it -4t ,3? " - v4- TWENTY PAGES. DOUBLE NUMBER. Bffim&ij 1 FORTY SEVENTH YEAR MURDERER REED FIGHTS GAMELY F0B1UFL Shoots Two Pursuers andThen Kills fflmself Bather Than Surrender. HIS STRONGHOLD HIS PYRE A Double Tragedy Enacted Yesterday Afternoon at Noblestown. The Hunted Man Poisoned the Husband of the Woman He Loved Con demned to Death and the Day Set for the Execution Made His Escape Prom the Jail at Wash ington -A Price on His Head Officers on His Track Surrounded In an Ico House He Shoots Deputy Sheriff Hugh Coyle, of McDonald and Wounds Chief of Police Orr, of Washington His Shelter Blown Up With Nltro-Glycerlne and Fired Eeed Puts a Bullet Through His Brain and His Body Is Cremated. Martin Eeed, the escaped murderer of Alexander Chappell, yesterday came to the end of his career in a frightful manner. Before being driven to suicide and burned by an angry mob in an icehouse at Nobles town, where be had taken refuge, he killed Depnty Sheriff Hugh Coyle, of Washing ton county, and wounded Chief of Police Harry W. Orr, of Washington. Ever since Seed's escape DetectiTe W. B. MoBride, of Washington, has been searching for him, acting under the direc- Martax Heed. tlon of Chief of Police Orr and the Commis sioners of Washington county. Early In July the authorities became satisfied that Seed was in hiding near North Star Post office, Allegheny county, near the comer where Washington and Bearer counties meet From that place, just as officers were about to pounce down upon him, he slipped away. McBride followed every possible clew, watching the movements of Beed's relatives and friends carefully. Discovered Bead's Biding Place. It seems that McBride, in some way, dis covered that the murderer was hidden in an unused icehouse near the slaughter house of "Wacker, on the edge of Nobles town, and there Eeed was yesterday cor nered. McBride went to Washington, se cured the aid of Chief Orr and Constable Williamson and yesterday morning drove to Noblestown to attempt to effect a quiet capture. They reached Noblestown about noon, and without telling any persons of their errand they proceeded to the upper end of the village where the old icehouse is located. The icehouse stood in a hollow, beside a small run. Just across the run is the slaughter house. The icehouse was con structed of boards, with double walls, and was about 12 feet high to the edge of the roof and six feet higher to the peak. There was but one door, near one corner and facing the ran. Up in each gable end was a small window which had formerly been used for putting in ice. The interior was in'gloom. Just inside of the one door and at the left of it was an ice box about eight feet high, and it formed a small vestibule in the corner br the door. Where Bred Lay In Ambnsh. From this little vestibule a second door led into the center of the building. There was a small store there, which could be used for cooking, and was fed by a natural gas pipe. When the three officers went to this place, just after noon, McBride and Williamson, with their revolvers in their hands, stood guard outside, while Chief Orr, carrying a Winchester rifle, boldly opened the door and went inside. He passed through the second door and had nearly reached the center of the building,- peering about in the gloom, when a man partially raised himself from where he was lying on top of the ice-box and shot at the officer with a revolver. Orr was hit in the left shoulder, the ball passing downward about six inches and coming out on the outer sur face of his left arm. Be ran out of the building quickly, the blood running over his clothing. "He hit me," Orr cried out to his companions, "but it's only a scratch." Herd Refutes to Surrender. Just then the little window in the gable was opened and the face of Eeed appeared. Orr raised his rifle and called out, "Come down and surrender." Eeed ripped out an oath and slammed the window shut. The shot had been heard by people living near, for the icehouse was not far away irom a number of houses, and men came running from many directions. They drew others, and in a short time there were over 100 persons gathered near the icehouse. Among others Peter Wacker, the owner of the building, appeared, and when he learned what had happened he cautiously approached the door and nulled it shut. Then he changed his mind and threw it open. Orr ordered him to close it, and Wacker again operated on the door. Orr now becan tofeel weak from the loss of blood, and, telling his two assistants to watch the place closely, "he hurried down town and had his wound dressed by a doc tor. Armed Men Arrtre From McDonald, Like wildfire the news spread that Mar tin Eeed, the murderer, was driven to bay, and people hurried to the scene from all di rections. Women and children came, as well as men, and many of the sterner sex came with their revolvers. A Panhandle train carried a number of men to McDonald, where they called on Captain Nesbit, of the National Guard, and asked for rifles. The Captain furnished a number, and on the next eastbound train a large crowd went from McDonald, many of them armed. Among these was Depnty Sheriff Hueh Coyle, who had for some time been acting as a policeman in the oil town. Meanwhile, for nearly two hours, the lit tle, old icehouse in the hollow was sur rounded and watched by hundreds of peo ple. There were numerous shouts to Eeed to come out and surrender, but no sound came from within. No face appeared at either window, and there was no sign to indicate that any person was inside the building. Hngh Coyle Goes to HI Death. When the crowd arrived from McDonald Hugh Coyle at once announced his intention of going in and bringing Eeed out dead or alive. "Don't go in," said Orr, covered with blood. "He will kill you." "By , I'll go in anyway," said Coyle. He walked boldly to the door, threw it open and walked inside, while the watching people held their breaths. A shot was heard inside. Coyle sprang out of the door. He was untouched. That time Eeed, lying on the top of the icebox and only a few feet above Coyle's head, had missed his aim. Coyle showed great bravery, however. He again went to the door, and, standing just at the side of it and leaning forward, called out: "We've got you now. You might as well come out." Coyle Fell to the Ground Dead, There was a third shot Coyle sprang backward four or five steps and fell on his back, dead. The murderer's bullet had en tered his right breast and passed through the liver and heart. Several men ran for ward, lifted Coyle and carried him away to where there was some grass. But he was beyond help. His revolver was in its sheath buckled to his belt, and there also depended a pair of handcuffs. The body was taken to an undertaker, and later re moved to McDonald. After the shooting of Coyle the crowd seemed possessed of fury, and longed for the life of Eeed as a tiger longs for its prey. Several shots were fired at the door and windows, and the shooting was kept up at intervals for two hours, but it was alto gether unavailing. It did not even provoke one shot from the hunted man. Determined to 'Blow Tip the Boose. Plans were canvassed on all sides to get at Eeed. Bichard Singleton, a torpedo shooter, appeared with 12 quarts of nitro glycerine, and it was at once decided to try to blow open one end of the house. It. was pot intended to blow up Eeed, but merely to tear an opening in the walls so that Eeed would be at the mercy of his pursuers. For that reason a can containing five quarts of glycerine was placed against the corner of the building furthest removed from the Icebox where the murderer lay. The crowd having been warned, the stuff was exploded with a fuse and cap and went off with a terrible noise. A hole was scooped out in the earth, but only a few of the outer boards were torn from the wall. Then another effort was made at the sec ond corner on the rear end of the building. A dynamite cartridge was exploded under the edge of the building, but it did little damage and failed to open a bole in the double wall. Set Fire to the Icehouse. The throng now grew impatient. It was after 6 o'clock and night would soon come. People began to shout, "Set fire to it!" "Burn him outg' Sam Norcross came running with a bucketful of oil. He piled some of the broken pieces of board against the side of the ice house, poured the oil over them and over the weather-boarding, set fire to the oil with a match, and leaped back as the blue flames heaped up. How the great crowd cheered and yelled! Now there could be no mistake. Eeed must come out or be burned alive. As the fired seized on the building and swept up over the sides and roof, th; peo ple began to move back, as If fearful of .1 1 4- 1 1 i j m Orvund Plan of the Ice Seme. 1 Where the body of Keed was found. S TThere Coyle was killed. S Vestibule. 4-Iee box Irom which Eeed flred the shot that killed Coyle. 8 Window. some desperate act on the part of the foomed man. It was bnt a few minutes when nearly all the old frame structure was wrapped in fire, whence the smoke rolled back to the eastward and cast a curling, ghastly shadow over the valley. Beed End. Big Own Lire. On the slopes of the hills on both sides stood grim looking men, with rifles and re volvers In their hands, waiting to shoot to death the man whom they expected to see leap out of tbe burning house. There was no need of a single shot from them. From within the flames came tbe sound of a pistol shot It was quickly followed by another. Then the flames swept on, and the walls and roof began to crumble. A few moments later there was a perfect volley of reports from the ruins. They did not sound like gun shots. They were the explosions of cartridges which Eeed had in store for his defense. When one of the walls had fallen in men rushed up to peer into the interior. They saw the body of a man lying against the opposite wall wrapped in fire. The alarm was immediately sounded and half a dozen men set to work to chop an opening in tbe wall just about where the body lay. The boards were not yet aflame there, and when they were cut and torn away the body was seen. A long pipe having a short elbow was used as a hook, and with it the corpse was drawn out and pulled away from the growing heat. It was desired to get out the body before it was Durned beyond 'recognition, but it was too late. The remains were ghastly and horrible. The limbs were burned to stumps, whence the white ends of bones protruded, the ribs were exposed, the face was charred into a coal, and the back of the head was entirely consumed by the heat. In the forehead, just over tbe socket of the left eye, was a round hole in the bone, through which had gone tbe murderer's suicidal bullet When the body had cooled so that it could oe moved, it was pushed upon a numDer oi rails, and on them was carried to the depot, where it was laid upon the platform to await the action of the officers of the law. Pieces of the burned flesh adhered to the ground where the body lay for a few minutes. Raised a Question of Identity. John E. Thomas, who knew Eeed inti mately and was present at Noblestown dur ing the battle with the outlaw, claims that he saw the face of the fugitive when he" put it out of the win dow and yelled for merer. Thomas claims that it was not Eeed, and Ijacka his assertion by the fact that he had known the murderer for years. It was in Peter Wacker's ice house that Eeed v. as found, and as Wacker and Beed were at one time partners in business, and cronies generally, there are many who believe that Wacker was haboring Eeed. John E. Thomas and James Shay, both well-known men of McDonald, pulled the carcass out of the ruins ot the ice house. Thomas found the revolver in the ruins. It was a 38 cali ber gun, and Thomas sold it to Charles Buch heit for a $10 note. v Chief ot Police Orr, who knew Eeed intimately during his confinement in the Washington jail, says that he got a good view of Eeed when he appeared at the window after shooting him, and he will swear that they had the right man. STORY OP THE CHASE. THE MURDERER'S MOVEMENTS AFTER HIS ESCArE. Relative! In Three Counties Assist in Hid ing Him How the Officers Tracked Him Down Coroner McDowell Preparing for the Inquest. Martin Eeed, the condemned murderer, escaped from the Washington .county jail on Hay 19. Two other prisoners, who were in for minor offense, escaped with him, but they were soon recaptured. Eeed eluded the most thorough searching for him, not only in Washington county, but in Alle gheny, Greene and Beaver, and even in West Virginia. Many persons thought he had escaped to the South or Southwest, and had gone into the mountain regions where the Hatfield and McCoy's love to revel. It now appears that he never left the neighborhood u here he had spent all his life, and that for many weeks he had been in hiding in various places in Allegheny county, near the Washington county line. In that region he had many relatives, most of whom are small farmers. In addition he seems to have possessed numerous friends outside of the large circle of his relationship. Detective W. B. McBride, stimulated by the reward of ?500 offered by the Washing ton County Commissioners, has been search ing for Eeed ever since his escape, and it transpires that he was searching in the right locality. McBride learned the names and residences of all of Eeed's relatives and closest friends, and by watching the con duct of his nearest kinsman, finally got a solid clew. Beed Hid In the irilderneiM. At the village of Murdocksville three counties, Allegheny, Beaver and Washing ton meet, and near there live several of Eeed's brothers and brothers-in-law. Isaac Eeed lives on a farm on the Beaver County side, Harry and Eay Eeed operate farms in Allegheny county, and nearby is the place of Henry McCormick, another kinsman. Hear the farm of Harry Eeed and extend ing north of Murdocksville is a long tract of woodland and uncultivated land which people in that neighborhood designate "The Wilderness." Eaccoon creek runs through this region, and it is seldom vis ited, except by hunters. Here Martin Eeed hid for several weeks. Late in June word was conveyed to the Commissioners of Washington county that Eeed had been seen in that neighborhood, and that he had visited a farm house on the edge of the forest and compelled the farmer's wife, by threats of death, to give him something to eat McBride went to Clinton, jnst east of the Wilderness, and there spent two weeks, picking up all he could and trying to learn the ex act hiding place of the fugi tive. One report picked up was that Beed had for some time hid In two coal mines belonging to William Wilson and Andrew Crooks, on the S teubenville pike, three miles east of North Star post office. Buggy tracks were found going into the wilderness, where they were not used to go, and it was supposed that some per sons had conve yed provisions to the hiding murderer. Gradually Closed In on Bead. When it was pretty certainly determined that Beed was somewhere in that neighbor hood, and within the confines of Allegheny county, tbe Commissioners of Washington county communicated with Police Superin tendent O'Mara, of Pittsburg, and the latter has since been co-operating in the effort to capture Eeed. On July 22 it was learned that Henry and Margaret Beed had mort eaeed their small property. The authorities immediately concluded that Eeed would attempt to escapeto the West, and prepara tions were made to close in on him. It was learned that he had relatives named Mc Cormick near Council Bluffs, la,, and the police there were warned. A few days later McBride learned that Eeed had escaped from his forest hiding place, and the next clew located him over the line, in Beaver county. Thence he was tracked to Noblestown, and there he yester day met his death. Eeed was last winter convicted of having murdered Alexander Chappel, by giving him poisoned whisky at the Burgettstown fair, in the autumn, of 1891. Eeed was in love with Mrs. Chappel, and that is sup posed to have been the motive for the deed. Mrs. Chappel is now living with her father at Bavington postoffiee, Washington county. When Coroner McDowell learned of the Noblestown tragedy early last evening he communicated by telephone with the Dis trict Attornev of Washington eonnty, and decided to bold an inquest at tha Allegheny County Court Howe at 1 o'elook to-morrow Scene of the Tragedy. PITTSBURG SUNDAY. DR.DEPEWINDLOVER Of ? Dined to Snch an Extent in 'London That He Is Al ways Ont of His Hotel. HE TALKS ON POLITICS To a Dispatch Correspondent, Pre dieting Harrison's Election. HILL DOESB'T MEET. CLEVELAND, And tha destination of toe Senator's Taent Is let a Mysterj. HKMIGAVS SEW LAW PLEASES ALL fBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCB, London, Aug. 6. Copyright. Dr. Chauncey M. Depew arrived by the Teu tonic, Wednesday, and put up at the Berk ley Hotel, his intention being-to see no one and have a good rest. He has neither breakfasted, lunched nor dined at his hotel since his arrival, and has his choice of ten engagements for every meal for some days to come. Dr. Depew spent the day to-day with Minister Lincoln on a tour of inspection with the heads of departments of the Lon don and Southwestern Railway and did not get home until midnight. He told a Dis patch reporter that it had been his inten tion to leave for Hamburg on Monday, but that Peel, the speaker of the House of' Commons, hsd sent mm a ticket for the debate upon the no-confidence vote, and he thought he would wait for a few days, afterward going to Hamburg and returning to London in time to leave for home on tbe 1st of September. Dr. Depew says American railways prom ise to maintain the 1891 traffics with no phenomenal increase. The big harvest of last year made a hich-water mark. No de pression is possible, trade is excellent, farm ers and traders are well off and the only thing likely to produce a boom is the ple thora ot money. World' Fair Traffic Promises TV el'. The indications point that way, but the position is not certain. The World's Pair will produce an extraordinary movement of passengers, reduced lares are a necessity and fresh equipment will require five or six times the normal traffic to pay expenses and outlay. Mr. Depew is confident that the expan sion is so great, that the slight contraction of general freight traffic will prove an off set in tbe net results. The best American opinion is that the monetary conference will result in universal bimetallism. He admits that the States are unable to act alone, but general adoption will .solve the difficulty. He attaches little importance to the gold exports, which will balance them selves later, as the balance of trade always favor the States. A grain corner is now im possible. What the martlets lost a year ago, when the price was aDove unropean parity has been regained .through the bump'tr series r,BisjsjrrTrr The present p'TOperitv of the country has practically killed the Farmers' Alliance, says Mr. Depew. There is no prospect of relaxation of protective duties. The coun try is thoroughly satisfied, and the tariff is working well. Native industries are de veloping, and there is no plethora of labor. Harrison's Ke-Electlon Predicted. Dr. Depew predicts the re-election of Harrison. The country likes his govern ment and wants more of it. It was a tac tical mistake.passing the tariff act just be fore the election of the House of Represen tatives, it Drougnt tne calamity nowier to the front, who predicted universal disaster. The result was an unprecedented Demo cratic majority. The Democrats, like the man who drew an elephant in a lottery prize, did not know what to do with it. They mieht have passed all the party measures, free coinage, repeal of the tariff and jumping on the Republican majority. But whether through incapacity or cowardice, they did nothing. Had the Democrats made free coinage a planar in their platform, their financial position and election prospects would Lave been more precarious. There was no immediate fear of free coin age. Both candidates for the Presidencv were against it Regarding the British political situation, he savs Gladstone's party is like a man who caught a hare and does not know how to cook it, whether to roast, boil or stew it So far as he can judge he thinks an Irish stew is most prob able. HEW JEE8EY MAT SHIFT And Come Into the Republican Column, According to General Srwell. Washington, Aug. 6 Special' Ex Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, was in Washington yesterday for a fer hours to see the President before the latter went to Loon Lake. General Sewell is one of the warmest personal friends the President has, and he was warmly pressed for. tbe chair manship of the Republican Campaign Com mittee. General Sewell says there is a strong probability that New Jersey will wheel into the Republican column in the coming contest, as there are indications all along the line that the people of.that State are not yet ready to accept the free trade doctrine set forth in the Democratic plat lorm. In regard to New York and the prospect ot haimony there among the Republican leaders, General Sewell says Warner Mil ler's decision to support the Harrison and Eeid ticket means a great deal to the Re publican party throughout tbe State, and that the President went away to Loon Lake feeling pretty well satisfied with the polit ical outlook in New York. KOLB'S CAUSE A .LOST ONE, If It Comes to a Contest His Chances Are Worse Than Nothing. Montoosiebt, ALA., Aug. 6. The claims of Chairman Bowman, of the Kolb Committee, that Kolb has carried this State by 30,000, are based on allegations of frauds which cannot be substantiated. The straight Democratic ticket is elected by at least 15,000, and Kolb's contest, if made, will not result in his getting the office. The question will be determined by the Assembly, which meets in November. In the Senate half the old members held over, and at least 10 of the 17 elected this year, are straight nominees on the Jonrs ticket In the House over 60 of 100 are regular nominees. A double Legislature is practi cally a legal impossibility under the statutes of Alabama. Jones is re-elected and will be inaugurated. Another Candidate to Be Notified. Waco, Tex., Aug. a Next Thursday the Notification Committee will meet here to officially inform Bey. J. B. CranflU that he is the nominee of the National Prohibi tion party for Vice President of the United States. The committee consists of Giortra O. Christian, of ArkuMti John ! Taanar, AUGUST 7, 1892. llll1 llllkll mg1mKKt09mi I I . I I w n . N &. . ri wmJMM&gmtmii&&maKMm wmimmok milium i ii n i W miwwfflmtMrsjrM7mi trmrs- hhhi,' inmm unit ru i uirrr- ii limn mi in hi sxssssLiiiiriM. in uiii EiBMiniiuivi xsjrsjrjiiiiKff,iHrii'nidui ii ill i iiiiiiiiiii mnniiiiiMsu WMtMfMa imutMi nmtim t ,tei it tirnr of Alabama; E. C. Heath, of Texas; Sam W. Small, of Georgia, and D. Ward King, of Missouri. HARRISON JOINS HIS WIFE. The President Dellehted to Find His Bet ter Half So 31ucli Improved. Loon Lake, Aug. 6. iSpecidW Presi dent Harrison arrived this afternoon from Washington and will spend the rest of the month with his wife, at their cottage. He reached Plattsburg this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, and there took a special and was landed at the sta tion here at 5 o'clock. He was met at the station by Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Dimmick, nieces of his wife, and with them he was driven to the cottage. He was accompa nied by. his stenographer, Mrs. Tibbetts, and his colored man servant The President spent a couple of hours with his wife, and then, with the ladles, he walked over to tbe Loon Lake House, 100 yards away, and had dinner. He declared he was delighted on his own account to get away from the capital and its intense heat, and that he was doubly thankful to find Mrs. Harrison's condition so steadily improving. To-day had-been the worst she has passed for a week. Yesterday she took a long drive and she was deterred from making the same trip to-day by the weather. It is said that the' President will have a go at some of the big game which abounds in this region. He is a great sportsman, and the fame .of his good shooting at the wild -duck on the Chesa peake Bar has extended far into the mountain fastnesses. Summer duck abound here on the lakes, and the President will go back to his duties with more good marks for bis gnn record. HILL DOESH'T MEET QB0VEB. The Senator's Techt Heads In the Wrong Direction, After All. Buzzaed's Bat, Mass., Aug. 6. Mr. Cleveland was not favored by a call from Senator Hill to-day, as was anticipated by some. There is no reason to believe that Mr. Cleveland expected such a call, and he seemed snrprised when such a rumor was spoken of to him. He thought that if such a visit was to be made he would have been notified In advance. The Pra Diavolo was seen down the bay, headed for port, which dispels all idea of a meeting of the two leaders. Benedict's yacht, the Oneida, arrived late this afternoon, and her owner will enjoy the hospitality ot the Olevelands probably over the Sabbath. Mr. Cleveland has de clined an invitation to attend tbe dinner of the Old Colony Club, at Falmouth. When the Pra Diavolo steamed out of New Bedford harbor she took the regular course to Newport down by Dumpling light. Her captain said that while at New Bedford the yacht's engine condenser was leaking, and that they had put in there in search of a marine railway. rOSTEB AT AN 0EIO PICHIC. The Treasury Secretary Talks to an En thusiastic Crowd at Vermillion. VEKMHilJON, O., Aug. 6. An immense throng of people .cheered themselves hoarse this afternoon at Linwood Grove. It was virtually the opening of the national cam paign of 1892 in Ohio, for the Eepublicans and the enthusiasm of those present found vent when, at 12:30 p. ar,, the orator of the occasion was introduced, Hon. Charles Pos ter, President Harrison's Secretary of the Treasury, who left Washington yesterday for the special purpose of being present here this afternoon. The great outburst of applause was partly in the nature of a tribute to the personal, popularity of the distinguished Ohioan and was gracefully acknowledged by him. The andience was largely composed of farmers. When the cheering had somewhat subsided and tbe huge crowd was in comparative quiet Secretary Foster proceeded to give a historical account of American currency, from the time of the colonies to tbe present day. K0BMS0N TO BE OPPOSED For Ke-Electlon to the Presidency of tha . Repnbllcan Club league. PmrADELPHIA,Aug. 6. Special The Convention of the State League of Eepubli can Clubs will be held next month, in Williamsport, and there is some talk that Congressman John B. Eobinson, of Dela ware county, will be opposed for re-election to the presidency. The name of Mayor Stuart has been mentioned for the position, and it is quietly hinted that an effort will be matte to induce him to be a candidate. Should he consent, his friends entertain no doubt of his election. For the other affairs of the League there seems to be no disposition to antagonize the present incumbents. The Vice Presidents are: W. J. E. Jones, of this city; W. D. Wallace, of Lawrence county, and John C Carter, of Lancaster; Treasurer, Mahlon D. Young, of this city; Corresponding Secre taries, E. N. Bandolph, of Allegheny, and William Lynn, of this city. McKtnley Talks to Big Crowds. Omaha, Aug. 6. Governor McKinley spoke on the steps of the High School last evening to an immense gathering of people, and estimated as high as 2,600. In spite of the oppressive heat, the crowd stood for an hour and a half listening to the illustrious speaker. N GROVER Wett, durn my picture! They're tedfettawt HIS ANNUAL ATTACK. John S. Alles Suddenly Seized With Frightful Convulsions, THE RESULT OF HYDROPHOBIA. Severely Bitten by & Mad I)oj Fifteen Years Ago This Month. EIGHT BIG MEN UNABLE TO HOLD HIM Every August for the last 15 years John S. Alles has been seized with a violent at tack of hydrophobia. Yesterday afternoon he suffered his fourteenth attack, and eight strong men were insufficient to control him as he writhed in the awful contortions produced by the malady. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital where he was with great difficulty strapped to a bed. In a few hours the paroxysms passed away and the unfortunate practically regained his senses, but in a short time the trouble returned, and late las. night Alles was suffering from another but less violent attack. John A. Alles is a member of the real estate and insurance firm of that name, on Fourth avenue. His brother and partner in business, Jacob Alles, will be remem bered as having suffered from an attack of violent dementia about a year ago. John Alles is 27 years of age, of medium size and build. Fifteen years ago this month, while play ing on trie street at the corner of Fifth avenue and Dinwiddle street, he was pounced upon by a big dog. Before he could escape the doe tore a piece out of his left leg just above the knee. His First Attack of Hydrophobia. The boy was laid up several days with the wound, but it healed up finally and nothing was thought of it until a year after ward, to the dav, tbe little fellow became sick. As the day wore on he became ex citable and feverish, but could not bear the sight of water. At 4 o'clock, the hour of the day when he had been bitten, a year be fore, he was seized with a terrible spasm. His mother ran to the boy, bat he did not recognize her, and, to her astonishment, kicked and tried to bite her whenever she tried to botd him. Young as he was. his strength seemed superhuman.' Four strong men were required to hold him while he writhed and barked like a dog and foamed at the mouth during the first attack. After his strength had been exhausted, he became unconscious and was put to bed bnt in a few hours, with returning strength, another at tack came on, less violent tbau the first Opiates were adminis tered finally and under their in fluence the boy slept for many hours. When he awoke the trouble was all gone. He was weak and exhausted but perfectly rational. The day from the moment when he was seized with the first attack was a blank to him, and he could not believe the stories they told him of his actions. In a day or two he was as well as ever. Returned Regularly r.vrry Year. Every year afterward at tha same time of the year at the same hour but not always the same day he suffered a return of the frightful malady, and each time fully re- covered within a few days. As he grew to manhood the attacks became more violant and it required more force to control him, but otherwise there was no change. ,He married a few years ano and two children were born, the eldest being now three years old, 4nd born jnst alter one of his attacks, bnt tney bear no evidence of the father's misfortune. Last year a phvsiciau triead of Mr. Alles who had attended him in one or two of his attacks put him under treatment, and by the free use o"f opiates about the time n re turn was expected wardad it off entirely. For the past three days there have been evidences that the disease was returning. Mr. Alles, though in condition to attend to business, became quiet, morose and drowsy. His wile and his brother noticed the symptoms, but did not expect an outbreak before to-day or to-morrow. HI last Attack Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon while sitting In a rear office with his brother at their place of business the dread disease came on. Its first indication was an outburst of tears, tbe patient rocking to and fro in an apparent agony ot grief. His brother realized the truth in au instant and calling Officer White, and five other men they en tered the room as with a growl of rage the victim snrang at them. Nearly everything breakable in the room was smashed to pieces before the eight, men could control him. He -was taken to the hospital finally and put under treatmpnt The disease will have passed away by to day and he will be able to retnrn nome. All the physicians who have heretofore at tended Mr. Alles pronounced bis case hydrophobia. A Pension Committee Appointed. Washington, Aug. 6. Pursuant to the resolution passed in the House lost night, Speaker Crisp to-day appointed Repre sentatives Piersou, of Ohio; Martin, ot In diana; Wilson, ot Missouri; Flick, ot Iowa, and Waugh, of Indiana, ar a sub committee of the House Committee on Pensions and Invalid Pensions, to codify tbe pension laws. JTho committee will sit daring the mess of Congress, r6f,jtf?M 'n .o r'- . r too,.?to. rr-zywcii'-iji o VI again' O'DONNELL IN BOSTON. THE HOMESTEAD UEADKR "WELL PLEASED 1VITH HIS MlaSION. Still Confident the Workers Will Win He Will fpenk at lAbor Meetings In New England Sajs He Feels as Fine as a Fiddle. NEW YOBK, Aug. 6. Special. Hugh O'Donnell, tbe leader of the Homestead strikers, passed through the city to-day on his way to Boston, accompanied by his wife. He was seen by a Dispatch corres pondent on board the Fall river boat just as she was about to sail, and appeared to be in excellent spirits. "I have recovered my health, which was quite broken down when Ileit Homestead," be said, "and feel as fine as a fiddle. I am very well satisfied with the result of my conferences with the labor leaders here and other places with regard to the Homestead troubles, and I think I have accomplished much good." Asked who the labor leaders were and for details about the conferences he smiled and said: "I will speak of that when tbe proper time comes. It would be premature to talk about the details now, and would, in fact, do harm. I am, however, well pleased with the results of my mission so far." "Do vou think the strikers will win In the end?" was asked. "Certainly," he replied. "They went into the fight to win, and they will win. Their cause is a iust one. Everyone who knows the merits of the dispute believes that the Homestead workmen were justi fied in tbe stand they hare taken. Here" in New York, which is so far removed from Homestead, the accounts of what actually happened are mixed up naturally. Thereis every reason to believe that the men will win. The grounds for that belief I will give at another time." O'Donnell thought it was a great mistake to send Pinkerton men to Homestead. They were not officers of the law, he said, and tbe workingmen regarded their presence as an Insult It was a mistake at all to employ Pinkerton detectives during strikes. O'Donnell will stop at the United States Hotel in Boston. Before he goes home he will visit a number of manufacturing towns of New England, and will speak about Homestead at many labor meetings to which he has been invited. He will probably be back in New York by the end of the week. Among a number of labor lead ers who saw him off was George F Murray, of District Assembly 49, who had a short private conference with him. Just as the eanenlank was about to be withdrawn and the reporter was stepping to tbe wharf O'Donnell said: "I have only to repeat that I am very well satisfied with the result of my mission, which I believe will be of glCBIt UCUCU. fcU sue otwjv;.o a uuuismvou, PITTSBDRGERS IN PERIL. Knights Templar Passing Through Yonngs town Narrowly Escape a. Collision. YopNOSTOWN, Aug. 6. Special The big train carrying Knights Templar from Pittsburg to Denver over the Baltimore and Ohio narrowly escaped being wrecked in this city last night For some unknown reason the train stopped just west of the depot, and while standing there the glaring headlight of a freight engine could be seen rounding the curve in the rear, and coming down the grade at a terrific speed. The engineee of the freight pulled the whistle lor down brakes. The crew immediately responded and were assisted by a gang of tramps who were on board, and immediately afterward all jumped for their Jives, As luck would have it the train stopped within a few feet from the special. The blame was placed upon tbe shoulders of the rear brakeman of the passenger train, who did not go bsck with a signal. THE PISPATCH DIRECTORY. Tlie issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages In two parts. The contents of the second part are tabulated below: Page 0. Thz Coolet Qxxa. Esg lish Suction Fbadt The Famine is Russia. Prank Q. Carpenter Page 10. PARIS Alt ARCIHSTS COMCTQ. TBI MUSIC TVOELD Pag 11. Small asvsbtisxkxnts Classitted. Page 13. SocibttNxws Marlon Crawford Gallaher Summer kesobt JoTnsoa. Page IX The Eotal Academy. ....Elizabeth A. Tompkins A Texas LocsntVAB Alice MacGowan 'Women's gift ot Gab Bessie Bramble GOSSIP 70S TBE Faie Margaret H. Welch Pago 14. AMATXtm ATHLETICS Horace J. Hill The coustt tsachebs Institute, Pace 15. Tux first Oil RirraEBT....Thc late L. E. Stoflel Drcwks in Coxoorss W. A. Croffat The Last Sio.val. DoraBasiell Page IB. ' BL ACE BELT BELIETS MUjJo. Nirj Wages of Exolisii Botldess Henry Tuckley Late Sciixttvic News. CAfxs or the World Cyras CfK&uos. Oiubches op EnOlasd John H. Young. The Book of Isaiah Ber. George Hodges. Late Electric News. Page 18. Review or Sports John D.Prlnzle. EErosTS of Bear Killings ,.Ed JIoo. Notis and Queries. Page 19. The Market Betorts. on. Yield News. The Gkakd asmt. Secret socnmxs. ' Page 30. Summer Bssobt News. Hereto Place Hotels. ITVE CENTS AFTER HIDDEI GOLD. Remarkable Fraijd Attempted Upon a Shrewd Pitts- T)urg Financier by A PBISOtfEB IK SPAIN Who Dies "Without a Chance toEe coyer His Secreted Million. VICTIM OP THE KIWS AMOURS. A Trunk That Contained tha Eej to Un lock a Golden Mystery. EFFECT OF BISHOP PHELAK'S QUERIES Over 1,000,000 francs buried near Pitts burg by a Spanish refugee, the man who buried the treasure seized on his return to Spain and cast into prison for life, the plan of the pjace of burial hidden in a secret drawer In a trnnk, the trnnk in the posses sion of the authorities at Valencia, a few thousand francs required to redeem the trunk, and one-quarter of the buried fortune offered to a Pittsburg man if he will ad vance the small sum needed to, get the trunk. This was the glittering prize offered to Mr. John D. Bailey,oneof the best known businessmen of this city, and the letters sent to him from Spain were attested by official signatures and seata enough to convince the most sceptical The story told by the cor respondence given below is an interesting one. It has about it something of the 3Ionte Cristo flavor. It deals with the loves of King Alfonso, his banished mis tress, his jewels sent to her and his boun teous reward on his deathbed to a faithful servitor. The story ends with a short and pointed letter from the Cardinal Arch bishop of Spain to Bishop Phelan. Mr. Bailey told the story a few weeks ago to a friend in this city. This friend recently visited New York and went to the theater. As he sat there waiting for the cnrtaln to- nse he overheard a conversation behind him. A lady was telling her male escort of a friend in Colorado who had re ceived a wonderful offer from a prisoner in Spain, who had buried a great fortune in this country. Many details of the follow ing strange story were repeated by the lady, who concluded with the statement that her Colorado friend had sent $5,000 to Spain. The gentleman in the front se-t felt like turning around and saying, "I have heard that story before," but he kept his peace. IT all From a Spanish Frison. The story is told by the letters. All the letters from the conspirators are in French, and were translated in this city. The re plies by Mr. Bailey were written in En glish, translated by a friend into French, and thence transmitted to Spain. The fol lowing was the first letter received: Sagchto PrisonSjNov. 28, 1891. Sib On the-jgfjlil had fcponor of-a". dressing yoaia "efX4o ip pprmly to confide 1 you a seciet su. ., a sum of money buried by me in your country. At the present my health is falling last, caused by zny prison life. My conscience and my hope hi tbe Christian counsel given me by tbe reverend lather who visited me induces me to write and e.sc your assistance in an affair which happened in your country. I can assure you tbae IT you take part in tbis affair you will be froflted, without reflecting on your dignity, cannot give you particulars to-day, only that on tbe affair In question depends my liberty and tbe happiness of mydaugbter. 1 trust to your honor to keep this letter secret, but If you do not understand Trench please find somo friend whom you can trust to translate It Your servan t. Juas Molcta. P. S. I pray yon to answer this letter ad dressed to above name, inclosed in a second envelope addressed, MR. JUAK ALV03Z0, Calle de Se villa No. 11-30, Valencia, Spain. On the back of this letter was the follow ing endorsement: Sir I guarantee to yon tbe innocence of this unfortunate man. Yours ialtbrully, J1A3CEL Perez. Immediatelr below this signature was an oval seal, bearing around its edge the words "Iglesia Parroquial de Sn. Jose, Sagunto" (parochial church of St Joseph, Sagunto). Within the border is a picture of the Vir gin, holding the infant Jesus. v A Email Nibble at the Bait. To this touching missive Mr. Bailey sent the following reply: Pittsrceo, Dec. 12, 1830. Juan Molina: Dear Sir Your letter of November S3 re ceived and contents noted. I have not re ceived your previous letter. In regard to the secret to which you refer, and In rela tion to which you desire my assistance, I can only say thai any communication tbat you may make me will be treated as confidential, and If I can assist you in any way consistent with what Is right I am willing to do so, pro vided your statement Is truthful, complete and explicit As Ido not understand French I have had your letter and this, my reply, translated by a friend In whom I have entire confidence. Yours truly, Jons J. Bailet. To this came a long letter from the alleged prisoner in Spain, which is perhaps the most interesting in the entire corre spondence. SAQU3TO Prisois, January 8. 31b. Bailet In answer to your letter of the 15th of last month, I hereby desire to confide to you tbe affair of which I spoke. I come from an honorable family, and was raised for a military career. At my parents' death I inherited 2CO.00O franc. After tha Spanish revolution I was obliged to leave Spain, and during my forced emigration I became tbe Intimate friend of tbe Prince de Bourbon. In tbe year 187, after Alpbonso IIL was proclaimed King or Spain, 1 re turned with him to Spain. During tbe mar Tied life of King Alpbonso and Qneeu Mercedes I waa confidential man for both the King and Queen. After their mar riage they lived with the Queen Christine, and I had the misfortune to get tbe ill will of tbe Queen Christine, in consequence of tbo King's susceptibility to feminine charms, but I was not responsible for that I was obliged to serve the King on account of the dignity of his office, and it was others who was tbe cause of his weakness. The confidence placed In me by the King on one occasion (whichltisnotnecessarylorme to recount to you), brought me an enemy (a womah), and unconsciously I offended tbis enemy, and I have paid the penalty most dearly since thee. " King Alfonso's Dying Charge. On November S2, ISS3, the King was sick, and during a few moments tbat we were alone said, "My friend, I am going to die. You have been a most sincere friend tame. Will you depart Immediately for Paris anil give this letter and casket to M'lle H I have arranged for your Interest after my death. My friendship and confidence In you have caused you to have enemies, an for this reason you bad better not return tc Spain for some time, and also keep you eyes open Jor anything that may bappe? To ease my conscience, and also because 1 my oesire ana wm " ..- tnispaoEageis lor ines. there was LOOO.OOa francs, -started to Paris p acco"" On November. If' In " on the soch of tlw ratnewthor ti Consul lrjjatv' annccftr ,f 3fJew, consul in oni of i , V I ? i i JitUtf. IN' -T-ftJY, LacSb JZlVb' a1q LtJSL, .lJSKS-!a..a ,ti. JiS ,..Sh. .iiwt .'.SLi m: aHMES2aSGS tu , lfl i . "'SaiSwiJ ls 8S5t
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