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trnr Tn 1 JTZ fJJl. JNU. lUo. MAYOR M0SBYv Orders an Investigation Of the Torturous Pnnish-ment Inflicted Upon Thos. McKeman, the Boy Convict The Lad's Neck and Anns Arei Literally Baked, And He Yet Suffers Most cruciating Ex- lesterday He Went To Work With the Determination To Jump From the Cliff Kill Himself and Ir Serceant Heit Aeain drew Barbarous in IlisTreatment.

Morgan Will File Charges With the Police Commissioners Against the Inhuman Officer. The public mind la considerably wrought ap over the egreglously barbarous punish oient vWu upon Thomas McKcrnan, the boy work-bouse convict. Tin- picture jwirtrayed in Thr E.xqiiker by the narration of the suffering and torture of the hid Is one from which the most callous-hcurtcd cannot but turn with extreme horror The municipal officers, particularly the Chief Executive, are expressing their dlap proval if the deed, and to -day Mayor Munby will tend a communication to Dm Hoard of Police Commissioners officially railing its at ntlon to the affair, ahd calling upon It to probe the aflulr to the bottom, far as pos itive wiping out the odiuua blot on Cincin huiI'm prison -latitigeuient. 1 hi' union In doubtless nugatory on my part," wild Mayor Mushy, "an knowing the character of the men composing the board I iin coiillilcnt. that they will dotheir ut most to niiike Mich reparation as lies in their The extreme horror of the deed however.

Is Mauip on every eitizeh of the city, and 1, as Mayor and thepeople'a repre sentative, euuld not hesitate expressing my Mroiig di-appM ul of CH AN OCrTRHKEKrir. Young McKertiun, while a criminal, and pcrhup a hmf one, has the public sympathy enlisted in his behalf. The little follow pain fully shows the murks of his torture, as his linn anil neck are burned Into blisters, and his vitality has sustained a shock that may be permanent In Its effects. The guard ho tied Alchernan up spoil tsneonsly conceived the mode of punishment hen he drove the maple into the little shanty inn! fastened his hands thereto, but hail he made a studied effort to device means in Hid pa'n upon his victim he could nut have evolved such a mode. The most remarkable I' at un-of the rase is the BUpcrhuman powers of endurance displayed by the boy, but he myi his life would have been given up before he would have uttered an outcry of pain in heai lng.of his jierseeutor.

Yesterday an Ex-yi ikku ri'iHtrter visited the work-house. Me-. Kernuii was called for. lie had Just returned from ilie stone qtTnrry, mid In response to the laiard' siiniiiions came across the cell room, TIIK III OE BM.L Attached Ids foot over the asphalt floor. hen be came la-fore Major Morgan he lKfced Nn deserving object of pity.

The hoy'a neck is burned and blistered so excessively that it liives him evcriiclating pain, and he can move bend only Ith great tltftlculty. Ills left nrm shows more evidence of his I'roin the ri-t to the elliow la one solid s-nl, the entire surface of the flesh Im-Ihk Wikcil h-thoroughly a- though he had fillcn on a red hot stove. This member pains Iiini terribly, mid will lie Mire for some weeks. 'YesTrrdny the lad worked in a manner com llh his strength at the side of tall, sturdy men, colored for Tha most part, unit hi- blouse shirt hist evening when he ai lu ll the works was completely saturatt-d with ir-pirii( ion from lit rKty lirtact, there was h3nlly a dry thread tn tho clothing on his form, in speaking of the matter he ald: "Tui EsvriRKK correctly stated the manner in which 1 was punished, but could not tell the tortures 1 suftered. Saturday uight I was plsced in the dungeon and kept there until 1 1 was taken out for work Monday.

During my confinement there I was given nothing to eat but corn bread and muddy hydrant water. The place Is roasting In warm weather, and I could scarcely walk when-1 left, owing to mi- exhausted and weakened condition. Suudity night I was unable to sleep. I did not feel any organic disorder, but was weak and nervous, and, as a result, I could iiit sleeii. When I was taken to the nuarry Monday morning I did not refuse to Work, as I was I oVKKJOYEP IS GETTIXO OIT In the pure frvsh air.

An hour after I l)d lieen at work 1 gave out. I waa unable to stand the herd work, particularly In the hot Mill. Holier-1, partner, jvu could feel it baking you. Sergeant Heit came around where I was and became abusive. This is nothing new though; as he always calls the men ad and insulting nuines.

Had my limbs been freed many ca-ions I would have resented the fn-ult he cat upon my dead mother in hurling vile upon me. Not a man in the Vung" likf-t him. When I told him I could not work he threatened me, and I did the best I could. On Tiieslay. also.

I did as much work as my strength would allow, as I was still sleeping In he dungeon. Vi lien. I returned to work Wednesday I was completely given out. 1 told Heit I could not stand the work aiiy more, and bnitalty selling me he took me to the shnntf and after driving the- staple In tlir building tie.my hand-cuffs to it, at the same time saying; 'If I had my way I would tie you up by the After he left me my sleeves fell down on my arms, as yon see tbev are large at the wrists, and the flesh waaiexpoMHl to the sun, which was hotter than a bonfire. The boy who carriea water threw my convict coat over me, bhieldlng my head, neck ank arms from the aun, but when Heit discovered this he -frantically tore it off and curd the boy for putting it on me.

The aun became hotter and my arms felt as though they WtRB BEISO rfLLEB OCT Of the socket at the shoulder. My flesh felt like I was slowly being burned against a red- hot atove, my head became dizzy, and thought I would faint. Street cars passed by every few minutes and I could hear the con ductors (aying, 'That would kill me In an hour. The poor fellow's heck must be broken the way his head drops on his breast." This mndetmy misery much worse when pity was expressed for me. After I thought enough hours hud elapsed to make two days and nights, the gang cametoat tlietr dinner.

Then I got a drink of water, but it was me without Heit knowing anything about it When the men had-eaten, and were laying In the tltade of tree near by, one ol the con-vlct'i. and a good fellow, too over to me, hot HeiCdid not see him. Be gave me a piece el coro-bread whach I waa chanrlnc when. the and my I the get he in to it a neitrameup. He then "became abusive and Mid he would.

STRIBO Till MAM CP Who rare rne the bread If ha nmM nM vim out. Shortly after the men had gone to work -in-amcupanfl began kidding me. I did not nay a word and tben he railed me red-hoad and Hlx-r insulting nunn. This waa only clone to aggravate lue, but I act quiet. "iiennesawtball was not complaining of hi treatment, be unloosed tlie chain to my hands and nave them a wrench which sent a thrill pain throuch thonght rny sufferinc was kvt anH my hate fur the man.

waa about to thank him wiien he pulled out the elanle. dm it Libber and again fun ned my hand to it. me Mtwioomun wuworw than it a In morning. I pu lied mmll irnHhrr fa.i rould, and twined my ann to throw the burned portion out of the focus of the ray. hen I did tbw I could hear the muscle rrark.

I qnlvrred from weakness and r.ai. many times waa on the point of utterin aery for help; hot I did not, as kntw licit wonld he tickled at any expression of pain part. When night came and I had on not made a err, Heit ws mad. and he tore the chains from my hands like an enraged bull. Howl ever got bnck to the works I rannot explain.

I think it was due to my stubborn determination to stand up under ari7 punish ment Heit Inflicted upon me. To-day I was treated well, although I did more work. When I returned this morning I had decided that In case Heit undertook to tik nr. vr AOAIV would Jump off the cliff where we were working to the basin below, a distance of fifty feet. That would have meant sure death, and licit would have len beaten.

Partner, I have lieen from New York beyond Mississippi and frotn the lakes to the gulf, also to Liverpool, and I never saw a place where human being are treated worse than l-usts, like they are here. Morgan isall right. Kvery. mini lit the place loves him, but hates Sergeant licit. When the prisoners out here i-ii they are given pills and nothing hut them.

Our fid consists so largely of corn bread thiil we take more saull than nourishment. It Is not an nncommon thing to And roaches in our bread, and if we. say anything the answer is "Your taster is out of fix." McKeman Is small of stature, and, while having anything but a prepossessing appearance, dors not look a constitutional criminal, although. he has doubtless been involved in MAX A acRArK, Oespite his age. He was born In New York.

His father was for many years yardmastcr of the Pennsylvania Kail road in that city. Hi mother died When he was quite a tot, and when he liccame a sprightly boy he spent his eveniugoii the streets and formed associates ho doubtless can be blamed for his present condition. In sjpeaking of his mother yesterday, McKernau choked up with emotion and with eyes brdlmmed by tears he said that were she living he would have made a man of himself. From New York he started for Cleveland, but was run in at Bath, N. for U-ating his way on an Erie train, and there did his "bit" in the work-house.

Later went to Liverpool on a rattle ship. lie claims that he never stole 'anything, and that his Imprisonment has always been for petty offenses. Sergeant Ile.lt, the officer who'dealt the punishment, will have charges preferred against him by his superior, Mr. Morgan. The latter has not the prerogative to discharge him, but he has made a report to the Board of Police Commissioners and they ill examine as to lleit's culpability.

Sometime ago, in fact soon after Morgan's Induction into the position of Superintendent, he promulgated an order making it an unpardonable violation of the rules of the-Works for any guard or employe to resort to extreme measures, particularly tying men up by the hands In punishment for Infraction of the prison rules. Mr. Morgan, view of this, TII1VKS HEIT tTI.PAPIJ!, Ami yesterday stated that he would complain the board. In speaking of the affair he says: "The matter humiliates the management of the institution not a littlo. It Is all due to Heit's resorting to painful and extreme measures, and looks like he was a little ru Bled in temper when he tied the man up and made a public spectacle of the infliction of punishment.

When McKeman was sent to the quarry I instructed Heit to tie him to the car in the event that he became unruly or refused to work. What I meant by that was to attach the chain at his foot to the car, which would have prevented his escape, and on his return to the works he would have beeu given another dose of the dungeon." The Superintendent says that McKeman is one of the most surly prisoners he has ever come in contact with. He entered the workhouse May 2i. having been arrested for carry ing a razor. He told the officer at the time he was arrested that he was a barber, but his story was not believed.

Unable to pay the fifty dollars fine and costs, -he was taken to the works, HOT A SESTESCR, But to labor out the amount of his fine and costs. In the brush-shop, to which he was assigned, the day's tusk is filling 4,750 holes ith hair or wire, as the case may be. Mc Kcrnan at once, so Mr. Morgan says, displayed disinclination to work, and in two weeks and thre days' time he was be hind In his work ,730 holes. Others with whom he, is claimed, clhjued, were much more in arrears than he, as.

a prisoner named Donnelly was buck Daveon 21), 247 and North 81.. All. it will be seen, ere not applying themselves as assiduously as McHerimu. They were thrown in the dun-gi-on. however, but it never fell to their lot to work in the quarry.

The claim that they were shorter termed men than McKcnian, In explanation for this is not tenable, as they are all long-termed' prisoners. McKeman was given three tastes the dungeon, as he, it as thought, was Inspiring a plot among the men to break the works and gain their liberty. There was not one overt act of his. however, In substantiation of this suspicion Sergeant 'Heit says that he tied McKernan up to make an exampleof him for the other men in the gang. "I did it to scare him, and there yo4 are," concluded If Heit Is a success at exercising eierntive authority there are no evidences of his possessing such bUity, as KB IMPRESSES O.M As a vindictive man and of a strongly per- lurbjible temper.

He tries to deprecate the extent of the man's torture, but this has no effect. If any one is skeptical about McKernan's enduring the tortures of death, let "htm voluntarily hold hU own hand above his head but ten min utes. This was not the only horrible feature of the deed, The exposure of human flesh to the baking rays of the suu is attended by the pain one would suffer by death at the stake. The shanty was visited yesterday and the height of the staple taken. It Is considerably above McKernan's head.

The latter. In speak ing of it yesterday, said; "Why, Morgan and some man caixiso RixsEur a aaroKTEm Came to the quarry yesterday morning, and after talking with roe went to the shanty, Morgan is above the average height and the man who said he was a reporter was skinny and of a "Polar form, and yet they had to stretch their hands above their heads to reach the staple. The Board of Folic Commissioners Is eon -rlderably agitated over the atrocity, and at its to-day's meeting will doubtless give the mat ter some attention. A part of the board visit ed the works yesterday. They displayed disinclination to discuss the subject.

A DEATH TRAP. Fate of a Printer Who Waa Dolus; Time ia the Quarry. McKernan's physical inability to endure the work In the stone quarry recalls the fate of George Weger, a printer who was employed in this city, but Who lived In Louisville. Dur- ingtbe month of July, 1891, lie was arrested for drunkenness and sent to the works to labor out his fine and costs. The afternoon of the first day he waa placed at work in the quarry he sank to the earth overcome by the heat and a few minutes later expired on the shady lawn beneath neighbor lag trees.

One of the gang: at work In the quarries yesterday was overcome by Old Sol's excessive rays. He was aleolored man. After being re vived by frequent applications of water to the face, he waa returned to bis work. STILLED Was the General's Heart Death Had Come During the Night. Congressman Enochs Suddenly Passes Away.

Organic Weakness From an At-tack of the Grip Finally Results in Snapping the Vital Cord His Military and Political Career. 'Kin. tusriTca to tsi imictaaa. InoxToa, Ohio, July 13. (leneral William Enochs, the gallant soldier, able statesman and brilliant lawyer.

Congressman from the Tenth District, died at his home at an early hour this morning of some heart trouble. He went to bed as usual last night, but when called this morning he did not respond, and investigation showed that he had been dead several hours, ueneral Knochs had a severe attack of grip while attending Congress at Washington in 1M91, and never recovered. The disease affected hLs heart, which recently gate I him considerable trouble, and Anally resulted in his death. He leaves a wife and one son, Berkley, aged 18 years, tieneral Enochs waa born in Noble County, Ohio, March 29, 1842, and was brought up on a farm. When the war broke out young Enochs was a student at the Ohio t'niversity.

He left school and enlisted in Company Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. BRAVERY BROCGHT ery rapid promotion and be was soon a val ued officer and. later a (Jeneral. Ueneral nochs was a member of the Ohio Legislature 170-71. After one of the hottest political contests in Ohio he was nominated for Con gress ut Oullipolis in defeating Ueneral lir rosvenor and Judge Thompson, who each night a rennminution.

He was elected, and as again nominated and elected in 1V1, and Would have begun His second term at the convening of the special session next month. eneral Knochs was a prominent member of he U. A. K. and thousands of comrades were nder obligations to him for his services in their behalf WHILE tX CONGRESS.

He is a memlier of the Elk Lodge and Masonic order. Hundreds of telegrams of condolence from prominent men all over the union are being received. The funeral services will probably be held under the auspices of the local (J. A. R.

Post, a-sisted by the committee of Congressmen. The burial will be at the beautiful Woodland Cemetery at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. General Enochs was mar ried in this city in 1375 to Miss Ann's Hamilton and they have since resided in a palatial home in tlie center of the city, surrounded by stately forest trees, except during the sessions of Congress, hen they reside in Washington. The members of the bar meet to-morrow to take suitable action in regard to the death of their colleague. JUDGE THOMPSOH Talk.

of the Dead CongretMHUia HU Probable Suct-eaaor. Judge A. C. Thompson, President of the State Tax Commission, was at the session of that body at the City Hall yesterday when the announcement of General Enochs' death was made. The news almost unstrung him, so sudden did it come and so unexpectedly.

As soon as be recovered his composure he sat down and indited a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Enoclis, expressing his regret at her loss. "This news la a great shock to me," said Mr. Thompson. "I knew him from early mun- hood, and was associated with him In the practice of the law.

I practiced law with him. and when on the bench he was frequently be fore me. We were In different armies during the war, he serving in the Army of West Vir ginia while I as in the Army of the Poto mac. We were TnREE TIMES RIVALS For the Congressional nomination in our district. Twice I defeated him, but in August, 1H90, he was successful.

There were two con veutions, the one in Portsmouth and the other in Oallipolis. General Enochs was opposed by myself and General C. H. Ci rosvenor. The relations at that time between myself and Mr.

rosvenor were attained and my strength wa thrown to Enochs, nominating him. Gros- venor's forces then came to me, and my own county swung back from Enochs, giving me the nomination. According to an agreement lietween myself and General Enochs, I re fused to permit this and caused the nomina tion to go where it was first Kiven." General Enochs' last appearance in this city was last Wednesday a week ago when he came dow from Irouton to consult with Chief Engineer Stickney of the United States Corps, on matters pertaining to the improvement of the Ohio River. He was also called here hy the advice of his physician. Dr.

Mussey, who was treating him for an old attack of la grippe, which he fell under two years. At the Gibson House, with United States Marshal Simmons and Colonel Betts, Deputy Marshal, old friends from boyhood, he held quite a recep tion in the lobby. HIS raOBABLK SUCCESSOR. As it Is necessary to fill his seat within the next thirty days, it "is proper to discuss his successor. There Is talk to the effect that Judge Thompson will be chosen to represent his old district once again.

He has given no expression as tohlsJattltude in the matter, but there is a rumor that he is satl-fied with his Congressional experience. That John Barger, of Pike County, a prominent foraker leader In that section, will be a candidate seems reasonably certain. He is a strong man. and almost captured the nomination tor Lieutenant-Governor in the Republican Con vention three years ago, when Mr. Harris was chosen as MrKin ley's running mate.

Jackson County will have a candidate in the person of young Judge James M. Tripp, who declined a reno ruination tor Common Pleas Judgo this year hi order to prepare himself succeed Ueneral Enochs. His county hast not had Republican representative since the days of Hexekiah Bundy. It is likely that theCen tral Committees will appoint the delegates to the Congressional Convention, a circumstance that would favor Thompson, if he were a can didate. It may be that Senator Dudley Phil lips, of Adam County, will be considered in the race before its close.

The Kleot ion CalL nriAt BisPATCk to tub cxciasa. CuLCKBi-s. Ohio, July 13. The death of Gen era! Knochs will necessitate a special election to fill the Congressional Tacancy in the Tenth District. Governor McKinley will Issue a call within a tew days for the election.

A JEWELED FLOATER. The Body of a-Yoang Woman Found in the Kanawha rSClAI, BOVATCa TBI Bsecia ft. Cbaeubbt os, W. July. 13.

Tha body of a woman was found In the Kanawha River at Peerless, a few miles below here, to-day. 8ev era! valuable articles of Jewelry were found on the fingers and clothing, and the body was that of a handsome girl. There is a deep mys tery surrounding the finding of the body, and it is teared there has been foul play. ItASHED HIS TAOE. sr-vcai vaa DKtcnua.

Bocaaojr, LndI. July Sherwood fell from a load at hay, breaking bis nose, mash ing his face and dialocatina- his arm. Bacor. ry is doabtfui. 1 A BRUITS ABROAD.

FKIDAY. MOENETO, 14, 1893. PBIGK FIVE CEN TS. Timely IMaoovary of Fiend la a Little Girl' Room. tracui.

atari rca ras taevnaa. Paoccaji. July 13. An attempted aaulc waa frustrated here last night in a providential way. Dr.

D. 8. Juatt waa called Inn liome at 2 o'clock and bia wife acenrapaaird him to the door. Ia retnnilr.g to her room she heard an unusual noise la tha room of her nurse, a twelve-year-old white girl, and fearing the child waa ill she proceeded to investigate. On opening the door Mrs.

Juett was badly frightened to discover a tall colored man standing over the girl. He apparently had Just thrown tha covering off her. Mrs. Jaett held a lamp In her hand and saw tha man plainly aa he ran and leaped out of en open window. Her sr reams amused the i household and soma neighbors.

But the man was gone when help arrived. It came oat in talking of the incident that a seventeen year-old daughter clesrly thought some one was in her room, but site could hear nothing after listening and went to sleep. Nothing was taken, so there ia bdt one conclusion as to the prowler's purpose. This man Is supposed to the one who recently entered so many houses here and made free with bis hands on sleeping women, and was several times shot at. CURIOUS PRANKS Of Bolt of Lightning; A Child's Narrow Ecap From Death.

sneiAC mtatcb to ras cserraxa. Maysville, July 13. The two-year-old child of Mr. Al Vice, living near Moorefleld, had a miraculous escape during a storm. The baby wa on the floor playing with a kitteu when lightning struck the house.

The current destroyed a terra eotta flue, then leaving the flue and running along the floor the fluid tore tlie child's clothes from its body, turned the sleeves wrong side out and split the front and hack into shreds. The. hair was burned from the little one's head, and the breast and abdomen were blistered. The kitten that was being held by the child was unhurt. The baby was rendered anconsciou for a few moments, but soon recovered.

SPORTS FINED. Grand Exod tutor the Fancy From the Buckeye CapitaL rtCIAI. DUPATCR Ttl TSB Clxa. Colcwbis, OHto, July 13. All the cases against the gamblers andaaloon keepers grow ing out of the general raid last Sunday on Olentangy Villa and other suburban resorts were disposed of in the Police Court to-day by ning each of the defendants $20 and costs.

Tlie pool-room and faro bank kept by John Alexander, the "Black George Black, Just outside of the south-western corporation line, is now the only gambling hou-e in this county. A general exodus of sports i- to be the result. Many of them are already leaving. MYSTERIOUS Death of Three Children, Which Is Said To Be Poisoning. Due To Examination of tha Physicians Expected To Reveal Vary Sensational Facta.

irt'-iii curiTca to tbk -sH'ibcb. Daytox. Ohio, July 13. Three children of Emanuel Trubbe, a prosperous farmer resid ing on the Xenia pike, about five miles east of this city, have suddenly died within the past week, and under such circumstances as to cre ate the belief that they were poisoned. The third to die was- his fourteen-year-old son, who on Tuesday last was fn splendid health and spent the day I- THE HARVEST FIELD.

On Wednesday night tlie boy lay a corpse in his father's house. Dr. Moest and Dr. Mcll- henny, the (attending physicians, were un able to diagnose the case, inasmuch as the symptoms were contrary to those known to disease. In each case dissolution was quick and before other physicians could be called in the patient was dead.

There were no sympi-toms of poisoning, and, as Mr. Trubbe and family stood high in the community, no sus picion in that direction existed. The latest death, however, provoked rumors and reports to the effect that the children were the victims of poison. Coroner liahne, of this county, WAS FIHALLT APPEALED TO, And accompanied by Drs. Weaver, Moest, Weaver and Dr.

Mcllhenny, of Zimmerman visited the scene this morning and held an autopsy on the body of the boy. There were evidences of corrosive poisoning, the doctors say. A portion of the viscera was taken and this will be subjected to chemical analysis. The home of the Trubbes is in Greene County and Coroner Hahne can not act offic ially in the matter. Trublie's wife, it is said, died about one year ago under similar circumstances.

While there seems to be some mystery sur rounding these deaths, yet nothing thru far is presented to warrant reflection on any one. TANGLED Condition of the Tipton Connty Treasury. The Son of the Treaanrer Is Under Ar rest C-argedl With Kmtoczxling; Public trxciAX- MSPATca to tbs Eaeriaaa. Tiptos, I.vd-, July 13. The affairs of County Treasurer J.

K. Armstrong are yet in a tangled condition, and theezact amount of his short- age will not be known until the investigating committee completes Its work. It is certain however, that the deficit will go beyond S30, 000, and it may reach $60,000. The bondsmen now have charge of the office, and are en deavoring to STRAIGHTEN THINGS OCT. Calvin Armstrong, a son of the Treasurer, who has conducted the office all the time, was arrested this afternoon at the instance of his father's bondsmen on the charge of embez zling $18,000 from the Court-house funds, and in default of 820,000 hot ha was sent to Jail.

There is less than $300 in the county treasury and the young deputy is charged with spend ing the money. He was an admirer of fast horses and invested quite extensively in a rrmxa or them. Hcis the owner of a half dozen, and backed the bang tails on the St. Louis track to such an ex teat that he was known aa a plunger. Wine, women, and fine clothes also drain heavily on Lhis bank account, and he spent hie money with the lavishness of a prince.

His father has con sented to turn over all his property, hut there is not enough to lift the heavy shortage. PROBABLE ELOPEMENT, Young Couple Mysteriously Harried at SprincHrld. sracu auPATca to hi asuciaaa. SpBi-fGriKLD, 0io, July 13. This afternoon a well-dressed young man, accompanied by charming young lady, registered at the Palace Hotel as Henry Treyhof and wife, ot San dusky.

The knot ia said to have been tied in thisfity at noon to-day, and it ia whispered that it is an elopement. Henry is a baggage man on the Sanduaky division: The girt's home said to be fh rbana, but her name cannot be ascertained. LADY I ATALLY IS JUSXD. VKUX BISPATCa TO TSB B9VU a. Chabxebto-, W.

July 13. Miss Kate Goff, a pretty society girl of this city, was riding a spirited hone over the Elk River comi ty road this evening when a runaway teaxn came tearing up behind her, and so frightened her horse that aha was thrown off, atriktna tree. Her aksll is -cactnred and her life da- spawdof. ripped'; Right Through -the Car, With Frightfnl Results To the Passengers. One Track Not Enongh For the West ShoreExpress, Which Jumped and Crashed Into a Heavy Freiht Long list of Killed and Injured That Attests I he Terrifie Force otjthe Shock That Followed.

Five Killed. Two Mortally1 Injured and Over a Score Seriously Hurt The Cause. KewBraCH, X. July 13. West Shore day express No.

1, due here at p. was recked in the West Shore freight yard to day. The train consisted of locomotive 5o. 200, baggage and express car No. 603, a smoking car, day roaches Nos.

71 and 45, and parlor car No. 125, "Tlie Lurline." engineer as Daniel Shelby, and the conductor Richard Anderson. The train was a few minutes late at Corn wall, tour miles south of here, and was running very fast. When it reached the switch which connects the main road with the West Bhore freight yard, a mile south Of this sta tion, the engine picked up, it is supposed, a loose object, which canard it to jump upon a frog and leave the track. It ran Upon the ties distance equa, to THE LENGTH OF THE TtAIX And then crashed into a freight-train stand ing in the yard.

Tlie crash was terrific. The freight-train was being made up to start southward, and was wailing for the express to pass. The freight-train had locomotive No. 206, in charge of Fred Holland. The express engine was evidently farther oft the track than the remainder of the train, and when it struck the freight engine it was thrown to 6ne side nnd the tender torn from it.

The engineer, upon feeling the engine leave the track, shut oft the steam, whistled for brakes, and he and the fireman Jumped. The latter, Charles Willis, ruptured a blood vessel and was badly bruised. The engineer escaped with very slight Injuries. If red Holland, en gineer of the freight, had his skull fractured at the base and was cut over the eye. It is thought that he will recover.

No one else on the freight was hurt. There were about a dozen persons in the smoking car, and nearly all escapedinjury. Coach So. 71 was filled with passengers, every seat being occupied. S-taWff tfte fas ualities occurred in this car.

IT SWAYED TO OJIE SIDB And struck the projecting end of a box car standing on a sidetrack. -The entire side of No. 71 was ripped off and the end nearest to the smoker was smashed. All those ho were killed were on that side of the car. Walter M.

Berard, Assessor of Highland Falls, waa the only passenger in this car who escaped Injury. He said that he occupied a seat behind three women. Across the aisle were several ladies and children. He noticed little if any shock when the car ran over the switch. The crash came after the train had gone several yards on the side-track.

There was a lull for a moment; then everything be came a scene of the wildest confusion and the air was filled with the cries and groans of the wounded. The seat occupied by Mr. Berard was broken into pieces, hut he escaped as by a miracle. The parlor car's trucks were broken. but the passengers, besides being severely shaken up, were not injured.

The railroad and coal dock men in the neighborhood at once went to the place of the accident and be gan to CI. EAR AWAT THE WHECXAdl And to pull out the dead and wounded. The police and physicians of New burgh were noti fied, and about a dozen of the latter hurried to the scene and began raring for the wounded The following are killed Mrs. Eliza Klemm, wife of Antoine Kieium, of Highland Falls. X.

A two-year-old child, daughter of Burn ham Elberson, of Setauket, L. I. An unknown woman, apparently about 34 years old, of Hebrew cast of countenance. An unknown woman ith gray hair, stout. about five feet tall, broad face.

She bad an arm torn off. An unknown woman about 30 years old, of medium height and build, In the confusion articles fhat might have aided in the identification were separated from the bodies, and not until the Coroner makes his inquiry will the names of the un known dead be positively known. The following were injured: thanes wmis, jew uurham, fireman on passenger engine, ruptured blood-vessel in right breast, legs severely injured. Is expected to recover. Fred Holland, of New Durham, engineer of freight train, had SECLti ntACTCBXD AT BASg And received severe cuts over the eye and other injuries.

Ke will probably recover. Miss Jane Cooke, of Catakill, head cut and injured internally. Wounds probably fatal John Robinson, Jersey City, collar bone fractured, shoulder dLsloeated, ear badly lacerated. C. G.

Sistaire, internal Injuries, Becevery doubtful. He is thought to be a commercial traveler. Five members ot a family of the name of Michael, of Brooklyn, mother and four daughters, were all more or less injured. Mrs. Michael was cnt on the head, Fannie was bruised on the Julia, ten years old, arm and leg fractured Lily, thigh frac tured and bgaised.

Juslge Charles F. Buh. af Union HOI, S. scalp wound and leg broken. V.

B. Hardy. Brooklyn, Ie broken. Mrs. X.

B. Harvey, XeV York, leg broken and head cut. Minnie Everly, colored, of Charleston, 8. head cut and bruised; suffers from shock. Born ham Elverson and wife, of Setanket, L.

parents of the chad killed. Mr. Elver- son, broken arm and severe bruises; Mrs. 1- verson, left knee fractured and head cut. Frank C.

Bergcr, of Baverstraw, severe bruises on the leg and cut the bead. George Horobin, Cornwall, foot badly cnt. i Andrew O'Brien, of Cornwall, face and head cut. Matthew Talbot and his boy, of Jfew burgh, bruised and cut. There were others less seriously Injured.

TBTS OBPtTAL. Twenty-one of the wounded were taken to St. Luke's Hospital, t-is city, where the surgical staff, headed by Dr.K. H. ts affording all possible relief.

Tha nurses are assisted by a number of ladle and groulesnen af Sew burgh. Several, who weraaUghtly injured, walked away, and- thair name were not obtained. Coroner John Corwtn was notifir- and proceeded to hold an inquest. Division Superintendent Wattson, of tha West Shore Railroad, hurried to Kewburgh on a special locomotive and took charge of the work of clearing away the wreck. He visited the hospital afterward, and in behalf of the compaar told Jr.

Borat to giva the woonded all poari'-jla care and. pn- a 4 vide whatever was needed for their treatment. The dead bodies were removed to undertakers' establishments and held to be claimed by friends. Two others of the dead were identified this evening. One ts Roue Keflly.

a cook fct West Park. The other was Mrs- Eauline Wright, of Brooklyn, mother of Mrs. iehael. who, with several of bcrefaildren. were injure.

IOTICTEDTOR MDBDEE. tt sv Wagner Held. Reopo-olbke For the Death of tbs Konanra. vsnu Mmtcs tn tmnui. IsMASAroua.

July grand Jury returned an indictment for' murder this afternoon against Misa Anna Wagner, the doraaa tic employed in the Koeateia family. The several counts charge her with adJhin-Lterinf -rough on rU" to the senior Koea-ters and his wife, and Ut. Charles Koesters' daughter. The cases of Mrs. Charles Koeaters and the Infant child, who died under clrtru in stances similar to the others, ware passed by ine grand jury, im iwucuiKni irscij based on the result ot the aaalysis conducted under direction of the Coroner, fchortly after o'clock Miss Wagner, accompanied by her brother-in-law.

voluntarily presented herself at the jail and inquired for the Shoriff When i I win i uuiciH waa luuutt sue nuuuftm a told the grand Jury says I did it, and I've come back." The capias had Just been given to the Sheriff and (he key was turned on her. Miss Wagner did not seem worried, bat she I absolutely refused to receive callers. Last month the grand Jury continued her case and she was admitted to hail In .5,000, which was furnished by her brother-in-law and her at torney. WITH AN EX-GENERAL Of the Salvation Army Mrs. Starr Make Her Ue-partnre.

rsctAt. aurATca va th aaouiau. I HRicHsViLl.r, Ohio, July 13. The church people of this place are considerably excited over the elopement ot Mr. David Starr, the wife of a respectable citixen, and William Smith, an ax-G4iaral in tha Salvation Army.

Mrs. Starr has several times confessed to her neighbor that she loved Smith, but only for his prayers, which he was in the habit of offering at her house, principally during the absence of Mr. Starr. Mrs. Starr is the mother of three children, aged 16, 13 and 2 years, re spectively.

The whereabouts of the eloping couple is unknown. HE IS RIGHT. Senator Brice Predicts Victory For the Democrat In the Buckeye State This Year His Viewa gl'pon the Financial Situation. SrSCIAl, DISPATCH TO TBS BBQCUIB. Lma, Ohio, July 13.

Senator Brice arrived fhome last night from the World's Fair, ac cornpanied by his family, who will. remain several days before going East. The Senator was seen by Trk Esqcibeb correspondent in regard to the political and financial outlook, and the first question asked was: "What do you think are the chances for the Democracy to carry the State this fall? "There ought tn be a better chance for car rying the State this year than last, when the vote was I pbacttcally a tik. While Mr. Cleveland's personal popularity helped very much then, the causes of Re publican abstention were profound and there was general dLssatLsfactlon with Republican legislation on the tariff and currency ques tions.

These causes ought to result this year in a greater percentage ot change and absence from the polls. The effects ot that legislation are more marked and disastrous this year than mi extreme a step as the calling of an extra session ot Congress in midsummer." "How about the ticket this fall. Senator?" "I have no doubt of the nomination ot an excellent and acceptable ticket by the Demo cratic Convention, but have HOT DLSCBRXED AXY if AMES." "What do you think Congress will do at the extraordinary session?" I think that Congress wOl in August sus pend the purchase of silver and the Issue of Treasury notes underthc Sherman act of 18110, but am not disposed to discuss the money question at length on as hot a day as thLs." "How about the financial outlook?" "The financial stringency has been extreme. especially in the great money centers; but the situation is improving, as the liquidation is partially accomplished. The panicky feeling is gone over, crops will soon begin to move and currency will come back into the usual channel.

This country, as well as those ad- Joining it, has good crops, is in receipt of con siderable money from the oil industry, and will, I think, soon recover and Increase in population, value and trade ot every kind." BEBATQB BRICE Become a Full-Fled gcU Elk Initiated at Iiima. SrCCIU BtirATCBC TO TBS tXQUIBSB. Lima, Ohio, July 13. ThU afternoon the Lima Lodge ot Elks gave a clam-bake, and among the large number ot guests was Sen ator Brice, who was this evening initiated into the mysteries of Elkdom, and before he left the hail was adorned with a large and elegant pair of horns. Senator Brice passed the or deal in an elegant manner, and the members of Lima Lodge feel proud of their distinguished new member.

Senator Brice was on his way to the East, after visiting the World's Fair, together with his family, and after a few days' visit with his relatives and friends ill leave for the East to look after his inter ests and prepare for the extra session of Con gress. IMPERSONATED ills rnpii To liet a uenancate. Serioua Charges- Preferred Aginst Druggist Schachleiter By the Weat V'lrxrinla State Board. sracTAi ins? Tea to tbs. Rsaviaaa.

W. July 13. The Btate Board of Pliarmacy, in session in this city to day, made some startling charges against Frank Schachlelter, a prominent young drug gist of this city. It charges hint withperjury and forgery. Atwood Harming, a young man, came here from Bio Viande, Ohio, last September and undertook to study pharmacy ander Schachlelter.

It was the agreement Schachlelter was to obtain tor Banning a certificate of pharmacy in air months. Han- nlng was to pay 3150. At the expiration of the six months the tutor found the pupil still unable to take the examination, so be took it tor him. The State Board was not In session. and Schachleiter want before its Fret-ktent, 0.

D. Seydenstricker, fi Lewisburg. im personating Banning, and passed the ex amination. He signed Hanning's name to the examination papers, and afterward made affidavit before a Notary Public that be was Manning. The Board met here yesterday and set out to find Hanning.

They found him in the per son of Schachleiter. Ha made a full confes sion. The Board will prosecute both men at the first session of court in Greenbriar County. They are now both in Ohio, oiit ot reach of West Virginia the offense is ex traditable. Jfehaehleiter la well known in Cincinnati.

His home Is In Ironton and his father is an officer in the State Encampment, G.A.R. ATTAC-CED BY A SIAXE. SPBefAB WATCH TO THB BSQTIBER. Caxtox, Ohio, JalyJJ. Mr.

Isaac Bair, re-j aiding about one mile sooth af Korth Industry, in this county, on going to the Ml. Zkm Church, where be perform the duties ot sex ton, was attacked by a large black-Bake some seven feet long. He was usable to dispatch the monster, and wa compelled ta flee lor his life from its videos extack- of I EFFORTS To Save Van Loon Neck Srrm, Xfw Developments a in the Case. What Became of the Honey Stolen By Him Ajf Which Taken To Otta wa After the Robbery? Certain of His Relatives SustWCted of Baring Something To Do With -the Mystery. SVaClAI, SWATCH TO TSB ISyCIXS.

CoLiUBia. Ohio, July IS. Tha relatival of Frank Tan Loon seem determined to furnish the public several more sensational chapters crime. Ever since the young bandit cam so near meeting death on tlie gallows last Friday morning they have been engaged in a quarrel among themselves. Jofin Biggs, Van Loon's detective, accompa nied by an assistant, was at Galena, Ohio, yes terday for the purpose of having Mr.

and Mrs. D. W. Huddle make affidavits discrediting the testimony they gave at the trial. It will be remembered that the Huddles are the parents ot Van Loon's wife, and that Mr.

Hud dle claims to have PIMCOVERKD TBI STOLE M09gY In Van Loon's pocket the day after bank robbery. The detectives spent all of yeste r- day afternoon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Huddle trying to have them sign the affidavits they had prepared. Then they returned lat evening and re mained at the house until 3 o'clock this morning, at which hour they were frightened away by learning that Mr.

Huddle had dispatched messenger for an officer to protect him from further annoyance. It is Mid Mr. and Mrs Huddle propose to spring another startling feature of the case that will involve others besides Van Loon in the crime. They claim to know what became of the Si. 200 stolen by Van Loon from the bank, and tliat H00 of it was taken to Ottawa when the trial began with the intention of giving It to the lawyers engaged tor the defense as retainers for their SEBVICES SJ TBI CASK.

It is said this money was stolen from its custodian at a boarding-house at Ottawa the third night after the trial began, and the iden tity of the thief is said to be uow known. The thief is said to be a relative of Frank Van Loon. It waa because of the alleged theft of this money and the failure to produce it for the attorneys that the strike of the lawyers for security of their fees occurred oo the fourth day ot the trial, so those most interested claim. Now it is stated that ow ing to the factional fights among Van Loon's friends a warrant will probably lie Insued soon for the arrest of the second thief. Further than this it Is intimated that an other roan, a distant relative of Frank Van Loon, laid all the plans for the robbery and at a safe distance directed the Job.

Frank's wife, it is asserted, is in possession of thLs fact and threatens to make it known in the event t.huabaniJJujnaa, 8till another phase of the rase ia about to develop. Detective M. B. Martin' was at the Goveniorsofflee to-day and obtained copies of the nine affidavits filed two weeks ago with the Secretary of the Board of Pardons, attack ing THE CHARACTER Or MRS. HUMlLE, With a view of impeachment of lief testimony.

Detective Martin has been employed by indignant citizens of Galena to prosecute these nine persons. Warrants will probably be sworn out for their arrest in a day or two. The following is a copy of one of the affidavits: State or Ohio, Delaware Cocstt. John Bowers, of Berkshire Township, Dela ware County, Ohio, after being duly sworn. deposes and says that he is acquainted with the reputation of Fannie Huddle, and that he knows her to be a thief and he further says that he would not believe her under oath.

Jobs Bowers. Sworn to and subscribed by said-John Bow ers this 20th day of June, 1893. Geo roe J. Roiiekts, Xotary Public. While all this trouble Is going on among Van Loon's friends on the outside he appears to be regaining his old-time self-composure Accompanied by Vastine, the Scioto County murderer sentenced to hang, he spends sev era! hours each day in the prison park, under the watchful eye of their guard.

THE ARMY BILL Wlna a Slight Victory and Ministerial- lata Are Jubilant. Berlih, July 13. A vote was taken on the first article of the army bill to-day and it was passed by a vote of I'M to 187, a Government majority of 11. Count Herbert Bismarck sup ported the Government. The article fixes for two year the peace effective at 479,229 men The volunteers for the year are not included in this number.

The Ministerialists are Jubilant at this re suit, which practically amounts to the passage of the whole bill. In the vote the members declared themselves thus: For the Blll-18 Poles. 13 Radical CnionUta. 10 Anti-Semites. 52 National Liberals.

27 Ctnmm mtirnm flu CmvnMI ivM rlr4lM AOiU9l LUC I'UJ 1 yTMM, I71K.U lIU ocraU. 8 Alsatians, 22 Richter Radicals, 10 South German Democrat. 4 Guelphs and 8 Independents. Total, 187. AT GRAY GABLES.

President Cleveland. Nearly Recovered From the Rheumatism. Buzzard's Bay, July 13. President Cleve land has enjoyed another quiet day at Gray Gables. He had no caller, and put in a full day rest with hi family.

Colonel Lament and Dr. Bryant returned from Peter's Pond last night, and to-day took a fishing excursion down the bay. The President d.d not even drive up to the village. Colonel Lamont expects to leave here on Saturday, and Dr. Bryant will leave either on that day or soon.

The resident has nearly recovered from his attack of rheumatism. There has not been an oflVce-aeeker here since he arrived. The President's sister, Mrs. lloyt, of Beatrice, left here this forenoon. THEY'RE YOUNG.

And Have a Tough Time In Frocmring Their Marriage I cenae. -ATCH TO vac BHcnU. PxtRsca, Ohio, July II. Andrew Jackson Scott and Miss Clara Myrtle Eagler want to wed, and as a result they are having a tough time of it. Yesterday afternoon Judge Tolle refused to i me a license, notwttlianafng the parents of the girl, who is but la year old, gave their consent.

The -young people, accompanied by the parents of the girl, went to Maj rville, bnt returned this morning, having also been refused a license in that city, eeott is 19 year ot age. and the parties all reside in Greene Township. VAS II 8AM0A. AucsujrvD, July 13. The last Satnoan mail contains reports of the outbreak of hostilities.

First blood waa shed while Uetoa Wka punching on Malic. He captured a rebel ootpost after a short fight. Hi followers now outnumber the rebels five to one. any of the rets-ls feave deserted to him. Apia is it ever-toir exetted.

an by In S1QNNED. Ilow Tailor iHH JobbeA Hi Moiar fiavlac FVteaula. -SMirut BssrATeat tax sjMtnaaa. Ixmaxamub, July II. Soma Baeatfca ago Augtt Smith, a more aut tailor, tetug tmstiM Sort Ponnaylvanta air anada angn-eat lor thabaaefit ot creditor, and among tha iietuned creditors was the Concordia Bulldlsf and Loan Association, ol whichhe was Secretary.

Be owed tha asaocta-Uun soroo S2.0OO. and mado uis taondsanoit safe giving the debt a prcreroneo wbew ha assigned. Three weeks ago Smith raddeoly disappeared, and tt now develop that lb grand Jury is Investigating hk connection with the assortation. It Is charaod that. afte had csand to be Secretary of the asao rial km.

be collected money from shareholders and failed to make an accounting, fmftli now Detroit. Shareholder In tha aawarlatkm to-day asked fur the appointment ot a Receiver, alleging that iu affairs have been mismanaged and that it la Insolvent. CLEVER SWINDLERS, Work Weat Virginia Old Boldlm To Akl the Govern roe srseui awr-Atca to raa aaocua. Chblajtos7, W. 13.

A party of Clever swindlers have been working the old soldiers in Lincoln County, this Bute. They represented themselves as agents ot the t'nited Prates Government and stated their business was to organise lodges ot old soldiers. They organlxrd one in Lincoln County and it turned out to be an Immense swindle. They told the old soldier that tha Secretary of the Treasury needed all the gold on baud to meet the stringent demands of tha times i that if they would assign Uieir pension ebacka, which are payable tn gold, they would receive greenbacks in return and the gold be forwarded to Washington. Tha swindlers then cashed the checks with bright, new greenbacks, which have proved worthies.

The grrengoods men have left tor parts Unknown. GHOST-IxI-CEf She MaB.ro Her Appearance) aa Myaterioualy Uiaappeara, rxriAL vwrATra to vac ksqcikfs. SrRiMGFiKLD, Ohio, July 13. For the last week the residents of Lincoln avenue have been considerably excited over the appearance of a ghost- a mysterious young lady dressed tn black and heavily veiled. Hie makes her appearance regularly every night a few minutes after the hour of midnight, and can be seen walking slowly up and dowa the street, as if expecting to meet but when any one appear she disappears.

Last night several men attempted to follow her and she led them to the northern part of the city and suddenly lost herself from view. The police were notified to-day and will try to solve the mystery surrounding the itrange lady' queer conduct. IN NO HURRY To Solve the Great Mysteries Of the Herf after, For He lived His Wife and Home. Sad Death of a Columbus hfan, After Hav ing Just Finished Discuss lng tha Solemn Subject. rxriAi BitrtTi to tbb tsqetua: CoLi'MBi's, Jul 13: One man met death and two were frightfully Injured here to-day while working in tlie Vineyard of the Lord, at the north-west comer of Broad street and Garfield avenue.

A force ot workmen have engngeo some weea in erecting a neau- iiiui rempie 01 worsmp. 11 is to dc caueu ine Broad street Pn-sbytertan Church, and when complete, ill lie one of the mint elaborate structures ot its kind in he city. At the noon hoar to-day a group of the mechanics drifted into a discussion of religious topics, with especial reference to the virEsnos or a hereafter. Some of them in the existence ot both a heaven and hell; others in a heaven only, and a few in neither. All agreed that it was a problem only death could solve.

Among thoee debating the question were Ber tram Fairchild, Joseph Llebold.Wililam Long and Ju'k (iorey. The last named and Long were stone-masons, Liebold was a signal man and Fairchild a stonemason's attendant, Fun-child, who waa only 22 year old, re marked that he was in no hurry to go to either place, for he had Just been married, and had a pleasant little home at Scioto street and Cherry alley, where, with his Torso wins This world seemed almost a heaven Itself. At the close of the discussion they ascended to the top of the wall, twenty-five feet above. and resumed tlteir work. They had worked but a few moments hen a scaffolding gave way, precipitating Fairchild, Long and Lie- bold Into the cellar below.

Gorwy clung to the wall and escaped injury. Fairchild was Instantly killed, and his two companions In the fall were badly but not dangerously In jured. Thus Fairchild, at the eottt of bis life, solved the mystery that a few moment before had the subju of discussion and bad re mained unfiil homed until light Wa shed by the crash on the wall. DEFYING South Carolina's New Law. A Keg of Beer Openly CTiarkivton.

Shipped To Charleston. S. July 13. A keg of beer has been shipped this city fur tha purpose of testing the rlgh of the Stale to prohibit the rtmds, under the dispensary law, from carry ing liquor to parties in South Carolina from points In an adjoining State. The keg was brought to the city by the South Carolina Railroad, that company having received It from the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and delivered it to tha brewery's agent here, with the announcement by tlie railroad authorities that the package wa subject to confiscation and tha receivers subject to fine and imprisonment.

The brewer's agent received ft and placed It on ice in a conspicuous place in the establish There It remained throughout tha day unmolested by the many spies with which the Governor baa flooded the city. So tar from attempting to do bnainee in an underhand manner, especial paina have been taken to inform the authorities of what is being done. The Governor has made no move In Charleston yet. although it is rumored fhat his constabulary have upward of fifty case prepared, and that tha battle will begin in a day or two. UNDER THE KNIFE.

A Little Boy Ite From the S-Tecta of a One tan. arsctAX SWATCH TO THB SBeCIBSS. Cou'vacs, Ohio, July 13. Archie Branson, a fifteen-year-old son of a farmer living near BJehwood. L'nion County, died at the Protest- fant Hospital here to-day while undergoing a surgical operation.

A year ago while at play be fell upon a sharp stick, receiving a bod wound in the breaat. The injury Produced a tu noti which covered the entire stack and breast. Dr. R. Harvey Bead attempted to re move the tumor to-day, and the boy died un der iLe knife.

SO CHOLERA TS EGYPT. Loawos, July 13. A dispatch frotn Alexandria, Egypt, Btate that tha report from that city yesterday to the effect that there were eighty-five cholera patier.t in the hospital there, and that forty deaths had occurred from the disease, was erroneoa. Mo Cholera is reported anywhere is Egypt, Tha place where the eighty-five cases and tarty deaths were reported waa Tor. a small town of Arabia Petnra.

on tho eaet shore ot theOBU of -ac. is MERCILESS i As the Hated Borgias Who Disgraced Both of the Sexes, Were This Fiendish Pair of Poisoners, The Past of Dr. Mmr lid Hi Wife. Who Slew Their Victims'For Love of Gold. The Woman a Dtroy To Trap the Wretches Who Fell Beneath the Marvelous SkilL His Toxic Knowledge Baffles All Physicians.

Once a Resident of This City, and Known aa William Renter His Career. The arrest In Detroit of the poisoners. Dr. Henry C. Meyrr and his wife, as published In yesterday 'a E.ucir.R, recalls the fact that the pair dwelt In this city, where tbry Torn known a Mr and Mrs.

William Heuler.whkU only one of the numerous aliases they bore. Trhe astounding discovery that they plied their murderous trade wherever they trav. eled lias thrown the police and Health be. partment officer Into a fit of excitement thai ill be followed by an investigation, This will begin by ail of ih life insurance offices in the city. It may be that the sod at Spring Unite, or some other cemetery of this city, covm the bodies of some of his victims.

From develop incuts in tho investigation, it would ait-r that dosens of murder are to be to the door of, the fiends and there Is no reason that there should be an exception in tlib tity. As he used mctaiUa polsou In slaying hi retched victims. It Is not too late toriliume the remains and.conduct a chemical analysis, lu this work the insurance cotnpaniesot tha country ill lend a willing handed tJiruuKu tlie machinal ion of the murderer they have been defrauded of thousands of dollars. The discoveries following the declar. thins made by the detect! vtsi ho hunUsi tiieiu down have thrown the cununutiiU of at least seven cities into the throes of the wllde.t excitement, the poisoners having plied their nefarious trade in that many; The following dispute from Sew York tells the story of their awful transactions: A TERRIBLE TALE.

i The Story of the Polooulngo of the Fiend. inriu oiiritrs to Bwiciftts- Kew YorkT July n.Dr. Meer gr-iisl-d from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in 1H7H, and liegau pnutlie on the Xortti Side. He Is a imtivuuf Minden, Prussia. His first ife died soon after he isrKmi the practice of medicine under eirciinisiaiu-rs which many believe indicate that she poisoned.

Sooii after this lie was tried the murder by poison of a wealthy North Bide grocer named Oelderman. of thi he waa acrjultlcd. and soon after married Gelderman's widow, who waa worth noma 330,000. Shortly after the marriage, he a again cliarged with the murder of hUwlfe' son. On this trial he was also acquitted.

Not long afterward his wife was found to tie auflcr- ing from a totally recked constitution, and is still an invalid. She left him and prvs'tirrd a divorce, and claims to lhl day that he attempted her life by poison. A little later, aliout the year IMss. he met and married hfs present wife, whose loai'lcii name wss Unsen, Jt wa soon discovered that tlie old gentleman's name ha'l beti forgM to a h-avy life insurance policy in tlie Gerruania Company. uk sale Chicago.

Dr. Meyer rklpprd out to Denver, hut wa brought back, trkxl and again acquitted. While in prison he met a man by the we Ludwig Brandt, the son of a General in the Norwegian army, and of a very respectable family, who was, like himself, harired with forgery. Whe -both ha'l got out of prison, Meyer resumed hi practice and employed Brandt a collector. Brandt also acted" as olkit'-r for one or more life insurance eompanic.

On August J3. IMd. Brandt wa lnurd under the name of (Justav Maria Joseph Kauai la tlie following companies: The- Wsnhiiigtun Life for Vi.000. the New York Life for 1 tlie Avtna Life for n.000 and In the Mutual Life tor C3.3D0. In Weptember, 1DM.

Meyer and. his present wife went to Europe: they e-e back in December, and on February 11, l-'. Mr. Meyer wa married to Baum, assum ing name oj triune miuii-i, i a niece of Dr. Meyer in Germany: The.

ceremony was performed by Rev. F- Wrnr. Park street, Chicago. About this time alias Baum went to the insurance compana stated that he was about to be married ai-d bad the policir run to hi wife. On February 15, Wfi.

all three of tlie Vt'-tles went p-j5ew Brandt and Mi-Meyer appearing as Mr. anjd and Dr. Meyer under the name of William Reoier. a a boarder with them. The plot e- have been that Baum as to disappear and a cadaver from some medical college was to palmed off on the insurance companies aa hi body.

Bui on March S. 1. was taken slck-ind Dr. Mlnden, a brtrhtsi-d thoroughly honest physician, was called in treat him. He pronounced it a dysentery, but hi patient g-ee rapidly worse, and died on March 30.

Be" ibm body was buried. Dr. Meyer and wife, xbt latter a Banra' widow, collected 3.OU0 from the Washington Life Insurance Company and 1.JU from the Sew ork Lilt. Dr. Meyer and Mr.

Baum eahea to the it! ,500 indemnity, but cm finding 'hat in investigation wa to be made. hurriedly left the city, leaving a check for ln-th Company office. Just atr.no the street, which they might have bad lor the ki. Mill THEY It was found that on May soon nr leaving New York. Dr.

Meyer had vWted the Chicago office, cleaned out evejr.hing ai.a left for parts Onknowu. The body of B-uro. Halla Brandt, waa exhumed. A pdv--i-- sod specimen of hi handwrKta Norway, and tha dead-was fully Me-tiacd a Ludwig Brandt. Deputy Coroner Walsh, assisted by Ogdea Doremu.

made an autopsy. stceaacb was found to conum larg quaa titles, which drug had P1' Lb. tnteinal trouble. Coroner fchulu. then Ukl the facta before Inspector Vi-J-aughUu.

and detectives were placed on the caoe. The doctor wa. traced to Chicago, andtftcn to Totado, where he was clotarasa Hugo Wefler and H- Meu cUUmed to have co from Iad-ui-Bou-..