Wichita eagle., 1889-02-13
GREATLY DISTRESSED.
Tll-Health and the Vaccinations Of Enc
mics Give Bismarck Much Worry.

BERLIN, Feb. 12.-Prince Bismarck's at
tack of neuralgia is complicated with
rheumatism. renal disorder, want of appe-
tite and insomnia. He continues to work
against the advice Of his doctors. His VS.
its to the chancellerie are marked with ire
quent outbursts of passion and other evil
denees of extreme irritability. Apart from
his morbid physical conditions party ln-
trigues aiming to sap his influence
with the emperor worry the chan
cellor more than ever; Count
conservatives hope to see succeed
Bismarck at no distant day, scored against
the chancellor by getting the emperor TO
assent to stopping of action against the
Kreuz Zeitung A court report says that
when Bismarck went to the schloss 20 pro-
test that the action must proceed, he was
kept waiting quarter of an hour IN an
ante-chamber: that in a fit of violent rage
he told Chamberlain Mirbach that the
delay was an Intentional insult
arranged by the cabal against him,
and that the emperor hearing
the broil left his room, hurriedly apollo
gized to the chancellor. succeeded ID calm
ing him and obtained his assent to aoan-
Comment Of the prosecution. Bismarck, II
in sound health, would probably care lit
tie for the enmity of ultra conservatives.
He can afford to despise the Waldersee
clique but be fears losing his hold over
leaders of the government groups.
WHITE CAP VICTIMS TESTIFY.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 12.-The case
of William Norman, who was the victim
of a terrible outrage, in which he was
beaten almost to death by White Caps last
May, was commenced in the circuit court
today. Marquis d. Reed, Isaac Bonham,
-bo1 Tnhp Carson HpZpklah
Norman, Eli Sowders, James II. Ragsdaie,
Frank Norman, Isaac Sipes, Jr;, and
William Stakeholder are made the defend
ants, and Norman sues them for Sl0,00o
damages.
A Jury was selected from special venire
after about two hours time, when court
adjourned for noon. BY ] O'Clock the
room was crowded, the in
terest being intense. After a state
meat of the case on both sides the
first witness called was Norman himself.
and there is no better description of the
outrage than Norman's graphic story on
the witness stand that he told without
hesitation.
lone Tuesday night last May" said
Norman, when / and my little family
were asleep in my little country home, |
was awakened by terrific knock at the
door, Hardly had l heard the noise and
realized the situation when the door fell
to the floor and six masked men entered
the room where | and my wife were
sleeping Their faces were covered so
that could not recognize them. Hardly
had they entered when they began
shooting They knocked over the stove
and pat out the lamp. In an instant they
jerked me over the foot of the bed, dragged
me out of the door, through the yard: and
into an adjoining lot. They here tore
from me nv night-clotheS, leaving me
absolutely naked. While these men held
me to the ground the others went in
search of my family. Ny wife
was soon found and they brought
her where / was. Two held me
while the others began whipping me with
limbs. They beat me with clubs from the
small OF my back to my heels. | was
struck across the breast several times,
from which l still suffer. l begged for my
life, but they only seemed to strike with
more vengeance, and had no mercy.
Then they blindfolded me. l asked
them to let me see, but they refused,
and said they would kill me if
looked. When they left me was almost
dead. My wife and children helped me
into the house, where l lay for almost a
month unable to move, and since that
time have not been able to do anything.
la the course of his evidence Norman
named several of the defendants and was
sure he recognized them by their voices as
well as the clothing they wore.
The wife of Norman was the next to tes-
tify, in which she strangely corrOborated
her husband. She said:
when they entered the room jumped
out of bed, but two men caught me and
took me to the side of my husband while
they beat him black and blue. begged
them to have mercy, but it did no good.
They said if we tried to identify them they
would kill us"
The son and daughter the latter
a bright young brunette, also sub
stantiated the main points. The girl
satd she was frightened al
most to death, and hid in brush pile and
could hear the men beating and cursing
her father. This closed the testimony for
the day and tomorrow will be occupied by
the defendants, who will attempt to prove
an alibi, making no effort to show that
Norman was not brutality beaten as he
testified. The evidence will all be in by
tomorrow night.