The New York Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1879, Page 4

it 4 OLIVER VERSUS CAMERON. the Public Interest in Case Unabated. IMMENSE CROWD IN THE COURT ROOM. The Day Devoted to Reading the Plaintiff's Letters, A HOTHER’S SEARCH FOR HER DAUGHTER. Points that Amused Court, Conn- ~sel and Jury. {BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEMAaLD.} Wastrxeron, March 27, 2819, Poople of a different and better class were in at- tendance to-day at tho Oliver-Cameron case, ‘The change was brought about by the impression that the arguments would begin this morning. A corre- spondingly noticeable feature was the absence of the throng of negroes who havo been daily in attendance, their absence being attributed to indifference to the expected dry argu- ments in summing up. General Butler took his usual position at the end of the Judge’s bench and conversed a few seconds with His Honor, after which they examined and commented on a picture of the scene in the court in an illustrated papor. His Honor then turned his head toward the jury and said “Go on with the trial.” Another difficulty was occasioned by the absence of the plaintiff, and a mes- senger was sent for her. ‘MRS. OLIVER RECALLED, A delay of perhaps ten minutes occurred before the widow arrived, and then she came tripping in. She had hardly taken her seat bofore General Butler said, “desire to call Mrs. Oliver,” and the widow again took the witness stand, ‘This caused some commotion in the court, but not to the extent us herotofore. General Butler showed Mrs. Oliver sev- eral letters and posta! cards which she examined and admitted having written. The fact that Mrs. Oliver was again on the witness stand soon became known outside the court room, and before her examination had progressed far the room began wapidly to be crowded, and in afew minutes there was a perfect jam. General Butlcr, after submitting the letters and obtain- ing ber admission to having written them, proceeded to read them, but in this he encountered some diffi- culty, especially with the postal cards. Mrs. Oliver frequently volunteered to assist him, an offer the General gladly accepted. The widow showed no signs of being disturbed over the reading of the letters, and uuhesitatingly admitted being the author of them, THE FORGED LETTERS. Edward Rouch, a publisher of a newspaper at Mauch Chunk, Pa, was called as an expert, and the Bristow letter and those alleged to have Deen written by Mr. Cameron to Mrs. Oliver were shown him. ‘The former he pronounced genuine and the others forgeries, poorly executed. He could find no semblance to the handwriting of the Bristow letter, The one was afree, easy and rapid hand, and the others have the show that they were written slowly aud under constraint. (Commotion.) He ex- plained to. the jury on a large sheet of paper Bis reasons for pronouncing the Oatseron letters forgeries. The photographic copies of the letters wore exhibited to the jury and the school scene of Tuesday was re-enacted, the only difference being in the master of ceremonies, Mr. Rouch taking the place of Colonel Coak. Mr. Poters gave witness o severe cross-examination, and he admitted that taking some of the small let- tors by themselves he would -hardly be able to dis- tinguieh what they were intended for. He referred particularly to the letter “r,” as it was made differ- ently. He admitted that two oxperts could differ on the matter of details COMMOTION IN COURT. Here quite a commotion occurred in the court, owing to the appearance of a gentleman strongly re- sembliag Mr. Cameron, who took 4 soat among the spectators. The gentleman was followed into court by quit umber of persons, but they soom learned the: ud accepted thetr disappointment sracet uli crowd at this timo became so great that those standing were suffering torture, and ono old wn, Who happened to get a position the rail of the bar, experiencing the pressure of crowd behind him, exclaimed :— ‘Here, gentlemen, lot me out. This is my first visit to this court room, and God knows it will be the iag!” (Laughter.) . The old gentleinan managed to turn his face to the door and endeavored to squeeze himself out, but jn this he had great trouble. Appealing to the crowd, he suid, “Gentlemen, please make room forme, Vl not trouble you again.” He finally got out. ANOTHER EXPERT. Colonel W. G. Moore wascalled by the defence asen expert. Witness was secretary to General Cameron while Secretary ot War and secretary to President Johnson. He dia not think Mr. Cameron wrote the letters. Mr. Peter gave the Colonel a rigid examina- tion, but the Colonel seemed to be equal to the occa- sion. Mr. Peters asked witness it Mr, Cameron was & er, to which he replied, “Yes.” ror—is it net a fact that often educated hurry of writing misspell? Colonel Moore—I understand so, nat Peters—How did Mr. Cameron spell “rebel- ion?” ‘ Jolonel Moore—I suppose ho spells it “r-e-b-e.l- -i-o-n. Mr. Peters—Look at the Bristow letter and see how he spells the word. General Butler—I object. In Mr. Cameron's letter he ‘rebellion’ with one “1” and “otlice” with one “ft.” Mr, Peters sub- mitted to the Colonels paper on which was written “tree passes from Washington to Cinnati,” and asked if that was in Mr. Cameron's handwriting? Colowel Moore was unable to auswer, 24. OLIVER'S LETTERS, Colonel Cook, at the requost of General Butler, resumed the reading of Mrs. Oliver’s lett began Tuesduy. The readmg afforded amusement for the Spectators, and during the time the room rang with laughter, even His Honor frequently participating. When letter No. was read, in which she promises to make Don Can the king cf the South if she received proper ti ent irom his father, some of the crowd fairly jumped in the air and shouted. The laughier continued watil the read- ing of the letter was concluded, and Colonel Cook began aga renewed, and the C. ol was obliged to cease until the crowd hal laughed themselves tired. When the letter threatening to send the baby to the Seuator at his committee room was read the scene in-the room Was of the wildest character, Some of the spectators langhed so heartily that they screamed, and the dis- order became similer to that witnessed at a, horse Face or a walking match. It was now seen that the crowd was getting beyond control, and positive orders were issued to arrest any person behavin manner. The bailiffs scattere et was tentporarily inaintained, but when the letter was read in which she charged that she might have Mr. Cameron: turned out of the Senate, and advising him not to spend his money in buying Mrs. Stoith a brick house, but to save his money, as he would want it before she (Mrs. Oliver) got through with him,the laughter was renewed, but Colonel Co@k continued reading until he had concluded the gatite budget of letters (xeventy-two) originally snb- Ainitted. ; OF THS LITERS. Mr. Presw a expert, Who made ap examination of the disputed letters, testified that he made a Mechanical inspection and that his investigation that the Bristow letter had a wnitorm con- struction and was written by a practised brit un- trained hand. The other letters were wrilten ina mped, mixed and unpractived hand, stro trast with the Bristow letter. Mr, Presse: his explanation of the resnits of his observation, wore two peir of eyeglasses, and, in addition, used + differont sized magnifying glassoa. Le closed by aay- ing the Bristow and the two other letters were not written the same hand and tho latter were poor imitatic Mr. Ton 1 witnees hage{urnished points of Gissitmilarity ond asked that he give some of the Similar points. Mr. Presken repliod that they cor responded in the untrained hand by which both were written. Both wore written by a wrist hand and the writing was irreguiar; ho might have found Other pointe of similarity, but his time was lipited end he wae called ey’ to Washington. (Laugbter.) Mr. Pressen adinitted that he did not examine the original letters but examined the photographie Copies, He was handed the cuvelope bine declined to express an opinion unless he could take them to Phil- adolphia, where ho had his apparatus, (Sensation.) “Tain not expert enongh to exprows an opinion wn- dena t ‘bave my proper tools to inake on examination wi “id THK PROCERDINOS IN DETAT. At the resumption ot the case, Oliver vs, Camerot to-day Mr was recalled to the stand. She had within the last year and a haif written to the Post- master at Millerebnrg, Ky. (Letters shown.) Those worn in her handwriting; also three powsal carde. Mr, Butior read one dated September 23, 1413, os follows: — mastRn OF MiLtanenoR, name js Uunter. pieat nn. -| that she could sue him; there were no other le > when, on No. 52 it was in NEW YORK HERA something to injure me. Some woman in the department here—I suspect from Kentueky—save him M aildrows to come te Bo doubt ty sve ine, oF he wax sent ve and No doubt O—— nnd tho Ie are at work, boewuso they know if Luzot Alice I can gue O— for hur iupport. She is his luwful child, and the law of Kentucky will protect us both and throw ‘the Mo lawful right by every one -—— made over with his can claim as Consult a > “Lean prove tn: rm way, Ky., to pay you well, Witness, resuming. in the letter meant Mr. Oliver, and the “H’e" his present wife claiming, in September last, that she was the lawful wife of Mr. Oliver; she was told by several recommendation filed with that of Mr, Cameron at the ‘Treasury; did not know that she withdrow them and gave a receipt for them; she asked for Governor Kellogg's letter, and they gave it to her, General Butler—Will you produce them? I tind at the Treasury that you have receipted there for them. Witness could not tell where they wore now. There was one also from Mayor Wiltd, of New Orleans; she took ‘that and gave it to Mr. Rogers. Mr. Butler then read the following postal card, which Mrs, Oliver admitted writing :— rerun 10, 1878, To us Postuasren of Mrutaimsuonc, A friend of your: 0 helped to put you in office says you Ne influenced by Oliver to conceal any thing ‘about Alice, but would do ali in your powor tw help find her whereabouts. Respectfully, 0. Pleave answer. Surtsupsn 27, 1878, To Postwasten or Muureusnora, Ky. :— ‘Mary and mo were girls at ffs house in North Carolina, Hor fathor John, brother to T. M. O., left Mary's mother before she was born, Old Mrs, O, was tho eange of it. If @womun did not suit her she would make hor song leave them and cast them out on the world without » cent, and” she ‘did not care how many wives they Tho O.'s are taught to, be bell crime. Mary, who Is now governess down the ¢ we came to Kentucky and marti m i wins the mau; she taught bis childron, J'wrote hor yesterday about Alice, As like as not he has put Alico with ber, as y are both unfortunatos. -Dou't you ever bi srwrote tomo. As for mo that shall boa se- ret; watch closely and you will see a flattor with all of thom; a rapid exchange of lotters. I appealed to Mary on account of her sad history. * ANOTHER EXPERT. Faward Rauch was examined, He resides at Mauch Chunk, Pa., aud publishes a straight demo- cratic newspaper there; he had been called incourts of justice frequently a6 an expert in handwriting; he was good at imitating himself; and had written amen’s names so they could scarcely deny the signa- tures. [The Bristow letter was here shown, also the one of Séptember 6 or 25,] The latter was not written by the same hand’ as the former; it was an attempt at imitation, and very bungling at that; the writing of the Bristow letter ig a frce, easy hand, and tho letters “ty” and “p’’ in- ably terminats with a downward stroke and ressure of the pen; he thought the two alleged forged letters were one traced from the other or trom some other paper, as the words are alike in length and size; from his experience and knowledye he was strongly convinced that both letters were forgeries. Colonel William G, Moore was examined:—He was confidential secretary to Mr. Camerop when he way Secretary of War; he was accustom eron’s handwriting from ‘seeing 80 ot it; (Bristow letter shown) he shouid think ‘it was written by Mr. Cameron: (the simulate letters exhibited) he,would not take them to be genuine letters of Mr. Cameron; he never knew him to divide words as some of those are divided and he was very accurate in the use of capttals. MOBE LETTERS. Mr. Coole here resumed reading the letters already published, and when they were concluded, read the tollowing, which the plaintiff testified to-day were written by her. They were all to the postmaster of Millersburg, Ky.: I wrote you in reply to yours of the 12th. jnst received. Mra Gould, Georges mother, and Bary Gould. who ts marriod—so Iam told—and Iss Goukd, alf thes mist havo lotters sent them. Perhaps the letter sent to Silverdale, N.C.,isto Mary Gould’s husband. A good way to tind ent Goold be, through some one delenging to George Gould's houeebold. Has George a wito living? He bad ‘one. Who writes to Isa Gould, aud who did Mary Gould marry! Can't you learn this from some of Goorge’s fat Georgy Gould married a rich girl, so hav told, an only child of # rich German, an old mn. Mary Gonld was school teach- ing; perhaps she is still ateucher, and Allee may be with her, I do wish I could know if Alice is at Slickawny with Oliver's wife, She must know all it Alice, for Oliver told aman named Barney Lampten, or Lamphino, who had worked at Stadlear's clothing houve, Cincinnati, that Ellen, his wife, foreed him (liver) to do what he has to Alico, ‘una Barney Lampion told me Oliver offered money to go live on a farm in Indiana and Alico otf, so I could never find her, and the Lampiens aro ing in Indians, Mrs. Lamvion told me Oliver sitions to hor husband. It was the time ‘Alice at school at Honding, Obie, ut the Convent of Notre Damo. Perhaps you could find some- thing. ont by asking the express agent at Lackland and at Reading, Obio. They told me a good deal when Alice ran off to Builadelphia nearly five yearnago, but kinco somg of the children at the school at Reading muy have heard about Alico in some way. If you know ®f any ong going over to Ohio you might trust them to make some in- Guiries at the Sixth street convent. Sister Lauria helped Oliver to run Alico away to Philudelpuia. Rupert King's, attorney-at-law in Ohio, mother told mo Oliver bired the Sistors and paid them woll. This is alt Lean give you; but it {s no hard to tell the hidden places Oliver can ‘put apy child in it will, us you vay, require caution to And out. Do all you ean and rost ausurod Iwill do for you—no tell-« ing yet what I may he alte to do. ASTER AT Milirn 5 iv. so kind as to tell me by letter, confidentially, if you know of any let- ters dirocted to a Miss Alice A. Oliver, to any convent, or atany other place. I am told by a friend of Mr. T. M, Oliver's that he (Mfr. Oliver and Alice's father) murdered Aliew so ax to hor from coming up as a witness as bin child, and to plewse and agree with tho Horns, the jady's friends he married up at Niobolevilfo, Ky. Tean do good here, if you will find ont about what has become of Alice. Sho is twenty years of nage now, and when last I heard of hor, the sistors of Notre Dame, at Philadelphia, Rittenhouse square, had Alice and they say Mr. Oliver sent a young man for her end took bor a at gi Thad Alice at school firet and Oliver stole ber away and paid tl igtors to keep Alice dodxing aroand, convent te convent, so I could not see her, and now I am told Oltver murdered Alice. I do not want him arrested until I ean learn moro about it. Geo Gould D know something about. Alice. Oliver is his uncle. sap- pase yon domo the kindness to inquire. Allo hnd large roy eyes, not very tall, light brown bair, can play an sing well on tho pinno. Please let me know, for which I will be very grateful. Reepoetfully, MARY OLIVER. Corxer or Tuinp anp C Stxexts, Wasninaroy, Direct to Mary Oliver, corner of Third and .D. Enclosed yoa find a letter. If you think best send it, for no doubt Oliver makes the, Horns think light of it, and Tean’s do much in tho way of proof. So to k rom being seared into tolling about tho eri may do some good, I wrote tt in a detormined Put the stamp on ft and mail it from Millersburg or some nene nt. 90 as to make them think I'm near thom. Road it, and if you approve of it send it. ‘Don't you think It's host now I have Oliver arrosted for of Allee?” This is the only way I can ever como Let ine know, as 8 good nm, if this wonld bo the wu toa point, bert, and I will have it dono. I am sure ‘Oliver las com- mitted some crime, and ho is afraid Alice wonld came to light and toll it, Suppose you find Andy Silver in Cincin- t Oliver's troachery. with jereo..- I reeoived your card. I havo received a lettor . John W. Roineking, No. 52 New Odd Fellows’ rnor of Bank and Market strc ’ Di * vd 3 inst wife. The Doctar inarrted was soparated {rom his wife, and, I think, Roineking d not want to satiety me. I thought it bost to say to you her, so it Is xaid, before he to ou nover will find ont it you lot the Goulds or Me. pect you are on the lookout for Alice. You may find out if yon go slyly about it. You Know what todo. George Gould must know something: also Tsane Gould and Mra. Gould, their mother. George's wito, Lunderatand, is 8 good woman, and through her side you may learn romiothing. ‘Doos Mr. Oliver write to any convent? By that you may Joarn thy name of the convent and of: the Mather Superior of tho place or xchool. Mr. Silver told me ho lives in Cinein- nav—that Mr, Olivor had murdered Alice, Stiver ix out with Me, anse Mr. Oliver promised hin money it would — induco | mo to go swear T° wns never marriod to when T was hunting up Alico—aboat four years ayo, So Silver telly this bo: cunge he did not vet the money promised him. Oliver letter to Attorney Rwayne at Philadelphia, when I Sistors of Notre Dame summoned to the court, #0 at lind become-of Alice. Oliver e was responsible for Alton He ottor saying Alice was in x quiet retreat with some young nan. Only think of this eruelty! And this young man wae allowed to live among Christians! George Gould must know about Alico. Distors ay Oliver sent @ young man for Alice, Me bad dark eyes and fad “a foster from” Oliver and took Alice away at night ins hack from the convent in Philadelphia, Only think, to have that poor child left to the mercy of '& seoundrol, Young as she was and inexpes rienced! And only think ofthe ma ail thay dds of Alice's ‘you need mo here. < riendot mine; the President is ales, rite. J hope you will try for Alico. Save her it he Is alive and have Oliver punished. God bioss you. MARY OLIVER. A Mins Aspen fs hero from Bridgoport. Ky George Horene war {ho cause of & poor hanging co in Kentucky, Intely or winter. sister to Kila Horene, who is now Mr, istors allowing Alico to go t Tdreaded that Oliver Remember, nocence! with do all T Colone! Re nd saya Ashort recess was here taken, after which the trial was resumed, THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Mr. J. K. Padgett wae examined :—He was practis- w pts drawn by Mr. Riddle and signed by Mrs, Oliver tor a payment of $1,000. In caso of the receipt for $466 Mr. Riddle gave tho witness a check; he went to the bank and drew the money ond paid it to her; he went once, in company with Mr, Riddle, to the house of Mrs. Oliver, in Dela- ware avenue; they went in and sata short time; Mr. Riddle spoke a few words with Mrs, Oliver and then they left together: the interview did not last five minutes; Mr. Kiddlo and the witness came away together; there wes no kissing or rubbing of the Leal on that occasion; Mr. Biddle was not out of the room with Mrw. Oliver at that visit; he had seen Mrs. Oliver at the office of Mr, Kiddie; sometimes sho looked large and at others small. Cross-examined—He went to Delaware avenuc only on one occasion with Mr. Riddle; he might have re- peated his visits forall the witness know about it. ANOTHER LAWYER'S SLORY. Mr. ©, D. Barrett, examin Had been practicing ts; inthe falland winter called at his wanted bie influence among some influcntial men to induce Mr. Camero’ marry her; she«lid not seek him as counsel; she stated that she had met Mr. Cam- eron in New Orioans, and that she was the daughter of some naval commander; Mr. Cameron induced her to come to Washington and obtain a position in the department; she had been as a wife to Cameron; that while maut he suddenly and unexpectedly éxposed her condition in the department and it cre- ated a flutter among ladies; ste wae confined and de- livered of a premature child; Mr. Cameron paid for her sickness, but the $1,000 was not a settlement for every thit sho wi to know why Mr. Cameron would not jarry her and Witness told her as Mr, Camerou bad procured from her without marriage all | that he cowld by marri it was not likely that be would marry any one of er kind; she said that she ‘was Just as yoo as er as good as Shetot Gamseean i, at that visit she lad one letter from Cameron, and that was to Secretary Bristow; sho relied on Mr, Cameron's marrying her from the fact that he told her repeatedly that he loved her and that she was very dear to him; she told the story of Mr. Riddles wanting her to love him as she did Mr, Cameron, and she thought that insulting to ask her to do such a thing when she was engaged to Cam- eron; at that visit she did not look like she was pregnant; she said that Mr. Cameron furnished her mm jue, but nothing sone forcing it down her throat. ‘MRS, HENRIQUES’ DIVORCE. Mr. R. S, Davis was then examined. In 1875 he was practasing law in this city; Mrs. Sample (Mrs, Henriques) applied to him to be coumsel for her in a divorce and repleyin suit; he prepared an answer, but tho principal trouble was that she had no money at all, and the defence fell through; during the pen- doney of the case she brought Mrs. Oliver to his office and introduced her to witness; Mrs, Oliver's errand was to get a divorce from a man she claimed ta be her husband. . David Kellett examined:—He brought from the ppointment room of the Treasury Department all the papers in the case of Mrs. Oliver that were on file; a letter Gated September 29, 1875, was read, which was an application for a position, and in which it was said that she was mber 22, 1841, at Key West, Fia.; was a resident of New Or- leans, and her education was plain English, A number of letéers in connection with this same Matter were read, ‘hey wore of little interest be- yond showing her constant importuning for an ap- poiutment. Professor Charles M. Cresson, egsmined:—He re- sidesin Philadelphia; his profession is that of an expert in the study of handwriting; he had examined the three letters and Becmapepes of them with the aid of »pparatua devised for the purpose; one method permits seeing the paper through the ink, and the other is to ‘bring out the magnified letters through the aid of a magic lantern; the distinctive differences between the Bristow letter and the two others were yory apparent; the first endeavor'made was to form a uniform construction of letters; this he found in *the Bristow letter; it was a renga untrained handwriting from the wrist; the letters were irregularly but tirmly jwritten; there Was not a tremulously written word in it; in the other letters the writing is an keg one irregular hand, slowly written and ae are strongly in contrast with those of letters; the words ‘My dear Mrs. Oliver’’ in the two letters singularly correspond and could only have been done by tracing no regular hand couid have written them with sameness throughout; he had examined the +2” in “25,” and there was a difference of color in the ink with which the figure 2" was made irom that which the balance of the letters was written; from his knowledge of hand- writing and the examination made he was satisfied that the two letters were not written by the same hand that penned the Bristow letter. Thomas R. Dwyer examined—He resides on C street ond is a painter by trade. He was acquainted with a house on the corner ot Delaware avenue and C street, and its reputation was pretty bad. He had seen Mrs. Oliver go in thore onc& or twice in tho evening; Mrs, O'Donnel keops the house. Cro#s-examined—He never was in the house. liichard J, Marshall examined—He wastproprietor of the Marshall House, down the Potomac River, for fifteen years; Mra. Oliver came there on the night of July 30, 1877, and registered from New Orleans; she said that she was'a widow. ‘This closes the case for tho day. The defendant expects to put in all his testimony to-morrow. The laintfY has a number of witnesses to call in re- uttal, but where to begin or leave off seems to be the bothering point at present. PROBABLY FATAL SHOOTING. [By TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) ‘WILKFSPARRE, Pa., March 27, 1879, Thi¢ morning an unprovoked and murderous as- sault occurred in one of the best known becr saloons in this city, resulting in the shooting of Jacob Schwalb, a manufacturer of brushes, through the bowels, and also the shooting of Constable John Zeis in the left side, the ball striking a rib just below the nipple and glancing out again. Schwalb is now lying unconscious at his home and his physicians pronounce his recovery — impossi- Zeis was able to appear against the would be murderer at the hearing before the Mayor to-day. The facts are as follows:—Joseph Schaale, a Polish dow, residing at Nanticoke, a few miles from thiscity, engaged ina game of dominoes with the wounded men at an early hour lust night, and tho game continued up to about daylight this morni: when, at the settlement, he alleged that Constable Zois had cheated him in charging him with two moro games than he had lost. After exchanging 2 few words Schaale drew a revolver and shot Schwalb, as above noted, and immediately turned npon Zeis and fired. The constable then closed with his ‘assailant, threw him to the floor and with the aid of the land-. lady, Mrs. Most, deprived him of his weapon, not, however, before he had snapped it at the woman. Schaale was committed to await the result, INVESTIGATING A DISTILLERY, _ (BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) Tenne Havre, Ind., March 27, 1879, General Packard, of the United States Internal Re- venue Department, in charge of the division that includes Indiana and Michigan, is in the city accompa- nied by Colonel Burgh. The object of their visit is an investigation into tho causes of an alleged deticiency of about $57,000 at the Hulman & Fairbanks distil- lery, tue largest of the kind in the United States, The examination is now going on. Ex-Congressman M.C. Hunter is retained for the defence, having been summoned yesterday from his home at Bloom- ington. , The distillery proprictors’ story of the de- ficiency is that itis the result of unavoidable acci- dents which have occurred there within the past several months, notably the terrible boiler explo- sion of January 1, ond while the matter is im violation of the rules of the revenue servico and subject to censure by the government officials, there were no criminal intentions, and the deficiency is solely the result of pure accidents. The officers aro subjecting li the principal employés, assistants and officials of the revenue vervice and of the dis- tillery to a thorough examination, as well asthe books, records, &c., #0 that the facts may be prop- erly understood and the account adjusted, ‘The pro- cedure of investigation is being kept. very quiet, for unti! the extent of the deficiency is settled and ad- justed naturally a shadow of suspicion rests on the roprietors, Messrs, Herman Hulman & Crawford ‘airbanks. Further developments will take place to-morrow, when the revenue officers will be most likely to make their report. AN INDIAN WAR NOT PROBABLE Curcaeo, Ill., March 27, 1879, Goneral Sheridan, who has recently been out in the Indian country, regards the fears of a general Indian uprising in the summer as almost wholly without foundation. He characterizes Sitting Bull as a petty chief without influence and greatly overrated as a warrior. “People,” be says, “persist in thinking Sitting Bull a dangerous charactor, when the facts are he is not to be feared at all, The stories of com- ing trouble on the frontier are mere newspaper talk, inspired by interested-parties who hope to turn‘e dis honest penny in case of an Indian war. The trans ferral of two. Fogiinonts in the ordinary routine fur- nished « basis fof most of the prophecics.” While nothing can be definitely predicted until the grass comes up Gencral Sheridin is strongly of the opinion that there is no more danger this year than at any time in the past, 9 GOOD FLOUR FOR INDIANS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Bremancx, Dakota, March 27, 1879. Sixty thonsand pounds of flour for the Standing Rock Indian Agency, inspected by Lieutenant Kings- bury, were rejected, and the coutractor, P. H. Kelly, of St. Paul. requested'to get better flour, The de- Partment does not permit bad flour to go to the agencies on the Upper Missouri any more. Contrac- tors complain that “the markings are knocked off” the Indian business, avd that contracts are not what they used to be in the days of Orville Grant. The renegade Choyennes have not yet eroxsed the Yellowstone, and reports from Buford -indicato that the military scouting Oyo will yet capture them. Military men hero think there must be something warlike in Sitting Bull when Major Walsh concedes that he is insubordinate. Walsh has always insisted that Sitting Bull was a peaceable Indian, and it has been his ambition to convince the United States that Custor's conqueror would not molest anybody on this side of tue line. Now Walst weakens, and sends us word that his pet hostilen are liable to go on the war path as soon as the grass begins to sprout. ISLANDS OF 1 HE PACIFIC, THE NEW SOUTH WALES INTERNATIONAL BXHI- BITION—FINE DAMP EXPLOSION IN NEW ZEALAND, San Francisco, Mareh 27, 1879. The mail steamer City of Sydney, which arrived last night, brings Australian advices to the 27th of February. ‘The harvest prospects wero excellont, More «pace had been applied for in the New South Walea International Kxposition than could be given. ‘The deficiency in the woot crop ta not so yroat as was anticipated. It is now estimated 50,000 bales. At Queensiand tho sirike of seamen against the employment of Chinamen continues. Tho news from New Zealand is to the 4th of March. By 4 fire-damp explosion in the Kaitangata coal mine, near Otage, February 21, thirty men were killed—all who were in the mine at the time. Sub- veriptions for their widows aud orphans are being tap all over the colony. ‘he uews trom Honoinia by this arrival is to the ivth of Mareh, The sugar crop is goot, Governor Kiji is dead. The native population of the kingdom ‘was decreased since 1872 over four thousand, It is ow 58,000, THE KENTUCKY TRAGEDY. JUDGE ELYAOTT'S OBSEQUIES—TOM BUFORD'Ss CAREER—FIRING WITH A REVOLVER AT HIS BROTEER--DESPERATE FIGHT AT A COUNTY FAIR—A NEGRO GIRL SHOT. *, Ctsomsxarr, O., March 27, 1679, Ata moeting of citizens of Frankfort, Ky., last night General J. P, Nuckols, Hon, Alvin Duval and Judge W. P, D, Bush were appointed a committee to request the Mayor to issue his proclamation order- ing that all places of business be closed to-morrow, the 28th inst, The Governor has issued the follow ing announcement for to-morrow:— ‘ Srare oy Kentucky, Executive DePaRTMENT, Pranxvorz, Ky,, March 28, 1879. The announcenient of the death of Hon. John El- Hott, Judge of the First be aged district, which occurred at Frankfort, March 26, 1879, will cause sor- row and regrot in every section of the Common- wealth, His long carecr of usefulness and the many positions of public trust he so honorably filled won for him the respect and confidence of the people of the entire State. As a citizon he was beloved for his integrity, patriotism ° and fidelitf. As a Representative in Congress “he was energetic, prompt and distinguished, and as a judge he was able, incorruptible and impartial. In token of respect for his memory I recoinmend that all the public offices be closed at twelve o'clock M. and remain closed the residue of this day, and that all the State officers and their clerks attend the funeral in a body. JAMES B. bess aes 4 vernon, ‘The funeral takes place from the Christian Church, at three o'clock P, M. to-morrow; services by Rev. Dr. Miller, It will be ono of the largest ever wit- nessed in the city. There sre no attempts whatever at lynching Colonel Buford, and will be none. The most bitter regret prevails throughdut the country. BUFORD'S CAREER. " WasuixaTon, March 27, 1879, “Tom” Buford, although scarcely past middle life, and reared in one of the most civil and peace loving sections of the State of Kentucky, has had severa occasions to invoke family influence to shield him from the consequences of his desperate acts. The Henawp has been able to obtain from former resi- dents of the “Blue Grass country’ now in this city the following particulars of his eventful career, His family for generations had been noted for their susceptible honor and fiery temper, and these qualities were conspicuous almost to exaggera- tion in Tom Buford. Horse racing and such sports were the recognized pastimes of the community in which they lived, and the Bufords participated in them with zeal. Bowie knives and revolvers wore tho constant companions of the young bloods, but a sort of local tradition had authorized the use of weapons to heal’ wounded honor, and offences against that delicate sensibility were much rarer in consequence than might be supposed. A FAMILY QUARBEU. Tom Buford was as wild, reckless ard daring as any, but he was also distinguished by a prond re- servo toward acquaintances that threw him almost entirely upon his own resources for amusement. The first-diffienlty that brought out his recklossness grew out of the division of his father's estate. That consisted chiefly of about six hundred acres of land lying some sixteen miles out of Lexington, toward Versailles. The dying directions of his father had beon that the estate should be equally divided, among the three brothers and the sister Mary Buford. The expenso of thie dower right of the mother was to be sharod by the children. General Abo Buford’s share was duly set apart, and he entered into possession of it, When it came to the division among the others Tom and Henry Buford disagreed, and Tom, thinking that the other was secking undue advantage, refused to consent to the proposed apportionment, Henry, despairing of any other settlement, finally offered his interest for sale toR. A. Alexander, whose magni- cent stock farm adjoins the Bnford home estate. Tom Buford, it is said, hearing that Alexander inclined to favor the proposition, told him that if he bought Heury’s share he miglit expect to buy a body tull of buckshot wlong with it. Mr. Alexander declined the bargain. ‘Tho brothers’ quarrel abot the partition row in rancor, until one day in May, 1857, Tom and fenry met in the streets of Versailles. Hot words ensued, and some intemperate remark by Henry #0 infuriated Tom that he drew his revolver and fired throe shots, ail of which went close enough to show that rage only shook his aim and saved him the guilt of fratricide, Henry; it is said, stood and received the shots without flinching or endeavoring to return them, although he, too, was armed, Many farm folk wore in the strects of the town, and the danger that they were exposed to raised such indignation that they camo near taking the law into their own hands when they learned that Henry could not be made to prosecute his brother ¥IGHT AT A FAIR. This fracas made Ton Buford extremely unpopu- lar. Old friends frowned on him, but he bore him- he could find an antagouist. He managed to repress any outspoken mamifostation of his unpopularity until the great Lexington fair which happened in | ¢! the September following. He met George Thomas, of Mount Sterling, in the Pheenix Hotel, Lexington, one evening during the fair and a dy quarrel was had in the barroom which was suppressed before the p could be brought into service, Just what the quarrel was about never transpired, although the angry interchange con- tained some allusion to Buford’s attempt on his brother's life. Those who knew the men. best said that it would never stop with words, and the pre- diction proved true, Next day, when not less than 15,000 people were scattered around tho fair ground, Buford and Thomas approached each other. When at about fair dueling distance pistols were drawn, and they began popping at each other. There was lively scat- tering among tho bystanders, but the principals and General Abe Buford, who seemed to act as his brother's second, and one Ferguson, who officiated for Thomas, stood their ground firmly, Thomas emptied his pistol, and Tom Buford, cocking his for the sixth iime, pulled off the cap. Noticing this he cooly lowered his weapon, got another cap out of his vest pocket, ond was mit to adjust it for another shot when’ Ferguson handed Thomas a fresh and fully louded weapon. General Abe Buford saw this at the same time and made a rush for Ferguson, who was retreating rapidly when Buford overhauled him, and seizing him by his lon; and jetty hair made a slash with his bowic knife that took off a considerable section of Ferguson's scalp. Thus released, he made good his retroat, and by- standers ieee the shooting was stopped. The only person other than Ferguson hurt, was a negro irl who got a bulle€in her mouth that nearlypkilled er, POPULAR INDIONATION. Tho hundreds of quiet People whose lives liad been endangered by this reckless affair were terribly indignant against all the parties. made of lynching all the partici than probable that had the color of the wounded girl been white ‘Tom ssuford would not have lived to assassinate Judge Elliott. The feeling against him © #0 intense that even his proud spirit could not brook it, Absence was prescribed for him and le went to Louisville to try his hand at pork packing. Two years of business experience sank his ready eapital and immersed him in debt. ‘To mevt these Habilities he was forced to consent to the sale of the homestead estato, and itis said that he-wdut himself to Colonel Alexander to ask him to buy it, ‘The bargain was soon niude, and the old Buford mansion is now the home of A. J, Alexander, who maintains the family reputation for blooded stock, My Loud threats were ts, and it ix more A SISTER'A AFFECTION, . During all the faraily, troubles it would séom that Miss Mary Buford inclined to the side of her brother Tom. She gave him the management of her share of the estate, and accompanied him to Henry county, where he purchased im her name ® tract of land belonging to the Guthrié heirs. . It was after this event that he again manifested his Hotspur disposition. A quarrel of long standing was to be settled by appeal to tho code, He acted as second of the challenging party, 4 gentloman of grost skill with fire-arms, bute deat that he would be at a great dixadvantage it they were to fire at command, The other party knowing this had chosen rifles a4 the weapons and 100 yards as the distance, The antagonists were on the fold and the only Preliminary to be settled was whether the; were to fire by signal or command. ‘The challeng party insisted upon the latter method, whereupon nford withdrew his principal. He then gallantly offere: to put himself in his place, but the generous sacrifice was not accepted and the duel was not fought, MARY DUVORD'S LEGAL CONTEST, Buford ryid his sister had resided only a short tine on their newly acquired estate before it was discov. ered that their claim to it was fatally faulty. The readers of the Hxnanp are already femiliar with tho legal ight in whieh Tom Butord exhibited gil his characteristic tenacity of purpose against plain legal right. He only knew that he had bonght the prop- erty in good faith and had paid for it #n yood money, Arter he had been beuten in the first Court a writ of ejectment wae ivened against him, but when the Sheriff came to serve it he found Buford barricaded in the horse, determined to resist at all hasards, Attempting to storm the house the official waa con- strained to desist by Buford’s threat of buckshot. Thé ejectors then decided to await the slower course of judicial determination. MAIL ROBBER ARRESTED, JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 27, 1879, United States Deputy Marshal Vogt arrived hore to-day with Jaines Douglass, arrested at Daytona, Fla,, on @ bench warrant from s United States Court | in New York. He is cha! with robbing registered letters while employed in the mail service in New ‘ork city. ptisoner will probably be sent North to-morrow, LD, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1879,-TRIPLE SHEET. CRIME Ok “NUGLIGENCE 2 An Insane Woman’s Death in the Asylum on Blackwell’s Istand. HER BODY COVERED WITH WOUNDS, How She Came To Be Arrested and Imprisoned. Some time ago Mrs, Emily Graham, a young mar- ried woman subject to fits of insanity, was arrested on an unfounded charge of drunkenness and committed to the Island, The mistake appears to have been discovered, and she was transferred to the lunatic asylum. Sho was let out on her husband’s application, but, becoming ngain insane, was sent back, remaining over three months. Her husband brought her back last Mon- day and she died soon after. Whon set at liberty she was emaciated in the extreme, ate ravenously and had every ‘appearance ef a person who had been in- euficiently nourished, Horrible wounds disigured her whole body, Mow her wounds wore occasioned it is for the Coroner's inqnest—which should be most thorough—to determine, * DR. DUNCAN MAKES A PROTEST, The certificate of the death of Mrs. Emily Graham was received at the Board of Healtn office in Mott street yesterday morning from Dr. James M, Duncan, athe attending physician, ‘Tho primary canso of death was stated to be maniaand the secondary cause inanition, which in plain English signified that in the opinion of the physician the woman had been Starved to death. ‘The certificate further showed that the woman had been removed from the lunatic asy- lum on Blackwell's Island to her home, Nc. 164 Lewis street, last Monday, the 24th irist, ‘The following let- ter accompanied the certific: No, 102 Conumnia Stuer, March 26, 1879, Dr-W, Dx F. Day:— Emily Graham was proual t to herhome from the Ingano Asyluin, Blackwell's Island, on the 24th inst., when I was first called to attend her.'T found her extrowely emaci- ated; her person was filthy and her body covered with Soros. Tho relatives say that she was “beaten, starved and othorwiso abused, t be this as it may Pmust express the opinion that her condition indicated at least earoloss- ‘and neglect on tho part of hor attendants, JAMES M. DUNGAN, M. D. Dr. Nagle, Deputy Register of the Health Board, at ,| once sent the papers to the Coroners’ ofiics, with the following note:— Toxoranis: Boarv oF Cornoxxrs:— GENTLEMEN—Theo enclosed certificate of death of Emily Grahain, who died at No. 164 Lewis street on Marel together with the note of Dr. James M. Dinca Columbia street, accompanying it, w: bareun to-day. From the (enor of the abuse, crucl treatment, &c., of the deceased, who w: merly a patient of the h e Asylum, pation necossary in order to satisfy the relatives ai fonds of the true cause of her death, Very respectfully, JON T. NAGLE, Deputy Register: Acting on this information Coroner Ellinger took the matter in hand and will make a thorough and searching inquiry into the case. In company with Deputy Coroner Goldschmidt he will proceed to the residence of the deceased to-day at ten o'clock to make the preliminary examination. * . “Suppose you walk round with mc to tle house and seo the body,” said Dr. Duncan, when the’ Henatp reporter stated that the object of his visit was to investigate the caso of Mrs. Emily Graham aud her alleged ill treatment at the Insane Asylum, Blackwell’s Isiand. ‘In such cases there is nothing like seeing for one’s self.” ‘Accordingly Dr. Duncan. kindly accompanied tho reporter to Mrs. Graham’s late residence. There ‘was presented a most pitiful and deplorable sight. Lewis street is by no means one of the fashionable thoroughfares, and this particular biock sadly needed the services of the Street Cleon'ng Depart- ment.” Near the middle of the block were several small tenement houses of * a nowise prepossessing apperranoe. Into one of these the re- porter entered with his companion, It was evident at frat sight that the occupants wero of the poorest class, Mr. Graham and his family Ived on ‘the t»p floor, Inasmall, squalid, unfurnished and uncar- petod front room were the remaing of Mrs, Emily Graham. VIEWING THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIM. The body lay on a long pine board supported by two chairs. ft was, covered with. an on inary bed sheet, and a little bag of salt was placed on the face. Removing these it was sgen that the body, which was clothed only in an old nightgown, was strapped to the pine ‘board by what once probably had served as a trunk strap. Loosening the garment a sight of horror presented itself. On each shoulder fere several large wounds looking like abrasions from some hard, rough surface. ‘The outer skin was rubbed away in spots varying from @ quarter of an inch to an inch in diameter. The inner skin was gone too, leaving bare the very fibres and muge war tissues of the body. Similar marks were on ogs and fect. On the back was a large wound, nost big enough to insert the h&nd, very much discolored, decomposition haying apparently set in, ‘Theears were almost torn off, jagged and broken at the roots, as thongh the vody had been suspended or forcibly dragged around by them. The body itself was vory mitch emaciated, and could not have weighed over ninety one, ‘The mother of the deccased was procent when the reporter entered, and expressed hor griet by piteous wails. A little boy named Willie, about seven or eight years old, the only child of the deceased, was also present. The old woman objected at first to leaving tho room, but sho was finally persuaded to do so, and after imprinting a passionate kiss on the forehead of her dead child she retired, taking with her the little boy. Mr. John Graham, the husbund of the deceased, is ar. oiler and fireman by trade, and works on board steamers whenever the occasion presents itself. He was marriod in September, 1871, and his wife was thirty-one yearaof age at tne time of hor death. In the a part of last October Mrs. Graham munifested harniess symptoms of insanity or mania. Mr. Graham hed come into the room during the examination of the remains, and from him the re- porter learned the details of his sad story. THE HUSBAND'S STORY, On a Saturday night in the eariy part of Inst October he stated he wont with his wife to a Grooery store ut the corner of Grand and Pitt streets to buy some tea. He wont into the store to make the purchase while his wife remained outaide, They were thon living at No. 163 Lewis street, directly opposite the house of Mrs. Graham’s mother, Mrs. Bridget Peach, where they afterward removed. After remaining in the store about five ee he te —_ a. bonged yo i nnd sappeared. Not finding her near by he returned home and found that ‘abe bod not got back. He then searched all over for her, visiting all the downtown station houses on the cast side, the Seventh precinct in Madivon street, the Tenth in Eldridge street, tho Eleveuth at Union Market, the Thirteenth in Delancey strect, and the Seventeenth at the corner of Firat avenue and Fifth stroet, but found no trace of the missing woman. Wearied by his ineffectual search and his mind filled with sad forebodinga he returned to his desolated home about midnight, No tidings of his wife had been received. Early on the follow- ing morning he proceeded to Police Headquarters and with heavy heart and nervous hand anxiously seanned tho returns from the different precincts. On those sent in from the Kighteeuth precinct, in East Twonty-second strect he found that sho been arrested in Seventeenth street on the-pre- vious evening by Officer McCarthy, who made a charge of drunkenness and divor- derly conduct against her. She been taken to the station house and locked up over night. ‘The returns also stated that she had been taken to the Fifty-seventh Street Court in the morning and arraigned re Justice Bixby for intoxication, by been sentenced to Blackwell's Islaut whom she for, thirty days. ‘Then tie | whole, story, wus made plain to thé sorrowing husband. She had been seized with one of her temporary fits of insanity, and had wandered about the strects, not knowing whither, until » late hour. Then somo intelligent member of “the finest force,” not baving discretion enough to tell the difference between drunkenness and insanity, had caused hor incarceration. JUDGE BIXBY REFURES TO RELEASY 118 PrIvONER, For some unexplained reason it sorcens that she ‘was not sent immediately to the Island, but remained one day at Bellevue Hospital, whefice sho was trans- ferred to the Workhouse, In the meantime Mr. Graham went to Justice Bixby and repre- sented that his wile was subject to fits of insanity, ond asked that she be restored to him. She was not drunk, he sald, and had not tasted liquor of any description for more than eight months prior to het arrest. Justice Bixby ap- Poe to have disbelieved the man’s story, for he re- sqrt to rant the request, At Bellevue Hospital Mr. Graham Jearned that sho had been transferred to the Island, He went there with his | mother-in-law and discovered his wife in the workhouse, Before this, how- ever, ho had visited the Kighteenth pre- cint and thero experienced @ piece of police courtesy.” On asking the offeor in charge whether Emily Graham was there that official replied that there had been a “dirty Italian” there of that name, and that ire was wu to seo a young mun Hike him claiming to be her husband, THANSEKRRED TO THE LUNATIC ASYLUM, At the worjhoure he found his wife in health, weighing 165 pounds, and apparently well taken caro of. Being unable to induce Justice Bixby to let hor ont he returned home. A job was of to on board a steamer bound for Cuba, and he accopted it, knowing that he would return before hor time was up. While he was away he states that she was trams ferred to the lnnatic asylim, Her term was up when he yot home and. he obtained her discharge a) Snation iixby. According to Mr, Graham's acconnt this discharge seems to have been rather informal, the Justice moroly stating that sho was out of his jurisdiction and bad werved her term, On —————_———— the 14th day of November Mr. Graham visited his wife ent took her home. At that timo she was quiet and healthy. During the following month another job was offered to him ou the steamer City of Austin bound for Galveston, Texas. He hired a room in tho house where his mother-in-law lived and placed his wite in her care, 5 Soon after his re his wife again became erazy and complained that some one had poisoned her. Bhe became violent and a police ofiicer was sent for, and she was again taken to the innatio asylum. There she remained until the 24th, of the present month. . The, City of Austin met wit some aceident ‘on the return Voyage = and ut into Norfolk Harbor, This detayed Mr, Graham's return and he only ar rived home last Friday, During his bags the mother visited -his wife every two weeks. On last Saturday Mr. Graham visited his wife and found her emaciated, starving and covered with sores, Hes gives the following account of his brief interview with her:— OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF BRUTALITY. “I went up there last Saturday and brought her an orange, an ayple and a piece of pie, These she ate rayenously and then asked ime to lock the door, as she was afraid they would beat her.” “Do they beat you 2” Lasked, P * she said, ‘they do, in. She then told me they used frequently to beat and abuse her. She was almost starved. The cell was small aud narrow, and its ouly furniture was an iron bedstead, I told her that I would take her home on Monday, ‘Mr. Graham offered to pay one of the officials at the asylum if he would take better care of her, That conscientious individual said he could not take money, asit was against the rules, but he said ho would like some cigars, These Mr. Graham promised to bring him. Mr. Grakam also spoke to a ntirse there and asked her how his wife was treated, She seemed very much terrified at the question, and answered, “Mister, I cannot tell you anything of what goes on here, because I would get dwchargod if I did.” On the following Monday Mr. Graham obtained the fol- lowing discharge for his wife: — New Youk Crry Lesatic Asytum, March 24, 1879, DISCHARGE, Emily Graham iy hereby discharged frou this instita- tion as improved snd in cary of her hnsba . W, W. STREU, Medical Superintendent, At the same time that she was discharged ‘as ime proved” the authorities informed Mr, Graham that is wife would not probably live till she got to New Don’t let them come York. This pleasant prediction was uot fulfilled, irs, Graham arrived home safely, thongh in a very weak condition. Dr, Duncan was summoned and administered stimulents to her, but said from the first that she could not long survive. Her body was very tilthy and emaciated, znd she appeared to be in a starving condition. Sho died at a quarter past tour o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Previous to her death she became doli 6, and cried out, y are coming to beat me;" “Keep them off;"* “They will kill me,” and similar expressions, evidently uttered in great terror. WHAT TIE DOCTOR FOUND. Dr. Duncan, when asked to give his impressions of tho case, said:— “My statement of the case is simply this:—On Monday night Mr. Graham called at my office and asked me if I would not come. to see a crazy woman that had been just discharged from the asylum on Blackwell's Isiand. I came around with him and found her body just in about the same condition as you haye just sven it—vory emaciated, sores all over it and absolutely filthy. ‘Che only thing that I could do under the circumstances was amply to order concentrated and nourishing food for her and stimulanis, That has becn about all the treatment I could give her. ‘There was no possibil- ity of her recovery. Her husband told me that she had been in the asylun and they told him she could eat nothing. 1 found that on giving her anything to ext she would grab it like a famished dog. My treat- ment has been strong beef tea, eggs, milk punches and other stimulants. L thought proper to mention with the death certiticate that from all appearances Sind rig not had proper treatment on Blackwell's sland.” 7 DR, STREW'S EXPLANATION, A reporter of tie Hkrap crossed to Blackwell’s Island, from the foot of Fighty-seventh strect, about ten o'clock last evening. A moment after landing, near the Female Lunatig Asylum, he was admitted to the house of the Resident Physician, Dr. Strew, who very promptly, and with an appearance of frank- ness, entered into a statemont of the case of tho woman Graham, “This patient,” said Dr. Strew, “came here in Octo- bor. Atter remaining a while she went hoine, but returned a month or so afterward, When she first came she was, like ull other new inmates, placed in the reception hall, but after I had oxaminod her case and found that her habits were then extremely Althy I ordered her placed in pavil- ion G, where those of her class are usually contined, Soon atterward she became so violent and noiny that she wax very obnoxious to tho other apd older pw tients there, and I caused her to be transferred to Lodge No. 5, known as the madhouse. Jt is setapart for uncontrollable and incurable subjects. She had been thers for some time, when she bogan to sufier trom paresis, a general wasting of the vital powers, It, in fact, is gradual and complete paralysis, In many cases the system so detoriorates that ‘the least Pn scratch or wound, be it ever ao trifling, develops santo a nore and often into a fetid and siugyish ulcora- tion,and this was hor condition, She had ay a morbid appetite. At times she would eat voraciously; at others she would refuge all food and would labor un- der the delusion that everything that was given her was poisoned. She had a chronic diarrha@a ani it ras absolutely necessary to change, her clothing five or six times a day. ‘The 1rurses will tell you that this ‘was done, HOW THE SORES WERE CAUSED. “She soon became extremely emaciated, and sores: developed on her hips and thighs, like those which aro called bed sores, 30 that she'was unablo to walk and could only ‘creep and crawl about her room. Mrs. Smith, her attendant, informed me that she had to take her up in her arms five or six times each day and carry her to the bathroom, where she would wash her and put clean clothing upon her. In this condition of things I found that the case, like most of those that are sim ilar to it, was rapidiy drawing toward an end, and I ordered her transferred from lodge No. 5 to the hospital hall in the main building. There sho ‘was attended by nurses of the best class, all of them being graduates of the training school, Everything was done for her that possibly could have been done in any private home, and certainty more than would have been doue in her own houee, #8 will be shown you by and by. Sho was given increasing doses of stimu- Jants and T ordered her to be placed upon a water bed. I concluded that she couldn't last more than a short time at the best, and her friends were ingly notified. REMOVED BY HER HUSBAND, “On Saturday her husband came up hero, and the doctor in hee? of the hospital bali informed me that he was desirous of taking her home. 1 told him that there might be some doubt as to her living lo enough to reach home, and ‘we were »doing everything that we could do for her—mach better, in fact, than he could. He said that he did not want her to die in a iuuatic asylum, and, a8 he was 60 anxious to remove her, I at length consented on condition that when he should come for her on Monday he should bring a carriage with him and comforts and ‘conveniences for her use while on the way. He promised to do so and on Monday he was accompanied by his mother-ine law, who brought some clothing for her. Whil they were waiting for her ‘to be disel the nurses wero busily engaged in washs ing her and _ puttin these clothes upon her. In order to help her to bear the fatigue of tho rido she was given a hyperdermic injection, Two nurses accompanied her in the ambulance to New York and afterward in a carriage to her home, A promise was exacted from her husband that ho pri send for a physician immediately upon her arriv: ‘ “Now,” continued Dr. Strew, ‘these facts will be substantiated by the nurses and uttonding physi- cians, and.-by my matron, who has been for thirty bay charge of the hall. Knowing what were the its of the patient before leaving the asylum, you can readily understand what her coudition may have become before she reached her home. Why, it we had known that there was anything Lids | about her we naturaliy would not have permit her to BO. “I have acted conscientiously, and it more falso- hoods are uttered against me I shall demand a thory ough investigation. We practice no violence at all toward the patients, The sores which were on het Person were of a kind which never heal.”” The doctor said that the husband of Emily Grae ham is a diver in the employ of the New York Coast Wrecking Company, aud that his brutal actions firat canaod her insanity. The doctor had becn told by his clerk that when conducting her frgm the asylum he behaved toward her in a yery inhuman manner. Dr, John Bowen said substantially the same things as Dr. Strew. | ‘The night nurse, Misa Keeler, also confirmed what had been said by Dr. Strew, aud addet that on tho night before tho discharge of the patient she did not expect her to live until morning. P ‘Lhe record of tho asylum shows that Emily Graham was thirty years of age and was adinitted on October 23, 1878, She went home November if an returned December 17 in a very filthy condition, having vermin on ‘her person. On January 7 she was #0 violent as to render it necessary to tio her in her , and on January 17 she was placed in a straitjacket, On March 20th numerous latge ulcers were noted on hor thighs and lower extrewities. On March 24 she was given two ounces of run and half a pint of beet te with an extra dict of veg les. She was disc! on the seme day in an untimproved condition, INTOLERABLE REMORSE, A MURDERER CRAVES DEATH TO FACAPE THE CONSTANT VISION OF HIS VIeTiM, (bY teLreRirn To THe MeRADD.) Nasevinia, Tonn., March 27, 187% Knox Martin, tha negro murderer of John Wettent miler and wife, still insists that ho wants to be bung, and that he prefers déatin to another year of re morse In @ prison cel, Ho says that ho sees the ghastly, bloody victims in his dreams; their crushed faces, the woman's broken neck, her sppeuling, beseeching piteous look as sho awoke to raise her feeble arm to ward off the blow that struck her dead; the sleeping children, lect in tho blood of their parents—everything hourly recent’ fy vividly to his mind that it is intoldrable, and he courts death, He embraced the Catholic fnith to- day, Father Veu!l administering the rito of baptiss in the presinee of two Sisters of Mercy. An atten)! £ ry orp! ebtyrrn to resume.tite aaa attee 0 is cut down wlditional interest 0 peor Posed cxeoution, st