Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1889, Page 7

“ews. ee CITY AND DISTRICT (@@ No other paper published has anything like half as many readers in the city of Wash- ington as has Tus Evewrxo Star, and no other one has yet supported its claims by an affidavit of ite circulation. A Reply to a Reply that was not a Reply. To the Editor of Tam Evewine Stan: The report of Health Officer Townshend published in Tux Sraz of the 20th instant in re- | two ply to that part of my letter to the first controller concerning the vouchers for street cleaning and the pay roils of the health department for cleaning unpaved streets and alleys by day work is #0 remarkable for what it does not reply to as well as its labored effort to explain certain Ss by argument rather than by facts that I feel it my duty, in view an l foots that are coming to my know! every day, to far space fa Tas Star to place this matter more clearly before the people, which I do solely in the interests of justice and honest oS and without any personal ill feel- toward anyone. me Passing over doctor's 1 come to his statement of fact. First, he says ‘‘1st street northwest was swept eleven times during the months of May and June, which was as often as P mona to reach it, following the schedule in . ANSWER. The printed schedule that the doctor says Went into operation four months ago—a copy of which is before me—only calls for the sweep- ing of Ist street once per week. Why sweep it eleven times in two months when the schedule only calls for once per week? My statement to the controller that ist, 2d and 3d streets were only swept once per week, when the schedule called for twice per week, was based om. the schedule in the doctor's annual report (p. 663), where those streets are put down as being swept twice per week. I had not then seen his new printed schedule. I stated that I knew from sonal observation that 2d street had not m swept but once per week. This can be proved by many residents, a special policeman and by the admission of the ers employed. I siso stated that Ist street was put down in the doctor’s report (p. 663) as not only being swept twice per week but containing 19,660 square yards of pavement between B and F streets north, when it does not contain over 9,000 yards between those points. The doctor is silent on this point. Does he call thisa mis- take of the printer? The work was done at the government printing office. Does he mean to say the figures were changed there? the doctor's explanation of the schedule, which proves itself to be fraudulent, is most remarkable. Hear him: “The six sweeping schedule contsins 276 items of Measurement. aud in the printing some half dozen errors occurred for and against the contractors. In one case an error in the printing of ficures gives the tie sweeping of Pensyivania venus east and anotuer wes him 6,000 less. than he i entitied to in the sweeping of Dth street northwest. Then, sgain, « Fepetition of C street on one of the schedules gives entitled to, anc the repeti- would make Hy Lim 9,987 more than he is 240,245 square yards were deduct: from the contractor for imperfect work, shows “stolen” to the over payment of $06.41 in the case of fhe Gatreet duplication. It is vEE ‘ Heit at the 9th street wharf last night. He lived at ‘No. 1749 K street northwest. Yesterday morn- witl? a friend named Moses Lacey, he went down the river on the steamer “Belle L.” It was about 9 o'clock when they returned. The steamer was anchored some distance from shore and the men rowed to the wharf in a mall boat, Lacey was in the bow of the boat, ‘and he stepped on the wharf as soon as it was reached. Abrams was standing up, ready to follow him, but when;Lacey stepped from the boat he heard » splash and, turning, he saw his com; in the 3 e boat had drifted Sere erates, Sree e treited® ue Th ert years, foot =P yards, which, at the contract 1,000 amount to Roce the doctor the contractors the mone; quired to pay it back into the treasury? It will not do to say that this measurement of Pennsylvania avenue inciades 15th street in front of the Treasury, for that a mg 5, A Ey a5 Te 3 threw into the water. still Lacey could not assist ork He thei troller, that over-measurement of over 4,000 square Lam obliged for want of space to this subject further, is far from being exhausted. $$ TWO VALUABLE RELICS. Origfhal Bust of Franklin and a Por- trait of Mad Anthony Wayne. To the Editor of Tus Eveyme Stan. In your paper meution is made of a.rare cen- tennial relic, ‘an American flag which was car- ried by Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne in his expe- dition against the northwestern Indians in 1792." It was in that year, after the defeat by Gen. St. Clair, that Wayne was appointed by President Washington to the command of the United States army. 1 possess a relic scarcely less valuable than the flag referred to. It is an original portrait in oil of that most daring and distinguished general. Its history is in the handwriting of my father, the late Col. J. J. Abert, who graduated at West Point in 1811 and was for more than thirty years chief of the since abolished corps of i army. This history was of the picture by my father and is viewed the body today and gave ‘8 certificate of accidental drowning. —— The Webster Lyceum. ‘The Webster lyceum has reorganized for its twelfth year with the following officers: Presi- dent, T. Martin; vice president, J. G. Gurley; treasurer, H. Martin; corresponding secretary, W. 8. Armstrong; recording secretary, J. L. Willige. Acommunication from the Argus club chal- lenging the lyceum toa joint debate was re- ferred to the executive committee. The fol- boty a chosen as a subject for debate for ednesday evening. solved, That the railroads of the United bomen should be owned by the federal govern- ant.” In the affirmative, Messrs. Dorsey, Col., and Armstrong, Mass, In the negative, Messrs. Willige, Vt., and Meany, Ariz. At 10:15 p.m. the lyceum adjourned, pects to A Horse Burned to Death. About 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Geo. Kozel’s stable in the rear of house No, 1823 14th street was destroyed by fire. A valuable horse was burned to death and three frame houses adjoining the stable were also damaged. The An “An original portrait of Gen. Wayne. ‘The fol lowing is {ts history: Maj, Swan (who married my eldest sister), formerly yinaster much attached to Gen. Wayne, and, bel the | ment of cadet. Maj. Swan died, leaving loss is estimated at about $700. It isnot known how the fire originated. — Death of a Public School Teacher. Miss Adeline O. Davidson, one of the corps of public school teachers, died Saturday at Cen- terville, R.L, where she had been spending her vacation, hoping to recuperate her health. Miss Davidson, who was twenty-two years old and a graduate of the Washington normal school, had taught successfully for two years in the him in New York, juested him to sit for his por- trait to a celebrated New York artist, whose name I do not recollect. He did #0 and this it is the result, I had this information from Maj. Swan himself. a, first knowledge of the portrait is as far back as 1808, when | first saw it in the posses- sion of Ma}. Swan, then my brother-in-law, 1 was in Washington at the tine toobtain the appoint- a widow (my sister) and one child. My sister afterward married W. P. Bryan of Philadelphia and moved to that place, taking the picture with her. It continued in her possession until the daughter of Maj. Swan, his only child, was married to Lieut. Magruder, U.S.N., when, both mother and daugh- ter agreeing, the picture was given to me and has ever since been in my possession, except for a ‘promotion at the close of the fiscal would have entered upon work in a to aay | F, i h few weeks when it was loaned toan artist to make ade this fall, She was much esteemed both She achedules on which they Sear have beet pritied | © copy. Gigned) d.J. AsEnr, y her associates and pupils, She was active in as four months the settling of the differences is Corps T. the Sunday school - g the Memorial Lutheran ANSWER, It is true that there isan error against the contractor on Pennsylvania avenue between ‘2d street east and Lith street east of about 9,000 yards. It probably occurred in this way. ‘There is a park in the center of that avenue from 2d to 1ith street east. It is put down on the map as being 60 feet wide and the carriage- way as 30 feet each side. Whereas the park is but 44 feet wide and the carriageway is 38 feet wide each side. This makes a difference of 16 feet more in width to be swept than the maj calls for, which would about make the ait. ference. With regard to 9th street northwest I find the following in Monday's schedule: “Nmth street west from Pennsylvania avenue to Boundary 44,091 square yards,” and on Saturday's schedule I find “9th street west from Pennsylvania avenue to Boundary 49,091 square yards.” Here is the same identical space stated at 5,000 yards more in Saturday's schedule than im Monday's schedule. Was this, too, a mis- take of the printer? Will the doctor inform the public under which schedule the work is cont Which schedule is correct? I answer, neither. The exact distance from the north side of Pennsylvania aveuue to Boundary street is 8,287 feet. The carriageway from curb to curb is 51 feet, and the = of square yards, in- cluding 19 street crossings and three wide ave- mues that cross it diagoudlly, which are paid fox being swept the other way, is 46,960, showing 2,869 square yards more than the doctor bas in his Monday's schedule, and 2,131 square yards Jess than in his Saturday's schedule. Now hear the doctor's explanation with re- = to the duplication of C street, which puts — his schedule in a worse hole than 9th stree' He says there is “‘a repetition of C street on one of the schedules,” implying that it is only on one schedule. The following which I cop from his printed schedule speaks for itself. +3 opr the schedale for the whole week. jonday’s schedule reads ““C street north, from — avenue to Sth street west, 11,262 square yar Tuesday's schedule reads “C street north, from Indhana avenue to Sth street west, 11,262 square — and then only six lines below it may be the following for the same day. ‘C street north from Indiana svenue to 7th street west, 9,987 square yards, Wednesday's schedule reads ‘‘C street north, from pool —— a street west, 11,262 Sqasre yards,’ an: ines below again aj pears a second dupllease as follows: i “CO street north, from Indiana avenue to 7th street west, 9,987 square yards.” On Thursday's scheduic all but one dropped off. It reads “C street nor juare is , from ‘7th to 8th street west. 1,275 square yards, and | Richard Friday's schedule reads the same, Saturday's schedule reads: “C street north from 7th street west to 8th street west, 1,275 square yards,” and then, nine lines below on the same page. for the same day, ap, c street reversed, as follows: “C street north from seventh street west to Indiana avenue, 9,987 square yards.” It be seen that C street is down for a sweeping four times per week between Indiana avenue and 7th street west and once between fae ney = and a avenue. If the schedule is honest why this transposing? Is this the work of the printer? <i Tt will be seen that there is a duplicate two days in succession, instead of one, as stated by the health officer, and then there is a break of two days that the street is not swept. it will not do to call this a mistake of the printer. I bave read twenty of these duplicate charges that were copied with a pen into a large book kept by the health officer between the 22d of May and the 18th of August, The health officer admits another duplication, of 35th street, West Washington, but he omits to state still another which may be found in Monday's schedule, viz.. 26th street from Pennsylvania avenue north to M street north, which is down twice for that day. And this is the way the doctor explains all of these dupli- cates: “As the schedules were printed to save clerical labor, and for the first time, it is but patural toexpect that some errors should ereep in, to be discovered and remedied later on.” ‘The doctor fails to give us the name of the —_ that he @ims made those duplicates, ters follow copy. They will hardly feel like fathering such work as this. Then, again, roof of this inter given a carte blanche Sopartmsnt to ges up & sched- the contractor, while there are more than fifty in in his favor that Ihave discovered in examin- “ eh that becar 240,295 yards tor argues that pase 240,295 were deducted from the contractor's bill for im- perfect work in the month of May that should offset these duplicate ch: given on the margin of why those deductions were made. Those rea- sous were not for over measurement or cating of sche “March, 1850.” T have also o still more valuable relic. It is an original bust of Franklin, executed by Co- racchi in Italian marble. Itwas purchased from the artist by Alexander James Dallas, Seowty of the Treasury under President Monroe. It was presented by him to his daughter Sophia, who had ied Richard Bache, son of Franklin’s —_ daughter, Sarah, and Richard he, sr. Under stress of circumstances it was sold to Wm. P. Bryan, a merchant of Phil- adelphia,who, d: , left it to his wife, and she Bing bequeathed it to her brother, Col. J. J. Abert, my father, who gare it to me, I having married a daughter of former owner, Mrs. Sophia Bache. This bust is an exquisite piece of art and gives a more intellectual expression to the face of Franklin than any representation of him that I have ever seen. It 1s too valua- ble a relic of that great patriot, statesman and philosopher to remain subject to the risks of rivate possession. But 1 do not feel it my uty to present it to the government, and I re- ceived no encouragement when, some years ago, I sought it as @ purchaser. He was, per- haps, more highly estimated in France, and lately I have thought possibly that that govern- ment or some of the institutions of the country might desire it. Yours, tfully, Les ABERT, ——- near Norbeck, Montgomery county, church and in the work of the society for Chris- tian endeavor. Her death was due to rapid consumption. The funeral will take place at Centerville tomorro: Sra een aaon: A Bicycle Accident. J. Wesley Cook, son of John Cook of 920 F street, was knocked down while riding his bicy- cle yesterday afternoon by a horse driven by Charles Hurdle. The accident occurred near the corner of 8th and F streets, The bicycle was broken and the rider was seriously shaken up and bruised. A warrant was sworn out this morning against Hurdle on a charge of assault. eee TROUBLE IN OKLAHOMA. The Soldiers Preveat an Ilegal Elec- tion—Bayonets Used. A special from Oklahoma City to the Kansas City Times, dated Saturday, says: Today was one of the most exciting days in the history of the city. About six weeks ago a faction of the citizens, after failing*to induce the council to call @ convention for the purpose of framing an amended charter, framed one themselves and called an election for the people to vote onit. As it provided for the immediate oust- ing of the present city government the United States troops, under the authority of Gen. Merritt, prevented the election. Two or three weeks ago a charter prepared by a committee authorized by the council was voted down. The original charter faction then called an election on their charter for today again with- out the consent of the mayor and council. Gen. Merritt again sent orders to Col. Snyder to prevent the election, and this morning Capt. Stiles, in command of the troops here, carried out orders at the point of the bayonet, The polls were opened early in the morning and a large crowd assembled. A nu ber of persons endeavored to vote, when Capt. Stiles threw his company across the street and gave the command to charge. The company en- countered no opposition to their progress. ‘‘he leaders of the charter faction then rushed to another place and declared the lis open again. Capt. Stiles repeated his charge and again cleared the street. R, Glasgow then mounted a box, called the crowd around him and advised them to disperse. Continuing. he censured the interference by the military, when Capt. vss Bea sfc eed for ee time and brought speech to an abrupt termination. = . The second ward polls were then declared openin another part of the city. Leaving —- atthe places already declared, Capt. tiles proceeded to the new voting places. The leaders of the charter faction, after consulting with Capt. Stiles, advised the crowd to disperse, ‘The advice was followed and the excitement subsided. Nine of the leaders were afterward arrested on # charge of conspiring against the authority of the United States and city govern- ments. Among those arrested are Capt. Ham- mer and Judge Brown, who are accused of in- citing the mob to resistance. —$ $e THE DAHLGREN RING. Mrs. Dahlgren Tells Its History and Con- tradicts a Sensational Story. From the Church News. The following letter, written by Mrs. Made- leine Vinton Dahlgren in reply to one from the Rev, Theo. D, Mead, pastor of St. Peter's church, Hancock, Md., gives an unqualified de- nial to a sensational and silly story concerning the ring used at the marriage of Mr. John Vin- ton Dahlgren and Miss Elizabeth Drexel, Through the courtesy of Father Mead we are permitted to place this letter before the readers of the Church News: Rey. Tao. D. MEap. Dear Keverend Sir: In reply to your favor asking ing presented as an old family to his bride, I have by Alimiral Dabigren’s m of Sweden. I was ren family through —.—__ Church Improvements, A tent at the corner of 12th and C streets, which has been occupied by the congregation of St, Mark’s Lutheran church, anew organi- zation, is soon to be replaced by a handsome little chapel. The congregation has purchased the ground and plans have been prepared for the erection of the new edifice, The Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill is being elaborately decorated at the ex- of Mrs. Utermehle, who has generously the mone; ——-——__ Golden Cross Notes. At the last meeting of St. John's commandery, No. 32, U.0.G.C., the members were agreeably entertained by remarks of Sir Knight Ober of Brooks commandery, No. 390, of West Medford, and Lady Doty of Garfield commandery, No. 158, of Brockton, Mass,; John A. Van Doren, C. W. Bohannon, T. Myers Downing and Lady Emma McKim. The grand commander has appointed the fol- lowing special committee, consisting of one from each commandery, to make arrange- ments for a public entertainment under the auspices of the Golden Cross: John N. Eble, ‘hairman; Dr. 8. I. Groot, Dr. 8. A. H. McKim, P. Wood. Fred E. Woodward, Dr. , Richard H. Yates, Dr. D. O. —o—__ Will Electricity Kill’? To the Editor of Te Evaytxe Star- I notice a statement going the rounds of the pres purporting to be from an English official tothe effect that electricity will not produce death with any certainty and that the news- paper accounts of deaths by electric wires are mainly trash, or words to that effect, Whether it can be relied upon to kill with certainty in every instance lam n prepared to say, but have now before me a record of fourteen cases during the past twelve months of —— in the United States killed very dead, so dead they never revived, by contact with electric light wires. Besides these I have a peony of nine other case, = some of which several persons were severely injured, horses killed, &c. The very first recurd ever saw of a person being killed by an electric light wire was that of a man in England several ‘ears ago. He was a musician in a theater near irmingham by the name of Bruno. Accord- ing to the statement, he caught hold of the two brass connections used for crossing the cur- rent when ic lights used for lghting re- ‘forty ¢ George J. ec Leech. lectric the si are shut off temporarily. ceived the full current and died within minutes. I recently saw a statement that a man re- ceived a current of three thousand volte strength and was not killed. On reading the old was a covered or ire; that he seized it with one hand only and that he was | {marriage of ee ee ona ladder some feet from the id. It is ‘The date 1625” is carved upon it. I therefore ciear that the whole [ owreg what- } be an exact fac simile of one Paxhibited gid ever its did trothal th oi seeneth, id wot pam song ee, | Eraet f cnenns non Someone nitrites some sensational correspondent to convert this We cere eee at the marriage of m; tion Georgetown schools and received a well-earned | forbidden. Most of the foreign diplomatic representa- tives made it a tte bon Paris. Guring the ar Pc le fang roc oat the ambas- ors rmany an . The boulevards were a until mid- = was much crying of “Down with Ferry! THR ELECTION AND ISSUES. Only members of the chamber of deputies were elected yesterday. The chatabet, which has come tos constitutional end after four Years’ existence, contained 220 moderate ce 1b- , 156 radicals. 170 reactionaries (mon- Srchists and Bonapartists) and 30 socialists. Mang combinations to embarrass in power were therefore possible, the conserva-~ tives being always willing to join wwe § move- ment for the overthrow of a cabinet. As consequence Tirard’s is the twenty-fifth min- istry since the fall of the ompire, nineteen years ago, Elections in France are by universal suffrage. To be a voter a man must be twenty-one years old and be possessed of citizenship, which is ob- tained by a two residence in any one town or canton. Men once convicted of felon: or desertion from the army are disfranchise: The only requisite for a deputy is to be @ cl zen and twenty-five years of age, but members of families who have reigned France are in- eligible. ‘esterday’s elections were held under the scrutin d’arrondissement system, analogous to the American congressional district system. In June, 1885, the scrutin de lisle was adopted, whereby each deputy was elected on 4 gene: ticket, voted by the whole departmen tuough the entire state would vote for a greasman. By this ans Boulanger was practically to take a plebiscite at bye-elections and secure an indorsement equivalent to that obtainable at a general election. To deprive the pretender of this privilege a return was made to the old system after the Paris election had resulted so wpohoce f for the republicans, To prevent thi coming a candidate in every arr: ent & further law was passed whereby a candidate couid only stand in one arrondissement, which must be announced beforehand. Boulanger chose Montmartre, a Paris district, where he had shown great strength in the Seine election, and recommended a list of candidates in the other arrondeissmenta, The main question at issue is that of revision of the constitution. The Ferryists, or moder- ate republicans, oppose revision, the radicals favor isi in lines and the Bou- eo aoe soar ie favor it with a Mord to abolishing the rliament yablic. When it is serasrabered, that the tate oft e T= public and the form of the government—re- public, monarchy, empire or dictatorship— would rest in the hands of the constituent as- sembly the importance of the issue can be un- derstood. THE GENERAL CHOSEN FOR A PARIS SEAT. There are only six definite results in Paris— one republican, Brisson (who defeated Thi- baudin, Boulangist), and five Boulangists, namely, Boulanger, Laguerre, Revest, Farcy and St. Martin, being elected, Of eleven seats in Pas-de-Calais the republicans won nine. In the other two districts in Bologna, where a conservative and legitimist head the polls, second ballots are necessary. The returns uy} to this hour show the election of 77 republi- eansand 36 anti-republicans, the latter in- cluding revisionists, Boulan; and conserva- tives. So far 67 reballots are necessary. The results up to 2 o'clock this morning are as follows: Republicanselected 89, anti-repub- licans elected 58, reballots necessary It is reported that M. Lockroy and M. Cle- menceau are elected. There appears to be no chance of the conservatives winning’a single seat in Paris. Nothing is known of the result in M. Ferry’s district, M. Flouquet and M. Lockroy have a good chance of success on the second ballots, Ten provincial priests have been suspended from their funetions for preaching against the government, For the 37 uncontested seats the elected consist of 28 royalists, 8 mini and the Boulangist, Leberisse, The provincial vote yesterday seems to have been tentative. The latest totals arg: Republicans elected, br anti-republicans, 89; reballote necessary, members TACTICS CONSIDERED UNFAIR. Leon Say ia elected in Pau and Casimir- Perier, republican, in Nogert, Sur Seine, Picot, revisionist, has defeated Ferry in the Vosges department. Deroulede is elected for Angouleme and Spuller for Beaune, Reballots are necessary in the districts contested by Clemenceau and Constans. Gen. Ignatieff was among the crowd of dis- tinguished foreigners remaining in Paris, Many visitors left the city, fearing rows, ae? polled 621 over the requisite ma- jority. It if admitted that the blanks in Montmartre were really given to Boulan: The public consider the government tactics unfair and as only likely to create sympathy for the general, SECOND BALLOTS NECESSARY. In the first Seine district the vote was: Guyot, republican, 4,493; Turquet, Boulan; 8,688; Despatys, conservative, 2,103; Muzet, republi- can, 1,462; Petit, labor, 286, In this district another ballot will be necessary, no candidate having received the ag mee majority. In the 8t. George district Andrieaux, Bou- langist, received 5,080; Berger, republican, 2,957; Strauss, republican, 2,861. Another bal- Jot will have to be taken. In the Pantheon district the vote was: Naguet, Boulangist, 4,586; Bournaville, republican, 2,770, Another ballot is necessary. In the Faubourg St. Honore district the vote stands: s8y, republican, 3,955; Martin, Bot langist, 3,546; Serve, conservative, 8,511. An- other ballot will be taken. Retarns from the provinces are coming in slowly. M. Thevenet, minister of pitice, is elected in the second district of Lyons,’ In the other divisions of Lyons second ballots will be necessary. Inall the divisions of Bordeaux second ballots will have to be taken. In the first district of Havre, Sciegfried re- republican defeated Marchand, Boulangist, RETURNS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, Other returns are as follow: Belleville— Rochefort, 3,025; Dumay, labcr, 2,090; La Croiz, radical, 1,770; Camelinatt, socialist, 1,169; Susini, independent, 405. Pere la Chaise—Vergoin, Boulangist, 5,006; Revillon, radical, 8,547; Vaillant, republican, bans he pierre ee randes-Carriers—| nt, Boulangist, 3,516; Lafont, radical, 2,565; Nic, labor, 555; Bi independent, 367, Bourse district—Mesureur, radical, 4,270; Gassier, Boulangist, 3,925; Michau, republican, 1,973; Gamard, conservative, 1,714. St. Gervais—Baredet, radical, 4,752; Menor- val, Boulangist, 4,202; Piperot, socialist, 585. Hotel de Ville—C} ; BOcislist, 2.005; — Boulangist, 1,940; Ruel, republican, Folie pp mepriieealgal 4,350; Nicot, Bou- or, 1,139, langist, 2,954; Allemaine, lal St. Germain—Mermeix, Bor ulangist, 5,046; as Cochin, conservative, 4,743; Frebaut, Serta arges. reason is the leaves of his book | €x! ot) uf i! that about made West i 3 I i i ili i é iY : i i gER 33 can, 4, e F ffi | LF FE & é E : i i | fi tf R f f ! | i i é i i i i Ex TE if; fe Ft j aa ce Hi ¢ a F Hy a iy { E E i Et & 4 snatched it away from her. I didn’t mean to do it, and as she came at me I ron knife into her, I did not know whatI did. O, God, what will I do?” “He went gy the trunk, brought some of the bills and the gold, $198, which was taken from the chest, and he gave it to me, and when he asked me I promised not to tell, and I didn’t mean to tell, for MW ~halkley Leconey was al- was went out to the pum} and washed his hands and there got the mu on his slippers. I walked to the pond and washed his thirt and his pantaloons. That is Annie's blood. “He killed her with the carving knife and he ‘was sorry he did it. The tracks to the pond are mine. I don’t deny it. We then wentto the citron field, and you know all that I know.” Dr. Townsend, an eminent physician of Cam- den, and one of the surgeons of the pension board in West Jersey, examined the bloody arments which had been found secreted in the feconey cottage. These were the pantaloons. Though washed and wet the blood stains had only spread themrelves over the surface. They stood pinin and distinct to the naked ey ey muddy slippers were dyed in Annie's The shirt of Chalkley Leconey was torn in the back, as Gallagher and Warner allege, torn in the death struggle, for the girl did not die without a fight and a fierce one, for the back of her dress was torn in half, her undercloth- ing was in shreds and the bloody corsets were torn from her body as if wrenched from the dying woman's stalwart frame by the hand of a madman. AVARICE WAS THE MOTIVE. Leconey and his two brothers were carpen- ters, Richard drifted into C. B. Coles’ mill as ® wage worker. He loved the mill, and his neighbors and friends, deeply attached to the quiet, honest miller, advanced him money to buy the Coles mill on the Colestown road. Richard loved his kindly and frugal niece An- nie. She came to his home to take care of him in his declining years. He sickened with par- alysis after the successful struggle of a lifetime to buy and pay for the mill site and to free from debt the little farm. Before he died he assured Aanie that as his brother Chalkley w: a single man she should be amply cared for by his will, Neighbors knew that such a will was drawn, signed, sealed, witnessed and properly executed, The first cloud came on the eful honse- hold when Chatkley Leconey told his niece that her brother Richard's will could not be found. She demanded her rights under the law. Annie openly told her friends that she was the most important legatee under the will of her dead uncle. It was not in her nature to yield her legal nghts. Strife took the place of peace; passion stepped into the little white cottage, and if the state’s theory and Murray's confes- sion are true ANNIE WAS MURDERED BY HER UNCLE that he might own and run the 77-acre farm on the Colestown road. From the first Chalkley exhibited a strange, restless and uncomfortable desire to keep Gar- rett W. Murray, now in jail an accessory after the fact, within hailing distance of him. In vain did Detective Warner lure the appar- ently unsuspicious Murray away from Lecone’ and begin a cross-examination of the colore man. Chalkley in an instant was at his side, and in at least two instances ran from the house and joined the inquisitive Detective Warner. and interrupted the conversation between the officer of lew and his trusted henchman, Murray. It was Detective Warner's own idea to sepa- rate the negro and his master, Chalkley. Mur- ray lived in the same house with the Leconeys, and Detective Warner reasoned that if master and man could be separated the interests of justice would be thereby advanced. Chalkley was in ® rage because the coroner's inquest could not be completed on the Wednesday fol- lowing the murder, alleging his anxiety to go out with the dead body of Annie Leconey to Waverly, Ohio. Mr. Ridgeway courteously re- plied: “Mr. Leconey, it need make no differ- ence to you as to the conclusion of the inquest, Your friends declare that Frank Lingo is the guilty man. You can go west and assist at the funeral rites of your niece—an eminently proper thing to do—and with your assistance we will run out the chase against the negro 0. haikley Leconey replied with evident pleas- ure: ‘You have spotted the right man and you can count upon my aid in bringing to justice the vi who murdered my niece.” CHALKLEY WILL NOT TALK. Areporter visited the ecene of the murder and vainly endeavored to secure a statement from Chalkley. He declined to talk about the case, calling up Mr. Vance, who knew nothing about the facts of the case, andurged him to tell the story of the crime to the listening newspaper men. Chalkley gave as his reason for his reticence that the sad and sudden blow had broken up his home and so disturbed his mind that he was incapable of giving a cor- rect account of anything. When Leconey found that the time had come to go to Waverly he was more restless than ever, and told Prosecutor Jenkins that he did not want to ti alono, and did not care togo un- less he could take Garrett W. Murray with him. But Detective Warner came to the front and ured Leconey that the permit had been en purposely so that he (Leconey) could go gt west with the body of his mur.lered niece, and | it would be impossible to trace Lingo without Murray, who had gone, as he was ordered to, with the request that Lingo would come to work at the Leconey farm on the fatal Monday. The train bearing Chalkley Leconey west- ward was hardly on its way before Detective Patrick Gallagher had spread his net around the negro, Murray, who was, since the Wednes- day succeeding the murder, suspected of hold- ing the key which would unlock the mystery of the murder of Chalkley Lecone: i ray was at first cool and collected, but he after- = ward grew restless, but still stuck to the sto: that he and Leconey were in the citron patel when the murder was done, pt his nerve and his bongs through Saturday and Sunday, but on Monday he weakened and told his story, Chalkley Leconey is now in Camden jail. Senator Quay Favors Chicago. Matt 8. Quay writes Mayor Grant of New York from Beaver, Pa, to the effect that he favors Chicago as the place to hold the world’s fair, Mayor R. B. Graham of Lincoln, Neb., does not mind his words. 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