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THE . INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, W EDNESDAY MOKNING, APEIL -18, 1894 TWELVE PAGES.

SCHEME OF THE COFFINS.

ALL TUE TIME THEY WERK TOBKIXG TUE DOUBLE CKOSJv Tb Development In the Trial of the Coffloi and Heed Arc of a Very Sensational Character .V Chirac' , Itaakfr Th row nme Light on "fillrn if r KTrhnntrr" From All Account Uncle Elijah's London ent I Well Kralkrrnl The ew York Ilrnarh Gobbled Tp by- the eir York Ilrnneh of the t'ofUn. FamilyThe Dny's ProOne hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars of the nmrey secured from the Indianapolis national bank by the Coffins and Heed waa sent to Elijah Coffin, an uncle of two of the defendants, at London. It baa ben a mystery since the failure of the bank and the situation became known as to what became of the money. Part of It was located yesterday by the government and It was brought out by a Chicago bank official that nearly $20'X of th money belonging to the people of this rity v ai sent out of the country and planted in London by one of the Coffins. t This startling disclosure produced a sensation in th court i'oom yesterday when Mr. Boulton of the First national bank of Chicago was put on the stand and told what he knew. During all of last week 1 was brought out that every few days the cabinet company would dump into the bank and secure credit for a bunch of drafts on ita several branches. Every time a b inch would be thrown in a check payable to Chicago exchange would be drawn for several thousand dollars. Wonder was aroused as; to what the company was doing with so much Chicago exchange, but yesterday brought to light the secret. The chock bought a draft which In turn bought another draft on a London bank, and this was paid in the good hard money of the Indianapolis national bank, to Uncle Elijah Coffin in London, whose capacity was without limit and who was prepared to take care of all that v. as sent him. And Unci's Elijah now has $135.000. But he is not the only on of the Coffin family who has received a slice of the "dividend?." There is a brother In New York and he has a wife and both of them hdve a large wareroom that can be made available fur receiving and atowlng away cash. The sale of the Nfw York and TJoston branches looked a little off color from th; start and when Th government g t to scraping off the bark yesterday the dealings on this line looked yellower than ever. There is a banker in Nev York named W. E. Coffin, who is a. brother of F. A. Coffin and P. T:. Coffin. He was given a. note in his wife's name fur $11.000 by the cabinet company. Then the New York and Boston branches were sold to employes of the cabinet company, neither of whom had enough money to get shaved with by Thursday of each week, but who Kave their notes for the property. These notes were d$ly secured by mortgage to prevent the employes from giving them th double cress, and then the notes were sold at auction that they might be gobbled up by the 'brother in New York." who proceeded to gobble through th medium of a New York attorney and his clerk. The two branches, which contained stock sent them by the cabinet company to the value of $30,000. were thus- disposed of for $200 and yet some people wonder that banks fail during a panic. The cabinet company had a nice scheme. It established branch concerns for convenience and then shipped them goods from the factory at any price that happened to come into the minds of the owners. As soon as these goods ' were shipped the cabinet company would draw on the branch concern for the full amount or more, as the case might be. Ths drafts would be put in th bank to th credit of the company and the money shipped out of th country to "your Uncle Elijah." Thus the cabinet company gt pay for its stock and thn tl!l had the stock which It sold again for the benefit of the rest of the family. IUMFF.I INTO KVr.I.WD. rncle Elijah Collin dot SIM.W) of tut- "THae." As soon as court opened Charles R. Clark, th manager of th New York branch, resumed the stand and his direct examination was continued. H stated that on th 1st day of July, lSi3. he furnished the cabint company with a dtaild statement of the business of the New York branch which showed th furniture, fixtures and good will of the concern to -e ?.-,,:K!.:,0, of which $5.- . WW 4 500 represented th good will. th iam for which Tuft had been paid $175. The real value of the furniture and fixtures was $41..V. He stated the real assets of th concern t b $24.56120. assuming all the bills and account receiveable to b good. That was about the value of th plant when it was sold io him. Upon cros-examinatlon by Mr. Winter th witness said the amount of the furniture, fixtures and good will had been charged to F. A. CoMln. and was offset by the amount of the capital stock and th amount paid to Tuft for the purchase of th business. He stated the total transitions between th cabinet company and the New York branch to have ben J12.2W.20. there bing due the Cabinet company at th time of the sal to him $28.921.14, which was th value of the goods that had been shippd to him. Mr. Winter also showed that the amount lft profit and 1? that had been treated as a3s?t3 in the statement sent to th?

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cabinet company had been properly done. The inventory taken Aug. I at the time of the sale to him showed the goods on hand to be of the value of $17,36H.10. There wera liabilities, exclusive of the amount duo the cabinet company, of $4.012.43. He paid for the business $16,49S.lfi. being 10 per cent, deduction from the- value of the stock and 15 per cent, reduction from the face value of th? accounts payable. He sail he had failed because the expenses were heavier than the sales. Upon redirect examination he said he had paid nothing for the good will and had received nothing- for it. Mr. Burke "That doesn't bring much at a forced .sale, does it?" Money Sent to London. W. 13. Nutting was called as the n?xt witness, but could not be found at the time and George B. Boulton was called. He was the general manager of the

foreign exchange department the First national bank of Chicago, which position he had held for thirty years. Between Jan. 1. 1S91. and July 1. 1891, he had been in the habit of gettingfrequent messages from the cabinet company through the Indianapolis national bank to transfer funds to Elijah Ccfiin in London. This was donby receiving a draft from the Indianapolis national bank with telegraphic Instruction at the same time to transfer the amount of the draft through the bank's London correspondent by cable to Elijah Coffin. Mr. Burke "What was the total amount of these transfers?" Mr. Boulton "Forty thousand pounds or about one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars." Mr. Burke "You mean to. say that you sent that much money to England to Elijah t'ofUn at the order of the Ind'anapolis cabinet company, and that all of this money was paid out of the funds of the Indianapolis national bank on deposit in Chicago?" Mr. Boultcn "Yes, sir." The witness then g.ive the date and amount of each consignment of money to London. He would gt a draft issued on them by the Indianapolis national bank to pay a certain amount of money to London, and at th same tim would receive instructions from the cabinet company to cable the amount to Elijah Coffin. At th same time the cabinet company would send th bank its check for the 'cost of transferring the money. The drafts sent to Chicago were the sani that the Coffins bovght when they Would ilr.mp into the bank the batches of worthless drafts n the several branch houses. The exact amount thus planted in England by their uncle was 510O.tiS9.37. A Juryman "Who was Elijah Coffin?" Mr. Kern "We shall show that a little later." All the money was sent the same way and the witness knew that Flijah Coffin had received it. The London bank had charged their bank with this amount and the Chicago bank had in turn charged the Indianapolis national with the amount. Th Court "What was the total cost of sending all this money?" Mr. Boulton "Oh. it was trifling. The cable mt-ssage would cost $1.S6 and the total cost of sending all the drafts and amounts would not exceed $300." The cross-examination failed to develop anything and was very short. Sennntionnl Testimony. Thn came W. B. Nutting and from that time on throughout the day the rottenness of the Boston house and the manner in which It and the New York house were soli were brought out wit'i great clearness. Nutting had been in the retail furniture business in Boston, commencing nine years ago. until the spring of 1S31 when he sold his establishment out to the Indianapolis cabinet company, when he traveled through New England for embays one year as the agent of the cabinet company and then opened a store for it in Boston. This wa In the fall of 1S92. He said he made a proposition, to F. A. Coffin to open a store for them and run It for $1,500 per year and one-half of the profits which was accepted, and the business opened the 1st of November. He waa to act as general manager of the Indianpolis cabinet company for the Boston house and the New England business, and a set of books was opened which were marked on the back "I. C. Co.," which meant the Indianapolis cabinet company. Then he said: T was to open the store for the cabinet company; they were to send me goods and I bad the privilege of buying elsewhere anything the company did not manufacture. My salary was to be paid out of the sales, and if they were not sufficient I was to draw on the cabinet company for the deficiency." Mr. Burke "Did you do a profitable business?" Mr. Nutting "The office said I did." Mr. Burke "1 am not asking you that. I want to know what you say about it." Mr. Nutting "I believe I did." The witness knw nothing of the Indiana cabinet company, which was the name of the branch house at Boston to outsiders, and did not know of the existence of stich a company. The house had transactions with the Indianapolis cabinet company nd also the United States office furniture company, some with Lauter of this city and bought a few dsks from the Wooten office desk company at Richmond, but these came from the cabinet company. Th witness was then shown a telegram and asked if he knw what it meant. The telegram said: "Oo ahead. Nam to outside is Indianapolis cabinet company." The witness then sail he had heard of the Indiana cabinet company and had received some goods billed to the Indiana cabinet company. Mr. Burke "Now. was It not the understanding between you and the cabinet company that th Boston branch would be known as the Indiana cabinet company on the outside and the Indianapolis cabinet company on the Inside?" Knew othlnjr About It. Mr. Nutting "Thy told m that after a certain date the goods would b billed to the Indiana cabinet company. I receipted for them in that name." Mr. Burke "I thought you didn't know anything about the Indiana cabinet company?" Mr. Nuttlng-"I didn't, sah. I had only heard of It. pah." The wltners was phown a lettr to him as general manager at Boston, dated Oct. 2. 1502. three weeks after the sale to It. and which said: "I suppose you clearly understand that the Boston warehouse, although known between ourselves as the Indiana cabinet company, should be known to the world as the Indianapolis cabinet ompany. All advertising matter, stationery, signs and everything of that sort should be made out In this way and 1 would recommend that on th doorposts there should be plates of th Indianapolis cabinet company, the Wooten office desk company, the United Ftats office furniture company, but want the New England business to have the prestige of our nams." Othtr letters were read ordering him to open the books and how to run the bank account, all shoeing that the business was to be run as the Indianapolis

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fiim T Many Persons Me It Who Da Kot Suspect It-Its Victims are Legion. Mr. O. S. McQulllin of Spring Hill. Iowa, writes: "Four years ago last fall my stomach, without any previous warnings refused to perform its functions, and I soon, lost strength. Shortly after this I had my first experience of five sieges of tfie grip, covering a period of about thres years. During this time food was forced through my stomach by using cathartics. Large blind plies bid fair to block all evaluation. My kidneys soon became invorved so that the scant and often painful voldings resembled beef's gall. A curious brown dry scab had been, growing a littn? below my left eye, that I thought was a fever sore, began to spread, and I have some reason to believe it would in time become a cancer. With flesh wastJed away or, I think, eaten up by multitudes of microbes strength exhausted so that It took all my energies to even get into a bath tub. hopes all gon. I raw Pe-ru-na advertised. In the Iowa, State Register. I wrote to you. and receivM. among other pamphlets. Family Physician No. 2, which convinced me that catarrh had possession of my throat, head, stomach and kidneys. I began to take Pe-ru-na and Man-a-!In. following- fre advice which Dr. Hartman gave me. In a short time I could eat nourishing food, and the piles, kidney trouble, constipation, and the peculiar sore on my face, all disappeared; Üesh. strength and a splendid appetite returned, and I went to work." Send to the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, for a free copy of Family Thysician No. 2. cabinet company, but under the name of the Indiana cabinet company in order to make a separate ooneern for certain purposes. Goods wcmld be shipped to it and then drafts would be drawn against these shipments. In this way the cabinet company would get the pay for the goods and would still have them In its possession. The witness testified that bis original contract was with F. A. Coffin and that he was all along conducting the store as a branch of the cabinet company. Under instructions from Indianapolis, he reported weekly as to the sales and made out a balance shet every month giving a general resume of the business and its status. The sa.les were kept separate from the cash account and after the payment of the rent and salaries he was to send money as far as possible to the cabinet company, but was not to remit until the ordinary expenses had been met and then only in such amounts as he could conveniently spare. ItecoKnlaed the Letter. He VMS shown a letter from the cabinet company, which he recognized and which announced that the company had concluded to call the Boston branch by the name of the Indiana cabinet company in order to show the difference between the Indianapolis office and the Boston warehouse. On Oct. 26, he acknowledged having received a letter from the company stating that the name of the Indiana cabinet company had been formally adopted and that it had been incorporated under the laws of Indiana. The letter announced to Nutting that he had been made treasurer of the company. Mr. Burke "Then you were treasurer of the Indiana cabinet company." Mr. Nutting "By the letter I was, sah." Replying to questions, he said he had never been notified of his removal from the position of treasurer of the company and had nevr had any funds in hia hands as the treasurer of the Indiana cabinet company. Mr. Burke "Who was secretary of the Indiana cabinet company?" Mr. Nutting "I think Mr. P. B. Coffin." Mr. Burke "Was It nor. A. S. P.eed?" Mr. Nutting "I do not know, sah." Mr. Burke "Then you don't know who were the o' her officers or who were the directors :.f the company of which you were treasurer?" Mr. Nutting "No. wh." He reported to th Indianapolis cabinet company, the books were in the name of the Indianapolis cabinet company and the Boston branch was nothing but a branch doing business under a different name. He said the Boston branch did not have any account with the Indianapolis veneer and panel company and he did not know that on April 19, 1S93, the branch owed it $5,122.22. nor did he know of any accepted drafts that were outstanding against the house to that amount from the veneer and panel company. There were no assets or means of paying such a draft. As to the United States Office furniture company, he had received a few goods from them. He was then shown drafts drawn by the United States office furniture company on the Boston branch to the amount of $43,000 and said there never had been funds to pay any such amounts, that no such amounts were ever due this company and that the total amount owed to the company at all times was but $2.706.03. None of the drafts had ever been presented for payment and he did not know of their existence. These were among the drafts placed in the bank by the cabinet company to its credit. -i't Xever Heard of Them lief ore. He was shown two drafts for $10,0W) drawn on the Boston branch by the cabinet company on April 9 and Jan. 18, 1893, and said h bad never heard of them before. They had never been presented for payment and there had never been funds to pay them. He said he had received a few goods from the Wooten office desk company, the Richmond concern, that he account with It had been opened Jan. 3. 1893, and the total transactions had been $2.22.70. He was shown a draft dated March 10, 1893. drawn by the Richmond branch on the Boston branch and which was placed in the bank to the credit of the cabinet company, but said the Boston branch never owed the Richmond branch any such amount, that the draft bad never been presented for collctIon and could not have ben paid had It been. Other drafts on the Boston brnnch by th cabinet company to the amount of $45,OOC th witness had never heard of and did not know that they had ever been issued. They had also been placed in the bank to the credit of the cabinet company. He ald the busines had never admitted of any such drafts being drawn on the house. That after paying the expenses he had orders to remit to the cabinet company as fast aa the money could be spared conveniently, but there

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was no time specified. Just as fast as the goods would be soli and the money could be spared. Mr. Burke "Was there ever any surplus?" . . Mr. Nutting "Well, we had a fire on June 17, 1893, and after we got the insurance we had a little money for a few days. (Laughter.) We got $4.000 'insurance, paid a few bills and sent the rest of the money to the cabinet company at Indianapolis." Closed Aus. 15. The business of the branch was closed up Aug. 5. 1S93, He said P. B. Coffin came to Boston and said the company was going to sell out the Boston branch; that it was owing a little money and found it recessary to transfer the house. It was transferred to Thomas L. Pierce for $10.597.72, which was paid in notes by Pierce, secured by a mortgage on the stock. The notes were signed by Pierce and were made payable to the Indiana cabinet company. F. A. Coffin, trustee. He had never seen the notes, although he was the treasurer of the company and had made them out. He gave the notes to P. B. Coffin, who told him he wanted witness to stay there as general manager as before. Tierce was not there at the time, but was In Indianapolis. He came four days later and after Coffin had returned to Indianapolis. He then

received a letter to meet Ple-rce at the train and introduce him to a banker, so that he could arrange to make a deposit he was bringing with him. The letter furth&r directed him to open a new set of books and be sure to make all the entries after Aug. 1 in the name of Pierce, as this was very Important, and to have the books ready to send at any time as they might be needed. Mr. Burke "Who were you general manager for at that time?" Mr. Nutting "Well, I hardly know." (Laughter.) At the time of the sale there was in th bank $13. but he didn"t know what had become of it. He had made out a check for it either to one of the Coffins or to the cabinet company. Coffin bad said that "this will seal the deal so that it can't be unsealed," or words to that effect, and some eontn versy arose as to the exact words used Mr. Burke asked if he had not said that it would seal the deal so that he defied anv lawyer to trace it out. and the wit ness acknowledged that Coffin might have sail something like that. He said he remained for four weeks after the sale to Pierce and then left because he could not do what they wanted him to do. Mr. Burke "What was that?" Mr. Nutting "Well, to go on and carry on the business in the same old way." Mr. Burke "Why was that?" Mr. Nutting "Well, I couldn't con scientiously g-- ahead and sell the goods and pay out the money for the same to persons whom I did not think the money belonged to. It didn t look straight, and as soon as I found that it was not as represented to me. I left." This statement created a slight breeze and an adjournment was taken for din ner. AFTER XOOX SESSIOX. More Tf llmony Tending? to Show Crookedness Brought Out. After the adjournment for dinner the cross-examination of Nutting was taken up by Mr. Winter, who brought out from the witness the facts that when the books for the new concern were ordered by him he had been informed that the business was to be conducted under the name of the India la cabinet company and that the goods began arriving shortly after, consigned to the Indiana cabinet company; that they were so consigned while the business was conducted until the sale to Pierce, and that he always receipted for them as general manager of the Indiana cabinet com pany. The cross-examination further "brought out that th" witness did make his reports to the Indianapolis office as gr-neral manager of the Indiana cabinet company. The date of each draft was then taken up and the witness asked What was the condition of the Indianapolis cabinet company's account at the date each draft was drawn according to the books of the Boston branch. By computing the goods received from the cabinet company to be sold by the Boston house it was ligured that on Jan. 13. 1893, it owed the componv $4.612.77; on April 4, $3.412; on March 10, 57.0SS.22; on July 4. $13.078.r8; on July 13. $15.736.53. When the inventory was taken on July 1 the total merchandise on hand amounted to $13,060.93 and when the balance-sheet was struck off on July 15, the stock on hand was $12,979.35. Witness said the actual assets on that daywere $22.289.3? and the liabilities $16,345.87. Oil July 31 the total assets on hand were $20,734.35 and there was owed to the cabinet company, the Richmond branch and the United States office furniture company, $17,971.61. of which there was owed to the cabinet company $14,242.69. s A Hörnet Xcst. The cross-examination of the witness was taken up by Mr. Winter and he drew a hornet's nest down upon his head by bringing out from the witness that on the day of the sale to Pierce Coffin had told witness to stay and take charge as lef ore and to pay Pierce, the new owner of the house, a salaryof $15 per week for helping him. This produced a sensation, but Mr. Winter appeared as though it was of no consequence. Coffin had also told witness that he had thought of transferring the business to him. Witness had quit four weeks. later and one attachment had been issued against the house before he left, but which was settled. He bad also sued the company for $200 due on his salary and had filed another suit for damages and his share of the profits. Witness appeared somewhat reluctant under the cross-examination and it was after some trouble that Mr. Winter got out of him that h had brought a suit for $1.500 for his share of the profus and damages. Mr. Winter "Now you sued for $1,500 as your share of the profits and you were to get half. That would mean $3.000 in profits, and yet you were reporJng the business aa losing money, hadn't you?" Witness hesitated and It was shown that in his last two statements he had retorted losses of $600. On redirect examination the witness said he had been instructed by P. B. Coffin after th sale to Pierce to pay Pierce $15 per week for helping him. Mr. Burke "Now, were you aware that on the dates you say the books show these sums due the cabinet company and when the drafts were drawn and when the goods sent you by the cabinet company for sale were counted as that much due them, that there were outstanding against the Boston branch accepted drafts to the amount of $33,000?" .Mr. Nutting "No. sir I was not." The gcxxls received from the cabinet company, witness said, were not to be paid until sold and were merely credited to the cabinet company to keep a memorandum of their valu and to show the cabinet company how the business was running. In counting so much due the company he did not mean that much m-ney. but that value of goods received from the cabinet company to be sold, and not to be paid for until sold. He said the largest actual assets ever on hand at one time, not counting what had been received from the cabinet company, was $14,000. The Pierce notes had been entered on the books and were tliirty-f our in number, amounting to $10,397.72. ItroWr Donald TeMlflea. The next witness called aa Henry "W. Donald of New York, ho was in the real 'estate.' and 'auction business, and who had bcrh the auctioneer who had sold the Pierce and Clark notes at public auction. From this on during the re ma!ndr of the day the testimony was to show the fraua in the sale of the Boa-

ton and New York branches by showing how they were conducted and what disposition was made of the proceeds. The government had established the fact by witnesses (until proven otherwise) that the sales of the two branch concerns to the irresponsible employes of the cabinet company were a mere subterfuge, and it now took up the tracing of the notes which were given for the two concerns. Donald remembered the sale of the two batches of notes and had made memoranda from which h stated that he had, on Aug. 15, 1S93, fsold the Clark notes given for the New York' branch and the Pierce notes given for the Boston branch at public auction. That he had sold the notes at the Instance of R. S. Harrison, a lawyer of New York, and that they had been bought bv A, H. Buird. who was a clerk in Harrison's office. There were fifteen of the Pierce notes sold by him and they had been bought for $100. Their face value was $10,397.72. There were twenty of the Pierce notes with a face value of $1.477.76 and they had been bought by the same man for $100. The cross-examination merely revealed that he did not know why the notes were sold or who Harrison was acting for.

A -"Siek 31 a i on the Stand. The last witness was Alfred H. Buird. who had sent word that he was sick and couldn't possibly be present to testify. This was seen through by the attorneys for the government, and when a telegram was sent him notifying him that if he did not appear here to testify yesterday an attachment would be issued, he showed up in good shape and on time. He said he was a practicing attorney ln New York and acting as the managing clerk for Robert L. Harrison, a lawyer, with an office at 59 Wall-st. He bought the Pierce notes at the auction and they were Indorsed in blank by the Indiana cabinet company. The notes were dated, but no place was given in the date. They were made payable at the State Bank of Indiana. Mr. Burke "I se endorsed on the back of the enevelope in which vou brought these notes, 'Coffin notes;' why is that?" Mr. Buird "Well, that Is a long story. Do you want me to tell you?" Mr. Burke "I most certainly do." Mr. Buird "Well, it is a long storv. I learned some time after I bought them that the notes were being held as collateral for a demand note given to Mrs. Lydia E. Coffin, wife of W. E. Coffin, a banker in New York, who I understand is a brother of the defendant I have Eeen F. "A.. Coffin three times; the second time in regard to thee notes. I paid $100 for the Pierce notes and have realized so far about $700 on them. "I also bought the Clark notes. Thev were signed by Charles R. Clark and indorsed by the Indiana cabinet company. They were also given to Mrs. W. E. Coffin as collateral for a demand note she held for $11,000 against the Indianapolis cabinet company. On these I have realized about J6.000. I paid $100 for them; In doing so I gave my check and Mr. Harrison returned the money to me. Of the proceeds from the Clark notes I paid a draft drawn on me by a man named James living out West here some place, and with seme of the balance purchased other of the Clark notes and paid some to W. E. Coffin. I hav still about $6,000 in money in my hands which I have received from the Clark notes. I gues3 I must have secured about $S,000 on them altogether." Witness said, in answer to close questioning, that he had been endeavoring to purchase all he could and locate all the notes. He bought $3J)00 from a man named Smith living at Seymour, Ind., paying 25 cents on the dollar for them. The draft he had paid had been drawn on him by a man he had never seen and had merely paid it because .Mr. Harrison had told him to. After close cross-examination he admitted that he was acting in the matter under the direction of Mr. Harrison and was merely his tool. Harrison had told him to buy the notes. had given him the money and then told him how to pay it out. Harrison was acting in the matter for Mrs. W. E. Coffin, who had held the notes as collateral to secure a note held by her against the cabinet company for $11,000. Witness had seen F. A. Coffin in his office. He had telephoned W. K. Coffin asking as to the honesty of Clark who was in charge of the property and the? result was that F. A. Coffin came to assure him that Clark was honest and the man to have charge of the property. The goods of the New York branc h had been sold about two months ago, and on March 10. 1894. Clark had pafi him on the notes $3.S14. The money now in his hands, he said, was subject to the order of Harrison. The demand note from the cabinet company to Mrs. W. E. Coffin Is now in the office of Harrison. One hundred and twenty dollars had been credited on it not long ago from money received ' from the sale of the notes. He had telephoned W. E. Coffin that he had the money, but it had not as yet been paid over to him on the note. On cross-examination nothing further was revealed and on redirect examination witness said he didn't known whether W. E. Coffin and wife were directors or stockholders in the Indianapolis cabinet company or not. The examination then closed and the witness was excused. Court then adjourned. A Convict Rfcaptnred. MAUCH CHUNK. Pa., April 16. William E. Hain, alias Robert B. Lord, who escaped from the state prison at Michigan City March 5, was arrested in Mauch Chunk today. Hain w-as serving a three-year sentence for larceny when he made his escape. J. W. French, warden of the prison, arrived here this afternoon and will take Hain b.wk to Indiana. Bold Burglar. POLAND. April 16. Special. Bold robberies occurred here Saturday night. Robbers entered J. E. Moore's drug store and carried away razors, razorstraps, knives and otner goas. aisowi the same night they broke into Dr. W. L. Chamberlain's drug and hardware store and took guns, cartridges, razors, rings, etc. An Old Kniploye Killed. MICHIGAN CITY. April 16. Special. William Feallock, for many years a switchman of the Michigan Ctmtral railroad, was instantly killed thi- evenSng. It was quitting time, and as he was climbing down from a car he lost his balance and fell across the ran. body was cut in two. Charged with Wife 31urder. RICHMOND. April 16. Special. A ftr a careful examination Coroner J. M. n'ulla today gave his verdict In the Col'er case that Mrs. Collier's death was de to the extreme brutality of her husband' Moses. The latter Is now under arrrsr and in jail and will be held until the 1 next meeting of the grand Jury. An Old Landmark Burned. ROCKVILLE. April 16. Special. The residence of Samuel Darroch, who died a ehort time ago, was burned last night about 10 o'clock. It was the house formerly occupied by Jams Steele, near the old depot, and was one of the old landmarks. It was insured. The iire occurred from a defective flue. A Standard Bearer. In the crusade Inaugurated nearly half a century ago aganst the professional ignorance of the old school of medicine. Hostetter's Stomach .Bitters wan a standard bearer. II victories over disease, when the old time specifics proved abject failnres, proved that the pseudo-philosophy which sanctioned the administration of violent remedies where the case required none, which laid down as unalterable rules blood-letting, violent purgation, the use of emtics and the employment of corronlv and cumulative poisons In simple cases of liver and malarial complaint, was tit fact the worst of tmphllosophy. - contrary alike to the laws of true medicinal clenre. of hvtriene and of common sense. Bilious ness, constipation and chills and fever, ji now treated by the Bitters, promptly yield her before they obstinately rhisted old-fashioned medication. So do dyspepsia, rheumatism and kidney complaint all surely conquerable by this safe and really philosophic remedy.

HEWS OF THE WEEK.

The strike situation at BirminsJiam is thivatening. The rebels have been routed la Rio Grande do Sul. Gen. H. W. Slocum's condition is worse. His recajvt-ry is doubtful. Dr. Henry Shelley, an American dentist, fhot and killed himself at Paris. The police' of Rome are investigating another alleged anarchist conspiracy. The Jrish land tenure bill was read for the second time in the house of commons. The forces of President Peixoto hove recaptured Paranagua from the insurgents. A bomb was discovered near the Coliseum In Rome '.'.nd several arrests rave been made. The generaf elections have resulted in the defeat of th government of Holland by a large majority. Möns. SatolH is Faid t- he irritated over the collapse of the trial of Bishop Bonaeum at Omaha. The Sportsman announces the sale, this summer, of tjueon Victoria's famous stud at Hampton court. Charles Wisdoru colored, was hangd at St. Louis for th murder, April 21. 1V'2, of Edward A. Drex'.er. The insurgent vessels have been repulsed in th bay of Rio Grande and have escaped to the open sea. The wholesale cippr trade of England is in a ranicky cnndi'Uon. due to the report that th tXity will be raised. Dr. Ernest l.irbr, th leader of th center or clerical party, hns resigned his seats in the reichstag and the diet. Seventeen pil-TrLns were wounSvd in the riots at Valencia. Th bishop of Madrid was stabbed but not seriously hurt. Ir. Lewis Swift, the famous comet seeker, bade farewell to IU ehester. He goes with his telescope near Pasadena. Cal. The five weeks droucht in Eng-land. Germany, France, Austria and Poland is causing much uneasiness in those countries. It is thought Crispl inte.nis to dissolve the Italin.n chamber without -.valtinc for the hostile vote which is deemed im-virable. Patrick FiUsirn": ns. the third man suspected of committing the Boscoe tr:iln robbery, has been arreted in lyos Angeles. Twelve tin boxes with all Vinds of dangerous ext'.osivs wore founl at Aubervlllers. Suspected1 anarchists were arrested. The presidential election in France has been fixed for Nov. 2. Kecause of ill health President Carnot is not among the candidates. Elections held in Portugal for members Of the chamber of deputies resulted in the return of a government majority uf about forty. Princess Bismarck celebrated in a quiet manner her seventieth anniversary of her birth, she having been, born at Yiartlum, April 11. 1S24. The ss earner Faraday left London with a portion of the new cabl which is to be laUv from "tVatervilie, on Balling-SkeiHgs bay, Ireland, to Nova Scotia. The duke of Veragua has ben appointed president of the Spanish senatorial committee on treaties of commerce with Germany, Austria and Italy. Arthur Laparle died at Chlcaeo from the effects of the bullet in his head which h himself infticted after killing his sweetheart. Miss Minnie Allen Levy. Charles C. Moore, the imprisoned Kentucky editor, has engaged Col. Bob Ingersoll, the famous Infidel, to defend him In the casj of blasphemy against him. An attempt of the conservatives to delay introduction of the new registration biil In the house of commons was balked by the speaker applying the closure. The turnerbund of North American turn league of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico had a convention at Denver. A resolution was offered indorsing free coinage. Governor Leist, chancellor of the government of the Cameroons. has been relieved trom his position on account of his alleged connection with the ill treatment of natives. The statement that Senor Emilio Castelar. the veteran republican leader of JSpain, had seceded from the republican party and become a monarchist, is erroneous. The body of William Lewis, colored, was found hansring to a tree near Jamison, Ala. The corpse was riddled with bullets. Lewis murdered Robert Shields, a white planter. The shipment of JjOO.OOO in gold from Boston will be made on the Gallia today by Kidder, Peabody & Co., and possibly $i"i0,0ir) more in goid will go by the same steamer. At San Antordo W. Hamilton was caught in a compromising attitude with the wife of W. Colbert. a blacksmith. Colbert Ocked up a coupling pin and brained lamilton. Emperor William arrived at Vienna and was welcomed at the Southern railroad station by Emperor Francis Joseph, ten archdukes anJ the heads of the civil and military departments. The case of Peter Router, ex-mayor of Kaukauna. Wis., against Walter Sinis, the A. P. A. lecturer, for slander has been transferred to the United States circuit court at Milwaukee. Charles "Davis, ulleged champion of the S'tuth, and Paddy Moran, an unknown, foveht a twnty-sewn-round draw at HopelieJd. Ark. The tis-ht was for $:.'' and the gate receipts, about S15. For Indigestion nml Aervousness Tje Horxf ord'a Arid HIioNpIinle. Dr. IV. L. Godfrey, Battle Creek. Mich., says: "I have had the best of success with it in indigestion, dyspepsia, nervousnss, mental exhaustion, and especially in nervous and sick headaches." t

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THE FARMER'S STORY. A REMARKABLE ASD INTERESTING NARR A. TIVE FROM INDIANA.

Ilotr Jnuiea Dolro Snffered for Yrartj and Hot- Ills Pain IVai Bettered. (From the Cincinbati Enouirer.) James Döllens, of Titusville, Ind., has been for over ten years th victim of a prostrating disease, and his sufferings had become o unbearable that death would have been gladly welcomed as a, relief. A short time ago he was cured in a wonderful manner, and it was with, a view to learning bis experience In detail that an Enquirer reporter called at his residence. When the reporter arrived at the house Mr. Dollens wfj: absent, having gone to a neighboring farmer to assist him in threshing grain. Getting the 4U reotions to find where he was workir the reporter visited the field, and asked for James Döllens. "That is my name, sir. said a middleaged man .as he briskly walked towards th reporter. "What can I do for you?" "I want you to give me a statement of your sickness and recovery, if you will. responded the reporter. "I will do so cheerfully." was Mr. pollens's reply. "After suffering as I have' l'.'i it-ii years oiore nnding relief I waqft oll t t-1 , i . oi iu in niiow wnai nas aone m so much good that affJcted people every where may also be cured as I hav been. "My name is James Döllens. I aim thirty-four years of age. When about twenty-three, years old I became prostrated from the heat and fell to the ground, injuring my.self in the fall. When I r3i-overed consciousness I was scarcely able to get anmnd. I was sick; a hng time after that. The doctors asserted my spine was affcted. ard my condition continually grew worse. I tried different doctors, and spent consld erable time and money for medical treat rmni - V, : .1 . , ...i ..v, ...ii t-eenit-u i ao me anv good. I traveled about considerable, and, tried every remedy I could get. My spinal troubles increased, my kidneys became disordered, and a complication of troubles affected me until I became a physical wreck, at tims almost helpless and hardly able to get around. My neck, shoulders, arms and legs were terribly affected, and my entire nervous system deranged by the disease of my spine. My eft leg was greatly shrunken, and reduced to a third less than tL-i size of my right limb. My feet woull swell, and burning pains shoot through my body until 1 could not rest. My sufferings affected my mind, and I be came so discouraged at times that I longed for death as an end to my misery. I believed my fate was to suffer on until I reached the grave. At last, through John S. Preble of Ber.ham. Ind.. I heard of a medicine called Dr. Williams's Pink; Tills for Paie People that bad completely cured him when he was almost unable to get about. I concluded I would try a couple of boxes. In a short time I bergan to fel better. My digestion was improved, the bloating and swelling left me, I had less misery and fewer pa inn, could sleep better, my appetite increased, and I commenced to gain flesh. I continued to take them, for hope had been, revived, and I felt once more a desira to live. My left leg that had been m badlj' shriveled up. filled out. and you can eee it has attained Its natural size, (here Mr. Döllens placed his legs together, .and spanning them with hia hand, showed they were of the samt size). "I have gained twenty-three pounds, my mind s as clear as It ever was. and. my memory as strong as it was befora I was taken sick I have taken altogether eighteen boxes of Dr. Williams's Pink Pills and am completely cured. I can do a day's work now at anything. X believe I would have died if I had nofj taken Dr. Williams's Pink Pills, and t know it was them that cured me." Signed, JAMES DÖLLENS. Attest: Titusville, Ripley Co., Ind. Itohert Creigmllea, member of th Indiana state legislature. Dr. Williams's Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for eucH diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. Pt. Vitus' danre. scitalca. neu ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect c.f la grippe, palpitation of the heart. pale and ecallo emplexions. all forms of weak- - (Van ,i ,-vi nli . f r. .1. . . t lirj, t-iiiu-i in inn', ui jriiiai, 11114 all diseases resulting from vitiated hu mors in the blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of pric. (50 cents a box or $! boxes for $2.."0 they are never sold Im bulk or by the 10H by addressing D, Williams's Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N, Y.. or Breckville. Ontario. ArMSY PILLS I f ort rfirb baud 4. t .r-Wui,A S tAfg

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