Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-23
NEW YORK.
Arrival Of the Remains Of John How
ward Payne, Author OF Home
Sweet Home"
The Haverstack Inquest Conkling S
Story Told to the jury
The Scott Press.


ments have been perfected for the re-
ception of the remains of John Howard
Payne. The body will lie III state In
the governors room in the city hall
to-day and tomorrow the hall will be
dra ,,ed' The body will be placed in Il
cataialque so visitors may readily re-
view as they pass through the room.
Saturday the remains will be taken to
Washington on special car furnished
by the Pennsylvania railway and de-
livered TO the authorities of Oak Hill
cemetery to be held until the 10th Of
June, the nincty-first anniversary of
the poets birth, when the final funer-
al arrangements and ceremonies will
take place.
When the steamer Burgundy which
was bearing to his long home in his ma
tive land the author Of the sweetest of
songs, Home Sweet Home,u arrived
ut Brooklyn, the aldermanic committee
and Chas. NJ. Matthews, First Lieu
tenant Ringold, II. Nicholson u. S.
representative and w. w. Corcoran of
Washington forced their way among
five hundred Italian enligrants with
which the ship was crowded and pro-
cured the coll n, n heavy box was
placed on the shoulders of four stall
wart Italian sailors and
borne down the gang plank
and across the pier through
the uncovered crowd To the hearsc
There was no ceremony and every
thing connected with the removal was
of the simplest kind. Covered with
the American flag and followed by
four coaches containing aldermen,
Corcoran's representatives., and
memhers of the press the poets remains
were brought TO this city and placed
In the governors room in the city hall.
Here for two hours the people passed
bcioreit. All day tomorrow the body
will lie in state and in the evening es-
corted by aldermen and Gilniore's
band playing Home, Sweet Home"
will bc taken to the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad depot and carried in u special
car TO Washington.
Scotts Press.
"A statement of the friends of Scott
about the sale of his patents for the
Webb periecting press has been given
TO the public. Il. Hoe & Co. now say
the statement that they paid 500, 600
for Scotts patent is incorrect. They
paid nothing to any one, either for
these patents or good will. They
We're the patterns and drawings of G.
Potter IT., Il Co, and were all trans
ferred to II, Hoe d Co. in the settle
ment oftheir claims for damages for in
lrngment on their patents by Scott *
Potter.
The Iiaverstack Murder.
Ihere was great crowd at the
Haverstack inquest to-day, including
many members of the Mining Ex
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member. The friends of Conkling
We're also out in good force amonn
them the veteran theatrical manager
Sam Mcguire, of San Francisco.
The servant testified that Conklipg
told her To bring a crowd of people rs
he had killed Haverstack.
Mrs. Uhier was iashionably dressed
and kept n handkerchief almost con-
stantly TO her eyes, which were red and
swollen with weeping. Amid sobs she
said her name was Mrs. Emma Uhler.
She spoke SO low the coroner was
Obliged To repeat her answers to the
jury. She was nervous and exhausted
aud Dr. AmidoD, her physician had to
SIT with an arm thrown over her
shoulder to sustain her. She had lived
with Haverstack since last May. She
testihed TO having been compelled to
leave her husband after many quar-
/ rels and when he would not lei her
IN the house. She had consented to
! go with her brother To Reno. Nevada
! ana on the aiterGoon of the tranedy
talked with him in the presence of
iaverstack OF the matter. That even
| ing all three talked over the matter
| Suddenly llaveistack threw OIL his
coat and selling something threw ut
| her brother. She rushed between
them and the shot was fired. Haver-
stack, She reluctantly admitted, had
\ quarrclled with her that evening
and slapped her face, but She
added he did not mean to hurt her.
Conkllng, in his own behalf, in de-
4 tail, told the story of his coming hore
To effect, If possible, IA reconciliation
between his sister and husband. or 10
take her home with him. He failed
IN the first object and in eonversa-
tions with his sister they were to 90
To Lebanon. Pennsylvania, To see the
children, and thence To Reno. Mon
! day, when me called on his sister he
FOUND her crying, after
aquarrel with Haverstack.
To Hang.
Alexander Johnson who murdered
Henry Hicks and Miss Emma Jackson