The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-13

| assigned TO come south with the Michi
gan City prisoners today. There were
thirty-seyen United States corvicts, in
Guiding two life men. These fedora. con.
vets were placed in separate coach
The United States conyicts who have a
year or less 20 serve were not transfer
red. OF these there were thirty-eight.
II required $50 pairs of shackles 10
fasten 329 convic;s together at their feet.
The other state men were handcuffed,
while FIVE OF the life men were not Sc
cured by irons but were allowed to trav-
ell unhampered, on account OF good be-
havior. There were forty-three life
men among the state prisoners. Twenty
four guards were placed over the state
prisoners. one being stationed at either
end Of the car, while third patrolled the
aisle The guards carried revolvers
which they were instructed to keep con-
cealed.
The train OF prisoners left over the
Pennsylvania railroad at 9 O'clock A
change of engines was made at Indiana
polls, where the train was run onto
". considerable distance east Of the
union station. A transfer to the Monon
| road was made after a few moments de-
lay and the train proceeded on its way
| over this line TO Michigan City, where il
| was expected TO arrive about 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon. At Indianapolis a spe-
| cial squad OF officers was sent 10 the
point OF transfer and TO the Massachu-
sets avenue depot.
After an early breakfast the 1853 men
! who were TO be transferred were return
| ed TO the dining room, where the force
| OF guards were pu; 10 work Stacking
| them. Then the long train was backed
| 10 the prison wall and the remarkable
| passengers were ushered into the coaches
| in double file.
When the train finally started on is
journey across the state the convicts
were given permission 10 converse with
each other. Ham sandwiches and water
were served for refreshments enroute.
The toilet room doors had been removed
and the bell cords were pulled out so that
there could be no opportunity given the
convicts TO falsely signal the engineer or
to lock themselves in.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 1.-THE pris-
on train from the south arrived at In
dianapolis al lis. having made the run
from jefferson vile in two hours and
forty-five minutes. 1t proceeded imme
diately to Michigan City. The train
from the latter place 10 Jacksonville
passed here shortly after noon. The
trnsfer thus far has been without special
incident or any trouble.
WHILE RESISTING ARREST.
Spokane, Wash, April 12.-Polce Of |
flee McPhee lies in critical condition, |
with a bullet wound in his neck. The
dead body of Arthur Chappelle, who shot |
the officer, lies in the city morgue. Nc |
Phee had Chappelleu nder arrest and |
was taking him TO the station on a |
charge of burglary when the prisoner |
sprang and fired a revolver at the off, !
Ger. The ball struck nim in the jaw and /
went through his neck, lodgin near the
vertebrae.
MINING CLAIM MURDERS.
Mojave, Cal. April 12.-Varying ru-
mors come from Panamit. mining
camp in the desert 12O miles east of Mo-
jave, regarding a triple murder there.
The reports from Garlock, the most
westerly station from which commune
cation can be had by wire, says that
three men have been killed by 'Pana-
NIT Tom" an old Indian chief. Later
reports verify the killing Of one man
named Langton of Los Angeles and the
fatal wounding of two other men whose
names cannot be learned. The quarrel
arose over mining property claimed by
the Indian and which the white men had
jumped
HAS KILLED FIFTEEN.
Salt Lake, Utah, April 1.-The Desert
News this afternoon prints what IS
TO be confession by J. ". Fet-
ger, who is under arrest at Dillon, Mont.
in which he says he has killed DR.. c. II.
Nichols, superintendent of the insane
asylum at Washington, d. c.. III 1873.
He says he has ten or fifteen other vic
Tins but will not plead guilty unless he
can get a death sentence. FetZer was ar
rested here last week for making dyna- .
mite bombs and was turned over 10 the
Montana authorities charged with !
5windling the state.
THE DUKE SUICIDED. {
Cannes, France, April 12.-The fact be-
,ame public today that the grand duke {
II Meicklenburgh-Schwe whose death ]
lere was announced as having occurred
Il o'clock on Saturday night, commit I
ed suicide Il had been stated that his '
ieath was due 70 aneurism OF the heart. ?
rhe duke, il appears, had been suffering
errbly, and Saturday evening he asked
lis doctor TO leave the room in order that
lie might try TO get a sleep. During the
nf ~,
imposed to have been delirious from
lis fever, the grand duke left his villa '
nd threw himself from the p1rapet OF !.
bridge near the house. He was found l
few minutes later still living, but 50
Injured that ne died within half an hour.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
New York, April 1.-TWO men held
ID the cashier in the Yonker's Savings
ank about noon today and secured :
T. 420, mostly in bills, a small amount
eing checks. They made good rheir :,
scape. The two men entered the bank :,
ogether. and while one Of them engaged :
he cashier, Lyman Cobb. Jr.. in CONVEX :,
alton. the other one slipped around be- :
ind the counter and presented a pistol :,
: the cashiers head. At this moment ;.
ne man on the outside grabbed the =
honey and both disappeared.
SPALDING UNDER BOND. =
Chicago, April 12.-President Charles :,
Y. Spalding. OF the defunct Globe Saw u
igs bank, arrived in Chicago last night i.
4 the Baltimore and Ohio road, COM >.
* from Grand Calumet Heights. Ind, r..
nd leaving the train before Il reached II
lie depot. After consultation with some ~
mis- friends. whom he met privately, n
2 went 10 the residence OF William 7 :.