Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1894 — Page 2

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2 THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1894-TWELYE PAGES.

R Erastus Wiman, the New York Capitalist, Arrested on Two Charges of Forgery. SUM INVOLVED $289,000. The Complainant R. G. Dun of the Mercantile Agency, With Whom the Accused Was Formerly Associated, Some Sennntlonal Fentorea of the Case Some of the Alleged I'orserie Committed Neernl Yfar Ab and nt Ihe Same Time Kooun to the Complainant Detail of a Case "Which Shocked liothnm.

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NEW YORK. Fob. 21. The news that Erastus "Wiman had been arrested on a serious charge fell like a thunderbolt on the ears of the multitude of people who heard the story tonight, and no one was more surprised than Mr. Wiman himself. Sine Fevering his connection with the Jt. G. Dun agency. Mr. "Wiman has ccupied a pleasantly furnished office in the Field building at 1 ' Broadway. He was busily engaged at his desk this afternoon when Sergts. Fhil Reilly and Von "Berichten walked in. They had a bench warrant for his arrest, which was already prepared when the grand jury, an hour or two earlier, had found two indictments agwinst th rx-king of Staten Inland for forgery. Detectlv Reilb" approaehd Ml". Wiman's desk and Faid: "Vmi are under arrest." Wiman scarcely f.vwi glanced up, turned very rale and motioned the detectives not to alarm the clerk?. This was about Z o'clock. Mr. Wiman was asked to accompany the detectives to the district attorney's office. He put on his coat without a word and wont with them. Xo soonor were they beyond the cars of the clerks than Mr. Wiman anxiously Inquired the spHfic charges against him and the nature of the punishment attached to each. "Don't let thi? be made public." he raid. "What is the penalty for forgery?" He was put in a cell in one of the regular sections of the prison, and later positively refused to bee newspaper men. Ien. Tracy, bis counsel, railed at the Tomb3 about 6 o'clock and was in consultation with his client for nearly an hour. letter in the evening den. Tracy, when seen at his residence, said: "I haven't much to say about Mr. Wlman's arrest. I do not even know dctinitely the complaint against him, and have decided not to begin investigations until tomorrow. "I want to see these charges that they ay are so numerous." " Xu null 1 mil Friday. When asked alout the possibility of Mr. Wiman securing bail, Mr. Tracy replied: "He will have to stay in the tombs until Friday. Tomorrow is a holiday, and I don't think we can get bail until next day. We will have it Friday, though, and 3Ir. Wiman will be released. That's all." One of the charges against Wiman is foi forging an Indorsement of E. W Bullinger to a check for $5,000, which was drawn to Bullinger's order by II. C. Dun & Co. The other charge is for forging the indorsement of Ogden Brower to a cheek also drawn by R. G. Dun & Co. for J3.3S0. The checks were forged respectively on Jan. 20, 18?3 and Feb. t, 1S33. The first Intimation of any charges against Wiman was In the form of a letter received at the district attorney's office on the lfith Inst. This letter as Riven out is unsigned, but is said to have come from Mr. Dun's attorney, who is supposed to be ex-District Attorney Nlcoll. The witnesses who went before the grand Jury today were R. D. Douglas, E. W. Bullinger, Ogden Brower and the cashier of R. G. Dun & Co. The counts In the Indictments relate to forgery and the uttering of forged checks, which were drawn on the Second national bank where Wiman had no account. The offense is punishable with not more than ten years for each of the indictments. Aewi Ileachea Ilia Family. The distressing news was not long in reaching the home of Mr. Wiman, which Is situated at Tompkins-ave., or, as it is better known, the Upper Terrace, St. George, Staten island. When she heard of the arrest Mrs. Wiman, although shocked, bore up with greater calmness than was expected. This was due to her Implicit belief In the thorough honesty of her husband and her confidence in his ability to prove his innocence. Mr. and Mrs. Wlman's married daughter, Mrs. Norman Walker, Is also very ill. Harris Wiman, the second son, is employed In the newspaper bus'ness, and Frank, hi3 younger brother. Is in the office of Vermilye & Co., brokers in Wallst. As soon as word had been received of the arrest Mr. Harris Wiman came to New York from Staten island and went to the Tombs, tarrying a small satchel with change of linen for his father. The night keeper of the prison received the satchel and consented to take a note from the young man to Mr. Wiman. In this note young Mr. Wiman asked his father if he wished anything done and if he cared to make any statements. In reply to this message Mr. Wiman wrote to his son that he was both cheerful and well, that he had committee no crime, that he had ro doubt blundered and that he was willing to stand the con-sequences. He added he had absolutely refused to accept b-iil althought offers had been made by his friends to get bondsmen for him. His note concluded with the statement that ha had an engagement to speak tomorrow right in grammar school No. 27, on Forty-second-st., and. please God, he would keep his engagement. The young man was not permitted to see his father and had to be content with this correspondence. It may be that he wished to conceal from his family the despondency he felt and to lead them to suppoK that he was confident of acquittal. The subject of his lecture at the grammar echool Is the "Great Northland." It is one of a series he has been delivering in various grammar schools of the city. Mar Be Clew. Investigation In financial circles in this city tonight by a representative of the Associated Press led to the discovery of what may be a clew to the present prosecution of Mr. Wiman. One of the questions sought to be solved tonight was why a whole year should have been allowed to elapse (it was In February, 1893, that Mr. Wiman severed his connection with It. G. Dun & Co.) before the crime alleged against him if it is a crime was prosecuted. This inquiry created a good deal of interest. Oiw explanation advanced for the ar

rest Is as follows: About a month ago a mysterious circular was printed by some person unknown and industriously circulated among prominent merchants of this city. In fact, every one who was likely to make use of mercantile agencies, received one of these circulars. In brief, the circular revealed many hitherto very dimly understood facts in regard to mercantile agencies and their methods of doing business. It was a revelation not of the most pleasing character to agency men, and created a good deal of talk and bitter feeling. Mr. Wiman was promptly held responsible for its authorship. Now, as a matter of fact, Mr. Wiman, his friends say, not only did not write the circular, but was unaware of the fact that it was published. Although totally innocent of the authorship, the credit of it has ever since been laid upon his shoulders, and it is supposed that R. G. Dun & Co. had ever since felt embittered towards him on this account. The Amount Said to Be 2iMn. A copy of the letter addressed to the district attorney, which sets forth the nature of the complaint in detail, contains the following: "Wiman was a salaried manager for Mr. Dun, with such powers only as the contract gave him, with additional power to draw checks. The property of It. G. Dun & Co. was not his property in any sense. The moneys of R. G. Dun & Co. were not his moneys in any fense and the profits of It. G. Dun & Co. were not his profits in any sense. And yet, by various arts of embezzlement, through misrepresentation, concealments, breaches of his agreement, misuse of the powers confided to him and gross usurpation of powers with which he was not trusted, he succeeded during the years 1SSS, lS'Jto, 1SP1. 1S92 and up to February, 1S93 in stealing from Mr. Dun the enormous sum of J220.01S.10. That sum he owes Mr. Dun today." NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Perhaps the cold wave whl-h reached the great metropolis last night penetrated to the cells in the old Tombs prison. wherj, restless and anxious, Erastus Wiman lay confined, anil today he was as cheerful and apparently contented as a man could be under such circumstances. The knowledge, however, that h was to valk forth from his prison before another sun set iay have had its influence in raising his spirits, and when nt 11:13 lie emerged from the prison door into the cold crisp air from the west his eyes brightened and his step quickened, making the deputies who had him in charge hasten to keep up as they moved toward the general sessions building, where his bondsmen were waiting before Recorder Hmythe. A reporter joined the party, and as they hurriedly walked along ho said: "Your friends have been working hard to secure your release on ball. Do you know who it is who has succeeded in procuring your release today?" "No; I do not," said Mr. Wiman. "but my boy's father-in-inlaw, Mr. C. If. Deere, showed me a heck for $25.0(O when he visited ine in the tombs yesterday, and T told him not to be to., precipitate. My hesitancy about procuring bail will be explained later. All J shall say to you now is that a man should ii"t be judged by what he does for himself, but what he has dono for others." As soon as he reached the general sessions building Mr. Wiman took out his card case and wrote an order on the American news company for a number of copies of his book, "Chances of Success," which he distributed among the reporter:; who were waiting in the district attorney's office. Recorder Smyth was in his chambers and when everything was in readiness ho signed the bail bond. Mr. Charles Deere, who is a rich manufacturer at Moline, 111., and who is th.: father-in-law of young William D. Wiman, who is dangerously ill. went to the city chamberlain's office this morning, lie was accompanied by Mr. Albert G. Cole of the firm of Tracy, Beardmau & Piatt and there deposited twenty-live $1.000 bills. Assistant District Attornev T.'nger as soon a-s he received word of the deposit made out the necessary papers. When Recorder Smyth signed the bond the party went to Clerk Carroll's office and there Mr. Deere answered a number of questions. As soon as he had answered them satisfactorily Clerk Carroll said: "You are discharged Mr. Wiman The released man hurried from the building accompanied by Mr. Deere and another gentleman and hastened to his home on Staten Island. Mr. Cole informert the reporters that Mr. Wiman will be called on to plead to the indictment for forgery, on which he was arrested in part one of general sessions on next Monday at 11 o'clock. The last paragraph of Mr. Wlman's book, to which he called attention this morning, reads: "An Impress of one's active life on the community in which he resides for its great and lasting benefit in a locality so plastic and so promising is not an unhappy thing to look back upon. In achieving a work of magnitude as Is here going forward mistakes and follies have been committed. But it is the rounded life of a man that must form the basis of the estimate of his success or failure. At the final accounting, perhaps, it will be what he has done or tried to do fr his fellow man, rather than what he has done for himself by which he will be judged. By that standard on Staten island, as elsewhere, the writer of these lines will be content to abide the verdict." Urn. Tracy's Letter. The foil rving letter in relation to the charges against Erastus Wiman is sent out by his counsel. Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, ex-fecretary of the navy, in vindication of that gentleman: "NEW YORK, Feb. 24. "I have seen for the lirst time this moaning the indictment against Mr. Wiman and have learned the history of the case and the facts upon which the indictments are founded. I am entirely satisfied after such examination that Mr. Wiman has committed no crime and unless I am greatly misinformed, the trial will develop a state of facts which will show that Mr. Wiman Is not only not a criminal, but that he has done nothing that can seriously reflect upon his honor or integrity as a man. I am not In the habit of trying my cases In the newspapers, but in view of the extent to which this course has been taken by Mr. Wlman's enemies and a certain part of his supposed friends, Ithink it only Just to him that I should make this statement. "BENJAMIN F. TRACY."

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When last seen most of it was in good condition. The prospects of the crop are reported good, and the recent snow will do much to lessen the danger of any disaster. Little or none of the wheat has yet been winter killed. In Indiana the conditions are mu'h the same as in Illinois. Ohio sends encouraging reports. On some of the flat, wet land, considerable freezing and thawing has been going on and the results have been damaging. This area is. however, small. Snow covers the crop in Michigan and the condition is good, though in some counties the crop has rinde little growth. In Kentucky wheat ha.- generally stood the winter very well. In a few Instances the crop was damaged by the freezing and thawing in January. Wheat in Missouri is in ood condition and will be improved much by the recent heavy A umber nml alne of I'nrin Animal". WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Figures on the number and value of farm animals, as well as compilations made by special agents, are included in the report of Statistician Robinson of the agricultural department for January and February. The total number of horses has decreased 125.'C:, as compared with the returns of a year ag". although there was an Increase in thirty of the states. The total number of horses last January was l.i;K. I "rices have declined in all the states and territories except Rhode Isla nl and Idaho. Th' number of mules in the country in January was 2,C.".2.2:1. There was a slight increase in the number and value of milch cows. The number at present is 16.4S7.40'., as against lf,424."S7 a year ago. and aggregate an average value of j::0S.J9S.;t'l. against $0.7.2ft:.7S-'. There was an increase in the number of cattle from 4. li;. valued at $:.47.ss'.'.2H last year, to :',t;,;is,it;(i, - alued at j;ir,n.7sr,747. The number and prices of both sheep and swine have declined. The total number of farm animals last month was lJl,7S:!,4ö:5. It is stated that in the total number of these farm animals the average annual rate of Increase during the dec-ado 1S70-1SS0 wu 1.G7 per icnt. In the following decade it rose to 3.17 per cent., and between 1S!H) and 1S9.'! there was an average annual decrease of two-tenths of 1 per cent. BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS. I.os on Property- Kntlmntrri at .aro.ooo. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22. A. 7Trc -hich started about 7:3rt o'clock this evening in the seven-story bu tiding at the corner of Locust and Tw elfth-sts., owend by II. II. Culver, destroyed that structure and contents and its falling walls crushed a three-story brick dwelling, and saloon adjoining, causing a total loss of about $2"0,(Xi0. on which there is perhaps $200,000 of insurance. The fire started on the fourth floor in the portion occupied by the Tyler desk company and spread rapidly until the whole building was a mass of fiames. A hard fight was made by the firemen to confine the tire to the building and in two hours they had succeeded in getting it under control, but it was some time after before the flames had died out, after completely destroying the interior of the building and its contents. The Udell wooden and wlllowware company occupied the greater portion of the seven floors. Their loss was total and ag?rregated $$0.000. fully Insured. The Tyler desk company did not save anything. That concern suffered to the extent of $35,000, on which they only had an Insurance of $18,000. Thirty thousand dollars' worth of goods of a miscellaneous character were also burned. II. II. Culver of the Wrought Iron range company, who owned the burned building, said his loss would probably amount to $10u,0o0. His Insurance footed up to $73,000. After the fire had got under a rood headway a portion of the south wall fell, crushing like an eggshell the three-story brick dwelling and saloon of Henry Miller. Miller's loss was about $5,000; partially covered by insurance. Miller and a man named Burns was struck by portions of the debris and seriously injured. IN A SAND STORM. Train Derailed by It u lining Into n lluure Dunk. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22. A sand storm was raging in the valleys eastward today and the effect was plainly seen from this city In the very hazy horizon. The worst effect was the wrecking of a train on the Southern California railway this morning near San Bernardino. The train was No. 41. a local, leaving San Bernardino at 7:30 and due here at 9:40 a. m. When about rive hundred feet east of Roslna station, eight miles west of San Bernardino, the engine plunged Into a sand bank, was derailed and turned over on Its side, as was also the baggage car. The rest of the cars kept the track. No one was hurt except Engineer Barnes of San Bernardino, who was badly cut about the head, but It is thought he Is not dangerously Injured. CHRIS EVANS SENTENCED. The Bandit "Will Spend the neat of Ills Days In rrlson. FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 20. After a night ppent within his old quarters at the Jail, where he was safely landed at 1:30, Chris Evans was brought Into court at 10 o'clock this morning. After consultation with his attorneys he was sentenced to imprisonment for life at Folsom by Judge Harrison. Evans was taken on the noon train to prison by Sheriffs Scott and Kay and deputies. Evans seemed cheerful and greeted all who poke to him pleasantly. A motion for a new trial made by his attorneys was denied. Evans denies the story that he abused Mrs. Brighton. Catarrh, throat and lung treatment. Conwilt lr. Jordan, 30 W. Wash-st. Consultation free.

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Wallace, the Untamed, Escapes And Creates a ranic of Hugo Proportions AT A DIME MUSEUM, Where tha People See Leo with His Warpaint On. The Big Brute Finally Whipped Into Submission By Iiis KHt Indian Tumor, AViioc enc Wan Something to Sre-TLe Audience of Five Hundred In a. Perfect Terror of Incitement Wearing Apparel in the Hands of the hovr People "Wallace's Record Something to Behold, CHICAGO. Feb. 21. -Wallace," Ihe ftve-hundred-pound lion which is on exhibition at a dime museum, where he is advertised as the terrible untamed wonder of the world, escaped from his keeper about 5:30 this afternoon and bounded among the crowded audience. Broncho Boecacio, an East Indian, who is the lion's keeper and trainer, was about to give an exhibition in tlv big iron t age with the lion when the animal leaped from the cage. The theater was crowded, fully r''') people being present. The performer's entrance to the eng is always made with considerable dramatic dash and an assistant usually swings back the iron door of the cage, and the performer with a wave of his hand to the audience generally Iwiu's lightly into the cage and the assistant instantly slams the door behind the lios tamer. This o-ftemoon, however, th-o exact performance was not carried out. The cage door was opened as usual, and Boecacio bounded In. but when Manager McDonald attempted to slam the big iron door of the cage there was a hitch. It had been swung back too far, and the manager was unable to clos:- it as soon as the panier entered the cage. The animal saw his chance and gave a mighty leap. He completely cleared the stage and landed on the floor directly in front of the south aisle fully twenty feet from the center of tho cage. Tho brute gave vent to his feelings as soon as he struck the floor by sending up a mighty roar. Th rear was heard on the street and when the animal went trotting up the aisle toward the rear of the theater, whipping his tail from side to side, snapping and roaring, there was the wildest kind of a scramble. The animal Is a ferocious monster In appearance nd with his mouth open and teeth exposed, he presented a most formldabl-j and fierce appearance and his snarls and roars fedded greatly to the fear of the people. People In n Paule. The people did not only .seek a place of safety through the exits of the theater, but dashed up over tho stage, and two men leaped into the false boxes on either side of the stage and pulled the lace curtains in front of them to prevent the beast from doing them any harm. Mothers throw their children upon the stage, and. crowding after them, dragged them by an arm down a narrow stairway and hid themselves In bins and boxes in the basement and behind the trunks in the dressing-rooms of the performers. One man appealingly offered a stage hand a b!g roll of bills if he would only lead him to a place of safety. "He is coming down here." yelled the man whose face was as pallid as that of a corps, "and I know he will tear me to pieces." Others were so frightened that they ran to the front of the basement and reached the street through the coal hole In the sidewalk. Immediately after the beast landed on the floor he started on a trot up the south aisle, switching his graceful tail and snarling and roaring. There was no one in the aisle to Impede his progress and he found a clear road before him. He trotted to the rear of the theater, and was about to go through one of the main exits which leads to Clark-st., when Broncho Boecacio, the East Indian, bounded in front of him. The door to this exit was broken and open, it having been knocked from its hinges by some of the people in the audience who had made a dash for safety. Stopped ly Iii Tamer. Wallace was making for this opening when Boecacio stopped him. The tamer unhesitatingly gave the savage brute a slash across the face with a heavy rawhide whip, which he carried. The blow was a severe one, and the lion gave vent to a savage cry of pain. As he reared up on his hind legs, Boecacio still showing no fear, grabbed the beast by the long hair on its neck and pulled it to one side and attempted to turn his head toward the stage, where he hoped to get him to return to his cage. The lion, however, for a moment appeared stubborn and refused to move, and the fearless East Indian again applied the whip. The man's fearlessness conquered the beast, who, with mouth open, and snapping and roaring, turned and started to return toward the stage, closely followed by Boecacio. When the stage was reached he submitted being driven Into a corner under the south tage box, where he, trembling with excitement, crouched on the floor while the keeper stood over hlni with uplifted whip. Broncho Boecacio then, without removing his glance from the cowering brute, called to McDonald and directed him to have the iron cage removed from the stage to the spaceway on the floor in front of the parquet seats. This, after some delay, was done and the daring keeper, with force and whip persuasion, induced the roaring lion to slowly crawl back Into his cage. The beast was free from his Iron surroundings fully twenty minutes. Fortunately nobody was injured in the mad rush for liberty, but the museum people are tonight possessed of about twenty hats of all sizes and belonging to both sexes. They are also long on overcoats, muffs, gloves, neckties and other articles of apparel to an extent that will warrant their starting a store. "Wallace Has a Ilecord. Wallace, the untrained Hon, has a record which speaks well for his ferociousness, and his manager and keeper lare congratulating themselves that he did not repeat his conduct of former occasions when he gained his liberty. , In London eight years ago he escaped from his cage and killed a moose and a valuable horse and created for twelve hours the wildest kind of a commotion in a menagerie. In New York. Oct. 26, 1893, he escaped from his cage when in a barn and made short work of a horse which was in the stable, literally tearing It to pieces, and during the two days he wai at liberty In the stable he ate half the remains of the horse he had killed. On that occasion red hot Irons and sharp Iron rods were used without success in the efforts to get the animal back into his cage and It became necessary to call a fire engine into use. The strong streams of watei that were finally turned In n.t hint -were too much for him and he crawled back into his cage. -

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Money refunded if satisfaction not given. " Never disappoints. Contains no opium, morphine or mineral poisons. Take a bottle home to-day. At wholesale, Daniel Stewart. Indianapolis, Ind. PRENDERGAST MUST HANG. SEATKfED RV Tltn f'OHlT TO HE EXnCTTKD .MARCH i'l. The Prisoner Plradi in ihr- Court in n cnnn, ItewMe Manner The Attempt to Secure a Stay Mny Reach the Sctprcme Court. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Judge Krcnfano today overruled the motion for a newtrial for I'rendergat and sentenced the assa-ssin to bs hanged on March 23. Prend-rgast had entered court in charge of a bailiff. He had bvm shaved early in tho morning and his hair was carefully combed. He was assigned to a. chair in the place he occupied during his trial, but soon grew restless and moved about In his chair uneasily. His face was pale and his eyes rolled around unceasingly. As the court addressed Prendergast and asked him If he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him. Prendergast aroso to his feet, nervously drew a tma.il sheet of paper covered with notes from his vest-pocket and addressed tho court as follows: "I do not suppose, your honor, that it "Kill do mc any good to say anything to tho court now. I have made no preja ration to say anything in particular. I suppose your lienor is under the Impression that you have dopo your duty. But this plea of Insanity has leen set up by my attorneys without my consent. It was an infamous, a dirty and disreputable plea, and dn? acainsl my objections. "Now, a s for juror Murray. It is certain to my mind that from tho manner lie answered uuestions he was anxious to be a juror in this case. There was Fonip.thiiig wrong, also, in regard to summoning the veniremen. Juror Larkin came here on a written statement, l.m t of course the defendant had no control over this part of the court's work. The Evening News contained a whole column about it at the time, and it is not necessary for me to go into it further now. We had no opportunity to watch tho proceedings in summoning the jurors. "But that is not the question. At the very beginnirg of this trial tho court told me my attorneys would attend to my case. Nevertheless they did not. As 1 told your honor before, they set up this infamous plea, of insanity against my will. But. your, honor, the issue is. did I do right, or did I do wrong? Did I do my duty or did I not? Did I do the will of God or did I not? This point has never leen touched uion, and I say it is the only Iseue before the court. Of course, if I did wrong, I should be condemned. But, your honor, if I did right, 1 should be justified and acquitted. "As for this talk about the Dacey or the Guitcau case, the court all along ruled that no reference should be made to it, but the attorneys for the defense continued it throughout the trial. As far as these doctors are concerned, they came to me without my consent, and without my invitation. I did not invite them, nor give my consent for them to come and find out whether I was insane or not. No doubt the motives of these men were humane, but it was through the connivance of Jailer Morris that they got into the jail. "Now, your honor and everybody says that Harrison wras a great and good man. I deny this. A good man Is generally faithful to his friends, and Harrison was not. If he had been a good man he would not have been hostile toward me. But this newspaper trust, your honor. We have been attacked by this newspaper trust, and if the sentence of this court Is carried out, you will all be at the hands of this newspaper trust. No man's character or reputation will be safe. I don't know what will be the result. While I was in your county jail I was threatened with death. This man Morris, the jailer there, said to me: "I'll kill you before you leave the jail, no matter what the court and the bailiff do with you. The sheriff of this county la a republican, while my principles are democratic, and that Is why this is.' "But the issue, your honor, is whether I did right or wrong. If this court wants to shirk the responsibility of this case, it will not be my fault. The most of the motions made by the attorneys for me have been overruled by the court, and that was wrong. Then there is this great grade-crossing Issue. If your honor consents to my death, to niy murder, you also consent to take the lives of these people on the infamous grade-crossings. That is what caused me to shoot Harrison, although I had stood bv him in times of distress. "In this case i have been charged with being vainglorious and a notorietyseeker. This is not true, and it has been disproven in the trial. Christ was not a vainglorious man, neither am I. The temptations that were offered Christ on the Mount showed that He was not vainglorious, and any one that has withstood such temptation as I have is certainly not vainglorious. I suppose these doctors really wanted to know whether I was sane or not. They think they have done good, but as I go to the scaffold they will be made Infamous throughout all ages. It was the most infamous thing in history to kill Christ on the cross, arid it will be as Infamous to hang me. I think these doctors acted in rather a meddlesome way, coming to see me without being Invited and without my consent. They had better attended to their own business, for they had no cause to come to see me. But. vour honor, this is not the Issue. The issue is, did I do right or did I do wrong? Did I do my duty, as I claim I did? This issue remains for you, the court, to determine." Ending his speech, Prendergast glared wildly about the room and sat down to listen to the sentence of the court. He did not listen to the greater part of the court's remarks, but turned half-round and looked at the large clock on the wall. The Coort'ti Sentence. The court room was filled when the judge read his decision. Prendergast appeared indifferent for a time, but, as the reading proceeded, he seemed to be ready to make one of his old-time scenes. Prendergast .was ordered to stand up during the reading of the sentence. Judge Brentano said: "Patrick Eugcno I'rendergast, It rarely

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falls to the lot f (ho court to discharge 50 painful a duty as avvolvcs upon it in this case You :stanl ;t this, bar convicted of the clinic of murder of a fellow being, and it is incumbent on me to pronounce. senten e upon you. "You have had a fair and impartial trial, and you have 1cmi defended by counsel whose; zeal and devotion in your behalf merit the highest praise and compel the admiration of the court. I do not think that I an fairly b sub.Wted t. the criticism that I did not allow you the widest latitude in the presentation of evidence that In any way tended ! establish the defense mado for yon, and you were given the brnelits of all presumptions which the law says you ate entitled to have. Irppite all this, you have been found guilty, in accordance with the well-established principles of law and evidence governing trials of this kind. Possibly, a large part of this community would, for the eake of the reputation of this great city, upon which the eyes of the world were, at the time riveted, have been comforted if the verdict of the jury had established the fact that your act was that of a mentally irresjiorisible person, but the result of the trial denies people that comfort. "The evidence did not establish that you were acting under an inane delusion which Irresistibly Impelled you to the commission of an act which you did not discern to be wrong and over which vou had not the power to cxt-reiso control. The jury has found that when you committed the act you fully understood It and its consequences, and that you might have controlled your actions if you had so willed, and that our own misguided will was the sole impulse to the commission of the deed. No imaginary inspiration to do personal wrong under a delusion or belief that some great publi: benefit v.ill flow from It, when the nature of the act done and its probable consequences and that the a t is In itself wrong, are known to the actor, can amount to that insanity which In law disarms it of criminality. Situated as you are, I would not say anything to you for the mere purpose? of harrowing up our feelings or causing you unnecessary pain. "The solemn and painful duty now devolves upon mc to impose the seilten e and judgment of the law. which is that you. Patrick Kugene Prendergast, between the hours of 10 o'clock in th? forenoon and 2 o'clock In the afternoon of the -'3d day of March. A. I. 1S94, in the manner provided by the statute of this state, be hanged by the neck until you are dead." When the court passed sentence the pi isoner moved forward a step or two and then said: "I did not wish to apologize to the exmrt for I think I did my duty." As he concluded he was led away to his cell in the jail by the bailiffs. During tne course of his remarks, Prendergast was apparently In a very nervous condition. Ills hands shook, and as he occasionally turned his eyes from the court and glared about the room, it was evident his nerves were strung to the highest tension. Occasionally he would stop to glance at the paper in his hand, to read the notes or points on his ad-dr-s, which he had evidently prepared in advance. Just before Judge Bretano began the delivery' of his speech denying the motion for a new trial. Attorney S. S. Gregory filed. a motion In arrest of Judgment, which was overruled. He then asked for thirty days In which to file a bill of exceptions upon which to take the case to the suprem court. This was granted. Prendergast was sentenced to be hanged subsequently in less than thirty days. It was stated, however, that If It became necessary the court could extend the time and fix a new date for the execution. It is probable that the bill of exceptions will be filed within ten days. "Buff" Hlggins Is under sentence of death for the murder of Peter McCooey and the date of his hanging Is the same as that of Prendergast. If a stay of proceedings Is not ordered the men will be hange! at the same time. During his speech Prendergast mumbled his words so that he could scarcely be understood, and he was unsteady on his feet and swerved from side to side like a drunken man. His voice was sometimes loud and clear, but often it sank to an inarticulate grumble. Judge Bretano was much affected by the awful duty Imposed on him and he peemed to suffer mental pain while Prendergast was delivering his speech. Only by great effort did he retain sufficient control of his emotions to utter the solemn words put into his mouth by the law and it was with trembling voice he

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