The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 1

VOL? 81 NO 318 INDIANAPOLIS WEDNESDAY APRIL 19 1911 PRICE 2 CENTSV PACK COMMITTEES THE WEATHER SLAYER WILLIS PARDONED ARMISTICE IS CatHefailfa TO BLOCK REVISION ELLIS REED BY GOVERNOR NOW IN SIGH POLICE ACTIVE POST REWARD INSURGENTS ARE IN REAR 7 nee of hig mot her OK A WEDNESDAY APRIL 19 1 7 On 2 NOBLE ENDS LIE 2 IN RUSHVILLE JAIL over 2 5 1 2 MAKES OATH INNOCENCE 2 this 1 The 4 4 5 1 1 1 in 1 1 'I Are to tie nevco 'linpelH 3 3 oto: 3 6 6 7 STRANGER MAKES A MISTAKE 13 16 16 ORTY TRIBESMEN KILLED 16 10 10 11 11 SLAYER CHILD MUST DIE 11 12 12 12 12 Tin DR BULL DIES SUDDENLY the CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 COLUMN 6 I A si If MU 10 10 killed Sprague It when you're inno 8 6 8 9 13 throat he hoarsely back on his prison tomorrow i sermon to the Mexican favorable reply 60 48 03 46 orecast for Tndt anaoolis and viclnitv fdr today air and cooler CITY nsltlon I latlons DEIES BAYLIGHT BOBBERS TO SHOOT will be begun It Is mnreded that both sides realize Charles ophthalmic tyvo hours a hospital from 1903 American pose lhe overt uros bls agents have made for pence tained possession Willis married Samuel Carey eed Store Pro prietor ights Thieves With Knife Saving Property The side RO to All anapolls in a courtroom In Little Rock Ari: yesterday was pardoned by Gov Progressives of Both Parties to Be Represented but With out Power to Act 40 32 Believe Same Men Raided Heier man Grocery Successfully Last Saturday Night Convicted Murderer Swallows Strychnine While Playing Cards in Prison Cell Raves in' Dying Moments That Sheriff in Greensburg orced alse Confession TOO MANY CROOKS SPOIL THE 3RHT Gains Liberty After Serving Part ofSentence for Shooting of Indian apolis Man In Court Samuel MuKfofd' 24 ycni S'dhl 'Mlncra vNl' inaln th unfortunate mistake Bicycle Eagerly Goes In on and Then Takes New ound to City prison to at Page RUbHVTLLE Ind April IS (Specials Ben Noble convicted of murdering Ills employer Albert 'Sprague on the latter a farm In County on Jjilv 16 last Is dead from a dose of strychnine taken in the Rush County "Jail tonight The prisoner Just before living dictated a written statement to the effect that he was innocent of the crime for which ho had been convicted' Ji rattle 'sounded in his whispered as lie sank pallet: God knows I' never hard to die like this eluding niningonients for lle formal declaration of the armistice and that ns soon thereafter mi possible the work of STRICKEN IN AUTO DOCTOR RACES WITH DEATH LOSES for free list fight Page appointment be personal Page account of habits and bls abuse Kif her ns alleged by Ills former wife she left him Thereupon he tried ly various means and several habeas corpus proceed ings to gain the custody of the girl but be failed In all 'Ills wife Obtained a di vorce and married Bills' Willis was Indicted for subornation of perjury during the progress of the eases It was alleged he tried to bribe a young woman In a Little Rock hotel to testify that she had seen Mrs Ellis in company with another man at the hotel Willis It was reported Intended to use this as evidence to show lilg former wife was not the proper person to care for the girl fie wag reported to the police and the In dictment was hanging over him when he was killed Willis amassed a fortune in Indianapolis by selling what he termed "The Home Whisky Cure" or several years he had an office In the Htale Life building Ellis Is a nephew of John Rutherford a millionaire lumberman who fought hard for the release of his relative Eminent Ophthalmic Surgeon Expires After Two Hours in Hospital NEW YORK April 18 Dr Stedman Bull an eminent surgeon dfed of heart disease after having been admitted to today He was 60 years and io iuu was president of upntnaimoiogical society OREIGN Detectives arrest alleged anarchist I in crowd waiting for King Al fonso Page SUMMARY The Indianapolis Star Reactionaries in Senate in Line to Aid Special Interests in Shaping Legislation Ellis a lumber dealer of Pine Bluff Ark who pleaded guilty to the finer George Donaghey of Arkansas according tu a telegraphic report reerhed night from Little Kock The Gov acted on the third petition for the freedom nt Ellis Ellis had been sen tf need to three imprlHonment At the lime of the shooting In the courtroom July 27 1909 United States Senator Jeff Lavis narrowly escaped with Ids life The senator was appearing for Illis Ellis had planned the shooting carefully and tired while the courtroom was crowded Wihts tried to escape by running through a door hut a bullet frnm revolver struck him near the heart before one bullet took effect OUHT HARD OR CHILD and his' friends engaged the Willis and his divorced wife who had married Ellis When Um court tins permission to take ten nays MEXICO April 1R A an armistice pending a settlement of In The rifle The: con out of iliu batik? will not affect the friendly relations between the two nations NEWS CAUSES SATISACTION In official and unofficial quarters the news that the battle of Agua Prieta had been won from the rebels created keen satisfaction except in the ranks of those whose sympathies are with Madero and Ids followers Various newspapers continued until a late hour publishing extras giving not only the news of the battle but the news that an armistice was about to be en tered into La Ibarra probably will render to the Senate a full report regarding the Inci dents of fhe last few weeks and explain thefr heading on international relations sent to Washington proposal made by revolutionists 'In it he stipulated ccr tain minor terms to which it is believed there will he objection MADERO MAY ASSENT Swedish uurt Belmont and St Columba's covers in Cathedral at 124000 the Milan Cathedral 107 000 square feel The estimated cost of the completion of the cathedral is $10 000000 and It will take $00000 a year to maintain ft STATE Ben Noble convicted commits suicide in have could their and imminent 'ears ago They had horn tu them hllddUury who Is about years old WAR MOVEMENT Armistice is proposed as first step for Mexican peace meets favor page Rebels reappear and menace Agua prieta abandoned to ed erals Page Congress appears satisfied With border program Page Gen Medina blames liquor for fall of Agua Prieta Page DOMESTIC Clash over treasury report nar rowly ayerted In A meet ing Page George Gould names Bush head of Missouri Pacific rail road Page ormer Senator Young says head lines mold public opinion Page Riots and cry of fraud mark elec tion day in Zion City Page EDERAL Reactionaries in Senate pack com mittees to check tariff revision Page democrats prepared trick in reciprocity Beveridge tells Taft of Loveland would affront prop nego GOMEZ ADMITS PROPOSAL Says avorable Reply Was Received rom Mexican Government WASHINGTON April Dr Gomez hearl of the confidential agemy of the Mexican revolutionists here admitted tonight that a proposal for an nrmistl'P bad been sent government and that a hud hpnn received It was learned that he had telegraphed the insurreeto junta at El aso Lex to communicate this information to Gen rancisco I Madero Jr In the field ani tn obtain from him at once the condi tions upon which he would agree to an armistice it is said that the Mexican government will permit couriers 1o pass thtough Juarez so as lacunaie me ivansmis sfon of the messages arranging an ar mistice i The armistice proposed would impose the status quo upon both sides in the for roubles was received by the lh it of oreign Relations today from Washington presumably from Dr Gomes A reply was returned in which It was Indicated the government looked with favor upon the suggest ionJ The armistice proposal appeared to be it direct outgrowth of (he battle at Agtia PrleRi and tin consequent loss of life and ImdHv injury in Douglas by the front the Mexican side It poiiiis Hpeolth ally io dangers of ititernalloiial complications which might follow a continuation of the conflict 1 Minister De La Barra this afternoon a iiswer to Ed of street cleaning medal which was Carnegie hero fund 50 55or the Esme 36 35 child for providing hn would not remove the little one from the jurls lietion of (lie court 17111s thought the order practically meant permis sion to take the child to Indiana When the clerk had filled out the order anl fin Willis was leaving the room Ellis aimed anil shot al his opponent several I ecast RAIN for Indiana forWednes a an Thursday: Unsettled with probably showers on Wednesday and somewhat coo Thursday fair figures of the apostles appear nictic" Morion known as the Chapels of the Tongues In these services are in be hell eaclt Sunday tn ierman ndaihr i Krone i Italian Armenian and Chinese Onl of tlinaf A rn i iiiiinlol 11 1 I Xw lljpCI KllOWn an (hn King Chanel known as This wonderful cathedral square feet St Peter's six months call is proceeding satisfac torily according to officials nf the War Department Many have enlisted In the capital and reports frnm the states in dicate that the results ate gnnd the goveriimuit and rebels 'verv detail of lhe proposal will bo submitted lo rancisco I Madero Jr So far hate negotiations now gone though that it Is to 3 Page beats New York to 0 Page' 10 defeats Columbus PagePage I avis was Irving tn hi Mrs Ellis finally ob YORK Artf 1 Tho reinn rkabloatjiedral of St John the Divine is to he Greer will Tllft ru bnzl rn I Iia been building for eighteen years iut il Is a long way from completion The choir and the crossing are practically finished and the great organ is in place The roof is supported by wonderful columns of granite sixty feet tall and eighteen feet in circumference and 130 tons eaclt miso I'liii'iru zz ior iiiiii i i from Maine The rondos 1s of white rench marble it is' 45 feet high and 35 feet wide In Jthe center is a figure ot the Savior on 1 he right Moses and on the left the figure of St John while the The Indianapolis Star A a I I I Morocco Troops Rout Rebel Band and Take Many Prisoners EZ Morocco April Capt Bre mond commander of the Sultan's troops made an attack on April 13 on the Cher ada tribesmen routins them' killing fort and taking eighty prisoners Couriers are having tlie greatest difficulty in getting through the lines with dis patches One was captured by rebels and shot All around ez tribesmen under different rebel leaders are sta tioned and owing to the closing of the lines of investment about the city pro visions are scarce Many residents of ez are Idle misery and discontent are rampant and it is feared that serious troubles within the walls will result The situation Is disquieting to the authorities 10 departure from normal 1 deficiency 1 Temperatures I Highest Lowest Date Last I Highest I Lowest In iiitincy uni lives nml the fighting nV Agua Prieta Ims served to emphasize pnlnl of view EXPECT EARLY ORDERS it will not 1 nt nil surprising if armies now opposing each other in North receive orders within tlu? fortyi elght hours to' operations or before "I he beginning of the threatened bnttle In the Vicinity of Juarez Ministry Do Ln Barra djd not consider blifaelf nt1 liberty to dlsploa the condi tions on whk'h tho arnilstlro will be granted The terms proposed In the main sre tluiHO mode by the revnhil lonists it is not presumed tho exact trims upon which permanent neare will lie based have been agreed to is to he assumed that tentative promises of a clmracler calculated to satisfy thorebelfl hove hern made Although they lost the battle yesterday nt Agua rlria ftympathlzern here de ciarr nine nirir position is noi vet desperate ns tn make them willing enter into nn agreement In which terms are made by the government WANT DIAZ TO RESIGN While no confirmation could be obtained' lure rumor was current that tlio terms upon which lhe rebels would agree to end the revolt are the resignation of President Diaz within five months the appointment of Minister De La Barra President pro tern pending the holding of a special presidential election and the! Immediate revision of the electoral laws kThe minister of foreign affairs stated today to a press representative that that'' Mexican government in its reply to mare jmpartment nt wasnington with 71 reference to the fatalities which had oc 4 tuimu inning mu iiihv iHKiiie nr Agua Prieta had expressed its regret and that it had offered to repeat the orders already given to its soldiers to avoid shooting In the diredion nf the American frontier BLAMES AMERICAN ILIBUSTERS' At fhe same time Sennr La Bar Al pointed nut that the shots which had caused the fatalities were fired accord I ing to official information received bv him and he declared was corroborated by Hie press by American filibusters who he said formed a majority of the Lopez company of rebels In Its reply the Mexican expresses surprise at thert procedure of "certain subordinate American officials procedure opposed tn the practices of in ternational law and contrary to the friendship which exists between the twok One the incidents referred to wfts the reported aid given hy a policeman to a rebel in the readjustment of his rittn wmen nan gotten out or order rebel Is said to have handed his across line Io the officer Mexican government expressed Its vlction that lhe Incidents growing i Insurrectos May Win Important Concessions Including Early Resignation of Diaz murderer Rushville Page will case BY LOUIS LUDLOW WASHINGTON April The reac tionaries of the Senate are about to win itheir second great victory in blocking theway for tariff revision They captured the Democratic leader ship of the Senate a few days ago That was victory No 1 It developed today that they have captured the inance Committee of the Senate That is victory No 2 While It is now known positively that they will dominate the inance Commit tee with a safe working majority that fact will hot be known officially untilThursday 1 when the Democratic Com mittee on Committees will meet urthermore they are almost certain to pack the Committee on Interstate Commerce That will be victory No 3 7 The inance Committee handles tariff legislation The Interstate Commerce Committee handles all legislation affecting railroads and other common carriers The special interests which never sleep and never tire have been exceedingly busy shaping things to their liking in the Senate HOLD WHIP IN SENATE' They have been successful perhaps be yond their anticipations It Is very obvious to them that the House has passed from under reactionary control With former Speaker Cannon and his fol lowers decimated or reduced to theranks the combination of the progressive Demo crats and Republicans can put through the House any program that meets Its approval The Senate is the last stand of the re actionarles The special interests realized perfectly that unless they fortify themselves in the Senate whole fabric of special privileges time honored grafts was in danger of being cut off How well the reactionary combination has succeeded in intrenching itself in the Senate may be judged partially at least by the following 1 Senator Penrose who will he the majority leader is a reactionary of re actionaries a machine politician who ac quired his in practical politics under Senator Quay a particular friend of the Pennsylvania railroad a' legislative servant of the 'confederacy of special privilege that wrote the outrageous ex 'ceases into the Payne Aldrich law' CLA88 2 Senator Martin who will be the ml nortty leader also is a reactionary of reac tionaries a machine politician legisla 1 five servant of the Southern railway sys tem andsa particular friend of Thomas Ryan 3 In the reorganization of the Republi can wing of the Senate inance Commit tee the reactionaries have captured a safe working majority 4 In the reorganization of the Demo cratic wing of the Senate inance Com mittee the reactionaries have obtained control with a safe working majority acing a layout of that kind the ulti mate consumer may be pardoned if he fails to see any show' for his white alley 'He would have a perfect right to cx claim you' beat It illustrates and In a most striking way the beautiful bipartisan game that the reactionary combination worked when it framed the Wilson Gorman bill and the Payne Al drich bill or weeks the Senate inance Commit tee has absorbed the attention of the spe cial interests that look after legislation at Washington There arefour Republic an vacancies and two Democratic vacan cies In addition a new Democratic place has been created and itmut be filled PACKS BOTH WINGS In packing both wings of the inance i Committee the combination has demon strated its usual resourcefulness and adroitness A superficial person would have said that all of the ends the com bination' wished to attain would have been reached if it had succeeded in ob is taming a majority of the whole commit tee The men who watch out for the special interests at the capitol are not superficial They started out to control hoth 'Wings of the finance committee They wanted a majority of each wing and that is what they have got Thus they will be able to control not only the reports of the majority but the reports of the minority on the tariff or purposes of political buncombe and in order to keep up appearances of loyalty to Democratic principles the minority of the inance Committee will be obliged to bring in so called minority reports but with the' reactionary combination writing both reports the difference will be the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee In capturing the minority wing of the committee as well as the majority wing the reactionary coalition has secured the latest and most improved facilities for throttling or emasculating tariff legisla ction in committee Real tariff legislation will have the support in the reorganized committee of a minority of the ma jority and a minority of the minority Which will be about enough support to make a decent protest without accom plishing anything KEEP SLATES SECRET The reactionaries who will control the Republican wing of the inance Com mittee will be Penrose Lodge McCum ber Smoot and Cullom and nerhaps one A or two others The reactionaries who will constitute a majority of the Demo cratic wing of the inance Committee probably will be Bailey Simmons John son of Alabama and Clarke of Arkansas or oster of Louisiana The slates are being kept secret as yet It is now known definitely that SenatorShlveh who was to have had a place nn 4 the inance Committee has been tossed tn the air by the reactionary machine be cause he did not into and support Senator Martin for leader In stead he allowed his own name to be used as the candidate of the progressives If he had been willing to enter into a deal to throw his vote and influence to Martin the combination would have put him on the inance Committee He has been peculiarly the object of attach since he refused to join the Martin forces The appointment of Senator Kern as member of the steering committee instead of Sen ator Shively is understood to have been a jab at the latter SHREWD MOVE IS PLAN The reactionary managers intend ap point a few radical progressives Repub licans and Democrats on the inance Committee That is a shrewd scheme to make it appear that the insurgents have been recognized but their number will be so fexx as to expose the real motive or example both I a cllete and Cummins are slated for places on the Republican wing of the committee Probably two'radical Bryan Democrats will he 'given berths on the Democratic wing of the i Senator Bailey has burncdbls bridges behind him and is preparing to fight the entire Democratic program of tariff revi sion as it has developed up lo date in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 COLUMN 8 partner' in a proposed iioljliip' William Schlangen one of the mos fearless and resourceful bicycle on' the In dianapolis police force Officer Schlangen clutv the night was walking north in Capitol ave nue from Washington street to Market He was puzzling as lo some wav to go about getting a clew to the men who had held up CArey in his feed storo at 643 East Sixteenth street lat in the afternoon when he wax Interrupted with palT got a cent you give a feller a nickel to get cup of said the officer producing a 5 cent piece and determined to investigate the possibilities of the occasion you come asked the officer 1 1 Bum town here a job was tho reply you on the bum askofi the stranger and Officer Srhlangen began to wonder was wrong with bis per sonal appearance he replied 'On the burn to 'ukr the stranger said officer JUST nal for You're big and husky for 'anything got out here and' maar a nam rney say easy plckln to hold up here A You can get out on any of those interurban cars done it in Chicago and always got a wayK with replied Schlangen with en thusiasm need the money But be risky for two of us Haven't vou got Hxpartner? Three pf us 'wouldn't have any trouble at i The stranger: replied that lie hud a Indianapolis but he had gone to work inally he produced a name and address on a nidre of naner which Offi cer Schlangen took and put carefully in his coat pocket It was then he put his arm through thatfz of his new found and began a walk which ended at the City Prison where Mugford was slated for loitering The real of Mugford yvlll he arrested if he is at the uuurtss possessed uy semangen ALMANAC THE DAY Sun rises a 5:01 Sun sets at WEATHER CONDITIONS I INDIANAP OLIS YESTERDAY Precipitation Amount during the twenty four hours' enenng ar Total amount since Jan Accumulated since Jan St Louis seeks court Page Donn Roberts against Gerhardt begins at Page Move for Peace Meets avor With Rebel and ederal Leaders of Mexico PLAN IS TO AVERT URTHER DANGER ARONT TO Witnesses in Strelsrht assert her was sound Page Trial of Walter English begins at Bloomfield Page Indiana University stjjdepts and a cceds prepare 'to produce "Rob 7 page Indiana mothdr locates long lost son at writ Case of Mayor Terre Haute LOCAL eed store proprietor puts flight armed robbers who tempt Bicycle off duty receives offer by stranger to come in on holdup deal Page Ellis slayer of Nathaniel Parker Willis pardoned by' Arkansas Governor Page A notables arrive for opening of national convention today leaders heard at din ner page Will Dobyns resigns as secre tary of Trade Association Page County' commissioners will be asked to revoke saloon license under 'gambling clause of new few Pag Railway mail clerksask privilege of appearing before congres sional committees Page uari Ls niingoss or Anderson drinks acid in Indianapolis hotel Page Brubaket'' home from Mex ico forecasts early end of rev olution Page Persian missionary discusses con ditions in that country Page Appellate Court upholds judg ment against corporation act Page Milk dealers unite to enforce new law on sanitary product Page State employment agency finds places for 444 persons during quarter of 1911 Page 1 SPORTS Indians trim Mike Kelley's hand in opener 5 Tarn Hughes Americans 2 Barrett's triple 7 to 5 Buffalo lands A meet Pensacola meeting to close Satur day Page Indiana Baseball Association man agers to meet tonight Page Packey Mcarland beats Tommy Murphy in ten round bout be fore New York Club Page Marquard shows rare form in game against Brooklyn Page TRADE AND INANCE With more hogs on sale local prices show weakness' Page Street railway shows firni'ness in home security market Page Influential buyer "turns bearish and' wheat declines Page Wall street operations in wider range prices easy Page DEPARTMENTS Editorial Page Theaters Page Civil war day by day Page Woman's department Page Railroads Page Laborer Convicted of Killing Little Girl Will Be Electrocuted REEHOLD April rank Heidemann a German laborer was found guilty by a jury this afternoon of mur dering 12 year old Marife SSmith near Asbury Park In November last and was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Trenton during the week beginning May 22 The prisoner staggered as sentence was pronounced and grasping the edge of a table in front of him with difficulty kept himself from falling to the floor Counsel sought to prove the defendant a degenerate and therefore mentally irre sponsible but without avail RESCUER REWARDED Receives Carnegie Medal for Saving Mayor rom Assassin NEW YORK April wards commissioner eceived today the awarded him bv the commission for saving "Mayor Gaynor from death at the haifds of James Gal lagher on Aug 9 Inst Edwards suffered a wound and imperiled bls own file in going to assistance Drops Lifeless at Home After Stag gering rom Machine at End of Wild Ride NORWALK Conn April 18 Dr rederick Baker one of the foremost practitioners In the state raced In Ms automobile with death" today and lost Hejwas driving to' Ms residence In Ms automobile this afternoon when he felt at attack' pf apoplexy As Ms machine sped through the streets it was observed that the doctor's body i wavered The doctor's machine' was breaking speed laws when he beared his home 64 ort Point road As he reached the private way running to his garage he swung In so suddenly Hat it looked as If the ma chine would topple over but the guiding was accurate 4 Mrs Baker and the servants saw the dO'ctor 'as he rose to his feet and with great effort alighted frqm tho car He started toward the house staggering Mrs Baker ran to meet him: lie smiled at Iter but he could not speak She as sisted him Into the doorway where lie fell Suddenly ceased and there was a gasp Apoplexy had killed him i negroes seek Liberian land I Colorado Colonization Company Sends Commission to Select Tract DENVER April In a meet Ing tunight of the Colorado African Colo nization Company it was decided to send a commission to Liberia to select lands ton a colony of Colorado negroes GOES THROUGH THREE TRIALS Noble was tried In the Rush County court in Mirch after the case had hung juries In both? Decatur and Bartholomew Counties The Rush jury returned a ver dict of murder in the second degree but Judge Bl4tr withheld in order to give the attorneys ofthe accused man an opportunity to file a motion for a new trial which they did a week ago Tn the motion for 'a new trial he attorneys accused Mrs Sprague the widow of the murdered man of complicity in the crime Whether Noble thought that by comniit timr suicido Iia wniild rhva Mia woman from becoming implicated in another trial I or wnejner ncrinougnt notning cornu save him from may never bo known About: 6 this evening Noble was playing cards in his coll when he sud denly staggered to the door crying for help and saying he' was going to have He fell toPthe floor and when physicians PPftDflCQ (101 HIID Tft ftIPD arrived they supposed he was suffering inVludLu lluLVur I 11111)111 from an epileptic fit to which his attor tICVO Itl 4V1ZX loci 4 tl 1 Kir ttsl been subject all his life Afters he "revived Noble begged lhe physicians not to' leave him saying he could feel another attack coming on During periods of unconsciousness he continually mumbled something about being of a crime of which he was Innocent a POISON It was only fifteen minutes before he died that the convicted man admitted taking strychnirte 'He asked Sheriff Bea bout to take a written statement from him to the effect that he was innocent of the crime' of which he wras accused and said that' he had Jeft two letters to be read after he was Vlead The contents of these letters were not made public tonight but it was authori tatively stated that in both the man de clared his innocence It 'can not be learned yet whether or not he accuse any one else of the mur der for which he was convicted No one hag vislted Noble in the jail here and it is believed he must have obtained the strychnine in Indianapolis months ago and hidden it away until today Prosecutlong Attorney Dennis O'Neal said tonight that it was evident from the tone the letters that Noble had been conemplating the deed for several weeks The last words the man uttered as he sank back dead upon his prison pallet were knows I never killed Sprague It's hard to die like this when in He seemed to be haunted by thoughts of the treatment he received while in jail last summer awaiting his first trial at Greensburg where he declared Sheriff Patterson forced him to sign a confes sion that he had shot Sprague SAYS SCREAMS wdkE HIM Ben fcNoble was accused of the murder of Albert Sprague a farmer for he worked on the night of July 16 last The state put forward as a motive for tlie crime at the time of the trial on March 7 last that Sprague failed to keep his contract to furnish Noble a rig but Noble testified that he had no trouble on that score and that Sprague gave him $2 with which to nire a rig on the day of the murder He lived in the Sprague home at tlie time of the crime and de clared that he was upstairs in bed before midnight on the eventful night of Julv 16 and was awakened by Mrs screams Noble said he rushed down stairs and ran into Hie parlor to get a match and coming out met Mrs Sprague in the hallway Together they rushed into the bedroom and found that Sprague had been shot Noble said he then rushed for assistance and declared his innocence of the crime Mrs Sprague the widow has not been able to speak above a whisper since tlie death of her husband ami Is prostrated because of reports that attorneys in an endeavor to pro duce evidence warranting a new trial have Implicated her in the crime Through the deliberate coolness and bravery of Samuel Carev 55 years old proprietor of a feed store at 643 East Six teenth street a repetition of the bold holdup of Saturday night at the grocery of William Heierman St Joseph and Ala bama streets was frustrated at 5 clock last evening In the face of a large callher revolver Carey fought single handed two unmasked robbers who entered his place of business the two men finally fleeing Carey attacked them with his open knife up and out with your wras the command given bv one of the robbers' after Carey had taken the two men to a rear room in his store to look at some feed and be was the response and at the same instant Carey struck at the man holding the revolver The sec ond robber who stood at Careys back seized the storekeeper around' the neck and attempted to force him to the floor Carey with his drawn pocketknife was in the act of striking his nearest assail ant when the robber started to retreat He fell over a pair of platform scales and partially into a barrel of flour would be robbers both ran out a door and escaped down an alley POLICE RUSH TO SCENE not in the least disturbed his experience notified police headquar ters Capt Crane Lieut Kinney of detective department and Drill Master ranklin hurried in the emergency auto mobile to the feed store while Motorcy clemen Stone and Pressley driving at fifty miles an hour raced to the scene Within twenty minutes after the at tempted theft nearly every officer in the police department had a description of the robbers arid was for suspi cious characters When the news of" the bold work was spread in the neighborhood of the feed store nearly 300 men and boys turned Out and volunteered their services in running down the culprits Jackson 2846 Highland Place a dairyman delivering milk in that vicin ity says he saw the two men run out of an alley near Thirteenth street and Park avenue and lt is believed they boarded a Central avenue car near that point One of the men described as wearing a blue suit was reported with spots of flour upon his clothing ACES BIG WEAPON 1 Carey was pnable to give a very ac curate description of the men and de clared he was looking at something thafi the manner in which they were dressed He says lhe two men entered his store and asked the prices of feed and said also that they were in the market for some hay He invited them to the rear room to look in the bins When Carey and the two men entered the back room one of the robbers turned upon him and with a large blue steel revolver thrust Into his face declared il was money he wanted and not feed While the police are inclined to place responsibility of the work upon the same rnhhArs xvhn tho 7oiormn stnro Saturday night officers say the robbers I cent yesteroay conducted tnemseives as amateurs in that they did not carry out the job after having their victim at th point of a revolver The robber with the weapon had every opportunity to shoot Carey had he so desired The description given by Carey and Jackson of the two men corresponds to that of tlie men who executed the Saturday night robbery HYLAND POSTS REWARD The police are aroused thoroughly over the situation and are determined to un ravel the case Superintendent Hyland announced last night that he personally would give a reward of $50 to the person who would give the department informa tion that would lead to the arrest and conviction of either one or both of the holdup men am convinced that the work is be ing done by outside talent but believe there is some on? In the city who can give us information which will aid us in apprehending these men To the person who givps us such information I will make a personal guarantee that the in formation will be held strictly confiden tial and the name will not be revealed for any reason in the said Superintendent Hyland last night names of any suspects will be ac cepted from citizens and investigated by the department Any information whal er regardless of how insignificant it may appear should be reported for there is a possibility that the guiltv parties mav be found with just that kind of a It is probable that the reward of Super intendent Hyland will be increased to $100 by contributions from other members of the department I '7 'r3 lyB fit VS sfc B' tV v' Zvv Em Vw 1 Ji 1 II in I fill fl mIIm il! tc'M zZTsi tilt lH IlW Vfibll 'i rSii il I ml i I 1 I 8 1 il illIllIIKw il IImmMW I Mlltii MM'ii wJlU JM JtSt BHiB times I mst prominent torn In Arkansas de I fend Several sensations developed at tlu trial and it was charged at mu I tm? hm Senator fluence i judge i i rr i 7LR IOR cy ciOHH rMi: DIVINE le 6 27 IT IJBJ liwifl' Ml pw 11 1 'IfrTWlf HKH XT t' I 3 XZ1 1 "i i amLuij mii tl i I 4 i I 4 3 3ujh.