75C-. - "3 . 3VT- 2j?.-vJ - .ysiFtSt? , - 'r.wwqjsTn WWSMMW9&- i S F- FOR 1 i. 48 $ - DAYS i. - , Is. the title of a romantic novttettet by Joaquin Miller, which will be pub- " llsbed complete in next Sunday's Dispatch. Tbe story is based upon. CalifornUn history, and is tall or stirring incidents and rORTY-POUBTP YEAR. MID OFHEB. Dxtor Cronin Was Condemned .fo Death for Knowing Er tirely Too Much, ... ASTOUNDING ALLEGATIONS Alex. Sullivan Accused by tho Mends of the Murdered" Man as a DEFAULTER FOE $82,000. Directly Charged That fle Appropri f ated Funds of the Order to His Own Use. OKE WAY OP QUIETIIG THDfGS. j State's Attorney Longenecker Will Investi- gate the Matter Fullj Before the Grand Jury. WOODRUFFS CONFESSION WAS B0GU8 " The plot thickens in the Cronin tragedy. A circumstantial charge is now made that Alexander Sullivan misappropriated funds of the Clan-na-Gael to a large amount. The Doctor knew of this, had collected evidence and was pressing an investiga tion. Sullivan's bank account will be in vestigated beibre the Grand Jury. Cro nin's friends assert that he was condemned to death on false charges of treason in order to cover up the rascality of the con spirators. Woodruff Las made no confes sion, and McGeehan denies all connection with the affair. "'TBPECIAL TELXGBAll TO TUB PISr-ATCH.1 Chicago, May 29. Judge Longenecker had a long chat this afternoon with Bryan L. Smith, Eecerrer of the Traders' Bank, Mortimer Scanlan, the Criminal Court Bai liff, and Patrick Cavenaugh. The object of the conference was to lay before the State's Attorney certain facts about some individual accounts with the defunct Trader's Bank. Judge Longenecker was requested to seixe t the bank books and submit them to the grand jury forthwith. It was asserted "that H7rould find in 'them evidence proving what Dr. Cronin had been claiming for years before his death, viz: That certain Irish-Americans had been guilty of a huge embezzlement of Nationalistic funds while he was a member of the Clan-na-Gael tri umvirate. Sullivan Charted With Embezxlement. The charge was directed against Alex ander Sullivan, who, it is claimed, was one of Dr. Cronin's bitterest enemies. The snb stance of the stories of Scanlan and Cava paugh was Sullivan, while he was in the triumvirate, went to Paris and demanded from Patrickgan, who was then in exile in the French capital, 5100,000 to carry out the aims of the physical force men in America. He demanded the money to meet certain expenditures which had been planned in a convention of representative members of the Clan-na-Gael. Mr. E.za.-a, Scanlan claimed, refused to pay over the money, and then Sul livan threatened to disrupt every Irish so ciety in America unless his demand was speedily complied with. He pointed to the fact that there was a large and growing ele ment among Irish Americans that was dis satisfied with the management of national affairs and was ready to revolt as soon as a leader appeared todirect them. Egan Wai Forced to Fay $100,000. A whole week was consumed in discuss ing the demand of the American emissary, and in the end Mr. Egan was convinced that it would be wise to consult with some of his colleagues before making his final decision. He told Mr. Sullivan plainly that he was opposed to granting so large a sum of money for any purpose whatever, but he was willing to abide by the decision of other men who had as close a knowledge as himself of the needs of the order at home and abroad. He offered to submit Sullivan's proposi tion to Sheridan, the famous No. 1 of the Phanix Park invincibles.and the leader of the physical force men in Ireland. Mr. Sullivan agreed to this offer and Sheridan was called to Paris from Ireland by telegraph. Within a week after all the facts had been laid before him he decided that the money demanded by Sullivan had better be paid in order to conciliate all factions of the Clan-na-Gael in America, Scanlan claims that Egan paid Sullivan $100,000 in cash from the funds of the Irish National League, of which he was the treasurer, and that Sullivan brought the full amount to Chicago when he re turned lome. A Ble Shortage Alleged. Instead, however, of paying the money into the local treasury ot the Clan-na-Gael, Scanlan claims that Sullivan turned over only $18,000. The other $82,000 he depos ited in the Traders' Back. Scanlan-dls-covered this fact several months ago, when the concern passed into the hands of the Sheriff, aud when, by permission, he made a thorough examination of the books In the interest of Dr. Cronin and other prominent Irishmen. Mr. Smith confirmed the story about the deposit of 582,000 to Mr. Sullivan's personal aecount, but he was nnable to tell how the money was disposed of except in a general way that it had been drawn out by means iofchecks. He offered to submit the banks' books to the grand jury and also to assist in the examination of them for the purpose of clearing up any joystsry that might attach (' poetta fancies. to the transaction. This is the alleged de falcation which Dr. Cronin spent years in attempting to explain to the Irish societies of Chicago. Dr. CreaU Pressed the Feint. He first called attention to it in the con' ventionat Philadelphia and assisted by Sheridan who was then in America, he tried to press the charges against Mr. Sulli van before a trial committee. Mr. Sullivan, however, either explained the matter satis factorily or evaded it altogether, and the charges were dropped until last summer, when the conflicting clans met in Chicago. Cronin renewed the charges then, and was nade Chairman of a trial committee of six, which, it was supposed, was equally divided on the question of the ex-ruler's guilt. Mr. Sullivan was acquitted by the committee after a long trial, one of Cronin's friends, a petty office holder, voting with the majority. It is claimed by Cronin's friends that the trial was a farce, and that influences which ought never to have been introduced into the .Clan-na-Gael were used to work on the religious prejudices of certain members of the committee. They found their verdict ot not guilty, so Scanlan says, on the word of an individual who was introduced as a witness, and who swore that the money wa honestly disposed of. An Active Attack Upon Snlllvan. That was the only accounting the com mittee asked for. Dr. Cronin, however, was not satisfied with the result, and instead of submitting to the decision of his associates he was more active than ever in disseminat ing his charges through the different camps ot the revolutionary society. His object in doing this was to bring about another trial. It was also his purpose to submit the whole subject to convention, which would, be held in Philadelphia in July, and. as scores of his friends had rallied to his sup port the liveliest kind of a fight was antici pated, and while a great many men were as fully acquainted with the facts of the al leged embezzlement as the Doctor, there was none who was so competent to press them for investigation. He had given the subject his undivided attention for years. Scanlan in submitting these facts to State's Attorney Longenecker, recommended they be looked into without delay. Judge Longe necker took voluminous notes and promised that as soon as he 'got ready to submit the whole case to the grand jury he would call for the books of the bank and have them examined. State's Attorney Longenecker is going to probe the murder conspiracy to the bottom, and if he can secure the co-operation of disinterested Irishmen he will have the senior guardian of every Clan-na-Gael camp in Chicago summoned before the next grand jury. Lnke Dillon is a Witness. It is not unlikely, too, that he will have Luke Dillon, the only member of the Clan-na-Gael triumvirate who is known to the public, placed on the stand for the purpose of compelling him to reveal the names of his two associates, as well as the name of the district delegate who first handled the charges, that were made against Dr. Cronin. Dillon is the only man who can give this information. He not only knows who the district delegate is, bnt it is claimed that he also knows the number of the camp from which the death sentence emanated. Thus far he has maintained a discreet si lence because his own oath prevents him from speaking about these matters. It is said that the. object of his mission to Chicago is to persuade sue or both of his as sociates to Issue an order to the camps re leasing every .man from the steel-ribbed oath of the Clan-na-Gael that the murderers can be apprehended. Horsethief "Woodruff to-day denied that he had ever said that he had taken the doctor's body from the Carlson cottage. He also denied having made any statement Iceman Sullivan and Detective Conghlin Lsaw nobody to-day. Neither has confessed. The police officers held many secret confer ences during the day, bnt they refused to give the reporters any information in re gard to their plans. CONDEMNEMO DEATH On raise Charges of Treason Preferred by Unicrnpnlom Conspirators Dr. Cronin Was Preparing to Annihilate the Beal Traitors In the Order WoodrnflfB Scheme Exposed. rsrxcuL teligeam to thi dispatch,! CHICAGO, May 29. The prominent Irish man who furnished the inside information regarding the Cronin tragedy already sent to The Dispatch, said yesterday: "The declaration that Dr. Cronin jras tried, con victed and-removed on .trnmped-up charges of treason is correct, but the men who bal lotted for his death, and plotted nntil the mutilated body of the famous Nationalist was forced into the catch basin on the Evans ton road, ksew that the charges were false. "It was the actual assassins and their im mediate colleagues who believe that tbey were ridding the Irish world of a spy. The leaders, or rather the arch conspirators, knew differently. Thev were afraid of Dr. Cronin. They "knew that he possessed se crets which, if made public, as thev were almost sure to do, wouia not only cover them with infamy, but if pressed before the courts of the land would send them to the penitentiary. Dr. Cronin, had he lived, would have been the leading figure in Irish politics, for the reason that he wonld have led an open and irresistible assault which would have certainly resulted in the down fall of false leaders and the collapse of a great scandal. Cronin Was a Dangerous Man. "Dr.Cronin grew every day. His strength was constantly increasing. Where he had 20 followers three years ago he had 100 at the time of his death. He would have been a dangerous man in the approaching con vention. He carried bombs in every pocket. His victims held "high places. It was his. intention to hurl them off their pedestals, and the dreaded weapons he carried would have either killed them or torn the order into fragments. Was the money levied aud wrung from patriotic Irishmen In America, remitted to a man serving a life sentence in a British dungeon, or did it find its way through other channels into the pockets of financial conspirators? "Dr. Cronin wanted to know something about the way which his people were being bled. He raised his voice against such false pretense and hypocrisy. The noise he made alarmed the conspirators. They sought first to malign him and drive him in disgrace from this citv. He continned cry out against the infamy. He was twt- ened with death. The ominous warning onlv spurred hrm on to accomplish the work which he desired to perform before his death should come. He toiled night and day. Something Had, to be Done. "Evidence of the infamy of his perse, cutors was in his pockets and in his safe. The day upon which Dr.Cronin was to hurl his bomb was fast approaching. Something had to be done to remove him from th jtsphere which he seemed destined to shock with his exposures. To be killed for ex pressing the rascality of crtain members would have been a poorSentence for the leaders of a certain faction of the Clan-na-Gael to pass upon the doctor. ."So they tried and eofvicted Urn on f"e charges of treason, and the executioners, who were chosen from the superstitious, bigoted and spy-detesting element of the oath-bound order, set out on their commission in the firm belief that they were to perform a patriotic duty. Had they known the true nature of the causes which led up to the death ballot, I doubt if they would have un dertaken to commit the crime, for I believe that there is some humanity left in the breasts of the rank and file of the Clan-na-Gael. The executioners are not in Chicago to-day. They came from. Eastern cities, and if they have not returned vto their homes are now in foreign lands. Justice May Not be Obtained. "The go-betweens,who were the emissaries of the leaders and the advisers of the actual assassins, are probably still in town. They may be arrested, but I doubt if they will ever be convicted. They are bound together by oaths stronger than can be administered in a Court of Justice. They are aware of their strength. Each is confident of the loyalty of the other. The onlv man who can Dositivelv recoe- nize the plotters is dead. The executioners have fled. There are at present no means of identifying them. What have the local conspirators to fear when a search of 25 days has failed to reveal anything but a blood-stained cottage on Ashland avenue and a mutilated body in a catch-basin, or to establish anything beyond ascertaining the fact that Dr. Cronin was murdered? "The statement that Sullivan and Wood ruff have confessed is false. If these men are innocent they have nothing to confess, and if they are guilty they have every rea son to believe that their criminality cannot be established. Woodruffs Bogus Confession. "So far as Woodruff is concerned, I am satisfied thai he knows nothing about the crime except what he has gleaned from the newspapers. The men" who destroyed Dr. Cronin didn't take into their confidence a tramp who once stole a violin in Muskegon and at another time violated one of the petty criminal statutes of Wisconsin. None out tried and trusty men had a hand in the tragedy of May 4. A strantrer would have jeopardized the success of the undertaking and imperiled the lives of the blackest as sassins of the present decade. 'Woodruff is in peril of serving a 20 years' sentence for horse stealing. A common criminal, if he be possessed of any wits at all, will grasp at anything to escape such punishment as is probably in store for Woodruff. There may be a traitor in the 'great band of conspirators. There are thou sands of Irishmen who hope this is true. Unless he can be found, however, there is little hope of seeing Dr. Cronin's murder legally avenged." MEEHAFS STOEY. He Denies All Connection With tho Murder of Cronin How He Como to Bear rested Terr Bitter Against the Conklina A Salt Threatened. i Chicago, May 29. Peter McGeegan, the Philadelphia suspect in the Cronin mys tery, told to-day ms experience since in this city. He saidt "I had been working at Pullman. May 6 a Chicago policeman in citizen's clothes called upon me at my lodg ings in that suburb and asked me a number of vague questions. I was then bothered by shadows and numerous foolish ques tioners. "At last a Pinkerton man took me up to see Mrs. Conklin. She first said that I was not the man who called for the doctor. He had talked to her a long while before the question was asked, and the matter of iden tity never entered his head. Mr. Conklin presently came in, and the detective introduced me by my proper name. As soon as Mrs. Conklin heard it she asked me to stand up, turn around, speak, and passing in general review, and then pronounced me the man. I believe that woman capable of swearing a man's life away. Mr. Conklin .had added to his wife's reckless jndgmeni some false storiesjabout me that I will call him to legal account for. "I then went to Dinan, the liveryman, and the keeper said I did not answer the de scription, being much too stout. The po lice now know that I had nothing to do with the case. I believe that the feud, plot, con spiracy, or whatever you mind to call it, was purely a personal matter, and that the right clew has not yet been struck, or, if found, has not been published." A MXSTEEIOUS AEEEST. The BMlirankee Police Take a Cronin Sus pect Into Camp. MnAVATTKEE, May 29. It Js thought that a man wanted in connection with the Cronin case is under arrest here. The police are very reticent, however, and considerable mystery hangs over the affair. There has been great activity in police circles during the last two days, and the detectives ot the Central station have suddenly beenn to take great interest in the Cronin case. At the Northwestern depot early this mornine a very mysterious arrest was made. The man was quietly taken into custody, but no trace can be fonnd of him. The arrest Was seen by several reputable citizens who vouch for the fact. v The man was not "booked" at the Central police station and Chief Janssen professes ignorance of any such arrest. He will not make a blunt denial, however, that a man was arrested at the Northwestern depot -who is wanted in connection with the Cronin case; neither will he deny that the suspected party is being held at the Cen tral station. It is thought that there have been other arrests, and that the hurried journey to juaaison oi tne arniiaaeipnian, W. J. Gallagher, was for the purpose of making an identification. BOSTON IE1SHMES win Raise Money to Help Fonlib tho Murderers of Cronin. fETICtU. TZLZOBAH TO THE CtSFATCB.l BosxOK.May 29. Boston members of the Clan-na-Geal vigorously repudiate the suggestion that Dr. Cronin's murder, was committed under 'instructions from or with the approval of the order. They assert that the trial will show that the Clan-na-Gaei as a body is not responsible for the terrible crime. The Boston branch has already re sponded to the call for funds to be devoted to clearing the good name of the order from the stigma attached to it. Daniel P, Sul livan, the President of the Municipal Council of the Irish National League in this city, said to-gay: At a meeting to-be fcelff next Monday night in Montgomery xuui, we crime ana ih antnors will be officially denounced. The league is against the deed and it would be tfad to assist in any way tho police irr their search for the murderers if it .had any information. 1 am in a position to know positively that the murder of Dr.Cronin was not committed with the con sestet the Clao-na-Gael association in Chicago, CeMinuoi on SiM Fqt, Peter McQeehan. PITTSBimG; tMBSDAY MAT 30, 1889.. TYiRTTTPtfTi PV TOTTiQ! lUillUIllLU VI IJlUuOt ' Old Christian Yoder Repeats in Court the Story of How He Was ABUSED BI A GANG OP BOBBERS. Twice btrnng Up and His Thumbs Badly Burned to Hake film Tell WHEEE HIS M0JJEI WAS C05CEALEB. Eii Ken en Iriil for as Ootragesa 'Assault en an Old AmlsnMan, At Somerset a trial is in progress which is of more than common interest. Half a dozen are charged with brutally abusing and tormenting old Christian Toder for the purpose of discovering where he kept his money. They were not very successful. The story of the outrage is told in the evi dence adduced during the trial, so far as it has progressed. rrnoir a stati1 cobbestoxbext. SosUeset, May 29. Patriarchal in ap pearance, or, as some say, Jike one of the apostles come back to life, dazed by the newness and strangeness of the modem world, Christian Yoderj the victim of a band of outlaws, sat in the old Somerset Court House to-day and "gave testimony and listened as others told of the crime that had been perpetrated upon him. His testimony was most dramatio in its simplicity, and the crowd in the courtroom sat hushed as he stood up, and with the rope the outlaws had used to hang him, the slipknot just as they left it, showed how they had twice hanged him to make him confess the where abouts of wealth he did not possess. No anger shone in the old man's countenance; his pantomime and his evidence were given clearly and without heat. ONE OF A SINGULAR SECT. Christian Yoder is a member of the Amish sect, and religiously dresses in their quaint costume. A homespun jacket, dyed black, cut in the most baggy, unfashionable man ner imaginable, and coming just below his hips, is the most conspicuous article of his apparel, and in accordance with the dictates of his sect it is fastened up to the chin with hooks and eyes. His trousers are much like any other ill-fitting garments of their kind. A frosty halo of hair and beard sur rounds his head. His upper lip is clean of mustache and his face is shaven on the upper parts of the cheeks. Long gray curls cluster thickly around his shoulders, while on the forehead and temples the hair is trimmed short and parted in the middle. His testimony was given 'partly in English and partly in homely Pennsylvania Dutch, which was translated for the Court by an in terpreter. SOME OP XHEPEINCIPAI. ACTOES. District Attorney Beisaecker was aided in the prosecution of the case by General Koontz and P. J. Kooser. The defense was represented by John A TJhl and A. C. Halbert. The defendants against whom the strongest proof was brought during the day were C. J. Lewis, Jackson- P, Sullivan, Marshall Sullivan and Decatur Tasker. Grant Dean and William Hill, according to the evidence .for the prosecution, were J "vay'oloselyasssciated'-lrith tfaese'fow'VwT accessories, ihe others, Jerry Mann, Thomas and Clarence B. Anderson, were shown to have very slight connection with the case, and were made happy when the prosecution rested to-day, by the Court granting permission asked by the District Attorney to make a motion for a nolle prosequi in their behalf. This leaves six defendants, instead of the original eight. Anderson is a mere boy and seems to have had practically no con nection with any other of the accused. His father, while teaching- school In TJniontown during the winter, had , rented his country home to Hill, and it thereby became THE EENDEZVOUS OP THE ACCUSED. The lad had been sent to the house for some material that had been stored in a room and got there in time to be taken in with the others. Thompson, according to his own story, was merely the cook forthe rest, and for some time was not aware of their occupation. No evidence to the con trary was shown. The defense opens with the declaration that it intends to prove an alibi for the six acoused. The latter are a very ordinary looking lot of men, roughly clad, and give no more evidence of deep depravity in their appearance than they do of superior virtue. The first witness this morning was Samuel Stevens, who was at the house of the Mr. Yorder in Elk Lick township on the night of the outrage. It was the 13th of April and 8 P. M., ac cording to his story, when two men entered by. the rear and two by the front door of the room which formed the principal apartment of the Yoder home. Ella Oakes and Fanny Wilbelm were the other persons present in addition to Mr, and Mrs, Yoder. All. HEAVILY AKMED. Three of the men, when thev entered, car ried revolvers, and the fourth carried a club. Mr, Yoder, on their demand, showed them the drawer in his desk where his money was. They took it, but were not satisfied. They ransacked the iouse, and three of them went to the cellar and made a hearty supper, leaving- one of their nnmber on guard, and supplvine him with a meal. They men toot xoaeT into another room, and to drown the cries that then came from the en feebled man the fellow standing guard stamped his foot and made other noises. When this would not answer Yoder was taken to the barn. They brought him in, and tried to make him give them an order for?400 on anyone who had that much money. He told them he was too weak, and they took him out to the barn again, one of them saying: "It's getting late. Let's take the out and kill him." BBOUGHX BACK fx BAD SHAPE. In 20 minutes they brought the old man back, almost unconsoious, and his fade badly scarred, Ett spat ont blood and one of the men poured a little -whisky into a cup go i. wj uiui. jluej waiuea to untie Stevens, so that he might tie the women, but he refused, and they did thewrkand left, taking besides Yoder's money, 516 be longing to.MiRs Baker, and some household goods, bams, maple sugar, a bag of chest nuts and other things. Stevens recognized the two Sullivans, Tasker and Lewis as the perpetrators of the outrage and no cross questioning couia snaKe his testimony, ex cept as to Tasker, whom he would not posi tively declare to be one bf the men, as he wore a mask over his face. The others not being so well disguised he was certain of. Miss Baker and Miss WilheMi gave cor roborative testimony. When Christian Yoder took the stand he told a pitiful tale. The outlaws, when they had taken the money he showed them, en deavored to extort more from him by taking him into a side room and choking him. THET BTJENED HM Ipx ihuhB with a lighted candle so that he has never recovered the use of it They took him to the barn( and, making a slip noose, put it around bis head, so, that the inot was over his mouth, and then suspended him from a beam. On the sepond trip to the barn the rope was put around his neck, and when they lowered, him he Was uncoscious. "One of them had advoeai hanging him up Land 'burning &e ba: I auu vug isiny s ihS?as evidence that the bay had been fired. On one of the rafters were the gray hairs,,as though they had jerked him up so i 8Uadenlv that Jill Iioari linri trnifc Rtld left bem a witness against his persecutors. When g. nrt affnw.Tinr,T,. tiA TltAi? fintr. w iUVOfc iUCAlUf; U1C UAU UlttU ftUVntU fiM when the outlaws laid him onhlstbedand clatchedhis throat, one of them said with aa oaths "I'll put a ballet through your Ad and cut your throat If yon don't tell ma where you've got more money." A STEONO CHAEr piEVID13rCE. A mass of testimony was introduced by the Commonwealth to show-that the defend ants are the. guilty-parties. Tasker, Lewis and the two "Sdlltvans had been seen by various persons from the 12th to the 14th of May, first as though going to Yoder's and then as though going from it, back to Pay ette county. Lewis and Tasker, according to the evidence, had been chased outof many haymows, and at least one witness, a boy of 15, had been questioned as to the rich people bf the neighborhood. One witness, who was one of the many who had noted the fonr mvsterious strangers about the time of the Yoder outrage, had especially recognized Marshall Sullivan as a tough, customer of long standing. It wai on- 'Monday, April 15, that Lewis and Tasken were captured and escaped. WiU iam Hanna chased them out of his hay mow Al THE POINT OE A SHOTGUN at noon, and by afternoon had learned of tne xoder affair, fle naa gone to nis brothers, and while the two were talking, Lewis and Tasker came up. Eoss Augus tine, a neighbor,"was summoned, the men were followed and arrested. John Hanna and Augustine started with the men for Confluence and John Walker and Andrew Plannagan, leading a cow, were asked to assist. Augustine, with Lewis oa his buckboard, got far in advance of the rest. Lewis complained of heart disease and looked sick. Augustine let him out to get a drink of water. While getting it he drew a revolver, and as he he stood up covered Augustine with it. Hanna then came up on horseback, with Tasker behind him. Taskersized up the situation and entered into a struggle with Hanna, in which he mastered him and relieved him of his re volver. Walker, who had lagged behind with Flannagan, who was leading a cow, came up just in time to be ordered to dis mount and take to the woods with the other two. The three obeyed orders.and Lewis and Tasker escaped on horseback. THE VICTIMS MADE TOJ3LTSH. It was with many blushes that the victims told of their mishap. Edgar Kyle, who Is ex-Sheriff of Somer set county, and keeps a hotel at Myersdale, is the man who planned the capture of the gang. He told of it in court this afternoon. Dr. Pishner and Constable Albright, of 'Summit township, who were in the attack ing party, supplied part of the story. All bnt Dean were arrested at this time. , The afternoon of Sunday, April 28, Hill's house, in Payette- county, a quarter of a' mile from where the Pennsylvania and West Virginia lines come together, was the scene of, the capture of Tasker, Lewis Hill and Jackfiulhvan; it is near Markleysville. Tho house, was first quickly surrounded. Three women came out and persuaded the men inside to surrender. They were armed with four Smith. & Wesson revolvers and a donhlf-barreled gun, the shells of which were found. to contain 20 slugs, besideaquan tity o(bird shot. One of the women was Hill's wife, and another was a sister of the Sullivans. SOME OF THE SWAG IDENTIFIED. In court this afternoon, some of the stuff, found at Hill's house was recognized to have been taken from Yoder's:. v Thomas and Marshall Sullivan were ar rested at the home of "Boss" Deanwho was a witness for both sides to-day, and father Oi.BB prOHcrtTtBH jewa.iuuujuu;iifns arrested on the road. The description of the house where Hill and his party rendezvoused is most un savory. One room was used as a storage room, the others were a kitchen, a large room and a loft, all filthy. After the prosecution rested the defense introduced one or two witnesses to prove alibisand a lot more of the same will be presented to-morrow. If Lewis Tasker and the Sullivans are convicted of burglary, they will be tried for assault and battery with intent to kill. Simpson, SEQUEL TO A DOUBLE TBAGEDI. IUrs.BInttle Wilson Dies From the Wonnds Inflicted by Hor Husband. rsrxcuL teleobau to the dispa.tcit.i EVANSV.ILLE, lND.,May 29. The sequel to the murder of Mrs. Mattie Wilson by her husband, Albert Wilson, and the sui cide of the latter in this city, came to light to-day. A letter written by the suicide and murderer to his mother in this city, which was first made publio to-day, states that he did the awful deed because he loved his wife dearly and that her affections had been alienated from him by a prominent physi cian hero Dy the name of V. V. Wedding, and whose name is also given in the letter. An examination made this evening by the physicians showed that the wife re ceived two wounds instead of one in the back, and that both balls passed clean through her body. She lingered until about o o'clock this morning, when sue expired. This was one of the most terrible tragedies that has ever been enacted ip this city. The details of the dootor's attentions to Mrs. Wilson are of a most revolting nature. He even had the brazen effrontery to thrust a pistol into the face of her husband the same day of tragedy, which was witnessed by sev eral bystanders. ' ' At sight of the doctor's pistol Wilson ran away, saying that he would arm himself, which he did, and it was after he had se cured a weapon, it seems, that tho idea of killing his wife and committing suicide en tered his head. TWO DL0EERS COME TO GRIEF. The Runaway Bride of an Hoar and Her Abdactor Arrested. rSriCTAL TELKGBAH TO THE DISrATCH.1 Cassvtlle, Mo., May 29, The rapid young Missonrian who last Saturday ran off withanotherman'swife half an hour after the marriage ceremony had been performed, is now in the hands of the Sheriff on the charge of abduction. The young lady Is under arrest on the charge of bigamy. Her name is Mamie Imel, and she ij not quite 17 years of age, She was a belle of Carthage, and like many belles, be came engaged to two lovers, but un like other young ladies, she married them both. J, S. Fritchett Was first chosen, and he went away to Idaho and all details of the marriage were perfected by mail. A young farmer named,. XJUmer made such progress dnring the last six months that Miss Imel made & second engagement. Last week Pritchett came on to seenre his bride and last Saturday they were married. Ullmer was quickly notified of what had taken place, and induced the bride, about an hour after the ceremony, to step ont in the street and have a talk with him. His buggy was standing nearby and a few minutes after the conversation began he grabbed tho bride up in his arms, depos ited her in the buggy, and taking a seat be? side her, drove off at full speed, A hot pursuit was organised, but Lochinvar es caped. It is alleged they were married Tuesday, and hence the Sherifi and bis sin ions arrested them. Hall and White oa the Araeadment. ISrXCIAL TXSMCGBAX TO TUX DHrATCH.1 GREENVILLE, May" 29, Laird's Opera House was crowded to the very doors to night with people to listen to Hon. Henry Hall aud J. Q, White speak, for the amend .. a i. . - -t -. .:..J lor the BUte Oommittee v jH "sH JH lkB JH b "fl sB B I BW0ES TO WEBSTEE The Attorney for the London Times is Tendered a Banq.net. SOME, NEW "WITNESSES TESTIFY Before the Parne'll Commission as to Out rages in Ireland. AMEEI0A WILL WIfT THE CONTEST. las Sasuan Troubles Will be Settled In a Satis- h factorr Manner. Attorney-General 'Webster was. given a banquet at London last night. He is satisfied with his course. Two Irish members of Parliament testified be fore the Parnell Commission yester day. A sensation was caused in Borne by a false report of the death of the Pope. The Samoan negotiations are progressing satisfactorily. London, May29.-tf?our hundred solic itors gave a banquet to-night to Sir Bichard Webster, and presented-to the Attorney General a complimentary address signed by 3,800 members of the bar. In returning thanks the Attorney General said he wel comed aspersions that procured, him such honor. , Maurice Healy, member of Parliament for Cork, was a witness before the Parnell Commission to-day. He admitted that the Cork branch of the League had received ap plications from other branches for lists of merchants who were members of the League, in order that other merchants might be boycotted. Mr. Healy held that it was legitimate to place such a pressure upon shopkeepers. Mr. Joseph Bigger, member of Parlia ment for West Cavan. testified that he had been a member of the Supreme Council. of the Fenian Brotherhood, but had been expelled in 1877 for advocating constitu tional action. He joined the Land League in 1879. A DISGUSTED PEOPLE. He declared that the meaning of the speech he made at Cork in the spring of 1880, in which he referred to the Anarchist Hartmann as having imitators in Ireland, had been misunderstood. As a fact, he had only warned the supporters of Whiggish candidates that the disgust of the people was likely to result in the use of dyna mite. In a subsequent speech at Castletown he had advised the people to take care that the land they occupied should be of no value to the land grabbers. He had further said that it was no part of the League's duty to recommend the shooting of landlords, but that it was its duty to defend anybody charged with shooting landlords or their agents. He had said this because no confidence was placed in the ad ministration of the law, and he had held that the League ought to defend prisoners whose crimes were the outcome of bad laws. He and Patrick Egan were the trustees of the funds of the League. He could not as sociate either Egan or Sheridan with out rages. Mr. Biggar said he had contributed nothing to the Fenian funds. His object in joining the brotherhood was to obtain its assistance in Parliamentary elections. THE MISSING BOOKS. -TflireHrya1aeJ,vfoAhe Time),cross examined Mr, Biggar. Witness said he never took part in the work or the League's treasurer. He never drew a check or saw a bank book. He was naturally indolent and left the work to others. He did not know where the record of the money dealings of the League was kept, nor did he even know why he had been .asso ciated with Egan as treasurer. Just before the suppression of the Land League, most of the books were removed. Thirty-two books had been handed to Mr. Soames, solicitor for the Timet. Presiding Judge Hannen remarked that this was the first time he had heard about these books. Sir Henry James said that it was a mistake. There were no such books in Mr. Soames possession, Mr. Big Bar said that all the important books of the league had been removed to England, They were very-bulky. He did not know that any of the books had been destroyed. He had not the slightest notion of what had become of the missing documents. A NEW 7ICER0T APPOINTED. Tho Unionists Very Anxious to Havo the Ofllco Abolished. London, May 29. The Earl of Zetland has accepted the Vice Boyalship of Ireland. The deputation appointed by the meeting of Unionist members of the House of Lords and House of Commons held recently at the residence of the Marquis of Waterford called on Lord Salisbury to-day and pre sented the petition adopted by the meeting asking for abolition of the viceroyshlp of Ireland and the transfer of its functions to a Secretary of State. In reply to the address of the petitioners Lord Salisbury promised to give the matter ms earliest consideration. u.ne sianaara says that in view of the action of the Unionists in the matter, the Government, if it resolves permanently to maintain the officer of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, will act deliberately with the Separatists and against the Unionists. THE AMERICANS WIN. It Is Stated That an Agreement Has Been Made by the Samoan Commission. London, May 30. The Berlin corre espondent of the Daily News says that the Samoa conference appointed a new committee, which, after a lengthy discussion, arrived at an agreement. All the questions under discussion will be definitely settled at to-day's sitting. The agreement will be published in about ten days, when the ratifications of the re spective Governments shall have arrived. The American commissioners will re ceive instructions from their Gov ernment by cable. Sir Edward Malet,' the British Ambassador, goes to London for instructions. Prince Bismarck, Count Herbert Bismarck and Dr. Schwen inger have gone to Schonhausen. The Times' Berlin correspondent, refer ring to tbe Samoa conference, says: "The Americans had a tough fight for the asser tion of their prlnoiples, but the convention will show that tbey have not been unsuc cessful,." THE POPE REPORTED DEAD. A False Rnmor the Cause of Much Excite , meat In Rome. KOME,JIay29.-The public was startled to-day by a report; ot the death of the Pop'?. The rumor reached the House of Parlia ment and caused much exoitementamong the Senators and Deputies. On inquiry it was learned that there was no foundation what ever for tbe rumor. His Holiness is 'enjoy ing good health, and attend) daily to the duties of his office. TheTreaty Between Germany and Italy. Pesth, May 39. The FeMer Lloyd says it is authorised to deny that there have been any negotlationslooking to a renewal ot tie German mi Iwliw jdlMe treaty SPLENDID v 1 MEDIUM. TROUBLE IN BELGIBX. The Opposition: Blake Serious Charges Against the Present JoTeraaeot. Beussels, May 29.-rIn the Chamber of Bepresentatives to-day Prime Minister Beernaert made a long speech, in the course of which he strenuously de nied that the ' Government was plot ting the ruin of citizens through the agency of police spies. He accused the op position ot making political capital out of the recent trials at Mobs, a charge that elicited applause from, the members of the Bight, M. Bard acensed the Prime Minister of organizing a conspiracy. He demanded an inquiry, and moved a vote of censure against the Government. The motion was rejected. A resolution express ing confioVgce In the Government was then adopted by a vote of 78 to32. When the ministers left the chamber the crowd outside hissed them and shouted, "Besign, resign." Several persons con spicuous in the demonstration were ar rested. FAILED IN AFBAUD. AToBBg Mas' Tries to Raise Hooey on Raised Drafts and Is Caught. Butte, Mont., May 29. On the 20th Inst, a well-dressed young man named J. C. "White, a stranger In town, presented Cashier Heitt, of Clark & Laribee's bank, at this place, with a draft on them drawn by the Commercial Bank of Port land for $1,200. It was good, anif" was nonoreu. .a. jew aays laier vvniie bought drafts on Clark & Laribee for $50 and $100 respectively, on the Commercial of Portland, and for $100 for Helena. Then he went to the Pirst National Bank here, and purchased a draft on the same Portland bank as before for $25. Last Saturday letters of inquiry were received from the Pirst National Bank of Seattle. They wrote Clark & Laribee, ask ing if a draft had been issued by J, C. White for $5,600, giving the number. A reply was sent that the draft had been raised from $55. -The Pint National here on the same day re ceived an inquiry if a draft for $2,500 had been issued by J. C. White and the reply was sent that the draft was for only $25. Advices just received from Seattle stated that White had been arrested and indicted by the grand jury. STARVING NOT MUCH HAEDER Then to Try to Lire and Keep a Family on $15 a Month. tSPICUL TXLEOBAU TO THB PISFATCR. Bbaisood, III., May 29. The whistle blew for work at the "J" shaft this morn ing, and only 40 negroes responded. The rest, about 600, did not go to work for fear of being blacklisted as scabs. There was no excitement. The Italians are apparently lying low. All the miners In this coal field are idle, and say they will starve be fore they will go to work at less than last year's priqes. It Is thought, however, that they will accept a 5-ceut reduction. They have been able to earn only $15 a month. They say they mightas well starve lyinsr idle, as workm? for not enoush to live on. They are begging for support in the surrounding towns, and are meeting with success. The four men held to-day out of the 26 ar rested were taken to Joliet and lodged in jail for carrying concealed weapons. A DARING TiUiy'RoI'BER. He Holds Up Trainmen and Passengers nod Secures a Good Haul. Junction, Wis., May 29. A train rob bery occurred on the-Milwaukee and North ern Bailway at Beaver to-night. The train- had just pulled out of Beaver, a station five miles from this point. A man walked deliberately through the rear coach to the rear door. Beaching that he asked the brskeman: "What is the name of the station that you have just left?" "Beaver," was the reply. "Well," said the stranger, drawing" a pis tol from his Hip pocket,"! guess I'll trouble you to shell out what spare change you have in your pocket." The brakeman complied, and then the dare-devil proceeded on his mercenary mis sion, calling upon each-passenger in a simi lar manner. As he relieved each passenger he made him walk ahead And kept up this programme until he had visited every coach in the train. Having seemed something from everyone he backed his way out, still hold ing his revolver before him, and leaped from the train in the dark just as the train was pulling into this station. F, O. Allen, a commercial man from Marinette, is the greatest loser. He was releivedof $175 and a gold watch. WRECKED IN LAKE ONTARIO. A Crew of Eight Persons Drowned or Gallop Island, Kingston, May 29. Permission having been received from the American Govern ment, the steamer Armenia left this even ing to rescue the schooner Bavaria, ashera on Gallop Island, in American waters. Nothing has been heard of the schooner's crew, although the island Is In habited, and it is certain that they have been drowned. The following were aboard the' vessel: Captain Marshall, Felix Campan, mate; John Snell, second mate; 'William Owens, Arthur Boileau. Alexander Berry, Ellas Sins and i Bella Hartman, cook, aPSStCTJSSSSSssragSBJsfSSaBgBMSjSSSsSr' ,m j .,i .. SSBSS . y,vf jtiiiSlbHU vLiu iKKSSli' sjssl KwpnranHKjSH sza rVv to sSrjMKvaKT. 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The day will be observed in the usual manner, and the flowers have been collected. There will be a grand parade of Grand Army men, and some notable monuments will be dedi cated. Well-known orators will make ad dresses, BOM time imme morial nations have celebrated the great epochs in their history. What nation has a celebration which appeals more to the pafri otism and the heart'of mankind, than that of the United States oa Memorial Day?; After the Israel ites had establish ed themselves in the land of Canaan, and the Hivite, the Jebusite, the Perisite and" other nations had been so for quelled that they served only as reminders of the heroio deeds of Hebrew progenitors, in obedience to the command of their great lawgiver, Moses, the conquering nation jealously guarded the commemoration of the great day of the Passover, when the firstborn of their taskmasters-, the Egyptians, from the king on his throne to the captive in the dun geon were slain. The children of the re deemed were brought together and one in authority propounded the query, "What is this?" and then followed a discourse on ther event and its significance. The perpetuation of that observance tended. to the nourishment of the sacred flame of patriotism and it is a matter of historical record that when nations cease to commem orate the great events surrounding their emergencies either from savagery or slav ery they die and become slaves or savage" again. THE ZNTEBEST INCREASING. But though some moum the symptoms of aeeay in jonrtn ot duly observance, there seems to be none in this sec tion regarding tbe ob servance of Memorial Day. Mr. Bengough, of the Grand Army Committee, states that the number of flags pnrcnasea eaon year is increasing and that in terest in the observance of the day seems to be growing rather than decreasing. As was said by Judge Wilson McCandless on May u, loio, in ms funeral Rev. J. T. mint. oration over the removal to the Allegheny; Cemetery of the remains of Commodors) -ajney ana Jweutenant Parker: 1 .These Bones yT8 i tna patriotic affection orths. " American people. Clothed In thelmiKe or God, and untTnfttwf vlth ffcvn spirit of those depart-fl ed heroes, they were the public property of the nation. Tont,a& to oar sa;cessors. is ' trust of preserving! them lnTlftUti" until 3 rnnflried thn .nraffu.v the, last trump shall can ins aesa to juar-' ncnt " Tbey awaken recoUee-' tlons of the virtues of i toe aeceasea, and-the stlrrln g seen es la whlcsv theypartlolnated. . They remind ssalsooC the inevitable boar common to as all, sad, that , "Iba paths of glory? lead but to tlw gme.'rf ; These sentimental uttered 41 ears.aga" "PrtooW DalzelU still glow in allltka. --nr AlWT-ifll J IMS HEROES Will be Rgs&Sgff t rw.nixi rjy an txssp "Peole. MA p5 jojalhwtt ktta Her aa tfce mmtrjtl TI -jj Au v I i-1 fa & &Sm i& . I
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