Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1878, Page 2

FEBRUARY 21, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES Have you anytninf to sa ntenco whom she’ had acquaintéd . with, -the * storv, cuffed and gagged, and with 2rope around TWO T ONE. Sherry and Connelly Guilty of Murder and to Be - Hanged. While Rande Escapes with Imprisonment -for Life. Soenes in the Guokl County Court- House Yesterday—Mr, Mills’ Closing Argument. Stolid Indifference of the Prison- ers---Specalating Which Will Be Stretched First, © The Slow=Moving Galesburg Jury Find Their Way into Court at Last. The Prisoner’s Remarks to the Judge---Hurrying Him Out of Town. The Trip to Joliet—Sensation Along the Ronte—The Iron Doors Close on Him, A Very Remarkable Record of Miscellaneous Misdeeds. SHERRY—CONNELLY. GUILTY—IANGING. The last day of the Sherry—Connelly trial brought to the County Building a crowd which was of even largrer proportions than any assem- ‘bled in its vicinity during the five previous days. Toe choosing of the jury in the early part of the week was wearisome enoush. but the open- ing speeches whetted the appetite of the erowd for comething more exciting, and the testi- 1mony, iu all its scnsational features. satisfied thiat morbid eravi But tne interest, of course, culininated yesterday in the desire to listen to the cJosing areuments, and be on hand when the jury brought in the yerdict. As carly 259 o’clock yesterday morning a motley crowd blocked up the Michiean strect - eutrance, and the only way the favored few could getin was to push through the tbrong, show their credep- tials, and squeeze through the narrow opening between the greay iron doors over which one of the bailiffs presided, or to go around to the Dearborn street entrance and thence to the court-room throughthe County Commissioners’ department. When one did get to the court~ room, however, one was well repaid for the wouble at finding that the place was not packed, as it has been on preceding. days, to suffocation,and that life}within its precincts was «quite endurable. The Jadics as usual turncd out in good force yesterday morning and lis- tened with close attention to allthat went on. On the opeving of court, Mr. Caffee, counsel for Connelly, was directed to proceced with his argument. MR. COPFEE, after alluding to the unusual character of the case, and the demand of an incensed public feel- ing for these men’s blood, proceeded to draw the distingtion between mur- der. and manslaughter, a principal and an accessory. Mere standivg by while a murder was being committed did not mukeamanan accessory. As he claimed was the fact in this casc, a man might stand by, and, 1n the language of Judge Dickiey, “*make beroic «floyts to prevent the commission of thecrime.” The testimony was then gone over in detail, particular attention being paid to Sherry’s able cflorts to pilot Connelly around, get him drunk, and, 1 short, “niriate” him. And yet this Sherry, competent to “initiate™ a ereenhorn Irishman, didn’t know where the Palmer House ‘was. Here Mr. Coffec observed Sherry smirk- ing, which led him to draw 2 con- trast _between the constienceless, smil- ing -villain - and his° own sober-faced, innocent, and unoffending client. Alluding to Connelly’s conduct on the ride up State street, Mr. Coffee failed to sce auything like murder in 1i$ client’s heart, while in Sherry could be seen that’blossom which at last reached fts full Dloom. Sherrv's conduct st Miss Hughes' ‘aloon, particularly Lis inguisitive interview with that young lady in the back room, was contrasted with the touching picture which Mr. Cofice drew of Counclly talkive about his mother, his home, and bis iutention to return gome time. The encounter with Donegan on the streer showed conclusively that the blossom in Sherry’s beart was already bloom- ing, while Counneliy’s conduct showed that here was no murder in Lis beart, The testimony of Douvegan and Smith as to what went ou in the butcher-shop was contra- dictory, while be would admit that he believed Sherry’s account of that little scene to be quite truthful. However bad Sherry might be, he should bave cred.t for telling the trath, as Mr. Coffee believed bhe bad done in this instance, Then came the meetings with Kappe and Slater, neither of whom 1as attacked P:y Con- Telly, although Sherry made passes ot them. Sherry, on_cross-examination by Mr. Mills, had given'the key to tne situation when be replied, h_answer to the questlon why he quar- reied with Conpelly to get the knife, that he - wanted it because Connelly badn’t sounk enough to useit. Did tnat shiow mur- der in Conneily'sheart? The only acts on Con- nelly’s part that were at all out of the way up 1o the time of the murder were his stealiug the butcher-knife and his beating the dog, while Sherry all this time was haltinz women and at- tempting to carry out_his threat to ravish the first one he met. Who was it that uried to ravish Miss McConville but this same Sherry? Then came the murder, the last chapier in the book used by Sherry to show Counelly the Jights and shadows of Chicago. A murder more cruel, dastardly, damnable, had never been committed in city, and the question was, Which of thesc two men did it It was necessary to the commission of a murder that there should be a motive. Up to this time Counelly had exhibited no de- tire to commit injury upon any person, or to Tavish any woman be inight meet. Shberry, on the contrary, lind_ackmowledged In his_ cross- examination by Mr. Mills, that he followed Douegan into the butcher-skop out of revenge, aud in this murder of Huegh McConville the same feeling was apparcot—revenge at being Toiled in his attempt on Miss McConville. Here Mr. Coffee read and commented upon _Sherty’s launting letters to Connelly in jail, and wanted 1o known if Sherry, as thus painted in his true colors, was very much like Col. McClanahan's lenderlamb carried in the shepherd’s bosom. 1f toe sheep followed such a lamb as that, they were fools for losine their time. Connelly had Toliowed him, and nad comeoff without any grass. Sherry showed that be was a master i nvioe Conneily the knife after he had stabbed McConville, aud Connelly showed that be was 1be green student fn accepting it. In conclusion, Mr. Goflec besousht the jury to give the benefit of any reasonable doubt they might have in favor of his client. He deprecated the intiuence of popular clamor. Counelly came into court virtnally found guilty and ready to ‘be hanzed, but the «counsel believed the jury would make up their Ferdict ingependent of public ooinion and pre- udice, aud that, fn consigning the case to their ands, the.interests of justice would be sub- served, - and this boy Couneliy—this child, added Mr. Coffce, without any apparently rood reason therefor—would not be bung on the mere gay-s0 of Sherry, the real criminal in the case, the professor, the master in iniquity. The New Jersey howme, with its virtuous surround- ings, also came in' for ashare of the counsel’s attention, and the jury were appealed to not to couvict the poor, innocent, greenbiorn boy, or to acquit the wolf in sheep's clothing who had led himonto the commisslon of crime, snd who should not go unwhipped of justice merely be- cause he was the smarter of the two. At the conclusion of Mr, Coffee’s argument a recess was taken until 2 o’clock. ‘The crowd in the -afternoon was even larger, bothon the outside as well as on the iuside. ‘The seating capacity of the w\lfl:roum WHE used to the ucmost, and the cxtra chalrs which were brourht in wore promptiy taken and“per: sistently beld down by the welght of the ocin- pants until the proceedings were over, and,with a few exceptions, until the jury had retired, de- *Jiberated, and brought in their fateful verdfet. The ladles’ circle was crowded as it has not been during the progress of the trial, and even the space on either side of the beoch was used to accommodate the fair. --Near the taple which has been used the prosccution sat Mrs. Mills, wite of the Stae’s Attorney, accompanled by _a lady. friend, . while back_ of them sat _Mrs. McCounville, Miss Rose McConville, Mr. Bernard McConville, and others of the murderca man’s relatives and friends. ‘The two defendants preserved their usual demeanor. Sherry winked and smiled, and Connelly looked glum and serfous. At 2 o'clock, Judge Jameson entered, nccom- ponted by his littie boy, and took his’ scat on the bench. ‘names as they were called, and ME, MILLS was requested to proceed with his argument. “Tho Mosing ‘sccnes, sald le, in the torribla tragedy bezun ou the night of the 10th of Jonuary, 187, were fast approaching. It as now Lis duty again to address the jury in behalf of the great body of the public he had been chosen t0_ represent. Iu reviowing the evidence and the law of the case, he woulden- Jeavor with all carnestness to fairly, justly, Solemnly, ~and copscientiously do the part he was catled on to perform in vindicating the law of the land, and the sanctity of the lives of its citizens. Hecould appreciate the solemn at- mosphere pervading tne place, the terrible fact which caused thesc incidents to transpire, and the tremendous fact that the responsibility for the terrible deed would come on the lives of these two men now on trial. Much had been enid regarding public sentiment, and the people of Cook County had beeu laugh- ed at, smitten in the foce, traduced, and yihtied Decause they had ventured to express sentiment concerning this dastardly murder. He was no advoeate of public clawor, or'of Lynch law. If 500,000 people should meet and declare it their intention to hang those two scoundrels and murderers, he would be tho first to oppose the ‘relegation of punishuent into their hands. Aud ot hie had no_sspersions_to cust on the public sentiment of the hour, That public sentiment was absolutely rizht, and was the expression of the best thourht and the voblest couscience of the community, When the public were unanimous, there Was mno mistake. When, on that - fatal night, the deadly butcher-knife went into the Justy Irish flesh of Hugrh MeCouville, there went a thrill of ‘Thorror throughout this community,aud the whole 1and, from ocean to ocean, turned pale. Why? Becausze in the great City of Chicaxo an hon- ©st. true-bearted, noble man by two murderous rutliang was stabbed unto bis death. Had this occurred in an_ Asiatic jungle, even then the rufilans from the jungle ‘would by barbarians be culled damnable, cruel, human butchers, Jiuch had been said 2sto the matter ot the in- tent which characterized the killing of Hugh McConville. Did Counelly intena to use that knife? Did he futend death when he threatened to kill somebody that night? Did Sherry intend murder when, throughout all his actions that night, he clearlyshowed that he wasa deliberate partuer in Counelly’s guiltt Mr. Mills then referred to Col. McClanaban's eloquent speech of Friday, in which the Colonel ealed to the jury to acquit bis client and ¥ write their names on the white sand at op of the mountains. Beyond all that, and far above it, was_thas super nature, the throne of Ommipotence itself, before which the souls of George Sherry and Jeremieh Connclly must shortly appear and auswer, smiling and_smirks ing as” they now were, the question ¢ Where is y brothér, ITuzh McConville! Then each would reply, smilmg aud smirking, * Am f my brother’s keeper? And the awswer would come from that great white throne: + Bec: ye have broken My law, and hurled your broth- er into the mysterics of another world before bis time, I say unto you “Depart, depart, depart! ¥ Could the jury fm- prove upon God's judgments,—the judigments of the Omniscient? Mr. Mills then made the statement of the propositions of law whicl he made Friday after- noow. In the casc of the People v§. Brenuan et al, in which o storekeeper zamed Story had been followéd and murdered, the defendants were found gruilty of murder In the lower court, although there was no evidence that auv one of them had actually fired the shot. The case swas taken to the Supreme Court, which aliirmed the decision, huldigF that tie men might be guilty of wmurder, although they ueither took part in the killing; that it was sufficicnt if they combined to commit the deed: that the act of one, in furtherauce of the original design, was the act of all, and that he who ndvises or encourages another ‘. the commission of a murder is Tesponsible for the natural and probable consequences. The Ken- nedy case, quoted by the defense Friday, had no applicability whatever to the case now on trial. Mr. Mills then referred at leng.h to the testi- mony in the case, reviewing the course of the defendants from the time they eutered the car on State street down to the time the murder was committed, and showing througiout their actions that memorable night there was & com- munity of interests, a positive contederassy, be- tieen these ruflisus. Some time in the dusk of that evening they had agreed that they would have their own way; that they would put their fect on law; that they would ravish the women, assanlt the inen, frighten the children, kick the dogs—assault and murder. This community of interests rst revealed itsell v a forcible way iu the attack on Donegan, and was shown ull through the subsequent proceedings. Con- nelly in this trial had in one case actuully told the truth when he said that Sherry wanted the knife “to useit.”? Tihat wasall. The prepos- terous story that Sherry was afraid Counelly would use the kuife, when, buta few minutes previous, e had attacked Dovegan with the slung-shot, and threateved to kill him iu the butehier-shop, contradicted itself. The seerct of their acts that night—their refraining from ‘murder until they met Hugh McCouville and bis niece—lay in the fact that the two passions of rape and wurder united them in one com- mon object, and it'was not until an opportunity to grutify the lormer base passion on the part of Sherry was met by an_opportunity to kill on the part of Connelly that the common purpose was carricd ont by thesc partrers in lawle: ness. At 8 o’Jock that night Rose McConville started for home with her uncle, Hugh McConville. Ou Tlirty-seventh street, between Burnside and_ Butterfield, Hugh McConille was stabbed unto his death. [Here Mrs. Mc- Conville sobbed violently, and a fainting spell was imminect, although it wag, avoided by openfog the windows and by au application of smelling-sales.] It was then, continued Mr. Mills, that the two passions were glutted. Sherry opened the door and murder caine out. Here be did the act which illuminated the whole carousal with the red light of atrocity. Counsel had taien pains to abuse Mr. Bernard McConville for speaking out in court the sentiments of an honest. maunly natare, which could not be re- pressed. Was he to blane, when the ruflian on the stand coolly declared that his purpose had been to ravish his daughter? With the same gruy)rivt}' counsel might have attacked Mrs. icConville for sobbing out aloud when ber husband’s memory was mentioned. Mr. Mills] drew a vividly-touching picture of the death-bed scene that pight; with the two brothers side by side, aud Hueh McConvilie . Hugh McCouville, with the’ darkness illuined by the rays of the sacred candle of the Churcii, 2nd with the certainty that with the coming day his life would ro out, could not tell 2 lie. Iu the midst of unbinshing perjury it was cheering to have something Lo refy upon as truth. In this death-bed statement” Hugh MeConville said the larzer one of the rutlians caught the daughter, and, upon his remonstrat- ing with him, the smaller obe came and ran 2 knife in him., Then the other one came and kicked him, and he said he felt that most. Talk of there being no community of interest between . these youne but perfectly-schooied ruffians! It was all bosh, and a2 fraud. After the murder, did they stageer off? On the contrary, they ray to Hickey's saloon, where Connelly stuck the knife into the bar and said he had had a fuss down on State etreer, and he would cut auy man’s throat from ear to esr ibat interfered with him. What did Sterry say then? Nothing. Why? Because he was bis partner, his ssso- clate, in 1 awlessness,and the conscicnee-stricken coward knew that he was equally guilty with him. When Connelly told Boyce that Sherry made a pass at McConville, and that he had cat 2 mau where he didu’t think he would recover very soon, lie told the truth. When they met the next morning they were 6till in the embrace of friendsbip. Notling could ever scparate them pave the cmergencice of 8 murder trial in the Criminal Court. Connelly, suspicious, fear- {ul, and with the Intent to-aisguise himself, bad lis halr cut In o barber-snop, Sher- Iy remaining outside, mnot daring to pre- sent hiwmsel! when his friend was utting on the disgnizo which he was to-wear, Lhey were togetber that aficrnoon, and went to the theatre thateveniug at the hourwhen Hugh McConville was dying. Friends and familiars, '.h'c_r. determinced 1w eajov lite torether that evening as they did the night before, by taking it away from a_human being w their carcer of lawlessuess. The performance over, they re- turned to Boyce’s, went to thelr ‘beds, and slept. How.many murders wonld be reauired to render 3,140 able o drown his consclence and sloep? is ruflian Sherry never dreamed, uoless par- haps some hideously horrid vision came before him and he smiled horribly in his sleep. Even when Col. McClananen referred most cloguently to the death of bis client’s mother, every onein eorey ] ‘| Up to to the time of tlic arrest therevas pertect’ The jurors responded to their Sherry, who actually laughed. that was unity of interest between these fwo. %n::‘ the gand was broken. Perjurers as'they ere, they bad in some_eases told the trath, “though no doubt unwittingly.. Between the giilt of Sherry and Conuelly was there any sort of diference?. Was_there any. difference be- Cause Connelly held the knife while Sherry did Bot? In morais, Sherry was infinitely the worso ' of the two, but their actual guilt was equal. s hu “entitled them to the extremest penulb}i of the law, and he entertained pot the slightest doubt but' that the jury wonld give Conuclly and Sherry, for the murder of Hugh McConville, lrhc extremo penalty of the law: It wus no time &r sentimentality, no hour to stand ou mere s¢htl ments, sensibilities, and - eympathics. The time had come when the law must be sbsolutely, fearlcssly, and always exceuted. Death was a- fearfully solemn thivey and it was to prevent death that he made this request,—to prevent perhups 100 deaths in the next twelve months. 1t wasto teach the luw- less men and murderous rullians that there was alawin this land, and that they could mot Yrample upon this law without being punished with the utmost severity. Through the class to which these belonged the verdict would'send o thrill of terror. The murdercrs' faces would grow white, the burztars would be cautious how They did their crime, and the highwaymen would fiee for safety inte the low, dark places far away from this beautiful city, In concluding, Mr. Mills gaid: “Raisc then the example, legally, justly, right- fully, as the evidence and the law of this case ‘Wwarrant and demand, and the_blessings of ‘this community will be showered upon you. Of late years human_ Jife has been altogether too cheap—a commodity of bareuin and sale by the passions and malices of murderers. It is a Eolemn thing, this fact of death. It fs a sol- emner thing that_thero should be in one year tweuty-ive murders in the City of Chicago. The Jaw muet be executed, aud, fn this case, because the erime fs the worst murder ever perpetrated {o this city, the penalty should be the very farthest in its scverity. Did you ever héar or read in all the records of Imoré atrocious, horrible, and malicious conduct than that of these two men on that Saturday night . which culminated iu the bratal murder of Hugh McConville! You never did. It is the last day of the weck—the twilight of Sat- urday. To-morrow will be the biessed day of the Lord, appointed by Divinity for the worship of Him and for a seeking to_obtain from Him such inspiration as shall moke men better for the days of labor after it. I do helieve, gentle- men of the jury, that, appreciating the horribio atrocity which® characterizes this case, the Joint guile of these two defendants, you - will see to it that absolutely Divine jusiticé, so far as You tan pecform it In o huinan way, is done them, and that, returninz on the morrow to your liomes, there to meet your wives and babics, you witl feel like falling upon your. kuees in the presence of your household sur- roundiugs and thanking Heaven that you have hiad an opuortunity in beball of outraged law, in behalf of a crime against mature, in_ behalt of the will of God Himself, to doan aco which Jehovah will approve—Ie who is the source sud fountain of all justice aud_rightcousness.” . At the conclusion of Mr. Mills’ eloquent ad- dress to the jury, THE COURT called upon the twelve men, zood and true, to stand up and receive the iustructions upon which they wero to act. Some idca may be hof these formidabic directions when it is stated that it took over half an hour to read them, Each of the three at- torneys obtained,all that they asked for, and e jury at 4:45 retired to their roow provided with instructions sutlicient to meet auy possible donbts that might arise in their minds. = As the sequel proves, the iustructions were almost unnccessary, the case scaiust the accused being S0 ciear as to admit of no doubt. Sherry and Connelly were led back to their cells, each of them attended by a power- ful m’fl(fl’. who kept his eye on them all the time.¥ A short conversation which oceurred be- tween the two as they pessed along the corridor leading to the jail shows how completely hard- ened they were, and_how little the then almost certain prospect of doom infuenced them: “ Who do you think will dance the jig first?? ¢aid Sherry to Coouelly, in his cercicss, exsy wav. . “ Don’t care a damn who does!” was Connel- 1y's surly reply. Some af the audience, including a majority of the ladies, retired when the jury went out, and those who were left prepared themselves to spend the time before the jury returned as best they mizht. Mr. Mills received congratulations withoul! number for the masterly mauner in which he had conducted the case, and for the eloguent address he had just made to the jury. Col. McClanahan and Mr. Cotfee also came in for unstinted congratulations from those who Iad the fairness to admire the skill with which they bad defended abad cause. Connelly’s brother flitted about the Court-rpom, now talk- ing with Mr., Coffee and now Communicating his dounts and fears to agroup of femate friends over in the dress-circle. THE VERDICT. When the jury had been ont just an hour, o knock was heard at the door comunicating be- tween their apartment and the court-room, and all eyes were turned in that direction to see whether the arbiters of tho two raflians’ fates had made up their verdict. [t proved to be a false alarm. The foreman of the jury wanted paper, pen, and ink. It begzan to be whispered around, of course, that the verdict was * hang, "’ that conelusion being arrived at frow the fact that it had teken the jury so short a time to get down to the busi- pess of formulating their judgment. The eautious ones in the crowd, howerer, took noth- ing 1or granted, but waited for time to disclose the actual result. Some of the talk, of course, reached Mr. Coffee’s ears; but his only remark was, “Well, let the verdict be what it may. ou’ mark my words: Conuelly “will never ang.” Possibly he was thinking of the mo- tion for s mew trisl which he spbsequently made. At two minutes past 6 another knock came, and it was understood the jury were rcaflg. It took eight minutes more before the Court, State’s Attorney Mills, Col. McClanahan, Mr. Coflee, and the two prisoners were in their piaces,-and at 6:10 everything was ready, sud the jury filed in. Sherry and Conuelly preserved their wouted demeanor, from which they never deviated,—not even when the verdict of the jury fell on their indifferent ears. 'be jurors responded to their names as they were ealled by the Clerk, and the foreman, Mr. James E. Bruce, passed up to. that functionary the written verdict. The Clerk read ft in 2 Toud, clear voice, audible in every part of the court-room. It Wwas as tollows: e, the juty, find the defendants, George Suerry and Jeremiah Connelly. guiity of murder in the manner and form as charged in the indict- ment, and fix the pepalty of death for both by hangine. E: There was a disposition on the part of some of the audience to express its sense of the justice of this verdict'by applanding, but be- yond a very little clapping of hauds, which was immediately. checked by the zealous bailiffs, there was no outward demonstration of ap- proval, although everybody whispered to bis neighbor, “Serves em neht. Guess Langing alu’t played out in Chicaro, after ali. « Mr. Coffee fnsisted on having tho jury polled. and, although ft was quite late, the jormality, was observed. Each_juror as his name was called, answered “Yes,” or It is, to the question propounded by the Clerk: * Was this and is this your verdict " ‘The court was then dismissed until 10 o’clock Monday morning, and the convicted murderers remanded to their cells under a strong guard. SOTION POR NEW TRIAL. Immediately atter the bailiff had used his sonorous lungs in making, this announcement, Mr. Coffee jumped up, edred his way forward, said he had desired to get the ear of the Court before adjournment, but was unable so to do, and made 2 motfon for a new trial. The Court said it was too late, and that it could not be made until Monday morning. Mr. Coffee explaived that he thouzht it was necessary to make the motion before the Court adjournéd. The Court said Mouday would do. Mr. Coffce expressed his satisfaction at this. Col. McClavalian said that if he should con- clude to move for a new trial he would do so Monday. This terminated the proccedings in the six doys’ eventful trial, and the coart-room was soon deserted. - AFTER THE VERDICT. In Cell 44 on thc sccond tier Connelly for the vresent finds & home. His companion is a young fellow with a devil-may-care appearauce, pamed Crawford, who is' awaiting trial for the murder of old man Shanley on the West Side several months ago. Conuelly stood close to the grated door, his head bowed down and rest~ ing upon his left hand. He appeared to be con- siderably broke up, and acted as if for the first time he Tealized tue awful'consequences of his cnme, and the tragic end that lay in store for bim. His celi-mate kept himself partially hid in e dark and uneven shadows caused by a -fickering tallow-dip, which had almost reached the end of its oleaginous existence. He smoked at intervals a stmall clnL pipe, and uever for an instant seemed to reaiize'tnc solemnity of his situation or surroundings. Counelly, who is a rather good-looking young fellow of 19 years, was in his shirt-sleeves. Otherwise he was neatly dressed in black pants and vest, standing collar, aud black neckeie. In his countenance, as _revealed by the flickering light of the dip already alluded to, which cast its shadows-in a style that wonld have tempted Rembrandt to set up his easel in the court-room Was impressed save ona, and | the County Jail, there was no suggestion of the ‘presented the appearance ouny mechanic, and, were it not for the Jowering brow and devp-set and furtive cye, it would not be suspected that he had any element of the pugaacious. - : ~To the Teporter he said that he was_ entirely innocent of the erime with which be had been chu.rficl]. He had been~ tonvicted by perjury, and his trial hat® been hurried in_response to public clamor. - No matter what might be his fatein this world, he felt perfectly satisfied that In the next be wonld be-pronothiced inno- cent.Did he kuow that his counsel was -going to move for & new trial to-morrow? No. be did mot; he “lhad not seen him since the ‘trinl.” He did not think that he bad ‘been de- fended with. skil), There were three prosecu- tivg attorneys, and he did not baye any. What did he think of the situation In which 'he found himself? He could not say, extept fuwas the result of whisky and bad company. He had nover done anything wrong in his life; he was not guilty of the crime of which he had beou found gullty, and nobody knew better than the man Dimself charged with ecrime whether he had been gullty. He made these statcments in a very dls{olntca manoer, He could mot remove himself, even for.on instant, from the terrible picture which haunted his mind, #nd in which ho stood out in bold relief as the prominent, actor.. There was constuntly before bita @ clearly-defined_yiew of his crlmei) and Jooming up’ in the balf shadows of the back- ground was the fate awarded him by the jur, by whom he had been tricd. The reporter, find- itig that his questions, only secmed to add in- tensity to the outlines of the moutal picture which filled the doomed maw’s vision and in- creased the lorrors of his situation, bade him good-night and withdrew. s SUERRT, who occupied the adjoining ccll, was in that calm gnd equable, not to say defiant and brava- doiah, fratie of mind which has characterized him all the way through. He eshibitea con- siderable interest in hearing tbat Counelly was breakini down, and remarked that his only hope was that Counelly would tell the truth, in which ese he (Shery) would get ofl, When asked what he expected when the jury went - out, he said that he . thoughite oue of them would et & “lifer” and the other something less. He- himself rather oxpected: the *lifer.” As for the future he expressed no anxiety, saying that there was very little doubt that ‘both of them would get their necks stretched, but he jmmediately tempered this with tne statement that while there was life there was hope, and he ‘didn’t proposc to give up till . the lust. - Hearing some of the talk next door, in Counelly’s cell. Le was interested in being told that Connelly was worrying about the matter nnd_ eetting “nervous. "As if to contrast this condition of mind with his own, he said that he himself never flinched—never squealed—never gave up. He saw uo reason for being gloomy or cast down,.aud explained that he-never in his life worried about anything and never cared. "Auy attempt (fo move the young mon to any sense of his position was as promising as would be au attémpt to in- fuse passion into the door of his cell. Stand- ing there with the verdict fresn in mind, with the gallows not afar off, ‘and deatt as certaln as any humaniy-ordafued thing could be, he leaned an uomoved clbow on the door, bor- rowed~ a match from the _roporter, and, with a _ perfectly stolid and fnpassive face, puffed bad tobacco-sinoke out into the corridor, while he said that he expected to be huny and wouldn't Hlinch when the time came. Without being desirous of making a psychological muhy off alr. Sherry, it is proper to say that it would be a rood thivg to have his head felt of. _Heis cither the calmest and most self-possessed seoundrel, or clse the dullest aud most insensate clod, that ever was in custody in the County of Cook, State of Illinois. : RANDE. ' GUILTT—PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE. Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. GALESBURG, T1I,, Feb. 23.—Frank Rande has escaped the gallows, not only the legalized plece of workmanship once the penalty for erime in Illinois, but the extemporized one which the long peat-up wrath of an outraged community does sometimes prepare -for man- slayers. A villain of the most uncxampled type, the known murderer of six and the re- ported murderer of thirtcen of his fellow- beings, has evaded the operation of justice under cover of law,—thanks to the Quibbling technicalitics of attorneys and the moral obliquity of o dozen miserabie, weak- kneed ereatures whom the State most unbappily accepted as jurors to try him for the murder of Qparles Belden. Such a diserace to eriminal law, such an outrage upon public justice, asthis Knox County at Ieast has never witnessed. Stic will never witness 1t again. ‘When miduight was reached last night, and it leaked ot that no agreement had beeu reached, and that somie of the jury favored the fnfliction of o milder penalty than that of death, while there was indeed a possibility that no unison of sentiment would be reached TIHE PUBLIC INDIGNATION began to swell. The jury had retived Thursday afternoon with the-flery denunciations of the assistant prosecutor ringing in their ears, and the mute evidence of the bullet which pierced Belden's heart, aud the pistol from which 1t was fired, in their hands. No strouger casc of direct and cirewnstantial evidence was ever brought before o jury,—there is no cuse the outcome of which will moreé effectively aemonstrate the absolute necessity of a sweeping reforin in the handiing of criminal cases. After forty hours’ retirement, the jury came into court with a ver- dict that Frank Rande was guilty of murder, but that he did not deserve death. Around the Tnion Hotel, wheré the jury have been kept during the trial, there was a sup- pressed excitement—a busy burrying to aud ro—shortly after 7 o’clock this morning, which betokened the nearing of the end. The twelve had taken breakfast at an early hour, and re- tired to their room once more, bat it was known that it was for the last time, and that a verdict had been obtained.: Court was adjourned last cvening until 10 o'clock this morning. and no one expected that anything would be Jearned upon nuthority before that Rour. The Gilson farmers bad arranged to come in on the train which reaches the city at 11 a. m. When they arrived Frank Rande was 1ifty miles away, bound for Joliet, in charge of Sheriff Berggrén and City-Marshal Fowler. At §:20 2. m THE JURY FILED DOWN-STAIRS and across the little park to the Opera- House 'opposite, in whick court is held. When they entered’ there were not more than thirty people present, but they are carly birds Dere, and the sight of the twelve making for the -Court drew a crowd together rapidly, and before the proccedings terminated there were perbaps 200 people in the Opera-House. Of all the women who bave watched the trial with such avidity, only four saw the ‘closing scene. They oceupled seats in the gallery, aud had been there'sinee 6 o'clock. The jury took their accustomed seats, and a minute later the prisoner was brought in haud- cuiled and under charge of the Sheritl, the Mar- shal, and a dozen officers and baltiffs. All had been arranged with great care, for the authorities recomnized that they had very few wminutes at __their ‘command, and thatif Frank Rande did not leave town on the 8:503a.m. train he would never leave it aliye. The State’s Attoruey was already on hund, and in _suother miuute Judge Smith and Mr. O. B. Price, the only one of de- fendaot’s counsel left in town, came in. On thie way up from the jail the prisoner said he kvew the verdict would be haning, and that *'they were all going to take the boat for bell.” Yet the miserable brute langned and joked with his uards and showed himself as ever, in bis inscnsibility ad shame, degraded below the Ievel of the beasts of the ficld. ‘The Sheriff proclaimed the opening of court 10 ayoice tremulous with haste, and Circuit Clerk Hanneman called over the names of the jury. Judge Smith then put the question, * GENTLEMEN, HAVE YOU AGREED GPON YOUR VERDICT? and A. W. Parr, who had been chosen foreman of the jury, replicd, * We have.”” As he spoke be banded to the clerk the written verdict as follows: 3 We, the jury, nd tho prisoner guilty of murder fu the manner and foFm te chArZed 10 e IGLL ment; and, furtber, /dx _his punishment at impris- onment in tue Penitentiary for the term of his natural life. . . « -No manifestation of any kind was made, but the oppressive silence Twhich foliowed ' was broken by tte voice of Judge Smith, ¢ Gentie- .wnen, is that your verdict!?” Forcnun Fuir re- ‘plicd **Yes.” ¢ And 5o say you all?” said the ‘Judge. ~And again the answer was given in the uflirmative. ) 7 No motion was made to poll the jury, ane bis Honor continued:. ** Mr. Price, have the prisoner’s counsel any-motfon to makei" Mr. Price said: *If your Hovor please, I wish to enter a formal motion for a new trial, and to have if understood that we may enter our rea- gflns tRerelnr hereafter if we should desire to 0 50 el ¢ State’s-Attorney Tuunfcliff safd that if any reasons were to be given he wanted them filed and the motion argucd at once. . But time was too valuable, and Ar.-Price pleaded that he was alone, and might want to consult his associates. The motion was then formally entered of rec- ord. .. . Judge Smith then sald: “Frank Rande, stand u -shonld not.be pronounted upon:you! . 2 RANDE 'l‘:m;lu ‘a5 desired, ond it a firm voice answered: 1 haye, your shionld sk t &t this time. ~ Prescatiy 1 shall ask my counsel whether I should say anything." .. The- prisoncr then held o moment's confer- ence with Mr. Price, to whom he said that he wanted to talk for about one hour. told him there wero particular Teasons why he should not do s0at that time, and the prisoner again addressed tho Court as followsi - - - - i~ 4] will speak buta very few.words, and shall speak . them polntedly. ‘The words are these: That there are aboat nine or ten men, perhaps nbout a dozen of men, there, that have sworn to enough lies to sink o seventy-four-gun _ship in the middle of hell. They bz7c sworn to what I know to be false. Also, the State’s At- torney kuows it to be false. ‘There wasa man came from "Michigan City~the man Sutton— who swore that I “had be¢n under his charge When I never had been cscept when he was guard_temporarily, That is the man Button, and I want you to prosecute him, as Judge of this Court, and_if you don’t, you are derelict in your duty. It is a malicious prose- cuticn, My reacons T will state heréafter.”” He then sat down, but the Court said *Re- main standing,” and be again rose. J JUDGE SMITH THEN SAID: “You have had o fair and impartial ¢rial, It remains my duty to pronounce flnal seutence upon you in accordance with the sentence of. thie Jury, which is that you be taken from tnis place to the County Jail, and from thence with- out delay, be taken to the State’s Prison av Joliet, there to remain for the term of your natural life,—the first twenty-four hours in solitary confiuement.” 1t only rewaiued to end the farce that Rande should be at once removed to Joliet. In three minutes from the time the sentence was pro- nounced, he had been_hurried to the Gounty Jail, half way to the depot. Here his belong- inge were rapidly gathered together, and the procession started again for the depot, a quarter of amileoff. The train due at 8:50 a. w. was nearly half an hour late. This fact was known to the authorities, anG on this their caleulations were based., The Clerk rabidly made out the mittimus, and rushed to the depot with it, and at 9 o'clock Rande was taken through a crowd of about 200 people and placed in the front division of the smoking-car, the doors of which were at once locked.” The Sheriff snd Marshal were woing turough, and uutil outside the city limits it was judged best to retain the full guard. A delay of an hour followéll before the Quincy train ar- rived, and during this time the infernal vallain who had defrauded justice amused himsclf by, ribald remarks and profanity directed at the bystanders. He assured them that they were fine food for the State’s Prison, berged of them to follow his example, and promised to mect them in hell. At 9:20 a. m. the train pulled out. AS TO TIE MANNER in which this astouniling outrage was consum- mated, it appears that from the begiuning the jury were cqually divided on_ the question of murder and manslaughter. From the outsct tiree favored the Penitentiary for a term of years only. Three others were in favor of a ife sentence, and the remainder demanded hanging. The three who considered this most brutal murderer as having committed a com- paratively venial crime were Cashman, Rudeck- er, and Burnes. Yesterduy @ compromise was reached, those favoring manslanzhter aereeing tovote for a verlict of murder, conditionally that the death penalty should not be Inflicted. One alone, Oberiauder. held out for hanging, but at 4 o’clock this morning he surrendered. THE TRIP TO JOLIET. f A reporter of THE TRIBUNE accompanied the party to Joliet and saw Rande - safely incarcer- ated. At first the doors were kept locked, but at Wataga the pusseugers in the smoking-car were allowed to enter, and in a few minutes the car was fliled. At cuch of the little roadside stations from this to Galva crowds amounting to several hundred had gathered, and at each place they flocked into the car, pushing, strag- zling, even fighting tor a look at the ‘murderer. In 1o place did they cvince any other feeling than curiosttv; at all they were addressed by the bravo in his most brageart style. It would exhaust the vocabulary of profunity and flith to eet-down one-halt bis utterances, and the publie bave already been given a surfeit ot his bom- bast and scurrility. The ecrowds proving un- manageable, anarranzewment was made with the conductor, and.the doors were locked at each station. Meantime the passengerscame in from <l ‘tho rear cars, and_thefblood-stained desperado, ruling passions scem to be vanity and improved the occasion by boasting of imes (although never admitting -« any acts), and peddling out his photographs. The train boy came along with a load of books. Rande found among them one of the cheap and flashy “histories’’ of the Younger Lrothers, ant lnmediately made a trade with the boy. At the Chicago, Rock Islund & Pacific June- tion, a solitary station tifty-one miles cast from Galesbure, a trauster was made to that road, and after 4 wait of about an hour tie journey- wasresumed. At Ottawa the Chicago” papers were obtained, and the miserable wretch whose Jife had +0 unfortunately been espared, finding the accounts of his trial not to his Jiking, cursed the reporters most vehemently. Shortly after 3 o’clock the train pulled into Jolict, and, a car- riage being procured, Rande was driven to the Penitentiary. At the door of the institution the Warden and oflicers were standing; the grated doors swung wide sud clanged to with an omiuous sound, never more toopen on Frauk Rande fu life if there be s just God iu Heaven. A HORRIBLE STORY. ALLEGED DOUBLE MURDER IN THE EAGINAW REGION. Speciat Dispatch 1o The Trivine. EAsT SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 23.—There is now in the Bay County Jail, held as a witness until her story can be investizated, a girl named Minnie Henning who relates a fearfut tale of blood and crime, that, as she aileges, oceurred in the Town of Williams, Bay County, in March last, and which bas just come to light throngh her revelations. About three years ago, the girl, with her fdther aud mother, resided in Indianapolis, Ind., where her father was combected with & pursery. Ow- inr to .some family trouble, the father and mother separated, and the former, taking Miunic, came to Michizan, and made his residence in o houserin the Town of Williams, belonging to Mr. Jennicon. Soon after they came here, a friend of Miunic’s sent on her lit- tte girl, named Rosa or Elsie Hall, requesting Miune to'care for it nutil the mother’s sister showld come and take it away. The little gifl, a mere infant, about 23§ years old at the date of the tragedy, was sickly, and gave a good deal of trouble. Minnie's father often grumbled, and frequently called himselt afool for allowive the child to remain in bis house. One evemng in March last—she can- not recollect the day of the month—Minnie was sitting in 2 Tocking-chair holding the child, which was asleep. She fell into a doze ber: sclf, when her father came in, took the |- child out of her arms, and_disappeared. She started up, and asked Hank Rowe—a fellow who stopped at tneir bouse a zood deal, and seemed very intimate with her father—where the child wus. Rowe said her father had taken it, and would soon feteh it back. In ashort time her fatbier did feteh it back; bat, horrble to relate, 1t was dead, with a buteher-knife in its throat. He told Minute to put the body in a box and bide it away,—threatenine that, if she divulzed the terrible secret, he would kill ber. Sbe hid the body under the house. A few days alter this the aouse was_buroed, and the family removed to auother House, about Dalf o mile away, in the edge of the Town of Beaver. About this time Minnie’s mother sent one Frauk Ellerton with a note to Miunie, request- ing him to fetch Minnic to her. The father was resolved that Minnic should not go, feanng that she would expose hiw. Bx\% two days after the wurder, she started with Ellerton in o bueey for Midland. On the road they wmet Hunk Rowe, who dared Ellerton to come out of the buggy and fight him. Ellerton got out, and told 3innie to drive on and be would soon join ber. Tbe girl drove on o littie way, aud then looked back aud suy the men tighting fiercely. They fouzht until they were ail bloody. Suddenly she heard a pistol-shot, and saw Ellerton throw up bis hands and fall. * She fainted, and fell out of the buggy. When she revived, Rowe was _standing over her, and El- lerton was dead. Rowe told- her to go home and say nothing, or she would bekilled.” When Rowe got home, he reported that he had taken the body four wiiles into the woods snd buried it. ‘Chat same night her fatber and Rowe came 10 ber in the honse, and asked her if she would tell. She replied that she would. Her father then drew a kuife and fiourished it, and Rowe pulled out a revolver and shot her in the back. She fell, but did not-lose consciousness. A ser- vaut-girl emoloyed in the house, named Julia Frue, put her to bed and nursed her for two days, when she (the servaat) left for her home in Isabella County. This gifl has since dicd. Miunie's Tather then employed a_family named Skelton to take care of “her, paying 332 weei for her board. In Aoril her father and Rowe disappeared, and she bas not heard from them since. After Miunie got well enough, she went to work for Mrs. Rowen, in Williams, and afterwards went to the house of Mrs. Gilbert, in ‘Wenona. i Mionfe says she never would have divaiged this horrible story if Mrs. Gilbert had not acci- dentully discovered her sccret. fer mother, fonor, but.it is ot proper that I | Mr. Price’| address agreed upon, mo mistake when e addres! letter. grercgat. Then, without. aceusation, be con- e ca clared his inuccence of the crime of which he bad been convicted, and pronounced a curse upou every one who had anything to do with his arrest and trial. wrote ber a letter asking further partic left this Ietter lars. ~Minnfe accidentally X lying on the. table, aed Mrs. Gilbert found . and read it, and uestioned her about it. From this an fnklfng of the tale got crculated among the neiznbors, and Minole thought her best course was to make a clean breast of it. Minnle was 17 years old last September, i3 rather under than over the medium beizht, of Tull fizure, and exceedingly plain countenance. A physician examined Minuie's- person yester- day, and found marksof wounds such’asshe describe TRAIN ROBBERY. AN EXPRESS OAR RIFLED ON THE TEXAS CEN- 3 FRAL RAILROAD. . . - . NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.—A Galveston News special, dated Dallas, 234, says: Last night a south-bound tram on the Ceutral was boarded at Allen’s Station by six men, who robbed the ecxpress car of $2,500. The train had hardly drawn up at the station when a man jumped into the engineer’s cab, covering engineer and fireman with revolvers. Five other mea attempted to'enter the express- car, when Messenger’ Thomas showed fight, firing three shots at the robbers, hittinz oue, and it s thought killng him. The rob- bers fired five or six shots at the mes- senger, and rushing in overpowered him. They cut the bellrope, then uncoupled the express-car from the train, and ordered the engiucer to pull over on a side, where the mes- senger was forced to open a safe, from which they abstracted $2,500 in movey, overlooking o package containing about $400. The robvers were all masked save one, who covered the engincer. The Euscn:zm were completely demoralized, and, thinking that they would ~be visited, a general scramble ensued in the secretion of money and valuables. They were not molested, however. One of the g““’ proposed going through the passengers, ut the leader commanded him to keep his place, and come on. After sccuring the booty the robbers mounted horses - hitched a short distance from the depof, and fook ¢ morthwestward course. There — were enough male pussengers aboard to capture the robbers, but they were so Ladly demoralized that, with the exception of the conductor and Capt. W. Apperson, who attempted to arouse the passengcrs to action, there was no disposi- tion to resistance shown. Simuitancous with 4be firmg o man rushed into the passenger-coach in great fright,,avd, as he hurried through, said the robbers numbered between fifty and sixty. He was one of the robbers. About 12 o’clock Supt. Quinlan telegraphed to the City Marshal th@ a car would be at his service by 1 o’clock, which was taken, and pur- suit of the robbers commenced. AN ODD-FELLOW. WHO IIAS PROBABLY RON AWAY WITH SIX THOUSAND ODD DOLLARS. ¥ Special Dispatch to The Trivune. GRAND Rarms, Mich,, ¥eb. 23.—Robert H. Morrison, of Sturgis, late Treasarer of the Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows of Michigan, did not put in an appearapce this morning, as it was report- ed he bad telegraphed he would, and several of the grand ofticers told your correspondent they bad no doubt that he was a defaulter, and had left because of that 1act. Ofic of them said he thourht Morrison had sailed for Europe to-day, ashehas a father in Scotland, and has been across the ocean twice recently. 1o is believed he left Sturmis early yesterday morning, and telegrams from his “wife state that he leit there saving that he was coming back here. Nothing is really known of his whereabouts, but as he bias said he intended moing to Europe 8000, there is reasou in the theory above ad- vanced. It s gsserted that ne bas $6,778 of the Grund Lodge funds in his possession, of which $2,468 were received in eash this week here. He is reported to be in arrears to the Grand Encampment, of which he was Treasurer for ten years until last week, over $2,000. He had been Treasurer of the Grand Ludge six years. Past Grand Master Ben Vernon, of Détroit, swas elected to Il the vacancy cansed by Mor- rison’s disappearance, and had to borros money to meet the present neccessities of the Order. Morrison bad been greatly estectoed by all who Jnew him, having held a high position in Grand Bodies of the Masonic Order as well as the Odd- Fellows. He bas a wife aud_two children, who evidently know nothing of bis intention. ' It is supposed his bondsmen are good for toe defl- ciency. HANGED. HENRY WILLIAMS, COLORED. New Yous, Feb. 23.—Heory Williams, alias Lewis Hill (colored), was hanged yesteiday fn Isle of Wight County, Va., for committing an outrage on the person of Margaret A. Stephens, near Carrsville, Aug. 19, 1577. An immense crowd of both sexes and.all colors witnessed the execution. The culprit admitted the com- mission of balf a dozen similar crimes. Williams had been tried three times for this. erime, the juries in the first two being divided on the question of hanging or imprisonment. The third trial resulting in & bauging verdict, he was senterced to be exccuted on the 18th of Junuary, 187, but at_his own request that he “wanted to die on Gen. Washington’s Birth- day,” the Governor reprieved bim accordingly. His last words were 10 the crowd of negroes assembled in front of the scaffold: *“Take warning from me, and avoid the association of all womep. They have brought my ruin. Iam gone.” His body was buried in the jail-yard, subject to resurrection by the County Physi- clan, who will use it for dissecting purposes. MISCELLANEOUS. CONFIDENTIAL. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. S1. PAUL, Feb. 23.—A muttlated and defaced letter was found yesterday amodg some rub- bish near where a stolen wacch was found last December, under a sidewalk, according to airec- tions given by Thomas Malone, who confessed to stealing it, ana is serving o sentence of one year in the Stillwater Penitentiary, where Cole, James, and Robert Younger are confined. The letter is dated at St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 5, 1877. It is addressed to Thomas Malone, and Teads, as far as can be deciphered:: When you get to St. Panl your best plan will be to find oat of what value you will have to draw to Ecud you up for oue year, fos I'm_sure no Siate sends up for less than one year, and 1t will require 1 good Iittle time for you 1o et the confidence of the Wardens by your gentlemanly wauners, and to get liberties in the prison, which must be your uim, sons to see C. and K. Both will readuly rec- ognize you. You will, of course, rememoer the T. M., 20 that_there can be ou. Keep up your gentlemanly deportgient, aud yoa'll surely receive liberties in_the prison that you would not other- wise receive, which will enzble you to come in contact witlr the boys. They'll not have forzotten you. No, no. You kunow who to address at St Joseph and at Sedalia. € B Notwithstanding the extreme improbability of such letter not being destroyed by recipient, the circumstances favor the genuinencss of the Malone was_arrested for stealing an sed to stealing the watch, and told where it i appearance and manner wounld be found. in court, caused the . Prosccuting-Attorney and’ ‘Court grreat surprise that such a man should be guilty of felony. CUEATED TIE HANGMAN. : Speciul Dispatch (o The Tribune. MORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. 23.—Heinrich Whalen, who has been confined in the jail of this county on conviction of murder In the first degree, his vietin: being Max Hugo Hoehne, whom he af- terwards personated, was found dead in his cell to-day, baving committed suicide. He hung himself by a rooe made of his bedclotlies, but before he died broke in his head by a blow with the lid of the heating apparatus in his cell. It is supposed that he first attempted to kil him- self by blows inflicted with this 1n- strument, aud foiling in this tried the more effective mettiod of strangulation, which, in fact, caused his death. The discovery of his sulcide was nade at 6 o'clock this evening by one of the prison officials, who came to give alast look av him for the nizht. His head was fearfully mashed, the face livid from strangu- lation, sug the whole body more or less bloody. in the cell three statements were found, one in Enzlish, ove in French, aud one in German, in of which he emphaticaliy and solemaly de- FRAGDULENT TRANSACTIONS. Bostos, Slnas, Feb. 23 —Tuomus P. Chenoy, Superintendent of the New England Mai Service, is charged with defrauding the Govern- ment by certifslog to false vouchers for Services vever rendered; with establishing postal-routes in New Humoshire for the benefit of his friends; with granting Lis Chief Clark illegal fazurs, and certifying to vouchers farnishicd by him, nnd allowing him to draw the service; with belog abseat from duty, and :nh general inefliclency. Congress will investi- ate. pay after be had left BANE-OFFICER MURDERED. 3 DEXTER, Me., Feb. 28.—Last_cvening J. W. Barrou, the Treasurer of the Dexter Savinzs Baok, not returning home, kcarch was made for hiu, and he was found locked lu a vauls, hand-.| Lave aerived out. neck.. He was senseless, and s i o, e fiad several bad Wonndoor 1 200 hicad, . The robbers obtained les thay 1o it is supposed that they murdered the Tyt urer because he would not open the safe. ot Mexrms, T A;rzsgyng Mey » Tenn., Feb, 23—, i Cour to-day Henry Smith, coloreq.5,Fimizd guilty of mirder in the first desed o forid bis misross, hauey Fones e cotores, ek a year ago nearly severi 4 b“g-“;] 20 by 'y severing her head from et x-Justice of the Peace F. B. tice Court attormey, was committed sy 2 day to auswer for dssuming the rofe o s trate and performing a marriage ceremon night, by Which an fanocent s wae. pocs, b - A DOUBLE TRAGEDY, e - Sopectat Maputch fo The Tribun, NasuviLLE, Tenn., Feb. 23. T 4 special from Huntsville, Ala., says k. J. rison, son_of P. L. Hurrison, Tax.Colns s Madison County, a student of the Universicy o Alsbams, today'shol. aod instantly gy bl Ostell. Harvison was preparing 1o go'polt when he was sttacked. by Ostell's bryjecy 288 ;rmnh bim twiec, mortally wouniing bim,” e ouble_tragedy has prowuc, citement. el the ratest e MURDER AND SUT( Boursox, [nd., Feb. E!L—CI:'?I: Ha; young married man and_photographer of H place, stiot and fatally injured his wite, guq (Lt shot himsclf fn the head, causing instony ol He wasa steady, sober citizen, and hrede:g; bapoily with his wife. They leaye child g 4 fow monts old. * No cause s aisignoy -3 temporary tnsanity, > 65gned edegy ? NOT GUILTT. New ORLEANS, Feb, 23,—(; on trial on & charge of m&&omg%m“' strocting books from the Auditar’s gLl Siate Audiior, s acquiol. ‘Tho ars it forty minutes) absence, rendered o replus g _— CA”}‘ZB“. 'RANCISCO, ‘eh. Schwartz, clerk fu the Pensim?‘()l?’c:mgadg appeared” lnstMay with " about $7.000 o funds of the ofiice, w13 capbured thly g by United States Detective Finnegass, gt ity ANDERSON. % A New Trial Dentea; NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23—y udze Whitak day rendered a decision upon the mokkrnz:o. pew trial in the case of Thomas C. And:m: The Judze holds that the verdict fs 1D ac0org- ance with the evidence. Asto theftpopy 1 that James Prince, one of the coloret u Y Wwas not a competent juror, he betog mde Anderson thercfors having been trie by e, jurors in violation of the Constiwtion, ypg Court holds that Prince swore on bls ool @iy that he was 22 years of ege, and had registerey. and voted in 1§76. The burden of proof ss to his not being of age rests apon the mover. Toe mother of the juror Is sick and demented, ang there was no record ol his birth or bis batisn, The Judge then review.d the testimony of the witnesses, several of whomn hed contradicte) themselves or could not fix dates 3s ta the aoe of Prince. The testimony altozether does not prove the age of Prince. Opinions of witnesses and hearsay evidence alone have been offeret for the guidance of the Court. The Court car not say that the juror Prince swore 1o lie o his voir dire. 3 On the contradictory mass of ndefinite state- ments in regard to the poiot that Jeremah Lip colu. auother juror, had expressed his opinla of Anderson’s gullt before the trial, and on iy wir dire examination he declared tlat he hadno fixed opiuion, the Court holds that the thres witnessts cxamined oo that point declared thay they never bad heard the jaror make any such statement. As to the testimony of Littlefildand Senator Zacharde, whica, it is claimed by defence, wonld have materially aided the accused in provine his innocence, the Court holds thst both thess witnesses could not have disoroved evidencs of McGlowin, Colling, and Evans s to the presence of Anderson at the openine of the Vernon returns, to which also Guv. Wickliffe, on _the hearinz of the motion fors new trial, had testifled that Littlefield was on hand wher the motion was tried, but not summoned by the defense. Zacharie was nos positive s to the absence of Anderson, and as to the insccuraey of Coliins’ reports, claimed by the defense, 5o cd that they were in the main correct. wus no otier eyidence offered ca this point. Thé motion must be deried. THE INDIANS, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Ostama, Feb. 23.—Gen. O. O. Howsrd, who passed through Omaha to-day en route to Washington from Portland, headquarters of M. £ department. says the Indians in his supervision are in the main inclined to oo peaceatie, but there is o discontented element which is aitaia- ing considerable proportions, the discontent be- ing caused by emissaries from Sitting-Bull ‘These emissaries are Nez Perces, #ho are mors familiar with the country than the Sfoux; sad they have repeatedly crossed to the Pacie Cosst. He has still in his hands twenty NezPercss, who, unless some change occurs, will be sent to their tribe in the spring. The Nez Perces hare not shown a disposition to be very peaseable. The discontented clement inclndes mavy of the Assinabuines, Flatheads, Crows, Snakes, and Bn(rlngocki; ir; D?ko.:.a,‘;uga;noh:nes, Colviles, aad San Poelos, in his departument. Omamy, Neb., Feb. 23.—Qen. Crook retarmed to-day from the Indian Territory. CC the published statement in a Cheyenne paper that a laree expedition would be organized it the spring acainst Sittiog Bull, Crook mikes an emphatic denial. He says no immedisia trouble need be feared from Sittlog Bul unless_the buffalo range south, which is ‘hardiy robable, as they have not done 8o in Iate years. R’u exoedition azainst the hostile Siont 15 20¥ contemplated. e ————— : THE WEATHER. Orrice oF Tns ChizP SieNan OrecEs WASIINGTOS, D. C., Feb. 24—1 a. m.—lndis tions—For Tennessee, the Obio. Valley, :& | Upper Lake Region, rising barometer, north 10 west winds, colder and partly cloudy Westher followed 1 the Western portions by fallos barometer and winds shifting to essterlf o ‘warmer southerly. L0CAL ODSERVATIONS | v »y Ve, | &5, Bed? T AR 70T £ e TR Time. _(Bar. T fowc| Wind. 6:538.m. 20.904 34 W....| 8] 33.m. 29,504 40 | 56 12 2i0 pim! 7| 2D H 5200 p. [ 10:13p. ° Maxim GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Cutcauo. Feb. 3-3dnlght. . Serttons, (Bar.| Thr, { Find. ;m-!flfl"- Pewbins ... 30.20 i ... Condy 014! 35 30.12; 003! Bismarclk © Brecklnridge Duluth . Alpens.. Grand Haven: Chicago. Decrort. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. NEW Yorx, Feb, 23.—The snip Ivachee, "1'; 160 emigrants for Australis, saled fodsh> =5 vessel takes out, also,an assorted % American §0ods for the markets of New: e The Trivune. . Special Dispatch to §r. Pavi, Minn., Keb. 23.—The ire B & river has moved out at Hastiogs, :fr‘“ men prophesy that the present weal intr, navigation may be resumed mn:" b;d Lake Pepsin next week. The frost is the eround, and the ronds and felds re i, Sart Loke Cixy, Utall, Feb, 23— boor Legislature closed 1ts session at 1002 Trimew Eloction law s passed and sisacd 1 the Governor. It provides for reglstratil %y seeret ballot, one of the jndges ‘of et be from the minority party. The judeei o, provide uniforn, uomarked enveloped an b Votes. Candidites or represeatatives &%~ present at the counting of the vote.; - ———— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. b - QUEESSTOWS, Feb. 23.—The steamer B- £ nian, which hoa g shaft broken Feb.S 08 trip from Liverpool to Halifax and Baltinfly and put back under sail, was towed t0-3s7 this harbor. Fob, 2. Arrived, steanet 4% gust. e, from Antwerp. o LODOY, Feb, 23.—Steamships %;’:}. New York, aud Nederland, frut P SR R i