Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-30
EASTERN NEWS.

,r,.1so PRES, pIsPArcHE-.

..socrATso PRESS p'srA'C"E
r..,.red Men In Council.
prrrssuRo, Pa. April 2s;.l d1 Inter, Inter,
fTonference of coiored men ASSEM-
SAFE ,bs II nnicipal hall this morn
bel y nsis,a were present from Con
ine. Ohio, Virginia. Colorado, /
nec'loas Illinois. Kansas and Louisiana.
lno an nnmber of -. Among them were
ofns nonolass and Bishop Green. Of
Ifeo The convention is fine body Of
Uo"' a determination II expressed
men' a, H. b-iu, used for polite II .
pp'e' A. 10 O'Clock. Rev. 9. I.
yor.bo Of Bloomfield, HIS. IN stirring
spit-' ..,t,n. the object OF tiI' con
sai g ,llet the convention I" "rdsr' .
fereI,e Jacs- N. of PIttstarg. 80.
and ~. .,ra~y Chairman. lne AL +
eise 3 ,.lcorne g.- Made toy W.liiain .
d'es 81 pitt,burl. aud tne Response
bHn. Pelham, az Detroit. com .
., on permanent organ zatIon Ta-
Mo,;ntel. t. report TINS af,eFh 'on. /
.ppJn n, nglass Vas nominated tor tenn +
ffed cheirm4n. bat the convention .
poi,avsi ths nomination Of Jackson.
app Refuse 90 Pay.
o...rr April Z,-ihs guaran- /
oiS ,hs late dramatic festival are :
tofs IN complain and make OBJ I
;s,,,on to paying the heasy assessment
lec."" art an 10 be made. The primer |
sua' - made Is that the guarantee .
rs ciyen under promise ov tue SOLICITOR
I,v,n, and Booth would b5 the 4
leading actors
Deadly Work Of kobb~rs
c,,,,y.roS. W. Va, April D-Last .
-, t-r.s unknown persons entered
sis n Of JACK Woods, \ farmer (
.,h;. c,1Dtv. with the purpose OF rob
" If wood. III I'd, aa EFFORT to
20 IN robbers ont but WIS shot and
ui. a,.1r wounded. His son, Albeit
~. ne ,rd the shooting, ran into the
W., and was shot dead by the robbers.
n. N,,y Woods. his daughter, ran IN
~,,b a pistol, and shot at tne Tnbbsfs,
no ran off. 1t Is supposed one of the
.ohh.rs WAS SHOT b., Mss Woods, A.
.Is,d v.s seen inside the room. The
,ohber. are supposed to be the same
Tho shot and robbed sheriff Adkens o!
Rama county, two aIghts before. Mujh
.,c,tenent prevails. and u posse Is after
Tho roi bers. II caught they Will bo
,Dched.
Cuc.so. April 9.-The visible supply
q, pbeat shows decrease f 2.l!U.UU
bs ,b..s during the past week.
Coal operators shutting Down
presu,E9, April ZJ.-Walter x Co,
the ARREST GOAL operators on the Monon
o,bsl. river, will close down their works
IN the first pool this week and IN tae
,so,ad % II next week. By that time
ali ,b,lr empty crafts will be 10 ,ded.
Over A tnousand men will be thrown
out of work by the shut down
Fatal Explosion.
BrooarsGroN, Ind, April Z,-E,rly
this N ,ruine fire broke ont IN "a frame
Dwelling house near Elersville. Ia tho
stone works adjoining the burning
buil ding WAS small frame structure In
which WAS stored quantity OF dyna-
mite for blasting purposes. he IRE
reached this building and caused Il ter
rife expioSiOl. kll.iug one man and
youDdiug thirteen others. Among those
severely wouu iud IS Potter VI ,ttnsws
one OF tue owners Of III, stone works.
A sheriff Muir tered by Outinws.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 2J.-News
has lust been received here of tho kill
lng Of sheriff Adkins, OF Boone c., VINO
was waylald and murdered and his body
horribly mutlateJ There ~ little
doubt but that the deed was committed
BY an organized band Of outlaws known
- tho james Gang" Adkins has
been Jealous III bringing offenders 10
justice. An armed posse Is securing
the country In pursuit Of the assasslns.
Horrible Parric,dr. !
AUDUBON, Iowa, April Z3.-rhe muir
dsrers of old man Jeliorson on Saturday
have all been captured. They are John
A. Smith and joel J, Wilson. his sons-
inlaw, and Cicero Jeilers III. the son Of
the nurd red man. aud now ali three
are IN jail At Audubon. At 10 o'clock
this morning they were brought up for
examination, and Wilson and Smith
waived the same and were Temanded .
until Wednesday night but Cicero Jel-
ierson became conscience stricken
aud asked to rake statement under
oath. Ho then proceeded 10 make full
confession regarding the murder, ani
told how he and the other two men who
are under arrest left here On harsebacA,
vent to their fathers house, tied tho =,
horses broke into the house, took the
Old man from bed, tore off his shirt.
put a rope around his neck aud dragged
him on his back over the ground
through the woods To Il tree and there
hanged him, Wilson lifting up the body
while the others pulled on the rope.
ioev then strapped an end around the
body and mounted their horses. they
were arrested AT their homes. he PEG. ,
pie are thoroughly aroused and Justice
VIII be meted out and no technioa.i,ies
OF the law will 90 down with the clti
Ichs. Everything Is quiet tonight. but
one cannot tell when more news will be- Z
forthcoming.
Ills testimony comedies exactly with
MAI ot Mis-. Jellerson st the Inquest re-
istiVe 10 tue sceuc on the nipht of til.
mafder Everything ab Iut the piaos
SHOWS thit Cicero has told the eA.ct
utth. There can DO no mistake about
.he eu'it oil the parties III custody. Jus.
ase house.s beid Cicero 10 await the az
uoa ui The Grand Jury, without bali.
nni'n and WILSON have their tYtnina-
"on wednesday at | y. IN. Cicero be
uaae e"hscience stricken and divuigei
sno secrets " the n4urder on his own
.uo''oii. as all who knew him expected
sou'u. lie says lie had rather the
saoie truth would be known aud suffer
VIC consequences than To attempt To lie
oa' OF II and he has told IT. Ii Is Low
"a'sd On Rgod authority that J. j. vii
90 oehsa good pane aud Character IN
o"foli county. la seems that his mar
rage with Lucy Jefferson was brought
Soout through the influence of John A.
nnnh. They were married on February
,'u' ioS- Clcero's statement is that
immediately after the marriage Wilson
inspected that she had not aiways been
u''uous, and 50 he accused her. when
s'e ifanAiy admitted that she had re
pea'edly had sexual intercourse with her
b. 'ael through cJmpulsion, and that she
aao once been III trouble by hltn. This
~, ,aeeu Wilson, and he said he would
SS suef leave her or XIII TIE old man.
wanted him to do neither. She
~ ESui,ed John Smith, and the tragedy
sr,.s haay night Is the result of the CON
.usa.ion. Many believe that Smith
'he one Who got III. GIRL or girls
=, uouoie and caused them To charge it
~ .ae Old man, aud that seems To be the