The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-17

VI JIG uudti Ca w " mo lIOh bCpthJ
Coroner Foley. who told me about Clay
toms falling down stairs and his serious
sickness. We have been working on the
case TO locate Burton ever since. There
are ready to talk"
Yes" said Captain Splann. and Bur-
tons surrender tonight caused o great
feeling OF relief TO me-"
SUPERINTENDENT Colbert and Captain
Splann agree that Burton knows all about
the affair. and is guilty, but holds to the
CONVICTION that. If he keeps still. he cannot
be convicted. There was no one present, so
far as is known. who saw the fatal blow
struck. The police know that on one
occasion. when some ono said to Burton.
Sam will do you yet"
Burton replied:
IF Sam ever does me. / will kill him.
The import of this language is that Clay
ton would protect those whom he had run
into the gambling den to be fleeced by COM
bining with them to win money from Bur-
ton. 1t ls charged that Clayton bad done
that very thing and thus aroused Burton's
anger. superintendent Colbert SAYS he be-
iieves he can produce the man who figured
In the cause of the deadly quarrel.
Clayton's life for the past ten years has
been that of q curbstone gambler and
steerer-in. He spent much of his time in
saloons and was q hard driuker. though
he seldom became helplessIy drunk. He,
however, has been charged with that
offense several times in Police Court. But
little IS known of his personal history. ex-
eept that be was a brother Of Mrs. Nc
Gioeny, mother of the celebrated musical
family. On the occasion of their last visit
here Clay ton was much in his sisters COM
pany.. and she offered HIM @ home if he
would accompany the troupe in their car:
There Is no reason to think that as yet
Mrs. McGibeny knows of her brothers
mysterious taking off.
Burton is a son of Isaac Burton, who
lives at No. 400 Betlefontaine street. He
has never done hard work. being associ-
ated with the gambling fraternity. In per-
sonal appearance he is slender. of medium
height and has dark hair and eyes. HIS
face is smooth. except for FAINT, dark
mustache, and his general appearance is
boyish.
MRS. CRAwFoRD's STORY.
Mrs. Crawford. proprietress of the lodg-
streets, to which Clayton was taken. says
that he had formerly lodged in her house.
but not for a week or so previous to the
night he was hurt. He had lntrod uced
Burton to her as q gentleman whom she
could admit to the house, and Burton had
also rented q room. Burton. she says told
her he was running q cIub-room over
OBrlen's saloon. He paid q months rent
hurt. was seen by woman
ledger to enter his room withS Others
apparently in great haste. The woman said
she heard them packing np. and conld
catch expressions as TO hair brush, tooth
brush and other toilet articles as their
busting continued. Finally one said:
Have you got verythingf' And q voice
sounding like Burton's sand: "Yes, every
thing except that jug of cider. and don't
Burton was not seen or heard of more at
the Crawford house. Mrs. Crawford saws
an iron gate or set of bars In q window
looking out over an interior roof
70 founa the nn.b game sii1 On had been
after the saloon incident. 1t thus seems
probable that when the blow was struck.
and Burton realized what he bad done, he
FASTENED ont through a window to his
sleeping room, tearing the bars away to eff
feet entrance to the lodging apartment of
the house. Mrs. Crawford afterward OBJ
served Q stranger approach the window
from the .gambling-room and carefully re-
place the bars.
Mrs. Crawford yesterday detailed the &C.
currences of the night of the Injury as fol-
lows:
some one rap az the office door on the
by DIR. Howard. The stranger asked for a
room for a sick man. and / heard DR.. How
ard tell the visitor that he could have No.
IL on the third floor. Pretty soon there
was q great commotlon on the stairs. and
DR.. Howard saw six men carrying some
one feet foremost upstairs. He supposed It
was some drunken man that friends were
takIng care of, but he heard them walking
about the room for IN hour or SO. Some
one knocked at my door. after / had lis
tened q long time to the trampiIg. and
asked for q lamp. l said. you have gas In
your ROOM Yes replied the voice, but
the coroner wants q lamp | showed
the man where he could get one. The con-
fusion and strange occurrences worried me
and 1 did not sleep much. About 3 o'clock
heard some one knock again at the
Doctors door. and the caller asked the
Doctor to 60 MP and stay with the ger
brought in. l did not, ut that time. MOI
until noon next day, know who had been
brought in. The Doctor answered that he
was not sitting up with the sick. and that
the mans friends should care for him them
selves.
CLAYTON WAS vIoLENT.
Pretty soon there was a terrible com-
motion in that room upstairs. l thought
the house was falling down. and ran to DR..
Howard to get him to 60 upstairs. He did
so. and found the sick man lying on the
floor. The table had been upset, and the
chairs were thrown over. He found that
he could not put the man back on the bed
again alone. and SO went to O'Brien's sa.
loon. where he told the proprietor some
one ought to DO sent upstairs to stay with
the man brought from the saloon. A
young man known as 'Peg-leR' was sent tC
take care of him. At noon the next day !
told DE-. Howard the sick nun
was still there. and asked him tC
20 up to the room with me. W.
found him sitting in q chair. with biz
feet on the windO sill. He had on only
his night clothes, and seemed in great
agony. He sat wringing his hands and
rubbing his body. l recognized him al
once as Clayton. DR.. Howard spoke tC
him but received no answer. He Their
lifted Clay toms eyelid and saw that he wat
a very sick man. We agreed that he should
be sent To the hospital. and DR.. Howard
was about to telephone for an ambulance
when it arrived. DR.. Marker came in
with the attendants"
Mrs. Crawford further relates that Jack
Riley, bartender for O'Brien, came to heI
and offered 10 pay her for the room. Sh,
figured up that the damage to tht
bedding and furniture was s.. and Riley
paid 1t. The pillow was soaked witt
blood. and Mrs. Crawford has kept 1t in
safe place, thinking it might be needed il
thrown upon her house by DIR. Marker
but the latter's statements refer to tn,
O'Brlen saloon. not the part occupied By
her.
Clayton's Past History.
There is considerable evidence nov
that Samuel Clay ton was not the real lam,