Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1894 — Page 2

TIIE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1894 TWELVE PAGES.

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Verdict of the Jury in the Prendergasi Trial. The Accused Heard It with Blanched Face AND ALMOST COLLAPSED. Half Led, Half Carried to His Prison OIL His Companions In Crime Gave Him Hisses. The Verdict Received with Approval by the Maiirn of CblenKo'n Cltisen The Charge of Jatlse Drentano to the Jury Touching; the Question of the Iurlerera Snnity or Insanity The Jury 11mm No Trouble to Reach Its Decision The Congblin Trial. CHICAGO. Dec. 29 rrendergast. the murderer of Carter II. Harrison, will be hanged for his crime. The verdict of the Jury has said it, and the people of Chicago approve it. Ably defended as the assassin has been, stronz as has been the evidence adduced to eave his neck from the halter, the Jury has found him sane, responsible for his act, and demanded that he pay the highest price for his offense against the law. This price, however, is a sorry one at best. The value to the world of one life such as that of Carter H. Harrison would weih down the scale against the existence of an hundred such as Frendergust. Nothing: since the commission of his crime has so irritated Frendergast as the comparison between himself and Charles J. Guiteau. He has resented it with energy and scorn, although the assassin of Garfield was a foul and creeping thine: compared with himself. But in the court room this afternoon he showed that one trait existed in common between Guiteau and himself. He proved himself an unmanly, miserable coward, a creature who would have life at any price, under any conditions, anywhere, anyhow, only let it bo life. "When Clerk Fitzgerald arose to read the finding of the jury the prisoner stood clutching the back of a chair, eyeing him with the most intense eagerness. His lon?r. bony fingers clapped and unclasped the back of the chair, his knee3 trembled violently, his face was flushed and his spiteful-looking mouth opened and closed as though he would say something, but lacked the power to speak. "We. the Jury, find the defendant, Fatrick Eugene John Frendergast, guilty of murder in manner and form a charged in the indictment and fix the penalty at dath." rrrnilfrsa! the CowbtiI. Fitzgerald's voice, clear and calm, read out the finding, and died away with a slight emphasis on the final word. Then Prendergast revealed himself the utter coward. His face turned pale, he opened his mouth to speak, but only a faint murmur came from between his hot and quivering lips. He moved slightly and would have fallen to the floor, but for the assistance of a bailiff. When the jury was polled, he listened with avidity to each and every answer to Judge Brentano's question: "Was this, and is this now your verdict?" "It is," said Foroman Jacob Sutter, and "it is" repeated every other juror and then hope and the last vestige of courage faded utterly in Prendergast's breast. He was half led. half carried back to his cell, where, refusing to 'speak, he threw himself upon his bunk in the attempt to hide from his fellowprisoners, whose expressions of satisfaction over the verdict, were more emphatic than graceful and more sincere than polite. Mr. Trude resumed his argument at the opening of court and spoke until within a few minutes of 12 o'clock. He closed with an eloquent plea for the conviction of the prisoner, who had. he declared, been proved sane by the preponderance of evidence. When he flnished the court announced a recess until 1 o'clock. Court was In session a few minutes before that time and Judge Brentano began his charge to the jury precisely at 1 o'clock. The Court Instructions. As the court commenced to read the ' Instructions offered by the state, Prendergast buried his face in a black handkerchief, which he held in his left hand, and never once did he look upon or move until Just at the close of the judge's charge when the court instructed the jury as to the form of their verdict. At the mention of the word "death," the prisoner dropped his hands for an instant. When the court said "or you may sentence him to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life." Prendergast again, twitched nervously. Upon the question of insanity, the only question at issue. Judge Brentano, said: "If from all the evidence In the case you believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime of which h Is accused, in manner and form as charged in the indictment, and at the time of the commission of such crime the defendant knew that it was wrong to commit such crime and was mentally capable of choosing either to do or not to do the act or acts constituting such crime and of governing his conduct in accordance with such rhoir-e then it is your duty under the law to find him guilty, even though you should believe from the evidence at the time of the commission of the crime he was not entirely and perfectly sane. "The court instructs the Jury that if it believes from the evidence in the case that at the time of doing the act charged the prisoner was not of sound mind but was affected with insanity and that such affection was the efficient cause of the act and that he would iot have dons the act but for that affection, then he ought to be acquitted. But the court further instructs the jury that this unsoundness of mind or affection of insanity must be of nuch a degree as to create an uncontrollable impulse to do the act charged, by overriding the reason and judgment and obliterating the sense of right and wrong as to the particular act. done and depriving the accused of the power of choosing between tb.-m." A Legitimate Defenne. After declaring at some length that the prisoner must be acquitted If believed to be insane and saying that insanity is a legitimate defense, the court said: "It is not sufficient to warrant conviction of ilr. Prendergast, with the woiffht and preponderance of evidence

in favor of his sanity. Nor is it sufficient upon the doctrine of chance. It is more probable that he was sane than Insane. You must go further than that, and although the preponderance of the testimony may incline you to the belief that he was sane ?t the time he fired the fatal shots and even if there is more testimony given to show his sanity than his Insanity, still, if you have any reasonable doubts as to whether he was sane, the law gives him the benefit of that doubt and your verdict must be accordingly. "If the jury believes from the evidence that the defendant was laboring under a delusion that it was his duty to mankind to commit the deed for the benefit of mankind and to prevent the slaughter of individuals on account of the railroad track not being raised and that he, the defendant, believed in his delusion at the time of the killing, they must acquit him, provided you further believe from the evidence that at tlio tirn?4f the shooting of Carter H. Harrison the defendant was under the impulse of such delusion to such an extent that it was uncontrollable by overriding the reason and Judgment and obliterating the sense of right and wrong as to the at done and depriving the accused of the power of choosing between them." The balance of the charge was on the points of law and evidence. Twenty minutes were consumed in delivering the charge and the judge said: "Gentlemen, you may retire to consider your verdict." The Jarr Retire. Leaving the court room at 1:27, there was nothing heard from the jury until exactly an hour had elapsed. At 2:27 Bailiff Busse hurried through the room toward the door leading to the jail, and there was a murmur that a verdict had been found. Busse had gone to notify the jailer to bring the prisoner into court and two minutes later the jury fild into the room and took their places. Judge Brentano came from his room and took his seat on the bench and simultaneously the prisoner was led in. As Prendergast took his seat the judge said: "Have you agreed ujon a verdict?" The twelve men bo.ved assent and several of them answered, "Yes, sir." Juror Jacob gutter had been chosen foreman, and he held in his hand a sheet of paper. "Hand your verdict to the clerk to be read." said the judge. Mr. Sutter walked to where Clerk Fitzgerald stood beside his desk and handed him the document. While Mr. Fitzgerald read in measured tones the finding of the- jury the prisoner had focused upon him the eyes of nearly every person in the room, and with difficulty he Kept from breaking down. As quickly as the reading was concluded the bailiffs hurried him away toward the door leading to the jail, but Attorney Wade made the usual request that the jury be polled and the judgcalled to the officers to bring the prisoner back. He was returned to his sen and the clerk began the procss of polling the jury. Before the adjournment of court Mr. Wade made tie usual application for a new trial and the jud-,- annonrx M that he would hear a motion to that effect at a future date. III Mother Ilenr the The mother of the prisoner did not trust herself to remain in court to hear the result of the trial, but lingered around the corridors waiting for the first news to come from the court room. When it came, an instant after the verdict was rendered, she tottered away, clinging to the bannister for support as Fhe descended the stairs and struggled through the excited crowd throncing the approach to the court room. John Prendergast, the prisoner's brother, if lie was in the court room, left without attracting attention. Mr. Trude and his associate, Mr. Tood, were heartily congratulated by all who could get n ar them. Preston Harrison tieing one of the first tf) reach the side of Mr. Trude, thanked him for his efforts. Prendergast was led away to his cell in the Jail and IJailiff Becker was detailed to stay with him. The prison -r refused to se anyone. An Intelligent .Itirv. In speaking of the jury after the verdict had been found. Judge Brentano said : "It was the most intelligent jury that I ever saw. There was not what you might term a cheap man in the lot. Every one of them was a good representative citizen." The jurymen all expressed themselves as heartily glad that the long weeks of tedious confinement were over. Before announcing the verdict they had agreed not to make public the scenes in the jury room while the verdict was under consideration, and afler their dismissal they positively refused to talk about the manner in which the prisoner's fate was decided. From a court official it was learned, however, that the jury was unar.imoulv in favor of a death sentence. After the jury had retired, it is said, the charge ..f Judge Brentano was reread carefully by the foreman. A general discussion of the testimony followed and the jurors expressed their individual opinions, particular attention being paid to the testimony of the insanity experts. Then two ballots were taken The first, to determine the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, resulted in a unanimous verdict of guilty. The second ballot to determine upon the penalty, and th twelve men all said "hanging." The foreman then wrote out the verdict, it was approved by the other jurors, and delivered to the court. The PrenderRant Home. Everything was desolate tonight at the home of Mrs. Prendergast, the greyhaired mother of the condemned assassin. The little one story and attic house on Jane-st. Is in an out of the way corner of the extreme northwestern end of the city, awaj out Milwaukee-ave., near where lamp-posts end and the bare, unbroken prairie stretches away for miles. It is a historic but forlorn neighborhood, dismally suggestive of another tragic happening that arrested worldwide attention. Strange as the coIncidence may appear, the home of Prendergast's mother, .the house where the miserable fellow's carcass will probably be brought after his execution, is but a few squares distant from the

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Bight into this identical district was where the corpse of Spies, with the purple mark of the hangman's rope about the neck, was brought to a heart-broken, greyhaired mother to be returned to earth. This afternoon, before news of the verdict of death was known in the vicinity, a black-gowned, aged woman walked slowly up Jane-st. from the cable cars. t was Mrs. Prendergast. and the neighbors who knew her well noticed that she seemed more downcast than usual. No one spoke to her and she spoke to no one. but silently disappeared in her poor little cottage, from where no amount of knocking would bring her to the door. Later her elder son. a respectable young mechanic, hurriedly entered the house, and afterward as hurriedly and almost unobserved departed, the neighbors said, to his nightly toil for a railroad corporation near by. No cheerful lights appeared in the windows as the night came on, and the street was deserted save for some yelping dogs and an occasional knot of people, who, unconscious of an agonized mother, doubtless praying to God for mercy on her merciless, misguided offspring, halted in front of the corner store windows to read the startling he.-ullines in the newspaper extras, 'ieath to the assassin." Will Check Crime lijr (nk. Invariably the comment on the headlines was, literally or in substance, "Serves him right." in an interview tonight Attorney Trude said : "The conviction of this man will, in my opinion, ojx-rate as a deterrent against th. commission of like Times by notoriety-loving cranks. To illustrate: When Oxford fired the shot at Queen Victoria and was admitted on th- ground ot insanity an army of imitit."- iipp-.-ired and Knglar.d revelled in a saturnalia of blood which continued until two of these cranks were hanged ope in Exeter and the other in London. This sent a cold chill of horror down the spine of these characters and they were heard of no more. When Guiteau was hanged clanks disappeared from Washington and notoriety-hunters ceased to attain public notice with the pistol as an adjunct to the accomplishment to that iml. By cranks I mean men who are not perfect in their moral and mental make-up. but who are able to distinguish between right and wrong with the power f choosing to do, or not to do a wrongful act." Ir. I). Ti. Browcr. who was an expert witness for the defense as to the sanity of Prendergast. was interviewed tonight by an Associated Press reporter. He snid: "1 have no reason to change my mind since I testified. I think there never was a clearer case of insanity. The verdict is outrageous, and the execution of Prenderpast would be nothing short of judicial murder." The members of the late mayor's family were apparently expeiting such a verdi'-t as was given and seemed to derive hut little satisfaction from the fact that tho murderer was to die for Ins rime, feeling- that only justice had been done. Carter Harrison, jr., one of the proprietors of the Times, in dis-iissing th" verdict this evening, said: "I was not surprised when I heard the verdict, because, to my mind, there was never th least doubt as to th" man's responsibility when he committed the act. I watched Prendergast's actions throughout nn st of the trial and was impressed by his alejtness at all times to detect any evidence for or against him. His denial as to certain testimony relating to his actions when he did the actual shooting proved conclusively to my mind that h was not laboring under any delusion while firing the shots, as otherwise he would not have teen aide to recall what be did or saw that evening. I also think that the hanging verdict will have a most beneficial effect upon the vast army of criminals who seek notoriety by deeds of violence. ' Hin l.iovjcru Dinnpitolnted. Richard A. Wade, chief attorney for Prendergast. was sorely disappointed over the verdict. He said: "I never felt so bad in my life. It was not right to return such a verdict. "Why, It's an outrage on human justice that a poor insane boy like that should be executed. I will bank my life on it that that boy will not he hanged. The jurymen are a lot of cringing sycophants. I have, and will produce, evidence that one of them perjured himself in order to get on this jury." Attorney Heron was severe in criticising Juror Murray for sitting on the jury: "He said that he was not well acquainted with Mr. Harrison," said the young lawyer. "But I can prove that he was the leader of a elan of which Carter Harrison was a member, and that at one time he was recipient of a prize whieh was awarded to him at a picnic by the late mayor. We have excellent reasons for a new trial." Some Outnidc Opinion. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Chauncey M. Depew, who was called upon by an Associated Pres reporter tonight and informed that Prendergast had been convicted and sentenced to death, said: "You don't, say so; this is the first information I have had on such a verdict." "Have you anything to say about it?" asked the reporter. "Yes, I have. I would say simply that the verdict is very gratifying to me and should be so to every citizen, as a vindieaticn of the supremacy of the law. It is a verdict which does a great credit to Chicago and demonstrates, as did her action in the case of the anarchists, her fearless and determined effort to make her municipality safe for life and property. That is all I have got to say." N George J. Gould and his wife "are stopping at the New Nethetiand hotel in this city. The young financier has waived the formality of placing his name upon the register of the hotel, and he instructed the clerk to send neither visitors, cards nor messages to his room. The Associated Press reporter was, therefore, unable to reach him. Russell Sage was somewhat surprised when Informed of the conviction of Prendergast. He said: "I think he deserves It, if ever any one did. His pretensions of Insanity were made up In order to gain the sympathy of those who might believe in him. I think the Influence of the verdict will be a wholesome one. It will teach the masses to have no sympathy for cranks, that they are responsible to the Riw, which is the bulwark and protection of our lives and liberty, and its influences will make them lead the lives of good and respectable citizens." WASHINGTON, Dec 29. Among the members of the Illinois delegation in

the city the result of the Prendergast trial at Chicago was discussed freely tonight, and was generally commended. Vice-President .Stevenson, in speaking of the verdict, said: "The verdict of guilty was universally expected. I am not familiar with the expert testimony adduced regarding the defendant's sanity, but his crime was a cold-blooded one and shocked the entire country. I speak rather warm, because Carter Harrison was my personal friend. The verdict seems to be just." Representative John C. Black said: "I speak not as a lawyer, for 1 have not followed the testimony in the case, but as a citizen' having formed some impression from what I have read and heard. I should say that the verdict was righteous and that the twelve men who sat on the jury arrived at a correct conclusion." Secretary of State Gresham said he had njt been closely following the newspaper reports of the trial and therefore he declined to express an opinion on the result. Chief Justice Fuller asked to be excused from expressing an opinion on the case. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Dec. 29. The Associated Tress representative called on Governor Ahgeld this evening and asked him his opinion as to the verdict in the Prendergast case. The governor replied: "I know nothing about the case except what I have read in the newspapers, and therefore cannot give any opinion In regard to the verdict." NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29. A reporter visited the Howard mansion on St. Charles-ave. immediately after the receipt of the news of the result of the Prendergast trial. It was found that Miss Annie Howard, the berieved fiancee of the assassinated mayor of Chicago, was too weak to be seen, as she is just convalescing from a severe attack of the grip, now so prevalent in New Orleans. The first intimation that Mr. Frank T. Howard had of the verdict in the cae was when- a reporter called at his home, fronting Lafayette park, this evening: He "said: "I am rather surprised, considering Chicago's usual hustling style, that they were so slow in determining upon the fate of that assassin. When I left Chicago it was said that Prendergast would be hanged before Christmas. It was two months yesterday since the horrible crime was committed."

The Coiielilln Trlnl. CHICAGO. Dec. 2'.. Mrs. Jonas Carlson, wife of the owner of the Carlson cottage, was called to the stand tfnlay to furnish her testimony in the Coughlin case. Attorney Donohue took up the cross-examination and attempted to impeach the witness by asking her in regard to her former testimony. Mrs. Carlson was either more clever or more forgetful than her husband, for she did not deny having ma le certain answers but said she could not remember. Judge Tulhill sharply rebuked ex-Judge Wing for intimating by an objection that all sorts of strange and queer testimony was loinj admitted as evidence for the prosecution. Garhardt Warden was then called by the st; te and testified in regard to two men the ni;ht of May 4 entering the Carlson cottage, in whic h he saw a light. The witness contradicted several times the testimony he had given at the former trial. The name of Alexander Sullivan was on even lip in Judfre Tu.thiH's courtroom yesterday and the possibility of bis appearance in the trial of Daniel Coughli n was the absorbing topic of conversation. For the first tirrie in the history of the famous Cronin case the name of Judge Grinnell was mentioned in connection with startling developments that nnny persons interested In and familiar with every detail of the case expect will com out before the present trial is finished. Alexander Sullivan , was mentioned as a possible witness for the defense. Judge Grinnell was mentioned as a possible witness for the prosecution. HWlv TF.M.I'lt SHOUT. Took $10.000 in t;oiil nod Hill iintl IIa ot Returned. PROVIDENCE. U. I., Dec. 30. William A. Bon:i?tt, one of the best known bank tellers in Providence, has fled taking with him nearly $10.000. He has been In the employ of the (ilol.e national bank about ten years, lie had full swing in the bank and had the entire confidence of Cashier G.'oige C. Xoyes. After the close of the banking course Thursday he spoke to Mr. Noyes, saying that a distant relative had died and that he should like to attend the funeral. Mr. Noyes granted a leave of absence and Bennett went out. As he did not return at the hour that he said he would yesterday it h'd to suspicion that something was wronff. Mr. Noyes in making up his cash for the elay founel that his gold was wrong. There was a bag on the floor of the vault that ought to have had $1,000' in it. but the gold coirhad been entirely abstracted and in its place had been substituted about $200 in silver. The money in bills was nxt overhauled and about $6,0'X) more was found to have vanished. Bennett is about five feet feven inches in hight. of heavy build, has light brown hair, light brown eyes and smooth face. It is thought he has taken a steamer for Europe. Bank Examiner Day. in examining the books of the Globe national bank, found that the defaulting teller. William Austin Bennett, who fled Friday, made his first grab Dec. 13, when he stole J8.000. In addition it has x en found that he took JC.OoO Thursday and 54.000 in gold at some unknown time. The examination will not be completed until Monday. Owing to the clever way in which Bennett doctored the books, it will be necessary to call in every pass book belonging to the bank in order to ascertain the exact loss. The bank officials believe that Bennett took about twenty thousand dollars. He lost his money on Manhattan and New England stock. The fact that the woman with whom he was intimate came from New York Tuesday and is still here, lead his friends to believe that he has committed suicide. The United States authorities have taken the case ia charge and will endeavor to locate the absconder. I Cnre Xervounens anil t'onntlntlun. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Nerve Pills sent free with Medical Book to prove merit, for 2c stamp. Druggists, 2c. Dr. Shoop, Box X, Racine, Wis. Getiin e hin is often equivalent to getting ill. If loss of flesh can' be arrested and disease baffled the " weak spots" in. the system are eradicated. Scotts Emulsion is an absolute corrective of " weak spots." It is a builder of worn out failing tissue natures food that stops waste and creates healthy üesh. Prpre1 br Soott k Bwne,Chtniistt, rw i ore. Boia oy aruccuu 8r7wLr.

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The Notorious Bandit capes from Jail, EsThe Result oC a Carefully Planned Scheme. HUNDREDS IN PURSUIT With Little Prospect of His Immediate Capture. His Wife and a Detective Parties to the Plot. The Deupcrafe Vlanlla Train Robber on the Ete of Hin Drparlnre to Prison Get Out, Aided by the Waiter on the Inside of the Jail and Pala on the Outside May lie Mori KightIng in the Mountain. FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 29. Fresno 13 up in arms and the whole county is excited. The Jail delivery here last night by which at least temporary freedom was secured by Chris Evans, the Yisalia. bandit, who led the Evans and Sontag gang in the Collis train robbery and went through a series of desperate battles that finally resulted in the capture of Evans and the two Sontag brothers, created such excitement in Fresno that few men slept last night. Evans was to have been taken to the state penitentiary to begin to serve a life term for the murder of Vic Wilson, a deputy United States marshal from Arizona, who was one of the three men killed by the bandits. Instead of wearing stripes Evans is again free to shoot and kill. He and the young man who assisted in effecting the deliverj disappeared in the direction of the mountains and big woods and it is now supposed that the bloody encounters of the past few months will be fought over again. The pe-ople here now recognize in Chris Evans one of the mt desperate of the many d?ierate nin who have figured in the annals of California crime. Though the recent gun fights at Yisalia and in the foothills left him crippled in one arm and with one Mind eye, the bandit is still equal to a hard fight. Of Ed Morrtil. the young man who made the escape possible, and who fled with the bandit, but. little is known. Morn-ll was i-mployt-d as a waiter in a cheap restaurant. It is known, however, that he is an ex-penitentiary convict, and he is believed to be a tough character. In the hands of Chris Evans there is little doubt that he will become a desperate man. So far as can be ascertained he appears to have been led into this hazardous undertaking solely by a foolhardy desire to be desperate and assist a desperate man. After the Fugitive. Probably 500 men are now scouring the Kan Joaquin valley In pursuit of the fugitives. Sheriffs' posses and volunteer forces are going in every direction. WhMi the escape became known men rushed to hardware and gun stores, where they seizexl rifles and ammunition, as if the stores were public arsenals. As fast as men could get horses and guns, one posse followed another into the feothills. The oflicers and machinery of the Southern Pacific railway were also put in motion. In an incredibly short time an engine and cars were run out and a train bearing many determined citizens of Sanger, a small town n the Porterville branch, started in the direction of the mountains. This posse seems to have pine in the right direction, for late last night word was received from Sanger that a cart and winded horse, without a driver, had been found on the romlside near there. This was undoubtedly the hors-j that Evans and Morrell took from the newspaper carrier a-s they were escaping from Fresno. It now appears that the escape was very carefully planned, and evidently young Morrell and Mrs. Evans had many aee-omplices. The conspirators planned to get nearly all of the sheriff's men out of the city. Sheriff Scott was in Los Angeles. All the deputy sheriffs were then decoyed away. Early yesterday morning a young man appeared at the town of Itonson. about thirty miles south ef here on the rorterville branch, to leave notice at the station of a train robbery which, he said, was to be effected that night. He said he was one of the gang, but had e-oncluded not to commit the e-rime, but to surrender his confederates to the officers. Four deputy sheriffs went out on this decoy. They found the youth waiting for them at a point agreed upon, but he was alone. Although he protested that he had told the truth, the sheriff's men took him into custody. They now believe he was connected with the jail delivery conspiracy. About the time of the jail delivery there were a number of runaways down town to attract the people from the jail. The prisoner gives his name as Edwin E. Deck, and Is a young boy. With these men out of the way, Ben Scott, the jailer, who is the sheriffs brother, was the only one left at the jail. A Boll Venture. Mrs. Evans entered first and was admitted to her husband's cell in the main corridor. She was not searched. Then young Morrell, the waiter, was allowed to enter with Evans's supper. He, too, was admitted without question. When the jaile-r answered Morrell's call to be let out he was confronted with pistols in the hands of both men. They compelled him to unlock the bars and let them into the street. Jailer Scott, however, was compelled to go with them. Evans's wife fainted as the pistols were drawn and was locked in jail as the trio went out. She is now detained In Jail, though In a serious condition, having had many fainting fits during the night. It was just getting dark when the men passed into the streets. The electric lights were not burning yet. Spirited horses and a wagon were waiting for the fugitives on the street, but in the shooting affray which ensueel, when City Marshal Morgan was shot, and when Jailer Scott made his escape, the horses became frightened, broke their h'tchInff straps and dashed away. The bandits were then compelled to take a newsboy's horse and cart. Marshal Morgan was shot in tho shoulder, but not seriously injured. Early this morning the police arrested two girls and a boy. brother and s!sters named Hutchinson, ranging in age from ! eighteen to twenty-three, at whose house Morrell had boarded. All are suspected of being implicated in the delivery, and the younger has made damaging statements to the police, though so far her statement has been withheld from the public. In an interview early this morning Under-Sheriff Perry, who has charge of the sending out ef ;he posses, said: "We have been searching all the way from Visalia to Meidera, Our orders are to guard every avenue to the mountains, and leave no possible trail open. If once they reach the mountains, all hope of their immediate capture will be at an end." Something- A ho at Morrell. VISALIA, Cal., Dec. 29. Ed Morrell, who assisted Chris Evans to escape from the Fresno Jail, lived in this city from May to November last, going to Fresno at the time of Evans's trial. His trua

-It na do 1t! "It via da ur protested a member of the family that had Ion? been afflicted with a case of cons umptioD. Reference was had to Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief. Doubt had been expressed that It would cure consumption. The protesting member had witnessed the invalid,the frequent visits of the Doctor, and had accompanied tho "trips South." Ilad noticed the ' hectic flush," the "nervous irritation," the "constant couffh" the "profuse expectoration." He had also Been the discontinuance of all these the administration of Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief, followed by the restoration to perfect health, and he knew the Golden Relief was what had done it lie wis 44 honest and fearless" enough to 44 tell the truth." Cure also sorethroat, bronchitis, colic, dysentery, bruises, burns, cuts and all sores m fact, inflammation in any form orjplace from a corn to & consumption. Iso inflammation no corn, no inflammation no consumption. One tablespoonful dose cures La Grippe. Never disappoints. If satisfaction not given, money refunded. Take a bottle home to-day. At wholesale, Daniel Stewart, Indianapolis. Ind. name is Frank Morey. He came from Kansas, where his parents reside. He was arrested here in August for threatening the life ef a man named I'ummings, but was not prosecuted. It is said that he often visited the Evans family. His ag is twenty-seven; hight. five feet and ten inches; weight, lt'0. He is neat in dress. He paints his Iii, face and eyebrows. George Byrd, brother-in-law of Evans, said last night that Bill Dalton assisted in Evans's escape, as the latter helped get Dalton out of the Yisalia jail in 1K91. It is also said that Evans's twin brother Jim was killed at Coffeyville, Kas.. the time of the Dalton raid. Mrs. Evans went to Fresno Wednesday midnight in answer to a telegram from her husband. FItESXO. Cal.. Dec, 20. It is nowlearned that Morrell, who played th waiter and caused Evans's release, is a detective and has been in Evans's service for several months. He was a prisoner in the jail thre months, beginning Sept. 2, and it is now thought that he managed to get in the jail for the purpose of releasing Evans. Young Cochran's horse and cart were secured at Sanger at 10 o'clock this morning by the officers. i Snhject for h Lynching. FKESXO. Cal.. Dec. 20. The excitement which prevailed here last evening on account of the escape of Chris Evans from jail has subsided. Nothing has been heard from Sheriff Scott and posse since 10 a. m. and it is thought they have followed the bandit and his confederate to Sampson's flat. There is little doubt that Evans made for that section and is now probably with friends. Evans's ce.ndition is regarded as against his roughing it as he did when in the wilds before, and but few think officers will take him. If he should be taken alive soon there is little doubt but he would be promptly lynched and Morrel also. I Rnhe Dead or Allveff LITTLE KOCK, Dec. 2!). A sensational story was printed in the afternoon papers here this afternoon and telegraphed abroad to the effect that the coffin in which Jim Burrows, the desperado, and brother of the notorious Rube Burrows, was buried in the state prison burying ground here In October, 1SS, had been disinterred and found to be empty. The records of the penitentiary show that Jim Burrows died Oct. 5, 1VSS. He had been placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping by the sheriff of Miller county, and was being hld for trial on the charge of robbing the Missouri Pacific express at Genoa, a small station eight miles from Texarkana. on the Mh of July. ISSS. The crime was committed by Jim and Rube Burrows and three others. The two Burrows were run down in Alabama, whither they fie.l. and Jim was taken. H was brought back to Arkansas for his crime and was to have been tried in December. 1SS. lte became ill, however, and his death was reported as heretofore, stated. Some weeks after his death a story reached here from Alabama to the effect that he had been seen with his brother Rube in the mountains. That story was denied by the penitentiary authorities, and Dr. Cantrell. who was the penitentiary physician at the time, stated that Burrows died a natural death on October 5 and was positively a dead man when turned over to the penitentiary gravediggers. Capt. West, assistant superintendent of the state penitentiary, this afternoon stated to an Associated Press reporter that the story is without foundation; that the grave in which the body had been removed was not the one in which Burrows had been buried and that the story that Burrows is now living is ridiculous. ASSAULTED AD R0BI1ED. Young Lady' Skull Fractnred and Her Valuable MiKnlns. JERSEY CITY. N. J., Dec. 30. Today a little girl informed the police that a young .woman was lying upon the ground in a vacant lot upon Main-ave. On going there the police found that the young woman's skull was fractured and that her body was frightfully bruised. She was subsequently identified as Miss May Barrowcliffe, a prominent young music teacher. Her pocketbook and valuable diamond cluster pin which she wore are missing. Miss Barrowcliffe was an orphan and was employed at Rock wood's photograph gallery, 1,440 Broadway. New York. It Is learned that Miss Barrowcliffe left her home yesterday aftt-rnoon to give music lessons at Marion, X. J. She was to have dined at a Mr. Rowlands in Wileyst. in the evening, but up to 10 o'clock she had not arrived there, nor did she return home. The police removed Miss Barrowcliffe to the city hospital. She was unconscious, and has since remained so. She cannot recover. Miss Barrowcliff has been a prominent member of St. Matthew's episcopal church. The presumption is that she was the object of criminal assault as well as robberyA MICH !HHII-:d MIX. William II. Oriinm Arretted for lllKimiy in Ft. Wayne. FT. WAYNE. Dec. 30. Special. William H. Grimm was arrested here tonight on the charge of bigamy on an indictment by the grand ji.ry of Kings county, Xew York. He has been Hying high in society here. He joined the Y. M. C. A. and led the baptist prayer meeting. He is about thirty years old. It is alleged that he has wives near Hartford, Conn.; Dubuque, Ia.; Qulncy, 111.; at Fulton county, Pennsylvania, and No. 5 is a Mrs. Walker, a widow in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was located here tonight by New York detectives. The Captain Of good ship Storm King says: "For the past five years I have used Sulphur Bitters on board my vessel, and have not lost a man. They are a sure preventive of all contagious fevers so incident to warm climates. Please send rne at once two dozen bottles, and oblige J. Starret,"

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with a rnoniniLiTY titat. alloq THEM WILL DIE. Escaping (Inn Take Fire from H Lantern Which IImiI lirra Knocked Over Ily Workmen A Terriflc Explosion Occurs, Which Tears an Iron Ilnildini; to Pleeen - Mra Thrown Fifty Feet Sickening: De tail. V A LI A R AISO. 1 )er 30. Special. A little after 4 o'clock thi3 evening ths pumping station of the Indiana natural gas company's pip? line at East Chicago was blown up and will probably result in the death of at hast eight persons. While workmen were in the statical engaged in repairing a leak in the plpe th escaping gas ttok fire from a lan tern which' had been knocked over and in a moment an explosion took plae which tore the iron building to piecea and dashed the workmen in every direo tion. Some of them were thrown fifty fee from' the building and were horribly burned. One of the injured men, after regain, ing consciousness, put his hands ta hli face, when bis flesh dropped oft and alsa the very hair from his head. He then ran a quarter of a mils1 ani shut off the main pipe, then fell In a faint. The pipes were torn i p and the escap ing gas burned up over sixty feet. It is thought that at least seven ot the injured are fatally burned. CRlSlDi: AtiAIXST TUB TLX nORX. Citizens of Chlcnuo Make an Effectlv Protest. CHICAGO, Dec. 30. The festive tinhorn, upon which noisy Chicagoans have been wont to play ear-splitting requiems for the dying year, has been put under the baa. 1 hysicans, hospital authorities and quiet-loving citizens have been entering protests and today Chief of Police lirennan issued an order instructing policemen to arrest all-operators of the tin bügle. fV IKS V - Mm KNOWLEDGE Erinps comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly u?ea. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs cf physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Svrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the ref ret-hing and truly beneficial projerties of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Dowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. fcyrup of Fi?s is for sale by all druggists in 50c and 51 bottles, but it is man utact'jred by the California Fi? Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept anv substitute if ofiereeL nilUm Permanently Quickly. No Pals No Cutting No Operation No C'ood Drawn Ho Loss ol Tim KD PAT Until CURED 40 YEARS OF SUCCESS. Call or write. Examination Free. WE DR. J. A. CO MIN G0R CO., 77 S. Illinois St., Indianapolls, Ind. N. B Pr. Cotnlnpor haa been Dean of th Medical College of Irdiaaa. Surgeon in the United States Army, Prof, of Bürger in the Medical College cf Indiana und the Central College ot Ihy6iclans and Surgeons, and f5T"Surgeon Generai ol Pe State ot Indiana." eocooooooooo O Worth a Guinea a Box. CD 5 C1...L1 - 4- 1 : Stubborn icnueiiLicü to digestive troubles j in children will always j yield to a mild dose Q Ö of O Beecha m's Pills (Tasteless) as cents a box General and Ncrvcus Debility, V'akne of Body and Mind, Kffects of Frrors or Lxcoses in Old or You nz. Kobut, Noble MbeLickkI fully Restored. How to Enlarge and Strengthen Weak, Undevelojwd Organs and Parts of Body. Absolutely unfailing Home r; rVi LT tt ill Vjiii.J lnatment ücnenuin I It 1 M ! m ' " Ä day. Men tet if y f rota 50 Muten and Fceiga Countries. Write tbcci. le-criptive Hook explanation and proofs mailed (sealed) free. ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N.Yi Irl w.ia T.r.it all ttit tAxa. up. Tacu ttooo. M fir tfmcTt. a

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