The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-21

We. and 1 an n locent. Let then neve
~. bus sim must thank tho of7losrs foe
| 1hsir bravery In defending me-"
Hawos q lying down.
re evidence against HAYES, secured
Yesterday. a the most damaging, and tt u
now certain that he had one accomplish
perhaps moro than one. Every statement
/ Is hn6 made IN connection with the matter
| has been proven untrue. A search Of the
| HAYES house disclosed bloodstains n
l almost every room. a bloody trail Lead
| ing IN tho direction % The lake was also
| found. Facts have been obtained to-day
| Allowing that HAYES had treated his wife
most cruelty for some time past. About
/ two months ago h. beat her with large
| stick, breaking one Of her arms and two
| ribs. He failed 20 provide her with proper
1 clothing or suficient money, and she toi0
| several persons that he had threatened on
\ several occasions 10 kill her. After tho
bloodstains In the house were found
Yesterday, the building was left unguard-
| "a for two hours, and when the ofiic.rs re-
| turned some one had entered through .
window and washed away all traces Of
/ blood, showing that there Is an accomphce
still a. large.
al twenty minutes past three O'Clock
the town Is beginning 10 gov quiet. The
jail Is still surrounded by the military,
ana ATTY special police are inside. The
soldiers will remain outside all night.
The people are apprehensive OF another
attack. The guards fired from the upper
windows OF the jail and courthouse, and
as tho flames shot out the picture was
grand one.
$50 4. n.-The crowd has Just gone ia
the electric light works and gas works 70
order them to shut down. II the order Il
obeyed, the city will be in total darkness
and il may be At the mercy Of the mob
The leaders say that II the lights are not
extinguished they will put them out
Trouble appears to be brewing again.
No less than five viii die, and seven are
seriously wounded.
Among those reported fatally shot are'
Major Kennedy, prominent Republic
an politician, shot In both legs.
II A. J. Shiede, shot In bowels, supposed
fatally.
Charles Bailey, shot in the forehead with
q Calling gun, doubtless fatally.
II c. r. Tate, miner, badly wounded.
III &c. Curd. occupation unknown, shot II
| the gtoin with q Winchester rife.
II J.W. Gilmore, shot in the groin; vii
die.
A man named Shryer, a brakeman, sho
in the back, supposed fatally.
|. | sheriff smith and Chief Of Police pfess'
Arrested.
| BmurxGHAM. Ala. Dec. 9.-Shcrif
Smith and Chief Of Police Picard were -
.. night arrested on charge Of murder 0vs
the shooting last night. Two more mill
tary companies, making ten in all, ar
rived in the city tonight. All is quiet a
this time. No further trouble Is antfci
pated.
: BlrmInshsm Practically Under Martha
al Law.
, NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. "a specia
I 70 the american from Birmingham, Ala.
SAYS: To-day and tonight the city Is
}. military encampment. Civil authoritie
. have practically stepped down and out, an
n Colonel Tom Jones, Of Montgomery, wit
4 thirteen military companies, Is absolutel
!. in charge OF affairs. The jail Is Suarde
. By State troops with picket lines EXTENDS
0 several squares In every direction, rnd q
each approach there frowns tho scunte
= nance Of Calling gun. Mounted ysout
3 are sent out Of the city, and at regpSar in
Q tervals acquaint Colonel Jones with tb
Q condition Of the public mind and pros
9 poets Of an armed rising by the people
q The streets have been living, maddene
a mass, and very little 0ratorial pyrotech
Q MICS could readily organize mob who's
{ solemn duty would be declared 70 be
v ayenge the murder % popular Mr.. Thocl
], morton and those who fell by him.
q All along the walls Of the city are pos
ed petitions OF various kinds signed }
. thousands Of people. One Of these recits
- at length the fact that Sheriff Smith ha
u butchered in cold blood some Of the be
l. citizens Of Birmingham, and asked Go
l. ernor Gay. to Immediately relieve him
n his duties as sheriff. Another petitio
n side by side, reads: 'sThis Is TO har
r him. and was signed by thousands
passers. Great excitement was caused
10 the funeral cortege through q princip
In highway Of one Of the victims Of Saturdl
night's affair. The lengthy processis
b was headed ny brass band playil
solemn dirges. The post-office buildil
b. Is draped in mourning, and makes mu
appeal TO every passer.
Id AT hve O'Clock last evening citix
went before : justice Of the peace a
" swore out warrant for the arrest
Sheriff Smith and his deputies on {
or charge Of murder. This was served
the coroner, who found Smith In jail, q
the coroner himself took charge Of
Jail.
hi During the afternoon the rumor becal
spread that one thousand i've hundr
tly miners from Pratt r1ines about Ave mil
from Birmingham, would, after dal
he march TO the city, armed with guns, pist'
N, and dynamite cartridges, and with the
l <~.~ - e. <ho{r rouEa that was cxpocfl