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Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
THE MT. PULASKI MURDER.
The Defense Making Weak Case, ana the
Halter Evidently Tightening Around the
Necks of the Accused.

The Defense Making n Weak Case, and the
Halter Evidently Tightening Around the
Necks OF the Accused.
LINCOLN, ILL, June III.
The defense in the Mt. Pulaski murder
case began their testimony Saturday.
j. III. Dement, and John III. Lawrence
said they had seen Hall about seven
O'Clock In the morning after the murder.
Saw nothing unusual about his clothing.
On cross-examination they were not sure
of the date.
Noah Hall, a brother of the defendant,
said he put his foot in the tracks leading
away from the scene of the murder and
1t fitted his foot exactly, and was much
smaller than the boots the defendant
wore. measure was sent for, and it was
found the witness boots measured eight
and a half, and it is IN evidence that the
tracks were made by boot numbered
about nine.
Mrs. Oliver Hall. said J. III. Hall gave
her boy pair Of boX-toed shoes; that
detective came there and measured them;
they were about mines.
K b. Forrest and Sheriff Wendell
were put on The stand, as was also 7.
c. Sharp, the reporter, to show that
some of the witnesses had not tes-
titled in this case as they did at the
Coroner's inquest, but they did not re-
member anything about it.
Two or three other witnesses were
called, but nothing of any Importance
was developed.
After recess, III. Fayard, OF Springfield,
testified that he made a pair of boots for
Hall in 1892 they were No. 8. On
cross-examination ne said they were box
toed.
Rosa Smith, step-daughter Of Hall,
testified that she was at home the nj hit
Of the murder; that she went TO prayer
meeting and when she looked at the clock
It was half past ten o'c.ock, and Hall was
In bed then. On cross-examination she
said il was nine O'Clock when she got
home, and that Hall was there at break
fast the next morning.
Court here adjourned until to-day at
nine O'Clock, and the baiilffs took the
Jury to spend the Sabbath in the country.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
FIRE AT GALVESTON.
The City the Gulf Again Visited by |
Costly Coniagration-Loss Heavy, but not |
Stated.

y,
Stated.
GALVESTON, TEX, June II.
This morning flames were discovered
issuing from the rear top floor of the
large three-story brick building on the
Strand, known as "The League building"
This block Immediately adjoins the prop
erty where stood the "Prince" building,
which burned ten days ago. At this
writing the League building is enveloped
in sheet of flames and seems doomed.
That portion of the building where the
fire was first discovered was occupied by
e. j. Beiring & Co., wholesale grocers,
who were burned out on the 9th inst.
Some misunderstanding exists between
this firm and certain of its creditors
over insurance policies representing
$4,000 insurance on Beiring & Co.'s
stock destroyed June G. An employe of
Beiring & Co. stated to the Associated
Press representative that all the books
and valuable papers of the firm are now
being consumed, together with valu-
able stock, large portion of which is
new.
The other tenants in the burning block
are Adoue & Lobit, bankers, who
were also burned out on the 9th
inst; Walker & Co., commission mer-
chants, and Sisligeon & Co., commission
merchants.
A number of third-floor rooms were
used for sleeping apartments. The loss
can not at present be ascertained, but
the evidences are that it will be heavy.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

Another ExempIifeation of the Old Adage
How a Couple of Baby Dresses Led to
the Detection of the Perpetrators of n
burglary, House-Burning and Murder.
WHEELING. w. VA, June 16. NJ
In the month of August, 1878, the house
of lGco. Williams, in Roane County, was
robbed and burned to hide the crime.
The family were st church at the time.
No arrests were made as no clew
was found. On the first day of Sep
tember of the same year Peter Cook,
Special Constable, went to the nelgh-
borhood to look into the matter, and re-
mained several days. Before leaving he
said that he had found the guilty parties.
Two days aftcrward the dead body OF
Cook was found in little-frequentcd
mountain road. Efforts were made to
find the murderers, but they proved un-
successful. Two years ago two girls
named Mary and Ellie Lidson were mar
ried the same day to K. X. Reynolds and
Tclburn Hall, all of respectable families.
In due time a child was born to each.
The mothers took their children to church.
Both were dressed alike. member OF
WliilamS' 1dnliy TeCoShiHou lho SooU' 40
part of piece in the house at the time OF
the robbery. The matter was re-
ported to officials, when search re-
vealed other articles taken from
the Williams family, also from
Cook, the murdered man. All the par
ties were arrested. Reynolds has made
the following confession: ''The girls
were engaged to the men, afterwards
their husbands, at the time of the Williams
robbery; the girls asked their father for
money, which was refused, when they
made up their minds to rob Williams,
who they had learned had $50 in the
house They did so, and burned the
house to hide the theft. Their father
caught them before they got away from
the house, paid Williams $25 in money
and horse, and helped rebuild the
house, to keep matters quiet. When
Cook came into the neighborhood the
girls confessed to their lovers and asked
for help. Their father and the two men
concluded to kill Cook, and did SO, put
ting the body in the road near preciplce,
to make believe that his horse threw him
off and killed him"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
The Dallas War on Gamblers.

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James Wilkinson, one CT the leading
gambler, last night settled with the coun-
ty by paying $4,000 cash and signing an
agreement never to again gamble IN Dal-
las County. 1t is generally believed that
this ends the famous gambling war so
bitterly waged in Dallas for the past year,
US all the indicted parties who had not
compromised have left the city, It is
said their bonds are Of snch 9 character
fiiaf it is doubtful II The gitY aan realize
sshiasE Ehe sHfstiBs Il II bflHss shiti
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
GUILTY OF ARSON.
Three Men Sentenced to Death and One to
Imprisonmen for Life for the Crime in
AIabama-The Verdict Received With
Satisfaction.
CHATTANOOGA, TFNN., June Is.

Satisfaction.
CHATTANOOGA, TFNN., June Is.
A scene unparalleled in the courts OF
this section transpired on Saturday in
the Court House at Scottsboro, Ala. At
IL q. m., jury which was sitting on the
rase of arson against George Smith, As
bury Hughes, George Hughes and John
Grayson, left the courtroom, and at 8 p.
m. they returned. The four prisoners
stood up and the foreman announced that
they had adjudged the prisoners guilty as
charged, and the Judge sentenced Smith
and the Hughes brothers to be
hanged and Grayson to the Peni-
tentiary for life. When the
Judge delivered the sentence, the
prisoners did not move a muscle. They
appealed to the Supreme Court, but the
Judgment will certainly be affirmed. The
populace are wild with delight over the
verdict, and believe the triple hanging
will work new era 10 the section where
murders have been So frequent of late
The crime against the doomed men is
heinous. They pillaged the house OF an
aged New Englander named Porter, iv-
Ing on Sand Mountain, robbed him of
over $1,000, and burned the building to
the ground, leaving the family exposed
and sbelterless, from the effects OF which
the nIa nan died aad Ais family were lejs
destitute. Thefp sEs sen otheg prisoners
Charged Tlth ssPlssl ggllAes IN t|ia iall n
srnfttlififsa -- Min
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

DR. 7. s. LAMBERT, of New York
City, is strongly in favorof crem alton.
He says: 1T is the incest, quickest,
least shocking way, and then there arc
sanitary influences. What is our mod
ern burial If there is anything about
us that is worthy of inhumation, it is
the brain, the ego, the me. What does
all the rest of us amount to And vet
when a body is embalmed for interment
is not the brain removed from the skull
and the cavity filed with spices and
resin and so forth ? What becomes of
the brain ? do not know thrown into
the gutter, probably, or into the sewer.
There is distinction in the two words
ere nation and 'crem- alton Scion
lists now use the latter in preference
to the former, which represents the old
and barbarous ways of burning human
beings"
UNDER the heading, "a Beaconsfield
Beyond the Sea-" the Pail Mall Gazette
says Of Blaine's nomination "Blaine 8
nomination is the most notable event
for England since Lincoln's assassina-
ton. Wherever Blaine can oust the
British from a position on the American
continent he will endeavor to replace
English influence and trade by Ameri-
can. His menaong intmation that he
would disregard the Clayton Bulwer
Treaty is an evil augury for the future
relations of England and America. His
Intervention in Peru was most ominous,
when he declared that he di.liked Eng
land to win commercial triumphs in
folds that legitimatoly belonged to
America. England will watch with ex-
treme solicitude tie progress of the
campaign"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

HUNT, STEWART & Co.. New Orleans
cotton factors, have failed, but promise
to resume and pay in full.
The French Minister of the Interior
has issued u decree forbidding bull
fights. Disgusting scenes of cruelty
have recently been witnessed at bull
fights in various parts of France.
REPORTS from various paris of New
England state that heavy frost on the
morning of the 10th did incalculable
damage to crops. In Norfolk County
Mass. the entire vegetable crop is de-
stroyed,
A SPECIAL from Brownsville, Texas,
announces that quarantine was estab-
lished on the 10Th between Brownsville
and Natamoras, and guards were sta
toned along the river. This action on
the part of the State and city authori-
ties was brought about by the failure of
the city of Matamoras to strictly en-
force the twenty days quarantine against
Vera Cruz, as agreed Both Browns
Vile and katamoras are at present
healthy and free from fever.
s. WHALLEs, Journal clerk Of the
New York assembly, has been arrested
on the charge of perjury.
been operating in Goncsec and Shio-
wa.sea Counties, Michigan, has just
been broken up by the arrest of the
three principal men engaged in the
Daniels, at Flint, and Asa Davis and
wife, at Carunna. Daniels had some
$500 in spurious money on his person
when taken. He was taken into the
United States Court on the 18th. plead
ed guilty, and WAS sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years. The other
parties plead not guilty.
SMALLPOX has broken out in Harris
County, Ga, brought there by family
which recently arrived from South
America. One death occurred on the
17th.
CROP reports from over two hundred
points in Texas, covering seventy-six
counties, which embraces the agricul-
tural district of the State, show the
condition of cotton as very materially
improved within the past three weeks;
that while the recent severe rains did
serious damage to plants in low lands.
the uplands were correspondingly bene-
fitted. The season will be late, but
every indication now points to full
average crop.
s DELAWARE Democrats indorse the
platforms of 1876 and 1880. and 'pre-
sent to the whole country our fellow
citizen, Thomas Francis Bayard, as
statesman who through long pubic
career has enunciated and illustrated
enduring principles of Democratic faith.
whose nomination as President would
furnish at once platform and candidate,
and whose election wo1ld satisfy the
highest aspirations of the American
people"
Ike BUzzARD, member of the noto-
rious Pennsylvania Mountain outlaw
gang, whom the military in that State
have been in pursuit Of. and for whose
apprehension reward Is offered, was
arrested IN chirage on the night 81 ths
tstAl
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

ed If ho should be recalled after the
Inauguration of the new President, but
whichever way the election might 60 he
would consider it bis duty, under the
laws which now govern the civil service
Of the United States. to remain at his
post and await any action which the
President and the eenate might see fit
10 take.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

rHB grand lodge Of Masons at Lon
,.n adopted resolutions expressing re-
,.at At the recent anti-Masonlc enoyoli-
LITTER OF tho Pope.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

c.x GoRDoN's sister refuses money
T., the felof of her brother, and do
,,res it devolves upon tho government
= re.eue him, az be is IL a British officer.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

SARATOGA hotel-keopers look for a
,.rro visitation of Southern families
a, season, who in old days, used to be
u,h an important element Of life at
t,t fashionable resort
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

o.,,,R1 J. TILDEN was born February
. 1914
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

CUBA's entire sugar crop this year
iii not be sufficient to pay the Govern
nept taxation on population The most
liberal estimates place the crop at 49,
oO tons, which would yield but S24,-
-n00O, while the tax amounts to $780,
N0 600.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

HE Massachusetts Reform Club
MAKES the following announcement :;
'lhe Massachusetts Reform Club re-
garos the nomination of Messrs. Blaine
'la Logan by the Republican party as
sal''lnct and unqualified reputation Of
al us professions of reform, and as an
insult to the conscience of the country.
inc members Of the club will, under no
circumstances, support them"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21
NUMBER 81.
MURDER WILL OUT.

Another ExempIifioatiOn of the Old Adage
How a Couple of Baby Dresses Led to-
the Detection of the Perpetrators OF n
burglary, House-Burning and Murder.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-06-21

FRED WARDS liabilities foot up over
$4,000, including $4,000 for furni-
mre, $l35 for hats and IS for bread.
Why, oven in his astounding reckless
ness he should have allowed such a
bill to run up for bread Is among the
Unexplained wonders Of Wall street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-28
A MODERN DICK TURPIN.

james L. Clayton, of Philadelphia, aget
eighteen years, Friday night showed Johl
S. Baker, aged seventeen, how "Dick Tur
PIN shot the Marquis Of Carabas Th
place chosen for the explanation was tn
parlor of the Baker homestead on Brown
street, near Seventh, and the result is twt
corpses iu the Baker and Clayton families
The parlor in which the murder and suicide
occurred is neatly furnished, but it re
sc;nbled the chambles more than the abode
Of q quiet and respectable family. Young
Bakers corpse, in the hands of an under
taker and his assistant, lay upon a board al
one side of the room and blood was scat
tered over every article Of furniture. In q
neighboring street, called Calvin place, lay
the body OF young Clayton, and his father
is wildly seeking an undertaken to perform
the last offices for the dead.
The facts regarding the double crime, the
second of the kind the same day in the
same police district, are few. James Clay
| ton was q clerk in i store ut Spring Garden
and Tenth strcets He attended church
regularly and was regarded as an exemplary
Young man. He came home from his
work earlier than usual Friday night in
order that he might finish the copy Of
:Dick Turpin's Adventures" which he had
borrowed from an acquaintance. He con
cluded the reading about nine o'clock and
at once proceeded to the street corner,
where he met several companions, to whom
he recounted the marvellous adventures Of
the dashing highwayman. 10 Charles
Baker, brother of the deceased, he said !:
"Thcre is nothing in the life am leading.
am tired of it, but shall have TO kill somo
body before shoot myself"
He then exhibited an English bulldog
five barrelled revolver and said that he in
tended to do considerable business with it.
At that moment the budding highwayman
learned Of the illness of his intimate friend,
John Baker. He went to the house and
said he would sit awhile with the invalid.
Young Baker had been quite sick, but was
iiyinS Upon = sofa in his fathers parlor when
other dniies, let the young Ina,'ves .a naVng
fore they quit the pnrlo', n3wr',.' ~
had begun 4 discussion Of the various
methods of murder employed by Iurpin1,
the fabulous highwayman. The next incl
dent was the report of two shots III close
succession, followed after hriel interval by
= third. When the members Of the Baker
family rushed into the parlor, young Baker
was dead with two large pistol bail hoies IN
his forehead. and Young Clayton was strus-
oiinr on the floor in the aSoni.S Of death
With y single wound of n similar character
in his right temple. He died without speak
inp \ word in explanation. 1t Is the clear
est case of the trashy move murder. n
visit to Clayton'ss room disclosed large
collection Of the trashiest live cent movers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-28
An Approaching Star.

One Of the most beautiful Of all stars in
the heavens is Arcturus, in the constellation
Bootcs. In January last the Astronomer
Royal communicated to the Royal Astro-
nomical Society Il tabulatcd statement OF
the results of The observations made al
Greenwich during 1883 in applying the
method of DR.. Higgins for measuring the
anDroach and recession of the so called hx-
ed stars in direct line. Nearly 200 OF these
observations are thus recorded, twenty-one
~ which are devoted to Arcturus, and were
made from March so to August a. The
result shows that this brilliant scintillatlng
star is moving rapidly towards us with
velocity Of more than fifty miles per secohn
(the mean Of the twenty one ooservatlons IS
5O.7S). This amounts to about o,OOo miies
per minute, $4,000 per hour, ,32o,ooo mues
per day. VIII this approach continue OF
will the star presently become stationary
and then recede? IF the motion IS oroltai,
~ if If be moving round some central
orb, the latter will occur. There is, how,
ever nothing in the rates observed
To indicate any such orbital motion
and as the observations extended over five
months this has some weight. Still it may
he travelling in mighty orbit OF many
years' duration. the bending OF which may II
time be indicated b. a rstardation of the rate
of approach, then by no perceptiole move V;
ment either towards or away from us, ane
this followed by recession equal to its pre-
vious approach. If, on the other hand, the
4.5O0 900 of miles per day continue, tne sta
must become visbly brightcrto posterle'
in snite Of the enormous magnitude OF cos
mical distances. Our 81 ton guns driv'
forth their projecties with maximum
velocity of /, 400 feet per second. Arctu50 s0
is anproaching us with a speed that is ~
times greater than this: 1t thus moves , owe We
y distance equal to that between the cart
and the sun in twenty-one days. Our pres
ent distance from Arc1nrus m e IS esttn " the sta
Continue Continues to approach US at the same rat
as measured last year, it will have eomple' !;
ed the whole of its journey towards Us
OF 600 years. Gemlemen's Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-28
DISAPPOINTMENT

NoTE-The rapid sale of lsst week causing
disappointment TO so many will, no doubt, be re
peatch We therefore, respectfully recommend
all early inspection before the asse.tmcnts hecoaic
broken.
OUR STOCK OF TRIMMINGS
is snow complete We are selling splendid Che.
Mile Fringe at 65c., formerly 81
Our Toe. Fringe has been reduced 10 soc.
| We have the largest assortment of Colorcd Che
mile Fringe and Marabouts in the city also, al
colors of Feather Trimmings.
UNDERWEAR! UNDERWEAR:
For Ladies' Men and Children, we name few
| special prices until the opening of our annex:
100 dozen Mems Heavy weight Underwear
&c., worth Soc
100 dozen Ladies' splendid quality Merino
Vests and Pants, 33c.. worth Soc
$50 dozen Misses Underwear, from 15c. up
IS dozen Ladies' Brilliant Lslc Hose ut 25c
also
60 dozen Misses of the same quality. at zoe
BLANKETS. BLANKETS!
splendid 1O-4 White Blanket 9Oc. per pair
price never before heard of We next offer a
fine 1n-4 Blanket at 81 so worth $3.50
At $500, worth 1926.
At $3.50, worth $500.
At $500, worth $500.
And many finer grades in the same proportion
cases, 90 pairs each, genuine German Blank.
OTIS, in light shad" of D,ah. n! 81 80 per :.!ir
Cost Of importation SlOO
; bales Gray Blankets, G5c per pair. Merchants
and housckccpsrs buying by the quantity will
never have such chance again.
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS
5000 psr- II 10 different styles, MI from the
great auctiom.
30 pairs Lace Curtains, CSC; worth 81 %
800 q 9Oc; worth 81 10
73O = = ST.: worth S1.25.
l5n . . " Sl.25; worth 81 so
S12 :" $l,lO; worth So.
We have them in white and ccr,l, and they are
no doubt the cheapest curtains ever offered hy any
house.
80 pieces yard wide genuine Manchester. Grape
finish, Furniture Crctonne ut 1Tc per yard. We
have them i'll bright as we'll rs subdued colors
:; cases best 1O-4 Beaced Shectng :25r
3 cases best 10-i Brown Shccting, 2Oc.
G.000 yards 20 inches wide Twicd, al linen,
genuine Crash at 12lsc. per yard, worth 22c.