The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-22
FILLED WITH LIES
PENNSYLVANIA PRISON REPORTS
GET A ROASTING.

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! Judge James Jay Gordon OF the Pbilads,
phis Court OF Common Pleas Turns .b,
D Spit-Not Ten but Fifty Insane Con
vscts, and ! hey aud Others Subjected &.
Cruelties Worthy Of Turk or spsni.rd-
Durrant's Attorneys Jerk Anotbe,
String-search for Mrs. Luetsert-Day'.
. Record Of Crime aud Catastrophe.
Philadelphia, May H.-Today's ses-
sion of the legislative committee inves-
tiga,ing the amendment Of the state PEN
itentiaries was sensational. Judge j. ].
Gordon. of the Philadelphia court Of com
mon pleas was the star witnes He said
the official reports OF the prisons were
filled with falsehood and that he could
prove that the treatment OF many con-
| victs had been brutal and cruel. He
said the institution reported that there
! were ten insane patients in November
] him showed that there were fifty at the
time. OF these ne said none are now
in insane asylums and one is dead from
| cruel treatment at the prison. Thirty
| six OF the convicts, he added, are still
| in cells in the prison. He instanced the
| case Of McCue, prisoner whom he had
ordered sent from the prison to the Nor
| ristown state insane asylum and who
died the next day. as alleged by the
Judge. from a beating he received the
night before his removal from the peni-
tertiary. He told of another insane con-
vict, colored man named Prentis. who
for eight months had been tied to the
prison steam pipes every night.
TO HANG FOR WIFE MURDER.
Rockford, H.. May 21.-James French
was found guilty Of the murder Of his
wife today and sentenced to hang June
II next.
BUT SHE IS COLORED.
ST. Louis, May A.-For the first time
in the history Of Missouri a woman has
been found guilty Of murder in the firs,
degree and will be sentenced to hang.
The woman is Pearl Waters, who DELHI
erately killed Lillian Waddell, both coll
ored. When the verdict was read Pearl |
Waters sat as if dazed. She shortly |
sprang up and ehrieked like a mad wo-
man. and in that condition was led back |
into jail.
A PARALYTIC HANGED.
FOLSOM. Cal, May 21.-Benito Lopez,
20 years old. partially paralyzed and |
very feeble. was hanged in the state
prison here today for the murder Of
George Washburn, wealthy ranch own
er. Lopez and Washburn were neigh
bors, quarreled over their water supply
and after an alteration, Lopez shot and
killed Washourn.
SEARCH FOR MRS. LuETGERT.
Chicago, May 21.-In a sewer leading
from the vat in which Mrs. Luetgert's
body is supposed 20 have been destroy
ed. the police today found ciot Of ma
ted hair similar in color and appearance
to that found last Wednesday Part Of
the hair is eight inches long and Of
Light color, but the most of it is only
four inches in length. DR.. Karl Klein,
Mrs. Luetgert's dentist, reported that he
was unable to identify the porcelain
tooth found yesterday by the police. II
the plate. which, he says, would with
stand the action Of acids, Is discovered
DR.. Klein will be able to say whether il {
Is the one he made for Mrs. Luetgert.
DROPPED NINETY FEET.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 21.-S S. Fleish.
er. we'll known real estate man. was
robbed and murdered while on his way I
home shortly after midnight. The deed /
was committed on the Lincoln avenue ]
bridge in the east end. After robbing l
OF his money and valuables his ,
assailsnt threw him over the bridge into 1
the ravire. 80 feet below. When found l
an hour later he was still living. but
lied on his way to the police station. ]
The murdered man was one Of the most g
prominent secre: society men in Ale I
yheny county, being a member of high ;
legree in the Masonic fraternity. Odd 2
Fellows and other organizations. There !,
s no clue TO the murderer. !
FOOTPAD IN OMAHA {
Omaha. Neb., May 21.-At $50 o'clock n
onight, DR.. W. P. Wilcox was shot {
While resisting footpad at the corner e
II Twenty-first street and ST. Mary's .
VENUE. An hour later. r. Grier, butch p
d |
and Market streets, threa e
niles away. The same man did both b
obs. Neither OF the victims is danger d
iusly hurt. The robber got nothing in q
ither instance. n
BANK OFFICER ACCUSED.
Logansport, Ind, May 21.-This after
DON Bank Examiner Caldwell swore out
n affidavit charging John F. Johnson. !.
resident of the State National bank. :,
nth embezzlemen;. misappropria;ion of !.
lrds and with intention to deceive and =
efraud the bank and the bank examiner. =
'orgery is also charged against Presi- :
ent Johnson, and the examiner thinks =
nat the amount will run up 20 sa01 ,Oo9.
NAIL BOX THIEF CAUGHT. ,
New York. May A.-Word has been
eceived here OF the arrest in London of
harles Fisher, who is wanted for rob-
ing mail boxes in the United States. Hs
also wanted by the Cincinnati police. =
fe was one OF the gang OF mail box .
hieves that operated in Chicago, Balti- :,
iore, Cincinnati, Boston, and else "
here. a.
RANK ELECTION FRAUDS. 81
st. Louis May H.-Prosecufing At. K
orney Johnston today Issued warrants y
Or the arrest Of four judges OF election O
nd one clerk. tor alleged frauds perpe- B
rated al the school board election las. Sc
uesday. The men charged with signing d
alse returns are William Moeller, Repub j
can: James j. Moran. Democrat: c. II. II
chokmilier. Republican: Thomas F. "
arey. Democrat: and Thomas e. Dunn. re