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REDS TO DRENCH
RUSSIA IN BLOOD
Great Struggle of Workmen and
Government Is on as a
Strike.
CITIES ARE CAPTURED
BY REVOLUTIONISTS
On Its Success or Failure Depends
Fate of Witte Govern-
General Doubassoff, governor general
of Moscow, who has taken possession of
the late Grand Duke Sergius' palace in
that city, delivered an address to the
municipal authorities yesteiday in
which he declared an unrelenting wai
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hands ot the revolutionists is confirmed.
8t. Petersburg, Dec. 21.According to house a formal report on the bill which
information received during the night proposes to reduce the rates of duty
from Moscow that city was in a state of on tobacco and sugar imported from the
excitement yesterday. The ill- Philippines to 25 per cent of the Ding-
vabitants were scurrying about buying lev tariff and allows all other articles
supplies, candles, etc., the stores were from the islands to come in tree,
boaided up, the great majority of the The present program is to call up this
lactones and mills were closed and the Philippine tariff bill immediately after
postal telegraph offices which had par- the holiday recess and push i thru the
tiallv leaumed their services were again house under a special rule which will
closed. Last night Moscow was in dark- permit debate,Speakerwille
formed into an armed revolution, the f1!6
TA*O hundred an 1 hftv men of the Star
olybeskthami have been tnptured.
regimentsi M'
Tw and
have been tapturetl lwo niinare aim
fifty prisoners were sent to Otchakott
fortress. The capture of the mutineers
was effected by (rerieTal Stupin, who
on the arri\ al of reinforcements from
Odessa, unexpectedly attacked the bar
racks where the mutineers had assem
-bled. The latter soon surrendered.
GREAT STRUGGLE BEGINS
General Strike I On and Capital May
May Be Cut Off.
St. Petersbuig, Dec. 21.-2:33 a.m.
Tho first guns in the battle which may against that of the Philippines.
determine the fate of Premier Witte's
experiment with moderate constitution
alism and introduce either reaction or
complete revolution, were fired yes
terday at Moscow, where the general
strike was successfully inaugurated.
leaders the government of the
IasThpieparationf
troletariat last night were making their
Sere for a general en
gagement which will be on at noon to
"day. The workmen's council has been
sitting continuously since 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon receiving reports and
issuing final orders.
The leaders profess to be greatly en
couraged at the news from Moscow and
the reports from district meetings
which were held in all sections of St
Petersburg yesterday, declaring that
there is now no question that the tie
~up will be complete They admit that
many of the St. Peteisburg workmen.
BLOCKING TARIFF
DEBATE IN HOUSE
Republican Leaders Will Rush
Philippine Free Trade Bill,
to Passage.
Efforts to Inject General Debate
Tariff Will Be
Squelched.
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Chicago, Bee. 21.Kaymond, a
ment Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune, says:
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee has submitted to the
be-|^nperrov?k
Th strike leaders at Moscow are viouslyn held thaet nno amendmentf would
boasting that the strike will be
wh
and insolvent agitation_for the over- b7eaHing~off"of"republican atrlngttand teF^'l^
throw of the emperor. Tho general in- the bill will be opposed by democratic
sisted that there were enough of the beet sugar members,
faithful to preseive the autocracy un- There will be a discussion in the sen-
shaken, but that they must organize and a
suppress the criminal elements and had market before the end of the present
accepted his present post because he congress. The bill, in all probability,
wished to be in the fore front of the W
battle, wheie he could show his devo- 1909, which will be ten years alter i
tion to the emperor. the signing of the treaty of peace,
The crowds of strikers at Moscow are that Spain will not benefit by a redue-
marching thru the streets endeavoring
to close up the postulfice and other
places,
Advices from Rvezpitsa, in the gov
ernment ot Vilebak, announce that a
rising has occurred in that vicinity
Phllippin thi
1
counting on the great maioritv favor
ing the strike to swing the recalcit
rants into line and produce a paralvsis
of industry even more complete than
during the strike of January last.
If their expectations are realized.
from the rest of the world, with rail
road traffic stopped and telegraph wires
and cables cut.
Workmen's Declarations.
The workmen's council last night is
sued a stirring proclamation declaring
that the government had cast to the
winds the principles of the imperial
"manifesto of Oct. 30 and was now bas
ing itself on reaction, trickery and de
ceit. The proclamation ended with sum
moning all the people of Russia to join
in a general strike and not to cease the
struggle until the demands for a con
stituent assembly, universal suffrage
the release of the arrested leaders of
the proletariat, land for the peasantry,
tc, are granted.
The editors of the radical papers are
determined to print the manifesto this
morning. I is utterlv revolutionary in
its phrasing and consequently the edi
tors are taking infinite precautions to
prevent the confiscation of the Issues bv
the police.
The leaders of the government yester
day also devoted the day to reviewing
their plans for the conflict and in con
sequence the consideration of the pro
posed election law was not finished. The
final decisions will be reached at an
other session of the cabinet to be held
at the Tsarkoe-Selo Friday.
Indications are multiplying that the
government's grim warning to the peo
ple of tho smaller towns to take the
law into their own hands if the rail
road strike is called will bear fruit. M.
Neraechaieff is counting upon this as
well as on financial reasons to keep
many of the petty emploj-ees in line.
At the meetings ot various liberal
and revolutionary organizations held
last night the sentiment as a rule was
in favor of the strike.
In .response to a number of requests
from editors of local papers, who were
"expecting their employees to strike, the
workmen's council has decided to allow
the radical organs to appear. In Mos
cow, however, all the newspapers will
be compelled to cease publication.
The physicians' union decided last
night that the dictates of humanity re
quired the members to attend all sick
persons, but it was resolved to devote
all fees received to the strike fund and
'to boycott all doctors not doing so.
especially the married men, would pre- to support her daughter, Theodora Na-
fer to continue at work, but they are gle, yesterday supplemented the court
St. Petersburg today will be isolated of a trained boxer, and that the Erie
w,
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butc shut^ off all
amendments. Canno has pre
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orators at the meeting declaring that ftJ^^iW^w
fr?h.^^2^flLst foie the long struggle ends. I (ep
Wa on Agitators. th
th
cussion.r
Block Popguna Amendments.f
The republicans are unwilling that
they should be put in a false position
by being obliged to vote on various un
important tariff amendments intro
duced for the express purpose of manu-
rdmr latitude dis-
te, but the Filipinos will have a better
iU provide for absolute free trade
tion in the general tariff duties.
similar to the msuirection Livonia, siuce the previous report submitted. If
anything the cost of sugar in the Phil-
Reds Take Kharkoff. ippines is slightly higher today than
The report that Kharkoff is in the
Conditions in Islands.
In the report submitted in the house
the committee says the general con
ditions havo not changed materially
i a, 4.u' it was a year ago, and owing to tho
lo
sngai
marke
ic
+1 ievolutionists and their com
iades have flatly refused to fire on
them. fined sugar, the cost of the Philippine
At ISikolaieft, the
revolte^hundred^
sale fo
th
&
Ledebinsk regiments
it
la& th
have-
yea
hav
beoi a
than the market ratet for cane sugar
testin+,, 9 6
degrees.,.cQeBecaus.eed
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dif
lw
ference in the price of the raw and re-
ork
dill
refined and laid down in New
i & 3
eent
a(I anyt
Jthout ad-o
hing forfttho
of
dutyw
Th pric
ptiiippin^ sugarp,eu everything iu
eluded, in New York, is about 4 cents
a pound. Representatives from Michi
gan this year fix the cost of sugar in
that state at 3.9 cents a pound, and
Colorado people say they can make it,
for 3.7 cents.
Free sugar from the Philippines
would, therefore, only equalize condi
tions as between the products of the
islands and the beet sugar of the
United States. With a duty of 25 per
cent of the Dingley rate, there is ample
protection for the _Ameriean product
KNOCKED OUT BY
EX-WIFE'S PUNCH
Millionaire, Floored by Woman's
Fist, Takes the Count
Meekly.
Jcurnal Special Service.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.Mrs. Agnes D.
Nagle, who is seeking to compel Theo
dore M. Nagle of Erie, multi-millionaire
and president of the Nagle Iron works,
proceedings bv knocking her ex-hus
band out by a punch on the naw.
The episode occurred just outside the
doorwav of the desertion court. Those
who witnessed the incident say that
Mrs. Nagle swung out with the skill
millionaire went down and out.
Mrs. Nagle has been after her hus
band, who some years ago secured a
divorce from her, for a long time. Every
time her case has come up, Nagle had
succeeded in having it postponed. Mrs.
Nagle grew weary of this. She bought
a punchingbag and learned the straight
arm jab and the upper cut.
When the Nagle case was called yes
terdav, she was prepared for disap
pointment. As usual, her trial was post
poned. Mrs. Nagle waited in the corri
dor until her husband came out. Her
gloved fist shot out and landed squarely
on his jaw. Nagle went down and took
the full count.
Mrs. Nagle waited smiling. "Get up
and let me hit yovi again," she urged.
The Erie millionaire would not.
lay with eyes closed, breathing heavily.
Then the watchman and lawyers closed
in and hustled the woman away.
"I'm glad I landed," she said. I
practiced that punch for days."
Nagle is under $600 bail here, and
must appear again next Wednesday. I
is said he will bring a bodyguard.
FITZSIMMONS WILL
RETURN TO STAGE
San Francisco, Dec. 21.As a result
of his unsuccessful glove contest with
Jack O'Brien last night, Robert Fitz
simmons will return to the stage and,
according to his latest statement, will
not again enter the ring. He arose late
this morning, partook of a hearty break
fast and appeared to be little the worse
for the punishment he received last
night. He is scheduled to appear at one
of the local theaters next week.
"Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, the
victor, has not yet decided whom to
meet next. has been challenged by
Sam Berger, Tommy Ryan and Marvin
Hart. The general opinion in pugilistic
circles is that he will first agree to
fight Hart.
HENRY HAM.AND DEAD.
New York^ Dec. 21.The death of Henry
Harland. the American author who write "The
Cardinal'8 Snuffbox," was announced In a cable
gram received from Italy today. Harland died
yesterday at San Remo. Italy.
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JAMES R. WALSH,
Chicago Financier Whose Dealt Trouble
Three Banks.
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FACES GRIM WANT
IN LAW COURSE
Student Livas in Tiny Shed and
Sticks to Study of
Law.
Journal Special Service,
New York, Dec. 21.Too poor to pay
for the cheapest furnished room in New
feet high. The sides and roof are com
posed of one layer of pine boards, cov
ered externally with tar paper, which
keeps out the rain. There is one sad lit
tle window looking over the rocks to
the north.
Theonlsyo means of heating the place
tve
ft1 1
a
es to
which is usually flame-
economize, altesro lags tn opnilnmiva -fue.l.
fuel Her the VOIUIP^
TTove.himsel:f.
t.lio vmin
man, grimly resolved to fit for
law, pursues his studies.
Last August young Carter arrived in
New York from Columbia, Mo., a gradu
ate of the state university of Missouri,
where he had gone thru a four-year
course, supporting himself by doing all
kinds of odd iobs. Beyond a liberal
supply of good health, determination
and pluck he arrived in this city with
barely enough to pay his matriculation
fee in the law school. At first he took
a humble bedroom, but failing to get
work, he had to give this up. He hunted
in vain for a room at $1 a week, all the
expense he dared to incur, but, unable
to find that, made arrangements for the
use of the shed he now occupies.
GET YOM. CASH READY,
SAY BANDITS TO BANK
Journal Special Service.
Galveston, Texas, Dec. 21.The Piano
National bank, which was robbed of
$19,000 last Christmas day, has re
ceived warning that the bandits are
planning to descend on the institution
again next Monday. Cashier Jasper has
found the following letter in his mail:
We are coming to your bank for our
annual Christinas gift. Please have
plenty on hand. Th^t supply we got last
Christmas has about Tbeen SpentEight
een Strong.
Mr. Jasper has concluded that the let
ter was written in earnest and all
precautions will be taken.
rmE ru THE NICE CASINO.
Nice, France, Dec. 21.A Are early today
partially destioyed the Casino shortb after the
departure of a gay night party Theie were no
casualties, the loss Is estimated at $20,000.
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WALSH'S FATE IN
HANDS OF MOODY
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Attorney General and President
Will Pass on Chicago
Man's Acts.
Journal Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 21.On the* deci
sion of Attorney General Moody and
President Roosevelt, before whom Con
troller Ridgley has laid evidence which
is believed to show a direct violation
of two federal banking statutes, de
pends the action of the federal grand
lury in Chicago in tho John R. Walsh
financial crash.
There is no intention on the part of
the government to prosecute the offi
cials of the Chicago National bank,
which went into involuntary liquida
tion a few days ago. The department
has not taken any steps to make out
a case against the officials, because the
indications point to a payment of all
claims.
Under the law, when the controller
of the currency permits the clearing
house banks to liquidate a bank which
-is in trouble, the bank passes beyond
the -jurisdiction of the controller of the
currency and he has nothing to do with
administering its affairs. He must be
convinced, before agreeing to such an
arrangement, that the defunct bank
can pay all its debts. Unless the
claims against the bank are paid, the
contioller can exercise no jurisdiction
in the matter but whenever there is
a failure to pay a claim, then the con
troller can step in and take charge of
the bank.
This arrangement does not suspend
the criminal laws, and if it is found
that the laws have been violated, the
department of justice can bring a prose
cution. I is not the practice of this
department to bring prosecutions in in
stances where all the creditors are paid5
DAUGHTER HELPS
INSURANCE CHIEF
Habit of Giving Relatives Good
Jobs Is Not Confined to
Big Three.
New York, Dec. 21.Several of the
officials of the state insurance depart
ment were present today when the in
surance investigating committee began
its session. Among them were Francis
Hendricks, the state superintendent
Isaac Vanderpoel, chief examiner, and
Colonel Appleton, the chief clerk.
Francis Hendricks, superintendent of
department,, was
the state insurance
called as a witness. I was Mr. Hen-
1
fined to one set of insurance. Three
appointments as special examiners by
Mi. Hendricks were gone into. Mr.
Hendrieks said they were appointed on
the highest recommendations. Senator
Piatt recommended two of them. Of
the appiaisers appointed, one was rec
ommended by former Governor Odell.
STOEMS SWEEP THE ATLANTIC.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 21.The Virginia and North
Caiollna coasts were last nizht and this morn
iug swept by one of the most severe storms of
the present year. The storm is supposed to
hare wrought great havoc at sea and grave feais
are entertained for smaller vessels that were
caught in its couise.
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able Life Assurance society. wages and we can get that when we are
Mr. Hendricks presented A^list ot
employees in his office, giving the sal
ary of each., 45&<Ofchj employees is
Kate Henaticl^pSlh^T of Superin
tendent jndricHSj as ebnfidential clerk
with a gala**" of #8,98 a year. Mr.
Hendrieks said the total amount ex
pended fcy his department in 1904 was
about $ 137,000. The' department re
ceived in fees and payments $281,726,
which was turned over to the state
treasurer.
The division of work among exam
iners was taken up with Superintend-
HARD TO BELIEVE.
Johnnie-The shortest day of the year? Why, it seems to me like the longest.
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THURSDAY EVENINGS DECEMBER 21, 1905. 16 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
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B. B. ODELL, JB.,
New York Boss, Who Attacks Boose. Jj
velt and Higgins.
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PASS REFORM IS
BLOW TO PORTER
Autocrat of the Sleepingcar, Hard
Hit, Forms Union to Seek
Wage Raise.
of the Pullma car porter Th re see
i nv 0 i,
nwagesp
accordingly tK
trt
id
expectant look of the negro porter is
met with the chilly stare of a man who
feels that he is not under obligation to
the roads or any of its servants. The
porter cannot live on the chilly stare,
as he was wont to do on the tip, and ho
is to demand better wages, hence a
movement to oiganize the Pullman por
ters has been started. The organiza
tion is known as the American Associa
tion of Railwav Emplovees.
A porter on the Lake Shore road said
tips into consideration.
"Tip.q
are so far and few between now that, out wariare.
drioks who last slimmer made an offi- they are not worth considering,' he I 1 charge President Roosevelt and
cial report on the [affairs of the Equit-, said. "We ought to be paid living
~-republican
FOLK ORDERS MID
ON SUNDAY "CLUBS
ent Hendricks. None of these is con* so-called "clubs" organized for the ritt to be in this affair, but instead, he
evasion of the Sunday liquor law, and throws stones.
the avoidance of dramshop-license pay-1 If the president wanted reform, I
ment. Governor Folk instructs that was friendly, and they could have had
the clubs be raided not only on Sunday
but on week davs, in everv case where
it is apparent that liquor is being sold
to the general public in violation of
the charters issued to these organiza
tions as social clubs.
NO LID ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Columbus. Ohio, Dec. 21.A special from
Wellesville, Ohio, ays Mayoi Fogo has given or
ders to the police that no ariests for drunken
ness be made on Christmas Day The offense
will be excused in honor of the oay.
ODELL ATTACKS
THE PRESIDENT
New York Boss Says Roosevelt
and Higgins Want to Wreck
Party.
Declares Blame for Possible Dis
aster to New York Repub
licans Is Theirs.
can party in this state for the speaker
ship of the New York state assembly.
Mr. Odell declared himself in favor of
E. A. Merritt, Jr., several days ago.
Odell on Higgins.
On Monday last Governor Higgins
came out in favor of J. W. Wadsworth,
Jr. Mr. Odell said today:
I notice that Governor Higgins
said he never was for Merritt. Shortly
after election I went to Governor Hig
Merrit.t
6
driven him into an ordinary labor union JJerntt and was never so surprised as
in the hope of protecting hw interests. I when.he switched his trolley.
Pullman car porters hitherto have de
th "tin *beenf rms-
usedd to& fide on^r Vss pays MsfftTp
i
do so,
New York, Dec. 21.Former Gover
nor B. B. Odell, chairman of the repub
lican state committee, made a state
ment today in which he charged Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor Higgins
with a deliberate attempt to wreck the
republican party of this state for their
own personal ambitions. He declared
that if disaster ensued, they and not
he, will be responsible.
Mr. Odell's accusations were a part
of his comment on the situation grow
ing out of the contest in the republi- examination, as a foundation, County
gins and asked him whom he was for, fi&ve
for speaker. He eliminated all but, against the defendant.
Merritt, and said that neither New
Journai Snecial Serrioe the cities. cession, about 1 o'clock. then heard
Chicago Dec 21Discontinuance of '.'I asked him if Merritt would be I footsteps, that sounded as thoisome per-
railroad n'assl^That ruined the business satisfactory to him and he asked me to son walked from one room to another
railroad passes nasruineuxii.e uu^
gfle flrri $
and ask him some
(Merritt 1 as form may please the railroad president, tipnsM. I saw and reported to
but the autocrat of the diner and sleep- the governor he said was satis-a
er views it in another light. I has
clearlanunderstoodhs he was for
'This is the worst case oi* duplicity
Sneers Thehr- hav? fixed is absolutely right in saying that the station No. 16. where Mr. Brennan was
sengers. ineii
V\J,KCSe
IUIVI, u^ "2z.\ e-overnor acreed to simnort Wm. TTo of- onn dutv.
Vo th "msseiiffe" who governor agreed to support him of
trying to wreck the party
in this state for their own personal am
bitions. If this means party disaster,
St. Louis. Dec. 21.President Stew-1 hand of friendship, he chooses to
art of the board of police commission- throw stones at those who have been
received a letter from Governor his friends. Higgins could have told
Polk instructing that the police raid me that he did not want me nor Mer-
tMIHMHHW
Continued on 2d Page, 2d Column.
Tn
York nor Buffalo could have it, be-! around the house or entering it, but he
cause it would stir up opposition against i did hear three shots fired rapid suc-
ques
h{m nmf i nnflR_
politics I have ever known. Merritt tre. also carried the alarm to fire
Into ?erede tsor ht governor too7 sta.7yn out.qfm the Thte witness saw whatBrenna
Attack on Eoosevelt.
conrirhTgoV7rnwted^lo fied before in the rooms
'TueA by the colorless and coatless
young man who took us all to defeat.
1891 (apparency referring to
Sloat Fassett) William Barnes, Jr., Col
onel George W. Dunn and others with
sore thumbs visited Washington and
stirred up this .trouble.
If President Roosevelt had the good
of the party at heart, he could have
sent for me at any time and I would
he"belTeved" the "only salvation of the have been glad to confer with him for c0^mpanyiNorT6rand"on"e*"of"theTrstengin~n~vcaptai^,...^iuo
dining car porters was to organize .i the sake of obtaining harmony in the persons' on the scene, of the tragedy,
union and fix a scale of wages, without party. If that had been done, all this gave important corroborative evidence
taking,
trouble would have been averted with- i regard to the closed windows, the
smoking gun, etc.
tl Governor
a
fS1
Higgin"
1
with deliberately
MRS.TMTSEE KS
NO RECONCILIATION
Steel King's Wife Goes Back to
Pittsburg, but Will Not
Make Up.
they, and not I and my frietfds, are re- (that night at Kennedy's sporting goods
sppnsible. They, and not I, are to
blame.
Higgins and Gratitude.
"So far as gratitude is concerned,
Governor Higgins certainly owed me
Journal Special Service.
Pittsburg, Dec. 21. Mrs. Laura
Corey, wife of the steel king, now .on
her way from Los Angeles, has served
notice on friends of her husband here
that she will not meet him to talk over
matters tending toward a reconcilia
tion. A close friend of Mrs. Corey in
Braddock said tonight
"Mrs. Corey will meet her husband
if her attorneys think it necessary, and
then only in the presence of her attor
neys. She has served notice that she
will not discuss in any way a recon
ciliation with her husband, nor will she
meet him at his father's home or any
other person's home."
The speaker is familiar with all
phases of thw Corey trouble, and this
=,a+i,iT,. t^c+^/i *i.{ 4. 4.u trouble the defendant had with Mr.
something. Instead of putting out the
to offer terms of reconciliation. I was
at the home of Corey's father here to
talk matters over was made and re
fused.
Alleged double dealing on the part
of her husband is the principal reason
advanced by the close friends of Mrs.
3 Corey for her
coming
to Pittsburg for divf
HAD ENGINEER WAKES
sent his train down grade and around
curves, throwing passengers from their
Beats, stopping only at places where
there were no stations.
v* I Hartford, Conn., Dec. 21.Colonel Wlllianr H.
"jClapp (retired) died here today. He was born
Mentor, Ohio,to1886.
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HEARD SHOTS, BUT.
t^ ONE ON SHE])
W. G. Farmer, Who First Knew
of Brennan Tragedy, Corro-^
borates State's Theory.
HEARD SOMEONE WALKING
ABOUT BETWEEN REPORTS
For yesterday's late proceedings" trv
Bretjnart murder trial see page 5. ,_
With the testimony of Tommy Bren
nan, entirely unshaken by Mr. Cary's
three hours' of most strenuous cross-
Attorney Al J. Smith this afternoon be
gan to build the superstructure of what
may prove to be the gallows upon which
Mrs. Stella Brennan must expiate the
murder of her stepchildren for which
she is now on trial before Judge D
Dickinson and a jury.
W. G. Farmer, who lived in the store
below the Brennan rooms at 1622 Fifth
avenue N was called this afternoon
after Mr. Smith had completed his re
direct examination of Tommy, and ha
some very damaging testimony:
Purchase of Cartridges.
The state will attempt to prove by
competent witnesses that Mrs. Bren
boughfthe five cartridges fired
store the day before the murder, and
that previous to this she had asked for
the cartfftrjjes at Powers'. Witnesses
from Chicago are also in readiness to
substantiate Tommy's story of the
renna
0V
lec
ve$h Chicag
fnformation "was "brought'* forth""by the in the galleries of the big courtroom,
Tommy Brennan, stepson of Mrs. Stella
Brennan, the accused murderess, again
took the stand this morning.
The little fellow was the same quiet,
unconcerned witness that so interested
the jury and the spectators yesterday ana
Defendant Still Unmoved.
As the web of the state's evidence
tightens about the defendant she gives
no sign of weakening or of appreciat
ing her precarious position. Today she
seemed a little paler than on the previ
ous days of the trial, but she wa
dressed with her customary care, and
during Tommy's long cross-examination.
she showed no signs of being effected.
publication here o" the story that there
was to be a reunion at the home of A.
A. Corey next Sunday evening, at which
W. Ellis Corey and his wife would
probably make up their differences.
Mrs. Corey has declined absolutely
to consider a proposition to forgive her caused so much discomfiture in the de*
husband, whose infatuation for Mabelle fendant 's camp.
Gilman, an actress, has made him the Mr. Cary continued the cross-exanuna-
most talked-about man in the country, tion begun yesterday. Beginning with
Corey is making desperate efforts to the family troubles in Chicago, Mr.
head off the attempt of his wife to Cary asked if the witness' father had
try for a divorce in Pittsburg. Before been in the habit of drinking. Tommy
she left Los Angeles an agent was sent
Her black-haired, black-mustached hus
band sat close by her side. was
evidently the more nervous of the two.
He was continually moving about in
his chair, and his shifty glance was
continually hovering between the wit
ness, his wife and the county attorney.
Once or twice during the morning he
said something to the defendant that
made her smile.
The theory of the defense is still an
enigma. Mr. Cary's attempts to break
down the evidence of the state have sb
far proved futile and his intimations i
the stepmother's kind care and love for
the children, of a nickel-plated revolver
found in the Brennan rooms and his in
sinuation that the state's case has been
carefully built up by the detectives are
the only signs of his defense. There
has so far been no mention of insanity
and the defendant's attorney is evi
dently still uncertain as to wnether he
will make that defense.
TOMMY I S UNSHAKEN
Brave Little Witness No Confused by
Oross-Examination.
wa
Los Angeles, according to friends of tweenno husband and wife "It wa
Mrs. Corey, that the "proposition to meet no
from the
westt
Hl
the assertion thadivorce.
her in Nevada, and attempted to^" set
up a case against her so that she might
not bring out her points in full in the
divorce court against him.
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Little Tommy Refuses to Be Con
fused by Severe Cross-Ex
amination by Lawyer.
4f
witness did not hear any on
a fourth shot, other footsteps and final
a fifth shot.a
Then Came Calls for Help.
Then came the calls for help and he
says he ran to see what was the mat-
by ov him. I short time he heard
duty ,_,.-,_
th
has been tort*
He. saw the dead bodies, the third child
dying and Tommy with a bullet hole
thru his face. swore positively that
the windows and the window curtains
Brennan rooms were down and
that there were no signs of anyone hav
ing made an entrance thru the window,
as is contended by the defendant.
Detective Ed Hejin was called and
I corroborated the testimony of the other
witnesses in regard to the condition ot
the rooms, the closed windows, etc.
Georg, Smith of
:'3
Before a crowd that filled every inch
of standing room on the main floor and *_i
ga
M
er the children and the neg
whic
th
littl tne ones suffered while
rv
be had and counsel asked if that
the cause, of the trouble
Jomin rro the wes y were never struck by this de
She has made fend
\%LlV, llt thatl remembeJof."
this sir. they were.'
"No more than
N
I
be-s
answered the witness
'*You've been coached in this caslfs
bv Mr. Helin, haven't you!" "N(t,
sir, I haven't.
'''You've been talked to about thi#
case a good deal by Mr. Helin, haven't
vou" "Yes. sir, a good deal
a were you Tommyf" "Not I
Sisters Were Struck. Ji
"Your sisters were never struck by
is defendant, were they?" "Yea
your own mother
would" have "punished them when they"
TTTTTT\ nirn nrr/r/rnn were bad?" Mr. Smithes objection tcr
WIL DAS WITn TRAI N ^$f^TE^*~
Sproial to The Journal.
Janesville, Wis., Dec. 21.After hav
ing run his engine past eight stations tify to? *u*
at the rate of sixty miles an hour with- When counsel was
out a single stop, the Milwaukee offi- witness about his stepmother first ap-
cials had Engineer Charles M. Warren pearance in their home in t'hicaae,
removed from his cab at this point, asked: "How was she dressed?
I was found that the man had gone "In a blue skirt and a blue .lacket.
insane, and after being examined he "What did she have on her head!
was sent to Mendota asylum. Warren A hat
to testify by Mr. Helin?" "No sir.'*
"Do you mean to tell us that MX.
Helin never told you anything to tc*
"He never did.
exaral
Did she bring a trunk with hert'
I think the trunk came."
"Then vou km what she Drought
with her I "She didn't carry he
trunk in her hand."
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