The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1879, Page 9

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the! World. AFRICA AND AFGHANISTAN. England Carrying On Two Petty Contests. M. DUFAURE'S RESOLVE. —° Gladstone Hurls Another Shaft at Beacons- field's Dreadful Policy. areas (By cABLE To THE HERALD. J Lonpon, Feb, 3, 1879, ‘A despatch, dated Capetown, January 14, says “No answer having been received from Cetywayo, the Zulu King, up to January 11, the British troops advanced into his territory in four columrs on the They have so far encountered no resist- ance. It is reported that Cetywayo is ham- pered by a strong peace party at home, and it is expected that but a feeble resistance will be made to the British advance.” A despatch from Haz- arpir saya Wali Mahomed has arrived there. It is gen- erally thought he is seeking British support for his claims to the throne; but it is not likely he will obtain it, as the’ popular feeling in Afghanistan relative to the various claim- ants is unknown. General Roberts has sent an officer to ascertain the general feeling in regard to a successor tothe throne of Cabul. It will probably depend much on his report whether # combined movement of the Khurum and Candahar columns, in the direction of Cabul, will soon be attempted. A despatch to the Times from Jellalabad says Yakoob Khan has written to Major Cavignari dis- tinctly declining the British demands and evincing a determination to hold Cabul in sccordance with the orders of his father. Other despatches from Hazarpir mention reports that the Ameer has been poisoned. The Times’ Cal- cutta despatch says the reports of the Ameer’s death are very generally believed in Cabul. PRENCH POLITICAL AFVAIRS. All endeavors to induce M. Dufaure to retain office have failed. President Grévy has intrusted M. Wad- dington with the task of forming a new Cabinet, next day, The , Laberté states that M. Dufaure, in the letter in which he informed M. Grévy of his resolution to retire, pointed to his advanced age and political views and urged that his withdrawal would facilitate the solution of numer ous pending questions. A despatch to the Vimes says General Chanzy has written a letter declaring that he never consented to be a candidate for the Pres- idency. The candidates of the Left were unopposed in seven out of twelve sup- plementary elections held yesterdsy for Deputies. The Times correspondent says M. Waddington has been selected as Premier as @ clear proof that the ‘recent reassuring foreign policy will be continued. He further says it is affirmed that only three Ministers will retire and they will be re- placed by members of the pure Left. Many names are mentioned for these places, including those of MM. Le Pere, Le Royer and Ferry, K PLAGUE, PESTILENCE AND YAMINE. ‘The Czar of Russia has approved the summary Measures resolved upon by the committee of Minis- ters for stopping the plague. Three more cases of the plague have been reported at Selitreno since those reported yesterday. The doctors, however, state that the plague at Selitreno is con- fined to four peasant families who herded together, All remedies have proved unavailing. The local sanitary commission of Moscow have decided on the most stringent precautions, such as the closing of unhealthy basement dwellings, the erection of build- ings to ccommodate 2,000 people and of furnaces for burning infected clothes and the gratuitous dis- tribution of cooked provisions. Russia has asked Eng- Jand to send medical men to report on the epidemic. The Roumanian Chamber of Deputies have voted a credit of 500,000 francs for the establishment of quarantine and a military cordon to prevent the spread of the plague. It is fearcd that before next year half tLe inhabitants of the southern provinces of Moroc:o will have perished by starvation and dis- ease on account of the scarcity caused by last year’s drought, GLADSTONE AND THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Giadetone has written to the liberals of Mid- lothian that he thinks the invitation they sent him to stand for Parliament arises from their desire to do what they can to present the great question whether the country wishes to continue to be governed as now, intelligibly as a public and not as @ personal question; therefore he loyally and gratefully accepts their offer. Mr. Gladstone in the letter renews his charges concerning the govern- ment’s extravagance, its disturbing and dishonorable foreign policy and its abuse of prerogative. GERMANY AND SCHLESWIG. The Montags Revue, of Vienna, states that a treaty has just been concluded betweon Germany and Austria-Hungary by which the latter renounces the right, secured by article 5 of the treaty of Prague, of caging upon Prussia to permit the voters of North Schleewig to decide by pidbiscite whether that province shall be restored to Denmark. DESERUCTION OF A GLASGOW THEATRE. The Theatre Royal, of Glasgow, with a seating ca- pacity of 4,000, originally costing $150,009, and hay- ing the largest stage of any theatre in the United Kingdom, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. No lives were lost, CABLE NOTES. A despatch from Paris says that M. Paul de Cas- sagnac, whose election was invalidated by the Cham- ber of Deputies, has been re-elected by a majority of 600, A despatch from Madrid says a manifesto, signed by Sefior Castelar and 100 others who were members of the Cortes in 1873, has been issued, and urges the democrats to participate in the elections and abstain from all Megal action. ‘The Standard’s correspondent at Rome reports that & basis of agreement between Prince Bismarck and the Vatican has been attained. ‘The Times states that 10,000 dock laborers are on a strike in Liverpool. ‘Ten thousand more are out of ‘work in consequence of the slackness of trade. A despatch from Vienna to the Daily Telegraph says:— The Koumanians have occupied, with a large Gisplay of force, position near Silistria, which, position they claim as belonging to the Dobrudja. They have refused the peremptory suim- mone of Russia to give up the place, and a collision is apprehended, COLLISION AT SEA. {BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxvon, Feb, 3, 1879, ‘The Italian bark Sirio, Captain Pelligrino, from Smyrna, November 14, and Cagliari, December 19, for New York, has arrived at Gibraltar, slightly damaged by 4 collision. Tho British brig Riverside, Captain Davidson, from St. Marys, Ga., December 22, for Montevideo, has been abandoned at sea and the crow landed at Corunna, APPEARANCE OF THE BLACK PLAGUE AT CEARA—THE SURRENDER OF CONYNGHAM, Rio Janeiro, Jan, 13, 1879. Bt ie reported that the black plague has made its @ppearance in the Province of Ceara, Five doctors we been sent there. ‘The Chamber of Deputies, after debate, has ap- proved the action of the government in surrendering Conyngham, the alleged American forger, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1879.—T RIPLE SHEET. NORDENSKIOLD'S PATE. ad The Position of the Swedish Arctic Ex. pedition Considered Perilous. THE WINTER IN NORTHEAST SIBERIA. vee BAUCUS Sibiriakoff's Rescue Expe- ition Fitting Out. A RUSSIAN NAVAL SEARCH SHIP. The American Arctic Steanier Jeaunette Relied Oi to Afford Assistance, pee gece [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpon, Feb. 2, 1879. The great excitement prevailing through- out Europe concerning the fate of Pro- fessor Nordenskjild’s Swedish Arctic ex- ploring expedition, which attempted to find ® northeast passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean via the north capes of Europe and Asia and Behring Straits, is daily growing more intense. It being con- sidered certnin that the expeditionary steamer Vega is beset in the ice some forty miles northeastward of East Cape, at Behring Straits, and at a considerable dis- tance from any settlement, the friends of the famous Swedish explorer and of his party are alarmed for their safety. : A SEVERE WINTER SEASON, It is reported from Yakutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia and situated on the Lena, from the mouth of which river Pro- fessor Nordenskjild sent his last report of the progress of the expedition, that the cold this winter in Northeastern Siberia has been and continues to be unusually se- oer vere. Atthe mouth of the Lena the ther- mometer has registered forty degrees below zero. REMEMBERING SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Hence the position of the party in the Vega is considered very perilous, and the greatest interest is being manifested in its fate among those familiar with the dangers formidable competitor with American and even with Russian wheat, as it may be sold in London, inelnding freight, for one rouble and twenty-five copecks (ninety- nine cents) per pood (36.10 pounds), while Russian wheat costs one rouble and thirty- six copecks (108 1-2 cents), and American wheat one rouble and forty copecks (110 1-2 cents) per pood. A FRENCH-CANADIAN SAINT. GRAND CEREMONY AT THE CATHEDRAL NOTRE DAME, MONTREAL--SISTER MARGUERITE BOUR- GEOIS—CAREER OF THE SAINTLY WOMAN. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.} Monrreak, Feb. 2, 1879, ‘This afternoon an event of much interest took place at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. ‘The canoniza- tion of 2 saint does not often occur, and the an- nonnecement made in the press yesterday that at the Cathedral would be held, with all due pomp and ceremony, a service of this character, at- tracted a large audience. The saint to be is Sister Marguerite Bourgeois, the foundress of the Congregational Nuns of Notre Dame. ‘The ser- vice, however, proved to be the preliminary step of reading the decree adinitting the lady to the title of venerable, which precedes canonization, at the little chapel of the nuns at Notre Dame the Less. Bishop Fabre, accompanied by Father Beile and assisted by others, presided at the mass, and rarely has so_Drili- iant a spectacle been witnessed in any of the convent chapels here, Notwithstanding the worst snowstorm of the year, at three o'clock about seven thousand were seated in the grand old cathedral. ‘The altar was fairly ablaze, lights by the thousand ‘kling upon the statues of the saints and Blessed ‘gin in the niche in which each stood, THE SERVICES. Shortly after three o'clock the Rev. Father Beile, Superior of the Sulpicians, entered, escorted by some twenty priests of the seminary. ‘The choir, under Father L. C. Desrochers, and numbering some two hundred voices, pealed the “Ave Verum.” ‘The “Ave Regina” was sung in solo and chorus, and this part of the programme having been concluded, the Kev. A. Mercam, chaplain of the Congregational Nuns, preached the sermon and gave an account of the lite work of the venerable sister. CAREER OF SISTER LOURGEOIs, . He then read the Papal decree trom Rome, which in effect says that Sister Marguerite Bourgeois was born on April 17 (Good Friday), 1620, and early ‘took the veil.” She landed in Montreal in November, 1653, and by her untiring zeal succeeded in securing the erection of the Church of Notre Dame de Bonse- cours, the first stone church in Montreal, the corner stone of which was laid on June 29, 1675. Many other places owe their establishment to Sister Bour- geois, including missions in Minois, Vermont and Connecticut. In 1653 she founded the order of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame at Ville Marie, Montreal, and was the first superior of the order. . DEEPLY BELOVED, * She died January 12, 1700, aged eighty years, forty- seven of which had been speat in Ville Marie. So deeply beloved was the venerable sister that Pope Pius IX. suspended the rule compelling papers of a candidate for canonization to remain in abeyance ten and opened them before three years had ex- ‘There was a controversy also as to her re- muing settled by her heart being given to the Con- gregational Sisters and her body to the Seminary of $t. Sulpice. It rests in Notre Dame Cathedral. ARCHBISHOP PURCELL'S DEBTS. Crncrynatt, Ohio, Feb, 2, 1879. The committee appointed to receive and audit the claims of depositors against Archbishop Purcell have already received evidences of indebtedness amounting to over $1,000,000, exclusive of interest, and it is known that all of the claims have not yet been pre- sented. The value of the property already in the of the Arctic Ocean. The excitement in | hands of trustees to satisfy the claim is estimated at London almost equals that of 1848 regard- ing the fate of Sir John Franklin, Captain Crozier and the officers and men of the Erebus and Terror. People ask, Is ‘this going to be a parallel disaster, or will the resone parties reach the Vega before it is too late? PROMPT ACTION OF THE BUS‘IAN ADMIRALTY. Besides the vessel now fitting out at the expense of M. Sibiriakoff for the rescue of Professor Nordenskjild, a Russian man-of- war is to proceed immediately with assist- ance to the Swedish expedition, Orders have been transmitted by the Russian Ad- miralty for the Abrek, ot the Imperial Rus- sian Navy, to go without unnecessary delay to Behring Straits in search of the explorers, The Abrek will call at Petropaulovsk, Kamts- chatka, for Esquimaux with their sledges $900,000, and it is feared that the present scheme to secure depositors may fail. EXPRESS ROBBER'S SURRENDER. GEORGE EDWARD SCHOOLLEY, RETURNS TO TAKE THE CON CRIME, [BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1879, George Edward Schoolley, the express robber, startled tho clerks in the express office to-day by his sudden reappearance in the office like an apparition, While money clerk in the express office at Nashville, in March, 1876, he pocketed a ten-thousand dollar package, sent into the office from the Third National Bank of Nashville for shipment to a Washington national bank, and escaped to Canada, He was sub- sequently found drunk ina disreputable house in Hamilton, was enticed over to the American shore by a Canadian detective, and brought to Nashville, where he wa tried in June, 1876, and sentenced to thirteen years’ imprisonment. THE ESCAPE, He obtained a new trial on the technical ground that the Adams Express Company was not a chartered institution, and escaped from jail with five desper- adoes, led by a notorious horse thief named Hiram jurtis, He ‘told the clerks to-day that he had been furnished with an ample supply of files and eighteen new blankets, which were tied together into a sort of or QUE! NASHVILLE, NCES OF HIS and dogs, and then push northward to the | rope, upon which they decended from the jail down succor of the beset expedition. M. SIBIRIAKOFF TO THE HERALD, The following letter has been received from M. Sibiriakoff concerning the Ameri- can Arctic expedition now fitting out at San Francisco:— To tHe Epiror or 1HE Heratp Iam very glad to hear that the Jeannette will be sent through the Behring Strait, and that she will render every assistance in her power to Professor Nordenskjild and his party. I shall send my steamer, the Nordenskjild, of three hundred and forty tons burden and. sixty-horse power, which will be ready on the tenth of May next, a 100-foot bluff. Schoolley would have’ told alt about his travels had not his uncle, William H. Isgnig, who was chaperoning him, shut him up. He said that on leaving Nashville he just twisted around, and finally reached Chicago, his objective point. TIRED OF HIDING. He had since been roaming around the country, his dress indicating a recent return from Canada. His reason for having returued here and surrendered himself was that he had grown weary of hiding and had made up his mind to come to Nashville, stand trial and take the consequences. COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY BY A URSE GIRL—CAP- TURE OF THE CRIMINALS AFTER A HARD FIGHT—CONFESSION OF ONE OF THE PRIS- ONERS, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Warexixa, W. Va., Feb. 2, 1879, For some time past a gang of counterfeiters and moonshiners have been carrying on quite an exten- sive business in Preston county, this State, defeating through Behring Strait for the mouth of | allefforts at detection until Thursday last, when a the Lena. I hope, however, that the Amer- ican vessel will pass the straits as soon as they are practicable, and will render this assistance unnecessary. I shall try now to rescue Nordenskjéld by land. Yours faith- fully, A. SIBIRIAKOFF. TRADE WITH SIBERIA, Apropos of M: Sibiriakoff's previous letter, which was cabled to the Hrranp, suggest- ing the organization of a line of special trading steamers to the River Lena, we note the following in the Pall Mall Gazette of yes- terday:— “In consequence of the discovery of the sea route to Siberia two schooners were built at Tjumen and one of them, named the Siberia, sailed last August, laden with tallow, irom Tobolsk and arrived at the mouth of the River Obi on the 3d of Sep- tember, after which she proceeded to Lon- don and Cronstadt. The second schooner was completed, and the third and fourth™, are now in course of construction, INCREASED COMPETITION IN THE M\RKETS, “M. Latkin, who communicates these particulars to the St. Petersburg (Gazette, adds that great quantities of various prod- ucts, such as tallow, flax and hemp, have been shipped from the River Obi, and that if by the time navigation reopens the question of the exportation of spirits from Siberia is settled immense quantities of brandy will be exported.” SIBERIAN WHEAT, Wheat from Siberia is likely to bea | | girl hired by David Stenchel to nurse his wife made a discovery in an old chest in one of the rooms of the dwelling of Stenchel of alot of nickels, quarters and half dollars and a set of dies for making counter- feit nfoney. ‘The girl related the facts of her discov- ery to her fathet, who in turn related it to the au- thorities, and they informed United States Com- missioner Henshaw, of Gratton, on Saturday last, THE ARRESTS, ‘The Commissioner immediately issued warrants and placed them in the hands of United States- Deputy Marshal Alexander, who, with a posse of men, started yesterday morning to make the arrests of Stenchel, Campbell and Williams, counterteiters, and late last night the Marshal feturned to Grafton with his prisoners, having captured the parties named af- ter a Tard Me , during which numerous shots were fired by both parties, none, however, ing effect. ‘The prisoners were taken to Clarksburg, before United States District Attorney Goff, for a pre- liminary hearing. A CONFESSION, to Clarksburg Stenchel confessed by saying that Williams and Campbell did the counter- feiting and that they used him as their tool, the; having leased an old coal bauk near his house, in which they made the counterfeit money, and paid him for circulating it. The moulds are made ot plaster paris and gum arabic, and the coin they made is diffieult to tell from the genuine, Campbell and Williama are held in the sum of $2,000 each, and Stenchel as a witness, POLICEMAN’S CLUB ELSEWHERE, (BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) Macon, Ga,, Feb. 2, 1879, At seven o'clock this evening, in arresting Samuel Franklin, & colored man, on suspicion, Policeman O'Connor clubbed Him severely Franklin was found dead in his cell. A post-mortem examination showed that the skull was bad), smashed, The colored people are much incensed. O'Connor was arrested and is now in jail, AMERICAN On the wa; PRACT SOCIETY, Wastttxetox, Feb. 2, 1879. ‘The Washington annual meeting of the American ‘Tract Society was held in the Congregational Church this evening. Justice Strong presided, James Mon- | poo, of Ohio; Rey. Dr. Bushnell, of Africa, and Rev. Dr. Rankin mado addresses, Rev. Mr. Shearer, one of the society's secretaries, presented an abstract of the annual report, which showed a slight falling off in the financial recoipts, the total being $403,341, of which $89,000 were in donations and legacies, More e-fourth the benevolent receipts are from New England. The benevolent expenditures ex-ved tho benevolent receipts by several thousand duliare, Four hours later | 5, posite the d BARROV'S DEAT. A Detective Who Scouts the Suicide Theory. THE CASHIER MURDERED scerleerennctaheeaomaiee Professional Burglars Seen at Dexter Before the Tragedy. prac. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Bostoy, Feb. 2, 1879. The theory of snicide advanced in the story tele- graphed on Friday night to the Henap, on the au- thority of Detective Albion P, Dearvon in the Dexter, Me., bank mystery, naturally attracted a good de2l of attention throughout New England. The experts who huye been employed ou the case, ax well as private citizens who had formed their opinions as to the probable solution of the mystery, were deeply inter- ested in the revelations made in Dearborn’s story, and were not slow to give their ideas when questioned on the probabilities of suicide or murder in the cele- brated case, Detective EE. Wiggin, who was first employed by the authorities in Dexter to investigate tho matter, had made a statement of the facts in the case diametrically opposed to that advanced by Dear- born and Chapman, maintaining that the su theory is absolutely false and that Barron, the cash- ier, was murdered, as originally stated, In proof of this position he asserts that all the evidence taken at the iuquest went to show that violence was used, thut a robbery had been committed and that Barron was killed by the burglars for refusing to disclose the combination of the safe, it will be re- membered that one of the strongest points made by Dearborn, outside of the defalcation story, was that no strangers had been noticed in the town of Dexter during the week preceding the traged; WIGGIN'S COU: PR STATE! . ‘This statement Wiggin undertakes to refute by positive evidence, He says, after reviewing the cir- cumstances of the alleged murder and the efforts made to capture the perpetrators, that he went to New York city. While there, he says, the captain of detectives at the Central Office, an inspector and two detectives did all in their power to assist in bringing the murderers to justice. These men were interviewed in New York by Mr. Bradbury, president of the bank, County Attorney Hutchins and the Attorney General, all three of whom knew just what was being done, “and here let me say they expressed perfect satisfac- tion with my efforts. The following month” says Wiggin, ‘the man I was looking for, and who in my opinion, with the aid of his ‘pals,’ did the ‘job,’ jumped away to Europe, he having Jearned of my arrival in the city, and knowing that? had papers for him for being concerned in the Barre (Vt.) Bank robbery. The man I refer to ts Sam Ferris, alias ‘Worcester ‘Sam.’ I then notified the ‘bank officials, county attorney and Attorney General that it’ would’ be useless to make any further efforts at that time, because the man had left the country. A great deal of stress is laid on the fact that the key to handcuffs (also the other keys) was found in a rear room, hidden behind a pile of rubbish, Messrs. Dearborn and Chapman sayin; fe is extremely improbable that profeesionals would stop to hide the keys. Let us examine that a little.” DETECTIVE LOGIC. “Jf Mr. Barron had put the handenffs on his own hands the key would undoubtedly have been found in the safe, for ratchet cuffs lock very easily, and be- fore he had reached the safe they might be locked. Then again, assuming that professionals did the job, the first thing would think of would be to hide the key. If one of them should happen to be taken into custody the finding of a key to the handcuffs would be strong evidence against him. It has been said that professionals do not go into a town to do a job of that kind je unless they go-in a team and leave a man to watch the team. We will admit, for the sake of the argument, such to be the case. At Milford, N. they had a team, and also at Barre, but when nthrop (Me.) bank was robbed they entered the town on foot, broke into a blacksmith shop, and, after the job was finished, left on foot and lived in’ the woods for three or fou days. At the expiration of that time a team procured, in‘which they made their eseape to Can- ada. The men who robbed the Dexter bank had, as they supposed, from seven o'clock in the evening until the following morning in which to escape, and as the nearest railroad station was only fourteen miles away it will beseen how easy it was to escape.” STRANGE MEN SEI “Now,” saya the detective, “were there any strangers in town on that day?" Henry C. Parsons, an insurance agent who had an office in the bank, said that on February 22 he went to the Post Office at about leaving Mr. Barron in the was in the bank during the afternoon of the 22d aud at about half- past four P, M. heard two or more parties come to the door, try for admission and then go toward the stairs that led to Masonic Hall, in the upper part of the building. Now, the Masonic Hall had not been open for two days, and certainly was not opened that day by anybody who had a right to do so: Matilda P. Whitney testified that onthe 16th or 18th of February, about three o’clock in the afternoon, she was in the bank for the pur- pose of transacting some business. When turning to Jeave she heard the door open, She looked to see who was coming in, and saw three mien. One had holt of the door, and had pushed it open far enough to sce who was inside. All threo stood on the threshold long enough to see who was in the bank. They then shut the door and went away, talking among themselves as they did so. Mrs, Whitney was sure they were entire strangers in town, ‘The one that had hold of the door was, she said, between forty-five and fifty years ‘old, very stout and hada brown beard ali over his face. He was quite square shouldered, and dressed in dark check pants, dark coat and round top hat. The second man’ was to all appear- ances between thirty-five and forty years old, aud is described as being of medium size, with a round, full face, light coinplexion, brown mustache and a large dimple in his chin, He was dressed in dark clothes, and answers very well to the deseription of ‘Worcester Sam.’ ‘Che third man was five feet six or seven inches in height, and a perfect description of him could not be obtained owing to the fact that he stood behind the other two, but he is supposed to be John Dobbs, a well known cracksman.” ADDITIONAL EVIDE! te A. Russell testified that between past six and seven o'clock on the evening of the she was going to the Post Office, and was just outside of the Hauk when she saw two men step out of the door. She was within six feet of them at the time, and was very sure they were strangers in the town. Atter stepping on tue sidewalk they walked along a short distance and went into the mid- die-of the street. Mrs. Russell's attention was at- tracted by their strange actions and she immediately turned aud followed them as far as a store kept by one Durgin, when she retraced her steps. Her reason for — following =the strangers was that some time before the supposed munter of Mr, Barron the express — office in the town was robbed, Just before that robbery she was very much frightened at about half-past twelve o'clock one night by a strange man who was standing on the sidewalk near the express office, and one of the men whom she saw coming from the doorway of the bank on the evening of the’ day the treasurer of the Dexter Bank was murdered answered the description of the man seen by her prior to the robbery of the express office; the similarity flashed upon her ina monicnt and saying to herselr, “Twill find out that man,” she turned and followed him. Her description of the men was as follows:— One of them was about five fect cleven inches or six fect. He was quite stout, square shouldered and was dressed in dark clothes. “It will be noticed,” said Mr. Wiggin, “that both these men answer the des- cription of the men seen in the bank by Mrs, Whit- ney."" STATEMENTS OF OTHER WITNESSES, J, D. Denslow, ‘k drivor, testified that about five o'clock on the day Mr. Barron was murdered he mt a strange man near the bank building,"who was described as about six feet in height and between forty-five and fifty years old. He was dressed in dark clothes, broadcloth overcoat and slouch hat, and “i @ very thin face, sunken cheeks and long, brown whiskers, ‘The description given by Denslow is aiso a very good description of the men who opencd the bank doog and looked in on the day Mrs. Whitney was there. ‘Mrs, Samuel Farrar and Miss Abby Putnam also tes: tified that on the evening prior to ths murder they went to the Post Office together, and, when direetl; to the stairway of the bank build: ing, @ man woman came out of entry upon the sidewalk and sepa going in one direction and the man in the other. Miss Putnam said she noticed them as they came from the stairs inside the entry, and when they came over she noticed them. The :nan was of good size and had a pale looking countenance, ‘The woman was large— perhaps larger than the man—so large, in fact, as to attract her attention on that occasion. She had a shawl over her shoulders which had rather « “slouchy” look. About half-past seven o' Mr. B. F, Eldredge, accompanied by Mr. Curtis, the cashier of the National Bank, went mto that bank to deposit $6,000, which had come that day b press, and both those gentlemen were positive that they did not hear a sound of anybody walking up or down stairs. Mr, Barron was at home the whole of that evening, and the keys to the Masonic Hall were not used by anybody that evening. WHO WERE THEY ? That being the case, who were these people ? The man answer the description of the tallest of the threo men seen at the bank by Mrs. Whitney, aud the woman might have been a man dressed in woman's clothes, They were certainly strangers, as both Mrs. Farrar und Miss Putnam knew everybody in town, and neither of them was recognized’ by these ladies. It was thought at the time that the ladies might have mistaken Mr. Eldredge with his shawl on for a woman, aud the fact that all the par- ties have been residents of the town for man and that Miss Putnam looked at them thet whieh she that they sepmrat went in opp directions, while Eldredge an went together street, disposes of that theory. the murder a wealthy citizen of Ex: ting in the bank talking with Mr. Barron whe: entered, and after informing Mr. Barron that His request was complied with, and after examining the sufe very closely, be said, “I can do nothing for you; the sate is Dinand Kind 2 amy selling. It was noticed at the time by both gentlemen that the man did not hand him any card, but, in the course of the conversation he informed Mr. Barron he was selling sai M & Ireland, of this city, He was ab c or ten inches in height, with pale ta mmplexion. This de is ayood desermption of has been mentioned several times in conn with the affair. In view of these facts anc also that “Worcester Sam” been in the habit of using his wife in his jobs, the detective concludes that Barron was murdered by a gang of professional burglars, whose presenec in the town had deen proven by the foregoing tacts. * “BRAD THE ROBB “li has been the case,” continues Wiggin, great many robberies that the burglars have lived ini the town for several days, and even weeks, unkno} fo auy of the townspeople. ‘This was the'case when the Northampton robbery was committed, and it is doubttul whether, if ‘Edson had not ‘squealed,’ the atghorities would ever have found out where they stopped while waiting for a chance to do the job. ‘There was nobody found who had been iit the Masonic Hall tor at least two days before the robbery, and yet traces of cigar ashes and crumbs of crackers were’ found on the,cushions of the ettees in that room. Every member of the lodge was examined, and they were unanimous in pater Sam, ying that not one of them had ever carried article of food into the main — hall. That being the case, where did the crumbs j come from ?” vr. Dearborn stated that the gag found in Barron’s mouth w: as is used by professional burglars, Wisin denies this, * caufe,” as he says, “it is well known that the one used by Miles in gagging the Barre cashier was in every respect like the gay found in Mr. Barron's mouth, and as far as the difficulty in breathing is concerned the object was uot so much to pre- yeut respiration as to prevent an outcry. is well known by those who know anything about the matter that professional burgla ally use a gag with a hole bored through so that the man in whose month it is p breathe easily, ‘Chey never commit murder when it can be avoided, aud the reason Barron was put in the vault was to gain time, that was all. They did not for a moment think ‘Le would be found ‘until the following mornin, bd WIGe 'S POINTS, “The statement has been made that the cord was twisted loosely around his neck, but how do they account for the red ring? The theory that it might haye been produced by the edge of the trunk will do very well for the back of the neck, but can you or can they explain how the red mark "came under his chin, just in the position it would have been ‘had the rope been put around his neck and twisted until the knot caused the mark under the chin.” Wigg:n, further, scouts the idea of Barron's taking poison, criticising the doctors for not making the statements now advanced when the matter was fresh in their minds. He denies that Barron was a defaulter to the amount stated, saying that, in the first place, it has been proved that he had at the time of his death $4,000 of his own. Now, the defalcation, says the expert, does not exceed $3,600, $2,000 of which is provided for by the assignment of his life insurance policy, which leaves the amount of the deficit $1,600, His standing was so good that at any time he could have raised $10,000 if necessary, and with little or no effort. That being the case why should he commit suicide? Again, a great deal of stock has been made out of the tact that he had roi gy on a mortgage of $2,000 on his house some tims betore, but does that’ prove anything against him? It was a natural thing to do under the circumstances, and one that a man like Mr. Barron would not hesitate to do, THE BANK SECURED AGAINST Loss, He might have taken the money fromthabank, but was the bank not amply secured by the policy on his life which was the very best kind of security any- body could have, and in case of his death at any time the note for $2,000 (secured by the assignment of the life insurance policy) would pro’ the bank from loss. This is only a theory, be- cause it has not yet been ‘proven that he took any money fromthe bank at any time. In re- gard to the trial of Jemmy Hope Mr. Wiggin says that the only reason he was not convicted of the at- tempt to rob the Dexter Bank in 1875 was because he had the best legal talent in New York and plenty of money to aid him. It is common talk that $7,000 was judiciously expended at the time of Hope's trial. The result was that he was ucquitted. When the attempt was made to raise the money to aid Hope in his trial & messenger was sent to New York for that purpose and he returned with the information that his friends In a few days the murder announced, <A few days after that Hope received word that the attempt the money had been unsuccessful. “In view of all these facts, I think,” says Mr. Wiggin, “that the only alternative is that Barron was all he was represented, a man who gave up his life rather than betray his trust. THE TAFT FAMILY POISONING. i ANNA COX, THE ALLEGED POISONER,, HELD ‘TO AWAIT THE ACTION OF THE GRAND JURY—EVI- DENCE OF TAFT'S COMPLICI£Y-—CONDITION OF THE VICTIMS. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.} Burvaro, N. Y., Feb, 2, 1879. The young woman, Anna Cox, who, it is alleged, porsoned the wife and three children of John Tait, of Clarence, in this county, had an examination at that place yesterday, and was held to await the action of the Grand Jury, This morning Constable Morris W. Underwood brought Miss Cox to this city and lodged her in jail. THE WOMAN'S APPEARANCT. The prisoner is quite unprepossessing; her face is thin and sallow, her frame small and spare and her hair short and grizzly. She is perfectly self-p sesved and very reticent. She denies having written the letter. which contained the six powders of arsenic, and denies haying had anything to do with the act. The testimony of Mrs. Taft and her son show that the person who delivered the letter at the house ou the evening of Suuday was Miss Cox, whom they recognized by her voice, EVIDE: oP COMPLICITY, Mr. Taft, who was arrested as an accomplice, was discharged from custody, but letters now in the pos- session of the District Attorney prove conclusiv that John Taft and Mis: ere im correspondence and that she was infatuated, The Delict is quite neral that the plan of poisoning the whole family was concocted by these parties and had it not been that there was an overdose in each powder the four persons who took the powders would have died. ‘hey are still quite sick and it is not improbable that the two little girls will die. There is yreat excitement in the village of Clarence and but for the watchful care of the officers there is no telling what would have occurred. AMERICAN CATTLE EMBARGOED. Orrawa, Ont., Feb, 2, 1879. The government has passed an order in Council prohibiting the importation of American cattle into Canada, UNSEATED FOR BRIBERY, - ‘Toronto, Ont., Feb, 2, 1879. Ex-Alderman Patrick Hughes, of this city, who was elected to represent Niagara in tho House of Com- mons in September last, has, for acts of bribery by agents, been unseated and disqualitied from secking ion tor eight years. ALLEGED DEFALCATION. (BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.] Prrerspuna, Va., Feb. 2, 1879, When the conservatives carried the city in May, 1874, the only republican left in office was H. T. ‘Tatum, Superintendent of Blandford Cemetery, He was superseded last spring by the election of another superintendent. It was then ascertained that Tatum’'s accounts were in confusion, and that sun- dry moneys collected by him had not been accounted for, His friends, however, succeeded in keeping the matter suppressed til! the facts transpired at a meet- ing of the City Council, held last evening, when & list of seven squares and half squares in the cemetery soldby Tatum and the proceeds not accounted for was furnished by the Cemetery Committee, It is said there are oth nilar deficiencies. The Coun- cil directed that the sureties of Tatum be proceeded againet, to recover the money, Tatum lett the city some days ago. MORE RAILROAD SUITS. [PY TELEGKAPH TO THE HERALD, } Nasuvinnn, Tenn., Feb, 2, 1879, United States Marshal Wheat yesterday served notice on the managements of the Louisville and Nashville and Great Southern and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad systems to appear April 21 before the United States Cireutt Court to an- swer to @ bill in equity, filed by Calvin A. Ste- phens, # citizen of the SI of New York, on alt of the internal improvement bonds of Tennessee, The bringing of suits against the Tenmesseo railroads has caused a general depression in stocks, but move | noticeably in Nashville and Decatur Railroad stocks, which have depreciated twelve ceuts since Monday. Railroad men here claim that the srt Med by the holders of Tennessee bonds against Tennessee rail- roads caunot be sustained, selling safes, asked permission to look ut the vuult, | ction | LEGAL AMENITIES. LAWVERS wit EXCITING SCENE BETW wo THz LIE DIRECT, PISTOLS. GRAPH TO THE HERALD.) PaLtiMoRk, Feb, 2, 187% An ex 2¢ was witnessed yesterdzy in the Cirenit Court at Lowsontown, I ounty, grows iny oait of a personal difficulty between Johu T. Ensot and Major John {, Yellott, both prominent memr bers of the Bar. They had been ar Mott wished to submit, but ¥ . to eall attention to personal, reflee ained in a petition fled in by Yele Eusor rurther states that after he had argued and denied the allegation in the said, “You ar liar. by saying, ¥ A MARYLAND COURT SMALL CHANCE Por [py 5 8 timor lined, wish? lott. the case briefly Yellott retorted ya tar, | called upon the Cr | defend him or wheth said the Court regreti es, and whether it was done in hoped it would not be repeate Court could not undertake to se ances. conrt or ¢lse- and that the private griev- | SUAPEMENT OF TRE PARETES. Mr. Enso, in yiviug an account of what followed, said :—Major Yellott then suid to me that T had bet. ter come down in the yard und repeat what I had said. I told him that he might con it repeated in the yard or anywhere else. not received oxy ation, + of had appeared on both 5! f th was counsel for Wheeler, when he it; it is a falsehood.’ I replies are aliar!’ and he answered, ‘You sre an infernal liar!’ My first yy toed to cateh hold ot a chair and knock him down with it, but I knew that would be contempt of Court and that [should go to jail, and L turned to the Court,repeated the language he had used and asked the Court it I should protect myself. The Court suid that, while the Imnguage was highly in- roper, it could do nothing, as it had not Heard’ it, and) I ‘then’ invited him ont in the Court House yard. He declined to ac cept — the avitation J was at a ioss to know what todo. Lam badly crippled, my left shoulder having been literally torn away by a shot during the war, bat I did not think of that when I requested him to go into the yard. I thought for hours what [ should’ do, and, passed the night in considering what course was proper for me to pursue. After consultation with my friends I have decided to do nothing more, as to send a message to Mr. Ensor. would only subject me to fresh insult, and there would be no available redress, as physically, owing to my wound, I ‘am unable to cope personally with any one. In fact, such is the condition of this left arm und shoulder that the — st injury to them would terminate in my leath.”” It is not believed that there will be a hostile meete ing between the belligerents. MISSING FU) Ds. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Lovisvitir,Ky., Feb. Judge W. B. Hoke, of this city, Most Worthy High Chief Ranger, order of American Foresters, has been informed that it is reported that the High Secretary der, Henry Griffin of Rochester, New York, with a considerable sum of the funds ‘The bonds ch he tendered at the meeting of the High Court in St. Louis when the order assembled in November were not satisfactory, aud, on his being pressed to execute good and sufficient bonds, he quietly disap- peared. Detectives are now on his track, with fair chance of apprehending him. J. W. Hickman, of this city, has been appointed and duly qualified in the sum of $50,000 as treasurer of the assocration. Further particulars cannot be ascertained here. The onier has representatives in almost every city of the Union. A METHODIST CHURCH BURNED. imped of the order. [wy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Witmrnatoy, Del., Feb. 2, 1879. ‘The fine stone structure of the Mount Salem Meth+ odist Episcopal Church was entirely destroyed by fire this morning, at three o'clock. The church was of Gothic architecture and entirely new, having been dedicated with impressive ceremonies only three months ago. The loss is $11,000; insurance, $7,000, ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. It is not known how the fire originated, but as several attempts have been made to burn the old building it is thought a successtul one caused the destruction of the building this morning. The church was built in memory of the late James Rid dle, who was one of the most prominent manuface turers of the State and the republican candidate im 1870 for Governor of Delaware. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan DEPARTMENT, OFFICE 0! HE CHIEF Sic L OFFICER, WasuIneTo’ Indications. For New England and the Middle States, partly cloudy weather and slowly rising temperature, with northwesterly winds shifting to southwesterly or southerly, rising barometer uear the coast, and im the extreme northern portions light snow. Yor the South Atlantic States, slowly rising tem- perature, with clear or partly cloudy weather, northe west to southwest winds, aud in the eastern portions rising barometer. For the lake region, slight rise in temperae ture during the day, with winds generally from south to west, partly cloudy weather and light snowa in the northern and eastern portions. ‘The rivers will change but slightly. Cautionary offshore signals continue at § Feb, 3—1 A. M. mithville, Wilmington, Macon, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry, Norfolk, Le . Cape May, Atlantic City, Barnegat, Sandy Hook, New York, New. Haven, New London, Newport, Wood's Hole, Boston and Section Eight, Portland and Section Seven and Eastport. 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