Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-02
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REMARKABLE CoLoRADO MuRDER TRfA


A REMARKABLE CoIoRADo MuRDER TRIAL
ENDS IN AcQUIrTAL.
DENVER. Col, Nov. 2.-The Haas murder
trial. which lasted over a week. closed at Can
yon City Saturday with the acquittal OF Mr..
Haas. Haas II a wealthy German ranchman.
living about twenty miles south OF Pueblo.
John ". Allen, young man, was I'm the ctn-
ploy OF one OF Haas neighbour: and an cnmity
existed between him aud Haas. One night
Aliens cabin In which he lived alone. Was
burned, aud Allen. Il was charged, persisted in
der IL was known that he mad threatened 20
XIII Allen. The evidence purely circum-
stantlal The defense was that Allen Was not
murdered al all, hut that corpse had been
placed In the cabin before IL burned. The
remains of the dead man were exhibited i'm q
fragments OF the skull aud the larger t BONES OF
the body. There were also "A lot of buttons,
tr1nkeis, etc The prosecution utterly JAILED 10
prove that Allen was dead, aud many of tho
trinkets found with the remains were not
Identified as having belonged 10 Allen.
An Old Crisntunl'. Rad Luck.
BISMARCK. ID. T.. Nov. alt now transpires
that Robert Mcclellan, the old Scotchman who
was robbed here few days ago. and who 10
now suffering from broken leg ns the result Of
hard usage by his assailants, Is the man who
was being held at Alexandria Mimi for ths.
crime OF incest with his oldest daughter lie
was taken 10 the judge at ST Cloud, Mimi n
few weeks since, by his sureties, WHO requested
release. Their request was granted, and Nc
Clellan was given three DAYS To secure new
he took advantage of his three days OF grace "a
make his escape. He started west. with NASH
ington Territory as his destination. but upon
reaching this city fell I'm with bad company and
was robbed and nearly killed. He will be taken
back 10 Minnesota.
A Doctors Suit for Criminal Libel.
ST. Louis, Nov. IA special dispatch from
Marshall ILL.,, says that the criminal libel suit
OF DIR. II. W. Hasit against Geo. W. Whitehead,
editor Of the Eastern IIinoisdn, has ended In a
disagree at of the jury; The cas-, grew out o.
Mckeen. His arm was broken I'm two places.
The flesh mortified. worms got at u, and for
hNe days they preyed upon IL. Dr. Hasiit was
the phy stefan. Whitehead charged him with
malpractice. Although every witness suhpa-
| naed declared liaslit treatment To be the very
best, the jury disagreed and were discharged.
The case VIII come mp again I'm January.
Interesting but Slightly Fastgutng.
THE ALI-NIGHr VIGIL OF PULLMAN CAR PAS
| sENGERs WITH 4 MUSCULAR LUNATIC WHO
! WANTED To TAKE A SWIM.
| ST. Louis, Nov. "A special dispatch from
San Antonio, Tesss. says: The tourists An .
Pullman car coming down from IA Paso last
! night over the southern Pacific had very lively
time OF IL. Mr. Roberts, agent of a Dallas paper
al III Paso, had "A pass and comfortable berth.
some time late i'm the night - tall, powerful
man reached his hands into Roberts berth.
graSped him by the shoulder, shook him Mo-
leDtly, and said:
| Look here, get up; let's go I'm swimming"
laDb,.fiS. bpii.lt'iDg MP.
| 80 IN swimming, - you, yelled the man.
sprlnging upon him.
| Roberts screamed and half the male occu.
pants OF the car rolled oHt In toilets oe mutt aud
went on board the tall stranger. lie had com.
! mcnced "shuckng" himself preparatory to iIis
/ imaginary plunge and despite the protests ol
the Feminine occupants and the united strc 9Th
OF six men succeeded i'm diNesting himself o1
all clothing down Ia his undercloih,s, and Their,
he paused. weighted down 10y his opponents.
After much solicitation lac WAS prevailed upon
10 don some OF his clothing. but drew the line
at his shirt, stcrnly refusing In do any more
dressing that night. He Was plainly "A maniac,
and Roberts. in common with several others
perched on their berths and watched him unit II
| morning. He vigorously insisted at intervals
on the necessity at all his hearers. male and fe-
male. taking a BATH but beyond his abIutionar,
/ chatter and "A few yelis made no dcmonstra
ton. On arriving in San Antonio la the early
morning, he broke away from his com pahions
rushed over To Il fat colured woman AT the depot,
threw his arms around her neck. imprinted q
vigorous smack upon her cheek and rushed
down the street. He has not been seen since
| Roberts says he was interesting, but slightly
fatiguing.