The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY MARCiI 29, 1895. BAD MEN SHOT DOWN, Fatal Raid of a Trio of Most Notorious Des- peradoes. THE HOLD-UP OF A TOWN. | Surprised by a Sheriff’s Posse a Determined Battle Ensues. TWO OF THE OUTLAWS SLAIN. And the Third Riddled WitH Bullets During His Hurried Escape. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 28.—Early this morning three desperadoes—Sam Mc- ‘Williams, George Sanders and Sam But- ler—rode into the town of Braggs station, Ind. announcing that they proposed to held up the town. A fight between the bandits and the citizens ensued, in which 1s and Sanders were killed. Butler escaped after being wounded. The son of the station agent, Mr. Morris, was also dangerously wounded. FORT SMITH, March 28. McWilliams, Sam ler and George San- i e into Br , nine miles east of son at 7 o morning and menced robbing wn. T.J. M den went out the b: door of his Johnson Mannings, a Deputy Sheriff, a mile av e the alarm. Manning another Indian depu- ty, came back and found the outlaws at Madden™ ore. A fierce fight ensued be- tween the Deputy Sheriffs and the out- laws iams and Sanders were killed and s wounded, but made his escape. clerk for Madden, was shot »domen and mortally wound- bodies of the outlaws were brought noon to get the reward of §250 of- McWilliam On his body was here fered i found a pistol t from a deputy at the Correta v. Bud Lucky was on trial for the same robbery when the body arrived and was convicted an hour later. nders has been a desperado for sever ar: :ht out -d McWiiliams. The ck to Braggsto rela- of jail and body was s tives. FORT SMITH, March 28.—The ws, alias “Verdi- s, the out- a fight at ed he Wil- States of the fight: t 7:30 o’clock y porch at Bra t had breakfast, when three men came up and hitched their horses to the in front of ting on the it and disarmed me. I was an officer they marched ! stor d said that as soon as An Indian who was on the porch at time they held me up slipped out and ethe alarm. He notified the Sheriff, 10 got a posse and advanced to the store. hey came up the ropbers ran out and itecommenced. McWilliamsand San- re killed, and the other robber, who was recognized as Sam Butler, escaped, badly wounded.” CONTROVERSY OF THE FELKS. Judge Hammond Sharply Criticizes Members of the Order. CLEVELAND, Onro, March Judge Hamniond delivered the charge to the the B. P. 0. Elks case in the United Court this morning. He d the members of the order ng in what he termed petty dif- which have disrupted the order. mmond d that the amount in- ent, in sentimental value to give the lcourt juris- the jury must consider was the legal meeting- the convention in dis- because it was fixed by the Grand and the grand trustees, and the of the e changed the I After some further dis place. the legal phases of the case by Judge Ha ion of mond the jury retired late in the afternoon unt - to-morrow. COUNTRY THE DS A REST. Mr. Carnegie’s Ideas After Returning From Abroad. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 28.—Andrew Carnegi ed on the steamer Paris to- day a prospects in this country. country ‘Whil He said the could be described as conval it was not much stronger than it ago, still there has been a > better, and he believed there would be a gradual improvement until Congress met next December. Nobody 1 predict what would happen after that. He thought it uniikely, however, that Congress would be able to pass any important measures, and if this should be the case he would regard it as fortunate. ‘What the country needed above all things was a period of absolute rest. t g Q. Al He Will Deliver His First Sermon There . on Sunday. CHICAGO, IrL., March 28.—Rev. J A. Henry, who has accepted the La Salle Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago, arrived from San Francisco with his wife and two children this afternoon over the Illinois Central. Mr, Henry’s first sermon to his new congregation will be heard next Sunday morning. To-morrow evening he will be given a reception by the congrega- tion. Mr. Henry comes from the First Baptist Church of San Francisco, and his church here is one of the most prominent Baptist congregations in the city. CHICAGO. Engineers and Firemen Dismissed. FORT HOWARD, Wis., March 28.—The Bt. Paul Railroad Company has summarily dismissed eleven engineers and thirty fire- men from its division running into this city because the men frequent saloons when off duty. This is in accordance with the recent determination of the company to discountenance the practice. sk ks Increasing the Capital Stock. NEW YORK, N. Y.. March 28.—The stockholders of the Postal Telegraph Com- Ppany at a meeting to-day voted unani- mously to increase the capital stock from ced freely about the business | $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. The money re- ceived from the sale of additional stock will be used to pay for the construction of lines already completed and in contempla- tion. - IMPROVED SLEEPING-CARS. New Devices for Insuring the Comfort of Passengers. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28.—A local paper says: The Williams Palace Sleep- ing-car Company has been organized with acapital stock of §5,000,000, to manufacture a new car, unequaled in points of comfort, convenience and elegance by any sleeping- car now in use. The new car is the inven- tion of a local railroad man who was form- erly connected with the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island roads. The leading shareholders of the company are Eastern capitalists who are heavily interested in railroads and railroad machinery.” J. Q. A. King and L. Buchanan of this city are also stockholders. The main features of the new carisa berth which disappears at the will of the passengers into the wall of the car and is confined in a space of 1% inches. Mat- tresses of air are to be used, and all bed clothing can be put in lockers underneath the seats of each section. The berths will be made of steel and aluminum. - TISTS RALLY. CHRISTIAN SC They Will Turn Out in Force at the Trial of Mrs. Baird. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28.—The Christian Scientists of both Kansas Cities propose to make the trial of Mrs. A. J. Baird an occasion for a general turnout of the followers of thotight. They have d on Police Judge Jones to try the se in spacious qu: where 2000 or more of the scientists can be accommo- dated, and the case will be tried in one of the divisions of the Council. The trial has been postponed by agreement until Satur- day, April 6. The scientists are marshal- ing their followers, and they will be on nd in foree on the of the trial. SPEAKS AGAINST SUFFRAGE. ONE DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE WHO OPPOSES GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. CoNSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY OVER ONE PLANK IN UTAH'S NEW CONSTITUTION. SALT LAKE, Uram, March —This been one of the most exciting and entful s of the constitutional con- n. The woman suffrage question gain before the convention in com- ee of the whole under the ten-minute rule. Half a dozen members gave way to Roberts (D.) of Davis County, who de- livered a speech against the measure. He referred to the fact that the report w. | drafted from the Wyoming constitution, a State that has a dark blotch on its his- tory, that cruelty and savagery have pre: vailed there in the wholesale murder of helpless foreigners. Not content with that the committee had referred to Colorado and Kansas. He asked why the constitu- tion of Virginia and New York were not pointed out as models—States that had stood the test for more than 100 years. | He warned the convention that after the | constitution was ratified by the people it would have to go to Washington and that the gentleman who was given the high honor of presiding over the convention might yet be called upon to produce his credentials. Again, there was a fear of the silver question at the capitol. This feeling was not confined to the executive alone, but was almost universal throughout the East. No more silver Senators were wanted. He appealed to the womanhood of Utah to withdraw the petition for suffrage. Several speeches were made in favor of the majority report. Thurman said the Mormon church was not in politics. It would leave the political parties alone if they would leave it alone. The question was still under discussion when the convention adjourned. GRASPED BY THE WHISKERS, HOW THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS SUBDUED A NEBRASKA SE PopuLisTs Took A HAND AND THE FicaT Was LiveLy WHILE It LASTED. LINCOLN, Nesr.,, March 28.—The Senate was the scene of great confusion this afternoon by a personal encounter between Senator Stewart and Sergeant-at- | Arms Stewart, which precipitated a free fight between a number of Senators and by- standers. Senator Stewart was called to order while speaking on the tax, and upon his | ignoring the chair the sergeant-at-arms was called. He refused to sit down, and the two men scuffled for a moment. Then the sergeant-at-arms grasped the Senator’s long chin-whiskers with his right hand.* In the meantime the Sen- ators and the spectators had gathered in a circle around the struggling men. Senator Jeffries, a Populist, excitedly elbowed his way through the crowd to the center and undertook to assault’the ser- geant-at-arms. Senators McKeeby and Hitcheock at once forced him back to his seat. Dale, another Populist Senator, sprang into the melee and grasped the sergeant-at-arms. Senator Sloan threw himself upon Dale, and, with the assist- ance of Senator Hitcheock, forced him back to his chair. No other Senator under- took to interfere and the fight ended. o s WILL UPHOLD WAGES. Ten Thousand Coal Miners May Soon Go on a Strike. PITTSBURG, Pa., March '28.—President Garland of the Amalgamated Association will go to Youngstown to attend the con- ference on the wage scale. The iron work- ers say there is no question but that the big reduction demanded by the manufac- turers will be rejected. If the iron masters insist upon the reduction there will be a strike in the Shennago and Mahoning val- leys that will affect about 10,000 men. The railroad coal operatorsof this dis- trict are determined not to pay more than 60 cents a ton to miners, and several of them have announced their intention of starting up their mines at this rate next week. The miners’ officials declare the men will hold out for 69 cents. SRR Seven Years for Perjury. WAUPACA, Wis.,, March 28.—William Hanscomb, who was convicted of perjury in the Mead murder case, was to-day sen- tenced to prison for seven years. —————— “If you don’t take Langley’s Directory, you don’t get the names.” WORKED WITH THEM, A Detective Took Partin the Plot of Train- Robbers. TIPPED OFF THE PLANS. That Is Why the Kentucky Mountaineers Received Only Bullets. THE PARTICIPANTS KNOWN. Several in Hiding and Afrald to Claim the Dead or Return to Their Homes. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 28.—The in- side facts of the attempted hold-up of the Queen and Crescent No. 3, near Greenwood yesterday morning are told in a special to the Evening Post, as follows: A plot to hold up the train has been hatching for weeks. The road and express authorities managed to get a detective inio the confi- dence of the robbers, who stayed with them until about 2 o’clock. The train was due at the rendezvous at 3 o’clock. The local detective made an excuse to go to Greenwood station, a mile away. ‘When the train pulled into Greenwood Detectives Griflin and Eddy were notified by Fraser, the local detective, that the game was ready. The engineer was to give a special signal or whistle if the train was halted bandits. Promptly on dot and spot, a mile south of Greenwood, in the dark shadows of the tunnel, the signal came from the engineer, with the sharp of revolvers saluting the halt of the train. The wheels had not stopped ere Griffin, ddy and Fraser sprang from the train. E Every one fairly in sight went down under the rapid fire of the detectives. The rob- bers were so dazed that their reply fire was wild, and in a few minutes all was o Two men were killed. They were Jesse Morrow, aged 50, and Tom Morrow, ged 26. They were desperate characters, living in the vicinity. The tramp, Martin, the third man shot, was not thought to have any connection with the affair. CHATTANOOGA, Texx., March 28.— Jesse E. Morrow and son, the train-robbers killed yesterday near Greenwood, Ky., lived about fourteen miles from Green- wood, and were tough characters. - The third man found wounded was William Martin of Allegheny, Pa. H. M. Brown, mail agent, says he saw one of the robbers shoot Martin under the train. SOMERSET, Kv., March 238.—As all the train-robbers lived near Greenwood there is much interest taken in who isaway from home. At least three escaped,and they are believed to be in hiding at theirhomes. John Underwood, who was thought to be one of the bandits, is said to be wounded, and if true he is the one who was shot as he was going up the bank. The fact that Mose Morrow, anotherson of Jesse, did not come for the remains of his father and brother is held as proof that he was in the gang. It is generally believed that the officials know the names of those who escaped. Sam Fraser, who tipped off theraid, was here to-day, but soon disappeared. Heis in danger until the other robbersare captured. It is said that his mother and the dead robber, Jesse Morrow, were brother and sister. The man who signaled the train and climbed into the cab, covering the en- gineer, remained on the engine after the others escaped. He might have been killed or captured had the guards been aware of this fact. He stole away in the dark. Tne jury impaneled by Coroner Patton viewed the remains yesterday, but no in- quest has been held and it may not be until next week. It is hoped that Martin, the tramp, who was so severely wounded, will be able then to give his statement. He is very low. Details of the Daring Hold-Up on the Iron Mountain Road. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 28.—The Cali- fornia express on the Iron Mountain Rail- road, which was held up by two masked robbers one mile this side of Williamsville, Mo., at midnight last night, reached here this forenoon several hours late. Accord- ing to the trainmen, the hold-up was one of the most daring since the time of the Jesse James gang. The two men took complete possession. Their arms consisted of Winchesters and Colt’s revolvers. Conductor Webb said: One of the men covered me with a gun and ordered me to throw up my hands. He grabbed my watch, ran his hands down my pockets and got about $7 I had collected in fares. They forced the engineer to run up the track about half a mile with the express- car after uncoupling it from the train, The messenger was compelled to open the small safe at the point of a pistol, and when he could not open the larger safe they threatened to kill him. They ran- sacked the local packages, but Messenger Early thinks they got nothing of value, as all the money was locked in a larger safe at Poplar Bluff. When their work was done the highwaymen got over a fence and made for the woods. GATHERING OF THE TURNERS. Thousands Will Attend the First Western Turnfest. KANSASCITY, Mo., March 28.—During the first three days of June Kansas City will be the Mecca of all the turners be- tween the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from Omaha on the north to Little Rock on the south. Turner so- cieties from all the principal cities within the territory named are coming here in uniforms to attend the first Western turn- fest. The railroads have agreed to make a rate of one fare for the round trip, and itis expected that 1000 turners and at least 5000 guests will be in the city while the turnfest is in progress. The local turners have arranged an elaborate programme for the entertainment of the visitors, S S A BOARDING-HOUSE BURNED. Suspicion Caused by the Fact That Non- Union Men Lodged There. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 28.—A boarding- house in East 8t. Louis, in which were quartered a number of non-union men, who were working for the Tudor Iron ‘Works, burned this morning about 3 o'clock. This evening a Deputy Marshal ed the scene in response to a request from one of the officials of the iron works, who claimed the union strikers set fire to the building. No warrants have been sworn out, and no confirmation of the iro; n works officials’ suspicions have manifested l themselves at midnight. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Q000000 We Are Termed Live Hustlers, And Indeed We Are. PUSHING FOR TRADE. 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Amy THiLL HAD BEEN WARNED AcaINST HiM, BUT HER SyMPpa- THIES WERE AROUSED. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 28.—That the murder of Amy Thill and the suicide of her slayer, Johm Bigelow, were the deeds of a madman is made more certain by the statement to-day of John Holden, an intimate friend of Bigelow, that Bige- low had been insane at least five times in the past ten years. The last time he was in a lunatic asylum was in the fail of 1892. His insanity, so Holden believes, was the result of a severe attack of Roman fever, contracted when 2years old in Rome. The autopsy upon the body of Bigelow was begun to-day. A note was found on his person reading: ‘‘My darling sweet- heart, Jack, au revoir. Amy.” The autopsy on Bigelow’s remains showed that he must have been insane when he came to do the deed. There was aclot of blood on the head and the scalp on the opposite side had been crushed. The statement that a trunk found in Miss Thill’s room belonged to Bigelow was denied to-day by Miss Leona Bradley, an actress, who said that the trunk belonged to her. Miss Bradley said she advised Amy to get rid of Bigelow, as she was afraid he would do something rash. Amy, she said, told her that she too was afraid of Bigelow. It was learned that a friend had gone to one of the family of the murdered girl and told of Bigelow’s mental condition and his intemperate habits, and urged that Amy be warned against him. When Amy was told of this her sympathies were aroused. Bigelow was out of employment and she said she could not drive him away. The body of the murdered girl will be sent to Minneapolis to-night. The bodyv of the principal in the tragedy, John Bigelow, has been embalmed and placed in a receiving vault. Up to to-night no communication had been received from the dead actor’s family regarding the dis- position of the body. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixy, March 28.— Mme. Thill believes that her daughter Amy, who met a violent death in New York yesterday at the hands of John Bige- low, was murdered by a maniac. She de- clared that Bigelow was an old friend of the family. It wasknown that he had twice been confined in an asylum. Mme. 1 Thill says her daughter often expressed fear of Bigelow, who' was very much in love with her, but she had steadily rejecteq . | his attentions. It was partly through | Bigelow’s influence that she obtained a place in the Drew Company. ANNA DICKINSON’S SUIT. It Would Seems That There Was Cause for Her Incarceration. SCRANTON, Pa., March 28.—The trial of Anna Dickinson’s suit for alleged ille- gal incarceration in the Danville Insane Asylum was continued to-day. The cross- examination of her sister Susan was re- sumed. John Baldwin, conductor on the train which took Anna to Danville, swore that she said to him: *‘Conductor, I want | you to send a telegram to ex-Governor | Pattison and Jay Gould. Tell Pattison we must have universal suffrage and ask Gould for $1,000,000.” Martha Brown, a servant at the Dickin- son residence in West Pittston, said she saw Anna often seize her sister by the throat. C. W. John testified that he had sold whisky and brandy and raw alcohol to Anna in large quantities on various occa- sions. ——— + Business Part of a Village Buried, CANASERAGA, N. Y., March 28.—The entire business part of this village was burned to-day. A strong wind was blow- ing ‘and the village had only one primitive means of staying the flames. Not untila special train arrived from Hornellsville with two companies of firemen was the progress of the fire checked. Half the people are homeless. The loss will be $100,000, only about one-half covered by insurance. No lives were lost, but many persons were injured. e Charges Against Railroads. OMAHA, NEBR., March 28.—The Omaha Commercial Club to-day filed formal charges against all railroad lines in the ter- erritory with the Interstate Commerce Commission, alleging that the city is discriminated against by the bridge tolls, and asking thatthe matter be investigated. They consider the cost of carrying cars across the river so excessive as to work an injustice to Omaha. e — Bicyclist Johnson Arrested. SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 28.—John 8. Johnson, the bicyclist, was arrested to-day on a warrant sworn ouf by a firm of bicycle manufacturers who have a contract with Johnson and his manager for the coming season. Johnson has just deciaed to turn professional in order to race with Houben in France in alleged violation of the exist- ing contract. Bail has been fixed at $5000. e The Small-Pox Scare Over. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 23.—W. E. Hoyt, general Eastern passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific, has received tele- graphic notice that the small-pox scare at Hot Springs is over and business has as- sumed its usual activity. | GIRLS COMMIT WILD RIOTS. TRUSTEES GIVEN A LIVELY PRAC- TICAL LESSON AT THE HOME FOR JUVENILES, FURNITURE AND CROCKERY BROKEN BEFORE THE POLICE QUELLED THE DISTURBANCE. CHICAGO, Irr., March 28.—Three mem- bers of the board of trustees of the State Home for Juvenile Offenders were given a practical illustration this evening of the insubordination which has reigned among the inmates for several weeks past. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, Mrs. J. D. Harvey and Mrs. G. M. Holt spent the afternoon at the home and took supper with the inmates. The thirty girls confined there took ad- vantage of the presence of the representa- tives of the board of management to show what they could do in the way of rioting. They succeeded so well that they smashed nearly all the crockery in the house, dis- mantled the dining-room furniture, broke windows, threw the contents of the pantry about the premises, filled the air with shouts, and then refused to go to their rooms at the command of the police. It required three wagonloads of police- men to quell the riot, and it was found necessary to carry the majority of the girls to their rooms by main strength and to leave a policeman on guard throughout ihe night at the door of each room occu- pied by the girls. The outbreak was the result of a meeting held by the girls in the afternoon, when it was decided to show their resentment for partiality they believed to have been shown one of their number. WILL REMOVE THEIR HATS. Sensible Action Taken by Women of Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28.—The Non-Partisan Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union has made a decided stand on the hat-removal proposition. The or- ganization declares against woman’s head- gear in church and all indoor meetings. Here are the resolutions adopted at their regular meeting to-day : : WHEREAS, We, the members of the Kansas City Non-Partisan Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union, believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none, Resolved, That we will hereaiter remove our hats at divine worship and all indoor speaking. ———— Counterfeiters Captured. ROCKFORD, ILy., March 28.—The police here to-day unearthed a nest of counter- eiters and captured their molds for mak [} ! ing spurious dollars and nickels. Jefferson May, who cawe from Ridotte, a year ago the leader of the gang, has made a confes- sion, implicating Chauncey Boyer and his two nephews, Joe and John Boyer, resi- dents of this city. - - McKINLEY A BIMETALLIST. Does Not Believe the Majority of Republi- cans Favor Free Coinage. CHICAGO, Iry., March 28.—A special to the Record from Thomasville, Ga., says: Governor McKinley left for Jacksonville last night, and if his health will permit him to make a speech there he intends to declare himself on the financial question in order that there may be no doubt as to where he stands. A remark which he re- cently dropped in conversation here has been telegraphed all over the country as a sensational disclosure, while those familiar with his record would have been astonished if he had said anything else. The remark, which has been quoted in various ways, was that he would not be a candidate for President if he thought the Republican convention would adopt a | free-coinage platform. He says that he meant by this that he isnotin favor of free coinage, and he does not believe that any considerable number of Republicans are in favor of free coinage of silver, and that he could not conscientiously stand upon such a platform asa candidate for office. He is a bimetallist and ready to accept a double standard as soon as any interna- tional agreement makes it safe for our Government to adopt that policy. He is surprised that his sentiments on this sub- | ject should be a matter of comment or curi- osity. He has rever discussed it from any other standpoint. | - STUDENTS IN A BOAT. It Is Feared They Were Lost on the Way to Long Island. NEW HAVEN, Cox~., March 28.—A. M. Hunt, a young graduate at Yale, with three other young men who are believed to be Yale students, hired a boat from James | B. Austin, a boatman of this city, last Sunday, saying they were going for a trip across the sound to Green Point, L. I, and have not yet returned. Thereis a high wind blowing and a nasty see running, but Austin is of the opinion that the young men are safe and will not make the attempt to return till the wind falls. No students are reported missing at the col- lege. Pl Agnes Munroe Russell Dead. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 23.—Agnes Munroe Russell, well known as a writer under the name of Agnes Munroe, is dead. She was for many months the editor of “The Club,” and enjoyed the distinetion of bein% the only woman editor of a maga- zine devoted exclusively to the interests of men, °