Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1896, Page 3

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She alleges that the will w.s not executed by her grand- mother; that she was not of sound and cisposing mind at the time it is said to have been made, and that ff it was exe- cuted by her grandmother it was under the undue influence of Daisy E. Alexander, her aunt, or the latter's husband, Chas. W. Alexander, or her uncle, Wm. A. Smith, or others, or under their threats, or through their fraud, &c. She prays, therefore, that the matter may be tried by a jury. Miss Smith is represented by Attorneys Wilson and Barksdale. ——__. Im Court Again. Clara Crounse, a German girl, twenty- three years of age, who attempted to com- mit suicide a year ago, was before -Judge Miller in the Police Court this afternoon, charged with safe robbery in miniature and with larceny. Mrs. Mary Loughran ap- peared as complaining witness, and she ac- cused the girl of breaking open a toy bank and removing $3.90 therefrom, and also with the theft of seven yards of dress goods, six yards of cotton cloth and one penknife. Clara, who was employed as a domestic in the Loughran household, denied the ac- cusation, but Judge Miller was convinced of her guilt and imposed a fine of $5, with directions that the articles stolen be re- turned. —— Diphtheria Cases. ‘ All the school buildings, both public and private, are being fumigated this week, during the Thanksgiving holidays, because of the diphtheria scare, and Monday the health officials think they will all be in ex- cellent sanitary condition. Thirty cases of the disease have been reported since Mon- day. Ten of them were reported since Wednesday afternoon, an average of five cases for yesterday and today. It is pos- sible, however, that additional cases may be reported in’a later mail today. , MR. COFFIN DYING ‘The Life of the Well-Known Car- toonist is Despaired of. A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER Popular and Beloved by All Who Know Him. BRILLIANT TO THE LAST Mr. George Y. Coffin, the cartoonist of the Washington Post, is dying at his apart- ments in the Garfield flats, corner of 13th and I streeta northwest, from a complica- tion of disorders which are the culmination of a long attack of locomotor ataxia. His attending physicians, Drs. Swormstedt and McDonald, have regarded his case as hope- less ever since Monday last, and at times the end seemed a matter of but a few mo- ments; but the wonderful vitality of the sufferer has kept him alive when existence seemed little less than a miracle. This morning he was apparently somewhat bet- ter, but this improvement was not suffi- cient to give grounds for hope of his ulti- mate recovery, and the loving friends at his bedside are eorrgwfully awaiting the end that must Inevitably come soon. Despite the desperate character of his illness and the complete bodily prostration resulting from it, Mr. Coffin retains his mental faculties, and his wakeful moments are devoted to tender solicitude for the comfort of those who are with him, and flashes of brilliant wit and humor that characterized him in his days of health and vigor. Probably no man who ever confronted death with a full comprehen- sion of his condition has seen it approach with more bravery and courage. Mr. Coffin’s illness has been of long du- ration. In 1894 he made a tour of Europe, and before he left was apparently suffering from lung troubles. On his return, how- ever, the dread symptoms of locomotor ataxia appeared, and in a short time ihe disease had fully developed. He lost the use of his lower limbs almost entirely, and spent months in sanitariums and hospitals prone on his back, but still continuing the briliiant work with his pencil that made him famous throughout the country. Dur- ing the early autumn months he appeared to be improving, and Wednesday night of last week he walked, with assistance, from his apartments to the Church of the Incarnation, two blocks away, and greatly enjoyed Jan McLaren's lecture which was delivered there. The next day he suffered a relapse, and on Monday his disease had so far progressed that paralysis of the lower part of the abdomen had set in. Since then hie condition has steadily grown worse. His Brilliant College Record. Mr. Coffin was born March 30, 1850, in Pottstown, Pa., and came to Washington with his parents in 1858. He attended Co- lumbian College in 1862 and graduated in 1869, having stood at the head of his class each of the seven years, taking prizes and medals innumerable and being the vale- dictorian on graduation day. He entered the census of 1870 as a clerk, at the same time taking up the study of law in Colum- bian University, graduating in 1873 with the highest honors. The year previous, in 1872, he had entered the competitive ex- amination under President Grant's civil service order and passed at the head of the list, being appointed a clerk in the revenue cutter service of the treasury, in which bureau he remained until last January, when he resigned on account of ill health. He was one of the original members of the Columbia Boat Club, one of the founders of the University Club, is a member of the Gridiron Club and a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He is a Mason, belonging to Lafayette Lodge, No. 19, F.A.A.M., the Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, Wash- ington Commandery, No. 1, Knights Tem- plar, and is also a member of Almas Tem- ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. In his college days Mr. Coffin made a reputation for intellectual brilliancy not often the good fortune of one so young and the early promise thus shown was amply fulfilled in his maturer years. At school he showed that keen proficiency with the pencil that in after life he was to put to such advantage, and old Columbian studerts remember still, smiling through their tears, the telling pictures he would dash off of school day episodes and recrea- tion fun. There was never anything of the vulgar in Mr. Coffin’s humor. Its re- finement was always its predominant feat- ure. He was the master of satire, but he dealt it out in such genial strokes that even the subjects smiled. and enjoyed be- ing victims of such pleasant flagellation. A Great Social Favorite. He became a social favorite to a degree that would have turned the head of most men, but the sound basis of common sense upon which his personal attractiveness was founded prevented any injury. In many homes in Washington there are cherished productions of Mr. Coffin’s facile pencil, bright sketches of excursicns and outings where himself and his friends had spent a happy day, and whose features he had perpetuated with striking pictorial wit, embellished with bright verse that told the story of the pleasures with touches of rare humor. His Career as a Cartoon! It was not until 18S4 that Mr. Coffin adapted this latent talent to public uses. He had previously contributed frequently to publications such as Puck, Harper’s Weekly and other periodicals, and had filustrated one or two books, but in the last-named year he accepted the position of cartoonist on the Washington Hatchet, then first issued, and quickly became known throughout the country, despite the crude mechanical raproduction of his work, as a cartoonist of more than ordinary ability and a political satirist of consummate power. The Hatchet failed through no fault of Mr. Coffin, and several years ago he began making the cartoons for the Washington Post, and with each succeed- ing reproduction of his work he became more and more known and admired. While in his technique he is lacking when com- pared to the other great cartoonists, he is regarded as the peer of any in the deli- cate satire of his ideas, and in his adapta- tions of art masterpieces to the living issues of the day he is universally looked upon as without an equal. ‘To those who know him well and who were fcrtunate enough to enjoy the rare felggity of his privacy, when he was in health, Mr. Coffin’s work with his pencil is the least rotable expression of his intellectual brik Nancy. Hiss grasp of affairs is broad and comprehensfve, and the charity of his views boundless. His wit flashed and sparkled, a mental meteoric shower, and never in all its remarkable play did “it wound or hurt. —_ Johnston’s column special pri page 6. —Aavertiserent. at ‘ THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 27, 1896-16 PAGES, THE OFFICIAL MUL AT ute 1) J) UNG oy { co : i ; ‘ i A we EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken a| bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for ea lires of equal temperature, drawn for each ten de snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours, The words areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fi oN EAN SANS d ip PDO nro ID A Hee WEATHER- MAP. teat cus Ex 2 WY AS Ug ae Wide i i x Wi t 8a.m., 75th meridian time. ch tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are tsotherms, or Solid lines are iso- grees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or ‘High and “Low’’ show location of ly with the wind. COLDER WEATHER. The Indications Man Predicts Quite a Fall in the Temperature. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, increasing cloudiness, with rain late tenight and Saturday; colder Saturday, de- cidedly colder Sunday; southwesterly winds, shifting to northwesterly. For Virginia and North Carolina, threat- ening weather, with showers tonight; Sat- urday rain; colder in western portions; southerly winds, becoming westerly. Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm, central in the lower Missouri valley Thursday morning, has moved to the upper lake region and is now central over Lake Superior; it has developed great en- ergy and is attended by high winds on the lakes, with heavy rains in the lake regions, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. A cold wave has overspread the upper Mississippi valley, the middle and southern Rocky mountain slopes. The cold wave will extend into the central portion of the west gulf states tonight, cavsing freezing tem- Perature in the interior. Rain will fall gen- erally in the Atlantic states, with high temperature tonight, followed by colder weather Saturday night and Sunday. A decided fall in temperature is indicated for the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, with clearing weather by Saturday. ‘The barometer has fallen generally east of the Mississippi river, and especially in the St. Lawrence valley; it has risen de- cidedly on the southern Rocky mountain slope and generally throughout the Rocky mountain districts. ‘The temperature is higher in New Eng- land and the middle Atlantic states, and a fall of 20° to 40° occurred in the upper Mis- sissippi valley, the lower: Missouri valley and ‘northern portion of the west gulf states. The following heavy precipitation, in inch- es, was reported during the past twenty- four hours: Little Rock, 1.08; Memphis, 4.74; Louisville, 1.80; Cairo, ; Moorhead, 1.02; Paducah, Ky., 2.12, Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 61; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperature, 51; condition at nerth connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 52; condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Today-—Low tide a.m. and 7:20 p.m.; high tide, 12:24 a.m. and 12:54 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:47 a.m. and 8:24 p.m.; high tide, 1:16 a.m, and 1:50 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 6:54; sun sets, 4:39. 11:41 p.m. 9:44 p.m. Moon rises, Moon reaches last quarter at The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 5:48 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 6:06 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 5:33 p.m.; extinguished at 6 Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 60; 2 p.m., 74; maximum, 75; min- imum, 60. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS ....... Page 5 AMUSEMENTS, ee age 16 ATTORNEYS, Page 5 AUCTION SALI Page 14 BUSINESS CHANCES Page 4 CHIROPODISTS. Page 4 CITY ITEMS. Page 16 COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. Page 4 DEATHS |. 7 e 8 5 EXCURSIONS 16 FALL RESORTS, FINANCIAL . Ss FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. Page FOR EXCHANG Page FOR RENT (Flats). FOR SALE (Houses| FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR KENT (Offices). FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Low FOR SALE (Mice HORSES AND VEHICLES. LADIES’ GOODS. 5 MEDICAL . MONEY WAN OCEAN TRAVEL... OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL FIANOS ANI FANS... POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROFESSIONAL PROPOSALS. RAILROADS UNDERTAKERS WANTED (Board) WANTED (Help). Crusade Against Vagrants. The police are continuing the crusade against vagrants with commendable zeal. Just prior to the adjournment of Judge Kimball's branch of the Police Court to- day four colored men were marched in under the guidance of two stalwart guar- dians of the peace. “We arrested these men, who gave their mames as John Howard, Harry Brown, Charles Dorsey and Reuben Griffith, this morning, just as they were coming into the city,”’ said one of the policemen. “They failed to make satisfactory answers to our | inquiries, so we brought them here.” “Griffith belongs in this city,” volun- teered another policeman. “I think that a warrant for larceny has been awaiting him for some time.” “How about that, Griffith?” court. ‘There’s no warrant out for me,” an- swered Reub. ‘‘I’'ve been away from here for a year, and I was on my way home when I was arrested.” Howard, Brown and Dorsey practically admitted that they are tramps, and they were sentenced to the workhouse for thirty days each. Griffith was held until the charge of larceny can be investigated. —— Robberies Reported. Two burglaries were reported to the po- lice at headquarters this morning. Thomas Wilcox of 124 10th street northwest made one of the reports. His place was en- tered last night about 9 o’clock,the burglar gaining entrance by climbing through the second-story window. This is the first second-story job that has been reported for some time. The burglar carried away $21.95 in cash, a razor, Masonic pin, child’s gold bracelet, pair of gold studs, some handkerchiefs and other articles. The other burglary was committed in Georgetown at the barber shop of W. W. Walker, No. 3208 M street. This shop was robbed Wednesday night of nine razors, clippers, shears and a comb. It is not known how the burglar effected an entrance. Dr. Deveraux, No. 1410 Sth street north- west, complains that a lamp was stolen from his bicycle Wednesday night. A black cushion was stolen from one of the Central Express Company's wagons yesterday. An earthen umbrella jar was stolen from the vestibule of 1324 L street a few nights asked the 0. Thos. P. Baldwin complains that a whip and lap robe were taken from his buggy last night. —_+—_—_. Live in Peace. ‘The famity troubles of the Sanders family were aired this afternoon in the Police Court. Joseph G. Sanders was the defend- ant at the instance of his young wife, Mag- gle, who accusei him of assaulting her. Sanders denied the charge emphaticyly. His wife, he said, suffers from a nervous complaint, and her mémory is affected thereby. She has left him four times, it was added, but returned of her own voll- tion. The wife admitted that her husband turns over to her the greater portion of the money he earrs, and Judge Miller disposed of the case by saying: “Go home and try to live in peace.” CONDENSED LOCALS Arthur West and Frank T. J. & h displayed no lights or. their pioyelen tat night; James H. Edwards was scorching; Howard Scidmore drove a horse faster than the law allows,‘and/all were gathered into the toils of justice? They forfeited collateral when theircases were called in the Police Court today: Walter Bryan, colpred,, thirty-five years old, was taken ill at his home, No. o18 Liberty street southwest, last night, and had to be taken to the. Emergence = pital. He had a fity aa en Se Two leaky hydrants, a‘feaky a Wangerous Kole in in a dangerous cond’ road were reported water main, stlewalk and a tree {on on the 7th street y the police today. The police made sixty: terday,.and last nightun There were only five females arresieg.. Six of the victims were locked up for drunkenness and were released when sober. It is against the law Kill quail in Vir- a Ly ine arrests yes- ginfa, but a number anks giving gun- ners "who spent the the Old Domini lon disregarded the 1&W: Rabbits were found in abundance in Maryland, but birds were scarce. 1 While hunting near Woodside, Md., yes- terday, Louis Collard, a thirteen-year-old boy, living at 1305 9th street, was accident- ally shot in the shoulder. He brought to this city and taken to the Emergency Hospital fer treatment. The warm weather has had a depressing effect on oysters, and oystermen down the river are not sending such big boat loads as they sent during ihe cool spell last Week. Because of the warm weather oys- ters are a little cheaper, as there is not so much of a demand for them. For assaulting Policeman Reuth of the second precinct yesterday, Thomas Butler, colored, was today sentenced by Judge Miller to sixty days in jail. Albert Harris, aiso colored, went down for six months for attempting to use Policeman Howard P. Short as a punching bag. In view of the faet that yesterday was a holiday, the busipess,of the Police Court today was remarkably .light. The cases disposed of by Judge Miller and Judge Kimball were for the ‘most part of minor importance and were disposed of with ce- lerity and dispatch, adjournments being in order early in the day. .The Masonic bureau of informatidn and labor was incorporated today by articles filed by D. F. Seville, E. W. Shields, M. H. Hill, Wm. H. Lester, J. H. McDowell and J. W. Goins. ——— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Jesse W. Proctor and Carrie J. Gwynne; Francis C. Chaffin of Milton, Fla., and Isabelle G. Rockwood of this city; Joseph E. Peacock and Lucy E. Hazell, both of Anacostia, D. C.; Edward 8. Greenwell and Jennje M. Koss; Louis P. Darrall of this city and Edith J. Young of Baltimore, Md.; Ferenee H. Sweeney and Lavinia M. Place; Adolph J. Bucheler and Maggie A. Kieny; Mercer D. Blondel and Blanche M. Geiger; Laurentious S. Weeks and May C. Pelcher, both of Fauquier county, Va.; John P. Cramer and Edith Bratton, both of Atlantic City, N. J.; Saml. A. Smith and Eliza Wister, both of Baltimore, Md.; John A. Sweeney and Matie A. Cowl; Robt. A. Waters and Ella C. Rateliffe, both of Prince William coun- ty, Va.; Granville E. Cooper and Rosa V. Warren; Mackall C. Berry and Lotise Bid; Harry C. Geading of Philadelphia, Pa., and Susie E. Springmann of this city; John C. Hudson and Annie M, Shaughnessy; Mau- rice H. Gatchel and Mattie A. Aldrich; Ray E. Middaugh and Hattie Hunt; Geo. D. Carpenter of St. Mayy’s, county, Md., and Marguerite L. Basgeft’ of this city; James T. Miller and Sidney®C, ‘Triplett; James C. Hoyle and Lillie Mf Géfleher; Finley M. Van Hoesen of Cortland, N. Y., and Belle S. Morgan of this cigy; Kelson A. Ryon of Bowie, Md.. and Evg T.. Mitchell of this city; Arthur S. Telle¢'of fidgartown, Mass., and Delia V. Buckley of this city; Robt. B. Adams and Linda C@rrol]; Silas C. Munden and Mamie E. Forbes; Harry 8. Emerich and Elizabeth F. Donovan, both of Balti- more, Md.; Timothy #. Whalen and Marie F. Dempsey; Wm. H, Buych and Elizabeth G. - Assheton; Jatjes “J. Yates and Florence M. Farist, foth of Boston, Va.; John H. Bushee of this city and Sallie P. Fisher of Cilmbérland, Md.; Jacob Stoner and Annie R! Rodf, both of Carroll county, Md.; Wm. Jy, Williams of Los An- geles, Cal, and Lena, G. Mead of this city; James J. Quinn and Antoinette Dunstatter, both of New York city; H. Carlton Bickers and Cosmelia Russell.” Colored—Charley West and Emily Hat- ton; Robert W. Williams and Sarah A. Russell; Walter Hatris and Bertha Car- ter; Charles H. Washington and Addie W. Fortune; Alfred Burgoyne and Lucy A. Lacey; John D. Hall and Camilla Brown; Wm. H. Woods and Annie Jones; Willie K. Williams and Lula EB. Ellis, both of Alex- andria, Va.; Peter Brown and Mary Wash- ington; Stephen Armstrong and Malinda Johnson; Edward Briscoe and_ Nannie Johnson; Jos. 8. Hood and Lizzie E. Tyler; Frederick Addison and Harriet A. White; John 8. George and Maggie E. Crusor; Samuel Nelson and Mary J. Bell; William Green and Lula Parker; James A. Francis of Newark, N. J., and Mattie E. White of this_city; Samuel E/ Tatem of Brooklyn, N. ¥., and Julia M. “Alston of this city: Chas. C. Johnson and Estelle Galloway: Frank Rifins and Elen Carter. QUICKLY CONVICTED George Matthews Found Guilty of James Irwin's Murder. CONFESSED HIS CRIME T0 THE COURT Charged Two Women With Hav- ing Caused His Ruin. ANOTHER TRIAL TO FOLLOW Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Charles County, Md., November 26, 1896. George Matthews, whose trial for the murder of James Irwin at Allen’s Fresh in August last has lasted four days, was found guilty of the murder early last even- ing. The prisoner confessed his guilt, blamed Mrs. Irwin and her sister, Mrs. Bourne, for having led him into it, and expressed a willirgness to pay the penalty. He also expressed a desire that the women should also be punished, especially Mrs. Irwin, who fill be tried next week as an accesscry before the fact. All through the trial the prisoner showed by his ac- tions that he was not the innocent man he pretended to be, and the officers of the court felt satisfied that at the end he would break down and make an effort to carry Mrs. Irwin to the gallows with him. in this they were not mistaken, for his col- lapse was complete and his confession of guilt clear. Yesterday afternoon after Mr. Stone had finished his brief argument for the de- fense he was followed by Mr. John H. Mitchell, who spoke at length for the de- ferse. He admitted that the work of State’s Attorney Posey had been com- plete and that the scrap of paper from the dead man’s brain, fitting as it did the pieces of paper traced to the prison- er’s possession, was the most important piece of evidence against his client. But he argued there was a missing piece of paper, and he endeavored to convince the jury that the gun wad was a part of this missing piece and not the piece which was s0 well traced to his client. The closing argument for the state was made by Gen. Wilmer. He covered some of the xame ground covered by Mr. Posey, and then went more into detail about the crime and how it was committed. The prisoner might not have rowed all the way from Rock Point to Allen's Fresh, he held, but might have rowed part the way and then had a horse to take him to the house. He claimed that the jury neei not find that the prisoner actually fired the shot. If they found that he was there aiding and abetting he is just as guilty. In closing he declared it was not neces- sary to show that there was a motive for the crime; the illegal relations existing between the man and woman presume a motive. When Gen. Wilmer had finished it was nearly 5 o'clock, and Chief Justice Briscee began his charge. The gathering in the court room had greatly increased, end all listened with aaxiety. The charge was not long. ‘The jury left the court room and went downstairs to one of the office rooms, and the judges, tired by the long session, went out to get a breath of fresh air. A few minutes before 6 o'clock, when the jury .had been out about fifteen minutes, word was sent to the judges that a verdict had been reached, and the three judges returned. Guards Howard and Murphy had been left in the court room with the prisoner. When Judge Briscoe took his seat he an- néunced that any boisterous demonstra- tion as to the verdict would result in fill- ing the jail with prisoners. Then the tw jurymen filed in. Their faces gave no of the conclusion they had reached. A single lamp on the clerk's desk threw its dim rays across the pallor on the prisoner's features, while in the dark background were the hundreds of faces, white and col- grea. “Guilty of murder in the first degree,” came the slow and deliberate response of the foreman to the question of the clerk. Judge Briscoe made the usual inquiry “Have you anything to say why the sen- tence of the court should not now be im- posed upon you?” The announcement of the verdict, al- though meaning death, had apparently re- lieved the man from the strain under which he had been for several days, and, know- ing that his last hope had vanished, he proceeded to tell his story. “W—e—I-1,” he stammered, in an indis- tinct sort of a way, as if he did not un- derstand just what he wanted to say, or how he wanted to say it: “All I've got to say is that all this was caused by Mrs. Irwin and her sister, Mrs. Bourne. and I hepe they will get the good of it. ‘The jury has turned her loose and condemned me, and you might as well turn the devil loose cut of hell as to turn that woman loose.” “Is that all you have to say?” asked Judge Briscoe, when the prisoner paused in his talk. “Well,” the prisoner resumed, “I'm satis- fied to take what follows. I've been led off by such women as that, and that’s the only reason I came back here and determined to make as good a fight as I could to save myself. This woman led me to believe that that man was going to kill me. He was coming to my shanty, she told me, and blow my brains out while I was asleep.” “You were given a fair and impartial trial and was given an opportunity to. tell all you wanted about this case,” began Judge Briscoe. : “But I was on my oath not to give her away,” interrupted the prisoner, “and I was willing to sell my life to keep my oath to her.” “The jury has found you guilty,” resum- ed the court. “And I am guilty of it, sir,” the prisoner interrupted. The sentence of death was thereupon pro- nounced, and the prisoner resumed his seat as if glad the case had come to a close. Gov. Lowndes will have to fix the time for Matthews’ execution. As soon as sentence of death had been passed the handcuffs were put on the pris- oner, and he was taken back to the jail from which he had made his escape. ‘On the way he talked with the guards, and said he was not much surprised at the ver- dict. The Woman's Case. Mrs. Irwin was not told of what had been done. The conviction of Matthews, many peo- ple think, will have great weight with the jury in the trial of the woman’s case, for the trial of her case depended wholly upon the result of the hearing in his. In all probability her trial will begin next Wednesday morning, and it will, it is thought, last longer than that of Mat- thews. Much of the evidence in his case will be repeated in hers, including the tell- tale letters. ° It is said that a statement in the nature of a confession, said to have been made by Mrs. Irwin, will be used. Just what it 1s the state’s attorney, of course, will not tell. Mr. Posey had at least one conversa- tion with her in jail, and it was the fear that she was to be used as a witness that so unnerved Matthews at times. It is reported that Mrs. Irwin said Mat- thews had told her that ke was going to kill her husband, and that he gave her a bottle of poison to give him. This she threw away, and she did not make com- plaint against Matthews because she feared he would kill her. Report also has it that she declared she did not know Matthews was coming to her house the Sunday night of the murder. Sheriff Wade says there has not been a legal hanging in Charles county since the execution of the Everett murderers. There is no fence around the jail, but the sherift says he will have the building and grounds inclosed before the execution of Matthews. Should the woman be convicted and sen- tenced to death, it is thought that both she and Matthews would not suffer death the same day, for fear of a scene resulting from the bad feeling existing between them. There has never been a woman ex- ecuted in the county, and many persons think that, if convicted, she will be sen- tenced to prison. —_>—_— Official Count in Texas. ‘The vote of Texas cast at the election for presidential candidates was as follows, ac- cording to official count: Bryan and Sew- all, 288,323; McKinley and Hobart, 162,506; Bryan and Watson, 79,966; Levering and Johnsen, 5,030, BETTER THAN’ EVER Seturlay’s Star to Oontain Many New and Interesting Features, Arrangements completed by The Star enable it to promise its readers during the winter a remarkable series of literary at- tracticns. To make its columns unu- sually entertaining the realm of fiction will be very liberally drawn upon with- out regard to expense. The Star read- ers will have the pleasure of perusing one short story after another by the most popular writers of the world, including Rudyard Kipling, Ian Conan Doyle, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Joel Chand- ler Harris and Gilbert Parker. 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