7r
Jvf
9
f
A CENT A WORD
Keeps You Before the
Public Through
THE DISPATCH.
WEST HISE YET.
Small Ads for Two Week!
Ending
Sent. ID, 1391 S.703
Same lriodl890..1,9S4
Increase, 785.
Tlitn is Hio JJestU-Mutt Yet.
flje $itt$tatrg
THREE GENTS.
PITTSBURG, v WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1391.
FORTY SIXTH YEAR
mpmtth
IP
452
DALZELL IS DOWNED
lie Tuts All the Blame on
Quay, and Says That the -Poli(JPmpiiedWm
BEAT GREGG AXD3I0BRIS0N
Ihe Executive Committee Refuses
Admit Any of the Xcwly
Organized Clubs.
to
Ml EVEX ALLOWED OX THE FLOOR.
ilajjee Also Expresses His Opinions Freely
in renunciation of the .Action of
Those in Control.
BIOUSAXDS OP DELEGATES ON IIAXD.
lie Iowa Sot :g Enough t Hold the Enthasiistie
Croflis Mhidi Arc Mwuling for ths
Itoreetife Car.d.datcs.
iXSBMKKXCF. OK IIIK 1'IITSBBKG C0STI5GENT
rrrECn.1. Trixcr-AM to nic ntsPATen.i
Scranton, Sept. 22. The mushroom
clubs, of all kinds and descriptions, havo
lwcn barred at the League Convention.
They will not even lie allowed on the floor
of the Auditorium to sec themselves
trampled upon. Such is the decision of the
lixecntive Committee, and there is hardly
tin iota of a chance that this decree will he
changed.
"When Dalzcll was asked for his views on
the situation this evening lu dictated this
Teply: "I think the action of the Executive
Committee in excluding new clubs from the
convention was exceedingly unwise and
without res-poet to anyvpersonal question as
to candidates, it will, I fear, have a very
disastrous efloct on the State ticket this
.fall. In short, instead of defeating me,
which would be a small matter, Mr. Quay
is going to
Knock Out Gregg and Morrison.
Afdiie from any question as to the power
of the committee to take the action that it
Oiiii. nothing could be more idiotic in the
"way of policy thau to send away from
Scramou the hundreds of young Repub
licans who rcpreseut legitimately organ
ised clubs, without any opportunity to par
ticipate in the proceedings of the conven
tion and indeed without anv opportunity
to be even spectators of its proceedings.
As far as I understand the resolution, it
excludes everybody except the delegates
WDd to fco admitted and the members of
tli- press
'It strikes me that this is an amazing
Epcctacle a star chamber convention of
Republican clubs. After this year the Re
publican League of Pennsylvania wi 11 be a
myth. It is hardly worth while to discuss
ilo right of the Executive Committee to
take the action it did. The idea that a
taerc committee of a body, whose declared
purpose according to its constitution is to
encourage aud assist the formation of per
manent Republican clubs, should pass a
resolution that clubs shall not be formed is
tmclhiiig that no intelligent man can
justify or defend.
l'lnires It All on Quay.
'The best tHng that can be said for it is
that it is Quay's order. Mr. Quay success
fully organised dcleat for the Republican
party last year, and he seems determined to
do the same this year. The pretense that
"because Mr. Robinson and I have had a con
test for the Presidency, therefore lack of
Baraiony must result, i sillv. It will blind
H one. The people will place the blame
where it lelongs in cas- oi party -disaster,
and they will undoubtedly place it on the
eliiulders of the man who has destroyed the
club system of Pennsylvania by making it
the instrument of his will. Of course it is
3ossible that the convention to-morrow may
jvfuso to ratily this insane action of the
Executive Committee, but I do not regard
that as probable, aud I fear that when the
"Convention adjourns to-morrow the State
League will have held its last meeting."
C L. Jlagoc a equally outspoken about
the hurtful effects of the gag rule on the
jiarfyandthe league. He said the acjj&n
of the ooinmittee was a serious blunder,
and he was surprised that such a policy was
adopted.
Party Dancers of the Future.
"Certainlv," he continued, "the dele
gates from the 20l or SO) clubs organized in
"Western Peunsyhania who were excluded
from the convention will go home feeling
that they are hot wanted. "When the time
comes to need them they will remember
liow they were treated, and they will not
respond to tlie call of the party. The Re
publicans in Allegheny county. don't care
bow many clubs are started, in the least.
"Witli them it was the more the merrier, and
may the best inau inn. To be stopped at
the'door of the convention was something
th-y did not expect. My policy is this,
'ihe second article in the constitution
states that the object of the league is to pro
mote the orwmizatiou of clubs. Now the
K.xecutive Committee declares against their
organizati s. Their conduct is sure to hurt
: ' .tiartv ticket this tail."
The Executive Committee of the League
i:n.t this afternoon. It was apparent from
ii start that. lack Robinson was on top.
l. was jneent as a member, but the mo
:i.hi 01 tiic machine was so gentle and easy
that ;t was not necessary for him to lead a
li-!.iiiL' hand. His worthy henchman. Horr,
! 1'l.ilsi.elphia, did the Sulk of the work.
MrCandless Fights to tho Last.
Ex-blieriiJ McCandless gathered around
him his liule baud, and they occupied seats
on the riirli, of thr hall. President Stuart
rtatfii tu.:t lie had received applications
ir.isn s-versl hundred new club", and lie
wanted to know hat the committee would
tut with tin ii'. At this juncture Horr, with
j.nat .ila.-ritv, .ijler.il" a resolution that
nlv Mien club.-, a-. . t-tit on the oflicial list
)lv J:i -"liouM hi- allowed representation
It: tlie couventio... McCandless moved to
ainei-d making ilie date September 1. The
i&erifi&ntud that it was a bad plan to
jidop: a narrow policy. He insisted that
irew and legitimate organizations were en
titled to ifpresentatiou.
T!ie RoUcon people were nettled and
liit du forcing the issue. There were loud
ones for the question, and when arising
voie was taken the grav-haired veteran,
lliram Youus. of York; asked to make a
nateiufi.t. 'J'he Robir.son coiTtingeut prc
'.esJeil, but President Stuart said he would
ut eiioLe o2" anybody. Then Mr. Young
klated that f'.e young" Republican Club, of
. York, had been organized last May, and
that they had paid the initiation fee, which
I was accepted, before September L They
had rented rooms for three years and spent
Sl.'OOO in making repairs. It was not a
ninshrooni club, and he understood many
other clubs beside this one would be shut
out if the resolution was passed.
Iloblnson'i Hoar of Triumph.
The other side became more: impatient,
and demanded that a vote be taken. Mc
Candless' amendment was lost by a vote of
23 to 7. Horr's resolution entitling clubs
to representation that were enrolled July 1C
was passed without further comment.
Horr next followed up the Tantage
ground gained by handing in a res
olution excluding everybody from' the
main floor of tho convention hall, except
delegates from clubs on tho dlficial list, July
1C There wasa low hiss from tho Dalze.ll
side, and remarks wore made that snch ex
hibitions of gag rule wonld prove a tjocrmer
aitg to Robinson. This resolution also
passed.
In the original resolution knocking out
mushroom clubs passed at the meeting of
the Kxecutlvo Committee tho word "not"
was omitted. It was insinuated by the Rob
inson people that Secretary Ltndsey had
erased the adverb. To-day he produced tho
resolution, and submitted it to the inspec
tion of members. The paper plainly showed
that tlio word "not" had never been written.
The writer In his hnsto evidently omitted
it. Mr. Lindscy read the resolution to tho
committee. In passing the paper around
for tlie committee to sco it somebody Quiet
ly pocketed it.
Mr. Lindsey was very angry when he dis
covered tho document was missing. Tho
crowd sided with Lindsey. For that matter
r.o body believes that lie erased tho word.
Tho blunder was duo to a clerical error.
When the action or the Executive Commit
tee was noised around among the delegates,
great dissatisfaction was expressed. Tho
York people woro particularly bitter, and
they roastod Senator Quay in not very
choice, but expressive, language,
York County Particularly Angry.
"Ah, wait till Quay runs for office again,"
said ono delegate, "won't wo take picasnro
in soaking lilra in York." Others in their
wrath predicted that tho Republican party
in tho State would be broken up. Tho York
delegates intended to vote for Dalzell and
tbey hold Quay responsible for their dis
barment. Captain Joe Stono, of MeKees
port, was kicking for the Union Republican
Club of that place. Ho characterized the
action of tho Kxecutlvo Committee as an
outrage. The delegates were instructed ior
Robinson. The club was organized in April
and the enrollment fee paid but for some
reason thev were not on tho oflicial list.
Tho Biobkville Republican Club sent ox
Chief Justice Gordon, ex-Senator McKnight
and Jonn Van Viiet to voto for Dalzell.
Thev woro ruled out with others bv tho ac
tionofthe Executive Committee. The club
was started in IsSS and reinvisorated last
June, Their dues had been paid, but owing
to tho carelessness of someone the club was
not enrolled. Judge Gordon was astonishod
when he heard he would not be allowed to
voto. "I havo been a KeDublican." he said.
"for more than 20 years and a member of
the league from its beginning. This aotion
of the committee is beyond my conception
and against all precedents." Tne Judge was
disgusted, but his prominence in this case
would not help him. "We are barred,"
spoko up young Van Vllet, "because we in
tended to vote for Dalzell."
Any Quantity of Ked Fire.
AH tho evening the Wyoming House, the
headquarters of tho rival candidates, has
been surrounded with a mob of people. Red
fire, skyrockets and lively music viedwith
each other to make the occasion memorable.
The names of Uoblusoc and Dalzell could
be heard above the din as they were shouted
out by admirers. Tho Media man had
things his own way during tho day. But the
arrival late this evening of 700 from the west
to vote and howl for the Plttsburger has
chanced the situation, but Robinson's peo
ple still have tho preponderance in num
bers. It is estimated he has 1,500 followers
here, while Dalzell's will fully reach 1,000.
Between them they had organized what
tho Executive Committee would call 1,600
mushroom clubs. As they won't be needed
if the pag rule prevails, the real-strength- of
each candidate will never be known.
Scranton has a candidate In tho person of
youngJMajor Warren as a compromfse forthe
sake of harmony. He has a gang of lusty
boys to yell for him. and If noise availed for
much he could be elected. Early this even
ing lloblijson's men gathered around the
Wyoming House and called for a speech.
Jack responded, as he was In the job, and he
was loudly cheered.
Dalzell Talks From the Balcony.
When Dalzell people came in about 10
o'clock It was the signal for an outbreak in
his Interest. He came out on the portico
and was received with great applause. His
speech was frequently Interrupted witn
howls of delight from his hearers. It was a
Republican effort and no allusion was made
to the action of tho Executive Committee
Few in that throng from Allegheny county
knew at that time that they had been de
prived of a vote in tho convention.
Upon the basis of representation fixed by
the Executive Committee 214 clubs will be
admitted to-day to the convention. A can
ens will bo held to morrow morning to select
delegates at large to tho National Conven
tion and 50 members of the Executive Com
mittee, one from each Senatorial district.
Allegheny county is entitled to live dele
gates at large. Little interest is manifested
in the fight for the Secretaryship. Senator
Xeeb baid the Philadelphia and central
1'ennsvlvania delegates weio pledged to
Elijah'ltandolph, of 1'ittsbunj, and he would
undoubtedly be elected. Word was sent
along the line, so it was claimed, to dnmp
Burke. The contest for tho Presidency is so
exciting that scarcely any attention has
been given to tho selection of Vice Presi
dents. Major Moreland will formally nomi
nate Dalzcll to-morrow.
Loud comnlaints were heard on every side
about holding the convention in a small
city, facranton is a good town, but certainly
has raoro than its citizens can do to handle
the mob. The town is overrun to-night aud
many arc forced to find shelter in the homes
of the hospitablo people. Such an outpour
ing was not expected when Soranton was
select ed. It shows what a crowd boodlo and
a tree ride in Pullman cars will pull to
gether, and the less said about the quality
of the collection the better.
DBOWNED AT NIAGARA. FALLS.
The Wealthy Uuflalo ITIdow TVho Suddenly
Left Chicago Is a Sniclde.
"iaoaka Falls, Sopt. 22. Mrs. Dell Rath
burn, of Buffalo, committed suicide at Cedar
Island on the Canadian side near the Michi
gan Central station of Fallsvlew shortly
after 6 o'clock. She was on hr way from
Chicago, whero she had been visiting for
tome time past. She left the train when it
stopped to allow passengers a view of the
cataract, and passed down the steep incline
to the river. Magistrate A. J. Hill, or Niagara
Falls, was the only one that saw her go to
the Falls. He thought it boded no harm and
paid but little attention to her.
About noon it was leportcd that the body
of a woman had been seen floating down the
river toward tho falls. Two policemen
rescued the body lust in time before it
passed over tho llorse.-.hoo falls. The woman
had a profusion of diamonds on her person
and a sum of money. Tliinking from tlie
disp-itchesofihis morning that tho untor
tiinute. woman was the missing Mrs. Itath
buni, tho Camidian authorities communi
cated with Buff do, and to-night Frank Itath
burn, brother in-law, and Warren Mlllerand
a incnd of the family nrrlved and recog
nized Mrs. Bathburn's remains. They said
nervousness was, no doubt, the cause of the
act.
MURDERED FOE TEMPEBAHCE WORK.
That Seems to He the,. Explanation for Cap
tain Herring's Taking Oft
St. JIauy's, Sept. 22. Special) Excite
ment over tho murder or Captalu Herrlug
at t. John's, continues unabated. Your
correspondent, in "coinpapy with a detec
tive from the. city, visited the place to-day.
Tho opinion of tho detective, based upon
tacts disclosed by citizens, Is that the cap
tain was foully murdered.
A lev months ago the town went"dry,"and
Herring, it is said, was the main Instigator
ot the local option bill, which generated ill
feeling against him. Mrs. Herring, tne mur
dered man's wife, was seen, and stated that
on several occasions the Captain had boon
aroused from his sleep by some ono prowl
,ing about the yard, and going out ho fired
his ptsiol in the direction from which tho
noise emanated to frighten away tho in
truders. The impression prevails among
tho villagers, and is strengthened by the
detective, that lie wa3 decoved to the.
chicken coop by tho murderer. Tho County
Commissioners have offered, a icaurd of
BUBIEDJjOLETTERS
Philadelphia's Convict Treas
urer Failed to Follow
Instructions.
A CUBIOUS COmCIDMCE.
When Bardsley Signed a Check, Mo
Camant Wrote a Receipt
EIVSEI'S NAME ALSO A FEATURE.
The Eesignation of the State Cashier
Formally Announced.
REVELATIONS OP A EACT CHAEACTEB
tSrECIAL TELEORAK TO Tint DISPATCH.l
Philadelphia, Sept. 22. District At
torney Graham to-day made public in en
tirety the now famous McCamant-Livsey-Bardsley
correspondence, of which only
disconnected portions had previously been
made public The mass of documents would
take up a page of The DrspAicn, and
some of them are very interesting. The
letters, the authorities think, plainly show
that there was collusion between JlcCamant
and Bardsley in procuring rebates for the
mercantile appraiser's advertising.
It also shows an arrangement between
Bardsley and Livsey by which the public
funds were permitted to remain unlawfully
in Bardsley's hand until the interest ac
counts in the depositories could be closed.
The letters were found among Bardsley's
papers at the time of his arrest They be
gan within 30 days of his taking charge of
the office and run right up to the time of
his leaving. Accompanying the correspon
dence is a brief showing the connection be
tween certain letters from Harrisburg and
postal orders or checks sent thither.
WHERE BARDSLEY'S CHECKS "WENT.
Ths brief gives, first, a copy of the ex
pert's report upon McCamant and Livsey,
dated July 1, in which a list of checks
drawn by Bardsley was given. The expert's
report has already appeared in The Dis
patch. Tho brief then goes on:
"Mr. Bardsley drew checks numbered,
dated and for the amounts named in tho ex
pert's report regularly from April, 1890, to
March, 1S9L In the effort to discover re
ceipts of moneys for theso checks from Mc
Camant, I have gone over his correspond
ence, with the following result:
"Check Xo. 313, dated April 1, 1830, for $500.
We have postoflce receipt of registered let
ter from both McCamant and Livsey, dated
April 2, 1890.
"Check No. 321, -dated May 1, 1590, for $066.
I find a letter from Mr. McCamant, dated
May 31, 1800, in which he says: 'Please ac
cept my thanks for favors received this
morning.' J
"Check No. 426, dated June 2.TS90, for $666.
Letter from McCamant, dated June i, 1890,
which says: 'Your favor of ..yesterday re
celved and you will accept my thanks.'
unecK.o., uaieu iuiy o, loau, juriw.
Letter from McCamant dated July 6, 1390, in
which he says: 'I have your favor and you
will please accept my thanks.'
PERHAPS IT WAS ANOTHER NECKTIE.
"Check No. 112, dated August 2, 1890, for
$700. Letter from McCamant, dated August
2, 1890, as follows: 'You will please accept
uy thanks tor favors received.'
'Check No. 155, dated September 4, 1890, for
$600. Letter from McCamant dated Septem
ber 5, 1890, in which he says: 'I have your
letters this morning and you will please ac
cept my thanks.'
"Check No. 233, dated October 31, 1891, for
$000. No letter. V e may be able to discover
lrom telegrams that McCamant was in Phil
adelphia that day. Check No. 293, dated
November 29, 1890, for $000. Letter trom Mc
Camant dated November 30, 1690, as follows:
Your letter received, and am much obliged
for your kindness.' Check No. 337, dated
"December 24, 1890, for $600. No letter. Check
No. 403 dated February 28, 1S91, for $1,000. No
letter. Check No. 135 dated March 17, 1S91,
for $375. No letter.
On Juno 11, 1890, Mr. Bardsley paid to some
one as a share of the newspaper rebate the
sum of $7,108 25. I find a letter dated June 6,
1890, from Mr. McCamant as follows: 'There
ure two or three matters of business con
cerning which I want to see you and If it
will place vou to no inconvenience, I wish
you would be at your office at 6:30 p. m., next
Wednesday, the 11th Inst. In a letter dated
July 2, 1890, McCamant says: 'I do not ex
pect to be in Philadelphia this week, but In
tend stopping there on my return from
Washington on tho 11th or 12th instant.'
A DIVISION OP THE SPOILS.
"This would show that McCamant was pres
ent in Bardsley's office on June 11, and that
he was paid the share of-the rebate from tho
newspapers, amounting to $7,103 85. The re
bates for 1880 wore paid on May 31, 1889. We
have a telegram froiu II. N..G ratten, dated
May 20, 18Si, as follows: 'I will be at your
offlco at 10 o'clock to-morrow.'
"This Includes about all the evidence I
can discover, either from the letters or tele
grams in my possession, with the exception
of a letter from McCamant acknowledging
the receipt of a handsome olooc at Christ
mas, 1889.
"With respect to Livsey, I havo a letter
October 8, lt90, in which he says: 'Received
letter. Am ouliged.' Letter da tod August
5, 1830, as follows: 'Your complimentary
note received: many thauks.' Letter dated
Octobor 3, 1S90, as follows: 'Compli
ments of yesterday duly received; accept
thanks for same.' Letter dated November 5,
1890, as follows: "I am obliged for your kind
zioie and compliments of first instant.' Let
ter dated December 2, 1890, as follows: 'Youx
note was duly received. 1 hope Keystone
will pull thtough.' Letter dated December
29, 1890, as follows: 'Tour kind note received."
On December 24, 1889, Bardsley drew a check:
To the order of myself for W. L., lor $500."
On tho stub of the check is: 'William Livsey,
State Treasurer, for his kindness to me dur
Ing the year.' We have a letter from Livsey,
dated December 31, 1889, as lollows: 'I re
ceived your letter in Pittsburg on Saturday
last when I arrived home. Thanks lor your
kindly consideration.
ANY NUMBER OP LETTEES.
The letters of McCamant and Livsoy to
Bardsley would fill several columns Tho
first referenco to the mercantile advertise
ment matter appears under date of Feb
ruary 2, 1889, in a letter from McCamant to
Bardsley, in which ho says: "The intention
of the act of 1887 was to place the Philadel
phia advertisements under the control of
the City Treasurer and Auditor General.and
I think we have the matter in our own
hands." A letter of February 21 quotes law
to the effect that the Auditor Gen
eral and City Treasurer have the rfght
to placotho advertisements. Meanwhile
it appears the County Commissioners had
begun proceedings In tne courts as McCam
ant writes Bardaley, on February 23: "The
publication rusts with you and me. Take all
stops necessary topi otect our interest and
keep mo advised of what is done." On
April 20 McCamant writes to Bardsley that
he lias just been informed by telegraph that
the com thud decided that the City Tieas
urcr and Auditor ueiioral should advertise
the ineicuntilo appraisers' list. On Maya
McCuumiit writes to Bardsley in reference to
thefeesot'Messis. Cavan aud Shepnard: "I
dJ not want them to feel in any way uneasy
in regard to their lees." On May 21 he
writes that whatever fee is paid to Messrs.
Cavau and Sheppard would come trom him
self and Bardsley. On 'Juno 4 he writes that
the Attorney General suggests that no moro
than $1,000 each shall be paid to Messrs.
Cavan and Sheppard.
M'CAMANT WRITES ABOUT LIVSEY.
When Livsey was to succeed to tho Stato
Trcasurcrshlp, on Nov. 13, the following let
ter was sent by McCamant: "I write to say
that Livsey will bo appointed Stato Treas
urer to-day, and tnat so far as receipts are
concerned, matters are moving in the same
channel they formerly did, and whatever
well enough for you to hunt him up anu
havo a talk with him." A postscript to this
letter says: "Do not let Nowlin get ahead or
you on the loan tax." ,
The day before Christmas McCamant evi
dently received a piesent, as this letter,
under dato of December 21, shows: "Your
kind remembrance of me In the shape or a
beautiful clock came duly to hand, and Mrs.
McCamant and I join in sending you our
sincere thanks for the same." On May 3d
McCamant probably got a "necktie," for he
thus writes: "Dear Bardsley Please accept
my thanks for favors received this morn
ing." June 4 Another "necktie'.' must have
gone to Harrisburg, as the letter of that date
says: "Your favor of yesterday received,
and you will pleaso accept my thanks.
On July 6, McCamant writes: "I have
your favor and you will pleaso accept my
thanks. Now, may I trespass on y"J
klndess and ask you to do me a favor, it
is this. I have been obliged to withdraw an
investment I had and in looking aroand for
something safe my eve rested on the en
closed, an advertisement as to Lehigh Valley
bonds. These bonds, though not yielding as
large a rate of interest as Iwpuld like to
have, are, nevertheless in my judgment.
ABSOLUTELY SAFE AND GILT-EDGED,
and can be readily converted into money at
any time. I am unable to leave hero to-morrow,
and will bo greatly obliged if you will
go to Drexel & Co. to-morrow morning and
subscribe for $10,006 of the bonds for mo. I
notice payment is not required until the 15th
instant.but should any payment be required
at once please make tho same for me and I
will reimburse you at once. Regard this as
confldentink"
The postcript to this letter contained: "If
you have any knowledge of any other in
vestment of a similar character that can at
any time bo readily converted into money,
and that is ns equally gilt-edged and will
bear a large rate of interest, I will take it in
preference to Lehigh Valley bonds."
On December 1, "the bank scare" reached
be Auditor General, and he sent, through
his corresponding clerk, Mr. Glenn, as the
postscript shows tho following: "We have
in Harrisburg this morning alarming rumors
as to the Kevstone National Bank. I trust
that they are not true, or if true that yon.
nave your matters so arrangeu as iu oo se
cure. Let me hear from you at once. The
postscript also contained the statement that,
the bearer had no knowledge of the con
tents of the letter.
TUZZLED ABOUT ROBINSON.
Tho 1st of January brought forth this:
"Your letter received. I do not know what
Jack Robinson is after, but suspeot very
strongly that Philadelphia papers are back
of him on some action that he proposes to
spring in the Legislature in regard to tho
advertising of the appraisers lists. I should
not be surprised if some of the Philadel
phia Senators are behind him, and I suggest
that you post Dave Martin and the apprais
ers and have them bo on the -watch.
I will toll you more when I have
an opportunity of seeing you. I know
Robinson very well and wffl ask him
what ho is after if I find I can do
so without offending his dignity. Ho wrote
me in regard to the act and authority
for publication and amounts paid. I
gavo him the formerj but told him I did
not have tho latter, inasmuch as the law pro
vided for pavment by the county treasurer,
and I would not get tho return of the same
until after the first of tho year. I do not
think Robinson should ask you what he
does, but inasmuch as the Star published the
same you can do no harm by giving him the
figures. Use your own discretion,
however, in regard to tho mat
ter, first consulting the newspapers
that made tho publications and Dave Mar
tin. I think Martin can control Robinson
on party grounds. So can Elverson or some
of tho newspapermen interested in the pub
lication. Livsey says Boyer will take to you
tho school warrants in person. Happy New
Year to you."
"P. S. Burn this after reading."
There are many more eaually interesting
and significant letters in the batch.
BOYER'S EXPLANATION
- s
SCHOOL
OF THE HASTE TO PLACE
FUNDS IN BARDSLEY'S HANDS.
Tlie Formal Announcement ot the Resigna
tion of Cashier Livsoy His Successor
Will Probably Be Named To-Day Stott
Will Get It.
Habhisburo, Sept 22. Special
State Treasurer Boyer was asked to-night
what he'had to say concerning the letter
alleged to have been written by Auditor
General McCamant to John Bardsley, in
which it is asserted ho had seen Livsey,
and that the latter had informed him (the
Auditor General) that the school warrant
would be delivered in person to the then
City Treasurer of Philadelphia by the
State Treasurer. Mr. Boyer remarked
that he could not imagine why the
injunction to bum the letter was added to
it. Much hurry is said to have been exhib
ited to get the school money into Bardsley's
hands before the close of last year, and
Auditor General McCamant's letter and the
subsequent misappropriation of the fund
by Bardsley indicate that the late City
Treasurer had a hand in the movement to
secure it beforo ft was due. But Treasurer
Boyer says he was not actuated by any
other consideration than that of keeping ft
out or the sinking fund.
8The resignation of Livsey, first made
known in The Dispatch, was formally an
nounced to-day. Here is his letter:
Milwaukee. Wis., August 26, 189L
"Henry K. Boyer, Esq., State Treasurer,
Pennsylvania:
"Circumstances of i domestic nature com
pel my absence from Harrtsbnrg for an in
definite timo. To relieve you trom official
inconvenieuce, through my absence, I here
by resign the position of cashier, to take
effect at onoe. Thanking you for the cour
teous treatment you havo accorded me dur
ing our official relations, I am very truly
yours, "W. LrvsET."
Boyer said Mr. Livsey had expressed a de
sire for a vacation beloro the adjournment
of the Legislature, as lie had none the pre
vious year. Nothing was communicated'to
him that indicated a purpose on the part of
the cashier to resign when he left for the
West, nor had Mr. Livsey at any time
created any such Impression. "He was not
an applicant for the office," said Mr. Boyer,
"but he accepted it without protest. Several
of Livsey's friends havo stated that he ex
pressed a wish to retire at the beginning of
this year, but Mr. Boyer says he knew noth
ing of such a desire. The letter which he
opened to-dav at the State Treasury was the
first he had received from Livsey since he
started on bis hunting and fishing trip to
Canada. The State Treasurer will probably
to-morrow appoint a successor to Livsey,
and it is tnought John E. Stott, who has
been acting cashier, will be his choice.
BIG LIST FOR PARDONS.
The Braddock Rioters, Bowser, Bander
and Killcn Will Try Again.
IlARniSBDno, Sept. 22. Special. Thirty
six cases will be heard by the Pardon Board
on Thursday. This Is the largest list ever
prepared for one sitting and includes nine
murdorers. Tho more important cases are
those of Andrew Toth, Michael Sebel and
George Rusuak, tho Braddock rioters, oon
victed of murder in the first degree: Abso
lem Bowser, sentenced to ton years' impris
onment for connection with the Haymaker
homictdo, and who has once been refused a
pardon; Alexander Killeh, convicted of
murder in tne first degree for the killing of
Mrs. Rudort at Tarentum; Harriet Borrow,
convicted of murdor in the first degree in
Philadelphia, whose death sentence was
commuted, and who now asks for a pardon;
Joseph Buekcr, Jr., and John Manus, first
degree murderers from Philadelphia, and
Jauies Stowart,of Fayette, who is serving
ten years for first degree murdor.
Another appeal will bo inado for Abo
Buzzard, tho Welsh Mountain outlaw, who
is serving 15 years lor burglary aud jail
breaking. He has alicady been lefusedia
pardon three times. J. D. Bauder, who Is
serving tluco years ror his connection with
tho rainous dotcctive conspiracy In Alle
gheny county, and Johanna Eslioltz, three
years ror larceny, aro also applicants.
A West Virginia Man Hunt
CLABKsnuRO, W. Va., Sept. 22. Special
Great excitement oxists near Wllsonburg,
where the man Plant, who escaped on his
way to Jail to stand trial for nssaulting Miss
Gadd, is hiding in the woods. Plant is a
desperate man, heavily armed, and it is bo
Ueved ho means every word he says when
stating that ho will never bo taken alive.
Yesterday Plant was driven from the woods
by a posse, uud chased two miles, frequent
shots being fired.
BLOOD WASSPILLED
In the -Wild Bush of Thous
ands of Oklahoma Boom
ers for a Home.
SOME KIL1MGS EEPOETED.
One Woman Shows Fight and Is-Shot
by a Depnty Marshal.
CLAIMS GOBBLED UP BY SOONEES.
At the Signal Shot From an Army Officer's
Pistol the fiace Began.
SCENES OP DRAMATIC INTENSITY
rSPECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE C1SPAT0H. 1
Guthrie, O. T., Sept. 22. The great
day has come and gone; another epoch has
opened in the history of the wonderful ter
ritory of Oklahoma and to-night 1,250,000
k acres ore as thickly settled as New England,
it--A i - It' 2 ....tol
mat ui sunrise tnis inoruiug wcic u. tuw
wilderness. Ten thousand people have ac
quired a home and a farm and a half scoro
"of cities have sprung up as it by magic.
'.Your correspondent went to the Towa reser
vation at daybreak this morning, and in a
Mrive of 25 miles along the line did not find
a space of 100. yards where there was not
Ifrom SO to 100 people camped.
:, .All night last night horsemen crossed the
line and disappeared in the interior, there
I being fully 2,000 "sooners" in the land at
sunup this morning. Borne of the scenes
along the line were very pathetic The
first place visited was the negro settlement
of Langston. Here were 2,000 negroes,
most of them on foot, being too poor to buy
a conveyance and having walked the 18
miles from Guthrie over a rough road under
the hot Southern sun. All ages and both
;sexes were represented. One old gray
chaired ex-slave said to the correspondent:
AN EX-SLAVE'S LAMENT.
"Foh God's sake, boss, how long runs' I
stay on a claim before I can go to de Land
Office? I'se out ob prowisious,and hab had
iiiothin' to eat since yesterday." Another
said: "How kin I tell wah de land is what
tie Indians don't own. and how kin I tell
'what section it am?" Nobody knows. At
another place was found an old colored
woman with two children in her arms, that
she had carried 15 miles, having become
lost from her husband in the crowd at
Guthrie.
At another place a woman 60 years old
was found on horseback ready to rush for a
claim 20 miles away. Scores of women of
all ages were found waiting patiently on
horseback and in wagons and carriages, and
everywhere the men accorded tbem every
courtesy, always allowing them to take the
best starting pot nts. Further on down the
line was met a woman on horseback with a
6-year-old girl behind her on tho horse. At
the point where tho old Sao and Fox trail
.crosses the lino about 500 people were as
sembled. A COURAGEOUS IAtD. -
At 10 o'clock a mighty cheer went up-when
Miss Kretsinger, of Wlnflold, Kan., walked
Into camp, having footed the entire distance
from Guthrie. She Is a handsome young
lady of 20, and everybody admired her grit.
Four printers were in a light spring wagon
and had no room for another passenger, but
they drew straws, and one climbed out and
offered the young lady his seat. Though they
insisted, she would not take the proffered
seat.'' "No," said she, "there are plenty of
men, both yonng and old, who go on foot,
and I will go that way, too."
"Tho reporter was stationed on a high hill
where he could see ten miles up and down
the line as high noon approached. As far as
the eye could reach all was in readiness.
Nowhere was there a soldier, a guard or an
officer to keep the crowd fn chock, yet
they obeyed the law and awaited patiently
the arrival of 12 o'clock. At 11:55 several
miles to the north two covered wagons shot
out of tho timber and started across the
prairie.
THE BIG RUSH BEGINS.
This was a signal for the cowboys to-dash
through the Cimarron and down the most
fertile valley In the West. The negroes at
Langston fired a volley and rushed into the
level valley extending for miles east of the
village. Two minutes later two shots were
fired at the trail crossing below the hill, and
COO people rushed up one hill and down
another. Far In the lead wero the horsemen,
well to the rront being the woman aged 60.
In a line in the trail rollo wed the wagons,
and across the gulleys and Into the timber
went the people on foot.
Every claim along the line was jumped by
from 6 to 20 people. One claim which be
longs to an Indian is being held down by
three negroos and four whlto men. It was
but a few moments after the signal was
given whon the last wagon disappeared
over the hill, and, with the exception of tho
few people on the border claims, the coun
try looked as deserted as It did early in the
morning. In the interior, however, a wild,
scene was being enacted. Up and down
every valley and on every lidge dashed
horsemen and wagons aud through the
draws hurried the claimants on foot. Every
claim was already taked by "Sooners," how
over, and within an hour began quarrels
and discussions which will end in feuds and
murdor. Enough contests aro already in
sured to enrich all the lawyers in Guthrie.
A WOMAN SHOT DOWN.
At a point five miles below Tobee quite a
number of boomers were gathered to make
the laco. Among them was ono woman,
whose impatience got the better of her dis
cretion. She crossed the line before the ap
pointed timc.and ono of the deputy marshals
arrested her and forced her back over the
line. Soon afterward she again crossed tho
line prematurely, and when the deputy a
second time ordered her back she drew a re
volver from her dress pocket and opened
fire upon him.
The marshal returned the fire and shot
her in the left leg, just below tho knee, shat
tering tho limb and disabling her so that she
was unable to make the race. When noon
arrived tho boomers lert her this sldo or the
border, stretched under a tree unable $o
move.
Samuel Ayers, a colored man, has Just ar
rived rrom Langston. He, says: "Some
shooting occurred about a quarter of a mile
from whero I was. lit I cannot tell you
whether anyone wasuurt or not. I am hero
to place a filing on the first claim over the
line adjoining tho city."
NEGROES REPORTED KILLED.
Mr. Robertson, a photographer, who is Just
in, says: "Two negroc3 were killed at
Langston, about a mile south of tho town.
One or them was dead when I first reachod
there and the other died a few minutes De
fine I loft."
The front door or the Innd office here was
opened at four seconds past 12 o'clock, and
the first man to present his paper was S.
F. Deamond, who has stood in line day and
night since last Friday. He was almost ex
hausted from tho exposure and want of
sleep and rest, andas be staggeied lip to the
window It was necessary for a friend to as
sist him. It l equlred onlv four minutes to
examine his papers and they were passed to
Mr. Wallace, chief of tho land office, who
took tho claimant's $14 and gave him a ic
cclpt tor it.
Tlie Government supervision or the open
ing or tho hinds eems to have been sadly
deliciont. The entire Government force was
composed or two companies ot United States
troops and tho forces of three United States
Marshals. Of the regular troops a squad of
men wero statlonod at each of the two
county seats. This left only some 300 men to
patrol the borders of about 200 miles In ex
tent, or one man to every two-thlrda or a
milo. Undor these conditions it might baye
been expected that crowds or boomers would
enter bororo tho appointed time, and they
did, to tho number of fully 3.000.
In trying to avoid the killings and costly
litigation which mniked the celebrated
opening of two years ago, tho present course
or tho Government, in the opinion or most
people, has precipitated a crisis that can
ouiy eud in a hopoiess lojal tangle.
THE SITUATION AT SCBANTOX '
Both Sets of the Mushroom Delegates Are Barred From the League Contest, but Will Sold a Little
Club Convention Outside.
COM IS STILL KING,
As the Big Banking Firm of S. V.
White & Co. Sadly Realizes.
THE HOUSE FORCED TO ASSIGN.
It Tried to Corner the Cereal, hut Failed
Most Ingloriously.
heati Liabilities ake eeported
SPECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCIM
New York, Sept. 22. On the morning
of July 5 last Stephen Van Cullen "White,
senior partner and moving syirit in the
banking firm of S. V. "White & Co., with
offices now at 36 Wall street, began a specu
lation which was to take him out of the
familiar paths he had trod on the New York
Stock Exchange. His careers a leader in
"Wall street had been established. His in
trepid spirit shone brilliantly in the great
.Lackawanna corner which he successfully
engineered in 1884, and from that day he
was one of the shining stars of the specu
lative world.
His associates have been Jay Gould,
Russell Sage, Cyrus "W.rfTield (before the
Manhattan mishap occurred to Mr. Uield)
Russell Sage, Addison Cammack and others,
but in the step Mr. White took on July 5,
he was practically to leave these old friends,
and ventnre into the whirlpool, the power
of which James R. Keene, John "W.
Mackay, Senator Fair and James C. Flood
had tried. In a word Mr. "White followed
these illustrious predecessors in an efibrt to
triumph over the soil and climate of this
great country.
CORN IS STILL KING.
He attempted to engineer a corner in
com, and especially in the September
option, and to-dav the battle ended when
Mr. White made an assignment without
preferences to Charles W. Gould, a lawyer.
The name of S. V. White has been familiar
in Wall street since the close of the war.
Announcement of the assignment and
suspension of S. V. White & Co. was made
on the Stock Exchange at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. Mr. White says the failure is
due to long speculation in corn, and not in
stocks. The liabilities of the firm are very
large, but only a few hundred shares of.
stock are outstanding on contract.
. At 1 o'clock the assignment of Stephen
V. White and Franklin W. Hopkins, com
prising the firm of S. V. White & Co., was
filed. The assignee was seen in his office
this afternoon. When questioned about the
failure, he said: "All I know is that I was
engaged all day in gqing through the formal
acts necessary for me to take charge of the
assets of the firm. What these are or what
the liabilities are I have not the faintest
idea, I have a force at work making up the
schedules. There is no inclination On my
part to conceal the least thing from the
public."
The climax of to-day's catastrophe has
been approaching culmination for the last
two weeks. The news, which has been
carefully guarded, leaked out yesterday
afternoon after the closing hours of the
Stock Exchange. An assignment ot the
assets of the embarrassed firm was then said
to have been made, but not recorded.
A TORTUNE OF ?2,000,000.
The-private fortune of S. V. White, so
long noted for the success and boldness of
his speculative deals, is estimated at
$2,000,000. A number of firms who were bor
rowing stocks from S. V." White & Co.. re
ceived notice from the firm, before the
opening of tho business to-day, to sell these
shares, and the market took the stock with
scarcely a tremor. Put and call holders
who held privileges rrom S.V. White, chiefly
calls, and who went short against their op
tions, now find themselves In the predica
ment of having to cover.
The failure caused but little excitement at
the Produce Exchange, for tho reason that
but few of the members were interested in
tho deal, and it is stated that tho failuro
will affect Chicago principally. Tlie prico
of corn on the Produce Exchange fell 1JJ
cents at the news of the failure.
Before the formal announcement was
made commission brokers advised their cus
tomers to be prepared for it. .This advice
started heavy liquidation and caused the
first genuine reaction that has occurred in
the stock market for six weeks. The mem
bers of the suspended firm say that no other
firm is involved with them.
EFFECT IN CHICAGO.
The announcement of the failure was
mado in Chicago simultaneously with the
announcement hero. A dispatch from there
says: The effect of the failure of S. V. Whito
& Co. was discounted in tho lower figures
which prevailed at the opening of the board
here this morning, and subsequent trading
led to advances In all the pits.
Beforo business began tho secretary of tho
Board gave notice that S. V. hlte & Co.,
finding themselves unable to meet their ob
ligations, desired those who had trades witli
them to closo them out under the rules.
Thisaimounceraeut, though not unexpected
lu some quarters, caused consternation tor
a moment, especially In the corn pits, where
the firm had the heaviest lino of open
trades. t , ., .,
This firm was known to be the leading ono
of the band 6r brokers who have been repre
senting the clique lu the bull deal whicn has
been, running 1 September and Octobor
corn ror several weeks. Many millions of
bushels of September and October futures
havo been bought by this mysterious syndi
cate, whoso identity traders havo in vain
tried to dlscover.but whoso names may come
out as tho result of to-day's failure.
PANDEMONIUM IN THE PIT.
"Olcourse the' con pit was the center 'of
attraction, and a wild'seone was enacted the
moment the bell tapped. Traders clambered
over each other in their efforts to be heard,
and all sorts of prices were asked and bid at
the samo moment
White & Co. W ""'no of trades in wheat,
but not nearly . those in corn, and
the movements vci,"" la:
pathy with that ilG.f. ;M.
wheat were soon cloA fl-
largely in sym-
Mie aeais in
slon on the board seems -J)f '- r- effect
F " TTTlTirRW-
of the failuro has spent ...." , 'ess
other complications not now'pAn '?, v
On the application of Arthur WMjy.'v7
United States Circuit Judge Gresh&m V. .
evening appointed the Illinois Trust anu.
Savings Bank receiver of the firm of S.V.
Whfte & Co., the Chicago branch of the New
York concern. The Chicago house is com
posed of the members of the New York con
cern and S. V. White's son, Arthur White,
and Arthur Allen, the resident manager
and the partner, who applied to have the re
ceiver appointed.
Lawyer E. C. Prussing, who acted for the
house, said: "The assets cannot be ascer
tafned yet, but tho transactions in grain
reached Into the millions. The receipts wero
two large for them and they had to go under.
The failure shows that the farmers did not
hold back their corn, because if they had
this would not have happened."
A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION.
nOW THE. DEACON'S FAILURE AF
FECTS A LOCAL FIRM.
Rea Bros. & Co. Close Their Doors Until
Their New York Correspondents Settle.
Nearly 3100,000 Involved Not Much of
a Stir Caused Here.
The failure of S. V. White & Co., of
New York, and the consequent suspension
of business by Rea Bros. & Co., of this
city, yesterday, cause general surprise
among bankers and brikers. At first it
was stated that the local firm would
only bo involved to the extent of $8,000 or
$1U,UU0. .LAtcr in tue uay me arm gave one an
official statement that they had $i4,000depos
itcd with the Eastern firm, but still they are
confident that tho suspension will only be
temporary.
"It was under legal advice," said Mr. Bar
ton, of tho firm, "tnat we closed our doors."
Mr. Thomas B. Rea said: "We could safely
take orders and place them with other
correspondents, but we prefer to simply
stop business till we know first where wo
are." Tho first news of the asstimment
camo at 10-30. The local firm wired for more
definite information, but could get little or
no satisfaction, and at 12:15 they posted the
following notice on their doors:
"Advices are Just received of the assign
ment of S.V. White & Co. They have ad
vised us that all our transactions were
closed out this morning. We deem It best
to suspend all business pending the settle
ment or these transactions."
George I. Whitney saldi "I don't know
anything about It except that I heard that.
S. V. Whfte & Co. have assfgned. or course,
that would naturally cause all their corre
spondents to close temporarily, but I don't '
supposo It will amount to much locally."
Last night the local firm gave out the fol
lowing stutcment of their suspension:
"S. V. White & Co. have for sometime
been our correspondents in New York and
Chicago. We had direct 'wire connection
with their offices and they substantially
transacted all our business In tho exchanges
in thoso cities. We had to-day deposited
with them over $74,000 in cash. We had in
addition large amounts of grain and secur
ities in their bands for saje. We were
startled at 10.30 to-day to receive a message
from them stating they had closed out all
our affairs In their hands this morning and
had mado an assignment. We have so rar
been able to get no statement from Mr.
White as to how or when he proposes to
adjust our account and have decided to de
cline all business until wo know whore we
k stand."
THE LATEST CAHADIAN 6EN8ATI0N.
An
Impeachment to Be Moved Against
the Postmaster GeneraL
Ottawa, O., Sept. 22. This afternoon, in
the nouse of Commons, Mr. Lister, M. P. for
West Lambton, gave notice that to-morrow
ho will move an Impeachment of Hon. J. G.
Haggart, Postmaster General, in connection
with the construction of section B, of the
Canadian Paciflo Railway. The charge will
be that while a member Mr. Haggart was in
terested In this contract given hy the Gov
ernment for the construction of that part of
the railway which runs between Keewatin
and Eagle River.
Mr. Haggart was not at the time a member
of the Ministry, being given a portfolio only
in 188S. This is now tho sensation of the day,
and drowns the McGrcevy and Langevin do
bate. HOT REBELLION BUT ROBBERY.
The Remnant of Garza's Band Hemmed in
and Cannot Escape.
San Astoxio, Tex.. Sept. 22. General Stan
ley had telegrams to-day from General Laz
erons, or Mexico, stating that the invasion
or Garza and his band had ended. They
were 27 miles from Keynoi Monday.are
scattered and will try to cross the Bio
Grande into Texas. A few have gotten
across at Tasllichat, 12 miles above Browns
ville. Ono thousand mounted Mexican troop3
have them almost surrounded, and Amer
ican troops are on this side waiting to inter
cept any' of the band who may attempt to
cross. General L'izerou says that tho ob
ject of tho band wn robbery, and that the
raid had no political significance.
BOHGLABS IN A CHURCH.
A Catholi Cathedral Kobbed by Men
Brought Up in tho Parish.
New York, Sept. 22. Special. Four bur
glars broko into tbo old St. James Catholic
Cathedral in Jay street, Brooklyn, earlv this
morning, ransacked tho safe and closets in
tho vestry, scattered the vestments and
drank four bottles or tho communion wine.
Their presenco was discovered before thoy
got ready to depart, and a cordon of excited
citizens was thrown around tho church.
They kept guard until the arrival of police
men., Thioo or the burglars wero captured
in the church. Tho fourth escaped. All
three prisonors woro brought up in tho
parish and aU attended tbo parochial school.
JOBS
AT THE JUL.
The Investigating Committee
Claims to Have Discov
ered Several.
SMSAHOHS IS A EEPOET
Asking the Prison Board to Remove
the Present Warden.
HOW KEEPER PRICE CARRIED MAIL.
Fitzsimmons Paid Out a Thousand Dollars
Before His Escape.
FINAL SETTLEMENT C03IINGT0-3I0RP.0W
The Jail Investigating Committee has
found ample cause for its labors. The re
port presented to the Prison Board yester
day at noon was full of sensational dis
closures implicating at least one, and
probably two, of the jail officers in some
decidedly shady transactions. It shows np
some startling irregularities in the prison
management, and almost daily disregard of
the rules of good judgment and custom
usually observed in such institutions.
It developed the fact that Fitzsimmons
received more valuable assistance in escap
ing from inside the jail than ont of it. It
revealed the old story of the almighty dollar
conquering all the obstacles law and
honor could put in its way. There
was more than sufficient proof to show that
the escaped murderer had relied more on
the 56,000 in his possession than his own
dexterity with the saws, acid and ropes.
Testimony revealed that the guardians of
the jail not only aided the murderer in se
curing the money he put to such good use,
but one of them actually carried him the
saws used in cnttiug his way out, and
served as messenger boy in the preliminary'
arrangements for the escape. It was also
ieveloped that Fitzsimmons left 51,000 of
his money behind him.
THE WARDEN NO LONGER WANTED.
As a result of all this the committee was
unanimously satisfied of the incompetency
of Warden Berlin to fill his position, and
recommended his removal. The Prison
Board, after hearing the report read, au
thorized that Berlin he notified to appear
before it to answer any charges made in the
report. The Board will meet to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock to hear bis state
ment. Final action will then be taken on,
the matter.
The report, as presented, shows that the
committee spared no pains to secure every
possible detail bearing on the case. For
three days thoy sat as a court at the jail and
heard testimony rrom a dozen or more per
sons. Among theso were the Warden, depu
ties, keepers, matrons and others connected
with the prison management. Seven prison
ers and ex-pnsonors were also examined..
At no time was more than one witness in
the presence or the committee, so that each
was unaware of what the others had said.
All statements were taken under oath. Wit
nesses were frequently kept on tho stand
two or three hours at a time, and several
were recalled.
One of the most startling features of tho
report Is in reference to the actions of
Keeper Michael Price. The testimony of
several prisoners revealed the fact that it
had been Price's almost daily practice to
carry notes and letters between Fitzsim
mons, the Clarks and other prisoners. Mrs.
Clark was apparently particularly favored
in this way according to her own testimony.
She had no hesitancy in saying that letters
bad been carried to and from her almost
every day by one of the jail officers, but
declined at first to give tho name of the
latter.
KEEPER PRICE CARRIED LETTERS.
Finally sho admitted it was Price. Some
time ago a girl named Sheffier was com
mitted to Jail. She was very 111 at the time
and was placed in the hospital department.
Mrs. Clark and a woman named Perry were
assigned to nurse her. Whilo there Mrs.
Clark carried.on quite an extensive corre
spondence, presumably with Mrs. Fitzsim
mons and her husband. One day Price
brought her a large yellow envelope con
taining the four saws afterward used in
cutting out of the jail. They came from
Fitzsimmons with a message instructing her
to secrete them in her cell until such time as
he would have- use for them. A few days
later Price brought her the following note:
"Uso the saws yourself. The man on the
range In front of my cell thi3 morning is my
friend. I havo paidout $1,000 and there is no
danger of me getting lert."
On befng asked who was referred to as tho
man on the range or whoso friendship Fitz
simmons was so confident, she replied:
"Warden Eorlln."
Jt is supposed that Fitzsimmons cut the
bars of his cell before sending the saws to
Mrs. Clark. Afterward, when he wrote her
to use tho saws herself, he was evidently
contemplatlngsome other modeof obtaining
his liberty. Subsequent events must have
changed his plans for shortly before the
night of his escape he sent for the saws.
They were returned to him fn the usual way.
Mrs. Clark further testified that one ntght
while attending the Schefiler gfrl Price came
in ana attempted to put nis arm aoouc ner.
She objected. At that time Miss Perry was
not present. When tho latter was put on
the stand she corroborated Mrs. Clark's
statements concerning Price's .efficiency as
a messenger, as also did several other pris
oners. The Schefiler girl was too 111 at the
time to be able to tell what had taken place.
MRS. CLABK THE CHIEF WITNESS.
The statements of Mrs. Clark, owing to
their startling nature, are given In full in
the report. From the other testfmony tho
committee simply draws its conclusions and.
states them In a general way. Keeper Lari
mer, who was on duty the night of the es
cape, said bo made his rounds np until al
most 2 o'clock in the morning- After that
he did not make a round. Ho admitted oc
casionally takfng a sleep whtle on duty, but
dfd not regard that as much of an offense.
He did not think he slept any the night of
the escape. He heard no sound and from
the desk where he sat could not see the
door of Fitzsimmons' cell or the window he
sawed through. The committee simply
stated what he said and made no special
recommendation in his case.
Keeper Price was on the stand for a time.
Hfs testimony was hot very advantageous
to himself. On being closely questioned he
admitted having gone to the County Treas
urer's office in the early part of August and
got a $300 bill changed for Fitzsimmons.
The committee learned from several em-
E loves at the jail that Fitzstmmons. daring
is" imprisonment, was almost constantly
supplied with a large amount of money,
witli which he was very lavish. Warden
Rerlln testified to havfng secured Fitzsim
mons $0,000 on adrart the latter possessed.
About $2,000 or this had been used for attor
neys' fees, and ho did not know what had
been done with the remainder. The pris
oner had it in his possession.
LAUGHED AT THE WARNING.
The testimony of Detectives Murphy and
Beltzhoover was also made use of. Tho
told or having had suspicion of an attempt
to break the jail, chiefly aroused by tho
actions of Cora Wyatt. These suspicions
were communicated to the jail officials sev
eral days beforo tho escape, with advice for
precautionary measures. They were met
only with ridicule.
There is nothing in tho report to intimato
anv suspicion in tho minds of the committee
that the actual work of getting out of tho
Jail was made easier by anybody for Fitz
simmons. On the other hand it is conceded
that the roan worked alone in cutting the
bars and clinibmgto tne window. After re
citing the facta mentioned above, the report
i
- i
i
1
I
m
J
y -.- . ; . ,. --W - :,-, - ,. - ..
!-.&
mmt&m
mmmm