Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1882 — Page 1

VOL. XXX. NO. 9. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1882. WHOLE NO.' 1611

SPEEDY JUSTICE

A Child of Three Years Chloroformed and Outraged. The lvokouio Itapist Huns hy a Mob. The Ljnchln Witnessed Ij ll oasanJs of Citizens. The Wretch Acknowledges Innumerable Theft3, but Denies Committing the Outrage, And After SInsinT "S:e That My Grave Is Kept Green," Is Launch d Into Eternity. A Vi END'S WORK. A Three-Yrr-HJ tilil vr KcU'.ro m-u-tally Outraged by Llrridio,.. Mrrtcli riie MMtU CaMet Out to 1'rotect the Prisoner. Special to the Sc Vlacl: Korovo, I a, Arril Charles unison, fron; Frank!:, l;d.. w.s arrested here this morning for t-vu'Tritirg a raje on the ilaughy?r of Ki I'ri'Cbard, of this city, lie enteved hh hov je Ab jut 1 o'clock this morning and c.YIc tfoiv.ied bin irnd bis wife, took hb little yt tighter, aged three Jcar?, to an out builder, vv where he vi slated her j-er-son, mr.ti-itr the child in a horrible maaner. Rt cd found on Lis linen. G:iRisor. wa examined by live physicians, ar;J Ihe-y l -ronounce! him the guilty man. liehadin his possession n stolen horse anC a go'd watch. The former was the prorerty o: Rari-J Re der, of Mary, Ind., . and th; watch bilged to K. 0. Flank, of Rochester, Intl. The excitement is intense. Thousands of pec pie arc m the streets and th Jail is surrounded by aw angry crowd. Tie public sq-urre is lined with teams from the country at this, i):30p. r.i. The Sheriff has calivd on the State Militia for aid, and the b.ys site rarading the streets in their unu'-irru. The Sherill is doit.-;; ali In his power to prevent a mob, b'tt at this hour it is understood that oi:e has teener ' ganized and in all probability will httttg the ' wretch before morning. Kokomo. Z"d., April S. Yonr correspondent haa be-'ii able to ither tho folioV-t'S additional particulars l: rcri tt theoulxae? .t:s cjiMlut cf protiably ttvj rr.o; otitrasous viUuia j tt uuluc-,' The particulars are us fi'llow: Oa Paturiiy evcuTig a man abv:t twenty seven yeari old storied at Mr. Joel. K chlt.?on's a farmer living one mile couth of tu is titvand asked to sfcsy all nii;tiC, and have his horse, a very fine grey, carej for. About 3 o'clock- lu the ' evealas bo left the house, faying he was going to town. v-'-otMus taore was seen of him iintil yesterday morning, whntJeore Moore, a hire I man of Mr. U., oa kjIhc -out to liu burn to feed, fouiiil him i' tho barn Ths ftraii;er began conrsation with Moore end Hiehlnsou aliut selling or tradiux Ids horse, end his cot.dtK t was so slraut;: that it io) i led tht-ui to beiivo iii.it 4 lio bone wai fti-len. After detaaiug bim fir some time la eouversali ;i about th? trido. et-.., Mr. II. aeut for Coi:t:a'.)le '.Vlllidai lodill, who arreslvd the sUüxgcr. IÜSTOVLCY OY T1!E CRIMK. Atatront 7 o'eiook yesterrtny morning Mr. Ed Pritcbacd. au tituriey tut ltv a.:xt foruier o-II'urof JieKotomoG3z-;t;e, w;w wxiened bythecrj--, ingofh's little three-year o'd dau.jhUrr. Mr. F. . got upend went U the child .and tried t " iiet it, but it was o( no avail. Finally Mrs. I, took the child up arid eadeaTCvd to coiole it, when the '.Utie thiu said: 'iiaitnn. don't let that tun durt me axhhi.'i The fdiaer iald no Attention to this uuiti the little tiling exprcfcaed a -desire to p.tteiKt to nature's call, the e.id so hard that her ft her beeam alarmed, and. on exaniaing her ptrso;. found ter to be terrfWy lacerated at.d b:t u er mgci are&s ana i-aw jir. i'riiciiara Atonce went far Ir. Scott, who e&umlcd the Iltue .sufferer aai declared tiatshokii leeu oiureged. This kdmoiiy was crrobosited ty Drs. Eei.c, Maveuy, H'jss-, Moulder aitd V.'ilbon. wti.) made examine liors during tte !iy,: id who ah vtstiy that she had b- i v u.-leutly 0uv.-a.3eJ. IMFJÄrATI.NO Till SCWPKtTta IIOttSK TIfftF. Shorilf fier ;'..e sup.ed ho-e tld-f li-id .jc:i taltrti t. JhiI. Vr. Pnrc.-isrd iiKett'l bl'.erif lb, irse C.H-utrx t; rm'tted 10 exM.iaii.e the pri-wjr 1 hif uiocd iu e ciu'-ive evfeice thai ih: wiis in-- m 1 ivho jinmlttt-l t.? Miiiit. f'f.-bti tl.d tu found ut bis uutit r ciothlie Vfftbr'o -.'ea itMt ltnrardfar neiir-or-hood ai'fMtl tt:e hour h-n t'lt.- eaini'.- j v:;;ost'd u hate bj.ji e.iniuu:t.d. As s-.!i as :i".e Ne be1:11; j?ne.;Ui- ti,uwn n-r.iJ " Miiue JJrr eiCU iJ 1 ov )f vatred utit um JhiI. una there as ai talk of lynching, etc . but ltli-r eouocil T-.aUe Thr!-U.fni..(-i!!tel a 4m-mittee-t'.jr-nii te J id o see wt awur t ha could itKotl hinist-!! if lie e i d a.-i-ouu-; i r the blood ou his jtaiueut '.vhk-hkj laji-.- l vt do in auy sUfatoi-y icuntrer. The City rla. il in in receipt t a j-osfxl rd Troin 11,111 i t Kuder, of Maty, iml., tM thing ex tly the ;ioro aul s ff. ring a reward a . for bis tt-:re: lo, one frtm t. eivr of Laemstx.rt, d-seiiUi.s a watui (wnic.O .an found on t is ftfr.oii), rliug the itJinberof riie watch, w that hf is guilty of horse ut;d waih theft, ax -,U as c. rape oa a little wiree-y car Xd Irl. The eiritomerd Is Intewe. TU SherifTbs kept the iil hwily guanled all 4ty. Thetcitemeut WjAine o grtnt Uik afternoon. 111 - mucn d i-v-.o of lynelclrii; that .h- 8LriS' a-kci tne governor by telegram U ainb.n.ie. The Govenior, throuRli Uve Adjutaiit (ieaerl, ordered oat the l0il mlliiary emimiir, widen . -bas been o?i oufy tsuardtii? the jA'nince 4' o'cJock. Th priner gives Li ums n Chrls 1 O:meson, aud his reridence at Ftxnklin. .J iu .11 County, but he li uriablo to jf ve aay tuuies 01 prominent pere-ms there. The priMinrrHiiixiiit five fjt ivrn inrk.en liih arB weighs nkiat 12 pounda, U tmutotcmv elgte year old. ar.d h a lasriti uieau 1 os. He eoems to be f;tmiK.ir wini'V d.s. as t-dav, hor'Jy after h. s -re-tcd he .ei th turnkey to give ti; Cri.ik. calling that i.'ioer fty ins prorKx or u cniii'a'j 1 ace. lie seics u hv is ited fire or fix .Vjiit-es In the city ivt tdti. n young Ur. Tru'b!of4 f aw him coming ouk cf tiicir houe. when he wnt borne at about 1:V. tin.tty Cierk'a houae wo burfUrlzed, tuwi :mo kooic othera. in little Tictim wj sleej.lai lo e.fih Ii tb aaiue tooxx with her p&reuta. The d jc tor d'overl ir,n morni"s t!at tle entire lr-."2i!y had - beca chloroformed, and the litiie girl tan fnm tier crib to ttia yard oiitti l--, ts her cIoiL'.t j was wet and mn.id.v. Tue prwr.e of tfuortiorx. wa-s noticed by a.11 wnoealld tUia moralt.g. IX A CBITICAL fO.TDITXOS'. Tm little eirl I In a very bad condition and csn tiardly live tt.l morning. The nuthtr Is almofct diiiracted with grief. MORE THREATS OF LYXCHTSG. There Is a deep-seaUd feeling iii the city thlj tyenlog to lynch liie tcrrlllö üiu;oter in liuaiti

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form. The feeling Is not on'y arnnrg tho rabble, but axons? the best citizens as weil. I am null', mus tlmt unlets ihe excPemunt dies "'. that the miserable wretch will iot I e alive fftfja the i in i jmes up to-morrow morjR-g. HIN UV A MOB. T. Kokom? Itaplst 1ken iror 4 JaM and Hanged to a I5rldj;e The rynchrug Witnessed by Thousand of fVol,ie Special to the Sentinel : Kokomo, Ind., April 3. " jail is sur rounded by thousand ' A Ieopie. A mob is organizing m uasr A Grovc tLis 12 o'clock midnight, t' j 2n, the rapt? fienJ) Gibaon. The exr fxnteat is intense. One bundrec' taatkj rjen to.ok Charles Gibson, the from the Jail tn1 hun- him to the :ila.a Slrett j.rjjs at j a. Ia ouTids of people witnessed the hang- p MrCune was present crd offer' A. a prayer and asked the wretch l.e was guilty of steal1 . 4 ing he horse. He fa:d be was. lie atked him if be bad stolen the watch. lie replied he had. He then asked hira if be was guilty of raping the little child. He said he was not. He was placed on a box and bis bands and legs tied. Tne mob then aeked him if he had anything to gar. lie commenced singing, "See that my grave is kept green." After finishing he faid he hoped he would meet bis father und mother ia Heaven. He gave his name a Richard Long, and said he resided in Franklin. The mob was we.l organized, and had their coats turned inside out. Th-y marched from Jlaskett's Grove to Ogden .t Rood's blacksmith shoi, and got sluice hammers and crow-bars and made t ieir way to the Jail. They were just twenty-two ruinntes in getting into his eel'. The Siieriir refused to deliver up the keys and they broke the door down, draped the poor wretch to the ilain Street Rride and hucgliim. It was a terrible allair, and a great many cf the ci:i :.is condemn the whole afTatr in the most severe terms. Protesting: Against the Imprisonment uf American. New York, Apiil . 'flu larchali of the Cooper Union was crowded to-night on 'the occasion of a mass ruicti:g called to protest against, the action of the English Government in detaining American citizens without trial in KngliVh lVisous. Mayor Grace presided, and over his chair was a life s:ze p-wtrait of the former Secretary of State, William L. Matey. The add resses of Mayor Grace and Congressmen Orth, IiOrd, Jones, Randall and Cox and the others who speke were in full accord with the spirit of the resolutions, which declared thai we ritizens of New York, irrespective of creed, race, extraction or political affiliation desire to express our earnest sympathy for those imprisoned citizens, and our deep displeasure at the ollicial neglect or evesion of duty which has abandoned them to the mercies f th-ir unscrupulous jailers; that the sycophantic bearing of James ltns ell Lowell, our Minister at the Court of St. J.tmes, joined with bis supercilious replies to the appeals öf our unlawfully imprisoned fellow citizens, has been viewed by us with mit .t;led feelings of li--:iyt and indignation; tnat his conduct if indorsed will deservedly tring the American r?ame into contempt "end that the honor of the Nation demands his recall and substitution of some man in his p!.i--e who has the will and ability unliNchHTve the functiorrn of office; that the Hunkeyimi which airs itself as anglicized circk-s in this country, the tl'ectation for Enj;lh.h ways, deference for tglish opinion and apine of Kpglrth manners is to be viewed 3 a manifestation of bastard Americanism, which is at enmity witn Democratic institutions, etc., etc. Public Iljt Statement. AVAotisoTo.t. April 1. The following Is a statemeiit it ihe public debt: Kxtetitfed t'h $ 100, 901.-00 ivitf nj.e-l 5's .. 40l.c-OX,M) Kotmand a half it tic ivjuiufujuu j MnlUviKZZlZ: MISTO ! j'our cvr cents j avynwiou luirt 14,-oou.two Jtal Interest bearing debt.., -yAtiirpd r. . .n.5U.T52.700 .carE tenders .. L..5 C.S,T-iC.ffi; Onitcati'sot dcKsj: Jl. 140.000 iolitutid ilver of mir ans 7.."lrj I's1.) i-'ra'Cionai cumkey - V.i)0t.Si5 Cotal Without ÜHifftfX.., Tout debt Tc-Ul Intcrcat 13,07 l.SJ'J Cch In Treury: 6 AVt.-jrl,;Ci let; less iasn in 1 reiwory i;;,';, Ek---as duritir Knnli lij. "..'. im i -h.-v sin. June ;k;, isti m,:;;j,us'j Cii-rei.t LiHtxt: hft lue at Kupatd.. f l.SlCIM ltJS ou which interest u.; cetsed . llMW.b Xair?.-t tJiervou. 12.75 .l'li:rt pilver ?wüüit.i4- T.1 L'mt'd isUtvi. itvte.t beiU Cor redmplioti (ct-rtiticR:if d; pwir). . llJ40,ono CWIu'jjUm ice aviwable Apiil 1, 18Si l54.Xj!!?l Zt tnl A va in tie A :253,Äl?61 rajuii Treasury ...J J2i3,291 TC1 lLuitds is.sn.i u lul'war Coiapa;::s, Interest payable iu lawiul m'rti'y, priacij'Äkutaniting.... In tewK accrued mC not yr. paid . inter: iii.t by- 1'v.foed etj -s . 1 utero: rfpttid fey Couipniies by traaortation ecw'e . By caM paymeutß, X w ent. of net Mrnius.... .. Balance of invetvat pid ' by United titatenw... 64,ß23.U2 3,40ö.r77 655.W8 KUlrd Ilia Thiar! Man. Nashicxlk, Teon Aprii 2.Th AmeriCn a Mitüifreesbiro special' fays: 'Tiionia8 iwan, h(tcial Lteputy .vierilf, went out Uss night to arrest Eethel U"hoiop6rt, who s!u,t an c!l-cer in Shelly ville last year,wien about to be arrested for ors tttaJine. 1 kinipson wasconcealiar liiL'elf at a house of ai-lame, avid was in boil. While McL'wm wa reailing: the warrant TU,mpson h t him wiili a pistol, which he dtev from linder the pillo', the bullet pasting through the iKg.'k. inflieting a hol wouad, probably fatal. 31cEeu returned the fire, killing Tnompison instantly. Thompson was iLe toird tum XIcErin has killed." Bvn anil Thirty Head of CattU ISarnad. Special to the tfentloei: PTF.r.sBui:o, Ind., March 31. A large barn b'.lorgh g to Goodlet Morim, ia the suburbs of the city, was destroyed by tire about 10 o'clock Iwt ulht. together Ith thirty head of caltla and a huge quantity cf bay and farming implements. Ix.' alxut f,030. Xo iat'urano?. Tho fi:s J.s juppo d to be the work of an taceadlary

JESSE JAMES,

'The Famous Outlaw, Shot Dead. The rrl Urothers, Jlembers of tte Celebrated (aufr, the AsSdSäsIßS. The Bandit Taken Unawares When Unarmed and Hlddled With Bullets. The Murderers to b9 Paid the $50,000 Reward Offered for the Robtier's Head. DIED WITH niS BOOTS ON. The Fnuioii ntlar, Jesse Jaran, Shot Do.id 1T the Ford Itros., Mcniltera of Ills Gang Particulars of the Asaatiiua tioa. St. Locts, April X A brief dispatch from St. Joseph says: ''Charles and Robert Ford, who at one time beloneed to the James qang, and were engird in the "Winston and Rlue Cut train robberies, have been in St. Joseph for a week for the purpose of ar resting Jesso James, but beinj afraid, as is alleged, to make the attempt, shot him down at Thirteenth and Lafayette streets, and then surrendered to the authorities tmd were lodged in Jj.il. There is tremendous excitement over the aflair, several thousand people being on the streets. The wife of the desperado was on the soot in a few minutes after the shooting was done, ami wept copiously over his remains. The body of James was taken in cnarjre by the police. Considerable ammunition and several weapons, including pis'ois and a rille, were found in the house where James bad been stopping. 1 L'l.L PAETICrLARS. St. Joseph. Mo., April 3. Great sensation was created in this city this morning by the announcement that Jeve James, the notorious bandit and train robber, had been r,hot and killed here in St, Joteph. Ihe news spread with freal rapidity, but most people received it with doubts until investigation established the fact beyond question. Then the excitement became more and more intense and crowds of people rushed to that quarter of the city where the shooting took place, anxioii3 to view the body ot the dead outlaw and to learn the particulars. In a smail irame shanty in the southeast part of the city, on th hill, not tar from the ared s Hotel, Jesse James lias lived with his wife since some time in November la?t. Robert and Charles Fold, two of his gang. have made their headquarters at his hotie, I and Charles, it is sab!, ha? lived with him in that shanty ever sltca November. Rob ert arrived about ten days ago, and the throe have been making preparations for a raiding expedition, on which they were to stait to-night. James and the two Fords being in the front room together about !H his morning, the former took off bia belt and laid his pistols on the bed, pier-aring to wash himself, when Robert Ford sprang up behind him and sent a bullet through bis brain. The ball enterel the back of his head at the base of the right brain, coming out over the eye. The Ford brothers at once made known what they had done, and gave themselves up. They are now under guard at the Court IIous. The body of Jesse James was conveyed to an uiidei taker r, where it was prepared for burial, and where a photograph was taken. James' wife has telegraphed to his mother the r.ews of his death. A numcer of men have identified the body, and tJiere is iro question of it beirgJes.se James. A Herald reporterrevie wed the body at the unJtr i k.Vs when it was being phctograpned. Ho was a line looking ruiii. apparently forty years old, with broad fo.encad, and his physiognomy wa? that of an intelligent as well as a resolute and daring mm. The house where James lived and in which he was killed has the appearance of an armory. A nunibtr of puns and pistols, including a repeatin? rile, a needle gun, navy revolvers, with a gocd store of ammunition, were found there. Je.-se James was in the habit of wearing two belts, with a brace of Try line revolvers and twenty-five extra cartridges. In a small stable near by were discovered several fine horsvs the property of James. The Ford brothel's claim that they are detective?, and that they have been on James,' track for a long time. It is believed they were with James in the Rlue Cut robbery, and that they were influenced in killing him tiy the hope of getting the big reward wttich has been oilered for James deinl or alive by tl.-e Governor and by the Ktpress and Raii road Companies. In the lif,ht of all moral reasoning the shootii wa wholly unjustifiable, but the law is vindicated, a"il the $00,000 reward oS'ereö y the State for theody of the btigand, uo?.d or alive, will doubtless go to the man wt'no had courage lo draw a revolver on the noted o ;tlaw when his back was turned as in this cas?. There is little doubt that the killing wnthe result of a premeditated lau foa-.uedy Robert and Charles Ford ser-ercl months ago. Charles had been an accomplice of Jese James since the 2d of ltwt November, and entirely possesxd. bis confidence. Robert Fo, bia 'Irother, joined Jesse near Mrs. ariineh' house, niotbecof the Jarues boys, Ixrl FriCay wee'e ago ami accompanied Jesse arJ Charles to this city fsunday. March "3. Jesse, bis. wife and two children removed tom ilausas City, where they had lived several Rionthsintil tbey feared their whereabout would Ur. anspecaVd, in a wajin tof his city. arriving here Novembers, Uva acfoui parried by Chartas Ford, .and rented a house on the corner of Lafayette and Twen-ty-tirst str eet, w here tbey atayval two months, when they secured hotse l,31Son Lafayette street, formerly the troperty of Councilman A lesbur.g, giving tb3 name of Tbooias ilowarrj. Tie bouse is a onestory cottage, painted white, with gree shutters, and romantically sitaited on tbe brow of a. loftf eminence east of the city, conuianding a t'ne view of the pri nc.i pal portion of the city, the rirer and failrtiadB. and Adapted an by nature for tUe Derilous and desperate csJling of James. - Just east of the house is a dtep gula'i-like rciae and beyon a broad expanse of open country litcked by a Lelt of timber. Tne bise, exospt from tke wett side, can be seen for several miles. There is a Jargt'ard attached "to the cottage and stable, where Jesse had bean keeping two horses, which were found there this morning Charles and Hobert Ford liave been occupying one a the rooms in the real' of the dwelling aisif have tecretly had an r. nderstanding to ku' Jesse ever since last fa.'l. A short time ago. before Robert hud joinel Janiet, the latter r.'ij)Osed to rob tlie bank: at l'latte City. lie .said the Rurgese trial would commence to-öay and his plan was if they could get another companion to fake view of Ihe eituation u'l the l'latte City Rank, andjwuile the arguxnent were being heard in the murder case, which roulu naturally eng-iee the atteutio.n of the citi-

zrs, boldly execute one cf his favorite riids. Charles Ford approved of the plan, and sncgested bis brother Robert as a compitiion worthyof sharing the enterprise with them. Jesse "had met the bciy at the latler's house, near Richmond, three years ago, and consented to see him. The two men accordingly went to where Robert was and arranged to have him accompany them to Platte City. As stated, all three came to SL Joseph a week ago Sunday, and remained at the bouse all week. Jesse thought it best that Robert should r.ot exhibit himself on the premises lest the presence of three ablebodied men who were doing nothing should excite suspicion. They had fixed tiiwn tonight to go to riatteCity. Kver since the boys had been with Jesse they had watched for an opportunity to shoot him, but .Vie was always so heavily armed it was impossible to draw a weapon wiiliout his seeing if, Ihey declare they had no idea of taking him alive, considering the undertaking suicidal. The opportunity they had long wished

lor came tins mornirg. ureaktast was Charley Ford and Jerse James had been in the stable currying the horses, preparatoiy to their night" ride. On returning to the 100m where Robert Ford wa. Jefe aaid, "Its an awfully hotday.' aad pt.l eloiT his coat and ves-t and tossed them on the bed. Then be said, "I gue$s I'll take off my pis tols for fear somebody will see them if I walk in the yard." He unbuckled bis belt, in whicli lie carried two forty-five calibre revolvers, a Smith A: Weison, and the other a Colt, and laid them on the bed with bis coat aud vest. He then picked uptt dusting brush with the intention of dusting some pictures which hung on the wall. "To do, ibis he got on a ebair. His back was now turned to the brothers, who silently stepped between Jes-e and his revolvers, and at a motion from Charley, both drew their guns. Robert was the quickest of the two. In one motion he had tho long weapon to a level with his eye, with the nozzle no more than four feet from the back of the outlaw's head. Even in that motion as qutck as thought there was something that did not escaje the acute ears of the hunted man. He made a motion as if to turn his bead to ascertai j the catirse of that suspicious sound, but too late. A nervous pressure on the trigger, a quick llash. a sharp repoi and a well-directed b.illorashed through the outlaw's skull. There was r.o outcry, just a swaying of the body and it fell heavily back upon the carpeted Moor. The shot had been fatal nr.ri 11 t!;e bullets in the chambors-of Charley's revolver still direc etl at Jessie's head could not more efTcCtnally have decided the fate of the greatest bandit and freebooter that ever figured in the prges of the country's history. Coroner Ileadii s wasiotified. and undertaker Sidenfaden instructed to remove the body to his establishment. Inspection of the body revealed two lar.e bullet holes in the right side of the breast withiu three in che. of 1 ie nipple. a bullet wound in the leg and the absence of the middle finger of the left hand. After viewing the remains tho Coroner repaired to tht Court within. Soon after Mrs. James, in custody 01 Marshal Craicr. the two Ford bovs, both heavily armed, fol lowed. Ti.ey were k 'ptin separat: apartluentstill the Jury announced itself ready m near iesitmonv. Kansas CiTV. ,pril 3. The litÄs of the killir.gof Jc--se Ja mcs created a great sensation in this city, although the report was generally treated with iniiredulty and even at this lata hour, many non-believer3 can be found. This afternoon as Eoon as the news was received here IYd ice Co tu mission er Craig left fur St. Joseph with a heavily armed poss-n of men to pirard the body cf Jesse Jamcj and protection for the lain who killed him. At the Police Station i: was learned that Rob Ford, a youn man who has been hanging about the Station for several weeks, was the peison who shot and killed Jesse James. Ford left this city about a week since, and joined James in the vicinity of St. Joe, remaining with -him till opportunity to kill was found. From the police it is learned that Ford who is said to be a member of the gang, was under the control of "Craig, and nas been used a an instrument for James' destruction. Ford is a young man abouJtwenty-two yearold, and looked lite a verdant yot th from . the country. In appearance he is a mere boy, and is the last roii in the world to be taken as the slayer of the famous outlaw. The Train Robbers. St. Locis, April 1. The Republican's Independence sjecial says: "The litigier trial progressed to-day, and a good deal of testimony wfs given. John Ijind. who.se confession was telegraphed last night, was subjected to the most rigid cross-examination, but all the art and skill cf counsel for the defense, failed to trip bim or make any break in his direct statements as to how the robbery was committed or who were engaged in it. Dick Little asserts that Land was not present and that no one participated in the robbery except the eld James gang, while Land ?ays positively, and reiieratej the statement, that be, together with Rugler, Motts, Chapman, and t"v r three others who lived in the immediate vicinity of Rlue Cut. were engaged in the act. So far Land's testimony seems to havp the most believers, and the defense is evidently weakening. Cleat-Ins Oat. the Robbers. St. Locis, Mo., April 2.--Governor Crittenden very emphatically denies the statement made in a special dirpttteh from Indepetidecce on Friday lat and w hich was incorporatf d in Associated l'ress report of that date, that he aod others will receive IlW.WjO for breaking up tj tram robber band.-.. Tho Governor also denies that he promised Dick Little a pardon. The most he did or could do was to assure him protection while be was aiding the oflicers in capturinz the robters. He further says he thinks the train robbing gangs are all broken; frit Jesse James himself, the noted leader of the desperadoes, Will either be killed or captured before long. A Figat Wltli Pistol and Howie Knives. Cincinnati, April 1. A Commercial spe cial trout Rextngton pays: "At French burg, Menifee County, Ky., last nicht, in a moonshine whisky Miop, a fight with pistols and fcowie kuives commenced between about a dozen desperadoes over a game of cards, and was continued in the afreM by moonlight. Two of the combatants. Rill Thompson and Martin Jone?, were each shot twice. The latter was mortally wounded. Rill Duncan had his altclomen laid open with a bowie knite. "Tine doors of lioties were broken open, and aome of the citizens fled to save their lives. It is believed a man named Murphy was killed actl carried away. "Many of the roughs who escaped . were wounded." A Total uf lAsht. Chicago, April 2. A Pueblo dispatch etys: Thotiti Uagnell arrived yesterday from St, Charles River, a point east cf Pueblo, and brings intelligence that three more victims have been handed by the Vigilanes. lie aa5s the victims were being dragged toward a thicket by a number of men, and blood 2t8 streaming from thej'r mouths and nostrils from blows nveived. The lyncher, very decidedly requested Mr, Hague; 1 to. move on and not interfere. As he fumed away he could plainly hear the uoomeu men a ain appevJs lor mercy. Death oftheAlayor of Peru. ' fc'ptxial to the Sentinel: reite, Ind., March 3D. William 3. Reyburn. Mayor of this city, died tUs afternoon of rhen mafisin Of the heArV. Tiia deceased, wa Li b!ü fiftieth yean.

AX AWFUL DISASTER.

Burning: of the Steamer Golden City at the Memphis AVharf. Tlilrij-Flre Live s Supposed to be LostList of tho Lost, tho Injured and the Saved. Stowe's Circus, With Tent, Wild Animelij, Wagons and Horses Destroyed. Scenes and Incidents of the Disaster as Related by Those Who Wit neased the Terrible Calamity. ANOTHER SOUTUEU.V DISASTER. Uurutng of the Steamer 'Golden City at Memphis Thirty-five Tcrous l.onr, Mostly Women and Children. First Ph-ratch.l MkMrnis. Tenn., March 30i The Ci nein nati and New Orleans packet "Golden City" en route from New Orleans to Cincinnati, burned at the wharf this morning, at4:r0 o'clock. Between thirty and fifty lives were lost, principally woman and children. Second Rlspatch. Mkmi'HIs, March 30. The steamer "Golden City'ofthe Sonlhern Transportation Company's line, when approaching the wLtnf this morning at 4:30 o'clock, was discovered to be on ;.re by the second engineer, Robert Kelly, no immediately notified Capain Rryce Purcell, Sr.. the pilot on watch. The boat's bow was at once headed for the shore, and in four minutes afterward she touched the wharf at tho foot of Ecale street, where a coal fleet is moored. A line wa3 thrown and made fast to one of the coai larges, bnt the current teing'swift, it soon parted and the burning steamer floated on down the river, a masa of ' llames, with many of her passengers and crew abc?rd who were unable to reach the shore, asd were lost. The Golden City left New Orleans last Saturday, en route to Cincinnati. She carried a crew of about sixty. She had about forty cabin passengers, fifteen of whom were ladies and nine children. Her cargo consisted of 3X) tons, among' which was a lot of jtfte. Tho fire is sa;d to have had its origin in this combustible material. stowe's einer axd aximai.a lost. Stowe's circus was taken aboard at Vidalii, L:v, and six cages of animals, birds, together with the ticket and band wagon, tents a::J horses were lest. SPREAD Ol' THK FLAMES. Marion Purcell, one of the pilots, was in the clerk's oitiee when the alarm was sounded, and rushed through tho cabin, bursting in the state room doors aud awakening pa'senger?. Rnt so rapidly did the flames spread that in five minutes after discovering the fire, which broke out amid.ship, the after part ot the steamer was all ablaze. Those that wre saved had to tlee in their night clothes. THK cil SE OF THE FIEF. . The tire was caused by a watchman accidentally setting fire to a lot of jute which was stored amidship the steamer. She had just w histled to laud, and the watchman went among khe deck j a-sengers to notify theni that Memphis was being approached, and those th.it werr destined for here must get ashore. The bottom of his lamp droptcd ia some jute, and before the llames could tie extinguished, spiead all over the deck of the steam r. Ilryce Purcell. the pilot, made his escaje by climbing over the front of the pilot house, ai the tire was all in the rear of him when the steamer touched the wharf. The tug Oriole did not burn, as first reported, but was sunk by the burning steamer in making the landing Several coal barges and ice boats belonging to Bohlen, Huse it Co. caught on fire and burned. Billy Hodge, pilot on the Dean Adims, saved the cook, w ho jumped overboard, as be floated down stream. All the passengers and crew were kindly cared for by C. B. Galloway, of the Peabody Hotel, who provided them with breakfast. CORRECTED 1 1ST OK THE LOST I.ATTR PABTICVLARS. The following is a corrected list of the lost by the burning of the jo!den City at the wharf this morning: Dr. Monahau and wife, cf Jackson, u. : Mrs. Cary, of Fnirniount, near Cincinnati; Miss Luella Cary, Morton Place, near Cincinnati; W.U. Stowe and wife, 0. K. Lywood and wife, Henderson, Ky. ; Mrs. Anna Smith, of Ma;sacbusctts; Miss Helen l'ercival, llawesville, Ky.; Mrs. L. K. Konrs and three children. Miss (ampbell, a relative of Mrs. Kouns, Robert Kelly, Second Rngineer; Mary Boyd, Amanda Atchison, chambermaids; J. C. Crone, owner of the side show to Stowe's circus; three of the dck crew (colored) and a negro boy servant, A. II. Stowe. Captain Mclntyrc was asleep at tho time the fire originated, but heard the alarm and came hastily down stairs. He tried to get into the cabin, but the lire and smke drove him 'back. Descending to thefieck be and the secotid mate, John Hill, made a burning boat fast to the coal fleet, and then, aided by the passengers in getting oiT the steamer. He was ealui and did everything in his power to save everybody, but all eflorts proved fruitless, as the line which held, the boat either burned or uuloosed itself in some way, and she b?gan drifting into the stream. John H. Tre walla, agent of Stowe's Circa?, was orr the lower deck and seeing Mr. A. Rüttler of Donaldaonville, Ga, with his wife and four children on the boiler deck, shouted to him to throtv his children. Mr. Buttler tossed him two which Mr. Trewalla cau&ht and carried to a place of safety ou the coal barge. He then assisted Mrs. Buttlr wish her infant down from the upper deck and helped otfthe steamer, while Mr. Buttler brought down stairs bis remaining child. Willis McKinley, a young man seventeen years old. gives a graphic description of the fire. lie was in his stateroom when the first cry of fire was heard. He says it was nor. three minutes after, before be saw flames coming up t through the Moor of his stateroom, lie ran back in the ladies' cabin, where his grandmother, Mrs. Rercival, and his aunt. Miss Ionia Matsen, .were bursting in their staterooms. He found both standing up. Telling them to come on, he grasped his aunt by the arm and led the way through the blindiDg smoke to the front part of the boat. They had not gone far before the Harnes began bursting through the floor of the Cabin. He kept pressing forward, and finally reached the front deck of the steamer with his aunt. His grandmother was nowhere to

be seen. She evidently had been suffocated by the blinding smoke. He half carried and dragged his aunt down steps, and jud in time to reach the coal barge as the Teesel was carried down stream by the current. An inquest is in progress over the remains of the dead woman found to-dav near the wreck. It is thought to be Mrs. Anr.a Smith, of Massachusetts. Wash Smith, the colored Captain cf the watch, was sent to Jail this afternoon en a warrant charging him with mur.Jer through his crelessnes ia causing the fire oa the steamer. A diver will try tomorrow and recover the bodies that are supposed to be i the wreck of the ill fated vessel. The Louisville and NashvilU i?.;ir.-...i

and Captain Bob Wise, of J. W. Gall, have generously offered to canvey the passengers and crew of Golden City to Cincinnati free of charge. Mome left for home this af:ei no'iii, others leave to-morrow. The Cronei'a Jury Decides the. Crew the Bnrned Vessel Were Guilty of cf Criminal Carelessness. MExenis, April l.The Coroner's Jn nr. which has been hoMiue an hKiuett the n-Kt i.. .in- .... the icmatiiS of a woin.u found lloctinz iu the " " "rai lucnictkw lUBiioioeii t.iiy, rettiTneu a verdict this afternoon to the effect that hhe dime to her riratrt by violent means. io-wi:.: Iiy inhaling naming fire on the steamer Molden City, oa the mon,i:,gof March 39; that the sata tire was caused by Wash Smith, colored, capuirt of the wa'ch, handling a lamp aeuing fire to a lot of ju'estcicdmthedeck-room.azd the hail jute rot been covered as it should have Ncu to avoid accident of tire; tba-, stored near the jute was a lot cf Ur and nl barrels, and taut the manner in which ss.1 J jute aud tar barrels were loaded, aud the tbseuce of proper coveriops and the absence of specific ordere La regard to the carryiuKOf lamp through the boat evii.ees tne mobt positive criminal carelessuess on the part .f the ma:e and other oflicers of stdd boat, whose duty it was to look after tho loading aad management of the bout in such a way as üot to endanger human" life. Wns-h Smith, captain of the watch, w huse arrest has been mentioned, rectiius in Jail to await the action of tho U:-ndJury, which meet on Monday morning. All hore of recovering the dead bodies from the wreck of the Golden t ity haa been abandoned. No farther attempt will be made until the river falls suiti'jient to permit the civera to work with some how of sue cess. Memphis. Anril 1. At the reoiip nt rorf i jelatives who lost their lives by the barnin of ir.e ooiueu ei:y. anotner aueinpt will be made Mouduy to recover the dead bodies. Knired Stares Inspectors G&rrctt and Rih-toa are thoroughly invesiuratlns the cattle. of the tiia.sttr. Captain S. C. Uclntyre, of the ill fated steamer Golden city. In an interview to-idgnt state the verdict of the Coroner's Jury rendered trda af .ernoon does fcltnzi eat irmsticc The t mmh r.ii.n of witnesses was conducted by Attorney General Turner of the Criminal court, who Is a .'brother in-law to ' Mrs, L. F. Kouns. who. tocetcr with her thrn children, were lost In the cisaster. The Cat tain had no attorney present atttie examination and says he iswUiltigto abide by the report of the United States Inspectors who are now giving the matter a most thorough and searchinH investi gation. UAX LAN TT INS. The Canadian Oarimaa Win a th Itar With Hoyd Easily by Seven Lengths. Los dos, April 3. It appears from dis patches from Newcastle that the race on the Tynethis aftornoon, between Hanlan and Boyd was fairly close. ;IIanian won by from two to three lengths. Boyd won the tots for position and chose the north side of tho river. At the start, which was a splen did one, Hanlan led slightly. At Rdheugh Bridge, four and a half furlongs from the starting point, Hanlan hai increaccd bis lead to one and a half boa'.'d length. He maintained the lead of from one to four length! throughout the race, occas!or,a!'y playing with Boyd, and wen by seven lengths. Boyd, at the outset, raised the hopes of his supporters, but Hanlan, gathering himself together with one effort, placed himself first after fifty yards had been rowed. He maintained the lead from one to four 1. n rtl s throughout the race, occasionally plajiLg with Boyd. Boyd dashed away on the start and was a half a length in "front. In a few strokes Hanlan, however, sculling in grand form, caught bim, and in a half mile was clear of him. llanlan's time to the Kedheugh Bridge was 3:23. By this time Hanlan was two lengths in front, and the race was over. The Canadian was in magnificent form, sculling easily and well, pulling more than twenty-tight "strokes a minute, and winning easily. Boyd was ECMwing and in evident trouble, pulling very badly the course ab-..vc the bridge. It was quite clear that the Canadian could play with ßoyd.and he soon began bis old tricks, such as playing with his oars every nw and then, and stopping dead for several seconds. Boyd strugtjled gamely on, doing his best, but quite ineffectually. Hanlan stopped, held up one hand, blew his nose, and generally disported him-elf; but directly Boyd got anywhere near him, the champion pulled a dozen or so powerful strokes and went right ahead. It was as easy a task for Hanlan as the layce ck race. O if the lead works, about a furlong above Redbeugh Bridge, Hanlan had slightly inCreased his lead, then being about two lengths ahead. He kept this position past Daun street, three furlongs Itirthpr on. Nearing Armstrong's crane, a half-mile from Dunn, be had increased his' lead lo four lengths, but after this eased up, performed tricks and rowed leisurely. Th exact number of lengths by which .Haulau won ij uncertain, but the victory was complete and the race a hollow one. There were on the river at leas.t twenty clcsely packed steamers, besides. the umpire's boat, on which were Lord Londesborouch and many other gentlemen. A strong tide was running, and the conditions were extremely favorable for the race. The course was admirably kept, there not being the slightest obstacle in the way of the men. The fea.nre of the day was the enormous number of spectators, estimated at hundreds of thousands, who lined the whole course. Hanlan wen by seven lengths? ' 'ihe length of the course is about three miles and three and a half furlongs. An immense crowd witnessed the race. llanlan's time waa twenty-one minutes six seconds. TUE HIGH WATER, Distressing Kepurts) Prom Morgan City The Water Rising Rapidly. New Orleans, April 2. The Times-Democrat Morgan City special says: "The water rose five inches the past twenty-four hours, and is now thirteen inches above the high water of 1871. Many families are leaving the city. "Women and" children are generally being sent west to the Highlands. Several buildings are in great elangtr. Stock is being moved to Bell Isle. "Judson, of the Times-Democrat, was in consultation witb several of our prominent citizens upon the best method of relief should occasion demand it. The announcement that no more trains would arrive from New Orleans caused considerable anxiety. The stock of provisions is very limited. The stoppage of trains throws many persons out of employment. Two feet more of water is exacted. The Postoflice will be flooded by morning. The Review and Free Press otllces have raised their floors. Merchants have moved their goods and closed their stores. Additional reports have been received of the distressed condition of people along Bayou Baeof. The nater rose two ; inches from 12 to 9 p. m."

DISASTER AT SKA.

Fatal CollMbn Iletiveon Mfaiui-Uips Thirry Members of Oni Crew Los-t vad Pceetbly Half as Many More Other Disaster. D I ma st ia;- on mi: in:i;p. Coli iovt Dfrtwrf-.i th M.Arns2ii)N jwäc; Dat and Dooms 1 birty 1't-rson Iroral Other Wrecks. Loroy. Aprii The Spaniel stev.mer Yrursc Rat. Cam. in I'jarte. from I.ii-or-jsxd ur I'orro Rico. cjti:e in collision -ritli the Royt-1 Mail Com pa n 'a tt sinter I Mm, from li.-pzd. c IV Cape Fitilfcno, i-ps'n. Sttnrday l.ipbl. Roth tteamcr ?i-k. The steamer Hidalgo re.'cu?l f-ve:it";i pr.-on fi-Kin the Djuro ai d si.iti-sexcM frur.i .he Yrurrc Rjt ami landed t::tni at Cri.:iN.i. Halifax. April l.The steamer Ay:,!.. re, from Montrose. Scotland, fr-r New York, with potatoes, put in here short of c-n bbe had a most tempestuous voyag". Th-; Captain hau'itn arm broken, the carper'u - a leg broken and the Boatswain a sCo.ilder dislocated. The second otic-r wsjs washed ovei board, but a returning wave landed him aain on deck. Halifax, April 2. The Captain and ere of the brigihii.'.e William, wr cli-d ou Sable Island, have arrived heu. The ve-cl go jammed in the ice, the provisions gsve ou. and the man then subsisted for twenty-tw dfys on oats, which had been in the ve 'e-l'i timber two years. Tiie water v.as ohair.t-l from pools iu the ice. Cornelius Vao.lerbllt Suicides. New Yoek, April Ccrneliu J. au. derbilt, brother of William H. Yanüerii:t, shot himself at the Glenham Hotel oi: Fifth avenue, this afternoon at '2 o'clock, and dievi from the effects of the wound at o'clock. From the time cf the shooting 1:11 death Yaiiderbilt was unconscious. Many friends) t. f the dead man and members of hi fi.:ti!ly were present when he parted nway. The motive for the act given by bis friends was it resulted from mental dersrg inent brr -tight on bv years of sulieiin : fre;u epileptic fits. No other reason eo'ild be riven, a-5 bis tii'ancial aitairs are taid to be the most prosperous condition. Yanderoilt cime to the GJenhr.n Hotel two weeks aso lost Saturday, from Florida, where he had been speeding sfveral weeks. He had previously visited Hot Sprcgi, Ark'., for the benefit of his health. vh ich for the past year has been very poor. He was accompanied by bis iriend atid traveling companion, (ieorge Te'ry, of this city, who has been witn him continually for many years in his journeying! and at his home. Yanderbilt'a condition was such that assistance was likely to be reeded at any moment, when he might be taken with one of his epileptic Lis, and for this reason a companion w irmbjiensabie. They engaged a stri of rooms on the fifth floor of the hotel, which is the or.e Yanderbilt always patronized when in the city. Yanderbilt occupied one room alone. He was in his room much of the ti ne, and haa been out but scidora sinca his arrival here. This morning he felt more unwell than usual, and did not '.r-ivo bis bed. Yanderbilt never spoke after be lire i the shot. Meanwhile messengers were sent for his friends and family. The latter ivi in this city, but the deceased has no: büc-o oo. speaking terms with tbem for years. His brother, William II., arrived at the hotel between 4 and 5 o'clock, and was shown to the room. He said bu: little, and when told his brother could noi live remained only a short time to make arrangements in recard to the disposition of thebody and then drove away. Hi? visit was followed bv that of his son Cornaiitm. and others of the dying man's nephew. who reside in the city, and wrt remained with him until he died. t'. ). l'errin, Ir. V. eir and Scott Lord, Mr. Yanderbi'u's ltiwver. were among others present at the death, hich occurred a few minuses before six. The funeral services will take place to-morrow morning in the Church of the Strangers, nr.d the bDtty will then le taken to IlartfoM for interment besidethatol his wife. Thetiirir was kept very quiet, and it was in "-dock bef re the police were inir.rmed an 1 the news soon spread over the city. Action of the State Democratic Cokkbi tsa of Sooth Carolina. Columbia, S, C, March 30 The -Uate Democratic Executive Committee were considering yesterday political matters generally and election prosecutions particularly, and issued an address to the Democratic party of South Carolina. The address declares: Pesoitc the pesce and quiet wbirh bare pra-vail-d : desj ite ilie existence of the Sitate jovemment, ready 10 punish disorder, repress crime an. t protect i'lUcitien, Federal cllicisls have äu fit to draji our people from their homes and arrsiga hem not only before Federal Courts, but !eIore the bar of puoiic opinion. ihe rco-.'i t letter from Attorney (inorai rrewter to Sanders is tho lr.dictmet.it of the leiuv cratio r-ar'y of South Carotitia. To vis's ii.Jjrlmeait tne " itmocratiC party must ars'.rf.r. ILa chosen reprvsti.uims, thsouch whose persons itissonht lo perpetuate this t iurce. iau;t be Ce'csded with aU th j f ee ar.d i)l tho e.ie-vy of the I)v mocrtiic party. 1 he pnri" -e in view S u plain to te ii.i-ut.der.-'.erKl. 'V hei hand r f asas; in struck down the Pretiient of rhe United st.te it dealt a blow under which trie people of the S ;uCi are vet Megnexiug. Tho change of polk-y t'.vsara the South, ns uum'.s'.r.kabiy ludicattd withiu the last few weeks, should warn ad lovers c! ptd tJovcrpient to yi vieilant und eetive. The dicree has cone forth that, whit jeopio tf South O.iollnR must avow the principles of the Republican party or b lii-clared criminals." 'ihe obieei cl those in autboilty Is not to punish forallopod cnniea in the past, but ti nuke adherence to the piicciple of the Democratic party impossible in tue luture. Tha time for this action has beca fitly chosen, oa te eve cf the State election. Our people arc told hcy must submit to return to U-tdieal rule er bear the persecution cf oflicialg, idel ry all th power of the (ieneral Government The time i.a com for her iuciigtiant people to rbe in their might and protest against this nnwarrintflbl' invasion f their nvhis. If we fail in our duty . our civilization will be lot. Foe and st ran iter s ill epaia. rule South Carolina. Oppression and tyiauny. which marked the history of the Republican rule In thia State will tgU disgrace our Civiiiitiou and brti:ir lliuu-tfr on our people. In this situation of affairs uo true son or the State can doubt as to his duty. Iet us stand together as o-e man, and, while confronting a cuninou enemy, prcbtrve for ourselves and or prosperity, that peace, justice and security, which, under Democratic rule?, all i lasses of our citizens have er joyed since tl-e trand Kevolntion of 177r, ThcrMhiKs! only :Vi- i ridelity to Uie welfare of i'.tt Siate mut t ie j-e: willed to suffer as c.iin it.r.1?. More of It. A Yashington special of the 3M say : Thcreisadencleney cf JlTO.fOO ih the appropi iation for dies, paper and siamps for tne Internal Revenue Service. The House Is Win. urRed to mnke this dericie'icy pood a esr!y aspossible. The Bureau of hncraving and Priatin;:, i-dav t.top:ed work on these articles, and it isimportant to the business of whisSy, vi'.acen etc., thatlhere rhould be no scireity of LtHrnpa The Internal Rt-veiiite l'-r.rcau hss a sr'iieia amount of stamps ou hand to Ian sono tinv. es cept igar ttainps and pn-jir!et.-.ry m-.'-licint atamp:. e'omaiis'siorer Rmm t-v.iay erpHiim tel'i'ie the A p!ropria!ions Vimmiitee ' nr that the defl-jier.ey ba.1r3i2?riLne:y luot hy tht appropriation of t'.TO.mKi. Aitt-vtah thisra ly no b- done at once. ttitit:i-es will, bef.ire te liwiica of funds cripples the tuslni s Interests It '.e: w inttke tt e hc;es-ary a-qropt iation.

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