A."
DIVORCE TOO EAST.
AJPhiladelphia Jndge Discovers a
Case Like Sheriff flack's.
MTHE SLACK LAWS OF SEW JERSEY
iln Kegard to Severing Marriage Ties
c Shovn Up Quite Singularly.
AX AGREEMENT TO HAVE THEM CDT
Besnlta la i Case Tint a rhllaaelpuU lawyer Can't
Disentangle,
A divorce suit somewhat similar to the
Flack case has been found in Philadelphia
and New Jersey- A man and wife agreed
to disagree enough to get a divorce and only
the negotiations failed.
ffPECIAl. TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, October 25. The facts
of a remarkable divorce suit, in some re
spects closely paralleling the Flack case,
and showing a strange looseness in the ad
ministration of the divorce laws of New
Jersey, came to light to-day. On
Friday of last week Annie
M. Eldridge, through her counsel,
James. H. Heverin, made application to
Judge Bregy, in the Desertion Court, for an
order upon her husband, W. H. Eldridge,
a well-known advertising scent of this city
and Camden, for the payment of ?10 a week
for the support of herself and inrant child.
At the hearing, it appeared in evidence
that there was a suit for divorce brought by
the wife then pending in the X ew Jersey
Court of Chancery, and Judge Brcgy con
" tinned the hearing until to-day, in order
th.it he might be then more fully advised of
the nature and status of the New Jersey pro
ceedings. A. FEIOB DIVORCE.
"When the cae was called to-day, and,
after Mr. Heverin had informed the Couit
what he proposed to prove on behalf of the
wife, counsel for the husband produced a
certified copy of a decree of divorce, signed
by the Chancellor of New Jersey, dated
October 23, 1889, Wednesday last.
Judge Bregy at once said that unless it
could be shown that this decree, apparently
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction
in another State, had been procured by
fraud, or was not genuine, he would under
no circumstances make an order in the mat
ter but pending further information upon
these points he continued the case for a
week.
The story, as detailed in evidence
and added to by Mr. Harris to-day in
his speech in court, and later by his re
lation to a representative of The Dis
patch, was this:
THE FALLISO OCT.
W. H. Eldridge and Annie M. Stuart
were married in Camden, N. J., some six
years ago. They were both residents of that
city, and lived there together happily until
jomr time after the birth of a little girl, two
years since, when Eldridge, on a visit to
Haddonfield, became acquainted with
Fannie C. Hagar, of Richmond, Me., who
was spending the summer there. He be
came evidently enamored of Fannie, and
letters frequently passed between them,
one of which, discovered in her husband's
Doccet by Mrs. Eldridge, early in 1888,
opened her eyes to his infidelity and de
," stroyed her happiness.
! On February 7 last Eldridge and Miss
, Hagar registered at the Bingham House, in
j this city, as John Marshall and wife, and he
I subsequently lodeed with her in hotels in
I New York and elsewhere as man and wife.
I By this time Mrs. Eldridge was so con
'viLcedof her husband' intimacy with the
Hagar woman that she accused him of it,
and
HE CONFESSED
his transgressions. Subsequently he, by
threats, compelled her to begin a suit for
divorce from hiia in New Jersey, he agree
ing not only to pay all expenses, but to give
her ?12 a week for the remainder of her life,
and give good real estate security in $1,000
for the payment of that amount. His prin
cipal threat was that if she did not consent
to this he would leave her and go to Cali
fornia or to some other locality
where she could not reach him,
and that she and her child would
then be penniless, and his mistress actually
wrote to the injured wife a long letter,
dated and postmarked Richmond, Me., in
which she implored her to comply with her
husband's wishes? ,
Proceedings for divorce were tberefo.-e be
gun on behalf of Mrs. Eldridge in July last,
in Camden, H. B Peck, of that city, being
paid and retained by Eldridge as his wile's
counsel against himself. The suit was re
ferred to a master, before whom Mrs. Eld
ridge testified as to her marriage and
HEE HUSBAND'S CONFESSION
of his unlawful intimacy with Fannie C.
Hagar, whose name was, however, sup
pressed in the original libel for divorce, the
co-respondent being there alluded to as a
"party to the libelant unknown."
Mrs. Eldridge was compelled to consent
to the concealment of the identity of the
woman who had wronged her, by the threats
of her husband to cease paying her the
weekly sum agreed upon, and she states
that when she subscribed her name to the
libel she told Lawyer Peck that she did it
only because of i he threats and coercion of
her husband. Peck went on, all the same,
the balance of the evidence againstEldridge
being, it is alleged, furnished by himself.
Early in this month Mrs. Eldridge re
tained Mr. Heverin as her counsel, and at
his instance she wrote to Peck instructing
him to discontinue the proceedings. Peck
answered that be would do so for $30, and a
brother of Mrs. Eldridge accordingly called
upon him with the money, but Peck' had
CHANGED HIS MIND.
refused the money, and repulsed every ap
peal for a discontinuance, and on Monday
last, which was. of course, since the deser
tion proceedings began here, it is shown by
the record accompanying the decree of
divorce, a witness was examined in Cam
den before the master in divorce, on behalf
of Mrs. Eldridge, when, in point of fact,
she was entirely ignorant of any meeting to
be held or any witness to be called.
A. BEMABKABLE FACT.
It is asserted for this that both Eldridge
and his wife were at the beginning of the
- divorce proceedings residents of this State.
The proceedings in the desertion court here
were brought because, while it was true that
Eldridge had in the main paid the weekly
allowance to his wife, as he agreed, that
these payments were subject to his caprice,
and there was no security that he would
continue to pay them, and it was in order
that he should give security for future pay
ment that she had him arrested and brought
before Judge Bregy.
But the most remarkable feature about
this alleged decree of divorce is that it is
dated October 23, 1889. On October 2, 18S9,
Mr. Heverin wrote to Alexander T. McGill,
Chancellor o! New Jersey, saying that he
(Mr. Heverin) was informed that there was
a proceeding, "Eldridge vs. Eldridge, in
divorce," before him; that the libelant,
,, Mrs. 'Annie M. Eldridge, was a resident of
"Philadelphia, and that she had insti
tuteij!jhe proceedings under the threats
aad"fcoercion of her hnsband, and
iBlgnorance of ner rights, and
that her counsel of record, H. B. Peck, was
i the employ of her husband. Mr. Hever
in, therefore, asked that the proceeding be
discontinued until Mrs. Eldridge had an
opportunity to establish the truth of their
assertions. The answer to this dated "New
wark, October 24, 1889," and signed "Alex.
T. McGill, Chancellor of the State of New
Jersey," yi "I have Mntyonr letter to
Advisory Matter Dickson, at Trenton, with
a request that the suit be held in statu qu6
until your client can be regularly heard
upon the subject ef its discontinuances.
X TTABBAira SWOBN OUT.
This communication Iron the Chancellor
", therefore, written one day after the
alleged decree of divorce produced in court
yesterday, and purporting to be signed by
him., In other words, either the Chancellor
did not sign the divorce, and it is, there
fore, fraudulent, or he did sign it, and the
very next day had forgotten all about it.
Between now and next Friday the Chan
cellor will be communicated with. This
afternoon a warrant was issued by Magis
trate Smith, upon the oath of Mrs. Eldridge,
for the arrest of her husband on the charge
of infidelity.
THE SIG EXCUBSION.
Pan-American Detecntes Are Viewing the
Industries of Minnesota Particular
Attention Paid to the Edncn-
llonnt Facilities.
Minneapolis. October 25. Bain had
been falling during the night, and the
weather was raw and lowering when the
International American excursionists left
St. Paul this morning. A reception com
mittee, headed br W. E. Steele, from the
adjacent city of Minneapolis, was in wait
ing at the station, and preceded the party to
Minneapolis, arriving here shortly before 10
o'clock.
Carriages had been provided by the citi
zens, but the delegates and attaches pre
ferred to walk the short distance from the
station to the Chamber of Commerce. There
was a change in the regular programme
which had been arranged by the Beception
Committee, owing to the fact that the dele
gates expressed a desire to see less ot the in
dustrial and more of the educational.
The committee conducted the delegates
through the building and thence to the
Industrial School. The visitoia seemed to
be particularly interested in the sec
tion devoted to manual training.
They admired -the work of the
young artisans, and some them were
wonderfully engrossed in a study of the
various woods the boys used in the con
struction of the numberless articles. After
completing their inspection of the flour
mills this morning each delegate was pre
sented with a handsome souvenir, the cover
bemgengraved with a photograph of the
mills. The subject matter was a greeting
to the Congress and a eulogy to Minneapolis
milling industries.
The luncheon which the'party discussed
at the West at 1 o'clock was an entirely in
formal affair, those present being the mem
bers of the visiting party and the members
of the various committees of entertainment.
The menu waB a simple one and yet very
neat and attractive After Juncheon the
delegates took a short rest and then car
riages were called- and an extended
drive was taken about the city. This
evening at 6 o'clock the party sat down to
an elegant dinner at the West. This lasted
about two hours. After dinner an elaborate
dress reception was given in the parlors of
the hotel. A fvll orchestra was in attend
ance, and about 500 of the elite of Minne
apolis were in attendance.
William F. Curtiss has recovered from
his brief indisposition, and to the surprise
ot the delegates, who believed him sick in
Chicago, assumed charge of the party again
to-day. At the conclusion of the reception
the party took carriages and were driven to
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha depot, where at 11 o'clock they
started for Sioux City.
FIGHTING AT SAMOA.
The State Department lias No Official
Information Upon the Subject It !
Possible That No International
Interests Are Involved.
Washington, October 25. The cable
dispatch from Sidney of a reported engage
ment between the forces of Malietoa and
Tamasese was shown to a State Department
official. He said that on the face of it the
report was startling, but that the import
ance of the report would be modified by the
relative importance of foreign interests in
Savaii. It might be that there was nothing
at all in the conflict thatwonld call for
foreign consideration.
It might be merely a local riot, without
international significance of any kind. In
any event, the report, if true, demonstrated
that Maliptoa and Tamasese were not dwell
ing together in such harmonions relations
and ambitions aB had been stated in the re
cent account of Mataafa's abdication and
the subsequent election of Malietoa. The
department had no information on the sub
ject whatever
An examination of the correspondence
and reports upon the Samoan matter, with
accompanying maps, showed that there
were no American interests at all on the
island, and that those of England and Ger
many were inconsiderable, compared to
those on Tortuila, upon which Apia is sit
uated. A EW INTENTION.
Cotton-Picking; Machine Perfected Which
Will Do the Work of 100 Negroe,
Auboba, October 25. T. H. Ball has
just returned from Mississippi, where he
went a few days ago to test a new
cotton-picker, an invention in which
he is interested. A company was
formed in Chicago some months
ago to experiment with and manu
facture this picker. The capital stock was
placed at "1,000,000. The report of Mr.
Ball concerning the test of the machine in
the cotton fields is such as to make visions
of wealth float before the mental gaze of
the now enthusiastic stockholders. The
machine, while some defects easily rem
edied were revealed, demonstrated the possi
bility of what has heretofore been .consid
ered impossible, namely, picking cotton
successfully by machinery. The machine
was driven up and down the rows rapidly,
and took up the cotton so clean that not a
double handful was left, doing the work of
100 negroes. A stronger machine is now
being made, which will be finished in about
two weeks, and again taken to Mississippi
for another test upon the present crop of
cotton.
TON DEE ARE CONFIRMS IT.
A New Organization Instead ef the Iicajrae
and Ansoclatlon.
Kansas Cut, October 25. Chris Von
der Ahe, of St Louis, arrived ia this city
to-day from Chicago. He was seen and
questioned concerning the statement tele
graphed from St Louis that the League
and American Association were to combine
for the purpose of fighting the Brotherhood.
He said:
The statement is authentic and I believe
the scheme will be accomplished. So far as
agreed upon now, the details of
the plan are as followsr Indianapolis,
Washington and Louisville will not
be taken into the new 'organization and
the Philadelphia League club will buy out
the Athletics. The" players then would,
be distributed upon some- equalization
plan yet to bo determined upon.
The gate receipts at all games
willbe divided on a basis of 40 per cent to
the visiting and 60 per cent to the home
club. A joint meeting of the directors of
the different clubs will be held soon and the
scheme will be formally presented to them
then." -
A LOXli-MSSING VESSEL.
Ehe Sailed From Boston and Han Never
Been Reported.
Boston, October 25. On August 22 the
three-masted schooner Forest Fairy sailed
from here to Floors Fayal and Gracioso, in
the Western Islands. Sixty-five days have
elapsed and the Forest Fairy and her pas
sengers and crew have never been heard of
or reported.
Altogether there were 37 souls on board
the vessel, 27 of whom were passengers and
Portuguese by birth, who were returning to
the Azores for the benefit of their health.
WILLIAM BLACK, SftESKSS
Dispatch talk about authort.andtneirun
knovm correspondent. ..--
THE ' PITTSBURG. DISPATCH, SATTJEDAY,
GLAD HE KILLED HIM.
A Very Sensational Incident in the
Bowman Murder Heard.
THE PRISONER ON THE STAND.
He Fired Because His Enemy Attempted.to
Draw a Weapon.
THE WORST MAN THAT J5TEE 1IYJ3D.
Epeetstors Astonished by the Bitter Lansnaje of the
A censed.
B. M. Chambers, who shot and killed
Colonel Bowman, created a sensation at the
preliminary hearing. He stated emphatic
ally that Bowman was the worst scoundrel
that ever lived, and, that he was glad he had
killed him. He thought the dead man was
going to draw a weapon and therefore fired.
St. Loots, October 25. The most sensa
tional feature of the Chambers-Bowman
tragedy since the killing of the well-known
attorney by the ex-bank President, occurred
late this afternoon when B. M. Chambers
was put upon the stand and interrogated by
Prosecutor Warfield. Chambers recited the
details of the tragedy from the arrival of
Bowman and Deputy Sheriff Garrett at his
place, up to the killing of Bowman, and his
subsequent arrest The story was substan
tially the same as related in the first dis
patches sent out, with the exception that
Chambers related the whispered conversa
tion between Bowman and himself on the
porch prior to the shooting. Bowman said
he must have $1,300.
"But I have not got $13," responded
Chambers.
"Then," said Bowman, "I must levy on
everything in sight"
THE PBISONKB'S STOBT.
"I knew the character of the man, or
rather the lack of character," said Cham
bers, becoming excited, "and I knew that
if he once entered the house he would gut it
without regard for the rights or feelings of
anyone. The thought then occurred to me
that I would frighten him off the place. I
remembered that my gun, unloaded, and
with cartridges where I could find them in
the dark if needed, as I was prepared for a
visit from burglars, and I entered the house,
secured and loaded tne weapon.
"When I came out I kept an eye on Gar
rett, for fear he would see the gun and shoot
me. When Garrett saw me, he called to
me to not do that not to shoot. I told him
to ieave, and then turned to Bowman and
said: 'I will give you three minutes to get
off this place.' I expected him to go, but
he did not move. The sight of the gun
seemed to have no effect on him whatever,
and he smiled that cunning smile I knew so
well. I was nonplussed. An empty gnu
would have frightened me more than the
loaded one did Bowman."
"Did Bowman make a motion to leave?"
asked Prosecutor Warfield.
"No," replied Chambers, "he did not
He never moved a muscle. A thousand
thoughts flashed through -my mind. I
thought that if Bowman could see a clock
or watch he would go when
THE THBEE MINUTES
were up. I looked down at my hand as
though looking at a watch, though I had
none. I thought that I was in duty bound
to give Bowman the allotted three minutes.
Then I saw him make a motion with his
hand, and it occurred to be that if I did not
shoot him he vould shoot me. I thought of
the Terry-Field-Nagle affair, and the quick
ness with which a man could draw a pistol
and shoot My finger was on the trigger,
and I pulled it and Bowman fell."
"You knew he was dead?" asked Mr.
Warfield. .
"Yes." - t -------
"Yon saw him fall and his hat fly up in
the air?"
"Yes, his hat flew up as though a gust of
wind had struck it"
"Where was Garrett?"
"He had gone."
"Was anyone else there?"
"Yes, my sister. Mrs. Hudson, ran out
and cried 'My God, my God, what have you
done?' I replied that I was sorry for her
sake and mother's, but that I could not
help it"
SOMETHING OF A SENSATION.
After eliciting a statement of the financial
dealings between Chambers and Bowman
the prosecutor cross-questioned Chambers so
closely that the defendant lost his temper
and the spectators in the courtroom were
keenly expectant of a sensation, but not
such a significant one as they were treated to.
"You were afraid Bowman would kill
you?" asked the prosecutor.
"Yes," replied Chambers.
"Why?"
"Because he would do anything. He was
the scoundrel I ever know."
. As he said this Chambers leaned forward
in his chair and his face became livid with
rage. Spectators in the courtroom arose
to their feet and awaited the finale of the
scene.
"Yes, sir," shouted Chambers, hoarsely;
"never Such a scoundrel as Bowman
ever lived, and I rejoice that I killed him."
Painful silence reigned in the courtroom,
and the scene was one never to be forgotten by
those who were- present The testimony of
Chambers in his own behalf closed the pre
liminary hearing, and he was held without
bail to await the action of the grand jury.
The Tecord will be returned to the Circuit
Court at St Charles, where a motion for
bail will be argued by Chambers' attorney,
ex-Governor Charles P. Johnson.
A BATTLE WITH A BURGLAR.
Dcapernte Bat Inrflrctaal Betlstance Made
br a Kansas City Resident.
Kansas City, October 25. George W.
Thompson drew $2,100 in cash out of bank
yesterday afternoon. Before he went
ho'me he paid a note of $700.
When he went to bed he put the
remainder under his pillow. During the
night a burglar entered his room and, pre
senting a revolver at Mr. Thompson's head,
demanded the money. Mr. Thompson in
voluntarily grappled with the intruder.
During the struggle that ensued the re
volver was discharged, the bullet barely
missing Mr. Thompson's head. The thief
broke away finally, grabbing the money
from under the pillow, and escaped. Mr.
Thompson was badly used up in the
struggle.
WAITING FOR THE MEETING.
The Financial Backers of the Brotherhood
Weakening a Little.
SPECIAL TXLXQRAM TO TUB DISFATCH.1
BOSTON, October 25. There was a meet
ing in Boston to-day of the gentlemen finan
cially interested in the proposed Brother
hood scheme. General Dixwell, George
Wright and John Morrill were
among those present The confer
ence was supposed to be a secret, bnt it is
known that the men began to weaken a lit
tle in regard to the expense of put
ting the scheme on a practical foot
ing. The expense was found to be
greater than was at first supposed, bnt it was
decided to go ahead and trnst to luck to ob
tain the necessary funds.
The uncertainty as to what the League
players would do led to a postponement of
further action until after the annual meet
ing of the League next month.
An Important Precedent Established.
Louisville, October 25. The Court of
Appeals to-day decided that a suitor may
recover money promised him in case he re
frain from a habit The case wa.s Albert B.
Talbott, of Paris, against his grandmother's
executor. His grandmother promised him
fSOtyfhe would refrain from using tobacco.
IN A TIGHT PLACE.
A High Government Official Charged With
Violating the Law Oulclnl Envelopes
Dned to Mall -Private Matter
Other Charge Against Him.
rSrXCUL TXXXOKAJf TO Tint DI8FATCH. 1
Washington, October 25. Some ugly
charges were made against the past record
of Thomas J. Morgan, of Bhode
Island, President Harrison's Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs, after he was
appointed, and they were not answered to
the entire satisfaction of all the members of
the administration. They will undoubtedly
be investigated by the Senate, when the
nomination of the commissioner comes up
for action. .
One of the very first appointments to which
General Morgan signed his name was that
of his daughter to be a clerk in his office.
Then one of his subordinates, 'Dr. Dor
chester, Superintendent of Indian Schools,
is allowed to appoint his wife to an Indian
agency, so that they might travel .about the
country together. Now Commissioner
Morgan has committed a breach which,
to say the least, is a ' violent
straining of the law. He has mailed to
various persons, in the official envelopes of
the Department of the Interior, a copy o
an address which he delivered at
the recent Mahone conference, whatever
that may be. The subject of the address
was, "The Education of the American In
dian," and, according to the title page, it
was "delivered by General Thomas J. Mor
gan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs'
The pamphlet is in no sense a publication
of the Government, and does not purport to
be. It was not printed at the'Government
firintinz office, and is altogether a private
iterary effort of the author. The
envelopes in which the address was mailed
bear in the upper right hand corner the
following notice:
Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian affairs,
official Business.
Any person using this envelope to avoid the
payment of postage on private matter of any
kind will be subject to a flne of $300.
A few years ago a clerk in the Interior
Department was arrested by a Government
agent for doing just what General Morgan
has done, and escaped the penalty of the law
only by proving that he misunderstood
the true character of the article that he
mailed. Perhaps Commissioner Morgan
can excuse himself on the same grounds.
It is well known that a fight will be made
in the Senate against the confirmation
of his appointment because of the old
charges against him, and it is quite likely
that he will be required to make answer,
also, to the charge of having violated the
law governing the use oi official envelopes.
THE IUVASSO EIOTS.
Eight of the Mutineer. Arrested and Taken
to Baltimore by the Cruller Galena
Fart of Them Charged With
Murder.
Baltimobe, October 25. The United
States man-of-war Galena, Bear Admiral
Gherardi commanding, arrived iu the har
bor from Navasso Islands at 5 .o'clock this
afternoon and anchored off Fort McHenry.
She had on board nine Navasso' negroes,
eight of whom were engaged in the murder
ous riots in the Island of Navasso recently,
six of them being the instigators and perpe
trators of the murders of the white bosses.
The names ot these latter six are: Albert
Jones, the chief of the lot, whose home ia in
Philadelphia; Amos Lee. of Georgetown,
D. C; Thomas Welch, Washington; George
Singleton Keycs, of Washington; Henry
Jones, of Greensboro, W. Va., and James P.
-Phillips, of Baltimore.
Robert Downs and William James, both
of Baltimore, are also in the party, but they
are not deeply involved in the trouble. On
the voyage from Navasso, Admiral Gherardi
kept these two separated from the six ring
leaders. They will be used as witnesses.
The ninth man is Gtorge Ward, of Wil
mington, Del., but he is in no way con
nected. He was the cook on the island and
was taken aboard the Galena to 'look after
the prisoners. When word was received
that the Galena was in port, District Attor
ney Thomas G. Hayes, Chief United States
Deputy Marshal and several other officers
boarded a tug and went to the warship, and
after an exchange of the proper official
papers, the prisoners were put aboard the
tug and taken up to the Baltimore jail.
Lee, Keyes, Jones and Welch are accused
of murder; Albert Jones and Phillips with
mutiny and intent to kill. The Galena
sailed from Navasso October 10. When she
arrived at Navasso the British war vessel
Forward was already there, and her timely
coming probably saved the Jives of the re
maining six white men. The Forward's
officers took all the arms and ammunition
away from the neeroes. The story told by
the officers of the Galena regarding the riot
is inurn tne same as mat already published.
One of them said, however, that the white
bosses practiced great brutality against the
negroes.
A JUROR'S GOOD EXCUSE.
He Had to Leave the Court Honse to Take
a Wife.
rsrxciAt. TEixGium to the disfatch.i
Wixkesbabbe, October 25. Judge
Dreher, of Carbon county, was trying an
important case in the Mauch Chunk Court
House to-day, when one of the jurors, Leo
pold Becker, arose and said he would like
to talk to the Judge Drivately. The Judge
said the iuror could address him from his
seat Mr. Becker said he had every
reason to believe that the' case
being tried would bo ended before
Wednesday evening, but it had not been.
He was therefore compelled to ask the
Court to excuse him.
"Pray, what for?" asked the Judge. "You
are not sick, or is there a death in your
family?"
"No, worse than that," was the reply. "I
am to be married this evening. I must
travel 40 miles, and unless I leave the conrt
now I cannot reach my bride in time, and
you know how queer the women folks are.
They will take no excuse."
The Judge didn't see how he could ex
cuse the juror under the circumstances, but
Becker made such a strong appeal that the
attorneys on both sides of the case put
their heads together, and finally
got their clients to consent to the
decision of the remaining 11 jurors. Becker
then left the court a happy man. In the
evening he was joined in wedlock to Miss
Mary Buss, daughter of Hotel Keeper Russ,
of Nesquehoning.
UMBRELLA AND CANE HANDLES.
The Most Fashionnbte Designs at Present
.Are In Silver.
Washlneton Fost.l
"Canes with very expensive handles oi
silver, in elaborate and novel designs,are the
most popular just now," said W. S. Pond.
"Canes are on the decrease bo '"far as their
use is concerned, but are generally more ex
pensive than heretoiore.
"Umbrella handles follow the same gen
eral style, the chief feature of which is a
novel pattern of some kind or other. Square
blocks of silver, s vine entwined handle
andother'odd styles are used. The buck
horn handle is a standard style and is al
ways nsed, as are the gold head, but all
who wish to be in the van of the fashionable
are only content with the greatest novelty of
design obtainable, which must" be expected
in silver. .
A Pronounced Gain for Home Rale.
London, October 25. A Parliamentary
election was held in Brighton to-day, to fill
the seat made vacant by the death of
Sir William Tvndal Robertson, Conser
vative. Mr. Loder, the Unionist candidate,
received 7,132 votes, and Mr. Peel, Glad
stonian, 4,625. Sir William Tyndal Rob
ertson was elected November, 1886, without
opposition, bnt on the previons election the
Conservative candidate received 5,963 votes,
and the Home-Rule candidate 2,633.
TOT? TO ATTVIc nou A thould be
lUJi lAUUfirj, trained and driven U
told by 3. Jj. Ford in to-morrovf Dispatch,
OCTOBEE 26," 1889.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
Continued from First Page.
peculiar and experimental plate with four
small teeth for the four lower central in
cisors, which had been drawn. The ex
traction of these teeth had left an unnatural
or uneven absorption, which Dr. Lewis
noticed when be made the plate. It was the
habit of Dr. Cronin when in deep thought
to remove the old plate he used and twirl
it between his fingers.
A VEBT PECULIAR FEATURE.
That was why Dr. Lewis made ah experi
mental plate, that could not be easily re
moved. He was desirous of break
ing Dr. Cronin of his habit Dr.
Lewis had also prepared the right
back cuspit for crowning and filled
the lower second molar with red rubber fill
ing. When the body of Dr. Cronin lay in
the morgue of Lake View police station,
Assistant County Physician Egbert, who
was cond noting the autopsy, removed a pe
culiar plate of false teeth from the mouth of
the corpse.
When Dr. Lewis beheld it he unhesitat
ingly pronounced it the identical plate he
had made for Dr. Cronin. Then Dr. Lewis
went to the undertaker's rooms on Chicago
avenue, where the body had been taken after
the autopsy. It was 8 o'clock at night
when he reached the corpse. With a flood
of gas light streaming down upon the body
he compared the plaster ot Paris cast of the
peculiar plate with the formation of the JAw.
One look satisfied him that the plate had
been made for it
"What else did you see in the mouth of
the corpse?" asked Mr. Mills, with great
impressiveness.
POSITIVELT IDENTIFIED.
"The rest ot my work," was the sensa
tional reply of the witness, "I saw the cus
pit I had prepared for crowning and the
molar with its filling of red rubber. I also
noticed the absorption of the lower jaw,
which was bo noticeable in life."
This testimony had a remarkable effect
on jurors, prisoners and spectators. Even
Kunze ceased hia laughing. The jurors
leaned forward and looked at the fonr tell
tale teeth and their peculiarly formed plate,
as the dentist held them np in his hand.
The lawyers for the defense were clearly dis
turbed. Tbey grouped themselves for a hur
ried consultation. Mr. Forrest led the con
sultation. It was short and failed to shake
the positiveness of the witness as to the iden
tity of the teeth.
Then came Assistant County Physician
Egbert, who" swore he removed the plate he
held in his hand from the mouth of the
corpse. Since the antopsy the ghastly look
ing relic had been locked in his safe. Thus
far Dr. Egbert had been a satisfactory wit
ness for the State. But the wily cross
examiner scored a point before the doctor left
his seat One of the four false teeth on the
plate was broken. Concealing the plate be
hind his back and walking hurriedly to the
witness chair, Mr. Forrest asked, Dr. Eg
bert, in aloud voice, whether the broken tooth
was at the right or left end of the plate.
The witness hesitated for a moment and
then said it was at the right end of the
plate.
CAUGHT IN A TBAP.
"Are you sure?" asked Mr. Forrest, ad
vancing nearer the witness.
Dr. Egbert nodded affirmatively. Then
Mr. Forrest presented the teeth for Dr. Eg
bert's inspection. The broken tooth was at
the left end of the plate. The witness looked
crestfallen, while the prisoners grinned, as
the triumphant cross-examiner hurried past
the jurors to join his colleagues. Themis
take the doctor had made was not damaging
or very material, but when he swore in re
ply to a qnestion from Mr, Forrest .that to
the best of his belief the plate he removed
from the mouth of the corpse in the morgue
had a broken tooth at the right end, the
prosecutors looked annoyed.
Mr. Forrest then dismissed the witness
with a pompons sweep of his hand. He had
his first impression on the wall of identifica
tion which the State had set up. But on
the redirect examination conducted by Mr.
Hynes, Dr. Egbert swore that he was "posi
tive that the plate Mr. Forrest held in his
hand was the one he had removed from the
mouth of the body. There will be witnesses
to prove the corpus dilecti. The effort of
Mr. Forrest to nourish the theory that the
body whoever it may have been in life had
been mutilated in its removal from the
catch basin was not crowned with much
success.
HIS ONLY ENCOTTBAGEMENT.
The only witness who came with any en
couragement at all was John Feninger, a
ruddy-faced German who had a very im
perfect understanding of the English
language. Feninger was one of the men who
discovered the body. He was an easy prey
to the cross-examiner, who tangled him so
completely that the audience laughed at the
irrelevant and humorous replies of the wit
ness. The German was clearly rattled and
said many things which he no doubt did
not mean to say. He swore that the police
first tried to drag the body out of the basin
with their hands, but failing in this brought'
a lence Doard ana i noe into requisition.
His colleagues, however, testified that the
body was removed by poking a folded horse
blanket beneath the arms with a hoe han
dle which was afterward crossed on the back
and then drawn up from either side. Ex
Captain of Police Wing and Officer Malie,
who had charge of the work, also swore that
this method was adopted and that no fence
board or violence was used. Even Feninger
testified that the body was handled with
such care that the skin was not broken.
Then came the effort of the State to prove
that the wounds on the doctor's head were
sufficient to cause death. Dr. Egbert was
the first witness, and as he walked to the
witness chair he carried with him the stom
ach of Dr. Cronin and the vegetable matter
which was found in it at the autopsy. The
stomach wa3 in a jar ot alcohol.
AN TJNSATISFACTOBY WITNESS.
Its contents at the time of the autopsy
were in a piece of red flimsy paper. Dr.
Egbert again proved unsatisfactory to the
State. He had but a vague recollection of
many essential incidents of the autopsy,
and was painfully embarrassed. In reply
to questions irom the prosecution he testified
that in his opinion death had resulted from
the many wounds on the head. The cross
examination was conducted by Jndge
"Wing:
It was exhaustive, and not unsatisfactory
to the defense. The skull had not been frac
tured, and the neck was not dislocated. It
was evident that the Doctor had died within
three honrs after eating, as some corn,
which was found in the stomach, had not
been digested. There were no external
manifestations of decomposition, although
the body was badly swollen.
Judge Wing discussed each wound apd
drew from the witness the admission that
not one of the cuts was necessarily fatal, in
asmuch as they had not, according to Dr.
Egbert's inve'stigation, severed a single
artery or fractured the skull. Death might
have resulted from concussion or contusion
lt li lrt!n l.nt tllA lfnV fdifAl! . H.
veal this to be a fact, as the brain was de- I
stroyed by disintegration.
STILL ANOTHER THEOB5T.
The doctor might have bled to death, if
the flow of blood was not stopned, and Dr.a
Egbert. n the course of his rambling testi
mony, left it to be inferred that it was the'
opinion he held notwithstanning the fact
that there was blood, in the heart, a scien
tific refutation of snch a claim. The wit
ness was satisfied that the doctor had not
died of natural causes as all of the vital, or
gans were found to be in a healthy condi
tion. The witness admitted that all the wounds
could be inflicted without producing uncon
sciousness or concussion. He was of the
opinion, however, that the wound near the
base of the brain would render a man in
sensible. He could not determine from the
appearance of the wonnds whether they
were inflicted before or after death.
The advantage gained by the defense from
the testimony of the County Physician was
greatly weakened by Dr. Charles F. Per
kins, who wielded the knife over the body.,
This witness proved of inestimable value to
the State, and his recital was as interesting
in its ghastly details as that of Dentist
Lewis. Dr. Perkins declared without hesi
tation that, to his mind, Dr. Cronin had
died of concussion of the brain producedby
blows on thehead from a blunt instrument.
A sharp weapon without a stroke could not
produce concussion. One proof that the"
doctor had died from concussion was de
stroyed by disintegration, as a microscopical
examination of the brain was sometimes
necessary to determine the existence of con
cussion. In this case such an examination
was impossible owing to the liquid condi
tion of the brain.
AjPBOOF OF CONCUSSION.
But there was another proof left to the
surgeon and that was to be found in the con
dition of the heart Eminent authorities.
uau ueciared that in cases oi concussion tne
right side of.the heart was invariably filled
with blood while the left side was drained
of the fluid. This was the case of Dr.
Cronin, and the discovery of the fact con
vinced the witness that the man had died
from concussion. Dr. Perkins also declared
that the-incision on the jaw had severed the
facial artery, and that one of the wounds on
the back of thelieadhad cut the occipital,
artery. The hemorrhage from these wonnds
must have been great, and would no doubt
have produced death had not the injury the
brain sustained proved fatal. There might
have been contusion and compression of the
brain as well as concussion, bnt this couldn't
be determined at the autopsy owing to the
ravages of decomposition.
Judge "Wing" was severely nettled at the
scientific and damaging recital of the wit
nesses, and in a petulant way asked Dr.
Perkins why he didn't sink his knife nntil
he found the severed arteries. The witness
replied that being satisfied from the loca
tion of the incisions that the facial and
occipital arteries were cut. and knowing
that blood vessels retract when severed he
deemed it unnecessary to make a further
investigation. The witness was then hur
riedly dismissed by the defense. The case
will be resumed at 10 o'clock to-morrow.
DAVITT'S BOLD STAND.
He Charges That the Tories Knew Tkati
the Figott Letter Were Forgeries
Some Statement for Which He
Will Furnish Proof.
London, October 25. Mr. Michael
Davitt resumed, his address before the Par
nell Commission to-day. He said the land
lord system in Ireland should be abolished
and the land be vested in the State. Eight
tenths of the money which came from
America for the support of the Irish cause,
he declared, came from Irish work
ingmen. Mr- Davitt denied that
there was any alliance between the League
and the revolutionary organization in Ire
land. He said that Mr. Houston, Secretary
of the Loyal and. Patriotic Union, and his
accomplices knew that the letters alleged to
have been written by Mr. Parnell, which
were printed, in 'the London Times, were
forgeries before Pigolt went into the witness
box, and that it had come to his (Davitt's)
knowledge that Pigott had confessed that
fact prior to his testifying for the Times.
Chief Jnstice Hanneh. interrupted the
speaker at this point, saying that the com
mission could not accept such a statement
without evidence being prodnced to support
it Mr. Davitt did not press the point, but
stated that the allegation would be again
made and proved later on. He said further
that the alleged secret circular prodnced by
the Times to show that the League was a
revolutionary organization, were forgeries.
Mr. Davitt proceeded to point out that
Mr. Parnell and not he formed the Land
League in America. LeCaron, he declared,
had failed to prove the assertion that the
Clan-na-Gael managed Mr.- Parnell's tour
in America. No money collected in
America had ever been intended tor assist
armed rebjllloji in Ireland.
A TOO, TOO BASlfFUL BRIDE.
She Was Willing to WeaV-bat Dared Kot
Face the Clergyman.
The mention of Prof. Lovering, by call
ing up the older Harvard professors, brings
to mind a tale which was told me at Ports
mouth this summer, of which the venerable
Dr. Peabody, once a citizen of that charm
ing old place, was the hero, says a writer in
the Providence Journal:
On one occasion he was sent for to marry
a couple, and arriving at the hotel where
they were staying, he was met by the bride
groom, who sat for some time talking with
him, bnt made no reference to the intended
wedding. The doctor in time became first
curious and then impatient, as there seemed
no prospect for his being allowed to get
home at any reasonable hour; and, at
length, in desperation, he inquired if the
pair were not ready to be joined in matri
mony according to the plan on which he had
been summoned.
The groom answered cheerfully that they
were ready, but as no bride had made her
appearance, the clergyman waited still a
season. At last his patience became ex
hausted, and he suggested that if he was to do
any marrying that evening he desired to do
it at once.in order that he might reach home
before midnight, and that the groom had
better call in his bride,
Thereupon, it appeared that the bride was
in the next room waiting as patiently as he
was for the ceremony, but that she wished
it performed with the contracting parties'
where they were, as she wa too bashful to,
face a stranger upon so nervous an occasion.
The groom was at first unable to see why
the marriage could not take place in this
fashion, and requested the doctor to proceed
with the service; but Dr. Peabody very
naturally declined to marry a woman whom
he could not see to a man whom he could.
The bashful bride had therefore to be per
suaded to nut in an appearance, a task
which the would-be husband found by no
means a slight one; and, at length, she
was half led and half dragged in to be mar
ried. As she was evidently willing enough to
be wed, although so unwilling to be seen,
the doctor proceeded with the service, ana
at length the rite was concluded in due
form.
1NTERTIEWING OLD HUTCH.
.
The Market Manipulator TalJfSTioat Ev
erythlngfxcrpt HI Wheat Deal.
Chicago Trlbnne.1
"I once tried ta interview. 'Old Hutch,' "
said a smooth-faced, long-haired young
man.
" 'Mr. Hutchinson,' I said, 'I wish you
would tell me something about this wheat
deal. y
" 'Did you ever read mnch of Dickens?'
he asked. 'He is my favorite author.'
" 'But, Mr. Hutchinson,' I said. 'I was
asking you 'about this wheat deal. How
high '
" Thackeray is good, too,' he interrupted,
'and I'likn Shakespeare.. Are you fond of
old books?
" 'But what do you think of ' I began.
" 'You know I've got the genealogy of my
family for hundreds of years,' he broke in
again. There was a uutcniuson in
"But I gave it up and fled."
Lait Year Cider.
Detroit Free Press.i
Now is the season to hunt around for hard
cider of last year's growth. Get abput a
quart of it and go out back of the! barn and
sit in the sun and drink it slowly, and in
abont 20 minutes you'll begin' to feel sad.
Then you'll want to fight. Then you'll get
np and fall down. and. when the old, woman
comes out she'll look to be twins, and her
voice will sound as if she had her head in a
barrel. f
THE USER AILS Qliil,fv
or. the UUleontt, by JSmett S. BeinrUht;viU'
appear in temorrbuf Dispatch.
TASCOTJISTEAPPED."
The Tonng Man Long Wanted for
the Mprder oiMilHonaire Snell
IN THE TOILS OF THE LAW AGAIN.'
After Almost Dropping Oat of Sight and.
Recollections He Is
FODND BI PHILADELPHIA 'DETECTIVES-
Els Description Tallies With That f a SeKCrafesud
forger.. . -..
The Philadelphia police authorities think
they have caught Tascotfc, fte .murderer of,
Millionaire Snell, or Chicago. The pris
oner answers the description of the man so
long wanted and so often captured very
well. He was arrested, yesterday in Bead
ing for forgery, a crime that he confessed.
PHiitADELpniA, October 25. A man ii
locked up in this city to-night, who, if he.
be not WillianLB. Tascott, the. notorious
murderer oi Millionaire SnelnafCnieago,
answers most maryelously. the description,
furnished of that person-. - r-
For two weeks past the detective authori
tier have been annoyed by n BMUt who has,
teen passing or attempting to pass forged
checks purporting to be,jsjgn.ed bJ.B..
Wood, general passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania road. It became known, that the
man had left the city, and Chief of Detec
tives Wood detailed Detectives Bond and
Murray to bunt for and if possible to secure
the culprit
After visiting two or three towns; the de
tectives reached Beading at noon to-day.
An examination of. the register at the
American House, in that city, revealed the'
name of "Charles Harris, Philadelphia."
Upon questioning the proprietor, the de
tectives learned that Harris answered the
description of the forger. He was in his '
room, and they went there At once, and.
found their man in bed. asleep, They
awakened him and told him to gtt up, as
he was wanted. l
SIGNIFICANT' SCABS. ,
When the nan got out of bedhe wore only
a short shirt, -and Detective Bond's atten
tion wm attracted by prominent scars on his '"
right leg, and also a gunshot wound, in the -right
hip. It occurred to Bond that these
marks were conspicuously mentioned in the
description of Tascott A casual glasce
also revealed a scar on the right knee, and
scars on both elbows, all of which were
borne by Tascott, according to the descrip
tion. Bond quietly communicated his sus
picions to his partner, and they Both agreed ,
that it was important to get their charge
under look and key as quickly as possible.
Upon being charged with the forgeries the
prisoner acknowledged his guilt, and read
ily signified his willingness to accompany
the officfrs to Philadelphia. Accordingly,
they proceeded to the depot and boarded a,
train for Philadelphia, reaching here at 5
o'clock. They took their prisoner to the
Central station and placed him in a cell.
now TASCOTT XOOKS.
Tascott is described as having bad teeth,
the upper front onei filled with gold, bine
eyes, rosy cheeks, rather good looking, about
23 vears old, inclined to slouch, and has a
habit of carrying his hands in his pantaloon
pockets. The scars, as mentioned above, T
are minutely described. A later descrip
tion of the alleged murderer says
he is an expert guitar and. mandolin
player. All these point are observable to
a marked degree in- the man arrested to-'day.
His teeth are bad, one upper front tooth
having been filled, and he says the gold fell
out not long agq. From each side, of this
tooth, one has been extracted. Among .his
effects is i guitar.-anda small satchel he
carried contained guitar and zither .strings, -and
keys Jar tuning the latter instrument
Chief Wood telegraphed' the Chicago
authorities to-night, and is awaiting a reply
from them. 'In the course of an interview
he stated that the man. under arrest answers-
in a most remarkable manner the descrip
tion of the murderer.
They Are If ot Much Inrpreised
CniCAGO,October25. Mrs. Stpne.daugh
ter of the supposed victim of Tascott, Mill
ionaire Snell, was shows the diipatch frera.
Philadelphia to-night She said- nothing
concerning the new suspect had been com
municated to the Snell family,, and they
attached little if any importance to the
arrest ..
BREAKING UP BANDOLEEISM.
Mexican OSeera and Raagera' Captore a
Number of Bandit.
rSIICLlI. TXLXOSAU TO TBI JH3XATCH.1
BEOWNTIIJ.E, Tex., October 25. To-day
a force of rangers and Sheriff Brito, assisted
by Mexican troops, raided the Arguilea
'Banco, a cut off" on the Mexican side
of the river near Santa Maria.
The sheriff and rangers captured Maulia
Chaps, Ausencio, Figureoc, Pedro, Tea-'
daro, Villanueva and Pedro- Cereldo, all"
noted bandits, who were brought in to-day
and jailed. '
Bight bandits were captured' by the
Mexican troops as tbey made a "break"
for liberty, among them. Leonidas Solas,
a noted character who had been'
pounded on the breast and arm by a possa .
of citizens, and escaping, had just arrived f
at the Banco. The officers narrowly missed
capturing the notorious bandit Nicolas'' .
Banavides, with his men.
WANTS HEB HISSING DAUGETEB.
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A Brooklyn Girl Not Meen or Heard offer'
17 Days. ,
rSrXCIAZ. TZXXOBAK TO THI DISPATCH. I
New Tobjt, October"2K Mri-Willkas
H. Curtis, of Brooklyn reported to the
police to-day the disappearance of Eveline1
Bachler, 'her 17 -year -old daaghter
by a former hnsband. , Miss Bach
elor left her mother with. & kiss,.
Wednesday evening, add in' company with'
a girl friend started for the South -Second i
Street Methodist Church, to practice for a
concert to be given by the Sunday school.
Jnst as they were entering th'e church
door Eveline exclaimed r "There, I have
forgotten to bny my music," and started off
alone, apparently to make the purchase.
That is the last that has been seen of her,
and that was 17 days ago.
KoTrnuble toriiart theFIre.
From the Ch Icsito Inter Of.ean.1 '
Down at Indianapolis they, don't' say now 'is .
the time to lay In coal or cord wood, but 'now "!
is the time to lay in natural'gas." With natural
gas for fuel thelaziest man lirlng can aSerd to
get married.- (
Unlike most countries, China "holds the?
filicide in honor, and by her laws extends to
him the most lenient consideration, havist; '
'regard in all cases to the motive that prompted ' .
self-slaughter. The motive Is net uuf reqaenMy
revenge, as the Chinese law requires the house
holder on whose premises the, dead body "la
found not only to provide the funeral expenses
but to compensate the relatives of the de
ceased. As suicide is thus a means of rescuing
one'srelatives from poverty, it has bees made
in China a flno art A curiona development ot '
it is the practice of offering one's self as a sub
stitute for a "person under' sentence of death. '
This vicarious, payment ot legal penalties lar of
coqrse. .much, 'appreciated by rich criminals
whq are enamored of life. , ,
Al Sims,. of ParksrrtBrg, X Vs.,'
marketed the other dj 560 pound of fls
which he had eaacst Mtseeir, -Ajseag Mm
were catfish "as lnre as amafl Beys."
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