The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 8

i WE What "Professor" Zanzie About His Pifer Interview. IT COST HIM HEAVILY, THOUGH, He and Mrs. Norman and Lynch All Plead Guilty. A sudden termination a put Xluu-b clay to the charge against Leon Zanzie, J. C.

Lynch and Emma Norman, of attempting 1 to extort monej from U. I. Pifer. They all three appt arcd before Hammer in the county court to answer an. information ind pleaded guiltj'.

The court g-ave mzic a fine of $3jO and four month? iu jail, the iine of $2JO and tnree months in jail and Lynch a fine of $25 and one. month in jail. The case had some dramatic and iu- terc sting- features. It as after a hard light the justice's court a prelim- torney Mills. inary hearing- that Atlorne v- W.

E. Scd- mon happened into the court loom ant iound J. C. Lvnch'telling the court his storj'. Mr.

Kcdmoii was interested ai once. a attorney foi am Norman, but not for Ljneh. lit btopped to see uhat Ljncli was, sa; Ljneh a accompanied 'bj- his mother, Mis. Ljnch, the diebbinalvcr and Dr. S.

II. i and Keete two fiiends. Assistant State's. At tor niej A. II.

was there eprebentiuj the state. Lynch told the coiut a he wanted to plead guilty kind then told of hi '-onuection i i the case, lie said he had no idea, that he was doing any thing wrong. He thougl if, was joke, as much as anything 1 lie did no: trj- to run away, lie i along- i because that gentleman at-kec him to. lie did not kuov. a cou iiection Sirs.

Norman had i or Mr. Pilcr thoug-ht it was largeh in He had 1 ecu in 1 scrape befoie and if he got. out of thi one he would be careful not to get ink uny other one. He went to Spring-tick jubt alter the meeting- i 1'ifer, bu he made no secret of his and wrote back where ic was. lie said it was well Known hat he- w.is going on to St.

Louis, whci he thought he could get woik. James Keefe said he hat! known j-oung 1 man a long- time and.had never icnown him to do a i wronif. I)i. Swain spoke a good word for iiim and said his mother needed hi, assistance. outside, not only for my wife, but for my sister." is your home?" taid the court.

"I have no home. have not had any for many years. I have brought up my sister." The court asked Mrs. Norman if she ivished to make statement, but he did not. Mr.

Bedmon. remarked lor that she had a 4-year-old child that needed her caie. Some ynesUona. That looks bad on her 1 said the court. ''She should ha-v been with her child and her husband and not here with that old man." "How long ha-ve you known said the court to the woman.

The woman could not answer quicklj- Zanzie made reply that fche came to him about two weeks ago to "get her fortune told," to put it iu common words, although he did not pretend to be a fortune teller. He said: "She told me she was here, i monej' but was waiting tor a iriend who had some monej. I thought then it would be moie a huge joke to go in on. the old man and didn't expect to rob anybody. I did it more to g-et some -tun out of it.

While I am aiol a drinking man hail been drinking- a OB a Charge ol Getting Credit Misrepresentation. HIS STORE HAS BEEN WATCHED. Clafflin Co. Did Not Intend that Their Interests Should Suffer. L.

Silver-mail sold Ins stoie oil North Park street Thursday to H. B. Clafflin Co. for Siherman owed the company $5.100 and the company paid him in money aim 'took charge and the store was closed up for invoice. Sir.

Siherman owes more-people and has made an agreement which may get him in jail. A. F. Smith got out a wairant tor ihis arrest in the name oi Stern, Falk whom he represents. -T- Upright, Spare and Honorable Dealings.

THE STEWflRTJW Special Bargains. dajs then and suppose 1 laustUj. 15. Clafflin Co. aie represented by had more than 1 knew." "Didn't you ariange to go and extort money from tlie old man and divide the boodle?" said Assistant State's At- 'Xo, sir." said "This woman as I understood it, eonsideud that slic had lost in reputation by her connection i Mr.

I'lli-i- and a she had a hold on him thai entitle her to something lioni him." "She didn't tell 3011 a she had been arrested at a lor being in a house of ill "Xo, sir." There was more talk between the judge and abuut the araiige- inents made and it ended bj the judge remaining: "There a deep seheine to somebody and PiiVr was to be the vic- uni, unquestionably." Tliiuking a fen minutes he said: "Mr. Zuinic. 1 i hue S3DO and sentence A on to four months in, "Mrs. S'oiman, I i line and sentence to i a in j.i.1 Ljiieh. 1 i tine uu 2 and scnlenct- you to i a in jail." The "pioiessor" seemed somewhat at his sentence.

was MSibly pleased i and Mis-. Norman let on that she was eon eelncd. nch came up in a few minutes and thanked the lie said he never was in trouble befoio and he would not be again. lie said he was just a calspaw. lie ai ranged tu g-iie senility ior his tim- and then went a i the others in charge ol the bailiff.

The sentences weie about the iest that Judge Hammer has impobt'd Mills Bros. They have had a man watching the store both night and day for some time to that their client's interests did not sullVr. The store originallj belonged to a man named Olunskj, ho at the tune it as closed was one ol tlie emploj es. Oshinsk-y oned II. B.

Clafflin Co. at the time he sold out to L. Sihermlan. Silveiiuan boug-ht Sl.OOO worth more of goods from the same companj. The company g-ot suspicious of Mr.

Siheinum, but finally advanced him jOO to enable l.im to stay in business in the hopes thai he would pay up. Tlie companj at last thai the only a to get out was to buy the stock. Oshinskj and Siherman do not bear a g-ood reputation in the ejes ol the insurance companies, for a number of them would not let them have insurance, being- instructed irom the headquarters their companies not to yivc them insurance. The wairant sworii out charges L. Siherman i obtaining credit tinder false pretenses.

A r. Smith, lepi-esenting- the companj mentioned in the wariant, asked Sil verman for a statement oC his business to send to his company and told Iiiu: that if he save satisfactory state ment the bill would be staved oft foi one week. Siherman made out statement i his stock -as wortl S15.000 Olbors Might Flo id. When it appeard that ev rjthiniv had been said and the couit i light be expected to pronounce sentence Mr. Ked- mon -id- "i'our honor, I repieseiit the otlur two persons in this case and I don't know but that they maj- ant to plead guilty.

At any rate, bcfcre anything- is done I would like au opportunity to confer i them." "We cannot this case iu now," said the court. "There is no op- jKirtunitj- to put it off ai tin re can be no trial of it." "I understand." said Mi-. Uedmoii, "but mj clients may ibh tt plead guilty and they may i i to do so now." Deputj Shc-rifl Sam Stabler was told to bring in the other two and he went ufter them. "Professor" a cd in a I'm minutes later with Ofliecr Brpck- He carne in i a dignified step and the air of a peiso-n of great importance, though he vv mid not put on. any stj le.

He looked sc meth mg 1 ike Sir Henry Irving in "Hamlet." His slender face was smooth but ivilh a black beard just He wore a two inch collar it was fresh. He a in black clothes He took a seat and was in confeience i his attorney for a few naomer ts Mrs. Norman came in a moment later. She was all in black, too, i i a big- black hat that spread out on both sides of her head like a double lir of wings. Apparently the did not un just what was froiug on.

because it took some little time to an explanation. Finallj Air. Kcdmon sa his tlieut; were ready to plead "I would like to make i buel' statement," said he. die its, although do not consider themselves i that technically may bt and have decided to take mj- advise unc plead gxiilty." "Iliad better tell jou," said the court, "that if they i they iare not i they had better not plead guilty. Thej need not e.xpcct to get oft ea'-j by coming in non." "I understand -that," f- lid Mr.

Ittd mon. "Wo ai i i to i the whole matter to the judgment of the court." Then the attorney over tin whole transaction brieflj, sajing Mrs Norman came to Tteeatur three or foui daj before Ml'. Pifer did and met hm Saturday. That night th stopped a' the Inman restaurant, oi cupying aratc rooms. Thej-went to the 13runs wick Sunday, registering as man anc ivife.

Ho said they djd not threatei Pifer but as lie- seemed anxious to give up something to le( tlie mattei quiet thej' took his papt r. which Mr Mills knew, and the attn-nevs knew was not a note and could not be col Iccted. Statexne 4t Zaiunc and Mis. Xorm in were boll asked bj- the court if pleadei guiltj- and thej- said thej- Jid. Then read the extreme penalty $300 fine ant t.ix months in jail.

ic as askec if he cared to make a sh foment. said: "I can add nothing- to a mj- at torney lias While I believe tha technically I am guiltj- this offeni it does, not'seem to the evident will show that any us were wilfullj or maliciously guilty of vhat might bi called an extreme crime. I haie alway tried to lead the life of a. gentleman and am not a criminal. am not mak ing a plea for leniencj', lecause I real ize that justice will be done, but if on a plea of i The information charged the three people "with and malie- touslj threatemnir to accuse U.

I. Piter i a certain misdemeanor, adultery i the said Emma Xoinian. i in- 1eiit to money, and did a fully and maliciously $20 in money and note for $SOO." Although and i Noiman liave -pleaded guilty and been lor extorting money they can still be indicted bj the grand juiy if it wishes to do so, for eoiispira and that is a penitentialy offense. Ljuch is out ot it when lu- sentence is acned. HABDY HBLD THEM.

that the total liabilities Outcome of the Henrliic In tbo Justice of tlie Peaco Court. i Haid.v, on Thursday, hooid arguments the case of and Norman, the alleged blackmailers it U. T. Pifer. The arguments, began it 0 o'clock iu the morning and lasted lor seveial hours.

It was the hardest ought catc that has lome up in the police courts in a long time. LeTorgee ind lledmon for the defendants made most brilliant detenbo, but it was unavailing. Mr. Haidy Uouml both de- over the term under 10 ibondb in ach case, attempting- to extoit monej. and conbpiracj, making th total bond for oat'h defendant $000.

inzic amlOiIib. Noiman back to il. Ljnch was icported 111 an evening paper to have been discharged irom custody. 'Ihal W.IT not the ease. Justice Hardy, on We.dnes.cl.ij.

dismissed the charge of larcenj tigainst all ithree defendant-, but held them on two other conspnacy and attempted extortion. The latter charge was Wednesday dismissed as to Lynch. His iboncl was bj- Justice ttlarily at Chailes King was belore Justice Ilar- dj- jestcrdaj on a charge of selling- mortgaged piopertj to Thomas Ooake. Ho a bound over in the of fySDO. lie- back jail.

Provost had cases dismissed for want of prosecution. One was the oa-e of Jcsbe B. Bcnuctt -vcibiis A. O. and Sadie Brewer, and the other-was the of J.

W. Tull Biidley Sanis for rant bill. It is understood the will come tip again. were but This laid iSilvermiin liable, apparent because the liabilities at the timt were more. Mr.

Smith, i Deputy Sheriff San Holmes instituted a. search for Siher man Thuisday. Mr. Oshinsky cUimec that he did not know where- the lati proprietor ol' tlie store as, but a littl later in Hie Moses Oshinskv owned a Silvennau has been staj nq- at the Oshinskj- tesideneo. Both Silvermau and Oshinskj beloii! lo the sjnagog-ue which hold meetings in the Chromster hall, ant Mr.

Oshinskj often acts as rabbi fo the congregation. Both of them tin derstand the Hebrew language an ate able to leail the service in. th JcvMsh tongue. The little nag-ogu is a i troublesome times with it wayward member 1 lor H. Loeb.

wh was recently arrested an Lhicago, a also a member of that synagogue. Xo ai rests weie made in the case last night, btit when Mr. Siherman turns up he i lall into the hands of the law. SILKS 50c a yard. Just Arrived.

3 pieces of beautiful Black Gloria Silk, 50-inches wide. Eemeber the i jo-inches. 0 jatds make a lull diess; elegant also for waists, dress skiits or underskirts, and instead of 75c lor Wednesday and Thursday it goes for a jaid Stalled Linens. Extraordinary Values. One Cent eacii.

23 dozen of Stamped J-iuch Linen Doylies, all the latest designs, Joxely lloral and coiuention.il palterns, cut work edges, and instead oi Sc Wed- 1C 22c a yard. Beautiful Black Silk Figured Etamine, lovely and desirable fabric. For a cool dress 'that will also bea sightlj fabric we recommend this material, and instead oil 3Dc for and Tliursday it goes for a ard Wednesday 22C AH at 98c. of Ladies' and Gents' Heavy -Twilled Silk Umbrellas, steel lods, made on best Paragon frames; pleasing variety of 'handles, worth )0, our choice WOOL SOAP. Coupons redeemable at our store.

13i ing a coupon and get bats ot Wool Soap for nesdaj untl Thiirilay thcv For 3C each. of new Linen Uov he 7 to- 9 jnciics squaie, all the spring' patterns. Ion a fic- qucntly p.ud 10c lor a similar Dojhc, bul for cdnesday and i i daj they go for each Center Pieces 40. 25 of beanliful Stamped Linen Ceuteipieces, Inches, snutire, all newest debign-s, up lo loc, bul dor and I'hursdav thej go for each Center Pieces toe. 'JO doyen ot Linen Conkrpieee-.

all the latest stamping-, mew. lovely designs. IS inches cjuuuv worth up to 'Jjc. but for Wednesday and Thuibday they go tor each zsc each. 10 of Couuuode Seail-, "0 inches long, knotted Iriuges at tlicends: bcaulilully stamned, made of very handsome- Momic linen, in- htcail oC 4ic, thej go for cacli Stamped linens, AH at 33C each.

10 dpzen of very handsome Bureau and Dresser Scarfs, stamped, i the newest designs, 2 i long- and instead oi' 30e. Wednesday and Tlmrs- da they go for each AH at 49C. .) ol Monne Linen Dres-, beautiful i a work, stamped i new spring- tfesigns, janls long', and instead of 73c they go for each 250 a pair. pans oi blamped 1'illow Shams, hemstitched, all the uewe'-t patterns and. instead ol OOe pair, they go for pair Sale of White Goods.

Tic India Linen 1 Indian Linen 3 lOc India, Linen. India, Linen, 40-inches wide lor 9c AH at 6jc a yard. :25 piceet of be.iulif ul 7 I'ull JJlcached Satin Damask Genuine Irish Jj'iicu. Keiuember do nol eN.iggerate, they are worth $1.00 a wrd. but for Wcdnesdaj and Tliurs- "day we sell them for All Xipkin? special prices.

to match at Everything New, Fresh, Bright and Beautiful. CO. THE STEWART DRY 211 North Water Street. GOODS BROKE THE SWITCH STAND. Singular Outcome of the Accident to William HitHkett.

Haskett, the tramp who was injured in trjimj to boaul a jasaenger train early yesterdaj- morning, was able to limp about j-esterdaj- and got out ot town last it seems that the man did not catch his foot in crossing frog, as he stated, ibufc struck a small iwiteh, Aland instead. The -wonder of accident was that he broke tlie switch stand bquare in two when he struck it. The aailroad were aiixio-us to get a. look ail him, as he was the first man thej' had ever 'henird of who -was able to break a switch stand unaided. The wonder was that the force ot the blow- did aiot break his leg, but beyond a bad 'In uiaf lie was uninjured.

M. C. A. EXHIBITION Ol Athletics Was liiterinUiiK to Ouilc a Audience. M.

A sjave an inlormal reception and mnastie exhibition last night at tlie looms. There was a large attendance and the affair was "veij' successful. JMuny membeis of the active class weie absent and the result was that some ol the gjinnastie work that had been intended for night had to bo let I out. such as pyramids, there not being enough performers lor that class of work. However, eight members of the class were present and they kept their audience entertained for au hour with tumbling, work on the horizontal find parallel bars, --pring-boaid, horse, club swinging and -vaulting.

The work done vv as exceedingly fine and a great ciedit to the association, class and I'l ofessor Hair, the phj sical instructor. The work done last might showed a the instruction received has been oi the best. It is probably Mi. Hair's last public appearance as director of the-class, as his lei expires on April 1. The woik on the and parallel bars was vorj iiuc.

as was also the club i i bv Bair and Tom Pitnei. The lights, were tinned oft' and a little tutt of material on "Hie end of each of the clubs was lighted. The effect was beautiful. A bisr pin. wheel on the night of the Foulrh ol July couldn't compaie with it.

The exhibitou -was thoroughly 011- joj'nble all through and those who witnessed it were soriy when it was over The members of the class who took part in. last night's exhibition were Professor Bair, Anui Barr, Mark Ppies, Sydnej Homer Irwin Harry Lanham, Stephen Wood and Tom J'itner. Tonight at the Guards urmorj tin. Apaches and the Mohawks, two teams from the Y. 31.

C. will play basket ball. The team that played at Springfield hort time ago came out ia little short 011 expenses and the game tonigh' is to even things up financi-allj-. The game will be called at 8:15, and Judy- ing- from the number of tickets thai have already been there will be a large attendance. At Similar to that In Dccntur IB9t Summer.

a Cunnigham, the iorger. who was. recently leleased fiom the Macon county jail! is now jn the M.icoupiu lounl'y ja.l awaiting the action of the giand jury for having attempted to vork the Sationai bank on IIP same kind of scheme he Uecatur. There he gave the name of L. W.

Carson. In wiiling- him Maeoupin Louuty Enquirer has this to saj- eon- eeining him: The eapttiie of L. W. Carson ol Chicag Saturdaj a week ago ehaigeel vv ith attempting- to del mud the Carlin- Mlle Xational bank was leported ox- clusively at the time in these columns. Carson is now in the county jail in def a ol $300 bond to await the action of the grand iurj.

Sheriff. Davenport las been quietly looking- up his record then and notified Pinkerton': detective agency headquarters, in Chicago. Today a photograph was received from the agency aud an account of Carson's operations for the past several years. The sheriff "lo jail, confronted the prisoner, who thus tar has preserved a stoical silence, with the evidence and. photo, which caused him to break and with teais in hit, ej'es aeknowledg-ed the truth.

He is n. well known thief and forger. His parents reside at Colfax. Ills. Cunningham supposed to.

be his light name. He was arrested not long ago at Decatur under the name of Frank Cunningham, alias W. S. Fo-c. and .1 term in j'lil there lor forging- a telegram there as lie did here.

I October, he was caplmed ior tins oft'ensp while visiting his wife at Mo- wcaqua. He also was confined in thr penitentiary -at Deer Lodge. for embezzlement, term beg-inniiig- Dec. lbl-1, being released Km. 3, 3895.

There is no doubt that ho is a ill a number of places where his scheme worked and he got away ith the plunder. The grand jury will have no trouble returning an indictment and no doubt a term of several at Chestei will put a lull to his operations. For WliBlon. llev. Fathers Fiunegan and Sherman will arrive from St.

tomorrow and the mission at'St. Patrick's church IjegiTi ISundaj'. It will last for two weeks. TJie evening services during first week will be for women only, because the attendance would otherwise be so large that many of them Attending Grand Opera. The follow ing is taken from, the eietj- news ol' the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch: Sirs. James E. Hill of Lincoln arrh eel a party ot friends SUpnday to attend the opera. She toad a box en- the reason. Members ol the party are Miss Grace Jennings of Lincoln, Miss Aany Gillette of ant 'Mrs.

Dr. Barnes, of 3eoatrnr. Mrs Julia Scott oi. 'Bloom'ingtcm, who is visiting- her daugihter, Mrs. Lieutenant Bromvvell, was of the party evening.

Bh-s. iBromweU entertained there is any leniency to be Jiad I akj could not find room. The other ser- tor it. I agfc on behalf of roy peopleiTices wall be ooen to boti pexes. Jthcjiartj-iorhmcheon.

-jlu Residence 'Phone 273 New. Office 'Phone 283 Old. DR. E. A.

MORGAN, PHYSICIAN, (14 YEARS' EXPERIENCE.) ROOM 4O2, New Powers Building, Residence 436 W. William st. This week Every thine Goes. The price is what the people want and we propose to make tlte price so low that oar store Witl be crowded. 25 to 50 per cent, off ou Ladies' ana Men's Shoes this week Wall Paper at a price never before sold at.

HAD IT ONE ROUND. 15-vciiilJg; Goutltat A.inoDj;Iffl-\vsbuyn UL the Dojiot. There a regular Carson City on t'he depot platform, ior u. bhor't time yesterday altcrnoon. The participants vcre ilike.

O'lLu-n uncl who aellb papers, the' depot. O'llara was, in Ihe depot, teasing- 'Boleski, wiho was the smaller ol the two, and the latter -daied 'him out ou the platform. O'Hara, who he had a snap, followed him. and for a whort time t'here av-as a that was a Iruimner. T'iieii 'Bolealii wiped O'Hara a good one ou the mouth and time was called iby Passeng-ei- (Director Douglass) who flred them both a from the Ee-Electeil.

Ijieutenaiit Colonel P. VVello, Captain Cassell, and (Lieutenants GulU- g-her and Chandler returned jetrterday I'roon Springiteld, -u'hsre they attended the election of a lieutenant, colonel and a major for the Fifth regiment, 1. ST. 0. ajjeuteuant Colonel Wells of this city and Major Waeholls of Qninoy ei reelected.

If you are going to paper attend this paper sale, as we will cut the We out of the price. Men's Work Shirts i5s 25c Dress floods iSc IN DRV GOODS. see Corsets, this week 39C Best Blue Calico i 4 Thread 7 spools for zSc Everything a Bargain. Gebhart Block. H.

S. GEBHART CO. FOR TEN DAYS. Name Painted In each Umbreiia sold-lN WHITE LETTERS--for nest ten days. New Line Spring Styles in Call and Inspect Them.

JEWS PA PER I (FWSPAPFRr.