The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-25
GRAND JURY BEGINS
ONE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS BOOT
LERS INDICTED.


-.:derman Durham Arraigned and Plead
Not Guilty to Making a Mighty Coco
Thing Out of the City Trexsury-Dr
Clark Wseps When Found Guilty o.
Counterfeitins- German Inventor SUI:
cIdes-street Car Hold-up in sIinne
apoIis-Bursiars ut Ottawa, KeD.-Gen
erai News Of Crime and Accident.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 24-AIdermar
George "A. Durham OF the Third ward
was arraigneG in the district court thi:
morr ing ard pleaded not guilty to ar
Indictment for bribery. He is charged
With demanding a bride of 500, 900 from
the Eeiyersen& Richardson company. Z
firm CT contractors, which bid on the ex
cavation of the new reservoir. This i:
the frs: srraignment resulting from The
grand iiu,ys investigation of the munich
pal scandals. and number OF others are
promised ~ follow. This afternoon bal
was fixed at $1,000 and the trial set 70:
January Is. The bond was promptly
entirely confident Of prompt acquital
The Indictment for Alderman Durham
was reported to the court by the grand
jury on Tuesday but its contents werS
kept secret until arraignment today.
DR. CLARK WEEPS.
Trenton, N J., Dec. 25.-The jury il
the case Of George Sands. Alias DR.. CLARK
and Mary Knapp, tried in the United
States distract court for passing counter
felt money in Hoboken, rendered YER
dict yesterday OF guilty after having
been out one hour. Mrs. Knapp received
the verdict with smiles, but Mr.. Sands
broke into tears. Judge Patrick fixed
January fer sentence to be imposed
The prisoners were then taken to fhe
Mercer county Jail.
INVENTOR SUICIDES.
st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Albert Maet.
zcke, aged Al years, & German, with q
fine education and a bent for invention
committed suicide this forenoon by
shoting himself in the head. 1t is though,
the deed was committed while Maetzcke
was inssne. For several years, until re-
Gently, he has been an inmate of an in
sane asylum. Three years ago he In
vented a street car fender. He told an
other man of his design In order TO have
his project adopted commercially. He
claims that this man had the design
patented in his own name and robbed
him of all credit and profit. Maetzche
broodei over this until his mind gave
way.
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
Williamsburg, KY, Dec. PA bloody
tragedy has been enacted on Jellico
street. Charles Herndon shot his wife
to death The couple had separated
last spring on account of alleged brutal
treatment Iferndon arrived here TO try
and induce his wife to return and liv,
with him. When Mrs. Herndon learned
of her husbands mission she left hei
mothers. Herndon followed and when
short distance from the house shot hel
in the head, killing her almost instantly
SCOT BY A BURGLAR.
Milling, Mich, Dec. 24.-James Brown,
IS years of age, farmer, died this az
ternoon from wounds inflicted by rob-
Der, who shot him in his home last night
The thief, with a companion, bound
gagged and chloroformed Brown and his
wife and ransacked the house. On
Browns offereing some resistance he
was shot. The ball lodged in the left
side.
KILLED HIS NEPHEW.
Sisterville, W. Va, Dec. 24.-Delwood
Haven, a worker in the oil fields, was
the guest of his uncle, Allen Whiting
last night, and during the night went to
the kitchen for a drink. There was a
little ligh: in the kitchen, and Whiting
seeing Ha-en and supposing he was a
burglar. fired. Haven lived a portion OF
the night He was to have left today
for his home in Mexican county, Penn
sylvania. to spend the holidays.
MURDERED A LUNATIC.
London. Dec 24-Arthur Plat, alias
Edward X. Taylor. who. while serving
a sentence of six months for burglary,
confessed tina. fle had murdered an in
sane patient in the eastern Kentucky in
sane asylum, for which he was arrested
when leaving jail at Oxford, December
s, on application of the United States
embassy, and was examined at the Bow
street police court today and was re-
manded.
BAD NAN AT y DANCE.
s.. Louis, Dec. IA special to the
Republic from Mansfield, Mo, says: Al
a. dance at the residence of Morton New
man in Douglas county, a conspicuous
guest was james KuntZer. OF Indian ter
ri.cry fame, wanted at Bryan. Mo-, on a
charge of burglary. Constable Owen
Booth CT Ola the Nc. and mis- three de-
putieS went TO the Newman homestead
with a warrant for the arrest of KuntZer.
In the melee which followed KuntZer
shot and instantly killed Booth and then
escaped Ralph Appling was hot in the
thigh.
MAYFIELD WAR IS OVER
Cincinnati, O., Dec "A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Psducah,
Ky, says: The race war at Mayfield is
ended. At a meeting of citizens. both
white and colored people, an understand
ing was reached that peace should reign.
the coiored people kept them
selves closely in doors. Women and
are kept off. the streest after
dark. and after 10 p. m. all business
houses are closed and no one allowed on
the streets except policemen. The trou-
bile is over and there should be no fear
CT any cut :eal. by colored people, as
they fully realized what the result would
be should they attempt it.
THOMAS BRAMrS TRIAL
Boston. Mass. Dec 24-Thomas Bran.
former mate c: the barkentine Herbert
Fuller, who i pe.ng tried in the United
States circuit court On charge OF muir
dering Captain Nash, again took the
witness stand today FOR cross-examina-
ton. The court excluded a question by
the United States district attorney that
touched on the prosecueion's allegation
that Bran. had attempted piracy on a
previous voyage. Pram was questioned
statements he made about the
L iuoc he drank on the risnt OF the trag-
ely. He sad he was not drunk and that
no one assisted him u walk on the deck.
The trial viii be continued Saturday
m3rnDg.
EASEBAlIJSTS MIX.
san Francisco. Cal. Dec 2t-Joseph
Manning. sr ex- baseball player. who
was by David orce. also a professional
bali player. died today The police are
looking for Force. Force played in the
biz leagues OF the east and al various
times Vas star of the s.. Louis Browns