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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
WERE THEY GUILTY?
O'Malley, the Detective, Who Has
Been Recently Indicted for
Perjury,
Says 1t Was Damnable Plot Which
Sent the Eleven Italians Into
Eternity.
He Says that Politz's Confession Was
Black Lie-They Dare Not
Prosecute Him.

New ORLEANS, La, April 2l.-D. c..
O'Malley, the detective recently indicted
by the grand jury for perjury and bri-
berry, daily grows more defiant He
says that the district attorney and The
committee of fifty dare not bring him to
trial.
"The truth of the matter 49," said
.OMalley, ''they have no evidence against
me and they are afraid to 60 to trial
When my case comes to trial (if it ever
does) the public will be made acquainted
with the damnable plot that has sent
eleven men into eternity and placed me
in the pillory of public contempt. These
men killed in the parish prison were as
innocent of the murder of Chief Hen
messy as an unborn babe. As to who
did kill Hennessy, will let you draw
your own conclusions from these facts.
1t will be remembered that Captain
.OCOnnOr, Hennessy's right-hand bower
and member of the city police force,
ll6t'l ICIG I10IIltSSy d lew InOiuSllS De-
fore he was killed, and he was the first
person that reached him after he fell,
mortally wounded. The men who did
the shooting were within a few feet of
OCOnnOr when he dashed up to his
wounded friend. He recognized none
Of them. When he bent over the fallen
man and asked him if he was badly
hurt, Hennessy said, Never mind me /;
catch Devereaux' The newspapers
said after the tragedy that Hennessy's
dying words were Never mind me :;
catch the dagos.' This latter story has
never been confirmed, and on the other
hand the prosecution was afraid to place
O'COnnor, Hennessy's best friend, on
the stand for fear he would tell the
whole truth
O'Malley says Politz's confession was
as black lie as ever passed the lips of
mortal man. II knew about this con
fessiOn four days before he made his dra-
matte play i'll court, and | also know
what influence would be brought to
bear on him and his wife to have this
act inserted in the drama"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25

loxera is devastating the vineyards
there. The price of Hungarian wine
has risen one-third in the past year.
Generel Nelson A. Miles and party
left the City of Mexico for Chicago Sun
day night. Mexico will send the finest
specimens of the various woods to the
Chicago exhibition.
A Jewish lawyer of st. Petersburg
writes to friend in Vienna that all the
Jews residing in St. Petersburg have
been ordered to leave the city by May 3.
This means the ruin of many Jews.
Great excitement was caused Sunday
by the report that gold had been discov-
cred along Sage creek, Piebeck county,
S. D., 10 miles southwest of Pierre. A
large number of people will start for
there at once.
The denunciations sent to the govern
ment of Germany, protesting against
the ring in wheat and rye forcing the
prices to a fictitious height have caused
the government to open an official in
vestigation into the matter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25

the two great parties. They continue to
hang on, satisfied with sop" while
they are being Systematically bled by
the politicians and Iegislated into insig-
nlficance, as class, by the preponder-
ance OF power possessed by the capital
list. The emancipation Of the working
classes must be accomplished bv the
working classes themselves" This is
an axiom too evident to permit of dem
onstration. Let bill of any Importance
for the relief of the wage worker be in
troduced in our monopoly ridden legisla-
lures, and amendments, provisions, ETC.,
are tackled on to such an extent the orig
inal bill unrecognizable, and the effect
is often opposite to that desired by its
instigators. If it is an act to provide for
the establishment of a bureau. or an
office, which has to do with labor, in
case it becomes a law, the appointee is
| seldom one who will carry out the inten-
tons OF the act. For example, the
Board of Mediation and Arbitration OF
this state. What is it? In the first
place, it is shorn of all power-of less
value than SO many sticks in the mud.
Their Investigations are VIGOROUSLY
biased i'll favor of the employer. In the
recent Rochester cutters lockout thev
were industrious in ferretting out the ex-
istence of ''boycott," planned by the
workingmen's organization, but were
utterly blind to the evident arts of con-
spiracy on the part of the manufacturers.
In no case has the board benefited
labor. But either one of the political
parties will point with grand assurance
of the sympathy and interest for the
working people. Gentlemen, it is all
fol de rol. How many times must the
prison contract labor bill be fought 4?
How often must we struggle with the
printing bill? How long must we sub
NIT to the tyrrany of capitalistic combl-
nations, conceived for the express pur-
pose of disrupting labor organizations?
How long must this 90 on before you
will break away? Cunning enough have
been the politicians. They have given
a small measure of recognition to the
leaders of the organizations with the de-
sired effect of heading off any decisive
move on the part Of organized bodies.
But we must cut loose from all such en-
tanglements. Don't let a petty ward
office deter you from doing your duty.
Let us act and act at once. Once start
ed, this movement will be iresitabIe, and
only then will be achieved the emanci-
patton of labor Trades Unionist, SYRIA
cuSp n
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Ben Butler Elected From Count

BosToN, Mass, April 22.-General B
+. Butler was elected from the United
States courtroom this noon by order of
Judge Carpenter, who declared the ia
nous lawyer disorderly person. Gen
eral Butler appeared to argue a motion
IN the case of his client, Mrs. Johnson, in
perjury case, and the court refused to
hear him. Words followed between the
two, who are old enemies, and the mar
shall IN attendance forcibly escorted the
general from the room, under the di-
rection OF the judge. This is the Sc
quence to several other spirited scenes
occurring during the progress of the
same case. On the last preceding occa-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Wholesale Poisoning

LOUISVILLE, April I9.-B. F. Guthrie,
one of the richest men in the city, died
this morning from arsenical poisoning.
He was one of fifty people poisoned at
the Snook-Herr wedding. All the peo-
pie are sick and suffering terribly, and
Shocks and his bride had to return from
their bridal trip. Their condition is
dangerous. The poisoning is involved
with mystery. It is not known how it
was administered OF whom by. Guthrie
was sixty years of age.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
American Eviction.

MOUNT PLEASANT, April ga large
crowd followed Sheriff Clawson and
thirty-fve deputies to-day while the
evictions were being made. When the
militia left the mob became turbulent,
and while Martin Wegensky was being
evicted two deputies were assaulted with
shovels by women.
Deputy Sheriff Herself, after being
twice beaten over the head with a coke
fork by Wegensky's wife, finally threw
her down. This nearly provoked riot.
The militia was summoned and quiet re-
stored. Nine families altogether have
been evicted.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
FINANCIAL CRASH.
Inc winner Investment Company Goes
Down With Big Liabilities.

AnFOSIiHeHL company Goes
Down With Big Liabilities.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 16.-The
Winner Investment company, capital
T,OOO,OO0, made an assignment this
evening to Milton Moore and Fred w
Perkins. The failure is expected to
prove of gigantic dimensions, and it is
expected that it will Involve over
$3,000,O0O.
The company is one of the largest in
the city. Starting in 1888 with capital
OF $4,000, it has lately done business
OF $1,000, 900 yea The company owns
many houses here. " i. Winner, pres
ldent OF the company aso president
OF the Kansas City Bridge Railway and
Terminal company, with capital of
TZ,OO,OOO; the Winner Building COM
pany, capital 81 100000; the Kansas
City Grand Depot Company, capital ST.
100000, and the Chicago, Kansas CITY
* Texas Railway company. He is also
at the head of number of smaller ven
lures, and it is thought all of these will
be INVOLVED. President Winner makes
the ridiculous statement that the assign
ment is made simply to close out an un-
profitable business. The bridge COM
pany was building big bridge and the
building company a large building. but
work on both has been stopped.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
THE VENDETTA.

Let us from strife Italia WOO,
Should war break out what shall we do?
In maccaroni, peanuts, too,
There'll surely be corner.
To Benjamin, then, let us plead
In this our direst hour of need;
Oh, Ben, or Blaine, our prayers heed,
Against rash action warn her.
See at our feet the Dago kneel,
And list to his banana peel;
The organ-grinder grinds his reel
Or tuneful canzonetta,
Till tears roll down his sunburnt cheek
In broken accents hear him speak,
"Giva di monk, tits all | seek;
Oh, end this sad Vendetta"
SO, Ben and Blaine, see at your feet,
The people of Mulberry street,
For peace and quiet they entreat,
For monk, for wife and daughter.
Spaghettiless how can they thrive,
Without di monk they can't survive;
Avert tn Italian slaughter
Town Tonnes
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
HUMASON OUT ON BAIL.
He Will Carry His Case to the United
States Supreme Court.

SPOKANE, April PIE. f. Humason,
the convicted cattle ''rustler," is making
a valiant fight for his liberty. His at
torneys, at late hour last night, sue
| ceeded in securing him a 10000 bond,
bail having been granted him by district
Judge Hanford until Lis application for
writ OF habeas corpus shall have been
passed upon.
Under the laws Of the state prisoner
under sentence must go to jail, and is
not given the benefit of bail after he has
been sentenced and pending the decision
OF the superior court upon the appeal.
This law the prisoners attorneys are
attacking, claiming that it is in violation
OF the constitution of the United States
Following are the reasons set forth in
the wit praying for the release of the
prisoner:
First-That in excess of the power of
the court, and in violation of the fifth
amendment of the constitution of the
United States. your petitioner was held
to answer for an infamous crime without
Indictment of jury.
Second-That your petitioner was
proceeded against in said court NV an
information under Che provisions of an
act OF the legislature of the state of
Washington, entitled: San act to pro-
Vlde Tor prosecuting public offences on
information, Which act is in violation
OF the fifth article of amendment n +bo
constitution of the United States.
lhlrd-That your petitioner of said
imprisonment Is predicated upon a con-
Vlcuon in said superior court of Spokana
county, which conviction was without
due process of law in this: That vour
petitioner was tried in said court for an
infamous crime without any present
ment or indictment by grand iurv. or
an information presented by anv one
having the legal or lawful right to flo
the same, and without any lawful claim
whatever.
Fourth-That your petitioner has
given notlce OF an appeal to the supreme
court OF the state of Washington from
SAID Judgment, and has offered to furnish
pan pending said appeal, his right to
which has been denied by sal superior
court, III violation of article one of the
constitution Of the United States.
Wherefore, your petitioner pravs
writ OF habeas corpus to the end that he
may be discharged from custody or to
the end that he may be bailed.
1t will be noticed that Judge Blake,s
ruling, the information law and the rigb+
OF Prosecutor Allen to his office are at
tackled in the writ.
So confident are Humason's ATTORNEYS
that they are right that in the event the
case Is repeatedly decided against them
they will appeal to the supreme court Of
the United States.
In the meantime the ruling Of Judge
Blake, and the motion to arrest tbo
Judgment will be passed upon by the
supreme court of this state.
Judge IIanford will listen to the arpu-
ment OF counsel in the matter of the writ
of habeas corput Saturday afternoon
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Corn Cornered,

BERLIN, April 1S.-The minister of
commerce has ordered police agents to
institute private inquiries in regard to
the corn ring, which, it is alleged, has
sent enormous quantities of corn to Rot
terdam in order to maintain prices here
by artificial scarcity. Spectators for a
fall have been induced, under great diff
culties, to deliver corn sold on account.
1t is reported that detectives are watch
ing the operations of the exchange, and
all members of the ring will be ex-
PEELED from the bourse, where intense
excitement prevails.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
MORE RECIPROCITY
The Reciprocity Convention Betweei
the United States
and Spain.
Spain Was Compelled to Grant Con
cessions on Account OF
Her Colonies.
Under the New Treaty it Is 80
That American Flour Will Con-
troll the Market.

MADRID, April 21.-The reciproe
convention between Spain and
United States provides, IN return for
privilege OF the free entry into
United States and of the Antilles
CARS, molasses, coffee and hides and IL
.eduction Of duties on teas. America WI
obtain exemption of most of her raw and
granulated products and reduction on
cereals and flour. Negotiations were
protracted on cereals, flaur and oils, in.
Guiding lard and petroleum. The same
question in regard to tobacco was also
rated, but not coming within the scope
of the reciprocity section, the American
tariff was put aside.
Under the new treaty il is said that
American flour will dtive the Spanish
from the market. Canovas would have
declined to make any such concessions,
but the prospect of a dangerous tension
OF the relations of Spain and Cuba and
Porto Rico, resulting probably in civil
war, obliged the government to sacrifice
home industries to colonial interests.
Under the new convention America will
obtain kind OF zolIverein with the
Spanish Antilles. Her whet, beans.
flour, lard, petroleum, manufactured
goods and machinery viii enter free of
duty. Among other Spanish exports
olive oil will be replaced bv American
lard, and beans, now exported to Cuba
in lartie quantities, will cease to be sent.
The advantage to Cuba will be great,
but it is impossible to estimate the in
jury to the Spanish trade.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Where Is the Protection

SEATTLE April 23.-J. NJ. Mcdonald
secretary OF the Knights OF Labor said
To-Day that the executive board Of the
/ b. Corey, late superintendent Co. ' .ra
oregon Improvement company,s col
r ,nnaa was not in Chicago for tbo 800
b Pose Oh hiring 600 railroad men ~ J. Pur-
oeen stated, but that his mission a. mas g
secure 81 QUO coal miners to take tbe , a. 70
Nh n miners at present EMPLOYED a ~
S Sw Castle. Gilman and FranL anil ~ the
''uperlntendent Busch denies this INES
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
We Wonder?

Topeka, Kas., April IA. w. Chase,
chairman of the peoples party state
central committee, in an interview to-
day, predicted that Walter Q. Gresham
will be the alliance candidate for presi-
dent in 1892. Mr.. Chase says that the
sentiment of the alliance men of Kansas
is gradually centering on Judge Gresh-
am, and the opinion is becoming gem
eral that he is the most available man
that can be nominated by the new party
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
THE GAINES ESTATE.
A Decision Rendered Against the City of
New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, April l9.-The supreme
court of the state of Louisiana has
ordered the city of New Orleans to pay
to the administrator of tie Myra Clark
Gaines estate the sum of $S50,000. The
case is one of the most celebrated ever
tried in the state of Louisiana The
litigation which the decision finishes
commenced more than fifty years ago,
and several fortunes have been spent to
carry it on. The property, which was
not exceedingly valuable at the time of
the commencement of the suit, greatly
increased in value until two years ago.
Since then it has deprecated, and it is
said that new action will be begun
against the city to recover the difference
between the price at that time and the
amount of $S5O,OO0, which the city has
been ordered to pay
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
The solution of the italian Question

New YORK, April 22.-In Hoboken
early this morning Angle Gaboth, aged
So, murdered his mother-in-law, dan
gerously stabbed his father-in-law and
was then shot and killed by Compute
Chinchinella, son of the murdered
woman. A general fight followed, in
which Gaboth's wife and her brother
were stabbed. Robbery was evidently
the reason for the attempted wholesale
butchery.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Progress of Industrialism.

While the onward movement OF the
Farmers Alliance in the Western and
Southern states has been chronicled by
the press, not so much has beeen known
of what was doing in New York, the
great empire state, about which the city
papers have played shy. But a recent
glance over our exchanges show crafty
ing progress in this direction, and in
Maine and Massachusetts,.
In New York, especially, the indus
trial ORDINATIONS are extended in vari-
GUS directions. The Farmers Alliance
is pushing its way in quite a number of
counties by organizing alliances and
otherwise strengthening the order.
And the Farmers League, another in
dustrial organization with kindred objects
in view, is also busy at work in the
same direction.
Many of the leagues are sending in
reports of large increase in member
ship.
Among the leagues recently estab-
lished are: At Redwood, Jefferson
county; at Bovina; at Lansing, Oswego
county; at Henderson, Jefferson county;
at GAINESVILLE. Onondago county; at Buff
falo, Broone county, and Fayetteville
and Argyle, and at other places.
Organizers and speakers are at work
in the interests of both organizations.
They report echoes of their doings all
along the line.
In still further confirmation of the
spread of the alliances, the Industrial
Union, published at Columbus, O., has
this to say:
'From all sections of the country we
hear nothing but great interest and
activity in organizing Farmers Alliances.
In California, Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan the work is unparalleled. Wis
consin, Minnesota and Nebraska have
organizers enthusiastic and energetic in
organizing. New York, New Jersey.
Delaware and Maryland are yery active.
with organizers in nearly every county.
Ohio, one of the last to roll in line. will
march to the front land after April Is
with state organization, which BODY is
called to meet in this city on the above
date"
This is the way it is going, and so it
will undoubtedly turn out bv and bv
when the elections occur, that there is a
wheel within Wheel and that is a
strong and influential movement, or
party, in existence in these states as
elsewhere, whose political influence will
be felt at the polls on the side of the in
dustrial and financial reformers which
distinguish these organizations and make
them a power in the land, there can be
no question.
In view of these and other facts which
indicate the activity and the enthusiasm
of the friends of financial and labor re-
form, we venture the opinion that the
old politicians who have heretofore been
prominent in their several political roles
and who have pooh-hooed these move
ments, will wake up anon, surprised and
disappointed at their extent and great
numbers in New York and the other
states we have named.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Is This Justice.

A man was arrested IN Philadelphia
for selling liquor to detectives without
license. He was brickmaker, out of
work, and had wife and five children.
The officers tempted him to sell them
drink, and he sold them whisky from
small bottle in his cupboard. He
pleaded guilty, and the judge, in sentenc-
ing him. said: Il must confess | do not
like or approve OF this method of in
weighing persons into the commission of
offenses, and then prosecuting them.
Now, it appears that the defendent is
undoubtedly guilty of selling liquor on
that occasion, but there is no proof that
he sold on any other. Possibly, lie
would not have sold to the officers if
they had not laid this trap for him.
don't approve of police officers laying
traps of this kind for persons to walk in
to. and then turning around and putting
them in Jail. There are plenty of places
to be found where there is f4efsifttefhit
violation Of the law, and where evidence
could be secured without such treacherv.
Under the circumstances, l will impose
the minimum sentence-three months
and $780,"
The above extract is taken from TO
day and in all seriousness we ask what
respect can any man have for govern
ment that allows its spies to make Grim
lnaIs of starving men. Think of the
meaning Of that sentence: $500 and
three months in Jail. Because some
government officials, who should be in
jail, tempted a poor man, out of work,
to sell them little whisky from bot
tie OF liquor he owned, he is sent to Jail
for a quarter of the year and his wife and
five children. with no money, are rob- ,
bed of support at the opening of winter :
when they need help most. This is the
surest way to drive mother and children
to the street, and to crime and vice.
Oh, the shame of kind of outrages
against the poor, which are becoming so
frlghtfully frequent, cannot be overpaint-
ed. We have too much law and to- lit
tie iustice.-The Spectator.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Town Topics.
The Clergy in Eurona.

"Your clergy in Europe, and espe-
cially in France, have not yet been
brought to see that their proper role is
to live the life OF the people, to seek to
understand the people and to make
their influence felt. They content them
selves with administering the sacrament
and saying masses, and 90 on in the
same old rut without ever getting out of
it. The people and the clergy march on
side by side without ever knowing each
other and without mixing one with the
other, like two currents, one of oil, the
other Of water. For long time past the
opinion has prevailed at Rome lit is per-
haps still So that the church can retain
its hold on the masses only by the aid
OF the governments. A dispatch from
minister, promise made by cabinet,
or by sovereign, and they congratulate
themselves on having settled the ques-
ton, but they forgot that the people also
have voice in the matter. The time is
past when the favOrs of a sovereign are
all that could be wished for, and at pres
ent it is necessary to reckon with the
Ople.-Cardinal Gibbons.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
stonemasons Locked Out.

PITTsBURG, April pa general lock-
out of stonemasons was inaugurated at
Pittsburg and Allegheny this morning
by the Master Masons' association. The
trouble arose over the employment of
non-union men, and the action of the
master masons may result in precipitat-
ing lockout OF all men engaged in the
building trades.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Bismarck Crushed

BERLIN, April 1S.-Returns from Gaes-
temunde are still incomplete, but are
sufficient to show that Bismarck must
submit to the indignity of SUPPLEMENT-
airy ballot unless, as is not probable, he
retires from the contest. He is afraid
he will be beaten by the socialistic can
didate.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-25
Governor Ferry's Return

OLYMPIA, April 19.-Acting Governor
Laughton left this morning for Monte
sano. He has received dispatch that
Governor Ferry and family will return
home on April % and probably occupy
the residence of the late Captain Per-
cival, which is one of the most slightly in
the citv