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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
ARREST OF HENDERSON.
A Long Time Elapsed Before
Anyone Was Accused of
the Crime.

The villagers were much excited about
the crime, and the officers went to work
with energy, but nothing substantial
came of their efforts. The case was in
vestigated many times but no arrest
was made. Rumors connected many
persons with the crime. There was a
chief of the gang" then there were
Greentown residents who were reputed
to know something about it, and then
there were the four fellows who did it,
An indictment was not had until last
fall, though detectives had labored
hard and Atlee Pomerene, then prose-
cutting attorney, had put in endless
time and labor on the case. Prosecutor
Pomerene finally got the case well
enough in hand to secure the indictment
of William Henderson, then serving s
years in the penitentiary for a crime
that had some similarity, except that
robbery was done without murder
Henderson was arrested on the murder
charge while in the penitentiary, hav-
ing been convicted for the Bender rob-
berry, near Massillon, He has since
maintained his innocence and has de-
clined TO talk of the case, save TO his
counsel. He knows that the fact that he
is a condemned criminal, prejudices his
case, but yet insists that he might
be criminal, condemned for
robbery In another case, and yet have
had nothing whatever 60 do With this
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20

1892 he made an arrangement with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Smith whereby they
undertook to care for him and they
moved into the property in which they
now live. Hartong decided over to
them the property before they moved in.
He still retained his abode in the little
building on the same lot and frequently
undertook to care for himself and cook
and serve his own meals. AS Mrs.
Charles Smith put it to a Demo-
crat man: when he was cross, he
boarded himself. When he was in q
good humor he boarded with us" For
five years and eight months he sustain
ed this relationship with the Smiths
and that was the condition when his
slayers reached his humble lodging
place on the night of December 2, 1897.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
CIRCUIT JUDGE
To BE Nominated at COshOctOn
on May 22-Judge Thayer
In the Race.

Attorney w. ]. Piero who is chair
man of the committee for this judicial
circuit attended meeting of the COM
mittee at Wooster Saturday. The COM
mittee arranged for the judicial conven-
tion to nominate a candidate for cir
cult judge on the Democratic ticket for
the fall election. May % was selected
as the date for the convention and it
Will be held at Coshocton. There will
be 1873 delegates. Stark county leads
the list with Is. The other counties will
have representation as follows: Ash
land, 6; Coshocton, s; Holmes, z; Lick
ing, ~; Muskingum, 13; Morrow, 4;
Morgan, 4; Delaware, 6; Fairfield, 8;
Perry, 6; Richland, 70; Wayne, 10; Tus-
carawas, IL: Knox, Z.
@. E. Mcbride, of Mansfield was Sc
lected as temporary chairman of the
convention.
\ The candidates who have erected
lightning rods for the nomination are
as follows: Judge Thayer, of Canton;
Judge Swartz, of Newark; Judge An
drews, Of GAINESVILLE; Judge Mitchell,
of New Philadelphia; Judge Swartz, of
Wooster; x-Prosecutor Winn, of Zanes-
vile and eX-Prosecutor Donahue, of
Lancaster.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
LIST OF JURORS.
Men From Whose Number the
Jury to Try Henderson
Will Be Picked.

A total of so names has been drawn
for the Henderson jury. In the first
place there were SO names drawn. All
of the persons who. were summoned re-
sponded. The case was then continued
to another term necessitating the draw
ing of another jury. Thirty-six more
names were drawn and of these four
could not be found, leaving only thirty
two. In such case the law provides that
two jurors shall be drawn for one who
does not respond. There were there
fore in attendance at court this morn
ing, 40 jurors, from whose number the
twelve men to sit in the case were to be
selected. The list of jurors follows:
Dell F. Rickard, Alliance; David H.
Wallace, Canton; John A. Essig, Jack
son townships George Gross, Canton;
Henry H. Snyder, Tuscarawas town
ship; Norman II. Chance, Canton;
Frederick w. Pryer, Massillon; Alfred
Young, Pike township; David P. Mer-
win, Massillon; oliver Haines, Paris
township; Joseph c. May, Nimishillen
township; Calvin c. Banks, Canton;
Levi Volkmor, Perry township; Leroy
L. Lamborn, Alliance; Christian Kra-
bill, Washington township; Levi Smith,
Lawrence township; J. Wilder, ,Alli-
ance; Charles Spidell, Sugar Creek
township; William Warsheler, Plain
township; William Nichols, Bethlehem
township; David P. Gatschall, Canton;
John Bailey, Canton; +. H. Brosius,
T .nt l1l lT1NnT DInif
township; Brainerd A. Rohn, Canton;
Henry Wernet, Canton; Daniel Saeger,
Canton; George w. Unger, Plain town
ship; Loren F. Stoner, Tuscarawas
township; David Motifs, Paris township;
Webster Lonis, Bethlehem township;
James Ackelson, Paris township; Geo.
w. Neisz, Canton; Daniel Parr Canton;
Frank Alexander, Canton; Conrad
Brumbaugh, Lake township; Alfred
Nichols, Alliance; Edwin j. Hamill,
Massillon; Jacob Duprez, Nimishillen
township; George Heitsman, Alliance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20

all he is accused of. He is only being
tried on the charge of numbering John
Hartongt or being a party to that mur-
der, which, in law, is the same thing,
and whatever other sins he may have
committed may be used against him
merely as testimony rejecting on his
character and credibility.
1t is said that number of peniten-
tiary convicts will be here to testify
against him and that the state will
claim that he made damaging state
ments to them. 1t is also said that the
state will endeavor to trace that $1OO
bill to his hands. The witness who is
said to be depended on in this regard is
a woman. Who she is and what her
character will develop, If the state is
placing on her the dependence that is
reported.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20

capital punishment. He said he had not
talked about the case and had not read
enough to form an opinion. Mr.. Wer-
net said his hearing was not good and
that he feared he could not hear the
testimony. Judge Baldwin gave him q
few tests and insisted that he be set
aside. The state wanted him to re-
main and the court permitted it, the
defense excepting 20 the courts rul-
ing.
EssIG REMOVED.
The panel was again full and the de-
fendant was asked If he was content
with the jury. Mr.. Grant was ready
with another challenge and John A..
Essig's name was stricken from the
list of Jurors
DANIEL SAEGER,
a Canton carpenter took the stand and
was interrogated as regards his fitness
for Juror He answered all of the
questions in a satisfactory manner and
was admitted ito the jury box.
ADJOURNMENT
Time for adjournment had almost ar
rived and Judge McCarty stated that
during the progress of the trial he
would adjourn court few minutes be-
fore 4;3O o'clock, in order to allow
persons from Massillon and the west
end, who might be on the jury or in
attendance on the case, to catch the
4:3O car, thus saving them the necessity
of waiting for an hour. This ruling will
be appreciated by the west end people,
After admonishing the jurors to have
no talk among themselves or with any
one else about the case and isuing the
customary instructions, Bailiff Haupt-
fuer adjourned court to $50 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
Taken 10 HOsnital.

Minnie b. Teeters, the wife of Frank
II. Teeters, an employe OF the Canton
Electric street railway. who resides at
o26 south Piedmont street, was sud-
denly taken sick with symptoms OF ty-
phoid fever saturday, and was taken TO
the hospstal sunday sftarnoon for treat,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
WILLIAM HENDERSON
BATTLING FOR LIFE,

CONTINUED from page IL
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
THE WAR AGAINST THE B0eRS

The Censors Are Preventing News
From Getting Through to London.
London, Feb. l6.-As the wires are
closed to correspondents with Lord
Roberts. and a. nothing further from
him has been communicated to the
public, the military adopts spend their
time in studying maps, topography and
figuring out the possibilities Of Lord
Roberts communications, and what
there Is left for the Beers to do.
General Cronje's communications
with Bl0emfontein have already been
cut. The best news England could
hear would be that he elects to give
battle among the low hills and ridges
west of Kimberley. Should he de-
termine not to do this, he must raise
the siege of Kimberley and retreat to
point where he would NAfer to fight.
The Beers have made preparations
to defend Bloemfontein, and there Is
no particular reason why General
Cronje should risk battle to protect
the capital of the Free State.
Operations elsewhere are apparently
suspended. A correspondent writing
AioAA SHloVcieyj rtU. 10, says: we
are still hopeful of relieving Lady
smith,"
Colonel Baden-Powell, in dispatch
from Mafeking, gives his total casual
ties up to Jan. rs as follows: Killed,
5 officers and 60 men; wounded, 8 Of
fcers and 1875 men; missing, "a men.
No word has been received regard
ing General Gatacre's 10000 men at
Stormberg. The impression is that
these forces are on their way to join
Lord Roberts.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

The wages of Baltimore and Ohio
railroad engineers are to be increased
March l..
Chicago tailors to the number of
$50 have been locked out by their en-
ployers.
The Porto Rico tariff bill, says a
special dispatch, Is in danger of de-
feat in the national house.
Mrs. Jeanette Schwartz and her two
little children were asphyxiated by coal
gas in their Chicago home.
Surrogate Fitzgerald, in New York,
decides that the 100000 Vanderbilt
trust fund must pay inheritance tax.
Ex-Congressman Isaac Stephenson
will give to the city of Marinette,
Mich, a public library building to cost
100000
Mrs. Thomas Mexican, Of Philadel-
phia, has given $4,000 to the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania in memory of her
father, the late George NJ. Wharton.
A number Of vessels have been
wrecked in recent storms on the
French coast. Thirteen lives were lost
from a steamer and four from
schooner.
A heavy explosion of gas at the Lee
high and Wilkesbarre No. 3 mine at
Wilkesbarre severely burned John
Lsze and Charles Savage. 1t is feared
they cannot recover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
GOVERNOR BDCKHAM
Pardons a Convict in the Kentucky
State Prison.
HIS AUTHORITY RECOGNIZED.

Meantime Another Prisoner, Pardon
ed by Republican Governor Taylor,
II Denied His FreedOm-Prospect OF
Legislators Getting Together.
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 16.-The clash
between the Democratic and RepubN-
can branches Of the state government
was emphasized last night by the
prison officials releasing John Seals,
Louisville convict, on pardon issued
by Democratic Governor Deckham,
Deputy Warden Punch was acting war
den last night, and when the pardon
papers were presented to him he or
dered Seals released, and the latter
left the city.
Douglass Hays, Knott county con-
Wet, recently pardoned by Republican
Governor Taylor, is still in confine-
ment, the prison officials refusing to
recognize Taylor as governor.
Attorneys for contestees and con-
testants yesterday signed an agreement
as to the conduct of the contests of
minor state officers In which it is
agreed that all the testimony taken
IN the contest for governor and lieu
tenant governor, SO far as the same
may be competent and relevant, may
be read as evidence in the contest fer
the minor state offices. 1t is further
agreed that the contests shall be SUBJ
mitted to the contest board without
argument, the counsel for neither side
nor any other person to be present.
The contest board met at 8 o'clock,
when the reading Of testimony was
begun.
The prospects for the legislature get
ting together and holding regular ses-
sions at the state capital are conceded
to be brighter today than since Gov
ernor Taylor adjourned that body to |
meet at London.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Incendiaries Burn County Barn

Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 16.-Last night
fire broke out in the large frame barn
on the county almshouse property.
Heroic efforts were made to rescue the
imprisoned live stock, and a number of
horses were taken out, but several
mules and four head of cattle persisted.
The building was completely Destroy
ed, together with its contents of val
liable farm implements, vehicles and
crops, including 20 tons of hay, 800
bushels Of wheat and 400 bushels Of
oats. The loss amounts to $4,000. The
fire is thought to have been the work
of an incendiary.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Anti-Trust journal,

Chicago, Feb. 16.-A new weekly
paper, to be known as the American
Antitrust Journal, the launching of
which was sanctioned at the recent
antitrust conference, will appear to-
morrow. The plans were perfected at
a meeting of the committee yesterday.
Although but an experiment, $4,000
copies will be printed and sent broad
cast over the country, and the publish
ing facilities are such that the num-
Der can easily be increased to $4,000
copies. The committee selected W. T.
Biggs as editor and Daniel l.. Cruice as
business manager.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
French Victory In the Soudan

Paris, Feb. 16.-M. Decrais, minister
OF the colonies. has received telegram
from the governor of the French Con-
go, M. Fl. De Lamothe, announcing the
defeat In battle of Rabah, the principal
chleftain Of the central Soudan, by a
French expedition. Rabah has long
been the strongest opponent of the ex-
tension Of French influence in the Sou
dan. He was formerly a slave of Ze-
behr. himself great Soudan ruler, and
was called the african Napoleon"
The French have been fighting his
mower for Years
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

New York, Feb. 16-At the annual
meeting of the Paper and Pulp asso-
citation yesterday an advance in the
price Of paper was announced. The
greater cost Of labor and the scarcity
Of spruce pulp in the United States
We're the reasons stated. The province
of Ontario recently decided to prohibit
the expectation of spruce pulp to the
United States with a view to retaining
the industry in Canada as far as pos
sible
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Alleged Bribery in shamokin.

Shamokin, Pa, Feb. 16.-At a meet
ing Of the borough council last night
Courcilmen Richard Phillips, James
Delaney and Robert Thompson swore
that Councilmen q. O. Zurn, William
Zimmerman and William Reppard and
o. ]. Reed had given them bride money
In sums ranging from $40 to $50 to in
fiuence votes in favor OF brick and con-
struction companies. They say they
accepted brides to procure testimony
in order to convict their colleagues,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

Princeton. N. j., Feb. 1S-The Baird
prize contest was helu In Murray Hall
Wednesday night and yesterday the
successful contestants were announced.
In the oratorical contest David Lau-
renee Chambers, Washington, was
awarded the Baird prize Of 500. G. G.
Miller. of Trenton, received the sec
ond prize. $50, and Herbert X. England,
Washington. N. j., was given the prize
Of $50 for delivery. In the disputation
contest the first prize Of $40 was won
by Joseph A. Jones, of Passaic, N. j.,
end the second prize. $50, was awarded
to Joseph H. Hill, Edgewood Park, Pa.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Postonicc Thieves Captured.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Three men who
are under arrest in GAINESVILLE, Wis,
are said to have been positively iden-
titled as the robbers who broke into
the postof1ice in Dekalb, Ills, the night
of Nov. 6 and took $2,915 in money and
stamps. The names of the prisoners,
SO far as known, are Toronto Jim,"
Lefty" Fitzgerald and Dad" Finn.
The men are in Jail in Janesville,
charged with the robbery of a bank at
Milton, Wis.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

Trenton, Feb. 16.-At the annual
meeting of the board of managers OF
the State Industrial School for Girls
Mrs. Myrtle B. Eyler, the principal
was continued in her position, which
was an implied approval of her course
as principal. The only important
change made in the officers was the
substitution of Dr. George Parker for
DR.. Laura Satterthwaite as the visiting
physician. DR.. Satterthwaite was one
of those who criticized Mrs. Eyler's
methods,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Murdered With IA Darning Needle.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 16.-Mrs. William
J. Garland, wife Of saloon keeper in
Phoebus, was found murdered yester-
day morning in her bed by her hus-
band when the latter awoke She had
been stabbed Just below the left breast
with a darning needle and so skill
fully was 1t done that the needle
struck the heart in the CENTER causing
instant death. The husband was ar
rested. charged with the crime. He
protested his innocence. He is wealthy,
and Is not known to have quarreled
with his wife.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Four Killed While SIeiehinr.

Montreal, Feb. 16.-Four well-to-do
residents of Mont Carmel were killed
last night by the Quebec express on
the Canadian Pacific at crossing near
Three Rivers. They were Eugene M.
Bellmaire and wife, Charles La Fran
co.'s and sister of La Francois. They
were driving rapidly in two sleighs,
were wrapped in furs and at the cross
ing did not see the approaching train.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

a DbIlNISTRATOR'S SALE-WlLL BE
"a sold on the premises, rear Green Bank
station, thristinnA Hundred, Tucsaay, ttb-
rusry .yth, at 2 . coaK, the personal proper
tv II James Il. Sim uons. Terms cash. Harry
kmnions, Administrator. W. A. Husili,
Auutioaeer, tlAts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Carried to Death on a Bridge.

Thompsonville, Conn, Feb. ia
portion of the bridge that spans the
Connecticut river connecting Enfield
and Suffield was wrecked yesterday
and an unknown man standing on the
bridge was drowned. Hosea Reach,
station agent at Enfield, had narrow
escape, as he was carried on q por-
ton of the wreckage more than half
mile before he was rescued.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Maryland Miners' Demands,

Homecoming, Md, Feb. 16.-The exec
utive board Of the Georges Creek and
Meyersdale district, United Mine
Workers of America, at their session
here yesterday decided to send no fur
ther communication to the coal oper-
ators until the wage scale adopted at
indianapolis Is adjusted for this region.
They will then submit demand for
the wage scale, to be put into effect In
this district on April l. It rs intimated
that the miners organization will en-
force compliance with these demands.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
THE FRICK-CARNEGIE CONTEST.
Defendants Are Making No Attemp
to Avoid Service.

Defendants Are Making No Attempt
to Avoid Service.
Pittsburg, Feb. 16.--The following
will clear all doubt as to the Carnegie
attorneys having accepted service:
There, Is no mystery In this case"
said Mr.. George B. Gordon, of the firm
of Dalzell, Scott & Gordon. II have
accepted service for the Carnegie Steel
company, limited, in the suit of H. G.
Prick, and for such other Of the de-
PENDANTS as can be readily reached.
Any inlimation to the effect that de-
PENDANTS wish to avoid service Is
wrong"
The recorders office of Allegheny
county furnishes an interesting piece
Of news relative to the present quarrel,
and the revocation of the powers Of
attorney filed by Andrew Carnegie re-
lating to H. G. Prick, Ii. M. Curry,
+. T. F. Lovejoy, L. G. Phipps and
Henry Phipps, Jr., in which he de-
prived each Of them of any rights to
sign or act for him, which they have
held for years, adds another page to
the controversy. 1t appears that Mr..
Carnegie took away their rights as
his attorney as far back as Dec. 20,
1893, or about the time he was confer
ring with Mr.. Schwab in new York.
1t was filed and recorded Dec. a. or
four days before Mr.. Carnegie came to
Pittsburg and demanded from Mr..
Prick his resignation.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Justice I'm Porto Rico.

San Juan de Porto Rico, Feb. 16.-It
is generally understood here that the
Washington authorities intend to vest
the insular courts with Jurisdiction in
cases where foreigners IRE involved.
The sentiment Of Spanish residents is
against this step, they believing that
Justice is obtainable only in q provis-
ional court. IN the opinion of a prom
inent military authority NO court here
has Jurisdiction over the foreign con-
suls.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Commissione
General Ferdinand W. Peck left yes
terday for Paris and the exposition.
The departure marks the end of the 18
months Of propaganda and organiza-
ton on this side of the Atlantic ans
Mr.. Peck leaves with the satisfaction
of having succeeded in awakening
American manufacturers and produce
ers to the opportunity offered for
American commercial expansion, and
Of having secured and sent over the
seas the exhibits of some $500 ex-
hibitors.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
bringing Home the Soldier Dea,

Santiago de Cuba, Feb. 16.-The Uni
ted States transport Mcpherson left
yesterday for the United States, carry
ing the bodies of 200 American SOL
diers, including "A who died of yellow
fever last year. On it becoming known
that the bodies were on board, several
members of families of American Of
ficers who had intended to return to
New York by the transport refused to
go. At Baracoa and Mayari, on the
north coast Of the island, the McPher-
son will take on additional bodies.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16
Captured Soldiers Tortured to DEATH

Boston, Feb. ia dispatch to The
Globe from Ioilo says: Three Massa-
chusetts soldiers of the Twenty-sixth
regiment, U. S. ", have been tortured
to death by insurgents. The men were
Dennis Hayes, William Dugan and
Michael Tracey, privates Of Company
F, under Captain William NJ Tutherly.
They were captured by the insurgents
hanging on the rear of the column, and
were cruelty tortured and murdered by
the rebels in the public plaza at Bali
nag, the action being countenanced by
the Spanish priest
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

NC" NHeFIcHn AESOC1ntiOn n Failure.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-"The new Ameri-
can Baseball association has gone I'M
der, and the promoters have thrown
up the sponge This was the an
nouncement made last night by Cap
tain Arson, president of the new asso-
citation. A dispatch from Baltimore,
from McGraw, saying that the Phila-
delphia hackers failed to keep their
promises brought forth Anson's an
nouncement that the league of which
he was president was past resurrec-
ton
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-16

Washington. Feb. 16-Brigadie1s
General H. g. Merriam. commanding
the military department Of Colorado,
has arrived in this city in answer tofa
summons from the senate committee
on military affairs to give testimony.
In regard to the part taken by the
federal troops under his command In
the suppression OF the labor riots In
the Couer d'Alene mining district tn.
Idaho last spring.