The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1879, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1879.-7TRIPLE SHEET HRS. COBB'S STATEMENT. She Gives the Herald Her Present Views. UNJUSTLY CONVICTED. All the Result of Bishop’s Jeal- ousy and Malice, PIOTURE OF HER HOME. Casts Her Burden Upon the Lord and Wants a New Trial. Norwica, Conn., Jan 27, 1879, Mrs, Kate M. Cobb's counsel filed a motion in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court on the 25th inst. The motion objects to the ruling of the Court in rejecting the evidence of Floyd H. Crane that Cobb told him he had eaten arsenic; also to the re- jJecting of witnesses to prove Mrs. Bishop and Mrs, Cobb were in the habit of exchanging poetry, as their client affirmed. It urges that Adele W. Cobb (Mrs. Cobb's nine-year-old daughter) was not a competent witness, not knowing the nature of an oath. The petition complains of the insertion of the word “peasonable” before the word “hypothesis” in a 1¢- quest made by the defence by the Court. It also al- leges that two jurymen violated their obligation while sitting as jurors—a fact unknown to the defence until after the verdict was rendered. The motion will be heard before the full bench of the Supreme Court of Errors, which sits in this city in March. It has transpired since tho trial that the jurymen did not in every instance honor the position. The HERALD commented on the probable effect of public sentiment on these peers, upon whose candid and calm judgments the woman's fate depended, while boarding around and hearing threats trom excited and indignant citizens that the man who stood out should be, in case he were known, ridden out of town onarail, With such talk from a large number of men, smong whom a certain police official was not a silent suditor, there is no wonder that an agreement was speedily reached. One juryman, Christopher M. Gallup, of Ledyard, who stated, when challenged, “I have formed no opinion to hinder me from rendering a verdict in accord with the evidence,” is now alleged to have said in » store at Mystic, just previous to the trial, “The woman is guilty and ought to be hung!” He was one of the ten who voted to convict her of mur- der in the first degree, for which the only penalty is hanging, and was, it is claimed, the last man to yield to the verdict of murder in the second degree. A Stonington juror—and seven of the jury were from Stonington, by the way—Charles E. Chipman, notwithstanding Chief Justice Park’s admonitions, while sitting as a juror entered into a, pub- lic discussion in a store one Saturday e ing and used his notes taken as a jury- man to establish his opinions. Mr. John T. Wait, the senior counsel for the defence, who was personally acquainted with several of the jurors, invited one to take tea with him, and he did so, This act, notwithstanding Judge Wait’s established in- tegrity, led the State authorities to shadow with de- tectives the juryman who had the temerity to dine with him for three days, and the result was he was found to be a decided man against the prisoner, and the State officers were again at rest. NO SYMPATHY YOR KATE COBB. ‘There was never a prisoner at the bar in this county with so little public sympathy as Mrs. Cobb. ‘This was not owing to the woman’s baseness but to a substratum of fear that has been awakened in this coiamunity in the past year. Crime has increased alarmingly here in the past few years. Conjugal in- felicity and murder have been twentyfold greater than ever before. For nineteen years previous to 1874 but three murder trials were heard in the New London County Superior Court. Since then twenty homicides have occurred in this county, and Bishop's trial in Murch will be the fourteenth murder case in a little over four years. Besides this, in the past three years 172 divorces have been granted in this county—more than were granted in the ten years previous. In all these murders but four criminals have been sent to Wethersfield for life, the rest getting from three years in State Prison to sixty days in jail. Yet these crimes, instigated by hate and perpetrated with bludgeons, did not strike the people with panic; but in 1878 there were four sudden deaths in Norwich—three wives and a hus- band—all of whom are believed to have been mur- dered by poison, and it is this treach- erous and effective means of divorce by death that has startled this people; and it isnot strange that wives are the loudest in their anathemas and the most bitter in their prejudices, wheu they are pass- ing three to one to the grave labelled “heart disease”’ and “apoplexy” when they have been murdered. ‘The Covb-Bishop coincidence— Mrs. Hattie Bishop dying suddenly the 6th of February, 1878, and Charles H. Cobb, Jr., the 6th of June (just four months to a day), equally as sudden—led to the grave suspicions that resulted in the investigation and arrest of Wi ley W. Bishop and Kate M. Cobb as partners in crime, and the chemical analysis and its results and the at- titude of the Cobbs against their daughter-in-law led to bitter public declamations and the exhibition of a spirited determination that this twain must be hanged for example’s sake, without judge or jury, if they could not be by them. While the Cobbs have exercised a terrible influence against their son's widow by their attitude, they have not said anything of importance or shown the slightest malevolence of spirit in their evidence against their daughter-in-law, testifying to their son's implicit confidence in her until his death; to her faithfulness as a wife, &c.; and, while all the testimony they offered in regard to Kate M. Cobb nperrnc tne related to Bishop's state- mont was neither corroborative or damaging, yet, had they not appeared on the stand for the State, there is no doubt she would have been acquitted. CLERICALS EXPRESS THELR OPINIONS. ‘This talk of acquittal is heresy here; but as one moves north or west fifteen or twenty miles away from this atmosphere of alarm, the majority who have read tho evidence ex the greatest survrico atthe result. A few residents, not to the manner born, are also surprised that a jury of twelve men, with the evidence before them, should have rendcred & verdict “that Charlos H. Cobb, Jr., died of arsenical oisoning at the hands of his wife,” when five phys- clans, as experts, testified “that the never absent symptom of arscnical poisoning, dropsy of the eye- lids, was not present in his case,” and the family physician testitying that “the rigidity of the retains after death indicated strychnine,” corrob- orated Bishop's statement that strychnine was the Jast and fatal poison administered. Oue orthodox clergyinan in town has had the temerity to say, “I do not see how the jury found the verdict upon the evidence.” Rey. L. T. Chamberlain, one of our most eminent clergymen, called at the jail and talked on spiritual matters aud prayed with Mrs. Cobb during her incarceration, and has since said, “it that woman is gtilty she is a puzzle to me,” as the result of his visit and im. pressions. Rey. Hugh Montgomery, the pastor aud spiritual adviser of both Bishop Mra, Cobb, mukes regular visits at tho jail, and, although the Central hodist Episcopal Church is extremely — and pretty evenly divided in its sympathies, ry ¢ pastor maintains a neutrality that is retreshing, ware between these two “regenerated” prison- ers thore is still existing the basest of falschoo MI. COBB TO HER PASTOR. Since Mr#. Cobb's conviction he has called upon her and extended optritaal consolation. In answer to the following interrogatories from her pastor she has yiven the following responses :— 2 Mrs. Cobb, how do you feel in regard to your intimacy with Bishop ? A. I deopiy regret it. It has cost me days and nights of sorrow. Had M Bishop been my own sister T could not have more intimate with her, and I could have as soon poisoned ny own sister as her, I never did it. Q. What of the future? Do you think God through shristhas accepted you? A, I feel very differ eut in regard to religion and religious subjects since Thave been incarcerated, Ihave spent much of my time in prayer, he ch though the Lord had 0. ou are convicted what do you say re- ? A. God knows Lam ‘nocent of harges against me. ta thie: ta Ry ea “PRIEND,”* In this town Kate M. Cobb, as a woman and a wife, to the time ot het husband’s death, had no supertor; and of the hundred witnesses examined during the re- cent trial not one threw a shadow ipon the tolicity of her home, in which she say wrley never spoke @ cross word in ten years to offend me or ruillo the faces of the children,” but pre- heard and answ vious good character, domestic happiness, the im. plicit asdence of her husband to the day of his | death, her womanly bearing on the witness stand and her constant protest that “Iam innocent” have not weighed one iota in her behalf, t with the few, the many coring, out for her bl She has stanch and.true friends in the community who be- lieve her sin has been a blind infatuation that has involved her with Bishop, who has been prom- ised that her conviction shall be his salvation from the gallows, aud already public senti- ment has begun to waver in his behalf, Mrs, Albert T. Baker, of Willimantic, member of the Brewster's Neck, At that time he said he was troubled with cutaneous disedse and the falling out of his beard; he also stuted that he felt a numbness in his hands. not consult @ doctor. mine, @ jist, has of arsenic for me. am taking arsenic; Mrs. Baker asked him why he did He replied, “A friend of Prpseribed @ pteparation tie does not tnow T if she did she would worry herself to death.” It will be re- membered Bishop, his particular friend, was & druggist, and that his first attack was in February, 1878. This evidence is of the same character as that of Floyd H. Coone which was ruled out by the Court upon the ground that a declaration of a naked fact said to have come from the deceased could not be admitted as evidence, AN INTERVIEW WITH KATE. Kate M. Cobb has expressed herself well pleased with the treatment her case has received from the Heravp, and invited your reporters to a special in- terview with her; but, through her counsel, the Henatp’s questions have been submitted and answered as follows:— Q. What sustained you throngh the trying ordeal ? A. There is no situation in which Christ is not will- ing and able to help us—a fact in the experience of God’s children is that which they consider a trouble they can never bear, when the time actually comes for ing it, fades to an endurable trial, because of the grace and stvength givén them from on high. I cast soy burian upon the Lord and he sustained me. Q. at are your impressions of the trial and its bearing om friends and neighbors? A. My im- ressions of the trial are that it was not so fair and Rnpartial to me aa it appeared to others. Testimony for the defence that would have thrown light upon some of the darkest points was excluded, and tes- timony for the prosecution was exaggerated to a great extent, and some of it was utterly false. The witnesses for the prosecution were people, some of whom I had never seen, some thatI had only spoken with a few times, others not at all. I had had no de- gree of intimacy whatever with but three of them; my friends are my friends, yet nothing has or will shake their confidence in the integrity of my state- ments. Q. From your standpoint what have you to say of Bishop's testimony and his motive for perjury? A, The motive for Bishop’s perjury from my stand- point is this:—He had dug a pit’ in which to entra others and fell into it himself, He was arrested, and the guilt of which he was conscious enlarged daily till he had no peace of mind. He knew that I was imnocent, and if he confessed the truth I would be released from this imprisonment and he would have to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. To save himself from a shameful death he constructed this story which he has told, thereby consigning me to @ living death and perjuring himself. HER STORY OF THE “LOVE” OF BISHOP. Q. What induced Bishop to construct the remark- able love story, and what are your feelings regarding it? A. Many years ago my husband and Bishop were intimate. At that time ayes had a good situation. Money was quite plenty with him and was spent freely. Charley was in a machine shop on small pay. He was with Bishop agreat deal and Bishop expended his money tor his own and Charley's pleasure. Bishop, through his associations, 0 priate and did not progress in life, while Charley wus rising step by step. As time went on their duties did not admit of their being together as often. Charley was the favored one and at last gained in popularity till he was chosen to fill a place of honor among his fellow men, Bishop was jealous of those favors; he had tried to get a higher position but failed. he thought that the friend of his youth should have so many favors shown him while he was being overlooked maddened him and he wished to be revenged; but how? He could not thrust Mr. Cobb aside and take his be Oh, no; he must try another course, jishop’s wife and I were very intimate and had been so from school an ine- girls. It is true that houschold duties and sickness had kept us apart for months at a time; but our friendship and love for each other was ever the same. He used this friendship of ours as a cloak to shield him in his plot. He knew that a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Charley and I both bore good names and stood well in society. Bishop began by stopping at the house and chatting with me. He made me a present; I was surprised; but he said, “It is a token of friendship. T received it as such, and in time re- turned compliment. I did not intend by this inti- delity to my marriage vows; my husband knew it; he trusted me and I him. We four were to- gether @ great deal, and some little things that at times were said in jest he has taken as a foundation upon which to build this story. His wife died suddenly; Charley and I sympathized deeply with him in his affliction, little thinking bis own hands were red with his wife's blood; he continued stopping often at the house; I spoke to him about it, fearing that the neighbors might gossip; he had already heard that ny good name was being tuken from me. Did he tell me of this? No! Did he care? No! It was what he had been working for. Charlie is taken sick; now is Bishop's time; he knew that Charley was taking arsenic; a little more arsenic added to the medicine and food which he brought to the house, and which he knew was to be taken by Charley alone, and the work is completed. From these tacts he has constructed this story; I have lost through him all that made life dear or worth living for. HAPPY HOME, LOVING HUSBAND AND BRIGHT CHIL- DREN. Q. How does this breaking up of your home and severance from your children affect you? A. I had a home that was all a home could be; the kindest and most indulgent of husbands. He loved and trusted me, and never spoke unkindly to me during the ten years of our life. We were a happy couple, enjoying life. The future looked bright and inviting. We had toiled early and late together; but love. brightened our labor, and made it easy. My husband had a good position. I was proud of him: he was self-made. By his own hands he had risen from a poor mechanic to @ place of honor among men, God had given us two bright, loving intelligent children. Wo were happy: too happy, it seems, to last. At one fatal blow all been taken trom me; the husband I loved murdered before my eyes and I accused of doing the foul deed. So sudden wud so unexpected was the blow that it nearly de- prived me of my reason and my life; my children were left to me aud I thought I must live and work for them. That blessing is now denied me. I have been convicted of acrime which I never committed and sentenced to lite-loug imprisonment. My heart is bereft of all but its power to suffer, This is a cold and cruel world to those of ex- perience, and to think that my innocent children’ must be left at such an early age to be tossed hither and thither, asa bark upon the stormy billows, adds greatly to my sorrow. My mother, too! Oh, how she suffers! I, her only daughter, have been her companion for years; her joys and her sorrows alike were mine, and now, when she needs my help and care most, both are denied her. Tam an only sister, and my brothers will feel the loss as only brothers can. On, what is life to me now—a blank, a wilderness? To God I commit the care of those I love, knowing that He will take care of them in their hour of trouble. ASTONISHED AT THE VERDICT. Q. Was the verdict a surprise? A. The verdict was a surprise, for I felt confident that the innacence of which I was conscious would be vindicated. Q. Do you think your husband's popularity in- creased the prejudice against you? A. 1 think it did; for his popularity among the people naturally inten- sified their hatred against those who were believed to and were I the felon I have been deserved it all. He was a favorite with the people; but no one loved him or mourns his lows more than L. Where I expected sympathy I have received hatred; those who should have healed my wounds have increased the laccrations, and those who would have protected me but for the shadows that have environed me havo added insults to my afflictions. Oh! it is a bitter experience for an iuno- cent woman, Q. What are your hopes for the future? A. My hope for the future lean answer in no better way than in the words of the — Iknow not what will befall me! God hangs mist o'er my eyes. And o'er each atop of my onward path He makes new scenes to rise, Isee not astep before me ‘As I tread the days of the year; But the past is still in God's keeping, The future hie mercy shall clear, And what looks dark in the distance May brighten as I draw near. Perhips the dreaded future Has jess bitterness than I think; ‘The Loved may sweeten the water Before I stoop to drink; 80 L go on not knowing, I would not if I might; T would rather walk on in the dark With God than go alone in the light; IT would rather walk with him by Than walk alone by sight; My heart shrinks back from trials hich the future may disclose; Yet I never had @ sorrow But what the dear Lord chose. So I send the coming tears back With the whispered words, “Ife knows.” K, POISONED POTCHEESE. SEIVKE ACQUITTED OF THR CHARGER OF KILLING HER BROTHER, ‘The case of Mra, Caroline ©. Seifke, who was ar- rested on the charge of attempting to poison her brother, John P, Ropke, residing at No. 82 Ross street, Williamsburg, on the dist of August last, was tried before Judge Moore, of the Kings County Court of Seasions, yesterday, John Blackmeyer, thirte years of age, testified that on the ovening of the ‘Hat oft August lost, while iaring with some other boys wt the corner of Hooper strect and Wythe avenue, Williamsburg, a lady, whom he atierward identified as Mrs. Seifke, asked him to take a package, which she informed ‘him contained potchoose, to Mrs. Pope (mother of the accused), of 0. 62 Hoss street, and say that it was sont by « Mrs, Cook, of Bast New York. Witness did as re- quested, At this point counsel held a consultation, | when it was agreed to admit that the chevse gon- Ms. tained poison, and that John P. Ropke, brother of Mrs. Seifke, had been affected by cating @ portion of it. Mrs. Seifke testified that she knew nothing of the poisoning until arrested. Witness had not been in Wiliamsburg for six months prior to the affair; « litigation was pending between her brother and mother; she did not visit because she was re- quested not to do so by her husband; on the night of the 31st of August last, when the cheese was given to the boy, she was at her home in this city. The statement of witness that she was at home on the evening in quesdon was verified by Henry Snyder, assistant cashier at A, T, Stewart's, and Ferdinand Sternshorn, Hugo Miller, who made an analysis of the cheese, testified that he found enough arsenic in it to kill half a dozen men. The jury, without leaving their seats, rendered a verdict of “not guilty.” . THE VANDERBILT ESTATE. A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS GRANTED BY JUDGE DAVIS IN THE MILLION DOLLAR SUIT—THE APPLICATION TO BEMOVE THE EXECUTORS AND FOR AN ACCOUNTING, A dense throng filled the Surrogate’s Court yester- day afternoon to hear the argument on the applica- tion of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt to have William H. Vanderbilt and the co-executors superseded in the management of the estate on the ground that it is being badly managed and in danger of being ruined through speculation and extravagance on the part of William H. Vanderbilt, who, it is claimed, has already borrowed some $17,000,000 to aid his speculations. ‘The petition, which has already been published, as will be remembered, sets forth that William H. Vanderbilt is speculating in stocks on a gigantic scale and greater than ever be- fore known; that he has lost several millions of dollars in such speculation; that ho has declared that to sustain the will he would spend the whole estate if necessary; that he is of # helpless and ex- citable nature and is contracting large debts, and that the property he controls will ultimately be wasted. Mr. Scott Lord, on behalf of Cornelius J. Vander- Dilt, read the petition at length and then urged that the facts set forth fully justified the granting of the prayer of the petitioner. Mr. Henry L. Clinton moved to dismiss the motion on the ground that the provision of the statute under which the motion was made had no application to the executors, This motion was not the proper remedy in the case, if there wus any. Cor- nelius J. Vanderbilt had elected to take the interest on $200,000 given him under the will ‘and the exectitors hud ceased to be executors, so far as he was concerned, but were merely trustecs. ‘Chere was nothing in the petition to show that a single dol- Jar in legacies had been paid after the filing of the allegations, As to Mr. William H. Vanderbilt's specu- lations in stocks, there was nothing in the petition to prove that his profits have not exceeded his losses, or to show that he used uny money besides his own in such speculations. The petition itself showed that the chief executor was worth almost $100,000,000, which was, he claimed, quite enough to secure the petitioner’s $200,000. Mr. Lord stated, in reply, that they had never rec- ognized the executors as such, and that Mrs. La Bau had received money from the estate was no re- cognition of them. They could not be con- sidered trustees until the allegations were settled; and, besides, the Court’s power over them was the same either as executors or trustees. Mr. Joseph H. Choate, in opposition to the motion, made the concluding argument, after which the Court took the papers, reserving its decision. THE ONE MILLION SUIT. The suit brought by Cornelius J. Vanderbilt against William H. Vanderbilt to recover $1,000,000 upon an alleged agreement that the defendant would pay this sum to the plaintiff on his interposing no opposition to the probate of Commodore Vanderbilt's will, was on the calendar renianiay st Part 3, Supreme Court Circuit, held by Judge Landon. On the case being called, the counsel in two suits awaiting trial ob- jected to the case being Hreterend before theirs, as their cases were first placed on the calendar, for which reason they insisted on their cases being tried in their order. Mr. Scott Lord stated that he desired to inform tho Court that he had been served with a stay of pro- ceedings granted by Judge Davis until a struck jury could be drawn for the trial of the case. He urged that the case was not one for which a struck jury ought to be drawn, and he saw no reason why the ordinary course should not be followed. Aside from this he urged that the stay was a nullity, in that only a circuit judge could decide whether it was # case for a struck jury. He asked the Court for an order to show cause why the stay should not be vacated and the case be allowed to go to trial in the ordinary way. Atter a brief discussion Judge Landon granted the order asked for, making the sume returnable at half- past three P, M. to-day, when the matter will come up for argument. ‘Lhe decision of Judge Davis granting the stay re- ferred tu by Mr. Lord was given yantepiny, the same being embodied in a lengthy opinion. ‘He grants the stay until the beginning of the February term. After reciting the facts of the vase he holds that as the issues are of an extraor- dinary character, and as the controversy now pend- ing in the Surrogates Court has excited great public interest, it would be difficult to secure an unbiassed jury trom the ordinary panels. Another reason for the stay is that the trial cannot be concluded in the present term; that 1 will probably last several weeks; that neither party will suffer by the delay, and that it would be far better to be tried by a fresh jury, un- wearied by weeks of attendance in court. THE ANTL-TAMMANY HOSTS. RESULTS OF THE FIRST DAY'S ENROLMENT— TWENTY-FIVE HUNDBED SIGN PAPERS—THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS. An enrolment of voters under the auspices of “The Democratic Organization of the City and County of New York"—the title adopted for a per- manent organization of democrats opposed to Tam- many Hall—was begun last evening at seven o'clock and continued until nine in all the Assembly dis- tricts and the two wards of the city. A joint committee of twenty-seven, appointed by the Irving Hall, the city and the county democracy, issued @ call to the democratic republican electors of the city and county of New York in favor of the free and independent action of the people, and opposed, in the words of the call, to the control or dictation of any sggret society or irresponsible power, and requesting the attendanae, in their respective Assembly districts and wards, at the times and places stated, to en- roll themselves as members of the democratic organization of the said city und county. Yesterday was the first day set down for the enrol: ment, the other days being Thursday, January 30; Monday, February 3; Thursday, 6th; Monday, 10:h, and Thursday, 13:h, between the hours of seven and nine P. M. Three Commissioners of Enrolment were appointed for each district and ward, and as a rule the elected chairman of each district was a representative of the Irving Hall democracy, showing that the element that first plelged itwet to the support of Mayor Cooper predominates in the anti-lammany democracy. Tho enrolment last evening throughout the city approxi- mated about two thousand five hundred vames. Books were opened at designated and advertised places in each Axsembly district and in cach of the two annexed wards, and during the hours set apart for the entry of siguatures men came quietly to- gether and registered their autographs, and after chinning around for a while went their ‘ways, Commissioners of Eurolment, or a majority of them, are supposed to certify to the correctness of the two copies of enrolinent which are required to be made. Any vacancy in the office of Commissioner will be filled by Emanuel B. Hart, Maurice J. Power and Robert B. Nooney, a committes appointed for that purpose. The duties of the Commissioners cease with the completion of the enrolment except as otherwixe provided. One of them will deliver one copy of the enrolment to Mr, Jerome Buck, chairman of tho Joint Committee of Conference, who wilt attend at Irving Hall, Friday, February 14, at eight P. receive the same for delivery upon tion to the General Committee to under the call, The enrolled electors are e pected to meet in their respective Assembly districts Monday, February 17, at eight P. M ‘and choose three inspectors to supervise the primary election to be held thereafter. Such one of the Com- missioners cf Enrolment as they shall elect their chairman shall call the mecting to order, upon its organization deliver to its chairman vopics of the eurolment, and he same to the inspectors eho: PRIMARY ELECTIONS. ‘The primary election, at which only enrolled elec- tors will be allowed to vote, will be held at the places where inspectors of election are chosen February 20, between seven and ten P. M., and until every enrolled clector present shall have had an opportunity to vote for the choice of three commissioners of enrolment, who shall have the custody of the enrolment, and re ceive additions to it at such times and places be hegempe by the General Committee to be chosen under the call and also of members of a com. mittee for the city and county as follow: ‘iret As- sombly district, 49 members; Second, 44; Third, 41; Fourth, 63; Fifth, 47; Sixth, 41; Seventh, 32: Kighth, 00; Ninth, #4; Tenth, 50; Kleventh, #6; Tweltth, 47; Thirteenth, 38; Fourteenth, 39; Fifteenth, 60; Si teenth, 50; Se ahteenth, 52 teenth, ‘4; y-first, S81, and Twenty-third yurth wards, 38, and also of atleast five prs for cach election district of an Assembly district committes, The General Com- mitieo will weet at Irving Hall on Saturday, March Ist, at cight o'clock P. M., for organization and the several Assembly district committees will meet at the primary election places Tuesday, March 4. Tho total numbor of the General Committee will roach as high @ figure, if not higher, than that of ‘Tammany Hall, and will probably be thirteen hun- dred, and the enrolment is expected to reach by the fime it is over something like fitty thousand je yoters—the pink and flower of the democracy, ac’ ing to some of the ani ‘ammany enthusiasts, The banner district of anti-Tammany (the 2th), where John McCool, the origival chairman of the Irving Hall democracy, holds sway, bad the largest euro. Amount last evening, THE MURDERED MISER. Schulte’s Skull Produced in the Court. BLOOD STAINS ON BUCHHOLTZ’S CLOTHING, Letters from the Murdered Man's Brother. A LADY CLAIMS THE ESTATE. Sour Nonwats, Conn., Jan. 27, 1879. The ninth day of the Schulte investigation only deepened the interest felt in unravelling the mysteries of this extraordinary murder, aud as each day adde to the volume of testimony already in possession of the State several links rematn yet to be established between the supposed enemies of the miser on the other side of the Atlantic and the suspected pris- oner, now in the County Jail, Another sitting, however, it is stated, will complete the chain of evidence, This morning the State’s Attorney first recalled Paul Harcher, owner of tho Davis House, to prove that, while in the yard of the hotel on the 5th inst., the officer having Buchholts in charge being temporarily absent, the prisoner of- fered hun one-tenth of the money if he would swear as he desired him to testify, adding that he would give him more, if necessary, as he had just received over $200 from Germany. Officer David Dayton, on being sworn, testified that while his prisoner was in the urinal, tho door being partially opened, he noticed that he was taking a letter from an inside pocket; he was tearing open an envelope, and saw him take out two bill when in the afternoon he was entering the officer's house he told him he had received $250 from Ger- many, and saw him place the bills in & pocketbook; they were one one hun- dred dollar bill and three fifty dollar bills. Several of the jurymen described the scene on the night of the murder, when the body was carried to the farm house, but no ono could tell positively whether Buchholtz was among them. Frank H. Baxter, a drug clerk, testified that about nine o'clock on the night of the murder Buchholtz came in the store and asked to have his face plastered. He took a sponge, washed the blood off and noticed thit there were three er four gashes—in fact they looked more like scratches or slight cuts; there was not much blood on Buchholtz’s face, but more on his shirt; two or three days-after he asked for a particu- lar hairbrush without a bandle. A COUNSEL CONTEST. ‘Mr. Bollman, counsel flor Buchholtz, here desired to ask the witness the day when this conversation was held. ‘The State's Attorney otsjected to counsel coming be- fore an inquest and cros#examining witnesses. The prisoner was not yet on trial; they were only finding evidence. The whole object of this investigation would be destroyed if counsel could come in here and ask questions. Mr. Bollman—It strikes me my learned friend is acting as judge, jury and-coroner. Mr. Olmstead—I scorn with disdain the gentle- man’s remarks. It ill becomes a member of the Bar to tell me that I desire witnesses to say what they do not mean. The gentleman forgets himself when he makes such a remark. There are matters not re- vealed here yet, and I propose to get at them in my own way. ‘Che gentleman is present here by mere courtesy. I do not propose to be interfered with. Only once before I remember prisoner’s counsel attempted to,ask questions before a coroner’s jury, and he was soon squelched, That wasin the great Burdell murder case in New York, when Mr. Henry L. Clinton, coun- sel for Mrs. Cunningham, attempted it, but the Cor- oner would not listen to him, and he was only per- mitted to sit quietly in the room pending: the inves- tigation. Bollman—Your Honor, all I desire tovask —— Olmstead—I object, I object! Mr. Bollman—Mr. Olmstead has no business to ob- Ject here, I it that he is acting as State's Attorney, coroner and jury. Mr. Olimstead—I claim that this jury has no right to be insulted; I for one, prefer not to be insulted; I always expect to meet gentlemen everywhere has been allowed to make this speech and reiterat Coroner Craw—Gentlemen, these personal matters must stop. As the State has said, Buchholtz is not yet on trial. This is an ex parte investigation, and I hope matters will proceed smoothly. Mr. Bollman—I ask the privilege to submit ques- tions now and then. Iam as anxious to know who killed Schulte as the State or the jury. Mr. Olmstead—He has undertaken to get the'vest belonging to the prisoner from the officer. Mr. Bollman—That is not true, sir. {At this juncture the witness said that his store was locked up and people might want medicines, He left the court room without counsel having a chance to examine him.} Mr. Olmstead—Am I to be forced to produce an article of clothing as evidence before I am ready? While I am follo’ 1g the Buchholtz thread I am pur- suing others just as important, and I desire to say here now, for once and all the time, that I am not an der; but if the jury think so I will not continue ‘The State’s Attorney was here informed that the jury were anxious for him to go on. The Coroner also thanked the State for having taken such a deep interest in the case. A long pause, enabling the legal contestants to cool off, here followed, when the tes- timony was resumed. Dr. Moses B. Pardee was here sworn;—Has been medical practitioner in Norwalk during twenty-four years; made the post-mortem examination of Schulte at the home of the Waring family; first saw the body in the woods; found it lying on the back; found scalp wound on back part of the head; also another wound near the left ear; the skull wound on back part of the head was six inches in circunifer- ence; the blow must have evidently been struck backward; the man who struck him must have been at Schulte’s left side; the depth of the wound was about two and # half inches; witness removed part of the skull; it was loose, RXMIBITING THE DISSECTED SKULL. The Doctor here produced two jars containing parts of the murdered man’s skull. A teeling of hor- ror spread through the court rooin when the doctor, holding a towel in one hand, took the piece of skull from one of the jars, wiped it off and showed it to the jury. The brain, witness continued, was not much lacerated; this wound alone would not have killed == him; he might have walked several rods atterward; he might have lived some time after; noar the body was a lage pool of blood; it could not have come trom this wonnd; he wound over the left ear was two and one-foarth inches in diameter and nearly three inches in depth; that wound penetrated the skull, struck the base of the brain and spinal nerves; irom this wound a large amount of blood naturally spurted somewhere, The doctor here showed bones taken from this wound, all in fragments. One of the temple arteries, Le continued, was broken through; at least nalf a dozen tablespooutuls of blood would have spirted out and this wound caused instant death; this wound must have been struck by some one who stood directly over him; if Schulte had stood up at the time the wound wonld not have been so deep. ‘The next morning witness examined the wounds on Buchholtz’s face; they were mere scratches about two inches long; took the plaster off; noue of these wounds penetrated beyond the skin; no more than ten or twenty drops of blood might have oozed out of then hese scratches appeared to have been ar- ranged ‘Y nice! «a briar might have done it; when the body w: arried from the woods to the house there could have been no spurting of blood, only oozing. Olto Barthol was closely examined as to his where- abouts on the day of the murder. He denied having been in the woods during that or any other time. BLOOD-SEAINED CLOTHING. ‘The State's Attorney here exhibited Buchholtz’s pantaloons, worn by him on the night of the mur- der. There were half # dozen spots of blood on them. Charles Iling testified to dnding part of an old shirt near the place of the murder; there were several ts of blood on the shirt, but a glass was required me parts of it looked as it a knite ith it; the shirt was claimed to be wake us the one worn by Buchholtz, «mucl Waring was recalled—He helped to carry of Schulte over the hill, but had no blood lothes; could not say for certain whether Buchhoilts helped to carry the body. William Berger (one of the jurymen) related how ey obtained possession of Buchholtz’s clothes; when addrossing Mrs. Waring, who kept the hous she said she had bech told by ‘the prisoner that the blood spots on his” p d been th wince he had been Waring did not the night of the murder would not like or do an holta; witness ing against Due two pairs conta us parties engaged in urdered man from the wor here examined to show the p moved along, and to ascertain if of blood on their clothing. No one had di od any h spots, Tho State's Attorn ed that the turther investigation Jon Monday, Febrnury 10, when the case is to be closed so far as the inquest is concerned. A MISER'S VILE FOOD, ‘The German Consul, who telegraphed on December rying the body Mtorthe. hours Grossen Holthausen, is astonixhed at not having re- ceived as yet a reply to his telegram, The Consul is in possession, however, of a letter’ written by this In this brother on December 24 to the murdered man. letter Schulte is informed that everything concern- ing his property is going on all right, the fruit trees Were not damaged, the new buildings were in excellent condition and so was the furniture. To show the charocter of the iser the following extract will prove interesting :—Miss Schellenberg, who has not made a bad impression, told me that she was compelled to cook for you pork which was full of worms, and that when she showed you the worms you said, ‘Oh, that’s nothing.’ I wish you would endeavor to live decently, as it becomes a man like you. ‘As to the servant who is with you, Il can give you no advice, We endeavored to give you a respectable man when you were here, but you did not want him. You must wy and get along the very best you can. I can only recommend you to be exceedingly careful, but you cannot get ulong without # servant.” It is singular that the letter to which the above is a reply was dated here October 20, and uever reached Germany till December 17. The Consul bas also another letter for the m miser from a Jus- tive of the Peace at Hagen. This letter was written three days before the mu "Phe following passage occurs thewein, “You think no doubt that i 4m neglecting your affairs. It is not so. Remy has notified me that he will pay you during the spring. All your other investments ‘are sate. 1 have te Remy to wait till you return, When you come back you will find that your broker and myself have looked after your affairs with the same solicitude as it you were here. You will lose nothing by being away, and you can rest easy in this regurd.” Upon a further examination of Schulte’s diary it has been ascertained that in addition to the mur- derous attack made upon the miser a few days betore his departure for America another entry shows that @ previous attempt upon his lite was made in March jast. On the night of March 4, about three o'clock, some one threw a@ brick into his bedroom. He urose at once and fired through the broken win- dow, and saw and heard persons around his house. ‘Two panes ot glass were broken, and the following morning he could trace the steps to the fence sur- rounding his homestead, but not beyond it. On the 5th of April tollowing his houskeeper, Flausche, lett his service, All the above is carefully noticed in the murdered inan’s diary, the same as the second attack, previously described. A CLAIMANT VOR SCHULTE’S ESTATE Notwithstanding the tact that no relatives of Schulte wers ever known to reside in this country, 4 claimant has already appeared tor the thousands of dollars now in possession of the administrators. Mr. Bischoff has received # letter from a married lady stating that her maiden uame is Schulte; that her father’s name was Jobann Heinrich Schulte, who emigrated to America some time between 1840 and 1850, and that she has never heard anything of her father since 1866. She is of the opinion that the murdered Schulte was her father, Mr. Bischoff has given the lady the pravieite intormation in his possession, but it is doubted whether she will establish her claim to the satistaction of the administrators having charge of the estate, SLOSSON’S GREAT AVERAGE. THE WAY IN WHICH GARNIER WAS DEFEATED—- TENTH AND ELEVENTH GAMES OF THE BILL- IARD TOURNAMENT-—--HOW HEISER CAUSED RU- DOLPHE TO LOWER HIS COLORS. After a rest of two days the professional billiard players assembled in force at Cooper Institute yester- day afternoon, the occasion being the tenth game of the champicnship tournament. M. A, P. Ru- dolphe, of New York, and John Randolph Heiser, of Boston, were the players. ‘The game opened very slowly and devoid of interest. Heiser went to work with determination, but hard knocks, he soon ascer- tained, fail to accumulate points, “and,” as an old expert explained it, “‘he took @ reef in his muacle.” It was not until the fourth inning that he counted, when 4 was the result of the effort. Mcanwhile, Rudolphe, docile as a boy who had been promised a sleigh ride, had only com- piled 5. And thus it went on, the buttons at the end of the twelfth essay for cach standing 60 to 36 in favor of the New York representative. When the first hun- dred was turned by the Frenchman thirty-nine min- utes had expired. Wearily the contest continued until Heiser began the twenticth inning. Some of his nervousness had disappeared and, playing with more confidence, he grouped the balls on the left long rail, or two was doing fair execution. Rudolphe hardly noticed the Boston candidate until he had net- ted 40, when he approached the table and gazed thereon intently. Contrary to the Frenchman’s an- ticipations, Heiser became more composed and very cleverly moved further up on the string. Rudolphe didn’t like it. He stood annoyingly near the player, and made frequent claims of “foul” or that the balls “touched.” The audience wanted fair play, and soon let the Frenchman know it. “Sit down!” was the first shot he reccived. ‘Take your seat; we want noue of your bull-dozin’ ere!” was the next broadside. ‘Then there was a general laugh all around, and Ru. was at last compelled to subside, Heiser continued his rail work with luck, and when he had reached 80 points Rudolphe took off his coat. ‘Tho house applauded at this exhibition of awakening energy. John Randolph resumed his seat when he had made 95, and looked bitterly at table, cue and ivories because he could do no better. ‘This run set him far ahead of his adversary, and at the end of the twenty-fifth inning the score stood 202 to 149 in favor of John Randolph. The house liked it, and Rudolphe appeared disconsolate. ‘The next contribution by the Frenchman was 14; then his antagonist added 24 to his string, when Ru. replied with 15, Small efforts followed until Heiser’s twenty-sixth trial. Getting the balls together on the right long rail he seut thein toward the top of the tavle very cleverly, and after tarming the corner be- gan to dance them further aiong. His success frightened or made him careless, as his sixty- shot was marked with @ claim of “tow Rudolphe, and allowed by the referee. did’t commit a foul,” expostulated John Randolph. “The ball moved,” returned the referee, and no more could be said. Ru. responded with 25, and from that on for several cs- says the playing was unimportant. At the end of the thirtieth inning the figures were 292 to 195 in favor of the young Bostonian. Once more Heiser got the ivories together. It was during his thirty-sixth inning. Judicious nursing enabled him to foot up 158, during which run he was repeated! yt . Rudoiphe tried many bluffs, Hoe called “Time” fre- quently to look at the balls, and did much else ina legitimate way with the view of disconcerting the player. John’ Randolph, however, was equal to the occasion, and stood as firm as’ Plymouth Rock. Rudolphe became dismayed. Voteran as he is at this work, he could not understand how he had fallen so tar behind the Boston youth, as the score stood 451 to 215, just 266 points in favor of the latter. Looking all around the room Rudolphe grasped his ene viciously and once more wept into the battle. He rolled up 14 buttons and then retired. Some of his following essays were more creditable, as at the end of the forty-eighth inning he was only 92 ints the worst of the struggle. Heiser, on the other hand, had temporarily gone to pieces, as he accumulated only 40 points daring fourteen innings. Returning to the chary the fifty-first trial, he nerved him- self for creditable work, and after bulf a dozen dith- cult shots obtained full control of the ivories, and nursing them fairly compiled 79, which won him the game by 178 points, in two hours, forty-one minutes. It being the Bostonian’s first victory, he was heartily cheered. ‘Lhe score is as follows :— Heiser—0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 9, 7, 4, 2, 0, 1, 8 13, 14, 0, 3, 16, 1, 0, 0, 95, 24, 0, O, 1, 63, , 0, 18, 11, 0, 10, 2. 9, 168, 1, 4, 1, 17, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 5, 4, 4, T9— 600, Rudolphe—4, 0, 0, 1, 15, 14, 0, 18, 1, 3, 1, 3, 10, Ti, 4, 12, 1, 14, 15, 0, 3, 2, 28, 30, 2, 0, 5, 6, 7, 14, 17, 26, 2, 0, 34, ¥, LI, 0,0, 0, 39, 58, 1, 0422, Winner's average, 11 7-13; loser’s average, 8 14-51. SLOSON BEATS GARNIER, Albert Garnier and George F. Slosson measured eves in the evening. Although the weather was threatening there was a fine audience, the ladies turn- ing out in force to witness the game. It was the eleventh contest of the series, Garnier appeared in evening costume, and Slosson’s dress was also ticularly neat— handsome single breasted cut away coat and white necktie making him conspicuous, Slosson won the lead and took the white bail, but failed in his opening shot. The graceful Albert rolled in Zl on his first essay, not, however, without taking off his coat. The house, in this early stage ofthe game, manifested a deep inter- ext in the playing. Slosson's secoud exsay was a Viank, while Garnier added 7. George broke the ice in his third trial, but stopped at 8, whi his adversary, after making 2 had t : he was baile to when, veing spotted, sled to. retire. blank for Slosson gave her early chance. He availed ently, With a few shots, cleverly executed, the ivories were clustered on the left long rail and proved obedient to the will of the player. hing them delicately they moved pret- tily as desired until +30" was called by the marker, Slosson for the first time was then an attentive and wn anxious observer of the manner in which the balls were being manipulated by his ad- versary. Then 75" was announced and the house loudly appluuded. Still the count went on until 100 ‘The cheering was deatening, Back and the lower rail 50 more were compiled, ere were no signs of a break. Now, the ivories became disobedi- brilliantly executed, de: mmendation they received playing bil- rds for all they are worth,” sad @n anti-Tammany litician of prominence Yes,” returned his um- Mr. pea n well coached re- very ingly retired -8 in favor of the French- man, went to the table determined to make up the difference, He played cautiously and with an *s one thing only, It wasn’t pleasant to ‘be behind, and he would not stay there louger if he could help it. It was only ain nt betore he wot | and jn @ minute | | dial nature. ¢ pelled to succumb at Gt. Garnier in his fifth ining! did alnost nothing, Slosson followed with 12, an then Garnier was oblige [to becontent with 4. It was now 211—s4 in favor of Garnier. Slosson once more went to the table, and, before retiring, left his marke as the superior “‘nurser” of the iyories. It required but few movements for him to get them on the rail, and then they did ax he liked. Inch by inch they glided along, piling up tens and twenties until Slo” was called. ‘Te house, applauded. Gare nier looked yerwous and le against a conveniently near iron column. There seemed to be no end to the work aud count—with all kinds of trips up and down the rails and around the table another 100 were accumulated, Heally, the people seemed weary of the monotonous click, but the es- ccution of the player received the eredit due it. Delicaey of touch, good judgment and nerves that will bear @ strain without giv- ing away were required, and the spectators handsomely acknowledged their Spprociations of the effort, Yet such expressions as “That may be worth seeing as an exhibition of nursing, but it ain't billiards;" ‘Them rail shots don’t suit me,” and “It’s a stupid game,” could be heard, demonstrating rather have seen the mora ing. Still Siosson continued. and this thne there were na mistakes or fouls. efor, who had been regarded aa the champion *n ,” sat on a chair in the row Placed for the oficiais und never took his eyes of the table. Other billizrdists of note were conven- iently near, and joined in the universal bursts of applause that filled the hall, Now *250" is announced, but there is no cessation to the artistic manipulation, Then 390" comes from the lips of the marker, and yet the ivories move sub- missively. Along the rails into the corners, and aguin out of the corners along the rail, the Plager lily sent the object balls in loving embrace. Tha nd were very quiet, ‘ould be heard away Ul bet you he’ enthusiast to a friend, ss. Just see how clear d such seemed to be tha He measured every mi spectators wearied of cheering so quiet that the click, click, to the back of tue ‘hall ran the game out,” suid “Why, he'll, never ay the work is Being done! r A general impression, but as the bails were gliding beau~ tifully along the middle of the right rail an easy shot was missed, and George, amid ringing cheers, sat down. His aco was radiant. Garnier jum call game,” said the marker, and :, 211,” was the announcement, sain, and cries of “What a game!” The n soon showed that he was not afraid of an uphill struggle, and would make a hard tussle tor _ victory Two or th shots wera nicely xecuted, when the balls broke away, but were recovered in extremely brilliant fashion. It was 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and many sngene admirers of Albert hoped that this effort would bring him near his adversary, when an exciting finish might be had. At 44 points the cunning ot his hand and eye failed him, aud with a deep sigh he took his seat. Something told Garnier he had been at the table for the last time, no doubt, and it proved to be the case. Slosson coaxed the balls into his favorite. upper corner, and then in one or two shots, giving them the positiom rai) nursing requires, he confidently set thenx rolling. It took just one trip around the table to do the business, and when 100 of the desired number to finish the game had been made part of the record, there was great excitement throughout the hall. “Only 13 more,” shouted some one who had beer keeping the tally, and in two minutes or less the been made, and the marker shouted, 113—gam spectators jumped to their teet and the noise and confusion that followed told plainly of the extent of their appreciation. The contest only occupied one hour and ninetesn minutes, and the cight innings the winner required gives him an average of 75, the largest on record. Garnier was greatly disappointed, He was beaten by 345 points, though his average is 36 3-7. The following is the scor Slosson—0, 12, 408, 113600, Winner's average, joser's average, 363-7. ‘This afternoon Gallagher and Heixer will play tho twelfth game, and this evening Schuefer and Day meet in the thirteenth contest. THE NEW SPANISH MINISTER. SENOR DON FELIPE MENDEZ VIGO GIVES HId! VIEWS ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF SPAIN AND CUBA, The new representative of the Spanish government, His Excellency Sefior Don Felipe Mendez Vigo, was at home yesterday afternoon in his quarters at tha Albemarle Hotel. His Excellency left Madrid in the latter part of last month, and on the 30th embarked at Cadiz in one of the Spanish mail steamers for Havana. He remained but six days in the capital of the Queen of the Antilles, and during that time had many interesting conferences with Captain General Martinez Campos about the condition and prospects of Cuba, His Excellency spoke with much cordial feeling concerning the late visit of Ex-President Grant to the Spanish peninsula, The American General made himself, it appears, very popular in Spain by the simplicity of his manner and unostentatious frank ness toward all who approached him. His Majesty, King Alfonso, deigned to take a personal interest im the movements of GeneralGrant. While in Spain the authorities, who, besides the friendly feelings which. they evinced toward the man of Appomattox, had orders to receive the former First Magistrate of the United States with all the honors due to his distin- guished position among his own countrymen, A short time before Sefior Mendez Vigo left Madrid he met General Grant at the banquet given in honor of the latter at the house of the Presidext of the Council of Ministers, Sefior Canovas del Castillo. Sefior Man- tilla, former Minister of Spain at Washington, and a number ot other distinguished statesmen and nobles were present. The new Minister spoke with tranquil confidenca concerning the position and hopeful future of Spain. He would have treated as an absurdity any insinua- tion questioning the stability of Alfonso's throne, and seemed to look upon the political situation of his country as being all that could be desired. Ho intimated that certain measures of a liberal com- plexion would be adopted by the Cortes so as to giva full effect to recent legislative reforms im the Basque Provinces. CONQUERED BY KINDNESS. In speaking of the condition of Cuba, the Minister was cuthusiastic over the successful policy of Gen- eral Martinez Campos. He said that the Cubans acknowledge themselves as much conquered by the generous liberality of the Spanish policy toward them as they wera by force of arms. When the in- surgent chiefs began to present themselves to tho Spanish authorities the former thought that they Would be soverely dealt with, if not put to death. but instead of this they were treated with much consid- eration, their wants supplied, and they were ‘sent to wherever they desired to go. This unexpected leniency toward — the Cubans brought thousands of them from their fastnesses and they speedily submitted with a good race. Even when some of them have needed & orse, General Campos has been known to give up his own to mount the tired insurgents. ‘The Captain General is daily engaged in planning reforms of the law to suit the altered circumstances of the island, and for the purpose of more effectively executing the decree of gradual emancipation, which has, years ago, been issued from the Spanish capital. ‘Time wlone can show the value of this system of freeing the blacks, and it is hoped by Peninsularand Insular statesmen that it would result beneticially to the blaaks and to their masters. Meantime the services of the negroes are much needed on the plantations, which have for a considerable period, during the late revolutionary attempt, been greatly neglected. Above all, the tutl- est measure of liberty has been secured to the con- auered Cubans. As regards the financial condition of the island, His Excellency said that in consequence of the nearly ten years’ struggle which had gone ou in Camaguey and the Easieru departments, Cuba had wuffered to large extent, and, t she wax now passing through 4 financi: ‘h the Minister believed. would be of but short duration,and which must result favorably to the island in the long ran. To show the spirit of patriotism Which auimates public mon, and indeed mon of all classes in Cub nor Mendes Vigo cited the fact that Ge: / Campos has donated one-halt of his pa: Captain General tow- ard increasing the availa sources of the revenue and the better to enable the Chief of Hacienda to face the situation. All the wise measures that have been inaugurated by Captain Geucral Campos would be, the Minister said, promptly supported by His Majesty’s government, and the representative of the throne who sustains in the great Autille the honor aud interest of Spain might count upon being backed up by the Cabinet at Madrid As to the relations of Sp. the Minister n giving expression (o ney felt sure that he was but de Morelia, son of the famous Spanish cl statesman, Cabrera, accompanies the taché to the Spauish Legation in Wash- © new diplomatist will this week prosent ‘als accrediting him to the Americam government in Washington. COMMISSIONER DAVENPORT. ‘The work of the sub-committee of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, ap- Pointed to investigate the charges of malfeasance against Commissioncr Davenport, will commence this morning. The commiitteo, consisting of Messrs. Frye, of Maine: Lynde, of Wiser and Pornéy, of Alabama, arrived in this city on Saturday ing lust, A request was made by tho sergeantat arms im attendance on the committec for @ room in the Post Office building wherein to hold the examination. ‘The committee will be ag signed one of Mr. Davenport's rooms on the fourth floor, ‘The subpenas tor the witnesses exam ined Were served yesterday. The seope yf th@ nvesti- gation of Commissioner Davenport's office covers his e with the rights of certain yoters nd eapecially of naturalized citi- zens who took out their papers in 1Ni8, whereby, it is claimed, they were iatimidated from the exercise uf 1 91 the details of tho umurdex to Belulie’s Weviler wt) the valle pichy wcouped om be gel, Wut le Wae Goud) bleks Aesind wiatlitiee,