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0 ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1889. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

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SENIOR GUARDIAN BEGGS IS FREE. Thm Cronin Jury at L.aat Finds Verd let Th Con vie tad 91 an GlitU That It Wm No TFor Juror Culter Course Views of the Jailge. Chicago, Dec. 10. One of the most memorable trials in the criminal history of America closed this afternoon when the jury, impaneled three months ago, rendered its verdict in the Cronin case. That the return of this jury is a verdict, and not a disagreement is the source of much congratulatiJ:Nihe public mind, and, although tLtTo w naturally much division of sentiment on the question of approval of the verdict, the sense of relief which ia exjerienced at the final culmination of the case is unanimous. However bitter, too, may have leen the feelings engendered by the two factions into which the Irish people have been divided in this case, it cannot fail to le a source of congratulation to Judge McConnell that his impartial conduct as a presiding judge has been such as to win for him not only the applause of both these opposing factions, but the approval alike of the leading jurists of the land upon the validity of his rulings. As the court convened at 2 p. m. to receive the verdict of the jury there was a momentary silence as the vast audience breathlessly awaited the first words of Judge McConnell as he mounted the rostrum. "The jury is prepared to make a return in this case," said his honor, "but I observe that Mr. Donahoe, counsel for O'Sullivan and Kunze, is absent." "I have been requested to represent Mr. Donahoe," said Mr. Forrest "He is out of the city to-day." The court announced his satisfaction at this arrangement and a moment later the door leading to the jail opened with a clang and the five defendants marched in to receive the announcement of their fate, f lardlv a breath was heard as every eye in the vast audience turned toward John F. Beggs, who led the procession. The face of the senior guardian of camp 20 was stamped with anxiety, but his eye was full of confidence as it boldly faced the stare of the audience. Dan Coughlin affected his usual indifference, but his restless, furtive eye betokened the terrible mental suspense the ex-detective experienced as he awaited th? dread announcement of the penalty to be meted out to him by the law. Hardly a person in the vast court-room succeeded in catching the eye of Patrick O'Sullivan. The piercing black eyes of the ice-man sought the floor, and whatever emotion he felt at that critical moment was invisible, save in the grayish pallor that overspread bis features. Martin Burke flushed for a moment as he approached his seat, but a moment later his features regained their natural appearance, and, with affected nonchalance, he resumed the chewing of gum, vs has been his wont during the - course of the trial. The elated air of John Kunze was absent, and for the first time since his arrest the little German now seemed to fully appreciate the gravity of his situation, as he awaited the verdict of the jury. As the audience was contemplating the prisoners and commenting upon their de meanor, the noise of many footsteps was again heard without, and a moment later the twelve men in whose judgment reposed the lives of the five defendants, entered the room, headed by Foreman Clarke. Every prisoner simultaneously turned his eyes upon the jurors as if to read in their impassive features the secret of their verdict, but there was no outward eign to give them either hope or fear. "The clerk will call the roll of jurors said the judge. Every person in the audience gave a convulsive start as the sound of the judge's voice broke the silence, only to add & deeper awe to the solemnity of the occasion. Slowly the jurors answered to their names and the twelve men were announced to be present "Gentlemen, said the court, "I understand you have reached a conclusion in this case." With a bow Foreman Clarke took from his pocket a huge envelope and handed it to the judse, who in turn handed it to the clerk. "The clerk will read the verdict," said the court. Instantly a hush fell over the vast audience a hush so profound that as the clerk tore open the envelope the pound fell discordantly upon anxious ears. A moment later this anxiety became painful in its intensity, as the sonorous voice of the clerk began the reading of the verdict as follows: "We the jury, find the defendant, John F. Betrgs, not guilty. We, the jury, find the defendant, John Kunze, guilty of manslaughter as charged ia the indictment and fix his puniahment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of three yearn. We, the jury, find the defendants, Dan Coughlin, Patrick O'Sullivan and Martin Borke guilty, of murder in the manner and form charged in the indictment .end fit the penalty at imprisonment in the penite Vjaryr the term of their natural live. MrnPnt, of the defense, at once requested that the jury be polled, and this was ordered by the court. To each of the jurors the question was put by the clerk of the court: "Was this and is this now your verdict?" Foreman Clarke was the first man to rise and answer in the affirmative. The eleven men following gave the same answer. Simultaneous with the announcement of the verdict Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Uurke turned deathly pale, while Kunze 6tarted suddenly from his Beat and a moment later dropped his head upon his breast and burst into tears. lieges' face was- luminous with joy, and immediately after the polling of the jury, he arose from amid the prisoners, walked over to the jury-box, and during the breathless lull that followed, shook Foreman Clarke's hand heartily and said: "Genthmen, I thank you. I trust that the future may confirm your judgment upon me, and that you will never regret that you found me not guilty of this terrible charge." As he 6hook hands with the I'urors, each man bowed his head in acknowledgment of the grateful words of the liberated ir.an. The only sound that broke the stillness was the deep sobs of the little German, Kunze. He burst out with "God knows I am innocent. I never was in Lake View that night. Oh, God knows I am innocent, gentlemen." Sullivan was the only one of the other three prisoners who found refuge in tears. For a moment they trickled down his cheeks, but a moment later bis black eyes Mashed with defiance or revival of courage, and dashing his band across his brow, he braced up in his feat and cast a lonzglanre arojnd the courtroom. The only evidence of terror to bo perceived in Conghlin wa the increased pallor that overspread his face as he fully realized the

significance of a sentence to life imprisonment, and hialipa twitchod nervously during the colloquy that followed between the attorneys and the court relative to the motion for a new trial.. Martin Burke was unquestionably the least affected of all the prisoners. Ills usually florid face took on a light pallor as the verdict was announced, but a moment later his jaws began the methodical mastication of pum aa regularly as at any previous time during the trial. As the verdict was announced and the large audience contemplated little Kunze' grief, Beggs turned to a reporter and said "It is a shamo to Fentence Kunze. The ror little fellow, I think, is as innocent as am. It is a d d shamo to send him to the penitentiary for three ycara. He had no more idea of being found guilty than you had of being declared an accomplice to this crime." In the meantime the comments among the audience were as varied a.s were the individuals that constituted the motley assemblage that had gathered in morbid curiosity to hear the penalty pronounced upon their fellow-men. Of the Irish in the audience and there were scores the two factions into w hich that people is divided , were naturally represented. The friends and admirers of the murdered physician were naturally indignant at the verdict "It is a shame"," said the Hon. P. V'. Dunne, "a shame and a travesty upon justice." His sentiment found an echo in the hearts of a dozen Irishmen who were near him, while only a dozen feet away members of the other faction were congratulating1 themselves and the prisoners that the verdict had been no worse, and friends of Beggs were elbowing their way through to grasp the hands of the 6enior guardian of camp 20 in felicitation upon his exoneration. Beggs took a seat in one of the jury chairs after the retirement of that body and- spent the next half hour pleasantly, according interviews to the score of newspaper men that crowded around him. lr. Forrest, on behalf of the four convicted defendants, entered the accustomed motion for a new trial, and after considerable discussion, the judge fixed Jan. 13 as the day on which the motion for a new trial should be argutd, and the prisoners were taken back to jail. Kunze was still crying, and went out of the door with tears running down his face, and still muttering and sobbing to himself. Martin Burke followed Kunze, and as he passed, he whispered to Forrest and smiled. He seemed entirely unconcerned. O'Sullivan followed, looking pale and sallow. Dan Cough 1 in, the ex-detective, was the last of the prisoners to leave, and as he stalked out, he half turned and looked back into the court-room, as if expect ng to find some friend. The doors clansred behind the bailitl who brougt up t ho rear, and the Cronin trial was over. AFTER THE VERDICT..

Judge Lonirfn'fker Sot I'leasrd Beggs Will Hunt the Murderer. Chicago, Dec. 16. It wa3 not until afternoon to-day that the jury finally came to a verdict and then it was that Juror Culver, who had been voting for acquittal for all the defendants since the jury went out, consented to a compromise. The other jurors were for hanging Burke, Coughlin and O'Sullivan, while he was for letting them all off. Mr. Culverfinally agreed to a life sentence for the three. The jnry was practically unanimous on the 6ublect of Beggs' acquittal and but little time was needed to fix Kunze's term of imprisonment "What do you think of the verdict, judge?" asked the Associated Tress representative of Judge McConnell, after the adjournment of the court for the day. "Judicially, of course, I can pass no opinion upon the verdict. As an individual, however, and without being cognizant of all the proceedings in the jury room, I might say that I think the verdict is the result of a probable objection of some of the jurors to the death penalty on circumstantial evidence." "Mr. Culver, probably." "No. Not Mr. Culver necessarily. I understand he was in favor of acquittal from the start It was only aftPr long and harassing deliberation that he finally azreed with the rest upon the verdict. You will probably find that Mr Culver was not the only man upon the jury who was opposed to the hanging of the three principal defendants." "But the jurors all 6wore in being examined as to their competence, that they had no con-cientious scruples against capital punishment on circumstantial evidence." "That is all true. But behind all that, each man probably had a mental reservation that the evidence must be convincing beyond a reasonable doubt Now, if some of "these men should think there was even the faintest shadow of . a doubt as to the guilt of these three men, do you not see how natural it would be for them to mentally resolve to come to compromise the matter with their consciences no matter how conclusive their judgment might be, by favoring life imprisonment in lieu of the death penalty all because the case was one of circumstantial evidence?" "Then you think that innate scruples against circumstantial evidence probably controlled the verdict?" "I do not say that I say that a juror might almost unconsciously have an objection to circumstantial evidence, and yet never be fully aware of it until a great case like this, involving human life, caused him to pause, and, finally to guard against the possibility of an error, favor ife imprisonment in lieu of the death penalty. The law may be inflexible, but men are human. You know the objection to circumstantial evidence has become so strong in Michigan and possibly other states that there they have a law precluding the imposition of the death penalty." "I suppose you feel relieved that there has not been a disagreement?" "I do, most assuredly. Although, if the jury had disagreed, and it had become necessary to try the case again, I should not have flinched from presiding over the same taue again. In fact, I think I should rather have preferred to in view of all the circumstances." In the main corridor of the criminal court building, before the announcement of the verdict, sat Dan Coughlin's wife. On her knee was the pretty little girl that has continually called out in the court room for her papa. The old gray-haired doorkeeper knew that preparations were being made for the return of the jury with their verdict, and he pleaded with them to go home. lie told them that no verdict would be reached, but they would not go. Tl&y knew too well that the scene of excitement and the hurried movement of the court officials meant that something was about to happen. In vain they asked if the jury had returned a verdict They were kept in ignorance of the facts until some one rushed into the corridor and called out the result. Mrs. Coughlin gaped, stood erect, shrieked and fell back into a chair. She buried her faco in her hands and moaned wildly as she wept in

her anguish. Her swaying form'was supported by the kind hearted old doorkeeper, and the pretty little babe stood leaning against her mother's knees. For a moment she looked up into her sorrowing mother's face and then, laying her pretty face on her motor's lap, she, too, bepan to cry. Mrs. Whalen, O'Sullivan's sister-in-law, had come over to hear the result. Her clear-cut and handsome face hardened when she heard the news. Her eyes filled for a moment, but only for a moment. She stared for an instant at the jail walls, then- she turned savagely upon the men who stood near ly, attracted by Mrs. Couhlin's sobs: "Oh, vou cut-throats. you tried your best to hang them, and now you hang around to gloat at us in our misery," ehe shouted, fche looked even more avngelvat the men than before, and then followed Mrs. Coughlin to the private room. "Are you satisfied with the verdict?" was asked State's Atty. Loneenecker. "I am always satisfied when I have an honest jury in a murder case' "You don't expect any confessions now, do vou V ut do not "What do you think of it anyway?" "Why it is'a compromise verdict. That is all there is about it; that is all anybody can say." It was plain that the state's attorney was far from being pleased at the outcome of the cause celebre. Juror John Culver's wife and children were standing in the doorway of their home at Evanston when he alighted from the train that had borne him from the city. Catching sight of them he quickened his pace, and Mrs. Culver threw her arms around her husband's neck, while the little ones tugged at his garments, and cried for recognition from him. The husband and father gently pushed the youngsters inside the house, and following closely with his wife, bolted the door to all others. It was not until three hours' of rest had been secured that the family consented to receive anyone. "Will you make a statement regarding the position you took in the jury room?" was asked of the alleged single stubborn juror. "I can not," he replied. "Before we came into court each man pledged himself upon his honor not to reveal the proceedings in the jury room." "Will vou sav whether or not you were the odd man?': "I can't." "It might be for your interest to say you were not the one." "I won't say I was not the one." "That is equivalent to saying that vou were?" "I certainly took what to me was the only just course." Mr. Culver said that the report that a juror has struck him was wholly untrue, and added: "I was more than surprised at the story. While at times the arguments waged warmly, there was no attempt at bulldozing, much less any blows 6truck. It was a case of lengthy" discussions and finally submission." After congratulations to Beggs in the jail yard had 6omewhat halted, he turned to accompany his lawyers and business assoc iates from the place. Passing to the big street doors, the conversation in the little group was evidently deeply earnest. As he stepped into the street a free man, Begs was heard to 6ay: "I'm going to spend tlje rest of my life hunting down the men who killed Cronin." The exsenior guardian of tamp 20 spent a few minutes at his office and then proceeded 6traiirht home. A little before 4 o'clock the Associated Tiess representative visited the jail and found the four convicted defendants out in the corridor with the other inmates, taking the usual exercise before supper. Coughlin and O'Sullivan were together, while Burke was alone on the other Bide of the corridor. The little German seemed to hold himself apart from the other prisoners and remained in his cell, still refusing to be comforted in his misfortune. His confident flippant demeanor had given away to a heavy gloom as he bemoaned his fate and denounced the state's attorney and jury. Coughlin and O'Sullivan were at the entrance of the cage discussing the case with a couple of members of camp 20, w ho had called to offer their sympathy or congratulation who knows which? At the approach of the press representatives they quickly lapsed into silence and the visitors departed. A note was subsequently sent to Coughlin and his companion requesting an interview, and they finally approached the stage. "I am sorry to disappoint you," said Mr. Coughlin, very courteously, "but I do not desire to be interviewed." "What is your opinion of the verdict?" "I am afraid I shall have to refer you to Mr. Forrest my attorney, for an answer to that question." "Are you disappointed at the verdict?" "Well, I suppose no man .conceives a verdict of life imprisonment with any particular enthusiasm," said the ex-detective, grimly; "but really, gentlemen, I must decline to be interviewed. I am sorry I cannot oblige you, but I think it improper that I should do so. With any one but my lawyer, I cannot discuss the details of my caw or my opinion of the verdict." With this sentence Coughlin retired, pleasantly bowing a good evening as he went. It was evident to all that the prisoner was in a mood very nearly approaching elation, and to Dan Coughlin at least the verdict was a source of self-congratulation. His mood during his confinement during the past six months has been ono o.f taciturnity, and this evening a bright smile illuminated his face and his step was light and buoyant In the boys' department Martin Burke was found walking up and down smoking a cigar with the admiring gaze of several young prisoners fixed on him. Burko seemed entirely composed and good natured as ho greeted the Associated Tress reporters. "Well, Burke, what do you think of it?" "Oh, I am not saying a word," said the young Irishman, in his brogue. "The Chicago papers have had enough to say about me already, and I don't want to give them any excuse for any more." "But don't include us in your general damnation" "I'm not damning the paper," said Burke. "I've nothing against them, but I guess they can get alongVithout me." All efforts to extract any comments from Burke on the verdict were in vain. lie expressed himself as being delighted to converse on what he termed "social topics," but on "this other busine," as he called it, with a jerk of bis bead toward the court room, he was as dumb as an oyster. As f ir as can be judged from his general appearance and conversation, it can bo safeiy surmised that Mr. Burke has frequently ehaken hands with himself since 2:30 p. ra., at which hour the jury fixed bis punishment at life imprinonment and not at death, as vrtl generally supposed. While getting their pay certificates the twelve jurors were surrounded by reporters who besieged them for information about what had transpired in the juryroom and the cause of the long delay. "It's no use," said Juror Marler, "we agreed not to say anything. Our verdict

speaks for itself. From w hat I have heard since I got back to the world again, there has been some pretty tall lying in the newspapers. Juror Culver was not the cause of the delay and there was not any unpleasantness or any knock-downs, aa ono paper has declared." "It the others agree to tell what occurred," said Juror Allison, "I am willing, but we made an agreement to keep silent, and I've nothing "to 6ay." Juror North was hot lie had already seen some of his friends, and they had poured into his ears the wild stories of war in the juryroom and the assault on Juror Culver, as published in a morning paper to-day, and he expressed himself very forcibly. "The man who wrote that ought to be punished," he said, "because there was not any trouble at alL We passed the time very pleasantly, considering our cramped quarters. Please do not talk to me any more, because I have been up almost every night since we wept out." MR. TURPIE'S 5PEECH.

fle Makes a Long; nnct Able Altatlc on the Trum. Washington Special J Senator Turpie of Indiana Wednesday delivered the first set speech in the senate during the Fifty-first congress. He chose "trusts" as his subject and he handled it well. Tuesday he offered the following resolution and gave notice to the senate tbat he would speak on it: Resolved, That the proposed penal enactments against trusts, aflecting commerce among the several states, should provide for the seizure of trust goods, as such, upon lawful warrants and information, and tor the forfeiture, confiscation and sale of the same npon due process of trial and hearing, if they be adjudged and found to besuch, t'i proeeeds to be paid into the treasury of the United States less the cost of prosecution. Mr. Turpie entered the senate of the United States with a great home reputation as an orator and constructive statesman. He has been now two years in the senate, but up to this time refrained from taking active part in the discussions of the august body of which he is a member. This is in accordance with senatorial courtesy which frowns on a new senator taking active part in debate. Mr. Turpie read bis speech to-day, and the reading of it was listened to with profound attention by the senate and the fairly crowded galleries. The speech is pronounced by all to be a strong document, sharp in its conclusions, powerful in its anal)zntion of the question at issue and .clear- and forcible as to the remedy suggested. It was somewhat of a surprise that Mr. Turpie chose to read his speech, as his Indiana admirers had given the impression that he was best ' as an off-hand orator. Perhaps the reading of the document lessened its force among those who heard it, but there is no doubt that his reasoning will receive the attention of the country and have the effect of concentrating the best thought of the country to prevent the evils he so eloquently depicted. Mr. Turpie has a sharp, clear voice, and he speaks with great rapidity. He was surrounded by the democratic members of the senate, especially by the southern and western men, whose" constituents are supposed to be the chief sufferers from trusts. Thrt Indiana senator set the anti-trust ball rolling in good shape, and it is safe to say that the subject that he was the first to tackle will receive considerable airing during the present session of congress. HISTORY OF A CRIME. Ilow Dudley Was Pr- tec-ed by a Republican Court and President, Lafayette Journal. The letter startled the people startled even Judge Woods. The grand jury was called. Judge Wood3 instructed that jury that "while it is not a crime to make the attempt to bribe, it is a crime to advise another to make the attempt." The grand jury took evidence. It was understood there was a true bill prepared against Dudley. But something happened. The methods by which Harrison carried Indiana were about to le exposed in open court It would never do. Others besides Dudley would be disgraced perhaps sent to prison. Something must be done. Something was done. A republican court, to 6ave a republican administration from disgrace, shields a republican corrupter of the ballot box. How? By calling back the trrand jury and adding to the first instruction the charge that "in order to convict it must be proved the party advised acted on that advice." That settled it. From that moment Dudley was safe. But like ail criminals he was filled with fear and kept out of Indiana. But at last he strode boldly into Indianapolis, and what was the result? It i3 known. Dudley mocked the man who, being a respectable citizen, filed a charge of eorrunting the ballot-box against him. And wert he might, when the district attorneythe people's counsel, ordered the warrant not served; when the court Judge Woods on the bench adjourned to tender Dudley a reception; when the U. S. marshal took Dudley by the arm and escorted him about the government building; when the attorney-general the attorney for the people of Indiana took Dudley under the shield of his buckler. When the great ballot-box corrupter could command such immunity as this what has he to fear? Naught! When Coy was pursued by this same court the grand jury failed to find a bill. But a new jury was summoned and a bill wrung out of it. The case was tried, and the last time, this same judge left his bench and made a Bpeech to the jury demanding the conviction of Coy. It was done. How different it is when a republican a national corruptor of the ballot-box appears in the same court For shame! By such conduct is that court with all its officials disgraced and justice is outraged. Politicians may applaud, but can honest men approve ? We think not I ltaae lntratitude. Chicago Newa Ind. CoL W. W. Dudley, the hero of the "bloeks-of-five" episode, who, by a judioious use of money, saved the country last November from going to rack and ruin, is being attacked by a dangerous person who accuses the eminent statesman of bribery. This is simply disgraceful. Things hare come to a pretty pass when trouble is made for a man simply because he hires some gentleman to go up to the polls and vote the right ticket. The good people are with Col. Dudley when be declares that the man who re-opened this case would sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. It were the basest ingratitude if the Hoosiers did not rally to the support ot the philanthropist and statesman who came down like a white-winged dove on an errand of merry and scattered crisp two-dollar-bills among citizens who were perishing for whisky. Stoprtl the Marring. New Orleans, Dec. li The Timt$ Demo crat'$ Plaquemine special says: "Last night about midnight. Prince founders shot and killed his paramour, Rhody Walker, both colored. Saunders went to the house of the girl, called ber out, and shot her twice, once through the hip and agjin through the heart Thinking her not dead, he picked up a club and mashed ber bead in a horrible manner. It appears the girl wss about to marry, which prompted Mäanders to the crime. The Eirrderer was arrested." '

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TWO OFFICERS KILLED BY 0., I.& W. A Wheel of the Pay-Car Breaks and Sopt Wllion And Trt&ln-Maatar Cummlna Ar Hurled Through tu Windows And Killed Sad Scenes. Gathered at the farther end of the west baggage house of the union station at dusk last Monday were a hundred or more men. Outside the iron fence men, women and children stood with their faces pressed apainst the iron bars, looking silently on the scene within. Drawn up on the pavement ot the broad driveway just inside the barrisr that separated the crowds were two hearses and behind them formed in line of procession were three -carriages. This funeral ecene was shrouded in .a quiet strained atmosphere, as if the presence of death had already thrown its halo of eilence and awe upon it. Those men within the iron grating, who appeared the actors in the solemn 6cene to those without, moved about and talked in hushed tones among themselves and watched down the long, curved track with a mingled look of sympathy and expectancy. Continually in the center of a little group was a boy, perhaps sixteen years of age, whose face was still paled from fright nd whose voice slightly trembled as he answered the hundreds of questions asked in low tone by the numerous inquisitives. About 4 -A") o'clock the sound of a whistle broke harshly on the quietude, and in another moment a great engine loomed up around the curve. It slowed down gradually, and after the first sound of its whistle seemed to glide noiselessly up and come to a 6tand-stili by the little group of men. It drew but one coach. For a few momen ts there was just a little bustle, and then, as a long object covered from view by a heavy black canopy issued from thorear end of the car, carried by four men, the atmosphere of death came again, and the crowd stepped back and looked silently at the canopy as the burden it covered wa3 lowered down and carried to the nearest hearse. The men returned to the car, and a second object covered like the first, was carried out and placed in the other ominous vehicle. Several men then came out and were escorted to the carriages. The two hearses, side by side, moved slowly tip lllinois-st, followed by the carriages, and as they passed eoplo stopped in the hurried rush of city life and contemplated with not a little feeling of awe the most unusual sight. At 5:?.Q o'clock Monday morning the O., I. & W. pay-car went west, conveving all the eenerarl road officers of tbat line. The train consisted only of the pay-car and engine No. 2', manned by Engineer John Rogers and Fireman Frank Miller. There wa3 neither conductor or brakeman on the train. The officials in the pay-car were W. W. Lynn, auditor and cashier; John Sloan, röadmaster; J. II. M. Claggett, paymaster, and Frank II. Wilson, a sixteen-year-old boy, who is Mr. Lynn's clerk. These returned safe and well. Supt Isaac II. Wilson and Train Master J. M. Cummins, the other occupants of that fated car, were brought back dead. The train ran smoothly to Veedersburg. Between that city and Covington there is a sharp curve and steep grade, that in passing mail clerks are always obliged to stop work and steady themselves. The train wound round this curve and close down the incline safely. Then stretched away a straight even piece of track. The engineer gave his charge a little more steam and the train sped on at the rate of thirty-five mils an hour. A feeling of safety that always come3 after passing a possible danger was experienced by the travelers. And then it was that with a terrific lurch the paycar bounded from the track. The hind end seemed to drop to the track and drag for an instant and then crashed over on ifs side. In this condition it was dragged for several hundred feet Mr. Wilson and Mr. Cummins were both in the forward part of the car. The others were in the rear portion. At the first unnatural movement the latter rushed forward. All of them saw both Wilson and Cummins hurled to death. The latter was thrown clear through a wihdow head foremost and disappeared. The former fell backward, his head striking above the window and crushing Iiis skull on the combing. Iiis shoulders extended out In that position he was dragged. All the others were pitched promiscuously above the windows ami none were, save for a fewsoratches and bruises, injured. In the stove was a little fire. It was scattered and caught the forward end of the car. As soon as those who were unhurt could extricate themselves they began fighting this new danger with buckets of water from the engine's tank. It took half an hour to extinguish it In the meantime little Frank Wilson, with rare presence of mind, was running breathlessly down the track two miles away, where a number of section hands were at work. These men had been paid offjput a short time before from the car. They hurried to the scene. At the wreck, as soon as the fire was put out, the body of Mr. Wilson was removed from the window. A search for Mr. Cummins resulted in the finding of his lifeless form 100 feet or more down the track. It was evident be had been rolled to death beneath the car, although his body was not badly crushed. When the remains of both men bad heen laid side by side on the grass Mr. Linn and Mr. Sloan walked to Covington to secure the necessary aid. The train left the track at what is called Troy, riding about two miles eat of Covington. It was caused by the breaking of awheel. When the trucks were thus allowed to dn2, they were wrenched from their fastenings. "The engine remained firmly on the track. The coupling pin between it and the car did not break and the latter was dragged bounding after it like a toy. It was a wonderful affair. That anyone in that car should escape unharmed is almost a miracle. Messrs. Sloan and Lynn secured an undertaker at Covington, and when the sad news had been telegraphed to Indianapolis, returned to the scene of the wreck. As soon as the bodies could be gotten to Covington, they were dressed and prepared for the solemn ride home. It was about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when Train Dispatcher Shirley of the Ü. I. & W., in the Ingalls block, came to attention at tho click of his instrument Covington had suddenly broken in, and the following meesage was clicked off rapidly: "The .pny-car is wrecked at the west end of Troy Biding and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Cummins are killed. No one else hurt." The instrument stopped, and Mr. Shirley looked dazedly at it a moment,

then jumped to his feet It was not necessary to repeat it to those about him. They had heard and understood and pat motionless, forgetting for a moment the clicking of their own instruments. Mr. Shirley walked to the nuperintendent'a room, where Clerk Atkinson was at work. For a moment he was Fpc-cchless. As soon aa Mr. Atkinson heard the terrible truth he rushed to the wire and ordered an engine and coach. A half-hour later, he in company with Yard Master McCutcheon and Or. W. Markley, foreman of bridges were flying over the rail for Covington. In the meantime the train dispatcher had cleared the track, und the special having a free road, made the distance in one hour and twenty-minutes. It arrived here again with the bodies of those f ho were saved from the wreck at 5:4). The sad news of her husband's death was broken to Mrs. Wilson by Mr. Jacoby, who in in Mr. Fairbanks' otRoe. For a long time she has been an invalid, and such a sudden bereavement was fraught with dangrer. The effect upon her could not be pictured in words. Mrs. Shirley, wife of the train dispatcher, with womanly sympathy, failed to tell the whole news to Mrs. Cummins. So it happened that when the operators at the general office had hardly recovered from their first shock, the tenderest chords of manhood in them were touched by tho appearance of Mrs. Cummins, almost overcome with grief. The painful duty of informing her of the fullness of the blow she had received brought tears to the eyes of evervone of those strong young men. She was led away and taken to her home. Mr. Wilson entered the service of the 0. , I. & W. railroad about nineteen years ago as an operator in the train dispatcher's office. He has filled the positions of operator, traveling auditor, general baggage agent train master, superintendent and general superintendent He was appointed to the latter position Oct 2. 1SS2. lie lost his arm in the war, and not in a railroad wreck, as has been erroneously stated. He belonged to a New York regiment He was fortv-two years of age, and with his wife and llttledaughter, four years old, lived at 737 N. Delaware-st. Mr. Cummins began work with the O., 1. & W. in the early part of 1SS2. In 1SS3 be was promoted to yardmaster at Indianola, and in 1884 was made trainmaster of the eastern division. Upon the death of Trainmaster Marsh of the Peoria division he succeeded him. On Nov. 1, 1SS0, he was made general trainmaster. Ho was about forty-seven years old and leaves a wife and sixteen-year-old daughter. The bodies were "taken from the train to Kregelo's undertaking establishment. The remains of Mr. Cummins will be taken to Charleston, lib, for burial Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. The funeral of Mr. Wilson will occur from the family residence at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. CLEVELAND AND THE GRAND ARMY

The Ex-President Lectures the Veterans on Their Pernicious Tendencies. Lewlston Sentinel. Col. Hulinir poit. No. 1T6, G. A. It, of Lewiston, Milllin county, Pennyylvania, will held a fair and festival bennning on Dec. VK Some time ago letters were sent to several prominent men of the country, asking them to contribute Koniething to be voted oil at the fair. It was believed that the prominence or popularity of the contributors would give the articles a value beyond their intrinsic worth in the eyes of the patrons of the fair, and cause active competition to secure them. The first to respond to these requests was ex-President Cleveland. His letter in reply was read to the post, and gave rise to some comment, and has even been misrepresented for partisan purposes, to correct which, by permission of the writer, the full text of the letter is now given to the public It reads as follows: E. W. Fonot: Dkar Sir Applications such a you make In your letter of the 22d insL are so numerous that it U impossible to comply with thcru all. Yuii ask that M s. Cleveland or I oha'.l contribute yometliinir to be "voted oil" at the coming fair to N t eld by post 17G of the G. A. K, department of IVnnsylvania, aud you atate that t' e purpoo of the fair is to lucrease the charity fund of the post. I do not kno'w what your idoa is to the tblni? which we ehould send, and d ) not care to assume that auything which wa in ich t contribute to be "voUd o'tf" would be of espi-f lal valu-? to the caiiM for whirh the fair ia to be held. But it i to refreshing in these days, when the good that is in the G. A. R. is of t n proBtitnted to the worst purpo, to know tbat al etwt one post propose by its e.loris to Increase its efliciency as a charitable institution, that 1 gUdU send a small money contribution in aid of this object. Nj one can dfny that the G. A. R. ha been played upoa by demaoffues for partisan purposes, and has yielded to insidious blandishments tu such an extent tbat It is reard' d by many good citizens vliwe patrioti.su and fairness cannot be questioned, as an organization which has wandr-rrd a long way from its avowed design. Whether this idea is absolutely correct or not, such a sentiment not only exists, but will grow and pread unices within the örpanization something Is dons to prove that its objects are not partisan, unjust and selfish. In this country, where the success of our form of government depends upon the patriotism of a!l our people, the best soldier should be the b. ft citizen. Yours Te-y truly, Gbovkb Cllvelamu. Jiew Ycrk, Oct 2f. A TRAIN-WRECKER ARRESTED. Yil lam Marquis, Fourtecn-Ycar-O'.d Green County L.tl, Confesses. Wabash, Deo. 16. Special. This evening Chief Detective Furlorg and Detective Sollett of the Wabash system arrived here with a Green county lad. ! William Marquis, whom they arrested ' aJi nnrtb tit Ppm for wrecking the fast ex- ! press on the Wabash, at Hich Valley, this county, last uctooer. The School-nook Lanr VpheH. Kokomo Dispatch. The Indianapolis Journal has given editorial evidence that it ia in the employ of the VanAntwerp, Brae? & Co. school-book octopus. Judge Frazer of Warsaw, an ex-supreme judge nris lending republican, recently promulgated an opinion in a cause brought in his circuit to : test the constitutionality of the school-book i law. lie held the law to be constitutional in ! every respect, yet the Journal printed an I editorial to the efiect that his ruling was against the law, thereby attempting to deceive its readers and to bring the law into disrepute. Dully For the Itabies on Onr Illock. Burdette in Brooklyn Kugle. The presbytery of Cincinnati, by declaring that "all infants dying in infancy will be saved," has worthily linked in name with Mrs. Winslow's soothing sirup. Now, if some o( the other churches would only tell ns what will become of the infants who die during old tije the world would have another vexed question set at rest and the millennium would add one more lap to its score. Two laps in fact; both of '!in laps of ages. A Strong I o lit. (Terre Hauta Exprtss-rep. Judge Frazer's point as to the "monopoly" objection to the new school book law is a strong one. In fact the objection was so weak that it eufrtrested the strength of the law. The act of the legislature Rave every one the fullest opportunity to secure the contract for supplying the books. Tbe Indiana company bad no more of a monopoly than had the contractors who built our new normal school building. lhs Msntana Itludtllr. Helena, Mont, Dec. 16. The democratio members of the senate appeared in the senate chamber this morning and took the oath of office, whereupon the senate adjourned till tomorrow morning. The democratio house, has Issued an invitation to the republican bouse to come and Join it. Killed lly An Electric Car. LorisviLLE. Ky., Dec 1. Mrs. Margaret Moran. wife of a laborer, was ruu down and killed ly the electric street can here to-day.

CAUGIIT BY BUFFALO BILL

THE WILD WEST'S ERRATIC FINANCES Xcw Tork Moneyed Men Formed a Syndicate to Present the Show to the Cay Paw rislan sni Are Now Doing Some Tall Talking For Their Money. New Yoke, Dec 14. There ia a eyEdicate, compoBed of men who do business in and around Wall-PL, who, according to the Evening Sun, would be pleased to 60O Buffalo Bill and the accounts of the "Wild West" show which he hzs been giving as one cf the incidental attractions at the French exhibition. About a year ao, Buffalo Bill, accompanied by one T. C. Crawford, who had given up the place of London correspondent of the New York World to boom Buffalo Bill's enterprise?, appeared ia Wall-et to organize a eyndicate which should float the "Wild West" ehow across the pea and land it cn the outskirts of tho Paris exposition. Both BulTalo Bill and hia assistant talked with a glibnesg and confidence that interested some moneyed men up the street. They declared that the profits of the "Wild West" would be enormous, although the expenses would necessarily bo heavy. But they thought that the receipts would be sufficient to pay the investors two or three hundred per cent, upon tbe investment. They wanted to raise $150,000, and their proposition was that the subscribers should receive every night 30 per cent, of the gross receipts and should, be allowed to have an acrent on the Epot to take the money out of the cash box and deposit it to the credit of the Americaa syndicate. Among others who were interested in the scheme was Commodore Bate man, who had known Buffalo Bill and Mr. Crawford, and who was an admirer of the kind of entertainment that Buffalo Bill himself furnished when he displayed hia skill in shooting at glass balls and dummy pigeons. Mr. Bate man agreed to help them orjranize a syndicate, and induced several of his friends to subscribe to the pool. The whole amount of money Mas made up, and then the parties met to 6ign the contracts. Buffalo Bill's representatives did not appear anxious to put tbe agreement into any binding form of writing.considering that the sending of an apent to collect the money and to receive the whole amount of the pricipal when the show was ended was eufiicientBecunty for the svndicate. Mr. Bateman and hia friends did not do things in that way, they insisted upon a contract, and one was therefore drawn up but it was 60 loosely worded that they refused to sign it. Two of his party who went into it on Bateman's representation, however, were out of town when the contracts were presented, and not knowing that their friends had drawn out, they signed and paid in theiy money. Mr. Bateman saw them when it was too late, and he promised to guarantee them against loss, a promise which will require, in all probability, the cutting oil of a slice of Bateman's yearly income. The syndicate was made np, however, and the""Wild West" organized and went to Paria without any agent to take the 30 per cent, of the box office receipts each nizht. So far the syndicate has not received, it is 6aid, a single dollar which represents its proportion of the grass receipts and has got back only 30 per cent, of the principal which was contributed by it. There are no indications that any more money is comine to it, and if the show had been formally bankrupted it would have pocketed its losses and said nothing. There is every reason to believe, however, that in its earning capacity the "Wild West" show met the expectations of Buffalo Bill, and took in a sufficient amount of money not only to pay tho 30 per cent, gross receipts nijrhtly, but to pay back the principal. The entertainment was crowded every day and night, and the reports which came from Paris were that it was makine money hand over fist. The members of the syndicate here had perfect confidence in the'honesty of Buffalo BilL They say that in his business relations with everybody on this side he has always leen sqvare, but that he is not a good judge of men and is liable to be imposed upon by sharpers who have a good address. "They think it is possible that some of his representatives may be responsible for this failure to make pood the promises on which the syndicate was organized, and it is for that reason that they are anxious to see Buffalo Bill and the books wherein are kept the accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the "Wild West" show ia Paris. Death of Mrs. Cannon. IUxviixe, I1L, Dec 16. Special Hary P.J the wife of Congressman Joseph C Cannon, was found dead this morning by her daughter Ilelen when ehe went to her mother's room to announce breakfast. Hrs. Cannon presented the appearance of enjoying a gentle sleep, and it was some time before the family could become convinced that death had entered the household. Mrs. Cannon had attended church Sunday evening, singing in the choir, and had remained up quite late to see her daughter, Mabel, off for Chicago on a late train. She was in good health and her death was probably caused by heart disease. Congressman Cannon left Washington to-day for Danville. Tha) funeral wül occur Thursday. The lJlKrice of IU Independent. The power and machinery of the federal gov ernment was brought to bear in full force on three one-horse political criminals. We tay one-horse when compared to Dudley. Two of them were sent to the penitentiary and one was driven out of the country. Mr. Dudley', crime, which was greater, more widely and infamously corrupting, found the federal machinery at his service. In other words, federal officers sworn to protect the snnrajes of the people, lent their eilbrts toward preventing hint being brought to proper punishment. If thie is the meaning of a clean administration, let the next administration reek with filth. A Thrifty Irishman. (Boston Timea.1 There are thrifty sons of Erin in Newton Highlands. One recently bought a lot of land for $000 and built thereon a two-thousand-dollar house. Then he went to get it insured. "I want a policy for i'2JÜ0," said he to the agent. "But the house only cost f-J.CxiO," wss the reply. "Faith, but I want ail my money protected. I'll have 2,VK) insurance or nothing." "Uual" "id the agent, pausing. "I'll tell yoa wlat I'll do. though. I'll put $2.000 on the house and .0 on the land." "r.egorra, aa you're gintienian, sir!" A Queer Christmas Tresent. New Yorx, Dec IS. Joseph Kracko became insane to-night, and threw hij three younjr children out of the win low. II aaid he saw Jesus in the yard and he threw the children to him as a Christmas present They w.re cot seiioubly injured. A Large Swm 21 liurned. IIO'TINGTON, Dec 1C Special. The large sawmill at Mt. I'tna, nine rutins aouth of this city, owned by Thonia Mahoney, was deBtroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, XX