Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1887, Page 2

THE ANARCHISTS' CASES, Arguments Finished Before Supreme Court—The Probable Outcome, OTTAWA, 11I,, March 15.—States Attorney Grinnell made his argument before the su- preme court In the anarchist case to-day. He sald at the start that it would be strange if, in & case of such gre-l length, a few errors had not crept in, but the court would find that no errors had occurred sufficignt to warrant the eranting of anew trlal. Justice had not been ob- structed or interfered with in the slightest degree in the progress of the trlal. The case involved the integrity of the constitution and the very stability of the government, Anarchy was on trial and there was no _ use in attempting to deny it. He then reviewed the testimony to prove the fact of conspiracy. Attorney General Hunt followed and confined himself to ex- unding the law of conspiracy and con- E’ndod that under the evidence the defend- ants were absolutely convicted of murder. Speaking of the probabilities in relation to the decision in the anarchists’ case, Judge Schofield, of the supreme court, saidtoa newspaper reporter this evening that in case of a reversal and the ordering of a new trial, the opinion of the court would be made pub- lic as soon as it is arrived at; but in case the decision of the lower court Is aflitmed, the public will not be apprised of the fact until rourt meets again at Ottawa, which will be In September next. In the case of an affirm- ation the court must fix the date of execution and must do it in open court and in the dis- trict where the case belongs. The court will adjourn its session here next week and it is of course impossible for the court to examine thebulky record and return an opinion before adjornment. 1t follows that It will be im- isible for the anarchists to be hanged be- ore next fall. The sentence cannot be af- firmed and the day of execution fixed before the first Tuesday in Neptember. Aboui s month would doubtless be allowed between the aftirmation and the Ail{l of execution, The ‘‘reds,” therefore. need have no fear of before Ogtober, Judke Scott i3 return from California about April 11, and he will participate in deciding the case, Since the argnments have been made the prevailiug opinion here seems to be that the verdict in the court below will be sustained by the supreme court. Mr. Scott returned to Chicago at 4 o’clock. The other counsel will retura in the morning, ———— SAVED FROM DEATH. How an lowan Was Robbed and Nearly Killed in Chicago. CiicAGo, March 18,—Late yesterday Bwitchman Gaffney was passing through the yards of the Chicago & Northwestern road at the foot of North Market street, when he stumbled across the prostrate form of a man lying across the main track, He helped the man to his feet and to Kinzia street, where he found the man had been rendered uncon- sclous by a severe scalp wound. The patrol was called and the man the Alexian brothers hos- pital, where he recovered consciousness, and said he was James Buchanan, of Nor- way, Ia. He_arrived in the city Thursday n|gu on the Northwestern road_and stepped into Trader Bain’s cigar store, No. 97 K?nzls street. While purchasing some cigars he claims Owen McCarthy came inand robbed him of $23 in money, a rallroad pass and two notes, one for $300 and another fyr $175. McCarthy ran out of the store pursued by Buchanan. In the railroad yards McCarthy turned and struck his pursuer over the head with a slm(l{x shot. He then esca but was arrested yesterday at his home on North Market street and is”locked up in the FEast Chicago avenue station charged with highway robbery. Buchanan ‘was found by GGaffney and dragged from the tracks just In time to escape being ground to pieces under the Freeport express. e e i A Lustful Villain, HastINGS, Neb,, March 18.—Dr. G. Ran- dall, a speclalist who settled here a few months ago, was arrested yesterday, charged ‘with outraging one of his patients, The vie- tim is the daughter of Mr. Marion Hart, of Edgar, and is only eleven years of age. She had been troubled with sore eyes, and her vparents, being attracted by Randall’s cure-all advertisements, called him in to treat her. An operation was per- formed on the child’s eyes. After a few more visits the doctor induced the parents Lo send the ehild to this_city, where he could treat her every day. The first night she was in town the lusttul fiend took her to his room and ravished her, and during the succeeding :oek she was forced to submit to his em- races. ‘These facts are givenby the father of the girl, and if proven in court the lecherous scoundrel will land in the penitentiary be- fore many days. ——— Ku-Klux and Cholera. NEW Yonrxk, March 18.—Advices from Pan- amasay: A Venezuelan paper, the Solde Abrie; says that in six districts six honorable men have been murdered to prevent them from voting with the liberal party and making manifestations against the policy of Guzmnan Blanco and his party. On December 26 the first case of cholera 'was reported in Chill, On January 7 the disease was busy in Catenne Pauque and Chagres, and within a few days was playing h-v:: :]lo:g the whole course of the Acon- ver, n the Argentine Ra,puhl(o they are build- Ing at the government’s expense barracks to hold from persons each. They are to be occupied by immigrants arriving there and whom it may be ne Ty rantine. No vessel from Chill, Eruzuny. or Arzentine Republic are allowed to enter N uan ports, Honduras has adopted similar precautionary measures. —_— the assistant treasurer at Chicago to meet ‘whatever demands may be made for notes of .small denominations. Most of the shipments were In 820, $10 and $5 silver certificates and .United States notes. The treasury quln’ $1and $2 silver certificates the rate of $150,000 a day. Itis said at the de- partment that the present demand for small notes is apparently fictitious and is probabl, due to a desire on the part of certain timi . brokers to secure them in large amounts for use in the event of a possible stringency of the money market. i Cars Heated Ry Steam. NEw YoRrk, March 18,—The superintend- ‘ent of motive power of the New York Cen- ‘tral rallroad said this afternoon that the trial of the steam car heating apparatus which was made yesterday on a train running from Peekskill to this city demonstrated the reasi- 1bility of the me, The trouble of con- overcome by the use of a telescove and ball and e steam is used direct from the loconiotive boiler tlu‘olll(h & pressure re-" ‘ducing valve and a strain _of five pounds is earried on the pipes. The main difficulties itherto encountered in adovting steam ibeatinfi on railroads have been in connecting ipes between cars and in reducing the ure of steam. . TUSCCH Another Deal Consummated, . Pirrssure, March 12.—'You may say that arrangements for the reorganization of ‘the Pittsburg & Western have been consum- DIM‘: “;Ifll Ji ::nu 9':2‘ \ :rrilnonl oihn}a com| S ! 1@ Monon; ela s Solon Humphreys, K. K. Puige, by . Oliver and myselt are now awaiting the g:v-l of Thomas W. King to complete what details have not been atten to. The i General Bragg's Denial. MILWAUKEE, March 18,—General Bragg ‘has sent a telegram denying that he Is para- dytic, 1t s calied out by a Washingtoh dls- -mum-uamnhnnum he will appointed to fill be g the resignation Judy ur, of Distriet 3ays he declined the A ago. ! Defa: r Returns. Cresco, Ia, March 18,—[Special Tele- gram to the Bie.1—Sheriff Axtell returned ~(rom the fled to Canada, an embeszler of ~ from $2,000 $8,000 of railrond and express money. e returned of his own uceord to Lockport, N. Y., where he sur. rendered himself and was put in jail. Sheriff Axtell, with the proper papers from the fov- ernors of lowa and New York, procceded to Lockport a few days ago and took Talmadge into lis custody and brought him to Cresco, where he is now in jail awaiting the action of the courts, s Coleman as a Candidate, New Yonk, March 18,—|Special Telegram to the Ber.|—The Sun says editorially to- day: “His full name s William Tell Cole- man. He lives in San Francisco. Heis a great merchant, a zealous and thorough dem- ocrat, intimate with every department of suhllc affairs and worthy the heartiest confi- ence of every American patriot. If our William Tell should be nominated next as the democratic candidate for president we could be sure that his arrow would hit the mark every time.” ear An Erroneous Report. MouxT VERNON, Ky, March 18.—The re- port of the killlng of three vigilantes at Wildie, a small station on the Kentucky Cen- tral rallroad, In this county, last evening, proves to be false. John Lomf. John Hasby and Sam Rose were engaged in a drunken row and exchanged a few shots without doing any damage. Montgomery's Successor. WasHiNGTO¥, March 18.—I'he Star to- night says: It is stated that ex-Representa- tive Benton J. Hall, of [owa, has been de- cided upon as successor to Montgomery as commissioner of patents. —_—— Deatlr of George Sickles, New York, March 18,—George Bickles, father of General Sickles, died last night at New Rochelle. The will of the late G. G. Sickles 1s understood to dispose of about 85,000,000 worth of property, each of his daughters receiving 850,000, his widow a thlgg. and his only heir, General Sickles, the residue. ——— Vilas Scores Another. WasHINGTON, D. C.,, March 18.—Joseph Roy, of Wisconsin, was appointed chief clerk of the postoflice department to-day, vice Thomas E. Nash, resigned. Death of Mrs, Washburn, CrIcAGO, March 18.—Mrs. Washburn, wife of Ellhu B. Washburn, ex-United States minister to France, died at 7:30 this morning at her rooms at the Tremont house. phidiond bkl iy The Bald Knobbers. OzARK, Mo., March 18,—8ix more Bald Knobbers have been captured making the number twenty-five now under guard here. The preliminary trial will probably begin to- MOrrow. ey Houses and Lots For sale in Orchard Hill at a bargain; also burgains in houses and lotsin all parts of the city. The C. E. Mayne Real Estate & Trust Co. N. W. Cor. 15th and Harrey St. et St A Another Boodle Jury NEw Yorg, March 18,—George A. Haws, dealer in oils, was accepted as the twelfth juror in the case of ex-Alderman Cleary to- day. AJl witnesses for the defense were ex- cused until to-morro! o ste NI Brevities. Commissioners Timme and O'Keefle left for Lincoln yesterday morning. The Douglas County Horticultural so- ciety will meet to-day at Emery's store, 1306 Harney street. The funeral of James Gaskill who died at the police station on Wednesday even- ing wifi be held on Saturday afternoon. Bernard Doran, who was so terribly in- jured last week by an elevator accident, is still living, but he is far from being out of danger. The jury in the case of Soloman vs Jonasen, in Judge Wakeley's court, re- ported yesterday that they were unable to agree, and were discharged. A marriage license was issued yester- day morning by Judge McColloch to Nels Mueller Anderson and Marie Kershine Hansen. Both are aged twenty-one and reside in Omaha. Kugene O'Neil has commenced an ac- tien in forcible entry and detainer against Joseph Boyer, to regain possession on lot 17, block 7, in Kountze's addition. <I'rial is set for next Tuesday, Nellie Sanford, colored, was arrested esterday charged with the larceny of xw from John Dineer, a rural visitor, who was found in the woman's castle in a bankrupt condition by the police. Dave Mueller, of Farnam street, and Fred Wirth, of the City hotel, have col- lected $2,200 for the reunion of the G. A. R. in Omaha next Sune. They will make 1t $2.500, one-fourth of the $10,000 dronused. W. A Cox commenced suit in the county court ;enerdny ainst James Conrad for $425 for a breach of contract. 1In the same court the Franz Falke Brew- ing company commenced suit against John A. Freyhan for $185.14 on account. Margaret, Sarah, Anna and Belen Mc- Cheano commenced smt in the district court yesterday against James McCheane, to quiet the title of certain parcels of real estate. In the same court Sarah O. Patrick commenced suit against Kittie M. Smith et al., for a division of certain real estate in section 2, township 15, range 13, —— That tired feeling and loss of appetite ave entirely overcome by Hood's Sarsa- panilla, the peculiar medicine. Try it and see. A R City Clerk Southard is very ill with pneumonia. T e ‘The South Omaha Land eompun; have appointea C. E. Mayne sole agent for the sale of theirlots. He will show the prop- erty and furnish all desired information upon lpgllcninn. : (Signed] W. A. PaxToN, President. —_—— S. D. Canfield, the boss clerk in Gen- eral Superintendent Smith's office, has resigned to accompany *‘Buffalo Bill" on his European tour. ———— In Thornburg. We have some bargains in lots in Thornburg. C. E. Mayne Real Estate & Trust Co., Northwest Cor. 15th and Harney . ne.f Estate Tr: Real estate transfers filed 1887, Jacob Marks and wife to Wm Arthur and others, lot 5, bik ¥, Shinn’s 2dadd to Omaha, W d—$1,550, Guy V Henry and wife to Lucy E Black- man, lot 2 blk 7, Hauscom park add. w W G Albrizht to the ubHe*gllt. Mathews’ sub-division of blks 19, 20, 21,22, 83, 25 and 29, Albright’s choice—Dedication. Pauline M Wheeler and husband to Mrs Gussie M _Post, lot 3,blk 7, Hanscom vark add, w d—§750, Geo W Awmes and wife to Erastus N Black- g:'la. lot 7, blk 3, Hauscom park add, w d— James G Smith to Erastus N _Blackburn, lots 13 and 13, Greenwood, w d—8§1,000, A E Touzalin and wife to J Maynard, lot 15, bk 8, Hillside addition, No1,'w d— $1,100. John Lewls and wife to Peter C Bacon and others, lot 6, blk 71, Omaha, w d—$15,000, Gottlob Zimmermaon _and wife to A R suno&‘llcu 8and 4, A H Saunders’ add, wd enry D Gibne; dwife to George W Lon:fylnl 12, Nk’l. ‘*no‘:nm pu‘::‘ wd— G W to Mary 9 1‘1;&{‘0 {“r'o“ bl[f':.‘ *h‘or:b‘::: place, 'cai ::.i husband to John P 10, Parker’ add, w d— . March 17, AnhundofihmbAlcupn.- blk 4, C w P (] fHE OMAHA DAILY BEE}isATURDAY‘ MARCH 19. 1887, ABOUT READY FOR THE JURY The Lauer Murder Trial to be Brought to a Close To-Day. THE FINISHING ARGUMENTS. Judge Thurston Surpasses Himself in His I'inal Plea—General Cowin's Masterly Arraignment of the Accused. The Lauer Case. Judge Thurston resumed hisspeech for the defense yesterday morning. He stated that he desired to make one or two more statements concerning the first burglary., at burglary occurred in the summer time, when the blinds and windows were thrown open in order to admit the cool air, In addition, there was a street lamp on Gallagher's corner, wlich threw considerable light into the room. The rays from this lamp went in a straight Iine through the north window to the bullet-hole in the casement. This is ex- actly as Lauer stated. Everything cor- roborates his account of the affair. Mrs. Savage's account of this first burgiary also corroborated that of Mr. Lauer. About half past ten o'clock she AW two men loafing about the place and the good old lady watched them until they fiaally went away. She did not watch them for any evil purpose, as the cross-examination impliedly at least asserted. If Mr. Lauer had lied about the matter, then it must be believed that Mrs. Lauer had told a falsehood in telling her neigbors that their house had been VISITED BY BURGLARS the n‘fht before. The speaker then dis- cussed the night of the shooting, *'On the morning of the 21st of November, 1885, the community was startled to hear that in_a little houvse up on the hill he had shot his wife, mistaking her for a burglar. It is safe to say that if this affair had occurred in any other house in this city where no trouble had occurred, no suspicion of crime would have attached to the man who fired the fatal shot. After citing a number of similar ms- takes, the speaker said that these sad af- fairs all arose from THE FOOLISH PRACTICE of sleeping with & pistol under one’s pil- low. “Such mistakes are only too com- mon,” he said, “and I don’t apologize for any man that will sleep with a ‘revol- ver under his pillow—perhaps some of you do thut ver, thing.. Why, would just as soon sleep with a can of dynamite under my head as to sleep with a revolver under my pfllow. “If Lauer had invented this ‘story about the shooting, the line of the bullet would have betrayed him. 1t was physically impossible for Lauer to have nown at the time he told his stor{ the line of that bullet. Lauer did not know the course of the bullet; for aught he know it had gone clear THROUGH THE WOMAN'S HEAD and lodged in one of the walls of the rooms? The angle of the bullet asit passed through the woman's head was Lust exactly s it ought to have been to ear out the truth of Lauer’s story.” “‘Mr. Lauer says that they both weut to bed. There was the print of the two forms on the bed, and pillows just as if you and I had got out of bed. There was everything to show that he told the truth in this particular. Mrs. Lauer may have slept on t'e sofa that night. I don’t know, you don't know. Lauer may have sat up in a chair on one side of the room, and Mrs. Lauer on the other side, durlnf; all these weary hours. No one can_tell. But, gentlemen of the jury, men ara not hung on what you don't know. Men aro not hung on ‘may be’ and ‘perhaps.’”’ Judge Thurston then referred to the light of the stove, which was in the room that night. He admitted that if the pros- ecution could prove that the stoye gave out much light, enough to enable Lauer to kill his wite in the dark, then that would be a strong circumstance. "But the chances, he said, were against any such theory. Lauer and his wife had re- tired that night between 9 and'10 o’clock. It was nearly 2 the next morning when THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED. | .- So that the fire must.have been burn- ing four or tive hours. By that -time'it was reasonable to supposa_this fire had dulled down somewhat. Matt Gahlon, the witness for the proseention, swore that when he went in" the room thal morning, the coal had all been burned out ot the magazine. This is rather im- probable because Mr. Gallagher testifies that when he came in he found the room rather cold and turning on the drafts of the stove, had caused the fire to burn brightly in a few minutes. This couldn’t have occurred if the magazine had been empty as Gahlon testities. All the wit- nesses who have been brought in to tes- tify on this point say that the fire was very much dulled down. Judfif Thurston spoke of the tests which had been made by the committee of citizens. They had been made impar- tially by men who were Omaha's repre- sentative citizens, who then showed the general public ovinion that Lauer was not guilty of the deliberate, WILFUL MURDER of his wife. All these tests proved the fact that Jobn Lauer, lying on the bed that night could not have distinguished the figure of his wife. The defense took a terrific risk when they sent this com- mittee of gentlemen to make these tests. For, if after a fair and' impartial trial 1t had’ been found that there was light enough in the room for Lauer to have seen his wife would not this fact have sounded the death knell of John W. Lauer? Wouldn't these men have come down town and given testimony which would bave sentthe defendant to the gallows. “Mr. Cowin will say, ficmlomen,“ con- tinued Mr. Thurston, “that Mrs. Lauer was standing in the doorway that night with her golden hair streaming down over her shoulders. But, gentlemen, that is mot the evidence. John Drexel, tho coroner, testified that when he got there he found the woman's hair partly down and partly bunched under her head. It could not have been streamingover her shoulders.” In continuing his argument Mv. Thurs- ton made one or two experiments to prove that Luuer could have GRASPED HIS PISTOL with his rsght hand, just as he claimed that he did. Using "the table for a bed and a doubled-up overcoat for a pitlow, he made the test, He argued turthermore that a man who had just awakened out of a sound sleep” would not be governed by the same rules as a man who was thoroughly awake. Another thing, the pistol with which the shot was fired was not held close to Sallie Lauer's head, for itit had been the grains of powdel would have bored their way ‘clear through her skin. The sheets of paper on which Lawyer Sells experimented with & pistol, at from four to eight feet were here produced in court. ‘*All of these circumstances,” said" Mr. Thurston, ‘‘go to prove the truth of this man's story. Itis smid that when a man goes ' to work to con- coct A& mn{ somewhere he will leave out a link by whioh will be demonstrated the absolute falsity of Lis story. There is o such missing link in Lauer'sstory." “The great stress of the groseoution will be laid npon the fact thai Lauer did not act as he ought to at the time of the lhomlllf. Simeral says that a man ean not wake up in the night without putting his hand by his side to see if his wife was tkere. Mr, Simeral, g e 24 HOW DO YOU ENOW? ., w to di 1 believe you are a bachelor. 'bat have you had of such experionces ? What is_your testiiony worth 1n this case against thut of a married man " [Mr. Simeral blughed violently but said nothing.] 1o “The probability is," continued Mr. Thurston, “'in nire ghses out of ten a man suddenly awakenéd from a sound slee would not feel fof his wife, but woul mll(e 'lt for granted, that she was by his side." 1.4 Judge Thurston angued that the moon- light could not have cut any tigure in the case, beeause !hfin&nl‘;c house (eighteen feet away) int qtfe to shut it out. Furthermore, thg 'bulk of testimony proved that the ‘wiadow curtains were down, though the blinds were open. The fact that Lauer did not pick up the body of his wife and place it on the bed does not prove that he was a %‘Iilty man. What good would that have have done? What i;urpoln would that subserve? Was it not be better for him to do as he did,to bend over the body, to chafe her hands, to call upon his wife 1n the most endeur- ing terms?” THE AETERNOON. S In the afternoon Mr. Churston resumed his argument to a court room full of peo- ple. The jam ecxtended even into the sheritl’s office, many ladies being obliged to stand up. The state, said the speaker, would probably say that Lauer remained alone with his wife that night after he had shot her instead of going for a doctor, in order that if she ever spoke again he could stitle her voice before she could tell the secrets of that terrible night. But is not such a supposilion too atrocious to com- mend itsclf to the conscience of any in- telligent man? Can any one believe that Lauver was ula,vingb;J)nn when he was kneeling over the ly of his wife, giv- ing expression to the terrible grief which he felt? No man with his arms about his wife could have counterfeited grief like that witnessed on the face of Lauer by Gahlan and Lee and Gallagher when they entered the house, Again they say he was cool and collected, and took deliberate aim, before he fired. And yet the whole affair the prisoner says, occurred within six seconds, Mrs. Goetschius, herzelf, who evidently never liked Lauer any too well, testified that she had beenat the house until after the funeral and had permitted him to bestow on her the kiss of affection which one person gives to another when both are sutl'urinF under a common affliction. 1f she had then believed him guilty of the murder of her child, would she have per- mitted this? Mrs. J. W. Iler, who also testified against the prisoner, had kissed him when she went to leave the house after the funeral. She could not then have believed him a guilty man. She, too, had since come under the influence of the spirit who had poisoned the public mind inorderto get an enemy out of the way. Wasn't it a cruel thing to say that Laner wanted his wife hurried out of the wosld because he said he wanted her buried on Sunday? How this request of sounded when taken 1n connection with what he said about his mother being buried on Sunday. Again, if the prisoner had been guilty would he not Ve thought he got off cheap when a verdict for manslaughter only was rendered against him, and that, too, in & community where the public sontiment against him was so bitter? In conclusion the*judge appealed to the jury to remembler their onths and if they said the defeddgnt was guilty to say 80 on their oaths. The speaker was ut- tering the last wordgin the prisoner’s be- half. " Their verdigt might send the pris- oner to the gallows ¢r the penitentiary, and break the sist 'ihearc, but if they believed him guilt§ they were to bring in a verdict fearlessly. ;- He wished them to be able to go home, ;as he would when he ot through sgenking. and as they kissed their little childrefif to be able to say that they had done gfi’c defondant_ justice. There was a heroig little woman kneelin; before them and asking that tlm{' sen her brother back ifnto the sunlight of freedom again, and if they should by their verdict say, ‘‘John Lauer. killed his wife but he did it unintentionally; he mis- took her for a burglar, he is innocent,’” they would not only bring joy to her heart and that of his mothers nm{vhis ters who were anxiously waiting in thef eastern home for tidings, as to the result of the case, but their verdict would meet with the approval of an enlightened com- munity which had become disabused of the prejudices it had entertained at the former trial. GENERAL COWIN'S ARGUMENT. It was exactly 8 o'clock and five min- utes after when General Cowin com- menced his argument. He apologized for being tired and worn out by his two weeks connection with the trial, watch- ing, as he had, every turn of the case. He briefly revieved the circumstances of Lauer’s engagement, marriea iife, sep- aration and so-called reconciliation, t the coroner’s inquest he had been em- ployed to assist the counsel for the state in investigating this case and uncarthing fimn if there were uny. Since that time e had received nothing but abuse from counsel on the other side, and from the friends of this man Lauer, The public had been attacked, the press had been attacked the prose- cuting attorney had been denounced for investij utimf this crime. They say that thafiury g nsked to settle this case on public opinion. It is true that public opinion may be one thing and one day the next—but the fixed, settled pub lic'opinion is right and immutable—it is the voice of God. And the public opinion to-day—firm and unchanged—is that this man Lauer’ WAS GUILTY OF THE MURDER of his wife, General Cowin said that he had heen accused by counsel on the other side of pretty insulting questions to women wit- nesses. “And yet I have heard the counsel on the other side stand up_here on the occasion of the former trial and denounce the wives and the mothers, the daughters and sisters who kad come here to witness the trial of this man--to de- nounce them, I say, ns a howling mob. I thank God that these darts from foul lips and slanderous tongues have fallen harm- less at your feet--that you are here again to-day, notwithstanding these vile de- punciations. God bless you one and all!” Mr. CowinQthen went on to tell his opinion of Mr. Thurston's action in tell- ing of the threateningr letters which hud been sent to him iw‘defying his imagin- ary cnemies to ‘lg their damedest.” ‘The speaker said lfi‘p this reminded him very much of THE WORDS OF FALSTAFF who bad multiplied the two men in Buck- ram, with whom he hau quarreled, into the sixteen men in“Buckram with whom he had fought and pad conquered. Thur- ston he thought would make a first class Falstaff in this otherwase tragical drama, And I would say €6 Mrs. Thurston and her children, “he dpdlared,’” that if they want to fiud the originals of these threat- ening letters they chn(do so by going into the Omaha National bank building' and entering a certain ¥oom on the door of which are printed t¥e words ‘Thurston and Hall' Wiy ‘The speaker went on to define the dif- ferent degrees of homicide, murder in the first degree, murder in the second de- gree and manslaughter, Lnuer's temperament, he declared, was naturally a jealous one and his temper easily and fiercely aroused. Mr. P. E. 1ler hiad asked him when the body of his wife was still lying on the cooling board, why he had a revolver so close at hand, and had remarked that a man of his sud- den temper had no right to carry a weapon, Lauer admitted that this was 80. To MrggGoetschius Lauer had re- wmarked that HE WAS S0 JEALOUS that he could not bear to have any one look at his wife or speak to her. Such a temper as that would consent to kill— would stoop to murder. . Cowin then reviewed the different acts of brutality on the part of Lauer to- ward the woman he bad sword to love and clerish. The _very first tlung known of Mr. Lauer was when he accused that girl he after- wards nmarried, in the presence of her mother, of infidelity and_ unchaste cou- duet. {Vas not that a brutal thing to do? At that time Mrs. Goetschues had made o remark coneerning the death of her daughter which had proved only too Prophctlc, On another occasion, Mrs. favens, the sister, had found Sallie cry- ing, with the torn Mother Hubbard dress about which so much had been said, by her side. On another occasion, she had found her sister crying, with a nose which had been bruised and d.scolored until it was black and blue, ~All these transactions Lauer had denied. Of course he would naturally do such a thing. The only thing he had owned up to was that he had slapped her twice. Did it stand to reason that the defenso would work one whole day to keep Lauer from being cross-examined on this branch of the subject if the only thing he had to tell was that he had slapved his wife twice? Everything elso that had taken place, Lauer had denied emphatically. That of itself was evidence of his guilt. Innocent men do not deny. 1tis only the guilty who deny and who perjure themselves on the stand as Lauar had perjured himself. General Cowin reviewed the circum- stance of the Christmas turkey, with which, it was said, Lauer had hit his wife. The speaker scouted the idea that Lauer’'s story about simply throwing the (urke{ into the room in which his wife was sitting was true. 1f he did not beat her, why should he have gone to the dressmaker, Miss Brennan, the next day and told her that Mrs. Lauer was sick and couldn't see her for a week? ‘When the circumstances of Lauer’s sep- aration were published in the BEE was it reasonable to suppose that he did not read that article when he knew that it had caused all the public talk and scan- dal? He smd that he didn't have time to do it. Does that stand to reason? Does it look natural? There was very little direct evidence :t\lbuut the marriedlife of the couple after ho 80-CALLED RECONCILIATION. The testimony by a large number of neighbors had been called in to prove that their married life was all it should have been. John A, McShane had testi- fied their married life was happy, after the reconciliation eo far as he Enow. But he had also testified that the married life of the couple was all it should have been before the reconciliation, d\lrlflfi the time that he was beating her and knock- ing her down and thumping her with turkeys. All such evidence as this must go for naught. Miss Lauer, the poor de- voted sister, had with true fidelity, sworn that the Iife of the married couple was all that it could have been. And yet when she was sick and needed help, she was sick and needed help, she was obliged to £o into the HOUSE OF STRANGERS and ask them to administer to her wants. A short time before the ahouting—onli three weeks—Miss Lauer had ftol Mrs. P. E, ller of an occurrence which then happened, A person called whom Lauer denounced as no gentleman, de- claring that s wife must have not‘flnz more to do with him. Mrs. tmuer had said that she would receive him if she pleased, and 1f he (Lauer) didn’t like it, there was the door. ‘I thought this pretty harsh language,’ said Miss Lauer, ‘for Sallie to use, until I saw how they lived, and then Iconcluded that it was the only wnf she could get along with him.’" Mr. Thurston had dwelt eloquently uxpon the ‘grief that could notshed tears.’ He told of the many utterances that Lauer had dropped on the day of the tragedy which showed that he wasonce a penitent man. Lauer had told of blazing away and hitting her right in the center of the head. Doesthat look llke grief* He had remarked that he was a “‘dead shot” and his fatal arm was a dead shot. Does that look like grief. He had spoken of leaving his wife for tho coyotner. Does that sound like tearless rief. Court at this juncture was adjourned to 9:80 o'clock this morning. Mayne Place. Ws have a fow lots left in l\[:\lyne Place south of Leavenworth street. These lots are being sold at less figures and on easier terms than lots in Hanscom Place, while they are the same distance from the city. C. E. Mayne, Real Estate & Trust Co., Northwest corner 15th and Harney. — —— Lawton's Big Haul. New Yonrk, March 18.—The offica of Walter E. Lawton, 31 Broadway, this morn- ing was besieged by excited creditors. They could not getmuch information as the head bookkeeper of the firm had disappeared. Rufus Y, Kirkland, partner of Lawton, is making an examination of the affairs of the absconding partner. _The defalcation will amount to more than $500,000. COLONEL CODY, Buffalo Bill s Given a Military Title. Goyernor Thayer has done a hand- some thing in appointing Hon. William I, Coay (Buftalo Bill) as aide-de-camp on his staff, with the rank of colonel. While this is a high compliment to Mr. Cody, it is at the same time deserved. No man has rendered more valuable services than in frontier eampaigns, as a scout and guide for the regular army. Gen- erals Sherman, Crook, Carr, Royal and other officers all testify to his ability and bravery. For sev- eral years ho was chicf of scouts of the department of the Platte, includ- ing Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. His last memorable exploit was in the Indian campaign of 1876, when he had the duel on horseback with Chief Yellow Hand in the presence of two op- posing armies. It will be remembered that he killed the chief, and rushing up to him scalped him. The event was & most thrilling episode. This, however, is but one of many exciting incidents in his adventurous career. The commission given to Mr. Cody is a8 foilows: State of Nebraska—To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know ye, that 1, John M. Thayer, governor of the state of Nebraska, reposing special trust and con- fidence in the integris i' atriotism, and abili- ties of Hon. William F. Cody, on behalf and in the name of the state, do l\nreby appoint and commission him as aide-de-camp on my staff with the rank of colonel, and do author- ize and empower him to discharge the duties of sald office according to law. 1n testimony whereof, I have hereunto sub- scribed my name, and caused to be aftixed the great seal of the state, Done at Lincoln this Sth day of March, . D, 1887, Joun M. THAYER, By the governor, G. L. LAws, SEAL.) Secretary of State, Colonel Cody sails for England with the “‘Wild West” on the steamer Ne- braska on the 28th of this month. He will remain abroad with his exhibition for two years, during which he will play engagements in London, Paris, Berlin and other European capitals. In London his exhibition will be given on the grounds of the American exhibition dur- g the entire summer. Colonel Cod will meet many old friends i England, who have made his acquaintance at various times in this country either in New York or as his guests in hunting parties on the plains. receptions and clubs, and on such occa- sions, as well as at other times, he will wear a colonel's uniform. He will also represent Nebraska as its commissioner at the American exhibition, he having been appointed commissioner by Goyer- nor Thayer. In this capacity and in many other ways he will do everything in his power to advertise the great state of Nebraska, where he won his fame, ori- ginated his great “Wild West' organi- zation, and was once a member of the legislature. His many friends wish him on voyage, & successful season, and a safe return. Mayne’s Addition. We have a few lots left in Mayne's ad- dition that we can sell cheap. Lots are $500 with only 10 per cent cash and the balance on very easy terms. Call at our office and let us show this property. C. E. Mayne Real Estate & ‘Irust Co., N. W. cor. 15th and Harney. e A LOTTERY SWINDLE. The United States Mail Said to be Used for Illegal Purposes, An exteusive swindling scheme, radiat- ing from Omaha has been unearthed by Postal Inspector Brown and the aHeged swindler was brought before the proper authorities yesterday. Inspector Brown has had good reason to suspect that the mails were being used for the trans- mission of advertisements prohibited by the United States laws, he nvestigated the grounds on which his suspicions rested and yesterda morning S. 1. Robinson was arrested, charged with sending by mail a letter ad- dressed to Jack Burgess, containing an advertisement of a lottery. Robinson 'was put under $500 bonds to appear at the mext term of the United States court. The bond was furnished. He claims to be the agent for the Rerlin Banking company, which has its head- g{unrlers at 305 Broadway, New York. e, as such agent, is engaged 1n'the sale of Italian bonds on the city of Barletta, the bonds being for 100 francs in gold. It is claimed that eyery bond bears the German imperial stamp and the holders of the bonds participate in a prize draw- ing, the prizes being $2,000,000, $1,000,- 000 and diminishing sums to $100. . Pay- ment of the prizes is to be made at Bar- letta, Naples, Florence and Paris. This is the Season Whena good medicine is a neccssity. The impure stateot theblood,the dsranged digestion.and the weak condition of the body, all call for the purifying, regu: luting, and strengthening Influences so happlly and effectively combined in Hood's Sarsaparilia. Itover- comes that tire ing, oures houdache and dyspep- sia, and expe ry taint of scrofuls from the blood. “AlIT ask of any one s to try a bottle of Hood's Sarsuparilla and see ita quiok effect. It takes less timo and quantity to show its effoct than any other preparation [ever heardof. Iwould not bo without in the house.” Mus.'C. A. M. HUBBARD, North Chili, Mouroe County, N. Y. Spring Medicine “Wo have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for several years, and feol proud to recommend it as an excel- ient spring medicine or to be used at all times asa blood purifier. For childronas well as grown people wo consider 1t the best. Wo set atide one bottle for our boy to take in tho spring. He is nine years old und hus enjoyed good b enlth ever since we began BIVIDE 1t t0 him, W seldom without it." B, ¥. GROVER, Rochester, N. H. N. B.—If you have made up your mind to get Hood’s 8arsuparilla do not take any other. “Two months ago I commenced taking Hood's Sar saparilla as an experiment, as I had no appetite or. strength, and felt tired all the time. Iattributed my condition to scrofulous humor. I had tried several different kinds of medicine, without recelving any benefit. But as soon as I had taken half s bottle of H reaparilla, my appetite was rostored, and my stomach felt better. I have now taken nearly three bottles, and I never was 8o well in my life.” MR8, JESSIE F. DOLBEARE, Pascong, R. I “Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me of dyspepsia and liver complaint with which 1 had suffered 20 years.” J, B. HORNBECK, South Fallsburg, N. ¥, Bullding-Up Power “Igladly attest the pecullar buflding-up power of Hood's Barsaparills. F unable toattend to business, but finally attherequ of a friend [used part of a bottle of Hood' parilly, which gave tone and strongth to my syst and mndo mo foel young as when & boy.” GRA VILLE T, WOODS, 64 wnd 6 Lodge street, Clucinnaf Ohio, “Hood's Sarsaparaiila cured me of dyspopsia and liver complaint with which I had sufferod 2) years." J. B. HORN BECK, Scuth Fullsburg, N, Y, Hood's Sarsaparilla One poses One Dollar 8014 by ull druggists, six for 8. Prepared by C L 100D & CO.,, Apoehecaries, Lowell, Mass. The C. E. Mayne Real Estate and Trust C 100 Doses One Dollar S01d by all druggists. 81; six for §5. Propared by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 0, N. W. COR. 15th AND HARNEY, OMAHA, Property of every description for sale 1n all parts of tae olty. Lauds for sale in ka. every county in Nebras! A COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OI Tities of Douglas county kept. Ma) of the oity state or county, or any ot h er imformation desired furnished free of charge upon application. DEWEY & STONE FURNITURE A magnificent display of everything useful and ornamental in the furniture- maker's art, at reasonable prices_. A GREAT MISTAKE has heretofore been made in the treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia and nervous or sick headache, T is evidenced by the failure on the part of thousands of suflerers to find relief, even though they have exs hausted the skill of various physicians and tried numerous so-called remedies, To such Athlophoros is offered as a safe, sure and quick cure. Its success has been phe nomenal, and yet it is not surprising, be- cause it will do all that is claimed for it, The Athlophoros Co. will gladly refer any who desire to make an investigation to iable partics who have been cured by J. E. Gillespie, Keal Estate and Loan agent, at Atlantic, lowa,says. “My rheu. matism first appeared in the hip, and then extended down into the legs through the ic nerve. Isuffered whether standing ting, and it wi vith the greatest of difliculty that I succesded in hobblng to my office each dav. I consulted physicians also tried every remedy I could learn of without any good effects whatever, My Frel(esl fears were that I would always h He will be invited to numerous | ave it. As I was writing a lelterto this friend in Chicaga, I casually made note of my rheumatism and thought ro more about it. But my letter was answered promjtly telling me te Athlophoros; also stating his mother's case and cure which was more severe than mine, I at once purchased a bottle and by the time I had finished taking it my rheumatism was gone, but it wasa little too soon to stop taking before it was entirely out of my system. I had another light attact but a bottle of Athlophorog done the work and it has been over a_year since. Athlophoros is an excelent medicine, and I can recommend it. Every druggist should keep Athlopho- ros and Athlophoros Pills, but where they cannot be bought of the druggist the Athtophoros Co., 123 Wall st., mw York, will send either, cnrrlnfie paid, on receipt of reinlnr price, which is 81 per B?ltltle for Athlophoros and 50o for tho ills. For liver and kidney disosses, dyspepsia, in- dl{xuuon. wenkness, nervous debility, disesses of woman, constipation, headnohe, impure blood, eta., Athlophoros Pills are unequalied. CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. 'Wo do hereby certify that we supervise the ngements for all tho Monthly and Semi-An- nual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, and in prrson manage and control the drawings themsolves, and that the gamo ara conducted with honosty, fairness and i faith toward all parties, and we nuthori Company to use "this cortifioato with fao-sim- iles of our signaturos attached, 10 its advertiso- COMMISSIONERS, We the undersignod Banks and Raokers_ will Yny Prizoe drawn in The Louisiana State lmterln ‘which may be presented at our coun- s J. H. OGLESBY. Presideat Louisiana National Bank. . LAN y President State National Rank. A. BALDWIN, President New Orleans National Bank, CARL KOHN, Prcs. Union Nationa Bank, "NPRECEgENT D A RACTISN4 VER HALF A MILLION DistrisuTRD LODISIANA STATR LOTTERY COMPANL Incorporated in 1868 for 55 years by the legis- ture for Kducational and Charitablo purposes, with & capital of $1,000,000—to which & rosorve fund of over $650.000 s since been added, By an overwhelming popular vote ts'fran- chise was made & part of tho prosent Stato Constitution adopted Decomber.2d, A. 1), 1870, ‘The only lottery ever voted on and endorsod by tho poople of any st 1t never 8calos or postpo Itsgrand single number d monthiv. and the se:n-annual drawings resu. larly overy six months (June and December). A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY T0 W1N A FORTUNA, 4th Grand Drawing, Class D, in the Academy of Music, New Orleans, Tuesduy, April 12th, 1887, 263d_Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE $160,000. tice, TickNo« e 810 only. Halves, 85 Fifth: ' ths Sl 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 1 GRAND Priz OF 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 4 LARGE PRIZES OF %S OF wings take place ++ $160,000 0¥ 100 200 500 100 ¢ 100 Approximation Prizos of 100 b 40 100 “ “ 2,179 Prizos amounting to. $535,000 "Application for rates to clubs shouid be mado nly to the office of the company in New Or rther Information writo clearly, giving m‘l‘lnhmeu"msmx. NOTES Express Mono; Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary lef ter, currency by exoress at our expense ad . DAUPHIN, X ANE' Orleans, La. _DAUPHIN, or M. A R ton . 0. Addvress Registered letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orloans La the presence of REMEMBER FotiRhodiraara snd aro in cnargo of the drawlngs, is & gu moss and intogrity, thut tl und that no one can possib will draw a Prize. All part! fore wavertising to guarantog Prinos in i 1s L or holding out ny other Impossible induco- qufre awindlors.aud only atm to docelve and de- K MALT WHISKEY THE BEST TONIC| i PERFECTS DIGESTION EDW. L. WALLING, Bur Chief, National Guard writos | tontion was called § tone Malt Whiskey by of Trenton have bad. “‘ our article in my practice, nd ik very satistactory.” BEWARE 0F IMITATIONS. O The Genuing b the Bigasiure @ BIBN| LdON Fac-simile of Bestle. (Bole Ageats for the U. ) 316, 318 and 320 Race Bk, Philadelobin, Pr. Goodman fi"myN Genl Agents Omaba Nebraska. .ABBOTT & CoO., WHOL ARTIST:! MATERIALS. MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT! 80 Madison CHICAG RUPTURE CURED. ByDr, Snediker's method. No operation: N busiuess. Adavted to No Detention from e Ataviet 0 U \al. CONBULT! PROF. N. D, COOK, Room 6, 1514 Douglas St,, Owaba, Ni