Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-25
H. B. Conan.

ii. Is. CONAN.
SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 23.-
Chairman Quigg, who is supposed I,
sound the keynote of the Republican
campaign. said at todays convention
which nominated Governor Odell:
The question of trusts and unlaw
full combinations has no more connec
ton with protection than the pena
code has with general business life
The man who would destroy the pro
tective system in order to destroy the
trusts, would pull his house down IN
orGer to catch burglar. There Is rc
Duseiness. not one. in which a trust
is engaged in which hundreds of othe,
producers Independent of the trust are
rot also engaged. There is no indus
trial system whether protective OF
free trade in character. where trusts
do not flourish. Protection is the
foundation stone of Republican policy
The party's strength is derived from
the fact that it always takes the NOR
al side of an issue. 1t is first consci.
entious and next opportune The yo.
Ter who uses his influence to help the
Democratic party, helps to make a
dead weight. He who votes the Re-
publican ticket adds to a living force" "
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Accompan.
panied by detectives, William HOOPER
Young. the alleged murderer of Mrs.
Puiitzer. arrived this morning from
Derby. Conn, where he had been ar
rested as tramp. A large police
force was necessary to clear n path
way for the prisoner through the
dense crowds to the cab Young ap.
| peared to be nervous and seemed to
| fear mob violence.
AT Derby tbs morning, Young said:
1T is all up with me. May as well
hurry things along. To await extra
dition would only prolong the agony"
Young's picture was taken for the
Rogue's Gallery. He told the detec-
| tives that whiskey got him into the
scrape, and that henceforth he would
leave it alone and be good. Lawyer
Hart told the reporters that Young
was innocent
The Mormon scion made state
ment to the police today accusing
Charles Simpson Eilling of the crime.
~ s'st'h 'hat lltl NlIS.
by appointment in Young's fiat. Young
went out to get some whiskey, and
when he returned found the woman
gagged on the bed. He tried to re-
store her and intended to call the po-
lice, but feared the disgrace it would
bring. Eilling was gone. Young said
that he then attempted to carve up
the body so as to be able to lock it in
the trunk. The stencil caused him to
desist He described Filling.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The gener-
al impression this afternoon is that
William Hooper Young, the confessed
murderer of Mrs. Pulitzer is complete
ly insane. This is the statement of
confession he makes:
About three weeks ago, l met
Charles Simpson Eiler in Central
Park. He accosted me. We talked
and got acquainted although he was
a degenerate. After that he called
on me several times at my fiat. On
the night that Mrs. Pulitzer died,
Eiler and | met her at Broadway and
iGth street by appointment. We went
to the fiat together. | went out for
some whiskey after we got there, and
left Eiler and the woman alone. When
got back | found Mrs. Pulitzer lying
across the bed with gag in her
mouth, dead. Eiler had gone. /
ripped open her clothing to induce
perspiration, and put my hand under
her waist and felt that her heart was
not beating. Then | decided to notify
the police. Instead of calling an Off
Ger | decided to go to police head
quarters, which thought were in the
City hall. | got on the train and
started down town, and on the way be-
gan thinking what a lot of disgrace
the affair would bring my father. That
made me decide to get rid of the
body. | went back and took long
knife and cut into the body, intend
ing 10 cut it up so that | could get 1t
into the trunk. When | made the first
cut the odor was so awful that /
could go no further"
Captain Titus says the prisoner de-
scribes Eiler as man of 23 years.
smooth face. five feet, seven inches
tall, bright clear look, pale face and
wearing dark clothes. Captain Tius
also says that Young has not explain
ed how the woman came by the
wounds on her head. 1t is believed
Young alone is the murderer.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 23.-The
Thirteenth regiment of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guards took possession
of the town of Oliphant at 5 O'Clock
this morning. having been ordered ou1
at midnight. Until late last night
wild disturbances prevailed through
out the valley, which were started
when Eugene Ditty was mobbed and
perhaps fatally injured by foreigners
A fight followed and at midnight the
sheriff appealed to the governor. Peo-
pie this morning were surprised to
find blue coats patrolling the streets.
The arrival of the troops has inten-
silied the bitterness, as the miners
have an old grudge against the Thir-
| teenth regiment.
| Washeries at few of the mines
| which have been running with diff
Guilty resumed work today without
| interference.
| ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. Sept. 23.-The
| grand ilIry was charged today IN in.