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The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
ARGUMENT In THE HAMS CASE.
Mr. Lipscomb Closes for the Prosecution and
Judge GOode Begins for the Defense.

HAMPTON, Va. Sept. 14--Judge Gunter
opened court this morning for, the continu-
alton of the Hains case. Mr.. Lipscomb i'm
mediately commenced argument for the
prosecution. He referred to the dead boy.
whom he knew intimately. and paid glow
ing tribute to his memory. The only thing
said against the dead boy was that he had q
pistol in his possession. which the prisoner
himself testified he had given him. Who,
he asked. was the first witness' Command
er Evans. q wounded Virgnian. who had
testified on the stand and gave his evil
dence. On what did the defense de-
pends On the testimony of o man with a
rope around his neck and a nomadic gum
ming negro. Every fact except the two
stated by Evans has been cOrrOborated by
the prisoner, and all the others who saw
the shooting except Lincoln Smith. He
explained TO the jury the fact that the tes-
timony of Colonel Bird had corroborated
the testimony of Captain Evans and his
son, and how impossible 1t would have
been to raise an oar to strike without one
of them observing il. He dwelt ut length
on the fact that, Notwithstanding Captain
Evans witnessed the shooting, saw one of
saw sns mfa she fa Soat aPs SsaohaS and esS ony
one man get out and pass
his house-saw all ths-and yet he swore
that he did not know that q tragedy had
occurred until half an hour later. Both
Captain Evans and his son, while they
must have seen the main points on which
they testitird. their eyes were not OH the
boat at the time the fatal shot was fired.
He took up the witness Lincoln Smith. He
had told Captain Gray that there was a
scrap in the boat before shot had been
fired. This fact had been eorroborated
and the statement that he saw tho deceased
take up the oar TO strike Hams was equally
entitled to credence. Evans said the boat
was but one hundred feet away. Gray says
it was over three hundred feet and outside
of the end of the dock. He reminded the
jury that if they entertained n reasonable
doubt they should acquit the prisoner.
It was halt past when Judge G0Ode
arose to close the case for the defense; He
turned his attention to Mr.. Lipscoinb. 1t
was simply u piece OF persecution. end
pOrket. He explained to the jury the sew
eral degrees of murder. These young men
left Washington together on the yacht
Cygnet. came down AMI anchored at Old
Point. They went to a ball at the Hygeia
Hotel that evening. The next day they
went bathing and took lunch together,
and, in the afternoon went out sailing to-
gether. inviting Lieutenant Todd to 90
with them. They were warm personal
friends and no malice existed. Why had
they not crOss-examined the defendant
when he, was on the standl They knew
that he had told a straightforward story,
and they were afraid to do il. At this point
MIR. Goode stated that he cOuld not COM
plete his argument tonight, and the court
adjourned until tomorrow,
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The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
HALF A BUSHEL OF WEAPONS
Found OF Spectators in Court. Room-Mr.
Juvenal's Attempt al Murder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Sept. 1.-THE blow
ing up of his house in Armourdale. Kan,
and the strange death of his wife by poison
have seemingly crazed Joseph NJ. Juvenal
Twice this morning he insanely attempted
to do murder. This was the day set for the
preliminary hearing of Miss Mille Pfoff.
man, charged with blowing up ,Juvenal's
house with dynamite. Miss Pfoffman was
the young woman whom Juvenal Tilted for
the woman who subsequently became his
wife, and who died from the effects of
arsenical poisoning last. Saturday. The
arrangements for the trial were unique.
The crowd of people vino wanted
to hear the trial was too great to be
accommodated IN the small Office of Justice
Herring. There is large iodge-room Ov or
the Justices office, which could he procured
for the hearing at a rental of $3.50, and so,
not to disappOint the hundreds of people
anxious to hear the trial, the justice an
nounced that il the necessary sum could
be raised among the crowd To pay the rent,
he wOuld adjourn court to the lOdge-room.
Two cOnstables passed around their hats.
and soon the desired amount WAS raised.
The Justice then announced that court
would be held in the room above.
The case had attracted wide attention in
Armourdale. and among the friends of
the parties Interested the feeling had
run high. As a precautionary measure,
therefore, the justice ordered that every
male spectator sbould be- searched for
weapons before being admitted To the
courtroom. Two constables were ut a ned
at the entrance. and they made the search.
A half-bushel of revolvers and other weap-
ons of varions kinds were gathered from
the crowd. Juvenal gave up two revolvers
and John Hale. attorney for Miss Pfoffm n.
gave up one. The search, however, was
not a very exhaustive one. and the cOnsta-
bles failed to find dagger which Juvenal
had secreted in an inner pocket and der
ringer which Hale had placed beyond the
searchers' reach.
The trial was about to begin when
Juvenal suddenly drew his dagger and
made for Hale. Before he could reach him,
however, he was intercepted by the by
standers who disarmed him. Hale was ex-
pecting the attack, and drew his derringer.
He too. was disarmed. After q hasty con-
sultation with the attorneys, Justice Her
ring adjourned court.
Juyenal was arreeted. and was taken to
the central police station, where reporter
Hutton, OF the Times, followed to inter
view him. When Hutton was admitted to
the corridor. Juvenal seized a heavy srove-
iron. and would have beaten the reporter
TO death but for the interference of the
guards IL is believed Juvenal has become
insane a result of his troubles.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
A NEW PAIR OF EYELIDs
TO BE Grated on q Pennsy yIvanian Who
Lost the Original Ones by Fire.

Lost the Original Ones by Fire.
Pittsburg Pest
Harvey Chaffee, of East Valley. q we'll
known OIL well contractor. who was badly
burned by natural gas explosion on the
9Th OF May last. is in the elty. and is
purpose of having the skin-grafting
process tried on him. Mr.. Chaffeo was
very severely roasted. The skin was
burned oft his face and neck, and ten holes
were left in his head. The most serious
scorching was that upon the eyelids. They
were completely burned OFT both eyes, and
in their stead at present Is the raw, iD-
famed and swollen flesh. The sight is most
repuisive, but Mr.. Chatfee bears his mis-
fortune with great fortitude.
When asked il his injuries were painful,
he replied: "fes, sir, they hurt me right
smart at times. but it takes a great deal TO
make me grunt. / can stand heap. You
ought TO have seen me when was burned.
head as big as q half -bushel measure L
was regular sight. You can ask my wife
there" and he referred the reporter to a
pleasant woman who sat near.
The work OF putting new eyelids upon the
unfortunate contractor 10 to be done by DR.
+. ii. Edsall. OF Penn avenue. DIR. Edsail was
averse To talking about the case. as ne said
il was contrary TO professional dignity for
physician to advertise himself even in q
news item. He said, however, that he
Chaffee's eyelids ont OF the patisnt's
arm. Except for his burns Mr.. Chaffee
was in a healthy condition. and HE own
cnt;cle would perhaps knit more rapidly
than that from another person. The new
eyelids will be bereft of eyelashes. but
utility and n cure is what is sought after
rather than beauty in this case DIR. Ed
sail says the case is not an unusual one,
and similar ones have been treated success
fully. At the present time he has a patient
af ma tfol NH
burned like Mr.. Chatfee and will also have
eyelids grated upon him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
PERILS OF SEAL POACHlNG.
Crews of American Vessels Fired on by q Rus
sian Man.Of. .War-0ns Ship Captured.

VICTORIA. B. c.. Sept 1.-THE San Fran.
cisco schooner City of San Diego reached
here with Six hundred seal-sk,ns on Satur.
day night from Copper island on the Rus
sian side of BehrlHg sea- Its commander
reports an eventful trip. 1t was warned off
st. Paul island the end of June. and it
made for Copper island. There it fell in
with eight other schooners, and all OF them
together raided the island, catching and
skinning seals. Over forty boats landed
from the schooner and got off safely. The
following day. Aug. 2. they went ashore
again, in company with twenty-five boats
from other schooners, and again started
raiding. A thick fog covered their opera
tions, when volley of about forty rifle
shots rang out about them. and all made
for the boats. leaving hundreds OF dead
seals on the beach. Eight boats were
struck. A black hunter named Talbot,
from the schooner Webster, jumped from
the boat in fright and was drowned.
Hunter Vairn. from the Annie. was
shot dead before he left the
beach. All the boats got aboard
five miles from shore, considerably scat
tered. At 8 O'clock the same evening .
Russian war ship made after them, and
Captain Mclean, of the Hamilton Lewis,
with the object of giving the other schoon-
ers time to get away. ran straight for and
dod ged the vessel 1t was two hours be-
fore the Russians got him and by that time
the other vessels had got away. The Ham,
ilton Lewis was towed to the island. All
the hunters on the San Diego express grave
fears as to the probable fate of the crew. as
they say several shots were tired at the
Russians in the skirmish that morning and
probably some soldiers were killed. The
Alta reports that the Oscar and Hattie
were chased in BehrIng sea by the Nohican
ing it off. 1t got away and then made back
for Behrng sea. Three men-Walters, An
ders0n and Grey-died of sickness on the
San Diego on the voyage up and were buried
at sea.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Chased Her Through Barb Wire Fence.

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Sept. 14-Grand-
mother Douglass. one of the Rev. j. w.
Bristors flock. to-day made information
against her shepherd for assaulting her by
chasing her through o barb-wire fence.
Several days ago. she says she went TO
call on O sister who resides next door to
Mr.. Bristol. She went over into his pasture
and began lively TRADE auaInst the
preacher when he appeared. She claims
SO that she tried To crawl back through
the fence. Being seventy years old ana
weighing two hundred pounds. she stuck
fast and almost broke leg. Rev. Mr.
day. When asked about rhe charges. Rev
Mr.. Bristol laughed and said there was no
truth in them.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Two Train. Go Down Emb.nkments.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. l4.-An east
bound train on the Georgia Pacific railroad
jumped the track and rolled down high
embankment near Days Gap this morning
Engineer John Whiteworth was instantly
killed and fireman Brew ster, conductor
Hilton. brakemen Beverly, Crawford and
Gamble were slightly bruised.
PlTTsBURG, Sept IA disastrous freight
wreck occurred on the middle division of
the Pennsylvania road east of Altoona
early this morning. Two engines and seven
freight cars were thrown over an embank-
ment and demolished. One of the en- gineers
is said to have received serious Injuries
Both tracks were blocked four hours
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Brief Mention.

Bishop Ninde. of the Methodist Church,
dedicated new meetlng-hOuse at Rock
ford. Sunday
The State convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society was held In
Springfield Sunday.
A locomotive and several cars were badly
wrecked IN q rear-end collision at Ramsey,
on the Clover-ieaf railroad.
Noble Randle. at Monticello. was sen
fenced TO one year in the penitentiary for
the murder'of John Gebhard.
Henry Anderson. who purchased several
farms near Carrolton. on the representa-
tion that he had S100,O00 bond, which he
would send TO Washington to be cashed.
has been indicted for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses
kittie Allison, whose body was found in
the Okaw river, near Vandalia left q note
which explained why she took her young
life. Her. parents had refused TO permit
her to attend u danca Saturday night. and
she arose at midnight. dressed herself in
her best clothes. and then went TO the
river.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15

were returning from n dance and quarreled
about woman and both agreed to fight It
ont with knives. They clinchrd each others
left hand and began the fight which re-
suited in fatal finish. Thoy slashed at
each Others neck, head, face and body
with fearful rapidity. while making the arr
livid with oaths While the stuggle was
fiercest negress strnck Oliver on the head
with club. falling him to the ground.
Wood then drew pistol and shot him in
the hip. Despite his terrible wounds,
Oliver got up and the desperate Zen re-
Woods was cut in the left breast. the knife
penetrating the apex of the heart He fell
and expired In few minutes. While
divers wounds ore serious he will prob
ably recover. He and the woman are under
arrest.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Ate Melons, Danced and Died.

inspector just in from the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indian reservations tells of u
large number of strange deaths among tho
members of these tribes. For nearly a
week they have been holding a grand
all night. and during the day feast on mel
ons. both green and ripe. during the past
two DAYS nearly one hundred of the In
dians have fallen unconscious during
the dance, and fully half of them nave
died. Scores of Others are very sick. The
dance was started by the Indians to ap-
pease the evil spirit and drive away ma
larial fever which has been prevalent
among the tribes all summer, causing the
death of several hundred.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
The Big Terre Haute Trot.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Sept. 14.-The gen.
eral public. as we'll as the Terre Haute
Trotting Association, is counting on
great crowd here for the races tine second
week In October. The fall meetings here
collect the cream of the season. The flyers
that have gone through the year in the
Grand Circuit and the Eastern and West
ern circuits usually come here to close the
season, or on their way TO Lexington. the
last of the notable meetings 1t is ex-
pected when the entries close this week for
the twelve events, for which the prizes az
gregate S25,0U0 there will be two hundred
horses in the the lists and these horses rep
resent tho survival OF the tittest." There
Is no purse lass than 5000. Besides the
regular programme Doble will try TO be at
Maud SIS record with Nancy Hanks. DOble
says that while he has never asked her the
question, and her limit Is as sealed book
to him. she has shown him quarters in :20l2
seconds. a l:5S gait, and he Is confident her
game qualities, sfoutness and superb
condition will enable her to beat Maud SIS
2:OSs4. made in 1885. Monbars, the two,
year-old colt, holder OF the two-year-oid
stallion record. 2:2O; will 60 against the
The hotel people ani the trOtting associa-
tiOn, In anticipation OF an overflow OF
guests. are procuring desirable rooms In
residences for the visitors 10 the clty, ana
will have the lists OF them ready for IN
spection by all who are not provided with
hotel-rooms.
Mr.. Monroe Salisbury. owner of Direct.
and Mr.. w. z. Ijams. president of the
Terre Haute Trotting Association. left here
to-day for Rushville. Ind, 10 consult with
Hamlin ~ Gears as to a match race be-
tween Direct and Hal Pointer during the
race meeting here the second week in Oc-
tober.
Winners at Garfield Park.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
AlharS ri;aa uha IN xuonfad 4,

Albert Cline. who is wanted in Brazil for
assaulting u nine-year- old GIRL has been
arrested in Kansas City.
Maggie WOmack, formerly of Sullivan,
ILL.,. committed suicide at Evansville last
night By taking morphine.
q. J. Cottineham. of Crawfordsville. b as
gathered a crop of pears from q tree that is
beginning to blossom again.
Joseph Andrews. eleven years old. was
run down by % bicycle at Seymour, and his
leg was broken below the hip.
The Seventh Regiment Indiana Volun-
teers. will hold its fourteenth annual re-
union at MartInsvilie. Wednesday, Sept. %.
Peter III. Bottorff. of Gibson, Clark
county, has had his horse and buggy stolen
from his barn no less than three times
within the past few months
+. w. Bowman, of Charlestown. has dis
covered large vein of cement rock ON his
farm at Grassy Flats. The strata 10 forty
feet thick and lies immediately on the
river.
Judge Alfred Ellison. of Anderson. SEN
fenced three Madison county crIminals-a
burglar. IA ehicken-thief and q wheat thief
Ito the penitentiary tor period of one
year, yesterday
Jesse Barker, of Greensburg. pleaded
guilty, and was sent To the penitentiary for
two years for forgery. He is twenty-five
years old, and has already served one year
being sent from Muneie.
Howard Chenoweth- sixteen years old,
of Grcensburg. was sentenced to the Re-
form School for burglarizing the postofiice
at New point last week. Ho secured S22 go
OF the governments money.
sneak thieves have made two good hauls
IN Terre Haute. getting hundred dollars
worth of jewelrv in the residence of Mr.. j.
ID. Bigelow and seven hundred dollars
worth this afternoon In the residence of
Mr.. l.. II. Bindley.
Of -
blatt. new German weekly newspaper.
will be issued from the Seymour journal
office the latter part of this week. The en-
tire business and editorial management of
the paper will be conducted in Seymour
for some time. under the title of the CO.
lumbus Volksblatt Company.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
The Story of q Colt.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. Sept. l4.-Four years
ago w. G. Houk failed and his possessions
were sold to pay bis debts. colt was
among the effects sold. and Mrs. Houk CON-
menced suit to recover the animal. claim
lng that IL was her personal property. The
case has been through the lower courts,
and the supreme Court reversed the decis.
ION and sent it back for trial. The trial
was heid last Saturday, and the court held
that the colt, now horse, belonged to the
woman. and that she should recover the
animal Mr. Houk went after it, and as he
was driving 10 10 town the animal reared
mp on Its hind legs and pitched forward in
the road. breaking its neck and thus ending
its existence.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15

CHICAGO. Sept. 14-J w. Fowler, attor-
ney for the Harney Peak Tin Company. of
Rapid City. S. d.. is in this city. An En-
glish syndicate has taken and paid tor
stock in this company TO the amount of
8. 900 900 of the $4,000. 900 with which the
company is stocked. This was done, Mr..
Fowler says. only after thorough investi-
CATION. which convinced the inv esters THAI
the mines are the richest in the world. He
declares that the company will have tin on
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Strike of Pooriy-Paid Canadians.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept 1.-Two thousand
men. mostly French Canadians. employed
in the saw-mills here, struck to-day for a
reduction of one-and-a-half hours work
per day and an increase of 80 cents in
wages per week: Their demands are con.
sId-r-d just. but the lnmbermen say they
Will not yield. The men have been Teceiy.
ing from 81 to S. week, and working
eleven and a half hours a day, with three
quarters of an hour for dinher
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Forger Ratcli6 Captured

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KoKoMo, Sept. I-Tilmon Ratcliff. of
the late firm Of Ratcliff d Hollingsworth.
who forged a aone-thousand-dollar note last
June and escaped from the officers on the
way to Jail. was rearrested Sunday by
Sheriff Simmons, at Jonesboro. Mo. The
officer arrived home with his prisoner this
afternoon. He is charged with other
forReries. He has wife and three chill
dren. the former in the last stages of con-
sumption. Financial difficulties and evil
influences, he says, caused HIM to commit
the crimo
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Mrs. Wagner's Lucky Escape.

Special to the Indisnapolis,J Journal.
WABASH. Sept. 14.-This afternoon Mrs.
John Wagner, residing near North Man
chester, started home. walking down the
Cincinnati. Wabash & Michigan railroad
track. AS she was crossing the trestle over
the river an engine, with one box-car ut
tached. ran her down. Fortunately, she
fell between the rails and lay fiat on the
ties. AS she is of very slight build. by hug
gIng the ties closely. permitted the engine
ana car 10 pass over her witnout lnnictlng
serious injury, though she was painfully
cut and bruised about the head aud body.
She is sixty years old.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Severe storm I'm Wisconsin.

ASHLAND. Wis. Sept. 14.-A heavy raiE
and hail-storm fell this morning. 1t is esti-
mated that thousands of dollars damage has
been done to crops throughout the district.
a heavy wind prevailed. and several boats
on the bay were capsIzed. No lives were
lost
ragged there this morning at 10 o'clock. A
number of trees were torn up by the roots,
and the roof of buildings smashed in by
falling trees. The total damage cannot be
eatimated
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15

ing a negro, while he would pass anyw here
for white man. He comes from highly
respectable family In the Quaker City. and
was graduated from the Institute for Col
Ored Youth i'm 1876. in 1886 he took the de-
gree of civil er gineer in the TOwne Scientific
school of tho Pennsylvania University.
after which he became reporter on the
Philadelphia Times. When he was ap-
pointed consul to San Domingo last year
he was an editorial writer on the Evening
Bulletin. He was an able and one of the
foremost representatives of the negro race,
always working for it's amelioratiOn and
advancement, and his writings on that and
kindred subjects have appeared frequently
in Harper's Weekly and other periodicals.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
seventh Lynchiny I'm Prospect.

UNION. s. c.. Sept. IA negro named
assault on Mrs. Jackson Powell. living al
the almshouse, three miles from here. a war
rant has been sworn out for his arrest. bat
a large party Is securing the woods for him
and If he Is caught they will not wait foI
trial. WoOdson is n notorious character,
and if caught will make the seventh negro
lynched IN this section for the same offense.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-09-15
Victim of . Vicious Horse.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MuNCIE, Sept. 1L-Yesterday James
Hughes came near losing his life by inju-
ries received from his big stallion. For
some time Hughes has known tho danger
there was entering the stall where the
vicious horse was kept. but yesterday he
recklessly entered the place to take the an
imal out for exercise. When in the act of
untying the horse. Hughes was grabbed by
the back of the neck and shoulder. where
the beasts teeth tore ont a large chunk of
flesh. 1t then attempted to trample it's
owner. He is now in critical condition.