, 1877-11-19

AZ they could recover from the paralysis which I
seemed To Le upon them, rushed To where the
in,ly had fallen. The mnn ~ho had Grcd stood |
stil, for a moment md looked Upon hta work.
Then he eooF1y returned tho weapon to his !
pocket and walked rapidly out of tic building
Only o.,o gentleman, deacon, George Miller, |
ha'l tic prcscncc ot mind tu fnlow him. When |
The former n.,ittcd the building he walked rap-
Idly towards Eleventh antl Lombard streets, 1
where he was overtakcn and arrestcd by his
pursucr, rho recognized the man rs Alexander |
=. snyres, the wounded woman's husband. |
When Alr. Miller. aekc,l him the reason |
for fis terrible conduct, he made
IL Us s 1sp, sn ' va'ks hssfn oustis m %
tn ihe station. Meantime Mn. sayscs was 70.
moved tu The l,a.cinent Of the church. The |
blood from llfr wnunA stained the flour "a they
Tln ball, an unusually lnrge one, had entered
the lack uyer the left lung. The ptyefcian
prole ior II hut was Unable T. llntl ; The ls's
s 4s,e r y 5"yFss ,,qy iesa s.i sns
Is not expected to livc throa'gh the night.
sayrcs Is either temporarily 1craneed os
pretend. to be: Mo rea.on y s.slans.! MT
That tlc man is q ,aonomn,'tae On the subject u
tlvit,e In the lour.flnusc, atd that he had
charged hts wifc ahtl two suns with conspiHhg
To ruin bin. The event causes great excitement
and Indignation.
-~ r. ne trtsttrn As,oetat.d puss.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.-Uuring services at
the Chnret, pi the Ascension this morning,
Alexander u. Sayrcs walked up an atstc, drew
pistol, tnA shut hIs wife Eflzatctl,, who occ'l-
pied pew several feet III advance Ut where
sayers hui been sitting. The l'ullct entered
her back, anil sl.e row lies nj the hospital In q
dying rendition. savrcs was promptly a1fcstcti.
Both parties have been regular attendants al
ciiusri,. hut lave been separated fur two yours.
The hustnnd had nlrcaily served term In
prison fpr breaking her arm.
PRESIDENT C4&s1: IN a CELL.
Hs,n rdEk SUM- Nor. 10.
Kulert l.. Case, tic convicted President Of
The rotten Security Llfe-lnsuranrc Company,
will be sentenced this morning. lie spent
wrctel,cd night after he was locked up In Ills
cell in tho City Prison OH Wednesday, and tho
attendants say tt,at lie did not sleep wink, but
tossed about and grouned alt night. Yesterday
morning lie WIS more cheerful, and bFiHhtc1ed
UP greatly wien his wite and daughter visited
| him. lie had consultation With his lawyers,
aud two or three Of hts old Orange-County
! ncfghboss called. The prison rules allow pris-
oncrs to have meals brought to them Until
thcy arc scutenccd, md Mr. Case uvailcl him
| self Of this prlvi'cUe. When sentence has eccn
pronounced he will have to take te prison
III, s t IT s is wi i I 81 aud Us G Ii, ID Il cur
| pct covers the Stonc flour. narrow bed,
chair, md stand complete the furniture. Mr..
Case WIS pacing III, anl down the narro" cor
rlslor between tlle rows OF cells when reporter
| Tor tim !Suu called. lie received the reporter
with co1rtcsy, but quickly suisl: ~ am in my
lawyers hatitls, sou know. md mustn't talk
| ut,tilt my case. us q dreadful position Tor q
naa who haa always tried 10 lead an upright
iiic.H
sir. Ease tas hu.ty brown hair. with scarcely
uver ss u ycafs o. Of see Doubling tie accuracy of
thu reu0r.s that nadc him II years older. thc
reporter asked, "ltow old arc yau. Mr.. Caset''
y" sla,! .,c s next s"pay fnsy say oss 'ook
Admiral CasG, Of tho navy. is three years
younger than myself, but everybody says i,o
looks tu he ten yrara mT senior."
Mr Casc's early lite. lie said: II was In
business when was II yenrs nld: That was III
Orange County. Ny parcnts died when was
boy, and my brother, thy Admiral, a,.d myself,
thc greater part, Of my life was in the ship,
plug commission business, Mud owned several
Vessels In tho foreign tratc.". ....
"wncm,. did sou first 20 Into the insurance
II was ono Of tho stockholders In the old &c.
curitJ FIrc.lnsurancc COMPANY. That was
ruitcd by tho Chicago fire.. Then tllc Security
most say, actlleata1ly.-tt might lqok az il lii;
tended TO reflect .upon ottcre II eay how. l
on1y knew atuut the business tn general way,
iuoscl after aGpications ~ A rl1ks. ' wrote lst
divided among the officers so that did not
Know how policies were M(s!nE and that tho
Company was sinking noncy. put I'll NY sal
II sts %a ,t pa v y s S6 Il % hi syfqy for
confidence IN Il: Tl'ee Company was ecrtaln's
dong large bllslncss.h
Eat w..rts 'ild ths s, ',t ,ooo, 900 70 tot" ,,.
the CoIn}any's existc,re: then tho r1nenscs
were very large, aud ater tho panic of le73 the
attu ot i,ollcIcs was r,'i,oua. The rtyals,cs md
jea:ousErs of the eotnpan!cs dross tl'cm Into
isastrops competition, n,d nntlo necessary tho
must c2trayagant expenditures"
''Don't yuu tMnk ttsa. tho moneys Of tho
Company werc clbekziedfh ~
am co.,illunt. got any. am satisfied now that
the aalt-l,ute plum OF Insurance was Tue rock on
whtcl wu split, You SEC, W1rn our policies be-
ran to iapso In 1s73 there W. were with hun.
notes on our hands. II WI lad becn MI nlt.sasl,
company We could have stood it. There was
olr iutstake."
"Anu lid you really know nothing Of the con-
fitlou Ut tho Company when you signed tho
last reposst"
"a not rsaa co. t'o Sepo.t at nil IT, IT, Is. rspost
Tas nadc ' BY Mr "gt,more, @ T., ths fs.. n,ce'sI ,
t s f1 n e ts eiSfs Wcu Wstofs ssi S1ossht s0 ill.,
mort, is ills I'll rleh.i' l!e sald,, ics.' As
siguc.l It remarked that slst'cd tho cosnpa-
nles wcro required 70 sc.ld IL Single balance
slret, ~ thus II could bv seen Just lott We stootl
Ind no Idea but thu statement WAS true. /
didn't ruat 1t ut All."
fn spcak!nv of tho other officers Mr.. case
said: '"I don't bciere they iuteMA to try Mr..
Alien at all They had u haye Il scapegoat, and
tilcy tool the Us tliu head Of lllc cosn.a.y. Fey
never rnu cunytrt Wsttuoru Vi e'llbexzlement.
JIG Didn't gel my of tho luonsy. Gons ot us
lid. tayt lost a1l VI my property. All tsad
lett was nly place In Newburgh. and we kept
boaf.1ers shLs summer to got n!o.ig:''
.'Do you think your suunse! will be success
| full In EctttsIs a uew trlalT'
~ dun't want new trial. l never could llvo
through another. This one has alutost killed
inc. couldn't ", through tho experiences of
tho past week ugaln. It's TERRIBLE" Tho terra
cnmc In AIR. Clsu's oyes several tln.ra as he
talked, und he brushed tlicm away hastily.
nu not III tho tabft Ut trytng.ft lU said, hbut 1t
Is ,clict to Dts When ean cry"
a SMART THIEF.
1 Enkei of TEih1tns.