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FORTY-FIFTH YEAH.
EYRAUD MUST OIE
And La Belle Gabrielle Goes to
Prison to Serve a Term
of Twenty Years
LAST HOURS OF THE TRIAL.
A Phrenologist Examines the Famous
Stranglers and Makes a
Peculiar Eeport.
TEE MAN NOT A BORX CRIMINAL.
But the Pretty Toung Woman, Like Mother
Ere, Was the Tempter in the
Tragedy of the Girdle.
PHYSICAL P0I5TS OP THE CODPLE.
Tie Piccinteci Geseial Hisa't Unci to Say Against tie
Iiir Procter, tut E"iicules the
Hypoue Titcry.
C0UKSEL TOK THE DEFEKSE TALKS OH KORALS
IBT DUN-LAP'S CABLE C0MPANT.3
Paws, Dec 20. Tne rare sport which
fashionable Paris has eDjoyed at the Court
D'Assiscs de ia Seine, where Gabrielle Bom
pard and Michael Zyraud have been on ex
hibition for the past five days, is over.
The Terdict has been rendered and sen
tence has been pronounced. Eyraud has
been doomed to the guillotine, and La Belle
Gabrielle is condemned to serre a term of
20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
The struggle of the two against the world
for life has been a spectacle that people have
not tired of watching, and it has given'a
new thought to the editorial writers on the
daily papers, for they have moralized upon
the folly of a man who will place himself in
the position where the entire world is
against him.
Mca&ure of Social Standing.
Next week life promises to be very tame
in Paris, the struggle will be over, and the
affair Gouffe almost a thine of the past
The magnificent Palais de Justice will re
turn to its every-day speculations as to what
will be the next sensation, and yet the trial
has had a social bearing. It has measured
the standing of a man by his ability to
secure a ticket of admission. Tnis has been
the gauge of social influence during the
past week, and one's standing in the gay
capital has been decided by that.
tmoaj tbe regular attendants have been
Lord and Lady Litton, Dnchcsse De
Luyncs, of Boulanglst notoriety; Lady
Elizabeth Edith Balfour, daughter of the
firs. Lord Lytton; Countesse de la Ferron
aye, Countess de Blockqueville, Countess
de Slur, Count.Von Moltke. Count AVhit
field, the Banish Ambassador; Essad
Pacha, tbe Turkish Ambassador; Count
Zich'y, of the Austro-Huncary Embassy;
Alexander E. Dumas, Baron Keismann, the
Italian chanre d'Affaires, and many titled
and other members of the aristocracv.
Gabrielle the Picture of Despair.
The prisoners looked as if the strain of the
last few days had told upon them. This
morning Gabrielle seemed almost broken
down and presented quite a pathetic ap
pearance. Her pale face was drawn and
haggard and despair was clearly written in
her dark eyes. Her toilette was carelessly
made, and she looked as though she had not
slept. Eyraud also as pale and wan, more
listless in his bearing than hitherto, and
neitherof the prisoners paid much heed to
the proceedings. They seemed busied with
their own thoughts and lost in tbe contem
plation of their future.
The proceedings opened with an address
to tbe jury by M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire,
the Procurateur General, and disappoint
ment was at once expressed among the audi
tors when they caught from his words that
he did not intend asking that the full
penalty be visited upon the female pris
oner. The Procurateur General's address
was brief and concise. He said:
The 1'lea of the Prosecutor.
Yesterday Monsieur Danet asked for justice
in the name of tbe family of the victim. I ask
for justice in the name of civilization, for jus
tice in the came of the country. My task in
appearanco is an easy one. I have only one
point to develop. The crime of murder, fol
lowed by theft, which was committed on the
night of that 26th of July.lbas been the subject
ot extraordinary discussion, and fabulous
stones baie been invented in order to obscure
the real vital points,in tbe case. I implore you,
Centle-ncn. to exercise the utmost impartiality,
and not allow yourselves to be influenced in
any opinion by anv stone you may have heard
prior to tbe opening of these proceedings.
One of the prisoners is a young woman 22
years of age, in whom ceople of a romantic
znind seem to see a heroine worthy of a novel.
Never do they pause to consider whether she is
worth of the intei est they feel in her. This
feeling has taken possession not only of the
public, but also of tbe press. The real question
at issue is, did Gabrielle Bompard commit the
crime with which she is charged under
Eyraud's suggestion?
Tim Tlinnrv nf Ifiinnfitiin.
The lengthy scientific discussions you have
heard afford no positive proof and much re
mains behind tbe screen which tbe scientists
did not think prudent to disclose. The scien
tific professors have spoken about Mesmer and
Cagliostro. It is fortunate we are far removed
from times like those when Mesmer and Cag
liostro lived. I leave Prof. Bernheim's book
on suggestion to the learned counsel who de
fends the female prisoner, who will doubtless
quote it. As for Prof. Liegeois, I shall merely
remark that tbe learned professor is himself a
victim to suggestion, for it was at the sugges
tion of the prisoner's counsel that he came
here.
Admitting that the will of one indlvidnal
may be neutralized for a time durirnr magnetic
sleen yet I maintain the will always exists. Tbe
body may submit to the hypnotic inSuence,but
tbe mind will resi'U This theory leads to crim
inal anarchy. Admit tbe theory of tbe school
of Nancy.ana criminal anarchy will prevail. I say
that Gabrielle Bompard is a vicious, depraved
creature. but still absolutely responsible for her
actions. I have bad a long experience in crim
inal matters, bnt I cannot admit the theory of
limited responsibility.
Should Include Eyraud, Too.
As for Ejraud, his comprehension of moral
responsibility had become so completely ob
literated that I think tbe school of Nancy
might have extended its valuable aid to him
also.
l'ou (aaaressixg Eyraud) selected the ground
floor as tbe scene of your crime because you
did not wish to let tbe cornse of your victim
down from the window, although there might
be no possibility of any one below bearing the
body fall on the floor. The signature which the
victim was to have placed would only have been
useful in the event of his death. You well
knew this, and that is the reason you brought
the box which M. Danst so eloquently referred
to as Goufffl's coffin. You, Gabrielle, knew that
the man was to die, yet you said nothing when
he came. Your silence was his death warrant.
In conclusion tbe Procurateur General said:
I must confess to a feeling of emotion in ask
ing the Court to pass sentence of death on a
young woman of 22 years or age. I remember
once in the Provinces, asking a jury to convict
a young woman and I must own thatl slept
soendly and peacefully that same night. I am
not dictating nor can I dictate to you, gentle
men of the jury, what verdict you ought to
return, and I regret thatl cannot ask tnat
extenuating circumstances be considered in
ber case. You may consider her youth, her
evil habits and neglected education. I am
convinced that the course your conscience and
will dictate will be the right one.
IN EYRAUD'S DEFENSE.
THE CHIEF POINT IS THE DEPEAVTIT
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
A lecture From Counsel That Makes the
Fashionable Audience "Wince A Phre
nologist Tlirows the Blame Upon La
Belle Gabrielle Bis Interesting Theories
M. Decori, Eyraud's counsel, now rose and
said:
1 am fully conscious ot the perils and diffi
culties of my task in thus appearing before you
on behalf of my pale friend, Eyraud, but I
undertake them without fear. I am well aware
that the man now arraigned before
you is an object of contempt and ex
ecration. You have heard that he belongs
to the dregs of hnmanity and has
committed a crime which is commonly paid for
by death. He has been brought from the other
sido of tbe world, snatched from a bed of sick
ness which was carrying him to tbe
tomb, and thrown at your feet in order
that you micht pronounce again the doom to.
whicn disease had already sentenced him. All
manner of consiuerations have been laid before,
you to induce you to pronounce tbis doom. It
will require almost superhuman strength to be
able to stem the current which threatens to
carry you along with it.
Public opinion has already declared itself.
The brutal crowd has spoken out the crowd,
that blind and deaf dispenser of justice which
decides questions without properly realizing
their true significance. On all sides arises a
clamor for death, not a cry for justice; it is the
cry of hounds when the stag is at bay.
OnaUlgkSIoral Plane.
M. Decori proceeded to charge the press
of the whole world with pandering to the
depraved tastes of tbe public by printing
stories about Eyraud and to scold the ladies
and gentlemen who attended the trial,
charging them with morbid curiosity. The
crowded and fashionable audience visibly
winced under the learned counsel's reproof,
especially when he charged them with a
"rabid thirst for blood."
Prof. Lambroso, a celebrated phrenolo
gist, author of "Irresponsible Man" and
other Well-known scientific works, who had
examined Eyraud and Gabrielle iu the
prison, gave as the result of his investiga
tions tbe following:
In measuring the head of Eyraud I found
nothing indicative of the born criminal; on tbe
contrarv, everything shows him to be of a con
tivial disposition, his distinctive characteristic
being an immoderate liking for tbe opposite
sex. He is also a spendthrift, inclined to an ex
pensive style of living; his disposition is
rather kind than cruel; his band is character
istic of an ordinary business men. The shape
and fiize of bs earspresentno marked excep
tion uthf general rule. His arms, when ex
tended, are ot average length, whereas those
of all-other criminal I have examined have
been ot extranrdinaryUenita. But tor the
seductions of Gabnell. and her perfidious
counsel he wonld probably have never been a
"murderer." I admit that Eyraud has certain
characteristics that mark him as a possible
swindler or forger, but be has none of a mur
derer. These characteristics of swindling or
forgery are shown by the shapo of Eyraud's
forehead and his rapidly-shuffling, deep-set
eyes.
Not at All Cautious.
As proof of his theory the professor
adduced the total absence of caution or
plan that marked Eyraud's actions after
the crime was committed; his acting like a
mad man iu going to tbe murdered man's
office, thus risking arrest; his de
parture for Lyons, accompanied by
Gabrielle and their ghastly luggage; his
want of ordinary prudence, shown by his
throwing tbe body down the incline with
out attempting to see where it led to. All
this, in the Professor's opinion, went to
prove an entire Lick of the caution which is
customary with born criminals. Tbe Pro
fessor's opinion is that Eyraud committed
the crime in order to obtain money for his
paramour and to gratify his own depraved
tastes and habits. ,
Dr. Lambroso said that he had no sym
pathy with the lemale criminal; on tbe
contrary, he declared: "Bompard is a most
vicious and perverted female, and it was
solely for her sake and at her instigation
that Eyraud became a murderer. She exhib
its all the marks of tbe born criminal, bushy
hair, ferocious wrinkles about the mouth
aud chin, short, turned-up nore and large
ear lobes, her face is large, square and of
criminal or Mongolian type. Her so-called
good looks are nothing more than a com
bination of qualities bred by precocious
vice and a markedly sensual appearance.
Gabrielle a flood Sleeper.
Tbe professor thinks that she must have
taken a great delight in the perpetration of
the crime, when she made the sack. She
seems to have looked upon tbe whole affair
as a joke. "When the crime bad been
committed she was able, like all crim
inals, to sleep soundly in the same
room as that in which her lifeless victim
lay. She may be hysterical, but he did not
believe she acted under the influence of
suggestion. Concluding, he said: "She
may be an object of greater sympathy on
the'part of the public, but from a scientific
point of view she is more guilty than
Eyraud."
After the court had been addressed by
Maitre Robert on behalf of Gabrielle Bom
pard, the jury retired to consider the ver
dict. It remained iu deliberation from 7:15
until 8:45, when it returned with a verdict
of "guilty without extenuating circum
stances" against Michael Eyraud and a Ter
dict of "guilty with extenuating circum
stances" against Gabrielle Bompard. Eyraud
was condemned to death and Gabrielle to
20 years' penal servitude.
AH HYPNOTIC SUICIDE.
Xew York Experts Cite Wonderful Things
in Behalf of Bompard
rErZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISFATCR.1
New Yobe, Dec. 29.-The remarkable
opinions on hypnotism which the French
medical experts have given in the Eyraud
and Bompard murder trial in Paris, find in
dorsement among some prominent American
investigators. Prof. Liegeois, whose testi
mony in behalf, of Gabrielle Bompard on
Friday made such a sensation, is the lieu
tenant and representative of Prof. Beruheim,
of the school at Nancy, who is recognized in
tbis country as tbe highest modern authority
on the subject. His ideas are generally ac
cepted by the medical profession in America
in preference to those of Charcot, who is per
haps more popularly known in connection
with tbe development of the mystic force.
Several New York phvsicians, as a result
of their experiments, affirm that hypnotic
subjects may be made to commit real or
imaginary crimes, for which they are in no
degree responsible. Dr.G. M. Hammon said
to a Dispatch reporter:
I have two patients who will, at my com
mind, do anything from the commission otlsbared the same fate,
murder, forgery or burglary down to lesser
crimes. They will do these tilings either while
In the hypnotic trance or at any specified time
afterward, and tbey will not know wby they do
them, or that I influenced them in tbe matter.
After tbe commission of a supposed awful act
thev will show all tbe fear of detection and the
desire to escape which an ordinary criminal
would manifest.
An eminent New York specialist in neu
rology, who has made hundreds of experi
ments, says of this branch of the subject:
I must admit that hypnotism is capable of
dangerous criminal abuses when practiced by
unscrupulous persons. I have oftea tested the
point. Sometimes, however, there is resist
ance on the cart of the subject. Several
months azo I gave a subject in tbe hypnotic
state what he thought was a pistol, and, point
ing it at another man, 1 said. "He is a very bad
man. He is a murderer and an enemy to so
ciety. He ought to be killed and I want you to
shoot him."
The subject hesitated a moment and looked
distressed, hut finally on repetition of the com
mand, he raised his arm and fired, as be sup
pose'!, killing the man. Soon after another
physician, handing the same subject an
Imaginary pistol, told him to shoot himself
through the heart. With only slieht hesitation
tne jouncman put the oi-tol to ms heart and
fired. He fell iu a heap on the floor. His con
dition was one of almost complete collapse and
we were greatly alarmed. It was a longtime
before we could revive him. We never tried
that experiment again. If the portrer of hyp
notic suggestion is so great that a subject will
commit suicide at command, you may he sure
there is no other extremity of action to which
he may not be induced to go.
ASSETS ARE VANISHING,
NEWS FBOJI THE KEAN FAILURE GROW
WORSE AND WORSE.
Several Others Bring Suit Against the
Banker for Receiving Deposits Too -Late '
A Special Partner or Religious Procliv
ities A Number of "Witnesses Examined.
Chicago, Dec. 20. The assets of S. A.
Kean & Co., the suspended banking firm,
are growing steadily less as the proceedings
in court on behalf of the depositors, who
claim that the bank received deposits from
them after it was insolvent, progress. At
tbe opening of the court this morning,
Cashier Warne resumed tbe witness chair
to correct his testimony of yesterday in re
gard to tbe amount of cash on band when
the bank closed. He said it was made $12,
000 less than he had testified to, through
the sending of that sum to the Corn Ex
change Bank after banking hours to make
good its balance at the latter bank, ac
cording to the arrangement by which Kean's
checks were passed through the Clearing
House by way of the Corn Exchange, Kean
not being a member of the Clearing House.
C. Hutchinson, Pressdent of the Corn
Exchange National Bank, testified as to the
attempt by Kean to get aid from the dtber
banks, and said that they had decided not
to help him unless Kean's friends would
raise $100,000 for him. This action was
taken became it was the general belief
among bankers that Kean was insolvent.
"W. J. McDonald, head of the bond de
partment, testified that the gross yearly
profits on bonds were $90,000, and the net
profits about 570,000. He then made an
examination of tne books, which were in
court, at the close of which he testified that
on the day the bank closed there were $368,
100 worth of bonds in the bank; of these
$361,850 worth were pledged as collateral,
leaving but $6,250 worth actually belonging
to tbe bank. A month previous the same
account was: Amount of bonds on hand,
$423,000; amount of bonds pledged as se
curity, $38,700; balance belonging to the
bank. $41,300.
A number of new cases were filed to-day
by persons who claim that they were per
mitted to make deposits after the bank" was
insolvent. Tbe Court directed the assignee
to answer, Wednesday next, Mr. Kean to
day delivered the article of agreement made
two years aco, by which Mrs. E. M. Culver
became a special partner. This partnership
was subsequently dissolved. The articles
contained this peculiar paragraph: "The
business of the firm is to be conducted on
strictly Christian principles and according
to the teachings of the Bible."
BOILER MAKERS EMBARRASSED.
Executions Against the Vertical Tube Com
pany of New York.
New YOEK, Dec. 20. Tbe Vertical Tube
Boiler Company has become financially em
barrassed and has turned over its business
to Frank L. Froment, said to be the largest
creditor, who will conduct it for the benefit
of all creditors.
Executions amounting in the aggregate to
$5,000 have been obtained against the firm,
and are in the hands of tbe sheriff.
A Publishing Agency in Trouble.
New Yoek, Dec. 20. The International
Publishing Agency is in the hands of the
Sheriff on an execution of $2,452 in favor of
Henry Stabler.
HE RETURNED HOME DEAD.
A Han's Driverless Team Brings His Corpse
Back to Town.
"Wichita, Kah., December 20. C. F.
Robinson, one of the leading merchants of
Halzelton, went hunting yesterday, taking
his wagon aud team. Last night his team
returned with his dead body in the wagon.
A bullet hole in his breast told the story of
his death.
A posse started out at once to trail the
wagon. About ten miles southeast they
found his gun broken at the stock and
loaded. There was blood on tbe gronnd
and other horse tracks than of those hitched
to the wagon. It is known that Robinson
had quite a number of enemies among the
cowboys. It is supposed tbey killed him
and tben threw bis body into the wagon and
left the horses to shift lor themselves.
BANKER MELLON IN KANSAS CITY.
He "Will Testify To-Morrow Against Mem
bers of the City Council.
Kansas City, Dec. 20. BankerThomas
Mellon, of Pittsburg, who could not get a
franchise for an incline plane in this city,
and who charges members of tbe City Coun
cil with demanding bribes for their votes in
favor of the franchise, arrived here to-day
to testify before, the special Grand Jury
that is investigating the charges.
In an interview to-day he repeated tbe
charges, and mentioned the names of two of
the Council who had demanded money for
their favorable vote, and said he would lay
the whole matter before the jury Monday.
COMMITTED SUICIDE AT BAY.
An Ohio Man Kills a Saloon Keeper and
Afterward Himself.
BlANCHESteb, O., Dec. 20. Bert Cad
wallader shot and killed Jasper Lazure in
the latter1 saloon to-day, and tben jumped
through a window and fled, pursued by a
huudred men, some of whom were armed
and fired at him whenever within range.
Finding be could not escape, Cadwallader
shot and killed himself. The men had
quarreled abont money.
A CLOUDBURST IN HAWAIL
Eight Inches of Rainfall In Three Hours,
Doing Much. Damage.
San Fbancisco, Dec 20. On Decem
ber 9 considerable damage was done by a
cloudburst in the district of Hamakua, on
the Island ot Hawaii.
Eight iuches of raiu fell in three hours.
Two persons are known to be drowned, and
fnnr others mfssinip nro snnnftcpri tn hnvA
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PITTSBURG, SUNDAY,
SUCCI TAKES COCOA.
The Kerry Little Italian Breaks His
Great Fast of .4Dajsv
CITIZEN TEAIITrlff AT THE WIND-W
The
Elixir Said to be a Compound of
Bedatijes and Stimulants
OFFICIAL REC0ED OF THE T0ETDEE
srxctAL tslxqbam TO THE DISr ATCn.l
New YobK, Deo. 20. Signor Succi ended
bis 45 days' fast at 8:10 o'clock to-night,
He first drank a cup of cocoa, and then,
after resting on his cot, took some beef ex
tract Later he ate a little chipped beef,
and to-morrow he will eat a good aqu are
meal.
'There was not a great deal of enthusiasm
oyer Succi's feat to-night About 150 peo
ple watched the faster drink his cocoa.
George Francis Train got over the railing
into the enclosure reserved for Succi and his
watchers and captured tbe whole shovy. He
talked to the audience for half an hour.
Succi's skin was tightly drawn and his
eyelids drooped heavily. His body was
shrunken and his walk was a totter. His
nervous force enabled bim to rally, and for
a few minutes he appeared stronger than at
any time in the day. His watchers thought
at one time in the afternoon that he was go
ing to collapse.
Solely in the Interest of Science."
He was so weak that he could not move
his pillow, and his mind seemed to be wan
dering. Toward evening he,' braced up a
little,and when he stood up at 8:10 o'clock to
drink his cup of cocoa, with George Francis
Train at his side, he said he bad fasted
solely in tbe interest of science. He drank
the first cup of cocoa to the prosperity of
"this great country" that "had been dis
covered by his countryman, Christopher
Columbus." Mr. Train was deeply im
presse d, and, after remarking in an aside
that Succi was "a perfect gentleman," he
proposed three cheers for him.
Succi, in a little speech, said that it was
more difficult under the circumstances to
eat than to continue; fasting. Stephen
Massett joined Mr. Train and Succi, and
the irrouD were nhotocraphed. For a short
time aftecdrthTcTnenie cocoa he was"
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at his stomach. The record of his fast shows
that be drank, during the 45 days, 291
ounce of Croton water and 799 ounces of
mineral water.
Composition of the Elixir.
His "elixir" which supported him during
the fast was composed of morphine, chloro
form, ether, hasheesh and alcohol. Succi
eclipses by 5 days the longest known record
of continuous fasting. He himself has
fasted 40 davs, and there are several others
in the world's history who have done tbe
same, but tbe little Italian, who is a bundle
of nerves and muscle, has accomplished
what no other person has attempted.
To-nignt's last official bulletin by the
medical watchers was as follows: Weight,
104; on November 5 at 8:10, 147: total
loss, 424 pounds, or less than a pound a
day; temperature normal at 98.2; pulse, 62;
respiration, 19; dynameter, 44; general con
dition, weak, tongue clear, moist and
steady; water drank during the 27 hours
from 3 p. ii. Friday, natural, 7 ounces; selt
zer, 20 ounces, Hunyadi 4 ounces.
An Exhibition of Torture.
The alleged "scientific interest" in the
fasting is pure rubbish. The whole begin
ning and end of this disgusting show is that
here is a man who for money is willing to put
upon himself tbe tortures of tbe damned,and
tbat human nature is so organized that peo
ple are willing to pay money to see the tor
ture. Tbe fact is but ill disguised that
Succi had a terrible nigbt last night, and
that he is even now in a critical condition.
He was so weak at one time tbat he could
not put the pillow under his own head.
His stomach began to fail bim early in the
evening, and he was attacked with vomit
ing and hiccoughs. But he will pull
through all right ,
Succi slept to-night in the bedroom off the
exhibition hall, and after he has eaten a
square meal in public at 4 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon he will sacrifice science and be
come a freak in a Boston dime museum.
BUSINESS WAS BRISK.
Youthful Poolsellers Bush Trade Under
the Cloak of Religion.
rf ricixr. tileobam to the nrsPATari.:
New Yobk, Dec 20. Three days ago
three young men hired a room with a steam
heater in it, at 11 Ann street. Tbey said
they Wanted to establish an agency for the
sale of religious books and tracts. Tbey
opened up about 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing in a very mysterious way. They put
curtains over every window and over the
glass in the door and then hung out a plain,
pasteboard sign with "A. Collins & Co." in
black letters on it Business seemed to be
good from the start Young men and old
men were the customers.
A tenant in tbe building who wanted a
Bible tried the door of tbe new tenants on
Friday and found it locked. He tried it
again and tben the door was opened about
an inch and a young man in his shirt
sleeves, with his hair banged and a cigar irr
his mouth, stared at him for a moment and
said: "Well, what do you want?" "I came
to look at your stock of Bibles." "Ah,
yes, but we're just ont. Come around some
day next week," and the door was banged
in tbe visitor's face. Others who called gave
three sharp raps on tbe door and got in
without difficulty.
A short man secured admittance in tbis
way this afternoon. Instantly some one
shouted "Police." A window of tbe office
leaning into tbe balltfay was thrown open
and the three young men jumped through
it, dashed through the hallway and es
caped. The foremost one carried a black
tin box and was in his shirt sleeves. One
of themen had the first man's coat with his
own o'n his arm The secret of the room was
tben discovered.
One-half was partitioned off and behind
the partition the three young men did a
little business on the races. The stout man,
who was evidently taken for a detective by
tbe pool sellers, denied that he was such.
"I only came in to make a bet," he said to
a reporter, "when I'll be blamed if the
w hole crowd didn't shout 'Police, and dig
jiiiitfck
SuccL
DECEMBER 21,
for the door and window, leaving me here
alone."
Several young men called to get Collins &
Co. to cash winning tickets, but the firm did
not show up.
CONVERTING SINNERS. .
PREACHER ROBERTS IS IMPROVING HIS
TIME IN JAIL
By Showing Fellow-Prisoners the Error-of
Their "Ways Levees Held by BUm "With
Ladies of His Congregation, "Who Bring
Fruits and Flowers.
rsrKCIAL TELEOBAKTO THE DISPATCH.!
Wilkesbakbe, Dec. 20. Five weeks
ago the Eev. Peter Roberts, pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational Churcb, Hyde
Park, was committed to tbe Lackawanna
county jail in., default of 53,000 damages
awarded by a jury to Miss Annie Husaboe.
She was the prosecutrix in a breach of
promise suit, in which P.oberts was the de
fendant. While a student at Yale, Roberts
made love to her and promised to marry her.
He surrendered the pastorate of the Hyde
Park Church, and then married another
woman. The minister had tbe money to
pay the judgment His congregation be
lieve him innocent, and the payment would
look like a confession of guilt, so many of
the congregation argued.
Dailv large numbers of Roberts' friends
flock to the jail to see him. The young
women bring flowers, and the matrons bring
fruit The preacher does not wear the
prison garb and has access to the corridors.
He has two months more to serve.
The Warden said to-day: "Mr. Roberts
has made a paradise out of this jail. I be
lieve the Lord has sent him to convert tbe
sinners here. I don't think tbey would ever
be converted if it had not been tbat he came
among us. His presence seems to have a
magnetic effect on all tbe prisoners. Before
he came we had some pretty tough custom
ers." The keepers say thev have no trouble at
all now with tbe prisoners. Everyone of
them is on his good behavior. The only
thing tbat is troubling the preacher now is
that be may be kept in jail after his term
expires. Miss Husaboe's counsel says
three months in jail will not liquidate a
fine of $3,000.
SITTING BULL'S GHOST.
IT SETS CHRISTIANIZED INDIANS DANC
ING LIKE MAD.
The Spook Is Represented to be tho Txng-Danced-For
Messiah, Beckoning His
People on to Vengeance for His Un
timely Taking OE
Pieeee, S. D., Dec 20. A ranchman
named Tom Hetlund, located 35 miles up
Bad river, arrived to-day, and what he tells
creates a decided sensation, as he is a reli
able witness. He says a peaceable, Chris
tianized and semi-civilized tribe of the
Kettle Sioux are now seized with sudden
frenzy and are imitating the wildest orgies
of tbe ghost dance indulged in by the hos
tile?. Said he:
"Night before last some Indians were re
turning from a little social gathering, when
a sight met their eyes tbat chilled them to
the bone. One of their number directed
attention to the top of a bluftt and there
stood . a figure in white, perfectly
WiotionlcBS. Suddenly one of them
s,;ah ..- :.. Aa...
vucu im(i tu uiuu,
It's Bittine
Bulll' Tben did tbe marrow in tbe bones
of these Indians grow cold, and their teeth
chattered like beans in a barrel. The
phantom suddenly commenced waving an
arm as if motioning them to follow, and
with the speed of a bird glided from hill
top to hilltop, finally disappearing in the
direction of the Band Lands."
Only one interpretation could be given
this ghostly visitation. Sitting Bull is tbus
identified as really the simon pure, long-danced-for
Messiah, departed in flesh but
present in spirit, and he was beckoning them
on to join bis followersand avenge his spirit.
A ghost dance is tbe consequence, and the
spirit has moved down the river, and accord
ing to Hetlund it has affected them as far
down as Willow Creek.
THE LAST BUSINESS
That Ore House Will Probably Do This
Present Tear.
rerECTAi, TILECJRJJS TO THB OTSPATCB.I
Washington, Dec 20. In passing the
urgent deficiency bill tbis afternoon the
House probably finished the last busi
ness it will do this year. It
was all that the leaders could do
to muster up a quorum to-day and many
members have leit for their homes to-nigbt
The result will be tbat there will
not be a quorum to do business
in the Bouse on Monday. Just what
will tben be the course to be pursued has
not yet been determined. The Senate has
decided not to take a holiday for Christ
mas, so that there are only three courses
open to the House. The first of
these is to adjourn from day
to day; tbe second, to take a
three-day recess, as it is not in tbe power of
either house to adjourn for a longer period
than that without the consent of
the other branch of Congress; and the
third is to send to the Senate a concurrent
resolution authorizing the Honse to adjourn
until January 2, while tbe Senate itself re
mains in session.
Tbis last named course, is favored by
many of the members, but it bas never been
adopted hitherto in the history of the
Government The probability is that the
House will take recesses of three days each,
commencing on Monday.
GOLD COIN FOR GOLD BARS.
A Bill to Make the Exchange Optional
With the Treasury.
Washington, Dec. 20. Representative
Carter, of Montana, rom the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, to-day re
ported to the Honse a bill agreed upon by
the committee, to amend tbe act of May 26,
1882, authorizing the receipt of United
States gold coin in exchange for gold bars.
Tbe bill proposes to make the exchange
of gold bars for gold coin, discretionary
with the Secretary of tbe Treasury, instead
of mandatory, as the present statute has
been construed to be, and also gives author
ity to impose a charge for such exchange
equal to the cost of manufacturing the bars.
THE RUBE BURROWS REWARDS.
Some of the Claimants Have Their Accounts
Allowed and Paid.
Bibmingham, Ala.,, Dec 20. A part
payment and settlement of tbe rewards
offered for the late train robber, Rube Bar
rows, was made to-day. Carter, the man
who killed Barrows, met the officers of the
Southern Express Company, in this city, to
arrange a settlement of tbe reward.
The amonnt offered by the express com
pany and three railroad companies jointly
was $2,500. Of this, Carter was paid $1,000.
Aluminum for an Air Ship.
Yankton, S. D.. Dec. 20. One thousand
acres of land was purchased here by the Mt.
Carmel Aeronautic Navigation Company,
of Chicago, containing large deposits of
aluminum, tbe metal to be used to construct
tno company .air shipf
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THE FOX AND THE HARE.
BACILLI OF LOCKJAW
A Philadelphia Doctor Ont With a
Hew Theory of the Disease.
IN LIKE WITH KOCH'S DISCOVERT.
The Tuberculosis Lymph Given Out Free
for Private Patients.
EEC0ED3 OP BEELIN EXPERIMENTS
rSFECUX, TELEGRAM TO THI DISPi.TCH.1
Philadelphia, Dec 20. Tetanus, or
as it is commonly called, "lockjaw," is one
of these diseases which are as mysterious as
they are dreadful, and which baffle the skill
of the scientist ai well as the care of the
physician, being akin to hydrophia, cancer
or serpent bite in its comprehensibility of
action nnd rarity of cure.
Dr. E. H. Landes, of the Veterinary De
partment of the University of Pennsylvania,
has not been content that lockjaw should
constantly carry off its victims without his
efforts being directed toward eliminating it
from the list of incurable mysteries against
which the best efforts of medical science
have been used in vain. For two years past
he has been thinking, searching and investi
gating, gradually bringing himself into a
similar line of research to that pursued by
Dr. Koch in his search for a consumption
care, and at last, satisfying himself that he
has discovered and is in a fair way to con
quer the bacilli which is the dread motor of
tetanus in fts many forms -and which, be
ginning with a spasmodic rigidity of the jaw,
quickly seizes upon the entire, muscular
system and ends in a death as terrible as
mvsterious.
Dr. Landes commenced his researches
in the early pijtof ISoOand they have con
tinned to this date. Of bis success hff
speaks very modestly. Se savs that he
thinks be has discovered the tetanus
bacilli after experiment' which, even to his
cautious mind, are satisfactory. Bnt before
fully claiming that he has positively found
the cause of lockjaw, and as a consequence
thelineof treatment for its cure, he is de
termined to have his experiments and con
clusions examined into and verified by pro
fessional experts.
He proposes to secure and inoculate a
number of test animals, so as to thoroughly
prove his germ theory and to submit bis ex
periments to authoritative Indorsement
Great interest is being taken in Dr. Landes
discovery, bs it is felt that if he is in the
right and in line with Dr. Parkes' conclu
sion, a great boon has been conferred upon
the world and the healing art has been
placed under still higher obligations to
scientific research.
THE LYMPH COMES FREE.
Some Light on the Source of the Liquid
That Seems So Plenty.
rSFSCXM. TILXQ&AM TO TUX DISPATCn.l
New Yobk, Dec 20. Dr. Newton
Heineman said to-day tbat Dr. Jacobi
fears least Koch's lymph may be
used in too large doses by physi
cians in town. Dr. Jacobi desired to caution
physicians not to follow the method used
in Germany of inoculating with very large
doses. To the practice of nsing a large
amount of lymph in German hospitals in
order to expedite a cure Dr. Jacobi at
tributed some of the deaths reported from
German hospitals.
Concerning the source of the supply of
lymph in this country, which continues to
interest physicians, it was said by Dr. Cyrus
Edson to-day that bis brother. Dr. David
Edson, who went to Berlin to see Dr. Koch
and to bring back some lymph, is expected
to arrive on the Saale this week. On tbe
same steamship is Prof. Dixon, of Pennsyl
vania, who was said to have sent Dr.H.Hol
brook Curtis, of this city, the first lymph.
Dr. David Edson will be Superintendent
of the Koch hospital here, and there will be
a laboratory and dispensary in the build
ing, and treatment will be given free, the
object of tbe clinio being the benefit of
science. Tbe physician who gave this in
formation added that the lymph bad to be
administered free, because every one who
obtained tbe lymph had to mate oath that
no remuneration should be received for in
oculations. It had been supposed hereto
fore that Dr. Koch's stipulation was that
his lymph should be supplied to public
hospitals only, bnt it appears now tbat sup
plies for treating patients in their own
homes gratis are not barred.
RECORD OF THE LYMPH.
Besults of tho Experiments Made In Berlin
Up to Date.
COPYRIGHTED 1890, BT THE NEW TOBK ASSOCI
ATED FBESS.J
Berlin, Dec 20. Tbe number of the
American doctors who have been waiting
here, trying to get some of the Koch lymph,
is fast diminishing. Several of them suc
ceeded in procuring small supplies for use
in their private practice beiore Dr. Koch
issued his prohibition limiting the supply of
lymph to hospitals or medical colleges.
The majority have returned without tbe
lymph, but weighted with experience ac
quired in studying cases.
During the present week Prof. Gerbardt
closed bis exhibition of cases to al! loreign
physicians excepting some Americans.
Prof. Gerhardt bas now treated 79 patients,
giving two milligrammes of the lymph as
tbe first dose, and in some instances only
one. Four of his patients, who were suffer
ing from advanced phthisis,-died. Three
left the hospital much improved. Twenty
four remain and are progressing favorably.
Prof. Gerhardt expressed his increasing
satisfaction with tbe results of the renfedv,
especially in the tuberculosis of tbe larynx,
where the chances of recovery are better than
in pulmonary phthisis. He confirms Prjf.
Koch's, experience that the remedy is most
n.efnl iu ins initial staceaof dluaiai.
William Began, the Americamvhoifetmb
to Berlin in charge of Dr. William A.
Taltavall, a New York physician, and
whose ease has acquired prominence from
his being tbe first American to visit Berlin
for treatment, received the first injection on
Monday last. He is under the treatment of
Prof. Ewald. A slight reaction set in eight
hours alterward. Larger doses have been
hours alterwai
injected "'nc
easier,
rests b "
tnmQ nr- El
ce. Degan's cough is
during tbe nigbt be
jj,-re are other symp-
toms of
-W.. fcjVn of his condition.
tor.
Jf rot jwaiw. .Qf
nnmher of for. '
gan to
a large
typical
Jo
case of the tempo.
q as a
' nt result-
ing from tbe treatment "Vbrf 9l. ressed
doubt as to his
ultimate
i
ng
his condition,
Dr. Panl Gutman, who is "i. g 75
consumptives, presented before tbe h-ffland
Gesellschaft our cases that have been ab
solutely cared of pulmonary phthisis.
These cases bad been taken at the initial
stage of tbe disease. The dose in these in
stances bad been raised to five centigrammes.
A 8100,000 APPROPRIATION
For the Purchase of Lymph. "Wanted by Sen
tor Piatt.
Washington, Dec 20. Senator Piatt
introduced in tbe Senate to-day a joint res
olution appropriating 5100,000 to enable the
President to take action to obtain from the
German Government a supply of the rem
edy discovered by Dr. Koch and the for
mula for the manufacture of the same.
The resolution was laid over.
SITTING BULL'S FRIEND.
Sirs. "Weldon Denounced as an Adventuress
by Mrs. Abbott
rSPCCTJLI. TXXXQBAH TO TBS DISPATCH.!
New York, Dec 20. Dispatches from
Bismarck, N. D., state that among Sitting
Bull's effects were a number of letters from
Mrs. Weldon, a woman who, with her 10-year-old
son, ha3 been living with Sitting
Bull for some months, and whorrepresented
herself as tbe agent of an Indian society in
''Brooklyn. There is bnt one Indian society
In Brooklyn that ia the Brooklyn's Wo
man's Indian Association, of which-Mrs.
Lyman Abbott is President
"I am bappy to say," Mrs. Abbott said,
"tbat neither I nor any member of the
Brooklyn Woman's Indian Association
know Mrs. Weldon; she bas no connection
with us and does not represent ns in any
way. Her claim upon us is certainly fraudu
lent, and I am informed that she is an ad
venturess." A PROTEST FROM CHICAGO WOMEN.
They Don't Want Mrs. O'Shea's
Name
Dragged Into Politics.
Chicago, Dec 20. At a meeting, at
tended exclusively by women, and held in
the office of Attorney Kate Kane last night,
resolutions were adopted denouncing tbe
use of Mrs. O'Shea's name at Hustings in
Ireland.
The Representatives assert tbat Mrs.
O'Shea cannot be a participant in the
pending political straggle It is declared
tbat, therefore, the opprobrious mention of
Mrs. O'Shea, whatever her faults, is as in
famous under the.circumstances "as an act of
piracy upon the high seas." The meet
ing was presided over by Mrs. T. J. Morgan,
wife of Socialist Morgan.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents of the Issue Classified for the
Header's Convenience.
The issue of The Dispatch to-day con
sists of 21 pages made up in three parts. The
first part contains the news of the day, local,
domestic, foreign and sporting. The other
parts contain the following:
PARTLT-
Page 9.
An Irish Conference. Tin Plate Talk.
Suffering In Italy. Game In the Snow.
i'arnell at Home and in the Field.
Page 10.
Electric Execution SCTBE FACIAS
What Columbus Did V. G. Kaufmaih
Klre onaKanch ALIcn MacGowas
Page 11.
Court News.
The Want Column.
Page a.
The Keilm of Beauty.
Art and Artists.
Paget!.
Secret Societies.
Educational News.
Page It
News of the Stage.
for Sale Column.
To Let Column.
Tbe Grand Army.
Gossip of the Guards.
The Market Reports.
Henry Clews' Letter.
Amusement Notices.
-...PantOLx
Page lb.
Keview of Sports
Business Cards.
Page IS.
Scientific Gossip
Business Cards.
FABTDX
Page IT.
At tbe Brake Wheel L. E. STOnn,
Christmas Sentiments A Symposium
Tbe Light That FaUed Bcdtabd Kitlujo
Page 13.
On the Ragged Edge Frank O. Cakpkxtxb
The Secret service Ei-Cuief Belt.
Slaking Sbow Bills CHAHLEST. Mchkat
A Turn In London J. ABXOT KJfOI
Page 13.
VIg' Ride WItn Santa Claus PATsra
Puzzle Department E. B. CUADBOtrsx
A Cow's Stomacb J. H. WBB
Tbe Stereoptlcon W. O. EBchwigx
Traps and Snares.
Page 10.
A Dinner with Irving. FkankA. Bubr
Stealing from Husbands CLARA BELLE
A Christmas Menu Ellice Serxxa
The Ladles of Lima FAraix B. Ward
Page 21.
Stand Fast Cralg-Boyston William Black
Bocks That Chatter Lillian Sfescxb
Tbe Magic of Chemistry.
Paget.
Christmas Customs Miss GRtTSDT. Jn
Agricultural Colleges A. K. Whitehill
Gold on the Ocean. A Glass or Cider
Page 23.
The Night Cometh BIT. Gxoaox Hodgzs
A Bit of Bad Water Eogab L. WAKXXA3'
A Column for the Carious.
Page ii.
Fancies for the Fair. Home Decoration.
OnlTLovt's Labor. Bessie Bbajiblb
Boles for Beauty.... SbislxTDabs
tur Jessy is Dead,
rSPICTAL TZLEOBAK TO THB DISPATCS.I
Philadelphia, Dec 20. General Mas
ter Workman Powderly, of the Knights of
Labor, arrived in the city to-day from Flor
ida and legistered at the Winsor HoteL
He is looking pale and worn and shows un
mistakable signs of the work of the past fesf
weeks. Mr. Powderly, in answer to a ques
tion, said:
"What the Farmers' Alliance is going to
do I am not prepared to say, but it cannot
and will not affect our plans. I am not at
liberty to speak of the relationship existing
between the order and the Alliance"
"Have you decided yet whether yon will
take independent political action or not?"
"I shall follow the course laid down by
the General Assembly. We shall act in ac
cord with the Alliance all the way through.
But the jordv 'independent political action,'
if understood right, would settle tbe ques
tion in tbe minds of the people. We mean
simply that in joining our forces we frame a
platform upon which as organizations wa
stand. We will form not necessarily a new
political party, but a political movement
having a definite object in view.
"Will Call a Convention.
"It is upon this basis tbat I shall issue a
call to all the labor leaders, social reformers,
single tax men, in fact, anybody who de
sires the success of the labor movement to
meet in convention. Onr object will be to
discuss the labor problem in all its aspects
and to attempt the making of a platform
which will satisfy all to such an extent that
they will work for it"
"You want to bring order out of chaos.
Mr. Powderly, do you think that possible?"
"I think that an attempt will do no
harm."
"When will yon hold this convention,
and where?"
"I am not certain of the time, but the
place will be Washington, D. C."
"What is the condition of the Knights at
present?"
"Very good. The reports that the order
is going down numerically are all nonsense.
The statement is based upon the reduction
in tbe income of the per capita tax, and it
is supposed tbat, because this has decreased,
the membership has decreased. This is not
so. The cause is that a large number of our
assemblies have been made exempt from
taxation for aperiod, but in spite of tbis onr
finances are in good condition, and there is
a surplus in our treasury."
Those Alleged Loans.
"A statement bas been made that yoa
have made two loans from the glassblowerl
oi New Jersey, one of J9, 0.00 in 1888 and ona
of $8,000 this "year, for the purpose of cover
ing a deficit in your treasury. Is there any
truth in it?"
'No; not the least We have not bor
rowed money from anybody, for we are nn
der no necessity to do so. Our surplus is an
honest one in every respect"
"Has tbe Glassblowers' National Assem
bly ot Pittsburg withdrawn trom the or
der?"
"No; at least, not to my knowledge. Tfca
talk of secession is all humbug."
"Is there not an element in that assembly
against you?"
"If tnere is, it has not manifested itself(
there have been no meetings, as reported,
and there is no talk of secession, except with
the enemies of tbe order."
"What are yoa going to do in the Legis
lature this winter?"
"We can do but little in Congress, for it
has shelved all other legislation but the
force bill, consequently labor will not be
noticed. But, our State Legislative commit
tees are getting down to work, especially in
Pennsylvania, and we shall be heard from
in the assemblies.
Pressing Ballot Reform.
"We shall press tbe Australian ballot
system in every direction and by every
means possible, and in order to get it before
the peonle we shall demand a Constitntional
convention in tbis State A Constitntional
convention is a sure thing in Pennsylvania,
and I think the Australian ballot will be
adopted."
Mr. Powderly left last night for the
West, where he will remain for some time.
He had not beard of the dangerous illness
of Jobn Devlin, one of the Executive
Board, and was surprised to learn that he
was not expected to live. Mr. Devlin is In
Florid i ill 'with pneumonia. His family
has been sent for in tbe expectation of hit
death. His home is in Detroit, Mich.
Tbe miners' assemblies of tbe Knights
are preparing for the general strike in May
for eight hours. A prominent Knight said
last nigbt: "Our plans are all laid, and
when the word comes we will be organized
in a fashion that will astonish tbe country.
Powderly does not like striking, but he can
not help going into tbis one. Pat McBride,
ot the National miners, has his end ready,
and there can be no hitch. We have ac
cumulated money rapidly lately, and can
hold out a year at least Tbe stride will be
in every coal region in tbis country; not one
is missed. We have big assemblies in locali.
ties where it is not known that there is a
Knight Tbings bave been kept very secret,
but we are ready."
MR. SWEENEY IS COMING.
The Grand Master of the Switchmen Ex
pected In the City To-Day.
The union meeting of switchmen held
last night did not adjourn until after
2 o'clock this morning. A telegram
was received from Grand Master
Sweeney, stating tbat he would arriva
in the city at 8:40, but he did not
get here for some reason. A new delegation
of switchmen from Philadelphia, Altoona
and New Castle were present, however,
and the entire list of grievances were dis
cu-ed for their benefit.
TbePhiladelpbia men claimed the switch
men there would stand out for the adoption
of tbe agreement for the entire system. The
regular meeting of Union No. 62 will be
held to-day, and it is confidently expected
that Mr. Sweeney will be at the meeting.
PERHAPS SAVED FROM A LYNCHING.
A Colored Murderer of an Officer Captursxl
and Smuggled Dato Jail.
Chattanooga, Dec. 20. Isaae Frier
son, colored, who killed Policeman MnJ.
grove last night while the latter was serving
a warrant on him, was captured about mid
night six miles from the city. He was
brought back and imprisoned.
A squad of 30 policemen was placed
around tbe jail, and at 3 A. 21. tbe Sheriff
quietly took him out and boarded a north
bound train five miles from Chattanooga
him and placed in jail in Knoxville for
saie keeping.
Poet Beld's Sister Dead.
Dubuque, Ia., Dec 20. Mrs. Elizabeth
M. Ogilby, sister of Thomas Buchanan
Reid, the poet, died here last night She
was one of the first settlers of Dubuque,
and was auite wealthy. She was 75 vears
j,0ld. "
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