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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
AN INTERVIEW WITH WEST.
THE PRISONER STILL DENIES ALL kkoWL.
EDGE OF THE CRIME.

His Story Of the Way He Got tho Money
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MoNoNGAHELA CITY, May 16.-Will-
lam West, the colored man, Annie Brun.
draoe the vbite woman known m Vests
.-,ss 80 .,,a ,..,-a.,. h., aho,, ,oors
",e, "nu 'no % 80. ~ Dt, .,o,so -,
oiu, were olousn' W WIS '..y AZ i-' 'io'A
To-day py Chiet OF folice MeOieary, OF thlh
place, and Detective Kornman, OF ALLIE
gheny. A large crowd gathered at the
denot and followed the ofieers and nrison-
avs mn toyr N the inekun There va.
.,t.. "a - .ha -.
n'u'h eHe''On'ens' %"u "'ons VIC Peop.o
d.monsa.o,Ion "t va" Nd .nd ,b. nrsoners vp.~
were quietly taken into the City Hall. The
man and woman had been trying, ever since
their arrest, to get O chance to talk conf
dentially with one another, but they had
been kept separate. Miss Brundrage and
the boy were taken upstairs and confined
in the Council chamber, while West was
locked up in the iron cell down stairs.
West is tall, coffee cUlored and walks with
a stoop. He wears pair of black breeches,
q faded brown sack coat and a small, soft
brown hat. There is no fresh scratch or
mark on Vests lace, as reported. There is
an old seal, about an inch long, on his LETT
cheek bone.
Immediately after being locked up West
lay, face down, upon his cot and there re-
mained silently for half an hour. At the
end of that time a reporter for THE DIS
PATCH held an interview with West in the
presence of Chief McCleary and Officer
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents Of Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.

CONDENSED
for Ready Reading.
THE drill at the Charlerio gas well has en-.
tered the sand and the pressure is quoted at
800 with possibility of reaching 9O0 pounds.
This places the fuel right. at the factory
furnaces, with only enough pipe required to
pipe il over the factory grounds. Other wells
will be put down at once.
AN alarm from box 36, In Allegheny. at rs
o'clock last night, was caused by some person
seeing natural gas burning in a new building
on Ridge street, and thinking the building was
on fire.
THE Building Inspectors report for April
shows that 435 permits were issued, an increase
of 50 over the same month of last year The
Nineteenth ward heads the list. with A.
EAST ENDERs have sent communications TO
the Humane Society complaining Of boys
aiming and killing robins. The society's
agents will investigate.
A MEETING of tho NJ. p. G. will be held this
evening at Union Veteran Legion Hall, Sixth
avenue. All recruits not yet mustered ln arc
expected TO attend.
ANrHoNY McCREADY was arrested last
night by Officer Rosenbiatt for insulting ladies
passing the corner OF Fifth avenue and Pride
street.
A EoLLE PROS has been entered in the suIt
OF the United States against Richard Neyjn'
the ends OF justice having been dccmod salts.
fied.
HERMAN BRoNEsKY says John Balm stole
20 yards Of carpet from his back YARD, Magis.
trate Hyndman will hear the case to-day
APPLICANTS for positions as postoffice
clerks and letter carriers will undergo a civil
service examination on May27.
SNEAK thieves stole quantity OF silver
ware last evening from Joseph Rippey's house,
on Webster avenue.
PETER LOGAN, OF Four-Mile Run, is in the
Fourteenth ward station on charge Of wife
beating.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

would make them q legal tender, 10 that they
would travel all over the world, be as good as
gold, and lie on q parity with gold, hHt thih
other measure, which has been debated at hneh
Volnminous length and with such tultnme
eulOgy which invites US into oompeHtlon Wih
all the world In the Tree coinage OF silver-'I
do not want any OF Il in NINE" 60 use a slang
phrase. II we can adopt measure that VIII
make use Of both gold and silver ana Keen
them together az par with each other, VIII
vote Tor Ii. II not ] will content inyseit ny
simply voting IN the negative
A GENERAL DISCUSSION.
The discussion was continued by Messrs,
Cockrell, Aldrich, Ingalls,, Farwell, Harris
aud Edmunds chiefly on the point OF the
gold reserve Of hundred millions Tor the
redemption of Treasury notes-Mr. Cockreii
asserting that there was not q particle oI law
on the statute books requiring such reserve
and arguing that there was no necessity ior
it, as Treasury notes were rarely offered ior
redemption.
The discussion then turned on the
monthly debt statements OF the
Treasury, Mr.. ingalls, asserting that
he found in them Astounding, amazing, be.
wildering and irreconcilable discrepancies,
Mr. Sherman undertaking 10 explain them,
and Mr. Allison giving his views upon them,
coinciding generally with those of Mr.. Sher-
man, and saying that there was an erroneous
but widespread belief in the country, par
ticularly in the West, that there was an I'M
mense amount of Government money stored
up in the Treasury, while in feet the real
surplus was, as stated by Mr.. Sherman, $685.
600, ,0O0 The silver bill welt over without
action
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
AFTER THE PRISONERS CLOTHES.
VAIN SEARCH OF BEAVER CREEK FOR THE
MISSING GARMENTS.

An Old CoatIDiscovercd in nm Attic Mt the
Restaurant Whore the Suspected Parties
Stopped-Chief Murphy Has Theory.
Chief of Police Murphy. of Allegheny,
had an interview with West yesterday.
The prisoner told him be had thrown his
old suit of clothes into the river from the
window of the Nickle Plate Restaurant at
Beaver Falls. Detective Glenn and others
searched the Beaver creeks for two
miles yesterday, and could not find the gar
ments. Vests room at the restaurant was
then searched. The room was in the attic,
and the detective discovered small offset
ust above the kitchen that was hidden by
a little panel door. In this offset. which
was dusty and covered with cobwebs, he
found coat which, from appearances, had
only been placed there short time before.
The coat, which is black diagonal Prince
Albert, was still wet where il rested against
the armpits, showing that it had been but
recently used. The coat was also dotted
with mud, and had stain of some kind.
This coat was the only piece of wearing ap-
parel that could be found. In making
an examination Of Vests conduct about
Beaver, Detective Glenn learned that the
prisoner had given his name to the restau-
rant keeper as Charles johnson salso that he
seemed TO have very good supply Of
money, as he was drinking considerably and
wanted to give $40 to a boarder In the res
taurant, who would not take 1t. II was also
learned that when West entered the res
taurant he had bundle which he carried
In shawl strap, but when arrested the
bundle could not be found, although the
shawl strap was found In the room.
In his Interview with Chief Murphy
yesterday, West stated that the money found
on himself and wife, which amounted to
$62, had been earned by him for wor k done
in Sewickley. When further questioned as
to the work, he stated that he had worked
for five weeks and had got 81 30 per day.
The same total of that would only be $40,
and when living expenses and fares to and
from Monongahela City were taken out, he
could not by any manner OF figuring have
S62. That at least is the way Chief Murphy
figures the matter.
Chief Murphy thinks that the Mononga-
hela City officials made a mistake in having
the prisoner taken back SO quickly, as he
thinks more could have been gotten out Of
them il they had been allowed to remain in
the Allegheny lookup.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

He was asked why he let the woman depart
from this depot while he walked 70 river,
Vsw' lie haid he thought ne mlght INV
there on old friend who would give MN
work. lie and the woman went tneh 70
Beaver Falls, where they had never peeh
before. West declared himself innocent oI
the murder, lie may be innocent MANY
people think he 10. II 80, he was wandering
around over the hills and through the woods
o. Somerset township ut very inoppor1une
time.
Lee McGifin, Hugh Ray and others who
saw West in this city Tuesday evening say
that they are positive he had q satchel with
some clothing fastened to one side OF It with
q shawl strap. Mrs. Gamble, who keeps
the boarding house where West, woman and
child, spent Tuesday night and "Wednesday
morning, says they had black satchel.
A ter they went up to the depot "Wednesday
about II o'clock, Mrs. Gamble saw west
pass down the track past her house alone.
She watched him closely, and he had o
satchei. Workmen on the, road hall
a mile below here say he had no
when he passed them. AT the request
of Mayor Houston, men searched along the
track and river bank for the missing satchel,
but found nothing. The Mayor sent Otficer
David Mathers to search the honse of George
Woodson, cousin of West, who lives at the
lower end of town. 1t was thought that
West might have stopped there, and left the
satchel with money. Mrs. Woodson, who
was at home, said Mr.. Mathers might see
everything there was in her house. She
was not on speaking terms with West. She
saw him pass her house. and she went in
side and closed the door. Nothing was
found in the house, and the woman's story
is believed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
A DEMENTED MANS STORY.
He Clnims TO Know All About the BentIeys.
vile Murder.

he CInlms 10 AnoW All ABOUT the bentleys.
vile Murder.
,srrcrAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcHl
RICHMOND. IND, May 16.-A demented
man, giving his name as Lude Allen, ar
rived in this place from Xenia, O., and was
locked up. He claims that he knows con-
siderable about the Bentleysville murder,
why it was done and who committed it. He
is of medium size, dark complexion and
wears tight striped trousers and gray cut
away coat.
The officials here have no faith in the
theory that Lude Allen had anything to do
with the Crouch family murder. This
afternoon the Marshal secured a pauper's
pass for the prisoner and he will be sent to
Dayton. A son of the murdered man mar
ried sister of Mrs. Sam Marlatt, of this
city. He, for a time, attended school at
Greencastle and afterward accepted the
superintendencv OF the public schools at
Brookville, Ind, where he met and married
Mrs. Sarah Miller, Mrs. Marlatt's sister.
Seeing the accounts OF the murder in the
daily papers Mr.. Marlatt suspected that it
was the family of his brother-in-law and
telegraphed him at his home in Petersburg,
Ind, yesterday.
He received dispatch from his wife's
sister saying: "Yes, father, mother and
brother were murdered"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

Inches, stood upon the mantel In the sitting
room, A lamp, half full OF oil, stood upon
the fOor In Andrews bedroom upstairsl
matches lay beside the lamp, There was no
other lighting instruments In the house. An
old man like Crouch would hardly carry out
slops after dark, but bucket of slops stood
beside his body IN the kitchen.
A HEARING TODAY.
West will be charged with murder to-
morrow morning. Information will be made
by Officer McCleary and warrant will be
served on West In Jail. The woman will be
held on heavy bail as witness
This afternoon woman, known as Sarah
Morton, visited the Jail and said she was
Homer Harvey's first wife, and that Annie
Brundrage had stolen her husband
and ruined her. She wanted to
get at the prisoner and tear all
abe hair out of her head. She was
kept out, and when the female prisoner
heard OF 1t she prayed the officers not to let
Sarah in. Harvey now lives in Browns
vile. West has been closely examined by
the officers this evening, and caught in sew
eral contradictions. He said to McCleary:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
FATE OF FIVE ITALIANS.
smothered Under a CuIm Heap Without
Any Word of Warning.

smothered Under a Cum Heap Without
Any Word of Warming.
ESPECIAL TELKGRAM TO THE DtsPArCHi
SCRANTON, May 16.-Five Italian labor
ers were buried under a mass of culm
at Olyphant this afternoon, and
all of them were smothered to death
before help could reach them. The
culm heap belonged to the Lackawanna
Coal Company, and the refuse was being
loaded on cars as ballast on the New On
tario, Carbondale and Scranton Railroad.
The men were digging into the base of the
pile, and had shovelled hole so that an I'M
mense mass of wet culm hung over them,
when, without any noise of warning, it fell
and covered them many feet deep.
Not a man escaped. Tons upon tons of
culm fell on them, crushing their bodies
horribly. More than hundred men soon
began to dig the mass away, but before they
reached any Of the bodies another great
mass slid down and drove them away for
time. Late this afternoon the five dead
bodies were taken out and the work of re-
moving the great body of the refuse was
resumed. Most Of the men, ii not sll of
them, were unmarried or had no families in
the neighborhood, if they were married.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

WILKEsBARRE, May 16.-The work Of
attempting to rescue the imprisoned miners
at Ashley was interrupted by heavy rush
of gas at o'clock this m orning. At
Z o'clock it was deemed safe to resume the
efforts to rescue the men. A large party Of
rescuers entered the slope and commenced
work upon the cave, beyond where the three
men were found last night.
They soon broke through and rushed into
the chamber beyond, where in the Sc mi
darkness, the men stumbled over yielding
bodies. A close search revealed six black
ened corpses near the opening, none OF them
recognizable. Further along at various
places were found 13 other bodies, all more
or less burned, but most Of them could not
be recognized.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
The sight was so horrible that two or
three of the rescuers tainted away. When
the news of the finding OF the bodies be-
came noised about scene ensued around
the mouth of The slope which will never be
forgotten by those who witnessed it. A
strong guard o. men held back the women
who pressed forward madly to enter the
bearing a body on stretcher.
The women tore away the blanket, but
saw only blackened and charred remains.
Other bodies were brought out as fast as
possible, and at noon all but five of those
who were in the mine when the cave-in &C.
CURED had been found. These bodies were
conveyed in ambulances to undertaking
rooms and prepared for burial.
The excitement pervaded every part OF
the town and the streets in the vicinity OF
the morgue were completely blocked with
people, most OF whom came from other
towns.
The scenes of the entire morning in the
towns have never been equaled in. the pitt
full spectacles presented since the great
Avondale disaster some years ago, when
over 100 miners were burned to death.
ANXIOUS sEARCHERs.
A guard Of 80 special policemen is neces-
sary to keep the crowd away from the
morgue. At o'clock two more bodies had
been brought out and search for others was
going on. The body Of Michael Henry,
known TO be under an immense pile Of
debris, may not be found for several days.
John Allen, the assistant fire boss, who
fired the gas this morning, expired In great
agony. His face and hands were but
slightly burned, but he had inhaled the
fatal after-damp. Anthony Frayne and
Robert W. Roberts are in critical condi-
tion. II Is believed that they will also die.
General Superintendent Phillips, in an
interview, says: "The men lost their lives
through the negligence Of the assistant mine
boss, Allen, who insisted on relighting his
lamp in the presence OF large volumes OF
gas. Had he not done so the men now dead
could ali have been rescued alive as there
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
SENATOR SPO0NER OBJECTS.
ONE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN REMOVED
BY MISTAKE.

He Held tho weish- american Vote In Line
for the Party-A Nomination Which Will
Probably Have to be RecnlIed-A Con-
suIur Fight.
IFRoM A sTArF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, May 16.-One of the re-
cent appoi intments of the President is
creating good deal of stir, far more than
the Importance of the place would seem to
warrant Yesterday the list of nominations
contained the name of Samuel Gracey as
Consul OF the United States at Cardiff,
Wales. The position in itself is not very
important, butthe nomination of Mr.. Gracey
means the removal OF the present Consul,
Mr.. Evan R. Jones. of Milwaukee, and it
was this latter fact that created the dis
turbance. Jones is a prominent Welsh
American, and it is said for him that he has
done more than any one man to keep his
countrymen, who are voters in this country,
in line with the Republican party.
He was appointed to his present position
bv President Arthur and was retained by
Cleveland, notwithstanding the efforts which
were made to secure his removal. As soon
as the change became generally known
those conversant with the facts at once pre-
Qlcte0 tnat the nomination oil TRACEY w0ulQ
be opposed by Senator Spoo1er. It seems
that the nominee is an itinerant preacher in
Massachusetts, and that his principal back
ers were Congressman Morse and one of the
Republican Senators from Massachusetts.
Senator Spooner was seen this afternoon and
asked as to his position in reference TO the
appointment Of Gracey. He said: "I
had no previous knowledge OF
the intention Of the administration
10 make this change. had never been
consulted in reference 10 the matter and
should certainly have entered o vigorous
protest IL / had been advised that the Presi-
dent had any such idea In view. Jones en-
tered the army rs private. and through his
own merits and his gallant services on the
field, he rose TO the rank of major. He was
an excellent soldier, and he has been abroad
in the consular service for the past 20
years. He has made q first-class consul.
/ think, however, that the matter will
work itself out satisfactorily. have seen
Secretary Blaine, and he is disposed to
listen to my protests against the removal Of
Jones'"
Senator Spooner would say nothing more,
but it was evident from his manner that he
expects that the nomination of Gracey will
be withdrawn, and that Jones will be al
lowed to remain during the rest of the term
of the present administration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
INDIANA CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Tho Eighth Annual session OF tho Associas
tion Pass Important Resolutions.

FORT WAYNE, May 16.-The eighth
annual conference Of the Indiana Civil
Service Reform Association was held this
afternoon and evening. The Hon. Lueien
B. Swift was reelected President. The
Hon. q. J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, made
an address on the difficulties Of bringing
about civil service reform.
Resolutions were adopted declaring against
the use of Office as party spoils; indOrsing
the present Civil Service Commissions; de-
claring that "vast number of offices with
annual emoluments of many millions are
being parceled out by the President to Con-
gressmen, who, in turn, divide them among
their most active personal followers. This
is feudalism, and being such, it is un-demo-
cratic and un-American and is direct con-
travention of the letter and the spirit of the
Constitution. 1t is direct violation OF the
promises of the platform upon which this
administration was elected. AS one
of the many scandalous and humili-
ating results of this system,
we note the boasted displacement of more
than 80, 900 postmasters in a single year, and
the proposed displacement of 10, 900 more;"
thanking Mckinley and Butterworth for
their recent defense of the civil service law,
and calling on the President to bring all
free delivery postofices under the laws
operations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
MAY BE ANOTHER MURDER.

George Day Uses n Poker With Fearful Ef-
feet Upon Edward Tucker.
Edward Tucker and George Day, both
colored, got into dispute yesterday morn
ing, in Smallman's alley, Seventeenth ward.
about girl of their own race. The quarrel
finally ended in fight, during which Day
seized a heavy poker and beat Tucker about
the head in an unmerciful manner. Tucker
fell insensible, and Day became scared and
fled, and as yet the police have been unable
to find him.
Tucker was taken to the Homeopathic
Hospital, where, owing to his condition,
but a superficial examination could be
made. 1t was found, however, that fuckers
lower jaw was broken and his skull frac-
tured at the base of his brain. At late
hour last night the physicians said his con-
dition was very critical, and there was
strong possibility that he would die.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
TWO MORE CAPTURED.

Couple of Spenk. Easy Propriefresses
Arrested on Informations.
Mrs. Ann Cook, an old woman, was ar
rested last night on a warrant sworn out by
Inspector McKelvy, charging her with
selling liquor without license and on Sum-
day. Mrs. Cook lives at No. 2616 McCord
street, Twenty-seventh ward. She is very
large woman, almost six feet high and weighs
over 200 pounds.
Mrs. Mary Ann O'Brien, who is charged
with keeping disorderly house by Inspector
McAleese was arrested yesterday afternoon
on Thirty-third street. and taken to the
Twelfth ward police station. The informa-
tion was made several days since, but Mrs.
O'Brien left her house on Spruce alley very
suddenly and eluded the police until yester-
day, when she was captured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

before dinner when went away. wanted
to go to Squire Espy's. 1 heard they
wanted me to do some work Tor them. 1
thought it was about 13 miles to Espy's
house. He lives at Sodom. I went down
the road from the house only little piece
and then cut across the fields. went O mile
west of Bentleysville, think. 1t must
have been at least three-quarters Of q mile
the other side of Crouch's house. I knew
the Crouches we'll. / harvested for them q
few days last summer.
IT think l must have gone u miles
toward Sodom. l ask q man driving
wagon how far it was yet. He said 1t was
seven or eight miles. I didn't know 1t was
that far. I had promised to be back in
Monongahela City by 3 o'clock and 1 saw I
couldn't make II. struck out for the pike
and came into Monongahela. got here
about an hour and half before dark and
found my wife at the depot. After got
here found had forgotten some papers at
mothers house and I tried to get rig to go
back there, but couldn't. We stayed all
night at Mrs. Gamble's."
SOME DOUBT HIS GUILT.
westwa asked what he did with the satchel
which he had when he started down the
railroad track from the depot here. He said
that he had no satchel here at all; that he
had only some clothing done UP in shawl
strap. which he left in Sewickley yesterday.