Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. CURED [CONFESSED Of Nervous Debility and Loss of Vitality. A Prominent Boston Offi- cial Tells Hew He Was Restored to Health and Vigor. FAMOUS EVERYWHERE, FROM THEIR CURES, 4RE DR. CHARCOT’S KOLA VINE TABLETS. of Ma Bureau of 20° Beacon Your Kola ave used. ember of my family, In nee to test them, as “Commonwealth been an down,” us the wual “tired feeling” and ted one part of my body er. The Kola Nervine an uportant part of a treatment * today in my usual condition of activity. The member of my family suffered from heart trouble and shortness of breath, and the used freely in critical times with m in strength and a consequent amelioration symptoms as a result. chem that a medic ine IS a specific for certain nd does ALL that is claimed for tt, it fs a pl as well as gn humanitarian duty, to recomend your preparation of Kola, and advise its Very truly, “CHS PIDGIN, Chief Clerk." Chas. F. Pidgin is known far popular songs, and in Unhlander fits his name, which is Swedish. He has a farm ten or twelve miles down from Wahoo, toward Clear Creek precinct, a fine big farm, where he ralses sume of the best crops of corn in Saunders county. Two men went up from Omaha to hunt jack snipe in Saunders county with a Wa- hoo man who knew every foot of land in the county, and where every snipe spent the night. They were business men, and the only time they could @ to hunting “was Sunday. When 4:40 o'clock came, bringing the dull gray dawn across the ragged brown hills and the sere corn- felis, the three hunters set out for the long Tow of swamps, ponds. marshes and sloughs that ended in the fine: and big- gest of all, the forty-acre muck hole that lay on both sides of road across L jer's farm, where it was forbidden to yet s the dr struck that jel Uhlan le: marsh in two. They “I. and one of Omaka men got He hauled up hi tz and struck through the s' ht toward Uhlander’s house, w on the knoll just beyond the water. n't KON 3 before there Sealp! acked snipe jetting out of of them, and th in his sport ia | that he didn't s tly at the as fine a in Ben Ru ohol for i hi his ears thi that is of a and his ha while he wa bos eh “Al slipr race, but mighty voor procection in wet country, As he scuffed along he shouted in his matter-of-fact way fay! hay intervals that ms time with the re- ports of th sha man’s ann, The Oma 1 man saw Ublander coming, and with one glance out of the tail of his he took in the wooden slippers. Then went on shooting. The snipe were thick king them up all aroual the elge of n his wooden s hang! Omaha man zot the last to wher Ualander was stanitins, and as he picked ‘t up h> seemed #9 no! the farmer for the first time. It had heen soinz on for minutes, and Uhlan was pretty “What dye want?" asked the Omaha man, as he straightened up with his last snip. “Vael”” drawled Uhlarder Vv latk to eno who gif you de right to shoot i’ my pone The ong cf it OB!” said the Gmaiia man, “that's one of the tnalienable rights and privileges Suaran(->l to every citizen of this country by the Constitution of the United every citizen of Am born, of } to an free said Ubander. Withont the turned and w another w Iked back to his “Somisitmes,” said the Omaha man, “it Pays to be explicit.” ee. Set the Girafie’s Bi From the Philadelphia Press. A big giraffe, one of the most valuable anim>is in the menagerie of a circus which has been wintering in Chicago, got into a difficulty the other day which threatened to bring about its death, but mo-lera sur- gery stepped in and averted that result. “Mamie" is a female giraffe of extraor: rary size in body and wonderful lergth of neck. She has been accustomed to drink milk for breakfast every morning, it being supplied to her in a tin can by the keeper. In the day of the accident the milk was late, and the giraffe sped the can stand- ing on the other side of a high iron wicket fence. She placed her forefeet on a box and stretched her neck far over the fence into the can. Then suddenly the box slip- ped and down the unwieldy animal fell, her lengthy neck catehing in the fence. A veterinary surgeon was called, and he found the animal apparently dying with a dislocated neck. The surzeon gave the ani- mal a hypodermic inje-tioa of nitro-gly. cerine, and then carefully adjusted the dis- ordered bones. When the animal ‘cvived a Uttle he fixed a support of splint. Now “Mamie” is running around with her neck boarded up. vken Neck. oo, A Kiss Described. From the Georgia Cracker, She is sweet sixteen, end she says the first time her sweetheart kissed her it made her feel like a tub of butter swim- ming in honey, cologne, nutmeg and cran- berries, as though something rarf down her nerves cn feet of diamonds, escorted by several cuplds in chariots drawn by angels shaded with honeysuckle, and the wiicle spread with meited rainbow. ——— = en Game as Well as Cultared. From the Indianapo!ls Journal. “Wanter flip pennies, you four-eyed kid?” asked the rude little boy. “With pleasure," answered the Boston- jan infant. “Will you choose the obverse or reverse? ——_—_ eee But Onc Regret. From Truth. Judge (to the prisoner)—“Have you any- thing to say before sentence Is pronounced against you?” The Prisoner—“Why, no! Only this, your honor, I hate awfully to be convicted of burglary on the testimony of a man who kept his head under the bed-clothes all the time.” ——_e—__ (Continued from First Page.) and then I sat down by the side of the road and cried for a long time, for I was cer- tainly sorry, ‘deed I was. His Hiding. “When I got home that Monday night I told my wife that I had made an attack on a white lady and that the police were after me, so that I would have to go away. I staid at home that night, and the next day I spent in the woods near where I live. I was there that night where I could see the house without being seen, and I saw the detectives when they went to the house and made the search. After that I slipped nto a barn not far off and stad there that night. Wednesday I was in the woods again, and then went off by the road to Muirkirk. I caught a freight train there and hung on till I got to Baltimore. I stayed around Sparrow's Point, where I used to work, and Wednesday night I got into a freight car in Baltimore and slept there all night. The train that the car was on left Baltimore before it was daylight, and I got up to Harper's Ferry yesterday morning. The bread and meat I was eating when that gentleman caught me at Harper's Ferry yesteray was given to me by a man on the freight train, who had a hasket fuil of things to eat. Then I was brought bere to Washington, and that is just all there is about it.’” “Why have you deciled confession?” “Because this gentleman here,” pointing to Detective Weedon, “done told me that I oughtn't to go to sleep tonight with any such lies on my lips. I made up my mind then that I would clear all this off my ecnscience, and now I “eel ever so much better.” “Do you make this confession volun- tarily? “What do you mean by that?” “I mean, did you say all this because you ted to, or because you were told what to to make this “I have told it because I wanted to, and I have told the truth, I never tried to rape that girl, but I did cut her throat, because I knew if I didn’t she would have me ar- rested, anyhow. “I Know all you gentlemen are goin to string me up tonight, anyhow, and I might just as well tell the whole thing straight be- fore I die.” Expects to Be Lynched. Detective Weedon tried to reassure the cowering wretch by telling him that he would have a fair and honest trial, but nothing would convince Ford that he was not to de lynched as soon as night fell. Again and again he pointed to the little crowd which clustered about his cell door, and in- sisted that there was not a man there who would not be only too glad to tie the rop around his neck. In this, perhaps, Ford wa not so very far wrong, for as he told his ghastly tale there was no one in earshot but shuddered at the cold-blooded way in which he had killed the poor, helpless girl just four days before. There was not one thought for her; it was all for himself, lest he might meet with summary punishment. “I wouldn't so much mind,” he said to The Star reporter, “if they would only just wait and heng nie like a gentleman, but it certainly ain't nice to think about the way you all is going to take me out and do me as soon as it gets dark.” Once in awhile some noise c uld be hear and from from outside the station how this Ford concluded that a crowd was gathering. He shook and trembled and hung on to the bars for help. During the conversation a yeung colored man who lives near Burnt Mills and knew Ford in- tely came in to see him. Here's a friend ef yours, Ford,” said Mr. Weedon. “Shake hauds with him.” Ford thrust his huge paw through she and shook the hand of his friend right willingly, “How are all your fo “They’s pretty well, Irving, but I certs ly am soiry to see you in such a scrape. But you done got into ii yourself, and I can’t help you no} “I know it, Jesse," said Ford, who seem- ed to have recovered something of his self- possession on sezing a frienily face. Coming back again to the details of the crime, an effort was made to get Ford to Jesse?” he said. “How y something more of the motive which lay behind kis act. It was unsuccessful, however, for the prisoner insisted that the murder was not premecitated, and would never hive been committed had not Mis: Kreglo thrown a stone at him. If cou! no one who heard him believed that por- tion of the story, but he deseribed the maa- ner in which he cut the girl's throat £0 clearly and unreservedly that there wa ro question but that in all the cssentials necessary to conyiet him of murder he had told what was uctually so. Looking at the Prisoner. This afternoon when it became known that the prisoner had made a confession the crow in tae police station, as well as on the ontside, increased, everybody being anxious to get a glimpse of the man be- hind the bars. When the. officers had fin- ished taking Ford's statement the front doors of the:station were opened to the a few being admitted at a time. vas kept up for some time, and fianlly . Kelly appeared at the station and ordered the doors closed. The crowd, how- ever, was permitted to remain on the side- walk. é An Early Trial. It is more than probable that Ford wili be indicted within a week and tried during the present month. It is the intention of District Attorney Birney to at once la: the case before the grand jury, and an indictment charging him with the murder of the girl will probably be returned not later than next week. If that should be the case the district at- torney would assign the case for .trial at the earliest practicable day, some time this month. The man therefore will, in all probability, have paid the dread penalty for the terrible crime charged against him within the next two or three months. ABJECT FEAR. The Murderer Measured and Photo- graphed ‘This Morning. This has been a wretched day fer Irving L. Ford. From early morning right along he has been subjected to a rigid investiga- tien, which must have had for him the tortures of the inquisition. He was thor- oughly cowed and he seemed to realize fully the position in which he is placed. At an early hour he was taken from the sixth precinct station, where he was con- fined all right, to police headquarters. There he was kept for some time, sur- rounded by a number of the members of the police and detectives of the city, who kept a close watch on him and sought to get some incriminating admissions trom him. In this they were unsuccessful. Ford strenuously denied his guilt of Elsie Kreglo’s murder, and insisted that he was nowhere near the Kregio house last Mon- day afternoon. When the patrol! wagon which brought Ford to headquarters drove up in front of the District building there was already a big crowd gathered on the chance of catch- ing a glimpse cf thé man who is charged with one of the foulest crimes that has ever stained the history of the capital. It was but a few minutes before the crowd was vastly increased, and the greatest pressure was brought upon the ofticials to allow the curious admission to the little room into which Ford had been taken. As quickly as possible Ford had been hur- ried back into the detectives’ office and the door closed, but it was impossible to keep out every oneg ana in a couple of minutes the apartment was crowded to suffocation with detectives, police officials and many of the most prominent members of the local bar. They were not slow in passing comments upon the appearance of the prisoner, who sat crouched down in a corner in an attempt to occupy as little space as he conld with ais massive form. Looks the Brute. Ford is a burly negro, who stands just six feet without his shoes. He looks to ve about twenty-eight years of age or even younger, although he says he is thirty- five. He has a slight ‘semblance of a mus- tache and a hairy growth on his chin. hardly enough to be called a beard. He has a shambling, loose jointed figure. He weighs at least 200 pounds, but his weight is so well distributed t it gives him an appearance of great Strength. This is fur- ther enhanced by his bread and powerfr! shoulders, his muscular arms ard big hands. He is hardly what one woul cu. a vicious looking man, but rather he looks IN ae 11 the brute. Today he was so thoroughly frightened and his eyes had such a hunted look that he seemed anything but the man he must have been to Eiste Kreglo when he attacked her with a huge bulldog re- volver in his hand. Only once today did Ferd assume an air of bravado. That was when he was being measured. “You look more like a prize fighter than a farmer,” said Inspector Hollinberger. “Yes, and I can whip any man in this room,” replied Ford. But his voice trem- bled, and his huge hands were shaking like leaves in a strong wind. “I'd just like 10 have one round with him,” said one -f the detectives, with a vindictive look in his eyes, “but I'd want 4 pistol ana a knife, the same as he had, and I will warrant you there would be no Necessity for a trial.” When it came to measuring Ford by the Bertillon system it was found necessary to clear the room of all but the police ofli- cials and the newspaper men. Abject Fear. Ford was a miserable spectacle of a man then. He was certainly about the worst frightened prisoner the police of this city have ever had dealings with. The cuffs were off his wrists, but he sat with his hands folded. His long fingers were twisted together and were never still for a second. He was all of a-tremble, but his fingers had a motion ail their own, and made one think of nothing so much as a bundle of writhing snakes. At times he groaned like a man in the direst distress. He evidently found it one thing to face a helpless girl on a lonely country path and another to stand before the majesty of the law as represented by Inspector Hollinberger's men. ‘When he was asked if he had anything to sey, Ford would only grcan the louder. “Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! ‘They're goin’ to do me sure! e up, man,” said one of the detec. tives. “Nobody is going to hurt you here. f “But I won't ever see my wife again. Oh, jord!”” “Yes, you will; you'll have lots of chane te see her,” said Detective Weedon. “I Promised to let your wife know when you Were arrested, and she will be in to see you before long.” “Oh, Lordie, Lord!” “Step up here, Ford, and give us a chance to measure yor It was necessary to reassure the trem- bling wretch and tell him again and again that no harm would be done him before he could find his way to the little stool wher he was to sit while the Instruments we: applied to the different portions of his boc ilis head was me his ears, length of his hand eet, his hei standing and his h A man may change the appearance of his face, but he cannot alter his height and the dimensions of his body. Fenred Electrocution. “Now sit still a moment while I measure your head,” said Detective Boardman, who was conducting the operation. When Boardman started to apply the steel instrument which was to measure the exact dimensions of Ford's skull, th wretched man came near breaking down. He groaned aloud again and begged Tor mercy. He had evidently heard of the electrocuticn chair, and when his eye fell on the shining instrument he seemed to think his last hour on earth had come. Sitting wit arm’s reach of him was Mr. Tucker, a farmer from the neighber- hood of Burnt Mills, who was one of those to identify the man as Ford. and cht while sitting dow “Good-bye, Mr. Tucker,” he said, with tears in his eyes and a voice that was choked with emotion. “I'll never see you on this earth again.’ Mr. Tucker “spoke to him as kindly as he could under the circumstances, and bade him cheer up. “L ain't done nothing, but you gen'men is goin’ to do me up, sure. I knows it, and I knows I ain't never goin’ to see my pu’ wife again. Had the surroundings been different and the man’s position less serious, such an exhibition ef fear would have seemed ludicrous. As it was, however, the spcc- of tators could only think of the enormi the crime with which the man w ehar ed. No one felt the slightest pity, however. Was Photographed, Ford sat as quietly as he could while the nueasurements of his skull were taken, and then his right ear was measured. The man shuddered visibly as the cold steel touched his flesh. Ford had removed his shoes and sccks, so that his height might be taken) and then was male to stand on a stool with all his weight on one foot, so that it might be measured. Ford was ‘so nervous that he could scarcely balance himself, and Several attempts necessary. | His clothes were still wet from his plunge into | the river yes: ay, and when he started | to put on his si again they were so scaked that they would not go on. So he rolled them up and put them in his pocket ard then put his bare feet Into the coarse, heavy brogans, which, apart from their | vetting, seemed to be new, as did the rest | of his clothing. The handcuffs were then placed on his wrists once more, and he was taken to the photographer's. In order to avoid the crowd he was removed by the back way to the alley, where the wagon from the sixth precinct was standing. Even that was crowded with people, and a mob followed the wagen as the horse Hoped down 4 street. A number of bicyclers went ahead, | and by the time the wagon reached the photograph gallery the s a ed with curfous people. was Mrs. Merritt's gallery, between 4% and 6th streets, where the pic- tures of all the cit criminals are tal " Ford made no objection. at all to being photographed. On the contrary, he seemed delighted, and the natural vanity of the iran came to the surface as he faced the camera. He was handcuffed at the time, but he was ured that only bust pictures would be taken, and that these emblems of the law’s hold on him would not show. He had his hat on at the time, and asked that it might be taken off, as he thought a more e picture could be taken of him in y. He was delighted when he was told that both styles would be taken, and then asked that he might have a full length ture, as he wanted to send all three to wife. He insisted that he would never see her again, and, in fact, he seemed never to have her out of his mind for a moment. The detectives promised that she should have the pictures of him, and then he was satisfied to pose like a graven image w the photographer took three or four shots at him. Leaving the gallery, it was necessary to clear a passageway through the crowd to the wagon. A number of jeering and tkreatening remarks weré made at the Friecrer, but there was no other demon- stration ‘of feeling. Refused to Talk. On the way from the photographer's to the sixth precinct station a Star reporter, who sat next to Ford, attempted to ge! some sort of a statement from him, but Ford declined to talk, or, at least, insisted that he had nothing to say that would in- terest any one. He continued to assert his innocence, but said over and over again that he was certain he would be hung. The detectivessassured him that if he could prove that he was not in the vicin- ity of the murdet! l#st-Mbnday they woul. Jet him go without troubling him further, but this assurance gaye ;him no satisfac tion. He sat curled up Gp the seat, occa- sionally glancing out ‘of’ the wagon, as if he thcught he $as takfig his last look foréver at the green treed’ and bright sun- light. He was utterly disheartened, and nothing seemed to cheer, him up in the least. He was asked if he had any statement to make for The Star. “I ain't got nothin’ to say but good-bye to all the world. I never done what they says I done, but I know they's goin’ to get rid of me, just the same.” “Where were you last Monday after- noon?” asked the reporter. “I was at. Sparrow's Point.” 2 “Was there any one who saw you there?” “Mr. Mulligan. I think his name is, saw me there that day.” “Well, if he can testify to that, you wil! be all right. “No, I won't, neither, but I'm ready to &o, and all I've got to say is just good-bye to everybody.” Ford again asked for news of his wife, and something was said about her being in straltened circumstances; now that her husband was under arrest. “She'll have to siay ny father,” said Ford, “and he will have to look after her until she can get back to her own people.” Detective Horne ,told Ford that he had the dollar bill which wus taken from him when he was arrested and that it would be turned over to Mrs. Ford as soon as pos- sible. This seemed to gratify the man con- siderably. ~When the sixth precinct station was reached the prisoner was taken right back to the cell. “The handcuffs were removed and he was securely locked behind the heavy grated door. .He crouched down in a corner beside the door, where he could be seen only with difficulty from the vorridor, and at once resumed his look of hopeless- ness. He seemed to think that all was up with him when the heavy door slammed to and showed no interest in anything further that went on. A few minutes after the arrival at the station Detectives Weedon and Horne were closeted with the prisoner for some little time in an effort to wring a confession from him. Every one else was rigidly ex- cluded from that part of the station, After they had been closeted together for some time Ford expressed a desire to see a pic- ture of the murdered girl, and a messen- ger was sent toheadquarters. All that could be found Was a newspaper cut, and this was taken Into be shown to the pris- oner. The arrest of Ford brought tremendous relief to the othe men who have becn held on suspicion. John, or “Buck,” Beverly, who is the one against whom suspicion was strongest, could not restrain his joy, and at once began to dance a shuffle. “How do you like it, Buck?” asked. “ "Deed, boss, I’se the happlest nigger in Washington today.” His Face Seratched. At the request of the police authorities Deputy Coroner Glazebrodk early today made a critical examination of Ford's face, neck and hands, and found several scratch- es on the face, which, he thought, were made ,by finger nails. There were also seme fong scratches on Ford's neck, which Dr. Glazebrook thought were made by the point of a pin or some other sharp instrument. Dr. Glazebrook also examined some of the clothing of the accused, under a microscope, and found, he said, ‘unmis- takable evidences of blood. Ford's Captor. Mayor Burleigh, who has been the execu- tive officer of Harper's Ferry for only about four months, had been the law ofli- cer of the town for several terms. He is a man of great nerve and physical strength and is yell - known to some of the polic officials here. His father was Thomas Peter Burleigh, who was a prosperous mer- chant in Harper's Ferry at the time of John Brown's raid on the works there, and he was the second man killed during the raid. he was To Aid the Family. The call for ccntributions made by zens of Mt. Pleasant to aid the ixreglo family is meeting with a generous response. The Star has recelved $1 each from °M. J. W. and Hellen for the fund. AT CAUGHT HARPER'S FERRY. le Desnerate Efforts to Ex- cape His Captors. When news of Irving Ford's arrest reached headquarters yesterday and It was learned that the man was wearing more than one pair of trousers it was thought he was probably the man wanted, foe his wife had said that he had put on an extra pair of trousers before he left home ‘Tues- day evening. Detective Boardman was one ot the few detectives who were not out tak- ing part in the search, and he concluded to go to Harper's Ferry on the iirst train, which he did. Soon after arriving there he was fully convinced that the prisoner was the man Ford © for whom the woods had becn so thor- oughly but he had to conceal this from the rginians for fear he would not be d to return with the pris- oner otherwise than in a coffin, Harper's Ferry people and people who were in town from the surrounding country were at fever heat, The idea of allowing a man to live when he had assaulted and murdered a young lady was ubout as revolting to them as was the crime f. “Is he the man? No one answered sponse been mae th have been a trage/d and there, and raid would have been cution not conducted But Detective Boa was asked on all sides. Had such a re- » would undoubtedly enacted right t 1 of John Brown the Scene of an ex na legal manner. Iman proved himself 2s: it was becd af mind and qui tion her Was permitted to leave there ali Mis Capture. It was about’ 1)’o'clock yesterday morn- ing when Bridge Watchman Riley saw th 1 man cross over the bridge wazch connects Maryland and West Virginfa. He not like the ‘ordinary tramp that is so n on the railroad track there, sed the waichman had read a circular hington offering a reward of $1W) the of such a man for murcer. bel is the man,” said the watch- to himself, atch what ne ur man wand I'l does The colored man followed along th of the railroad which leads aiong the Shen- andoah river in the direction of Winchester. Several times he turned and looked by if he thought he was being tehed. exhibition of nervousness made line chman even more sus of the man, and he concluded to send out an alarm. A few minut later the colored man disappeared in a little clump of busnes near the bank of the Shenandoah river, and then the watchinan went in search of me oficer of the town. Mayor Thomas J. ys Were found, fley told of the of the colored man, picious movements Harper's Ferry has al- Ways been a Hve town so far as official duty of this kind is concerned, and M, Burleigh did not intend that there sh be any break in the good record. He there- upon left his work, and in company with the town recorder started down the track toward the place indicated by the waich- man on tie bridge, In a clump of iaurel bushes they saw the colored man seated on the ground in t shade, enjoying, if there was such a thi as enjoyment to him, some bread and me that his wife had probably given him in the woods the pr morning, or which he had begged at some farm house. “Well, Ford, old man, how are you?" was the manner in which Mayor Burleigh saluted the coiored man who was ea his late breakfast. This recognition proved a serious blow to the intended prisoner, and when he had re- covered from his surprise, he stammered, ve si, boss?” ve been to breakfast, thank you,” the mayor's response, you, breakfast and al Ford was not so certain that his cap- tor was gotng to do all he said he would. 1 been in struggles before, and bad ed his adversaries, and he thought he might possibly do so again. But Mayor Burleigh was a larger man thin he had ever tackled before, but with him he thought it was a question of life or death, and he concluded not to give up without a struggle. As the mayor took hold of him he drew back, as if he Intended to show fight. At this stage of the procecd- ings the mayor drew his revolver and said: “Come along with me. I mean business and intend to have no foolishiess.” Then the prisoner expressed a willingness to go without further trouble, the pistol having had the desired effect. Hig Escape. Between the'nilyor and “recorder he walked to the door of the city jail, a small stone structuré, and, when the mayor re- leased his hoi@ dh the prisoner to open the door the latter‘again became a fugitive, and although fhe {8 a heavy man, he ran with the swiftness of a deer in the same fashion as the’ mah had run in the woods after the crime. In less time, thah It requires to tell the story Ford reached the trestle along the Shenandoah river, several bullets from the mayor's pistol beijg sent after him. These leaden missiles ‘QJd not take effect, and Ford gave a sprfiig from the trestle and rhinged headigng tnto the river. He waded out in the dirgctidn of the deep water, re- fusing to heed What was said to him b; those who weré 6n shore. Continuing was but I guess Ill take in the direction Sof ‘the Virginia shore, the negro cefused! to heed the repeated calls and threats, and when he finally saw that he men were coming for him in a boat concluded that Geath in the water would far more preferable to, what he antici ed would happen on the mountains, and se he ducked his he2d under water in an ef- fort to end his miserable existence, and cheat, as he supposed, the intended lynch- ers. Mayer Burleigh. was in the boat, with two residenis of the town, and when they reached the man In the river 2 de: te sirugele follewed, and finally the fugitive was landed in the boat and subdued. Even then he continued to resist the three men, and before reaching the shore he managed to again get in the water. He was then frothing at the mouth, like a mad man. “L want to die,” he shouted. “Let me jump overboard and drown myself.” “if you make another atterrpt to jump overboard,’” said the maycr, sternly, “I'll fill you full of holes.” = Te all appearances that was just what he wanted, but it did not become necessary to kill im, and when he had been hand- nannd, | Burleigh and Town Recorder Wilbur Al | i and to them Wateh-| cuffed he was taken to the little stone building and placed in a cell. Near a Lynching. The report of the pistol shots, followed by the exciting scene in the water, which was witnessed by scores of people, caused some excitement in the town, and soon Peopie from Bolivar and Camp Hill were seen coming down the mountain, while people from Maryland came over in large numbers. Soon the saloons were well patronized, and the little groups of men on the streets talking in undertones indicated that all was not well. There was some vio- lent language indulged in, but those who were most interested thought it best to await the arrival of officers from this city. When Detective Boardman reached Harper's Ferry he found that a number of Washingtonians were there on a fishi trip, while others were there probaoly iling friends. These people were well a quainted with the facts connected with the murder, and naturally enoush the discussed the affair. This, of cours only adding fuel to the fire already ki died, and there was every indication that there would be a tragejy about the time of the going down of the sun. The appearance of Detective Boardman caused a sort of reaction. Interest {n the case was renewed, and all that was wanted was for.the Washington officer to say: is the man.” The West Virgiai ready to de the rest. The detective was anxious to get the prisoner ira room to himself, where he would not be annoyed iy the crowd, and where he could conceal any admission the isoner might make. But instead of ‘pri- vacy, the jail door was thrown open and about three dozen citizens filed into the little room. Many of them had been indulging in spirits, and the officer feared that any ad- mission cn his part would be met with violence. But there was no alternati and so he had to do his talking in preserce of the audience. The prisonc sul handcuffed, was brought in the room and given 4 seat. There no formal i troduction necessary. Ford had given his rame as Isaac Harris, and had then chang- ed it to Lewis. He had also told several conflicting stories about himseif as to here he was from and where he was go- Ing. e a innocent man, bos: he had said to the msyor, “but, of course, if I'se got to suffer, I suppose I'll have to do Then he begged that he be shot out of miser: Befcre being accused of any crime he declared his innocence, and aft some questioning he became uncommun: nd put ative and refused to answer questions. E. Constable W. B. Cross made an effort to get a confession cut of him, but had Tailed. Admitted Hix Name. All this had happened before Detective Boardman reacted the town in the mou! tains. Ford was very much excited wl he was brought from the cell into the little room and compelled to face the crowd. “What is your nam the detective ask- ae Hin when he had seated nimself at the table. “My name?" asked the prisoner, Razed upon the crowd of the mountains. “Do I hay Lam “Why, of course, you do.” “Then my name ts Irving Foré “He's the — —," muttered a man in the crowd. “And where do you live?” asked the of- ly, as if to direct the attention audience to what is going on in- 1 of to the identity of the prisoner. as he urdy men from to tell you my ear Burnt Mills." he re: ded. “1 live on Mr. John Henry Ruppert’s farm. Say, you krow Mr. Kuppert * the detective answered him. ‘Then dec you know Mr. MeCeney?” The prisoner had admitted hy identity than fore. Detecti well that th about the pri Lut wh: was £ him h understo no longer any m being the man w: puzzled him most was how 1h re to protect him in order to get alive irited Away. thir object in view he crowd, and tak from his of the circulur said: “Gentlemen, I'm not so sure that this is the man. He does not rv the description of the man wanted, has a smooth With faced the pocket a copy ° this nan admitted hi yor, Who had not gra: Thi been shot at and near drowned,’ ored the detective, zy enough row to sa} Until a man arrives on the from Washington the identification t be complete. eemed tO satisfy tne audienc the jail was Those in mind rough handling thought the get hime when the missing link w: plied. But Detective Boardman unde that he could spirit the prisoner away fore hington train, He had no papers for the prisoner, how- ever. and so he the mayor. “I'm in authority him, 4 * said the and had could 5 sup. 00d the mayor told prisoner have the if you we Thi detective conclude Without any unnec @ train scheaul ut thi er feared tb “ stopping at so m ations mignt pre dangerous, oncluded to wait for on after 9 0’ tion of the oftic before train time for thei o do anything. The t-bound train arr before the train from city, and the detective was greatly ri Wien the train pulle Ss the to Maryland, stops to be ould t were only t felt certain that he ake the trip in safet line of the railroad sr ete-tive Bozrdman had gone up for the prisoner, and at several stations crowds had congregated to see him, expecting he would return on the local Betcre leaving Harper's Ferry the Jevec- tive sent a dispatch to Inspector Hollinber- gcr concerning the prisoner, but the di patch was worded so as to avoid giving th people at Harper's Ferry any idea of the prisoner's identification. - ANDED SAFELY. for The Murderer Placed in a Washington Police Cen. In this city news of the action of the police spread with lightning rapidity, and it soon became gctnerally known that Ford would reach here on the train due at 1 This attracted a large crowd of people to the depot, and others, who feared he would be taken frem the train and driven to Lieu- tenant Kelly's police station, assembled in front of the station and remained there until nearly the hour of midnight, when they learned of what lad been done and dispersed. Inspector Hotlinberger had ar- ranged dhat the train should stop at the F street crossing, and the prisoner _ be driven, to heaiquarters without stopping at_ the) station’ Lieutenaut Welly and a strong guard of policemen _weré on hand with the patrol Wagon. Severil detectives and police of- ficials were there to greet the prisoner and see that he was weil cared for. They did not fear that the citizens would make any attempt to take the law in their own hands, but they were prepared for any emergency. The officers reached the railroad crossing long enough ahead of the train to attract attention, and quite a large crowd gath- ered there and saw the prisoner as he stepped from the car to the wagon. From there he was driven to headquarters, where Inspector Hellinberger, Chief Clerk Sylves- ler and the detecti well as a number paper men, were in waiting. Mayor nh was with them. The crowd at lire railrcad crossing had been anything but orderiy. Some had called for a rope, others for a knife and some one shouted “Hang him.” At police headquarters the prisoner was fully identified as Ford, and he admitied his identity, as he had to Detective Board- nan at Harper's Merry. Those who wcre cn duty there had an idea that he would weaken and make a full confession, but this he did not do. Inspector Hollinberger exh.bited the re- volver found near the scene of the mur- der and asked nim how long he had owned it, “I never had the sponse. He was toki that he had been shooting in the country and he said that he did that shooting with a rife. He furiher de- clared that he had never owed a pistol. Then tae inspector qu: ned him con- pistui,” was his rv- cerning how he nad spent his time since Sunday and he said that home he had not been te left home to Itimore, to work. seen by a man ince Sund: whe! pint, Bi he was named Mulligezn. On the other hand his ° wife and father declare most ‘positively that he left home Tuesday evening just before Deputy Sher- iff Jones and Detectives Horne and Weeion called at the house looking for him. Then, too, persons Hving along the road between here and Burnt Mills saw him on his way home Monday evening some time after the murder was committed. That he was at home Monday evening therg is not the slightest doubt in the mind8 of the officers, although in his con- versation last night he repeated his state- ment that he left home Sunday. When he was rescued from ihe water in Harper's Ferry and had lost a small cap that he wore when placed under arrest, ne pulled from beneath isis elotuing a black slouch hat. ‘The band from this hat is gone and the band found near the scene of the murder, it is thought, corresponds -with the hat. Th> pair cf blood-staine] drawers recov- ered from the prisoner's house soon aftor he was first suspected were shown him, and he admitted that they belonged to him. The stain, he said, was iron mold, but the analysis,as heretofore mertioned, showed it was blocd, ard that the garment had been washed. MUNYON Always Sought, Vast Numbers of the Large Multi- tude of People in Washington Seek Relief From Disease by the Use of Mun- you's Remedies. His Remedies Are Pleasant to Take, BN EOIN UNE: Are Absolutely Harmless, Give Im- Searching for Ford Through the i ick Woods of Montgomery. mediate Relief, and Quickly The search for Elsie Kreglo's murderer Effect a Permanent Cure in the woods near his home on the Ruppert farm was in many respects an exciting one. It was an affair similar to those in which seme of the country people had figured a number of times, but to those from the city it was a novelty. The farm- ers in the vicinity of the suspect's home did more than their pagt in the search. of All Diseases. Thousands of Washington's Best Known Citizens Testify to Thie~They Have They knew, however, that a brutal crime Boen Oured After Physicians of had teen committed, and that a woman Ali fchools Had Failed Was the Victim. ‘This was cnough for them, and they left their plows in the fields and to Relieve. shouldered rifles, old war muskets and shot- —_ guns filled with buckshot. Those who had no such weapons carried pistols of various | Prof. Munyon's Offices, at 712 Four- kinds and sizes, and had Ford appeared from any of the clumps of undergrowth along the northwest branch he would in all probability have been made the object of a coroner's inquest instead of a pris- oner on trial for his life. The searchers made th at the home of Mr. George where they took virtual p house and farm. Wednesday tectives Rhodes and Helan pursuit Detectives Horne followed. Through the woods the two detectives, with their two dozen volunteers, made a start soon after | = = sunset, and followed along the line of the | GRASSMUCK’S Cow. branch and then to either side, doing the ss best they could to frighten out the fugitive, who Was supposed to be in hiding th cl theories and trails heard and ssed, and finally, about 1 0° the members of the pursuing party thought they were going to be rewarded for their teenth Street Dall Northwest, Are Open Where Expert dance, WHI « Absolutely Free. Specialists ve T cir headquarters Me sick procure m vial of ony advi ght De- took up the and Helan had three miles of She Was Stolen and Vawitingly Mailed Out the Thicves. St. Louls Rep gate George © of the fourth ward is telling a good story at his own ex- efforts. There was the sound of something F Sinbad Stein friend leaving a thicket and running in the direc- | PenSe. George Is nown as a frien n of the branch. of “de push” at all times. If any of his hoot him,” “that’s our man. “Hold on,” said another. “Don't shoot. for he may be one of our party Instead cf shooting, the posse went be- hind whatever made the noise and kept within hearing distance for fully a mile. Then they could hear but a faint noise, and finally the sounds died out i had been on Ford's trac them and was once more in a plac safety for a few hours, at least. Abeut 2 o'clock in the r.orning the mem- bers of the party of searchers wore pr well fagged out, and they concluded to give houted one of the party: friends should so far forget their dignity as to get into an argument with the and as a result land in the city bastil note to Grassmuck brings him to the Four Courts with the needful “Butch” Wag: morning about ried ring at Grassmuc affable delegate quickly resy d. It was one of the push with a note from three others who had fallen from grace lying with a tomato can full of bee The re came a hur- k's door bell and the oth up the hunt until daybreak. But “hey did] were in the eagle clutches of the law, a rot do so without leaving the Ford house | wer urning their d n of Lib: led. A colored man named But-| g said fton guard. He remained con-| oy aincre the hol and was stretched dite tion and baile in the them out morning he saw that end of justi It cost # Went to the police boys did In other word ound beneath a small pine tree court an early s ing the color irymzn cove him. 1, ut eve h his! Butler turned sev ades fines were st alder 4 lost no time in raising Ins hand tance. He then saunte 0 be his life, and when explanations had been | athe = t nie wie Sav aen anxious look y Butler gave up hie pesilion and) thar da his pride. His wife oc ted Sought a Dlace where hé thought his life | the startling intelligence that ” np Seen ate apart. —— _\ gone. She had been stolen. Grassmu negen and age h arch was Te-| dander rose until he resembled a head m Ml Uiicers ex : na tiie and he started out on a “hot fi ea officers, a5 well as\footmen, reached the] soc-ch for the cow, but inet wth no Si scene of the search, and on woods were more the T wonder if he ts still in the woods,” was | nt Grevon tak peg RL the push, he gens “dso frequently during the ng that @ certain Irish constituent of Gvestion, it was thought, was an-| {Pe aldern sine Bricheonn when a colored wo employed ow from three of the push as a domestic a farm house near the previous. He knew it edge of the woods, declared that she had ‘ow, and told Georg him. ;: . | that he knew where the cow was, and that 's looking out the kitchen window,” | if he would not prosecute the boys and was id, “just about daybreak, and Ford | willing to put up $6 to get it, he would yu came acress a field of oats. When he saw | him next. ‘and when h me looking at him he took his hat in his! was told ow Was st h hand and ran like « deer.” went The old Irishman jen The colored woman Hed to her em-| but George just led ft out of the stable and ployer, but the man whom she had seen | started home. « ering $6 for it in the oats had managed to get out of the sight, and his footprints could not be track- ed after he left the field. Through the field were foctprints cf somchody who had worn . “the cow's yourn and no not a small shoe, and the oats had been But it’s an outra: trampled down from one of the field an outrag ed Grassmuck to the other. “Why, the fellows who stole the cow aad This Infermation was sent to the house | sold it to me are the same {rllows that cc of Mr and soon afterward the | bailed out of jail Monday night. Th id t drunk on the officers to follow th: field and made efforts ints through the wor footy which, however, ‘vas a matter of impo: Ss wife about the bility. several hours, they and onee more held a When the searchers had been out turned to the hou onsultation. While joke on himself she deman: he did not have th “They vote,” quietly remark this discussion was going on Inspector Hol- | “and this is a democratic ward.” linberger and Detectives Boyd y ae. bai appeared, Detective Horne t ahead of them. The ir tip.” ving arrived ctor hala “sure MAKING PIANOS OF PAPER, Fine Spee ens From French Face tories. the woods now,” i'm going to return. “I tell you he is From Music. All manner of articles in place of wood aid the inspector. Snahon je froma reliable | Have been used in the manufact of man, and T think if we make the right | Pianos. Perhaps the most sweces { all kind of a search we will get him” these is paper, of whicn many pianos of ame alonz oe at that reel exquisite tone and app have been Horne took a seat on the | 01). e Duke of D has one of ‘ the driver and left Montgomery | Made. The Duke of De saeescing ccunty fully satisfied that Ford was not | the finest speetm there. this being of Frenc There were abcut three dozen men in the | most ornately with pictures by w arty of volunteers, And six squads were | French artisis, The duke gave formed, those in charge being Deputy Baa ot Sherif Jones, William McCeney, Morgan J. | for this, mainly, no doubt, on a “ Roteler, T. L. Jackson, George McWeney the ornamentation. and L.*Bell. Inspector Hellinberger and 1 suppose, 8 a London correspondent the threg detectives were in the party. | you know th: planos for very tot and Leaving the shore of Mr. McCene; the | very cold climat>s—all instruments for party started for the woods. Near the | port, In fact—have to be home of the Fords they separated, and the | and in this direction all ms small squads of armed men made a start. | nents have been iz, others, One squad went in the direction of the | sort of cellu in which 4 Ford house, where Richard Ford, the fugi- | actual i from whi tive’s father, and Lizzie Ford, his wife, | sucafis made, is employe and a compost with her young child in her arms, stood on > from the 1 treatment of the froat porch. tta-percha and leather pulp has b “I suppose they will shoot him if he’s in | tried. Ivory planos are by no means un- the woods,” said the cld man, who was as|common, and the Dowager Count of much frightened as he was affected. | Dudley has a magnificent cary “Wel he added, “I always teached m Pianos of ivory 1 might de children better, and if he’s done kills anybody, they ought to catch him.” I suppose he had been drinking?” quer- ied one of the party. If he had,” the father answered, “he didn’t tell me so. You see, I always want- ed my children to do rignt, and when they did wrong they never told me about it.” Ford's wife, who seemed as if she had almost lost her mind, declared that her husband had not told her anything of what it was charged he had done. She pointed out the direction in which he went when he left heme Tuesday night. A neighbor, Lillie Mayo, colored, the wo- man who said she saw Ford early yester- day morning, told a st@ry entirely different from what Ford's wife had told. Mrs. Ford, she said, told her that when her hus- band left home he said: “You will never year in numlx rinces and every In en made y completed Nizam of Hyd have at varions times been made of bronze, a specivs of alumi- num, glass, porcelain and, ‘n combination, mother-of-peal. ion firm for the bad—and piano ca see = ENCE OF ANIMAL mz the Line of the juries and Dixease, INTELLIG From the Medical ‘Times. Dogs and cats, suffering from disc stomach, eat certain grasses, which the effect of purging and miting. see me again. I outraged a girl and cut | dog also eats fat with avidity when in ne. her throat, but don’t know whether she's of purgation, but abstains from it in his dead or not normal conditions. The horse will eat tat Mrs. Mayo was willing to face Mrs. Ford and repeat her story, but as the wife's statement could not be used as evidence, the women were not required to face each other, When darkness came on the search was fnally abandoned, and the officers returned home. for the same purpose, and earth, coal dusi ete., when suffering from worms. Cattl seck certain herbs when ill—medicina! herbs, such as they would not eat when well. Horses and other animals, when suf- fering from chronic rheumatism, expose themselves to the sun. Dogs and other a imals seek water in which to bathe thet wounded limbs. M. Delaunay. — Unspoiled by Prosperity. From the Chicago Tribune. The man who was standing on the ledge of a fourteen-story window and washing the outside of the plate glass paused in his work a moment and looked inside at the pale-faced men sitting at the various desks in the room. “Poor devils!” he said to himself. “Some men will do "most anything to make a liv- "And he ‘whistled a tune and went on washing the wfndow. ——see About Band: From the Albany Argus, Bands of Mercy—the kind that play in- frequently. a French writer, has re- ecrded many instances of instinetive thera- peutics among the lower animals when suf- fering from fever, He relates the ca! infection, wounds, ete of a dog that, on be- held the part in run- ays until tt finally rey He instances also the case of a dog injured by being run ove ered. that was badi ‘by a carriage, and that remained lying In T a brook during three oks. recovered. A terrier was severely wound ed in his right eye. It secluded itself fr the light and heat and ate a ligh stemious diet. The wounded eye was ed with spittle applied by itself by mean of its paw, which it licked on its upper surface and then applied it to the wound This it did repeatedly until the wound healed. animal in