The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-20
Stray Leaves from st. Louis.

The detective work of the reporter COM
menced last Sunday, the greater part OF
which day he devoted to leg work in look
ing up witnesses who were on the train with
Black and the lady. These, as far as he then
knew, were mostly railroad men, and after
tramping all over the city he found. that the
most of them were i'm St Louis. The first
few hours after his arrival in that city were
devoted to looking them up This work in
itself was considerable pedestrian feat.
All of Observation-Disclosures Allen, Expres Mes
senger Green, and the baggage man
confirmed the story of the Sentiners inform
ant. and identified Blacks photograph as
that of the man who came over with the
lady on the train, and related such incidents
OF the trip as came under their notice. The
folks at the LindelI hotel acted in unison
with Black almost entirely from the start.
The night clerk (FrOst) recognized Blacks
picture as that of the gentleman who
brought the lady TO the hotel Thursday
night, but when asked to make affidavit to
that effect stated that, while the fact was
true, the proprietors had instructed him to
make no sworn statement. He promised to
testify in court ii called upon.
AS soon as the reporter turned to Thurs
days page of the register at the Planters
house he recognized the handwriting of
Black, and Immediately called the attention
of the clerk to it. The clerk said he was on
watch when the man VINO made the registry
paid the bill, and on being shown the photo
graph of Black said, That's the man.
know that face well. That was not the first
time he's been here, either" At this time
the fellow Dere and his brother rascals were
loafing in the office waiting to get chance
TO efface the registry, and Dere crowded up
to the reporter while he was examining the
writing. The reporter dropped on"
him at once for "a spotter," and
warned the clerk to be careful of
that register, as he feared it would be de-
stroyed, and ii was highly important. The
reporter shortly afterwards went to the Lin
deli, and found that Boaz had been informed
of his discovery. Boaz claimed that the reg
lister of the lady's name was n forgery, and
then told of the affidavits he had. He pro-
posed game of billiards, to which the re-
porter agreed, but he left the game so many
times TO talk to persons mysterlOusly con-
cealed, that the reporter became disguised,
and paying the bill walked away. Boaz
met him in the corridor and gave him
pressing invitation to go out with him and
see the sights. He urged this very strongly,
but the reporter said he couldn't afford it. and
again went to the Planter house. So con-
WINGED was he that an attempt would be
made to destroy the registry proof that ne
got some tissue paper and made two copies
OF the names by tracing them on it. As
soon he saw the names on the register
the idea Of having that page photographed
occurred to him. but he had TO wait until
morning to have that done, and as his
greatest anxiety was the probability of the
effacing of the registry, he got up at dawn,
although he had not lain down until 3
| o'clock
Prayer Meeting at Christian Chx-ch.
The announcement was made Yesterday
that the usual prayer meeting would be
/ held at Christian clsggrch in the evening and
/ Crta III Iaor 1,
the members of his church would say and
| how fervent their prayers would be for the
return Of the Black bird to his flock. oH the
/ north side Of the church some 30 young end