Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1894 — Page 9

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Southern Pacific Train Wrecked and Robbed. The Express Car Blown Up with Dynamite. MOST DASTARDLY CRIME. Fireman Masters and an Unknown Tramp Killed, Doth of Them Being Caught Under the Engine. rerrecl Fusillade of Shots ly the Huh. bfr to Intimidate Ihe Passengers nl Train Crew I'ca pe of the (rhnlnnls tn the Mountains with Their not? One of the liolitet Crime on Heroril. LOS ANGELE -3. Cal.. Feb. IS. Southern Pacific, train Xo. i'i v.-as robbed at Roscoe station this morning about 1 o'clock. This is the place that the tamo train was robbed about six Aveeks age. Thrt train whs delayed in leaving here and did not get away until about 11:30 last night. It wa3 heavily loaded Avith passengers an 1 the Wells-Fargo company's shipments were unusually heavy. The train reached Burbank, about six miles north of the city, and reported back all liht. .At Roscoe, four miles north of Burbank, there is no station t ut a siding. As the train approached the switch the engineer, Thomas, saw. late, that the switch was misplaced, and vainly tried to stci the train, but he could not do it, and the engine and two fruit cars of oranges went into the ditch, the engine turning over and burying the engineer and fireman. The two lruit cars were a total Avreek. As snrn as the aa rec"t occurred three masked mn sprang out of the bushes and commenced a fusillade, and every one knew that the mission of the desperadoes wa. robbery. A few seconds later a. oourl- of dynamite bombs were placed under the express car. The messenger refused to open the car and the whole sil.? was blown off. Drakeman Foster rose to the vrnr,Tency as sooa as he heard the shots, and made a run for a. neighboring ranch house, where he saw a light. Here he got a team and drove back to Burba nk and gave the alarm. He can not tell how much the robbers got, but it is probable that they cleaned out the express car, a3 they hud their own way when he left. He said the engineer, Thomas, was badly hurt, as well us the fireman, and Dr. Ainsworth, the company's surg?on here, left on a light enerine for the scene. Foster could not ten whether any persons were hurt, but thought they were only badly shaken up. Two posses of deputy sheriffs have just lft f r the sen ar.d i wrecking train is now making up to clear the track. Foster had an idea that Hvans and Morrell may have participated in the affray, but as there were three men. this H hardly deemed possible. A fusillade of pb tol shots was continuously kept up, and it is riot unlikely that sumo of the train crew or passengers niav have been hurt liefere they found out what the matter was. It is almost certain that the express messenger was hurt, as the two explosions of dynamite bombs are said' to have been terrific. At 2 o'clock this mornig a surgnoon was dispatched on an engine to attend the injured. The wrecking' train followed. Later The wrecked enerine went down the bank ten feet. Engineer Thomas jumped and run. but Fireman Masters Avas pinioned between the cab and tender and died as he was taken out. Harry Edgar, the ex-messenger in charge of the Well Fargo company, and the only person In it. gaA-o a A-ersion of the affair as folloAvs: "The first thing I knew there- Avas a terrible shock and I at once knew there was a wreck, but of course did not know what was the matter. The explosion of a dynamite bomb Avas the next thing heard at the righthand door. 1 was standing near the center of the car when the bomb exploded. It shattered the door Into splinters and the whole car was soon filled with smoke. The robbers then began shooting, warning me in the meantime to open the door O lickly. They shoA-ed a rifle into the door. I obeyed them under the penalty of death. Two robbers came in and got all they could. I opened the Wells Fargo box. and they took what little silver theie was. I paw only two men." Besides Arthur Masters, the fireman, an unknown tramn was killed. The Wells Farg express car was rifled of its contents. Til K Tn I WRKCKED. The Safe Mon-n Open nml Trro Men Killed. The train Avas scheduled to leaA'e Arcade depot at 10:40 o'clock, but was slightly delayed. Owing to the delay most of the passengers settled themselves comfortably for the night. Many 'f them were fast asleep before BurTank Avas reached. The express messenger, postal clerks and trainmen were busily engaged in arranging matters for the night. Ever since the train robbery and Avreeklng at Koscoe a few Aveeks aeo th train hands on the overland train have had apprehension about the place and appeared to expect a repetition of that vitrage. Engineer Thomas gaAO a long blast of the whistle as the train approached the switch this side of Roscoe. His face blanched as he discovered a man standing beside the switch Avith a flaring torch and his face assumed a more livid hu'- when he discovered that the switch had ben left open. He put on the 1ir brakes and whistled for brakes, but it was of no avail. The train was going a an unusual rate and the momentum it. had acquired precluded the possibility of immediately bringing it to a standstill to avoid disaster. About the sain time the engineer noted the man with the torch, he heard the sharp ( racking of revolvers and many bullets whittled past him. breaking the windows of the cab. AlmoHt instantly the engine crashed over into the ditch. At this point there Is a fill, whkh runs nearly fifteen feet high. Knowing the character of the place, Engineer Thomas jumped atid rn, miraculously escaping injury. Fireman Masters was not so lii'ky. however, being pinioned betAven tlif ab and tender, and Avas horribly inutilat'd and crushed. Fired Into the Trnln. At the moment of the overturning of the train two men wearing slouch hats and black masks kaped from the heavy bush- alongside the track. There are nine differences of opinion among thos who were on the train us to the number

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I Clflll, IUI IWO Illrll IOOIV I " r)i I 1' on either side of the train and commenced a furious fusilade from revolvers. After this wild and seemingly jui ruleless firing one of the men Avent to the express car, pounded on the d'or and demanded that it be opened. Upon the refusal of thj messenger to comply the robber applied three or four dynamite bombs to the sill. Then ensued a terrific explosion, nearly the whole, side of the car being torn Into splinters. Harry Edgar, who expected this procedure, got into the farther corner of the car and vn then narrowly escaped death from the flying splinters. Everything in the car was shaken up and the detonation was mo't terrific. Consternation prevailed among those on board the train. Frightened men and women jumped from thejr Vierths. Conductor Odelt and Brakoman Foster thought the wreck due merely to accident at first, but Avhen the pistol shots rang out and bullets began whistling through the ear they immediately changed their opinion. Two tramps had gotten on the pilot of the engine and were stealing a ride Avhen the locomotive jumped the track. One of them Avas hurled fifty feet and miraculously esoaix-d injury. The other was caught and buried beneath the debris of the engine and Avas instantly killed. His body Avas horribly mangled and lacerated. His name is Harry Daly. Just after blowing up the express car, the robbers at the point of a roA-oK-er compelled the extra tireman. who had been riding on the engine, to get into the car while one of the robbers followed him. This was done in order to protect the robber in case the messenger fired. Under the command of the masked robber, the extra tireman carried the contents of the local box, Avhleh contained many sacks of gold, outside the, car, where the other robbers were Avaiting. All the time the robbers kept up a furious fusila.de. firing into the train and into the car. After gathering into portable shape the supposed valuables, the highwaymen turned their attention to the overland safe. These safes are so constructed that It requires much time and patience to open them, and the robbers realized the futility of attempting it. so they left it intact and Aented their disapproval of their inability to UMve even that by a volley from their revolvers. I 'scape uith the Itnoty. After gathering together their booty, the robbers placed it in gunny sacks and mounting horses galloped off in the direction of the mountains. It is not known hoAV much treasury of Wells, Fargo & Co. the robbers made off with, but it is supposed to be a Aery large amount. Brakeman Foster, Avhen h jumped from th? train, espied a house near by Avith a light in one of the windows. He ran toAA'ard it with all speed, got a horse and at once rode back to Burbank at furious speed, waking up th telegraph operator and informing the authorities what had taken place. Sheriff Cline and three deputies at once started at 2 o'clock this mornlnsr in a furious storm to the scene, followed by Dr. F. K. AinsAvorth. sent out on a light engine to give care to the injured. The wreck was soon cleared aAA-ay and today trains are running as usual. Xo better place could be secured for the perpetration of the demonaieal deed than Roscoe. Just before reaching the station there is a short spur, which runs out a few hundred feet and terminates abruptly as the road-bed here is soft and insecure. It follows that a train suddenly running on it Avith great speed would be OA'erturnol an 1 Avretked. The EitRl.-iccr Story. David W. Thomas, engineer of the train, tells the following story: He Avas fortunate enough to escape Avith his life and looked none the worse for having passed through the terrible experience of last night. He said: "We Avcre about seven minutes late as Ave approached Roscoe siding. It was bright moonlight as Ave approached that point. I s;iav two men sitting on the station platform. Suddenly one of the men arose, lighted an oil-soaked ball .of rags or paper. Then he. swung the fire ball with his left hand, and with the right held a Winchester rifle. I then saw that they Avere not passengers, but train robbers, opening an attack upon us. They opened up Avith their guns as the train approached, one using the Winchester and the other man two revolvers, at the same time yelling "Stop her." I made up my mind to pull right on and try to get away from them. At that instant I discovered that they had the switch fixed to ditch us. I yelled to the fireman, Masters, to get in and crouch doA-n away from the flying bullets, and as J did so a Winchester rifle was poked through the AYlmfrw at me and a gruff voice again commanded me to stop. I thought I Avas gone sure when I looked into that muzzle, but took the chances, dropping down low as possible In the cab. Hy this time tjlf engine was off the track and jolting over the ties with a frightful orah. "I was more afraid of the engine turning OA-er on me than of the showers of bullets. But fortunately the engine did not turn over. She pulled with her two cars of oranges entirely off the. track. 1 was with the engin when she stuck in the stand and did not jump out before she stopped. I crawled out of the cab window and hid behind a cactus bush. I Avas unarmed add knew they would make it specially warm for mo for not stopping the train at their first command, i remained there until first thing I knew the express car was blown up. ( nil Id Have Been Stopped. "If there had been a guard on the train I bei:.eAe the robbers could easilyhave been shot as they approached the train. "After the explosion of the bomb I crawled away a little further, knowing that I could be of no assistance to the other trainmen, being unarmed and fearing that I might be compelled to help rob the express car. I saAV the tAvo robbers very distinctly as they passed close by me Avhile I AAas lying In the cactus. There was one large and one small man, the first having a gray overcoat and the other dark clothes. They had handkerchiefs tied around their necks, which wpre lifted over their noses to mask their features. The robbers made the express messenger carry the money they secured down from the car toward their two-horse team about l'.O yards away, But when Avithin thirty yards of the wago;4 they took the money and made him turn back. There were several hatrs of bullion of money In the car the robbers did not get and probably did not secure a very large amount. There were ten or a dozen shots fired altogether and three whistled close to me. My recollection is that about five shot3 Avere fired before the bomb exploded.-. Fireman Arthur Masters suffered a terrible fate. Th Avlld plunging of the enKlne threw him off Ids feet nd be fell down the opening between the tendr and the fire-box. The rising of the enirine closed the openinjt and pinched the poor fellow in by the lower part of he legs with frightfully crushing force. He lived about an hour and although Ae worked our best to extricate him. he died about ten minutes before Ave could get him out. In the midst of suffering ! he begged for ft pistol that he might kill himself and end Id3 misery. JJurins th

whole affair I saw only tAvo robbers and if there were more they were not about the engine."' Cpon the person of the tramp killed was found a letter addressed W Harry Daly. 1-5 Wall-st. .Wcr Ihe Itiililirr, Sheriff Cline and th detectives. Insley and Benson, came back this afternoon and .reported at railroad headquarters that they left DeteeÜAC BoAvler at Banker's Hill on the Clearwater Park branch, following the wagon track left by the robbers. The oifi. -ers Avho returned are going to take another track, according to plans agreed upon. The robbers are apparently heading in the direction of Ventura. Detective Auble returned late this cA-ening. He says there were at least three robbers in the pang. Tavo of them drove in the buekboard and one Aas on hoiseba. k. Mounted officers followed the trail plainly three miles Avest of Cahunga pass, then turning on the old Ventura road. Avhen seven miles from the scene of the robbery a blinding sandstorm arose, putting a stop to fr.rth-r proceedings. Along the trail the officers picked up quite a collect i -n of tags which the rob. 1 rs cut off. th tags showing that the robbers mad- quite a hall. Besides the money packages carried off two WellsFarg boxe tilled aaHIi Aaluable packages wore taken. The posse is still in pursuit. On reliable authority it can be stated that Marshal Card said to his men thai he will A-.ager that he Avill have the miscreants in twenty-four hours5. Sheriff Cline states that he and the deputies tracked the robbers to a point seven miles due Avost of Rosette, Avliere all trace Avas lost. Cline says all the parties implicated in the affair rode together to the above point and then separated. l'nro HenU ltoltlicri. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. The Faro bank of Carroll Webber Avas robbed of $r.000 by tAvo men early this morning. The dealers Ae;v about to chtso the bank Avhen the robbers entert', covered the employes an ith revohers and bundling up rU the money in sight made their escape. One of the men Avas captured and identified as a son of ex-Harbormaster I'aulselt. a aa-c11 known citizen. The other roblter escaped, but will probaly bo captured. One of the two robbers is still at large. James Halsapple, one of the employes, says Carroll's place was deserted with the exception of himself and a man named (Ireen. when the door Avas flung open by two masked men who compelled them at the point of pistols to hold up their hands while the robbers opened the safe and secured $4,000 in coin, which they plaeed in canvass sacks and made oft Avith. Halsapple and Green Avent to the window and called lustily for help and two policemen on thesideAvalk grappled with one of the robbers. In the souffle Avhi'h ensued gold coin flcAV in all directions, and the crowd drawn to the scene by the noise reaped a rich harvest.

AGAINST THE PRINCESS. Uecinioii of Ilie I'reneh Civil Chamber in Ihe I'olonnu t'ae. PARIS. Feb. 1.". The. civil chamber hns decided the French courts Incompetent to try the suit of the Trine-ess Colonna, daughter of Mrs. John AN". Mackay, against her husband, Prince Colonna, for a legal separation and the custody of her children. The chamber made an order giving the children provisionally into the custody of their father. The court says that in a suit of this kind the prince is actionable only in Naples, and that it Avill bo necessary for the courts in that city to settle the question of the temporary care of the children of the marriage pending a final decision there in the matter. In the preamble attached to the judgment the court recites that the children were temporarily confided to the care of the princess on condition that the prince be alloAved to see th?m three times a Aveek. The princess had violated the decision of justice and had preAented the prince from seeing the children. It further says that the princess has noAv executed a project of abduction, Avhieh she audaciously attributed tfb her husband. The order appointing the princess temporary guardian of the children is withdraAvn, and the prince is ordered to hr their guardian. It Is ordered that all the children b? plated in the care of their aunt. Princess Stlglia.no of Naples. Princess Colonna will be allowed to visit them on Sundays and Thursdays from 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It Js further ordered that the children be handed over to the prince within twentyfour hours, and in th eAent of a failure to comply with this order the princess will be fined 2X) francs daily for three months. If at the end of three months she continues to disobey the order the court declares that it will take stronger measures to enforce its mandate. The princess is condemned to pay the cost of the action. MAY PROSECUTE WANAMAKER. He Is Aecnxed of Violating the Alien Contrnct I.nltor 1,'nAV. NEW YORK. Feb. 13. The- names of ex-Postmaster-Ciencral Wanamaker of Philadelphia and Mrs. Ernest Hart, the wife of Dr. Ernest Hart, editor of the Medical Record of London, Eng., figure as the principal characters in an affidavit that was made today before the United Stntes emigration authorities at Ellis island, this city. Four Irish immigrants in their sworn testimony make serious charges against both and if their statemt nts are true it is likely that both Mr. Wanamaker and Mrs. Hart Avill be prosecuted for violation of the alien contract labor laAvs. The immigrants are now t Ellis island pending an investigation. It Avas only by the merest chance thit the facts in the case reached the United States authorities. The four immigrants were found today wandering about the city endeavoring to trace their baggage. The affidavits tell how they signed contracts to come here and work and detail how they Aveie sent to Mrs. Hart, manager of one of Wanamaker's departments. The United States immigration authorities say they will inAestigate the matter thoroughly and punish the guilty parties if the law has been violated. PAINTER'S UNCANNY GHOST Hrtnrnn r ITiiunt Ilia Fellorr Convicts Prisoner Seared. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The prisoners in fh county jail are alarmed, or pretend to be, over the stories of visitations by the spirit of tJeorge H. Fainter, Avho was hange.i there on Jan. 2f. The spirit of the murderer is alged to make uncanny calls at hh old quarters, a number of the prisoners claiming to haAe seen tlr ghost. PrendergaKt. the murderer of Mayor Harrison, is sai l to be especially alarmed and in great terror of a personal visitation from his late neighbor In murderers' row.

UNG AT MIDNIGHT

The Wratteri Murderer Expiates His Bloody Crime. Jumes E. Stone Executed in Jeffersonville Prison. THE DEATH WARRANT READ The Prisoner and His Spiritual Advisers. His Last Letter to His Wife and Children at Homo. Detail of a Well-Arranged rrogram 'I he l'irt Kxeriittnn in Ihe Southern I'enitrntinrj- I nder the !ew In The History; of Stone' Crime in Murder in if nn llntire J'nmlly of Six Persons What Led to I he Discovery of Hie Mnrilerer-Stnnc'n Last Hours on Earth. James H. Stone, who so cruelly butchered the Wratteri family of six persons near Washington, Ind.. on the right of yept. 18 last, was tried, convicted and sentenced at one sitting. He was hanged at an early hour Friday morning in the Jeffersonville prison. Jas.E:5tonl The murderer is a meta-physicial wonder, for after murdering the Wrattens in cold blood Avith an ax and corn-knife he not only assisted is preparing the bodies for burial, but acted as one of the pall-bearers at the funeral. Of course he Avas not at first suspt-evod. It Ava-s his wife's testimony that indicted him. There was no robbery, and Stone has never assigned a motive for the crime, claiming it AA'as simply an insane Impulse. THE .AIin.MCIIT HOI It. Jamcn K. Stone' Last Day on Earth Jlaiipred In the JrftVrxoii llle I'riMin. JEFFERSONVILLE, Feb. 15.-Spe-cial. Murderer James E. Stone passed into eternity a feAv minute after 12 o'clock this morning. Warden Fatten complied strictly Avith the laAV, as it was the first execution since the new law goA-f.rning murderers to be hung in Indiana penitentiaries. Witnesses to the execution, A.hich limits them to the Avarden, the Avarden's assistants, the three directors of the prison, physicians, the chaplain, the spiritual advisor of the condemned, and ten relatiAfs and friends selected by Stone, was .strictly observed. In addition to Dr. D. C. Peton. the prison physician, Dr. II. S. Wolff of NeAV Albany, Dr. T. A. Graham of this city, ex-prison physician. Dr. J. H. Walker and Dr. E. B. Sertbner of Louisville were in attendance. Stone having affiliated with the methodlst episcopal church denomination, the Rca Chester Tirwdey, assisted by the Rev. II. W. McKane. pastor of the Christian church, administered spiritual consolation to the condemned. Several weeks ago Stone gaAe to Warden Patten a list of those whom he wanted to be present, and the following are the names of those he invited: John H. Spencer, Stone's laA-yer; Sheriff J. G. Lemming, Undertaker M. B. Bonham. P. H. Ragsdale. Nelson Gregory. John Ward. A. Palmer, Washington A. Kester, all of Daviess county. The list included none of his relatives. Th?.-?e named heard the murderer's last Avords, as did Directors Floyd Parks, TV. M. Lyons and Ernest H. Fickhardt. Guards Mike Campbell and J. T. Galbraith were selected to assist Warden Patten. Yesterday morning Undertaker Bonham of Washington, whom Stone selected to take charge of his remains, arrived at the penitentiary with a coffin which Avas extremely plain in appearance. There was no "Our Father" or "Rest in Peace" silver plate on the lid, but a plain, everyday, unpretentious receptacle for a victim of the rope. Stone passed an apparently cheerful day. He partook of an excellent dinner, and appeared decidedly communicative to his spiritual advisor. Dr. Tinsley, who Avas closeted with him in his cell the greater part of the time. Aside from the minister, the Avarden and deputy warden and the death watch, no one Adsited him. He maintained to the last that the angels in heaAen awaited his coming; that his crimson stained hands had been washed in the blood of the lamb; that he had made his peace w ith God and man. and he awaited Avith fortitude the time for his execution. Stope Avas clad in a new suit of clothes, was in perfect health, and when the hour of 12 o'clock, midnight, arrived he was taken from his cell adjoining the execution room to the scaffold with a firm step. He was accompanied by Warden Patten. When Stone took his position on the drop there stood in his presence on the upper platform Warden Patten. four guards, the directors öf the prison and ten assistants to the guards. Deputy Warden John S. Howard, together with seA-eral assistants, were stationed below the upper platform. After Stone he.d been pinioned with five-eighths of an inch leather straps at his ankles, above the knees, around the AA-sld. wrists and arms pinioned behind his back, the gruesome black cap. with Its dangling aprons placed seourely over the head, and the noose, with its hideous looking hangman's knot, carefully placed around the neck, the condemned was ordered by Warden Fatten to right atiout and face the east. As the command Avas obeyed the selected few spettatois. who Avere present in compliance with the laAV, stood in aAve at Avhat avhs i come. Warden Fatten, cool Hnd collected that tie is. and realizing the duties that worn before him. took Iiis iosition to the left of the ooiidenined. plac-vl his left foot on the dentil trap, and In an instant after Stone was dangling In the air. It was noticed at once that Stone's nck was broken, and at the expiration of seventeen, minute.' after the trap fell the inhuman wretch was pronounced

dead, and those that assembled at the invitation of Warden Fatten said that Stone's death Avas a justifiable otie. At the expiration of thirty minutes Dr. Peyton and his attending physicians ordered the body br.night down. " This was done by Guard Jonas Howard, who has been in attendance Avitli Stone since his first Incarceration. After the body had been lowered it a-;i.s placed on an improvised bench, when Fndertaker Coots took charge of th remains and placed them in a coffin located in the cell house. No autopsy of the body was held as AA'as first intended. At 2 o'clock this morning the coffir AA-as conveyed to the undertaking establishment of Coots & Wiley. Avhere it Avill remain until 2:it1 p. m.. at which time the remains Avill b? conveyed over the p.. c., O. & St. E. railroad to Seymour, and thence over the B., O. & S. V. railroad to Washington, its destination. There the body will be received by Stone's family and conveyed to Harrison township, as stated in these dispatches, Avhere they will be interred. Warden Paten, before alloAving the sp'ctators to enter cell house "B." where the execution took place informed them that it AA'as essential to good order and inkeeping with prison discipline to obey the rules of the institution and make no unnecessary noise. Those in attendance realized this and as stated no unseemly behavior Avas indulged in. Stone, prior to Iiis going on the scaffold, slept several boms and ho appeared to relish his sl"cp Avell. For supper he had an excellent assortment of eatables and be partook of them aa ith a relish. At 3 a. m. Warden Patten instructed tho-e that had witnessed the execution to disperse and the i-arty filed out in twos to the ponderous Iron doors that opens tlie cell house leading to the gvard hall. Avhere the party made its exit and dispersed. When the drop fell the spectators, who steed within three foet of Stone, could not but feel a sympathy for the miserable wretch as he was writhing in the throes of death. Warden Patten himself realizing that he had a disagreeable task to perforin, knew his duties and he executed them Avell. Undertaker Bonham of Washington arrived today at the request of stone to take charge of his remains. Prior to his leaving Washington a number of citizens informed Bonham that If he directed the funeral or was in any way connected Avitli tha remains being taken to DaAiess county he would be boycotted. So incensed are the people of Daviess county that they object to the body being buried in their soil. Bonham soon diseoA'ered the position in which he Avas placed and decided to Iwe Coates & Wiley, undertakers of this city, to take charge of the remains and this morning that firm conveyed them via the Baltimore & Ohio and Southwestern railroad to Washington, where the body avjII lie received by Stone's father and Interred on his farm in Harrison township. The execution Avas complete in all its details. Stone dropped a distance of six feet. At r!::;o o'clock this afternoon in the directors' room of the prison Warden Patten, in the presence of Directors Parks, Piekhart and Lyons and his spiritual advisee;!, the Rev. Messrs. Tinsley and McKane, read the death Avarrant to Stone. The condemned man Avas cool and cedlee-ted. When the warden had finished the duty imposed uiton him Stone said that he was ready to die and was possessed with er.eaigh fortitude to stand the ordeal despite the fact that he fully realized his fate. The warden and directors withdrew and Stone was loft in the company of his spiritual advisors. To the ReA Mr. Tinsley he said that he- belieA-eel that God hael forgiven him; that he had read his bible carefully and not until a month ago Avas he convinced that he had religion. The ReA Messrs. Tinsley and McKane at this juncture Avere "f the opinion that Stone Avas sincere in his statement. SeA-eral passages from the scriptures Aver? read and prayers Avere offered up for the sal-ation of his soul. Stone diel not join in supplication, but was an attentive listener. After the ministers had gone Warden Patten, through Stone's father, gave him a black suit of clothes, a pair of socks, a pair of low-cut shoes, a woolen undershirt and a olue striped overshirt and hQ elressed in the directors' room preparatory to the hanging. In his noAv clothes Stone looked remarkably well preserved. When he entered the prison he A-eigh?d 130 pounds. Sinfe confinement he has gained fifteen pounds and Avas the personification of health. Bate tonight John II. Spencer, Stone's attorney, in respemse to a message Avired to Governor MattheAA-s asking if he Avould Interfere in Stone's cae, receiAed a reply to the effect that he did not feel justified in interfering and that he would not. Stone for some weeks had been laboring under a vague impression that the governor avouM commute his sentene-e to life imprisonment, or if not he would stay the execution for an indefinite period. When asked Avhy he thought this, he AA-as unable to give a satisfactory explanation. The first impression that Stone had that he avouUI hang at 12:13 a. m. was Avhen Warden Patten apprised him of it. "I am willing to get now," said he. "I knoAV I haAe committed a great crime and am Avilling to suffer the penalty for it." For two hours yesterday afternoon Stone Avas engaged in writing a fareAvell letter to his wife Cecilia and his children. It Avas a difficult task for him to do this, yet despite the tears that ran down his cheeks and knowing the enormity of his crime and likewise knoAving that he Avould never see them again, he completed a long and intelligent communication, Avhieh he handed to one of the prison oflielals to be sent to ids home. stoma's cm mi-:.

The History of Hie Murder of Ihe Six Wratleii. The folloAving special dispatch Avas sent The Sentinel by its Washingtetn, Ind.. correspondent on the night of Sept. 10, 18'ij, and published in this paper the next morning: "The most horrible crime ever committed in southern Indiana must be entered against Davioss county. "Dillard Dnoit TV ratten, his wife, mother and three' children AAei-e murdered last night in the? most cruel and barbarous Avay. "The Wrattens resided about nine miles from this city In Harrison township. Th?y wfj-e well-to-do fanners. "The husband was down with typhoid foA'er, but roust have ber-n asleep when tha horrible deed Avas committed, for he lay on his back, his hands folded peacefully across his breast Avith three ugly gashes in his forehead. "Mr. Wratten's mother, acd sixty-one, was OAidently the first killed. She Ava lying upon the fior Avith both arms broken, and a terrible struggle must have ensued. "His Avife Avas 1st found upon the floor, and five fen from her lay her little daughter, Stella, aged six years. "The baby, three years olel, AA'as found murdered in the kitchen. "Ethel, a girl eleven years old, shoAyed signs of life, but she has her skull broken in two places. She has not yet attained consciousness. Upon h r recovery Avill depend all the evidence that may 1 gleaned about the atroüous crime. "The motive for the murder was probably money as it Avas known that Mr. Wratten's mother had great deal if it exuicoaWl about the house. It Avas the window of her room that was. broken open and entered, Avhile the struggle Avhieh ensued aAvakened the other members of the family. "old Mrs. TV rat ten had received a pension ever since she Avas a widow just

after the war and all this money was .supposed to have been secreted about the. house. "The draAvers of the bureau were ransacked and every place where money Ava likely to be found had been disturbed. Thirty-nine dollars, however. Avas found which the robbers oA-erlo. iked. "The instrument of' death was either a corn-knife or a hatchet or both. "The quest ion is. who did it? The Impression prevails that some e.ne Aveii known by the family committed the horrible crime and that when he Avas discovered by the older people he murdered eA-en the three-year-old babe to destroy the eA idence against him. "The tracks of three men were found made while leaving the house through a cornfield. "Excitement both in the county and city runs high and should the risnt parties be apprehended Judge Bynch will eA"idently preside ovor their cases. "Men haAe stood on the street here all day discussing Avith rage the horror of the diabolical crime, men. too, who are true and tried, and should an opportunity occur they would soen swing the criminals to the nearest tree. "Bloodhounds have leen secured and placed on the tracks of the murderers. They are diligently at Avork and it is believed Avil! scent out the right parties before morning." After all attempts to ferret out the murderers had apparently failed Stone's Avifo went before the grand jury and made such peculiar revelations regarding her husband that he Avas arrested and confessed in various shapes that he committed the crimes. At first he indicated several of his neighbors, and the authorities arrested them, and for several weeks they were imprisoned in the Jeffersonville penitentiary. Stone was also taken there, as it Avas feared that he Avould b lynched if allowed to remain in the DaAiess county jail. Stone Avas returned quietly to Washington during the right and taken into court, Avhere he pleaded guilty to the crime and was thereupon sentenced to be executed in the Jeffersonville prison Feb. 16. 1M4. Recently the venraM. father and the wife and children of the condemned murderer Stone visited the arch, criminal in hi3 cell to bid him a last fareAvell. Whil? there, it is alleged, the murderer unbosomed himself to his father in the matter of the death of one of his Aictinis. It will be remembered that little Ethel, the pretty twelve-year-old girl, whose head was crushed in. Avas alive on the morning the murder was discovered, although unconscious. She was removed to the house of a neighbor, where she lingered for a week, between life and death. Stone had net yet been suspected. Among others he called to see the little sufferer and tender assistance. At noon one day he called AA-hn dinner was announced. He AAas invite-el to the eiin-ing-reom. He excused himself, saying that he preferred to sit by Ethel's h -d-side. While the family AAere at dinner, so Stone is alleged to have confessed to his father, he deliberately smothered the poor child, fearing that she would live to tell the horrible story of the murder and his connection Avith it. Within the last few days this confession concerning little Ethel has been denied. HID STOXE'S D1SMAI, OI1S KQl'l ES

No Hearse. Xo Pall Bearers His Wife null Children Prenent. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Special. The remains of murderer James E. Stone were brought to Washington last night at midnight. The plain pine box in which all that Avas left of the r.ssassin av;s inclosed and Avas directed to the care of Leu Parsons-, the proprietor of a livery stable in this city. The remains were taken to a drug store and there an autopsy cf Stone's brain Avas made under the direction of Dr. W. IS. Anderson. His brain weighed fifty-three ounces and it Avas not diseased. The .convolutions, hoAvever, were almost wholly wanting in places, there being a mere mark to shoAv Avhere they ought to be, which shows a loA' degree of intelligence. The Aven on his neck, Avhen dissected, proA-ed to be a dermoid cyst, with no connection Avith the lymphatics or large blood vessels, and, therelore, did not affect his brain. This morning the body was taken to Harrison tOAvnship, on Squire Stone's farm, where It Avas buried. There Avas no funeral service, no hearse, no pallpearers. The plain coffin Avas carried by tAvo men from the wagon to the grave. At the graA-e were his father, his Avife and children, the only mourners. His wife became hysterical as the coffin was lowered into the graA'e, and in a moaning voice prayed for his soul, the souls of the Wrattens and of the Avhole world. The rumor that the citizens ef Harrison township protested against Stone's interment in that township is unfounded. They simply objected to his being buried In the cemetery. The graAe is about ::01 yards from the cemetery. The jteople of Harrison tOAvnship will not molest his remains. PRENDERGAST GETS NOISY. Mnkei a Slir During the Argument for n ev- Trial. CHICAGO. Feb. lt. Prendei gast, the assassin, created a stir in Judge Brentaine's room today dunng the hearing of the arguments for a new tiial. The prisoner had taken his seat eiuletl;, but Avhen Attorney A. S. Tru le, Avho eonducted the prosecution, enlerd the tcurt room, Prendergast apparently grew Avild Avith rage. Springing from his chair ho yelled at Mr. Trude and attempted to rush to where the attorney stood. Several bailiffs surrounded the excifd prisoner ar.el forcibly took him to his seat, where he sat glaring at Mr. Trude, but creating no further disturbance ;:s the hearing proceeded. Prcndej-gast requested the court to allow him to talk 1o Attorney Trude and upon the judge's consent, sat down by the lawyer and quietly asked: "Mr. Trude, have you any feeling against me?" "Not pei-sonally," replied Mr. Trude. "I am simply doing my duiy." The prisoner then conversed Avith the attorney for some time, but in so low a voice that no one els? in the? court room could hear Avhat Jr said. After a time he was led back tohls seat. Avhero he sat stat ing blankly aTT7i ( om t, apparently pnying no attention to the plea his atterneys Ave re making for his life. Judge Brentano, Avho is presiding In the case, has received an anonymous letter threatening his life Half a d izen armed officers were in court today to guard the judge. The letter Avarned the court that unless he was lmlent Aith Prendergast he would be killeil. MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR. VounK Lnely Mmol nud Kill Her Sller. PADUCAH. Ky Feb. 11.-At Albandaua. Ballard county, last night. Ida Powell, aged thirty.' thought she heard a burglar at. the window, and elraAving a pistol from beneath her pillow, fired. A cry and fall followed. InAcsttgating. she found that she had shot and killed her sister, Patty, aged thirty-eight, who had risen and gone t0 the window for some purpose.

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Thirteen Men Buried Near Wilkesbarre, Pa., While Trying to Prop Up the Roof. NOT A SURVIVOR LEFT To Tell the Story or the Horrible Disaster. The Victims Covered by Hundreds of Tons of Debris. Ufforlw Ht ltrsi-ne l'rnip of Yo Aval! the I'nrlies .Attempting It Being Compelled In .ie I in Drupaii Heart rending Scenes til Ihe .Mouth of Ihe I'll u men of Ihe Victim. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Feb. 13. -Th mining town of Plymouth is in mourn iii.? tor.ight over a terrible accident that occurred ia th Gaylord colliery this morning. Thirteen rr.cn, all citizens cC that town, logt their lives while in ths discharge, cf their duties. Their names are: Mine Foreman THOMAS TICTON. THOMAS JONES. RICHARD DAVIS. JOHN MORRIS. JAMES KINGDOM. THOriAS MORKIMAX. THOMAS CoI.E. JOSEPH OLDS. DANIEL MORGAN. JOHN HAMMER. PETER M LAUOHLIN. MICHAEL WALSH. THOMAS DEYSHON. All the victims, Avith the exception ct two, leave families. One of these lost his Avife only a month ueo and four little children surAi-e them. Consequently th disaster throws eleven AAidoAva and thir ty-six children on the Avorld's charity. The Gaylord mine is owned by Daidet Edwards, one of the wealthiest opera toi-s in th anthracite region. It Is operated by the Kingston ieal company, of which Mr. Edwards is the rresider.L Tha best coal in the mine was taken out years ago. Then it Avas abandoned; because it could not be operated with profit. About three weeks ago the company decid'.. to resume ojiorations ai'.d a party of expert miners was sent into the mina to make an examination. They found, matters in bad i-hape. The last man at work in the colliery had "robbed" tha pillsrs supporting the ioof until they Avere very thin. A great many falls had taken place, the passages were blocked by the debris and the air current was poor. Mining experts gave it as their opinion, howeA-er. that the mine could b? put in good condition again with a small outlay of capital. The company decided to go on with the we.rk at once Into Ihe Fatal Til. Monday morning a large number of expert miners carried safety lamps, entered ihe mine and began the work of clearing up the old gangways and propring the roof. They had rot been at we.rk long until a "squeeze" camp, which compelled the men to retrace their steps. Foreman Picton with twelve selectel miners, volunteered to go doAA-n theshaft and see what could be done. The descent Avas mad? at II o'cl ck last right. Pi ton's object Avas to get as near as possible to the must dangerous part of Avhere the "squeeze" Avas the greatest rx order to stay its progress by beaming th rcof with heavy timtt-r. In cases of this kind the men get near as possible to the ave-in and by irsenion of cogs and props e:ideaA-or to; break off the mass of rod; overhead to a certain point, thus relieving the pressure on other portions of the mine. It seems that in this instance the efforts of Picton and his men did not prove a success, as ti e caA-e extended far beyond the danger line and a much greater distance than, where the men expected to be safe If they retreated at the first indication of the' fall. This is shown by the vast area of the cave-in. No one is Fft to tell the story. The supposition is that the men were busily at Avork. timbering, when the rooky roof came tumbling doAvn upon their heads, crushing them out of scniblanee to humanity and putting a wall of debris between them and the mouth of the shaft 4mi feet in thickness. At first there Avas some hope that if the men could be reached in a reasonable time they could be saved. This was a false hope, however. The rescuing party had been in the mine t.nly a short tinvs when they were obliged to retreat ua at-cttunt of further caving. All Hope (iiirn I p. A second rescuing party under Superintendent James TV. Davis went down, the shaft this afternoon, but soon earner back thoroughly disheartened and at z' o'clock all hope of rescuing the men alive was given up- The news of abandoned hope six'ii spread and the Avives and. children of the men jn the mine, wha had assembled at the mouth of the shaft expecting any moment to see their loA-ed ernes brought up alive, set up a most pit!-' ful cry ef distress. Mothers wrung their hands and tore their hair and little children Avept bitterly. Tavo of the womrt fainted and had to be carried away by friends. Even stout-hearted men. who hael gathered at the entrance of th inin wept almost as bitterly us th fatherless children. Today's disaster Is the worst that ha occurred in the anthtae't region sine 1S.", Avhen twenty-two men ierished by a eave-in in mine No. 1 of the Snsque hanna coal company at Nanticoke. Their bodies were npvfr recOA-ered and a monument marks tb spot where th men met their elath. Superintendent Edwards said tonight that he would take csre of the women and children Avhose husbands and father lost their lives in today' calamity. Th mine, jt is now believed. Is a total Avrrck, Schooner Fortune Wrecked. FROVINCETOWN. Mass.. Feb. IT The wrecked schooner Fortuna has goiv to pieces on Race Point and the debris strcAVK the shore for miles. All the creAV haAe been taken in charge by the S-a. men's benevolent society. The names of the drowned are: JAMES M'LEAN of Glocoster. married, leaves a widow and seven children. ABRAHAM BO WEN cf Gloucester, re ccijtly taarrted.

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