davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

several hundred strong provided with
arms. Guarded by their experience of two
years ago they are not now in open in
surrection, but are fighting secretly and
under cover Many peaceable citizens
have been ordered 10 leave the country
The sheriff declares his inability to pro-
tect life and property. We have not suffi-
cient militia 10 support him, and nothing
but the presence Of troops will restore con-
fidence and safety. This is no time 10
bubble over questions of law and pre-
cedents. The conditions are now
serious; blood has been shed and prop
erty destroyed l. therefore believe my
request 70 the president for troops en-
bodies all that should be required, and
ask that YOU unite in petltioning him for
the aid need.
wv. J. MCCONNELL.
Governor"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
RIOT IN HAMMOND,
Two Men Reported Shot
and Killed by Troops
And One Wounded in Both
Legs.
V0lLEY AND V0lLEY FIRED.
United States and State Troops
Collecting in Hammond.
CitizAnS Haua ColIeoted roo
Citizens Have Collected SOC
Guns for Use.

4 Second VoIley Fired Last Night,
But No One Was Injured-The Mayor
Issues a Cell fer n Mass Meeting
Troops en- Route from Various POr-
lions of the State-WOmen Pull n
Fireman on His Engine-An EnOr-
nous Railroad Meeting in Ft
Wayne - The Situation at other
Points.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
A stone Thrown.

The conductor of Big -Four train No. Z,
the New York express, which was due
in this city at 1890 Sunday night, reported
that at Albany, the first station east Of
Muncie, a large stone was thrown
through a window of one of the day
coaches, passing out of an open window
on the other side of the car, narrowly
missing a man who was asleep with his
head aginst the window-sill. That the
stone was large was indicated by the
crash when it struck the glass.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
WOMEN TAKE 4 HAND.
a Fireman Pulled on His Engine and
Begged to Desert.

a
Begged to Desert.
WABASH. July S.-Special.-The Big
Four got out three passenger trains out
of Wabash late last night after a hard
struggle.
The express north and mail south
were several hours late in here. and in
spite of Judge Woods's injunction the
strikers pleaded with the engineers and
fremen and succeeded in holding the
trains from two to three hours.
Women caught the fireman from the
north, literally pulling him off his en-
CINE. and hurried MIN Up to the Union
hall where ne was begged to desert
Once he returned back to his engine
but was taken back again 10 the hall
where he promised to quit at the end Of
his run. As the trains pulled out women
and girls and some men shouted scab.
but further than this there was nc vio-
lence
Extra %. made up here. was got out
after eight hours delay. no fireman be-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
WILL JOIN HANDS.
Governors Altgeld and
Matthew'S Get Together
And Their Respective
Forces Will Cooperate.
The State Line Will No
Longer Be a Barrier.
HUNDREDS OF TELEGRAMS
Are Received and Sent BY Gov
ernor Matthew's,
Among Them Being One To
President Cleveland.
Over Seven Hundred Troops
Massed at Ha mnond

At the United States MarshaTs Office
AdviceS Are Received All During
the Day-Facts Concerning the Sat
urday Night Conference
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
bridges Fired.

EAST CHICAGO. Ind. July s-Un-
known micreants set IRE 10 and under
mined one of the piers Of the railroad
bridge over the drainage canal Just south
of the city. The bridge is now impassi-
bic and no Wabash or Ft. Wayne trains
can pass until repairs are made.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

posse comitatus. Deputy narshals and
deputy sheriffs are at all times empower
ed to call upon any able-bodied citizen
10 assist in making arrests. and II the
mob undertakes TO destroy railroad prep
erty the deputy marshal will at once
call upon the troops to assist MIN IN ar
resting the members. and If destruction
of private or municipal property is
threatened. the deputy sheriffs will call
upon the troops in the same way and
they will have to obey. If the mob un-
dertakes to destroy property and then
crosses over into Illinois, the deputy
marshals win call upon the troops to as
sist in the arrest OF the offenders and they
will then have to obey.
This is a proceeding that is resorted to
only IN cases of rare emergencies, but
the situation at Hammond was regarded
as sufficiently serious to warrant it. In
this way the arrest OF all persons found
damaging or destroying property Of any
kind is assured and the troops will have
not only the power of state militia, but
Of United States marshals and deputy
sheriffs as well. The formality of swear
ing them in Will be dispensed with in this
way. while the troops will have ali the
powers of deputy sheriffs and marshals
and the state will get the credit Of put
ting down the mob and restoring order.
There was some delay i'm getting the
troops started, but at $40 yesterday aft
ernoon a special l.. +. & w. train left
the Union station with a gatling gun,
detachment of the light artillery, pro-
visions, tents and munitions of war The
troops are TO mass at Griffith five miles
from Hammond. The total number or
dered out is 7S4.
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. after
receiving several kilograms from the rail
road officials in regard to the Hammond
situation. Governor Matthews sent the
following telegram to Washington;
Hon Grover Cleveland, President
United States:
"Since Judge Baker. District Attorney
Burke and Marshal Hawkins wired the
encouragement, the situation at Ham
mond grows more alarming. Mail trains
are held and all traffic stopped; the town
i'm control Of a mob and Overrun by des-
perate characters from Chicago. Avail
able state troops Will soon be on the way
to Hammond; other points in state IN
threatening and dangerous condition 1t
is absolutely necessary that at least
three companies Of United States troops
be ordered to that point without delay.
VIII use every means at my command
and cooperate with g0vernment-troops.
CLAUDE MATTHEW'S"
Governor Matthews received the follow
ing answer TO the above telegram at 4:1O
in the afternoon:
Hon. Claude Matthews:
Your telegram Of this date, addressed
10 the president, has been referred to
Maj-Gen. Miles. commanding the depart
ment of the Missouri headquarters at
Chicago, who has full authority to act
i'm the premises. Please communicate
with him at that place.
DANIEL S LAMONT,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
DANIEL s. LAMONT,
Federal Troops Sent.

The governor said that he concluded
from this message that Gen. Miles would
Immediately order troops to Hammond,
as he was close enough to know the situa-
ton and necessity for immediate action.
A little later word was received
through Superintendent Miller of the
Pennsylvania company that two COM
panies of regulars had been ordered from
Newport, KY to proceed to Hammond.
With this information at hand the gov
ernor did not think it necessary to wire
a request to Gen. Miles for troops.
On account Of the state line making 1t
difficult for the state troops to handle
mob at Hammond. and the governor
desire to retain full control of the-state
militia, it seemed almost like a puzzle
to obtain a solution Of the question. For
the protection of the Indiana towns along
the border, the governor deemed it neces-
sary to have the troops so that they
could be at once ordered at any point on
the border, yet he did not want them to
stand by and see Illinois property de-
stroyed just across the line with the
troops helpless to prevent it. In view of
this condition Of affairs he sent the fol-
lowing telegram tc Governor Altgeld at
g o'clock:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

Additional Wounded at Hammond.
CHICAGO, July S.-Mrs. Fleming shot
in knee.
Victor Bite. shot in leg
Unknown man. shot through the wrist.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
Telegram to AItgeId.

II have found it necessary to order
state troops to Hammond Owing to
the peculiar situation there, the state line
dividing the town, believe it would be
well to have our respective forces CO.
operate in suppressing lawlessness at that
point To accomplish this I suggest that
we each accord to the other the right, if it
should be necessary and best, , permit
troops to cross the line and in a. aspects
aid in establishing peace and order You
consenting. construe this into a like con-
sent on my part.
CLAUDE MATTHEW'S,
Governor"
At II p. m. Sunday Governor Mat
thews received the following reply to
his message to Governor Altgeld:
SPRINGFIELD, H., July s.
1.-The Hon. Claude Matthews, Governor:
Il heartily approve of your suggestion
and our troops win act in the most
friendly accord with yours. Mayor Hop
kins has already informed me of your
consideration and forethought, and the
Illinois troops have been directed 10 go
into Indiana whenever it is deemed nee
essary 70 completely suppress lawless-
ness, enforce the law or maintain order
in Illinois, and your troops will, of
course. come into Illinois at any point
when ii is deemed necessary to have
them do so for the purpose of uphold
ing the laws and maintaining order in
the state OF Indiana.
JOHN p. ALTGELD, Governor
After the troops mad started from the
various points for Hammond, Governor
Matthews sent the following telegram to
P. Kelley, mayor of Hammond:
Troops now their way to your city.
They go to assist the authorities 10 re-
store order and enforce law. trust their
mission may be peaceably performed
II will not be their fault If otherwise.
would suggest and request that you i'm
Evening journal., 1894-11-20

MEMPHIS. Nov 20-At Frazier. Tenn,
the south bound freight No. % on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Southwestern was
wrecked by an open switch. Fireman
Thomas D. Matthews was killed; Engi
neer Lloyd Grimes and Brakeman Alex
ander Sanders (ooiorodl were injured so
badly it is doubtful If they will recover
and win Turner, James Luther and Fred
James. tramps from Kentucky, received
serious injuries.
The switch had been thrown to derail
and rob the passenger train, which was
due in ten minutes. Engineer Grimes
saw the condition of tho switch In time
to throw tho lever. Then no jumped, but
struck on his head which was cracked.
Fireman Matthews jumped, but bounded
back under the cars, and his head was
also cracked
Brakeman Sanders was thrown from
the top Of box car and received internal
injuries. The tramps rode in a lumber
car and were buried under pile of that
material The injured were placed in the
hospital at Memphis.
Evening journal., 1894-11-20
NICHOLAS NO COWARD.
Russia's New Car says lie win Abolish the
secret Police.

Russia's New Car says lie win Abolish the
Secret Police.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20 Gear Mich
olas in consultation with the grand
dukes, declared that 1t was his intention
TO abolish tho secret court police and the
state OF siege. He also favored freedom
Of tho press Ho snid that II 1t was his
fate to be killed the secret police could
not protect him. 1t is reported that Gov
prnor Heydon Of Finland has gone to st.
potersbcrg to report TO tho car that the
Finlanders refuse to swear allegiance to
him.
1t was terrible moment when tho
time came for tho family of Gar Alex
ander 70 bid farewell TO his remains. Tho
widowed empress mounted the stops Of
the bier supported by her son, Gear Mich
olas. Her feelings spent themselves in a
burst Of hysterical sobs and tears, from
which sho was unable to recover. Again
and again she bent over and kissed the
dead hands lying crossed upon her hus-
bands breast Then she stood aside and
the other imperial and royal personagea
kissed the hands after which the general
| public withdrew. Then a rosary was laid
upon the deceased's forehead, and an alb
solution written upon parchment was
placed In the hands The interment fol
lowed.
The scene Of confusion Sunday after.
noon in the vicinity Of tho Fortress OF St
Petor and ST Paul was remarkable. fol
more than mile ia all directions there
was a seething, suifocating mass OF peo
pie, among whom cossacks were vainl,
trying 60 keep order with knouts and th,
heels Of thoir wild horses, regardless b
the lives or limbs Of tho people FINAL,
fire engines were brought hose stretche,
and water turned on. The powerfn
streams scattered the people in tho from
like ohafl, only to be driven back by tn
pressure from behind Tho cossack
struck the people across thoir faces witt
great whips Ono man was killed by
kick. A boy was suffocated in the crowd
Evening journal., 1894-11-20

do all In my power to bring the guilty to
punishment. ] took tho case IN good faith
and acted as any attorney would havo
done Mr.. Gary asked me, If they proved
a fraud, IL would be willing to return to
tho company my fee. ! told him l would
30 not only willing but would not under
any circumstances keep any part of it,
Mr.. Howe says he has no fear Of tho
result Of his oase, but disiikes the noto-
riety it gives him
H'he Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
company began an attachment suit In
the circuit court against J. ID. Howe and
Carrie A. Pitzel, the reputed widow Of
the supposed dend man. The suit is for
$40 600. The writ was executed by gar
nisheelng the Merchants National bank.
where. 1t is stated, the Pitzels have some
funds.
Holmes Had Boosted of Ills Scheme.
AS soon as she received the money Mrs.
pitzel and family are said to have moved
30 Davenport, Ia.
Holmes, or H. NJ Howard, as he was
known IN this city, got into trouble last
summer by selling stock of drugs on
which there was mortgage. 1t is claim
cd by detectives here that Howard stated
to several prisoners in the jail. so that it
came to the ears of the guard, that he had
the best scheme over conceived for swim
ding an Insurance company II he only
could get some sharp attorney to help
him.
While in jail Howard became aoquaint-
ed with Howe. After being released on
the charge against him Howard went to
Philadelphia and assumed tho name of
III. L. Homes While here Howard is said
to have made the acquaintance Of b. Il.
pitzel, whose supposed body was found
in Philadelphia.
Howard has stated in Boston that the
body was not that OF Pitzel. but one that
he as a druggist bought from a medical
college. He says that Pitzel's wife and
daughter were also in the conspiracy, and
1t is Howard who claims that Attorney
Howe knew Of the conspiracy. Howe
claims he knew of no conspiracy, and
that the first he knew of the case was
when Mrs. Pitzel came to him and asked
him to take charge of 1t for her This he
did and went to Philadelphia, taking
| Pitzel's daughter with him to identify
tho body and collect tho money.
Since Pitzel's supposed death no trace
| of him has been seen. This, however,
| friends take as their grounds of defense.
| They claim that Howards story OF sub
| shutting a body for that of Pitzel is un-
true and give as their belief that Pitzel
| has been murdered, and that it really
l was his body which was identified by his
daughter in Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1894-11-20
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

It does not seem to dawn on men that
the chief business % lottery company
is to fish for suckers Chester News.
There's always flaw in candidate
srmor The fact Achilles was invul-
nerable, save Ia the foot, shows the ad
vantage 81 such times of also being
wen heeled = p Philadelphia Times.
The trouble with the bulldog is that
he sometimes chews more than be can
bite of. II Galveston News.
The collars and cuffs schedule proba.
bly, was settled during starch chamber
session Chicago Dispatch.
The cautious man does his jollifyinR
before the election. In case OF success
he can rtjollify. Washington Post
Mexico has just had severe earth
quake. II It had been political earth
quake il would not have been regarded
as news. New York Advertiser.
Evening journal., 1894-11-20
DOES PlTzEL YET LIVE?
New Developments In the Phila-
delphia Insurance Fraud.
MRS. PITzEL MAKES A Confession

she says She Was In the Plot, but Now
Has Fears That Holmes Has Made way
with Her Husband SHE IL Arrested;
Also Holmes and Lawyer Howe.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. Gothic grand
jury found true bill against Mudgett,
alias II. H. Holmes, now a prisoner in
Boston; Jeptha b. Howe, the ST. Louis
lawyer, who collected tho insurance mon
ey on B. i. Pitzel policy for tho lntter's
widow, and the widow herself Tho in
dictmont roads for conspiracy to cheat
and delraud.
Coroner Ashhridge and President Fouse
Of tho Fidelity Mutual company gave tho
necessary evidence for tho finding of the
Indictment Alexander Mcknight vice
president Of the Fidelity Mutual com
pany, made the following statement TO a
reporter
"While tho suspicion has grown until
we arc nearly positive that Benjamin =.
Pitzol was murdered the only charge made
before the grand jury was q conspiracy
TO defraud.
II am positive that the body found on
Sept. 40 1916 Callowhill street, on which
an inquest was held the next day as that
Of 81 Il. Perry, Is mono other than that
Of b. +. Pitzel said Coroner Ashbridge
~ am not az liberty at present to disclose
my reasons for this assertion, but il were
and pointed them out you would be con
WINGED, Notwithstanding the stories as to
tho wretohed mans repatriation in South
America or elsewhere, that he met his
death right here in Philadelphia. 1t
was stated that Mrs Pitzel had boon ar
rested IN Burlington, VT, and made q
confession.
The detectives have practically aban,
doned tho murder theory, and now think
they arc on the track OF Pitzel In tho per-
son Of man calling himself b. j. Ly-
man, whose whereabouts they refuse to
diyulge. They stated that Mrs. Pitzel
had made confession substantially the
same as that of Holmes except that she
believes her husband to be in South
America. She has not seen him since the
alleged crime was committed.
Tho insurance officials profess also to
have received word that Holmes and Mrs.
pitzel were on route to this city, having
left Boston last night. Mrs. Pitzel, 1t ii
stated, was decoyed from Burlington,
VT, to Boston by communication which
she supposed to DO from Holiness
Evening journal., 1894-11-20

While good people OF al parties are
rejoicing over the defeat Of corruption at
the polls in New York city, it Is well to re
member that this is only the beginning Of
the end end If the metropolis Of the
country is really TO be redeemed a good
deal Of thinking viii have to take place
The Tweed ring was overthrown In the
Fall Of 1871 On the e5th Of November
Of that year Harpers Weekly said
THE victory has been won only by the
most unprecedented zeal and activity
anu union Of ali honest men In the city,
This victory is won for the
year only, not for next year, or futuIe
years Il will be the fault OF
no class but that Of honest and intelli-
gent men IL another tyranny as foul as
that Of Tammany ever again susiayes the
CITY,"
These words contain a prophecy which
has been fufled, ard another ring
more corrupt, If possible, than that OF
Tweed has now been laid low Is It not
then time for serious thoughtg History
will again repeat itsel unless continued
Vigilance Is kept up by intelligent and
incompatible ci'izsns. Il is one thing
to vote for purity and quite another 70
both secure aud keep it.
Evening journal., 1894-11-20


ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.-Jeptha Howe, an
attorney having an Office with tho law
firm OF Mcdonald q Howe Of this city,
was arrested here on tho charge of con
spring with one I'll II. Holmes to dotraud
tho Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance com
pany Of Philadelphia out % $40, COO The
arrest was made in connection with the
insurance swindle case reported from
Philadelphia last Saturday night
Attorney Howe was taken before Chief
liarrigan at the four courts at tho con
ference W. j.. Gary Of ST. Louis, manager
Of the Fidelity Mutual was present At
the conclusion OF tho conference Howe
was released on a 81 900 bond Howe
signed a document, TO which the chief al
SO put his signature and it was turned
over To Gary Neither Gary nor Chief
Harrigan would talk about the case to q
representative of the press
Howe, however. made this statement;
II will say the samo % You, said Mr.
Howe, that have said to Mr. Gary and
the chief. ] do not in the first place be-
lieve that fraud has been committed
believe tho body identified by Pitfalls 10.
| year old daughter was thnt Of hur iethor.
The marks OF Identification were perfect.
AS TO how Pitzel met his death cannot
say.
" But, as ] said to Mr. Gary. If a fraud
has been committed 1 am as anxious e
have IL investigated as any one ana will
Evening journal., 1894-11-20
SHOT HER BROTHER.
Drunken william sheehan Killed by His
sister.

Drunken william Sheehan Killed. by His
Sister.
SING SING, Nov. 20.-William Sheehan
was shot and killed at Croton dam by
his sister Mary. The two were quarrel
ing at the time There appears to have
been no witness Of the affair. The wom-
an claims she acted in self defense.
Sheehan formerly kept a saloon. Ha
was about 30 years old His father, John
sheohan, is driver for Charles II. Lent
tho superintendent at tho dam. Mrs
Sheehan is dead. The family consisted Of
the father, son and daughter All were
addicted to the use of liquor and even
the woman frequently became intoxicat-
cd. Fights were of frequent occurrence,
and the brother and sister were the usual
participants.
Sheehan went homo drunk. Soon after
the neighbors heard him quarreling with
his sister Then there was shot a cry,
and Mary ran from the house, with q re-
volver in her hand The neighbors hur-
ried TO the house and found Sheehan ly-
ing ON tho floor Of the living room, with
blood running from a wound in his abdo-
mon He was conscious. He said his sis.
ter had shot him. She entered the house
afterward and admitted the shooting.
DR. Lynch was summoned, but could
do nothing for the wounded man, who
died ten minutes later.
Coroner Apgar took charge Of tho case,
and the young woman was put under ar
rest Her story Of the affair is that whom
her brother entered the house she was en-
gagged in household work. He began to
acold her and threatened TO kill her.
When he attempted to strike her, she ran
into another room. lie followed her. Hei
fathers pistol lay on shelf, and in hei
terror she grabbed it and fred wildly
The neighbors seem inclined to side witt
| the woman, and all believe her story.
Evening journal., 1894-11-20

From the Philadelphia Record.
The descriptions Of the funeral of the
late Car Alexander III read like page
from Froissart. Russia is the only coun
try in Europe in which medievalism.
with Its pomp and circumstance, still
survives. 1.-THE PROFESSIONS of richly
robed priests, bearing ikons and censers
Of burning incense; Of mobiles in gorgeous
uniforms, carrying the Imperial standard
the great crown OF Russia and the crowns
Of Poland. raurica, Siberia and Astra-
chan, the sceptre and war sword OF the
dead Emperor, followed by the colossal
funeral car drawn by eight drapsd and
plumed horses, each led by dignitary Of
The empire, and at last the new Gar,
Nicholas III. riding alone. pale but reso-
lutte, his uniform half hidden in crepe
the whole makes q pageant which tran
scends in magnihcence anything the
world has seen, perhaps. since ths
ruqr
Evening journal., 1894-11-20
How Edison swears.

In addition 20 the many inventions in
electricity which have emanated from
Thomas A. Edison, there Is a pet cuss
word which Is characteristic OF the great
inventor.
he was speaking tho other day to q
New York reporter Of man who said
that a certain decision affected ali MT.
Edison's Inventions, and that they could
be used universally without ccmpensa.
ton to the inventor, When the reporter
asked him il this was 50, Mr. Edison
fumed for moment and finally blurted
out: THAT man is a Himalayan Andesian
jackass " Continuing, be remarked,
with tlnge Of bitterness in his tone,
that be had never made cent out Of any
Of his Inventions in this country.
Another characteristic reply Of the in
ventor was his aaewer to a jewelry firm
which desired his experience with his
first watch II never owned watch
never wanted to know the time, he
raid. Mr. Edison works at all hours Of
the day and night in his private study.
He enjoys dry smoke and chews blecl
cigars after the style Of the late Genera
Butler.