Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

Jack Cronin is going to start the ma
chine moving that will hang him higher
than Hannah UP in Hartford pretty soon."
said Richard + Saules. a Connecticut de-
tective. at Wizards last night. ''Cronin
n ordered a man named Skinner at South
Windsor. and is to be executed on the oath
of this month. The new plan by which the
condemned man himself is made to spring
the trap, SO to speak, that will launch him
into the hereafter, is to be tried in Cronins
case for the first time. and everything has
been completed for the event. After the
preliminaries are gone through with in
the death cage. where. by the way, the last
words OF the condemned will be spoken. in
case he desires to say anything, and where
the religious services will Also be held.
Cronin's arms will be pinioned, and he will
be marched out to the execution house.
When he enters this place he will be stood
upon an iron plate, about two feet square.
Beneath this plate is mechanism that is
started going as soon as Cronin steps upon
II. Above the plate Will hang the moose.
Three attendants will accompany the pris-
oner. One will pinion his legs, the other
will adjust the rope and the third will put
en- the black cap. The mechanism which,
as have stated. will start going when
Cronin steps upon the plate, is attached to
a big ball Of iron that is attached In turn
to the rope, and will take about forty sec
onds to make the combination that will re-
lease the weight and make it jerk the rope
arranging the last requirements Cronin
will be i'm the act of hanging himself. In
order to prevent any accident a dial is
placed in the wall where the warden of the
penitentiary can see it. This will show him
just how near to falling the operating
weight is. and in case Of necessity he can,
by touching lever, delay the final opera
ton Of the machine"
II am very much inclined to believe that
Col. Breckenridge will be renominated in
the Ashland district" said Henry Taylor
of Winchester, KY. at the Ebbitt House
last night" He wouldn't be, however, IL
Owens would listen to the requests or, to be
more explicit. the demands OF the demo-
cratic opposition to Col Breckenridge and
withdraw from a candidacy for the nominal
nation In favor OF Settle. Owens has been
the deadliest foe that Breckenridge has had
for the past dozen years. but he has never
had the requisite courage to come out and
fight him openly. He kept back, waiting
for the man Of the silver tongue to die or
resign. but he was quick to take advantage
Of the recent scandal and announce himself
as 4 candidate for Congress. Everybody out
In the Ashland district Ia aware of this
phase Of the present fight for the nomina-
ton. and while many persons do not con-
done Col Breckinridge's grevious offenses.
they don't propose to help the aspirations
of anybody like Owens. Settle is regarded
quite favorably throughout the district, and
d
would listen to reason and get out of the
way Settle would undoubtedly come pretty
lear to the nomination. But Owens won't
do his duty. according to the democratic
idea prevailing in Kentucky. and 1 reckon
Col. Breckenridge will be returned to Con-
gress as a result"
''So-called 'sassiety' Of New York. row
temporarily sojourning at Newport and
other fashionable resorts, is proceeding to
AZ
success in gaining access to the real So
ciety OF Europe, whose doors have so long
been closed to the majority of the members
Of our esteemed sO0," said Andrew F. Mar
quand at Wormley's this morning. Ever
since the daughters Of the palace car mag
nate went over to Vienna and were received
with generous hospitality by the most ex-
elusive and aristocratic people I'm the world
the 400 have been full OF angry jealousy.
Various other Americans who are Eow NOV
ing In the first grades Of the New York and
Newport society have gone over to Austria
with the desire Of breaking bread with the
Niennese exclusives, but they were turned
down without even being given a Vienna
roll. Consequently New York people have
had II In for the Pullmans and have been
awaiting an opportunity to be revenged on
their prestige. The recent strike at Pull
man has given it to them. The Pullman
girls are at Newport and are being rather
coolly treated, while it is generally known
tnat tney Will De given a cold shoulder
next winter when the season opens IN New
York. The reason the 400 give for this sup-
posed snub is that they cannot extend hos
pitality or receive hospitality from persons
who have secured their worldly means by
grinding their own employees. Ii is a fact
that a subscription paper was recently
started at Newport for the benefit Of the
people made destitute in Pullman, Ill, by
reason of the stoppage Of work. and that
those who put their names down with sub
stantial figures behind them were the very
people who had accepted the Pullman hos
ptality heretofore 1t is said that some
one even had the temerity TO send to Pull
man himself and ask him to subscribe
to the fund. On the other hand, I hear
that the Puilmans will not spend next WIN
ter in New York. but will return to their
field of European conquest to hobnob with
the aristocracy again. to the dismay of
those members OF the 400 who have been
bruising their knucklcs in a vain endeavor
to gain response at the doors Of the CONT
mental exclusive Set
THE robbery Of the keg Of gold that was
shipped to French bankers from New Yor,.
on the steamship La Touraine and the loss
of which was not discovered until the rest
Of the consignment reached its destination {"
said Henry T. Cranmer Of ST. Louis at the
Riggs House today, reminds me of the loss
of a money package once by the Wells
Fargo Express Company on the Northern
Pacific road. Between 5000 and s. GOO I'm
bills were sent by q depositor of Tom
Cruse'3 banking house in Helena, Mont. 10
a correspondent in st. Louis. The package
was placed in the express safe, together
with other valuable bundles and wba,
Omaha was reached, where a transfer ~
the stuff was made, the parcel Of bills vas
missing. An investigation resulted and the
express manager was arrested. He insisted
that he was innocent and could not account
for the loss. His guilt appeared to be So
palpable that every means known outside IN
processes Of the inquisition was used I'm an
attempt to make him make a Confession
but without avail. He was sent 20 fhn ,,ani