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VOL. IX.
DISGRACEFUL.
Charles Hunster Tells What He
Saw Through a Peniten
tiary Wiudow.
The Story of a Minnesota Prison
Official and a Pretty Fe
male Convict.
Dimple-Cheeked Emma Brown's Interest
ing Expedience With an Official
in an Upstairs Room.
Prison Officials Alleged to Have a Mania
Por Secret Consultations With
Female Convicts-
Matron McXeal Says Slie Expostu
lated With, tlie Official For
Consulting So Often,
But lie Said X o Trouble "Would Come
of It, Because They Were
Convicts,
And Their Testimony "Would Not be
Believed by the People Who
Heard It.
A SWIFT ride of an hour
-<-~7-vw fi3sK over ie St Paul & I)u
--■'/^^ffft luth or ie Chicago, St.
■/•*■ *_F Je_"<T*k Paul, Minneapolis &
*>?. ** kM^Kn Omaha road brings you
te & iB o the thriving city of
N^/£-_f* a J Stillwater, perched
~^ proudly on the bluffs
overlooking St. Croix
lake, now ice locked, but in the summer a
huge mirror, reflecting with a thousand
trembling shadows the tall hills and frown
ing cliffs that tower ab ove it.
Here are the homes of 15,000 prosperous
souls, and here is the home of 409 men and
women who have by their own deliberate
acts buried themselves from the world for
years, and many of them for life. For a
long time the great iron gates of the peni
tentiary have been in the habit of swinging
slowly open on their heavy hinges to admit
human beings who, by acts of violence in
moments of passion, have made of them
selves outlaws; things to be scoffed
at by the more fortunate, but many
times* equally blaraable members of the
commonwealth. This felons' home, when
viewed from the outside, strikes awe to the
heart of the visitor. Its towering walls of
solid masonry seem to stare at you in grim
defiance. The narrow windows, crossed
with heavy bars of iron, seem to be silent
warriors lighting desperately against the in
vasion of tiie sunlight and the silver rays
that come down from the moon and the
stars, to
STAB TO DEATH"
the damp, darkness and the solitude within.
The tall gates with heavy locks seems like
dumb watch guards standing between the
world, the skies and freedom and the com
munity of hopeless souls within. Sitting,
as it does, within the stony arms of the two
high bluffs that inclose it on tliree sides, it
looks like a vast sepulcher, and it is, to all
intents and purposes, for when once these
gates of iron have clanged behind tlie con
vict, and the great bolt has shot into its
socket, he is as much separated from the
•world as' ho .would be if locked in
the tombs of Thebes or -the catacombs of
Koine, with a newspaper thrown to him
once a week to satisfy his mental hunger.
Cities may grow, kingdoms may . be de
stroyed/nations die in. the-- agony of -war,
and yet the convict has no keener realiza
tion of it than does the blind man who has
ever lived ni a world without sunshine or
stars, when he is told tales of lands of
flowers. and trees and mountains and
brooks, fitted with the light of the sun and'
the radiance of the moon. Such is the
home of the Hffß
409 HAPLESS SOUT.S
living out a dreary existence within the
stalwart walls of the Stillwater penitenti
ary. Wherever he looks stolid walls look
back at him and now and then he catches
a glimpse of the watchful sentry as he
paces up and down his granite beat armed
with a rifle, a rather unpleasant reminder
that the outside world has had enough of
him for a time at least.
Over this community of outlaws, four
men hold sway — three inspectors and a
warden. Within these walls their word is
law and it is seldom that the inner work
ings of these vast penal institutions are
understood by the public at large. A man
or woman has violated the law, tlie court
or jury lias adjudged him or her guilty, the
sentence is pronounced, the prisoner is hur
ried away, the doors of the penitentiary
rattle behind him, justice has been sated,
the people are satisfied and ' the convict is
. forgotten. But few of tlie great mass of
human beincs care but little for the small
fraction that live behind the iron bars of
the prisons that they have helped to build.
For twelve years the Stillwater penitentiary
was controlled by one power, which was
broken two months ago and a new admin
istration inaugurated which promises to be
as satisfactory to the people interested as
the preceding one.
BURSTER'S STORY.
A Colored Convict Tells a Tale of
Exciting: Interest.
Strange stories are often told by these
convicts when released from the prison
walls, and often times they get an oppor
tunity to pour into the ears of visitors in
teresting tales long before they are given
their freedom. Many of these stories are
concocted and Without foundation, told for
the purpose of creating prejudice or public
sentiment against the management, that the
convict hopes may result in a change and
that he will he rewarded for giving his evi
dence freely by a commutation of his sent
ence or his pardon. lt is seldom that this
result is readied, as the testimony of a con
vict has hardly a feather's weight in the
scale of public opinion. Yet there are those
who are unprejudiced enough to believe the
word of a man though he be unfortunate
enough to wear stripes and his hair closely
cropped.
A privileged . character about the Still
water penitentiary is
CHARLES HIRAM HUNSTER,
a colored man 40 years of age. incarcerated
for having shot and killed a woman in St.
Paul in 1883. He claims the shooting was
accidental. However this may be, it is
told.by the prison authorities that Hunster
has conducted himself in an exemplary
manner since he was placed in
their 'keeping and has so ingratiated
himself into their confidence that they have
given him the freedom of the prison yard,
and he is often seen outside, but he has
never abused the trust the authorities have
placed in him. Charles is a man of liberal
education, and keen perception, and in an
hour's chat with him he. tells many incidents
of prison life that ; are exceedingly
entertaining. A. few days v a«»£ Globe
representative visited Hunster in his room l
where he spends a great deal of his time at: j
scroll sawing and wood carving. He was ■
in his pleasantest mood and talked freely, j
prefacing his remarks by saying: ..' .''■ . V
Of course I'm dead, and what I say nobody ;
will believe, but it is true just the same, and
when I get out of hero 1 shall publish it. I
aint got but live months more to serve, and
the time will soon expire.
HUNSTER- STORY.
In the conversation that followed Huns
ter told some things that were rather start
ling in their nature, and are given to the
public for what they are worth. Said lie:
Strange things happen in penitentiaries
sometimes. This is the first oue I was ever
in, but my experience hero is sufficient to
prove to me that in regard to penitentiaries
"all things are not what they seem," and the
officials often take a deeper interest
in the welfare of the female con- '
victs than seems necessary. I was eye wit- j
ness to a transaction here in September, 1835,
that ouened ray eyes and made me very in- !
dignant. Of course wo are nothing but con
victs in here, and the world cares nothing
about us, but I claim that we are men and
women, and as such are entitled to at least
decent treatment. One day in September,
'S5. I went into the warden's office for the
purpose of getting some stamps. I
have always been a privileged character
around here and havo been allowed to go and
l
MARY WEISCHER. .
come around the building as I chose to. and I
always did the work . around the warden's
office. This day I heard a noise iv the com
mittee room, opening off the warden's office,
and I attempted to open the door for the pur
pose of seeing who was in there, but the door
was locked. Thinking something was wrong,
I I went to the hall door and tried to
open it but that was also locked.
i This seemed to me very strange and
; I went down cellar under the floor of the
committee room aad listened. I hadn't been
there but a minute wheu I heard a noise as
if two people were struggling in the room
above. This startled me. 1 knew there
were two windows in the committee room
looking out on the prison yard, and having a
key in my pocket to the outside gate I un
locked it and went into the yard. The inside
blinds of ono of the windows were partly
closed, but there was an open space between
them that would erive me an opportunity to
get a view of the interior of the room with
out being seen myself. Under the window
was a cellar way, but I got a plank, laid ie
across the cellar way, set a barrel on it, and,
climbing on top of the barrel, looked into tho
room. On the sofa on one side of the room,
and opposite the window, I saw
Mary Weischer, one of the fe
male convicts, and a prison " offi
cial in an improper act. Mary's
clothing was scattered about the room on the
floor, and some of it badly torn. Surprised
at what I had seen 1 climbed down from the
barrel, and concluded that I would keep my
eyes open after that. Mary Weischer was a
life convict, who was convicted tor killing
her husband, and she was a privileged char
acter. For several years she had worked at
the warden's house, going over there in the
morning and returning to the penitentiary at
night. I understand that her sentence has been
commuted and she has only about two years
more to serve. It was told me that Fred
Hilker, a couvict who used to work on the
lawn and around the warden's house while
Mary Weischer was employed there, got too
intimate with her too. yAs I said before,
what 1 had seen prompted me to keep my
eyes open and 1 did so. /
One day a prison official sent to the
woiian's department for Emma Brown, a
convict, and, suspecting something crooked.
I watched him. He took hec into? d. room
opening off the hall and locked thefdoor.7 1
slipped through a window on to a Balcony
running by two windows looking into- this
room and peeped through the blinds. When
I looked in I saw Emma standing against the
wall near the door, and the official had
one arm around her waist, with his
other hand he tore Emma's dress open" and
took the most improper liberties with her
person. I think Emma saw me, for she
turned her lace toward the window and a
minute later slapped the official in the face,
called him a fool and told him to let her
alone. They went out of the room after
Emma had fixed up her dress and she was
locked up again. It has been the prac
tice for a long time before the change iv ad
ministration, for one of the officials to send
up for one of the female convicts Sundays
when things were quiet around the prison
and remain locked up with her an hour or
more in the committee room. Everybody
who knew about it around the prison sus
pected something wrong was going on. I tell
you, people may think that everything
is conducted O. K. around establishments
of this kind, but 'taint so. Several times I
went into the committee room when nobody
Emma brown. seemed
strange to us was that he didn't investigate
the matter with the matron and not under
lock and bey in the committee room.".
When Hunster had finished his story he
went through a pile of letters and showed
on the margins of them memoranda he had
made of dates when the incidents related
had been noticed.
WHO'LL RELIEVE A CONVICT ?
The Room in Which Committees
Are Wont to Meet- Matron's
Remonstrance.
The quarters occupied by the chief of the
prison officials are not elaborate, but they
are very convenient and exceedingly well
furnished. The outer office is appointed
with walnut, cherry and mahogany furni
ture. Over a broad fireplace, with a man
tel of polished marble, hangs a costly clock,
and the walls are elaborately decorated
with paintings in oil. Opening out of this
office to the south is the committee
room referred to by Hunster in .the
relation of the incidents told above.
Double doors swing inwardly and can* be
securely fastened either from the inside or
from the outside. In the west end of the
room is a narrow doorway that opens into
the main hallway that leads from the street
entrance to the iron gates giving admission
to the cell room. The only windows in this
room are on the east end and they look
out into the court, which is tilled with
clotheslines, piles of lumber and empty,
barrels and boxes. These windows are
shaded on the inside with blinds that can
be opened or shut at will. The furnishings
of this committee-room are elaborate
enough to satisfy the most fastidi
ous official. -7 The floor is car
peted with Brussels, and a large
chandelier hangs from the ceiling, a Against
. the west wall; stands a tall hat. rack of
cherry and easy chairs, richly carved and
upholstered, r are distributed .aro_nd^ih- :
room. A long table occupies the cfentei
. the apartment and it is of elegant design.
i It is made of mahogany with legs
richly carved and covered with green
i baize. Over this table are distributed books,
: being principally - works on subjects that
. would be of interest to the officials of an in
; stitution of this character. The most" mi
i teresting piece of furniture in this room ;is
• the sofa of which Hunster tells. It is an
; elaborate 'affair and stands against the
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ST. PAUL, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 27, : 1887. -TWENTY PAGES.
north wall . of the room di- '
re'ctly in line with tlie window, through '
which the convict claims he saw the crimi
nal act. Tho cut below gives a correct idea i
of : the committee, room and the I arrange
ment of the windows and the furniture.
THE COMMITTEE ROOM.
An examination of the premises showed
that it was possible for the story told by '
Hunster to be true. From the outside,
with the blinds partially closed, as he said
they were on that particular day in Septem
ber, a lull view could be got
ten of the sofa and all of
the north half of the room.
Within this room, with the keys turned in
the locks or tlie doors, one would be as safe
from intrusion as he would be in a cell in
tie inner cage, jr.iyiding lie did not forgot
to close the blinds tightly. • 7 7W
Sitting in his room in the midst of speci
mens of wonderful scroll work and choice
plants that were blossoming under his care
ful attention, Charles Hunster told his
story in a straightforward, unaffected way
that would carry conviction to the heart
of almost any listener. The question
naturally arises, if this story is true, if any
official of this prison was guilty of im
moral conduct with the female inmates,
would it be possible -for the
board of prison inspectors to dis
cover it. The only testimony
they could base a judgment on would be
the testimony of a convict, and would this
be sufficient to convict an official of whose
integrity they had the highest opinion? Let
the public render the verdict.
THE MATRON
The matron of the penitentiary is an
estimable lady well on in years. Her hair,
once black, is now plentifully sprinkled
with gray, and her face is seamed with
care. Her's is not a pleasant lot. In
daily intercourse with the female
prisoners, her ears catch many whispers
and bits of prison gossip that is unwelcome
to them, but she has to deal .with women
who possess ungovernable tempers, and she
must govern by humoring them and not by
coercion. It is not strange/then, if during
th. years that Matron McXeal has presided
over the female word of the penitentiary,
her ears have led her to harbor many a sus
picion against the officials with whom she
was daily associated in her labors, and if it
had been the practice for any one of these
officials to ask of her day after
day, year after year, to send certain women
in her ward to consult with him on a sub
ject not made known to her, and the woman
should remain under lock and, key
alone with that official for an
hour, and at times longer, and
when she came back to the ward and was
once more with her companions, she should
tell of transactions of an immoral nature
with the officials with whom she had been
closeted, it would not be strange if Matron
McNeal, with the spirit of the true lady,
that she should protest against this conduct
with the official. This is what Mrs. Mc-
Neal claims that she did. and this is the
answer Mrs. - McNeal . claims the official
gave net; ' - - • 7.
"Who'll believe them convicts. Whatil
w J»at they say : about me 5 amount -to; fc No- '
body 111 take their word."
: Perhaps this is true. Perhaps there is
no one on earth -who will believe that a
convict can tell the truth, but it has not
been many days since an official of one of
the largest penal institutions in the East
was put behind the bars for immoral con
duct with the females under Ids charge, and
he went there on the testimony of convicts.
It is not strange that a woman of Mrs.
McNeal's refined temperament should
break down under transactions of this
nature and when tiie new administration
was established and some of the old rules
and the old habits were changed, the
weight of responsibility was in a measure
lifted from the shoulders of the good
matron, and for several days she lay in her
bed. suffering from nervous prostration and
she has not yet fully recovered her
strength.
CONVICTS WITH KEYS.
The Privileges Given Some Inmates
—A St. Paul Lawyer's Disappoint
ment.
That a convict sentenced to several years
of hard labor and close confinement in a
penitentiary should be allowed to carry in
his pocket a key to an outside gate in
the wall that stood between . him
and liberty, would give rise to won
derment in the minds of most people and
if you tell the ' average American citizen
that such is the case he will doubt your
word, and when Hunster told his story and
how he unlocked the gate and reached the
prison yard, the question naturally came to
mind. "Where did you get your key?"
The present warden of the penitentiary
when asked if the convicts were allowed to
carry keys to the gates in their pockets said
they were not, but that when he assumed
the wardenship of the prison he found that
there were several convicts who carried
keys to two of the outer gates and he had
the locks on these gates changed.
After the change was made he said keys
to these gates were handed to the deputy
warden by citizens down town. From his
statement it would seem that keys to the
outside gates of the penitentiary had been
strewn broadcast throughout the town, and
that the prison yard and cells were about as
free to certain individuals outside of the
walls as they were to the officials.
The appointment of Warden Stordock
has been fruitful of some changes that may
not be without their benefits to the institu
tion. Mary Weischer now spends her days
within the prison walls. She no longer
makes her morning journey to the warden's
kitchen to fulfill the office of servant. , She
is : a convict, and is treated as such.
Naturally enough Mary is opposed to this
sudden shutting off of her freedom, but the
new warden says he don't know that lie has
any right to get his housework done at the
expense of the state.
But Mary is not the only person who
does not like the rules established
by Warden Stordock. Lawyer Grib
ble, eof , St. Paul, it is said, is
disappointed. The new administration
says that Gribble for several years has
claimed to have clients among the female
inmates of the penitentiary, and that .as
often as once hi two weeks he has been in
the habit of visiting them in their ward
and holding consultations with them.
This Warden Stordock has objected to and
Mr. Gribbell is alleged to have written him
a letter saying that no man had a right to
stand between a lawyer and his client and
that heretofore he had been allowed to con
sult with the female convicts when he chose,
and that whenever he visited the prison lie
had always been given his dinner. In re
ply to this letter Warden Sturdy ck wrote
s that he should object to Mr. Gribble or any
other lawyer going in and out among the
-/'convicts as he chose, unless the
■ inspectors ordered him to do
otherwise, and acknowledged that
|!he\ didn't see why he should" - establish
a free lunch route for Mr. Gribble, at the
I expense of the state. Mr. Gribble re
ported the matter to Gov. McGill, but
! Warden Stoidock's action was sanctioned,
I ami Mr. Gribble is -iii on the outsideef
] the penitentiary wa_.
I j ESftSBASBSS :?T__ 9 _M-Si99S-— wl
• -_ .-■:.--_
suspected I
was around
aud caught
one of the
officers sit
ting' on the
sofa with a
female con
vict with her
clothesbadly
out of shape
His excuse
would al
ways be that
he was : in
vestigating
some trouble
the women
were having
among them
selves up
stairs. What
FATAL MILK PUNCHES.
Their Absorption Led to Unhappy : Ee
sults for a Wealthy Student of 7
Fair Harvard, W 7 7
Who Had for His Companion at the Time
of the Orgie a Young 7
Pretty Woman. 7 . 'so7.
When They Both ' Got Sober They
found They Had Very Griev
ously Erred.
But a Minister and a Marriage Certif
icate Uave -Rectified Their Pre
vious Error.
Special to the Globe.
Boston. Mass., March 26.— The "Hub"
is stirred to its depths oyer the sensational
report that one of the fairest female students
at the conservatory of , music has been be
guiled and betrayed by a i dashing youth
from Harvard. The betrayal has taken
place, however, and the only reason . why
Boston ladies do not discuss the subject
over their Lenten toast and tea is tbat the
story has been hushed up and the fair
name of the girl saved from disgrace by a
hasty marriage. There was a stormy scene
in one of the parlors at the Quincy- house
yesterday afternoon.'' Charles B. i'itcomb,
of Oakland, Cal., is the son of a millionaire
and has been studying .'. adoiitology % at the
Harvard dental school since last fall. 7 He
is just 25, and his looks prepossessing.
Louise Paulin, the well-known singer who
is now engaged with the Carleton -Opera
company at New York city, is about 45
years of age and judging from her conduct
here, knows what she is about. I Edith
Ogilby, the 23-year-old daughter of Madam
Paulin, is a stout and -rather, pretty, blonde,
who has been taking ■ vocal • lessons in the
conservatory of music for some months,
The mother lias left 'her engagements in
New York and hastened to Boston to vindi
cate the honor of her daughter, Edith.
They arrived here . yesterday forenoon. i
The call which young Titcomb made npon
them at the Quincy house was due to ./.
A VEBY URGENT NOTE
sent to him by Madam Paulin. He came
like Ctesar, hoping to see and conquer. He
saw them in a private room. At first their
talk was low and subdued. Gradually the
conversation grew louder and more vehe
ment until the hotel was aroused and the
head-waiter rushed out for a policeman.
"You shall marry my child," said Madam
Paulin. •_ don't care If you never live
with her a day. : I demand that her name
shall be restored." -7. 7- _:■■}• *"y7. ■;■-■■
••I shall do no such a thing,7 replied Tit
comb, "and nobody but a crafty old woman
would make- such a request. . If I were a
poor boy you would never think of it. You
think you have got me in a trap, but I will
go to prison before 1 will marry her." 77 7 '■)
While they were storming two policemen
came in and arrested Titcomb and carried
him to station 2, where he . was registered
and taken to the tombs.* Along in the even
ing one of Titcomb's fellow-students, ac
companied by Maj. /Jones, bail commis
sioner, came to the tombs to bail him out.
"I am afraid you have not got money
enough," said the officer behind the rail.
•'Here are $5,000," answered the friend,
"and I can get $20,000 if you want it."
- "But 1 am sorry ■'• to says the offense
charged against Titcomb .' is not a bailable
one." - ! ';: .', "VW
"What is the charge?" 7
"Rape." . WW-- :
The friend was thunderstruck. He ob
tained an interview with .Titcomb, and one
of Boston's leading lawyers was ; sent for.
and together they talked* the matter/ over
until nearly ntdß^L^^-iithree felt that
matters were very sei ious,~and, while they
doubted if the • charge could be r. proved, a'
public trial would create a great scandal,'
which would do great damage to Titcomb's
reputation. The story of her run, as told
by Edith Ogilby, is that she became ac
quainted with the dental student early last
winter. They met several times at parties
and entertainments, Jan. 5 he called at
the house where she boarded with a sleigh
and span, and asked her to go out and take
a ride on the - mill-dam road. She accom
panied him. According to her story, they
called at the Brighton house and had
SEVERAL MILK PUNCHES,
which she alleges were drugged for the pur
pose of accomplishing her ruin. She says
she was unconscious for some hours and ill
in her room for several days after taking
the draughts which were intended to pro
tect her during the cold ride home. When
she recovered she called on ; Titcomb and
asked him about the affair. He laughed it
off. Between that time and last Sunday
she paid him three vis + s, but received no
satisfactory explanai .i. Finding that
HEIt SHAME
could not be concealed much longer, she
went to New York Tuesday night and told
the whole story to her mother. The result
was that mother and daughter arrived at
the Quincy house yesterday. In spite of
Titcomb- emphatic denial of 5 the drugging
and subsequent events the girl 'maintained
that her story was true. The closing chap
ters in the romance happened this morning.
Young Titcomb was brought up from the
tombs to the judge's lobby just above the
cell he had occupied all night. 7 In the room
were Judge Parmenter, Titcomb's counsel;
Madam Paulin and Edith Ogilby, the two
latter in tears. The case was stated to the
judge. .V,-~v:„'',7
"Will you marry this girl now?" asked
the judge of Titcomb. - 77.-7' i/t.7v" r-V
'Twill." ' W
A license was at once procured' at the
city hall aud they were married in the lobby
by Bail Commissioner Jones. Edith went
away with her mother and Titcomb re
turned to his studies. "I don't ask him to
live with her," said Madam' Paulin. "I
only wish to protect the name ot my child.
I speak not only for my child, but for one
who is as yet unborn." It is not likely that
they will ever live together, or : that Edith
will ever call on her husband for' aid. She
can look out for herself." '
Will Work Extra Hours.
Washington, March 26.— 1n response
to a request from the commissioner of pen
sions 100 clerks in his bureau have volun
teered to work extra hours upon : the Mexi
can pension claims . filed under 'the . act of
Jan. 29, ISB7. This extra work, voluntary
on the part ot the clerks, is to : be begun on
Monday next, and will be prosecuted with
the utmost speed until the close of the fiscal
year. While still greatly embarrassed for
the lack of the additional force called for,
the commissioner of pensions I hopes to be
able to issue a great many of the certificates
under the law. v V '•
Presidential Appointments. W)
Washington, March 26.— The presi
dent this 7 afternoon appointed James F.
ttenedict to be collector of internal revenue
for the district of Colorado and • Wyoming
Territory, vice Samuel S. Wolfe, removed.
Mr. Benedict was the Democratic candi
date for state treasurer of Colorado "in ISS6
and ran far ahead of the regular ticket. At
present he holds the office of cashier of the
Union bauk,. of Greeley, Col. Alexander
F. Gurnley. of Tennessee; William L:
Brooche, of Oregon; Madison Over, Ohio;
Charles D. Shank, of Indiana/and Henry
N. Mohler, of Illinois, have been appointed
special examiners in the pension office, un
der civil service rules. /. ■•■-■ : "
Army Orders..
Special to the Globe. 7
Washington, March 20.— A number of
important army changes were ordered to-day
by the secretary of war, the most 'import
ant being those in the engineer corps. Capt.
Smith S. Leach is ordered from Memphis, |
Term., to St. Louis, Mo., relieving Caot.-
Thomas Turtle as secretary and disbursing
officer of .the Mississippi river commission.
Upon the completion of this duty Capt. i
Leach will return to Memphis, and Capt.
Turtle will report in this city for duty in
the office of the chief of engineers, reliev
ing Maj. 11. M. Adams. Second Lieut.
Charles , L.V Potter is ordered from Fort
Leavenworth. Kan., to Willets Point. N.
V., for duty with the engineer battalion at
that post. First. Lieut. Lansing H. Beach,
engineer corns, is granted an extension of
leave for fifteen days. Capt. C. H. Rock
well, Fifteenth cavalry, is relieved from
duty at the West Point military academy
and ordered to join his troop. . Maj. Alan
son M. Randal, First ; artillery, is granted
an extension 'of leave for three months.
First Lieut. Samuel W. Fountain, Eighth
cavalry, is released from duty at Jefferson
barracks, Mo., in time for him to join his
troop ; June 1. 1887. . Capt. Richard R.
Williams, Eighth cavalry. is granted four
mouths leave of absence, with permission
to go beyond the sea, and apply for an
extension of four months.
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Treasury Changes.
Special to the Globe.
Washington; March 20.— is author
itatively announced that Assistant Secretary
Fairchild will be the successor' of Secretary
Manning in the treasury department, bnt
it is not certain that Chief Graves, of the
bureau of engraving and printing, will suc
ceed Treasurer Jordan. No man will be
appointed to the place not entirely,accepta
ble to Mr. Fairchild, and it is thought that
cm-oral ranLAhc the. Tipoclflunt will i_t*A_-kl*
for several reasons the president will prefer ,
to make an appointment from outside the !
service. It is reported that an Ohio man ■
may be selected, while a New Yorker will j
be chosen for the assistant secretaryship :
left vacant by the promotion of Mr. Fair
child. Since Secretary Manning's retire- '.
ment was announced there has been a lurk
ing fear of the possibility that the new head
of the department might not be in full ac- :
cord with i civil service reform. The selec- :
tion of Mr. Fairchild allays these fears. . It
is not expected there will be any immediate
change in the policy of the department ,'
under Mr. Fairchild. He has been practi
cally at the head of the department ever
since Mr. Manning's attack, and though he
may have been controlled by tlie policy a!- (
ready established, it is believed that he
acted chiefly upon his own judgment. He
has studied the finances with great care, and
has the department fully in hand. There
is perfect confidence felt in his ability to
deal with any condition of the finances
that is likely to arise. It is thought that he
will make a" great effort to avoid the neces
sity of an extra session of congress, and
unless something unexpected should happen
he will probably be able to do so. He will
probably make the purchase of $4G,000.000
of bonds required for the sinking fund
during the year, all in the first half. If a
strain should come this would keep money
easy until congress met in December, and it
would remain with that body to act upon
the question.ygffi&Brafl
: — _
A RICH HIKE.
For Which a Minuesotian Receives
$250,000 for a Seven-Eighths In
terest. ■
Special to the Globe.
Albert Lea, March 26.— M. Todd,
president of the Albert Lea Steam Mill
company, is the recipient of a stroke of
good fortune which he not only deserves
and which he will sensibly and generously
use, but which tlie most lucky favorites of
fate would consider themselves fortunate to
secure. Several years ago he bought a tract
of land in the mountain wilds of Arizona
which gave some indications of silver bear
ing, and for the past year has been pros
pecting it, the results of which he com
municated to ax-Senator Tabor and other
bonanza millionaires of Colorado. They
sent their experts to examine and the re
port was so certain of the richness of the
rock that on a visit to Denver last week
they closed . a .bargain with Mr. Todd by
which he has their notes and bonds for
5250.000, payable monthly within one year.
Ex-Senator Tabor is the leading purchaser,
and his is the first name signed to the notes
and contract, which are now on deposit in
the bank of H. D. Brown & Co., in this
city. Besides this, Mr. Todd reserved an
eighth interest in the mines. Experts re
port that at least 81,000,000 of silver-bear
ing rock is in sight.
Indignant Duluth Men.
Special to the Globe.
Duluth, March 26. A large number of
people assembled in Ingalls hall this even
ing to participate in a popular expression
of indignation regarding the action of the
county and city authorities in voting an
issue of 8400,000 bonds for building a court
house without . submitting the question to
the people. The large hall was filled.
Speeches were made by many leading citi
zens. A resolution condemning the action
ot the authorities in the matter was unani
mously passed and both bodies were peti
tioned to rescind their action and submit
the question of issuing §400.000 bonds to
the people for a vote.
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Gen. Hazen's Will.
Special to the Globe.
Washington, March 26. — Shortly after
the death of Gen. . Hazen, chief of the
signal bureau, a will was filed dated in
1872 making disposition of his estate.
There were no witnesses to the document,
but a subsequent will, made in Burleigh
county, Dak., Jan. 19. 1880. was placed on
record to-day. This document was formally
witnessed and conveys the entire estate to
the widow.
A Louisiana Decision.
Washington, March 26. The secre
tary to-day rendered his decision in rela
tion to the swamp laud grant of the state
of Louisiana iii 1850. In 1885 the land
office refused to list swamp and other lands
unfit for cultivation to the state. The sec
retary decided that additional information
regarding the quality of the land was re
quired before the grant could be allowed.
— '
Alleged Embezzlement.
. Janes Wis., March 26.— N.
Williamson, secretary of the Wisconsin
Shoe company, was arrested last evening
charged with embezzling SB, OOO. Sensa
tional developments are expected when the
case comes to trial, as it is alleged that
fully 800,000 have been stolen from the
company since its organization a few years
ago.
Fatal Collision.
Easton, Pa., March 26.— A collision
occurred on the New Jersey Central rail
road near Eockport this morning between
a freight and a coal train which were going
in opposite directions. William Dunlap,
fireman, was killed, and Nathan Belford,
engineer, was badly scalded and Howard
Delmrt, engineer of tlie coal train, seriously
injured;'.'/ ■ ' . '
Wu^Vr^yrire at Hinffuamton.
.; Bingiiampton, N. V., March 26.—
S. Weed & Co.'s planing mill was burned
at 11 o'clock last night. The conflagration
is the most disastrous that has occurred in
this city in many years. Weed & Co.'s
loss is estimated from §75,000 to S100, 000;
insurance about $40,000.
m
Attempted Suicide.
Special to the Globe.
Sioux City, 1a.,, March. 26.— Jesse
Cooper, dealer in general merchandise, shot
himself in the region of the heart this fore
noon and will probably die, being uncon
. scious and unable to speak. The deed was
the result of despondency caused by finan
cial matters. __*__
ySX'-ij'tt'* i
7"! The Fifteenth Victim.
Buffalo, N. V., March 26.— T0 the
list of the hotel fire dead should be added
the name jof Edward Whelan, of New
burgh, inaiyng «Jat?U af^iteey,
THE DAKOTA FLOODS. ;
The Damage Done by High Water at j
Bismarck and Yankton— The <
Outlook. , <
— — . ' - W
The Evidence Brought Out Yesterday in i
the Trial of the Haddock
, Murder Case.
None of the Principal Witnesses so
Far Have Been Placed on the i
Stand.
Elections and Nominations at Vari
ous Points — General North
western News.
Special to the Globe. W.
Bismarck, Dak., March 26.— water
at this point is lower now than at any time
since it reached the highest point, It has
fallen six inches to-day and an authenti
cated report reached this city to-day that
another extensive gorge has formed a few
miles south of .Washburn and is likely to
put that village back in a wet-sheet" pack
again for several days. Communication is
still cut off between that point and this
city by reason of the swollen tributaries of
the Missouri and destroyed bridges. The
the Missouri and destroyed bridges. The
gorge at and below the city is still intact,
and there are no signs of any change. The
chances are that Bismarck, Fort Lincoln,
Mandan and other points along the river
will have ice for sale cheap next July or
August to act ual settlers. Transfers both
ways across the river have all been made
to-day without accident. The Kennedy
family, reported lost on Sibley island, has
not been heard from. It consisted of the
father, mother and five children, It is
hoped and believed by many that they
reached shore at a point below by traveling
on cakes of ice. A party went in search
upon or over the island, but made no dis
covery. They found the shack under wa
ter and had no means of ascertaining the
contents.
The Situation at Yankton.
Special to the Globe.
Yankton, Dak., March There has'
been no marked change in the river at this
point to-day, the flood remaining nearly
stationary. It is now just high enough to
slop over badly, with a little additional
water, and parties from the bottoms just
below the Jim have all tiie water they can
stand, and a little more rise will drive them
to high grounds. The ground is wet in all
the lower spots, and is slowly encroaching
on the higher points. There has been a
fall of six inches at Yankton and a rise
below the Jim. There was some running
ice in the river here to-day. The Mil
waukee washout has increased so that
trains can now go no farther east than Ver
milion, and can come no farther west than
Elk Point. This shows an increase in the
flood below Vermilion, as yesterday's train
ran as far as Burbank. On the river -be
tween Gayville and Meekling. at a point
where there has been no cause to expect an
overflow, a strong current suddenly
set iv from the river and speedily
washed out about twenty feet of. the Mil
waukee railroad track and roadbed. This
current is following the roadbed. down
towards the Vermilion river, and a con
siderable flow of water has already been de
veloped. The passenger train which went
from Yankton to the Vermilion washout
this morning is caught between two wash
outs aud is there to stay until the flood sub
sides. This is further evidence of a rising
river below Yankton. Yesterday morning
it overflowed between Elk ■ Point and Ver
milion, and this afternoon between Meek
ling and Gayville, each fresh overflow being
many miles up the river from the previous
overflow. '*- This forenoon and during last
night the river was slowly f ailing . at Yank
ton. WW '' ■ ■".'':'' .■'"■"'■''' : 7. ■ \-- 7
THE HADDOCK MURDER.
Testimony Taken Yesterday in the
Trial of Arensdorf.
Special to the Globe.
Sioux City, la., March Interest in
the Haddock cases increases as each suc
ceeding witness is . called. To-day it was
found necessary to station a deputy sheriff
at each door leading to the court room, and
to refuse admittance to many who applied.
One cause of the rush was the supposition
that Leavitt was to be placed on the wit-,
ness' stand, but this was not done. Here
tofore, only a few ladies, relatives and
friends of Arensdorf and the other conspir
ators . have been present, but to-day a
larger number occupied seats inside the
railing, and gave strict attention to the pro
ceedings. Hon. M. D. O'Concell arrived
last night from Fort Dodge, and to-day sat
near County Attorney Marsh, and took an
active part in the examination. When
court was first opened this morning Mr.
O'Connell took close notice of each juror,
and tor several minutes seemed engaged in
analyzing each man on the panel. His
reputation as an attorney is recognized
throughout the entire section of the North
west. At the
OUTSET OF THE CASE
the state asked that the jurors be not al
lowed to separate during the trial, but this
was overruled by the court, and at each ad
journment the jurors are free to go where
they choose, being cautioned by the judge
not to in any manner engage in conversa
tion regarding the case. Juror Webster
took a hand in the examination of one or
two witnesses. Judge Lewis allowed it,
but said that he did not think it good prac
tice, as the juror is liable to take on the
spirit of a partisan attorney. The first wit
ness called was John Fitzslmmons, who
stood looking out of the Columbia house
window when the shot was fired. He said
lie reached the Columbia house on the night
of Aug. 3 about 9:30 o'clock. Charley
Eberhart and others were playing cards in
the bar-room. He went to Morrill's barn
and asked if the carriage which Rev. Had
dock and . Turner were in had returned.
He went at the request of Bismarck. He
staid near the wood pile between the livery
barn and the Columbia house. Before he
heard the shot fired he was at the window
and saw a man
WALK ACROSS THE STREET.
He saw another man walk out from near
Dineen's high-board fence and meet the
mau, who was coming from the livery
stable, passed him and when about one foot -
west of Mr. Haddock lie turned and shot
him. The man who . did the shooting
walked on toward the Columbia house.
Mr. Haddock staggered. He tried to talk.
He soon fell. Witness then . shut the door
by directions of Charles Eberhart. R. R.
McAllister was at the Columbia house and
heard the shot fired, after which he saw un
known parties running away. Henry Van
Ingram said he lived in the Wallace house
across from the Franz brewery on Aug. 3.
18S6. The house ;is about fourteen paces
west of the bridge over Perry creek at the
end of Fourth street. Ho knew John
Arensdorf at that time, but not by 'name.'
Heard a shot fired on the night of Aug. 3
about 10 o'clock.- ; When he heard the shot
he went to the window and looked out. He
saw two men coming from the Columbia
house on to the north side of the bridge.
One was a tall man and the other was not
so large. . His coat was dark and pants
rather light. The men went to the east
side of the brewery. He knew that when
on the bridge the men were going fast. The
man m the rear was Henry Peters. Have
seen the man in front once since. The
MAN Wno WAS IN FRONT '.
is that man sitting there (witness pointing
to John Arensdorf, who sat at a table near
the attorneys). The witness also testified
that two shots were tired, and admitted
that he told contradictory stories before the
coroner's and grand jury, and that he had
told still different stories to outside parties,
but said thai he didn't know that he was re
quired to tell outsiders the truth. He said
the defendant's attorney had been to* him
..BiiiU!^teal,-_i.7ia_j jum things that were
NO. 8 6
not so, but insisted that he had told the
state's counsel tbe whole truth. Albert
A.dams, who drove the hack that followed
Haddock and Turner to Greenville just
previous to the killing, was placed on the
stand, and was conspicuous for what he
didn't know. He admitted taking curtain
parties to that place, but didn't know who
they were and didn't know who paid him.
Chris Schultz, proprietor of the Greens-lie
house, remembered that a hack drove up to
his place, but did not know any of the oc
cupants nor what they wanted. Willi-
Junk, son of the proprietor of the saloon
"WHERE the CROWD met
before going to the scene of the murder,
was sworn, but could remember only-one
who was there, and that was Leavitt.
Street Commissioner Scollard* who was
at Junk's that night, testified that Treiber,
Munchrath, Arensdorf and Leavitt were
there and went out together. Aid. R. (J.
Grady was at Junk's with Scollard. on the
night of the murder. On going from the
bar-room into the wholesale department' he
saw Fred Munchrath, Jr., George TrleJber,
John Arensdorf, H. Leavitt and several
others that he did not know. Leavittapoke
about paying for a hack, bought cigars and
said "let us go." The crowd then went to
gether. He was outside when he heard the
shot That was about twenty minutes
later/United States Attorney Murphy tes
tified that he came in from Fort Dodge oa
the night of Aug. 3, and took a hack for
home. Some one hailed the driver oa
Fourth street, west of Pearl, and when the
hack stopped he saw Munchrath on the side
walk and talked with him. An effort to
bring out the conversation was resisted by
the defense and sustained. Court then ad
journed till 9 o'clock Monday.
the LAST juror
called in the Haddock case Thursday fore
noon was John Adair, a near neighbor of
John Arensdorf, a Democrat and a sup
posed ardent sympathizer with the defense.
The state had exhausted its last peremptory
challenge and could not dislodge him in
that way, and defense passed him without
question. It was at once said by those
who knew him that he would never vote to
convict Arensdorf. Since then close watch
has been kept on him, and at 5:05 . this
evening he was seen to emerge from ' the
Franz brewery, of which Arensdorf is super
intendent, in company with C. F. Hovt,
president of the concern and chief bonds
man for Arensdorf. This fact is signifi
cant and is the subject of much talk among
those who know of it.
Preparing for an Election*
Special to the Globe.
Winona, March 2.— The Republicans
ha issued a call for a city convention to
be held at the court house on Thursday
evening, March 31. The primaries will be
held in the various wards on Wednesday
evening. The Democratic convention will
be held at the court house on Monday even
ing.
The Democrats held their primaries to
night for the purpose of nominating tha
school directors and one alderman in each
ward, and electing delegates to the city
convention to be held on Monday evening.
The result in the different wards was as
follows: First ward, alderman, . James
Hughes; school director, Robert M«ganier;
delegates to the city convention, C. H.
Lambertou, M. Shannesy, M. Hanley,
Thomas Batham, Edward Flynn. Ton
eguan, John Cranio, Second ward,
alderman. Edward Hulbert; school direc
tor, J. W. Booth; delegates, E. D. Hnl
bert, Thomas Hunt, E. V. Bogart, Harry
Felgate, H. L. Buck. Third ward, alder
man, John Leutner; school director, R. C.
Teschan; delegates, O. H, Clark, F. L.
Randall, George Hamilton, P. Schweitzer,
H. P. Boynton, Theodore Keuss, George
Fischer. The city ticket most prominently
spoken of to-night is M. Toye for mayor,
O. H. Clark for assessor. C. F. Buck, for
alderman at large, and George F. Crise^or
treasurer.
JEan Claire Labor Party* - J
Special to the Globe. .- - - . :r. r " - / r^l J
Eau Claire, Wis., March 26***-The
Union Labor party organized in this .-city
to-night at a crowded meeting at Knights
of Labor hall. Edward Henneberry was
nominated by acclamation for mayor. An
abortive effort was made to nominate John
Grinzell, the present mayor, whose war
with the council kept the city in turmoil
last year. Mr. Henneberry is a millwright
of fair attainments. He gained reputation
while presiding at a recent mass meeting
by saying when an amendment was offered:
'•Don't be in a hurry. We will have the
original motion first and when that's been
acted on you can offer all the amendments
you want." B. S. Phillips and William M.
Owens, the present in#.imbents. were
nominated respectively for treasurer and
clerk. A city committee was appointed.
There is talk of a fusion nomination for
mayor by the Republicans and Democrats.
It was claimed by the anti-Henneberry
men that free expression was gagged at to
night's convention by calling to order too
early and shutting off discussion.
Politics at -lankato-
Speclal to the Globe.
Mankato, March 26.— Calls have been
issued for both city conventions — Dem
cratic and Republican. The Republican
convention will be held Friday, April 1,
while the Democrats will hold theirs the
next day, Saturday, So far there are no
avowed candidates for mayor on either side.
The people are to vote on the question of
issuing $45,000 bonds for a new high school
building and $30,000 to complete the water
works.
The Fargo Ticket.
Special to the Globe.
Fargo, Dak., March 26.— At a large
meeting of citizens of all parties to-night
J. W. Yon Neida was unanimously nomi
nated for mayor. The rest of the ticket
of Knights of Labor and Independents -was
indorsed. Fargo will evidently have a
Democrat for mayor the coming year.
Albert Lea's Great Loss*
Special to the Globe.
Albert Lea, March 36.— The funeral
of the late William Morin was held to-day
and was the largest ever held In the county.
Business was suspended, the county and
city officials, the fire company and an . im
mense concourse of citizens attended the
services, which were conducted by Western
Star Masonic lodge, an escort being pro
vided by the Knights Templar. Several
distinguised Masons and friends of the de
ceased from abroad were present. The
body was embalmed and lay in a magnifi
cent casket, which was strewn with ever
greens and rare flowers. The body lay in
state in the reception hall of the lodge for a
day previous to the obsequies, guarded by
details of Masons, and hundreds of citizens
for the last time viewed the features of
their late honored and beloved neighbor
and fellow citizen.
It Was murdered*
Special to the Globe.
Albert Lea, March 26. — The coroner's
jury in the inquest on the body of the in
fant found in the channel of Albert Lea
lake, after sitting three days, has returned a
verdict of murder, but it does not fix the
crime upon the parties whom the testimony
seems to show to be guilty. The mother of
the infant was undoubtedly a young un
married woman of this city, and she had
assistance in disposing of her offspring.
The matter is now in charge of the county
attorney and will doubtless be further pros
ecuted. 77V
Almost Killed.
Special to the Globe.
Rochester, March 26. — Yesterday fore*
noon as a 15-year-old son of William.
Pierson, of Pleasant Grove, wa&chasing%
large Clyde colt, it let fly its heels and took
him square in the face and forehead, mash
ing the skull in and tearing his face all to
pieces. He was picked up for dead, but a
doctor being called, he was brought to con
sciousness, and hopes are entertained, thai,
he may recover. sBSBSSSBMI-""
