The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, November 04, 1895, Page 5, Image 5

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    TUB SCBANTOlf TRIBUNE StONDAY ItOltNrtfG, NOTEMBEB 4, 1893.
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Norrman & Moore
FIRE INSURANCE,
120 Wyoming Ave.
BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES
RUSSET SHOES AT COST
AT THB
COMMONWEALTH SHOE STORE
Washington Avenue.
ETURN5
Prompt Ri
and
ROMPT I1IGHT.
ACKAWANNA
. THE LAUNDRY.
SOB Pcnn Ave. A. II. WIHUV, .
When Looking
FOR
rilDKIS,
Do Not Fail to Sea
Our Fall Styles.
I27 WYOID NG AVENUE.
N. B. Prices Guaranteed.
There will be a meeting of managers of
Florence mission tomorrow at 10 a. m.
This lx the last month In which to pay
city and school taxes for lS'Ji without
penalty.
Patrick Ryan, of the North End, charged
'With m u H r in 1 1 .1 mlunVitnf nmo. .ant In lull
. In default of, ball by Alderman, Roberts
last night.'
Division No. IT, Ancleht Order of Hi
bernians met In St. Peter's hall, Bellevue,
yesterday and decided to hold a ball dur
ing tne Holidays. i
The Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern company on Saturday paid Its em
ployes at the Hallstead, Diamond and
llanvllle collieries.
Charles O. Oriner, of the Thirteenth
ward, who yesterday threatened to kill his
brother, Floyd Oriner, was sent to the
county Jail by Alderman Bailey.
8treet Commissioner Kinsley Saturday
granted a permit to the Scranton Traction
company to lay tracks on Prescott ave
nue, between Pins and Olive streets, and
between Ash and Bilkman's line.
Telegrams received In this city yester
day announced the death of James Sulli
van, at Pittsburg. Mr. Sullivan was well
known in this city and was the brother
of Mrs. John Keefe, of Phelps street.
The Tribune acknowledges the receipt
of two copies of the November number of
Cassler's Magazine from M. Norton. This
Is the number which contains tlio articles
on culm as a source of electrical energy.
Some miscreants set Are to the watch
man's shanty at the Hellcvue crossing on
the Delaware, Lackawanna and' Western
road early yesterday morning. The struc
ture was entirely consumed and the gates
were badly scorched.
David M. Barton, the 5-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Barton, of Dudley
street, Dunmore, died at 10.30 last night
of membranous croup. The funeral will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the family residence. Interment will
be made In Dunmore cemetery.
Great Interest la being manifested In
the recital which will be given by Miss
Edith Norton In the Young Men's Chris
tian Association hall next ' Thursday
evening, She will be. assisted by Miss
Augusta Yendlk, a well-known New York
soprano; Miss Elspeth Wlnton, violinist,
and Miss Florence Richmond, pianist.
Joseph Keturlsh and Joseph Kazlnnekus
were convicted at the last term of quarter
sessions court of aggravated assault and
battery. , They were put on trial for felo.
nlous wounding and were convicted of the
second count in the Indictment. When
etence day came they were not present;
a capias was Issued and they were caught
yesterday and lodged In Jail. Their crime
consisted of having been engaged In a sa
loon brawl one Sunday last November In
Blasy's place on Penn avenue. Charles
Black was struck on the head with a beer
glass and almost murdered.
The attendance at the fair of the Sheri
dan Monument association was very large
on Saturday evening. An Interesting con
test Is I progress for the fireman's trum
pet. The result of Saturday evening In
this contest was to displace the Eagle
company from first position. The William
Connell Hose company went to the front
Beginning -today school children will be
admitted free to the fair between the
hours of 4 and t In the afternoon, for the
purpose of showing them the Sheridan
relics. The competition for the scholar
ship offered by St. Thomas college will
begin this week.
- THE BROWNIES TONIGHT,
,. )
Palmer Cos's Famous Sneotacl Hero,
Direct from Philadelphia.
-.J.,l.el.w,,, an Immense audience
at the Frothlntrham this evening when
F'S Jfffe?n, Klaw and Erlanger's
i inuuucuon or "palmer Cox's
Brownies" will be Riven Its first pres
entation In Scranton this season. The
advanced sale of seats tins been unusu
ally large the people of Scranton show
ing an intense Interest In the "Brow
"15?. enKBernent The company of 110
arrived In the city at midnight by
pedal train from Philadelphia, where
.the magnificent spectacle was present
ed to packed houses for the past two
weeks at the Broad street theater.
Since It was last seen here the "Brow
nies has undergone a very consider
able change for the better, until as at
present riven, It Is without a doubt the
peer of any big theatrical attraction In
the country. It has been termed the
"Brownie's circus of theatricals" and
this Is certainly no misnomer. ,
The Brownies will occupy the Frotn
Ingham stage to-night, and to-morrow
afternoon and evening. . .v .
mom awums, Biwes and Testaments
Mow coat. Pratt's Book Store. ..
Monsoon Tea-Rich and mellow, better
the say-tea yon ever taste " 5
IfllrEIS.
iii piper,
ILIIS I ffl'ANULTY
" V'urc and Sure." .
, SHE WAS TIKED OF LIFE.
To End Her Troubles Mrs. David Schuer
Took Paris Green.
Tired of life and fretting over stories
told about her, Mrs. David Schuer, of
Prospect avenue and Alder street, com
mitted suicide early Saturday morning
by swallowing a large dose of Purls
Green. Her husband Is Janitor of Work
Ir.grnen's hall: the woman is about 42
years of age; they have no children and
have been In this country 18 years.
The couple retired nt the usual hour
Friduy night. At 3 o'clock the next
morning Schuer was awakened by the
awlul groaning of his wife. She emit
ted a green substance, and she told him
It was poison she had taken to end her
life.
Schuer made haste to the office of Dr.
J. B. Ammnnn, on Cedar avenue, and
summoned him, but when the physlelnn
renched the unfortunate woman's bed
side she win dead. The distorted fea
tures and clenched hands Bhowcd that
death lind been extremely painful.
Coroner J. A. Kelly was notified of
the happening and empanelled a Jury
comprising Patrolman Martin Flaherty,
William Rempe, Joseph Kline. John
Klein, John Griffin, and Joseph Meyer.
The husband said they had lived a
peaceful life, but that the deceased was
addicted to the excessive use of liquor.
She often tried to break off the habit,
but was weak nnd relapsed into the old
ways again after every effort at re
fnrm. She was of a very sensitive tem
perament and rame to the conclusion
that death would be preferable to such
an existence. He testified in regard tp
being awakened bv his wife's groaning
and finding her suffering from the poi
son. Mrs. Frank Muslllskl, the dead wo
man's sister, testified that the deceased
had been u. hnrd drinker and often ex
pressed an intent to destroy herself.
The Jury adjourned to the Alder street
police stntlnn nnd found a verdict to
the effect that she died by her own
hand. The funeral will take place this
afternoon.
FREE BROWNIES TICKETS.
Dnvld Reese Gets Two Reserved Scats for
I'ntmcr Cox's Spectacle.
David Reese, of . ayne avenue, on
Thursday received two tickets for Pal
mer Cox's "Krownles" from his son,
who lives nt Hrldgeport, Conn., and on
Saturday Manager Jones, of the Froth
Inghnm exchanged them for two re
served seats for Monday's performance
of "The Brownies." When "The
Thn.iilna" n-n U at Tl-lfl ffPllfirt tht'CG
weeks ago a number of balloons, each
containing tne tickets ror tne extrava
ganza, were sent up, , and young
Reese found one several miles out in
the country from Bridgeport two days
after the company closed its engage
ment there. As the tickets are good
for any performance of 'The Brownies"
in any city and at any date, Reese
sent them to his father. In this city.
The management of "The Brownies"
will send up twelve balloons from the
Washington avenue side of court house
square this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
each bnlloon will contain two tickets
for any performance of Palmer Cox's
big spectacle here or In any other city
that the company will visit.
CHAIN GANG FORMED.
Four Tramps Will Do City Work for the
Space of Ten Da vs.
Six tramps were arrested at the blast
furnace early yesterday morning by
Lieutenant Zang and Patrolmen Sartor
and Boland. Their names as entered
In the police docket were: John CJrls
wold, Samuel Warrantry, James Con
ley, Patrick Connors, Charles Murphy
and John Sergeant.
Koch gave his address as "nowhere"
with the exception oi Conors, who
claimed New York as his natal place,
and Sergeant, who claims to be a
printer, was the only one with any
settled occupation. He paid a fine of
$3.00: Grlswold, who is Infirm, was given
thirty days In the county Jail and the
others were sentenced to ten days In
the chain gang.
The chain gang wlll.be a permanent
feature In this city hereafter and all
tramps who seek the hospitality of tne
Electric City will be given over to the
care of the street commissioner.
NEW CHORUS CHOIR.
Has Been Organized for the Second Pres.
byfrlnn Church '
The chorus choir forittie Second Pres
byterian churoh 'has bean organized
an fallows:
Misses Dil Bo-Is, Robertson and
Davis, sopranos: Misses Drake, Taylor,
Bynon and Croft, tenors; Messrs. Wat
son, iRowley and Hot-comb, bassos.
The quartette will be. Miss iBlafk, so
prano; Miss Caragan, contralto; Mr.
Bynon, -tenor, and Mr. Morgan, bass;
and In connection with the dhorus, will
form a feature of the regular musical
The following was ithe programme
rendered last night: Organ prelude.
Dnbnls: ouartette "Protect Us
Tihrouirh the Coming 'Night." Cursch-
mann; chorus, prayer from "uinoran,
Meyerbeer; solo, "He was Despised,"
Handrt; organ postlude, aullmant: or
ganist, J. iM. Chance; assirtant organ
ist. T. Vail.
WEEK OF COMIC OPERA.
Works That Will Bo Sunk by Milton
Ahnrn and His Compsnv.
This evening ait the Academy of
Music the Miilton Afoorn company will
open a week's engagement at the Acad
emy of Muflc. The opening bill win
be "Said Pasha." The other operas
that will Ibe sung are: "Boccaccio,"
Tuesday night;- "Bohemian QItI."
Wednesday afiternoon; "Tar and Tar
tar," Wednesday nlgh't; "Chimes of
Normandy," Thursday night; "Marl
tana," Friday night; "Ship ' Ahoy," ,
Saturday -afternoon;. "Mafoot," Satur
day might. I
Among the clever people -who will
assist iMr. Aborn -to produce these are
Jorefb Smith. Frank Wooley, Warr -n ,
Lrriani, josepn ttcssi. istnei Vincent,
Louise Wood and Syylvester Cornish.
THE PRICES ADVANCED.
Their Actions Were Sot Appreciated and
Police CelU Were Their Onoro.
At noon yesterday two half drunken
brothers, Jtfhn and Walter Price, pa
raded on Linden street bridge, address
ing Insulting remarks to ladles, who
were passing, and In one or 4wo-instances
grabbing -hold of them. I
Complaint was made to- Patrolmen
Palmer and Tom Jones, and, upon their'
appearances, the Prices took a drop
from tihe Sixth street end of the bridge,
and ran down Che 4ilH and across the
fields to the Diamond dump. The po
lice gave ctiase, and succeeded In cap
turing the fugitives half way up the
dump. The pursuit and capture were
witnessed from the bridge Jay a large!
The Prices were locked up, and will
b given bearing this morning-. ,
heaping spoonfuls.
BATTLE ISJNEARLY OYER
Tomorrow the Battle of the Ballots
Will Take Tlace.
VICTORY IS FORESHADOWED
Republican Candidates Will Be Elected
by Geo '.Sized Pluralities Democrats
to Vote for Jude Smith Alone.
Scheme la Openly Advocated.
Tomorrow Is election day and a bril
liant Republican victory is foreshad
owed in Lackawanna county. Several
circumstances have combined to make
this an accepted and foregone conclu
slon. Perhaps the most potent factor
toward success is the disaffection that
exists In the ranks of the opposition.
The watchword among the Democratic
candidates Is "Every man for hlmseir.
The policy -with respect to the Su
perior court Judges Is to vote Judge
Smith alone and slash the remaining
five candidates. There is nothing
covert In this purpose; It is openly ad
vised in the Times and Sunday News.
These Journals argue that a person who
votes for the six Democratic candidates
for Judge of the Superior court does not
help any one of them; It only increases
the number of votes cast for each and
docs not put one any more than another
In the lead.
They concede that Judge Wlllard Is
safe; that, of course, was never doubt
ed at any period of the campaign; but
there 1b Imposed, nevertheless, on ev
ery Republican of the county a specific
duty to give Judge Wlllard, Dr. Long
street, and Edmund A. Bartl a testi
monial that will fully attest the de
served popularity of the three gentle
men. This being a year when but a few
ofllc-8 are to be filled, there Is a ten
dency among many voters to stay at
home. This class in some elections en
compasses the defeat of a ticket, and
the necessity of getting out the entire
vote is readily apparent
Campaign Much Enlivened.
Within the past ten days great en
thusiasm has sprung up among the Re
publican party workers, particularly
the young element, and the result from
the West Side and North End tomor
row will signalize the effective and in
dustrious campaigning that has been
done in these places. The South Side
is always solid and never disappoints
the expectation of the candidates. The
vote In Carbondale, Taylor, Archbald
and Olyphant, and the outlying dis
tricts will also be large.
John H. Thomas, chairman of the
county committee, reinforced by every
member of the committee, has man
aged ine campaign with signal credit
and success. Their work has been try
ing and burdensome, but equal to the
emergency. There has been no fagging,
ana tney are safely awaiting the close
of the polls tomorrow.
By tonight the county commissioners
will have finished the task of distrib
uting the ballots among the various
election districts. They began last Fri
day ana nave been continuously with
the exception of Sunday, at work since.
When It Is considered that over 70,000
ballots are required and other para
phernalia that has to be distributed, It
Is seen that a work of magnitude de
volves on the commissioners.
Republicans Are Not Objecting.
The Republicans have no obleetlon
to the avowed course the Democrats In
tend to pursue In regard to votlnir for
Judge Smith alone. This does not In
any way endanger Republican victory;
on the contrary It has stimulated Re
publicans to make Judge Wlllard's ma-
Jorlty a magnificent one. They are de-
termmea witn great zeal that Judge
Smith's friends cannot outdo them.
Nor are the Republicans Intending to
pursue the tactics of their brethren of
the opposite fold In voting for the home
candidate alone.
Loya. to the state and eountv HMu
each Republican will vote the straight
ticket. It Is conceded that Judge Wll
lard will lead the ticket; his monu
mental labors for the party In the past
have earned for him the right to ex
pect a nandsome remembrance on this,
his first aspiration for political honors.
calculations are made for tomorrow
that the total vote polled win nt ...
ceed 75 per cent, of what was polled last
year; In other words that not much
over 20,000 ballots will be cast. It is
probable that a larire percentage of the
stay-at-homes will be Democrats.
NOT HIS GREATEST WORK.
A Black Sheep Is Nevertheless a Very
r.mcnnining Farce.
A Black Sheen." One Of ITiTO.'a In .An.
farces, which had its first production
In this city Saturday nle-ht i ih.
Academy of Music, Is not the greatest
of Mr. Hoyfs efforts to elevate the
etage, neither Is It destined to live as
long as some of Its predecessors from
that farce writer's prolific pen, for in It
Mr. Hoyt has taken a step backwards
towards "A Tin Soldier" and "A Brass
Monkey." He has Injected Into It more
noise, but less real humor and clever
ness than he did Into A Trip-to China
town." The public has found that Mr.
Hoyt Is capable of really good work In
his line and It Is naturally a disap
pointment to see him returning to the
slam-bang order of farces.
Even with the faults of being two
loud and containing too much horse
play, "A Black Sheep" Is entertanlnir
and the large audience that saw the I
performance Saturday night enjoyed '.
many a neany laugn as the details of
the very transparent plot were reveal
ed. The dialogue Is clean and quite
clever and there Is a good deal of bright,
original music. A situation that might
be cut out with benefit to the farce is
the one at the end of the second act,
where the black sheep of the Mudd
family Is endeavoring to get acquainted
with the girl his aunt's will commands
him to marry. It Is not humorous and
certainly has no other feature to rec
ommend It
The success of Saturday night's per
formance Is due more to the company
than to Mr. Hoyt. Otis Harlan was
the bright particular star of the occa
sion and kept the audience In a merry
mood while on the stage. . nilam De
Vere, Henry Luckstone, Joseph Notus,
Steve Maley, Ada Dare, Agnes Rose
Lane and a quartette of pretty young
women who can sing and dance enter
tainingly asslted in the fun-making.
With Mr. Harlan and the members of
his company In the cast "A Black
Sheep" la a good vehicle to drive dull
care away.
TERROR ON A RAMPAGE.
Lewis Tfcosass Mskeslt Lively for Wlaton
Miners snd s Constable.
There was excrtemervt and- conster
nation galore at iths Wlnton slope Sat
urday morning, caused by one of tihe
miners. 'Lewi Thomas, becoming drunk
or zed and terrorizing the vhole work-'
tags. Joseph IDurvford anl Polander,
who happened In bis way, we pretty
badly used up, and for satisfaction
sought out Alderman Fuller, and had
htm issue a warrant for the arrest of
the -terror.
A Wlnton constable attempted to ar
rest Thomas 'but Ignobly failed where
at the alderman transferred fhe war
rant to the Scranton police depart
ment and had three officers. Dyer,
Menlzer and Walsh, sent to Wlnton to
effect the arrest. They found their
man and brought tilm back without
any trouble to speak of. Th,is morning
Ire will be called upon -to answer two
charges of assault and battery, and
also resisting arrest.
FOUND DEAD IN A BAM.
Lonely Existence of William Riederick
Cornea to a Sudden Death.
William iRIederlch, aged probably 50
years, without friends or relatives, at
4.30 yesterday afternoon was found
dead in a barn where he was allowed
to make this home, iln the rear of 701
Meadow avenue, in 'the upper -part of
the Nineteenth ward, near .the Erie and
Wyoming Vailley rajllroad.
The deceased was a German. He
came to tints city in 1870 and followed
the trade of painter. For three or four
years back he eked out a precarious
existence, and was chiefly dependent
on the charity of the nelprhlbors. Bern
ard fiubel owned the barn where Riede
rlch lived since August.
He had never been married, and did
wh-it odds and ends of palnalng fences
and chairs, etc., that he managed to
procure. The stable was quite a com
fortable lMtle place. He had his kit
chen, dl-ndng room and parlor down
stalls all In one, and slept in a narrow
apartment upstairs, the floor of which
was covered with manllla paper.
F. vert thing Xeni nn I Cite".
The walls were papered with ma
terial nlmilar 'to ithat on the floor.
Evecy.'.lhing betokened the most abject
poverty, but, withal, there was an air
of cleanliness and order a.bout the
premises. He had been in very poor
health for it-hiree months, and suffered
from acute diabetes. It was noticed by
the Bubel family that he had not been
around for coal or water slnoe Satur
day night, and IMr. Bubcl went up to
the -barn to Inquire the cause of it.
He cIIrr.'be.T a la'dler to a small window
In the upstairs and saw Rlederlch on
the small cot. CalJIng a neighbor, he
burst the door In. The body was still
warm.
Dr. J. A. Manley was summoned;
a Merman Storr, of the (Nineteenth
ward, was also sent for to hold an
InquesiU 'it Ihuvlnig been .heard that
Coronfir KeHey was not in the city.
Dr. Manley .made an examination of
the bidy and 'Iriformed Mr. Storr that
an Inquest was unnecessary, death hav-.
Ing been caused from collapse of the
kidneys, and general breaking down
of -the system. Coroner Kelley arrived
a little la'ttr and decided that an In-ques-t
was unnecessary. The funeral
may take place thOs afternoon.
He mod All Alone.
Rlod'Cirleh's possessions include a few
copper pennies, two sacks of flour and
a ham. The fire was out and every
thing around the place appeared as If
he had laid down to sleep Saturday
wight, became unconrclous and re
mained In that condition until a brief
time before his body was discovered,
when he lapsed Into t'he last sleep
thatt knows no waking.
RE.1IAIXS CKOl ulIT HERE.
Resolutions Adopted on tlio Death of
F.dwin F. Whlttcmnro.
The remains of Edwin F. Whltte
more, whose exceed Iragly tad death was
noticed In Saturday's Tribune, were
brou'g'h't to the city that afternoon to
the undertaking establishment of A.
It. Raub, on Spruce street. The body
will be removed from Raub's to the
residence of the faither. C. F. Whltte
more, on Jefferson avenue, this mot n
ln. T'he funeral will be ih'eld this af
noon from 'the parents' residence at 2
o'clock. SeTvitce-B will 'be con-ducted at
the Penn Avenue Baptist church, and
interment will be nradti In Forest Hill
cemetery. ,
A meeting of the 1894 Alumni of tho
Scranton -High school, of whidh the de
ceased was a member, w-as held Sat
urday evening in Voung Mien's Ohrls
tlon association parlors and appro
priate resolutions were rassed. The
committee consisted of t'he following:
M'ias Etlzabetlh Ca-rlyon, Mien Anna
Gibbons', Victor Wenzel, John J. Bech
told. Florence HeltMjgel, Wallace Q.
Moser, Emerson D. Owen and Thomes
A. Donahoe. The resolutions were as
follows:
Whereas, Ddwln F. Whlttemore, our be
loved end esteemed classmate and friend,
has been suddenly taken from this world
and from the hitherto unbroken ranks
of the class of 'W of the Scranton high
school, in accordance with the wish of
Divine Provlilence, ant)
Whereas, We, though bowing In ac
knowledgement to the wisdom of Him
who glveth and taketh away, are
Resolved, That In the death of our
classmate, a good citizen and an exem
plary young man hag been taken from his
ephemeral home to his eternal reward,
and bp It further
Resolved, That we sincerely regret and
mourn his death, and do extend our heart
felt sympathy to the bereaved parents of
this estimable young man.
SAD END OF A TOIXC LIFE.
Bcliof That Scvcntecn-Year-Old Gertrude
Kellerman Died from a Crmlaal Opera.
I Ition.
Gertrude Kellerman. daughter of
John jvellerman, of Hamm court, Soutn
Side, died Saturday afternoon of blood
poisoning. She would have been seven
teen years old next December. Among
the people who knew the family there
are whisperings of suspicious circum
stances, and they would seem to be
fully warranted according to the infor
mation gained from an Interview with
Dr. J. A. Manley, of Pittston avenue.
A Tribune reporter called at Dr. Man-
ley's office last evening and this Is sub
stantially what he Bald: "I am satis
fied that a criminal operation was per
formed on her. When I was called to
see her Friday she was suffering from
the result of what I believed was such
an operation, and although I made dili
gent Inquiry, could elicit nothing from
the girl's father or relatives concerning
any person or persons who had used
any Instrument on her. She had been
pregnant, and there is a remote possi
bility that while In a high state of fever
delivery might have occurred, but I be
lieve and am confidently sure that an
operation was performed upon her."
The coroner had not been notified last
night, nor lias there been any investi
gation made. It was outside of Dr.
Manley's province to make a report of
the matter, as he had been only casu
ally called In to see the girl. The family
is in destitute circumstances and the
Poor Board assisted them. Inquiry as
to the Identification of the perpetrator
of the criminal operation has been made.
Kellerman Is a shiftless man and his
family Is somewhat wayward. His
other daughter Is In the House of the
Oood Shepherd. The funeral of the
dead girl will take place this afternoon
at 2 o'clock and Interment will be made
In Mlnooka German cemetery, unless
an Investigation postpones It
Miss llardenbergh's Plsnoforts.
A thoroughly high grade and progres
sive school for the study of the pianoforte,
musical theory and Interpretation.
Special Instruction In child music edu
cation and In training of teachers. C31
Madson avenue.
MI'S Nellie Ketchum, one of Mr. Bouth
worth's most talented pupils, assisted by
Miss Elisabeth Smith, soprano, will give
a piano recital at Powell's tomorrow even
ing. .
Blank books snd stations below cost
Pratt's Book Store.
Everything In the store will bs greatly
sacrificed until Oct 16 on account of re
moval to Williams building, Linden street
and Washington avenue. Pratt's Book
tor. ,, - -. i ... ..-..,
FOR A BRUTAL MURDER
Barring ft McSweeney's Prisoner Is
Wanted ia Altoona.
THEIR PRIVATE JAIL OPENED
The Prisoner .Makes Eoowa His niegsl
Detcntioa In a Novel Method and
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Lead to '
Disclosure of the Whole Story.
The Identity of the prisoner whom
Barring & McSweeney have been detain
ing since last Tuesday In their office in
the Commonwealth building has at last
been ascertained and in a rather sin
gular manner. His name Is Frank Wil
son and he is wanted for murder in Al
tona. At 6 o'clock on the above named even
ing Barring and McSweeney with three
manacled prisoners alighted from the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
train, got into a cab and drove to their
office. The three men were locked up In
one of their suite of rooms and a guard
placed over them. Next day they were
taken out for breakfast to a nearby res
taurant, but after that nothing was
seen of them In public until Saturday
afternoon, when Wilson was taken be
fore Judge Archbald on a writ of habeas
corpus.
It now develops that Wilson's fellow
prisoners were two of Barring & Mc
Sweeney's detectives. They were re
leased, of course, sometime Wednesday,
but Wilson was put in Irons and held
a prisoner in the office. But notwith
standing the vigilance of his watchers
he managed to open communications
with the outside world.
The building occupied by Hill & Con
noil's furniture store Is separated from
the Commonwealth building by an area
way about ten feet In width. Just op
posite the Barring & McSweeney office
the mettress department of the furni
ture store Is located and the girls em
ployed there on several occasions saw
the handcuffed prisoner through the
window and during Thursday several
other employes of the store witnessed
the same sight.
Commnnlcatcd with Them,
The prisoner also saw them and on
Friday communicated with them by
writing In large letters on slips of paper
and holding them up to the window to
be read. He told In this laborious way
that he had been illegally arrested and
vas being detained illegally. No war
rant had ever been read to him and he
had never been given a hearing.
V. A. Bone, one of the clerks, inter
ested Mmsc'ilf in tlhe prisoner's behalf,
and laid the case before Attorney
George M. Watson, who Immediately
proceeded to have Wilson released by
habeas corpusi proceedings. Judge
Archbald granted a writ, and at 4.30
Saturday afternoon Deputy Sheriffs
Jay and Price brought Wilson before
tho Judge. The -prisoner was hand
cuffed and closely guarded by the de
teotlves, -when .he entered court. Upon
seeing this Judge Archbald somewhat
sternly said:
"Take oft his handcuffs. A prisoner
must not be brought into court hand
cuffed In that way."
After removing the handcuffs Detec
tive McSweeney retired to the corridor
with his attorney, Joseph O'Brien, and,
Sifter a few minutes' conversation, re
turned and asked Judge Archbald to
exclude the reporter as it would de
feat the ends 6f justice to have the
particulars of the case published.
Nn Star Chamber Proceedings.
"I do not think & Judge would be
Justified In excluding them. This pro
oee'dlng must necessarily be public, and
the reporters (may remain," was the
Judge's reply,
Mr. Watson opened the argument by
denouncing In strong terms the man
ner 1n which Wilson had been held In
custody.
"This man," tie said, "was arrested
and brought to this city and Impris
oned here without any regard for law
or Justice. The wan-ant was not
backed until today, after these habeas
coirpus proceedings -were begun. The
prisoner has no objections to going to
Altoona. for a (hearing, but he does ob
ject to ibetng locked and shackled In
that office for four days more."
Mr. McSweeney stalled that, acting
under th-e directions of District At
torney Hammond, of Blair county, he
had arrested WJIson on the charge of
E-teallng a sold watch. He was a des
perate character, on that account they
had to handcuff him wh!Je detaining
him here, pending an effort to arrest
the prisoner's pals, .He Is In reality
wanted for inurd-er, not watoh stealing.
Judge Archbald told the detectives
bh-at imanmuch o.s they had a warrant
he would remand the "prisoner to their
keeping, providing they turned him
over to the (Blair county authorities for
a hearing before Wednesday next, iic
Sweeney Tiromteed to take Wilson to
Altoona today.
The prisoner Is a young man appar
ently 2 or 27 years of age and muscular
and seems to be quite Intelligent. He
says that he wns employed as a coach
man by an Altoona lady, but lost his
work recently and started for New
Tork with two men who promised to
secure him a position. While on a
train bound for New York, as he sup
posed, he and his companions were ar
rested on the charge of stealing a
watch. Hp was bropsrht to this city,
where he discovered that his pals were
defectives and that they hnd him In
custody for a murder committed In Al
toona. He does not know, be says,
who the victim was.
M'Swcenov Was Silent'
McSweeney refused to divulge any
thing concerning the crime for whlch
he had arrested Wilson, alleging that it
was necessary to keep silence In order
to entrap Wilson's accomplices.
In answer to a query sent from the
office yesterday the Altoona Tribune
wired as follows:
Altoona, Pa., Nov. S Frank Wilson Is
charged with bMng Implicated In the mur
der of Henry Bonneke, whose dead body
was found In his little home In this city
on April 7 last. He had been utrn.-V nn
the head and gagged. Robbery was the
motive of the murder. Other parties are
inipiicniea, nui tne aeiecuves rertisa to
say whom they are at present. Wilson
was arrested on a railroad train last Mon
day night at Stroudsburg by a representa-
THE BANNER SALE
OF THE SEASON.
All our Elegant Millinery will he sold
for a few days at reduced prices.
Children's Tam O'Sbanlers 13c
Quills, all colors 3c
Ladies' Trimmed Sailors 69c
Black Prince of Wales Plames 49c
Trimmed Hats, $1.25, $1.49, $1.98,
$2.49, $2.98, $3.49.
HASLAGHER'S : MILLINERY
H. LMGFELO, SUCCESSOR.
324lirr:iA
tlve of ths Barring McSweeney detec
tive agency.
The United Press later sent out the
fallowing brief dispatch:
Altoona, Pa.. Nov. t-Prank Wilson, re
ported arrested In Scranton, Is wanted for
murder In this city April 15 last, of Henry
Bonneke, an aged German who lived alone
in a shanty, and who was reputed to have
considerable money. The murder was a
most brutal one and was undoubtedly
committed for purpose of robbery. Wil
son was an attache of a house of Ill-fame
In this city, and had been sent to Jail
twice on different charges. He has only
been out a week or two and has not been
out of Altoona long. He had accomplices
and other arrests are likely to follow.
SAM JACK'S CREOLES.
Attractions at Davis' Theater First Three
Day s of This W eek.
An aggregation of pretty girls, witty
comedians and bright specialty stars,
who appear in no other organization,
who are, in fact, exclusively under one
management.cannot fail to prove novel,
and that together with its oriental and
creolean character Is what has given
Sam T. Jack's Creole Company a per
manent footing on the mimic stage.
It is always supplied with fresh fea
tures. The entertainment is faultless.
Like all his attractions, the company
has undergone thorough rehearsals at
Sam T. Jack's Opera House, Chicago,
Iu., and traveling In Its own 315,000 pal
ace hotel car, Is under that discipline
for which Mr. Jack is noted. It will be
the attraction at Davis' Theater the
first three days of this week.
O'NEILL'S FAMED CIIRACTER.
Monte Chrlsto Was Well Keclved at ths
Frotlilneharo Ssttirdav Night.
James O'Neill in "Monte Chrlsto," the
play which he has made famous and
which In turn has added not a little to
his fame, highly p'uased a large audi
ence at the Frothingha Saturday
night. The excellence of the presenta
tion was due. In the first place, to Mr.
O'Neill's acting, and In the second place
to the fine company which assists him
and the careful staging.
Haliett Thompson. William H. Pas
coe, Miss Fletcher, Miss Josephine Fov,
and Miss Marie Floyd are especially
prominent In the supporting company.
Ladles and Gentlemen.
For the latest styles and lowest prices
In fine shoes try the Commonwealth shoe
store, Washington avenue
Holiday books In seta and single vol
umes at half price. Pratt's. Book Store,
Buy tho Weber,
and get the best At Guernsey Bros.
MARRIED.
SHRrVE-CROCKER-At the Methodist
parsonage. Taylor. Pa.. Nov. 2. 1S95. by
Rev. F. A. King, Rdward Shrive to Miss
Jessie May Crocker, both of Kendham,
i-a.
Tbis Rd
vertisenient tells you
where to find orisriual
novelties in Sterling Sil
ver, moderate in price
extensive in variety.
Y GIFTS.
BERRY, THE JEWELER
417 Lackawanna Ave.
High
Grade
Shaw,
Emerson,
Malcolm Love.
dough & Warren,
Carpenter,
Waterloo.
And Lower Grades at
Very Low Prices.
J. LAWRENCE STELLE.
303 SPRUCE STREET.
7 here is
rio glass
made In
the world
wliich com
mands ad
miration more than
tho
Venetian
Glassware .
It stands un
rivalled and
onlv te itr
tlsis cf Venice
are able to
prolines snrb
exnui.lt and
nniqnedcslgna
wi h tli cel.
or d rfTecU
bout i hem.
Pan bv nd
see exhibit it
oar shew
window.
Louis - Rupprecht,
Hao-eeor ti Eageno Kteberg.
231 Penn Ave., Opp. Baptist Church
BEST SETS OF TEETB. S8.G3
laeloala ths atlnies rrtmrKaf ef
teeth by as oath-sty sew prssssm-
S. C. SNYDER. D. D. S.,
n)w4f -4!4i 3brw
Do Not
Fail to Get
One Of
Our American
Lynx Fur Capes
30 inches long and 3 yards
sweep. We are selling them
for - $8.98
$4.98 buy a very
fine Kersey Jacket, the very
newest styles.
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Of our line of high class gar
ments, superior productions
of novelties in Collarettes,
Capes and Jackets. As re
gards quality and workman
ship, and made under our
personal supervision.
J. BOLZ,
138 Wyoming
Ths Only Practical Furrier In the City.
Winter Will ;
Soon B? fl?r? J-
And .to be prepared to met the eold
weather you want a acaeonaule Suit or
au Overcoat-or both-
AND THE BEST PLICE
TO VISIT F03 SOIHETHNj GOOD
lit MERCHANT CAILO.IINj
IS
n
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406 Laciawanna Awe.
THERE YOU WILL FIND
The lareest s'.ook to seleot from. Trim
mlng. Always of the Best, Latest btyles
in Cutting, and nude up on tee premises
ly Lxpurt Workmon.
Xothlng allowed to leave the estab
lishment unions satisfactory to the cus
tomer, and the lowest prices consistent
with Ouod Merchant Tailoring.
Economical
Underwear
Costs more than cheap
stuff but worth it
keeps you well, strong
and happy. A full line
to select from.
CHRISTIAN affi,
412 Sprcce, 235 Lack.
Bargains
In Pianos
If that la what you want, they
can be had every day
At Powell's
Music Store,
336-330 Wyoming Ave.
SPECIALTIES t
Chickering,
Gildemeester & Kroeger,
Ivers & Pond,
Sterling.
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