The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-15

l. ue SECOND act III inc fora burns
tragedy ut Lincoln, H., was ended last week,
and resulted In the third material VIC
tory for the defendant In the Cause.-The
first being Prof. wheeiers report of the
examination OF the lines and whip, the
second tho verdict of the Coroner's jury
that did not hold him, and the third the
decision of Judge Lacy that he be admitted
To bail, the amount of which was fixed at
$4,000 and was promptly furnished. The
decision gives general satisfaction, and
in n measure appeases the want of numerous
individuals thirsty for vengeance in the con-
yiction of some one, though it is conceded
there Is by no means u strong case or ono
that should receive the attention of the grand
jury in the absence of further proof. Judge
Lacey, says Lincoln dispatch, has giyea
the greatest satisfaction To prosecution, de-
Tense and the people for his conduct on the
bench and rulings in the case, giving the
widest latitude to the evidence submitted
for tho discovering of the guilty party. At the
conclusion of the argument and amid almost
breathless silence the court read from man
uscript his decision I'm the case and at the
conclusion of which the friends of Carpen.
ter crowded around him to congratulate him
upon the very favorable answer to the charge
against him. The father OF the murdered
girl made an attemt TO do violence to
the accused, but was seized by officers.
The prisoner was Immediately driven to his
home, and the meeting with his family after
his three weeks confinement is said to have
been a most affecting scene. Efforts are now
being a - at
whose hands Fora Burns met her death.
The celebrations in honor of the four
hundrodth anniversary of the birth of Martin
Luther were characterized by imposing spec
tacles throughout the Christian world, and
especially in Germany, Great Britain and the
United States. In Berlin sc, 200 school-ohil-
dren, In ffty-three divisions, headed by bands
of music, marched to the churches and did
honor to the memory of the great leader of
the Reformation. Special services were hold
in 300 churches In London. In Milwaukee the
anniversary services attracted $4,000 persons
to the Exposition building, the choir com
prsing 500 voices and at Chicago u praise
service mt Battery ID Arnory was attended
by IL, 900 German citizens.
A dispatch from Madison, Wis,
says the men wounded by tho State-house
disaster are progressing favorably, and that
no more deaths are likely TO result. Five
lives were lost by the accident, and the
Coroner has boon Investigating the mat
ter with II view of ascertaining who Is
to blame. The Building Commissioners
secured the services of A. G. Nash, n promi-
nent Cincinnati architect, and Godfrey Lud-
wig, superintendent OF Public Buildings of
Cincinnati. They went TO Madison, and last
Monday began an expert examination OF the
ruins. Other experts were also summoned to
testify. The testimony goes to show many
serious defects in construction.
Charlie Ford, OF James gang notori-
ETY., fears his brother has met with foul play.
When last heard from, at New York, Oct IL,
Bob" had s., 800 in money and valuables in
his possession.
The Warden of Sing Sing prison was
recently arrested for bribery at the polls. but !
has been discharged for lack of evidence i'm
plicating him.
Sixty-five colored men took a negro |
murderer. named Lawrence White, from the |
officers ut Mount Mourne, y. c., and lynched |
him.
James Truxtill, charged with brutal !
outrage on Mrs. Coones, married woman,
near Clio, Ky, was arrested and privately |
taken to be identified by his victim. The
next day Truxtill's body was found hanging
from the Cincinnati Southern railway bridge
over the Cumberland river. He had been
taken from the officers and thus disposed of
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