Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 343, 24 January 1908 — Page 1

ABIUM AIVD SUN-TELEGRAM vol. xxxii. no. IUCII3IOXD, IND., FRIDAY EYEMNC, JAXUAKY 24, 1!H)S. SIXtJLK COPY, a CKXTS. ATROCIOUS MURDER OF JOSEPH LUCY, RALLIES TO Woman's Criticisms of the Duchess Nicols Grazzioli Created Sensation THE AGED MILTON RECLUSE. DEFENSE OF ROOSEVELT AFTER TWO YEARS BE AVENGED

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THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF THE WELL KNOWN MAN MAY BE SOLVED BY THE STORY OF A WOMAN, WHO UNDER PRESSURE, GAVE DETAILS LEADING TO ARREST OF FIRST SUSPECT.

THREE MEH ARE NOW BEING HELD BY AUTHORITIES Earl DuBoisc and William Philpott of Milton, and Peter Sturgess of Hamilton, 0., Suspicioned. INDICATIONS SEEM TO POINT TO THESE MEN. Prosecutor Jessup Who Has Been Working on Case for Past Two Years, Feels No Mistake Has Been Made. STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. JOSEPH LUCY WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE HAD LARGE SUMS OF MONEY HIDDEN IN HIS i.DUSE AND THIS LED TO CRIME. fciCDY FOUND BY A FRIEND. The Aged Man Was Attacked -i the 9arn and Later Dragged the House Where the Remains Were Oiocovered by a Neighbor. Earl DuBoise and William Philpott, both of Milton. Intl., and Peter Sturgess of Hamilton, ()., are under arrest on suspicion of being the murderers of Joseph Lucy, the aged recluse, who was brutally beaten to death at Lis home three miles south of Milton on the evening of Friday December 13. 1905. This murder was one of the most mysterious and baffling that the authorities of this county have ever been called upon to unravel, but after two years of untiring efforts to apprehend the murderers. Prosecutor Wilfred Jessup is now confident that ho has the guilty parties in custody. Three Men Captured. DuBoise, a lad of twenty years, was the first ono lo bo arrested. He was taken into custody at his home in Milton at an early hour yesterday morning. Marshal Drischel of Cambridge City was his captor. Philpott. was ar rested at Milton yesterday afternoon and last evening the Hamilton police nt the request of the local authorities, took Sturgess into custody. lie will be brought to Richmond as soon as requisition papers have been secured. All three men emphatically deny any knowledge of the crime, but the evidence against them appears to be strong. Jessup Always Active. As lias been stated. Prosecutor Jeseup has for the past, two years been collecting every scrap of evidence obtainable in the Lucy murder mystery. For a year past, Sheriff Meredith has been assisting him. Several weeks ago it was reported that there had "been friction in the Vuloise family and that some of them who had bad trouble with joiing Karl Pu Boise, hinted that, he was implieared in the I.ury murder and that he had confessed this much t his sister-in law. Mrs. Ralph DuBoisc, f Connersville, of whom the young fellow was quite fond. Members of the family who were at. outs with Karl, stated that Mrs. Ralph DuBoise had told them that Karl had confessed to her. Clue Is Found. When this report reached the ears of Prosecutor Jessup and Sheriff Meredith, they took prompt action to investigate it, this being the first definite cine obtained since the day Lafayette Beeson, Lucy's elosr friend and neighbor, had fount! the lift-less body of the jib! man in the lotn-ly hiue. Woman Tells Story. Wednesday of ihi week Prosecutor Jfwnp Sheriff Mei't-diih went to Oonncrsx i!! Th- located Mrs. DuI'.olse there and in the presence of her husband, closely cpn-st ioned her eonreining what Karl had told her of th? crime. She refused to tell anything at first. I'tit the officers finally persuaded her to make a statemnn. the exact nafmie of which hai- sou-been siren out.

Prosecutor Jessup .stated today that Mrs. DuBoise s;iit' to him and Sheriff M'-redith. that in July, 1!hm;. "Karl DuBoise, very nervous and ill at ease, had come to her and in an agitata! manner confessed thai he and Pliilpu't and Sturgess. knowing that Miser Lucy had a considerable amount, of money stored away at his home, decided to rob him. The old man refused to give up his treasure and w;is struck a blowin the head with a club, this blow fractured his skull and death resulted instantly. Which one of the suspects is alleged to have delivered the fatal blow the authorities do not state. Earl Was Nervous. "When Karl told me about this affair he was very nervous and wanted to get it off his mind," stated .Mrs. DuBoise. "Why didn't you till the authorities at that time what jou knew " Mrs. DuBoise was asked. She answered that Karl was her husband's brother and that, she decided that she would never tell on him unless the authorities came to her on their own accord and compelled her to disclose Karl's confession. "Mrs. DuBoise appears to be a nice woman and she impressed me as being a truthful one." states Prosecutor Jessup. "Her husband bears an excellent reputation at Connersville. Ikhas had but little to do with his family since running away from home nt the age of eleven years." Warning Given Du Boise. After the interview with Mrs. DuBoise, the prosecutor and sheriff left her home about r:15 p. m.. At six p. m.. they took a train for Milton and arriving there at once summoned Marshall Drischel. He arrived from Cambridge City about 7:15 in the evening, just two hours after Jessup and Meredith had left the DuBoise home at Connersville. Meredith with Drischel, went to the home of Karl DuBoise as soon as the Cambridge City marshal arrived in Milton, but found that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DuBoise had preceded them, having driven from Connersville at break-neck speed, and had warned Karl that the officers were after him. The young man had promptly secreted himself. This was a great disappointment to the officers, but it was decided that Karl was only absent temporarily from his home. Thursday morning at an early hour Drischel again visited the Duboise home and found Karl in bed. It was learned that when the officers first visited the house, Earl had been in hiding on top of a boiler in a deserted factory building. Another Woman in the Case. Prosecutor Jessup states that another woman will figure prominently in the case. This woman resides at Milton and she has made a statement to the effect that slfc overheard an incriminating conversation between Karl DuBoise and Will Phil potts. The grand jury, the prosecutor states, will be called to investigate the case. All three of the suspects absolutely refuse to discuss the case except to say they are innocent of the crime. Karl Du

Boise states that his sister-in-law will never make another statement. This is thought to mean that influence will be brought to bear on her to this effect. THE REVOLTING CRIME. Was Most Atrocious in History of County. The murder of Joseph Lucy is the most mysterious and revolting in the criminal history of Wayne county. The place where the murder was committed would please the fancy of the most sensational writer of melodrama. This place was the Lucy farm, aboil' three miles south of Milton. It is a secluded spot in fact so much so that the day t,ie bodv of the aged recluse was found Prosecutor Jessup remarked to Sheriff Smith "If th perpetrators of this crime only keep their mouths closed I doubt if the authorities will ever bo able to capture them." Ou Sunday. December IS, 190?, Lafayutto Beeson. Lucy's nearest neighbor and closest friend, came to the Lucy home, where the strange man lived alone. Beeson had not seen Lucy since the previous Friday and h? was afraid that the asred man was ill. Lay in Pool of Blood. Beeson found the front door of the house open, the key being on the outside of the door. Beeson walked into Lucy's bedroom and the sight, that greeted his eyes made the blood run cohl and the hair raise. Lying on the floor at the side of the bed. fully clothed, was the hermit. His head rested in a pool of blood, which had flowed from a deep gash in the right jaw and an ugly gash in the head just above the left ear. The glassy eyes of the murdered man stared at Beeson with an expression of deadly fear and honor. I he lists were tishtly

STORY OF THE STURGIS CAPTURE.

Hamilton, 'Ohio, Jan. 24 Peter, aiits IMeison, Sturgess, alleged to be the accomplice of the murderers of Joseph Lucy, an aged miser, of Milion, Ind., who was beaten to death three years ago in his lonely cabin on the outskirts of the Indiana hamlet, by three men, whose object was robbery, was apprehended yesterday. Sturgis was arrested at his home, on South B street, by Detectives Metcalf and lletteriek and Officer Walsh, on information furnished by the Richmond, lnd., authorities, who wired they had arrested one Karl DuBoise, alleged to have been one of the trio, and who in his confession implicated Sturgis. The latter says he can prove an alibi, and that he was in Connersville the night of the crime. He is willing to return to Indiana without requisition papers. Sturgis became ghastly pale when informed by the officers of the charge upon which he was arrested. closed, showing that the old man, who was a native born Irishman, had. true to tho instincts of his race, prepared to sell his life deurly when the end came. Always Carried Money. Lucy always carried two purses on his person and in them he hardly ever had less than $40. When Coroner Markley arrived, Lucy's clothes were searched and tho purses were found to be gone. This gave positive proof that the man had been murdered by robbers who had been attracted to the place by stories, which for years had been hoard on every hand, that the recluse had thousands of dollars concealed at his home. Blood Marks Told Tale. Blood macks leading from the barn to the house established the fact that Lucy had been waylaid while leaving the barn and there had probably received the blow which fractured his jaw. It was easy for the authorities to imagine that the recluse had been robbed of all the money ho had on him at the barn and that he had been forced to accompany the thieves to the house so that the hiding place of his horded wealth would be revealed. It was also easy for the imaginations of the officials to picture the thieves shoving Lucy into his bed room and demanding that he bring forth the concealed money under penalty of death. It was then that the hermit, like an animal at bay, had turned upon the robbers and had, for his pugnacity, received the blow on the top of the head which fractured the skull. This blow was dealt with a heavy club. At the barn a club, covered with blood and streaked with hair from the victim's head, was found. Robbers Were Alarmed. Alarmed at the result, of their fiendish work the robbers did not take time to search for the concealed treasure but hurriedly took their departure. Kvery effort was made by the authorities to run the murderers to earth but these efforts proved fruitless. Four suspects, including George DuBoise, a brother of the young man now held at the county jail, were taken into custody but were released, having proved to the satisfaction of Prosecutor Jessup that they knew absolutely nothing about the crime. The day the body was found Coroner Markley and Mr. Beeson found hidden in an old bee hive in the attic, a can which contained $4,12S in currency. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OFCASUTLTIES Railroads Killed Thousands Last Quarter. Washington. Jan. Startling fig ures appear in the accident bulletin just, issued by the interstate commerce commission, covering the mouths of July, August and September, l'JGT. The report shows that the number of casualties on railroads during that quarterly period were including 1.killed and 21.724 injured. This is an increase of 1." in the number killed and 3.W in the numbered injured. ?s compared with the corresponding period of Bah;. Collisions and derailments in the quarter numbered 4.27'. including 2.213 collisions and 2.34 derailments, of which 320 collisions and 222 derailments affected passenger trains. The damage to cars, engines and roadways by these accidents amounted to sr.Vit.flft. This shows :un increase in the number of collisions and derailments of t7 over the corresponding period of 19". THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Saturday fair and not so cold. jOHIO Saturday fair, not so coJeU-

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ALL OTHER STATES IN CHARITY WORK Timothy Nicholson, of This City, Just Resigned, Makes Public Several Very Interesting Observations. ALL OTHER STATES LOOK TO INDIANA FOR GUIDANCE Secretaries of State Boards of Charities Are to Be Given Credit for Placing Work on Such a High Level. "The work accomplished by the state board of charities since its organization in 1SS9 has, I can positively state, placed Indiana in tlie highest place in this class of work," stated Timothy Nicholson, who has just tendered his resignation to the stale board. Continuing, he said: "Formerly, the charitable workers of this state had to look to New York and Massachusetts for ideas in governing the various publi: institutions. Now these two states and all the others in the union look to Indiana for ideas in governing and providing fur public institutions. In bringing Indiana up to its present high position in this class of work, the state board of charities must give most of the three secretaries who have at different times served the board. These men are Messrs. Bicknel. Johnson and Eutler. At the present time Mr. Butler is the secretary. These three men have rendered invaluable work." It was through the untiring effors of Mr. Nicholson and Oscar McCullock of, Indianapolis, that the legislature in ' 1NS'., created the board. After it had , been established. Governor Hovey ap-j pointed Mr. NichoL-on and Mr. McCullock. Since that Ume the '.Ina? rfcan ; has been reappointed in turn by fj--( ernors Chase. Mathews. Mount. Durbin and Hanly. When appointed to the board by Governor Hanly, Mr. Nicholson intimated that he was about ready to retire. He feels that he has performed all the services his state can expect of him, so this week when Governor Hanly received his resignation, it did not come in the nature of a surprise. WELL KNOWN WOMAN OiESJtf APOPLEXY Mrs. Harriett Frances Cook Stricken on Thursday. Mrs. Harriet Frances Cook, wife of William E. Cook, 305 North Seventh street, died very suddenly Thursday i night from a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. J cook had been 111 for several montis j and of late had been showing marked I improvement. She was formerly con- ' netted with the local post office. The j fnneral -wfU take place from the home of her sfsterMc J. M. Ga&;4 2&Xartii

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GERMAN ARMY

ORGANIZE HERE There Are About Thirty Men Who Were Once in Ranks Of the German Fighting Force Living in City. EFFORTS OF WILLIAM DUNING SUCCESSFUL. For Many Years He Has Tried To Bring All Veterans of the Fatherland TogetherWas In Kaiser's Regiment. German residents of Richmond who have seen service in the army of tho Fatherland, have organized an association of ex-German soldiers, known as the Deutcher Militair Verein von Richmond und I'mgeburg." The first meeting of this organization will be held Saturday evening at the old hose house, South K and Sixth streets. This date is the. birthday of Emperor William and it will bo celebrated in good old German custom. The local Militair Verein was organized through the efforts of William Dunning, who served in the Kaiser's army and who a few years ago attended the reunion of his old regiment in Berlin, which event was held on the occasion of Emperor William's silver wedding anniversary. All men formerly connected with the German army who are not yet members of the local association are invited to attend the meeting Saturday night and affiliate with the organization. At the present time the Militair Verein is composed of the following members: Hans N. Koll, president: August Walters, vice-president; Wm. Dunning, secretary: Frederick Hackman, treasurer; Eberhard Bettenbrock, Fritz BIickw-dd, Martin P.ulach, Heinrich Cronie, Fredrick Fedeinann. Herman Hascoster, Carl Jedding. Ludwig Kamp. Clement Lahrman, Herman Loehr Kamp, Christian Menze. Bernard Mots, Heinrich Pilgrim, Heinrich Nolle. Wilhelm Rommert, Joseph Shepman, Christian Schmidt, Heinrich Tilman, August Witte. Heinrich Witte, Fred Krone, Nicholas Weist, Christian Burkhard. Annus. SK'firirst, Christian Lentz. Wilhelm Niebnhr, Fred Bcttenbrock. Eirhth street, ou fun day. and the be r v-ees and buria! will be private, r rit tido nay view the remains at Mrs.. Guar's residence on Saturday afternoon from '2 to 5 and in the evening from T to :. It Ss requested that Cowers Kindly be omitted.

"AfooMt a Thousand - taqiuiirSes59 That was the answer to our inquiry as to what returns Dye and Price, real estate dealers, had received from some Classified Advertisements, advertising farm property For Sale. Of course that's a little exaggerated on their part but it shows they had no kick coming ever the results Palladium Classified Advertisements bring. Turn to case seTCji and read today's- Qasafled Advertisements.

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C 1 ? - 1? ftm n nfl i 1 w 2 A ioK,,i sador to Paris, and his beautiful wife. Mrs. White's criticisms of the Duchess Nicols Grazzioli, created a sensation in Rome Capitol and bid fair to stir a social war in Paris. ARE SELECTED William Hirschfield and Lawrence Roberts the Men. William Hirschfield. who has been employed as a blacksmith at Gaars factory, lias been named by the joliee board to succeed Oscar Drown as a patrolman. Brown is a Democrat and Hirschfield is of the fame politics. Lawrence Roberts has been apilnted temporarily to act as a patrol driver. Roberts has been in the employ of the street car company as a niotorman. Appointment of Hirschfield completes the quota of policemen, the first time it has been filled by permanent appointments for some months. The two new appointees will begin their duties next Monday. CAUGHT TUBERCULOSIS IN PULLMAN CARS Unusual Circumstances in the Death of Albert Lindemuth. Albert Lindemuth of Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Greenville, Ohio, died early Thursday morning after a long illness from tuberculosis. Mr. Lindemuth was with the Pullman Car Co., in Los Angeles and is supposed to have contracted the disease by being about Pullman cars in which persons afflicted with tuberculosis were traveling. He was a brother of A. C. Lindemuth, of this city TERRIFIED PEOPLE RUSHED FROM HOUSES Earthquake Reported From Reggia de Calabria. Reggia de Calabria, Jan. 24. A strong earthquake shook this province. There was loss of life. The shocks were particularly severe at the villages of Bianco. Brancalcone. Bruzzauo and Forrnzzano. Terrified, the people rushed from their houses to the open fields or took refuge in the near-by subterranean grottos. MRS, MARY NIXON DIESJN DAYTON Was Former Well Known Richmond Woman. Mrs. Mary Nixon, wj.jo-jc of Nicholas Nixon, died :-.t Lt home in Davtou. .Ohio. Thursday r.hht. Mrs. Nixon ! form--r!y lived iri Richmond on North ! feuth t-treet. at h h!ch time l.;r hus,band owned the .'jv,.:;i paper Mill of . rbu city. fhe wai. the aunt of Mrs. A. C. Lkid tnuth. Mr&. Loji.-- Nixon j WbSte. Mrs. J. s. O-trander a r.d Frank j M. Nixon, a'.l of this city. - t

William Dudley Foulke Says to Indianapolis Star's Charges, That Government Officers Are Not Co-erced.

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION NOT HARNESSED TO TAFT. If President Is Criticised, It Should Be Because He Does Not Remove Other Candidates' Supporters. tALirju CASE IS CITED. DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF INDIANA HOLDS A FEDERAL POSITION. YET HE IS OUT WORKING FOR FAIRBANKS. THE STAR TAKES WATER. In Reply to Foulke, the Paper Could Net Cite an Instance Where There Was a Federal Officer Working For Taft. William Dudley Foulke, of this city, has made reply to a recent editorial In tho Indianapolis Star, referring to bis connection with the civil service, and alleging that the entire federal administration is harnessed up to tho Taft boom. In his reply Mr. Foulka says if there Is any criticism of the president it is because he has not removed men who have fcystcmatically used the time which belonged to the public in promoting the candidacy for other candidates. Mr. Fwulke declares that Mr. Kealiug, tho prime minister of the Fairbanks movement, has been away from his office for weeks, promoting the interests of the Star's own candidate. Mr. Foulke's letter to tba Star, In full, is as follows: Richmond, Ind.. Jau. 21, 1008. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, lnd. Sir: In your Suuday's editorial, you speak of the "partial eclipse of the redoubtable Hoosier reformer. Mr. William Dudley Foulke, who has never heard of the entire federal administration's being harnessed up to the Taft boom." and of the "hypnosis that baa overtaken our valiant civil service reformers." "What do they think," you add. about the lash from the white house that is being laid about the backs cf federal employes, to make them us the government's time and money to impose the president's rerscmal chok-o upon the national convention six months hence? They are dumb. They have never heard of it." It is quite delightful thus to have revealed to one's consciousness a staio of mind of which the external proof is ko entirely lacking. As an exponent of the higher criticism, of Its wondcrlul power of Insight into the, hidden works of the heart. I must congratulate your editorial writer as supreme in his profesfcion. The fact is, that Instantly upon hearing of the charge, that the patronage was used to control the next nomination, I went to Washington end laid the matter before tha president. Mr. Taft ami others of the cabinet, and inquired as to the facts. On my return home, on reading your further article of January 17th, I made a written remonstrance to the chief executive himself, in case there should be any truth in the charges that jou made. This may b the "hypnosis" jou refer to. Now I wish to pursue my inquiries fn the othT direction, that is. from yourself. Ton hae made thHe charg"of coercion. Will jou give ine the name of any official, anywhere in America, who has been controlled by any threat of dismissal, expretaed r.r Implied, or from whom the president has dTianded any support for Taft? Will you name any mac who has been r moved or whom tho President hat Tbret,trced to remove because te was not for Taft. I challenge you to make good jour fctatenicnts. or at Ie-t to produce th& authority on which they were made. If ony criticism can Le made cf th president, it is that lie has not remor4 men who have systematically u.-.ed the time which belonged to the public, :n promoting the candidacy of other can didate. D you not know that the oistrict attorney of Indiana, Mr. Healing, the prime minister of the Fairbanks movement, has been weeks ar.ay from bis office promoting the aspirations of the Star's own candidate? Have yon protested against this? Can you give any Instance of any official who has been supporting Taft in similar fashion? Is It not true that the bulk of Indiana's officials appointed through the influence o fthe Indiana machine, .have been supporting FairLaske? Ia Ohio today, four-fifths ot