The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09


Mis- Duvali. alias Keller. il sister Of I
Matte Douglass, the bswdv house keeper
aud wife OF Harry Mcfarland. foreman
ia the government printing ONCE.
A sentinel reporter called last evening
on Mrs. Mamie Bates OF w. New York
e.. the women who kept the Long I
Branch in conjunction with Hofnadsy I
Nrs. Bates appeared 1t the screen door
attir~d chiefly in disheveled hair and
night gown. The reporter Was inform
Cd in answer 10 question that Ar
Hornadsy wss not ithin, and thst Mrs.
Bates he'd not seen him since last fall.
-Is Mr.. Hornsday's name Eli !. or Eli
G. -
Il don't know whether lie Eli F. orI
Eli G.. but know it's Eli
Gould you tell me where TO address
Mr.. Hornsdsy
-Didnt tell you didn't know any
thing about Mr.. Horns.lsy?
Am to understand that your friend
IL relations with Mr.. Hornaday have
been interruptsds7
Il don't know - that's any ef your
business
-Didnt you and Mr.. Hornsday for
merIy live together II Loogootee!"
-Weii. supp0se we did.
And at Terre Haute?'
.WhAt OF il -
.Was Il in 1854 or 1885 that you ran
the Long Branch togetherf'
You seem 10 know all about It.
whst's the use Of your asking questions
n wish you'd take . wsIk. any how
\ Couldn't you tell me where Id lind
. Mr.. Hornaday:"
I Then the door wss shut in the repor-
ter. blu.hing face aud the window blind
in the second story closed with bang.
I He vas convinced that Mrs. Bates was
determined not 70 give away Mr
I Hornsday.
The police remember Mr.. Hornsdsy
. well. Oncs bis place Was pulled. A.
another time be sought police protection,
trying to secure guaranty that bis
house would not be rsided.
Il This man, whose crooked business
|, career has heretofore been touched up
'lby The Sentinel, has been appointed to
position requiring the highest integrity
! lof its incumbent The duty Of . special
timber agent IL to wstch the govern
lmeut timber lands in the district assign
. ed him aud report al cases Of timber
Z ssealing 10 the land bureau. The op-
]. ..lporsunities for . dishonest man In this
sslpositiou 10 .feather his own nest" are a.
4 most unlimited. especially IL be gets
Z good assignment. The positions are II
: great demand with jobbing politicians
y Not ! few men have taken them whe'
Y bankrupt and retired with snug for
''sfunc. The general expectation wher'
u Hornadsy IL best known u that u D.
holds this place until the end Of this cd
! minisfrsfion, and hes desirable territory
: 70 operate in, be will retire millionaire
El0 nadsy has long been sctive u
sIapoIiticsr ! IN indiana. 10 1850 be ~
: lcne OF the IiveIiest hustIers for Dudley
Y He hes beeu known - zone Of Dudley
men. aud Il o whispered that he owe
his appoins0ent 10 this fact. So far .
.cap Be ascertsined, he was not recon
\ \ mended for the position By any Of th'
!" "lrepuh.icsn congressman from Indiana
~ he seems TO have had no backing frou
Z The republicans OF Davies and Green
I. counties. y here be formerly lived. The.
: we're thundesstruck when they Learned
r.Iof his good luck HOrnsdsy wen
'sldown to Washington and fought 81
.lown battle He stayed there from 10
I, 4ih OF March until be received his ap
!. ...lpointment. only . few days ago. IN
u secret OF his appointment is believed b
q many OF his Dsyiess county neighbors I
y lie in his possession Of one Of the orig
4 nal Dudley .bIocks Of i've letters
:. Iwss rumored at Washington (Ind) jul
y lbefore the recent election that be bad n
Z Iceived one Of these letters direct fros
Il william Wade Dudley himself. II q
nlhe was. doubtless, shrewd enough
!" keen II, and, . popular theory d tha
= With this letter, be forced bic appoint
. ment from the administration q Vast
a'iugton q the price OF bic silence. Horr
sdsy would be capable, from all account
v-lof giving Dudley and the whole gan
,sawsy. IL il seemed 20 bic interest % d
= !" %.
,'dI This theory receives . good deal I
~sIsupport from the fact that no Indian
I. republican who received Dudley lette
I. and wss .smsrt- enough 70 keep i, 90
n Who hss put In an appearance q Wssl
q |ington demanding ~ ONCE, hss failed
A get recognition. When the true y
q wsrdness OF the De Ia Hunt matter
q CanneIton becomes known, t viii
4 made 70 appear (so Il 10 said on goo
n authority thst Zimmerman was pr
II Iferred 10 the widow because be bad on
rlof the Dudley letters and she didn'
\. Matt Hurieys selection for the thir
4, authorship 10 also claimed By certai
4 4 New Albany republicans to hsve bee
4 largely Influenced BY the fact that be ~
v v the recipient OF Dudley's celebrated epi'
:. lie. and that he kept II In the envelop
I. liu which u was sent him until the tim
4 4. arrived 10 make Il useful to himself.
~ These lesters were mot sent. - et firi
- stated, exclusively 20 chairmen Of q
!" publican county committees a mum
~lber OF chsirmen received them; but
!. !. good many did not. They we're sent I
\, Dud,ey's trusted men" In the differeu
. I counties, whether they happened % B
"A chsirmen OF the local committee OF con
4. nected with it or not. The "truste
4. 4 men were those whom Dudley had use
a IN former csmpsigns and whom he fel
II that he could depend upon 20 marc
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