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WINTERSTEEN
KNORR CASE
The Jury Will Probably
Attempt to Solye the
Mystery This Week.
A STRANGE CONFESSION
An Alleged Appalling Plot to
Commit Murder.
Diphtheria Germs, Poison nnd Dynn
inito Successfully Employcd--Con-fossion
and IiHllctmcut--As State's
Evidence Illoomsburg's Cultivated
Young Dnro-Dcvil Swears Ho
Acted for linwyor Wintcrstccn.
Tried to Kill His Stopmothcr.
Then Tried Dynamite on Wallers.
Bloomsburg, May 23. The Knorr
"Wlntorsteen case which has attracted
bo much attention on uccount of the
prominence of persons connected with
the case Is expected to come up for, trial
today. The case Is one of the most
curious on reeoid.
On Sept. 10, 1S9C, an attempt was
made to blow up the residence of ex
Corgressman Levi E. Waller. Explo
sives were detonated under the Waller
porch, which was shattered and the
report was hoard miles away. Clifton
Knorr, who waa arrested on charge of
havlnir committed the deed, made a
confffcfllon In which ho Implicated At
torney Lloyd S. Wlntersteen. Knorr
made later statement In which he ad
mits having made two diabolical at
tempts to take the life of his step
mother, and another effort to put Wal
ler out of the way.
In the Intention of committing all
these dastardly crimes he claims to
have been but a tool In the hands of
Wlntersteen, and the magnitude of the
charges thus ptef erred Is simply enor
mous. The first inkling- of the matter
leaked out last February; but the
county authorities and the counselors
employed by Mr. Waller In the dyna
mite case had been In full possession
of the facts for some time, and their
investigations seemed to bear out the
truth of what Knorr had told th'em.
Knorr charges that while acting un
der the directions of the attorney, he
not only put the explosive under Wal
ler's porch, but had been previously
sunning for the occupant of the house
with a revolver.
Far more repulsive and sensational
than this, however, were his self-confessed
attempts to put his own step
mother, Mrs. Knorr, out of tlte way by
the Introduction of poison In her tea,
and by placing diphtheria germs about
her clothing.
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.
The details of the dynamite plot have
already been well aired, and It is un
necessary to go into them at any great
length. After Knorr's arrest in Read
ing on Christmas day he turned state's
evidence, and created a profound sen
sation by alleging that Wlntersteen, a.
well known members of the Columbia
county bar, a president of two or th'reo
Industrial concerns and a leading citi
zen of Blomsburg, was the prime fac
tor in the attempt upon the lives of Mr.
and Mrs. Waller and the latter's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Bueka
lew, who formed a part of the Waller
household. WlnterMeen, he s-ald, had
offered him $5,000 or $0,000 to place the
dynamite beneath the porch and blow
up the house.
BOTH INDICTED.
It was.on the basis of this confession
that both Knorr and Wlntersteen were,
February 1, Indicted by the grand jury
under seven separate bills, charging
them with several forms of attempts
to kill. It Is in his latter confession,
the substance of which is made public
for the first time today, that Clifton
Knorr charges Lawyer Wlntersteen
with complicity In other atrocious at
tempts upon tho life of Waller and of
Mrs. Knorr.
In November, 189S, according to the
written statement now in possession of
the prosecuting attorney, Wlntersteen
first broached the subject of disposing
of Mr. Waller. Ho gave Knorr $10
find told him to go to a neighboring
town, wheie he was to purchase a re
volver. Then he was to return to
Bloomsburg, lie In wait for Waller;, and
shoot him as he passed from his house
to his office, about four squares away.
Clifton says he took the money, pur
chased 'the Voapon, and followed out
the directions to the letter until he dis
covered that hs victim was out of
tow n.
Tho confession then goes on to state
that the next attempt was upon the life
of Mrs. Knorr, In December of 1895,
when Clifton, at the Instigation of
Wlntersteen, purchased a certain
poison for the purpose of putting his
step-mother out of the way. He was
at that time living at her home. No. 16
East Fifth street, directly opposite the
Waller residence.
On two occasions ho put Into her tea
cup a sufficient quantity of the drug to
kllle her, but each time It was removed
by the eervant girl, Dora Moharter,
who found it before the cup was used,
and threw It away.
DIPHTHERIA SUGGESTED.
Upon the failure of this plot, Clif
ton, according to his confession, re
ported to Wlntersteen, and in January,
1800, the later suggested sending to
New York for deadly diphtheria germs,
which were to be Introduced around
tho house In such a manner that Mrs.
Knorr could not fall to contract the
disease.
Knorr says that Wlntersteen gave
him the money and directions, where
upon he sent a letter to a party In
Now York, whose name Is withheld
for tha present, ordering what he want
ed. . ffho real use lie' expected to make' of
the germs was, of course, not stated,
and upon forwarding the money to pay
for It tho packago containing the bac
illi was shipped. It arrived In due
time, but Clifton had discovered In
the meantime that the contents would
not be used as was first Intended. It
would bo necessary to Inoculate Mrs.
Knorr in order to make her contract
diphtheria, and to do that without her
knowledge would be an Impossibility.
COULD ONLY SPREAD THE GERMS
Tho original plan had to be aban
doned, but the germs were neverthe
less spread around the house and all
over Mrs. Knorr's clothing by her step
son. As had been expected they did
not take effect.
That part of Knorr's confession
which relates to his efforts to poison
his step-mother Is substantiated by
Dora Moharter, tho servont girl, who
has been In the employ of the Knorr
family for nine years, nnd who Is now
In Bloomsburg awaiting call as a wit
ness at the dynamite plot trial, In
case It should proceed. She will swear
in December, 1893, she discovered In
Mrs. Knorr's cup, berore pouring tho
tea Into It at supper, a "vhlte powder,
which she threw out without examin
ing It closely.
On the following morning, white In
the kitchen, the door leading to the
dining room being open on a crack,
she saw Clifton enter and empty a
whlto powder Into the same cup. It
was Mrs. Knorr's Individual cup, never
used by anybody else. When he left
the room she emptied the powder out
on the floor, but, hearing footsteps, and
thinking some one was coming, she
hastily wiped It up with a scrub cloth.
HIS OWN ADMISSION.
Dora said nothing about It to Clifton
nt the time, and tho next day Clifton
went to New York. When he returned,
three or four days later, Dora asked
him what, he had put In his mother's
cup. He at first denied having put
anything there. Upon learning that he
had seen him, however, he admitted
having put some sort of a powder in
his step-mother's cup, "to settle her
stomach." Mrs. Knorr really had been
sick, and had said to the girl, but a
few days before:
"Dora, 1 honestly believe I am pois
oned." The girl did not believe her at the
time, but after Clifton's act her sus
picions were aroused. She never se
cured any further admissions from him,
and It was only when Detective Hend
erson ferreted out the case that he
confessed to the authorities, and as
serted that the whole thing was done
under Wlntersteen's directions.
A CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHAIN.
The confession In regard to efforts to
kill Mrs. Knorr by the Introduction of
diphtheria germs, as well as the use of
poison, and the purchase of a revolver
for the purpose of killing Levi E. Wal
ler, Is substantiated by many circum
stances, the details concerning which
have been withheld by the authorities.
Knorr's confession fixes many dates,
the accuracy of which has been estab
lished by the investigations of Detec
tive Henderson and the able attorney
employed by Mr. Waller. They know
where the poison was purchased, and
what It was; they have In their posses
sion the revolver bought by Knorr, and
It has been Identified by the man who
sold It; they know where the diphtheria
germs were secured, and have the cor
respondence In relation to the matter
as a portion of the evidence. Many
other Important papers bearing on the
case will be produced at the trial, and
the counsel for the prosecution claim
to be able to establish with ease their
statement that Lawyer Wlntersteen
was the principal, nt whose instigation
Knorr attempted to execute these plots.
WINTERSTEEN'S MOTIVE.
Tho motive; for Wlntersteen's alleged
desire to get rid of Waller and Mrs.
Knorr, as explained by the counsel for
the prosecution, has already been set
forth In considerable detail. It dates
back further than Waller's Interference
with Wlntersteen's plans to secure con
trol of tho stock of tho Bloomsburg
Iron company. However, Wlntersteen
Is said to have led a rather dissolute
life at times. He married Ada Brower,
the daughter of a man of good stand
ing throughout the community, who
had moved In the same social circles
as did Mr. and Mrs. Waller.
The primary motive of Wlntersteen's
dislike for Waller had its origin In a
social feud, and was afterwards ac
centuated by other circumstances.
Curiously enough, Waller and Wlnter
steen now have law offices In the same
building, directly opposite to each other
In the same hallway. A few years be
fore his death Samuel Knorr, Wlnter
steen's law partner and Clifton's father,
combined with Wlntersteen In the pur
chase of a controlling Interest In the
Irondale Furnace company, an an
tiquated and played-out plant. In 18S9
tho elder Knorr died.
NEEDED TO RECOUP.
The Irondale company, which had be
come the Bloomsburg Iron company,
did not prosper, for other concerns with
modern equipment were active compet
itors. Since then Wlntersteen had ac
quired two-thirds of his former part
ner's sha.ro of the stock, and after his
effort to secure Mrs. Knorr's share the
bill In equity charging him with mis
management was nied by the widow.
His old dielike for Waller was in
tensified when the latter represented
Mrs. Knorr In the legal proceedings,
and this Is asserted to be his motive to
get rid of one or the other of his an
tagonists. Somo time ago he sued the
widow to recover certain moneys,
which he claimed to have advanced to
her deceased husband in the purchase
of his Interest In the company. A board
of arbitrators awarded him $20,000, but
the decision was appealed from, and
the case still hangs tire.
Steamship Arrivnli.
Washington, May 22, Walter Kennedy,
of Pittsburg, has taken charge of the
Chinese Iron works at Han Yang, and Is
making good steel rails, thirty feet In
length at tho rate of 120 per day. United
States Consul Child, who reports the fact
to the state departmpr.t, says the Chinese
officials are well pleased at the skill Ken
nedy has shown In getting their plant In
order.
Dig Coal Field Locntcd.
Washington, May 23. Tho discovery of
one of tho largest coal fields In tho world
Is reported to tho state department by the
United States Consul at Carthagena, Co
lombia. The fields aro In the department
of Bolivar In Colombia. The coal Is semi,
anthracite and anthracite und Is good
steam coal. The fields contain about SW,
000,00) tons and comprise 215,000 acres.
THREE PERSONS
ARE CREMATED
Fatal Contlngallon on Twenty-third
Street, New York City.
LIST OF TUB DEAD AND INJURED
A Building Occupied for Doth Dusl
nosn anil Dwelling in Flumes.
Wild Panic Among tho Tonnnts.
AWomnn'i Tcrrlblo Fall--l'ato of
Mother nnd Child.
New York.May 23. Two persons were
killed and three Berlously Injured In a
fire which started shortly after four
o'clock this morning In the four story
and basement brown stone building at
IK west Twenty-third street. Several
persons narrowly escaped death. The
doad are:
MRS. KATHERINE MOSSWAY, 82 years;
died at the hospital from soffocatlon
and burns:
BEATRICE MOSSWAY, 4 years old;
daughter of tho former; suffocated
In her room.
The Injured are:
MRS. MARY C, or CARRIE BOWLES,
boardlng-houso keeper at 23 Hollis
street, Boston; slightly hurt by Jump
ing from a window on tho third Hoor.
MISS MAC DONALD, slightly burned on
face.
F. S. PHELPS, slightly burned on face.
Tho building was occupied for both
business nnd dwelling purposes. In
the basement Is an all night eating
house. Tho Weser Piano company oc
cupy the first lloor, and the upper part
of the building Is a furnished room
establishment, conducted by Mrs. Min
nie Curtis.
Before the firemen reached the scene
the entire building was tilled with
flames. Tho hallways from the first
floor to the roof were In flames, and
escape by the front door was cut off.
Panic seized the inmates of the house.
While a tenant named Lnmont was
crawling along the narrow sill to reach
tha adjoining house, the body of a wo
man struck a large sign which hung
on the outside of the building nnd to
which he clung for support. The sign
was torn from its fastenings and fell
with a crash to the street. The wo
man was Mrs. Bowles, who roomed on
tho third floor and had precipitated
herself to the street below when she
found thnt egress from the house by
way of the stairs was checked by the
flames. She was picked up arid tnken
to a hospital. Lamont did not fall to
the street. Several other tenants had
escaped In the same way.
WILD PANIC.
On the top floor the' wildest sort of
panic had seized the tenants, among
whom were Mrs. Mossway and her
daughter.' Most ot the tenants, In
cluding Miss MacDonald, and Mr.
Phelps had escaped to the roof.
Mrs. Mossway, who lost her life, was
sleeping with her little daughter when
she was aroused by the smoke. She
ran Into the hall and gave tho alarm,
and then went'back after her daughter.
When she sturted to return the smoke
and flames drove her again to her
room. She attempted to open the win
dow, but It did not yield readily, and
she broke jthe glass with her hands.
The window would not open, nnd even
If it had there would have been little
chance for her, as It Is protected on the
outside by Iron bars. When the fire
men searched the house they found the
little girl dead In bed, the mother ly
ing on tho floor, blistered by the heat
and almost dead from suffocation. Sho
was removed to a hospital, where she
died three hours later.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Bowles
recovered consciousness at the hospit
al, but no hopes are entertained of her
ultimate recovery. Sh'e arrived In the
city three days ago from Boston on a
shopping tour. Sho Is about 35 years
of age. The origin of the fire Is not
known, but It Is believed that a belated
tenant lit a match In the hallway to
see his way and carelessly tossed the
still-burning match away. The flre
started at the foot of the stairs, and
the light well acted as a Hue to carry
the flames to the roof Instantly. Thb
damage was about $2,000.
STRIKING TAILORS.
Total Number ofl.nborcrs Idto Is Es
timated nt 21,000.
New York, May 23. No meetings
were held at the headquarters of the
striking tailors today, and quiet pre
vailed there. Strike Leader Schoen
feld said that tho executive board of
the tailors had held o. meeting and had
decided to give permission from tomor
row on to strikers to make settlements
with the manufacturers. In all the
casea the agreements signed must pro
vide for only C9 hours of work weekly,
the manufacturers must guarantee the
pay of the employes, who must be paid
weekly, an Increase of fifteen per cent,
over last year's scale must be granted.
He said that ono manufacturer who
employed 250 persons would re-open his
shop on Tuesday under that agreement,
and that several others had promised to
accede to tho demands of th'o striken
and would also open their shops Tues
day. The Lithuanian Tailors union,
numbering about 1200 will strike tomor
row. That will make the total number
of strikers about 21,000.
Several shops attempted to start to
day, but tho workmen did not appear.
B0YLST0N DANK THIEF CAUGHT.
Ho Hnd Been Wandering Aimlessly
with the 9:10,000 Ho Stole.
Farmlngton, Me., May 23. Albert M.
King, the Boston bank messenger, who
disappeared on Wednesday with $30,000
of the Boylston bank's money, was ar
rested here Just before noon yesterday,
King reached hero at 11.16 o'clock.
When searched at tho jail all the money
which waa .missing from the bank was
found In packages In his pockets. The
money was immediately taken to the
First National bank and deposited for
safe keeping. Tho arrest was made by
Deputy Sheriff Dyer, who had been In
formed by a telegram from Rangeley
that a person resembling King was on
the train. The amount of money found
In his pockets was $30,910.50.
King answered all questions as brief
ly as possible, and It was only by per
sistent questioning that anything was
learned concerning his movements
from the time he left Boston. Little
by little, however, his course was out
lined as follows:
He took the evening train nt Boston
for Lowell, Mass, At Lowell be bought
a bicycle and a suit, which he Is wear
ing now. He nald $05 for the outfit
$50 for the bicycle nnd $15 for the suit,
From Lowell he rodo to Hampton, N,
II., on tho wheel, nnd, taking the train
there, went to Portland. From Port
land ho went on his wheel to Yar
mouth, where he left the wheel In the
station and went on to Lewtston. Ha
stayed In LcwlBton nil dajr Thursday
and stopped nt the Stetori house, In
Auburn, over night, starting on the
9.60 a. m. train for Farmlngton. He
went direct to Rangeley the same night
by the Sandy River road. He had no
Idea where to go, and he simply moved
from place to place as the Inclination
seized him.
Tho money found on King was sent
to the Boylston bank by express this
afternoon.
FURNACE GAVE WAY.
Thirty Men Arc Burled at Mark
Uaana's Mills-List of
the Injured.
New Castle, Pa,, May 23. The big
Rosena furnace In this city, owned by
Senator Mark Hanna and ex-Senator
Cameron, let go this morning and a
great volume of Iron re nnd coal
came crashing through the roof of the
casting house, burying thirty men un
der the debris. Manager Rels was tak
en out with the skin hanging In shreds
from his hands and arms, and hie
legs terribly burned and bruised. The
others Injured are:
Samuel Moody, burned and bruised;
Mike Petri, head cut in. half dozen
places and burns about the hands nnd
arms; William Hanna, head cut, arms
almost severed by falling sheet Iron;
Joseph Love, head a mass of cuts, lay
ing the skull bare In three places.
Frank Sheard, head badly cut, legs
badly bruised, back burned and nrms
terribly burned. His injuries may re
sult In death. Half a dozen other men
wero also more or less Injured but tho
above are the worst cases.
About twenty minutes after the acci
dent nt the Rosena furnace, a cave-in
occurred at tho big seventy-foot cut of
the tfew Castle Traction company, that
Is engaged In making a track to the
now Cascade park. Michael Curdy was
burled under seventy-five feet of sand,
gravel, clay and rocks and was dead
when taken out. Peter Herlnsky was
terribly crushed about the shoulders
and hips while his chest was crushed.
MILES ORDERED TO LONDON.
To Represent tho Army nt Queen
Victoria's Jubilee.
Washington. May 23,1 By direction
of the president, Secretary Alger sent
a cable message to Major General
Miles, comandlng the army, Instructing
him to arrange his affairs so as to en
able him to bo In London not later than
June 15, to represent tho United States
army at the ceremonies in honor of the
sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victo
ria's accession to the British throne.
General Miles went to the Levant to
make personal observations of the con
dition and operations of the armies of
Turkey and Greece, and It is under
stood at tho war department that he
started from Constantinople this morn
ing to Join the Turkish army near the
southern border of Thessaly. It Is ex
pected that he will be able to complete
his researches at the respective mill,
tary headquarters In time to enable
him to comply with his amended in
structions. As has been said already, the United
States navy will be represented at the
queen's Jubilee by Admiral Miller on
the armored cruiser Brooklyn.
HOLD-UP THAT FAILED.
Two Men Attempt to Itobn Man nt tho
Door of Cuicngo's Sub-Treasury.
Chicago, 111., May 23. Two rob
bers made a desperate attempt yester
day morning to hold up a man In the
entrance to the sub-treasury.
(Patrick Broderlck, carrying $170 In
silver, had ascended to the second lloor
of the building In which the sub-treasury
Is located, when the men, who had
been waiting there, held revolvers to
his head and reached for the valise con
taining the money. He resisted, and In
the fight to retain the money, was se
verely beaten.
Detectives and police were hurriedly
summoned to the building, and for a
time It was believed the sub-treasury
had been attacked. One of the men
was arrested. He gives his name as
W. II. Russell.
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THREE PERSONS DROWNED.
Attempt to Cross Creek on n Log
Ends Fntnlly.
Clarksburg, W. Va May 23. Abe
Donaldson, Mrs. Shreves nnd Miss Mar
tin wore drowned In Beaver creek,
Nicholas county, while attempting to
cross on a log.
The bodies were recovered In Gauley
river.
.
Suicide of Cignrctto Find.
Camden, N. J., May 23. William R. Rose,
the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mis, Will
iam Ross, of Stockton, this county, com
mitted suicide today ty hanging himself.
The boy was In good spirits when his par
ents started to church. On their return
they found him hanging lifeless. He was
addicted to the upo of cigarettes, for
which he was chlded by his father. It
Is believed that ho could not break off
tho habit and In despair took his life.
Agnlust Suudiiy Lnhor.
Cleveland, May 23. It is announced that
John D. Rockefeller has Issued an edict
against Sunday labor by the men em
ployed on his ore docks on the upper and
lower lakes. While the mon aro expected
to respond to calls to load or uuloid ves
sels at any hour of the day or night, they
will not bo asked to work between mid
night Saturday and midnight Sunday,
Hope for CJordy.
Georgetown, Del., May 23. A sensation
was created her today when It became ru.
moTed that Lawyer Cullen, the chief at
torney for the defense In the Gorily case,
had In his possession a letter which stated
that writer and companion had plotted
the murder of Mrs. Lewis, for whose
death James M. Oordy Is to hang on June
11, Tho 'case Is to bo Investigated
STRANGE TALE OF
TWO CONTINENTS
Louis Roscafeld, Arrested for Assault nt
Atlantic City, Is Rearrested.
HIS COMPANION'S ACCUSATION
Kitty Exinor, Aged 10, Snvs Ho Is n
Fugitive Russian Euihozzlcr--ltos-cnfeld's
Alleged Kscnpo from Rus
sia on Horseback Into Germnny,
Thsn to England mid America.
Confession on a Sound Stcnmor.
Philadelphia, May 23. An Atlantic
City special to the Press gives an In
teresting story of two continents ns
follows:
Louis Rosenfeld, alias Louis Couplln,
was re-arrested by the p61lce today
and thereby hangs atnle of elopement
and abscondment which covors the
space between Russian Poland nnd thl9
country.
To commence at the beginning of the
story told to tho police by his com
panion, Couplln Is a young man of
medium height, 27 years old, and, like
a majority of his countrymen, very
dark. Although a native of Russia, he
was raised In England and speaks sev
eral languages fluently. With his wife
and child he lived In Borctltchla, Rus
sia, where he was employed as a clerk.
Through some means at present un
known here he secured possession of
a draft equivalent to $30,000, drawn
In favor of his employer. The tempta
tion proved too strong for his cupid
ity, and he succeeded in securing gold
for the paper. Placing his old mother
on n train bound for Berlin with suf
ficient money to carry her to London,
where he agreed to meet her, Couplln
secured a horse to make his escape
Into Germany through the less-frequented
highways.
Ills trip across tho boundaries was
beset with all the dangers of a rigor
ous Russian winter. Several times ho
was about to give up ins flight In de
spair and deliver himself Into the hands
of tho officers whom he believed were
pursuing him. His fears had little
foundation, however, as his crime and
flight were not discovered for several
days, when tho ponderous police sys
tem of the czar was set at work to
track the fugitive. His passage across
Germany was easy for him, disguised
In the garb of a laborer, and emigrant,
nnd he passed successfully the spying
eyes of tlie German police,
FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND.
Reaching London he sought his moth
er, who Is believed to have carried the
bulk of the money, and taking from her
the Russian gold, had It changed into
Bank of England notes.
As soon as his theft was detected
the police In Russia arrested hlA father,
wife and child, and still have them In
custody, trying to wring from them the
whereabouts of the exile. He learned
In England that he was being success
fully tracked, and one day, taking all
tho available money he could lay his
hands upon quickly, he took passage
for this country. His departure was so
hastily arranged that he neglected to
make provision for his mother's main
tenance, and she Is now Bald to be liv
ing In destitute circumstances In the
English capital.
Ho arrived In New York about the
middle of March, and there he had an
other large amount of Russian gold ex
changed for United States money.
Having relatives In Boston with whom
he believed he would be safe, he Imme
diately went thero and met for the flrst
time, his cousin, Kitty Exlner, a very
pretty, buxom 10-year-old girl. For
getting the wife and child who are suf
fering In a Russian Jail for his mis
deeds, he fell In love with Kitty, and
through promises and bribes, persuad
ed her to leave home and go with him,
promising to marry her as soon as he
could obtain a divorce from his wife.
At that time, none of his American
relatives knew of tho reasons for his
departure from Russia, and tho story
of his wrong-doing and flight were only
obtained from him through fright.
HIS SECRET CONFESSED.
Unknown to tho parents of the young
woman, they took the Fall Riven line
for New York city, and It was on that
trip that Couplln first betrayed hirr.pelf.
While the couple were sltttup on the
deck of the steamer together, another
passenger gazed at them very Intently,
and Couplln, who saw him, believed his
'scrutlnlzer to be a Russian official.
Turning from the supposed officer's
gaze he became deadly pale and almost
dropped from his chair. The young
girl Vvas alarmed, and divining that all
was not right, Insisted upon learning
the cause of his nervousness. Couplln
could not be quieted and finally under
promise of secrecy, told his companion
the facts stated above.
He Impressed upon her the necessity
of protecting him. Ho said If she did
so he would make her rich. In New
York, by way of securing her silence,
he bought her diamond earrings, a
watch, a ring nnd expensive clothes.
They lived In that city as man and
wife for several days, when the young
woman determined to visit her sister
In this city. The latter Is the wife of
an estimable citizen, and when the
runaway couple reached here she took
her wayward sister from the Influ
ence of Couplln, and has kept her ever
since. Couplln was admitted Into the
sister's family, but to nit Intents and
purposes the pair wero merely friends.
In a short time Couplln became In
sanely Jealous of his Inamorata, and
they had soveral quarrels. Tho last
one occurred on Thursday, when he
beat her violently. She rushed from
the house and went to the Second Na
tional bank, where she attempted to
have a check which he had given her
cashed. Ho followed and instructed
the cashier not to honor the check.
Words followed between tho couple,
and the cashier asked who tho young
lady was. Couplln replied: "I do not
know her; she Is a comman woman
I met on tho street last night." Un
wise words, which brought about the
capture of the Russian.
Stung by the Insult the girl slapped
htm in tho face and hurried to police
headquarters, where -she mado a com
plaint of assault and battery against
htm. Couplln attempted to dissuade
her from her purpose and falling rushed
i for an outbound train, where he .waa
Intercepted by Detective Russell. As
the officer put his hands upon Coup
ling shoulder the latter cried despair
ingly: "I am lost It she tells." He
was locked up and the story was wrung
from his runaway mate. The police
were astounded at the story and Coup
lln was given a prlvato hearing upon
the assault and battery case, where he
was held In an excessively heavy bull
for a further hearing to allow the po
lice to communicate with tho Russian
ofllclals.
This morning he was .arraigned be
fore Judge Thompson, where the ball
was reducpd to $500, which he furnish
ed and went free. A strict surveillance
was kept upon him, liowever, to pre
vent him from skipping his ball and
he was rearrested this afternoon ns he
was maklrg preparations to loavo the
city. Hie lawyer, John C. Reed, of this
city, Is making every effqrt to secure
Couplln's release, nnd hopes to obtain
a writ of habeas corpus In time to free
his client before Instructions arrive
from St. Petersburg. His grounds for
the application will be based upon this
fact that It Is an International case.
Chief of Police Eldrldgo, of this city,
Is In communication with the Baron
Schllppcnbach, acting consul general
of Russia at New York city, und ex
pects every moment tho receipt of a
despatch from the consul general re
questing him to hold Couplln. Tho
consul general has wired his homo of
fice for Instructions. When Couplln
was searched at police headquarters
letters and papers er found upon
him which tho police say fully corro
borate the strange Htory. He was very
free with his money, and since his ar
rival hero has been cutting a great
dash. Among other things found upon
him was a certificate of deposit show
ing that he had 33000 In the local depos
it company vault, a bank book show
ing a balance of $1100 In tha Second
National bank of this city and notes
of the Bank of England amounting to
520. It Is believed that he has large
deposits In Boston, Now York and New
London, principally in the latter city,
but he refuses to reveal the locality.
He Is very much in fear of being tak
en back to Russia, and his attorney
has spared no expense which will ulti
mately effect his release from custody.
NEEDY AMERICANS.
General Lee Estimates That 1200 Citizens
of the United States Are
Starving In Cuba.
Washington, May 20. Secretary Sher
man has received a despatch from
Consul General Lee, stating that tho
number of Americans who are starving
to death In Cuba because of General
Weyler's orders confining non-combatants
to fortified cities will number at
least 1,200.
In his former despatch, placing the
number at S00, General Lee had not re
ceived returns from all consular dis
tricts of Cuba, so that the number was
partally an estmate. He has now re
ceived a return from the consul at
Sague, stating that there are at least
450 Americans In that district who
will require relief. From Mantanzas
he received a report stating that thero
wero at least 250 starving In the dis
trict. BURGLARIES DOWN THE VALLEY.
Two Places Entered nnd Booty Se
cured During Saturday Night.
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, May 23. A gang of burglars
aro in operation In this part of the
valley. Two entrances were made dur
ing Saturday night or sotmr time this
morning. The house of Mrs. M. Smith,
widow of Burgess Smith, on Wyoming
avenue, Wyoming, was entered and a
quantity of silverware taken. The
burglars pried open a front door, which
Is In full glare of an electric light on
the corner. The loss was discovered by
Mrs. Smith at 8 o'clock this morning.
No clue to the miscreants has beon
secured.
The other burglary was at Lelpson's
pawn shop on Main Btreet, Plttston.
Entrance was affected by way of a
back door. Watches, cutlery, etc., was
taken. This Is the third robbery at the
place.
Baptists nt Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa.. lay 23. Secretaries of
the American Baptist Missionary Union
society, respectively announce tonight
that 3203,1)00 have been secured In cash
nnd pledges for the payment of tho debts
of Uioto societies, leaving $31,000 yet to be
secured. The .result of the societies' ap
peal to churches and Individuals for an
Immediate and final r3lly to raise tho re
mainder before Juno 15, anticipating the
condition of the offer of John D. Rocke
feller cf $250,000, to meet the balance of
the debt. The latest contribution received
came today by telegraphic ordor. It wnB
$1,000 raised by the Second Baptist church
of St. Louis.
Riot in Huugnrv.
Agram. Hungary, May 53. The elections
for the Crotlan nnd Slavonian provincial
diet took place today. Serious disturb
ances occurred In several towns. As Bos
nyaczl thero was a terrlWe riot. Tho mil
itary wero ordered to rlro upon the crowd,
with the lesult that fourteen were killed
and thirty wounded.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Todays
Showers and Thunder Storms,
1 (General) Alleged Appalling Plot to
Commit Murder.
Congressional Forecast.
Story of An Allcgod Russian Embez
zler. Fatal Conflagration In New York.
2 (Sport) Saturday and Sunday Base
Ball Games.
Blcyclo Riders and Brutes,
3 (State) Reform ' Measures to Be
'Pushed Through tho Ilouso this
Week.
Amateur Base Ball.
.4 Editorial.
Sonator Foraker's Tariff Views.
G (Story) "The Secret of Buddha."
6 (Local) Veterans Listen to Memorial
SermoiiB.
Miss Parloa's Domestic Economy Les
tures. 7 (Local) Knights Templars Leave for
Kaston.
Men Who Would Like to Bo "Coppers."
8 (Local)Wcst Side and City Suburban.
9 Lackawanna County Nows,
10 Neighboring County (luthcrlngs, .
Financial and Commercial. ,
SENATE WILL
TAKE UP TARIFF
Senator Aldrich Will Call
Up the Bill, and Make
a Supporting Speech.
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT
Is Adverse to Long: Speeches
on the Schedules.
Silver Republicans nnd Populists
Will Seek nn Opportunity During
tho Pendency of the Hill Scnntor
Pcttigrcw's Amendment Against
Trusts Is Certain to Prove Fruitful
oT Much General I)cbntc--Scuntor
Aldrich's Statement Is Awnited
with Intcrcst--Republican Lenders
Will Block tho Morgan Resolution
in tho House.
Washington, May 23. On Tuesday,
next, ten weeks and a day after tho
beginning of the present session, the
senate will take up the tariff bill for
the passage, of which this session wo
especially called. The bill will bo
called up on Monday, but the death
of Senator Earlo, of South Carolina,
will render necessary an adjournment
for a day. Senator Aldrich will call
up the bill, move Its consideration and
make a speech In Its support. Tho
Democratlo amendment striking out
the internal revenue features of tho
bill will be introduced by Sonator Vetft.
After this, course of proceedure Is
somewhat indefinite. The Democrats
are not clear as to whether they will
permit the Immediate taking up of tho
schedules or will demand an opportun
ity to make set speeches bearing upon
the general policy of tho bill. Tho
prevailing opinion among the Demo
oratlc leaders is against the policy of
general speeches at the beginning 0$
the dlscueslon, but they will not at
tempt to restrain Individual senatord
who may wish to be heard. There are
tome Democratic senators who are dis
posed to discuss the general features ofi
the bill, and who Incline to the opin
ion that the best tlmo for such speeches
will be whlie the debate oh tho bill
Is young. Senator Vest does not ex
psct to make a speech In presenting!
the motion to strike out the revenue
features, But the motion may lead to
Immediate debate and In case exception,
Is taken to It, the Missouri senator
will bo heard from. The silver Repub
licans and Populists will seek oppor
tunity during the pendency 9 the bill
to present some remarks of a political
nature and some of them may bo heard
during the week.
SENTIMENT AMONG REPUBLI
CANS. The general sentiment among
straight Republicans Is adverse to tjia
inauguration of any general discussion
of the bill or to long speeches on thp
schedules, but no party policy has yet
been decided upon. A caucus has been
called for this purpose to be held Mon
day afternoon. There will Immediately
be strong opposition to somo of the
schedules on the part of Republican,
senators, and amendments will be firm
ly pressed. Some of these amendments
will be offered to the chemical schedule,
the first of tho llBt and they probably
will bo reached during the present
week. Other features of the bill which
the Republican senators will attack are
those affecting tho sugar and wool du
ties and taking hides from tho free list.
Senator Pettlgrew'3 amendment
against trusts li also certain to nrovo
fruitful of much general debate whet;
reached.
In reply to a question Mr. Aldrich",
who will have charge of the bill In be
half of the Republican side of the sen
ate, raid today that when tho bill
was once taken up, he would press con
sideration to the exclusion of all other
buslners except conference reports, un
til It should be finally disposed of.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill probably will bo
considered somo time during the week.
TJ.o conference committee has practi
cally agreed upon compromise on th'o
forestry reservation provision, which
they hope will prove satisfactory to all
parties, but whether It will or not can
only be determined when the report Is
presented to congress.
NOTES OF THE HOUSE.
Tho Morgan resolution recognlzlns
tho belligerency of the Cuban Insur
gents, which passed the senate on
Thursday, will not be acted upon In
the house this week. That Is tho deci
sion of the Republican tenders. They
have decided to block the resolution
until the plans of the president, which
are now maturing aro formulated.
Thero will doubtless be a demand on
the part of tho minority for lmmedlata
actlcn, but they are powerless to se
cure consideration unless the rules
commltteo will report on special order.
This th'e rules committee will not do.
Tho majority will antagonize any at
tempt to force tho order with' a motion
to adjourn until Thursday.
On Thursday tho conference report
on the Indian and sundry civil bills
may be ready. If one or the other la
not ready the house will adjourn until
the following Monday.
Tho Hcrnld's cntlmr Torrrnst.
New York, May 23.-In tho Middle states
and New England today, cloudy to partly
cloudy, cooler Heather will prevail, with
bilsk and fresh southerly winds, shirting
to southnesterly, rain and local thunder
storms on and near tho soaboard and
falling terrperaturo, followed generally in
this section by clearing and n "cool wave"
with sharp. frosts In tho northern and
western districts tonight. On Tuesday,
in .both of theso sections, partly cloudy to
fair, cooler weather will prevail, with
frosts In tho northern districts and ficdh
westerly, winds, .
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