Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1883 — Page 1

YOL. XXXI. NO. 20. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1883. WHOLE NO. L530.

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THE SÜ5DERLA5D HORROR, i

Additional details of tbo TerrlLlo Calamity. The Lhi of Dead Children Now Swelled to One Hundred and lighty-Eight. j Heartrending Scenes Arson? the Deal ! Whole Families Lost Expreselona cf Grief. FBlGHniL LOSs Otf LIFE. One Hundred acd Sveaty-Elht Children Attending an Fxhlbltlon in SuntlorUDd, Iiglacd, Cruled to Ith The Scone nt the Ilall Kxcltement of the People. Lcseojj, June IC A Urrible calamity, InvolvIrg tte Cca'.h of ITS children, occurred ia Sundirlaxd. County Durham, toia evening. From the CciaUs itctivcd it appears entertainment were given In Victoria ITall ty a cor juror, attended almost altogether by children, several thousand telrg in attendance. The accident occurred at the clor e ol the rcrform&cte. The body of the hall tad been entirely cleared of occupants when some 1,100 of the little ones cama ruihlag down tie stain from tic galler;. At Vuetopof the first Clght of stairs wis a tlucr which opens only twenty irclcs and thus hut one child was perrnitled to Ia through at a time. At thU point while the rsata cf children was pushing forward, cue of them fill and was unab'e to rise, owlr.. to the others crowdlr.g. The result was thatla;gret numticr were pushed down, trampled on aad suffocated. Tte scene was terrible. No effort could flop the nid rush of the ailirighted children. They carao on T.ell mell. though .raiigely without miuli' thoutins, and soon Hi were knocked dowa aud suffocated to death by othsrs trtmcliEg npon them. The greater number of tbe bcUits which were badly mangled irom trAinplirg are laid seven and ciht deep. Slany vicunas who were not killed had their clothing torn from tteir bodies, a:;d tt is, torreiher with the bleeding Icdke cf tbe uriortur.ates, shows the terrible nature of the struggle. The aires of the 17 children inewn to have been killed range from lour to fourteen years. Excitement in the town when tbe new of the dustier srread was terrific. Groat crowds rushed to tte scene until 20,0 persons surrounded the fcall. The teciic? was so lsteosa tht the authorities crdered out the Sixty-eighth Infantry to preeeiTe crder. Tbewcikof getting out the bodies besan immediately. They wt-ro laid out In the hall and the parcKts cf those killed were admitted to idsntlTy the bodies of their child en. The most heartrending scenes transpired while the identi:ija'.loa w&s;in pr gre. Mothers of the dead children were constantly utterlns piercing shriekä, aud mary of them fainted on discovering the bodies of their little ones. THE SLNDEKLAXD HOItUOK. The Number of Killed Swelled to 18 The Fatal Stairway Uesculng the Little Ones The Janitor' Statement. Lcspos, June 17. The terrible ca'amlty Saturday evening is the subject of universal comment. The hall baa been surrounded today by distressed aad exc'.ted crowds. The stairway from the pallery at the top of the landing, where occurred the pressure which led to the accident, was from five to six feet wide, and the gallery door through which the children were allowed to pass oaly one at a time, which circumstance is regarded as the direct cause of the calamity, was fitted 'with a belt which lodged in a hoi? in the floor, thus narrowing tie pas3geway for thepurpose of facilitating ticket taking when the audience was entering the hall. The janitor says tbe Eceue behind the gallery door was fearful. Some children were fixed cpright in a heap ai:d actually gasping for treatb, so treat vas the prea3ure of the crowd behind them. A majority of children in the hall were under twelve years of age. When the disaster happened, the janitor ard vtifeand several haatily-sumruoned byBtcnders went to work immediately to give the sulTere- relief. They first sent out of the buiidlr : by other exit-ways the little ones who Tcre still in the hall, by this means averting fears of a further crash. These who went to the rescue cf the sufferers found the work of removing the heap of bruised, crushed and aatierenng bodies no eay taek. Two hundred children were rescced from the pile who were practically uninjured. JIany others were found in an unconscious condition, but of these a number were restored and immediately taken to their homes. Nearly all those '.vho were ead, with the number whose wounds were regarded aa fatal, were laid out in the main hall, where the local dectors in attendance tic-d every effort to restore those in whom a park of life could be detected. One pye-witress states that he saw lytag on the tinstones a short distance from the bottom of tbe stairs the dead bodies of seven children. Many of those who came to assist in removing the dead and rescuing the living were utterly overcome by the distressing siftht of so many deti and dying children. A cumber of deaths have occurred since tbe first report, and the fatal list Is now placed at One of the persons who responded immsdiately to the call for help nays manv who Tolunteered to aaaist in rescuing the children sickened at the spectacle and fled horrified from the distressing scene. Tne rescuers' first efforts were directed toward reaching the children who were apparently alive, but o tightly were the victims jammed together that it was regarded as dangerous to dcnw tLem out of the helpless mass lest the rtfrt would result in .pulling elf limbs of living rbddren as well as mutilated dead. They therefore proceeded steadily and systematically to liftoff the topmost. A few of tao who were beneath had survived, and th-ir u os rings and crie3 of pain could he distirrtly heard anil the excitement an 1 criea cf bereaved parents and friends who were thrrring the Rdj&cent streets. Ti e di-piter waa referred toin all Churches in f-'nir.drr'ar d to-day, and by may of tbe j :.cr.f ; iu London, and prayerä were r.frVred for the parents and friends of the io'n. The EUircf-Ee from the galle ry was a wind-

ingoce. Both the audience and official! also were in toe hall at the time of the disaster and were unaware for some considerable time of the 'terrible trsgedy bäing enacted at the door. They were not informed tintil Graham, the doorkeeper, who strolling near the scene of the calamity, was attracted by the groans and pave the alarm. Mr. Fay, who gave the entertainment, was bn3y packing up his apparatus to depart when men rushed op to him and informed him of the disaster, and immediately fell do.vn speechless in a lit. Sf-me of the families whose homes were so suddenly darkened lost over three children. One man and wife pushed their way into the ball in which lay the bodies of tbe victims, and without betraying any emotion began to scan the faces of the dead. Recognizing the face of one cf his children, the father, pointing with his finger, exclaimed: "That'sone." ravins on again he recognized another, and then the third. Staggering in a fit of a?ony he cried: "My God, all my family are pone," and, overwhelmed with grief he sank to the floor. Iu 8om8 homes there are live children dead. tueen Victoria sent a telegram to the Mayer uf Sunderland expressing her grief at the digester. The children of various Sundayschools also sent 'telegrams cf sympathy, jrs vere at half-mast. One Sunday-3chool lttrs thirty scholars by the catastrophe. Many survivorsbad their arms broken in the cruhh. Others are suffering from broken r;l3 or rupture of internal organs. Graham, the hall keeper, says children not twenty yards from the door came pressing forward unaware of the tragedy unaware cf the tragedy, thus making matters ten times worse than thev really were. Tbe f cere inside Victoria Hall during the identification of bodies baffles description and was painful in the extreme. The faces cf tLe dead children were almost in every case black and Bwollea frcm snlfoca'ion. from which many died. Tie lip? were cracked and parched and noses bleeding, and parents rushing wildly about would fall upon the bjuies t f their dead childrpn, and with load wailing and weeping clasp the unconscious forms in their arms vr.inly endeavoring to note some sign of life. .Many poor mothers Bwooned away at the first eight of ths dead, while others were wild an4 almost violent in their hysterical grief. The act of removing the detd from the hall to-'lay w is the occa-ion fr.r a renewal of larjentition and confu-ion. Many pannn rushed through the police cordon anointed for the prcervatlon of order, and there wns a scene of great confusion. One of the witness?0 of the c-tUmity ststed tc-r?.y that for the iiist five minutes there wai a great lack cf es is'ance, acd frtni ilti cause alore there were certainly one hundred lives lo3t. The wf stLer W3s warm and the passage way very cif ic, f-otbnt in a very short time after the catfstrcphe a horribly sickening stench came fron the pile of corpses at the main outlet hail. The latest reports tonight fkura up 1S dead, aud the gravest fears ere felt that the number will vet be shown to have reached at least 200. Tha fagernehs of the children to depart from the hall was tbeir deire to receive the prizes premised them. Graham throws the blame fcr the calamity upon the man connectei ith the entertainment, who, it appears, fastened the door half open in order that, the prizes migbt be given to the children one at a time whle they were leaving the hall. Ona fad incident was witueesed in the vicinity of the hall. A lad was sitting on a railing near Carmurton street crying. A passer-by inquired the cause of his rief. "Why, sir," stid he, "I was in the place there, and when 1 was coming out a boy that was dying bit my hand, and that's him," pointing to the corpse of a child lyiDg near by.

A MONAKCU'3 VIEWS. A Talk TTItb the Kim; of Italy on the TatU taa and Foreign AlTalra Would Like to be ft Reporter. New York, June l." A cable to the Herald from l'aris savs: Our Home correspondent sends the following: King Umberto gave the Herald correspondent half an hour's audience at the Quiranal this afternoon, in the couise of which His llajesty frankly discrssed various mat'ers interesting to Italy and to the world. Speaking of the Vatican he declared he had the sincerest respect for the person of the Pope, and regretted a reconciliation between Church and Stata setraed s j far distant. "If the Tope were to leave his retirement for the streets of Rome I feel convinced he would meet witn the utmost deference." Turning to foreign questions he assured me it wai his only desire that his Kingdom should live in peace with all men. He had no hatred of France or any other ountry. "1 have no ambition sava t diminisu taxation, which is very heavy, and retain wlm we Lave won -ince Italy becarn united. We have.no sei fish ambition. When a paople wishes to diminish taxation it does not increcte extenditure. We have male great prg;ess. We need peace." In regard to domestic politics he expressed birruelf pefec'y satisfied. His Ministers are devoted and h mest, and his subject! loyal. Wherevt r he went the greatest repjet was paid him. In conversation about Anieric, in which he seemed to take a lively interest, be expressed much admiration fcr the American press, especially that of New York. He rose and shook hands heartily, saying in French, before parting: "Were" I not a King I should vmh to see the world as a leptrter." INDIGNANT INDIANS. The San Catlos Indiana Protest Against the Return of Chlrteahuas Men and Boys. WasiiisoTOjr, June 15. The following telegram was received by Secretary Teller today: San Carlos, A. T.. June 14. To H. M. Teller, Secretary of the Interior: Sir A large number of leading Indians met in council to-day, tent for ma and earnestly protested against the return of Chiricahaas men and boys. They say trouble is sure to follow such a course. They want the Chiefs and head men punished and other men tent where they can not return. They do not object to women and children coming here. They ask me to make known their views to you and General Crook, and urge their ador tion. All bands unite la this request. They say they desire to remain at peace wltn their white neighbors, but the Chlricahaaa will return to the war-path as soon as they grow strong again, aud the reservation Indians will then be charged ''Ith having aided and encouraged them. Assuring them of my confidence in the wisdom of the authorities who would have to decide Xtrn matter. 1 promi-d them to present the peüüc; as an evidence ol the justice of their position, (ciitned; Wilcox, Agent. Secretary Teller telegraphed U ilcox direct Ing him t receive none of the Chiricahuas, except children. The Secretary says the bucks must take care of tb women. Jtlawn to bmltliereens. ?cf cid to the Sentinel : Foetville, Ind., June 15. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Cottrell's tawmill, three miles rorth of this village, was blown to smithereens bj cn excluding boiler. Thomas CoUr!l. one of the owners, was almost instantly killed, and hi partner, Mr. Anderson, was seously injured.

THE GOUT'S DEFEAT.

The Star Konto Defendants Declared "Not Guilty." A Surprise to Counsel for the Governmeet and to the People of the Countrj. Interviews With the Attorneys Hovr the Jury Stood. NOT GUILTY. The Star Bout Defendants Aciinttted Re jolelug Over the Verdict. "Washington, June 14. "Yoa can ask the Jury whether they have any communication to make to the Court," said Judge Wylie to the crier, when the Criminal Courthearing the Star Route case reassembled this m'orning. Crier Donaldson soon returned with a roesage that the Jury wanted to communicate with the Coart. They filed into the Court Room apparently none the worse for their confinement "Wheu they were seated Judge Wylie said: "Gentlemen of the Jury, the Court has sent for you for the purpose of inquiring whether you have any communication to make." The foreman, in reply, stated that the Jury had agreed upon a verdict, and a painful silence fell upon the Court Room, only to be broken by wild shouts of applause when, in a clear tone of voice, the foreman stated that the verdict was "not guilty." Immediately the decorum cf the Court of Justice was forgotten, and cheers resounded from all quarters of the crowded room. Mrs. S. W. Dorsey sprang to her feet clapping her bands, while tears streamed down her cheeks, and there were many ladies in the Court who were silently weeping. Mr. Davidge quietly asked to have the verdict recorded, which was done, while Dapuly Marshals were vainly endeavoring to quell tie tumult. S. W. Dorsey and Brady were the recipients of warm congratulations, and as they left the Court Room they were greeted with renewed cheers by the crowd in front ef the City Hall. When order had been somewhat restored by reason of defendants and their friend i leaving the room. Judge Wylie turned to Juror Vtrnon and asked: "Mr. Vernon, how are yon this morning?"' Juror Vernon "First rate, sir." The Court "I believe we have nothing further for tbe Jury to do during this term, acd the Court is prepared to discharge you finally. You have had a laborious task to perform in this c?se. You have been more than six month3 engaged in this trial. Many of you have occupations of your own which you have bee a obliged to neglect daring that period, and thougk your verdict, of course, will create dissatisfaction to many, yet having been selected according to the forms of law and Laving sworn to perform your du'ies faithfully the Court is bound to presam that you have faithfully performed your duty. If you have done so, each one sscording to tbe dictates of his con- ! science, that will be a satisfaction to you as long as you live, lou are, therefore, dis-cra'-ged, with the thanks of the Conrt." In tbe anteroom and halls the Jury was beset by thrones ot interested persons, proaiir sot among taem being the defendants and Mrs. S. W. Dorsey and Mrs. Peck, who thanked them for the verdiat with tears in their eyes. As the foreman reached the sidewalk a large crowd assembled there burst into tumultous cheers, which were renewed as each Juror made his way out of the Coart House. The foreman stated to a representative of the Associated Press that five ballots were taken by the Jury. The first ballot was upon the question of tae existence of a cobt p iracy, and the ballot resulted ia a vote of three for and nine apsinst a conspiracy. On the sn-ond ballet the nine was increased to ten, although the vote was then upoa the innocence or juilt of the defendants. This vt.te reroaintd unchanged until about 8 o'clock this morning, when an acquittal wa? agreed upon. Mr. Ker was the only rrpresentative of the projecution in Court when the verdict was returned, and Carpenter, Dorsey'a counsel, oong'Stalated him as the only one ot the Goverrmenl counsel having the pluck to show up in the hour of defeat. Ker says he was this morning informed by a Coart ofiicsr that Intrersoll had said the Jury would return a verdict of acquittal. He added that other indictments e gainst Brady would be ptesfed. Of course it would be aecesiary for the Court to enter an order setting aside Rerdell's plea of guilty. THE VKKOlCr. What Connael for the Government SaysHow the Jnrj Stood-Comment. Was'Dixgton, June 14. The news of the verdict in the Star Route trial reached the Department of Justice shortly after 10 o'clock this morning by telephone. At the time the Attorney General was in eonsaltation with George Bliss. When the news was announced be said to Bliss: "What do yeu think of that?" "I am astonished!" was the reply. "I thought some of the Jurors might get muddled on the conspiracy question, bat I did not anticipate acqmittal." He bad been of the opiniea that the Jury would stand about nine far convictiea and three for acquittal. The very raea, however, on whom he had depended as certain to rote for conviction voted the other way. lie did not think the honesty of the Jary should ba impugned besaase at the verdict. Where twelve men united on a verdict, bo lawyer would care to say they bad been improperly influenced. He believed tbe members of the Jury had been mistaken, bat that was all. Their opinions mast be accepted as honest. "Well," said tbe Attorney General, "that settles it. When twelve men agree tbe matter is settled. I feel satisfied the Government has presented the cafe in the best possible manner." Juror Haraigan held out alone f.r conviction for a long time. He says: "I finally came to the conclusion that eleven heads were better than one, especially when sonm of the others were dur4id and mart gent'eaier. A few minutes before we came intj C urt I went over, brause I didn't feel litce opposing the eleven men, so I give the de

fendants the benefit of the doubt and voted for acquittal." Foreman Crane says the Jury voted first on the question aa to whether there was a conspiracy. It was then proposed, after some discussion, to vote upon the guilt or innocence of the individuals, which, of course, would carry the conspiracy with it. "John W. Dorsey," said Crane, "headed the list and we acquitted him the first night, then we came to Vaile, and acquiitcd him. then I think it stood ten to two on Stephen W. Dorsey, ten to two on Brady, and nine to three on Miner. That is the way the Jury stood up to this morning, though I believe there wm a change of one vote on Stephen W. Dorsey last night, making it stand eleven to one in his case " Of the Jurors who voted for acquittal, Evans, Lowery, Gill and R. K. Shaw gave as their reason for voting in that way that they failed to find any proof of the existence of a conspiracy. Bliss, Ker and Merrick were found sea'ed in the efhee of the last nam?d gentleman, apparently in a philosophical frame of mind. "What can I say for the Government's tide of the case?" asked the reporter. "Has it any case?" queried Merrick, smilingly. "Was it not killed this afternoon?" Noneol the Government counsel expressed any surprise at the verdict, Merricksarcastically remarking they had been inf ormed authoritatively by couLtel for the defense what they might expect. "As to Eerdell." said Bliss, "justice, as well as technicalities of tbe law required the Government's counsel formslly to move his

plea ot guilty be set aside and he be released." There was a large gathering of the friends of the Star Route defendants at Colonel Ingersoll's house to-night Indoors the acquitted mea, their counsel, and a large number of more intimate friends, many of them women met, to exchange mutual congratulations. Out in the street a crowd numbering two or three hundred persons had gathered partly out of curiosity aud lartlyto eipress their sympathy with tha defendants. They cheered Ingersjll and other counsel, as well as the defendants and the Jury, and called for speeches. Colonel iDgersoIl ana Judges Wilson and Carpenter spoke briefly denouncing the Government for its tactics in the Star Route trials, eulogizing the Jury which acquitted the defendants and congratulating the latter and their friends. The crowd in dotrs and out was in full sympathy with the sneakers. Inside the house women waved their handkerchiefs and clapped their hands in apr lause, and the crowd outside becerue hearse in its enthuriasm. General Brady, J. W. Dorsey, Miner and Vaile mingled with the groups in Colonel Ingersoll's parlor and received the congratulations ot their friends. Mrs. S. W. Dorsey, Urs. Peck, and half a dozen other women, near relatives of the defendants, xuovei about, chatting and laughing with acquaintances. All men who have bjen prominent as sympathizers with the defendants were present in the house, and the crowd outide was made up of people whoso faces were conspicuous in the.Court Room during the trial. At the conclusion of tbe speech-making Colonel Ingersoll invited the crowd into the house, where Kquid refreshments were served. One of those who came into the house was .Juror Kvan3. He was seized hy Mrs. Dorsey aud Mrs. Peck, who, linking arms with, him, enthusiastically escorted him through tbe parlors, presenting him to everybody as one of the twelve honest men. After an hour or so of handshaking the crowd dispersed. Kellogg and Brady. Ex-Senator Kellogg and General Brady will Monday next be called upon to plead to the indictments in thei . cases. It is not probable the trial of the KellogjBrady cases will take place before next autimn, as precedence will be given cases of local importance. The Evening Star says, editorially: "The verdict of acquittal rendered by tae Jury in the Star Route case was unexpected, thouga it W8S supposed probable there wonld be a disagreement upon .conviction. Waile the verdict is in the nature of a surprise, the result does not justify any censure of the Jury as having acted otherwise than conscientiously in their conclusion. There wre men on the Jary who certainly would not have voted for acquittal unless, in their faithful endeavor to master all the details of this extremely involved and complicated case, they were unable to trace beyond a 'reasonable doubt' all the links required legally to establish a conspiracy. As one of the Jurymen says in reeard to this action: "The indictments were based on conspiracy, and if there was no conspiracy established there could be no conviction.' " The Xtwa at Muscle, General Brady's Home. Special to the Sentinel: Mcscib. Ind., June 14. A lot of the old friends and neighbors of General Brady have been rejoicirg here to-day over bis acquittal in the Star Route trial This is the former home of General Brady, and his parents yet live here. They are very aged, and beloved by all classes of people, and ibey also have been the recipients of hearty congratulations. Many telegrams congratulatirg General Brady have been sent him today by Democrats and Republicans alike, one being signed by upwards of 100 citizens cf the city and county. The telegram recites that the subscribers have yet, and have had during the trial, the fullest contidence in General Brady's honor and integrity. DOItSKV SKKENADED. The Colored Republican Club Doea Homage to the Persecuted Stateamavm The Vlrtaeas Jury. WaseiKgtok, June 15. S. W. Dorsey was serenaded late this evening, at his residence, by the Colored Eepcblican Cluh of this city, lie made a brief spesch in acknowledgment f tbe courtesy, in which he said: "I thank you for the heart you have shown in rallla? here this evening. I thank you not o&ly for myself, bnt for all the defendants. I thank you not only for the defendants and their families, but I thank f or your courage you have shown in the presence of all the dishonor that the Government has tried to put uon ne in plastering tbe graves of mothers and the radles of babies with the infamy of unjust power. You are brave enough, you are stroag enough to raise ap your voice and your right hand against attempted ia justice. 1 thank you for the courage that you have shown. I thank you for the pluck men like yon can show looking in tne face of power. But over and above all, that this verdict has told a story in whose presence humanity will bow down. Pcisihly not this year or next, but time will come when it will be pointed to as Macauley pointed to the trial of Warren Hastings. The trembling wires of intelligence that bore the rce ssege of acquittal to Berlin, Moscow and Dublin, told the poor, lowly and hopeless there were yet twelve men that could be found who weuld deal justly be them; that there was not government enough, there was cot public treasury fruitful enough, there were not lead 3 of ?gold thick enough, and thore was not executive power graat e ncuth to sednce the judgment of twelve honest men. I don't care about myself. It is a matier cf little consequence who is convicted or who Is rot. It is a matter of groat coEcrquence whether there is any Govern-, merit powerful enough, or whether there h any Treasury full enough to cow dou a

citizen, however humble.' This trial and this verdict have placed upon the books of justice a splendid record of manhood of men. A Jury made np of Democrats and Republicans, colored men and white men, Protestants, Catholics and Atheists all agree that the men charged were not guilty. So it turns out that in the District of Columbia, where the cloud power casts its shadow over every individual, twelve men could be found who "would not bend the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift might follow fawning."

TUE VERDICT. Opinions of the Press and Feople on the Verdict In the Star Itoote Case The Decision Keneralty Condemned. St. Locis, June 15. The Republican denounces the verdict and indicates that money was used in bringing about the reEUlt. ''the tost nsrATcn." The Post-Dispatch says: As a sensation the acquittal of the Star Route conspirators must be pronounced a farce. The public had Ion? ago grown weary of the proceedings, which hd evidently been protracted merely to weary their patience and had come to look on an acquittal as a foregone conclusion. The conduct of the prosecution, the constitution of the Jury, and other farcical aspects of the long travesty of justice had prepared us for the charge of the Judge, and after the charge had been delivered it can surprise no one that a Jury of twelve more or less ai lieheaded and feeble-minded street waifs cf Washington should illustrate the beauties of "Trial by Jury" by announcing the immaculate innocence cf the illustrious defendant?. It was time for the farce to end, for the public had grown tired of it, and It conld end no other way. The pompous pretenses of the monamental fraud, who runs the Department of Justice, did not need this additional exposure to reveal their emptiness, and nothing is gained when we learn a fresh experience of the old truth that a Republican thief had to work mighty hard to get himself punished. The result of the trial, the absurd failure and miscarriage of justice will, of coarse, tell against the political party which has a monopoly both of the rascality of the ring and of the scandal of the acquittal; but the Re publican party has been driving naila in its own ceffin so rapidly of late that a nail more or less neither helps nor hurts it, even though this last nail is one of extra size, brass-headed, acd clinched on the inside. "the globe-democrat." The editor of the Globe-Democrat heard the news just as he was preparing to attend the day's races. He says tbo verd'et is a surfrise to him, and something that was the east expected in view of the facts and the evidence adduced during the tria1. A hung Jory was the thing most looked for, but no one ever dreamed of an acquittal. District Attorney Bliss also expressed surprise at the finding, and said that he did not see how honest men conld render such a verdict, "the world." New Yobk, June 15. The New York papers print the following comments on the result of the Star Route trial: The "World (Democrat): The false verdict rendered by the Jury in the Star R mte prosecution is more than a failure of justice. It is a public calamity. We have all along looked upon the prosecution as a sham and a fraud. Ihe Government was swindled out of money under pretense of punishi jg those who bad robbed it befo;e. It was a test ca.-e to prove whether Republican rascals ou!d possibly be puniehtd under a Republican Aministration. It would have betn gratifying to every honest, patriotic mind had the result been different. As it ia, it prove3 that the professions of Garfield, Arthur, Brewster, Bliss, and all the Republican Admin'stration crowd were a shallow humbug. "THE STAR." Tbe Star (Democrat: That thorewaa conspiracy between the men was pwa!ly believed, but to prove its existence beyond a reasonable doubt years after it was 6Upposed to have been entered into was a very difficult matter. It is a serious question whether the Government did not make a fetal mistake in attempting to convict Dorsey and Brady on that ground when there were other grounds on which to proceed against them. But for the able and frequently brilliant efforts of Ingersoll, it is doubtful whether the accused would have escaped. He had the sympathy of the people around the Court on hia side. There was legal ability on the other side, but there were too many lawyers, and the Government case was weakened by diffusion. It lacked simplicity and concentration. It covered too much gronnd and too long a time. "THE SCX." The Sun (Independent): We see no reason to suppose that the verdict of acquittal was secured by wrongful means. One man, or two men, or three men might be bribed, bnt not a whole Jury. In our opinion it is not reees8ary to impute folly or knavery either to the Judge or to the Jury in order to explain the escape oi the Star Route defendants. We believe they have been ably prosecuted and fairly tried. As we have more than once pointed out, however, the case against them involves inherent difficulties of poof which must render it a tak of extraordinary tkill and labor to establish their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt That task has simply proved impossible of achievement. "the tbibcse." The Tribune (Republican): An exceptionally ignorant Jury, with one of its members so dependent upon his daily allowance of whisky that a few hours' seclusion in a Jary room resulted in a lit, has been enigei lor six months in attempting to understand and digest a vast array of details, laid before them at interminable leagth, and interpreted one way by one corps of lawyers and another way by another corps until the end has been reached in a verdict which probably no one not even the defendants expected. A disagreement would have been regarded as probably a natural result of the situation, in view of the apparent inability of some of the Jurors to comprehend the bearings of the evidence they were listening to. But a verdict of "not guilty" following the confessions of Rerdell and the array of cumulative evidence of a conspiracy, so far from raising a presumption of the innocence of the accused or satisfying the public that the evidence was defective, will be thought only to show that corruption and ignorance; hare, combined to do a perfect woik. "the commercial advertiser." The Commercial Advertiser (Republicm): All that tbe Star Route trials have accomplished, it would seem, have been to bring disgrace upon the country and the judiciary and to add largely to the bank acu:itsof law;ei8, detectives, and to the current, expenses of the Government. It was a put up job by a hanger on about Washington, the trlginal inventor of the Credit-.Mobiliar frontal agaiust Garfield. And Wavn? McVeigh used this vile instrument to smirch

the Republican party, that he might win laurels as a reformer.

The Herald (Ind.): The verdict of the Jury bas not merely acquitted the defendants; it condemns the Attorney General and his belters. It declares on the oath of twelve men that the Government brought false charges against the üelendant. That is a serious matter; it is an injury for which those men ought to have redress from the Government. The verdict does co: declare that there has been no waste or maladministration in the Star Route management. That goes without saving. That question the Attorney General did not choose to put to the Jury. He and his assistants deliberately brought a specific charge uf conspiracy. The Jury says they did cot prove it. Why then did they bring it?" "ine times." Tbe Tinifs (Republican): In the trial which has just ended the att;tude of the Administration discoursed a conviction. Whatever may be said of the general excellence of President Arthur's Administration, it will not be claimed by his most zealous supporters that, he and tho:e about him have si 'sn that stern desire to crush out this t' .cvirg garg wnich was to be expected of itm for the credit of the Administration, il i-'editof the Republican pany and the ertu of the Nation. The President's position Li.steen ambiguous. While his siucerest frier.dsard the great mass of the Republican party have waited in vain for some unmistakable token of his wish to bring the consequences of their gu'lt home tothesa criminals. Lis enemies have gleefully and with most damaging deductions pointed to the shameless course of t'e Washington sheet which gees by the same of the "Administration organ," a newspaper conducted by a member of his own omcial family, iu w hieb, almost without the intermission of a day, the prosecutor. of Brady and Dorsey have been vilely defamed, and everyone nearly or remotely connected with the effort to fix their guilt upon them has been made the mark of venomous and senseless vituperation. It is needless to say tht this bold defense of tho Star Route ring from a source so near the President has had a visible and possibly a determining weight with tLe Wacbicgtou public, if not with"the Jury itself. How could that public hich watchts narrowly the Administration weather vane and takes good care in its orn interest to follow every char ge in policy and purpose be more potently influenced than by the current of abuse of the prosecutors ia "these cases flowing unchecked from the press of the "Administration orgaD?" Let the Administration bfgin to-day with zeal and sincerity the work of turning ihe ratals out. Tbe Times in another editorial says: We are ibfermed, by what purports to be a Washineton dispatch to an evening newspaper published in this city, thst one of the leading lawyer lately eugagtid in the dafense of the fctar Route thieves has said that, in all probability, libel suits wid now be brought against tt New York Times by Bredy, and perhaps; by Dorsey. We learn further that some ot i3rady's friends advise him not to resort to such a course unless the Times continues its warfare and fails to acquiesce in the verdict. Well, the Time3 dees not acquiesce in the verdict and will continue tbe warfare. The New York Times bean the warfare upon this gang of plunderers frcm a dfccp conviction of public duty. It believed them to be guilty. The proofs of their guilt which it has unearthed are as conclusive aud irrefutable is the proofs upon which it made its light against the Tweed ring. In that tight it was not discouraged by repeated reverses. It acquiesced in no verdict save that which tent Tweed to the Tombs. It will not acquiesce in the verdict of acquittal rendered yesterday, because it believes these mea to be guilty. It believes that the Republican party owes it to itself and to th Nation to convict and punish them. Therefore, it will I continue the warfare. If this course should be unsatisfactory to James W. B.-ady, Stephen W. Dorsey or any other Star Route thief, and they choose to attempt to vindicate themselves in libel suits, the Tiroeü will welcome tho onjortunity to do the Republican party and the country the grandest fervice cf which it is capaole by proving ia a Court of law that they are thieve?, ar.d that t has told the truth in calling them such. A II tu GIKL. A Boitton Cyprian Under Arrest Charged with the Murder of Hern aid J. Mehao. Bostos, Mass., June IS. Soon after midnight this morning the police officer on Stamford street had his attention called to a man sitting on the curb-stone with blood flowing over his Ehirt-front from a wound under his left ear directly over the carotid artery. He refused to give his name or tell how or where he was stabbed, and when taken to the Station House lived only a few minutes. The wound was evidently made with a small, sharp knife, and was an inch and a half deep, severing the carotid artery. The man was about thirty years old. acd apparently a mechanic. The police went to work on the ca-e, and to-day have found cut that the victim vas Bernard J. MeLan, and this eveuing they have arrested a Cyprian named Lizzie Finnegin a3 hi3 murderess. The fatal deed is said to have been committed in a saloon on Howard street, but under what circumstances the police do not yet state. The woman is notorious for her ugly and savage disposition. Some years ago she stabbed a wealthy man with a pair of scissors, but he declined to appear against her on account of his prominence, bhe assaulted another man with a brick. Drew a revolver and tned to shoot Detective Gerraughty. and, in company with another girl, robbed a man of $200 in a well-known restaurant, and when he kicked knocked him down. The police claim to have a clear case against her on last night's work. 510D.JKSKA. Attempt Made to Poison tho Actrs at Denver. Denver, June 17. A highly sensational report was in circulation to-day that an attempt was made to poison Modieska at the Opera House last night It now transpires it was caused by a blunder of the property man at the Theater. When Barrett was here two months ago a preparation of pho9f thorns was used to give the face of the ghost n the play of "Hamlet" a luminous appearance. Last night in tbe play of "Juliet" the property man gave Mod jeska tbe phial, mistaking it for one conainicg the sleeping potion. As soon as tbe cork was removed tbe liquid ignited, and this, of course, prevented serious results. No one for a moment suspected it wr.a anything more than a blunder, until the matter was reported to Modjeska's husband, Count Bozenta, who seemed very incredulous, and stated that several attempts had been made upon nerlife. FelV Under a Biotins Train. Special to the Sentinel: Marion, Ind., June 15. Yesterday Charles Banister, residing at Lafont&in, about eight miles north of here, while standing on the platform at the above mentioned place, suddenly took a fit, fell under the wheel of a psEying train, was crashed to atom- and died inEtantly.

HETRIBUTIVE JUSTICP;

Sequel to the Union town Trage Jy of December -4. Dukfp, the Tradncer of Miss Nntt and Slajer of Her Father, Shot Dead in the Mreet. Hia Body Riddled With Bullcte Tte Murder Which L.,5. to Last Night's Tragedy. AVENUEll. James Nutt Kills tbe Mayer of Hia rather and Tradncer of Ilia Ulster. PiTTSEiK";, June 13. The Pcst'eUnlontown (Tt.) Fiecial says: J3iuet; Nutf, son of State Treasurer Captain A. C. Nutr, deceased, shol and killed L. A. Duke?, his father's murderer, this evening, at half-fast 7 o'clock. He shot four times, all tbe balls taking effect. Dukes died instantly. Diikes had been frequently warned of Lisdarger ia remaining in Uniontown, and he lately said that he would either stay there or the Cemetery. It is said that he had expressed fear of the son of Cap tain Nutt, t rd was never on the street after night. To-day James Nutt was seen practicing with a revolver at hia home, and this cvenizg about T:30 o'clock te was standing near the Postcllice when Dukes came along. As Dukes was passing he turned his head and noticed young Nutt just aa he stepped from the doer ay and fired, the shot taking effect in Dukes' side. Dukes started to run, when Nutt followed and shot again. By this time Dukes was on the Postoffice steps, when he received another shot and fell inside the doer. Nutt followed and fired two more shots into DaktV prostrate body, one taking effect in his i eck. Dukes was dead before any one could got to him. The revolver that did the work is the same that Captain Nutt carrie J on the morning of his death. Young Nutt gave himself up and is now in Jail. He wa.i calm but iaie as a sheet. Five shots were fired, four taking efTcCt. The Coroner's Jury ie now sitting. Excitement is running high. A tot tier Account. Another account says: James Nutt, son of the late Captain A. C. Nutt, shot and killed instantly his father's slayer, 8. Lyman Dukes at I'niontovrn thi.i evening. Dukes had been frequently warned to leave Cniontown, but he persistently refused. His friends had often advised him to seek ancther homo, and Ms a rjss-er was always ttat he would either live in Uniontowa or be a corpse in the Cemetery. As far back as las-t December young Nutt had threatened to have Dukes' life and the latter had always avoided h'm. This evening Natkl was standing a short distance from the Ptcflice, fhen Dukes came up the main street, Di kes did not sre Nutt tirtil they wcre:deby side, when Nutt quickly drew a revolver and fired, the first shot taking effect in his Eide. Dukes started to run for the purpose of seeking shelter, when Nutt fired a second shot and Dukes fell in the doorway of the l'ostoilice. Young Nutt followed hina up and put two more bullets in the postrate body, one passing though the neck, and the other lodging in the back. Persons who witnessed the tragedy rushed to Dukes, but before they reached him he was dead. Nutt surrendered himself immediately and was placed in Jail. TLe shcoting created intense excitement at Uniontown, but at 11 o'clock to-night everything was quiet. Young Nutt is not quite twenty years cf sg, end has always been considered quiet and inofiensive. It is said, however, that he has been practicing with a revolver for some time past. The murder which led to tbe tragedy of to-night is still fresh in the minds of all. Dukes, who WES enpaced to Miss Lizzie Nutt, bad written an infamous letter to ber father, Captain A. C. Nutt, questioning her chastity, and Captain Nutt, ujon the invitation of Dukes, had gone to the litter's room in the hotel on the 24th of December to settle the affair quietly when Dukes 6hot him and killed him. The murder c-eatei intense excitement, and Dukes was arrested, tried and acquitted. His releas9 created great indignation and threats on his life were Leerd on all sides, but no attempt was made to carry them out, and it was generally believed he would be allowed to remain at Uniontown unmolested. I At the time of the Crst tragedy Lyman A. Dukes was a T rusrerous attorney aud Kepresen'ativetltct to ihe i'euriKylvifia Legislature. U was regarded as one of the brightest neu at the bar In his secUon of the State, and his lamdy name gave him the entree Into the best s ciety everywhere, lie formed Uie aenueintaree cf Min Lizzie Nntt, ai d was a frequent caller at her fitter's residöac. His visits, however, ssdüeuly crated, aad one day Captain Nutt, teing at Harrodbarg attending to bis cßicial dutie, received a letter from Dukes telling hitn that he bad seduced bis dauchter, and that to protect his prod rame aud that of his daughter from disgrace he bad better t&ke her away tempoiarily until the fruit of her misconduot. tad been destroyed. The father, heart broken, returned to his home, lie confronted his chill with Imkes' awful letter of confession. he rfjt lied the vile insinuation, aLd Captain Nutt then addressed a note to Dukes demanding an explanation. A meeting was arracfred al Dukes' rccra at the hotel. The Cartain went there in . accordance with the acrecmeot. was met by Dukes, bot and killed. Dükes claimed i elf -defence, and as tbe letters of tbeasaiu tad bt teen brought to light, public opinion turned bis way, the supposition being that Captain Nutt went to his room armed an J with the in teat ton of crmmitting bodily barm upon him. On the triaj of Dukes itvcral letters were Intnrductd from she murdeier to the deceased a narrated above. Public cpinion at once reached and the accused'a conviction demanded. The Jury acquitted and was publicly branded. Indignation meetings were held. D'ikes ordered to leave;towD, the Jury hurg in etl-.ty, etc Duke' seat in the Legislature was declared vacant and a successor elected, lie remained at Uniontown notwithstanding his presence was obnoxious and the people repeatedly threaten ed bis life. The end camo last night A SEDl ci:k slain. A Louisiana College President Killed by a Preacher. Mansfield, La., June 16. Brother Benjamin T. Jenkins, Jr., this morning killed Rev. J. Lane Borden, President of Jiansfield College. Rev. Mr. Borden had seduced a yourg lady friend of Benjamin T. Jenkins. He used a revolver and fired five or six shots. ODe shot took effect In Borden's leg, one In the heart, battering his watcn, and oco in the forehead, just between the eyei. Relived about two hours, but never spoke after the sbootii g. The greatrt excitement prevails, but Jenkins baa the sympathy entire of a conv niur ity. JtDkins and bis brother, C E. Jenkins, wto was present, surrendered to the Sheriff. Tbe rrellmnaxy examination will be held Monly. Jei'kinslsa youn? mac. twenty one years of a;e, aid Mas ordfcined aa a mildster at the lst ssoion cf the cfi.fe.-ei ce of M. E. t'hurch South. He Is a ion cf Hon. Benjamin T. Jenkins, of this plae. srd ha been rescr.irg at K?elln station, o the New Orleans end l'aoihc Rüroad. B. T. Jenkins, f-r,, is aTmsiee of the !lrge. The Coroner s Jury rer.dertd a verdict that the deceased ctos t-" Ms de&th by a plsui shot fiTd by Benjamin T. Jot tins Jr., exonerating C. LJeiikiug.