Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — TERRIBLE CRIME CHARGED [ARTICLE]

TERRIBLE CRIME CHARGED

At the recent, convention of fish “sharps" jn Washington the only man who really had a comprehensive knowledge of fish propagation in this or any ether country was a Japanese. And now the news comes that the Imperial University at Tokio has established a chair of sanitary engineering, the first in the world. Verily the i-’ivihzation of the West must stir itsstumps or oriental barbarism, will win the pennant. The aged but philanthropic George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger, basset that old hen, Long Branch socalled “society," to cackling by succumbing to the charms and figurative'y worshippihgat the feet of Mrs. Langtry. Mrs. L. had been ostracised by the Long . Branch hen, and had to be content with | her “Freddie” and other pets, and s.icie j tv was, apparently,satisfied. On a recent i Sunday, however, the society-hen was scandalized by the said Childs procuring for the Lily a pew in the church, previously promising to surrender his own if none other could be secured. Said society-hen was not only scandalized but paralyzed a few days later when George W. appeared with the aforesaid Lily on his arm in one of the fashionable parlors and began introducing her to the various and variegated society-hen. No society-hen ever suffered paralyzation of the tongue, which means sure death, and consequently, judging from the noise made, no fatality from this freak has resulted. Miss Mary Irene Hoyt may heaven 7 eccentric young person, hut it Is evTdent that she :s nobody’s fool. At least she knows how to work up a little dramatic incident now and then, and to turn it to her own profit. At East Saginaw,Mich., last week. Miss Hoyt and E. C. Carrigan, her lawyer, held a reception. For two hours the young woman shone resplendent, greeted everybody affably, and altogether showed herself a very amiable hostess. At the proper time the lawyer explained that Miss Hoyt's relatives were trying to get her adjudged insane, and that her object in coming to East Saginaw was to obtain an honest expression of opinion. Of course nobody could say that they had seen anything out of place in Miss Hoyt’s appearance, and the Mayor and city officials gladly made affidavits regarding her soberness and sanity. Fortified with these, she has returned to New York City, and her lawyer will demand at once a trial bj’ Sheriff’s jury of her mental condition. It is no wonder that under the circumstances the, greatest interest should be manifested in the proceedings. Miss Hoyt is too shrewd a lady to be put in an insane asylum.

Against the Knights of Labor of a Western Town. Traiu Wrecking Alleged to Have Been Instigated and Diabolical Plaue Formulated in a K, of L. Lodge—The Trial at Wyandatte. On the morning of April 26, 18§6, Engineer Joseph Fowler felt his engine leave the track near Wyandotte, Kas., and the next instant he was at death’s door from the effect of bruises and scalding Steam from his overturned engine. His fireman, Charles Horton, and the brakeman. W. Carlisle, were lying dead under the wreck. This was the culmination of the great Southwestern strike, in which the strength of the organization of the Knights of Labor was pitted against the Missouri Pacific railway system. The second trial of George H. Hamilton, the leader of the train wreckers, is now in progress in Wyandotte. The arrest of the s : x men engaged in the work, was brought about by the confession of William Vossem, and later Fred Newport turned State’s evidence and added his testimony to that of Vossem. Thurday a sensation was caused by the arrest of Charles Babbitt and the announcement that Frank Whitney had been impelled by his guilty conscience to unburden his mind of the terrible secret.which he has carried for eighteen months. Babbitt is charged with the wrecking of a freight train at Elin Park, about six miles east of Kansas City, on .the night of April IS, ISSG, The trap was laid for a passenger train, but the extra freight was caught The confessions of the three men, as far as they implicate their, Confederates in these crimes, do not carry much that is sensational, but the prosecution has allowed it to leak out that sensational developments will be made as the trial progresses. If is claimed that it will be conclusively proved that the whole diabolical scheme was the direct result of a preconcerted action instigated and formulated in a lodge room of the Knights of-Labor. Not only is this said to be the case, but warrants are out or members who s‘and high in the order, who are charged with murder, trainwrecking, per jury and conspiracy, and it is hinted that arrests will ba made much further east than the State line. Give Him a Harder One. Nashville Aewrfean. . A little boy in East Nashville heard hifl sister say that Adam was"the first man, and when he was asked who the first woman was. replied, ‘-'Adam’s mother.”