Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1875 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. APRIL 15 1875

THURSDAY. AVIV.h 15.

Jimmy FlU.V-rali has been elected president at ihn council in Cincinnati. The Sentinel foretold this event on Saturday mcrclng the Enquirer opposed him. The Sctlcel haa net jet seen a i-ingle defem rut forward cf the Impudent scheme f Meters. Mauson, Hill and Shuler.togöt conti! of the management ot the Southern Prison. The silence of the' Journal la a con fession of tte rascality of Its partisans. The non. Spotted Tail Is unwilling losf.l the IMaek Ilills, but insist? on golcg to Washington that he miy negotiate with tl "B'z whit? chief." If this noblo and g-iilo less red-fkin should gt lender the subduing icflaence of White House fire-water and !s,r emoke, he won't have more than a fcia vlnfd horse and an old army ovezemt to tow for the pwsp that will enue. An article iu a uioruicg 1 aper of this city a Jew rlavs ago r ilected severely upon the legislature because 11 otnittei to provide fo tbetaxition of cap:tal ttock of foreigu cor IKrttions doing butiue3 in this stale. To say the lsart of it, the sut j:ct i3 one of grjst delicacy and difficulty. That capital a'cck of corpora: iocs should contribute like othe property towsrds the public expense of Its prcttction, is a plain and rtasonab.o propea ition. Yet there ate difficulties ot serious üsture in the way cf practic allv arrdvlni this doctrine even to J M 1 W n . home corporations deriving their orl and holdlrur their exUtence wittdn the ttate. Cj i'al steck Is an iUangible fötale and to determine or tpproximate iU true Talne for assessment is next to an Irrpossi b!lltv. Although its bpsis is upon caso paid In, that is co guide to tho value c shares. The shares issued arid claiming rf prefer. t.t" on in the earnings tmy net have been old at all. those taken may have been raid for only iu part. Again, the yaln of the shares 1 wholly dependent on Tariou cocdiiiocs-. the nature of the business, Its legi.imato profits, its per m3ncncyaud unif jrinlty, the management ol the ocrj cral'on, wle'.ber tho stock Is ou the ppecuiative market or nor, an J if it I?, tho way in which that market regards it. Capital tock has no true representative of its valuo save ia the opiüions ol cner, or the '.a'.eof the market. It is easy, therefore, to t9 how delicate a matter it is to attt rapt its taxation ia accordance wifb justl:p, and no utt lust assessment can bs defended. To assess rheres at par which are worth net more than twenty-"ve dollars on the hundred would bo a egregious a mistake as to assess only at pir ttjck notoriously worth three times its fare. Theso troubles lie atthetbröshbold cf the undertaking to tax this intangible and itcoustar t calataof corporations at home. Tby aregreatly ag graveled when it is proposed to lay under tribuia the capital stock cf companies with which we have nothirg to do, except as Kome portion of their r.peratir.ns extf nd into and ra carried on within the slate. Dot it is not necessary to argue the question. The wondrous rl$ dom of Illinois was quoted as an example fthh acutenfss and boldness in grapplln with a questionable undertaking. The United States District Court has settled that matter by deciding that the Illinois law can not be enlorced. The alleged delinquency of Indiana tUtutas thus becomes simple discretion, and her law is tuen as will fcland the ordeal of the courts. Another attempt is being made by the citizens of New York to recover between tlx andfceven million dollar from tbeTammany thieves. They are acting upon the principle that the "end justifies the means' Ingeracll.one of the princifsl participants in thwe most gigantic peculation?, ha3 been pardoned by Governor TilJtn, with the undtrstatidio;? that he (.ball turn B'fctes evidence gafnst his accomplices. When this turn of fla'.rs had been communicated to the friends of the exiled Tamruaiiyltes, there m telegraphing to and fro, end oven Twe d trembie.1 in hi r.riced suit at Rhv-k-well IsUnd. Orders for attachment have been i sued and placrd in the hards of the ih2rlfT, for service on the property of Tweed, a?d it is thought that tho It3ss will hav9 to dlsgi gi his ill-gft'eu gainr. Thouah tha rest ct the tMevcs fre in foreign land?, and are not acoofsitls in person, their property can be attached, and a!tsr publication, sold to satisfy any judgment that may be taken sgaint them by defiolt, in (he event of their non-oppearance. This is the way the democrats punish the thieves who ateal to their discredit and under cover of their g-xid caair. Ti:e chief conspirator has been Iinrr'noced.aod his associates driven In dl?gt ace into exile. A democratic legUl . tu re, after all tho criocinal pro-crss-j of justice have been exhaust.?, has pawd a law witli the especixl rurprife of pro.-ccutirg tho delinquents lu civil tuit, and a democratic governor has prdonrd from ftiUon ono o the plunderer., that Iii evidence may i-e 'curtd to convict the re t or rover tLe plunder they bo!J. or accomplish both clj-c'.?, it pr.s-.ible. All this is ftrong!y in contract wit 1 the coune of the reoub:icns, who not only dend their .rtiani when detected pilfering the public t.-easury, bat ier90cute til who tteint t toarmt them in thetrcr'mlnal cours Thectreerof the Tammany rlrg has been heretofore one ol the standing reproaches ot the democratic puty, bat it is probable that the punishraer.t cf the members of that ring tvill become one of the ciowning glories of theorpar.'zV.lon an J prove its claim 10 the pnMic confidence in this era of corruption. The persistency with which O'Conor, Tilden and other leading democrats havo pursued the th'evts th dogrd rieterminitl in which lh--y h !i'wn t ehut v-ry inof redress against unfaithful public aervatiti Ijuni'iu. Where' e'ss t-ave lo the demoCTatio city an! the dem crat e Mate ol New York is tn chitfota psl tl.al ring a convict In f sil T Where eVe have 1 be political ilun-.r ::ö t;em s?:ts-r:d Id t-rror before

public Indignation, and the powers ol Justice Impartially administered? Where else has public dishonesty been made net only disgraceful but absolutely dangerous? The party of Moses and Sar.bora and Jayc3 and ItichardiDa and Shepherd has nothing for its knaves but nominations to Judgeships and foreign missions.

The repuhlicans of Ohio, laboring under the delusion that Governor Allen's great age was the cau-e cf his success two years ago, have eagely concluded to pit egainst h'.m the oldest politician they can find. It loks as if Ben Wade would be the man of their choice. The rumors In regard to his candidacy having reached the retired titatesman, he L. committed that wonderful piece ol folly peculiar to the American politician the writing of a letter. He ought to know better at his time of life, bus he doesn't, and it is to be feared that he if, afler all, too In-oxpe-rieneed a youth to succeed. The letter is adre-'ped to a very dear friend named BarrsU, but aimed at the people of Ohio. It is a curioui document. Old Ben denies that ho is a candidate for the nomination of the Yarty for the g;ivernship, and then proceed i to give the reasons wLica make tlm hsit?it9 to e i'er tfco field. In the flrt place lie has a lamentable conviction that he hasn't got the requisite amount of voice for tha contest. "For two year3 past," he says "my voice has bten so ued np that I have not been able to make 8 ppecch, and it worio now than ever." This I, indetd, a ssd ttateof lTirs, and it is peculiarly dishrartenin,' when we consider that the dem ocTEtio candidate is a hale old man, with a volC3 like the sound ot a trumpet, or as hi3 enemies say like, tha blest of a fog horn. 8 ill, it is not easy to pee how Eon Wade's lack of voicocan in any way influence fcis conduct if his second reason for declining the nomination be a valid one. He has tskeu an oath. In other words, he Is, Jiko a psladin ol the middle age?, under a vow. "I early took a solemn ostb," he exclaims, "that I would never stump tne public for, or in favor cf, an office which I wa3 to til), and, even if I were abio to do bo, that oath would bar me." He is like Coii linus,t"o proud to ak for office.and pithily declares that he would rather "beg for oJd clothe?." The greatest danger cf the ropuh lie. In the opinion of this epechnen of 1 former generation ol politician?, is from the ofliee seeker. Finally old Ban don't want the oflice because be has never made any money out of the positions which te has blJ. Thus it appears that, although he refuses to put himself before the convention, ha ii very anxiom to try hi fortune asain&t Bill Aller, for every excuse which he urges is ingeniously turned Into a compliment to his own msniiness and Integrity. "The sunset of lifa cives him mv&t:cal lore," and he probablv eecs visions of the Wbits House In the dim distance, hould te defeat the hero of the Ohio demccracy. Besides this artful selfcommendation, the l-.tter contains a signifi cant paragraph in laulatioa ot the repub lic in 1 ar y and in denuncation of the demo cracy for "negative anddespotical" practices whatever Ihey may be; and the writer clo.-es with the feeling remark that he is In the hands of his countrymen. He says: "lam 'not insensible of the great debt of gratitude I owe to the people of Ohio for their 'conüdenca and support, and will do all I can to redeem it." The Directors of tne Southern Prison. If there were any lingering doubts la the public mind as to the rascality of the man agement of the Southern Prison, the pirati cal 'attempt which the warden and his friends have jnst made to capture the con trol of the board of directors would certainly dlf8lpat? them. At the meeting of directors held on Tuesday, the two republican members of the bjard persisted in main taining their places, end thus con trolling for the next two years the prison which they and their subordinate, Mr. Shulcr, have been accused of managing so frau iu lent! v. It i J hard to exulain fuch an inpudent procedura on any other theory than the supposition that there is rascality n the past to conceal, or opportunity sought lor robbery iu the future. These are harsh worio, but the Seatinel uses them coolly ar d d-libt rately, and submits the following ta'emeut f the rointa involved, a showing that its language fail to do full jmtic3 to the peculiar action of the gentlemen in question. The board of direct rsot the Southern Prison consists of three member.', each, after the three first appointed, holding offlce for four years, except when appointed to fill a vacancy for an un expired term. The three first chosen were to hold for terms of one, two and three years respectively, thus securing the board gainst sudden changes. It happened that the . republican legislature of two years go bad tw o directors to elect, one to fill the unexpired term of General Sparks and the other lor a fall term. Messrs. Mnnson and Hill were elected in joint session; but very curiously the j jurnals of the Senate and the (louse differed as to which one of them was chosen fir th partial term of two years, and which one for the full turm of four years The Senate journal shows that Mun&on wus eleOd for lour years.-and the Hon e urnal i-hows that Hill was elected for four years. To make confusiou worso confounded Gov. Bikercomtnissioncd b. th ol ihem f.;r four years, which, aceordifg to well si tiled and generally conceded prin ciple?, be lud no right to do, and one of them t lerefore held a commission only valid tort ivo years. Upon the late democratic g'slaiure devolved tne duty of filling this uncertain vacancy and eler tiug a successor 1 1 virk, th third member ot the hoard. Mr. Kelg-via was duly chesen n Kiik's place In Joint ses sion, and tbere is no dispute as to the validity .of l is electioo. It was also conceded that tbere was another vacancy, b'it the Ilousn jonrnsl of the prevl us lt g slaureshoatd thkt Mun.-ou was tho rut-go! rg director, while the S?nnte Journal showed tbut Hill was the out-g ing director. The Senate, beiog republican biy, could .not offer any solution of the difficulty, and the Igus, beiug a democratic body, corrected tho purnu of its pre

dewssor, making it uniform with the Senate's journal, and then Hammond was cboten to succead Hill. Gov. Hendricks thereupon commissioned Keigwin as Kirk's Euccesscr, and Hammond as Hill's

successor. Now if the tctloa of the hou3S in correct Ing the journal of tho previous legislature bs conclusive, as claimed by Mr. Ham mond's friends, then Hill certainly has co right in tho board cf directors. But suppose, for argument sake, that the right oi the House to make such a correction be ch&llergcd. Then it becomes necessary to decide the point at issue by the records of two years ago es they stand. The Senats and House journals contradict each other, and consequently nothing caa be settled by appealing to them. The commis sions issued by Governor Baker must therelore be tiken icto consideration. Is there anything contained in tbcm that would serve to show which of the two directors was chosen for the full, and which for the unexpired term? Tfco dates of tb9 commissions are different, and it appears that Mr. Munon wont into olUce in January and Mr. Hill in February, theformer beiug the date cf Gen. Spark&'s com mission, so that if the governor's action and Muuton's acquiescence in it be takn as decisive, Mr. Munsor, and net Mr. Hill, ought to be considered the director tor theshcit term. Accepting thU theory ,'it might still be held that Hammond was not entitled to a place on the beard, a3 he was elected aud commissioned expressly t succeed Hill. The common tei:s3 answer to this objection is that the phrase ia the commission and in tha records of the legislature stating whom he wa to succeed is merely descriptive and not an essential element ia his election, the main point bein; the intention cf the lelsla'.ure that he should assume and fill a place vacant - in the board of directors. However, if the law holds otherwise, as tha Sentinel is informed it docs, then Hammond's election and commission ere void; but nevertheless, Munson's place is vacant, and, as the legisla: uro failed to act in lhe premises, the duty of tilling it devolves ucou tte governor. In any view of the case it will te teen that the question does not lie between Mr. Hammond and Mr. Hill, but between Mr. Hill and Mr. Munson. Either one cf the two republicans on the board should be put out cf it. Which should it be? It Hill goes out, then liamniond fehould take his place. II Mursou goes ouf, then the sovernor should appoint his successor. For these gentlemen, neither one of whom baars an unclouded tills t tie directorship, and both ol whom can not of right claim it, to recognize eich oiher as di rectors and undertake to control the mac a-jement of the Southern Pr;son, which has already fallen icto dis repute during their administration, is an act of the most amazing effrontery. To allow taera to succeed in it would be to permit partisans to take advantage,to the detriment of the state, of the blunder or fraud commit ted by their friends. It would be to have tho board of director) of the Southern prison captured ai a piece of booty by men with the requisite lack ol principle and re quislte amount of audacity tor such an en terprise. An lld lasne Iteontutd and Settled Tte Journal, with curious forgelfulnes3 of its own record, persists in trjlng to deprive ex-Auditor Shoemaker of tbe credit due to him for the preparation of the assessment law passed by the legislature of 1S72-3. Tbe question Is not a live issue at all, but the Journal is endeavoring, by lying about the facts of the case, to make good a part of tbe attack on the governor in its lorg contradictory editorial of Monday. It first declared that the preparation of the ase& ment law was a matter of no thought or labor; then it maintained that It involved more work than all th9 acts passed by the legislature of 1873; and now it is criticising the governor for giving the credit of thij law to Mr. Sooemaker, to whom is beiong. Argument with a paper which dis cusses political questions witü Buch inconsistent carelessness is perhaps r.sele.-s, but the Sentinel prseuts the following frie s in regard to ex-Auditor Shoemaker's share n the leghlat 00 of 1S72 3, merely to refresh the public memory. Without aliudin to the pains taken by Mr. Shoemaker daring his term of otuce, to master the financial concerns of the state, it will be sufficient to quote a portion of his repott of 1872, giving the results of his labor. He said to the legislature: In view of the bort and Insufficient time In which the legislature Is inquired to do its work. I h&r determined to venture upon the lltvny of uepnrting somewhat from the usual method r f present ins; naicsetlons, and submit the result of my Investigations and best judgment In the shape of drafts of proposed acs, at least so far as two or three measures are concerned, that I retard as most important, and Involving much labor in preparation. The legislature was very glad to take Mr. Shoemaker's laws and pass them, and the memters did not seem inclined to deprive him of tbe honor which he had fairly earned, as republicans of the present appvar to be. The committee on ways ajd means showed its profound thankfulret'S Icr what he had done by passing the following resolution : . Inoiaxapoms, lec. 10, 1872. Hon. John (.'. Pho-111 ker, auiiiu rot sta'e: Dkauih: l am dirt ted by theomni itee of dys Hiid Hinaus t presen yi the accompanylug rtsoiuiluti. Veiy tuily yours, J. (j. Kuksktt, Clerk. It solved. By the rntultie or ways and munis, of the Hon-" of nresenlatives, E neiul assembly of IS72, that the tliMiiks of thi c immit ee are herbv w dered to the lion. John C.hoe-mak-r. andltor f stele for prei nrln a bl l.entl'led"An net tr provide a uniform e.meit of property, and lr the collection and return ol laxes theieon." and that a cor y of this reo 11tiort be preprinted o r. H),o-maker. KxtrCt rrom Hie proceedings of the cjmruilied. Decernb.T llü, 1&7J. At. est, J.C BCKXKTT, Citra; of Committee. Thr. gtntlemen composing thH committee were of distinguished character and ability, and their endorsement and praise ought to establish Mr. Shoemaker's reputation beyond cavil. Tn an elsbora'e editorial roviewof Mr. Saoe:iiaker's rf :ort, puMished Dec 16.1S72, the Journal put itself distinctly on recoid regarding Mr. Shoemaker's labors. It said: Sneclsl chapters dlnss tb sublec's of 1sxII 11. of corporsiloii toc, the r Bu:n!ton of InMi snc.,ai d provlot g i. department tLer.of, tho disi osi iouof thebluklng fund, the

state d-bt, the public printing, the collection of coorl docstt fee, ani tbe general revision and Improvement of our system of revenue. Ou sev-

erai or tueesur erts the auditor ba- submitted cuieiuny prepared dm s and dr.ifts of laws. nirn eviuco umrouen researrrt and Judicious njmmiwnn oi ifi ejptreuee or other Kt at es on proper subjects of lezlUlloi that have hitherto ieen neglect-"! la this state. After rkaihxo Trtr.EsroosTioNS itsefms a little strange Til STOCK ti'fSILATORS, ly YEARS PAST. WHE.H 1F.I1U Tn AT SHOULD MEET TUB MATLKI0 0"L10T10NS OK THE STATE, RUOCI.n HAVE jrEGLFCTED CERTAIN LEGIT IMATE 017KCK3 or LA HUB INCOME THAT AKE POINTED OUT 11T TUB AUDITOR A littla farther on the Journal adJod the following graceful acknowledgment of the auditor's services In Introducing reforms into the financial system of the state: These and other defects of our present system are provided lor in a cauefui.lv fkeiared Ut LL SUI1M ITTF.D BT THE ACD1TOB, WltlCH HAS ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE, Willi BUT TWO DISSENT I NO VOTFH. AND WITHOUT OTHER THAN A VERBAL AMENDMENT. It is eMirUSltd that 1)V this measure more than oue huuired and fif'v millions of dol'ars worth of Drooertv will be placed on tax duplicates and mad to yield a revenue luiua fciaie. It is not eaaj to understand how the Journal, in the face of the oüleial declaration ot tha committee of ways and mean, and in the tee:"a of lt3 own encomiums, can now ccme forward and deny to cx-Auditcr Shoemaker any creii for the assessment act of 1872-3, tn J take Gov. Hendricks to task merelv for saying: "The legislature of 1S72-3 ij entitled to the credit cf a valuable assessment and tax law, rrhich was prcpirsd by Mr. Shoemaker beiore h-3 l?f; the oCl?e of aaditor of state." Could any honest mac say Ics than this in behalf ot the author of the assessment law when touching uponthe suVj3ct:at all? Would the governor havo baen jutififd in ignoring the services of a polliiat friend in praise of Tfhoai his enemies hadspokeu so freely ? The Sentinel has nothing to add to this exposure of the reckless mendacity ot the Journsl. This paper tykes no pleasure in rehishing its old articles, and servlcgthem up cold to the public. The inconsistencies of the Journal are becoming perplexing. I:s editorial page Is like a piece ot old mo saic work, or rather like a patchwork quilt. mads up of divers colored rags pui together in curiou? and incongruous patternp. Men say that douiocrats are just as dis honest as republican?. This may b3 trua enough, and vet a democratic administra tion is apt to be m itch more economical than a republican one. The iollcy of the democratic psrty has always been towards penury in public exponditur?, the theory of its leading statesmen being that the state should keep out or all great jobs so far as possibl?. The policy of the republican party, on the other hand, has always been toward tho most liberal expenditure of the peoples' money in all great projects. Tho former system offers few temptations to cupidity, and compels even rogues into a sort of tegative integrity. The latter system abouuds in laciiities for corruplior, and h apt to lead even saints astray smid its varied opportunities for peculations. THE MOOKE MURDER CASE. EXCITFMKNT IS BLIO HINOTOJJ TFSTIM"NY OK JOHNSON, AJT KYH WITNFS KRV, THE riUNCiPAL WITN'K-8, AKRIVES ACC)MTLICKS AKRKSTKD A VERY CLKAK CASE. Occasional Corre"?on-'ercc of tbe Sentinel. Bloominoton. Ind., April 11, 1S7 I said In my last that the attorney for Mcrshcn, in tho Moore murdor case, Mr. II. M. Gilmore, had applied for a writ of habsas corpus, and that the day fixed for tbe hearing of the same was on Friday, April 2J. Couit wa calif d at 9 o'clock on the above day, ard the court ordered the deputy sheriff, Wi M. Alexander, to bring the prioner into contt; whereupon James Ü. Rogers, one of the attornevs lor Williams one ot tbe defendants applied lor a writ ot habeas corpus in bis cat-e, and both of the prisoners were ordered to be brought into couit by Judge Ferason. Deputy Sheriff Alexander brought forward tbe prisoner, an 1 made answer to the writs that he held tbe said Mershon and Williams by virtue of a bench warrant issued npoa an indictment found bv tbe grand jury of the county, by Judge Pearson, April 2, 1S75. Cyrea Mc Nuti then stated to tne u iurt tbst th prosecution was not prepared to Fay t bat they were ready for aa lnvtstisati')-!, and akfd lime to confer. The court uran'ed the prosecution lime to confer. A'tr tha lip-.e of an I,ouror inoroth ttorneysfr the rrosiftition ppeared, aiid Mr. .Moni; MaiHl ttdt whilw tt-ey could prove th.s corpu delicti by one ol the v i;n.-e pt ser.t tliere was a w itutbs ah.jeLt by whom they could prove the very blow whi. h caused ti.eda'h of the said John Moore, and thst while the evidence ol tLe feaid absent wiiuess would bo curaulstivp, yet they conaid erd tbe wi'.ikss uaietlal, and ibat ihey bad exrhut?d the power of the it-ita to hive him r. resent on this cceasion, notwithstanding it was t'n-t dutyot the defense to have allot the wit nesses preseut uprn whom the sfa'e depsnde.l ,or a conviction. Judae IVarson iei'ided thst, while the position 61 Attorney Gilmore was corre t in thai the investigation of a writ of habeas corpus should be without delay, yet he considered that the prosecution sbodld cot be urged on t an investi gation in the aoenseol a material witness. and that tbe constitution did not rtquira a court to decide ss to a writ of habeas c jrpu without a full and tatr b?arirg. thereupon the prosecution asked a continuance utuil Wednesday, Apnt 7, in oror that tbe Bttte tuiyht have tiuie to introduce William Fry, the ahsrn' wi ness, whose pret-ence mlgtitbe reawrnsbly expected by tuat time; and lhe court granted thy continuance. Iu the meantime the ommuni'.y baa been in n teverih STATK OK EXCITEMENT in regard t i the cu-o. Speculation has ben j niij asiowueiuer aueriu .icivuiiiey uu u trom Arkansas with the prisoner aud ini'idug wituets, Fry, and as to wht be would t t fy. Itumors and cnunier rumors have tilled the air as to whtt would I e pnVtd agiitist the parties chared. Kvery train has len watched, with aLx'ety, fr i o missirK i iie-s rv crow-ii. Perhars it would be well enough to men'ion the fiCt that Wallace ilisht. a iiuiot and unassuming member f the 'Ninth Indiana batUrv.anda detective ol celebrity was tuiplove i in the matter and sccouipsiiied Sberitl Mckini'fy on his mia ion a tar as Tuscolo, 111., whre tby f und Johnson, one of tht eye witnesses of t hi murder, wnom he brotuht bic'c on last Friday. Mr. Hight le.ervs greit credit fir . hetoi TMUthneas and disp-t-h wit.li which he act hi in ths premises. Wodtenay, the 7ih dav of Airil, lS7.i, arrived wit'ionl Sherilf XfcKinnv, to the great tiUspjx intment of II. Tue ctse was c.ill-d a'.d p sit oumeut nsd until Me.Nutt arrivt-d au h'tir a terward. Thecmrt room wa crowed tsuff"caiior'; nr-t by the utitl rifl-rah oiin.i attend'Mg C'ur:, bur- Ii Jias and iutleui-v l culture, who are ntt acttiaticl by epiii: c f vlndu'iivtiieas tr curiiy, but who tube a dt-ep intetest in th w41iireof tvimtnu nuV Hna w,,n ru ll,e ,lu '""r crime under cousideratlon ; men and women

who bv their Inn tuUt -t, .uvi ! y'?J fA , ' , ,g relde cc 8nd Upright j i. . , Jocueu upon with reversnco.

-,u'ag ci. iniporiauce was tl.citad iirt rnrte nrat witnses, itiin farmer, m first witness cai.ea, sau taat be met a man in Blmmiug ion some time In April, 171, who claira-d to bsa relative by marriatre, and that he talked to hira about half an hour; that he arraugpmeriis to meet Moore at the hotel hi 2 o'clock same evtning, called at the hotel at the time desiguated, but could net find hire; waited for him about an hour and then looked for him hont an hnnr? then went home with ths expectation tf uu.ug ujiu laere. lie told me he tad been to Kentucky, where be had sold tome property. 1 got the impression from him or home one eKe, that te bad some f l,ftoO with Mm. He told me his hon e w as in P.lcomicgton, III. I don't know whether it was from him or other?. I doa't fcr.ow where he was at the time. I was looking for bim that day. I only know from hearsay, 1 rather thiuk bis whiskers and hair were sprinkled with gray. CT.CS3 IXAMIXEI). I think I first met Moore about the postoPdce. I talked 'with him about half an hour. I taluk ho gave me the name oi John Ma-ore. . I kept a diary at that t.tn and find i; was tha 11th Aprd, LS71. S eor.d wi te- vYil iam Smith. I rr member cl mentis-7 a man by the nams cl Moore in 1S71; wcLt to tne hotel aud introdi:ctl Lim to Mr. McfcLinnevand to Mr. Win. Farmer tha nrxt d iy. teu I hr-t mt him he aked mo if I lived in the oui.trv a;d i ow fir i; wn nut to Mr. F-iruierV; stid he was a nepLw ol r armer's iu:d latenda.J coiug rait tLere. but that h-j understood Mr. Pj prfaciier, and that he Moore had I drlukicg some acd citd not wsut Mr. farmer to tea hira. I lctt him at the l ctel thst evening and met him again about 9 o'clock the rexi uurnln. Ho wc gttiing gray. I don't reinembpr acv other peculiarities. I thii.k lia had on a blua leans ooat. I think his whiskers were sprinkled with grsv. l he next witness, Mrs. Frv, testifie 1 that ehe had been threatened by "Crook" or C. A. .lersnon; no inttmatng thbt if she knew anythiug, she hid better keep quiet. Ike next witness, Johnson, one ol tbe EYE WITNESSED OF TUB MCFDEH, aid: In April, lb71, about the 14. h day, I was in company with Mr. Fry, on College avenue, and asked him into the saloon on the west side of Collpse avsnns ka a drink, Le couses.ted, and we parsed down the alley to a sule euer Hüd , , i j. . entered, and passed three or four menon tho j i;uk iracu n.io ns we came in lamin in a io t- iie. We walked up to the bar ani csKoJ l.ir the drinks', and the taikeepvr out the liquor. Wo both took a drink. -; , 1 . . 1 . .... in a huu ar;oui tne nine we got thr ugh drink ing 1 ncard a lick and look näw h ir.an falling, m cut ing him with a kui:e. Tbe then asked h;tn if he saw any one in the court r.o:n whom ho csd Been present mi thul occasion. lie eaid es, aud pidated to C". A. Merrhcn as the man he saw usirg a knifaon the btraner. Ths wiit.ess teen sai.l Fry said, let lis grt out of l rrf at.d that ih"y both fetartni i.r the front door, tut th". soma cue itd-vp-ised themselves in front ot Fry, aud that Fry either knotked or pushed the man down and e-cape j. hi t that 1 h A If-A .rifn.i A ..: ' n.o minion, aa uiuu-itu iruui lit mug nit, and was caugl;t by a man oy tne tbroet, and the man kM (J-d d n vou if I spare vou, will you ever hi-t nr tell this thin-r Tl o o nVaiton Ut' lllli it . 9 l's,if?n bding atked the witness it that inau was in

, V. . . , , vamrj Uli tu IJ BUU W 3 III CL uy jiersnon, wno rskcu me it 1 was tne maa who whs ia tho ealoon last niht and saw a man take a fit. 1 said I was there when a man was knocked down last night. He said. G d ti n you if you blow it you will be hung. There is a band of MORS THAN A DOZEN OK US. The witness again pointed out Merabon and said, right there eita the man. I was afterwards aubpeeaaed before the grand jury and stated I knew n -thing about the murder, lor the rea son that I was afraid of my life if I told the facts. I was only a boy seventeen years of ige and a stranger at tbe lime. Alt-r I csm out cf the eraud iurv room J was nut by Mersbon, and be -ait t me. You tracked it prttty well, and, J d - l. .4.1 I ... I d-n you, it is w, 11 for you you d:d, lvau e ! if you bad ts.W anything von would not have got out (f town a ive." The prosicu-j 11 in Hun rfRd a dHpatcn in iop i-xuner-Jourual, statim; that Fry li:id teen arretted at Atkin .Station, in Arkansi, and skpd a cu.tit'Uince ol the cas. until Sheriff McKinney, who was in charge ot t ho prisotiT, cou'd lia3 lime to rirt. Tterenpon Judge Pears'-n c uitiiin d tan cae un til Monday, April 12. at 2 o'c ock P.M., stating taal wbils be conxideied thai an investigtinn ot a wr t ot taliea corpus should Imwiihout delaj, yt he cnsi lerd tnt iustica demandeil a full and f . r investigation, and it was his duty lo grant tbe continuance, as well tor th prisoners ha tor tbe prose cut'en. On Friday, to the grati 11 ation ot all. Sheriff McKinney arrived I h Fry, lhe most im portant witness in tbe case, fu.tn toe tct of his mature age and crto'nesaat the tioin of the alleged murder. From Information furnished oy Fry, l'etT Wehner, Hoosier Mersbon and James Clem wer arrested t jilay as ace mplices In tbe murder. LOGA Lt T IC S Every utoiUf r Is pmud 10 tier eiiu uv strong and bea'thy. We advise her to leed lt on Ridge 'a FY. od. It is the f voi iU dietlnFni;land, and will aocn bo the everyday food for children In 1I1I emmfy. Ul.'Hl.V. SS NOIICKS NAlLKfc UiVKS LS TE .ill. Hutahe dos not preserve and iH-nfy thetn. I In. 1 rnuM be dune with liair .nt SJ 1. I . Tilt leli Kl bu aud In enaiuri -t ti ar.- nn invul-itrablo to ail ties ru live luü j-neH ty thed-i.il use 01 th beuedcenl ptep.iuiion. 'he'-rh nlx ' brand l ere White Iat Is o Cnodeil bv 1 e only liue nethod, known as the OlJ L). tch I'lccr-SH iKi ia bt d wl h the poi iv a ti nncot ih itr rti'i'y BITOT-GCirS. BIFLES. PISTOLS UEVOLVXES, mm. iiiihV"" . m-v V I..1 1. ..... ,,, tai M m. Mi mm. kM. Sa4 al.m lor f.i.L.. lrf.lMllr.al IWnrriril tälld maa Revvlvcr Worka, ritiabaruu.ra. F'OK LKASK. The deilirg at d mill on Davids n Kter. between M'ctdjiHn and North Ktr-a-t". th milt bi In llie sari.e at wn ncemly partly hnrned. and he orr b.-it g buriifd was run bv V Itolrmv k a aplsni'K mil. Injnlreofl F. WisHMl K '. at ridg port, or at S5H l-RJ-t North -tr I ,lrro gorier. TC H IB3f PETITION to RELL SEIL! STATE. S ale of Indiana, Msrloo cmrny, Mar on Civil t'iiciilt C urt. Notice Is hetebv plvei Mist William S". : 'inn, adminis.rlor of 'lie es'ate of Mry Mcluff v,---tvri, h H'ed Ms i utlon losll lb- lea' e'HtM H,e dfcei-iit, bl- i eiKor.nl b-iii iiiitlirent m pay liN n.li ; aid 1h s&'d p-t i-ii will b h-ard st ilo- nxt 'erm or tbe Morton Civil -cult. Court ol nd 1 c.unl , Maikh -V, 157a. Att-t: AUSTIN H. Its OWN. Clerk, M v.. M r ouwty. C. F. Rookeu, At.crucy for tf;iltiouer.

'"c iuuh room no pjinieu oui xviersnon county, a ate r r icdl-ma, to -xanime an i as.ssa again, ,ind eaid if I ever mentiooeJ it I ,ll,el) n fl'sand injuri.-s toib land nb'e to be. wouiu be hupg to the first limb that' would !?.fl'cleMby VT'111 onr bvaaM Grassy bear m I saw the slranaer AtVpA n.it lf C;('e.l, R Dlu" Assocl.ti'.n in Warreu township, tl ; ineeiranger oragga out ot rsal.l county oi .vurion.viii .mroeficetuc extne west door, one imn had bim by the top animation nd esse mei.t a. ih north end of of the head at.d BbOther by the Bho'ulder. lit1- P"psei drain in section 21. township 1, nd Fry lift the saloon and went to Mr. j norti. 01 rung-5 east, and rill fiom thence proFry's bouse tnat night. 1 he next morning ; oTc'lliTnul 'sucU "e'x' .Vi?:Vior? nT

PRI VATfT rnHicrvl work contAlrjln? a s.tlir' "i Manhood, etc. .tn free. Address jlr r L Co ' '"'tO . Conn.,naci:g ihla

T ,AI-,fK"can mute tö a i)v in their own cltr U, AUress till. Men'Co., Walinaro, SIÖCK" S-ECULA7I0WS " oni. Purs, calls aim double privileges on phlet. exP4iuinK fcow Wall wreet operatioM are conaucteU, beut Itee. end tf.raoopj'. TfT Iii l'i' f . . v2 Wall stree U bV kV n, irvÄ. AUMIM vTIt ATolfN .AI.B sWAL 1'ROPI.ltrT Notice la herebr vlvon iimtit.. . a 1 m Rdmluistratorof the etate of Jonathan ttee! property of said deceKd. ronstwir- . J k. cattle, ho. s hop, bsy. c-ru. iUt. trumtn' TaraalDR implcmeais. mil uiv-t oih-r Briil.. too lectori to mention, upon thi lol owlnz terrr.a, to-wlt: Sums of tbr e tiollsrs and UDdert cash in hand; mm over ti re loilsru. ulu mouths time wilt be jilven. the purehaser givlr hlnuoio w.th approved fc.curiy, valvlcg valuation and pD Hi.meut Uvrn M-rrh Si. lsTS WUUf' ACu.lntetiator. jOTUX or AOMIXXSTIXATION. Ni-tlc is hereby civen th -t the nnfe-slcned tuit of Marlrm ooutüv. .n.tiHnn, x.tministratorof the ssiateor Manlmw. 1 of M co'i ty, deceased. Kit 1. ...r.. . f., k . solvent. VIL:.Im 11 R!it Apill :h lS7i. AtlminiKira'tor. PLANTS ,KUi AND UAI:K "'ww, IJJxlliiOi Shrub. i 11. h i:.... X ... , 1 - . . . 1 k, I1UI3, mau and cinn xur r i.i...... i. . . Address EU..VANüHUHAi:'1. Mount Hop XurserUa. lchtur, N. Y. E'Ub!l-uiil lb '. K Al .K H rr.T.SHKciios-boot Miliious can be. told uuwAi. o-ij.iiuk Mi'i iii p now D now readrOotHl.je.d Publishing House. Chicago. !i!9nria. moulll to nt,evfrjwhere. Ad Mich. jOIICH TO AUSLATLf. Stale cf rndians. Fountain onn'r, Fountali Circuit Court, .May Term. Ih.ö. JoepU li.ttla vs. M1 Um Linie, Absentee. oMee i hereby riven that the above plalntlfll Joseph Hittle. hau ilij-d in mv .fTloe a c.-mpiaiiit asaitiNt deiendaut, will nm I'.i't v, alleging that to i th sld illiani lttlw was lonrn-rlv a resident - r .iuni,'i!i ruuniy, muian... end lha' be has 1 COUBlJ' nd pone io paraunknoHu ' of five ear., loving nnts'tty ' hsvmg made y s' ir.t leiTi provision "ll u uai p.reoT njMüi rr in eUl Fonntala for tbe witnout ' :ilaen"'nV i"" "sine, and that fald pr pi . ' ..." III rn.f is im' iu'i wh- r jor ii.ewnt r.l pioper care, and that his lanil v are needit g the same torthirmport, end praxme tor the npolnt-mi'iitofnt-iwn orof iht-w i l orai.l Vlilim .-wi i nui- istfi ii r iiPdrmenn the J tU n. i ar hu uu-er uire o Hin ma ters o ntMlced in said complaint wl I be heard aud dttei rained lu Ms abetice. Witness my bard and the. of iM Court I Covington, taia Litb. day of Apiit.lbTj. C N. IOWMAX, Cleric of F-un'aln Cl reu 't Court. Isaac E. rchooxove j. ahv. f.ir l'i'ff. Tithe public and owners or Und liable to ba anected hy lhe wo lc pr.t.osl ti bedaat br tli Srk.,Dr1 n f-Ntion rc lltr' b rElvt'" ,h 'l on ,ue 1 Un ilT M at llo'c o k A. M , i h ano-ais r; appoin . the Uoard of onumr 0.mmllon-Vof S rotice is May, l7.i. ted by I J . ... ,T1(1 U1( rraUemetitlroni day to cai. if iiectsarv. nntll completed. THOMAS r A MILTON. JiKVKY KIN(J. rRHlKMCK WELIMI, Directors of swlj Dralnioc Assoc:ation. B RIDGE COSTRAtTon. No ice la hereby riven thst tha boar 1 of com. rn'sloners of Marion county, state of Indiana, 111. on th2rthdavc.f iav. 18 at the court house In the city of Iurifahapolli. receive bids for tbe Ripraps, nils for appr iaebeu, excavations and liratHTS and plann for .ha foundations of the ahutments aDd pier: alo tor lb abntraents and pier, and tor the uper.txuctnra (ood oriro-).ofa bridge over Whi'e river, at Dawfoti'a ford. In said county. Said bridge to be efiwofpDi. IKnett eoii in Uie dear. Extreme length 1) lei. M8119 and KpeclHca'lon mav e een at te coun'y andltor's . rflee at Indianapclis. Rids muM battled wllhtli county ncd.t.ir ard aooil) p. n ltd with vonch-ia. I lie boaid exlTlly rt8f rVM lLe ,,h Vw Jh I mmtJIv ' AuWl iLnuiy. lvmAWAwi, ivn , atii t-t, ikts. all jniDbE coMn tcroRs. Notice is herebv g'ven tnat Hie board or comnil'li"ers ot Muri n cm'iti.H 1 of Indiana, iil, 011 the 2Vh ray of "ay, l's Ihn conrt h"ne, in time iy.r lulls apcet iccelve bids lor in ' Ktprai s, rtIN for approMcNt -.excavations nil I limbtT' 11 1 pisna f the fond it una of .hpahuiHit-nt; a so for he bu'inen: anl for llie KU-rs:nic ur-iwiKvli r Ir -ti). of a brldt: ovir tall l'rek. in lhe trntlit quarter rf section is, tuwi btilp tti. noun o. Tar.gn 4 east, in aid county. Mild b tdg 10 te of nespaucfltf feet in the clear; extre me len b tfti (e t. Plan Miid pecti altoua mr be aen at lhe county auditor's ol"co at Ir dl napolis. bids must befiied with 'hs c uinty auJ.t r and ac-coinpiil-d with vouchers. t4ta board expreiMjIy rtterea the rlithi iorlfct anv and ail bids. K. W. II A MILTON, Auditor Mjirlou oounty. Indiana poms, Ind Apr.i ri. IS7V. TOTICJC OF ADJ1IMSTRATIOX. Noticets her bv riven that tbe nrderlened ha" been api olnted by ilie c erk of lhe Circuit Court of Marlon county, stau of Indiana, Rmliiixtra'or, with the wl I Hnniel,or the estat of Abraham Sellers, lute of M rian county, deceaed. raid es'aie lsup"oi 10 tn foivent. JOHN KKW Fit. Administrator with Mih will annexed. h.bTAULHKh,Ü 1&37. We offer the abive brand of Whit Lead to'tn public, with too podiive assaraaotuat it la PERFECTLY I'UllE. tT"For ade by daier RcneraMv. ECKSiTLIX, HUtU Cl CincI.skati, Ohio. OTK-Onsnmsrs will conxu't their 1VTKRIXl' bv baritiu In mind ha' h I -rz pro por lio-i of'th arMf 1- si't IT t K Wlllf - L.J, I 1 n IhUthiciI to lb exeo o' 'rorn 5n to fr nercc'iu. -tint in.icj f lid 1 not cmuiti a par..nr ei l WAN HOOD Uti.-5lOri tiL. A vlcilrn of yo'ithful tmprudeace. einging premature decay, nervous debliU V. etc havlntf tried in va n every krown reuie'ily, bus fonnd a simple "'If cure, which be vrlll ctit fre to ris 'illow snf7trr. Adln J, H, KJY3 Ti NaiMia U eel, Nw York.

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