Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1883 — Page 1

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il YOL. XXXI. NO. 9. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APItIL 4, WHOLE NO. 1568

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rA Drunken Man Attempts to Butcher Ills Family. The Excitement Over the Double Mur der at Rocky Fork, Illinois, Unabated. Kino Thousand Dollars in Gold Certificates Stolen From the New York Custom House. he Kansas City Silk Bobbers Cap turei at Chicago Ballard, the Swindler, In the Toils. CUIMINALITIE3. A Dissipated Man Tries to Kill Ills Wife. Son aud Daughter. Blookixgtos, 111., April 1. A terrible domestic tragody occurred in this city last evecirg, and has caused considerable exnient owing to the prominence of the ties.' A little after 1 o'clock Bobbins P. )unn, i well-known citizen and carpenter ontxac;or, went to the home of his divorced wife, in the east part of the city, and without a word of warning pu lied out a revolver from r his poc'tet and sbo: Lis wife while she rat at the dinner table with her family. lie then turae 1 suddenly towards his son, a young nan about sixteen years of age, and shot at him, inflicting, however, bat a alight flash wound. Dann drew a knife, and with a fcnln and pistol in band seized his joupg daughter, bent oa taking her life be you tig man ran t j his f-Hter a assistance. d a terrible strup-rle prsued between father d son. The wound rcdvcd by Miss inn will prove fatal. Dann wai arrested a after and placed in Jail. lie was ixu ft year or o ago an icaustnous and thrifty man, bat since his divorce from his wie hai been ralber dissipated in his hab'ts, spending his money in a most reckless manner while upon drunken sprees. There is great indignation in tbe Jity, and in the event of las wife s death Bloomington may be tbe scene of anotker lynching. similar to the one experienced about a year ago. when Frank l'ierce was nged in the streets by an infuriated mob the-heartle;s murder of Jailer Teddy ks. Searching fur the Murderers. Uto.t, 111., April 1. The excitement r the double murder at Rockv Fvrk coninues unabated in that neighborhood, and the search for the perpetrators is bein kept dd viorouf-ly. Godfrey Township offers $20-3 reward for the arrest of the murderers; tho County were asked to offer $2-10 more, and the Slate 00. This afternoo.i Elder De Pned ramn in town and iarnn mit a. war. for the purpo-e of .searching the houses 1 ( some wood choppers living in the vicinity I ho are suspected of knowing something tebout the aßair, as they had a grndge . .grünst Kiss, one of the victim's. The Dep)itj Sneritl started for Rocky Fork this afSrrnoon with the warrant, and the rnmor Tsfca just reached town that the susptcted J parties have diseppeared, but this is not auI thenticited. When the murder was discovhtM, Wednesday afternoon, tbe hotiFe was t foAd locked and the keys mi?sirg. Tburs1 day the house was washed and cleansed, inI eluding the inside walls, to remove the Ibloody traces of the tragedy. Yesterday a Ytrangi thing happened; the missing keys fc vere loar.d banging on a nail in the wall I hat had been marked the d.ty before. This 8 conclusive proof with tome that the niuri lerers returned at night and hung the keys on me wan. Kansas Burglars Captured In Chicago. Chicago, April 1. On tbe morning of Tuesday last, MaTh 27, tbe dry goods store of George Innes t Co., Lawrence, Kas., was entered by burglars and fortv-three i ieces of fine s'lk. aggregating 1,89 yards and valued at $1,607.30 stolen. At the time of the robuery one of tbe partners of the firm was n Chicsgo buying goods, and was imme diately notified of the theft. The Dolice Vwere informed of the affair, and kept a W V-.. u 1.1 1 : , I rh.t h wonlrl rnma tn f'Vi i ri r Thio morning word was sent to the Central Police Station from Carson, Fine fe Co.'s wholesale house that an unknown man had brought a large vnount of silk to their place which e desired to dispose of, and that he would L-etum there about ll o'clock. Detectives Simmons. Elliott and Palmer went to the place indicated and waited the return of the man who offered the good3 for sale, and at once placed him nnder arrest. He gave his name as Henry Lewis, and said that he arrived here last Wednesday from Kansas City. When asked as to where he obtained goods he contradicted himself, saying y that he bought them in Eenver and iSrward that he obtained them from a nadian who smng;ed them across the ,rder. The goods were identified by Mr. lines, but two pieces of silk were found to Y absent. Since arriving here Lewis has I en staying at the Briggs House. He w as itjcked up at the Ilarrisoa Street Station, and v-l be taken back to Lawrence when a rtqutsiuou irom me uoveron oi Kansas arrives. Deserted by Ills Wife. alt Laie, btah, April l. Some time George Steeds, a resident of Farminpa. where he haa considerable property. so a wife and five children, had occasion visit Arizona on business, but just predoos to his departure on that occasion he ngageu as laborer and general chorera ramp calling himself Harry. Steeds was libsent about six weeks, and in the interim, St is alleged, the man Harry managed to ingratiate himself into the good graces of Mrs. oteeda, and finally became her paramour. On Monday nieht Steeds returned loine, expecting to find matters as he left them, but was immeasurably astonished and grieved at being informed by the Tife, in the most cold-blooded manner pos;ib!e, that she hftd conceived an ardent love (or Harry, an affection which, as she herself mid, was far gTeater than that for her hnsftaad and children. In fact sie asserted 'it she hfd never known what love really till the day she et eyes on Harry, and Cm. that moment her heart went out to a. Citizens- of Farmirston report having J en the pair standing in broad daylight Sith tLeir arms entwined around each .ther in loving embrace. Mr. Steeds' first mnnlse was to kill the seducer of his wife, xq he would undoubtedly have done ao, oat she fell upon her knees before her feariully wronped husband aad begged him to I 41 1 . . t Yl V 1 A. j lic nie ine ui iiarrjr, na uie uuue nu wj ilame in the matter. Oold Certificates MUstDCT. Nrw York. March SI. The Tribune to morrow will publish a statement that on tbe pthinst, 19,000 in gold certificates were abstracted from toe cash-room or the custom House. Over tGOO.OOO was paid in dntiea that day. When the money was counted I or deposit in the Baotreasory it

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short th above amount. The money is handled by six persons, but tbe loss occurred in wnat is called the "bill cage." There were only three men in the Utter that day It is Do-sible it is the result of an error in the count, but not regarded probable. Presi dent Arthur and Secretary Foleer autnor ized Collector Robinson to make thorough investigation. While President Arthur was Collector he lost $5,000 in the came manner. Swindler and Bigamist New York. April 1. Robert C. Ballard, having several aliases and one cf the most expert swindlers in the country, was arrest ed to-day. His method of operation was to deposit worthless checks, get a certificate of deposit, and have the checcs cashed against the deposit. He has three wives living. TUE TEWKsBCRF ALMSHOUSE. The lna airy Into the Missanagement of That Institution fatlents aud Children Starred to Death. Boston, April 2. The Committee on Pub lie Charitable Institutions resumed its in' quiry into the management of the State Almshouse at Tewksbury to-day. Ex-Watch man Dudley testified that when he detected Marsh, Marsh told him to keep still about what he had seen' of loading bodies at the deadhouse. Marsh taid: "We have got to have Borne pav for our trouble in taking cire of these critters." The witness gave the details of a case of a man who ws put into a cell intoxicated and died four days after from neglect. Saw a light in the trank room at night several times after the inmates had retired, and goicg in quietly one night, saw Cantam Marsh's wife opening trunks and taking clothing from them. The housekeeper, now in Middletown, told tbern she had een the same thing, and that the most valuable dresses were taken by Mrs. Marsh to her private htore room and made over for Davis' girl?. Twenty children in one ward used to cry at nitit because of hunger. One night, oat of curioity,ne went to tbe burying ground and saw four bodies resurrected and drawn olTin a wagon. Tbe stale food for tbe inmates and insane was alwaya very poor. The allowance cf other food wa very slender. A man who drove the Hospital team tcld the witness he had taken up sixty-eight bodies in eight months. The man waa dissatisfied then, but next day showed a '"few hundred," which he said "Tom Marsa had given him." The witness afterward was appointed, with his wife, to care for the female insane. The trunks of tbe insane had been taken away. Tbe beds and straw were in a rotton condition, with insufficient clothing. The cells were in a filthy condition. One of the innce women was in a dirty cell in the attic She was entirely without clothing, and almost a skeleton. The assistants said she was violently insane and would tear her clothes. Sbs had only one meal a day, carried to her by an idiotic girl, who eaid Bhe had always taken care of the woman. He watched and found tbe girl threw the food away and cinie back wtyh an empty plate, telling the woman had eiten all the food. In five or six weeks he had the woman out of the cell and in a eittin:. room, so changed that her hu.Hcand did not know her. Her name was Mary Barron. Governor Butler hat was her hutband s Witness I do not know. He lived in Boston. Governor Butler -Never mind; the newshim to me to morrow papers will bring morning. On cross-examination the witness said of seventy-three children who Cime there in the year, only one lived. A CELEBRATED OASE. The Krlnge Murder Case Again Reversed by the United States Supreme CourtSeven Times Tried and Convicted Final Release From Sentence of Death. Washisütojt, April 2. A decision was rendered by the United States Supreme Court to-day in the interesting criminal case of Chirles F. Kringe plaintiff in error against the State of Missouri, brought here npon writ of error from the Supreme Court in that State. Kringe, the plaintiff in error, on Jannary 4, 1S75, shot and killed a woman named Dora Broemsen. At the March term of the SL Louis Criminal Court, in the same year, he was indicted for murder in the first degree, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Upon appeal the judgment of the Criminal Court was reversed and a new trial ordered. Two more trials followed, in both oij which the Jury failed to agree. Upon tbe fourth trial the prisoner made an agreement with the State's attorney to plead guilty to murder in the second degree upon condition that the sentencs be imprisonment for a period not longer than ten years. Under this plea, however, he was sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years. He again appealed, and the judgment of the lower Court was reversed by the Supreme Court, and the cause a 6econd time remanded. Upon bis next trial the prisoner refused to withdraw bis plea of murder in the second degree, or to make another plea, whereupon the Court ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered for him, and he was again tried for murder in the first, found guilty, aad sentenced to death. He appealed successfully to the Court of Appeal and to the Supreme Court of the State. In both of these tribunals the judgment and sentence of the Court below were afirmed. The sentence was then ordered to be executed February 24. 1832, but before that time Judge Miller, of ih- United States Supreme Court, granted a writ of error, and the case was brought hero for final review under the Constitution ani laws of Missouri in force at the time the olfer.se was com milted and the indictment found. The prisoner could not be tried for murder in the first degree after he had beea cemvicted or pleaded guilty to murder in tbe second degree, but ender the Constitution of 1S75, as construed by the Supreme Court of Missouri, a person indiCed for murder in the first degree, and convicted or eentanced upou a plea cf gnilty in the second degree, may again be tried for murder in ttie first degree, in case of appeal and re versah It was contended In a'l the Courts by the prisoner's counsel tht the section of the Stace Constitution of 1875, a lontcd subeeqaent to the finding of the indictment, could not be applied ta the prisoner's case; that it changed the punishment, that it was an ex post facto law, and as tuch repugnint to the Constirntion of the United S'ates. Justice Miller in a long and carefully written opinion rendered the decision Jof this Conrt, which may be briefly summed up as follows: "We are of the opinion that any law parsed after the commission of ' an ollense which, in relation to that offense on its consequences, alters the situation of a f arty to his disadvantage is an ex post facto aw. No one can be criminally punished in this country except according to the law prescribed for his government by the sovere'gn authority before the Imputed oQense was committed, and which existed as larr at the time. The provision cf tbe Constitution of Missouri which denies to the plaintiff in error the benefit which the previous law cave him. acquittal of the charge of murder in the first degree or con

yiction of murder in the second degree, is, as to his case, an ex post facto law within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and for error of the Supreme Court of Misouri in holding otherwise its judgment ii reversed ard the case remandel to it with directions to reverse the judgments of the Criminal Court of Su Louis, and for such further proceedings as are not inconsistent with this opinion. Chief Justice Waite and Justices Bradly, Gray and Matthews dissented. This decision, rendered by a bare msjority of one, relieves the prisoner from sentence of death

which has been hanging over him for the past two years. UNFAVORABLE. The Exhibit of Clearances Week. for the Past Bostos. Aurii 2. From the Tost: The total gross exchanges at the twenty-six lead ing Clearing Houses of the United States for the week ceding March 31. with the percent age of comparison with the total gross ex changes at the same Clearing Houses for the corresponding week in 1&2, are as follows fer cent. CITIES. New Yoik Boston.. l'üilaJelphi Chicago.........-.. Cincinnati ..... St Louis Üilumore .New Oileana...... Dec. In. as8 153 0.7 2 4 4),t): 4.20 SS.417,713 16 300.000 ll,t6.095 10 408,tM9 71.1 0.4 23.0 San Francisco.. 10.25.6S7 13.9 Pittsburg - - 1 1,049,41.7 LotiihVitie, 6,117.737 10.1 9 5 Milwaukee .. Kansas City. r"roviaence - Cievelaud Indianatolis. Hartford. Columbus.... IVoria.... , 4.7.7 0-J0 3,71'J,2i 0 8.7'21 900 l.CiO.'J l.tV.U.UOÖ 1.A25.117 1,01 8.090 y9,2i 1.132.9CS 742.S71 J7i.(W7 61 913 ''!9,75 7M.i3J 356.191 2.V1 6.8 7.8 17.4 "i"(S SS.O "i".9 1.9 PortlandNew I luven Lowell ...... ......... 2 4 56 4 sprlagtield 6. 11.3 Worcester h racusi?6.8 Total S3I'.),8U673 33 1 Outside New York 82J6.C51.71J 6.7 The exhibit this week is a decidedly un favorable one, bjtn when compared with that of last week and with the correspou:?ing week of last year. The falling oil is owiD?, in a measure, to toe excessive dull ness in the New crfc and Boston stcca markets, although the t pring trade at a number of great distributing points still keeps back ward. The Mexican Congress Tue President's Menace. City of Mexico, April 2. Tue President's message to Congress states that the Gautemala question has been definitely settled and Mexicn enjoys peace with all foreign powers. He will preient the commercial treaty with the United States to the Senate for ratitication when he deems the proper time has arrived. He considers the treaty beteticial to both countries, bat it has not been mined by the American Senate. Con gratulates Congress upon the peace prevailing throughout the country. The few disturbances that have occurred since last September were purely local and all termin ated satisfactorily. The postal reurm authorized by Congress will be introduced very Boon and is expected to bring substanti al benefits to the country. ".Ths Treasury receipts for the first ha'.f of the present fiscal year are larger than those of tue last half by nearly a million dollars, but the importa tion duties are falling olf, which the 1 resi dent explains thus: When the Central and .National Kailroads commenced construction they drew all their money from abroad: eince tiiey have completed the long sections of line their trathc receipts with Government subventions have diminished their need of foreign money. The sudden introduction of large amounts cf foreign money lowered discounts and facilitated business.jSince these companies have ceased drawing all their money from abroad money has become scarcer, and in terest on tbe same has increased; conse quently orders for foreign goods has slightly aecreased. The President says the development of all national industries have steadily increased, and he is confident the present prosperity will remain uninterrupted, but reccumnaends to Congress prudent economy. lie refers with satisfaction to the rapid ad vance or railroad wort. e3peciany on tne Central and National. The n vision of the customs tariff continues, but the work will require several months more. OBITUARY. Death of Judge March. Special to the Sentinel: Mchcix, Ind.. March 3L Hon. Walter March, one of Muncie's oldest and best citi zens, died about noon to-day. Judge March last fall received a paralytic 6troke from which he never recovered fully, although be was abou' his usual business until a few days ago, when he egain received a stroke which resulted in his death. Mr. Maren be gan the practice cf law in this city in 1841, from which he had gamed a reputation as an attorney beyond reproach, always bat tling for the right. He was a veiy conscientious man in all his undertaking. In 1852 he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas on the Democratic ticket, serving for four years. In 1856 he became a candidate for the State Senate and was elect ad. He served as State Senator for eight years, and served throughout that stormy period in the history of the Indiana Senate embraced between the yeas lbou and ISO!. His career in the Senate was charac-.er:z?d by dignity and ability; one of the coolest, clear headed members of the Indiana Senate at that time. In the death of Judge March the poor of this city loie a friend. rhe Count of Monte Crlsto." PniLtPELrniA, Pa , April 2. Judge Tierce has refused the injunction asked for by the widow and administratrix of Charles Fech ter, tbe well-known aclor and dramatist, to restrain John Stets n from producing the drama "Monte Criito' at Haveily's Thrater. Mrs. Ffch'er claimed tbe drama had been prepared by Fechter, and be bad left a copy in Boston wmcu caa sunsequenuy been sold to Stfctson by Manager Cheney, of the Boston Globe Theater, for insufficient considerations. Affidavits were presented. however, fthowir.ß tbat Fetcher was fully raid br Chenev. and that it was Included iu tha bill of sale when 8rtson purchased the Gioba Theater, Boston, from Cheney. Exportation of Whlefcy. Louisville, April 2. This morning a dis patch was received by the local distiller from the Capital of Canada, announcing that the Dominion Government has decided to admit the importation of whisky from the United States. J. Spratt, Secretary of tbe National Wine and Liquor Association. telegraphs that the order ia prepared and will be issued to-mornw or next day, but to "make no move until you hear Iron me as to details." Generous to a fault: "Why, what ia the matter with Frank? He is generous to fault." 4,Yes," aaid Fogg, "if the fanlt hap pen to be his own,- .uoawn .transcript.

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As Well as Ills Friend, Senator Kellosrir. Three Indictments Returned Against Then for Conspirin to Defraud the Government. The Trifling Sum of $20,000 Paid by Price for Contracts and Increased Pay. Explanation of the Alleged Dis crepancy in the Accounts of the National Soldiers' . Home. Instructions to Collectors Concerning' Rebate on Tobacco Tax Other Washington News. BRADY AND KELLOGG INDICTED. A umber of Presentments Made Agalcst the Chief ht&r Route ltingvter and li Senator Kellogg. IT . W . mm a Asni5GT05, Maren 2. Alter recess in the Star Route case the Grand Jury came into Court with a number of presentments, among them the following: The United States against Thomas J. Brady for unlaw fully receiving money and postal drafts to the amount of $ö,0ÜO,while Second As-istant Postmaster General, from James B. Price, as reward for making a contract for mail service with Price on Jul? 13. 1880. UDün the Star Ronte from Socorro to Silver City, N. Mex; against William Pitt Kellogg and Thomas J. Bsrdy tor conepiracy on Aprii 17, 18S0, with James 1. Price to defraud the united States by means f false oaths and fraudulent allowances for expedition, and false and fraudulent claims to be made fcr increased pay for expedition on post routes from Munroe to bhreveport in Louisiana and San Antonio to Corpus Chrisli in Texas, the said routes then being in the name of James B Price as contractor; aeainst William Pitt Kellogg eel ting forth that on April 17, 1SS0, whilst Senator from Louisiana, he did un lawfully receive from James B. Price, a contractor on post routes from Munroe to Shreveport, hx, and San Antonio to Corpus Christi, Tex., a certain sum of money. Post; office drafts and promissory note together of the value of 1 20,000 for the service of procuring, persuading and inducing Thomas Uradv, tbe becond Assistant lYwtniaater Genetal, to award and allow to Price an mcreaee of pav and compensation for carrying Ihe mails with increased steed on and over each of said routes, and corrtiDtlv influencing the sction of said Brady therein. Another presentment was made against Brady for having on or about April it. 1880, whilst Second Assistant Postmaster General, unlawfull received certain money. Mtcflice drafts and a note together, being of the value of $20,000, as compensation for service of awarding to James B. Price, a mail contractor, a contract on each of the routes from Munroe to Shreveport, La., and San Antonio to Corpus Christi, Tex., to carry mail with increased speed and for increased pay. The witnesses named are John A. Walsh, James li. Price, Joseph Cochran and J. W. Brady. The Affidavit. The following is an abjtract obtained from what is believed to be a trustworthy source of the affidavit of Mail Contractor James 6. Prince, which is now in the possession of counsel for tbe Government in the Star Route cases. The affiant deposes in substance as follows: In 1.ST3, being the lowest bidder, the sfTUnt was awarded a con u act for carryli g United States mail, on route, (among other-,) from Corpus Christi, to San Antonio. In 1879 being dusirious of having tbe number of trips increased and lime expedited on said route to the end that his annual pay might be increased acd tbe route thereby rendered profitable, affiant caused to be circulated pett'ions for the signatures of citizens living along the line of road requesting that the PostxnRvter General increase the number ot trips and reduce the runnlnz time. These petitions having been numerously signed by lufluentlal cltizeus and official were handed by the affiant to a friend in Washington for pre sentation to the Postoffice Department for its c'ion. This effort met with no s-jcetsa. The affiant then applied la person to Senator Kellogg, whom he had known fjr msny years, saying to him: "if you succeed a increasing my pay on this route and that one from Sbreveport to Monroe, La., I will give you tiO.000." Kellogg said he would see Second Assistant Postmaster General Brady and learn of him what could be done. Meantime affiant drew five postal drafts of $3,000 each for tbe herein afvtr named quarters on the route from Corpus Chrisli to San Antonio. These drafts were drawn on the 16th cf July, IsTO, and before the order was issued granting the affieant increase of pay on this ronte. A short while afterward Senator Kellogg reported to him that the matter was all right, lie ( he affiant) banded to said Kellocg 113.00 of postal cratui 1 drawn against his (sffiant') pay for tue following named quartets viz: lnot-e endli.t March 31, une zu, Septem Der ana December 01, lbtu, ana March 81. 18SI. In addition to the above theatnant gave said Kellogg his promif sory note for tö.CUO payable In four mouths with collateral attached thereto to secure payment or tbe same. This collateral consisted of Hbakespere miuing stielt, and note drawn by Mail Contractor Hugh White, and indorse 1 by Mall Ooutractor Monroe Saalsbury. All of this paper wss paid at maturity. Senator Kellog told the s Hi ant that th noe and drafts had been given to John A. Wnlsb, banker in Washington, for collection. Mr. Wakh testuledon his examination that he received from Senator Kellcgg the paper mentioned in Priee'a affidavit, but that oce-balf of tbe S20.000 referred to was for the sccownt of Kellogg and one-half was to be credited to Brady ia bis account with Walsh, in latter's capacity of banker. Mon roe sauisDury. reierrea to in Price's affidavit as Inlcrser of White's note, is the mall contractor whose Star Knute services are a subject of arbitration.. The affiant further avers that he was approached during the rx-ndency ot the Ctifjfaional ior vesication of is9 sua or siwr 11, Dy one II. Brown, a mail contractor and f'mcrly a Pobt. office Clerk, wh requested the affiant to con tribute hl ( amain M snare to tn rand raison ty contractors to pay the expenses aliened to be lucicent to the passage of we is tar toute acncieacy T.nronrlatlon bill oi i7ii. Mr. rown represent f.A kimf elf to be Tretu-urer of th fund, and told the afiiant trat Ms (aUi&nvsi hthhx) was so.uvo, at tne same tine snowing htm a it 01 cetiiraitors, with the amount paid by each. The affiant re nlifll 10 this reauwt Ibit owlic to Indian Jerredatlons ana the loss o animals, thereby, e'tc ho was in no eondition to respono, although ne (the a ft: ant) sa iüüed bhnell t!ttt the contractors had paid. owing 10 u curuumui csi his maU service,, by reason o.r rail way extension and other causes, affiant was left about this time wiUi a number cf. horgra, mail wagons ana other plant necessary to the conduct of mail transportation thlaKS wMoh were almost nluelew unless he Ladwoiifor them. A fnn thereupon applied t Brad j lor a temporary coetrsct. L e-, a contract without any competition irom otner oiu iers, iron eocorro to Silver City, bew Mexico, This re sues t met with a negaiive repontte from Braay, but afterwards the aauni aetermioea to can upon Braly a-la and suggest to mm that if he (Bradu would aire tho affiant the above men tinned ctaitract, viz.: ßoeorro to Silver City, the affiant would nav the "Brown assessment " Tte affiant ai l this with the resul that lnafowdsa afterward Brady gave Mm tha temporary contract asked for at tbe rate oi 111.581 per annum. It waa then that tha aßaut put Into an envelope 2,600la curreney ana lf9 postal Craft of l,2rQ

each drawn against the pay oa bis mall route No.

31.120, Indlanola to Corpus CbrlsU, Tex., for the quarter ending Septem berSu and December SO, 'SO and after adiresMug tbe envelope to A. H. Brown and marking.it "valuable, "placed the same oa the desk of Second A distant Postmaster General Brady, asking the U tter to see that Brown got the the same, to which Brady '-grunted an assent after his csual manner." The afliant did this knowirg that Brown meant Brady in this case. Walh. in his examination during the first Star Boute trial, testified tbat Chase Anderson, a mail contractor, ased htm to contribute the sum of 88,000 to the lame fund, which is memioned ia Priee'a affidavit, ard that Brady insisted on charging him with this SS.0C0.ln settling bis (Brady's) Indebtedness or moiiej s bnrroweJ. Walh aho testified that two drafts for 81. 2LQ each, which price he alleges ha plac?d in an envelope on Brady's desk, were the fame drifts which were given him (WaUb) by Brady on account of the latter's iaiiebteanets to him. The affiant further alleges that having been glvea a river contract (on the Ossge) for carrying b tilled State Mails, he directed the becretary ot his (afflont's) Mall Transportation Companv, Mr. Daniel Murphy, of St. Louis. Mo., to buy jsoo of New York exchacge to indorse it in blank and to mail the same to Brady, all of which the affiant says Murphy told him he did. Tht affiant further says that when the investigation of 8 ar Route matters was agi a ltd Senator Kelhgg became very nervous, manifesting therin. however, more concern for himself lhau for any one elfte. The niingofthe suit of John A. Walsh, banker, against lirsdv about this lime greatlj alarmed the affiant, but Kellotrg hastened to assure him that everything wnuld bo all right, that he had simplv to keep quiet and that he, Kehcgg, would see that no harm bejcu mm. in May, insi, some very alarming indications presented themselves, rf suiting in S.'iictor Kellocz sending on Marlö. ISM, a special messenger to the affiant, who was ipeu stopping as the jfiiia Avenue Hotel, New iora. i nis messenger came from Washington wueie tea tor Kelltcir wh thpn. ih hnMnn nf me mcsssire was calculated and intended to assure the affiant and allay any fears he might have touching the Star Route investigation, then t i it tutipieni stages. Ke:irirg repeatedly una the effiant that no harm would come to him. and all that be bad to do was to remain quiet, and that mis - wnoie master oi fctar Route investigation would end in smoke." The a 21 ant refused on a certain occasion when Keiloag telcgiapbed to him at Philadelphia iffiaut be'inz then in that cltj), saying that be(Kfllj??) was going oa to asnmgioa irom. ew or, ana w( uld stop over and see nim. This he did. betnz mmnmiiiil h Judge Jeremiah Wilson. Oa thisocca lon Kellogg acain sought to encourage and reassure the afilint and bade him have no fear as to the outcome of tha investisation aa to the dirpoolt'on made of the proceeds Of the Coidiu ChriMi rn.z-.il Kn Anlrnin crim,i together wita a note of t5 0v.O. aggregating in all S20.000. The sffisnt as that Kelloir sometimes told him tbat be (Kelloeg) had given all to Brady, deriving his beuetit therefrom personn.v. At other tine he taid that he had derived uut K.iuu or so therefrom. STAR BOUIK3, Mr. Merrick Contlnnes the Cross-Examlna tlon of Dorsey The Defense Kefqaes to Produce the Letter Book. Wabhisgtos, April 2. First Star Route trial lasted fifteen weeks. The eighteenth week of the second trial begun this morn ing and the end still appears a long way off. Merrick resumed the crcsa-examination of Dorsey about the instructions he had given to Boone relative to bidding for contracts. The witness had no recollection of a consul tation with or instructions to Boone npon the matter of inquiry. Merrick demanded a return to his notice or the production of the letter-tress copy books containing letters of the date de scribed. Bliss thought that the answer should be made nnder oath. lngereoll, in a long argument, contended hat the evidence sought was secondary in its character. and that its loss could not be remedied by the substitution of other secondary evidence, there bein ' no degrees in sncn evidence. Ingoreoll called attention to the fact that the c fr'i-e called for copies of letters written npon y two aates, regardless 01 ihe subject mattet. The proaecution wished to go fishing in hope that they would discover some new evidence in the books. The Court said that the defendant was cot bound to produce any evidence to criminate himself, if he ignored the notice to pro duce the papers, then seconds ry evidence would be admissible. .Nor could he bt required to produce secondary evidence againtt himself ; eo at last the prosecution would be driven to use their own secondary evidence, but no such evidence was admissible until notice had been served callirg for the production of the original paper. In the present case the notice related strictly to secondary evidence letter-press copies and even if more specific, the other side could not be called upon to produce it. Blisa dissented from the opinion expressed by the Court that the defendant coula notbe compelled to produce evidence against himself, and held that when tbe defendant took the stand he might be called upon to produce any evidence in his possession, oral or written. The Conrt replied that when the defend ant took the stand of course he would be regarded aa any other witness, and might be cross-examined to the same extent. The examination was resumed. The wit ness s4d he had had his letter-books examined. He had not found the- letter to John Dorsey under the date of December 9; but the bo )k was mutilated at that place end in othar places. The same questions were put in regard to the Hosier letter ef Alay 13, 187a Objection was made bv lngereoll, who availed himself of the opportunity to explain his theory; tfeat llerdell had gone through the copy-books, taken from them every letter that cooli be of scry possible use to the defendants and given toem to tne Government in pa?t consideration of its protection. Tbe other letters he had Airged and manufactured. 3ow bis client proposed standi eg upon his legal right and accepting the consequences tnat might befall him from eny inferences saused by this-cucduct, rather than bring the books into Conrt and let inferences be drawn that might touch other people,. political, theological, or other wise. Counsel couid rest assured; teat tney vtould not produce all, any of. them, not one of tieru ; no matter if it contained only joetry about spairvm The witness stated mat on examination tl bor.k revealed the fact that GOO Tjages ad been torn one The witness Lstoutpj denieti any recollection f having employed Mooro. Had sera a check: to Airs. Moor at Boone's- request, and had seen the checb: sines. It was chared to. lamer, I'eex & Co. If the witness had made a contraot with Moore he would ceriainly have rem rabered it. All- conversations described by älure wm generally dtrciod kiy the witness, derrick inquired if the witness haLex anined the iudex to isatrtnin if the letter books -had fcver contained the letters described. Mr. Iugerecul obicttd. trot the question was allowed, and the witness ans we sei thai he had not aked th quetion of Colonel Love, who had examined tbe books. Inu'erioJl positively refused tr prounc the index and tbe- witness added that h was not sure it existed. Personally, the witn.s did not know tbat Moore had been sent Wft a second time, but had bf en told so by Miner sino-a this trial be ran. Had ad vised Miner to employ James L. Hodges, CI Ieadville, Col.; and had prokably written to Hodges. Did not remembw whether or nojt he had given parses to Hodges, while tfce witness waa In the Senate. He had asked for passes, over the Pacific Road for n? any rtereons. but could not remember their namesv The chances were tbat he haa ftiked for passes for persona Bent West on thia mail on sin ess, Hodgeabad been em plyyed by Miner on the witness' recommendation. Did not know Whether or not ho had given any of these passes

without having been asked for them. Supposed he procured the passes ior iterdell wuenne wem est in the spring of J878. He believed he put $3,0Cu in llerdell 'a pos"wu"- i"u not rememDer giving nira any .uouuvtjuus kuuui esiaoiisnirg ranches or 1 ostomces upon the Tongue Iiiver route beyond his general instructions. Whether or not ne torn Kerdell ao, tbe witness had be lieved tnat route would be increased. The witness said his reacom for this belief were Dasea upon the increase of population. May have told lierdell to get up petitions for the lucrtaseana expedition, but had norecol lecncn npon the subject. derrick asked Jor a repetition of the in structions given to Rerdell, and waa at a loss to tee now the witness could fail to renm Der them. witness said thai from the nature ot the c?se it was impossible to return a definite answer. He was happy to say that he was not a mem Der 01 tne nrni of John Dorsey A Co. The "Co." was Boone. The witness deposited .i.000 with the German XatloEal or Savii gs Bank, and authorized Rerdell to draw against it in the name of John W. uorsey .tu .No security had beea re quired of Rerdell. Witness had dose every thing ne couiu to nave service lawfully and properly increased where it waa derved. Rerdell's letters of introdnction to Crt)verncr Iott and Captain Paddock, of Colarad.i nrre reau oy iUr. .uemcA Ingersoll wished to give his judgment upon tne nanawntine, asserting that "M C. Iterdell had been written in a different nand. The Court refused to allow this procedure. ana waiving his hand, the witness said, noncnaiantiy, 1 will assume that I wrote them." I don't think I am half as smait as the ffif ness, said Ingersoll. "1 don't think so either." said the Court. drily, amidst a general laugh which Ingeraoii nore witn good numor. The letters represent Rerdell as a man of irreproachable character. Merrick inquired if these statements were true. In the light of prefent events?" sarcastic ally quered tbe witness. In the Ilohr nf tha ot?enfor-f Itnril ia-n returned Merrick. "Oh! I suppose so." answered th witness The witness described at 6ome length the circumstances attending the distribution of routes when he assumed an active interest in the business, ßub-contracts were niven to Mi nerby Teck and Doney, and all routes the witness received from Miner were given by tub-contracts to the witness or Rerdell. Assignments of postal drafts- were also made. The witness employed Rerdell to look afler his routes. After tbat the witness did everything he could lawfully and prop eny ao to nave sucn service increased as it deserved it, and if he had neglected any thing to that end he did not Know it. A BROKEN BAIL. A Train on the Cincinnati Southern Thrown Down an fmbankment and Fifty-three Persona II ort. CiKCiMCATT, ilarca ÖO. A landslide near Slason, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, this morning threw the north-bound pas senger tram from the track. Tbe place of the accident is forty miles from here. They were going forty miles an hour on a sharp curve when tbe whole train left the track and rolled down' an embankment fifty feet. The total number injured is fifty-three, several of whom are very badlv hurt Later. The whole train did not leave the track. The . cause of the accident was a broken rail. Engin er Michael discovered it. and instantly applied the brakes and re versed. This threw Conductor Ward, who was in the smoking car, forward, and gave him the slight brnises he received. The engine and baggage car remained on the track. The smoking "car was partly thrown off. The ladies' car entirely left tbe track, and stood almost at right angles with the road, the lower end down tbe embankment This carsubequently burned. Two sleeping cars rolled down the embankment and were badly wrecked. Very few passengers es caped without some injury, thongh most of the injuries are not senous. Mr. J. TV. Brown, who was on the train, furnishes the following list of the wounded: C. E. Healy and wife, excursion agent of tbe Bee Line, London, O., both bruised, not seri ously; William Orr, Thomas Orr and A'fred Harris, Harmony, lnd., snghtly cut face and hands; J. C. Roberts,. Cherry Lane, N. C. badly hurt, internally, both legs broken; J. Tragin, Cincinnati, hands rut and back bruised; Jamea Spalding, Port Clinton, O., badly bruised; Jeff Folger, colored, Montgomery, Ala , cut in side and braised on face and arms: . 8. Alspangh, Cincinnati, broken leg; J. E. Mason, Brazil. Ind., eux on face and hands; J. C. Barges, Richmond. Ind.. cut on face and hands: Captain A. McDowell, Xenis, G.v cut head and shoulders; James Kelton, Sparta, N. C, slightly cut; James Edwards, Sparta, N. G, slightly cut; J. A. Sharp, Harmony, Ind., scratshed ;: L5r. and Mrs. F. C. Walsh Mr. W., head aad breast crashed; Mrs. W., internally in inred; Mrs. M. Cstello. White) v Couxty, Kentucky, cut in head and: neck, not seriously; J. H. Carrick. ÜTatt, Mo., head crashed ani badly hurt; S. Iddings , Lafayette, Ind. braised face. hea3 and arms: Sam Lvn&&. Brezil. Jed., pairJnliyi hurt about the Saceand head; R. Emory, Atheus, Ga., leg kroken; J. ( Martin Chicago, scratched; biightly; Themas Alles, Augusta. Ky., leg d shoulder broken, his wife is not hurt J. W. Leave?, Boston.. Mass., viife and sonu bruised, nol eenouwy; Mrs. tu. Bellamy ,. 31acon, Ga., scratched and bruijed ; J. Gk Carnw, St. Louis, face ruised and cut. nottrrious; Jame.Tup, ratched.and bruised? Colonel Aa 3. Barxz wife and three iüldreii, one child badly hura the others slightly, M. Biritz.eut in iead; Mrs.. 33. E. P:it, Cleveland,. Obio, hurt on hearh and back; Mrs. L. HL Tbompsoo and moiher, Sfiratoga, N. Y.Mra. T. is rjoetrated fxm the- blteck, tbe mother not anions; Mira. Locehee, oi Watacrfza, Tenn., and three child jen, on chilli cut and kroised abont the iace, two cut and bruisad-; Mrs. X Brtnsel, in te breast; Mftrshaliaserly, T jby, Miciiu, slightly cut in tho face and hands, and ble braced; Judf J. H. billet, Hew Castle, badly out and. bruised 03 the file, and wife sightly scraVjihed ; Mrs. D. vans and two children, all. bruised, bvt not seriously ; Dan Lallan, St; Jans, 0., bruised in thöhead aud back. The tnosl- severely irgurea were taken to , "vYilliams&wn, Ky., aud others were brought here and a'.uct d in tLe Good Samaritan Hospital un&m hotels. Superintendent Carroll returned to-night from Ü3 wreck, briiagirg all the wound fcd frora WiHir nipci except Mr. and Mrs. Welsiv He ssysthe acwdent w3 due,, not to a Vroken rail, ut to tbe eli yping oi the track caused by the hvavy ruin last tiighu Theve bad been a fill at this fint a short time ao, whitv the rain sof rr d. It could 110 be definitely ascertained where Mr. acd Mrs. Welsh hve. TIaey wwe newly mar ried and it ia supposed had been to Florida and were returnee to Cleveland. Mrs. Welsh could only speak incoherently. Bath are sunposed b be fatally injured. Tbe others supposed to be fatally injured are Thomas Allen. Augusta, Ky.: Mrs. E. Lovell and three children. Watauga. Tenn.: Judge J. II. Mrllett. New Castle. Ind.: Mrs. J. W. tW-ever, Boston ; J. K. Mason, Brazil, Ind.; J, K. Carrick, Fratt, mo.

wuaouinaving been asked for them. Sup-

THREE OF A KIND,

Tbe First Execution of a Woman' in Xew England. Mrs. aeaker Aianes far the Cruel Mar der of a Little Girl. Dueiy Mulatto ITamed Beaver SvTnngr Ofl' at Leesburgr, Virginia. Execution of Oliver Britow, On of the Murderers of Farmer UcDoweM, of South Carolina. THREE HArKSTNeS. Mrs. fifeaker Executed at Windsor, VL, for the Marder of Her Kiete 6n to th lABt. "Windsor, Vt. March De.' Mrs. Meaker was hung at 1:35 this afternoon. She per sisted to the last that she was innocent. Mrs. Meaker ate a hearty dinner. Her son Almond was left in his cell. IXrs. Meaker's arms were pinioned before she left the cell, and the procession moved to- the gallows, where she was sealed in a chair, and evi dently did not like the crowd. After prayer by the Chaplain, the Eher iff handed her a paper with these words:- "Em elme Meaker, if yoa have anything to say wby the execution of sentence should- not take place yon have now au opportunity."' This was done on account of her defense. She was calm and pale, and Ett with closed eves. ''Good-bye, Mr. Hull; I bave nothing more to say, only I forgive you for hanging me." Her egs were then tied, she standing all the time. She showed nopi:csof trembline. and said: "May God forgive you ail." Tha drop fell at half-past one. After hanging thirty minutes she was taken down dead. She died without scarcely a struggle. The doomed woman Eueol soundly last night, and after breakfasting,- in accordance with a request made yesterday- to eee tbe gallows, was led out by the Sheriff to exam ine- ii. bbe closely scrutinized every part of the structure, ascended the dene of the sea Sold alone with a firm tread and withont emotion, and inquired of the Chsri.T if she would be required to climb the fatal stair nnassisted at the final momezt. The drop and; its mode of working waa looked upon with an air of morbid curiosity; and eyeing the trap she asked : "la that the placer' After returning to her quarters she was visited by the chaplain and nanifested tha most stolid indifference, but later on waa visited by Sheriff Atherton. She inquired after ber husband and daughter, and then with much agitaiion said: "Tell thei I am to be murdered to-dty. I am no Innocent woman." She alluded to her ma'- confes sion as a lie, and said he had brought her to the gallows. hen Atherton rse t leave she began to cry and kissed hia right hand twice, and sending her love to the folks at home Bhe cried, "Good bye, gsea? bye." aa helerL Her husband and daughter reftwed to re ceive her dead body, and would not ciäle a' arewell visit before the execution. Mn. Meaker was but forty four years old and was married at tbe age of eighteen' to . C. Meaker. She, with her son, cciamitted.tbe murder of Alice Meaker, in Wttsrbury. April 23, 1380. Mrs. Meaker took the girl and her weak-minded son in a wagon & by a lonely road into the woods, forced her vietimto drink poison and placed her body in aammpi pressing it down with- a. plank. The character of tbe woman, sj otherwise reTesJed npon the trial, showed her to be a monster in the tyranny and violence of her control over those within her rDaeh. At Camden, 8. C . GovauBtky March 30. At Cameo, 8. C, this morning, Oliver Bristow v3lorftd waa banned as an accomplice of Jee WUson, also colored, in tbe murder of FV 1. Mc Dowell, a well-to-do farmer and. highly es teemed' citizen ef Kershaw County, oa the 29th of November last. Wilson waa shot and kalle-d by a ferryman whilst endeavoring to make hie escape across Catawba. "Sliver in North Car&lina. Bristow s!ept soundly last night, but ale nothing this morning, lie ascended the gallows at te3 minutes past l.o clock, protecting his innocence to the last,. The trae was sprung fX-twenty rainntes past 11, tie fall being, four feet. Bristow' neck was aot broken. The-eraouiion wea -private ABSt SwuBgnV Washiktoiv March 30. Charles William Beaver, a ool-o:d youth, was banged ia the Jail yard at L-eehkxirg, Va., this forenoon for rape. The brvngiag was witnessed-by not over Sf ty persons. He speit a qu!ot night, ate a- hearty breakfast. The c-xidemoed boy waited firmly to the scstold, and as the black cap. wa djawn ov?r his iwid said: "ParewelP friends and irllow cr eat axes." The trap was sprang at öi52, andiiis seek was broken by tie tall. Beaver jesteTday figaed: a written confeaeion c.C bis crime. Beaver waa a dtoky mulatto, batween sixlean and teventren years of a;e. Ills crime was corcraitted upon the "jen-year-old daughter of George- A. Hunt , who knew Etaver well, ani wboxa Beaver assault fci'upsB the j.cblic-read aa she v. su- returning, from trchooL Fredesick Caa kling ?y .WlnsCs i Advaatagaoailr, ay the K?lt Goo i .MaKJLiacturera Secured MeedecLeglslatlon. s Nw. Yoax, March, 2?. Colonel Jiederick A..Conklsig, in a rpeech to-nighfi, charged thai tha knit gcis mi'tdirection raised $9,000, rcet of which, he declassed, a Congressional investigation would- show went "into tha pocketrwof sorae of -aiar npright gislalirs." He also (Aid thare was an organised conspiracy epresoat'wi by the Knit Goods M:uufac'arers Association to chesA both the people-, and tbe, Government out oi enormous sauAof mowsy by Manipulating i m porta-. . tioaof knit gttnls. Iiishta- been done in, th face of tl decision of the United States Supreme Cosrt of Kfcbuarjt I, when the con-. avwators wese assisisd not only by becretary Windombu by ajs aftant Irenrh, an; the conduct of tha Judas was answerable for ninch f the corruption, which was dene, bv a difftcentcIaibifi'iatVön of gonds io evd the law. Furtryr viciary, tbe bj eater sio wa9 weently done by the orgaiaa tion tj tbe passa;; of a bill thaaab CongTsea, which Conkling intimated, was don by bntwy and trickery of its fcmosl movers, amo.g whom was Senator ler, ot thU State. The Logansport Pharos says; 'I mashed tbe appropriation t ta ' my pocket. said the Lteu-enani (JoTeroor oi lAjia. It Cjaa loUcd bla rtoord.