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COURT DECISIONS
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903.
VOLUME XXXII
HE KILLED
BY A STRICT PARTY VOTE
HIS WIVES
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'TO MOVE OUT.
A MORAL PERVERT.
DANGER WARNING.
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MURDER MYSTERIES.
Into this city today.
THE CANAL TREATY.
QUESTION OF LEGALITY.
goined his enmity.
sever il thousand
RAIN AT DALLAS.
“The chair rules the appeal out on
Han Antonio, Tex., leb. 26--Charlesimpassable.
TRINITYBOOMING.
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Mr. Dalzell, who was in the chair, re-
fused to recognise a demand for divis-
ion, and Mr. Richardson, the minority
9 o’clock last ni
tiknoon today.
ansault he threatened to get even with
every one concerned in his conviction.
Former Sheriff Womack, then sheriff.
The Butler Election Case---Democrats in the House
Protest Against a Most Flagrant
Outrage of Justice.
lowed and finally, after repeated roll
calls, the case was brought to a vote.
The democrats then attempted to block
proceedings by leaving the hall, but
enough absentees finally were brought
in to make up the necessary quorum.
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Amid scenes
which recalled the memorable exciting
days of the Fifty-first congress when
party feeling ran fierce and the hall of
TALKS MUCH OF PEARL BRYAN
CA8E AND MAY HAVE BEEN
PARTY TO THAT CRIME.
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present were overriden rough shod and
Mr. Wagoner was seated.
The . reading of the journal was be-
gun at the opening of the session. The
democrats had intended to demand the
PARTY FEELING
RUNNING HIGH
MANY MURDERS
NOW EXPLAINED
GENERAL GORDON
DANGEROUSLY ILL
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CONFESSION OF MAN ARKESTED
AT. CINCINNATI DISCLOSES
A BLOODY RECORD.
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DAMAGE AT SEGUIN.
Roads Aro Overflowed and Train Ser-
vice Has Been Suspended.
dilatory,” said Mr. Payne.
“The chair sustains the point,’* an-
nounced the chair.
"I appeal from the decision of the
chair,” said Mr. Underwood.
Brazos at Hearne.
Special to The Statesman.
BRAZO8 AT WACO.
Eastern Portion of the City la Undes
Water—River Falling.
In opposition to the treaty almost an
hour before the opening of the doors.
He was not well and was excused on
By Associated Press.
Hamilton, O., Feb. 25.—Alfred Knapp,
the Indianapolis man arrested yester-
day who confessed to the murder of
his third wife, today made a full con-
fession of five murders. Among them
is that of Ida Gebhart, the West Indi-
) COMPARISON IS MADE BETWEEN
FIFTY-EIGHTH AND FIFTY-
FIRST CONGRESS.
Colorado and Trinity rivers also
cated."
ferred to extend the latter’s time, but
Mr. Olmstead objected.
Mr. De Armond was exceedingly se-
vre in his Arraignment of the majority
and aroused hie side to great enthu-
Suicide of Hack Driver.
Special to The Statesman.
Ing for a full day for the minority.
Mr. Olmstead then reviewed the his-
where Garden street crosses the river,
was all under water, the flood rising
to within a foot of the bridge foor.
Down the roaring flood there could
His Method Was Very Muth Like That
of “Jack the Ripper” in
London.
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ght and continued un-
According t® th. rain
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Sent Out a Bulletin.
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Good Roads Convention.
Special to The Statesman.
Dnias, Tex., Feb. 26,—The
Conimerlal ciub today ordered
roads convention to be held in
on March 19 and 20, Other co
vial bodies in the state and ad
counties and Governor Lanhan
invited to send representatives.
Richardson, United States govt
Rain at Watters Park.
Special to The Statesman.
Watters Park. Feb. 25.—This section
was visited yesterday by a rain which
lasted twenty-four houm. and moved
off with a severe thunder storm thia
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Will be found on page
3 of this issue
Payne again renewed his motion, he
exchanged sharp words with Mr. Rich-
ardson.
Mr. Payne said he made the motion
as there was an evident disposition on
the other side to delay proceedings
and all sorts of motions to amend the
journal might be made.
Mr. Underwood of Alabama protest-
ed against the previous question with-
out giving his side an opportunity to
reply, but Mr. Payne declined to yield
and demanded the previous question.
Another roll call was forced upon this
demand.
The previous question was ordered,
154 to 52. Another roll call was forced
on the motion to approve the journal.
The journal was approver!, 145 to 51.
Just before the vote was announced
Mr. Underwood changed his vote from
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dollare worth of Une ‘horses und Im-
Hot Well for Waco,
Speein1 to Th. Htatesman.
Waco, Toit, Fob. 26— At tho meeting
of tho city council hela tonight that
body decided to submi tho qawtion u»
to whether a hot well ohould be bored
+ violently III while on board a + vies tme from Now orleans to thio
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was a high wind here last night which
did considerable damage to the build-
Inga of the college. The loss is esti-
mated at several thousand dollars by
those in charge of them.
cently burned and
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The River Running Through That City Has I
Its Ranks anti is ' ’
the iournal “in full.”
The reading of the journal consumed
twenty minutes. At the conclusion of
the reading Mr. Payne moved its ap-
proval. but Mr. Richardson demanded
the reading of the bills and resolutions
Introduced yesterday. The speaker said
that while it had not been the practice
to read these addenda if demanded he
would order the clerk to read them.
Mr. Payne then renewed his motion
to approve the journal but withdrew
it to allow Mr. Russell, demhocrat of
Texas to ask unanimous approval to
correct the Journal in regard to a vote
he cast yesterday.
Mr. Hay of Virginia objected, but
+ Queen and Crescent train, en 4 city was thirty-two hours and nfteen
+ route to this city from Clinton, +! minutes, an average sped of a little
+ Miss., tonight. It was necessary over twelve miles an hour. The Lee
+ to remove him from the train on -1 made the run in twenty-four hours and
+ a stretcher and he suffered violent + thirty-eight minutes, or nearly aixteen
+ spells of nausea while being car- -miles an hour. The Queen City has
ried to the law fence hotel. Phy- -not yet passed up, aithough she was
• alelans were immediately sum- 4 (reported to have left New Orleans an
moned i and will remain at his + hour ahead of the City of Louisville.
good roadn expert, wi
day’s meeting and wil
vention next month.
Claim He is Insane. ।
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Feb. 26--The parents of
Knapp tonight said Albert was insane
and his confession should not be be-
lieved. They believed he would be1
better dead. Mrs. Sadie Wenzel, his
sister, said her brother, when 5 years
old, was kicked by a colt at Twenty
Mile Prairie, III., and later struck by
lightning at Terre Haute, and but for
her parents she would have had him
adjudged insane.
oral persons lost their lives.
The Denver road s having trouble
with snow, fleet and rai north of
Amarillo. The snow is, over a foot
deep in pars of the Panhandle And
trains over that'have been blockaded at
Texline. This morning it was 14 de-
report of the Katy, Frisco, and
and the uptown telegraph.ott
earth is soaked by one of the
downpours of the season, wi
delay farm work, and early
and put the streets and
most impassable condition. Ths pre-
cipitation in the territory was very
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by calling attention to the fact that
the senate had reprobated the policy
of appointment of senators on com-
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no to aye and after the announcement fused to confirm two senators’ nomina-
he entered a motion to reconsider. tions for such service. During the dis-
“I make the point that the motion is cussion it was made clear that no re-
flection was intended on Mr. Lodge
and Mr. Turner, who had been selected
as members of the Alaskan boundary
comrnission. The bill was passed after
a number of amendments had been
Oratorical Contest Meeting.
Speclal to The statesmman.
Waxahachie, Tex., Feb. l«— A meet:
ing wn, held In Waxahachle last nixnt
by. a committee from che collesen and
universiuea of Tex®. compownK "‘o
State Oratorical assoclation 10
judge. for the state context to be held
at Sherman. April 17. The meeting wan
prenided over by W. “• shaw, president
ot th® awoclaton.
Uibutarten. Heavy
The closing chapter was dramatic.
from Fort Sulliyan that the Big Brezom
1s. carrying a heavy fise, but thinka
the situatjon will improve by morning
if more rain doe® not fall.
Htue river baa yet nevera) feet of
bank,, some partles who want to ba
on the safe aide, are trying to get
their cattle out of the bottom.. Th®
weather la threatening here tonight
left for fit. Louta I
Dentwon. rex., EFU. com- range there, na m
mencea to rain in North Texan about nonal Hood Ilo.de
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ineeung. 1
Special to Th. statesman.
Waco. Tex., Feb. 26.Th. Brasos
river ha. been on a rampage in thlt
city today and tonight at 10 o’clock
it 1. stanqing at twenty-weven feet
it has broken over into East Waco,
i. nr«M? W mom fan
added to it. -
ine uur rules mt- appuas vul v. Mr. Hale gave notice thathe W°H1d
the ground that it is dilatory,” replied call up the naval appropriation bill
""Strhwadsworen of New York
tempted to ask unanimous consent to of Utah was filed by Chairman Bur-
Rend the Agricultural appropriation rows of the committee on privileges
and elections.
The senate went into executive tea-
sionsion at 1:40 p. m. and devoted the
remainder of the day to the Panama
Big Fall at Denlton.
Speclal to The Statekman.. ,,
Deninon, reg., Feb. 26m It
James J. Butler of Missouri, was un-
seated today by the house, and George
C. Wagoner was seated in his place.
The democrats had decided at their
caucus this morning that if this case
was called up they would prosecute a
filibuster from now until March 4 re-
gardless of consequences to legisla-
the speaker somewhat sharply ruled
that a member had the right to make
such a change. Bad feeling began to
show and a moment later when Mr.
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as the gavel fell at noon.
A spirited debate of two hours fol-
This forced a call’of the house. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
After waiting an hour a quorum ap- ------I
peared and the previous question was I Members af ths House Agree to Stand
ordered, 147 to 12, with eighteen pres" By Jim Butler,
ent and not answering to their names. | ------
The vote then recurred on the motion 3y Associated Press.'
to recommit. On a rising division the Washington, Feb. 25.—The house
vote stood 5 to 155. I democratic caucus today adopted the
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Fort Worth in Defaulting,
Special to The Statesman.
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 25.— United
States Marshal Green of the northern
district of Texas today served citations
on Mayor T. J. Powell and members
of the city council, summoning them
to appear before the United States
court to show cause why mandamus
proceedings should not be instituted i
to compel the city of Fort Worth to
pay judgment for delinquent city water j
works and mortgage bond interest.
The amount 58 $40,108. The process
served today was at the instance of
John W. Herbert et at, who alleKe they
are the holders of the bonds. The in-
terest is long past due. The plaintiffs
were giver judgment in the federal
court in this city January • -ast -
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AUSTIN
asked that a vote be taken on it either
today or tomorrow.
Mr. Beveridge objected.
Consideration of the sundry civil bill
then was resumed.
Mr. Tillman's amendment was de-
clared out of order op an objection by
Mr. McComas.
■ Mr. Hansbrough of Nrth Dakota
offered an amendment prohibiting the
I sale of intoxicating liquors in the caPj
Itoi. It went out on a .point of order.
Mr. Clay of Georgia offered an
amendment appropriating >25.099 for
the improvement of the road from
Crawfish Springs, Ga., through the
Widow Davis' cross roads to Stephens
and sworn in. Then the speaker re-
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of Arinsouri, Two regueste were pre:
Hon to the Hamiiton authoritles last morning. The Trinity river rose over
night. From It. tone Knapp expegts to a fool an hour today ena l» »”H com-
be sent to the penitentary for life. ling up. The rainfall in Dolns Binet
February 1, han been 6,26 inches. All
the atreunix in the county are out of
their banka and therouds are nImply
hand would murder her, a® he had | ---—
made threat®. He told her mhe had not The Trinity River Ro,, a Foot an Hour
lived in Indianapolis long enough for and Did Much Damnge.
a divorce. 1 .——
Anna Gamble, Knapp’s fourth wife. Ispeclat to tho statesman.
received a letter from her husband to-1 Dallan, Tex., Feb. 21.—Two iehen of
day evidently written after hl. ones- rain fell In Balas tast night and thia
Special to The stateaman.
Galve.ton, Tex., kW. 26.sectton W.
rector Howie has telegraphed the fol-
lowing warning to all point, whore poo.
olblo.
bill to conference, but half a dozen
democrats demanded the regular or-1
der.
Mr. Olmstead of Pennsylvania then
called up the contested election case
* of Wagoner vs. Butler from the
Twelfth Missouri district and Mr.
Richardson raised the qu Ast ion of con-
sideration against IL The roll was,
called Again.
The house decided to consider the
case, 153 to 109. a party vote.
Mr. Olmstead, in charge of the case,
then took the floor in support of, the
■ Storm at Bryan.
Special to The Statesman.
Bryan, ex. Feb. 25.—A fearful
storm raged here all night last night
and one of the largest rains fell that
was ever known in one night. It Was
accompanled by a high wind and the
lightning and thunder was fearful. It
is still oloudy but not raining* with
the wind from the north.
“Flood Warning—I
have fallen within ti
over entire drainage
siasm. He denounced the conduct of
hi this city or not to the property tax-
payers of the city an the election
. will be held the second Tuesay in
ing the April. There is much interest manl+
Jam t* fente in this proposition.
deep as ever until the confession of
Knapp. MM Jennie Knapp was: a
Cincinnati woman and before her mar-
riage was well known in Cumminsville.
She was killed on August 7, 1894.
forts by declaring the man who killed
Mary Eckert also committed similar
crimes at Denver and elsewhere
throughout the country. His methods
were likened to those of “Jack the
Ripper.”
the case as "a remarkable proceeding,
devoid of honesty and decency, a
shameful spectacle whose base and
His barn was re-
Hearne. Tex., Feb. 25.—At 6 o’cloo
this eveningMr. J. A. Peel telephoned
evening. The rain gauge shows that
three and one-half inches fell As n
result the creeks are overowine their
banka, fences are washed away, and
much damage has been done to plowed
fields. This is the heaviest precipita-
tion in so short a time since the dam
breaking flood.
Big Rain st Marble Falls
Speclal to The Statesman.
Marble Falls, Tex., Feb. 25.— The
Colorado river is very high here, ale
most up to high water mark. The
rallroad bridge aross Backbone creek
has been impassable all day, thus
seriously impeding traffic. This In
due to a washout. All small stream*
are out of their banks.
Suit for Divorce.
Spefal to The Statesman.
Dallas. Feb. 25.—"Kalle Cabell Cure
rle against J. R. Currie, divorce,” is
the title of a suit filed late thio
evening in Judge Morgan’s court. An
soon as the suit had been filed the pa-
pers were withdrawn by attorneys foe
the plaintiff, who gave a receipt to th*
court for them.
emitInued until late this afternoon ami
It has been at a standstill since that
time. The rise is due mostly to local
rains. if not entirely. Reports receive*!
from the upper Brazos a hundred miles
Away are to the effect that the river
Ih not so high and that the smaller
streams are falling. Unless there is
more rain it is believed that the river
will begin to fall at once. The local
streams have all been high today but
are now receding and all fears of a
further overflow have banished. ‘The
train service has been cippled some
by the rains, but nothing serious, and
all of the roads brought through train*
THE SPEAKER CREATED
A DEMOCRATIC SMILE
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The Butler Case From St Louis Called
Forth a Strong Resolution From
the Democratic Caucus.
asked him to bring divorce proceedings
tor her. She said she feared her hus-
Mr. Richardson demanded a divis- l following resolution: .
ton. but the chair ruled that the de- ResoIMed, That weshalornsistndy,
round was dilatory. A scene of wild honorable means, attouzcerorai d he
confston followed. The repunuicanssezentnr°conntsotre watner, "being
of Tennessee and Mr. Underwood of disregard the large majority of 630
Alabama stood in their places and de- l votes by which contestee Butler Wa
nounced it in unmeasured terms. I returned and dispose of the contest
The vote was then taken on the res-I arbitrarily, In blind partisanship. With:
olutlon declaring Mr. Butler not en- out reference to its merits .andswiho
+it,1 to the seat On a viva voce vote I effort or desire to learn what tney are,
Nader. ..<»<! In Ms place and de-
wrimsdmia"sneoere of the rpuoia ^ra“^ln%~^echa^^ w
can side. The handful of democrats action, crying out that it was tyran-l*„Uy an 0 prevent the passage of
nleal, unheard-of, unfair and unjust. I vicious measures which there is every
The republicans jeered, but he con- i reason for believing the majority nave
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^r.;: ~re-&.o the -eat
----token a simlar senerolowe, A kether in support of demands for the
uzv.zien was allowed and the chair de- presence ot a quorum at all times, for
dared the resolution adopted, 151 to 3, | the transaction of business and a re-
declining to entertain the point that no (corded yea and nay vote upon which
quorum was present. This still fur-1 the house shall act up to the moment
ther aroused the Ire of the handful of of final adjournment.
demosrationgcnasoone chair would be tenbascyeuomy 160 democratic
ST o sucensn
ed that the speaker had put a proxy ( not be able to accomplish more than to
in the chair to do it. . I pass he appropriation bills before final
Mr. Wagoner, the contestant, was I adjournment.
then escorted to the bar of the house ----------
Senator Blackburn during the ses-
slon said that hereafter he would ob-
ject to any unanimous agreements to
vote on measures until he could be
assured chat n vote could be had on
a motion to consider the anti-trust
bill.
Senator Hale responded by saying
that he did not think that position
could be maintained, but Senator
Blackburn assured him that it would
be.
Senator Hoar spoke uf his desire to
bring up the conference bill for the
protection of the president and after
encountering some opposition at last
moved to go into legislative session
for the purpose of presenting the re-
port. The motion prevailed. 29 -to 20.
Senator Morgan ‘-eased his speech
4- bedside until morning. deneral -------------------
•Gordon is suffering much pain,P. J. Gatling Is Dead. I
- which the sedatives Administer- + By Associated Press. |
+ ed by the physiclans have failed New York, Feb. 26PJGatine:in-
- to relieve. He is conscious. + ventor ol ihe Onthing gun. tiled here
-- -etoday At the home of hls son-in-law,
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A. a river. Kapla ripe in Brazos and U.—
after tarte. to and above danger line at all
will continue at Waco and points sout
for several days. Flood stages proba-
ble at practically all points on Braxoa
Knapp says he killed the woman under
the canal bridge at Liberty street and 1
then threw her body into the water. .
He evidently strangled her just as he 1
had other victims, before the body was
cast into the water. Knapp was never
suspected. He said at the time that '
his wife had left home without telling
him where she had gone and he went 1
to the home of her sister in search of
her. The police arrived at the conclu-
sion that the woman had committed
suicide.
The Mary Eckert murder has been
Enshrouded in mystery until Knapp
made his confession. The woman was
found strangled to death in a house on
Walnut street. A towel had been used
to strangle her. This heinous crime
was committeed August 1, 1894. Head-
quarters detectives worked unremit-
tingly on the case without unearthing
any evidence. The late Colonel
Deitsch and others tried to solve the
mystery and they wound up their ef-
subject of considerable discussion in ing each time to secure a majority
the senate today. The sundry civil vote in support of the motion, gave
bill was under consideration nd Mr. (formal notice of a motion to consider
Hale, having in hand* the amendment the vote by which the conference ren
which was adopted authorising the j port on the Indian bill was agreed to
appointment of an international mon- | which* will have the effect of holding
commission started the debate I the papers in the senate until the vote
shall be taken.
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•• Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25,—A spe
canal treaty. ;
When consideration of the sundry
civil bill was resumed tire senate re-
considered its vote on the amendment
providing for an office building ‘or the
house and Agreed to the same..
Amendments were adopted directing
the superi ntendent of the capital to
prepare estimates for a separate ofce
building for the senate; appropriating
>2.909.000 for a site for the New York
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majority report which recommended for the capital extension; apPrOPAt -
the unentinget Mr. Butier and the ine ,820.000 E..beuupsdnanropen rWw
sating or Mr. Wakoner. ; xottatlonswith.muelandrone pedlgw
Mr. Feeley of mnois on behalt of the o.thunrzglana i”eFoain m® awro-
majority rejected the proposition ask- priation for the Alaskan boundary
commission’s expenses to >100,000.
Mr. Hale of Maine referred.to. »he
amenament providing for.an nevat
,r«no» to nxthn.parity of
AT DALLAS IN ONE DAY ™
the jail. Ho adhered to hl, written] -0-
confession and added some points. Of ( . - m , g, , *
ihes the most Titeresuing relate! Storiee of Damage.by Flod Cam*
to hie first wife, Emma Stubb®, whove From Many Portion, of
fate had been overlooked. Knapp detl th® Elato.
Clare® that she I® stil alive and Is nowl
in Louisville, Ky. Ho says that shel —O---
got a divorce from him and that he lost 1
track of her except that he heard shespeclal to The Stateaman.
wa® In Louisvile. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 26— A® a
Another chapter was added to resue of as unprecedented lulu i "
Knapp's career when lie asserted that] midnight taxi nlghL together, ze
anapolis girl, who was round murdered P' iuicniea in aeverai hold-ups r'vnwnuous slow rain for several days
and outraged in a stable July 3, 1895. er" last Decemser. Knapp was askeaprevtous,SanAntonlo was flooded to-
Knapps' confession, which wa® sworn Why he committed his various ‘times >hy, the San Antonio river having left
to before Mayor Bobeh, is as follows: and how he felt whan he was fhohlng being hgher them it haa
"On January 24, ISM, I killed Emma a womani det; he ..la "I wa« done by tho high water, but Aust how
LAttleman in a lumber yard in Gest ...e""-humsaid aeir. to much can no he stated at this time,
street, Cincinnati. On August 1, 1894,]seixed wit n an Irresiatile ,298102 S "" a greut deal of low laud is still
I killed May Eckert in Walnut street, choke them until cannot help IL submerged. While the rain was heavy
Opposite the Young Mens Christian 10inotet Fowhen, once ramorse aurinK. The fore par"ot the night, the
association building, in Cincinnati, on 51 1 feeling of satisfaction when i zref “ o'clockThN mernliig^d from
August 3 1894, I killed my wife, Jennie Enow tat they are dead. I used my that time until daylight ’the water
Conors-Knapp, under the canal bridge hands in every caso except that otlcame down in torrent®.
In Liberty Street, Cincinnati, and] Mary Eckert. I choked that woman By a o’clock this morning many of
threw her into the canal. In Indianap- | with a towel, but I could have donet the downtown streets were Tmpassable
oils in July, 1895, I Killed Ida Gebhart, lit with my lisnd®. I got acqunintedlon account of running water rushing
On December 22, 1903, I killed my wife, with Mary. In Dayton, Ohio, through into the river from the higher pointe,
inni. Vl-nn ut 239 Knuth enrth an advertisement, and when she went By 6 o clock the water in the river was
Anne naPP4t. Ind 010 .2+ to cineinnati I visited her at her room nearly to the top of the banks at
.street, in Hamilton, and threw herintoland choked her to death one night." some place* and by 7 o'clock it had
the river out by Hindenwald. This 18 Knapp denied that he assaulted lit-Heft the channel and war spreading
the truth. AUBERT KNAPP. tle Ida Gebhart at ndianapolis before over the city.
"I make this statement by my own he murdered her. Every doctor who! St. Mary’s street, up to the Mahcke
free will and not by the request of any | has seen Knapp agrees that he is a hotel, on Houston street, was all under
officer or anyone else. moral pervert, similar to “Jack thelwater, in some place a five feet deep.
“ALBERT KNAPP” Ripper,” except that he finds satisfac-Peoplesin the dienarmand Bancroft
. , g 4.« tion in choking women and children and Other boarding houses on that
‘Sworn to before me this 26th day on 1,1 cnoxinr women ana children. utreet had to be rescued with vehicles.
of February, 1903. C. F. BOSCH, WILL NOT HANG The Augusta street bridge was over
"Mayor." WILL WOT HANO. a foot under water. Bowen’s island.
Gap, Chickamauga park.
Mr. Allison made a point of order
against the amendment because it
contemplated improvements outside
the park and opened the way for the
building of roads generally.
sordta move was to xote th. eanle.t-LM.M- "orexedcendat"x-orgiedia
ant 110,000 in salary.” [ceded th« land to the United States
He declared that it was “an act ot and that General H. V. Boynton and
thett," and in conclusion warned the the secretary of war recommended t’-
other side that from now until March The point of order was sustained. An
4 the democrats proposed to do what amendment was agreed to appropr-
th^d^o.m^he country^ &
upon the record the fact that they lating to marriages and divorces in the
would not tamely submit to this -arnseveral states and territories since
ceny." I January 1, 1887. o—L.
“If legislation falls,” said he. ad: The bill was then passed.
dressing the republicans, “remember Mr. Cullom moved an executive sea- KASAAPN ty RChVCD
that when you vote to steal Ed But- slon. ( f Keutucky an- 15 WANICU IN UENVEK
lev’s seat, you vote to kill measure. In ediha PinTaccordnee"wih In-
which you are interested. Istructlons unanimously given by the
Mr. Miller of Kansas replied to Mr: democratic caucus, he desired the Lit"
De Armond, declaring amid applause -tlefleld anti-trust bill be taken up.
on his side of the house, that “neither The chair held that the only way in
vituperation nor threats could prevent which this could be done would be by
the majority from doing its duty,” a vote of the senate mrer a confer-
Mr. Olmstead concluded the debate! nMrrporro ine bin ror the protec-
in a five-minute speech and then de- tion of the president and then followed
maned the previous question. a discussion of the question of prece-
It was ordered. 150 to 111. dence. The chair decided that Mr.
The vote was then taken on the ml- Hoar’s motion should take preceneneg
nority resolutions declaring Mr. Butler over the motion for an executive ««
entitled to his seat. They were voted x'om xoar sala he aia not desire to
down, 112 to 155. press' the conference report, and with-
Mr. Underwood then moved to re- Jrew it.
commit the case to the committee on The senate then at 1:40 p. m.,Went
elections, and on that motion Mr. into executive session. At 5:45.0111
Payne demanded the previous question, the doors were reopened. Mr. iio*
demoed had left the
hall, and when the house divided, theyDl.APt tomorrow.
vote stood 156 to 4, disclosing the ab-I Fhe senate at 5165 p. m. adjourned.
sence of a quorum, -—4------
Special to The Statesman.
seguim, Tex., Feb. 26.-Phe Guada-
lupe river is out of its banks and cot-
ton lunds are overflowed. Every stream
------- ------- —----- ------------ .... .in the county is out of its banks. Th*
ported cattle were roasted to death. (southern Pacific tracks ore washed
Al Boardman was one of the jurors ( out, und train service was suspended
who convicted him. HIr barn was!until late this evening. Nearly five
burned About six or seven weeks ago. inches of rain fell yesterday and last
Almost every hour adds to the long hat night. Heavy damage has resulted', to
of crimes laid to the man’s doqr. city and county roads. Many bridges
Hannah Goddart Knapp, the murder- (and culverts are washed out. The old-
ed third wife, called at tho office of an est citizens have never seen sch.con-
Indianapolis attorney last October and ditions.
nunciatntnt"ee Fesegge“nikh- rand when .the housezdivided the
handed methods” of the majority,
tory of the contest. amendment providing tor rity or
Mr. Peeley apoke nnty-one mtnuten ional commzs lonatAxahnttentioh to
missions members of Ihe Renate. I nls
led to an extended arsumenk,A,,,
Mr. Tillman offered an amendment
providing that no senator or member
ra % appofnted anxanehncoma.
muxion. The debate on the amend:
ment was partieipated in 2 M®»—
Alliron. Teller and,noarend,"a"tr:
apAing when at 1 o'clock the MMU*
hood bill, the uMnnishednasnes.wu
told before the senate, ana an 9u!
hoav _______
Rain at Texarkana. , 1
Special to Tho statesman.
Texarkana, Tex., Feb. »».—An un.
broken downpour of rain has faller,
hero for twenty-four hour®. Red river
rone four feet today and aland® 27 feet
above low water.
sumed the chair and Mr. Payne, thel ------
majority leader, moved a recess until In Executive Session of the Senate
tomorrow, and on that demand the pre-1 Morgan Spoke.
vious question. It was ordered. 169 to | l --
5. the speaker this time overruling the I Washington. Feb. 26.— W hen the
point of no quorum. By a vote of 173 »enaN went Into executive, Eeasjon ±2
tn 9 tbo hose thepat 7:15, took a re-1 day, the Panama canal trea7 Was
2 Lui tuS6t0r“5""P‛ taken up and Senator Morgar resumed
cess until tomgno": \ his speech in opposition to that agree-
--------- I ment. After Senator Morgan had
m--------- been speaking about three quarters
of an hour the absence of a quorum
.. A . i was suggested. The roll call, how-
The Senate Discusses the Appointment ( ever, sufficed to bring in the necessary
of Members on Commissions. | number and business proceeded. Sen-
‘_____ ator McCumber of North Dakota mov-
Court Proceedings®
Special to The Statesman.
Galveston, Feb. 25.—The following
proceedings were had in ths court oi
civil Appeals today.
Affirmed: Cochran et al. vc Moee
rer, from Harris; Wells Fargo & Co.
vs. Weiss, from Jefferson.
Reversed and remanded? Heath
guardian. Vs, Jerdt, from Nueces,
complete reading of the journal and vas taken A similar seenestonowea. A
thenspeakrarnctciating ctetk crertad lvision allowed and the chair.de:
Hofman, aged 69 years and for the
last thirty years a cab driver in San
Antonio, swallowed an overdose of
morphine in the Scholz Garden saloon Roto Ten Feet In Two Hours at Fort
on Alamo street this evening and died Worth—Police Busy,
in less than two hours. Only a short ... -
time before he took the poison he was H . ,r- gt-.gmnn
shaking -me wl’h a Puny ‘>1'friend. SnAo11WohpeFtgte“en: 26.—Nort
and no cause i» known for the deed. rokan aFehehe by a two inch reIn-
Tt. tim.Vv.huen fal which prevailed last night and.mhis
Th® Tim. at Viokoburge | morink. booming all streama until -tho
By Associntea, Eresn. . „ . .. Trinity kiver A thl. point l» bureting
Vicksburg, Miss.. Feb. 26.—When thevover its banks. It rose ten feet in two
----------- , steamer City of Louisville passed hours this morning, and is •till rising.
+ ial to the Constitution from 4* .Vicksburg At 10:40 this morning she The police have been busy today Do-
V Jackson, Miss., nays: was just seven hours and thirty-seven j tifying res'dents in the river bottoms
+ General John B. Gordon. com- -iminutes behind the time made by the Ho go to places of safety. Marine ereek
+ mander in chief of the United -Robert F. in her race with theim out of its banks and flood •»'* *
+ Conrederate veterans, wa. taken + in 1370. The city ®fI Who IN®
stream in tents. They are moving to
higher ground, fearig an overflow as
disastrous as the one in 1900, when Nev-
A Criminal In Terre Haute.
*T FORT WORTH
66“: MW!’’,.”®; THFRF S A fl gon
He was arrested on January 25, 1884, I IV M I LUvU
for larceny and on February 27 Was
sentenced to the Jettersonyiile reform- [ ------
atory for on. year. Hl. wife, who wa.l
only‘17 yeara o’ age, eecured a divorce POLICE ARE WARNING PEOPLE
shortly after he wa. .ent to prison IN THE TRINITY BOTTOMS
After his confession Albert A. Knapp From All His Confession, He May Got
admitted he had repeatedly assaulted Li, Sentence
women criminally and killed some of " ’
them. . ...... By Assoclated Pre®.. | be’ seen floating aFulcles of furniture, but
Knapp talked much of the Pearl Bry-I ludlanupolls, Ind., Feb. 2*.—Albert | small outhouse., carcesses of drowned M,
an murder and is afraid- of being! Knapp, arrested in this city yestrdey, animals and n csat donl ot houuehold
lynched. He doe. not want to be taken who lies in the Butler county jail at l stuff, the property-ot poor people who
from the rounly jail. - Hamilton. O„ sete-contesned as the]lived near the river bank and whose
Unless prevented by bin attorneys It most depraved criminal run to earth | IlttN .all hadLbeen swept awaya.
Ie onvet that KnaoDWIIl mane.fur- since 1e deeda of M ”• Holmes, were it looks IlKe an Intyrrebiton.ot
181expecedsthat Knapp will make fur iald bare In 1896, has the following Providence that, coming at the Hour It
ther confesslonm. -I crime® nt hl® door, by seir-contessloaid, no lives were lost. ' 1
He was in the Cincinnati house of Hh ,ho exception of the barn burn-1 Near, the Lone Star brewery at S
refuge when 17 years of age, and new ling: | o'clock this morning a woman and two
records are being discovered almost Emma Llttleman. killed In a cineih- 1 chitdren. were, re: from treecinte
hourly. . nail lumber yard. January 21, 1804. *shie hehexh“4cimhsd theft Md
1 Mary Eckert, strangled to death op- thiumoranato wsaonthtonmorenan-
posite the Cincinnati Young Men's «uch damage was dono w rnerenan
Christian hall, august 1, 1891. e .treJS and rising «vera’ frot
T.II. of Bom. Strang. Caro. th. Polleowvenninconrena Knerrashitnecond the basement, of building..
coula Never solve. irown"Htoee USal^'Xu.: "1, pamrnaabroncush 2odowr
t —— 1894. ,222, . . l{weny-sve years, and it was general
By Associated Press. Ida Gebhart, a child, nssulted and I in southwest.Texus.
Cincinnati, Feb. 26.—The three mur-murdered in Indianapolis. July 19,1895; The damage to railroads by wash-
ders which Alfred Knapp confessed i her body found several days later in a I out has been quite heavy and caus-
committing in Cincinnati could never barn in West Indianapolls. ,2 .0.. ing a delay to all trains into San
1, solved hv the ixjJIre Two were i Hannah Goddart Knapp, hig. third I Antonio today,
be solved by the Poe. 12, ® wife, murdered nt Hamilton, O„ and ------
dropped as suicides and the third as a her body thrown Into the Nimi river. Wind at Colleas Station,
"strangler mystery.” December 22, 1992. ’ I -1°8° n*
The finding of the body of Mrs. I Knapp has served five prison sen-
Jennie Knapp In the canal ft few yearstences, three for larceny and two for
ago was a crime which puttied thel assault. He has served two terms at
police of this city and Hamilton. The Jefersonville, Ind.; one at Columbus,
body was cut and there were marks on 9.; oneatJollet, Ian d one at Mich-
the woman', throat which indfcated ian J X Ind atow1 Ich.prizonh.wan
that she had been choked to death The sauit‛rnmzendlprapler,"n ENlla.ror
mystery in the raxxhad remained ax] since sis retUrn to thl® city in De-
cember he has, the palice feel sure,
been gulity of two barn burnings.
When he was convicted for the Drapier
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