Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1893 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY! MORNING, JUNE M, 1893 TWELVE PAGES,

THE BORDEN TRIAL. Some Sensational Evidence Given [Thursday]. * * * As a Witness Told of a Bloody Handkerchief, * * * DEFENDANT GREW PALE. * * * Miss Russell's Story of a Burned Dress, * * * Which Lizzie Said Contained Paint Spots. * * The Cross - Examination of Bridget Sullivan, Who Testified to Finding Defendant In Tears Shortly After the Murder — The Interest in the Trial on the Increase — Other Witnesses Examined. * * * NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 6. — At 8:55 o'clock Miss Borden and the jury were in their seats and counsel were on hand busily arranging their papers. The doors were opened to spectators about that time and at least a third of those present were females. The weather opens very warm and another scorching day is in prospect. State Detectives Seaver and Shaw are close at hand to counsel for the prosecution as aids, and Detective Ducey of Chelsea, who has been doing some quiet work on the sly for the defense, is handy to the call of the counsel on that side. Mr. Moody opened the government's case. He said that it was his purpose to put the story of the crime before the jury in the simplest possible manner. He then briefly ran over the details of the double murder, dwelling upon the narrow life of the inmates of the Borden family and relating many incidents tending to show that ill feeling had existed for years between the prisoner and her stepmother. From the middle until the end of the address Miss Borden leaned back in her chair and never moved a muscle. She put the fan over her face, and holding her head forward pressed it close against her forehead and held it there. Her eyes were closed and she appeared as if asleep. Not by any means did she betray that she was conscious of what was going on about her. Just as Mr. Moody had ceased to speak and taken one step forward toward his seat there was a noise where Miss Borden was sitting. She had fainted. The Rev. Mr. Jubb hurried over to her and placed a bottle of smelling salts to her nostrils. Deputy Sheriff Kirby, another officer, hurried after cracked ice. The woman's face grew white. The officers returned with ice in a moment and a couple of minutes later Miss Borden bepan to recover. The case was opened by the government putting on its first witness in the person of Thomas Kiernan, civil engineer. He minutely described the Borden house and its surroundings. Court was then adjourned until tomorrow in order that the jury might visit the scene of the crime. FALL RIVER, Mass., June 6. — The Borden jury arrived in the city from New Bedford this afternoon at 1:20 o'clock at the Eight Rod depot. The jury walked to the Borden house and were admitted. After carefully examining the inner part thereof, a survey of the outside adjoining yard was made, the distance from the house to the fence and the location of the lumber pile and barn loft visited. The jury filed out from the yard and walked Second-st. to Dr. Bowen's house, and other points figuring on the trial were shown and looked over. Passing to Third-st. considerable time was spent in Crowe's stone yards, where masons were at work at the time the murder is alleged to have been committed, and the position and distance of the porch in Dr. Chagnon's house where the doctor's daughter was seated at the time of the murder was also noted. The very place mentioned in the story of the crime, including the Union bank, was visited. The tour wa finished at 4 p. m. and the jury quartered at the Mellen houe. NEW BEDFORD. Mass., June 7. — At the opening of the third day of the Borden murder trial this morning necks were craned as Miss Borden entered the room, looking as uunconcerned and fresh as possible under the trying circumstances. After she took her seat Mr. Jennings had a five minutes' conversation with her, and she appeared very much interested and animated, a smile breaking out occasionally as the talk proceeded. Counsel changed location this morning so that the defense could be nearer Miss Borden. Morse's Testimony. Morse testified that he passed the night in the guest chamber where Mrs. Borden was subsequently found dead; he breakfasted without the Bordens and left the house by the screen door. Mr. Borcen going out with him. When he returned to the house the dead bodies had been discovered. He saw the body of Mrs. Borden first. "I went up-stairs," he paid, "and under the bed I had been sleeping on I found Mrs. Borden. There was blood on her face. I saw Miss Lizzie Borden when I returned." That was the first time he had seen her since his arrival the day before. Cross-examined by ex-Governor Robinson, he said it was about 11 :40 that he returned to the Borden house on the morning of the murder. He approached the house from the rear. The street on which it is situated is a business one. He saw no policemen in the yard; that the barn door was closed and he heard no one inside. This contradicts the commonwealth allegation that the police by immediate examination of the barn ascertained that the prisoner could not have been in the barn at the time of the murder. Morse told how the police had searched the house and he had helped them. They found some axes, but he could not identify them now. At this point a recess of five minutes was taken. While the witness was testifying Miss Borden regarded him with hardly a casual interest. She chewed on the ring in the end of her fan. Bridget Sullivan's Testimony. A buzz of excitement went around the room when Mr. Moody called Bridget Sullivan. She was dressed fashionably and leaned the left side against the rail, looked straight at Moody and spoke so low that he had to tell her to speak louder. The prisoner remained leaning back in the seat but changed postures so as to see witness plain and watched Bridget steadily with large eyes wide open. All the judges watched Bridget carefully while she testified to bolting the cellar door on the inside, two days before the murder. To hooking the screen door, to sickness of the Bordens Wednesday and to her own account, and to the locked condition of the

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doors on Wednesday night and Thursday morning before the murder. Mr. Moody asked the witness to describe to dress worn by Miss Borden the morning of the murder. She thought it was of light blue material with a dark blue sprig on it. The dressmaker who had made it was the same one who had made Miss Lizzie's [dresses] ever since she had been in the house. She was not sure about the color of the dress. "I heard an outcry," she said, coming down to the tragedy itself. "I called down stairs, and found Miss Lizzie standing by the screen door, which was open. I did not notice her dress then. She sent me for the doctor. She asked me if I knew where Miss Russell lived. I said I did, and she told me to go and get her, as she could not stay alone. I could not find Miss Russell. I went back to the house and entered by the screen door. Mrs. Churchill and Dr. Bowen were there. Dr. Bowen said Mr, Borden had been murdered. "I said, 'Lizzie, if I knew that Mrs. Borden was at Mrs. Whitehead's I would go there and tell her that Mr. Borden was very sick.' " "She said to me, 'Maggie, I think I heard her come in and go up-stairs. Go up and see if she's there.' I said, 'I'd not go alone.' Mrs. Churchill and I went upstairs and there we found Mrs. Borden, dead." "How far did you go into the room?" "I went far enough to see the body, any how," was the answer. Bridget had heard nothing about a note to Mrs. Borden before Lizzie had told her of it. Neither had she heard of any sick person. "Did you ever see a hatchet about the house that had the handle broken off ?" "No, sir; I did not." "The wood was cut by a man on the farm — the driver." That concluded the direct examination. When ex-Governor Robinson began to cross-examine he tried to show by the witness that the most pleasant relations existed in the family. Bridget said that the daughters did not come to the table with their parents. When Mrs. Borden spoke to them they spoke to her. She amended that in part, subsequently, by saying that the members of the family conversed together very often and she had never heard them quarreling. "Now, did you say that Seeond-st. was a quiet street?" was asked. "I don't know," Bridget answered. "I never heard any quarreling there." The questioner then came down to the time after the murder. "You did not see any blood on her, did you?" he asked, referring to Miss Borden. "No, sir." "Was her hair ruffled or any of her clothing disarranged?" "No. sir." Bridget said she never heard a cross word in the house between Lizzie and Mrs. Borden. Robinson got her to admit that she did not know whether she hooked the door on the morning of the murder. At the close of her cross-examination the court adjourned till tomorrow morning. Dr. Bowen will be the next witness. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 8. — The court house was opened before the regular hour this morning, and at the main entrance the inquisitive females who had swallowed their breakfast hurriedly, or dispensed with them entirely, made one of the prettiest rushes ever seen outside of college premises. The local police were carried off their feet and whirled along with the resistless petticoated surge from below until several deputy sheriffs jumped down to their rescue and turned the tide. Miss Borden was in her seat fifteen minutes before the court came in and eagerly looked over the contents of a big official-looking envelope, which she afterward passed to Governor Robinson. All her counsel were early on hand. Just as the court came in and the crier was making his proclamation. Miss Borden was passing from her seat in the dock to a seat within the bar inclosure beside her counsel. She was obliged to stand almost beside Judge Blodgett while the crier was talking. Dr. Bowen's Testimony. Dr. Bowen, the first witness, stated nothing new in the direct examination, except to deny that he had ever said that Mrs. Borden died of fright or in a faint. Cross-examination by Adams brought out the fact that witness had prescribed morphine for the prisoner to allay nervous excitement — first in ordinary doses, afterward in double doses — which continued to the time of he r arrest, and afterward when in the station house and before the examination at the inquest, and the morphine so prescribed had a tendency to affect the memory and produce hallucination. The examination lasted a little over an hour. Bridget Sullivan was recalled for recross examination. She testified that she saw Lizzie in tears when she called her downstairs just after the murder and denied she had ever stated so, as shown by her testimony in the preliminary hearing. Mrs. Churchill was next called. Nothing new developed in Mrs. Churchill's direct examination, but in cross examination she told Robinson that Lizzie was so pale and excited after the murder that her appearance attracted witness' attention from the house. Rigid inquiry about the dresees failed to change her direct testimony. The Burned Dress. Mrs. Churchill's examination being finished, Alice Russell was called. Miss Russell described Lizzie's burning the dress Sunday after the murder. First saw Lizzie in the kitchen with the dress, and Lizzie said: "I am going to burn this old thing covered with paint." Witness went out and came in again, and saw Lizzie standing near the cupboard door and tearing or ripping a small portion of the dress. The skirt was lying on the shelf. Witness said: "I would not let any body see you do that," to which Lizzie said nothing, but moved back one step toward the cupboard door. Afterward the witness said : "I am afraid the worst thing

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— that there's only one medicine so sure to help you that it can be guaranteed. It's Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. In building up overworked, feeble, delicate women, or in any female complaint" or weakness, if ft ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. It's an invigorating, restorative tonic, a soothing and strengthening nervine, and a safe and certain remedy for woman's ills and ailments. It regulates and promotes all the proper functions, improves digestion, enriches the blood, dispels aches and pains, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health and strength. Nothing, else can be as cheap. With this, you pay only for the good you get. * * * yoo could have done was to burn that dress," to which Lizzie replied: "Oh, why did you let me do it? Why did you not tell me?" The drees was a cheap, light blue cotton Bedford cord, with small dark figure, which witness had once noticed Lizzie wearing in the spring when new. Governor Robinson's cross-examination then failed to shake Miss Russell's direct testimony. On re-direct she testified against objection by defense that Bedford is a cheap dress material and that the cupboard in which witness saw a part of the dress at the time of burning was used only for kitchen utensils. John Cunningham testified and then the court took a recess. George Allen's Evidence. After recess Cunningham was crossexamined and then George Allen, a policeman of, Fall River was called. On the morning of the tragedy a message came to the station house where he was, telling of the murder. He went up to the Borden house on the run and picked up another policeman on the way. When he reached the sitting room Mrs. Churchill and Miss [Russell] were there. So was Dr. Bowen. The sheet had not yet been placed over the body of the dead man. He happened to pass the door and he thought he might as well examine the lock while he was there. He found a night lock and a bolt on the door. The door was both locked and bolted when he made the examination. When he saw Lizzie Borden that morning she was cool and self-possessed. There was a table three feet from the body, he said, and there was no trace of blood on that. A Bloody Handkerchief. Then come another surprise from the prosecution and one that caused the heavy, dull features of the defendant to grow ashy white. It was a handkerchief, dark and dirty and half destroyed. It looked as if an attempt had been made to burn it. The careless way in which Assistant Attorney Moody brought the handkerchief into the case was interesting in itself. He seemed to be about to sit down, having finished with the witness to all appearances. Then he walked back to the table. "Mr. Allen," he said, "did you find anything while you were upstairs?" "Yes, I did." "Well, what was it?" "A handkerchief." "Where did you find it?" "I found it lying a little way from Mrs. Borden's feet, between her feet and the window." "Were there any marks on it?" Then came the answer that caused the prisoner to look as if she was about to collapse. "Yes." were Allen's words. "It was covered with blood." "That's all," said the district attorney quietly, as if it were an every day matter to produce a bit of evidence like that. During the time that the handkerchief was talked about the prisoner picked at the tips of one glove with the other hand. When ex-Governor Robinson cross-examined Allen he did not ask a question about the bloody handkerchief. Officer Allen, together with Sheriff Wixon, then testified to their search of the Borden premises after the murder. Then Officer Fleet was put on the stand. After corroborating their testimony he described his finding the handleless hatchet produced by Moody in opening. This hatchet was found on the day of the murder in the box next the chimney down in the cellar. A fragment of the handle showed a fresh break and the iron was covered with ashes. The manner in which the ashes or dust appeared in the cut indicated that an effort had been made to have the break appear like an old one. The outside cellar door was locked. Searched the Barn. Fleet went to the barn. It was very hot there. There was a lot of hay that covered nearly all the north side of the barn. He remained in the barn long enough to search through the hay in order to make sure that no one was hidden in it. "Did you notice anything particular about the hay when you went up there the first time?" "No." Cross-examined. Fleet said he examined a number of dresses carefully, but found no blood stains. "Were you looking for paint?" "No." "Were you looking for blood?" "Yes." "If there had been any blood there do you think you could have'eeen it?" "I think I could. If there had been any paint there don't think I could have seen it unless I looked closely." Adjourned until 9 a. m. tomorrow. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 9. — About one-half the spectators in the court house this morning were women. So persistent have they become in their attempts to get into the court house that the crier has built at the entrance an obstruction so that only one person may pass in at a time. Miss Borden evidently appreciates the situation, since she remarked to Deputy Sheriff Kirby, one of her guards on the dock as she glanced about and saw the swarm, that in some of the houses in the city the house work must be neglected. She conversed with Governor Robinson until court opened and appeared very much in earnest about something. The first witness called this morning was Assistant Marshal Fleet Robinson's Skillful Examination. Governor Robinson made a skillful and long examination of Officer Fleet and disclosed the fact that other hatchets than the handleless hatchet were found in the box by the chimney, and that there were piles of ashes in the room. The handleless hatchet was found on the witness' second visit to the cellar on the day of the murder. Witness also admitted that the search in the house that day was not very thorough. Robinson led Fleet into a contradiction of yes- * * * Continued on Fifth Page. * * * Why Will Vou Allow your health to gradually fail? If you are closely confined indoors with little or no exercise, and desire good health, you must take care of yourself. Use Sulphur Bitters, and you will have a sound mind and a strong body.

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McAfee and Parker Found Guilty of Murder, And Both Are Sentenced by the Jury to Hang. WAS A MEMORABLE TRIAL. The Jury Is Only Out a Little More Than Two Flours. Defendants Demeanor When the Verdict Is Read. The State's Attorney Close Ills Argument with a Scathing Denunciation of the Murderers McAfee and Parker Curse the Judge. Jury and Prosecutor Another Murder Trial Recalled Opinions of Attorneys. The Tarker and McAfee murder trial ended Saturday afternoon, flsjmott persons have anticipated, in a verdict of guilty as to both defendants with the fixing of the death penalty. The case, all things considered, has been ono of the most remarkable ever tried in the criminal courts of the state, and the prosecuting attorney and his deputy, Charles Cox, may be credited with having foupht and won a desperate legal battle in which the majesty of the law has been fully vindicated. Mr. Iloltzman, resuming his argument in the morning, disposed of the confession of Barker as made to his fallow prisoner, ilundon, in the county jail. "Mundon," Jl lXiE COX. eaid the prosecutor, "is no angel, pure and undefiled; the state makes no claim that he is. But we do insist that, according to the evidence in this care, it has been shown that never in all his life did he commit an offense asainst the law that he was not under the influence of intoxicating liquor. That is no excuee, but in all the outrages these defendants have committed there has never been an instance where they could have pleaded drunkenness in mitigation of their offenses. Joshua Mundon had no interest in this case. These defendants have the most vital interest in the case, ho you have on one side llundon without a particle of individual interest in the case, and the other John Barker and Ed McAfee with every interest. Hero we had Joshua Mundon swearing that Barker, within the secret recesses of the county prison, said the name of the druggist who was killed was "faster," and that it took but little "nerve" to put him "out of the way." On the witness stand this man Barker waa asked a question, the answer to which involved the pronunciation of the murdered druggist's name do you not temember, gentlemen of the jury, that John Barker pronounced the name Mr. Fast Mr. F'yster?' That was an unfortunate bMd of the tongue, for it waa enough to confirm the story of Barker's confession told by Joshua Mundon on the witness etaud. That slip of the tongue was the last nail driven into the collina cf these defendantp." In concluding the state's attorney paid: "I want you to take into consideration the awful character of the crime when you come to determine upon what the penalty in this case should be. Mr. Keating has talked to you about not takine into consideration the numerous crimes that have been committed in this community, when you come to make up your verdict as to the guilt or innocence of these defendants. That is right, but when you come to make up your verdict as to what the penalty shall be, I think it but just and right that you should make your penalty one that will stop such atrocious crimes as the one with which the defendants are charged." "I object to the statement? of the proseWoman s jfis!akc. She tries to do too much. This applies to all women. The ambitious girl striving for school honors. The busy house wife, the shop girl, the society woman. What follows? Nervous prostration, excitability, fainting spells, dizziness, sleeplessness, backache, and most likely organic diseases of the uterus or womb, causing bearing-down pains and irregularity. Oh! women, if you must bring upon yourself these troubles, remember that Lydia . Pinkhams Vegetable Compound lias done more to relieve such suffering than anyothcrremetly. "It cured me, and will you." Mrs. Jennie L. Kears, r r t . "35 Mars ureer, t , fr-C i llarrisbk All dnipglsta AHiirs In confidence. Lyiia K. Pink 11 am Med Co., 1.1 NN, Mi, Lirr Pills, 25 cents.

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Ia short it menns ?eini; "on deck" acain. If you are n need take a bottle home to-day. II satisfaction not given money refunded. cutor," said Mr. Kealing interrupting. "and I ak the court that they be etricken out." The Court "I cannot say that this is legitimate argument, as the matter is before the jury to determine. Of course matters cf that kind, as the jury understands, cannot be taken into consideration in determining the question of guilt or innocence." Mr. Ifo'.tzman then devoted himself briefly and with cogent reasoning to further establishing the state's theory in the case and the instability of the defense made for Parker and McAfee. Cloning His Argument. Standing erect before the jury, whose attention was riveted upon him, the state's attorney arose to the climax of eloquence in fivina utterance to tho closing words of his argument. In low, but distinct and measured tone?, which touched with their pathos the hearts of many men and women before him. Mr. Iloltzman said: "Oh, gentlemen of the jury, I ask you to go back with me to the drug'store of Charles Kyster on that fearful night of April 14; that night of the day that he and his wife were celebrating his twenty-eighth birthday and the third anniversary of their firat happy meeting. Let us etep aside and listen to this loving couple talking over that first meeting, their courtship and their love and marriage; let U3 listen to the dreams of joy and happiness that had blessed their home and the hoped and the anticipation that their loves would ripen into a richer and deeper a ection with tfie gathering years, and after we have heard this sweet and holy communion between this loving man and wife, let 113 think that while the kiss be bad imprinted upon her lips was yet warm, he was Bhot down by the ruthless hand of the assassin. Then let us go to the bedaideof the dying Lyeter when he is in the embrace of his loving and heartbroken wife, whose tears are falling thick and fast over bis face, and hear him exclaim out of his awful aneuish: 'Oh, Maida, bow can I die and leave you and never see my baby?' When you have seen this awful ami sudden transition TROS! CV .O .l II 3LTZMAN. from the highest happinens to the deepest sorrow, I a:k you. irentlemen, to stand still, and as the tückering light of Charley Lyster'a light go9 out write there your verdict." As Mr. Iloltzman took his seat a bush thai wad oppressive fell upon the great body of peorlein the court-room and it was only broken by Judge Cor, as with clear and distinct voice he administered his charge to the jury. .lu.li; Cox'k Instructions. In his instructions he covered carefully an i succinctly the law governing felonious homicido, manslaughter and murder in tho first and eecond degrees. The question oi the cuilt of accessories as coincident with principals in crime was also carefully detailed and explained, ehowing hew one who accompanies another who ia intent on murder, knowing of such purpose and stands by while 8uch murder is committed, is as guilty as the one who actually takes the life. He instructed the jury that in threats made against the de-fc-i.dant or against the occupants of Lij store mieht be considered to have included Kyeter. The right of the jury to consider the character and crtdibiiity of tho testimony in support of tho defendants' alibi was also very carefully pointed out. Judge Cox, with characteristic fairness, impartiality and skill, covered every important point in the case, ami ltft the jury in a perfect frame of mind to take up the consideration oi the law and the evidence. Denutv Clerk Michael Callahan then administered the customarv oath to Baililf j Tom ibcehan who at once conducted the jury to their room. There were many in the great crowd who then left the court room, bat ttiero were many more who remained in their seats, apparently determined to patiently await the verdict. Many of these were ladies and as soon as court was formally adjourned and the burden of an enforced eiience removed they gathered in groupe and entered into animated discussions of the memorable case, and the probability of the black defendants being found guilty and finally hung. Long before - o'clock the court room became packed with a surging mass of people anxious for a eight of the jury. At 2:5") an ominous rap was heard on the door of the jury room and it became known the jury was ready to report the result of their consideration. In an incredibly brief spare of time the information was passed through the court bouHe office and out on tbe streets and an actual stampede for the court room reBulted. Very eoon the crowd was by force of arms pushed away from the door and an avenue of approach made through the crowd to the priaoners' neats within the rail. The fathers of the defendants came in and took aeats behind Mr. Keating. Then a buzz of voices heralded the approach of the prisoners, l'arker and McAfee, ironed, and in the grasp of Deputies Uaur and eilan, were led to the pace in front of the judge's desk and took

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their seats. While the iron nerve of both men was palpably at work and they were visibly under a remarkable self-control, yet at times a nervous twitching of their facial muscles and their frequent change of position, indicated that they were ill at ease and burdened with heavy anxiety and apprehension. The jury filed from the jury room into the box, and each one took his seat. None could tell from a juror's face what the verdict was to be, and the court was as still as tbe hoart of the dead when J udge Cox asked : "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a yerdict?" "We have, sir," was Foreman William Hamilton's reply, and be handed the written verdict up to the judge, who scanned it clopely and handed it to Deputy Clerk Austin II. Brown, with the simple order: "Kead the verdict." Heading of the Verdict. As Mr. Brown stepped forward to the rail, Parker and McAfee, each bent forward to catch every word. Mr. Brown read: "We, the jury, find the defendants guilty of murder in the first degree, as indicted, and fix their punishment at death." Then a momentary hueh fell upon the great crowd for a moment and the convicted murderers suddenly dropped thsir chins to their breasts, but immediately went into hurried consultation with Mr. Kealing. The court then remanded the prisoners to the custody of the sheriff and they were taken back to jail atroniilr guarded by deputy eherills and followed by an immense crowd of curious sighteeers. Judge Cos then thanked the jurors for their prompt attendance, theircareful and patient attention and discharged them from farther service. Numbers of ladies and gentlemen crowded about tbe jurors and congratulated them upon their verdict. The jurors hastily separated and left tbe court room. Foreman Hamilton walked over to where Mrs. Kyeter was sitting and taking ber hand in his eaid: "Madam, we could not restore your murdered husband to you, but we endeavored conscientiously to do our whole duty and, as God is my judge, 1 believe we did our whole duty." When the jury retired to their room their first ballot was unanimously in favor of the guilt of both defendants. When they voted on the queetien of the penalty ten were for death and two for life imprisonment. Three more ballots resulted in reaching a verdict. When the deputy sheriff had led Farker and McAfee out of tbe court house both men broke into a blasphemous tirade agaiugt judge, prosecutor and jury. (i d d n 'em!" exclaimed Farker, "they made up their minds before the trial was over, to bang two niggers because a white man had been killed. Thai's what they did, the

-S of b s! The men continued their vile moutbings until the jail was reached, when Farker eaid: "Now I'm going to tell what I know, and it will hurt Eotne of these G d d n niggers who have helped to do this." Many other expressions were uttered by the men who were quickly taken back and thrust into separate cells. BOOTH'S FUNERAL Exercises Over the Remains of tho Dead Actor at New York. New York. June 9. The funeral service! ovtr the remains of Edwin Booth were held this morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of tha Transfiguration. Seldom has tho "little church around the corner" been so completely filled from ohancel to doors as it was this mornicg an hour before tbe proceision was expected. Actors, artists, men of letters, men whose names are known as foremost in the professions on both sides of the Atlantio; men of millions, men of whom the great crowd outside the church yard pushed and squeezed and craned their necks, all were there to join in tha ceremony and the "requiem to the pf ace-departed soul" of the greatest Hamlet of them all. It was not only a profoundly impressive scene, but it was au absolutely unique one, Never bafore has the American publio been ealled upon to mourn for an actor who for over a quarter of a eeutury has besu associated with the highest i leal of the master character of an immortal author. The modest wreath of laurel, the only emblem resting on the colli a lid, bettkened that the deoie throng who had gathered on Fifth-ave. and down Twenty-ninth-st. as far as it was possible to stand and see the churchyard of the "Little Chnrnh" were there, as at the obsequies of a national character. The funeral procession was half an hon r late and the suspense at tüe church was painful. Kdwin Booth had made his last exit. Bishop rotter officiated and was assisted by Dr. Boughton, the rector of the ehuroh, and lr. Bispham, a friend of the great actor. At the Grand Central a speoial train took tha party to Boston. Interment will be at Mt. Auburn. THE WINTER WHEAT. Condition of tho Crop In the Principal Wheat States. Washington', June 10. The condition of winter wheat has improred but slightly aince the last report, being 75.5 against 75.3 for the rooutLof May. The percentages of the princiVal states being respectively : Ohio 10, Michigan 72, Indiana 81, Illinois 67, Missouri 74, Kansas 47. The condition of spring wheat presents an average for the eulire country of co.4 at.d for the principal sprint wheatstatcs as follows: Mebraska 65, Missouri 8J, Minnesota t-H, Iowa 95. South Dakota HO, North Dakota 83. The average percentage for both spring and winter wheat for the whole country is b'J.S and the condition for same 76.8. Committed Suicide. Painesville O., June 10. The body of a man was found on the beaoh just west of Fairport today. Near the body was found a suit of clothes. In one of the pockets was a not in which the writer said that ba was about to commit suicide. It was signed by Michael Doris, of 181 scond-st, Jersey City, N. J. Chills and fever of three years standing cured by Simmons Liver Regulator. K. Watkins, AVatkins House, Uptonvilie. Ky. AGKNTS WAXTK. P V P I T" vliilf " -"i-Vif f IT P C ET J I I Jlfut'f'M'S'knL NUill'MT MEKLI.f Abu, ILL. AyriT FOR S A LK M ISt I1XAN l.O LS. UQ PATENT FOR VALÜ4I1LK PIECB OF , O machinery, or will traia (or (food farm Und ia iDihauaor adjoining states. E J 1 hick tun, Belmont, lnd. LADY AGLXTS WAXTKD. I- ADT AGENTS FOK NEW SANITARY AKT1CI.K, J uw1 In every home aad office; exclusive territory; Xt'.e profit. Coiuuib.a thomlcai Co., SViSedA-wick-dU, Chicago, III. Ti w 4 ursixKss opTonrr.MTY. BOTH SEXKH-THKEE B KS t SMLLtMU HOUSIl ho d articles In the world. inclose stamp for circulars to A. J. Idsu, Mliwaatea, YVia. 11 8ALK1KN WANTED. AIldSrWANTEn-U)()D I'AY FUOM THB start. Address tha Hawks Nursery Co, hochter. N. Y. 7 A X X ( U X C KM KN TS. A-80MHrHiNO pii u TioAL. rac IU. , proved Oaiay Fence kfachin and the New Pai.iT Wire Keel. Address Ziegler & Harmon. Acdoren. lad. Is pl Pltio's r.cmcdy for Catarrh Is the K r..t, Kaslcut to t'oe, and t'hnspcst. Li Sold by DrucKl'is orient by mall. 60c . T. llatclUne, Warren. 11

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