Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1882 — Page 1

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VOL. XXX. NO. 12. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1882. WHOLE NO. 1614

jTHOH, labor. . I. Garrett Lynched by a Mol

at Greensbnrg:, fte.r a Terrible Struggle for Life on the Tart of the Tlctim. eller That He- Was Stabbed and Kicked to Death Before Reachis? the IlalUr. he Self-Appointed Executioners From the Neighborhood of St Paul. raphic Description of the Horri4 tie Scene ia the Jail Building.. Tofca'ole Appre-nslon of tha Perpetrtora of tie Unlawful. Act Instructions to the Grand Jury. ?e&fl to the Scrtinel: "FIAT JUStltIA RUAT COCLÜM."" he Decisive, of a Jennings Co airly Court Itev-rswed 1V Jadce Israeli und Reversed O. M. Garrett Taken From the OrMKkbar Jail, and Hanged by a Mob. 0REE5Pcac, April 24. This usually quiet ;tv was starred from a Sabbnth night's . ., i cpose t 2 a. m. vim tne -cry re-ecuoeu trough 'the street, "Garrett's hung by a ob!"' ?i"our reporter hastened to the spot tisie to tee the Sheriff, John W. Siout, it the Tope that held the limp and lifeless brm of the once dieaded Oscar Marion Gar pit, svrpended from a lim of a maple tree landing in the street, imrxKjdiataly in front f the County Jail. The Jailer, William Toothman, says tha t abont 2 o'clock an alarm was given at the ont door, and upon its being answered iree meu rushed iy and seized him, delandisg the keys to Garrett's cell. 'I he li'er, protesting against auch mob violence id refusing tbe demand, was borne hi air3 by the crowd, which followed. Here i the hail, ia front of the -es!! in which Mrs. hon is confined, the party halted, and iug again refused the keys, a rope vwn aced around the Jailer' neck and violence atened biiu if he should persist in refus deliver up Garrett Ilia wife inttr led and begged, "If ycu must do this terkle deed, break down the doors, and do t implicate us." While this parley was lug held a noise was heard in the oil to e left of the hall .(better known here the female deimrtraer.t), in which c doomed man has .been connnet ice his rearrest. Une -of the crowd b:&:med, "Thei d-s -n of ab hi . here," ami at once a stalwart proceeded ith two blows of a pledge hammer to de I iish the clasp and look such as ornamen mntry barn doois. J. network was soon :ie, but Garrett was ; forewarned. He w his time u& coaie. ine nrst man teritig was met with a blow from a chair, a ch felled him to the fl xr.- But i turned; :!y three of the uiokrufched.ip, and over vering the riVaiHr, he was dragged by feet doan a flight of stone steps. At a landing he was placed upright, a rope -d about his seek, and an - intimation of Watc given Lira by the spokesman cf the (ty.1 Garrett exiled ak?ud to .the Jailer, o was detained above, "Ob, iToothnian l, Toothman! The ..Jailer answered 'arrett, I can't fcelj yua now," rr he was avily guarded. sut making art Jfort to get lor, was s'ruck savage blow in the foieiiricd felled 10 the flaor. . j A r2XcCEIl'SrOST. 1 s: isoner who ie -cjuhwed on. the lower Ör,c.nd within Jir feetf thUasone, says Irrett foiigrit I iL; a tier, exclaitiing re'jtedly, "I koor you ! IT kno l, - : lue prner. however as well rhe ailer,fails to be ableU give ti". names tsbculdhll the d jve clanks. : lo wou- ; alljirere frightened, and all this terrible vedj-was eu acted ist a few äiinutei. Af rer rTawcnly sound keard was a trglin fe male by the docoaed iis.in as-i3 was i'ged i!rom the Jail by the xope aiound -' neck. lie wo w-ung to a a pie in the frost of Jail, x'T a limb soju sixteen feet -om ' ground. The rope ued was a comcion ton clctLeline. Tbe mob -came felly pared, aii the person who .txTi jed a.'iu e to th X. m b was shod with what teJeph men Usui "climbers. I FBBCAOTIOiri. ihe guard io had the Jileria charge In leaving, varned him that if befhoweA Itead withik twenty minutes iihouid )lT, " , ' "u ".blown off." The poor turnkey. In 1 lulling fright, was willing to obef, but wife having eative cariowty regaf.ling movement outride, crept to the gcrrei after three or four4 minutes (by ier e) announced thai the party had g xie, that the coast was clear. Then he -d forCi and summoned the Sheriff and ner who, together with the SenJiael esentative, were aooo upon the ground. TH MOB A CLVt e prisoner on the lower doer alluded to ( he couuted twenty fire men m the I. Borne wjere armed with pistols, others liloogguns.- All were masked. It has n discovered Chat at Rev. Joseph Tark- ' on's, one mile northwest of tha city, a j party of horenloa hitched their hor3es night, and judging from tho'slgn and near 109 men urere la the mob.

lere the mob organized and marched in

fours to the Jail. It is also rumored that a party of men, supposed to be Kentuckiacs, ot ofT the late train at this place last night, but this indicates that the mob came rom St. Paul, the scene of THE RECENT TRAfiEDY in which John M. "Walton was shot January 0, 1S82, by the negro Anron Frar.er, who confessing the deed implicated Llleu alton, the murdered man's wife, and Garrett, her paramour, the victim of list nights mob. Keaders of the Sentinel will reinem ber that Garrett, on a change of venue, was iel and acquitted in the Jennings County Circuit Court. Tbe other two accused par ties-are still iaJail, and their trial will come uo at the present, term of Court, ituieu convened to-day. Garrett had been rearrested npon a charge of burning a hotiu i.ea. the "Walton residence, because, as he admitted on his trial at Vernon, the inmates could keep too cloic a watch over his criminal visits to Ellen Walton, the ruurdtrtd man's wife. THE PODY. TVhen the body was -cut down it was found that in the struggle all hi3 clothing except his drawers end socks had beoa torn oil. Iiis luce was bruised and battered. Several iarge woundi, a: if nwde wit, a knife, were found upon the head. His Gm were broken and battered, doubtless by blows dealt in defense of his iiut breath. His entire body bowed the marks of the blows, kicks, cutis and dragging he had endured. It is proba ble that he was dead before he was nung. The following inscription on a placard was attached to his feet: I TIAT VlSTITIA P.CAT COXCM." I GONE TO MEET JESSE. - DecitRr Heads Greeting to Jennings. The above was in Rman capitals, as doubtless the -iassical leauer feared to risk the peculiari tits oi his chirography. THE I.NQCEST. IitT 9 p. in. The Coioner commenced an neuest this atternoon. mere was little disposition o.t the part of the witnesses to talk, and only three were examined. The first was the Jrtiler. William Toothuian, who cave in substance the facts presented above, though the Sentinel's interview with this gentleman is much more complete and gives many 1 t tie devils that are not hinted at in his testimony. The next witness was the Jailer's wife. John W. Peek, the only man who wit nessed the outide ierforuiance, testified mat he heard a noise in front of Jail about 2 o'clock. The door bell rang. J supposed they had a prisoner to bring in; came to the head f the stairs; saw Mr. Toothman in the clutche of two men; Mrs. Toothman called for me, hut I was afraid to go to Mr. Tooth man's asytance; 1 was up stairs when they came up. The next thin 1 heard was some one saying they had brought down the prisoner. They were then tying the rope around his neck in the hall below. Three men took hold of the rope and dragged him through the hall by the neck to the front door, rour men then picked him up and laid htm down by the tree in front of tbe Jail. One man climbed i ne tree, another one handed him the rope. and four men lifted the body from tbe ground while the rope was drawn taut, the left being about two feet from the ground. Did not hear Garrett swak after he left the house. Iltard him holloa ' Oh! Bill before they UK-eked him down at the foot of the stairs Thev remained in front of the Jai aoounfourminutesaftei ihi. They whispered out oi.i not speak in a iouu voice. Did not notice their clothong. They had something ii ti-ieir faces. They went west when they left tr- Jail. Two t'o-borsc spring wagons were in front of the Jail and a part of the men jt into them while the others walked on dovn street. The men were-of hfferen sizes-, i two of them being large and tall TUE VERDICT. Tht Coroner at first expressed a determin atiou te thoroughly sift too matter, but as therejis no hope of ever getting nearer the tacts Lan those now in lus possession, and a-t J udi-e Donner had instructed the Grand Jury to make a thorough investigation, that iiea wrs .abandoned, as:d early in tne eveaiug he returned a verdict that tha deceased came to his death by mob violence, being taken from the Jail of JJe catur (Vinty and hanged bv the neck unti ded that tbe parties to the killing are un known,-etc. Ot!X LAW MCST BE VINDICATED. When the Circuit Court convened this muc-mug'iutige lion tier addressed the Grand Jury, which is now in session, with spt-cial -fsference ' to this case. -He said ttpe hadleen considerable c iticimi of the the aianner iu which tiie Vcrand Jury had coucucteil its ueiineratiorvs, that is to say there usijo much time employed for the wo.-K uoiw, .out Hi view of the ternile trredv enactetl ' a few hours befviv, lie deemed it but ius tice to tke dead as well aa the goodjiame of Ueeitynd County to spocial.y instruct tne j-try tunaie diligent inpuiry into and ferret:, if possitle, the prepetratorof tooty h crt.ne. lie urged that the Jurj- act without regard to exueixje. d leave nothing undone '.hat wouis .nd to vinuicate the lw. The S ury jmi:ieti;t:eiy reurea ana summoned Urs v aitou. noiimaiu! in .the jury room half an Lwur. It is not tiiouaht any adi tional Jlstt T'ji thrown upon -tke atTair lTo wie ww t;0'- badly .rutled . to even reua)0e? what she saw. CHE rCNEttlZ 'About 5 ' ö'o.'ock this afternoem the boy was remove trum the Jail onKor to tu Court Ilcxine. It was encased iin a neat t upholstered eonV.1, of imitation rosewood! wuich had beex- furnished at tbe expense of the Couutr. tTLis step was taken upon lha rereitit nt a uAprn fnii Mm Grrtr'J aKkiii that ti 4dy he Mapped ihere to-H morrow morniog .-at o'clock. Tbete will be no services here The remains wjil be ac companied by SUtAS Stout ad one or two others. It is thty;ht the funeral will be iield m che afternowj at 2 o'ciucJc CBUC JE5TIME5T. ' While pnblic sentiment deplore this Wed of violence, none are found to say that Gwrett's adinUiona of guilt in debaitfiiing the vicihii's family, tni the cnng ciruJiiutAiU lal evidence of - nis articipatiou in the horrid crime, lave been met tvith unmtrited punühmtnt. All deplore mob law, but they iadoi.se its work. I liave not met acitizeuwbo complains. The universal expression is that theevMetace was not sustained by the decision of th'e Jennings County Jury, and justice had to get in its work lonie where. THE MOB. There are all manner of stories afloat about those who conducted the ceremony, the number, composing the party, and whence thv r-ame. Some say Kentucky an 1 others fc't. Oritur, a hamlet Just above St, l'aul an i near the scene'of the tragtdy. The stories are conllicting, however, and tbe

more you investigate the more you he-r and

the less yon know. One thing is 'jertain, whether there were fifteen or 150 in the ftiob no one knows but the partidpa-ta themselves, and they won t give the snap away. At least I don't t'jiuk they will. I learned from - a reliable source to-night that a nephe y 0 Walton who lives in Kentucky wai in the city a short time ago and made, the remark in Smith's aloon that "Garr .-tt has got to die." I don t-cive this as a .ac but it comes from a pood quarter, and fror xliis story grew the tneory tuat .me moo or its leaders came from the blue orrn Distuct. Another storv is that there nerc but ten or twelve in the iariy. ai.d hat .hey were from this city. Ihere ate s , many coi.iiicting reixrts, however, that tt & truth, perhaps, will never be known, r.nd a irood many are not over anxi jus about it one way or the o'her. It was also rumored that the mob was an oranizslioM of Mrs. Walton's friends. This. like" the others. U mere rnmor. It was said Garrett had. by his testimony at Vernon. made Mrs. W alton s conviction certain, a:ui he had to be disposed of. Thi tio is nrp-L-d as the reason the negro and frs. jWalton were not disturbs. ' Guards were placed tLrmcbout tbe city. Deputy Marshal Dennett and one EorsytSe were whiting away the time on Seitz corner. "Hoi'.oo." said iiennett; "there's & crowd down toward the Jail; let's K." They were - intercepted very soon, however, bv six of the vigilants. Thy made no objection t complying with orders for the men looted like full Hedged ejeradoes, with masks, revolvers and guns. When the crowd dispersed Dennett was forbidden telling his suierior what had occurred for one hoar. THE JAIL. The following i a diaciam of the first and second floors of the Jail, showing Uhe vic tim's cell, the hallway on the first iloor where the fight occurred: SECOND FLOOR. i ... B Hall. A Stairway leading from first floor. B Door to Garrett's cell. O Dor t Mm WaU-xi's celt. D Departments occupied by Jailer. FIRST FLOOR. C D Hall. E U A A Jailer' residence. B St rway leading to second story. C C C Cells. D -Front door. E Place where Garrett was knocked down. FWnere the body was placed after being cut down. H Whre Garrett was hung. Train, Hufcfter. Dallas, -April 24. News was received this afternoon that one of the Texas and Pa cific train robbers has been captured. It is supposed he was mortally wounded. He is the son of a respectable old farmer living near the scene of the robbery, and was shot in a tight with Texas flankers. His father last night informed the Dangers of the whereabouts - of his wayward son, requesting his arrest, stating he would prefer having him an inmate of the Penitentiary to being a member of the gang of robbers. It is thought the entire gang will be bagged to-night or to-morrow, as about thirty rangers are on the trail, and are scouring the country. It is believed this is the same gang; that robbed the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe train three weeks ago. The robbers attempted to wreck the east-bound passenger train between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning in the canyons of the Drazos River region, ejght miles cast of the place of the robbery of the niht previous. They removed 'two rails from the track on a high trestle. The engineer discovered the absence of tbe rails t'astintime to save his train from bfiug iUrled in tbe canyon abyss below. ' Folg-er Opposed to Indefluite Extension. Washiüotow, April 2-1. Secretary Folder's letter in opposition to the Carlisle bill was laid before the Senate Finance Committee this morning and fully discussed, hut no action wes taken. The Committee adjourned uutK 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, when the matter will be resumed. Secretary Folder strongly opposes the indefinite extensiou of the bonded jeriod for whisky, and consider- the leakage allowed as excessive, and does not approve of the libertry given for distilleries to transport to any bonded warehouse within the same district the product of their stills, lie holds that would enable distillers to take advantage of the Government in the event of a panic cr great depreciation In the value in whisky by leaving it indeliuilely in the hands tbe Government. Father and son L tiled. " Lorisr.u.LE, April 23. William Hewlett, Marshal of. Not ton ville, stot and mortally wounded one Menser and killed his on. Tbe Marshal recently arrested a man on the charge of rainbllrv?, and the parties meeting at a place called Tnde Water to-day, the father aiden attacked -Hewlett, wko shot them in freif defense. , ' Sale Acmittat ea-ttnipreii Cule, Mabakill, Apt il 23. The euit was opened Satordty of he Corporation of Maraf.l lea against -ex Empress Eugenie, lo compit her u rt-liinqtiisli the Imperial chateau, presented unW the Empire to Um Emperor byxhe municipality 4ut which, according to ttie Mayor, now belongs to the town. FaLuJlf Wounded. Gtma Valley, Cila-4 April 23. A. D. Ma.son, a prouiioenratiorrey of this place, was shot last night by E. A. Roberts, ton of Judge E. W. It berLs. nn old and leading lawyer of the place. The eve wiUiesMss to the afTdir refuse to be interviewed. Mason's ivuund ia pronounced necessarily fatal. Slakiuz it Warim for th UfJ, I'iiil adelhii a. Pa., April 24 A corresporwient of the New York Herald has been held in IIO.UOO bonds on a charge of libel, in publishing Mautrop'sstatement that Henat r McPjerson waj Ixite rested in the Peruvian CJJjpany.

ABFIELP'S EXPENSES. Tlie Majority and Minority Report on tha CLalina Preneuted for Srvlc 1 u rl n n vita PreHldent's IllaeiH. WAsmsaiojr,' April 19. A majority report on the till reported from' the spec'al Committee to audit the expeuse3 of the Ute President sets forth that after giving such otteation to the subject as its importance demand.-', your Committee are cf the opinion that Congress may properly and legally assume the expenses attendant upon the illness and funeral cf the late President, upon the ground that lie was stricken down while he was. and because he was, in the discharge of his duties as the chief cxecitjve oilicer of the Nation and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. Many claijns hav been rejected, not ail of which we re

without merit. Others have been allowed in part only, and all have been rigidly y imie tinized, hj much so that your Comm feel authorized to state that those claita presented fir payment are correct and j Jt. The report reiers to "the grave responsitütits, the assiduous care and maturing def."otion and long continued services of the !firgeens and attendants," and linkes honor.il.Ie mention of the services of Dr. Smith Towns-.-nd. Dr. Charles D. Purvis, and Surgeon General Wales of the Navy, und of l)r. JNatLan Ö. Lincoln, who were called lummediatelv after the shootimr occurred," and sny?:. iney am eii tcier.ee ana sxiu could accomplish toward the patient's relief and to produce a reaction from 1 he shock." Commendable mention is al.-o made of General Swaim, Colonel Kockv.ell, J. Stanley Drown and C. O. Rockwell, who, the rciort says, devoted their whole time during the President's illness to his comjort and service. -The Committeo concluuesjby urging the passage of the bill agreed upon by the majority. 1 Among the claims passed and allowaiices made are the following: To Mrs. Garfield, $00,000, less the amount paid the late PiVsident on account of his salary; J)r. Djis.s, $25.000; Dr. Agnew, $15,000; Dr. Hamilton, $15.000; Dr. Keyburn. $10,000; Dr. lkvnton, lO.WXl; Dr. Susan Prison. $10.000; William J. Crump (steward) $3,000; lt. S. Jennings (for cooling apparatus), $1,000; Navy Depart ment, excuses of Utting cooling apparatus and expenses of Marine Dand, $2,782; Win. R. Spear (undertaker l $l,8.'iö; C. A. Benedict (coffin, etc.), $si; lndeendent ! Ice Company, $1.515; H. Ifc Crawford (street sprinkling),270; C. J. Jone.9, board, carriages, etc., Elberon, $1.092; C. F. Schmidt, titty cents, and II. W. Atwool. seventy-five cents. The employes of the Executive Mansion during the illness of President Garile'd, thirty-nine in number, are allowed addi tional pay ranging from $375 to $120 each. . , MINORITY BE PORT. The report of the minority says: We do not object to tbe payment by the General Government of the funeral expenses of the late President, who was sltickcn down lu the performance of his duties, and because of Iiis occupying a public station. Our objection to the report grows out of the recom menu ation for the pavment of physicUus and surgeons wlio at tended the late President Ve are peiftctly willing to concede that libenvl compensation should be allowed phypidarjK and eurcof, a compensation iu excess even of what il wasip'jssi ble for any of the medical attendant to fiate earned in ordinary practice during the timeout the sums reannmendeJ to be paid by the majority of the Committee are excessive. We are of the opinion that there wes no extraonHunry medical treatment shewn in the treatment ot the case, and nothicz cilllng ior an extraordinary al lowance for profettioual . sei vices.-but while willing to be liberal, we could not 'consent to the manner- of paymeat recommended nor to the extraya?auce and wanton lavishtnent oi public funds. Wo also re spectfully protest agaluftt that part of the report of the majority which recommsnUs tbe promo tion of Surgeon General Barnes to Major General s rack and retirement thereunder, and t the recommendatiiin for the promotion of Dr. M ood ward from Major to Lieutenant Colonel with tbe rink and nav of the latter oiuce. This Com mU.ee has no jurisdiction to make any recomtnendatious with rea'd to tne military establish men l. Wo. were wililiif? that the Govermnent seniles as might lawfully have been recoiirxr from the estate ot tne rreMdent and wer ant'rousof treatimr such claims as claims acaliift the estate of the'deceased rather than as pr0icrly C nlzant by Congress. We were wllliDg. theiere, to appropriate to the estate such portion ot fie unearned sulary ot the late ITesl'itfnt as would cover all such claims, but can not teure that excessive ums shall be appropriated Icr professional services. We rccommeud the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That th report of the majority Committee, together with the bill accompany! jg rax) report.be recommitted, with Instruction to the Committee to require all persona baviuKtlaima cojruizable by saia uomiai'tee w preseut tne acvouBts thereof, and to require the claimants in all eates to furnish proof as to tae value of ser vices rendered or materials furnished, and Li care of allowances for professional retvices, as physi cians or sureeons. to make such allowanoa only as would be properly chargeable to and proveabie against the estate ot the late President, knd to provide in tbe bin, when again reported, such further appropnaUou of ue earned laiary as w,uld cover the amounts audited lor suqh pro fessional services. 1 (Sigued) Joseph S. Black nt'RV, Williax M. Springer, Benjamin Lf.kevkt. SUITll'S LAW, Closlnc Saloons in Ohio on Sunday, Go a Into KCect One Thousand Dealära la Cincinnati Dlaregard the Law. 1 Clevelakp, O., April 23. The nefr. law went into force to day, and the saloons were very generally closed, Dut few arrests were made, most of them about midniglA last night, the proprietots not havinir k-losed promptly, notwithstanding the Liquor League issued a circular rriday advising that the saloons be kept open, with shutu rs up and doors closed, but not locked- re cared to test tne law and in so douitr to run the risk of going to the Work House. iThose arrested will demand a Jury trial, hojtng no Jurv can be found to convict. I . Toledo, O., April 23. This was the first Sunday on which the Smith law, losing caloons, was enforced. An atteruif. -had been made, generally regarded as ir a spirit of retaliation on the . part of the Liquor Dealers' Protective Association, to Jtecure the enforcement of an old law passed fifty years ago against common labor on Sunday, This Association had notified tbe i Police uoara that they would suspend busioess, and requested to police authorities to en force all other Sunday observance of the law The D tard instructed the Chief of IVlioe to this effect, and everyone accustomed) 1o do any labor on Sunday was notified tp cease all work. Thi.vnotioe extended to saloons, street car lines, barber shops, greceris. milkmen, livery stables, butcher (shops. Sunday newspapers, etc. The instructions were to make no arrests to-day. but to take the names of all who should violate Uie law, and rerort tbem to the Poi-ice Court on Monday, when warrants will be issued for their arrest. i The result of this movement was tfiat this has been one of the most -quiet Sundays ever hb in Toledo. Saloons were all i closed. I act d'iorc and front, promptly at midnight Saturday, end fcavc remained so. The other taW has ouly been partially observed, Street cars ran as usual, and no attention Was paul to i he order 6v the Suudav tiapers. About hall of the milkmen refused to deliver milk to their customers, but tbe hvery .jtables supplied their customer-as usual. A, large number of m.MiU's were taken by the patrolmen to-day, ail amoni; them names of tbe drivers of tbe calhi at a funeral. There is a very general feeling of indignation among such traJesmerv as butchers and bakers, who hare been closed with saloons. There arc threats of enits for false arrests and many will doubtless follow. I

The belief is that after this temporary excitement subsides the Pond and Smith laws will be acquiesced in by saloon keepers

wiuiout aa ellort to enforce the absolute laws which have aroused po .much opposi tion. Dattos. O.. Atnl 23. The Journal has been boycotted by members of the Associa tion 01 Dayton who withdrew all subscrip tions and advertisements from it. Joe Hermes, a Kentucky saloon keener and exmember of the Kentucky Legislature, made violent speech nnrinir resistance of the law a. The saloons here have all been closed and quiet during the day. Likcinnati. April "3. This was the first day of the oeration of the Smith law clos ing saloons on Sucdavs. Out of over 3.000 saloons in Cincinnati, 450 are reported up to lu o ciock to-night as paving no attention to the law. It is estimated that l.t)00 vrill be re port td in the morning. Warrants will be bs!iedr.nd litigations commenced at once. All the mil-top resorts were open telling beer nnd wine. No arrests have been made. The plan is to arrest on warrants to-morrow. The day has been unusually quiet. It is es timated tnat much more than hall of tne liquor sellers complied with the law. llic liquor dealers end their svtnpathzers held a large meeting in the city this afternoon to express their indignation agair.st the Pond and Smith ' ills. They were bittf r in their denunciation against the D.iyf on Journal. Cincinnati Gazette and also the Commercial. ran loss of tbe jeinnxth:. Interesting Details of the Losa of the Ex ploring Steamer and the Escape of the Craw. ( Sas Frascisco, April 1G. The Call to morrow will publish a letter from Dr. II. C. Ledyard, the American now in Siberia, to a friend in this city. At Irkutsk Ledyard met Lieutenant Danenhaur, who give him interesting details of the loss of the Jeannette, from which the following extracts are made: Since the first fall, when iberwere caught by the ice in trying to reach Herald Inland, Jhey have never taken the course but were held as in the jaws of death squeezed til! every timber quivered; turn ed this wav and that: thrown, then floating and -then caught again and every hour passed in suspense never knowing when the ice wou'.a close upon them a little more and the deck sink bei-eath them. Throughout this strain thev were well and trying to be cheerful, work ing very hard, for the engine and men were barely able to keep the water out They had to pnmp for a year and a half. June 11, 1381. the crisis came. The ship showed greater straining than before, the deck quiv ered and inexplicable movements warned them, lhey prepared their boats and made their camp beside- the vessel. She rose and turned in her cradles till the euards touched the ice, then the riggiuc gave way and the masts lay prostrate. At 1 o clock in the morning the lloe parted and all went down. The cry of alarm called all to escape from tbe crevice in the ice. It opened just through the captain s tent. 1 hey then began a retreat, r or twenty-nine days they struj gled southward. Three hundred miles of broken .ice were thus pa-ssed over. Fonr miles a day were thought good fortune After one series of fourteen days they were twenty-seve'a miles farther north than at first. While world ng over tbe ice, dragging three boat, they discovered Jiennett lslaud, to explore which they spent three weeks of tiieir precious summer days and ex.pendi much of the limited supply of food, lo this detonr those who survive at tribute much of their suffering and the death of the Commander with nineteen men. After three months of this perilous and exhausting work they came to blue water, and then, with fair wind?, took a cruise for the mouth of the Lena River. Melville's boat -was Move-araiBSt a block of ice, and the Captain's boat lost her mast and sail. The Captain landed with all well, but abandoned the boat, as the water was shal low and would not make the channel of the river. TBE KODGEItS BUKNED. The Relief Vessel Rogers, In Search of Jeannette, Darned air-1 Sunk. the New YoaK, April 18. The following is a special cable message to the Herald : Irkutsk. Siberia. April 18. 1S92, I have this morning received startling news from Mr. Jackson, the Special Commissioner who was sent in search of the Jeannette survivors. He apparently forwarded the dkpatch by courier. It ranaa follows: "From the Banks of the Aldex Rivfji, April 6, 16S2. j "I have just met a courier bearing dispatches from W. H. Gilder.Uetald correspondent with the Rodger s, whom the courier had accompanied Koljmsk, on the Kolyma River, to Verkhoyusk, 400 miles north of Yakatsk. 'Glider had made a journty of 2.CO0 verts among the Chuckcb.es. He was sent forward with the news that the Rödgen had been burned and sunk: that Lieuiesant Berry, with tne officers end xrew, thirty-six iu number, are at Tiapka, near Cape Beodze; that a vessel should be seat for them as soou as po sible." Farther Details of HerlyOrfs by Fire Burned on New Year's Day All liandt Saved The Fight With Flames and Ice. New York, April 22 The Herald has received tne following cable dispatch: . ' .' Irkutsk, April IS, ISSi. The following has been received by pot from Mr. Jackson, dated at Yakut, on March '27: I arrived here to-day. There Is no uewi from Melville. I leave for the North on the 2'Jth. Governor IchernauS" renders every assistance. It will be fifty days yet before the ice breaks up here. The ktesmer Lena will be useless. 1 shall secure a steam launch for the mouth of June to come doiru the Lcua River to Bulun for uewa or ior any return. " . , - The following' Important dispatch' from Mr. Jaexson sent to this place by estafette or courier express from Yakawk has also reached me to day : K4RA8A, oh the Lex a River, April 2, 1882. ' "1 arrived at this place, distant 120 versts (eighty miles) from Yakutsk, shortlv after noon, eu rou'e forBnlua. Here was and h now the Ispravnlk (local Governor) of SrednHor Middle) Kolymsk, Mr. Feodor de Varawa, who has just left the Herald correspondent, Ir. W.' H Gilder, at Verkhoyansk, having accompanied him thither from the Kolyma River. - Mr. Gilder seads tne. following opea dtanatcaa d i - i i s i v . . . t ' , ". 'Veäkhoyassk., March 29, J8i. I arrived here 'yesterday and leave thnkht inr Bohin 10 ineel Mqlville. I wU) reach Yakutsk toward the end. of April,' Melville, with the IspravQir of this district, started ott the search Ffcbruaryn. 'There Is no pew from them since then.' " i ' WIl GiLDEa.,, .- THE BCRWtKO Of THE 'ftobOERS. Mr. Jackson's d'gpatcri contlnuei: "As, unfortunately, I can rrot see the dispatches nf Mr. Glider, w hieb are sent under seat '10 Governor Tcherritden. 1 lve you the Information received trom the Iitpravnlk of 6 red i Kolymacrao( have asked Governor Tuberös kfl to nd tne dispaichea by exf.rr-aa courier to Irkutsk. . "The Itprarntk leit Kolymsk thirty-four days ego witn Mr. Gilder, who had made a long journey overland among tne Chokches and had arrived at Kolymsk iu the latter part ot February The journey to that point iu mt'l-winier had been a terrible one. The Isprandfc says that Mr. Gil-, der brh. gl Information tbat the steamer Rodges aa turned on the 1st of January, this year: tnat LU'Uteuai. t Kerry and the crew are at Tupkan. wliere they get foo-1 enough from the Cbukcnea The ,IPra nik (Mr. de Varawa), Kolymsk. has sent tobacco ai d Pa to them for bartering pur pose. They needed uothltig else. "Three moo tha' provitdona were saved from the si'Ip. Tupkan is near Cape Serdze Kamen. "Further details say tLat endeavors to save tbe ;

distance of the shore, but the young ice. could not pear tne weigni 01 tne men, ana a line from tne shin to the höre was fixed with much rtirti . cHlty- -BT thi" line and the boats the crew were all safely landed. The entire ship's company are ia good health and spirits! Theie Is no danger of their Starving. Governor Ti-hernafpfT Via. Hvn orders to the Chukche 'hiefs to do all lo ihelr powvr to axtiist the ahipwrecked crew. "ine laten news lront Verkhoyansk is that they are anxlouä there about tie Ispravnik who went wtth Mo-ville and who they think oueht to have rturnei in Kebrnary (tjl.l tyle). He baa not yet retunird. Terrible hurricanes, with snow, naT prevailed of late in the V erkhoyansk District, and they are afraid te IDiaviiik ha cerlhhed. and eventually tbe whole party. As tDo Ispravnik heil oriv?t8 t- urwomrap.y Melville nnuJ such rime ni the latter inisht choose to end him back, I be wege iiicrc v no reason tor Kiixlety." WASHINGTON. April SI. .-t-i;retarv Fol rer h tek.nphed ' the c.trimarK'cr of the Corvtn. if i'.n:i-4 s Mrai: is closed, to try ana reach the Ujficis' crew acro?s tne country. N I'ORILK'S riii.t. Fit doli I'orter AKain Appcaitt to tl'e l'resh!ett For Keiulssion il lc ?rutrv.ee of the Court MartL-iI. Wasitisuto?:, April 21. At Cabinet meeting uuay Fltz John Porter was a;;aiii under consultation on a new Petition from General Poitcr for relief from the sentence of the Co-irt Mattial. The rct;t 0.1 was referred to the Secretary oi War. Tiie letter to Presiiienfc Arthur is w follows: Jüouhv town, J Apri; 1;. Toth-3 Presldost: Sik I have the hoaor to atknou-Iofoc th. -iv. celpt, thro igh the wty of at. nsirier CMte cf trie iD'.n inst . 01 yojiroecuior. upon my apphev lion of December 2, ISsI, to an. ml aud set aside the findings and sentence of the Court Mai tUl ia my cxe, and to nominate me to the Senate for restoration to ray foimer lank iu the Armv. lctir aecistou aner tne oeierminatiou of the powers of tho Presideut, as expressed in ice opinion of the Attorney General, is "compliance witn tne application contaiued in my letter is uctwiitin your power." 1 may have mhuhderstood the extent of the Constitutional power of ius jtwiikih wnen 1 appeaiea yon 10 ao, directly witli the aid of tne Senate, that wnich the Isoardof dietinguishcd armv oflicers had. in the interet of justice, recommended should be done, but vbich you, concurring in the opinion t f Hie Attorney General, iuloim ire you have cow the power ouly in part to perform, and that special legislation by Comrress is needed to comr;le;e the Justice asked for. My application wu nas:d upon the recommendation of the Advisory Bard appointed by the President lo examine into the lac' 1 and to report what action, in their opini .111. justice required should be taken brthel'rcsi . T. . . . . ' . min ih u i.mnu and ivnneu. artet a long and patient examination and t ons'.dera'i?!! of all tbe facts in tbe case, ths t my 'ecuduct' in all events of August. 102, inquirt-d into by the (ourt Martial by which 1 wax triel was, iu me iiDt 01 lull evidence, that which ws then laid before tha Court and also that which was unattainable at tbe time of my trial, not subject to criticism, much less deserving of censure of condemnation, and was obedient, subordinate, faithful and judicious. It saved the Ur.in Ainiy irom disaster on the2?thof August, and the Advisory Board recommend that, ia their cptnlon. justice required at hi hands such f.ciion as rosy be necessary to annul and s-:t aside the linomrs and senter.ee of the Court Martial in tne case of Major General Füz John Porter, aud to re store rum to the position of which that sentence defeated him. such restoration to take effect from the date of dismissal from the service. Relying, also; upon the ckar and emphatic laiigunge of said Hoard, "that all essential facts in every instance stand out iu clear p.nd absolute contrast to those upposed fuels upon which he (I) was adjudged guilty, and thst it was not possible that any Court Martial should have condemned such conduct if it had been correc:ly understood, "and bc'.levinglsmeu.iiied to tha complete and jurt vindication recommendeu oy me tfoaro, onu mat me seuience 01 tue Court Martial, subsequently proven by overwhelming and irrt-fragiule testimony to hare been palpably erroueous in its bsis of assumed facts, and utterly desuueriveof the lapplness and welfare of an üicer who has never failed ia toe strictest. lad most hor-'",abie fidelity to his Gov eminent, should be ba-J'r to the relief to which I consider uivfolf entii Cd. I again renew to you as as Chief Magistrate my appeal for relief. Cot 6rfons cf entire innocence, I have not ceased from the neu r of the promu'w lion of the sentence cf the Court Martial pcnlsteutly to protest against the terrible ir jimtlcd done me ana nave striven in every proper mode, to se cure my vindication, ill of whlck the pub.lc records now b fore yon will fully establish. 1 now, respectfully and met earnestly ask that you will grant a remisiontf that rorUon cf the sentence of the Con rt Martial which remains unex ecuted and carry into effect the rccommtudationa of the Advisory Board, 0 far as the same lies within your constituted power and transmit the result of your action, together with the finding of the Board to Congress, conpled with su h recommendation in the premPea as you may deem just anu proper, very respecuuny yonrs, s - Fitx Johh Porter A CYCLNK. Sioutlcello, Hiss.. Completely Destroyed 1y a Tornado, and Ten Persona K tiled. New Orlkaks, April 23. A Times Democrat special says: Mcnticello, twenty miles east of Brookhavert, was completely destroyed yesterday, only three houses in the entire place being left. They were dwelling houses on the ede of the storm. Nothing like it was ever seen in this section. Ten persons were killed instantly, five whites and five colored. The names of the whites are: H. Wethersby, Chancery Clerk. Allen Sharp. Mrs. Cannon And baby and Rev. S. W. Dale. Out of a population of about i.V), very few escaped without some injury. Ret ween fifteen and twenty were seriously iniuretU some fatally. Ex-Sheriff Butler and wife arc painfully injured. Jake Mver had his collar bona broken. Charles Cohn hui i h's affer leg broken. The store of Cohn, being . blown down, was struck .by lightning and burnt d. There was not a tree left. Sain Hickman's fine residence, four miles southwest of Monticello, was demolished.' Mo one was hurt. The track of the cyclone was half a mile wide. A terrible storm crossed this road about 11 o'clock Saturday, between Johnson's Station andiloue Chitto, which Is supposed to be the same. It blew down several, hundred yards of telegraph- wiie and covered the railroad track with" trees fot a distance of two or more miles, delaying train- about two hours. No lives are re j or ted lost in. that vicinity however. Tbc, people ot Monlicelloare destitute. Oar citizens have subscribed liberally. Several wagon loads of provisions, with other suitable things, were sent to-day, to be 'followed .by, more tomorrow. , "-.. .' ' Conflict Wlüi IndtAua A - Number .'of ; . WhJtea .Killed. . , f ( San Feascibco, April 2L A.ü.rü' Burg, New Mexico, dispatch'eays in a lijht yesterday af terlioon, at . Horse 8hoe' Canon. ' between the Indians and the Iudiaft scouts and troops the latter, weri victorious.,. Four Indian scouts were killed and four soldiers wounded. A small band of hostiles were seen going south over the San 6imon Flat. A band iof twenty or thirty t cro-sed the Southern Pacific track near here early this mornihg going north toward Burro, mountains. McDonald, tbe well known prosctr 'of this section, arrived 1 from Gila River. He . assisted in burying the bodies of twenty men yesterday, and reports several persons missing. Among the killed are John P.' Risque, a rising young attorney of Silver City; Captain John S. Lawson, mining Superintendent; Mr. Trescott, Alexander Knox, 8. D. Piukard and Pi nkard's herdsman, name unknown. The Indians number 300 bucks,, squaws and children, as shown by actual count while passing York's ranche. The Indians are completely surrounded and. cot railed in Deubtly Canon. Those seen on San Simon Flat last evening are evidently stragglers. All male citizens- of Leitendorf. Suake Ear and Lord's Burg are nnder arms.

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THE ELECTION CASE.

Indictments Returned Against F.Iection OfOcera ot SoutH Carolina for Conspiracy Tbe Blaj rille Case. Chaeleston, S. C, April 18. In the Cnited States Circuit Court to-day the Grand Jury returned a trv.e bill against Henry Dickinson and others, of L'arnwell County, . charged with conspiracy to intimidate the United States vit nc sst3. The Graud Jury was composed cf thirteen Republicans and seven IJctr.ocrats. The Court then commerced t'ie trial of the managers r.f the li ct: ti at -laysville I reel et, ir--.t;!irer Covnry, ebsveu Tri rh s.tu' 1: the oi.h-t-1-.ix a .1.1 inter icrinc with th x ii .ni .!,tt- ttji.,-rvi-)T. The Jury con .-. 1 . t.evt-n Rcpubr.catii sn-I o:n Dem vi-., ttie Ih-drh-i .:u.rny not find it t:ec -r to i:s :.y . f t tir Cua'.ir -n-.'t t: which '.lie t-'vf ".;T;or 1 entitlci. t'.rdi'ii tiie n?w svHt t.: et s'ndiri ;,vii!c .J :- ed by Jude -rsd t- be 5;iii;.-:e:i: U secure Iiis p-ri-ivi J niy. Several of lJ.- tli.v-e-nment witnss :-..e c.-lcied. i:..-l-sti-tu. P.v shrived thvic v..t- u mitur.dt j-r:-i:,iii:-lo here the pel! wri to l c Iratt i Tue l'a;;ed States S:iiei vi.v. oi i i.ot reach tiie pdl until G:('. in the moriiii.j. .v h' i: 'Le T.ilin;: Lad commenced and .v-wm- n;;): deixisited. The Supervisor tcstilie-l '.-ktd the Managet ti open the box s. he c. .1 see into it. but thev inh-rtaed him in-viing had begun :md lhey .coitl'i ii-.- ;.::i;ii open tue -box, and that tne'. iat exhibited the box before the -A-;::-commenced. Tbe election proceeded v..:et!y all day, and when the box was opened and the vote c.iunted a bundle ot ten Deiu-x-ruiic tickets and two packs of Repub'.ica:: tickets with two Republican ticket-; folaVti to.etlior in each were found in the box. The man agers counted 011 ticket out of each package and destroyed the ether?. The number in the box exceeded the number ;:i the poll-list by 221, and the managers dreiv out Ihe surplus number without seeing them and then destroyed them. Of the ballots destroyed, 147 were Repchlkan at.d 71 lemocratic. llie Government then closed. the ca.'e for the prosecution. The dvfente will open to-morrow.-IsT. LOCt gKlVKi'H tOrcat Damaga Pou to Business Haoe by the Bursting of MilH:rek Sewer Heavy Loss. St. Louie, April 2 An examination to day of the districts flooded last evening by the bursting of Mill Creek sewer revea'td quite a different state of affairs fn.ni that supposed to exist last night. The loss to private proierty will foot up heavily, perhaps reach j-2Ju, 000, possibly largely exceed that sura. Among the heaviest io-crs are Rartle it Cochrane, pork packers, who had several thousand barrels of lard and about a million founds of meat Hooded with the muck and slime and Iii thy v.aier fr,om the sewer, rendering 11 unmerchantable and et tailirg very latge loss. Their claim against city will amount to r.bont $100. 000. l!:irnes Brothers bad the ceilar and first ri-xr cf their pork house d Knicd and 3C'0 pLckges of lard swfi't away. Their lo?3 wi;l b brge. Charles F. Cox, pork house, had 7w0 packages of lard and 150,0u0 pounds of meat submerged and rendered unfit for use. .1 .niel. Boyle tt Co., cracke? fi-Mory, hal nenly oW loxes of goods and 1Ö0 barrels of dour flooded. - The United States flouring mill cf E. Goddard it Sons had ICO barrels and racks of flout estroyed. besidvs 'the damage to the mill. J. M. Esttl A t:o.. grocers, had their stock 'damaired fully $.),0O0. The Western Macliinery Works were damaged fort bout the same amount, ileyer fc Stralmann, livery stable, lost some "$3,000 in feed aud damage to carrisges. The St. Louis Coaltar Compn'yf'umatettheir lo at S3.0X). Thomas foeke, grcMjer. Wis'damajred about $2.500. The Gas Works were Hooded, fires put out and werk stopped. The damage here will be considerable, but the chief trouble in this case is the cutting off of gas from a lare part ol the southern portion of the city. Betides the above-t-amed losses there are probably 200 which will range from $00 to SI ,000, consisting chiefly of household effects in dwellings ar.d small stocks of goods in stores, saloons, etc. Three fire engines have been at work ail day pumping water from ce'.lers; not much i.eadway was made. In some cass the water was running into them as fast as taken out. Thesewer that burst is perhaps the largest in tne country, and drained all the central and suburban districts of tbe city. It is evidently partially chokeeT' at its mouth, and being unable to discharge the immense body of water which poured into it by the. heavy rainfall, its weak spots gave way and its lilthy contents were spread out 6var a dozen or more blocks of tenement houses and manufacturing establishments. Tbe loss will no doubt have to be borne by tbe city, and will certainly reach several hundred thousand dollars. - . Revising the Chinese Hill. . Washington, A prills. TheEeuate Committee on Foreign Affuirs will report the enti Chil ene b:li'p&?el by the Hoie jes.terday with two material amendments, and rccommfcnd its pase. Ci.e is to muice the President cf the United States, Instead of Collectors cf Ports, to enforce the pvovMon for the sending out of tbe country Whinesr who come 'n violation of thi3 act. A'nothef is to strike out the fourteenth and ilfteenth se:ticn;, providing that no'&at'e; Court shall admit Chinese to eii.?rMhip, a"nd ifintng tbe words "Chinese laborers" to nipairbvtti skiiitd and unskilled laborers and Chinese enjpbj ed ia mining. .There are other amendments tobe offered, but they are verbal and do not change the intent or meaning of tf:e House bilh; The Senate Committee leaves the provisions relating to the' passport system as passed by the House, as they were ia the vetoed bill. The section retain ng Collectors of Customs to remove from.th'3 eounjry any Chiuer-e who shall herccfter unlawfully enter it is . amended by proyiding.U.at stiel removals shall be madc.by. authority of the President, ender the regulations" 1 9 'po prescribed by him; but tirdy affef jrJicial examination of each case by a United States Judge or United States Conirnfssiouer. - ; ! 1 J uhmon Cowuty DetnoetVtcy. ' Special to the Sentinel: ' I-.ti. ... . . FitANKLiN, Ind., ApriL il. The Democratic nominating Conventioti met at this pi ea on Saturday last and nominated the following ticket: For Keprereuialife, John Clare; for Cleik, Samuel Harris; for Auditor, W. B. Jennin-is; fr Kt-corder, J. R. Cluinmer; ior Treasvrer, David Swift; for Sheriff. G. C. Stewait; for Surveyor, W. T. Hougham : f or Coroner. Dr. Howard Thcropsoa ; for Commissioner Second District, D. S. Gross; for Commissiouer Third District, George Cutsif.ger. The ticket it made up almost entirely from tbe out Townships, and is confessedly ene of the strongest ever nominated la the County. Death From a 1'araljtic Stroke. Special to Uie Sentinel: Madison, Ind., April 23. William C. Vawter, aged fifty-five, a well known citizen of Madison, connected with Schofield & Sons' woolen mills as traveling salesman, died at 2 o'clock to-day of a paralytic stroke which be received yesterday at noon.

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