Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-11
EASTERN NEWS.
Confession Of The Murderer Of LII
Liam Madison.
A DUEL BETWEEN A DRUGGIST AND
A SPORTING NAN.
An Accident to Senator Jones, OF
Florida.
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN
ABRAHAM DoWDNEY.
Jack Farrell Does Up Tommy Warren in
Five Rounds.
A DEAL BETWEEN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
FOR HIGHER RATES.
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN
ABRAHAM DoWDNEY.
A DEAL BETWEEN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
FOR HIGHER RATES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
nfessiOn of q Murderer.

| Daring, q pO%llCeIndH, VIII wac "
rested last night on a charge OF brlb-
| ing Herman Joel, the matchmaker
| witness in the Cluverius case, was be-
fore the Police Court to-day, but his
| examination was postponed till the
| 18th instant. When considering the
| petitions for Executive clemency in
| the case OF Cluverius, the Governor
sent for Joel and questioned him in re-
| gard to the watch key. At the request
| of the Governor Joel described the in
| terror of the watch key which he had
| repaired for Cluverius, and afterwards
| opened it in the presence of the Gov
| ernor. His description tailed exactly
with the interior of the watch key.
At the trial the Commonwealth asked
that the key be opened by Joel, but
counsel for defense objected. This
was perhaps the strongest point In the
evidence against the prisoner. and
now, since it has come to light that
the interior of the watch key wat
found to be as described by Joel, the
evidence of the prisoners guilt is even
more conclusive. Chief of Police Poe
to-day received a letter from Superin-
tendent Murray, of New York, con-
tanning the following:
Superintendent Murray-Dear Sir:
/ am sorry that the authorities OF Rich
mond are making such a mistake about
the Cluverius case. He ID the wrong
man. Sorry he could not prove an
alibi. / had hoped he could, and now
there is nothing left for me but to sur
render myself as the murderer of
Lillian Madison. l will surrender on
the morning of Cluverius' execution at
your headquarters. 1t is unnecessary
to give further particulars, as my
case will show clearly about the muir
der at my trial. 1 cannot wait any
longer in confessing my crime. My
conscience has troubled me enough.
| will prove all when | surrender, and
there is nothing left for me but to sur
render get trial, and probably hang.
LILLIAN MADIsoN's MURDERER.
An Affair Of Honor.
TRENTON, N. j. Dec. 10.-Public at
tention here has been diverted from
the Aldermanic scandal, by a widely
circulated report yesterday that a duel
is said to have taken place OF the Penn
~sylvania side OF the Delaware river, OPP
posite this city, early yesterday morn
ing. The principals in this affair Of
honor are said to be a Trenton drug
gist and a sporting man of this city,
and the difficulty which led up to the
encounter is said to have had its
origin in a dispute as to the rights Of
the belligerents to pay court to a
pretty Jersey belle. The immediate
friends of the interested parties to the
alleged duel decline to talk, but q
gentleman who said he knew all about
the hostile meeting, and how it re-
suited, said there were seven persons
in the party which left Trenton at
dawn yesterday morning. One of the
seconds was a Princeton student. A
Trenton physician also went along.
The hill near the old brewery, at the
edge of Hill Grove, was the site Sc
lected. The regulation distance was
paced off, and the principals took
their positions. Revolvers were the
weapons. The first shot exchanged
went wide of the mark. At the
second fire the sporting man fell to
the ground, being wounded, the drug
gist's bullet entered his left shoulder.
While he lay on the ground he fired
at his antagonist and struck him in
the right shoulder. The two duelists
were then driven back to town, but I'M
less their wounds prove serious We
won't divulge their names.
shot.
CRY OF MEXICO, Dec. 10.-Public
opinion is so strong against the infic-
ton of capital punishment that it was
believed that Francisco Delmoral,
whose execution was set for to-day,
would suffer the full penalty of the
law. His crime was the atrocious
murder of a French resident of this
city nearly two years ago. His case
has occupied much attention, and the
French Minister, i'll his private ca
pacity, went SO far as to ask that his
sentence to be committed by the Pres
ident. Diaz refused to allow the law
to be interfered with, and the criminal
was shot to-day by a file of soldiers.
He died bravely, protesting his inno-
cence to the last.
Explosion OF an Engine.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 10.-A special
Record from Jersey Short, Pa, says
the Beech Greek railroad engine left
the shops and came to a stand still
neal the station here, exploded this
afternoon, killing Phil II. Knight and
James Wearne, engineers. Allen
Ramsey, fireman, and j. G. Field and
j. ii. Stapleton, mechanics, were seri-
ously injured. The body of engineer
Knight was gathered up in small frag-
mants. |