Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1880, Page 6

mae Soma crit, | t ‘ Ri) THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: CRIME’S CARNIVAL. ting Day for the Chi- lice Authori- cob Muller Shot Down at His : Door by an Unknown Love, Jenlousy, and Arsenic—A ' Colored Man Slowly Dying The Borgia a Mulatto Woman Who Had Formerly Boon His ghway Robbery in Broad Daylight on 2 Crowded ‘The South Side Gas Company’s Paymaster Robbed of §3,go00. ' | MYSTERIOUS MURDER. A SALOONRERVRR SHOT AT 1118 Doon. > As If the list of murders, concerning which the police know little or nothing, was not al- tendy long enough to completely harrow up the souls of " the best policemen the city ever Jind,” yesterday added another tothe list, and the last is far more mysterious than the first, ones. In short, there Js not a single clew to the perpetrators of this Inst tragedy, which equaled in the annals of crime in this by the killing of McConville, for erry and Connolley hung Inst year. yesterday's homicide ap- pears to have been the work of blood-thirst ruttinns, who were elther hnlf-crazed wit Hanor or in demoniacal frenzy with craving tor it, owlog to preylous dissipation, The scene of the Ake that inurde! . tragedy {gn Inrge two story frame house, No, 663 Archer avenie, atti northwest cornerof Archer avenud and Mary street, 9 few, short blocks onl ecring-Street Station. ‘The build- ing has a double frontage, bi frontis on Archer aventte, ‘he occupant of the premises for the pnst two years a well-reguinted saloon | and bonrding-house, The bar {n the salon fs on the Mary-street side of the house, and at one end of it ts the Archeravente entrance through ordinary double doors, and at th other end is nsmailer entranes from Mary The saloon Js filled with a stove, chairs, and tables, two pool-tables, and the ordinary beer-saloon furniture. in the rear fs a dining-room, and beyond this Both rooms are with doors, which, if open, permit o person to see from the kitchen to the Archer-avenue front, tho saloon stove alone intervening, Tho sleeping-apartments are all. upstairs, and when the saloon Is closed for the nigh! allthe doors sre locked, and - entrance to the second story is the kitchen, by an Inside The saluonkeeper regulgr in his habits, and it was his custom open the saluon atong he morning, in order to of worklngmen, of long-standin up 18 usual yesterday morning, and calling tha servant, Amina Franell, went down- dressed, followed her ciployer.down-stalrs, and went at once to the Kitchen to light the barely got the lids of the stove when sho ‘heard seufiing in the bar-ream, and, recol- Jecting that nimoment or two previous thara ‘ad beon raps at the front door, she looked to closu it against a person, nnd shoulders were ble through tye partinily-opened d was evidently making a strong effort to get the door closed, and she heard him mike some exclamation, but whether it was an oath, or simply an order to get out, she could hear. Behind the first man, artially effected entrance, was ae bag sho caught sight of him A REVOLVER WAS FIRED, ‘and Miler fell to the floor with protonged to see which way he assasinug ran, and without walting to sea jhow badly her master was injured, she tip-stalrs to alarm the family who were aslee; the scene foun “anconsclous, and Without waitin, ‘Those first upon Her lying upon the floor bleeding freely from a ‘bullet-wound inthe right temple. IIe wag borne to a sleeplng-rooin upstairs and Iald ‘upon s bed. Some of the: boarders started for n doctor, and, as soon ag hecoull possibly do so, Milller’s son, 13 years of nize, run to the Deering Street Statlon for nsslstance, aud thence to Rudolph Swatz, an Jutimate friend of-the family, living at the corner of Murray and Kossuth streets, At tho station, Licut, Beadell and a sill platoon of men were just starting “ Yards troubles, ‘Lhe Licutenant went there Within eight minutes ui ing. Every endeavor was made to rouse Mill- Jer to consciousness In tho hope that he might bs have recognized bis assailants and ho able to give some Information con- ie never spoke a word, Drs, Dodge and Eberteln were promptly sum- moned, but they could ford no hopes of ree » covery, ‘The bullet, which was evidently of Jaray calibre, lind penetrated the braln, and denth was a certainty in the course of a few hours, ." Lieut, Bendoll states that he at once sent alt the mon at his disposal seourlng through the district, expecting thereby to find some sus- pielous characters rbout in the streets, ar » perhaps some low resort open after a nights senrousal, But the men uniformly reported quiet, and found no one, ‘There He slightest clew aven as to whieh way they went after shooting, and he found pngelt at 8 complete loss what to ‘Tuvestiations made later In the day proved it, ‘The house was sur- Towided with an anxtous crowd, and gos tongues soon set various raniors tigators considerable one of the boarder, lonkey, had intinisted about the murder, and that he was an eye-witness of IL This coming to tho enrs of the family friend, Swatz, who -knew that the nforesnid bonrder anc the servant, Amins, wers entangled in he surmised that perhups the how something nbout it And eating were compelled which gave inves Detectives Shea and Ke - follow out this tedious thread, ‘The serv: unt was closely questioned by thein, wore greatly bothered by her pers! that she knew nothing more about nally she owned up to her regard for he rumor at rest by ASLEEP IN 1Is DED roused all the {nimates of tha Thug tho falutest posslbill sous of the boarders night have ha * In tho affray was dissipated, ‘was to the effect that two quarrelsome brotli- ers who were Union men at the Stock-Yards, mid who had quit the bot months ago tn and Li Anothor story arding-house three aissiun, might have had a : the story no a still another rumor n O'Grady, who had a quarrel bout one week ago over a quart ‘Grady’y Hescription tallies In no way, however, with that of the murderer, tinpression seeing to be i} Miller knew the persons by namo or reputa- thon. - Ilis only reason, outside of such a con- sideration, for keepin would, huve been di! r sooner gained elreul: hain out of hisplace, orderly drunkenness, and had tho men been in this condition the: would “have made morg noise than they did, It was Mi ers Tnveriabte: fable to wills y vor far rat person that culled after he entered the burro for the day's business. the couductor of street-car No, 258 on tho ling lives just east of No, d gays ho passed the saloon at oxuctly five mlaues before Go'elaek, and that the light within was burnin; Archer uyenue On his way to nor gawelther policeman or clyillan, and thinks the shootlyg must have red ufter he passed the: sujoon, sure ns to the hour, because he reached the’ y tn order ta out with the first cur AtSo'clock the yrevions aventn; ung - people, ch from thelr conversa lig ty attend vome dance ell sets the Lour at took w number of aiales, down to’ down town, "ie which Miller's boy reached the station as % oelock prcelsely. “This difference in time Is slight, but is nevertheless of considerable {mportanes, ‘fhe family friend, Rudolph Swatz, says it was ten miiutes past 6 when the boy woke him with the ery, “Father gy shot’? He went nt ones to tlie house, and raw the doc tor, who said there was-no hope. Io knew Milner’s habits very well, aud sald if was lis firm endeavor to keep his saloon free from loafers and disorderly or drunken characters. Miller’s denth ensued at 7:30, two and one- half ours after the shooting, He did nob recover consciousness during that thne, and fave no word nor sign, Ho was born in Switzerland about. forty-ale years ago, and left behind to mourn his death a wife and three ehildron, the eldest of whom ts the boy of 12 years, Hie came to this country tn 1807, aid fo Chicago two yenrs Inter. For some tine he worked for Nicholas Neibert inasaloon atthe corner of Archer avenue and Sanger street, and then opened a place for hinself at No, 387 Archer avenue, THE ONLY DESCRIPTION of the murderer is the vague one given by the servant-girl, who says he was of medit hight, pale face, young looking, and well elad Ina light avercont of dark color, a stil hat, and white shirt, Ha wore a sind mustache, noticeable more for Ita blackness than magnitude, Coroner Maun arrived at the house not long after the death, and ftnpaneled a jury mide up of PD. V. Puringtou, Daniel F. Healey, James.Turner, Joli L.'Thurn, Fred- erlek Ell, and John Tunison, “After viewing the body the Jury adjourned until nex! Tuesday. Tho County Physielan made a post-mortem. examination later in the day, and easily found the bullet lodged in the brain. Tt'was of calibre 32, and was consid. erably flattened, During theday an exploded cartridge shell, which from ffs appearance was guile new, was found about twenty feet west of the saloon, ‘This also wag of calibre a2. and the bulict fitted it exactly, From this it would look as if the murderer coolly reloaded his weapon In order to cover even the chance of detection in that way. COLD POISON. LOVE, JEALOUSY, AND ARSENIC. The colored community residing on Third and Fourth avenues in the vicinity of Taylor street are terribly exercised over the sick- ness of one of thelr number, and If the stories fold are true ff {fs evident thata terrible erie has been committed. The story is one of intrigne, love, nnd possibly murder, The yictint is Charles Adatns, an employe of the Grand Pacific Hotel, — and there is now in custody on the charge of ndininistering polson to hhn a colored wom- an nanied Sarah Sinith, with whom he for several years maintained the most inthnate relations, George Brown, 0 colored man, is also under arrest charged with being an ac- eessory to the crime, z The first that was publicly known of the affair was about 11. o'clock yesterday morn- ing, when Jolin Adams, a waiter, in Chapin & Gore's ‘restaurant, ‘went before Justice Brown and swore that his brother was lying atthe point of death at his home, No. 2l4 ‘Third avenue, and that he bolleved the sick- ness was the result of polson administered ta him by Sarah Smith, of No, 450 South Clark street. On the strength of this state- mento warrant wag issued and intrusted to Detective George Hartmann, who procured tho assistance of an officer and arrested the woman at her house, Although Judge Brown's Court owas in session, she was not brought up for a hearing but Jodged in the Armory to nwalt the result of Adains’ sickness, ‘The officers found several medicine bottles in the room and 2 clgar-box full of letters, whieh they confiscated and carried to te Armory, A reporter of Tins Trpuxk called at the louse, No. 214 Third avenue, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and there found the Adams family assembled, Charles Iny in bed in an upstairs room, his mother attending nssidu- ously to his wants, 8 EYES WERE QLAZED, his preathine was stertorious, and it was evident that he had but a few hours to live, Ho had been unconscious for many hours, and St was only his great vitality which en- ‘abled him to Inst so long, Inquiry. ofthe family as to the clreum- stances ‘developed a startling story, llow much or how little of it rests upon a basis of fact It i$ hmpossibte to decide until a medical examination is made. ‘The volored people are notoriously superstitious, and whenever one of thelr race dles suddenly or froma enuse unexplained they Invariably refer the matter elther to polson or witeheraft, The story ns told by the fatuily was ns follow Charles Adams was cinployed as second bel boy at the Grand Paelfie, and had been there five or six years, He fs a stout, able-bodied fellow of about 80, and has generally enjoyed good health, For severnl. years past he las been — nequainted “with irs, Sarah Smith, who separated from her husband about He Years ago, and in whose house Adams Hyved fore tine. ‘The relations existing between the two were, the family be- Heved, of the usual order in such cases, But on Noy, 21, 1879, Adains married Enna Jane Mott, a colored girl of abouty5 years, and has since lived with her and his mother and brother at No, 214 Third avenue, It seeing, however, that he had not entirely abandoned his nequaintance with 5 Smith, On the Sunday night before Christ- mas he returned home about intdnight. At 5am. Monday his wife tried to wake hin, but fafled, and he was found to be in stupor, About 8 a. om Dr, Hi, Wildebrand was) summoned and he preserlbed some medicine but did nat any What the matter was, Inthe afternoon, og Adnims stl remained senseless, the fam- ily called In Dr, Dayton Painter, who suid i tlie mun had been polsoned by morphine or laudanum, He ndimlnistered hot. coffee, milk, sweet oll, and other things of lke use, and during the whole night Adams was ulked up and down tho floor and shaken to ep him awake, Next morning ho enmne to his senses, and In response to the inquirles of his folly, ho said that he had called on Sarah Smith and had taken two glasses of beer with her and George Brown, Me as wellas tho fully belleved that something had been put Suto’ the beer, and. that. either Brown or tha woman Smith had tried to yplsen him. But he fully recovered, and on he following Monday went back to hls work, Although “he had promised his wife and relatives not ta go te Mra, Sinith’s place any more, aid had repeatedly anid that he be- Heved she had tried to Kill him, yet, on the evening of Friduy, Jar he again: visited her, J1is wife was aw! ‘eiting, and he did not come home that night. Last Sunday ayening he also spent with Mrs. Sinith, aut it was elose upon midnight when he reached dls home, HE SEEMED DULL, STUPID, and sick, and explained this by saying that he had been waiting on some guests of the Grand Pacitic, who had a good deal of ehanpagne, and thet he hed drank a goad deal oft, too, 1c soon afterwards began to vomit, and continued to do so ut frequent Intervals wnitll 6 o'clock, After this he seemed better, but did not feel well cnozh to go to work, ‘The symptoms in this ease dlffered from the former, and the family dd not suspect that he lind been polaoned, © But he grew worse Ino the eventng, and Dr. Tdeprand was agai called.” He guve some medicines, but the family could not get them down the sick man’s throat, and oon ‘Tuesday eventing thoy summoned Dr, Painter, Io announced that Us was a “secund dose,” but thera was o difference in the polsan, On Tuesday Adans throw up something hard and: yellow, and of the hppenraies of ahantbolled egg, which was thrown away by one of the children, Adiins mended some on Wednesday, and on ‘Thursday got up, dressed, and ate a hearty breakfast, the first meat ha lad taken mM Sunday. That worulnt he toll ils wife that ho had visited Mrs, Smith Sunday night and had eaten some cake and applesauce, Mi Sinith wanted hin to take some of tho cake home to his wife, but he refused, He demanded thon that they should let hin go Tout to Sarah Smith's, and seemed crazy to get there, But his sister-in-law sald Af hy went she woul doned the project. Accompanied by two frlends he went down to tho Paeltic, but on lls return seemed a good deal worse, Ho became thghty and deterlans, and again tak- Ing to. Wis bed grew gradually worse until Inst night, Such was the gist of tho story told by the funily, Dr, Painter was seon and sald that he at- tended the nan on both oceasions. Ile was satisted that on the first uccasion Adams was suffering frou the effects of an opfate, some preparation of aphun, He tnd all the symptoms of opium votsuntng, tho drowsl- nega, pecullar appearance of he eyes, ete, On Inst Wednesday afternoon Dr. “Palnter was called in again. On inquiry he found that Dr, Hildebrand had been ubtending Ad- as, but that the family had become dlssatis- fled with the treatment, Dp Painter did not. know what hts predecessor’ had done, but diagnosed the case as one of Z ANSENICAL POISONING, : Ho administered the usual antidotes and medicine to allay fever and support the sys- tem. ‘Thureday morniug Adwns went out ro alons, ond he wban- and returned in worse slaps than before. Dr, Painter called -twice each dny, and his Inst visit {prior totha interview) wus between Hand 4e’elock yesterday afternoon, when he dechted that the man wis dying, and, told the family. nothing could be done tor him, Lls eyes ‘were alazed, stomach and abdomen swelled, breathing hard, and he was entirely unconseions of all that was going on. Dr, Palnter would not pronounced decidedly that ursenfe was theagent, although thosymptoms closely Indicated that, Yet it might be that some cauterizing ack, oxalic, nitric, or mur alle, had been taken, The vomitiry \ndieated the presenee of some powerful Irritant. The symptoms ware not those of poisoning by strychnine, Dr. HT idebrand was found, and put an guilrely dliferent construction on the ease. Hie helleyed on the first occasion that Adams: was sutering from the effects of a“ bie drink,” aud the only remedy he applied was broulde of potasslum, Under thls trent- ment the nan as he believed, got better right away. ‘There wes, he thought at first, some indications of polsoning, possibly from henbane, but he beeame convinced that auch was not tho ense, When called in last Mon- day, he Uagnosed the case ag being shublar to tho first one, cand treated it) in a similar manner, Ife only preseribed once and did not know what had became of the ease, as he was not entled upen again, Me was inclined to believe that there was some lesion of the brain, and opined that, (€ the man died, hfs brain should be examined, The Doctor entlrely repudiated the hypothe sis of yeluan, Dr. W. 'T. Akin was next called upon, | Ie remembs the first case, bit liad nothing to do with the second, Tho friends sent for him, but on hisarrlyal he found Dr, Hllde- brand alrendy there, ‘The latter wanted hint to give his opinion, and he said that thero was some CONGESTION OF THE RNATN, It was’ not deep, but. still it was there. Probably it was caused by a debauch. ‘She temperature under the arm-plt wns 103 degrees, or about Sig degrees above the normal, but the pulse and respiration were both regular, None of the symptoms were those of poisoning by Jaudauum or any other narcotic... ‘The woman Smith was found in a eell at the Armory, She talked readily and fluently, and pro- tested her Intiocence of any knowledges of the allexed crime. She is a woman about 80 years of age, a mulatto, At first she denied in toto the existence of any tiliclt connection between herself and Adams, bit this story she. abandoned Jater. She said that the stories told about her were cireulated by men niggers,” who did not want her to get along inthe world, She ling three chil- dren, the aldest a boy nearly 14, and sup- ports herself and them by washing, Her aequalntance with Charles Adams dates from 3. She knew Brown, who used to rin with Adams a grent deal, and was brought to her house by hin, but she entirely dented that navthinys wrong existed between herself and elther “of the omen, Tho Adanis fonily were down on her and _ deter- mined ta persecute her. Colored people were stupld and foolish, she said, and wlways ready to believe in snake-storles and charms, Mrs. Smith gave a full account of the two visits pald her by Adams, in December and last Sunctny night. She swore by all that was fond and holy that on the first occasion hy hal nothhfg to ent or drink with her, but later on sald that Brown, who was present, had bought some beer, and the two men drank St, she refusing to take any, as beer made her sick, Tt was true that “Charkey” had accused. her of trylng to poison him, but he had taken. that back, Ie wrote her a fetter both thes, She did not know where tho letters were, Yes, she did; she GOT MAD AND NURNED THEM, ‘This was untrue, and coples of nil the let- ters are given below. Mrs. Smith varled some in her story, but not to any vital ex- tent, and if shy is not innocent and wrong. fully neeused of tha poisoning she at least curries it off well, Shedeclared that on Sun- day last Adains called on her abouts o'clock, adapt a few minutes, then went to supper and returned Inter, | After remaining two or three hours he asked her to lend him 10 cents to get soma beer. She told him she wag short of money, but in the end went d6wn-stairs into. the saloon and bought 10 cents worth of brandy, of which she took a little and hoe. drank the remainder, Ho had nothing to eat in the house, and she had no cake or apple-sauce there whatever, She then owned that she had been intimate with Adams for seven years, ant grew greatly excited over the nar- rative of her wrongs. He had separated her and her husband, had promised over and over tein fo marry her, and then, gone off aud married another woman, and she owned sho had threatened both him and his wife. But she loved Charlic far too well to do him any harm. “Surely,” she said, “Hf there was anybody T would kill It weuld be her, He left me‘for her after breaking up my hong and runing my character, but I would never Jnrt han.” z ‘Take it all inall, this Is a queer case, and the following letters written by Adams to the woman within. the past month only serve to complicate It still more. ‘The letters are written on letter-heads of the Grand Paelfie Hotel, and - ARE AS FOLLOWS: : Dercesnen, 1%, 1870.—Dear Sarah: Will bo up to-night, Impossible forme to come sooner, You must not muterel when Leome. L could not do any better. Your friend, CHARLIE, Curcano, 2% [Dec] 187.—Sarnh: I bad nv turkey for your dinner tpstiaye but by mo belng Bick and winble tonttend to it myself the boy brought ft to zit ‘Third avenue to know whero ho should take it, and that spoited it all, Intended to keep my word even (though) you . ald polkon ome, If you ad not five, me ihe nator outof your own hand, you new who did, and Hf it wax not for yourchil- dren I think L would muke {t dann hot for you in this town for such © cowardly. attempt to murder, ‘That ts, you bonsted Sunday evening Twonld be a corpse in less than threo age ‘The doctors say this ls not tho tiret dose Ihave recelyed from your hands, nnd 1 bellove it, for f have not bech a well man sinco T commenced visiting yous but my constitution and natural wood Juck has made me victorious over all your hellish Rehemes, and to-day | emerge into the world with none of your yile poison pormentla iny body. J have been at death's door since Ba Yat, nd body is brulsed and paintul, bret all in polgnauas ids conse to flow through my voins, Surah, you have inde boasts time and again ot what) you would. do. Do. you. feel any better over it to-day ? ‘erybody knows Twas papaned in your house, and to-day you stand before God & murderer, You will nevi have mother chincg to practice on mo, If any gentleman wants you and can't get you, I don't think it binrene a to polson me, Vicase don't write, for Lam ot going to work before Monday, From Chuarlte--who you ull fondly h d would ba fn his littio bed to spend tho Christinas. Ci10ano, Dec, 81, 1870.—Sarah, my old, true Jricnit,—Yonrs recolyed late this evening. I feel wood to-night, for [begin to gee you aro iimo- cent, and I regretat overaccusing you of thedved, but you cannot blame ine, though L always and you did not ive it to mo out of your own hands, put { thought and bolloved nt thint {imo that you know who did. Lwill bo up on New Year's Kyo cThunday), Pwant to kee you nt all haaards, want to linve 9 tulle with you. “There is no antis- faction fn writing, go you can look for me to- night, Twill come ag ‘eurly na possible, 80 T can stay along while, Yours, CHARLIE, . BROWN AURESTED, After a due amount of consultation it was. leclded to arrest George Brown ns an acces ory to the attempted murder hy poison, Jobin Adams, tho brother of the vietin, Inco: yay with Detective Hartman, ylsited all of Srown’s resorts, and Inte in thu evening found him ina saloon on ‘Phird avenue near ‘Twelfth street, not far from the hause, Whilo onthe way tothe station John said, * « George, you know that that woman wantadl that niuin’s Ife" ‘Tho prisoner replied, “1 tn going to tell the whole truth about tt? i ap you haven hand in it?” asked the rother, “You know [ wouldn't do: that no sooner than you would,” responded Brown, Jn response to repeated fngulrles his only. repty was, “Twill tell the truth about ft." His manner impressed those who were with hin as ono who would toll the trath Jf com: pelt to, and.ag one who had some guilty Knowledge Which was troubling him, John Adame fs firin fn the bellet that Mra. Sinith confessed to Brown the clreumstances of the frat plempt to popee his brother, and that this is the knowledge whieh Is Lroubling iin, and about which he Is ready to tell the truth, Brown belleved he wag arrested simply as a witness, and fas no idea of boing {inplicated’ ny an principal. But he ts to be brought up bofore Justice Brown at 9 o'clock this morn! ne for exmmluation, A reporter Visited hie dn his cell, but he stubbornly re- fused to talk, declaring that he was tired and unted to go to sleep, and that he would tell the truth In the mormbng, BOLD WIGUWAYMEN, THE SOUTH SIDE GAR COMPANY'S PAYAIAS- . TER ROMBED OF 83,000, , A robbery bold in its conception and wore daring than any which has previously taken place In thia elty was perpetrated yesterday afternoon In broad daylight ony atrect that is densely populated in the —southwest- ern portion of ‘the city, Tho victim of this Jutest outrage was Theodore U, Wells, paymaster of the Chicago y o’elock, and just after turn SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. Gaslight & Coke Company, The facts as they were gleaned by a TamuNne reporter were these: Tho corporation pays its men upon the 15th or 10th of ereh month, It has two statlons or sets of works,—one on the North and the other on the South Side, tho lntter being on the corner of Deerlng and Cologne streets, In’ the Fifth Ward, The men on the North Side were pald Thursday, Gold coin being plenty, the oftcers of the Company thought It would Les trent to the men to pny them off in “yellow shine ors,” and with that end in view secured $3,400 in gold, which was put into a bag, It being composed of $1 pleces, quarter-engles, half-eagtes, eagles, and doublevagles, ‘There was nso $1,200 Jn silver, In dollar pleces and subsidiary cotn, put in two bags, one con- tulning 8500 and the other $700, For the pur- pose of paying off tho men the Gus Company have secured a ight, covered express wagon, and) tho paymaster always went well armed when on this errand. With him also owns) ok river, whois known as “Harry? Mr. Wells hina been in the employ of the Company some Bix, years, and ty a gentleman in whom the have the fullest confidence, rday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock he started from the oaflee on Dearborn, near Randolph street, placing the three bags of money under the seat, behind him, Ile has always, heretofore, when the streets are passable, gone over from the West Side to ‘the works, but yesters day he went southwest on cher avenue to Deering street, chatting pleasantly with the driver, ‘nnd expressing Ningelf in antielpation af how good the men would feel when they received thelr pay mostly in gold for the tirst tine ina long serles of years, ‘They turned southwest on Deering street, passing the police-stution, and engine-house shortly after’ o’elock, Near Iickory street, not over 600 fect front the Gas-Warks, as they were jogzing along slowly, a man partially masked sudd uly darled neross the street, contng so close to the horse’s head as to stop the animal Hardly had the wagon halted when two men, also masked, fumped on to the wagon, one from each side, one grasping the driver by the collar and the other Mr, Wells, and at once pulled them out and threw them heavily te the other nian standing by the — horse's head, ‘ho oman who had caught Mr, Wells stampert on his head while he was down, cutting his scalp and nearly blinding him, aud then pulled the blanket from the seat, threw ft over iifg head, and told him to Tle still, which request was tnnecessary, since he lind become -quite insensible from, the effects of the stamping, ‘The other thief had puted out a large revolver which was ont full cock, and, placing the zie within. the ear of the driver, sald; “$—— —, you, ff you give a yarrup orspeak a word Pll blow your —— —— brains out.” Out of respect for his family and friends, no doubt, the driver obeyed the polite but impressive request, and” Iny as quiet ng he possibly could, ‘The third man, who hind stopped the horse, In the meantinea stepped up and erapped-two of the bags, one containing the $3,400 in gold, and the other contalntng $500 in silver. MNAVING SECURED THEM Noory, the threo men started off on arun, making for Cologne street. In‘front of MeCarthy’s ferpeurs: store, nerr the gas works, Wag itched horse and buggy belonging to Pat- riek Condon, a saloonkeeper, For this the yobbers made. One of them pulled ont nv huge knife and ent the hitching strap, while they threw the bags of wenlth Into the ve- hicle, two men jumping In almost at the sune time. MeCarthy seeing them about to go of with the horse ran out to stop them, but one of the three drew the cocked revolver and fired, Me- Carthy threw. himself upon the ground and eseaped the bullet, and the three men drove off, southwest, over the Throop street bridge, and across to Twenty-second street, where the bury was afterwards found, bub the thieves hnd eseaped, Michael Plekek, who Myes on Calhoun street, and is employed by the Gas Company, round, the wis cngaged in “carting “bréeze” from the works to Deering street, filling up - holes. He saw ‘the inen — sten the horse and bugey, and he started in pursuit of them, but they were tao fleet, and he lost track of them at the ‘Twenty. second street railroad erussing. Daniel Lyneh, who, resides at No. 187 [Hekcary strest, was a witness to a portion of the rob) ye but he'was unable to stop the thieves nfter they had got started. Shortly after the robbery the two employes tool: thelr horse antl wagon and started baek to. the city ofilce. ‘The $700 left by the thieves wns paid to tho omen ons fur ag It woult go, and to-day thoy will receive that which is due them. ‘Tho robbery for daring has never been excelled in this citys ws nbout 200 feet from where it occurred Js 0 dépot of the ‘Chicago & Alton Taflroud, where sume twenty employés of the Gas Company were enguged_ all the tine In unloading coal from the ears, but none of these men witnessed the aifiir or knew of It until after the alarm was given. MH, THEODORE YU, WELTS, tho gentleman who was robbed, was visited last evening by a ‘Trimust reporter nt iis residence, No, 0 Winchester nvenue. Mr, Wells’ head and face bore marks of violence, and hls story of the robbery was as follow: “Tt has always been my custon: every pay- day to take money ‘to the amount of about $4,000 from tho matn office of the Company to the South Station, situated on Cologne stree! near Deering, for the parpese of paying o tho handsatthat place, Lhaveneovered wagon whieh 1 use on theso occasions, and 1 ani al- ways necompanied by Harry Andrews, the driver, i “We left the main office yesterday about 1 Ing on to Deering street from Archer avenue, when abont 0 hioek fron the station, aman sprang out bn front of the horse, grabbed the bit, and Hopped us, ond told us to getoutof that. Atthesame tine ho pointed a cocked re- volver at imy lend, “Twas tiken completely by surprise, as the streets In tho vieluity were far from be- ing deserted, and pings of men were at Work on the pavement ahead of us, {teaned for- ward to seo whether the man was alone or not, when I was grabbed around the neck by & anan who nppeared suddenly on” om aide “of the wagon, and was puller from my seat. to. the eround, ‘Tho man forced me into the mud, face down- ward, and either struck me or stunped npon my head three or four tines, Ie then toolc tho horse-blanket and threw it over my heal, striking me neain as he did so, “Then 1 odidwt hear anything more for whnt seemed n minute to me, T don't know whether I was unconscious or net, but Lam inclined to think that L was, as T heard no peer shot, antl am informed thatone of ie omen fired on shot, Aeard Anderson calls me, and got up. Nu stood by the horse and told me to get Into the wagon, Tpleked up ny scarf and hat and the horse-bianket, and we both got in and drove to tho station. One man was sent to the poties-station to notify: the offleers of the affalr, and another was sont for a doctor, ‘The doctor came aud dressed: the wounds bt any head, which proved to be fnconsiderable, and T then patd aut syhat money tho robbers hid left,—abaut “Did you seo elther of the men who attacked you.’ asked the reporter, “Tid not seo tha man whe pulled mo from, the wagon, as he was 80 quick about ft, nor did L seo the man who ts sald to have at fended to the driver, Isaw the mon who STOYVED THE HONSK, © however, nud to the best of my recollection he was >a ian of ubout 23 ‘yenrs of age, smnooth-faced, nnd attired Hke wv common Inborur. When L got up they were out of it ‘Haw such money was taken, Mr, Weil?” J : About $4,000, There was $3,400 In gald that I had fn $10 and $20 pieces, ‘Thu $10 pieces wore in asmall bag, and that was ine site of nnother larger bag contalning the £20 pivces. ‘There was also another bag contains Ing 600 silver dollars. ‘These the men got away with. A small bag containing $700 In sinall silver pleces was overloaked, “ave you heard whether there has been any trace of the men found you? “Na, not that 1 hayes heard of. It was along about o'clock in the after- noon thata reporter siw Deteetives Duly and McDonald uf the Arnioty taking Into the. stable 4 horge and buggy whlch exuctly eor- Feapondes to tho description of Condon's stolen rig, As usual nothing could be wscer- tained concerning the recovery, but not long thorenfter it was dscertalied from some peo- plo who were heading for the stations that the TINEVES HAD ABANDONED the horse and bugey at the corner of Six- teenth aud Arnold streots, and that some boys who were blnytg in, the neighborhood saw them get out of the buggy and walk off ina southerly dircetion, varrying something In their arms which was quite weluliy, This fiuportant information gave the ye lee new spirit, and they at once tore up the memo randa they had concerning those who had seer the thieves at different points along Halst atreyt from Archer ayenue to Twelfth atroot, “hore were bit two men seen In the bugey on Halsted street, and the children at the corner L of Sixteenth and Arnold streets raw but tivo, In consequence of thts, the polles were but little worrled, and though retaining. alt Knowledge of the above to themselyes, they felt aufte cheerful over tho afatr, aud openly ammouneed their Intention of eapturing tho hleves, At first the police wero Inclined to pitch upon some of the well known first-class thieves known to be In tho city, but the de. scriptions furnished of the tro of robbers showed them thelr error. One, nal the de. seription, was alonder and intddling tall, with asandy Complesion, whilv the other two were stouter and of a rivarthler complox- fon, one, having what is termed oa “brockle” or pimpled = faee. "Then the plies thought perhaps some of the Gus. forse employés, who knew the habits of ar, Welly, had conecived and planned the robbery, if, Indeed, they tnd not taken ond fi its execution, Condon’s name. was also mentioned with suspleton, and sole ns. serted that hia safoon at No. sey Halstert street was tho resort of many peculiar char. neters. Others who knew hin years ngo slated that when he kept a basement saloon at the corner of ‘Twenty-second street and Wabash avenue {ts patrons. were none of the’ best. It was considered, suspicions that his buggy should be so handy for the thieves, and thot they should be so eaveftl not to injure bln when he attempted to bluit them off. These seemed, however, inere Ile suspicions, such as would be enter- tained against any one under the same elr- eunstances. Dante’ yueh, of No, 187 Illckory street, who saw the three men rush upon tho wagon, Michnel Plekett, a eas-house employé, MeCarthy, the Cologne street grocer, anda few others visited Con- tral Station along about 6 o'clock and pleked ont photographs in the Rogues? Album which they took to be the mugs of the rob- hers. In one of these fdentifications the poilee appeared to place great faith, MINOR MISDEEDS, OFFENDERS BNOVANT TO GNIEF, doln Bock, 21 years of age, who confesses to cutting Jacob Kroll quite serlously 0 few nights ago at a wedding on Kroger strect, was yesterday locked up at the Chieago Avenue Station, 5 Annie Kennedy was arrested for stealing $20 from Thomas Donnelley, of No, 217 Iit- nofs atreet, and Belle Totten and Lizzie Tay- lor for tho larceny of $100 in cash from James Goodspeed, of No, 553 West Madison street. C. Moofly, the colored man who was stabbed. several Sundays ago by '’homas Johnson, ts as yet unable to leave lis house, and Justice Summerfield continued Johnson's casa yes- terduy until Jan, 26 in bonds of $2,000. ‘The charge fs assault with intent to do murder, Mrs, 11, N. Smith, the woman who shot at William McCoy, proprietor of Burke’s Hotel, was arraigned before Justice Smmmerfictd yesterday to unswer to the charges of assault ‘with Intent to commit murder and disorderly conduct, She gave bonds of $500 to appear Jin. 33, E.G. Napa, alias “Williams,” allas any number of nines, proprietor of the “ Denil Sea Diamond Company,” and other swin- dling schemes, was up ofore Justice Sum- mertield yesterday eharged with obtaining: money under false pretenses from Charles Egbert, a Granger, He was discharged for want of prosecution, Harry 1), Warne has caused the arrest of Willhun C, Thayer, ona eharge of larceny, Warne alleges’ that on May 5 Jast he gave Thayer $67 in cash to send away for hin, and claiing that Thayer falled to do so, retalning the money, Thayer says that he sent the aun away In the shapo of cheek, Justice Meech put him under bonds of $200 to np- pear Jan, 20. ‘The trint of Mrs. Margaret Cahil!, wife of tho pronrietor of tho Chleago Pilot, and Charles A. Grant, for adultery, oceupled Jits- tice Morrison’s thine yesterday afternoon, A munber of lawyers ands host of witnesses ure engaged inthe ease, and ft will probably he several days before a decision Is reached, The testimony introduced yesterday puts the defendants Ina bad light. Janes Mouse fs a prisoner at the Cottage Qroye Avenue Station, charged with stealin ‘act of double harness fronv Innes Linnett, of No. Cottage Grove avenue, by who he was employed to: drive a coal-wagon, House engaged an_expressian to take tho it arness to Joseph Kucera’s shop at No, 124 Canal street, by whom it was sald for $18 to a couple of strangers, George Aye and Henry Matting were ar tested by OMleer Dudley, of: the’ Iimnane Soelety, xesterday for” overloading thelr teains, ‘hey were taken before Justics Wallace, and tined $5 and costs each. ‘They were forelng their teams to linul 150 bushels. of barley through an nnpayed alley. ‘Yeam- stersy should take warning, for the Soclety are determined to put a stop to overloading. As expected, Philip Johnson, the young Swede arrested w day or two ago by Detect ives Wiley and Amstein hay been identified, for «half-dozen burglaries, a few of, which are as follows; Jan, 8, the’ reshlence of Charles drushernyy 0, 83 ny Vine street, was entered false keys, and Slso “worth of ont stolen. The lth the house of Frank Bolden was en- fered {na similar manner and $65 worth of Ruoils takens and tho day following the resi- dency of Philip Engle, in the same nelghbor- hood, wus pehenictoectt of S47 worth of goods, itis expeeted that nearly all of tho work known as daylight burglaries done durlag the past two months can bo fixed upon hint or somo ons of his accomplices. Thuraday night, Oflicer Thomas Lee, while in citizen's dress, was asked by an overburd- ened yong 1 to ald him in carrying a imarhlé-topped table into hits home at No, 83 West Adams street. Hoa eheerfully coin- plied, bute did got tet on that he wast pollea offiver, Upon reaching his station he aseertalned that a marble table had been stolen from in tront of Ulek Bourke's store, No. 03 Weat Madison street, Ile returned at once to the house on Adams street, but tho youn, quan and the tible were nat to be found, and it was not until an early hour In the morning that the young num re- turned to his lodging and ‘was arrested, Yesterday the table was found at Whit- churel’s pawnshop, on Halsted strect, where the thief hind made nn ineffectual effort ta puwnlt. ‘Pho prisoner gaye the nume of Alexander MeNutre, $< LICENSED TO ORGANIZE, Apectat Dispatch to The Chleugo Tribune, Sprixa¥iery, Il, Jan, 10.—Tho Secretary of State toalay Issued Heense to organize, as. follawsa: The Chicago & Cook County Ele- vated Rallway Companys capital, $3,000,000; object, to construct an vlevated yallroud, to commence a gome polnt In the City of Chi- cago and rin north to Glencous also running west to Park Ridge and Maywood, and south to Homewood, with branches and extensions: rhnning snd diverging therefrom. _'The cor- poraters ares Jolin D, dsteLead, Joseph A. soomths, Churies #4, Snath. Cleanse was also Jasued to the Advances Publishing Company of Chicago; capital, $50,000, Corporaters, Charles I, Howard, Arthur Ii Day, B. V. Moffatt. ARCTIC PRISONERS, San Francisco, Jun, 1.—A_ petition Is in elreulation among leading merehants ads dressed to the Secretary of tho Navy, re- questing, as soon as navigation opens next spring, the Government to dispatch a war vessel to the Arctle Ocean to the relief of the whaling barks Mount Wollaston and Vig- Mant, and tho exploring yacht Jeannette. It 1s denied that Cupt. Nye had an extra supply ot provitats on the Mount Wollaston in anticlpation of pyiutering iu the Aretle, ‘The Helen Mar, which saited on Monday last on Asperm whaling yoyage, took a complete outiitin the way, of provisions, ete, for the Mount Wollaston, a MILWAUKEE MARINE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Minwavuker, Jun, 16.—The schooner Arendal is fitting out for 6 run across the Inke tu Manistee in company with the steam ‘barge William Crippen, Tho Arendal has Tugiberpionts supplies on board, ‘There is no floating Ice In the lake, and our river Js. as free of bce os in midsummer, _——————— RESIGNED, Bpeclal Dtspatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sruaricy, U,, Jan, 1.—Lhe Gavernor hus reevived the, resignation of Washington Cockle as member of tho House from Peoria County, Mr, Cockle has just been confirmed ug Postunaster at Peorla, ae , Albert Rocher, B19 Avenue T, New York ae ae of rheumation by Bits applica ton of St, Jacobs Oll,.and reoommas this wont remedy ‘to all sulferers from this CRIMINAL NEWS. The Jury in the Hayden Case Deliberating on the Testimony. A Report that Last Night Only Two Were in Favor of Conviction. \ Another Dofaulter Turns Up in Pitta. burg $30,000 in Arrears, Buffalo Furnishes Another Outrage on an Innocent Child. GONT. TO HE JURY. Spectal Dispateh to ‘The Chleago Tribunte New Haven, Conn, Jon, .10,—After three months of trinl Hayden's fate passed. into the hands of the jury on this proverblally unlucky day, Friday. Chief Justice Park occupled two hours this forenoon with his charge, It wag strongly adverse to the ne- esed, and is held to be the strongest ever given by this ingistrate, who is widely known for his desire that no criminal shall escape justice, Hayden's friends go so far as to characterize it as extremely unfair, and It isn fact that he appears to pass ever sbmo of the testimony for the defense with s mere reference, ag though he hat not the slight. est confidence in its truth, A large part of his remarks was devoted to the consider- ation of tho motive for the erie; which he held to be tho essential feature above all others In a case Ike this one, depending solely upon eiremnstantial evidence. Te- xard ne the declarations of Mary to her half sister of her pregnnucy, and that sho was to meet Hayden on the day of the murder and get abortion medicine, the Chief Justlee said that these were originally admitted merely as characterizing or explaining Mury’s act of going to meet Hayden. Wowever, as the net of folne had ‘subsequently been proven, the decturations and the ncts became Inked together, and must both be considered hy the jury, This is regarded as one of the most dannging features of tho charge In tts bearing upon the result of the jurors’ deliberations, Counsel for the de- endant neted several points on which to take exceptions to the court above, ln the event of n verdict against thelr ellent. Dur- Ing the entire reading of the charge Hayden ealuly watehed the Chief Justice, Ilys wife, who gat beside him, was deeply affected, and wept, and tears dimmed the eyes of his parents, who also sat near by. Hayden hias shown this wonderful composure through- out the trink At noon tho jury re- thred, and san hour — Iuter,” — reeess being taken, the eourt-room was cleared of Spectators, and dinner was served to the twelve. Front 2to & o'clock the {ursstunn door remained closed, and at that hour the court took recess for supper until 70. This neal was also served in the eourt-room, and the Jurors wil prohably spend the night there, ns it ls deeyed hazardous to send them tothe hotel, incurring the risk of imecting strangers, ‘To-nizht Hie court-room. fs brill- jantly Mghted, and is: thronged with speeta- tors, who entertain themselves with discuas- ing the probabilitles of the e All sorts of predictions may be heard at this hour,—8 oelock,—but not a word has como from the jury-room, Counsel In the case appear, gen- erally ape ng, tobe nt sea ns to the stand: ing of tho pty but one of Tayden’s liwyers prophesied tnt night that only three would vote for conviction on first ballot, However, after the charge to-day, he was less confident. The tenor of predictions auotig those who have watched the ense most enrefally is that there will be a disugreement, 2 To the Western Ausoclated Press, New IlAves, Jan, 1W—At 1 to-night the Jury tn the Hayden ease was stn aut It is reported they stund ten for aequittal to two for conviction, but the rumor probably has Mttle basts, : At inidnight the court addonencl toon, m, he jury were left In the court-room in charge of the Sheriff, —— FORGERIES FOR $600,000. New York Sin. James Williams, of 83 West Third street, Willlam Ogle, of 330 West ‘Twenty-ffth street, and Andrew Gilignn, of 856 'Tenth avenue, wero arrested late on Saturday night on charges of forgery, Detectlve Robert Pinkerton tn iis report to District-Attorney Phelps says: “Yor wv yenr banks In the lower part of the elty have sulfered very extensively by forged checks, the work being that of skilled for- gers, ‘The Bunk of the Republic, the Bank of tho State of New York, the Second Nattonnl, tho Fourth National, the Bank of Now York, Flak & Hatch, the Phoonix Bank, and many other concerns lave lost heavily. Rather tin expose thelr losses and acknowledge publicly that they had been defrauded by forgers, they pocketed tho losses and made no complaint. Tho descriptions of the forgers tallied In such a way as to prove that the forgerles were belng committed by one set of men operating under ony lead The sys- fem of obtaining money on the forged cheeks was uniform, One or more members of the gang would go to band dealers or money changers, sell a Governinent bond, and get i cheek in payment. ‘They woukl ask for an {dentificatlon at the bank, and, as the generat custom Is to shuply certlfy to the Indore- ment of tho party to whom the cheelt Is pal, this would be done, Tnstead, however, 0! pregenting the cheek at the bank, it would be held ont for two or three days, and If it was on tinted paper this would be obtained, and the check then lithographed, so that in the space of two or thres days thoy would have a counterfelt, cheek in every respect Uke the original. ‘Tho genuine check would then be presented at the bank ani the money obtained. If the e¢ashier required an identifleation, it would be given bythe maker of tho eheek, In this way an acqualnt- nnee was formed with the bank, Another member of the gang would then sell 4 850 or 3100 bond to the same party who gave the finst cheek, ask for a eheck tn payment, and, by Bending in different persons, they would got several checks from the same hotise, ‘The forgers thon, luwlng the counterfeit checks ready, would use the numbers on the small checks to put on tho panutartel anes and Ml them up at amounts varying from $1,400 to $3,000. Asarife, a series af four cheeks were presented at each bank, made out In such mounts as the forgers thought the aecount of the persons Whose img they were forging would stand to bo drawn against. Ench cheek was presented by n dif ferent person, tho Indorsement: purporting to be guariteed by the firm making the eheek, but jn reality the whole cheek was caunterfelted? Some of tho banka followed up the forger- les a short way, bat fnly gave np the chase, ‘ho Phantx Bank ofictals, howover, were able to given good deseription of the mmen presonting the ehecks, District-Attor ney Phelps detailed his two detectives— Fields and O'Connor—to assist Plikerton, They concluded that the criminals were An- drew GHilgan, allas Gitlang James WilKains, alias Big Kentuck, and William Oxle, the son of Dr Ogle. After watehing for a min ber of days, It wns found that they all ro- sorted ta the Linwood saloon, at. ‘Twenty- Atth atrect and Eighth avenue, ‘They were arrested there Saturday evening, ‘The ex- ont of tho forgeries perpetrated by thom within the past year ls sald to be $500,000, id, dn addition to this, they ara known to have been industriously at work in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, BRURGLAN'S TOOLS CAPTURED, Specias Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Munwaurer, Jan, 16—This morning de tectives appreliended one George Woods, alias Charles Adnuts, alins Schnelder, at No, 831 Market street, for having in his possession e full outfit of burglar’s and safe-blower’s tools. Woods evidently was preparing to atart In the business, and on an extensive rald, a3 the tools are all entirely now, ‘Tho it embraces a drill for perforntlug safes, 0 urge roll of fuse, a bottle of elunt-powder, several bits, a screw-driver, a file, two land: some ninpers of the latest pattern, n set of skeleton keys, and 9 revolyer, - The lot is the most extensive that fas been captured here in late years. ‘The tools were reevived by Woods’ Yesterday from sone point South of Milwaukee, Wools has been arrested here before for til-tapping, and nt the thue had burglur’s tools In hile possession, * — +s ANOTHER DBFAULTER, + Bpectal Dispatch to The Chleaga Tribune, Pryrapuna, Pa., Jan. t,—D, M. Kennedy, ox-Prothonotary of Allegheny County, ‘has Aisappenred tinder somewhat mysterloug elreunatances, His accounts sttow a short. age of nearly $30,000, It is belleved tie Thay gone to Colorado or Now Mexico, He was Jnat heard from.at Topekr. ‘Thera ts a wom, ott fin the case, a notorfons courtesan who lie has been associating with for Reveral years, Jer name is Jenny Rogers. Kenney is well connected, and tntil quite recent Ind enjoyed the confidence and respect of the people. A 8AD CAST. Bptetal Dtepateh to Tra Chicago Tribune, Burrano, N, ¥., Jan 16—Much exci, ment provails here In German cireles In thts eityover tho discovery of a daughterot 9 prominent German ina house of {ll-fano op a lower grade, ‘Tho mistress of the dey, named Mary Combs, was taken Into custody for keeping bawdy-house this mornthg, and, on reaching the house, the young girl was. found lying In bed very Ml Ant. vestigation elicited that she Wns the git whom the police had been looking for upwards of two weeks, Ibnppears that she disappeared from home one afternoon ant iad not been seen until she was dlsenve; in the Infamous hole, She was lured {nto the house and made to submit to the desires of male callers. When discovered the girl wag it a terrible condition, being badly diseased, She was removed to her home, where she uae attended by the best physicians In the city, —= GoT TWO YEARS, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kansas Crry, Mo., Jan. 1—About typ months since J, 1. Weller, agent for th Chicago & Alton Road at Glendale, abscont ed with a large number of ticketa belonging tothe Company and what money he couli Jny hands on, He afterwards tried to dt. vose of the tickets toscalpers In this citys and was nrraigned to-day inthe Criminal Court, He pleaded Rullty, and was sentenced to ty yeurs In the Penitentiary. Saeeeee EMMONS?’ SHORTAGE, Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Boston, Jan, 16.—An oficial examlunatiog of the accounts of David Emmons, Treasnrr of the Town of Everett, places his defales tlon at $21,812, There ts some evidence that Emmions_ sailed from New York for ‘Thomas Jan, 6, & BLOWN UP. Spectat Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune, Oman, Neb., Jan.10,—MeEndree’s bilan: hall, at Central City, Neb. was entirely biown to pieces between 3 atl 4 o'clock this morning by gunpowder placed beneath the building by “unknown persons, ‘The afar creates intense excitement, POSTPONED. Bartston, N. Y. Jan. ~The Billings murder case has been postponed til Aprllit _————————_ FIRES. AT FAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Speclut Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bosron, Jan, 10.—Capen & Sprague’s Riv ersile Ol Works, at East Cambridge, whh 200,000 gullons of kerosene oil, all the me chinery, records, and accounts of the fim, ete, were destroyed by fire to-night. ‘The works consisted of a two-story shell wih several sheds, in which were stored full ani empty barrets, all of witeh burned. The loss “iy estimated nt $30,000; insurance, AT PARK HILT, ONT. Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Pan In, Jan. 16,—About 11 o'clock te Mehta fire broke ont in the furniture-store ofS. Manning, which soon consumed thi building with its contents, as well ns_ three buildings adjoining, occupled respectively as dwelling-houses. A young mat in the em ploy, of Manning, and who slept in the balld ny, was burned to death, Toss on butlding and contents, $10,000; partinily insured, IN CHICAGO, The alarm from Box 935 2¢ 7:30 Inst evens Ing was caused by a fire ina story and obolt frame building at No, 2 Mercy street; owned and oeenpted by Charles Dreyer, Daninge to building, clothing, and furniture, Snclud ra ensh, $500, Cnuse, upsetting of an ol amp, AT CARTILAGE, MO. Sr. Louis, Mo., Jan. 16—About a doze buslnexs tlrns i Carthage, Mo, were burned outlast night, Most of the gooils were saved in more or less damaged condition. Loss $15,000 to $20,000, Insurance light, OBITUARY. col, J.B. UIE. _. Lovisvie.e, Jan. 16,—Col, J. B, Tute died this morning, Ho was born in 1700 In Vir gdnin, and was ono of the early merchantsia Loutsville, a Col, WILLIAM VIALL. Troviprnce, R. 1, Jan, 16,—Col. Willan ‘Vial, President of the Flreman’s Mutual le surance Company, dled to-day, THE GRAIN MARKET. Execltement tn New York Yesterdey Over tho Decline In Wheat Speclat Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune, New Your, dan, 16.—The break fn ty grain market, so long awnlted by slipper and the public In general, seenis to be aise complished fuct, and Indleations polut (ot grenter decline by Monday, The black board upon which quotations are samonneed ‘In the Produce Exchange was surrounded by nn anxfous crowd of wheat dealory, lon heforo the frst call, this morning, and whe the opening prices of the Chiengo marke were announeed, there was a general sera bieto ascertain how they. ruled. ‘To the sut. prise of many, February wheat, wile closed yesterday at SL3i%, opencd # SIAM, and thon fell to $1.94, Late it ndvaneed to $1,24%%, and fell again SLY, nt which figures tha prices remalned for ashort time, when there was nnother de ¢line, and again a third advance, At noont decline of three-fourths of a cent below bt opentng prices was announced, Atthnt hoot there was much uneasiness manifested, 6 was bolioved there would be a greater declint during the afternoon, The price was cor sidered Jow enough for export purehnse cousiderable extent, and it. ts under sluod that the Keene combination so not wnwilling to dispose of af hundred. thousand bushels at the decline ‘Tho statement ls made that the decline las been entused, in parts by the glut In the mar keta nt Chicago and elsewhere, feavinyg fare em at the touder mercies of a ring 0! spec ators, "This ring, whose headquarters ae 7 this elty and Chfengo, have 27,000,000 busht af wheat stored here and en route to fe port, which were bought at 85 and 874 cet per bushel, “They expected to reap a re iarvest in English and Continental kets, 0 the short cerenl crt, on tho otfier side, In thiy they halt partially falled, owlng the finer volume already gent forward, which hat effect to greatly lower tho price at Livery and Havre and German ports, and render) unprofitable for further shipments, But | pool have made a great deal of mony hah can stand the decline. In all likellhoos shipments to Eurape will be renewed nt early date, giving employment to & fleet ty idle yessels which have been tying att? port for three weeks past awalting: mn oP ngs . WHEAT SHIPMENT. Speetat Dispatch ta Tha Crtcago THoune SOLWAUKEE, Jan, 14—The first shipiae of wheat from this port since the clot ‘uavigation tispuath fs lakes wes sale A day upon the propeller City of Conca) Tang hr abt niente ming Colt Li wolders of whiea:! io hot tm particwlar auxlety to forward It to owe ard. —— HANLAN AND COURTNEY. | |. New York, Jan, 1—Hanlan yesterday ftornted {ua letter to Mr,: Blaikie his de mination to ‘sign no ngroement fore with Courtney except play or pay. si Ta Eldred -Machino.—It Teal! the workl, rede, Rowe tor you to Wek Bold on wouthly payments, 100 ‘State # i ~ iyit