The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-29
NEWS IN SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume Of the Principal Home and Foreign
Events Recorded in the Issue Of July Is.

wet season is about over, and that hot
August is probable
The wedding of Princess Louise of Wales
and the Earl of Fife occurred yesterday, ana
was exceedingly brilliant
The effort to introduce the so-called Aus
tralian system of balloting into the South
Dakota Constitution was defeated.
Great destitution is reported to exist IN
Writ county, West Virginia, among those
who lost property in the late Hoods.
Mrs. Mary Hawke, of Warren, Pa, and
Mrs. Hart, of Brookheld, both Cnristi aa
SCIENTISTS, have been aoJudgeu insane anu
sent TO asylums-
Two Central New Jersey freight trains
dashed together in fog near New York
yesterdayand twenty cars were demolished.
Loss. 500, 900 and one tramp.
Two men. representing themselves as
agents of Chicago commission nrm; o. are ns
weighted with lead and tacks-
Edward lanes. the false Christ, of Lib
erty county, Georgia. has been arrested on
the charge Of lunacy, and VIII be sent TO
the asylum. Twenty-Five OF his most des-
perate followers were taken with him.
There is a rumor of the discovery of a plot
m LIov M, the Ouirinal and the Vatican.
1t is stated that tho Pope's departure from
Rome Will be prevented by the government
by force. Detectives are watching the ex-
its of the Vatican.
great number of counterfeit silver dol
lars were found in a sewer in Wheeling.
w Va. They were supposed to have been
thrown there by some of the pals of the old
counterfeiter briggs, now In jail at C1ncln-
natl. to avoid their capture by the authori-
ties.
Base-ball-Brooklyn 8; Cincinnati. 2. st.
louis, 8; Baltimore. 1. Athletics, IL; Kansas
City. 10. Baltimore, 4; st. Louis, z. Louis-
vile, 8; Columbus. 9. Pittsburg, IL; Clsye-
land, 5. Chicago, Ia; Indianapolis, 8: Chi
cago, 5; indianapolis, 2. Philadelphia, 8;
Boston, 4.
W.. I. Davis, defaulting secretary of the
Tennessee State Wheel, who disappeared
from Nashville last Monday. leavinga note
stating that his body would be found in the
well. His shortage is about $4,000, and will
be made good by his bondsmen.
Mrs Harper. wife of the convict express
ident of the Fidelity Bank, of Cincinnati,
was at Deer Park Saturday. and saw the
President and Attorney general In regard
to pardon for her husband. The President
said he would look into the case, but at
present could not see his way clear to act.
President Green, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, has written to the
Postmaster general on the subject of reduc-
ing rates for government service. he al
mits that the company has taken certain
business at very low rates for press assOcla-
tiOns. and even given service free or at cost.
IN bulletining events of great public inter-
est, but he does not consider that such ex-
Eceptional incidents should be made a basis
in determining the rates to be paid for gov
eminent service. which Is of the most ex-
acting character.
Prom he Second Edition Of Sundays Journal. ]
ARREST and Confession ofDr. Jones Murderer.
CINCINNATI July 27.-Charles Bligh. q
coachman of DR.. A. +. Jones, was arrested
at Mad nm no
natl, Washington d. Baltimore road, not
more than five miles In an airline from the
scene of the murder. he was brought into
the city and taken before superintendent
Deitsch, of the police force, where, without
hesitation or restraint. he made a full con-
fession of the crime. His manner was easy,
and his story of horror was told with as
little feeling as If he had been narrating
the most commonplace events of dull
days experience. His story was as follows:
MY name is Charles A. Bligh. / was
born at Richmond. Ky. Am twenty-nine
years old: am married. In March last l
day in March engaged to work for Dr. A.
l.. Jones. as hostler and for other work, at
IS a week. On the afternoon of Thursday
last was working In the garden pulling
weeds, when the Doctor came out in his
shirt sleeves wearing slippers and SLOUGH
hat, and began to scOld me. L had just
come out of the barn where had gone for
q necessary purpose; The Doctor told me
celery. and he did not want any
more excuses about il. The Doctor was
cross and took little stick and struck me,
but il did not hurt. 1t was just little
stroke. This was near the stable door. He
talked pretty fierce, and cursed me, and
said again he did not want any moro ex-
cuses. i became angry, and as the Doctor
passed by me picked up bit of oak stick
j strdck him a blow from behind on the
back of the head. He fell and was speech
less. but not dead. He was not able to
move; he only breathed
Il went on with my work in the garden
until about half-past o'clock. when / got
a sack in the barn that had been used for
oats and put his body in it. He was breath
ing yet, and drew up his legs. so that l
could easily push his body into the sack.
then tied it up with hitching-strap, and
went into the house and got my supper as
usual. The folks asked me if had seen
the Doctor, and l told them ! had not
After I:a supper they ey, sent me to MI Thorn
see. if he. was there. 1 came
back and told them that the Doctor
had not been there. Then I went to the
power-house and the cable road, and talked
awhile with colored man, and came back
about 10 o'clock. took the sack on my shout
der and carried it down Park avenue to the
manhole. Two persons were ahead of me
as i went, but i kept out of their way.
laid the sack down on the grass while |
took of the iron covering of the man-hoIe.
and then threw 1t In, covered up the man
hole and went back to Col. Jones's house.
and soon after went to my own house on
Washington avenue.
Next day / went back and worked as
usual till after noon, when they told me
need not work any more. only l should stay
around. i answered questions many times
that day that had not seen the Doctor
Last night. after got home, Andy Hudson
came TO me and said the detectives had
been to see him TO ask what kind of q man
j was Hudson said he told them was all
right so far as he knew, but he said from
the way the detectives talked he thought
they were about to put the Doctors disap-
pearance on me. This morning / did not
get up until after 8 o'clock / then packed
my valise and went down to Fulton TO take
the train for Madsonville but missed the
train and walked out the railroad and pike.
When got to MadlsOnville / tried to find
some people used 10 know in Kentucky.
and when got to Simon Bush's house the
detectives got me. did not take Colonel
Jones's watch nor his money. | did not
know he had his watch or his money with
him."
In answer to questions. he admitted that
he had stolen $50 from DIR. Morgan, of Rich
mond, KY. some time ago. He first said he
was accused of stealing it, then that he got
a part of it, and ut last that he got it all
himself. He said he belonged to q secret
society in Kentucky. known as the Inde-
pendent Order of Immaculates. His con-
fession was made in the presence of about
twenty persons. DIR. Robert &. Jones, son
of the murdered man, was present at the
beginning. but when the murderer began
TO tell of how he struck his vic
tim, the son was obliged to leave the
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