neighbors, who searched the ventalnder of the night for hina As Parr1 bad disap peared, suspicions were rife that Reams had been foully dealt with, ills whereabouts were not learned until Friday nooa, when it was ascertained that he had takes a freight train at Ashland ier Jacksonville, with the intention ot securing a hand. Nothing more was thought ef it until Sunday, when his wife seceived a letter, , without date or name, saying what.he bad done was . DONE I SELF DEFEN8B.. . , Mrs.Reana reoogniied the writing, as that oi her husband. Search was again made over the premises, and a bloody axe was found, with hair on.lt, near by where Reams and the man had been at work. The gronnd did not icdicatotbat there had been any struggle but marks and blood were found indicating that a body - bad been draggfd along the ground1 for 6ome distance, and then thrown- over the fence into an adjoining woods, - owned by Samuel Sinclair. The remains of a man were found, but beyond : recognition as there were hogs in the field, and the body was nearly eaten up by them.. The bead was : entirely sev ered from tho body and pari of the skull gene. What was left of te skull dearly showed it bad been cut open witn an axe. The only evidence tbat the killing was not done in self-defense was tho mark or Im print of the tee) in the mud. as It had rained in the morning. Tbe man employed wore moceasins, and, in the working and cutting at tlM stumps, stood in tbe same tracks with bis toes, pointing toward the stump, whilst behind his were tracks pouting the saaaa way. laooa ana nsir were ionna on tbe stump. llMms was rast seen in erpnngfield and had ample time to make his escape. Had it not been for the letter, lite not probable the saurder would have been discovered. Cass county has offered a reward of $500 - for his arrest, Rumor has.it that since tbe above murder on last Saturday, the s .horities have been huntine far tbe remains of tbe man who disappea.ed so mysteriously. An oid well bad been filled up in a day or two after Li? disappearance, and a bay stack built over the tilled weil. Lievi Keamn, an oiuer brother, learning of tbe authorities' inten tion, fled the country, and wss arrested at Beardatown, some thirty miles . from his home. Should the remains of a man be found it will go hard with them, as the citi zens ot this neighborhood have taken great interest in tbe unraveling of this irivs ery It is to be hoped that the governor will offer sn additional reward of $1,000 for Albert Reams' arrest. Sarah Briggs (reading the local !) "Sakes alive 1 I would no more name a child Alias than nothin' in the world. They're alius cuttin' up some caper. Here's Alias Thomp son. Alias Williams, Alias the .Night Haw, all been took up for stealin v

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A NOTORIOUS WOMAH. A CHAFTHR TBI HX8TORT OF If RS. FKBKTX A STRANGE AD DISSOLUTH CAREER. A. correspondent of the Chicago Times writing from Parkersburg. West Virginia, gives tbe following chapter ia the life of the woman whom tbe Grand Duke Nicholas has Just made so notorious: "The publication in eastern papers of some Items in the S?7?i P"56 B1"fon Feenlx, nee, Ely, as the heroine of the recent diamond bSJrTS bWnlte Kjo'. Peters"vived a chanter in the history -fcSS rema,rkIe vornan, the scene of which transpired in this city. In the summer of 1864. when the town was filled with troops, the Hon. J. J. Jackson, United States district fudge of the Third district sent his only daughter. Miss Lily, to a fashionable boarding school in the good Quaker city, Philadelphia. While tberlshe formed the acquaintance of Miss Linie Ely a, gushing maid of some fifteen summers' the only daughter of a then prominent Presbyterian clergyman. Acquaintance melted into friendship, friendship floated into schoolgirl love, and when the holidays came Mrs. Jackson repaired to Philadelphia to bring her daughter home. She extended an invitation to her daughter's friend and associate. Miss Ely, to accompany her. Nothing loath to a visit and frolic in the South, she came, and soon became the center of attraction of admiring beaur and the envy of less favored belles. With a form delicately rounded, plump without being gross, eyes like sparkling solitaires, and manners winning, yet modest, the satiny softness of her lily-bued skin Inspired with burning fevor the ardent blood of all the young Lotharios here. At Philadelphia she was demure as a kitten, mild as a pet lamb and circumspect as a staid matron, yet withal a slumbering volcano of passion. No sooner had she reached Parkersburg than the flood-gates of her passion broke loose, and like the waters ot the Massachusetts' dam, the loosely cemented walls of prudence and virtue gave way and swept on in wanton riot and mad revel. She MADE ROME HOWL, as the Bowery tragedians have It, and on one occasion took a pleasure trip with a party of ladle and gentlemen on tbe steamer Potomac, to Cincinnati, when she punished so much wine that her boo -mots made tbe ladies blush and the gentlemen titter, and the chaperones of the party deemed' it ueoessary to place her In charge of the colored fiddler, who locked ber in a stateroom and stood sentinel during the silent watches of the night. Some said she was imprudent ot conrse women of an uncertain age declared she was a bold hussy; thoboys thought ehe was gushing; . ber friends cbrWened her conduct as eccentric Be this as it may, she was not watchful" enough ot peeping eyes and careful enough to turn the key, and was discovered in relations with at gay young man neither credit able or praiseworthy, nor exctly fit to be recorded in thfs history. Accordingly. Mrs. Ely was sent for, and decided, after due de liberation, to ' repair to Philadelphia with her amorous charge. But tbe young lady ' bad marriage on the brain, and with a persistency worthy of Miss Prue in the play, who exclaimed "It is well they got me a husband or, ecod I'd a-married the bal:er," she determined to risk it. Reaching Oakland, a station on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, she leigned sickness, and telegraphed for a gentleman who had been paying her his addresses a Mr. Beal Blackford, connected with one of tbe first families of the town, and at that time occupying tbe position or ticket agent in the Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company to come on and marry her.". Blackford, vastly preferring to reoose in the green pastures of matrimonial blie9- to browsing longer on black and onely moors of oacbelordom. repaired to Oakland with a Mr. Jack Cuthbert army contractor for . the purchase of mules and horses a jovial companion and boon churn of Blackford. THE xaasiAOE. Cuthbert poured the oil of kindness anal sympathy over the troubled waters of Mm. Lay 's sorrow ; coped Miss rJy would soon recover, and be herseif again, while Blackford bied away to tbe priest's and tbe gushing Miss Ely became Mrs. Blackford. Returning to this city, she and her husband immediately took foiffdngs-with Mrs, Sanaders, and afterward with a Mrs. Littleboy. But searce was the honeymoon done and the battle of life in earnest begun, when- Mr. Blackford discovered that his wile was a genuine female thoroughbred. He had then taken a position in the- Northwestern bank an teller, now known as the Parkersburg National.. She joined. Trinity Her. Mr. Uy land's Episcopal enures, and saortly after ber only child was baptised there. Sus picions eyes glanced askance at ber, and her old habits of dissipation clung to her. She could not subdue ber love for strong drlak. FreoTwnt isrs, bickerings and quarrels ewsued, and one Sunday morning, her bus band not appearing at break last, she replied that be was out late tbe night before.. 1 he ser vant was unable to awake him, and called her. She went to his bedside and found him stiff and cold in death. This fact announced. physicians were summoned.wbo pronoaLced that he had been dead some hoars. MYSTERIOUS, But strange to relate, Mr. Beverly Smith, the eashier of tbe same bank, and Mr. Steele Smith, his son, a book-keeper, nd intimate with Mrs. Blackfeid. were eh found dead in their beds within a year. .The public were auspicious then, and whispered, but did not openly avow foul play, yet now many of the citizens openiv aeciare mat tney never naa a doubt that Baal Black Serd, at least, met t Is death bv poison. From this city she re paired to Philadelphia, left her boy with her mother, laid in wait for rich young . men and amorous old bachelors, and made all ' pay tbe fiddler who danced at her court. At the watering places she was known as the gay and pretty widow Blackford, ana so adroit were her schemes, so. mod est and suspicion-disarming her ways, that many 'a tne unwary sue I urea to her folds. Her love for notoriety was tU. ways excessive. She was never happy unless in the whirl of constant excitement;, her name on everybody's lips; her preseace at every gathering. Some years ago she caused to be published a tale, which went tbe rounds of tbe press, that while she was. traveling on the cars, an old maa tottering with years entered. She gave him a seat, revived bis drooping spirits with her never-flagging tongue, caught his bedimmed eye by the delicacy ot her attentions, and so administered to his repose and comfort that the old gentleman mistook her for a Florence Nightingale an angel of mercy in disguise, and dyinar shortly afterward, bequeathed ber a half million of do'lar. The fishlness ot ihis story did not appear for some lime, and it may suggest that thc-re is a similar flavor about the diamond tale. The article, bowever, was extensively copied, and pave the author notoriety, which had scarcely disd ont when her marriage with a Mr. Feenix, at Paris, was published in a western paper, with a long account of the imposing ceremonies and the magnificence ot her jewels. Now she is once again before the footlights of publio opinion, in colors bolder and more glaring than before, as the most successful adventuress of our day.