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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

TUE Defender had only one com petitor
in the race on Thursday, off Benton'a
Reef, Newport. The jubilee was siuplY
not In 1t. The Defender won as it pleased.
II It does as we'll when sailing for the In.
ternatlonal Cup America Will DO really n
It with nothing to fear from Aud Hing.
land"
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

ANOTHER building collapsed with fatal
resuits In New York on Thursday. Not.
withstandina New York has building
Inspector who apparently does not in.
spect the New York buildings refuse to
rspose whore they are built. This time 1t
was the middle section OF an eight story
building In the course OF erection at the
northeast corner Of West Broadway and
Third street. Some thirteen workmen
were killed and fatally injured. Some
body should be morally responsible for
this mishap. Greater care should be ex-
ercised by those having buildings In the
course OF erection. Wilmington has been
free from any fatal accidents while our
large buildings were In the course OF
erection. the accident Of the Diamond
State Roi ling mill being the only one TO
result In loss Of life.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

THIS Ia scorchlug weather for the blcy.
cllsts to scorch for record from Brandy.
lam Cooley got hero Yesterday doing
the eight m les IL 90 mluutes 81 seconds.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
tou.Ita,sap,.

The recent outrages perpetrated by the
Italian miners at Spring Valley. Illinois.
have led many persons to inquire II 1t
would not be wise to Impose a tax on all
emiarants. and thus check the influx into
cur country from foreign lands. and pre-.
vent the competition for work. which has
led TO strife. bloodshed and evan murder.
Europe may be overcrowded with people
Int we do not see why We should be CALL
81 on to provide homes for them at the
expense Of our own miners or laborers.
,Ws Go not want an increase Of idlers,
raupers. dlsturbers OF the peace. ne we
Fave too many Of such characters already.
Congress- should consider this matter OF
emigration at its next session and adopt
stringent rules to check the evils CON-
planned Of. Men who are unmlndful Of
other peoples rights or cannot comply
with the law are not desirable citizens
and not wanted IN this country. and the
sooner something can be done to check
the coming here Of such characters tho
better 1t will be for all hands.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
TI,n i,ir,cIs NntIIiu.

On Wednesday man giving hls name
as Bolden walked into the bicycle store OF
Clifford Greonman and wanted to sell for
forty dollars bicycle. The name plate
of the wheel had been removed, and that
fact combined with stories which did not
agree concerning how the stranger came
into possession OF the machine led Mr..
Greenman to believe that the wheel had
Deea stolen. While tho man was out get.
ting the plate Mr., Greenman was looking
for the owner OF the wheel, Edward Mel
choir recognized the wheel as his and
when Bolden again returned To the store
of Mr.. Greenman he was met by air.
Melehoir who made HIM give up the
wheel. He will not 10 prosecuted.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

MOTHER Shiptons prophesy made years
ago Is certainly coming true. Since that
remarkable document was published, we
have had the telegraph. telephone. boats.
cars and electricity. All It needs now to
verify the whole prohesy is the coming of
the end of 1.-THE world. That will come,
but how soon no ono can foretell.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
TO cI.EANsE THE sYsTEM.

Efectually. yet gently, when costiye or
bilious. or when the blood 10 impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to healthy activity, without irrita.
ting or weakening them, to diepel head
aches. colds or fevers use Syrup OF Figs.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
SfO
Serge
Suits.

We had SO many calls for
"Mullinp-made Serge Suits
at $40 that we have put out a
special lot. They are on our
tables now. The lot will not
last long. so it's wise to get
your size soon.
We have sold more serge
suits this season than ever be-
fore. The why must be that
we had the right kinds.
RUssET SHoEs-men's and
boys'-at 10 per cent. dis
count. Same discount flom
Summer clothes and Straw
Hats.
We are open on Saturday
evenings only; close other
days at 6.
JAS T. MULLIN e. Son
Clothing, ., 9th &Marlset.
Hats, ,N Wilmington,
Shoes .s Delaware.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
COLT RACE.

The Dauntless base ball team OF South
Wilmington are open for challenges from
any amatuer team in the State, barring
none. There is also another team over
there com posed OF boys under eight years.
who would like to play the strong Mascot
team, as the latter does not want to
play anything but boys. Address chal.
lenges to ]. A. Cannon. manager, Seventh
and Orange,
The Madison street butchers defeated
tho Tanglefoots in q very interesting
game OF base ball yesterday afternoon by
the score OF "A TO is
The Connell base ball clu has orgarlz.
ed for the season with the following play.
ere; Connor. p; Wulsh c; Mahern, So;
Newell, ID; McElroy. 2b; Welsh, 3b; See,
CT; Hickma an, IF; Burk. II. They would
like to hear from any team under years
of age. Send challenges TO 4. Walsh. 1l25
Chestnut street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
ON THURSDAY,
TiIE 18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1896,

ON THURSDAY,
FfIE 18th DAY OF AUGUST, 1895,
at 2 o'clock p. M,
the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of
land with the building thereon erected.
situate in the city of Wilmington, New
Castle county, State of Delaware,
bounded and described as follows. TO wit:
Beginning at the intersection of the
northerly side of Front street with the
westerly side of Madison street. thence
northerly along said side of Madison
street 257 feet inches to the southerly
side of Second street; thence westerly
along said side of Second street 100 feet
to u corner; thence southerly parallel
with Madison street and the first mem
toned line 257 feet S inches to the north
erly side of Front street aforesaid. and
thence thereby easterly 100 feet TO the
place of beginning.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property OF Ezra Fell and Philena H.
Fell, his Wife and Fannie Joseph, sur
vving mortEaEors; Ezra Fell. adminis-
traitor of George A. Joseph, deceased.
mortgagor; George A. Joseph and Will
liam B, Joseph, heirs-at-law of the said
George A. Joseph, deceased, mortgagor;
and Fannie H. Joseph, guardian of the
said George A Joseph and William b.
Joseph and It's and to he sold by
PAUL GILLiS Sheriff.
Sherif's Office, Wilmington, Delaware,
July %, 1885.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

WHAT foollshness 1t is for brothers to
quarrel and to kill one another. Marshal
Cain In a dispute with his brother. over
tie division OF some property. shot and
killed his brother. From present pros.
pects, the esurvlving brother will not be
able to enjoy the property In dispute. It
will take all he has to fee his lawyers. who
will be called upon to defend bis life be.
fore the Courts. II men would stop to
think before lifting their hands in anger
to kill, 1t would be q better world to live
In. Property acquired by murder never
will or mover did do anyone good.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

To Make Room
For fail goods | will make up the balance
or spring goods at cost. L. Heiss, last
Third street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

Good music. amusaments OF all kinds on
the excursion OF Columbia Lodge. l, .. ..
L., Aug. H. TO Augustine Park.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

waists reduced from $3.50 to SOC. at
LipplncotGs
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

Eagles excursion Goss next Saturday Mt
6 O'Clock. Returns from Atlantic City at
and ~.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
Hazel Dell Racing.

The matinee races at Hazel Dell yester-
day afternoon were largely attended but
the time OF the different heats was not so
fast. excepting in the 2.35 free for all.
The judges were Messrs. Morris, Deyine
and Greenfield. The summary:
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

The only place in town to get good
watermelons Is at Stneltz * Cos, No.
Last ourth street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

Best time to go to Atlantic City is Sat,
August 10th. Is hours Eagles excursion.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09

SHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Levarl Facias TO me directed,
viii be exposed to public sale at the
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, in the city
of Wilmington, New Castle county,
oil o,tyu
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
rhe auel waxr,,.

The heat reported IN the West yesterday.
though mot racprd-hreakinR. was severe,
especially In Kansas and Nsbra ska. In
which States the government reported re-
spsctlvely maximum temperatures OF %
degrees and sSdegsees.
The heated area extends from Nebraska
TO the Atlantic States An official max.
imum temperature OF % degrees Ia re-.
ported In tho Upper Ohio Valley. As the
wave moves east Its effects will be SER
iously fslt, and will be aggravated by the
increasing vaportension on the Atlantic
seaboard.
The storm, of which the hot wave' 10 q
consequence, is also travelling to the
eastward. and may reach the Atlantic
States by Sunday afternoon. causing
squalls and thunder storms on the coast.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
PIEES7IVllI1 RlLR5l5.

The standard Halfway OF Auasr1.a.
ritoTfcTEp TilRouaHouT BY THfi
interviewing switch nna sleek sixah sys,
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

from Germany at Hull, had gone thence
through Leeds, Oldham and Manchester
to Liverpool, where ne stayed short
time, trying tor a passage to America.
Failing in this object he resolved to
tramp to London. On his way to the
metropolis he fell in with two fellow
countrymen, sailors, the one named
Adolph Krohn, the other a man about
his own stature and complexion, named
William Wertensberg.
| Wertensberg had no papers and was
perpetual ) asking Franz for the loan of
his, as the description, he said, would
we'll suit either or both of them. Franz
refused.
| One evening in May they all lay down
to sleep behind stack of straw in an
open field. Franz was so weary that he
slept soundly.
When he awoke his companions were
cones and they had taken with them his
papers and his bag, which contained a
suit OF. clothes of the same stuff and pat
tern as he was then wearing. From that
hour he had never set eyes on them.
Among the papers that Franz declared
had been stolen from him was one which
was not found among the documents
discovered Mt Kingsbury rectory; it was
railway guards testimonial. After
being thus robbed he made his way to
London, where he wandered the streets
in state of restitution till he met fell
low countryman, whom he accosted and
asked for assistance. The man took him
into an eating house, and while tie was
having his meal read to him from a
newspaper the account of the murder, the
perpetrator of which was said to be a
German named Franz. He was dread
fully alarmed on hearing this and re-
solved to assume another name; for that
reason he called himself Salzmann.
AS for the piece of string found round
his shirt, he had picked that up casually
in the street, and had never been in or
near Reigate in his life. Where was he,
then, at the time the murder was COM
mitted? He could not tell, but must
have been tramping on his road to Lon
don. He could not, however, prove an
own assertions that he had not been in
the neigh borhood.of Reigate at the time
when several witnesses swore to having
seen him there.
1t is hardly to be wondered at that
this unsatisfactory evidence did not tend
insthe least to lessen the conviction of his
guilt, which every one who had been at
his examination before the magistrates
firmly entertained.
Yet in the cross examination of the
witnesses for the prosecution there were
some points which told in his favor. The
bartender at the Criketers, who undoubt-
eddy had better opportunity of observ-
ing him more closely than anyone else,
failed twice to pick him out from among
number of men paraded before him at
Newgate. And it was not until he was
called as a witness at the third examina-
tion before the magistrates that he posi-
lively declared that the prisoner, who he
now saw before him, was one of the two
foreigners who had stayed at the Crick-
eters.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

speak, for several hours. Then cam
another startling discovery.
i The wife of Thomas PETERS brusI
maker of Reigate, remeIn bered that or
the Monday (the day of the murder) two
foreigners had purchased Of her a ball O.
string of peculiar make, very seldom
manufactured, known as "rublay cord.
| They were in the shop for five or six
minutes looking at various kinds oil
string, before they selected the one they
bought. She was looking at them all
the while as they jabhered in an un-
known tongue, and should know them
both again if she should see them. The
servant, too Mary Elsey, hearing men
talking in a strange language, peeped
| through the glass door of the inner room.
out of curiosity, and she also was certain
she could pick out the men anywhere.
Now this evidence was OF immense i'm
portance because the peculiar string sold
to thessaatwo foreigners correspondent ex-
actly with that with which the murdered
woman's hands and feet had been bound
There was also good deal of other evil
dence to show that two foreigners had
been in the neighborhood of Kiugswood
on the day of the murder. A laborer
coming home from his work about Z
o'clock that evening had seen two men
in brush thicket, known as Kingswood
Roughit. He passed within dozen
yards of them, and noticed that they
were talking in a language he could not
understand. This was another piece of
important evidence, for on examining
that thicket, it was found that branch
had been newly torn from one of the
trees, which branch correspondent with
the bludqeon found in the room.
Further, policeman reported having
stopped two men about O'Clock Tues
day morning at Sutton, and on being
asked where they were going one replied
in broken English, @To old Pye street,
Westminster. With all these clews dove
failing SO splendidly it seemed impossi-
Bile that the mnrderers could escape
Yet all traces of them after they were
accosted by the policeman at Sutton were
lost. From that point no one could be
found who had seen any persons answer
ing to their description. The excitement
in the district was intense. Mr.. Alcock,
who then resided at Kingswood Warren
and was NJ. P. for that division of the
country, took up the matter with great
vigor and offered reward of 100 lbs for
any information which would lead to
the apprehension of the two mysterious
foreigners and the government supple
mented this with further reward of 100
lbs. Yet day after day passed away
without the discovery of anything that
could throw fresh light on the myst cry.
Nearly month had elapsed whe n, in
the East End of London, destitute
German was taken into custody on some
trivial charge, and, on being examined
at the police station, it was thought that
he bore some resem blance to one of the
men wanted" for the Kingwood muir
der. The service book, which as 1 have
SAID was one of the documents found be-
side the body of the victim and which
contained a full description Of Johann
Carl Franz, was consulted. and the police
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

dresses jotted down Upon it among then
that OF M line. Goldschmidt (Jenni
Lind). Besides the papers there wa
found in the room roughly cut blud
geon of beechwood.
This, however, had not been used, fol
the woman IS body showed no signs OF
blows, though there were signs which
| indicated that she had been trampled
| upon. 1t was evident that Martha HALL
day had met her death from suffocation,
| for the sock had been thrust into her
| mouth with such violence that the
tongue was forced back over the CLOTHS,
or narrow opening at the upper part of
the windpipe. Further investigation
outside the house revealed how an en-
trance had been effected.
The footprints on the flower beds IN
der the windows showed plainly that there
had been two persons concerned in the
crime. They had first tried the kitchen
windows in front, but the shutters had
baffied them. Then they had gone to the
back, and by the aid of rough block of
wood had mounted to the roof of low
clubhouse within reach of the window of
the room in which Martha Halliday slept.
They had then broken pane, unfastened
the latch, and entered, upsetting a look
ing glass which stood on a chest of
drawe rs Immediately under the window.
No doubt but what the unfortunate
woman had been awakened by the noise
and the men had gagged and bound her.
1t was equally evident, however, that
they must have been alarmed, for they
had decamped without taking anything.
not even the woman's purse, which
contained few shillings. But not often
has a murderer left behind him sucn
clew as those papers afforded. For clear
ly the owner of those damning docu-
ments must be the man who committed
the crime.
The police, moreover. had this i'm
portant fact to start with, that the per-
petrators of the crime were Germans
Now the first question that suggested
itself was, of course, this: Had any for
eigners been seen in the neigh borhoo
the day of the murder, or SO recently
that they might have been concerned in
it?
To this question there was soon very
satisfactory answer given from several
independent quarters.
1t was speedily ascertained that about
noon the day before the murder two
foreigners, one short and dark, the other
taller and fair, had entered Reigate from
the direction of London and had applied
for lodgings at the Cricketers' Inn,
which faces the Reigate police station.
They had been accom- modated with
room and had remained in the house till
a bout o'clock on the Monday afternoon.
D During the period of their stay they had
left the inn only twice TO purchase pro-
visions, and on each occasion had been
absent only a few minutes. They took
their meals in the tap room ard the
beer drawer was positive that he should
recognize them both again because the
fact that they spoke a foreign tongue
had induced him to look at them intent
Iy. They were under his eyes, SO to
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

then had no doubt that the man i
custody was the said Franz. He wa
therefore, handed over to the Reigat
police, and in due course brought befor
the local magistrates.
At the first examination the prisone
gave the name of Salzmann. But at tn
second he caused a profound sensation il
court by confessing that he was johann
Carl Franz, the owner of the paper
which bore his name. AT the third ant
last examination, July s (mark the date
| it is importantly, he told the magistrat.
complete innocence of the charge brought
against him, attempted to account fol
the presence of his papers in the room il
| which the murder had been committed
Of that story more anon. The prisoner
who had been identified by several wit
nesses as one of the two men seen al
Reigate the day of the murder, was com.
mitted for trial. Aug. 6, 1861, JShann
Carl Franz, aged "a, German, was in
dicted for the willful murder of Martha
Halliday, aged 55, at Kingswood Rec
tory June 10 preceding.
Mr.Justice Blackburn was the Judge,
Sergeant Ballantyne conducted the prose
eution, and the Hon. George Denman, @.
c., was specially retained by the German
EN- bassy to defend the prisoner. There
was robably not a man in the crowded
court, or indeed anywhere IN the country
who was not absolutely certain that the
prisoner was guilty. The case for the
prosecution seemed overwhelming. The
main points in the evidence against the
accused were these:
First, his identity with Johann Carl
Franz, owner of the papers which were
found in close proximity to the corpse
of the murdered woman. This was
proved by his own confession, and also
by the evidence of a police officer from
Saxony, who swore TO him as being the
person to whom the service hook had
bee.. issued.
Secondly, his Identification by several
independent witnesses as one of the for
eigners who had undou btedly been close
to the scene of the murder within a few
hours of its preparation.
Thirdly, the significant and damning
fact that when his lodgings in White
chapel were searched there was found
wooden shirt which he admitted to be
his, around which was piece of hem
zen cord of precisely the same manu-
facture as that which had been sold to
the two foreigners at Reigate the day of
the murder. The manufacturer of that
string swore that it was of the same I'M
common kind as that with which the
hands and feet of the murdered woman
had been tied, and he further deposed
that the string found on the body was
part of a consignment to the shopkeeper
at Reigate, who was an old customer of
his. He explained the popularity of the
string, which was unlike that made by
any other manufacturer, and no one
could doubt that it was impossi bic he
could be mistaken.
Against such a mass of discriminating
evidence the story told by the prisoner
seemed poor and fimsy defense indeed.
1t was to this effect: He had landed
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

at which the tragedy occurred he wa
away from home with his wife ant
| family on visit to his father-in-law'
near Dorking. He had come over tt
Kingswood, however, on the evening O
Saturday, june s, to discharge his cIeri
cal duties on the Sunday, slept at the
rectory that night, and on the morning
of Monday returned to Dorking.
During the absence OF the family
Martha Halliday, wife of the parish
clerk, woman 55 years of age, was
left in sole charge of the rectory, the
servants having accompanied theil
master and mistress. Between 9 and
O'Clock the evening of June 10 Martha's
husband parted from her at the back
door of The rectory and went home, fol-
there was no one else to look after his
house, and his wife, courageous and
determined woman, had no objection
whatever to sleeping alone at the rectory,
as she had frequently done before.
The next morning Halliday went up to
the rectory to see his wife as usual. He
found the back door locked, and on 60
ing round to the front was surprised to
see it partly open, for, as rule, it was
kept shut when the family was away.
He entered the house, but saw no sign
of his wife down stairs. Then he called
here name, but there was no reply. so
he went up to the bedroom which she
occupied. The door was ajar, and, the
first sight which met his eyes as he
walked in was his wife's body, lying on
the floor in her nightdress, cold ana stiff,
bound hand and foot with hempen cord,
q handkerchief tied over her face, and
beneath it sock thrust tightly into her
mouth. She had evidently been dead for
after ascertaining that no spark of life
remained in the body, hurried off and
alarmed the neighbors. The parish
police constable was sent for, and
minute search was instituted. But they
had not to look far nor wide for the
murderer.
Undel the bed, few inches from the
shoulder of the corpse. as it lay there,
a packet of papers was picked up tied
round with string. The papers were all
written in German. There were six al
together.
One was what is called in German a
service book-the credentials furnished
by the authorities that country of crafts
men and others-and was made out in
the name of Johann Carl Franz of
Schandau, in Upper Saxony, descrip-
tion of whose person it contained, similar
to that in passport. There were also
two certificates, one of birth and one of
baptism, both bearing the name of
Johann Carl Franz.
The other three papers had apparently
no connection with Franz. One was
letter without address soliciting relief
from some lady of quality signed
" Adolph Krohn." Another was in the
handwriting of Nine. Tietjens, the
famous singer, addressed to Mr.. Knoll of
the Hamburg Hotel. America Square,
requesting him to send the bearer,
destitute fellow countryman, back to
Germany at her expense. The third was
a slip of paper with number of adj