The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17
Finding of a Mate to the Envelope in Which
the Anonymous Note to Captain Wall
lace Was Enclosed.
Bloomington Loses One Hundred
Thousand Dollars by Fire.
Hon. r. c. Fosters Narrow Escape from
Death-A Costly Railway Collision in
Ilinois-Notes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.
Another Interesting Day in the Cougar
Mandl Suit.


important day in the COUGAR andler SLAM
der suit. The plaintiff was recalled, and
fixed by her paper-Our Herald-that she re-
turned from her Nebraska lecturing tour on
Sunday, Oct. IA.
Captain Wallace then concluded his testi-
mony in a few minutes He said that during
his conversation with Fred Williams he
asked him who told the story, but he de-
clined to state, and said that after what I saw,
if he should sign a public retraction, 1 would
think he had been fixed; he then said he
would have to make a retraction or he would
bring suit.
DR.. B.. F. Ingersoll was called by plaintiff,
and stated that Captain Wallace called at the
office of witness at $50 the next morning
had some information to the effect that the
police would bring his name and Mrs.
Cougars before the Police Court or grand
jury that morning, and requested witness
to see the mayor and get him to see
the police and stop them from bringing any
thing before the Police Court or grand jury.
He said that they were going to bring som
CndIScS ducCLluS lubtTCOuTSG VI all llliCll
character between him and Mrs. Cougar.
Wallace did not say what it was, but some
charge of illicit intercourse. 1t was some
thing that had occurred since the election.
Witness did as directed, and the mayor
promised to see it kept quiet. On cross-ex-
animation he said that Wallace said nothing
about the anonymous letters, nor did he say
that anything occurred the night before.
John L.. Miller, who is attorney for Col.
John S. Williams in two cases pending,
swore that he had in his possession a light
manil LA envelope, which he had obtained from
a boy in the Sunday Times office. He COM
pared it with the anonymous one addressed
to Capt. Wallace, and said they were very
much alike. He said he went to the Times
office since this trial commenced and asked
for Colonel Williams, who was not in; he
then asked for an envelope and addressed
a note to Jay H. Adams. He went at the
request of J. H. Adams. Adams had shown
him the envelope with Captain Wallace's
name on, and the witness told him he ought
to find where that envelope came from; he
thought he had seen that kin in Phillips's
photograph SalIeTy. AuanS Wanteu MIN 10
go to the Times Office to see if they did not
have some like it. He denied that it was a
little game on the part of Adams and him
self for fixing conspiracy on Williams. He
had made no pretext Of writing a note
to get the envelope. The. witness
was sharply cross-examined. When
asked if he went to the Times
Office as a spy or detective, he said
he went to get the envelope, at Adams's re-
quest. He denied any employment in the
case, but felt an interest because he believed
there was a job set up on Mrs. Cougar and
Captain Wallace.
"Then you set up a job on others" asked
Mr.. Coffroth.
mo- replied the witness. He denied that
Williams, in a recent interview, had de-
nounced him and his plot, and driven him
from the Times office. 81 told him how /
got the envelope, and he got into a passion"
Mr.. Coffroth pressed him closely, and on
the spelling of the words guard and 'tpo-
lice" he misspelled both words precisely as
they are misspelled in the anonymous Mon
day morning note to wallace.
The plaintiff says positively We will close
tomorrow.