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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
MIN Davidson Tells Jury He Was I'm
Bed and Asleep When Chinaman
Was Murdered.
MOTHER FIERY IN HIS DEFENSE
ATTORNEY HARDING'S SHARP CUES
TJONS AROUsEs HER WRATH.
Last OF the witnesses VIII BE Heard
This Morning and Case Goes to
the Jury Tonight.

MIN Davidson, the young colored man
charged with the murder Of Doc Lung,
the Chinese laundryman. yesterday took
the witness stand in the Criminal Court in
his own defense. His testimony took the
form of general denial of the story re-
lated by Ollie Sanders, the States chief
witness.
Davidson asserted he knew nothing about
the murder of Doc Lung until he read of
it in the papers the following day. He de-
clared he was at home the night of the
murder. retiring between and o'clock
He lived with his mother in the neighbor-
hood of Merrill street and Capitol avenue.
In detail Davidson's story was to the
effect that he saw Ollie Sanders Sunday
morning, May 4. at the saloon of Peter
Fritz, on Ohio street, near the canal 1t
was the night of May that Doc Lung
was murdered. Davidson testified he had
not been on speaking terms with Sanders
for some time He had no conversation
with him that day. He got home that day
about / o'clock. he testified, and remained
at home all day and night. arising about
o'clock the next morning. He denied he
had ever had any conversation with Rufus
Cantrell. the grave-robber, and declared he
never knew Cantrell. Cantrell was pointed
out to him in the Jail. he said. Davidson
said he was never in Doc Lungs place
in his life and did not know the China
man.
BAD POLICE RECORD.
Attorney w. N. Harding, for the State.
took Davidson through a scathing cross
examination. He sought to show that the
witness has bad reputation as q law
abiding citizen. and succeeding in getting
him to admit he had been arrested many
times, chiefly on the charge of assault and
battery. The attorney asked the witness
about the day ne was arrested on the
charge of murder. and put this question:
Didn't you tell Kurtz you could prove
YOU were in Jail the night of the Doc Lung
murder and didn't Kurtz look up the
record and say TO you you were not in jail
till June? And didn't you say, We'll. 1
did not admit that this conversation took
place. The attorney sought to trap the
witness by asking what day of the week
May came on and Davidson promptly
replied that IL came on Sunday
what day of the month was the SUM-
day before that?" the attorney asked. 81
can study and tell you what day Ii was"
Davidson replied and for a full minute he
studied hard TO try TO recall the date but
could not and admitted that he had failed.
Davidson's attorneys corroborated his
testimony by number of witnesses. One
was his mother. Mrs. Emiline Davidson.
who said he was at home that night. On
Icross-examination she was somewhat nut
out over the rather sharp manner which
Attorney Harding quizzed her.
LOOKED AT HER WATCH
One of her statements was that Just after
her son went to bed that night she looked
at her watch. and IT was between and .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
They Tell What They Know About the
Letting of the Sprinkling Con-
tract for 1908.
REJECTION OF FIRST BIDS
PAPERS WERE NOT SUBMITTED IN
PROPER FORM, THEY DECLARE.
w. j. Hogan, Also on Stand, "Could
Not Remember"-Little Headway
I'm the Investigations.

The investigation of the sprinkling and
sweeping contracts by the council commit
tee was resumed last night and will be con-
tinued tonight. The evening was spent by
Attorney Noel in examining Chairman
Harold c. Megrew. of the Board of Public
Works, and Charles Mcguire, the Demo-
cratic member of that board, in reference
to the sprinkling bids of 1903 Mr. Ketcham
and Mr.. Matson spent little time in cross
examination.
Mr.. Noel expected to use Charles Mar
tindale. the attorney who filed the Newly
injunction suit and procured the contrac-
tors affidavits which made the basis Of
the charges in relation to the contracts
but Mr.. Martindale was excused, after
waiting some time, because the other wit
ness ahead of him would take the time of
the session. Mr.. Martindale will probably
be examined tonight.
w. ]. HOGAN EXAMINED.
The first witness introduced by Mr.. Noel
last night was w. j. Hogan, proprietor
of the Hogan Transfer and Storage Com
pany. Mr.. Hogan answered most of the
questions put to him by saying: 'I don't
remember" He said he had expected to
present bid at the second bidding but
found himself in doubt as to the legality
of three-year contract. He did not want
the contract on one-year basis as the
cost of equipment, he said, would make
the contract sustain a loss. He said he did
not present a bid at the second bidding be-
cause he thought 1t Wouldn't be any USE
He said he talked to Howard Smock,
sprinkling inspector, and Smock told him
he didn't believe Newly would bid the Sec
one time because they would give it to
him hard
Didn't Smock tell you that If Newby
got the contract it would have cost him
$4,000"
TALK WITH MAGUIRE.
Hogan said he had not. He also denied
that Charles Mcguire had told him that
1t would have cost Newly $4,000 II he had
secured the contract or that he had told
anyone Mcguire had said so. Hogan said
at first that he couldn't remember. but
after much questioning said he could
swear that Mcguire had said nothing Of
the kind. He said reported statement
of his I'm a newspaper was not given by
him. as he had seen no reporter. He said il
came from converse ton in John II. Fur
mass Office and that IL News reporter
was present Furnas had deceived him He
couldn't remember just what the conversaA
ton with Furnas was. He said he had
talked with Logsdon and Megrew and Ma
guire about the contract, but could not re-
call much of the details of conversation
except that Logsdon expressed doubt of the
legality OF three-year contract.
The examination Of Charles Mcguire was
In detail as to all the work of the board in
reference to the 1903 sprinkling contract.
He explained that the first bids were re-
sscted by the board because OF the confusion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
Woman Tries to Commit Suicide az
Washington by Throwing Herself
and Child Before n Train.
HOWARD COUNTY FARMS AFIRE
THEIR PEATY SOIL IGNITEs FROM
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Street Improvement Law Annulled By
Judge shively at Wabash-Peru
y. NJ. G. A. IL Opened.
eciaI to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind. May 19.-Coroner Harri-
son closed the inquest in the Yeager MUIR
der case to-day. Contrary 10 expectations.
nothing new developed in the examination
of witnesses, and the verdict was OF ''mur~
der by persons unknown"
The mysterious strange woman who was
seen with Yeager when the shot was fired.
and who holds the key TO the whole mys-
terry. has not been found, nor have the Of
ficers single clew TO her identity or move
ments either before or after the tragedy.
1t looks as If the deaths of Sutton and
Yeager will go down In history as unsoived
problems. just as the foul murder OF Jacob
Dotterer in his home a year ago has gone
unavenged.
The County Commissioners are willing
to offer $1,000 reward for the murderers OF
Yeager but under the new law they can
not without a special appropriation by the
County Council. Logan Ingles and Frank
and Willard Eads, held suspects In the
Yeager murder, will be released from Gus
tody, the evidence at the inquest proving
their innocence under the charge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
MOTHER AND CHILD SAVED.
Woman Tried TO Throw Herself anG
Little One Before n Train.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind. May i9.-Mrs. May
field Carr. with her ten-year-old child In
her arms. threw herself in front OF an ap-
preaching train at Washington. Ind. on
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
road. tonight. Her determination was 70
commit suicide. but William Cooper. sec
ton hand. was standing near by and, hear
ing the cry OF the child. went TO the rescue.
Mother and child We're dragged from
the track just as the train moved rapidly
by. The woman was taken I'm charge by
the officials and VIII be guarded for a few
DAYS She was divorced from her husband
some time ago and has been despondent.
IL is said that. she has often threatened 10
take her life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
"KLONDIKE KING" HERE.
Frank G. Lory. Victim of FOot-Race
SwindIers, I'm the City.

Frank c. Lory, of Petersburg, the man
who first came into prominence by making
fortune in the Klondike when the gold
fever was at it's height in that region, and
later by dropping a comfortable slice of that
fortune, some sixty-odd thousands Of dollars
in all, on the fake footrace game at Colo
RADIO Springs. was in the city few hours
yesterday, and registered at the English.
at least part of the money he lost and TO
punish the swindler, but he did not meet
with the same success that attended his
efforts in the gold fields. where he Won the
euphonious title of king of the Klondike."
He was not inclined to discuss the footrace
deal yesterday, indicating that he felt he
had secured enough publicity out OF the
AFFAIR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, May ls.-Cudwith Abel
who shot and instantly killed his nephew.
Charles Abel. at Jonesville, Saturday
night. was taken before Justice Of the
Peace w. w. Stader this morning on an
affidavit charging him with murder. he
waived arraignment, entered plea OF not
guilty, waived a preliminary trial, and was
by Justice Stader remanded TO jail 10 await
the action Of the grand jury, which has
been summoned TO convene on THURSDAY
OF this week 10 inquire into the affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
SUBMARINE BOATS TRIED.


GREENPORT, N. Y. May 19.-The Hol-
land submarine torpedo boats Plunger and
Shark had their official trials on Peconic
bay to-day. They covered a two-mile
course. each firing a torpedo at the end of
the distance. The Plunger exceeded the
governments requirments in speed and
fired the torpedo with absolute accuracy
between two flag buoys. the space repre-
senting battleship. Owing TO hot bear
ing. the Sharks speed fell slightly below
that required, but her torpedo was fired as
correctly as that of the Plunger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
GOVERNOR GUEST OF HONOR.
Al Indiana Society Of Ohio at CIeve-
lard, May 20, He VIII Speak.

The Indiana Society OF Ohio will hold
its first annual dinner at the Hollenden
Hotel, in Cleveland. Thursday evening.
May %. and Governor Durbin will be the
guest of honor He will respond 10 the
toast, Indiana. Mayor Johnson. of Cleve-
land. and Senator Hanna will be guests at
the dinner and will respond to toasts. Mrs.
Durbin will accompany the Governor.
The Indiana Society of Ohio was organ
lied a few months ago by Cleveland men
who are natives of this State. IL has a
II growing rapidly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GOSHEN. Ind. May is.-winheld smeis-
er. aged fifty-fve. for the past ten years
a clothing clerk In this city. formerly Of
Columbia City. died this evening from an
overdose OF drugs taken with evident SUI
cidal intent. He had been suffering with
neuralGia OF head and took twenty Srainz
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
AT ANY THIEF's MERCY.
Diamonds Worth $4,000 Were I'm an
Ancient Dresser.

An ancient dresser stood in front of E. F.
Steigelmeyer's upholstering shop all Mon
day night with $1,000 worth of diamonds
lying in a small tin box in one of the
drawers.
The dresser was the property of Mrs. NJ
]. Burton, 800 East st. Clair street, and
had been gent to the upholsterer for re-
pairs. Before sending the dresser to the
shop Mrs. Burton had forgotten to remove
her jewelry, which consisted of several
diamond pins and brooches and a gold
watch studded with diamonds The Jew
elry was returned to the owner by the up
holsterer along with the dresser after 1t
had been repaired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
TRAGEDY IN LAWYERS OFFICE.


One Man Killed and Two Suffering
from Severe Wounds.
SONORA, CAL, May 19.-As the result Of
an attack made on J. G. Webster, an at
torney Of this city, Frank Price is dead,
with bullet wound through his heart, and
]. M. Watkins. saloon keeper. has a seri-
Gus bullet wound in his head. The fight
occurred In the attorneys office tonight,
and grew out of the fact that Webster
recently secured a divorce for Watkins 8
wife Watkins entered the office and found
the attorney alone. A moment later Price,
who was bosom friend of Watkins, also
entered and closed the door behind him.
A struggle ensued, several shots were
fired in rapid succession and the attorney
emerged from the building with battered
and swollen head and with a pistol in his
hand. He surrendered to the sheriff Both
he and Watkins will recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
3. w. TULLoCH's CHARGES.
Capt. IL. A. Castles Reply-The Ex-
Cashier to Mr.. Payne Again.

Associated Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. May 1s.-Capt. Henry A.
Castle. auditor for the Postoffice Depart
ment. to-day gave out statement in reply
q. charges made against his office by ex-
Cashier s. w. Tulloch. OF the Washington
City postofhce. Captain Castle says: IT
have not yet received the Postmaster Gen.
erals letter transmitting abstracts of Mr.
rullochs complaints referring to this Of
Ace. but my reply win be brief. prompt. and,
! think. conclusive. / shall welcome the
opportunity. for have had special satis-
sncston In the record Of this bureau In set
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
PICTURE OF INDIANA PARTY.
Governor Durbin Receives Fine Photo
from St. Louis.

Governor Durbin and the members of his
staff who made the trip to st. Louis at the
time Of the dedication of the exposition yes
terday received copies of a large photograph
taken of the Indiana contingent in the
grand parade on Thursday of that week
The picture was taken from the Wabash
Railroad bridge just as the cavalcade was
entering Forest Park at the end OF the
parade, and ii is an exceptionally fine sam
pie Of the photographers art. Just in the
rear of the Indiana party are Governor
Cummings. of Iowa, and his staff, while on
either side of the roadway, drawn up at
attention, is the regiment OF Iowa infantry
that got lost in the shuttle and failed to
get in the parade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
LOSS MAY REACH $4,000, 900.
Many Cattle and Sheep Perish I'm q
Montana Sn0wstOrm.

Montana SnOwstorm.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. May 1s.-The
heaviest cattle and sheep loss in the history
of Montana, the damage of which will foot
as high as $5.ooo,ooo, has been caused by the
terrible snowstorm which has been raging
for the past three days. In some sections
fully 80 per cent. of the sheep on the ranges
have perished. Three herders who wandered
away in the binding storm were frozen to
death. Nothing like the fury Of the storm
has ever before been witnessed in northern
Montana.
OF a consignment of six hundred cattle
bound from Havre all but five were found
frozen stiff. Losses are reported on every
hand, and this district will feel the effects
Of losses for years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Man Who Was Believed to he Threat
ching the President's Life.

SACREMENTO. Cal. May ia man
was arrested tonight by Citizen F. N
woodson while President Roosevelt was
here. woodson heard him say: zone has
died. and another might just as WELL"
When arrested and taken to the jail the
man gave his name as Randleman. He had
a big six-shooter inside his vest and two
extra cartridges in his pocket. He offered
no explanation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20

as to the specifications and the schedule,
that there was doubt as to New
by's experience as contractor
and that 1t was hoped to get a bet
ter bid than s14.8l. Mr.. Noers examination
was intended to show that. under the speci-
fcations and schedule, the bids were such
that a contract could have been awarded.
Mr.. Maguires answers were to the effect
that the uncertainty between the bids and
the specifications necessitated the rejection
of all the bids.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
EXPECTED OTHER BIDS.

The city attorney. he said, had not been
asked for an opinion as to whether the con-
fusion was such that 1t would prevent the
board from making a contract He also
said the board expected that other bidders
would appear, and that wider competition
would bring a better price. He admitted
that $14SO was an unprecedented price to
be offered to the board. but he thought there
was justification for expecting a still lower
bid. One of the reasons why he believed
this was that w. ]. Hogan had called on
the board half an hour after the first set
of bids was opened and said he had intend
ed to bid. The board. he said, thought Ho-
gan would be a bidder at the next date.
Mr.. Shea asked Mcguire why the board
had not rejected Kenningtons last bid,
which was higher than his first. Mr. Ma
guire said the board thought "the third
time was the charm" and that. besides the
public was complaining of dusty streets,
and the letting was within a few days Of
the beginning of the sprinkling season.
Under examination by Mr.. Matson Ma
guire said the sprinkling in 1902 was better
done and with less cost than ever before
Mcguire said he knew nothing about the 10
per cent. campaign fund charge, either in
1902 or this year, except what he had seen
In the papers. He said Remington had
never complained to him that the Repub-
lican members Of the board would not per-
f(ynNTTNTTRD ON PAGR COL. Al
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-20
THE PENNSYLVANIA LIBEL LAW

lave noticed If c bread waters will RETURN t
him tim If soonr?
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COL. g.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-11-21

what his object was IL mentioning the
race question, which is in substance,
az he says, that the Journal.Demo-
Gratis actions and articles indicated
that the said newspaper had such ne.
fGrious end IN view. Iet In view OF
ali these facts. in view OF the refutal
by the author himself the lying bu.
reau OF the journal Democrat will per
haps insist upon charging Mr.. Hub
bell Of being capable Of advocating
such foolish iuea as the race ques-
ton.
Now, as Am srican citizens. born and
raised under t&is iag. we know no
race. We know no country, except the
American race, which we, all of us
are, and no country except this free
and glorious one Of ours. and Frank
A. Hubbell In the past Hubbell in IN
present or Hubbell in the future, nor
mis- friends In TINS county will stoop to
such mean, ZIMMERMAN methods 20
win political Victories. The charge Is
contemplate eBG fails TO the ground
by a short unbiased examination OF its
inception, when 1t was taken mp by
the prejudiced / ewspapers alluded to-
NESTOR MONTOYA.
Editor La Bandera.
Afhuuuavnua Nov "a
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-11-21
SAN ia FE
Buried Under Collapsed Bake Oven
The Santa Fe Guards.


Coal oil has been advanced three
cents a gallon at Santa Re the past
three days
Miss Stella Sloan shot a large
chicken hawk which was flying over
the yard in the rear of her homo on
Lincoln avenue. The hawk measured
"a inches from wing to wing.
"A school for the non-commissioned
officers of Company F. First Regi-
ment infantry. was held In the ar
mory, Captain James II. Nicholson
being the instructor. For over two
hours the class drilled in the school
OF the soldier. the manual Of arms
and the marching movements. and
made very satisfactory progress.
Henry Krlcks, agent and bother for
the Lemp Brewery Oh st. Louis, has
purchased from DR.. ]. NJ. Diaz a lot
on the north side of Garfield avenue,
between The Santa Central and the
Santa Fe depots.
Julian Baca completed a bake oven
which he had been building with brick
~
he was removing the props from I'M
der il the structure collapsed and he
was buried under the derbis. Neigh
bors rereued him from his awkward
position, He escape serious injury,
excepting broken arm and many
painful bruises.
Mrs. Gabrielite ortegN de Jaramillo,
daughter of Victor Artega, OF
Cnimayo, died In that town on the
nth instant In childbirth. and while
giving birth TO a daughter. The child
is doing well She was twenty-one
years OF age and was married about
a year ago. Her remains were inferred
In the chapel OF San Esquipula. de-
ceased was young woman OF high
character and her demise caused
much sorrow to her many relatives
and friends In the northern part OF
Santa Fe county.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-11-21

box car and sent to El Paso from
the east, says the Herald.
The woman was not tramp in the
ordinary sense If the world but in her
statements TO the switch crew she
raid that she Nss in destitute clrcum.
stances and 'nG conceived the idea
that II she could beat her way to lei
Paso with her child she could probab-
~ get something to do.
She was taken care of temporarily
ly the big hearted switchman and
yill probably ne able to get something
to do In this city or secure help from
the citizens so that she may go some
where else WITHOUT riding in a box
car
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-11-21
SILVER CITY
Lawyers Dissolve-Turkey Shoot-An
Old Timer Paralized.

Old Timer Paralized.
Miss Irma Schultz OF I'll Paso, is
visiting her sisters, Mrs. Henrietta
Schultz and Mrs. Il. e. Dillon.
Mrs. Il. b. Norman and little
daughter, Joan Elizabeth, returned
from Louisville, Ky. where they have
been visiting relatives.
The law partnership existing be-
tween District Attorney X. NJ. Tur-
ner and ". b. Walton has been dis
solved by mutual consent. Both gem
tlemen will continue to practice sep
erately.
The Silver City Rifle club will give
their first turkey shoot at their range
on MIR. Lucys property west OF town,
next Sunday, November %, beginning
at s a. m. The turkeys will be shot
off in pools. and the shooting done at
the 200 yard targets
James X. Metcalfe. one OF Grant
county oldest and most respected citi-
zens. was in Silver City from the
Mangus. Mr.. Metcalfe was unfortun'
ate enough last week to cut his hand
quite severally on a wire fence and
IL still suffering from the effects OF
the wound.
Miss Coro Miller, who is the princip
al of the Hillsboro public schools
was in Silver City last week, having
been summoned as a witness In the
horse stealing cases against jonas
Harris and King Fisher. Miss Mil
ler's many Silver City friends were
most pleased to see her.
Mrs. Richmond p. Barnes returned
Saturday from Elko, New, where she
had been summoned by the illness OF
! her son. Jack, who was suffering from
typhoid fever. The young man made
rapid progress towards recovery and
accompanied Mrs. Barnes on her re
turn trip as far as Colorado Springs
at which place he entered Colorado
| College. one OF the foremost educa
| tional institutions in the west, wher,
he will remain during the present
school year
j. F.. Lacey, an old time prospector
was found Saturday afternoon by ii
| l.. Oakos, lying on the floor OF his
cabin on the outskirtes OF town. Mr.
Lacey had been stricken with para
lysis and could not speak or give an,
account OF himself. II is not even
known how long he had been lyinl
| there without food or attention. rn'
| sick man was taken To the ladies
hospital. where he is getting along al
well as could be expected, hut II l!
very doubtful IL he will fully recover.