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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-24
TRIAL OF MARTIN THORN
JURY COMPLETED AND THE TAKING
OF EVIDENCE BEGUN.
William GuIdensuppe's Alleged sIay-
er to BE Put on the stand to Re-
fute Mrs. NacIx's Testimony.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The second trial of
Martin Thorn for the murder of William
Guldensuppe was fairly started this after
noon in the Queens county court. The
lawyers for the prosecution and defense dill
igently endeavored to secure a jury as
quickly as possible, and when an adjourn
ment was taken yesterday evening seven
jurors had been sworn. An additional panel
of fifty was made up yesterday, and from
these and the remainder of the first special
panel of talesmen the other five jurors
were selected before l o'clock to-day. The
five new jurors are: Nicholas Blake, car
penter, of Freeport Charles Scrieber, real
estate dealer, Valley Stream George E. Ell
lard, of Great Neck; Valentine Watts,
farmer, of Lynn Brook, and Elias Velsor
a carpenter, of Fort Washington. AS soon
as the jury was completed an adjournment
for luncheon was ordered by the court,
after which District Attorney Youngs
opened the case for the prosecution. His
address was, for the most part, a repeti-
ton of his previous opening statement. AS
soon as he had finished the taking of evil
dence was begun. The testimony of the
several witnesses examined during the aft
ernoon related solely to the finding of the
different portions of the body. 1t was prac-
tANoiiy lAAO oollC aS thot 5OAiS ONSA oI TIC
first trial, and nothing new was elected
Several of Guldensuppe's fellow-workmep
at the bathhouse described the marks by
which they had identified the body as that
of the missing rubber, and at 4:5O the court
adjourned until tomorrow.
Tomorrow the coroner's jury and his
deputy will be called to the stand, and it is
quite probable that Gotha, Clark and others
who say that Thorn made confessions to
them may also be examined. Mrs. Mack
may also be called. but when a reporter
asked the district attorney this evening
whether there was any significance in the
fact that he had not spoken of Mrs. Mack
as a witness in his opening address, and If
she would or would not be a witness during
the second trial, Mr.. Youngs replied. II
cannot answer those questions at this
stage" The lawyers for the defense how
ever, are quite positive that the woman
will be witness, and they are prepared to
make it very warm for her during her cross
examination. That they will put Thorn on
the stand TO refute Mrs. Nacks testimony
and swear that it was she who committed
the murder is now beyond all doubt. Mr..
HoWes questions to the talesmen when
they were examined showed concIusively the
line of defense he meant to adopt In addi-
tion to Thorn's testimony, 1t is said on good
authority, the defense will produce witness
es who will accuse Mrs. Mack of having
committed serious offenses, the nature or
which will not be disclosed by Thorns S coun-
sci until it is made public property in evil
dence.
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$500 NOT ENOUGH.
Convict Guard VIII Not Tell Who As
sassinated J. VI. Clayton.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. Ex-Governor
Jones, of Arkansas, wires that he will give
a reward OF $500 for the arrest and convic-
tion of the murderer of ]. Nj. Clayton. who
was assassinated in Plummervlle, Ark, in
November, 1883. Luther Aiken, a convict
guard of Pitts, Ca, says that he knows
tho murderer and has sufficient evidence to
be no inducement for him TO disclose the
guilty party. II Aiiten's clew Is reliable the
murderer of Clayton is probably convict
who is now serving a term in the Georgia
penItentiary.
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GEN. CLAY'S CHILD WIFE.
A Preacher VIII Try to Persuade Her
to Return tn Her Husband.

RICHMOND, KY, Nov. 2s.-General
Cassius NJ. Clays child wife remains at the
cabin of her brother, Charles Richardson.
near Valley View, all entreaties falling to
induce her to return to Whitehall and her
venerable spouse new turn was given
to the affair yesterday. when General Clay
wrote a note to the Rev. G.. w. Young.
pastor of the Providence Methodist Church
or which Mrs. Clay is a member and who
baptized her few months ago. asking him
day DIR. Young visited whitehall and had
long talk with the general on his do
mestic troubles The aged lover begged, the
pastor TO induce his wife to return. In
talking of the affair he wept like n child.
He does not blame his wife, attributing her
desertion to her relatives. Dr. Young will
propabiy visit her tomorrow and endeavor
to persuade her to give up her childish pas
times and become once more mistress of
palatial whitehall.
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Not Credited at san Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S.-No credence
is placed by the authorities here in the al
legged confession of Blanther or Forbes,
made in the Meridian. Tex, Jail that he
murdered Blanche Lamont and Minnie Will
liams in addition to Mrs. Langfeldt 1t is
recalled. however, that at the killing of Mrs
Langfeldt, about eighteen months ago. the
suggestion was advanced that Blanther had
there We're certain points of similarity in the
three murders. At the time of the Lang
feldt murder Durrant had already been in
the idea of any one but the prisoner having
committed the crimes
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.--The President
has granted pardons in the following cases:
Stephen NJ. Folsom, of New Mexico, con-
victed April II, 1884, of making false entries
in the books of the national bank, and sem
fenced 10 five years in New Mexico peni-
tentiary.
Justus Hetsch. of Kentucky, indicted for
embezzling postal funds pleaded guilty and
sentence suspended until December, 1897, to
allow defendant to appeal for executive
clemency.
o. 1886; served for two years; citizenship re-
stored
John Dimonds, of Alaska, SENTENCED June
5, 1895, 20 six years in the State prison at
San Quentin, Cal.
Frederick w. Griffin, of Illinois. indicted
for embezzling funds of national bank;
pleaded guilty, and on May "a, 1895, SEN
fenced to five years in the Illinois peni-
tentiary.
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Frank Novak Escapes Hanging.

VINTON, Ia, Nov. 2S.-The jury in the
case of Frank Novak, charged with killing
his roommate, Murray, and afterward
setting fire to the house in which they lived,
tonight returned verdict of murder in
the second degree. Novak disappeared after
the crime was committed, and eluded cap
ture for several years. Last summer ne was
traced to The klondike gold helus, arrested
and brought home.
The jury fixed Novak's punishment at ten
years in the penitentiary and the judge ue-
clared that he would not accept the VeT-
diet because the jury had fixed the penalty
which it should not have done, that being
the prerogative of the bench.
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A KLEPTOM MANIAC.
Widow of Commodore Rudd Does Not
Know Why She Stole JeweIry.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Emeline ii. Rudd,
widow of Commodore John Rudd, U. S. N,
was arraigned in court at New Brighton,
Staten island, to-day, to answer to the ac-
cusation Of stealing a quantity Of jewelry
from house in which she had boarded re-
Gently Mrs. Rudd admitted that she had
taken the property, but said that she could
not tell why she had done so. She said she
would make good the value Of the property
If the complainant would not prosecute her.
She was committed for further examina-
ton tomorrow. Mrs Rudd is about sixty
five years of age and dressed well. Her
daughters are the wives of British naval
officers.
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Patents Granted Indianians.

WASHINGTON, Nov. N.-Patents were
issued to Indianians to-day as follows: Karl
Barnett, Manchester. washing machine;
John Burton, Anderson, machine for clean
ing and polishing metal plates; Forest
Gauntt, Fort Wayne, means for keeping
meshes of boiling cloth clean; Humphrey
Harrington, Indianapolis, manufacture OF
bicycle chains, also bicycle chain Jamas
cycles; John w. Merry Mount Ayr. drip
trough; James b. Schuman. Columbia,
pneumatic straw stacker.
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STARTLING CONFESSION
LETTER LEFT BY J. E. BLANTHER,
WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JAIL.
Besides killing. Mrs. LangfeIdt, He
Says He Murdered Blanche La
mont and Minnie williams.

MORGAN, Tex, Nov. 2S.-In March last
in the columns of the Post was noted the
death of Joseph E. Blanther, alias Forbes,
who committed suicide in the Meridian Jail
in this county on March 2. Though escap-
ing the keen vigilance of the most famous
detectives of the country, Bosque county
was the scene of the ending of his eventful
career. But developments of the past few
days bring to light even a more startling
crime, of which he is self-confessed, than
was the murder of Mrs. Langfeldt, for
which he was hunted. While Blanther was
incarcerated in the Meridian Jail there was
also fellow prisoner named Pitts who was
arrested on some minor charge, and occu-
pied the cell adjoining that of Blanther.
Pitts Is a farmer, who now lives near Ire
dell, in this county, and is known to have
conversed with Blanther during his two or
three days confinement. In a letter to
Word, Dillar & Word, attorneys of Me-
ridian, under date of Nov. %, Mr.. Pitts in
closes a letter from Blanther, and says
Il have been looking through some papers
that l had on file in Jail at Meridian and
l find the inclosed sheet which speaks for
itself. The papers alluded to here worked
through a hole in my pocket, hence the
delay in not discovering them sooner. l
now remember that Forbes, or Blanther
asked me the evening Ae took the poison
at night which coat was mine of several
that were hanging in the cell he occupied.
l never thought further Of the question he
asked until found the letter he wrote. l
send 1t to you for the reason you best
know who to notify in California. | hope
that may be worth something to you. in
the way of saving Theodore Durrant who
i understand, is sentenced to death for
killing Miss Lamont"
Following is the Blanther letter:
Meridian Jail
ITO Mr.. Pitts-As this is my last day on
earth. wish to say that l cannot die with
out telling truth. / murdered Mrs Lang
feldt also Blanche Lamont and Minnie VII
liams. l put this in your coat pocket, and
hope you Will find it in time to save the
life of Durrant. 1t may also be of service
to Mr.. Womack in getting his reward
money. l want you to have my watch for
your kindness to me. You have my best
wishes, and | hope your troubles viii end.
but not as mine. BLANTHER FORBES" r
The letter written by Blanther was com
pared with letter written by him to
County Treasurer Randle while he (Blan-
ther) was teaching school at Kopperl, this
county, and the Identification is pronounced
to be beyond doubt Cashier Rudasill of
the First National Bank Of Meridian, says
it compares favorably with Blanthers hand
writing, while others have hesitancy in pro-
nouncing the last written by Blanther The
original written confession is now in the
possession of Word, Dillard & Word, of
Meridian, who will at once notify the San
Francisco officials of the startling confess
sion
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WASHINGTON, Nov 23.-Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt has submitted to the Sec
retary of the navy the report of Lieutenant
Gibbons, who has charge of naval militia
matters. The report speaks in high terms
Of the operations of the naval militia and
is approved by Mr.. Roosevelt. Commenting
on the inspection made by himself Mr.
Roosevelt says: II was greatly pleased
with the zeal and efficiency shown by the
different organizations which ! personally
visited (Ohio Michigan, Illinois and New
York;. and no less with the showing made
by most of the others"
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Wiscon.in NAV Get .Heovan ;,

ROCKFORD. ILL.,, Nov. ga deal has
been completed here by which the Weldon
family associated with George Jacob
Schweinfurth in the local Heaven" be-
came the owners of loo acres of land near
Portage, Wis. The interested parties refuse
70 say whether or not ii is intended TO move
the Heaven" to the Wisconsin estate The
parties making the purchase are John e.
weldon, Peter w. Weldon. Spencer l.. We'll
don and Mr.. and Mrs. Scott. Schweinfurth' 5
In the transfer
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Gift to the QunIser civ.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23-The an
nouncement was made to-day that Peter A
b. Widner, forcer city treasurer, and now
president OF the Philadelphia Traction
Company, and who also has big interests
I'm street-raiLway lines In many other cities.
intends 10 present TO the city OF Philadel
phia the palatial residence now occupied
by him at Broad street and Girard avenue
Mr.. Widner's object in giving the house 10
the city is that II shah become q branch
Of the Philadelphia free library.
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cation has been begun, and II is proba BILE
Smiths removal will follow Smith was
appointed last July and soon after he went
to his post il appeared he had not ac-
quainted himself with the nature of his
duties and stories began circulating that he
was exceeding his authority in many ways.
The papers just filed make specific allega-
tions of offenses at Dyea and Skaguay, and
it is understood tnst the matter was dis
cussed at to-days meeting of the Cabinet
Smith came from Portland, Ore.
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render as good general service as men, be-
cause the latter may be transferable at all
times TO any positions, whereas women
may be confronted with duties in a sense
indicate or which require too much man
ual labor. But 1t is seldom that duties de-
volve on any clerk or officer which cannot
be properly performed by women. The con-
clusion of the department is that, altogeth-
err the services of women have proven al
most If not equally, satisfactory with those
of men. The report is based on a request
of the German government as to what has
been the general experience of the govern
ment with women EMPLOYEES
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President,s Message Complete.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S-The Cabinet
held a very short meeting to-day, as the
President and several of its members at
tended the wedding of Mr.. Harlan. son of
Justice Harlan and Miss Noble. The time
of the meeting was taken up with matters
from the several departments President
Mckinley informed the Cabinet that his
message was practically completed, but he
did not read any portion OF 1t. 1t is prob
able that the message will be considered
at the next meeting.
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Judge Gary May Preside.

CHICAGO Nov. 23-Judge Gary, who
presided at the trial of the Haymarket
Anarchists, will occupy the bench at the
second trial of Adolph L. Luetgert, the al
legged wife murderer, provided the venerable
jurist does not consider the strain of a long
contest too severe for his advanced years.
Luetgert appeared before Judge Horton to-
day and signed an affidavit in which he
stated that both Judge Horton and Judge
Baker were preiudieed against him.
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LIEUT.. O'BRIEN RESIGNS.
Prosecutor iP the ROmeyn Court
Martial VIII Leave the Army.

ATLANTA. Ga. Nov. 23.-Lieut. Michael
j. O'Brien, of the Fifth Infantry, sent in his
resignation to-day, to take effect March 81
1898. He was admitted to the bar in Massa-
chusetts before he entered the army and
he wsll return to that State to practice his
profession. O'Brien was the prosecutor in
the now celebrated o. O'Brien- -Romeyn court
martial at Fort Mcpherson recently and is
one of the best-known officers in the sorv-
ice.
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ALBANY, N. ", Nov. 2S-The Court of
Appeals rendered d decision to-day granting
a new trial in the case of William Jay
Koerner, under sentence of death for the
murder of his sweetheart, Rose A. Redgate,
in New York city, in September, 1896.
Koerner is a newspaper artist, formerly Of
Pittsburg. Pa His defense was insanity.
The crime was committed on IA crowded
street and in broad daylight.
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Charged with Usurping Authority.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S,-Formal charges
have been preferred with the President and
the secretary of the interior against John
Z. Smith. United States commissioner for
Dyea, Alaska. Specific allie cations are made
of usurpation of unwarranted authority, of
taking extortonate fees for his services,
and other grave irregularities. An investi-
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sentenced to BE EIectrocuted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Fritz Meyer. alias
Constantine Steiger, who was convicted of
numbering Policeman Frederick Smith, was
to-day sentenced to be electrocuted during
the week beginning Jan. TO- Before going TO
court Meyer was visited in his cell by
priest, his wife and sister, and confessed,
as he had before. that he was guilty of the
crime of which he was convicted.
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Yardley, a few miles below Lambertville,
n. j., died on Saturday at the home of her
bl lother-in-law. She was buried Sunday,
death being supposedly due from old age.
To-day the coroner received an anonymous
communication, alleging that Mrs. Devlin' 5
death was not due to natural causes. The
body was disinterred, and an examination
disclosed a wound in the right breast, ex-
tending through the lung to the back An
investigation will be held.
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old woman Probably Murdered.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Margaret
Deylin, aged ninety-six years. living at
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A JeaIous Boheminn,s Double Crime.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Frank Kueton, a
Bohemian shoemaker. tonight shot and
killed his wife and then blew his own brains
out. He was jealous of his wife and had
frequently threatened her life because she
permitted the attentions of other men.
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Pension Claim for $25,oOO Rejected.

ASHINGTON, Nov. PA pension claim
which has been pending twenty-seven years,
and which, if admitted, would carry back
pay of $25, 5,OOO was decided to-day by AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior Davis. 1t
is the case of Gottlieb Eilersick, of Missouri,
whose claim for alleged total blindness. due
to disease of the eyes, contracted during
military service in 1864, is rejected. The
case has attracted much interest and pre-
sented many perplexing features, but 1t was
found that no record OF the existence OF any
disease of the eye in the service existed,
nor was there competent testimony to show
the incurrence of any such disability in
the service. The claimant was discharged
from the army in 1865 and did not lose his
sight till 1868. No effort to establish his
claim, presented in 1876 was made till $780,
twenty-five years after his discharge. when
most of those who could have testified from
personal knowledge were dead. The deci-
sion holds that the claimants own state
ments were inconsistent and fatty contra
dctory Of his most important witnesses
aside from which the physicians and ocu-
lists decline to accept the cause of his pres
ent blindness as due to any service origin.
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NAVAL ARMOR PLANT.
1t VIII Cost Over $3,OOO,OOO and Have
n CnnncitY of 6.OOO Tons q Year.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The special
board appointed to examine into the cost of
armor making, will present to Congress
details of plant which it has designed.
1t will cost more than $S,000,000 and
will have a capacity of six thousand tons
of armor per annum, which is about the
combined capacity of the two armor plants
now supplying the navy. The processes of
manufacture will include the very latest de-
Velopments in the art of metallurgy, and
while the plans contemplate the manufac-
ture of harveyized nickel steel armor ac-
cording to the methods used in the reforged
process, they will admit of easy adaptation
to the new ssecPet-kGbppr process tss herden-
ing armor by the use of gas. The plans
are said to be perfect in every detail and
are being drawn under one of the leading
experts of the country, and the specitca-
tions are said to be so well defined that no
difficulty is expected to arise in securing
straight bids. The board has prepared the
form of advertisement calling for bids for
erecting this plant, as Congress desired
that information, and Secretary Long VIII
soon issue the advertisement. 1t Is the pur-
pose to have all of the plans in the secre-
tary's hands by the first of next month,
and if the advertisement is promptly sent
out it is hoped that within three months
at the latest Congress will have before 1t
full information as to the cost of an armor
plant as well as offers from existing plants
to sell out to the government.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-26

forest. James Reuben, the Oldest living
Senaca Indian attributes his long life to
the use of this wonderful medicine, and
is enthusiastic in its praise.
This wonderful remedy rectifes all dis
orders of the great vital organs, but above
all purifes the blood and enables it to
perform its natural function, imparting life
and yigor to all parts of the system.
Let man have perfect digestion and pure
blood, and there is continual restoration of
waste tissue taking place in the body. With
out this there is decline. If you feel that
you have not your ordinary strength, you
do not sleep as you should, your appetite is
fitful, you are nervous, have dizzy spells and
seem generally rundown, YOU sheuld not
hesitate a minnie, for this is the beginning of
some serious decline. While you still lave
strength and life take Kickapoo Indian
Sagwa. A change - the better ILL be
experienced with the first bottle, and a
speedy return to health will be the result in
every instance. Follow the Indians example,
and share with him long life and health.
This famous remedy is now sold by all
druggists, 81 bottle, six bottles for So.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-26

We fine around us everywhere men who
are young in years, but who in body are
actually old and decrepit. This premature
old age is becoming more common every
year. Thousands are continually dying who
are scarcely 80 years of age, from complete
worn out state of their systems, just as
literally Of old age as though they had lived
to be 100, and the cause of this is due to a
general demoralized condition of the great
vital organs Of the body the stomach, the
liver, the kidneys and the blood; let any of
these become impaired and the blood instead
of flowing through the body and carrying
nourishment to all its parts, becomes filled
with poisonous secretions which generate and
multiply continually, ceasing to build up
new flesh tissue, so that a gradual wasting
and decay takes place until the day comes
when complete collapse is experienced and
speedy death ensues.
The Indian is noted for his longevity, due
to the fact that he takes no medicine that
contains poisonous ingredients, but depends
upon his famous Kickapoo Indian Sagwa
entirely, which is purely vegetable, made
from roots, banks, gums and herbs of the