Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-18

lHe Wlle OF aurlen Mellen of Baltimore
was brought into the Superior Court yes
terday;;. TO the inquiry as to her plea to
the indictment, she replied in loud voice
Guilty. and then sank back .nto her
chair, sobbing violently. This is the IA
nous so-ca!led MeIlen conspiracy. about
winch much sensational material has been
published. According to the statements of
the detectives gwen at the first publication
OF the case, Mrs. Coolidge, who knew the
parties, undertook to get the Young wife
oct of the way, and in the early part of Oc-
tober came from Baltimore to this city and
sought one John Donohue to carry OUT the
work, promising him q large sum of money
on its completion. D0nohue appeared to
consent at hrst, TO see what the woman
would do, but after one or two interviews
he laid the matter before the police. who
secretly overheard further interviews be-
tween the two. The officers followed the
case up, and one Saturday night Mrs. Cool
Idge was arrested as she was about to send
dispatch 10 Baltimore. Mellen escaped.
The Prize Ring.
New YORK, March 17th.-The EUening
Issegrdm says: The following letter was
received at this Office this morning:
jack Dempsey. some time ago. was under
agreement 10 meet me in Il glove contest but he
begged 10 be let OF, ON the plea that he had too
battles to throw away anything. He did not
think there was money enough in nv engage
ment with him to warrant his keeping il when
Il better one offered, so he threw me for Fooartv
.and-La Blanch, promising that he would GER
tainiy give me Il meeting after his conflict with
the Marine. Now | claim the fullfilment of
ducemeats worth his while will meet him on
the same agreement. same rules, same gloves
and for same amount of money-Sl 600 a side
with an added purse OF $500, which l have
II, i
able gentlemen. II Dempsey refuses to ACCEPT
these terms within reasonable time and by so
refusing does not redeem his promise made 10
me TO induce me to release him for the Fogarty
night, viii claim the middle weight champion
ship of the world, and dare Dempsey or any one
else to wrest it from me. JOE EIIISGswoRTH,
DEAIPsEY's PLANS.
New YORK, March 17th-Joe Filings
worth, the amateur middle-weight cham
pion, has challenged Jack Dempsey for
fight with small gloves for 81 ,000 a side
accept this Immediately. His hands are
not in the best condition, and he will take
a rest till April 1st, when he will
make a tour with combination.
About May 1st the middle-weigbt
champion will be ready 10 accommodate
Eilingsworth or Chas Mitchell. Ifa fight
is not arranged for Dempsey at the con-
clusion of his trip, his friends will arrange
benefit for him. Then he and his COM
bination will travel through the west, and
stick 10 the road till San Francisco is
reached. 1t is Dempsey's intention to
settle there.
BOOM IN PUGILIsM AT BOSTON.
New York. March 17th-The La Blanch-
Dempsey fight has made boom in pugi-
lism in Boston. Pete Mccoy Is here, and
looking for one or two matches with some
of the American pugilists. A well-known
firm OF bookmakers wants to match him
against George La Blanch in a regular
24-foot ring, with bare knuckles. The
Marine is considerably stronger than
Mccoy, but the latter is more scientific,
and IS known as great general in a
ring fight. 1t is reported that this same
flrm will match Mccoy and Dempsey in
fight to a finish, to take place in two
months. Many Boston sporting men think
that Mccoy would have better chance in
a ring fight to defeat Dempsey than any of
the pugilists who have met him.
Ten Negroes Killed in Courtroom.
GRENADA, March 17th.-News of a terri
BILE tragedy enacted at Carrollton, an inte-
rior town, twenty-four miles southwest of
Grenada, was received here this evening.
Fifty men rode into the town and repaired
W thS NOull, lllI were
waiting for their trial to commence The
white men walked into the Courtroom
and shot ten of the negroes dead, and NOR
tally wounded the other three. The shoot
ing grew out of the attempted assassination
OF James Liddell, prominent citizen, who
was shot and seriously wounded by three
negroes several weeks ago.
Ex-President Arthur's Health.
NEW YORK March 17th-The U-orld
says: The severe illness of ex-President
Arthur, coupled with the extraordinary
reticence of his physician and the people
of his household, has given rise to great
deal of gossip concerning his physical con-
dition. An intimate friend Of the ex-
President said last evening that he had
seen MIR. Arthur within a week, and that
vousness, nothing worse. He had been
quite sick, but was getting better.
Suicide of a Wealthy Merchant.
DENVER (Col.) J, March 17th.-A Walrous
special of the Republican says: S. b. Wal
rous, one of the wealthiest merchants and
stock-raisers of New Mexico, suicided by
shooting himself through the heart this
morning. He was native of New Hamp-
shire, came to New Mexico in 1916, and
was one of the original grantees of the la
Junta grant, one of the most valuable
landed properties in the Territory His son
suicided few months ago, and the trouble
preyed upon the fathers mind, causing the
act this morning. y coincidence of the
tragedy is that the deed was committed in
the same spot, and with the same weapon,
which ended the sons lite.
Ordered to Show Cause.
NEy York, March 17th.-D. o. Mills
and seventy others, summoned as jurors,
have been ordered by Judge Peckham to
show cause on Friday why they should not
be fined 500 each for failing 10 attend.