St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 1, 1879
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_ eee 3 - 2 2 75 2 ha > ee 5 2 My tae ae be 5 ‘ 4% — oo : ' Se ee « n = — ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1879. — 1 — NO. 14. Vol. XXVIII. * FuRNITURE NOW OUR ELEGANT SPRING STOCK COMPLETE. THE «MOST «© ATTRACTIVE STYLES EVER SHOWN, ft 4 AT THE LOWEST PRICES Ever Made by Us. PURCHASERS SHOULD MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS AT ONCE | And get Choice, before assortment is broken. Burrell, Comstock & Co. Nos. 402 and 404 N. Fourth Street. > ARV BSY 32 SULPHUR SOAP CApTION !—See that vou get ‘the above bearing both the name and design on the cartoon which encloses each cake, as this famous remedy has been counterfeited. C. X. CRITTENTON, Sole Prop., N.Y. Diseases. desirable t THE LEADING EXTERNAL SPECIFIC FOR SKIN DISEASES A Beautifer of the Complexion. It renders the Cuticle Healthful, Clear, and Smooth, and is the best possible sub- stitute for expensive Sulphur Baths. It will heal Ulcers and Sores. Persons employing it have no need to re- sort to Sulphur Springs for bathing purposes. It isa desirable DISINFECTANT of CLOTH- ING or BED LINEN, and a capital remedy and preventive of Obnoxious or Contagious It is also valuable as ar injection. As an — — of the TOILET, ft is far more ian any cosmetics. TAN, FRECKLES, PIMPLES, and BLOTCHES yield to its influence; and it is the very best soap to shave with, leaving the skin smooth It also ERADICATES DAND is endorsed by the Medical fraternity. PRICES; 25 cts. a Cake, 3 Cakes 70 c. Bent by Mail Prepaid. All respectable Druggists, Fancy Goods Dealers and Grocers keep on hand GLENN'S SUL- PHUR SOAP; and will on de- mand for it sup- ply the genuine. UFF. The article FAMOUS REMEDIES. a HALE’S HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR, for Coughs and all Lung Diseases. HAIR REVIVIUM, For restoring Gray Hair to Original Color (Unequalled), 50 Cents. PIKE’S TOOTHACHE DROPS, which Cure in One Minute. 25 Cents. HILL’S HAIR AND WHISKER DYE (instantaneous), 50 Cents. — + — — . „* ALL DRU GGIS TS. — — — PUBLIC CRAIN AND STOCK EXCHANGE, MERCHANTS’ EX. BUILDING, ROOMS 125 TO 131. Trade in Chicago Wheat, Corn, Pork and Lard; New York Stocks and Cotton. posted every few minutes. Run nine instruments. Trade as low as $2 50 up to Quotation $1,000. Livest place in the city. JNO. J. WHITH, MANAGER AND PROPRIETOR. Admittance Free. ‘STILL OFFER MANY > me «& * DS OF COTTONS BELOW AGENTS’ PRICES, AMTL.C.DAVISiCo ant — — Washington Avenue and Fifth Street. Elegant Suburban Resi- dence FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. TE OFFER for sale or exchange the late resi- dence of Geo. E Leighton, Esq., adjoining ‘Giendale Station, on Pacitie Railroad, 11 miles from the city; place has 8 acres in lawn, fruit, garden and Prove, N All in highest order. House has 13 rooms, with „nter and gas—ample stables and out-buildings—and is one of the most eligibly located, convenient and beautiful suburban homes in St. Louis County. Will be sold on time and terms to sult, or exchanged for — property, improved or un improved. Apply to CANENDER & ROWSE, : Eighth and Olive. DAVID BAYLEY, May 1. Chestnut. R GOUT ACUTE OR CHRONIO ALICYLIC SURE CURE. Manufactured only under the above trade mark by “the European Salicyli@ Medicine Company, of Paris and — 2 Immediate relief warranted. Permanent cure guaranteed. Now exclusively used by all celebrated a of Europe and America.becoming a staple, rarmiess and reliable remedy on both Continents. The highest medical academy of Paris reports ninety eures out of one hundred cases in three days. Secret e only dissolver of the sonous Uric exists in the blood of rheumatic and gouty patients. One dollar a box, six boxes for $5 00. Sent to any address on receipt of price. Endorsed by physicians. Bold by all — address WASHBURN & CO., Only Importers’ Depot. 212 Broadway, New York. OTICE.—Notice is hereby given to all creditors and others interested in the es of Hudson E. Bridge, deceased, that I, the undersigned execut- or of estate, intend to make a final settlement thereof atthe next term of the Probate Court of St. Louls County. to be holden at the Court-house in said county, on the first cere of June next. GEKORGE k. L¥YIGHTON, Exeeutor of H. E. Bridge, deceased. St. Louis, May 1. 1879. 197 — — — — — A Vindicatory Verdict. By Western Associated Press. _ LITTLE Rock, Ank., May 1.—After a six Gays’ session the jury of inquest reassembled upon the order of the Coroner, to hear addi- tional evidence. After considering all Offered in the Todd, it was the testimony case of the Rev. resolved, that we reaffirm our former verdict as such jury, rendored by us on the 24th ult., and heretont Le be = = sf) ee a 2 cid which . — 2 — — ' — event, which we find to be deplored by all good citizens of that place. ** Resolved, That Jerry Kelly, City Marshal, and his assistant, Samuel A. Haskins, m making the arrest, be held subject toa ju- dicial investigation. Verdict that the said W. M. Todd came to his death by scepticea- nia, as deposed by Dr. W. A. Cantrell, from a post mortem held this day, and we believe from the evidence that the septiceanja was caused by a gun or PISTOL SHOT WOUND 1 fired at Brinkley, Ark., March 26, 1879, by Jerry Kelly, City Marshal, and his deputy, Samuel A. Haskins, who shot him while running from arrest, and we believe the subsequent exposure in Cache bottom without food or medical attention caused his wound to assume such a fatal character.’’ The Coroner and jurymen also published a card in whic they comment upon an extract from th New York Christian Advocate: We have interrogated THE PROMINENT WITNESSES, , Rev. Mr. Pollard and Dexter, concerning the foregoing paragraph. Mr. Pollard denied any authenticity. Mr. Decker acknowledged writing the letter from which the fore- going was distorted; that the language was not his. We have found no evidence af assassination; that he was not shot for preaching the gospel, that the Rev. J. G. Pollard was not cast into pris- on, that the whole article is disproved by the facts as elicited by the evidence, is a slur upon the people of the State and a prejudiced and st tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. Cincinnati Chips. MORRIS THE RECIPIENT OF TANG. CINCINNATI, May 1.—John Robinson, the circus man, last night presented Clara Morris with a beautiful mustang colt. The animal is ten days old and weighs twenty pounds. It was brought on the stage and frisked about to the great delight of the audience. DESTROYED BY FIRE. A fire broke out in Jerusalem, a hill-top suburb inhabited b this gz ty + and destroyed fivelframe buifld- mgs. The houses are not worth $1,000 each, but the loss falls on poor people, most of w 1om lost all their household effects. CLARA A MUS- Finishing a Contract. NEWPORT, May 1.—The Providence Tool Company, which has been idle some time, starts to-day with a full complement of workingmen ‘for the purpose of finishing contracts for ritles forthe Turkish Government of the original order of 600,000. Nearly 100,000 remain to be marufactured, which will keep the men st Last Edition — — — — — — — we AREICN Of TERROR. Results ot the Czar’s Re- pressive Measures. No One Allowed in the Streets of St. Pe- tersburg After 9 P. . Military Patrolling the Streets, but Ubiquitous Socialists Defy Them. -— * Details of the Orenburg Conflagra- tion---Szegedin Reflooded. A Russian Expedi.ion Preparing for Afghanis- tan—Spanish News- European Notes. Rus la. A GLOOMY PROSPECT. Ry Cable to Western Associattd Press. ST. PETERSBURG, May 1.—A feeling of gloom prevails. There are vigorous police regulations respecting the watching uf houses, and visits and searches by night are to be made still more stringent. After 9 o’clock in the evening nobody will be at liberty to show himself in the street WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE, upon which must be written and attested the place from which the bearer comes and to which he is going. GEN. GOURKO, the Governor-General, planned this ordinance. Soon it will not be necessary to light a candle before half-pasi 9, yet at 9 every one . MUST BE INDOORS. and after ten, asin the barracks, every light must be out. Notwithstanding the insecurity in St. Peters- burg increases every day, GRENADES ARE EXPLODED in the street. The intention of the Nihilists is believed to be to kcep the policein a state constant excitement, tire them out, or lull been exaggerated. They ulso barsh measures and arrests INTRODUCING DISCONTENT among the many people who, when the time comes for a grand attack on the Government, would join the revolutionisis. One cently SEDITIOUS PLACARDS vory 2 8 ö tions for to this document were stuck up in the vicinity of the theaters and at the corners of the busiest streets, and although the city police and detectives at once hurried up and tore down the mani- festoes, they nevertheless appeared anew. In this one night upwards of 150 PERSONS WERE ARRESTED, and among all these the police failed to find u scrap of paper which appeared to have any- thing to do with the proclamation. THE SECRET BILL-STICKER on the other hand wenton with his work, and the police were unable to discover him. THE ALARM became so great that companies under Col. Deberg were posted at the entrances to a num- ber of houses and in the street, but when the guard had its attention called to the right bills were at last two POSTED ON THE LEFT, | and after they had been torn down on the left they reappeared. Since the attempt on the life of the Czar the troops have been held in readiness DAY AND NIGHT. In every regiment two companies in marching order, equipped with ball and cartridge, are kept constantly under arms. The batteries stand READY, HORSED AND MOUNTED, in the barrack yards. A squadron DIVISIONS OF COSSACKS | patrol the streets. On the 16th a peasant was arrested in whose pockets were found disposi- revolutionary. troops. According ACTIVE OPERATIONS were to commence on the night between the eth and Iith. Instantly the Government made the most extensive preparations for de- fense. Grand Duke Nicholas took up his quarters with his entire staff in the offices of the general staff, OPPOSITE THE WINTER PALACE, In the riding school of the guards a regi- ment of Hussars of the guards was quartered, while the barracks ofthe Pavaloff and Preo- brajenski regiments were crammed full of troops, and the WHOLE ARTILLERY OF THE GUARDS received orders to hold itself in readiness for immediate action. The troops continued sev- era] days and nights in the places assigned them. THE ORENBURG FIRE, By Cable to Western Associated Press. ORENBURG, May 1.—The recentfire is at- tributed to carelessness. Nine hundred and forty-nine dwellings were burned, together with one mosque,four mills, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO SHOPS. several tar, coal and firewood stores, timber yards, meat market, fruit market, Woman’s Gymnastic Club-house, Work-house, police station and justice’s court, besides the build- ings named yesterday. The Czar has contrih- uted ten thousand roubles for the relief of the sufferers. England. HOLIDAY. By Cable to Western Associated Press. LONDON, May 1.—This being the semi-an- nual settling day is a holiday in the Bank of England and on the Stock Exchange. France. SUFFERERS IN THE ISLE OF BOURBON. By Cable to Western Associated Press. Paris, May 1.—The French Chambers will be asked to assist the sufferers by the cycione in the Isle of Bourbon on March 20, when thirty-five persons were drowned. Afghanistan. WILL RUSSIA INTERFERE? By Cable to Western Associated Prees. LONDON, May 1.—lt is said that General Lazarefjs organizing an expedition on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea destined for Afghanistan. Bulgaria. ALEXANDER I. RESIGNS HIS GERMAN COM- MISSION, By Cable to Western Associated Press. BERLIN, May 1.—Prince Alexander of Bat- tenburg, Just elected to the throne of Bulga- ria, has resigned his commission in the Ger- man army. Austro-Hungary. SZEGEDIN REFLOODED, By Csbie to Western Associated Press. of | them to sleep with an idea that the danger has | reckon on the | night re- of every | cavalry regiment stands infconstant readiness | to mount, and day and night in Hungary and the melting of the snows, the waters have everywhere risen. The gaps in the dykes at Szegedin not yet being closed, the waters have risen in the town, reflooding the ground already become drv. ANOTHER DISASTER TO SZEGEDIN. By Cable to Western Associated Press. PESTH, May 1.—4 violent cane Szegedin vesterday de- stroyed the works prepared for restoring the railway and filling the breaches inthe dams. The barges filled with building material and earth WERE MOSTLY SUNK. The storm caused extensive fresh braaches in the railway embankment and the laborers are in great danger. Relief has baen sent them. hurri- at Germany. THE EMPEROR. By Cable to Western Associated Press. BERLIN, May 1.—The Emperor will return on the 8th of May. POSTPONED. Che grand spring military review has been postponed to the 28th. THE GOLDEN WEDDING. The Czar will attend the Emperor’s golden wedding and return to St. Petersburg on the Itth of June. He will pass the summer at Peterhof and return to Livadia in the au- tumn. 8 Spain. A PRINCESS OF MANY NAMES SOUGHT LN MAR- RIAGE. MADRID, May 1.—It is reported that a mat- rimenial allianee is contemplated between King Alfonso and the Archduchess Marie C aristine of Austria. The young lady, whose ful name and style is Archduchess Marie Chris- tine Desiree Henriette Felicite Re- iere, is a daughter of the i. Archduke Charies Ferdinand of Austria. She is now nearly twenty-one years of age, baving been born July 21, 1898. The young Archduchess is said to have many personal and mental attractions. The Dominion. A VILLAGE ALMOST DESTROYED BY FIRE. MONTREAL, May 1.—Atthe fire last night at St. Jean Baptiste village, much more de- struction occured than at first was supposed. The loss is $125,000. The total number of stores and dwellings consumed 23, and the burned district embraced 200 square yards, from Clark to St. Dominique, and from Cher- rier down 200 yards towards the city. The fire originated in the rear of Vanier’s dry goods store, 23 and 25 St. Lawrence street. Insurance $40,000 to $50,000. GOTHAM GOSSIP. 4 Disgraceful Scene at Niblo’s Garden. Well Dressed Men Get on the Stage and Kiss the Ballet-Girls, - — — And Hurl Abusive Epithets at the Ama- zons in the Black Crook. Secretary Sherman and FEamily—New | York Criminal Items, Etc., Ete. Secretary Sherman and His Family. NEW YoOrK, May 1.—Secretary Sherman ar- rived here last night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Sherman, Miss Mamie Sherman, his daughter, Miss Jennie Dennison, of Ohio, and Miss Mary Reese, of Ohio, daughter of Major Reese of the United States Army, and his private secretary, Major Babcock. These ladies, together with Miss Florence Hoyt, daughter of Jesse Hoyt, of this city, sail for Europe to-day in the steani- ship Adriatie of the White Star Line. Sher- man will remain with his family until their departure, after which he will devote the re- mainder of the day and to-morrow to publie business. He has so far declined to discuss public matters, stating that he is busily engaged arranging for the departure of his family and friends. He has been called upon bya numberof prominent citizens, among whom were Fahnenstock and French, officers of the National Bank. SALE or $10 FUNDING CERTIFICATES. The sale of funding certificates at the Post- office yesterday was $150,000. THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL BENEFIT. At the Union Theater, yesterday, the bene- fit representation of The Lost Children,“ tendered by Manager Palmer to the Foundling Hospital, was anotable success. Every seat ia the house was filled. Many stood up. The gross receipts were nearly $2,000, all of which, by Palmer’s generosity, goes to the charity. The audience was a strikingly fashionable one. It was an agreeable recognition by the * Lost Children’’ of the found children. DIED FROM #PISTOL SHOT. Edward Pantion, a lad, died in Hoboken from the effects of a pistol shot wound received at the hands of Gustave Ringle, a boy fifteen years old, on the Hamburg steamship Herder, April 20. SAFE TO DRIVE. A morning paper says it will be quite safe to dvive in New York for a few days, the man who drove into Belmont’s carriage having been sentenced to ten days’ imprisonment and fined $100 for this operation. CREEDMOOR SHOOTING MATCHES. The range and prize committees of the Na- tional Rifle Association have adopted a pro- ramme of matches to be shot at Creedmoor uring May. It includes popular competi- tions for every Wednesday and Saturday in the month. A DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT NIBLO’S. Disgraceful scenes occurred at Niblo’s Gar- den last night, where the Black Crook’’ is being played. A well-dressed party of men, who occupied a private box, caused consider- able disturbance by addressing insulting remarks to the coryphees. In the course of the play one of the party went on the stage and put his arm around the neck of one of the Ulm Sisters. Kiralfy interfered and ejected the intruder from the stage. About 11 o clock, while the grand Amazonian march was in progress, one of the men in the box offered a gross in- sulting remark to Belle Howitt. The words were heard all over the house. Miss Howitt immediately ordered the maneuver of the Amazons to come to a hall. The wildest excitement prevailed on and off the stage. The officials went to the box and ordered the fellows to leave. The latter became abusive and violent. Finally when threatened with arrest they reluctantly took their departure and quiet was restored, The man wh ulted one of the Ulm sisters being driven I the stage, he seized a ballet girl and kisse her in view of the audience. Cy ESCAPED LUNATIC, Charles F zher, now inthe Tombs charged with passin,, a worthless check at the Metro- politan Hotel in payment for board, it is now ascertained, is an escaped lunatic from Harris- burg, Pa. It is claimed he is a son of Judge Fisher, formerly District At- 1 of the District of Columbia, and at one time himself Assistant District Attorney un- der his father. He has before been under ar- rest, but the commission decided he was in- sane. He has by his own admission escaped four times from lunatic asylums and did not remember of the Metropolitan Hotel affair. HELP TO THE COLORED EXODUS. In response to the statement that Gen. Butler bas offe 20,000 acres of land on which to locate dome of the colored people who from the Southern e No action was taken, awaiting the movements of the colored people here themselves. GROESBECK’S DISAPPEARANCE. The Times says those who were acquainted ? with Col. Groesheck entertain hardly any doubt Of his having committed suicide. A gentleman who knows something about his history says an cstrangement had existed between the Colonel and his family. especially his brother, ever since his marriage with Miss Wilson, who. although of a very respectable family, was regarded by the Groesbecks as far béneath their station. The Colonel, it ap- pears, never solicited any re- eonciliation with his brother. After more than fifteen years he never offered to help | im financially. The loss of the Col- onel undenbtedly still further agitated his mind. The Colonel was last seen at Fort Wedewoith, Staten Island, and a detective who bas been trying to find him believes he committed suicide by drowning or shooting. THAT MONUMENT TO ANDRE. In a ecard printed to-day an Englishman says: Some of Cyrus F.eld’s assistants intimate thut if Field carries out his purpose of erect- ing a monument to Maj. Andre his monument will be consigned to the waters or the Hud- son. Now, once for all, let these empty rant- ers understand that there are enough English- men in this city to squelch any iconoclasts vho would have the audacity to interfere with Field’s good work. THE MOORE CENTENARY. The celebration of the centenary of the birth of Moore, which was announced to take place under the auspices of the Society for the Pro- motion of the Irish Language, at Steinway Halt, 1 be held at the Academy of Music, ay 8. SHOT BY HER FATHER. Mary Macer, 5 years old, was shot in the abdomen by her father in a drunken fury. on Thursday last. and die last night. THEO. THOMAS. Theo. Thomas telegraphs from Cincinnati tha: he will conduct the Philharmonie con- C.rts in this city. A. AND r. TELEGRAPH COMPANY. At a meeting of the directors of the Atlantic and Paciiiec Telegraph Company, held to-day, General Eckert was re-elected president, Hamilion McKay vice-president and Albert B. Chandler secretary and treasurer. EEE CRIME AND CASUALTY. Malpractice. Norwicn, N. V.. May 1.—In the town of Guilford, Chenango county, Miss Belden, aged thir:.y-two, a few days since died under sus- Pieious circumstances. She had been living aga domestic with a young farmer named Charles Horton in the adjoining town of But- ternut. It is now ascertained that her death ia the result of malpractice. Her employer ig suspected as the seducer, and Dr. Meach- aim is suspected as having performed an abortion. Both are held for trial. There is much excitement inthe vicinitv, where the deceased and the parties accused of causing ber death are well known. — — — Terrible Accident. By Western Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, May 1.—The passenger train north on the Whitewater Valley Railroad yes- terday, when near Brookville, Indiana, ran into a wagon containing Henry Strawmier, wife, daughter, aged twenty, and a young son. The wagon, after being carried a hun- dred and fifty yards, was thrown beside the track A COMPLETE WRECK. Mrs. Strawmier is injured internally, sup- posed fatally. The daughter was found cov- ered with blood, a piece of wood being driven into her flesh. She will probably die. The father and son receibed slight injuries. Died in Convulsions. TIILLSBORO, TEX., May 1. — Constable Woodridge yesterday went to a drug-store and got twenty-five cents’ worth of strychnine, os- stensibly to kill rats; but, in spite of the ef- forts of his wife and friends to get it from dim, he, after standing them off with a six- shooter, swallowed the poison and died in “horrible convulsions. — Presentment Found. BALTIMORE, Mo., May 1.—The grand jury of the Criminal Court have found a present- ment against Charles Hoover, aged twenty- six, for attempting to procure the abortion of Miss Elizabeth Bailey, aged nineteen. The parties implicated are well known and respect- ably connected. Absconded. By Western Associated Preas. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.—William Treen, | Clerk of the City Criminal Court, has ab- indebted to numerous Telegrams were sent The public sconded to New York, private parties here. this evening to secure his arrest. funds are untouched. Fractured His Skull. OTTAWA, ILL., May 1.—Patrick Collins, in a fit of delirium, jumped from the third story window, forty feet to the ground, at White’s Hotel. His skull was fractured and he died. Suicide. Ly Western Associated Tress. PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 1.—James H. Field, aged sixty, of the firm of Field & Carv, furniture dealers, killed himself this morning. POLITICAL. Bribing Representatives. By Western Associated l’ress. HARRISBURG, May 1.—The riot bribery committee last night examined. among other witnesses, Representatives Graff, White, Sil- verthorn, Burton, Wolfe and Short. Repre- sentative Graff testified he had ben offered $1,000 FOR HIS VOTE by Charles B. Salter, and that ex- State Treasurer Kemble said he would see the arrangement was carried out. Silverthorn said Representative Rumberger had offered him ‘$750, and that Kemble promised to make it good. Graff did not ACCEPT THE BRIBE and voted constantly in opposition to the bill. Silverthorn played the part of detective. Wolfe and Short confirmed Graff’s testimony and said they were constantly apprised of his movements. Rumberger refused to testify, claiming his mental condition would not war- rant it. Democratic Joint Caucus. WASHINGTON, May 1.—Nothing new has transpired concerning the proposed action of the Democrats in relation to the veto of the army bill. The joint caucus com- mittees appointed yesterday did meet this morning as was expected, but 1 oned the meeting until this afternoon at 3 0’clock, when th: v will assemble in the Sen- ate Committe-room. ° THE LEGISLATIVE BILL . still remains in the hands of the Senate Ap- propriation Committee and will not be report- ed until after it is known what the caucus committee decide upon. As an instance of a disposition to delay legislation was the motive of Bayard in the Senate to-day to adjourn until next Monday. It was lost. Everything may be counted at a perfect standstill at present. The Sunday Law. JERSEY CiTy, N. J., May 1.—It is said the Law and Order and Citizens’ Protective Asso- ciatfons, of Newark, are taking water. It is generally understood the associations will not again interfere with the sale of milk, news- paper or any necessary articles on Sunday. Neither will the saloons close their back doors regular customers, but all open viola- tion of the law will beaverted. Justice Faust ave jucgment yesterday against two persons or selling newspapers, dudtwo milkmen for selling milk on Sunday. Four cases of carriage riding on Sunday were adjourned until Saturday. Vanderbilt’s Tour. By Western Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—The presence here of Wm. H. Vanderbilt, three sas. and other railroad magnates, and their proposed trip over the Northwestern railroad has revived the report that Vanderbilt has secured the control of that tion of 2,155 miles of ° The xturted for Omaba this morning. by train. It is statea in nnection tha: the will in any case Crants wien they arrived in their new homes. | A BOMBSHELL | deuler; not } Which Will Startle Corrupt Officials and Ringsters. Report of the Grand Jury to the Court To-Day. Strong Circumstantial Evidence of Nide- let’s Connection With the Lottery Ring, But No Proof that he Stood in With the Gay Gamboliers. Judge Cady Censured for Familiarity With Horse-Sharks and for Taking Money for Bonds. Severe Condemnation of Judge Jones’ Administration of Criminal Justice. Wakefield—Horse-Sharks—Straw Bonds —Publie Institutions. The grand jury—that notorious grand jury about which the city and the State have been on tiptoe for a month—came into the Criminal Court te-day and made to Judge Laughlin their final re- port. There were co:nparatively few people present, owing to the uncertainty as to what bour the report would be made and the fact thatthere were no cases on the docket for trial. As soon asthe membeis of the grand jury had taken their seats their names were called by Marshal Leonori, and all were present. Have you any report to make?“ asked the Judge. „We have,’’ replied the foreman, Mr. Me- Cullagh, whereupon that gentlemun stepped up and handed the Judge a buudle of papers, several of which were fresh indictments. These latter the Judge scanned fora moment, and then took up a heavy document which it took him nearly half an hour to read. This was the report which has been so anxious!y waited for by the public, and which is given ia full below. It will be found very interesting reading, and, as it was written by the distinguished editor of the Globe- Democrat himself, its rhetoric is perhaps better than that of ordinary papers of the kind. NAMES OF THE GRAND JURORS. Joseph B. MeCuliagh, foreman, editor Globe- Democrat; Thomas Lowry, Belcher Sugar Re- finery; David Rowe, of J. McCarthy & Co., butchers, 1100 Broadway; Detlef J. Blanke, supervisor of agencies and adjuster Franklin Insurance Company; William M. Senter, vice- president St. Louis Cotton Compre33 Company; G. W. Chadburne, of Chatburne & Foster, commission merchants; William Carmichell, painter; E.G.Obear,the well known real estate Michsel Heller, ex-County Judge; William Bull, of John C. Bull & Co., insur- ance ngents; Mathias Dougherty, grocer, cor- ner Tweifth and Pine streets; Oliver F. Garri- son, son of President Garrison, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. THE REPORT. Tofion. Henry D. Laughlin, Judge Criminal Court, St. Louis: When the grand jury forthe March Term of the Criminal Court were empaneled, a grave scundal affecting the official integrity of one of the Volice Commissioners of the city of St. Louis had become publie, and instructions were, in consequence, given by this honorable court to thoroughly iuvestigate and report all the ascertainable tacts in the case. It was al- kyed that J. C. Nidelet,a member ot the Board ot Police Commissioners of tho city of St. Louis, had been guiity of corruption in office, in that large sums of money had been collect. ed fromthe gamblers of St. Louis to be paid to him in return for protection illegally extended by him, and, information illegally given by him to persons interested in the bust- ness Of gambling, and that hehad been guilty of oppression and corruption in office in his conduct toward certain persons engaged in the business ot lottery dealing in tuis ¢itv. We huve examined a large number ot witnesses, and find as to the accusations on the subject of gambling thata number of persons engaged in that business paid money to one A, B. Wake- field, upon representations that he (Wakefield) could precure such iaformation trom J. C. Nidelet, with respect to intended raids upon their establishments, as would be of great pe- cuniary bencfittothem. Wakefield represent- edthut the money thus collected from the cambiers wus to be divided with Nidclet, but «vidence of the receips of any part of tlis money by Nidelet is entirely lacking. Wakefield swears that he collected it, not forinformation furnished ffom the Police Bourd, but for services rendered as an attorney. When questioned as tothe char- ucter of the lecalservice he is not very well able to define it, and when further examined as to his qualifications for practice at the bar he displays a degree of ignuiance which would be very comical if it did not suggest that he makes use of the license of a lawyer to cover the sinister acts ofacitizen. His examination resulted in an iadictment against him for per- jury, he having in our judgment sworn falsely us to several essential details ot our investiga- tion. THE LOTTERY INVESTIGATION, in which the conduct of Police Commissioner Nidelet was involved, resulted less favorably to the repatation ot that official inasmuch as it developed a strong chuin of circumstantial ev- iuence against him. We find that he co:n- menced as Police Commissioner a war upon the lotteries, which he atter- wards continued as a citizen, and at his own expense, and that his conduct in this matter contributed directly to the pecuni- univ gain of A. B. Wakefield, by enabling him to make terms with the owners of the iottery and to buy fora nominal sum an interest in the lottery, which yielded him u large revenue in n hort timo. Nidelet’s prosecution ot the lot- te1ies soon became a persecution, and as such it was continued with a vigor until Wake- field’s object was accomplished, when it sud- depnly cexused. We find it impossible to recon- cile Nidelet’s conduct in the premises with any reasonable standard of the requirements of duty as Police Commissioner or as citizen. He attempted to influence the nomination of candidates tor Judge ot the Court of Criminal Correetion, and, according to the testimony of one witness, he promisea the support of the YoliceDepartment to a political organization to which he was op d, H it would nominate the man of his choice for that important office. Every movement of his, from the beginning to the end, in this matter, contributed to the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WAKEFIELD'S PURPOSE, anu yet he and Wakefiela swear in unison against any act of corruption on his part. V akefield is the only man likely to have been cognizant of such corruption, if it existed, and we shoulg be unwilling to incujpate any man on bis testimony. So that we are compeiled to leave the public in the same dilemma in which we find ourselves—tbat of aleciding, with the circopmstantial evidence clearly against him, whither Police Commissioner Nidelesc was nore then zealous or less than honest in the prosecution ot what is known as the lottery war. Governor Phelps appeared before the nd uly Ly invitation during the progress of this uvestigation. His name had been used by other paities in connection with certain dis- honorabie transactions, and we thought it due 10 him and to his @xalted official position to give him an opportunity to be heard. We cheerfully bear testimony to tho full and satis- factory character of his explanation. He re- moved every ibie ground for accusation or suspicion in the minds of the grand jurors, and cofvinced them that there was no other basis . a acquaintance into ap intimate t bis own selfish and nefarious which he has since rendered, in the direction ot the prosecution and punishment of crimi- nals. he people may safely look to him as an executive from whom the criminal classes have littie to hope or expect, except the enforce- ment of the criminal iaws. On the general subject of gambling, we find that what may be called the gambling inter- est’’ has for many years been a soarce of cor- ruption tothe Police Department. In 1575 it bribed a Chief ot Police with $1,000, to secure his fall and removal. Througu its representa- tives, it has boasted of its power to control the police, and more than once it has exercised that ower. In our judgment, all this evil has srisen from a misconception ot the law, under which the Police Com- missioners have assumed to regulate a crime which it is their dutv tosuppress. The Com- missioners have assumed and exercised a power ‘‘to bind and to loose“ which the law never deleguted to th . In illustration of this we will state that ar daily report of the condition of cach gambling house in the city is made to the Vice-President of the bo- lice Board, who is thus enabledto tellata ulance how many houses ure open and ‘‘run- ning’’ and how many ure closed. With this ro- port before him the vice-president of the board aliows or interdicts gambling as may seem best to his judgment or caprice. Gambling can not be lawful on Monday and unlawful on Tuesday, und it isthe business ofthe Police Commis- sioners to entorce laws and not to interpret them. IF GAMBLING IS LAWFUL, it should not be molested; it unlawful, it should not be tolerated. The statutes declare gumbling to be unlawful, and make it the busi- ess of the police to deul with it as they would deal with any othercrime. But the practice bas been to treat it as at the worst a weukness to be mildly reproved, rather than as a crime tole rigorously punished, and to exalt those who enguge in it into a class of gentlemanly of- fenders, with whom the law must deal, if at all, more in sorrow than in anger, but especial- ly in tenderness. There is u measure now pending before the Missouri Legislature to make gambiing a fel- ony instead of, as at present, a misdemeanor, and to punish it as such. In our judgment such a law, if enacted, would defeat its own purpose because of its sweeping and indiscrim- inate inclusiveness in »pplying toall games of chance, and because of the severity of its pen alty. There are gumes which approxi- inate 80 nearly to rovbery that they mizht be punished as felonies, but there are other games into which the ciement of chance fairly enters, and they should not be rated above misdemearors. The chief legislative need on this subject is the sub- stitution of imprisonment for finein the pun- ishment of mistemeanors of this class. To Wwe most guilty parties in gambling cases a fine is no real punishinent,especially when,in the discre- tion of the court, it me y be merely nominal, It is unequal in its Operations also. Thus A and is may be equally guilty and sentenced Rike. each to pay un equal fine. Here the abil- ity to pay enters as an important factor in the senterce, and may destroy the principle of eauality of punishment which should anderlie allcriminallaws. A jail sentence instead ota fine would equalize the penalty and put all of- fencers upon the same level betore offended law. Duringour session it became our duty to in- vestigate certain CHARGES AGAINST WM. . JONES, st. Louis Criminal Court prior to January 1. 1879. subject had been covered by a former grand jury, but upon investigation we found that although the grand jury f the No- vember term, 1878. had been Judge Jones to investigate it, witnesses had been examined consequently no report had been made. no and We were informed, too, that personal enmity had much to do with the allegations against Jude Jones, and the fact nad its weight in imiucing | the exercise ot unusual caution in the recep- tion of testimony. We soon found, however, that there wus evidence derogatory to of personalenmity could mitigate, much less destroy. Throwing out ali testimony which, to our minds, could explain- ed away, ve find facts: That: William C. Jones. Mule Judge of the St. Louis Criminal Court, repented - ly placed himselfunder pecuniary obligations to parties accused of crime before his court. Thatin one instance two parties were jointly uccused ofthe same crime; one of them heid the unsecured notes oi Judge Jones for $40 and was acquitted under instructions of Court to the jurv; the other, who did not occupy the enviable relation ot creditor tothe Court, was couvicted and sentenced to the Peniten- tiary. That an individual who had been for years in a chronic state of indictment and-was known to the police as a criminal, was a trequent len- der to Judge Jones, und often Dbousied of the influence which he possessed in the Criminal Court because of this fact, and thatthe record us to himself shows the boasts to have been well founded. That snother individual tamil- iar to the Four Courts us de- fendant in criminal cases counted Judge Jones among his debtors for a year and a half in sums ranging as high as $500, an‘ that, al- though bonds to the umount of 31.5% were at one tiu.e declared forfeited against him, noth- ing was ever received on them, although were undoubtedly good aud responsible. That, nccording to the testimony of an efficient an | trustworthy police officer on duty at the Cen- tral Police Station during part of the time of Judge Jones’ service in the Criminal Court, the administration of THE CRIMINAL LAWS WAS So LAX, and was characterized to such an extent by fuvoritism of the kind just narrated, that vizi- lance inthe detection of crime was discourazed end impaired, because hope of its punishineut was almost abandoned. That Judge Jones was in the habit of asking and receiving fivors in the shane of the free use of horses and vehicles, from what are Known us horse sharks—a bad ciass of criminals—who-re crimes were eon stantly passing in review before the courts, whose conduct and reputation were fauwiiiinas to Judge Jones when he became the recipient of their favors. Wetnd it difficult to express in language a fitting rebuke to conduct like this. The difter- ence between a loan and a bribe trom ua erm nul to a Judge is technical only; it is even less than technical when there is good reason to believe thatit was never intended that the loan should be returned, and whenin at lust one instunce that has come to our Knowle ize the loan never was returned. The crimina Glasses are not more generous nor less exact- ingthan those wnoare superiorto them in morals. For every favor bestowed upon u man who holds their fate in their hands,they exp -ct areturn. Ifthey do not receive this return they are deceived, and from their standpoint are grossly wronged if they do not receive it, the temple of justice is polluted and a high public tust is grossly dis: onored. In citiner event the Judge is guilty of high treason against the majesty of the law. Whicii he bas SMWOrn to detend and uphold. Nor shou.d he be allowed the benefit of the doubt which tie luw resolves in tavor of the paltry criminal. There is for him no debatable ground between absolute purity in office and absolute moral guilt; he may clutch at the prisoner's plea that IIS INNOCENCE BE BELIEVED until his guiit be proven, vut it will not save him inthe estimation ofthe people who elect- d bim as the guerdian of their sacred rights o lite and property. We find that in the Court of Criminal Correc.- tien fit has long been the practice to accept money for the taking of bonds by the Judge ul ter court homs. THE PRESENT JUDGE inherited this practice from his predecessors, and hus continued it during his incumbency. The umount received is generally $5.for each bond. We deem this not only unauthorized by law, but contrary to the tollowing prvuvision of nw : Every cfficer who shall, bv color of his office, uniawitully and willfully exact or demand and receive any fee or reward to execute or do his duty. or for any official act done or to be done, thet is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due, shall ® be punished by fine rot «exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both. Wagner’s Stututes, page 458. lt istrue that, accordiny tothe testimony be- fore us, no demand is actually made, but ac- cording to the same testimony, the payment is expected in each case in which the Judye is calleu upon to take a bond at such time as he is not on duty in court. The — possibie escape from criminality in tne act is that the word ‘‘and,’’ instead of the word ‘‘or,’’ oc- curs between the words demand and re- eeive,’’ making, — — to a strict con- struction, both demand and receipt necessary to constitute the offense. The spirit and in- tent of the statute are clear, however, and ought not to be perverted by a Judge for his own pecuniary benefit. THE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL CORREC- ON is also censurable with the late Judge of the Criminal Court in having been on terms of intimacy with certain of the criminal clases known as horse sharks,’’ to the extent, at least, of putting himse under obligation to them in the borrowing and use of their vihicles without making payment there- for. Weneed notrepeat here what we have already said on this subject, while treating of another person similarly implicated. But the spectacle of two Judges offendingin this par- ticular at the same time is not calculated to in- crease popular confidence in an honest admin- istration of the criminai laws. We devoted much time and attention to the SUBJECT OF BAIL BONDS in the Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Correction. We find tnat for the year 1875 the bond forfeitures in the Criminal Court amount ed tog@30,200. Of this amount bonds at- ing 3.100 are returned nulla bona: N. . „Prisoners brought m'“; $8, 200jpendi scire fuciss, and $2,500 remitted the Governor. ee Court of Criminal Crroection we find bonds for one year fortvited to the amount of $4,000, of wh $2.200 was set aside; no reason given. A wide deor for worthless bonds is opened by allowing deputy. inarshals to take vonds in misdemranor cases without exemination vf. the secur®y under oath. Men are in this wav accepted on bonds in the Court ot Criminal Correction while for- {cited bonds stand against them ia the Criml.- nal Conrt, returned nulla bona, as we find in the cute of Reuben Armstrong, who, with a $i. iture, nulla bons, against im in the Criminal Court, was afterwards taken on tw Ive bonds of $200 each in the onrt of Crim- inal Correction ani for two bonds of * 000 exch inthe Criminal Court. James Daf ha a bond for $1,000 forfelsed November 1, 1877; two more for $1,000, June 28, 1873—all three 7 be See It was at first our impression that this | / accomplish directed by | the | judicial conduct ot Judge Jones which no plea | the | | there they | i of | pense, | gent «expense Mill, continue L.pon the city. ficient care has not been exercised in the ac- ceptance of nds. We have given a large share of our time to the — — of charges against what are 05 known as t HORSE SHARKS of this city. The term is used to designate a class of men who make robber in connection with horse-dealing their business. They have, in addttion to their crimes, done vast in- ury to the horse market ot this city vy giving ta bad reputation and deterring honest trad- ers from doing business here. Their modes of operstion are many and corious, but thev all tend tw the same end, the swindling of all who deal with themin the belief that they are honest traders. hile the courts and the horse sharks were on the terms of intimacy spoken of in preceding parts of this report, it was, of course, imp eto put an end to this disgrace; but within the past few months there has been a noticeable change in the interest of justice and the pusishment of offenders, und there aie signs that the last of the horse sharks will soon in the nitea- tiary. We have returned a pumber indict- ments under this head and have found hearty co-operators in the Cirenit Attorney, Mr. Beach, and the Assistant Circnit Attorney, Mr. Noonan. In this case the rigid enforcement of the law will accomplish a double purpose. It will bring offenders to justice and it will reatore confidence, recently much shaxen, in the honesty ofa market which represensta a large itemin the trade and commerce of the city. We commend the subject to your bonorable court as worthy oftve attention of succeedins grand juries. THE SLOP CONTRACT. ¢ An investigation as tothe manner in which the existing slop contract was let to the present contractor by the Board of Health tor three years from September 1. 1877, reveals Certain facts which, tosay the least, have a most pecu- har appearance. Tie b>ara advertised for bias tor the contract under the ordinance, which made it their duty to let the contract to the lowest and best bieder. by whieb it must be in tended that the coastract should de let to she lowest and best bid der who co.ll give proper guarantees fo- the efficient fulfillment of the terms of ein: contmct. The result ofthe advertisement was that over six bids were made by different men, each accompanied by the required deposit of earnest money, These bids were opened on the cay advertised, but the contract was not awarded for eeveral weeks after. The bid of James Hurdy was for $12,- 920 for the whole term, payabie to him in monthly insta'ivents. Numerens other btde were irate much lower than this, some of them but little more than hall sbuve na ned sum, al! being accompanied by carneat money, and bonds being flied ineach case for the faith- ful performance of the duties of the contractor, and yet the ccn'ract was let to Hardy at an app#ien* loss to the city, as compared with «ther bid’, of over $17,00u, Or more. It is right, in this connection, w exa- onerate Judge John A. Lightner from the re Sp« nsibility that may grow out of this matter, for it is of record that he, being then a member the Board, voted agains: the award to ur dy, and he pronounced the thing at the time Su wrong and an outrage. PUBLIC INSTITU (IONS. Unaderinstructions from vour honorabie Court ' visits were made to the public institutions. We found t e House of Refuge in g condition : ' , |} and well managed except in onefparticular, growing out of his official acts as Judge of the | * 8 which we regard as a cravefdefect and which we trust will be remedied by a speedy appropria- tion of the funds necessary to the change. We allude to the indiscriminate mixture of the two classes of inmates of the institation—those who are there as a punishment for crime und those who | are there asthe result of misfoctunes, which | have deprived them of the guardianship of purents or friends. In our jndgment this sys- tem, Whichisut present necessitated by the limited accommodations Of the institution, has a tencency to corrupt, by contact und associa- | tion, chiidren who go there uncontaminated und beenuse ol no fault misdeed of their Owl. or AT THE WORK-HOUSE | wefound 198 male und 85 female prisoners. About filty wen were working on the roads ia | the city; the others were quirrying rock, The following | women were breaking rock to be place ou our | Streets, thereto be grount into powder and ultimately to be inhaled by our citizens as dust or to be hauled off at the expense of the ey in the form of mud. We think a better form of lubor might be found for the women, and u better use for the ruck. ‘The Wort house is, however, conducted economically, ant all lis arrangements are good. THE INSANE ASYLUM is crowded far beyond a capacity consistent with the re yuirements for the health and com- fort of the inmates.On the day ot our inspection were 430 patients there. the rooms are crowded, in many instances Laving six or seven bods in a small dormitory. An appropriation of $600 is needed to com- plete the painting of the in prove the uppearance of the buildiag. The stentn boilers of the institution have been in use ten yoars, und need examination aud per- haps repair. Additional fire apparatus is needed; also a good secure tence sround the premises. Whatis most needed, howevgr, is un infirmary separate from the main building, tor the uccommodation of the sick who are at present cured for in the wards. The institution is well munaged by Dr. Howard, whois unr - mitting in the care and attention bestowed up- | on the unfortunates under his charge. The Woman's Hospital is carefully aud faith fully naneged, and we have no special recom- mei dution to make concerning it. IN THE POUOR- HOUSE we find grounds for complaint on the score of overcrowding. In addition to the paupers there ure 217 insane persons there. An en lur gement ef the building is greatly needed, but still more is needed the enforcement the iuw making it an offeuse for ruilronds and other common carricrs to bring puupers to this city to be cared for at its ex- Unless this is done the evil r- crowding will incrense continually aif to be entaile inthe City Hospital there ts vator and fire escape inthe 1 new wing and also for additio cities. Phe management of good, economical and credita THE Cry JAI is in good condition, the priso and wie supplied with abunda cells wate clean, and there a irom un source, An examin or's books and accounts shows ow of management as compared with chat OT e lormer 8s) stem) Jos. B. MCCULLAGH, Foreman. Attest: D J. BLANK, Secretary. JUDGE LAUGHLIN’S REPLY. After the Judge had finished reading the re- port be folded it ep carefully and handed it to the Clerk. ‘‘Iinve vou any further communication to make?’’ he said: Nene, replied Mr. McCullagh. The Judge then delivered the tollowing high- need &- 1 ’ COMPLIMENTARY ADDRESS: GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY: SO @xoep- tionally vieorous,eariess,and independent lias been your discharge of duty. and so tree from error your action, that it gives ne pleasure to rencark and record it, to assure vou of it, una to tender v6. the thanks of the Court. More than this wonik Le supeifilueus. It is to be boped that fota grand juries will initate your industry, y devotion to the publics K* und, what is to rarel found, the unhesitatiug willingness which yoru have displayed to point out and strike in high as well and us prowptiv as in to places. From further service you are now dis charged. A GOOD DEAL-OUT. At the conclusion of the Judge's rema Clerk preeceded to give ew h mem jury a warrant for his pay. VW hen Mr. Michael Heller looked at jumped up with a look of blank astq— lent. Fugs he,. Judge, what about mileage What mileuge?’’ asked the Judge. Mell. are we not to be allowed om. uin, for that cfficial trip to Jefferson City?“ Nothing, quoth the vudge. »lhen Fm a good deal out on this grand jury, said Heller. JEFFERSON CITY. The Legislative Log in Motion To-Day— United States Supreme Court. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON City, May 1.—-The Senate spen most of the morning discussing amendmen to the treasury bill; also concurred in the House amendment to the Constable bil ing out that portion legislating out of office. THE LOUSE passed, by a large vote. the bill regulating t warehouses and the storage of grain, and venting fraud in handling grain. IN THE UNITED STATES COURT, in the case of the Missouri River Packet Com pany against the Hannibal & St. Joe the jury returned a verdiet for thi 4 hundred dollars in favor of the plal Death of Mrs. Sarah Hale. By Western Associated Presa. PHILADELPHIA, May 1.—Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, for half a century editress of Gode Lady’s Book, died last evening. 7 Sarah Josepha Hele was born iu N | N. H., in 17%. Her maiden name was Buell, and she was married in 1814 to David Hale. a lawyer, with w she exacting course of study tilt h he published several poems and sp Her long and busy li erary ductive of a number of works, some walls and vastly 0 * been ac- | nthe . b Court er Sones 08 foot x 7 2 “ts es K > +: ee — 2 do the of Brinkley for the that tend to belp % * fom | * : ; ö > , . 5 AAA 3 ; ; SJ ey 3 3 25 > oe BE oes gt ö 5 tess eval | _ Work hree months. | Vienna, May 1.—Owing to the heavy rains * * — ‘ * K . ~ : . 12 * 28 * oy . e . 1 es 3 8 2 at sa . gy amare SE SS: ie 8 r re. 4, 8 . 3 =e „ ma ; 8 . . 5 fe *
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