Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1878, Page 5

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, passago of tho Bilver Bbill resumptlon can be malntalned mote easily upon a double standard than upon a single standard." @ It is notorious, notwithstanding his strange reticence on the subject, that BmER- yn's favorite policy has been to destroy the cnbacks as fast as redeemed; but now, sinco the flat of public disapproval has gone forth, wo find the Becretary facing rizht shout, and in- dustriously finding arguments for rotaining at Jeast three hundred milllons of greenbacks in permanent circulation. And yet the Journal s now and has been all the time “fullysatisficd with Becretary Bnmesax’s general financlal potler! e Jlamlet—** Do yon sce yonder clond, that's sl- most in shape of & camel tos (looking from s window in tho offica of u{nl":?lm States Assiatant Treasurerat Chicago)— %y the maza and 'tia & camel, fndeed. " — nel, ety Satked g weasal- o siar’ it Very Tiks a whale," ——— The pastoral Jetter of Cardinal Pxcor, fssued Just 8 year before his elcyation to the Pontifical {brone, shows that they have now a Pope who gnderstands somatbing about political econ- omy, and_appreciates progress, being unlike Greaony XVI, who used to kick a model of 8 jocomotlve up and down his room, crying, wyile Inventfon of the devil!” In examining the Imagery of his pastoral one is struck by its exclusively local coloring, The comparison be- tween tho past, with its horrible roads and crazy Lridges, and the present, with Itarall- rosds, had & peculiar, local significance. Ho spoke of barbarian invastons, feudal tyrannles, strivings of armed communlties, the atrocitics perpetrated by wanderiog bands of mercenaries onthie very ground whera all this took place, and his noble tribute to Ital mercantlle greatness In the past became s son of the Tas- csny which took the lcad {n the Free Trade experiment, and proved the theory true gener- ations beforo the days of Connxrr and Cuz- VALIBIL CRIMINAL NEWS. Progress of the Trial, for Mur= der, of Davison at Waukegzn, They 8Baw Davison Fire at Roboertson. Two Negroes Sacrificed by the Authorities of Dela- ware. Manifestation of a Desire to Lynch Mur- derers In Soveral Localitfes. The Mount Sterling Maiden Found to Have Bimply Vowed She'd Ne'er Consont. DAVISON-ROBERTSON. Bpectal Diapatch to The Tridune, Wauxzeax, Lake Co,, [I1., March 22.—~The fourth day of the Davison trial opened with Joseph Whitney on thestand, and his cross- examination was resumed by Mr. Bearles. Two of the daughters of the dcceased Robertson wero present In court, and the portion of the room sct apart for ladica was well filied. The fury, who had been accoinmodated for the night in what fs known as Unlon Ilall, camo up fresh and smiling, and scttled down to work promipt- 1y on time. They get thelr meals at the Wau- kegan Houso, a8 in fact do all the persons con- nected with the trial,—Judge, attorncys, and tho Davison witncsses,—and their healthy, rurat appotites make fearful onslaughta on tho well- filled table, The cross-examination of Whitney developed 1ittle or nothing now. IHon could notswear to the exact timo at which the conversation took place between Davison and himself, but was certaln that it was {nJanuaryor Fcbrusry of last year. Nor could lie remember what sort of weather they had that day, nor whether the ronds were muddy or frozen hard. In roply to Mr. Recd, witness sald that he remembered tho particular expression, because it was an unusual one, and after the murder it came back to him. Tressed by Mr. Bearlcs, witness owned that he thought the reinark was Idle talk, although they bad been talking of Robertson 2nd tho dls- puted roud just before. MRS, MART WINTSEY, wifo of the Inst witnesp, fully corroborated her husband’s story about tho threats, Davison was at their houso at Lake Zurich, and during the conversation which occurred ho showed much hard Xcl!ll&lf ngalnst Robertson, The converaation turned on the rusd and on Robert- son having sizued a bail-bond for Allen, and Davison then made his murderous declaration, Witucas bulleved that this was in Jauuary, 1677, but could not remember the day of the week. Davison often came to the house. Could not remember the exact time of the day at which the talk was had, Davison declared that Rob- crtton was wrong fu Indoraing Allen’s bond, and that Robertson was working against the in- terests of the town. Witness told her . neigh. bors of the threat within o day or two after it was uttered, and somo of them remembered it yoL . Mr. Jacob Bees, a farmer in the Town of Ela, and one of the Ilighway Commissioncrs for that town, was the next witnces. llc had been twenty-four years [n the county, and knew both Rovertson and Davison. First met tho latter about a year belore the shootine. At the time of the tragedy there wers present John Robert- son, August Kneige, Mr. Allen and bis hired man, Robertson's hired man, and witnuss, Kneige, Robertson, and witness were Higliway Commissioners, and on Baturday morning, Bept. 8, went on road businces to Davison’s lace, taking the young man Landan with them, ey went for thie purposc of getting s sctile- ment of the disputed road question, an errand on which thoy had twica before vislted the lace, They ~found the .road completely locked, and Mr, Knelte went to the house to ind Davison. The lntter was out on_tho farm, and his boy went for him. When Davi- son and his son camo up, Robertsan sald to him that they had come to have that road matter sctiled among themselves, ond asked Davison 1o be 50 kind 8 tu open & zap so that people might got through, Davison refuscd, and Itob- ertson again asked him to do so, promising him by New Year's they would hiave the Supervisor’s road finished. This proposition was also re- Jected. Mr. Knolgo and Robertson’s hired man then pulled down the first fence. Witness ad- vanced towards tho board fence where Darvison, his wife awl son, and n man pamed Hochmeis- tec werasitting. Then Allen wassent for lnorder — The St. Louis dircctory grows apace. They have copled down all the names on the hotel registers and In the graveyards, and uow they are working upon the * Dictionary of Dickens’ Characters,” * Burke's Pecrage,” and *Lan- man's Congresslonal Directory Sinco 1776, and the 5t. Louis members at Washington arc try- ing to get & copy of the pension-roll of the United Btates. 1t is confidently belioved In tho best-informed clrcles that the dircctory will show that the population of Bt. Louls {s much larger than that of Chicago. e ——— g Our New York namesake, writing of *'Dar- bara Fritchie,” says that no . tread of marching feet Sonnded all that day through Fredericl “Frederick-st.” is good. While it s about it, our New York namesake might finlsh {m- proving the poem. As thus: . stand Groen-walled by the hills of Md,, orthea: & ever the #* abave look down On tho ** bolow in Fred'k-in. ———— In a paragraph in T Trinuxn yesterday, concerning the nomination of a Republican candidate for Alderman in the Thirteenth ‘Ward, it was not the purpose to take any sldes a8 betiveen competitors for the nomination by the primary meeting to-day. Ex-Ald. Quink, who represented that ward creditably for sov- eral years, will be supported for the nomina- tion at tho mecting to-lay, and, should he be nominated, will deserve the support of the Re- publicans of the ward, ——— Mr. Episox’'s restlcas braln has evolved an acrophone,whereby s steam-whistle can be made o utter words that can be heard four miles off, say out at sca during a raging storm or in a fog, warning vesscls of danger. A mateh between <be acrophone, Becretary TnomrsoN, and Uld Bt ALLxx will ba In order, the apparatus that an impress a deal and dumb ssylum at the longest rance to taks the stakes. ————— It is well that wheo Mr. TxxXYSON constructs” snew poem ha gives advance coples of 1t to the papers under his hand and scal, with his sigoa- ture sworn to before a Notary Publie. If it wasn't for this, peoplo wouldn’t know what ontemporary poctry to aamire. Thousands of #toves in American nowspaper offices aro fed with better poetry than the Laureate has been exuding of lato, ——e———— How wonderful s the enterprise of Ameri- cans {n the matter of promoting raflrond com- wmunlcation between the different scctions of the country. A Chieago man can now leave for the | 19 8accrtain from im whether Lo would move ok i the brush-fence out of the lower rond. Hg was Dlack Ililis on a Monday, reach Deadwood on | not sent for any other aczount but this. Rob- Thursday, get Into a dispute with a leading cltizen, and have his body sent back to Chicago in cighty hour: ¥ ertson apoke vvr{ quictly to Davison in the in- terests of a scttlement, but Davison again re- fused, and elther Robertson or Kuelige, or pos- sibly both of them, ordered the men to go to work., Allen and Landau (Robertson's man) then knocked some of the Loards off the short fence. As Landau advanced young Davison struck at him with a club, and Laudau caught hold of it and took it uway. The boy hnmed!- atelydrow a pistol, and, when witnesa looked at. he had already drawn a shinilar weapon. Wituess pulled Landau back, and said that the Davisons bad got ahead of them, and that it would bo best for them to withdraw, Allen's man took a long polo and struck at the fence. At that moment_Davison, #ho was standing on the sccond board of the fence, ralsed his right hand with the revolver fu it, took dellberato alu, and fired, Witncss illustrated how Davison held bis pls- tol, whichi was ncarly straight from the shoul- der, lo saw Davison got down o tha fonco after the shooting, and ‘move oft towards tha barn, Thu boy, Srs, Davison, aud Hochmolster started through tho orchard to the houss, Da- viron did not get off the feuce until Robertaon turned round alter ho had beea hit, A plat of the road was produced and identified by witncas, who poluted out to the jury tneloca- tlon of the fcuces and the scena of the homi- ———— e Moxtr Brarr's verelon of a wollknown anthem is o8 follows: Tho deapot's on tlmwg{fls Uouss floor, Awake, and Ier'a howl ++ Fraid V' some more, sryland, my Meryland, . While I concerned Tor TiLbEN uin, Why artas silent as a clam? Bay not thon dost not care a bit, — Maryland, my Maryland! ——— A resident of Yookers, N, Y., the other day Ydrank a quantity of linlment mostly compos- ed of nconite, supposing it was whisky, and dlod," and tho papers sposk of it as A Tem- peranco Lecturs " and “ An Awful Waroing.” * We can’t seet at all. 1¢1t had becn the whisky *be wanted, ho wouldn't hiave been killed, —— ‘Those Returning Boards, the devilish agencles by means of which a knot of corrupt couspira- tors was enabled to defeat and nulllfy the cx- pressed will of the freemen of the Bouth, haye not 28 yet been abolished by the Democrats who tsed to denounce them so vigorously, Btrange! —— cide, Mr, Bearles procoeded to cross-cxamine, and wanted to ollcit from the witness what had passed between Davison and the Highway Com- missioners prior to the homicide, the object be- ing, ot coursc, to bring in the whole story of tho roa Mr. Reod objectod. Whatever happened six Up to tho hour of golng to press, the Sun with that HExDRICES Interview has uot yet come to hand, 8:16 a. m.—Wo takethe forms from the press tosay that it hasn't yet. Second editlon, 4300 a. m.—It husn't Yet. Tostacript, | With this saae: sout wos-net 8- part orothe ria 6:80 a. m,—Nor vet. catw, Thy Jury wero not trying the title to ——— A Canadian evangellst, Rixe, Would drink nelther whlsky nor wine; Ue got in & scrape, And in prison now Kape Do the constables Dis Waché am Rixs. ——— 1t Is better to dwoll as a sutler In tho tents of tho Sivux Reservation than to be a doorkeeper t the Jlousu of the Congre: e —— ‘!uuvn Cox may vo looked upon as the vrazy Ass of the Hostlles. e ————— Moxrr BLaIr should bite into & ballof putty $ad chaw upon it e —— PERSONAL. Bardou's new plece, *“Les Dourgeofls de Yont Arcy, ™ was not siterod by the censors, even to Reeatentof a word. William H. Vauderbilthas bought Jorome’s ®lebrated palnting, **The Bword Dance,” Price Botatated, but certaluly @ stoep one, Charlotte Onshman's Life-long friend, agd " Wany yeara Inseparstle companion, Miss Emma Atebbins, has aimost Bnlshed hor blograpby of the &reat iragedienne. The patriot with the honorable name of Adams, who has bed s rmail contract for $40,000, Whlch ho has sav-les for §15,000, is Miable to be deprived of his proftable job. Cardinal Micars was one of the candidates for ths Papal tiara when Plo Nono was elected, and ‘.': ;-ry popalar with the Romans. he road, or & clvil suit between the Town of Elaand r. Davison, AMr, Bearles declared that ke should make the point that the Commissioners and their assist- suts were on the ground without warrant of law. Tho accuscd was entitled to put in every kind of & defense, and heshould insist on bring- Ing out the wholo matter. The Court ruled taat Mr. Searles must con- fine his cross-cxailnation to matters brought out In the direct examination, Mr, Bees then sald thut ho met Dayison near tho latter's house in Decomber, 1870. Mr, BSearlcs asked whether thu vause of the visit was a_petition prescuted to the Commissioners, This and all questions of a like character wers objected to by the rosccution, and the Court sustained cvery ob- jection, the defense recording thelr exceptions, ‘After something llke an hour Lad been wasted 10 valn attempts to drag in the miserable road squabble in order to rejudica tho case, Mr. Bearles, who nad piled up o masa of exnuhm\l a foot ligh, dropped the schewe and came down o business, ‘The wittieas Becs thep said that the Highway Commissioncrs rode to Davison's place In Kneige's wago u and took Landau along, so that if Davison utterly refused to liston Lo reason thoy could taks down tho fence, Mr, Kuclwe went to notily Davison of their presence, sud was only absont a short time, Wituces belicved that Charles Davison came with bis father. Ho took a map produced by the defeuse aud showed the exact spot whiero tha partics stood 8t the time of the killiog, T cuse falled to shake witneas' dircct eviden to the con- versation butweon Roberteon and Davison about opeulng the road temporarily. Davison had no couversation with Laoduu at that time, but witness spoko to Davison_and told him tho gap ought to be opencd, Witncas did not hear Davison make any offor to allow traffic to pass through his barn, north of the disputed ground, nordid he hear blm wake any of tho other propositions advaoced by the defense. At noon toe court adjouraed for dlaner. On ro-assciubling st 1:30 p. m. the cross-ex- amiuation of Mr. Hees was resumed. Ho estl Hied toat no unkind words passed between Rob- ertson sud Davison prior to the pulling down ot the rall-fence. 8o fur as bo kuew, neither Kuelge cor Landau had any arims. Witness beard Robertson sav: ** Mr, Davisou, we don't want auy fuss or fizhting here. Wo have only coma bere to do our duty. You bave closed up the road, and we iust open up & place for peo- ple to got through, 1 we do avything wroug Auecdote of the present Pops: When ¥aa Nunclo at Brussols e was fuvited to s din- :““PCII! whereat a cerialn freothinking Marquls adertook to gibe snd sanoy him, Saslly, atdes- serl, offering, with much ostentation, to the young Prelaie & anull-box with upan the Ld s Veaas very, 17 low in the neck, Blshop Pecci examined it Sritleally, sald **Romarxably handsome woman, ndsed," and banded it back with the remark, A ¥ow wite, of consse, Witnesses SBwear Positively that thera fs the law." Davisan replled take hold of that fence I will uan force enough todrive you away.” Robertaon made no reply, but stepped off ' few feet towarls the east. Witneas then sent Landaa for Mr. Allen. Took this action without consultation with the other Curamissfoners. Landau went on foot and was feas than half an hour gone. Ile reported that Allen was not at home, and half an hour nr!nnn: clapsed before Allen came, Meantime tht Commiastoners stood around and did not converse with_ Davison, so far as witncas could remember. Did not hear Dasison say any- thing to Rohertson shout Allen or rny other tubject, although they were close together all the time. Just before the shooting Davison was sitting on the bonrd fence, There was apost there a few Inches higher than the fence, and Davlson was altting on the second board. Allen swas accompanied h{ his hired inan, who was familiarly addressed as “Eddy.” * The whole party went down to » shade-tree near by, and {alked the matter over. Witness could not bo positive that the hired men went along, but the Commissloncrs and Allen all did fo, They held 1 conference, aud witness could state what was rald If the Conrt deatred, Apparently Mr.Scarles, atlcast, did not desire, for hie switchied the cruss-examination onto an- other track with remarkable nlscrity. Witness sald that he had heardfof the difficulty be- tween Davison and Allen about the road, but did not know that Allen put the brush on the *“Supervisor's road.” Wit- ness did not sce Allen get In his wagun again and drive towards the board-fence, amil did not believe that he did so. When Allen arrived he drove up to within a short aiatance of the fence; perhapa from filteen to eighteen fcet, Witness did not have an ag in his hand, and did not know where Robertaon atood when theorder ‘was griven to knock down the fence. Ilochimels- ter was requested by Allen to got off the fence, and dit so. “Just before the order waa given Mrs. Davison was on tho fence. 8he sald to Kneige, ‘(o down and take the brush out of that slough." Knelge safd he had no right to do so. “Eddy" (Allen's man) first took the ax, and Charles Davison poked him away with a stick. Witucss did not see Charley knocked oft the fence., While Eddy waa cugaged iIn knocking oft the boards, Landan took the club away from Charles Davison, who was poklng * Eddy " with tt. Then Charle drew his revolver, and_held it {n his right hand, reeting on his thigh, Witness put his hand on Landow’s shonlder to restrain Wi, for he thought perhaps ho might bo little fast. Witness told Robertson’s man to come away, but sald nothing about having Davison arrested for riot. Then they consultod together. Nobody called out, ** Don't hurt the swoman,” g0 far as witness knew, and he was only twenty to twenty-five fest away. Witneas saw Davison 1if¢ the pistol and flro at Robert- son when the fence was struck by the young man Eddy, There were noangry words between Rabertson and Davizon. In re-direct examination, witncss sald that he distinctly snw Davison level the pistol at Rob- ertson, “When tho boy struck the tence on the south slde Davison was on the north side of 1t. Witnesa paid capeclal attention to Davison's actions, because he was afrard Davison would kill somebody, as he was armed and flourishing his revolver, In recross-examination, witness affirmed that he was positive Eddy did not strike the board on which Davison was seated. This settled the **accidental * theory, andso Mr. Scarles scemed to thiuk, for he let the witness go. AUGUST RNEIGE, the tnird of the Hizhway Commissioners, sald that he waa a farmer in the Town of Ela, and had known Mr. Robertson many years.- Saw him shot; Davison shot him, Witness® account of the veeurrences which preceded the murder differed {n no degree from that of the previvus wituess. Witness thought at the moment that Davison had shot at the young man Eddy, but he heard a choking sound, and found that it ‘was Robertson who had been shot. When wit- ness turned his head agaln Davison was getting downofl the fence. e took detiberato nim when ho shot, and ran away after he had coi- mitted tho murder, ‘The direct examination lasted perhaps five minutes, aud then the dreary, weary, miscrable cffort to prove au honest man a lar, or to both- cr and confuso him so much that ho might in some particular contradict himacif was renewed, ‘This witness, although an old restdent, had not a very good understanding of the technlcalities of tho Enzlish language, hut, in svito of this fact, heo succeeded in muking it understood that to his mind the killiniz of John Robertson waa detiberate murder. Tho cross-cxamination was simply a_rchash of that of the preceding wit- ness.” At 6 o'clock the Court adjourncd until 0 & m. to-morrow. BARBAROUS DELAWARE, New CastLe, Del., March 22.—Samuel Cam- bers and Georze Collins, the two negroes con- victed of outraging Kate Smith, allas O'Tool, near Middlotown, Aug. 16 last, were hanged to-day, ' Two colored cleteymen nnd a white Baptlst clegyman and a delegation from the Young Men's Christian Assoclation attended the duomed mon to tho scaflold, where, after five minutes of prayer. all engaged In a hymn. Chambers then cxpresscd himself as forgiving Gov. Cochran and thoso who had fojured bim, and called on God to bless his friends and coemles alike, Ilo declared his innocenco of the crime for which he was to suffer, and hoped Dolaware would uever hanz another {uno- cent man upder the same clrcumatances. flo added, huskily, **Let mo go now. I am ready. Life's work {s donc.” Collina was nearly fuaudible. He made a short prayer, asking God to forgive him. The nooses were then ndjusted and the trap sprung, and soon afterwards the men were dead, ‘The unfortunate men, Samuel Chambers and Georgro Collius, whose llves have thus paid tho punalty of their misdecds, are both full-blooded negroes. ‘The elder of the two, Bamucl Cham- bers, was born a slave In Cecll County, Md., and owed his frecdom to the late War. Ho was be- tween 85 ana 80 years of sge, rather above tho medium size, stoutly buiit, quite dark colored, with coarsc, but not speclally repulsive features, and full beard. Fora number of years previous to the' commlssion of the offence for which he was exccuted, ho resided in the meighborhood of Middictown, i this State. The younger negro, George Col- lins, waa born and broughbt up fn the vicinity of Mddlctown, te was rather tall and slender, quite boyish In appearance, with smoath and cx- pressionless features, about 18 or 10 yeurs old, and had always been regarded by many who kncw him ss of rather weak intelloct, Both men bad borno the reputation of belng peace- able sud Jaw-ablding darkeys, and were not kuown to have ever becn cogaged in any breach of the peace prior to the commission of the out- ragge for which they were hung. ‘Iho clrcumstaucea connected with that out. rare weru briefly as follows: On the evening of Aug. 15 last, Samuel Chambers, who was then in tho vmploy of Mr. Robert Whitlovk, a tensnt of one uf tioy. Cochrau's farms, was driving a teamn near Middictown, when he overtook u whito inan and woman, from their sppoarsnce ovidently tramps, accosted them and inquired if they wanted work, Recolviug ao afllrioative answer, Chambera told thein that, If thoy would wait until be had driven home and put away his horses, hio would pilot them to & man who 1o thought would employ them. Pursuant to bis advice the man” aud roman, Wwho ave their names os James and Kate mith, sud represcuted themselves to be hus- baud and wife, seatod themselves under a treo by the roadside and waited, Shortly after dark Chambers reappeared, accompanied by Collins, The party then sct out across the lelds, the two negroes leading, and, attor crossing & stubble- fleld snd goiog some 150 yands Into a coru-tield, Chambers turucd and sald to tbe man, * You must go back, and leave this woman hero with un'’ Smith refused to do so, upon which Chambers struck him over the head with the butt of his ox-whip, knocking him scusclves and cutting an ugly ¢ash ln bis forchead, ‘Tho two negroes then seized the wouan, sud, drag- fimw Ler tbrough tho coru-leld to a pasture. cld buyond, they each in turn forcibly ravished her, having done which, Collius led her oub to :nu road aud directod her how to reaca Middle- owD. Buth of the men were yrompu{ arrested, Chambers the same night and Collins threo or four days afterward, sod st the lest term of court fur this couuty were tricd, found gll;lny. aud sentenced tobe hanged on Friday, March 22, Colltns wade & confcssion, which, by agre- went between counsel, was uot produced at the trial, and hos vever been made public. Those who havu ecen it, bowever, suy that tocre is no sdmibssion thercin that an ”"“‘57., W com- mitted, and that tho confeasion ply stated that they (ibe pegrocs) were with the woman that night. 7Tbe facts as related sbove portruy the evldence @ven at the trial, ut which time there was not the slightest testimony developed to impeach the character of the womsa known as Mrs. Kato Swith. Nothiuz further was developed regarding the aflair until about weeks ago. About that time the Young Mca's Christian Assoclation of this ulg took up the wmatter, and hunted up Jaes Bii ughh reputed wite, and on Feb, 198inith was arrestod iu Philadelobla on scliares of perjury, sod made & confcssiou that that por- tion of his testimouy ln which ba swore that the woman muuuw was his wifo was untrue, sud that he Bad neyer et ber until the Fourth of * 11 you Jaly Iast, when he picked her up in Washington Square, Philadelphia. e turther stated that there was no force used, and tnat the woman went with the negrocs voluntarily. Other minor points, sitch as that his real” name was not 8mith but Clegy, and that the woman's real name was Knte O'Foole, were eticited. The woman herself m\{q found living with another g paramour, and at present an inmate of a Phlizdelphla bruthel. Her reputation among the Pulladeiphia police was hunted op, and she was vroved to have heena prostitute of the very lowess grade. 8he was readily fnduced to write s letter to Gov. Cochiran, in which, while not densing the out- rage, ahic yet pleaded that the lives of the two ‘men might be apared. Petitions for a pardon or a resbite were prepared and elened, one re- lating to Colilns by all the members of the ]urz that convicted him, and another referring to Chambera by seven of the jurymen, besides other petitions, stzned by imnewbers of the Bar and a number of {niluential cltizens. These sand otner papers bearing on the case wers presented to the Governur un Saturilay lnst, and on Tues- day morninx he rendered hts dectslon, in which he stated that ' aiter two montus devoted tos strict and careful examination of all the facts connocted with the case, aud all tho cridence beacdlng thercon, both for aud agalnst tne prisoners, . . . he feels that s duty to the public demands that ho shall not interfere with the seutence of the Court; snd that nothing in‘the evidence pre- scoted to hiin tn favor of the prisoners would warrant bim In extendinog executive clemency in any form.” On Tucsday afternoon s delegation of the Young Men's Clristian Assocation visited the condenned in tucir cell to impart to them the Governor's wuitimatum. Chambers received the news without maulesting any emotlon, eavlug, with & torced laugh: * I told you so—1 never ex- nected nothing elae, T knuw uim (Uov. Cochran) 80 well; he's a crooked stick—a hsrd man to do anything with.” Cotlins sald nothing, bhut bis fentures sssumed an expression of utter despatr, Both strougly 1 their o cence, and Chambers sald: ¢ ‘I'he Governor, It he langs us, wiil hang two inpocent men. Bat ho will have to go that road himself sune day, even If he doesn't go by the same route," Buth men talked unreservedly of the crime and the attendunt circumstances, Chambers adhiered to the same story he has told all along; the details of which arc uofit for publication, He tnslsted that therc was no force used, and thot the woman herscll encoursged hls ad- vances; and further sald that she made nu ob- Jectlon to thelr belng colored tien, and that she wanted £5, but he had only 82 about him, He gave her that amount, and she expressed her- sclf satlefled. During the Interview, Chambers dictated the followini to the reporter, which is mven in lus (Chambers') own language: Gov, Cocunax: Tconsider that yon are doing an unjost decd, that yon are punishing a couple ‘of innocent men without any cauee at all; and if you carry out (his ‘sen. tence to the exlent] don't conatder you will be nathing but a wurlerer; andif yon are going to murder us poor black' men and we aro inio- cent, It is proper you should wo and get this woman and murder her too, e b gl ane s Siste and s murdercrtco; shs has robbed tho State out of $100 oF 8200 [thin referred to tne Witness fees received by the pro<centrix], and murdered a con- plaof men for nothing, heaides what money she rubbed the biack men ont of, and she lite & man with a etick, ana laye it on the hisck men: and If you carry this case out according to the sentence put on “them you cannot help but be & murderer, and when you vo from this world to snoiher you will have the blood on your garments, Itemember you have to meet your God some day or other, and remember you will have to meet ihess men you hovo paniehed, and in the judgment tney will'cry out sgninst you In that doy, . Public oplolon in this section regarding the cxecutlon has beca that it should have been de- Iayed, and the negroes given auother chance for thelr llves, This Is the sentlment of o large majority uf our citizens; not tnat they douht that tneé crime was committed iu the manner »ct forth, but they think it hara that the full nenalty of the law should have been exacted in & caso attended with 50 mnany mitlgating cie- cunistances that there can never bo anv abso- lute certuinty that the condemned men wero really gulity of a caplital crime. TIE TRIPLE MURDER, Apectal Phapatch to The Tribune. Waereting, W, Va., March 22.—This evening John Wallaco confessed that he murdered tho wifo and child of George Wallace, allas Baker, and Miss Church, ncar Littleton, a short distance from this city. Ilo says he went to his brotbior's house and told his wire that she must go to Mra. Church's, as that laay ‘was sick, Ilo asked for a hammer, and sho gave It to him (Wallace), and his brotHer's ‘wife started to Church's, and as Mre, Wallace was climbing the fence he struck her twice with tho hammer on the head, which killed her. Ho then pleked up the child, which was crylog, and struck it against a tree. Death immediate- 1y followed. e then went back and told Miss Church to get him somcthing to eat. Aa she started out he struck her several times with the hamumer, which cansed death, He then went hotno and slept over nighl, and gave the alarm next morning in order to screen himself, He states that o young man, Henry Villars, had promised to ald (n the murder, but did notcomo tothme. Ile stated that his brother and wife had been tatking about him, and his wife and he had deiermined to Kill the woman. His reason for killing Miss Church is that he was _afraid she would find out what ho hud donc. Ho further stotos thatsVillars hod at one time had some trouble with George Wallace, alias Baker, and had offercd $30 1f some onc would kill him. Tho jury rendered & verdict aecording to tho confessionn. The reported trouble between ticorgs Wallace, alins Bsker, and Villars wns investizatod by Prosecuting- Attorney Witey, who discuareed” Villars, The supposition fs”that John Wallace used decep- tlon in confessing that Villars was implicated, he knowing that the public knew thut Vil- tars and George Wallace, allas Buker, were not on very good terms, John Wallace {s constant- 1y praylng, occasionally crying, Excitement {s high. ° All there lacks of & "lynching {s a leador for the mob, which swollen to several :’nnmnnu. ‘The victims wore buried at 10 to ay. A DESIRE TO LYNCH. Spectal Dispateh fo Tha Tribuse, Krokuk, Ja, March 23.—An attempt was made, between 1and 2 o'clock this morning, to lynch Henry Weese, who is continud in Jall nt Fort Mudison for the murderof Henry and Margarot Grazer. Au orgavized mob of sbout 100 men, mounted, mnasked, and armed with shot-guns, rifles, and revolvers, marched into thu city under tho leadership of Capt. Scott, President of the Charleston Antl Horse-Thiof Boclety, proceedod to the afl, awake the Jaller, and demandcd tno Koys, stating that they wers convinced of the gullt of Weese, aud that they proposed to hsng him. The Jaller had been motificd that au effort would bo made to Iyuch Weese, and tne neces- sary precautions were taken, When tho mob made its up) anco at the jail the fire-bolls wera sounded s o signal, and “a crowd of citle zens soon rallied to the ald of the offivers preventing violence, The Jaller and others then addressed thetn, appealing to thein to pre- serve order and pormit thelaw to take its course, and promising them that no effort would be spared to bring the prisover Lo justice it found guilty, and to sccure the ar- rest and - publshment of . others that might -be {mplicated n _the murder. ‘These sppeals had the desired effuct, snd, after a short time, the mob dispersed, and the men unmasked and returned to thele homes, ‘The Kkey to tho fall was scercted clsewhero, sa thal, had the mob killed the Jailer, they would havo been obliged to force thelr way into the Jsil. As o means of greater safoty, tho prisoncr was re- moved tbis tnorulng to the Penucntiary, A YOUNG MURDERESS. Spectal Dispatch fo The Tribune, 2 QaAnD Ravips, March 23 —James Crumback, of the Town of Gsines, ju thia couuty, reported murdered by his granddaughter, Paulino Cole, yesterday, was not dead at last accouuts, but was not expected to Mze. It s repurted that he was pualshing one of her brotbers, alad 13 or 14 years old, when she tlew at him {u a terrible passion, sud hit him on the bead with astone. Helsan old resident of the county, 70'years old, and ho and his wif celcbrated their golden wedding ouly last Monday, Miss Cole "1s but 16 “or 17 years old. ller family has not bad reputation. father is an ex-convict, n‘;l she, though s furmer's daughter, has beeh o jail or in trouble in the courta several times belore. She ficd soon after doing the horrible deed, sod was uot found until thls afteru wheu she was arrested. 8bo will be brought here to jail to- vlght. It s reported that she is quite fudiffereut as to ber crime. It s a lo iwme slucs s murder has been committed In this county, snd the affalr naturally causes a good deal Of excltewent where it occurred and throughout the county. A VERY FEEBLE RESISTANCE. ‘special Dicpaich 1o The Tribune. Quixoy, i1l March 22.—Thbe trial of F. A, North, Priocipal of the Mt. Sterling school, MARCH 23, 1878—TWELVE PAGE lover to come to her rescuc. ahe resisted North's importunities to the best of her abiliry, and she also denles thathe effected denled ocrupying “her bed with her, awore with discharged the evidence did not show any malicious assault, but thata very great Impropriety had beencom- mitted by both Mr. North and Miss Lyun. The dectston elicited applause In court. of hia father's death. Chattancoga some time ago. by marriage to Postmaster-Uen. Key. charged with a criminal assault upon Alice Lyon, commeneced In this city to-day. The princival witnesswas the lady hersell, who testi- fied what has herctofore been stated sbout thelr ;’rllvclu trom Mt..Bterling to Quincy and Hanni- al. dny night, after she had retired, North came to her room gnd sought admittance, which at frst 8hbe also testificd that, while here on Fri- she refused, but that, after farther solicitation on Mhis part, she unbolted her door, and that North entered her room and forcibly occuplea the bed with her, This ration was also repeated at Hannibal, whete she found time to write to her She testifies that her ruin, - This s the substance of her evidence. The trial canie to an unexpected termination to-night, the defense resting with the evidence of North, who eorroborrated "the testimony of Mizs Lyon in every particular, except that he ‘llu Ilhu ply _in love at 10 o'clock remarking that that he was deepl the lady. ‘The Court the prisoner, COUNTERFEITERS ARNESTED. Cincixnaty, 0., March 22.—Four men -and one womnan wero arrceted in this city Jast even- ing by United Btates Detective Rathbone, charged with dealing In eounterfelt coin. The party consiated ot Cassimer Lolios, Loulsa Lo- ler, Wiltiam Ostendorp, Dave Bard, and Ed- J. 8mith. They were a part of the noto- wi rious Bill Ml gang, the leader of which, two years ago, was sent to the Peuitentinry for fif- teen years, Mzwritts, March 22.—An important arrest was made here to-day by Jacob Byhart, of the United Btates scrvice, aselated by Marahal Waldron aad ceputies, in_thc per- son of Emil Krupperschmid, of Cinclanatl, and his broher werc arres Vienna'a gun storcon Main street, where Robert was employed. $484 In counterfeit coln, principatly halves, and o few trada dollars, and s compieté set of coun- terfciter's tools. coined over $2,00) since reaching this city, and that hie belanged fo the Cincinnat! band of counterfeiters. They will have a hearing to- morrow. nited States tobert, of this eity, who In the room of the latter, over In thele possession was found Emil admitted that he hal JUSTIFIABLE JIOMICIDE. Bpecial Dispaich to The Tribune. Nasnvitee, Tean,, March 2%.—(ieorge Peace, drummer for the Commercial Hotel at Deeatur, Ala., was shot by B, W. Locke, of that place, last night, Peace went toa house of ill-fame, was refused rdmittance, ond broke down the door, when Locke, who was inside, shot him through the heart, the ball ranging upwards, Peace immeaiately closed with Locke In a spirit of desperation snd cut him on the head, when Locko fired a second time. Peace dicd, still holding a deaperate grip on Locke, The latter found difiiculty in relcasing himself from his embruce, Locke was discharged, the Coroner’s Bry retuening a verdict of justifiable homicide. ‘eace had just previously received information Feace killed a man i 1le was related A YORGER. 8peciat Dispatch to TAe Tridune, Keoruk, Ia, March 23.—Deputy United Btates Marshal Root arrived Lere this afternoon with Dr, Butler Prcsson, who was arrested in Green County on a bench-warrant yesterday charged with forging the mame of Dr. G. O. Pounr, surzcon of the Seventy-tuird Illinols In- fantry, to pension papers, The forzery has becn carried on auite extensively 1o lhinuls and Juwa during the past two years, and oflicers have been on the track of the furger for some :’l‘mc. Pressonis o joll In default of $2,000 SPRINGFIELD ITEMS, &Special Dirpatch fo The Tribune. Brusoriznp, IiL, March 22.—Joseph and Phoebe McLaren aud Mollie Harris, the silver coln counterfeiting ganz that has opcrated in Pano and Southern Illinols generally for some time, and flooded the country with spelter coln, pleaded gullty in the Unitod States Court to-<lay, snd wero eacl scutenced to one year in tho Pen- itentlary. James H. McSparin, of Stone Fort, Saline County, was fined £300 for extorting {llegal fces a8 a claim ngent, and a perjury caso agalnst kim was contlnuod. — ALLEGED CONTESSION., Special Dispateh to The Tribune. Pronta, lll, March 22,.—A coal miner In this city has made an aflidavit to the effcct that he was {nformed by Tully, onc of the three Molly Maguires sentenced to be hanged st Browns- burg, P'a., on Monday uext, that IHester, an- other of the condemnced, was_cntirely innucent of any part n the crime of which he™ has been convicted. The afant was cmployed in the mines In_the vicinity of Giraraville, Pa., ot the time of the tragedy, sud was well ascquainted with all tho partics to it, ANRRESTED FOR NOBBERY, Bpecial Dipatch (o The Tritune. GnaND Rarips, March 2L—A highway rob- bery was committed in Oakland County, in this BState, lnst Scptember, wnich was attended with sggravatng circumetances, Ono Albert Man- son wns accused of the crime and arrcsted. 1o cscaped from tho officers, and has manazed to elude them ever sincs until to-day, though tho hunt has_continued constantly, ‘He was renr- reated in Hamlin, Eaton County, He bad been working as n farm-hand, disguised, and under au nssumed naoic. i THE CLEWS CONSPIRACY CASE. New Torg, March 22,—The so-called indlct- ment agalost Mr, Henry Clews, banker and broker, which was obtained in Choutauqua County on ex parte evldence, and upon which Mr. Clews was recently arrcated, bas been de- cided tuvall by tho Court of Hesslons of Chau. tauqua County, aod an order has been entered quashing the same, Mr. Clews has obtained orders of urrest for the parties connected in the couspiracy, JIUNTER WUEAKENS, PrtansLeiia, March 22,—LMunter is weak- enfug raplaly, and 1t is belteved ho will break down entirely before the trial takes piace, Ho has written several meaninglcss letters which arc Interpreted by the District Attorney aa the forcrunners of a Dlea of lnsauity. Ho'la sulll uuder surveillance, and the suthoritles cxpress tho beticf that if the opportunity offered e would commit sulelde. AN ABOMINABLE WRETCI, Apecial Dispaich {0 The Tridune. WnzeLag, W. Va., March 23, —To-day o man named John M. Day became enraged at his wife, near Wost Alexander, about sixtecn miles frum tals city, and kicked her in tho stomach several s, which caused her almost instant death. Tho murderer was urrested. e ————— BILLIARDS, apectal DNspaich fo The Tridune. InpIANAPOLIS, March 23.—The billlard tour- nament closed to-night, after five days' durs- tlon, Parker A. Byers, of Lafayctte, wins the champlonship-badge aud the first prize, a billiard-table, Ramor had It that the u’l'!lln1 IYnl:he. tho Bt pular resort of our icholas Hotel of New York, will be closed. Just the contrary takes 1 Atrangements bave been made to continue rlll 8L Nicholas under jls presen. sble mauage. meut, sod’not onty will it maiutain ite wellearn. ed reputation of a strictly frst-class hotel, bug very extensive lnprovewents, including & new und eleirant entrance fur ladies counecting with the clovator, and clectric bolle lu all the rooms, will greatly add to the comnforts of Its gueats. 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