, 1875-09-05
CRIMINAL RECORD.
Three Hundred Roughs Still Hold Pos
session Of the Cemetery.
i Mysterious Murder in the Vicinity of
Fort Wayne.

"eHOeH NEAR FORT WAYNE
spessai Dlspa.eh ia Tas Chtccon Tt4o.snk
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept 4.-Lsst evening
about O'Clock man named Calvin Thomas
rode on his horse doen the bank Of the ST.
Mary's River, about miles southwest ct tho
city, to water his horse, when LIE observed an
object floating IN the water about feet
from the shore, which, upon inyesti-
cation, proved to be q human body. He
rode to the city and notified the Coroner, who
proceeded at once to the spot The body Was
recovered, and was found to be in IN advanced
stage Of decomposition, giving out sickly odor.
The head wss swollen to about double Its natural
size, the nose f1attened tightly, the eye-balls
gone from their sockets, the skin paeling from
tho flesh and bones brains oozing from the top
Of the head, and blood coming from various
parts Of the b.dv. A handkerchief VAS tied
closely about the head, the lower part in the
mouth, with the lower Lip protrudinS. and
fastened behind under the chin. The body WAS
removed to the Morgue aud Coroner's jury
,rnpaneled, who at ONE adjourned until
this morning. small sum Of money and
few trifing articles we're found on deceased
This morning man named Elias Cheney,
from Roanoke fifteen miles west OF here on thu
r., ". i ". Railroad, came to the city in
search Of brother who left ther<
for Fort Wayne on Wednesday afternoon
Hearing OF the body being found. hi
called on.the Coroner, wto had Just turned shs
remains over to the unlortaker for interment.
Although tha featu1ea were too badly distorted
for Identification. Mr. Cheney recognized de-
ceased as his missing brother. by the clothes and
papers found on his person. The dead
man, it appears, left Roanoke Wednesday AFTER
uoon. on the same train with notorious rough,
and desperado named Henry Brown. Altar his
arrival here Cheney went to the house OF q we1l-
known citizen for a sum Of monev due him, and
was never eeen again alive. He intoaded TO
distance beyoud the place whore the body WAS
found. Physicians testified that deceased
must have come to his death BY violence, and
not bv drowning. There ia no doubt that Cheney
was murdered, and his body thrown into ths
water Suspicion pointa strongly to Henry
Brown. who left Roanoke With him on Wednes-
day. Brown ia wall-knoWn rough. who has
served g term in tho psnitentiarJ- Since
his arrival Wednesday night be has been arress-
cd for violation Of city ordinance When the
officers went for him ho was much tarElhed. apd
made desperate attempts to escape. Yesterday
be was taken to Huntingdon and lodged IN jail
ou charge OF burKlarizing residence at RoaIa-
oke Of 5000 last Tuesday night.
This morning the body OF deceased was taken
to Roanoke for burial This afternoon tho
Coroner telegraphed to hold the bodr, and physi-
clans have gone there to make m a1topsy Of tho
remains.
James ". Cheney, the murdered man, WAS
quiet and uuoifeugive, C6 years Of a9e,
and his murder, which WAS undoubtedly Tor
purposes Of robbery. provokes general indsgna-
tion. No pains will be spared to probe ths
bloody mystery to the bottom.
The Coroners jury has adjourned until TO-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock. to hear the re~
port Of the post norton examination, and iiatan
to further evidence now being worked up.
THE MONTREAL GRAVEYARD FIGHT.
MONTREAL, Sept. 4.-Joaeph Doutre has pre-
pared an affidavit declaring the public peace
threatened. This, with another affidavit Of ziua-
ilar effect has been submitted to = Magistrate
in order to procure ths presence OF 0 force OF
volunteers ut the burial Of Gui5oEd, which
is postponed uotl naxt week. Fufther
trouble is apprehended, and. with the liz
feeling On both sidea it will be fortunate
il no more serious result follows the second IT.
tempt than succeeded the drat- Some 800 armed
men are in the cemetery waiting the nesting for
the funeral. They have been there all night and
have blocked tho Cote des Ersls road demanding
the name and business OF travellers. The lnhao-
itants round about feel much alarmed aod nave
appealed to the Government for police-
Doutre to-day caused warrapss to be issued
against twenty OF the riogleafters IN tho late
riot and it ia now understood thase will be pros
ecuted before the burial takes place. Bse~
terry is ordered to concentrate here, and volao-
teers were last evening drilling. Doutre's hfS
has been tnreatonad. also that OF promineos
Epembar Of the Institute Canadianne.