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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-09
THE DAvizss SHORTAGE.
Experts Report Shortage OF Owe
$4,000.

Experts Report Shortage OF Over
SIS, 900.
WASHINGTON, March Especial. ll-Ex-
perts have completed the work OF examin-
ing the books and papers of ex-Auditor
James G. Lavelleot this county. The total
amount of shortage. as reported, aggre-
gates Sl5,Sl3, and is in the following funds !:
On account of school fund, 81, 297 81 inter-
est, 81, l25.40; overdrawn salary wrongfully
allowed by mmissioners, IS, 20S.64, and
miscellaneous liquor licenses. etc, 81
1918. An order of 5000, drawn in 1889.
shows on it's face to have been paid to one
81. Y. Ellis" for building bridges. The
experts state that no such order was a.
lowed by the commissioners and that La
velle received tine money himself. An
order for 81 1850, purporting to Se war
rant for school funds loaned, was also
cashed. Experts state the land upon
which this money is alleged 10 have beer,
| loaned cannot be found, and that the
money was drawn by the ex-auditor him
self. The report will create tremendous
excitement, as 1t was rumored that the
shortage would not be great. 1t was on
account of the absence of this report that
! Judge Melbourne of Pike county con-
tinued the Lavelle and Halves cases in
January. 1t Is generally conceded that il
/ will have 4 bad effect on the trials, which
are to take place at Petersburg.
WASHINGTON. March - Special. l-Ex-
perts find the ex-audtor is short in his
] accounts over $4,000.
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Two Men Want One Girl

Brazil, March Especial Brazil is
at the present time experiencing a stir in
society circles the like of which was never
recorded in its history over the announced
marriage, which is expected every day, OF
c. G. Goldman OF Minneapolis and Miss
Martha Clifford OF this city. About five
years ago Goldman had position in W.
ID. McCullough's clothing store of this city.
and during that time he became acquainted
with Mis- Clifford. He remained here but
snort time when he accepted
position in Minneapolis, but
continued his relations with
Miss Clifford by correspondence
Samuel Grimes, one OF the proprietors of
the Brazil DAILY Times, tell in love with
Miss Clifford and was engaged to her
Goldman fastened to this city and in
sisted upan Miss Clifford keeping her VOW
with him. The excited girl was crazed
when she faced her ardent lovers. Not
withstanding the strong resistance of Miss
Gilord's mother and friends she seriously
chung 10 the Minneapolis man, leaving
her other betrothed in despair.
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TIE BIG METEOR.
Pieces of the Kansas .EroIite Received at
Muncie.

MUNcIE. March .. Especial. i Jerre
Gerard recently received some pieces of
the great meteor which fell near Washing
ton, Kas., June %, 1890. The meteor was
, feet long, is inches wide. 10 inches thick
and weighed l6S pounds. The meteor
was sold to and is now in the possession Of
Prof. j. II. Snow of the State university
Lawrence, Kas., for $500.
In letter accompanying the specimens
was a letter from DIR. J. II. Green, a
brother OF Mrs. Garrard who lives at
Washington. lie says: -. p. January, the
man whose name appears on the back of
the photo OF the meteor, is perhaps the
only man who ever saw one fall. He was
very near and went Immediately to the
spot. the stone was then very hot and it
was some time before it was cool enough
to be handled. No meteor has ever fallen
whose identity is SO well authenticated as
to all the facts" DIR. Green saws he him
self felt the shock. heard the noise and
saw the smoke at the time the meteor fell
The specimens received by Mr.. Garrard
look like they had been broken from a
chunk OF molten metal IN which was
mixed sand. silver ore and other metallic
substances
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WILD WITH EXCITEMENT.
Young Girl Outraged by Two GInss-
blowers.

blowers.
ANDERSON, March s. Especial. IA fear
full crime has been enacted at Alexandria
Alice Blades, the daughter of Country
man Blades, was the victim of vicious
outrage perpetrated by a couple of Alex
andria glassblowers. The unfortunate girl
is reported to be badly injured and con-
fined to her bed at the home of her father
near Osceola, few miles in the country
from Alexandria. Miss Blades is
scarcely out of her teens. OF late
she has been employed as a domestic
at Mrs Austin's boarding house in Alex
andria. She has always borne an
excellent reputation for chastity and was
held in the highest esteem by all who
knew her. Last night a couple of glass
blowers who boarded at the house in
duced the unsuspecting girl to get into a
buggy for a short drive abouttown. They
turned toward the country. and when
they had reached lonely and desOlate
spot away from where there would likely
be any interference on the part of outside
people the two fellows proceeded to carry
out their purpose. The helpless girl was
fearfully mistreated and badly injured, so
she may die.
The people are wild with excitement
over the outrage, and 1T will require a
good deal of restraint to prevent them
from lynching the villains should they be
caught
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4 BIG SUIT.
Prominent Citizsns of CrawEordsviIIe Sued
for S15O, 900.

Prominent Citizans of CrawFordsyille Sued
for S15O,OOO.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. March Special. /
The Wabash Valley Protective union,
through is secretary. J. Manse of Peoria,
has sued nine OF the former officers for
100000 on account and for $4,000 dam
ages.
These men are all prominent citizens of
Charlottesville, viz: \. j. ClOdielt. the
poet-author; w. +. Humphrey, repub-
lican candidate for congress; w. II. Dur
ham. president OF the First national bank
4. G. Smith, councilman; j. r. Etter, J.
W. Stroh, J. Il. Bryant. NJ. +. Clodfelter
and J. A. Clark. The complaint AYERS
that these men have been in charge of the
company at various times from its be-
ginning in 1856, until 1892, and during
that time have received from 1000 mem
bers the sum OF $4,000 in annual fees,
also Sll1,400 in assessments on the
tWenty-seyen deaths which nave occurred.
Ii further claims that instead of paving
death claims in full to the benefciaries
they have, or an average, paid them less
than one-fourth what is due. The defend
ants are charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud these benefciaries, and are also
asked to turn over the sum of 100000 TO
the present officers.
The Office of the company is now on y.
Delaware-st. Indianapolis, where Mr.
Manse claims to be doing good business.
The defendants Indignantly deny the
charges and will file an answer in few
days.
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A Fieh. I'm Court.

WrNDFALL, March ESPECIAL. IAN in
teresting law suit has closed here. 1t was
the suit OF Mitchell VS.. Leisure, on a rental
contract. The most interesting incident
of the trial occurred about o'clock in the
morning when dispute arose between
the attorneys in which w. o. Dean called
p. Behymer 3 liar. at which Behymer
made for Dean. The latter struck at
Behymer with chair. Behymer caught
the chair, then each struck lick with
fists. At this stage of the fight the justice,
the jury, the constable and bystanders in
terfered aud separated the belligerents
No blood was shed. When quiet was re-
stored Dean proceeded to close the argu-
ment in the case. Tho jury gave plaintiff
judgment for $40.
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Deaths.

Fort WAYNE, March Especial. DIR.
A. J. Laubach, one of the most promi-
nent physicians of northern Indiana, died
at his home here this afternoon after
brief illness. He was for many years con-
nected with the regular army department
of Dakota in the capacity Of surgeon and
was one OF the survivors of the Custer
massacre. His remains will be sent to
Allentown. Pa. for interment.
SEYMOUR, March A. Special. l. Died
yesterday at his home, north OF this city,
of la grippe, Frederick Hackman. aged
eighty-seven wears. Deceased was born
in Germany and came here and entered
the farm on which he died over sixty
years ago. He was an esteemed citizen.
FoRr WAYNE. March Especial. +
Mrs Gertrude Forbing, ags1 eighty-three
years, an early settler, died here this
afternoon. She was the mother of eleven
children. Her husband, John Michael
Forbing, who fought Indians here, died
eight years ago.
LYNN, March 6--[Special. samuel
Austin, one of the oldest settlers of Ran
dolph county, died Thursday. He was
born in Pennsylvania iii 1910 and has
lived in this county since 1861. He was a
prominent lifelong democrat.
ROCKVILLE, March Especial. Yes
terday morning Nj. B. Gordon OF Meta
mora died at ripe old age. Last year he
divided his land among his children, the
transaction being the largestever recorded
in the county.
FARMLAND. March Especial. MILES
II. Hunt, aged sixty-five, one of RAN
dolph county's oldest settlers, died at his
home yesterday, seven miles southwest of
here.
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Butler, Elijah J. Barrett, Zscheus Thornton,
Francis Il. CElfee, George tlcklin, Joseph
Watkins, Albert i Wright, William II. Miller,
Henry b. Cochran, Joseph Moore. John I.
Ferguson. John ". Farmer, Daniel Caddis,
James Bennett. Peter Jordan. John Shriver,
Harry W. Webb. J. Hartman, David Poor,
Jacob r. Newman, Charles Stump. John
O'Connell. Samuel S. Bradenburg Andrew
Donorh Jerome < Hale. William Par
rs. George Conkle, Bassett II. West, Frederick
Beckman, J. II. Mcfarland, Austin NJ. Collins.
William Durhim. Eli Hoyworth, Joseph Van
Voctor, William II. Lucas. John Z. saydors
John Lebo, Emmett J. Hammer, Solomon
Soliday, Eli NJ. WhitsOn.
Samuel Bailey.
ADDITIONAL
Thomas Lynch. John Smith. Thomas j
Montgomery, Patrick Quinlan, Patrick Hall
lOran, Andrew Moore.
John Rosenbower, Joshua B. Cain, Samuel
Coble. Reuben Smith. Phillip Kennedy. Laiay-
cite Holmes, William Cook, John W. Moore.
John Cogwell. Francis GOoden, William
Miller G. +. Lofiler, Thomas j. Bower, Ches.
ter Jones.
William Hays. Oliver 2. Cochran, Benjamin
". Carr. Seldeh L. CHS.
James T. Allen, Osson n. Chamberlain,
William II. Morgan.
William c. Phipps.
REISSUE.
George P. Muir. Riley W. Governs, John Va
Mitchell. Robert While. George w. Reed.
Peter Richmond.
William IT, Howard, William 4. Hinkle.
ORIGINAL WIDOWS, ETC.
Matte Angel, d. Balloon. Hannah Blacksom.
Lucy c. Jackson Adela II. Hyatt John Little
(father). Elizabeth Lawson, Nancy Dueslers
minors of William n. Searight, Anna Berry.
Sylvania Green, Catharine Heiner, Lena L.
McCoombs, Orlena /. Purcell, Sarah Phillas
bum. Leah Rubie, Nancy r. Sheaaer, Martht
Smith, Martha A. Swearer. Daniel NJ. Smith,
minors Of :. Conway.
Harriet AckIey, Elizabeth J. Campbell. Ema-
line Dotson. Robert Bracket (fatherl minor OF
William Bazely Charlotte a. Neton, Louisa
Moore, Mary Clark, Mary Zedieski, Mary 4.
Sperry, minors OF Isaac c. Conrad
REISSUE AND INCREASE
John Norman.
Elkhart Jackson.
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Ten Divorce Cases.

ANDERSON, March Especial. With
in the past seven days ten divorce cases
have been filed in the circuit court This
number will probably be increased to
twelve before tomorrow night as two
women appeared in the local courts this
afternoon and had their husbands arrested
for assault and battery. During the melee
one woman alleges that her husband
threw her down and dislocated her arm.
Madison county did not get in on the di-
vorce symposium of THE SENTINEL few
weeks ago but if she keeps up her present
rate she will discount any county in the
state for divorces
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oz1orAt. No. as.
Sponge Pudding.
BY MARION HARLANp.


full cups OF -four, I tablespoonful Of
melted butter, cup of powdered sugar,
8 eggs-the whites only-whiPPed stiff,
cups of milk, teaspoontul Of rose
water or other colorless havoring ex-
tract, I full teaspoonful Of Cleveland's
baking powder.
Rub butter and sugar to cream, stir
in gradually the milk, then the frothed
whites lastly and very lightly, the flour
which has been sifted twice with the
baking powder. Bake in cups or a
mould. Eat hot with liquid sauce.
Use only CZs9ezanE's 6aking Pos0aey,
tie Pyep0rEi0nS are MADE fer h4at.
Cleveland's Baking Powder IS
absolutely the best, becaRSs:
1t is pure and wholesome;
richest in cream Of tartar;
highest in leavening power;
Food raised with 1t keeps
moist and fresh /;
1t is the most economical
always gives uniform results;
is absolutely free from adul-
teration.
One trial proves its superiority.
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WHITE CAPS ARRESTED.
A Gritty Preacher Pitted Against an Al
legged LnwIess Gang.

n
legged LnwIess Gang
VlNcENNEs. March 4.-[Special. The
Rev. Josiah Abel. pastor of the Decker cir
cuitof the methodist episcopal church, is the
only man who has openly.defed the white
caps and invited them to do their worst.
He mas gone further and accomplished
the arrest of the ring-!eaders of the order
who had sent him threatening letters. in
which they declared making the minister
an object of their wrath if he did not re-
frain reproving them for their lawless acts.
He did not heed the threats, however,
having previously announced that if GER
tain depredations were repeated in Decker
township he would bring the matter be-
fore the grand jury. He made good his
promise, and today preferred charges
against Michael Meyers, John COPYRIGHT
and Herman Williams. who have been
placed under bonds TO answer to the
court The Rev. Mr.. Abel is a muscular
man with unlimited nerve, and declares
that be is able and willing to stay with the
white caps whenever it comes to bodily
violence.
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4 Yonnn,a snicidn.

RICHMOND. March Especial. This
evening Mrs. Jennie McCracken took,
with suicidal intent, dose of cyanide of
potassium and in fifteen minutes she was
a corpse. Her first husband was a promi-
nent citizen of Cincinnati, named Harris,
from whom she was divorced three years
ago. She was an attendant at the insane
asylum three years ago when she married
Edward McCracken now of Chicago. She
separated from McCracken six weeks ago.
Sickness and trouble are the cause OF the
suicide
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NoBLEsvILLE, March Especial. THE
ladies of Noblesville are in terror about a
man who has broken loose and termed
himself Jack the Grabber." His method
of working and causing the women great
fright is by no means a secret. He goes
abroad between the hours of and 8
o'clock, and catches ladies on the streets
and in their yards, as they are passing to
and from the houses doing chores. He Of
fers no violence to them, but seems to be
contented when he has a female within
his grasp and hears her scream. Officers
are at work on the case, endeavoring to
arrest the guilty party. Suspicion rests
on several persons.
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a Runway Girl Disooversd.

ANDERSON, March Especial. Ada
Ray, a sixteen-year-old girl. who disap-
peared from her home Ia Marion two
weeks ago and has kept her whereabouts
q secret from her friends, has been locat ed
in this city. She is EMPLOYED as domestic
in boarding house on 5. Main-st. Today
her uncle, J. NJ. Ray. came to Anderson
and identified the girl, for whom detectives
have been searching for couple of weeks.
Ada is an orphan. Her father was a
mason, and when be died several years
ago gave the daughter as a sort of ward
into the care OF the masons. 1t was
through the fundamentally OF that order
that the girl was found.
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THAT WORN SHOWER.
Report of the Cincinnati Natural History
Society Concerning 1t.

Society Concerning 1t.
LIBERTY, March Especial. IA report
OF the Cincinnati society of natural his
tory of its investigation of the specimens
of worms which recently fell in a shower
near Clifton. Ind. was received Saturday
night. The report says:
The specimen was submitted to Mr.. Charles
Deery, the most competent entomologfst we
have among us, and he has just returned it.
He says he thinks it is the lary9 of some kind
of beetle, but as the worm is a stranger he is
unable to fully determine its origin.
The worm is about an inch in length
and covered with short, brown hair and
has ewes similar to. a fly when examined
with glass. Thousands OF them fell on
the frozen crust of snow and when picked
up came TO life. \ SENTINEL reporter Wis
tied the vicinity recently and interviewed
several responsible parties who reported
they saw the worms, and all described the
particulars the same.
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Divorce end AIlmnnr.

MONTICELLO. March 3. Especial. Mrs
Alice X. Spencer is suing for divorce from
DIR. William Spencer, one OF the oldest
and wealthiest citizens of the county, ask
ing dissolution OF matrimonial ties and
$4,000 elimony. The complaint alleges
i'll treatment and failure TO provide, and
the trial is now in progress. The court
room is daily packed, the ladies monopo-
liz.ng a large portion OF the space. The
examination Of the plaintiff is now in
progress, and there is an intense and
growing interest manifested in the trial.
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EVANSVILLE. March Especial. News
was received here tonight of stabbing
ARRAY which occurred at Newtonville last
night in which two men received wounds
that will prove fatal and several others
were seriously injured.
The affray originated in a saloon where
party Of young men had spent the greater
portion of the afternoon and most OF them
were under the influence OF liquor. Some
pne in the party had a few days before
made some remarks regarding the char
acter OF Joseph Sheriff. and last night he
added another insult which caused a
quarrel in which the friends OF either
party took a part and finally the row
illuminated in q general riot. Several
OF the party drew their knives
and commenced slashinG at their Oppo-
nenis. while Others took an active part
with clubs and chairs. and not until halt a
dozen Law on the floor did the battle cease.
The news of the bloody AIray spread
throughout the town in q tew minutes.
Several physicians hasteEed to the scene
of the trouble, where they found Joseph
Sheriff. living in g pool OF blood with a
wound in his back just below the shout
der blade. George Hill was living near
him with q wound in his left breast Just
below the heart Jim Sheriff. WAS found
in an unconscious condition with his skull
fractured. Three others, whose names
could not be learned, were also badly beat
en-. The physicians say that Joseph Sher-
rill ana Hill cannot recover, and were IN
q dying condition this morning. jim Sher-
rill is in q serious condition and may die.
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Indiana Pensions.
ORIGINAL.

Fishery Conkright, Preston Nash, Nathan
r. Donahew, Miles f. Anderson. John G.. Hen
drick, Byron I. Adams. Benjamin y. Leather
man, Daniel w. Waugh, Albert Alyea, La
fayette Thompson, James +. Nelson, Henry
Carothers Luccus o. Edison, Frederick J..
Butler, Aoner Allen. Christian Sioux, John
Denny George w. Arnold, George ". Sartor,
James Swinney, Lewis ImbeG, William
Charilds, William Watkins, A. d. Thomp-
son, John w. Fisher. George w. jackson,
NJ. james, James Allen, William
Kessler, Charles F. Shepler. John
Edmouds, Guy A. Stone, William A. Lucas,
William Kimbrell. Philip HAYS, w. III. Dixon,
Richard Duke. William II. Ii. Whitrow, George
Addelsberger. Frederick Fanny, George
Stephans, Cornelius Morris; imam II. Dis
coe, John p Davis, John w. Pruitt Timothy
Craft, Andrew J. Scully, William Ii. Horter.
William T. Pttnr%a, abraham Robbins. +. j..
Bromillette Thomas Hahn. Irwin Hucklebery,
William Anthony, Charles Robertson, j.
Whitecotton. Marquis l.. Sisson, Jerome Hsr-
ris, Israel Lamm.
Ezra w. Sinkns, Finley Beam, James c..
Boren, ID. A. Megrady, Hiram Pitnam, Daniel
NJ Reed James Gibson, Edgar NJ. TibbOls,
William Smith, Robert Patterson, Aaron T.
Strong, Patrick Fullen. James A. Lownsdase,
John +. Stevens, John Ii. Wallace, Charles
Anthony David G.. Wonderley. Frank Middle
ton, Daniel ii. Edenbo. John Scott. Albert Col
lier, John r. Tage, Samuel NJ. Mosley. Ferdi-
nand ZedIeski, Levi Smell, Patterson Selix,
Francis B. Cottrell, Jacob Tiegert, James
NJ. Stinson, Bradley c. Southworth,
George Williams, George Ragen. Joseph
Hooker. Charles w. ridden, Alexander Rossan,
Samuel Easterly, j. Rees. William T..
Essex, Matthias Winter, William H. II. Wilson,
Joseph Partridge John Barnes, Hiram Springer.
John Sullivan, Hugh Robertson. ohm Hand
lin. John Years. Charles A. Tutte. Austin i.
TAYLOR, John Ranny. Thomas Robinson, Rich
Calvin A. Gibson, William j. t. Adams. AL
fred Carter, George A. Gardner, Samuel :. Da-
Wis. John f. Weber, Benjamin f. Hall, Frank
Ingersoll. John Busenbark, Christopher Disher.
Abraham Keloh, Alfred HOllinger. Francis ii.
Barnes, Lafayette NJ. Jackson, Robert
Farrell, James X. Lowell, James l.
Ingram, Artemns kleckner, William
Carder. Orange V. Lemon, Samuel V. Casper.
Hiram Wallace, James Warner David NJ.
William A. Curtis, Jarrett Confey, Andrew
Herrine, William Wilson. Henry II. Bowman,
John r. Brewer, James Gofrell, Thomas Nj.
Hanna George Elenger. Albert J. Bellous,
John b. Wendricky, William II. Joslin, William
Willis. William J. Floyd, Robert II. Harrison,
David E. Dunbar, William V. Hathaway. Cyrus
HAYDEN, John Hall, Lewis Crisler, I. lannon's.
Richard T. Henderson, William h. North,
David Brothers. Henry Coleman. William A.
Canuadny William ID. Hattie, William IL. Nc
IAughlin, Levi H. Miller.
James l. Crawford. Potter Breach. Henry
Aren J. Heminger, BENJAMIN i. Seymour
John II. Foutz. Peter linn, Thomas n. b.
Cook, Harvey II. shirley, George II. Price
BENJAMIN Tuthill. Frederick w. Kel Peter A.
Stricken, John Appel, Peter Schmidt, john
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Craft was sixty-fve years OF age and has
hal a notable career. \ few years age he
was an immensely wealthy man but drink
fast reduced him to the lowest depths of
poverty. In a dream while in the poor
house bis frichtful condition was revealed
to him and he swore to reform. He has
kept his oath, and, while he has made his
living working around saloons, he has
never since drank drop.
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KILLED HIMSELF AND WIFE.
n Two-Fold Domestic Tragedy in Spencer
County

County.
RocEPoRT, March Especial. l-Infor-
nation of q horrible double tragedy has
just reached this city from the little town
of Richland, situated about ten miles from
here in this county.
A tough character named Williams has
been separated from his wife for several
months, Tor some cause or other. They
did not get along we'll together and sepa-
rated without any divorce. 1t seems,
however, that be was very jealous Of any
attention shown her by others.
In tit OF jealous rage last night he shot
his wife and she died instantly. He then
shot himself and lived only few moments
after.
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THE SEYMOUR TRAGEDY.
Frank McGovern Tells All He Knows
About the Famous Knife.

frank McGovern Tells All He Knows
About the Famous KNIFE.
SEYMOUR, March 5.--[special. Frank
McGovern. relative to the finding of the
knife after the murder of L. w. Marsh,
gives the following to the public:
Much has been said about certain
knife which / once owned, and which was
found under the window of Mr.. Marsh's
house on the morning of his murder. So
far have thought best to make no public
statement about the matter, bat to remain
silent in order TO find some trace Of
the knife, il possible, Immediately preced-
ing the murder. This have been unable
70 do and my silence has excited some un-
favorable comment Hence | make this
statement IN justice 10 my friends and