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CON6SE8&
Iw the Senate on the 16th but little was
done in open session except reports of commit-
tees and the introduction of bills. At the ex-
piration of the morning hour on motion of Mr.
Riddleberger the Senate went into executive
session and immediately took up the nomina-
tion of L. Q. C. Lamar to be Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court. When a vote was reached
Mr. Lamar was confirmed by a rote of 32 to 23,
those not voting being paired. The nomina-
tions of W. P. Vilas to be Secretary of the In-
terior and Donald M. Dickinson to be Post-
master-General, were also confirmed. At the
elose of the executive session the Senate ad-
journed.... In the House, Mr. Dingley's resolu-
tion calling for information relative to discrim-
ination in tolls against American vessels pass-
ing through the Welland canal was. reported
from committee and adopted. A lengthy and
somewhat spicy debate followed the report of
the Cqmmittee on Printing relative to the de-
lay in the printing of bills ordered,. The States
were then called and many bills introduced.
After the adoption of a resolution assigning
elerks to all the committees - the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the l?th a bill was re-
ported from the Finance Committee to reim-
burse depositors in the Freedman's Savings
Bank. The House bill relating to permissible
printing or writing upon second, third and
fourth-class mail matter passed. A message
was received from the President transmitting
the report of the Pacific Railroads Com-
missioners. Several resolutions were
adoped calling on heads of departments
for desired information. The bill relating to
marriage of white men and Indian women was
passed. [It provides that white men marrying
Indian women shall not acquire tribal properly
lights.] The Educational bill was then debated
until adjournment....In the house the illness
of Speaker Carlisle was announced and Hon. S.
S. Cox was chosen Speaker pro tem. The re-
mainder of the session was taken up in filibus-
tering on the bill to provide for the issue of cir-
culating notes to National banks. Adjourned.
At the ezpiration of the morning hour
in the Senate on the 18th, the bill for refund-
ing the direct tax of 1881 was taken up,
amended and passed by a vote of 48 to 10. The
Educational bill was then considered until ad-
journment .... In the House after committees
reported the minority report of the Elections
Committee on the Thoebe-Carlisle contest was
presented. After some time spent in Commit-
tee of the Whole the Banking bill was called
up, and after the House agreed to consider it
the opponents of the measure commenced fili-
bustering and the House adjourned.
Tiie Senate transacted no business of
general interest on the 19th. At the close of
the morning hour an executive session was held
and when the doors opened the Senate adjourned
until Monday... .In the House tho joint resolu-
tion accepting the invitation extended to the
United States to participate in the Melbourne
(Australia) exposition was considered and final-
ly passed. Mr. Foran, of Ohio, reported the In-
valid Pension bill. The Wilkins Banking bill
then came up and filibustering continued until
a recess was taken. After recess the ceremony
of the presentation to the House by the State
of Massachusetts of the portraits of Ex-Speak-
ers Theodore Sedgwick, Joseph B. Vainum and
Nathaniel P. Banks was proceeded with. Ap-
propriate speeches were made, a resolution of
acceptance and thanks adopted and the House
adjourned.
The Senate was not in session on the
20th....In the House a bill passed providing
that the terms of the Circuit Court held at
Kansas City shall begin on the first Monday in
Maroh and fourth Monday in September. The
Thoebe-Carlisle contested election case was
then called up and argued for some time. The
contestant was given one hour to prepare his
case but when a vote was taken most of the
Republicans refused to vote, which left the
House without a quorum and an adjournment
was taken.
washington izotes.
The Government of Portugal has notified
the Secretary of State that it has renounced
the protectorate over Dahomey, which it
assumed by a treaty concluded in 18S5, its
efforts to control the Kin<* of Dahomey
and abolish human sacrifices and other bar-
barous customs having proved unsuccess-
ful. It declares itself absolved from all re-
sponsibility for the future of tho Dahom-
ese.
The National Board of Trade began its
eighteenth annual meeting at Washington
on the 18th. Mr. Frederick Fraley, of
Philadelphia, in the chair. The annual re-
port of the executive council was adopted.
The new Associate Justice, Hon. I . Q. C.
Lamar, took the oath and his seat on the
Supremo Bench at Washington on the 18th.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
will investigate the immigrant transporta-
tion question in New York City February 9.
The President has pardoned William H.
Walters, convicted in Utah of unlawful
cohabitation, and has commuted to three
months' imprisonment the sentence of
Thomas Henderson, convicted in Utah of a
like offense.
The accident to Mrs. John A. Logan last
summer has permanently injured her
shoulder. She has lost much of her old
time vivacity and energy.
The National Pure Food convention met
in Washingtbn on the 19th.
The Senate in secret session on the 19th
went to work on its calendar of treaties.
Those of chief consequence were tho Br.t-
ish, Russian and Dutch extradition treaties.
The latter was taken up first and finally
ratified.
The National Board of Trade, in sessiou
at Washington recently, adopted a resolu-
tion favorable to a Government control of
the telegraphs. A resolution was also
adopted condemning the accumulated sur-
plus.
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The Philadelphia Rolling Mill Associa-
tion has decided to reduce wages 10 per
cent, because of the depression in the iron
trpde.
Andrew J. Pierce, lumber dealer, of
Buffalo, N. Y., has made a general assign-
ment* Assets and liabilities unknown.
Two men were found suffocated by gas
In a New York hotel the other morning.
They had blown it out the previous night.
Seventy cows owned by Frank J. Caze-
oas, living near New Rochelle, N. Y., have
been killed to prevent the spread of pleuro-
pneumonia.
The lug Bronx was run into and sank by
the steamer Miranda at New York receutly.
Fireman McFeciy was drowned.
Two men were ground to death recently
in the plate glass works at Butler, Pa., by
accidentally slipping into the grinders.
The Constitutional Prohibition amend-
ment passed the Massachusetts Senate on
the 19th by a vote of 25 to 8.
The missing steamer Bri^nnia with 800
immigrants aboard arrived Off Sandy Hook
on the 19th, all safe.
The Governor of New York has nomin-
ated John Clinton Gray, of New York City,
to succeed the late Judge Rape Ho as Asso-
ciate Judge of the Court of Appeals.
The depression in the pig iron market
was reported serious at New York on the
20th. The Carnegies, who employ 10,000
men in their various establishments,
thought the men ought to be willing to ac-
cept a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages.
One thousand power loom weavers of
Philadelphia resolved to strike for better
terms on the 21st.
The day express on the Pennsylvania
railroad struck two men in Carole's tunnel
near Greensboro, Pa., recently, and killed
them instantly. Their remains were man-
gled beyond recognition. It was supposed
they were tramps.
A bobsled collided with a vehicle on
Forbes street, Pittsburgh, Pa., recently.
The driver was dangerously injured, the
vehicle being upset The occupants of the
bobsied were more or less injured, one havi
ing both legs broken and being injured
internally-.
THIS WEST.
Six hundred waiters of San Francisco
struck recently to aid the German bakers
who had struck previously.
Thomas Zixck, aged thirty-eight, a well
known politician of Cincinnati, committed
suicide recently by shooting himself
through the head.
The Novelty machine works of Evans-
ville, Ind., have assigned with 160,000 as-
sets and unknown liabilities.
The passenger train on the Illinois Cen-
tral road that left Dubuque, Iowa, for the
East at noon on the 18th was thrown from
the track at Scale's Mound, twenty-five
miles east, and several cars rolled down a
steep embankment. Several passengers
were reported dead or severely wounded,
among the latter being Mail Agent Corn-
stock.
Pork fell another dollar at Chicago on
the 18th with few buyers.
James F. Wilson has been re-elected
United States Senator from Iowa for the
term of six years from March, 4, 1889.
The starch manufacturers held a secret
meeting in Cincinnati the other day to
regulate production and raise prices.
The San Francisco Bridge Company has
made an assignment with $800,000 liabilities
and $200,000 assets. Cause, loss of money
on a city contract.
A report has been received in Nogales,
Ariz., that two American prospectors were
killed and two wounded a few days since
on the Yaquio river, in Mexico, by a band
of eight Apaches. The party of live pros-
pectors came upon them in a wild region of
the Sierra Madre mountains.
Seven citizens of Springfield, O., have
been arrested for systematically stealing
coal from cars of the Ohio Southern road.
An attempt to rob the Wabash train
bound east on the night of the 18th, near
Missouri City, was frustrated by the local
authorities, who had been apprised of the
plot. After some firing two men were ar-
rested and jailed. They proved to be farm-
ers living in the neighborhood.
Another cold wave swept over Dakota
on the 19th. Trains were ordered stopped
on some of the roads until the abatement
of the blizzard.
The house of Frank Smith, near Lima.
O., caught fire the other night and the en-
tire family—father, mother and four ebil^
dren—was burned to death.
It is reported that the stock department
of the Chicago Board of Trade will be dis-
continued February 1, business having
dwindled to almost nothing.
Ex-Congressman William Drummonh,
of Iowa, died recently in San Diego, Cal.,
of consumption.
The loss of life by the blizzsrd of Jan-
uary 11 was estimated by a St. Paul, Minn.,
newspaper of the 20th to amount to 235.
The full returns were not then believed to
have been received.
! the south;
TnE latest results at the Government dif-
fusion experiment station at ex-Governor
Warmouth's magnolia plantation, Louisi-
ana, show that the diffusion process pro-
duces thirty pounds more sugar to the ton
of cane than is produced by the most ad-
vanced milling process.
The niné prisoners in jail at Bryan, Tex.,
made their escape recently by burrowirg
under the wall. One of them came back
and surrendered after a few hours, saying
it- was so cold he could not stand it.
The Ashland steel works, near Balti-
more, Md., blew out the other night. The
cause or the stoppage was said to result
from the Reading strike causing a scarcity
of coal.
Several persons were frozen to death
in Texas during the recent blizzard.
The sheriff has finished at Dallas, Tex.,
the inventory of the Reinhart stock of
clothing, which foots up very closely to
$100.000. The attachments amount to
$90,000.
Frank M. Iron, clerk and register of the
city court at Birmingham, Ala., is reported
short in his accounts fully $10,000. He
speculated with the funds in real estate.
The loss of live stock in Hill County,
Tex., from the recent blizzard is not less
than 1,030 head.
Seven children and young persons were
drowned recently while skating on Sante
lake, ten miles east of Ennis, Tex., by the
ice giving way.
Two section hands named Conley and
Spears were shot to death in a house of ill-
repute at Cunningham, Ala., the other
morning by two young farmers of the
neighborhood. The murderers escaped.
A State Labor convention was held in
Staunton, Va., on the 19th. and steps taken
to secure a State Labor Bureau.
An engine, a baggage car and a passen-
ger coach were thrown from the track near
Jefferson. Tex., recently and wrecked and
seven persons hurt.
The recent cold wave extended into
Florid*. At Opelousas the weather was
the coldest for years.
Meningitis is epidemic at Asheville, N.
C. A dozen deaths per day are reported,
and every effort to arrest the drended dis-
ease proves futile. People are leaving the
town by the score.
The court house at Mobile, Ala., was de-
stroyed by fire the other day. Loss, $70,-
000. All the records were saved.
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The Bulletin* of the American Iron and
Steel Association, says the total produc-
tion of pig iron in the United States in 1887
was 6,417,liS gross tons, and was much the
largest in the history of the country. The
next largest production was in 1886, when
5,683,329 gross tons were produced. Only
901,444 gross tons remained unsold in the
hands of the makers or their agents at the
close of December last.
The trial of Cunningham Graham, mem-
ber of Parliament for Lanarkshire, and
Burns, the Socialist leader, for participa-
tion in the riots near Trafalgar square,
London, ended January 18, when the pris-
oners were declared not guilty of the
charges of rioting and of assault, but
guilty of the charge of taking part in an
unlawful assemblage and both were sen-
tenced to six weeks' imprisonment without
hard labor.
Nearly one thousand persons were ar-
rested m St. Petersburg on the night of
January 12. Considerable revolutionary
literature was seized.
The new Manitoba Ministry headed by
Greenway took the oath of office on the
18th. •
The first of a new line of vessels to carry
petroleum alone from the United States to
Europe has been launched at Greenock,
Scotland.
Father Rtan, on his release from im-
prisonment at Limerickpwas received with
immense enthusiasm. His speech was bel-
ligerent, spiritually and temporally.
A convot of prisoners while being taken
from South Russia to the Caucasus recently
mutinied and attacked the engine driver.
The train was stopped and a desperate
fight ensued in which eight soldiers, two
gendarmes and thirty-one prisoners were
killed. Twenty-one prisoners escaped.
A crisis between France and Italy was
reported existing on the 19th. The French
Consul at Florence hat* placed bis official
seal on certain Russian documents which
the local authorities claimed they had a
right to open. Paris newspapers demanded
an apology for the alleged insult.
S. C. Kanaday & Co., lumber dealers of
Toronto, Ont., have failed with $70,000 lia-
bilities.
Polish landowners are in despair over
the rapid depreciation in the value of their
estates. They complain that the Govern-
ment avoids buying army supplies in Po-
land, preferring to buy elsewhere at en-
hanced prices.
Fourteen Chinamen were drowned re-
cently by their bo^t upsetting while they
were trying to smuggle themselves into
this country from British Columbia.
The sanitary condition of the Russian
tfoops massed along the Galician borders
is reported to be bad, principally from
typhus fever. Mi.ch privation existed from
the cold weather.
Four thousand workmen were engulfed
recently while constructing a breakwater
on the Hoang Ho, China, caused by a sud-
den rush of water. Only a few escaped.
Business failures for the seven days
ended January 19 numbered for the United
States, 278; Canada, 38; total, 316, com-
pared with 288 the previous week and 301
the corresponding week of last year.
The Tribuna, of Rome, announces that
the Florence incident has been settled.
The Italian praetor will be reduced to the
fourth grade and the French Consul will be
reproved by his Government.
The Diay of Madrid,asserts that tho Unit-
ed States Government claims heavy com-
pensation from Spain for the alleged ill-
treatment of Dr. Nadal by the authorities
in Porto Rico. t
| the latest.
President Corbin, of the Reading rail-
road, in a lengthy written answer, refused
to give way to the demands of the strikers
one particle.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, pre-
sented the copy of the American Constitu-
tion from President Cleveland to the Pope
at Rome on the 21st.
Clearing house returns for week ended
January 21, showed an average decrease of
of 8.6 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York the de-
crease was 14.8.
Tiie Red Star steamship Switzerland and
the French steamship Gascoigne collided
near the Bartholdi statue, New York, on
the 21st. Both vessels were injured so as
to necessitate their returning to dock.
Forty persons narrowly escaped burning
to death by a fire at an apartment house,
corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Oak-
wood boulevard, Chicago, on the morning
of the 22d. The people had no time for
dressing and many of them were dragged
out unconscious, one of the ladies not beiug
expected to recover.
Crow's furniture store at Manistee,
Mich., was burned the other night and a
fireman was killed and four others serious-
ly injured by falling walls.
The boiler of the tug Zouave exploded in
New York harbor recently. John Con-
nolly, the engineer, Patrick Healy and John
McKenney, firemen, and Bernard Roonev,
the steward, were all shockingly scalded,
most of them fatally, probably.
Business on the London Exchange was
limited with a tendency to rise during the
week ended January 21. The same condi-
tion was reported from Paris. In Berlin
the bourse was quiet; at Frankfort it was
firm and rising.
Walter M. Gibsoit, ex-Prime Minister
of the Hawaiian Inlands under King Kala-
kaua, died in San Francisco on the 22d of
consumption.
The pol ce attempted to arrest two men,
James and Reuben Barrow, at Montgom-
ery, Aia.. recently. One of them was cap-
tured but the other made his escape, after
shooting and fataily wounding Neil Bray,
on'? of the police assistants.
At Chicago on the night of the 22d four
young men were on a cake of ice when it
floated out into the lake. After consider-
able trouble they were rescued, suffering
much from the exposure.
Billy Dempsey, an amateur feather-
weight pugil>s% was killed in a fight with
Tom White, alias "Swipes, the Newsboy,"
at New York on^Jtbe 22d. A blow in the
stomach was thought to have caused the
fatal results. White surrendered.
A disastrous boiler explosion occurred
recently at the Consolidated coal mine,
Worden, 111. No one was killed, but
the lives of seventy miners were in
jeopardy and the damage done will take
weeks to repair.
The Senate was not in session on the
21st. In the House a motion to dispose of
tiie Thoebe-Ca*lisle election case resulted
in a failure, the Republicans abstaining
from voting.
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
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An Attempt to Rob a Wabash Train De-
feated by O facers—Robbers Arrested.
Missouri City, Mo., Jan. 20.—An attempt
was made to rob the east bound St. Louis
train on the Wabash Western railroad at a
point one mile east of here Wednesday
night. The would-be robbers were J. Bar-
ney Swinney, John Drew and John Har-
grave, but Drew had revealed the plot to
the officers, and preparations bad been
made which resulted in the capture of
Swinney and Hargrave, who are now in
Jail at Liberty.
About two days ago John Drew, known
about here as a squatter on the island in
* he Missouri river, two miles south of this
city, informed Constable John King and
Justice of the Peace L. G. Hopkins that an
attempt would be made to rob the night
train on the Wabash Western Tuesday,
January 17. Constable King and Justice
Hopkins concluded to keep the matte
secret and Drew, who was to be one of the
participants in the attempt, was instructed
to go on with the plans.
Tue scheme as revealed was for Drew to
flag the train shortly after leaving the sta-
tion here, and cover the engineer and fire-
man with his revolver, while Swinney.
who was the leader, and Hargrave were to
cut the train in two at the express car,
which they were to enter, overpower tho
messenger and carry off the safe if it
could not be opened. The trio were then
to disappear with their plunder, flying in
different directions, but meeting at a ren-
dezvous previously agreed upon—Har-
grave^ cabin, on tho island before men-
tioned.
The would-be robbers were to meet at a
school house at a spot near where the rob-
bery was to take place, about an hour be-
fore the train was due, to complete their
arrangements. With this knowledge Con-
stable King and Justice Hopkins prepared
their plans for the capture. About one hour
before dark Wednesday night they sum-
moned a posse of seven citizens, including
the station agent, to assist. It was de-
cided that Justice Hopkins, Station Agent
Grant Arnold and William Cawby should
meet the train due here at 9:18 p. m., in-
form the crew of the situation and procecd
on board to the place of the expected rob-
bery. Arnold was to take his place on the
engine and Hopkins and Cawby in the ex-
press car. Constable King, Richard
George, William Bration and James Car-
son were detailed to occupy positions on
the south side of the track at the selected
spot as reported by Drew, while J. H. Mere-
ness and D. E. Bell were detailed for sim-
ilar duty on the south of the track.
The train pulled into the station on time
in charge of Conductor W. O. Beckly with
engineer Morsey at the lever. The train
was made up of an engine, mail car, ex-
press car, baggage car, two passenger
coaches, two chair cars and two sleepers
with an average number of passengers on
board. The passengers were not informed
of the anticipated trouble. The three
squads were armed with double-barreled
shotgus and revolvers, and took up the
positions assigned promptly. It was half-
past nine o'clock, at a spot one and one-half
miles east of this place, that engineer Mor-
sey saw the signal aud brought the train to
a full stop and asked what the trouble was.
Drew, wearing a black mask, slouch hat
of the same color, and holding a revolver
leveled at the occupants of the cab, ordered
them to come down and surrender. Hav-
ing been informed of the situation, they
only got down in the bottom of the cab.
Swinney and Hargrave, from positions
at the side of the track, now advanced
and joined Drew. Swinney wore a blac k
slouch hat and red mask and carried an or-
dinary flour sack, in which the plunder was
to be carried off. Hargrave's hat was tho
same kind as the other two, but his mask
was white.
Just as Hargrave and Swinney were
about to execute their part of the pro-
gramme—cutting off the passenger coaches
from the express car—Arnold from the en-
gine opened fire on the robbers. Drew
secured a position alongside the cab.
Swinney at once suspected that Drew had
betrayed them and fired two shots at hinp
as he dodged behind him out of range of
the bullets from the engine. This opened
up a sharp skirmish with general firing on
both sides, Swinney and Hargrave retreat-
ing to the lane which crossed the track and
then running rapidly north.
The spot where the train was stopped was
bordered on each side by open fields, with
woods beyond the lane. Mereness and Bell,
who were stationed north of Vjie track, at
once opened fire on the fugitives, pursuing
them as they ran, a rail fence serving as a
defense for the robbers, who returned the
fire until their ammunition gave out when
they took to the woods northeast of the
lane, aud their trail was lost.
Constable King and party moved to the
south to intercept the men on their return,
as it was expected they would for their
homes. This conclusion proved to be corj
rect, and Hargrave was met as he emerged
from the woods and was captured.
Mereness and Bell now joined the King
posse. The party was then divided, half
going to the house of Swinney's father
where it was expected he would be found,
and the rest returning to the city with
Hargrave. It was midnight when they ar-
rived.
After some persuasion Hargrave con-
cluded to talk, and confessed the facts as
related. He said Swinney had been
wounded in the leg. Finding that he could
not go much farther, Swinney .had given
Hargrave his weapon and stopped at a
house where he said he would be able to
prove an alibi if caught. Hargrave sur-
rendered two revolvers to substantiate his
stcry. He was placed under guard, while
King, Mereness and Bratton went to the
house described by Hargrave, which was
that of J. Q. Adams, a well known farmer
living two miles south of the city,
and about a half mile from the
place of the attempted robbery. The
house was surrounded. The door was
opened by Mr. Adams at the knock of
Constable King, and in answer to an in-
quiry he said Swinney was there—in the
kitchen. King went in and informed
Swinney that he was a prisoner. Swinney
made no resistance and the party returned
to town with him about 2:30 o'clock in the
morning.
Swinney told Farmer Adams that he had
been over spending the evening at a neigh-
bor s—Ambrose Gri Jo's—and when re-
turn ng home he had heard firing, but paid
no attention to it until he was struck in the
leg. His injury was examined, found to be
a slight flesh wound, a-d dressed iox him.
CORA LEE.
His
Little Charley Graham Again Gh
Damaging Testimony.
Springfield, Mo., Jan. 21.—The court
room was packed early yesterday morning-
by the curious, who were unwilling to lose-
a word of the Cora Lee case, and interest
seemed fully as keen as on the first day or
the first trial.
Charley Graham, son of the murdered!
woman, testified that when they were liv-
ing at Elgin, I1L, his father often visited
the Molloys, and witness saw him kiss-
the defendant (Cora Lee) good-bye
when leaving. He hud seen Cora
and Mrs. Molloy sit in his father's lap fre-
quently. Witness saw Cora at Mrs. Mol-
loy's bouse m Washington, Kan. Graham«
was manager of the Morning aud Day of'
Reform and Cora worked in the office. His
mother (Sarah Graham) managed the*
household. Witness had seen Graham
and Cora together after Mrs. Gra-
ham had gene down stairs in the-
morning; had seen Mrs. Molloy with Gra-
ham twice, and had s-*on ail three together-
at the Molloy farm. Mrs. Graham, Charley
and Roy went from Washington to Ft.
Wayne, Ind., and witness next saw hi9
father in St. Louis. He had written them
to meet him there. They ^ame from St
Louis to Springfield and t hrived at dark,
and witness and Roy weiit to Fay's restau-
rant and went to bed.
The witness here identified a trunk
brought with them from Ft. Wayne. Hs
saw his father next morning at the d?pot
when he (Graham) took some things from..
the trunk and said he was going to the>
farm and would return for them. He came
for them next morning. Some weeks after
arriving at the farm Cora asked witness
about his mother and witness told Cora,
she came with them to Springfield. He
identified a letter written by O'Neal, the
postmaster at Brookline, aud signed by
him (witness). He had told Cora of sign-
ing the letter and she became excited, and
she and Mrs. Molloy went to Brookline to
see O'Neal about it. Mrs. Molloy read the
letter and said it was all right. He remem-
bered seeing some men going to the well
February 25. Cora said something at
that time about having a pistol. She
said she supposed the men were drunk
and wanted to take him and Roy away. She
was excited and "went down to the gate
carrying the pistol under her apron. When*
the body was found Cora went to the well
but did not want the children to go. Wit-
ness never saw the body. He saw Cora
and Etta Molioy burning letters written by
Cora to Graham.
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
Hargrave Confesses—Swinney Sticks to Hfi
Innocence*
Liuerty, Mo., Jan. 21.—Safely confined
in oells of the Clay County jail are J.
Barney Swinney and John Hargrave, the
two men wno attempted to rob the
express train on tho Wabash Westeri
Wednesday night near Missouri City. Har-
grave talked freely to Sheriff Oscar Tliom-
ason. He said he was led into file business
by Swinney, the matter being first sug-
gested to him while chopping wool for
Swinney's father. He did not take readily
to the idea, but after Barney's plans were
presented, with the assurance that they
could easily carry them into execution, he
decided to join the band, Noah Drew, the
confederate, who betrayed his companions,,
having also consented to become a mem-
ber. William Harrison, the man who was
taken from his home several weeks ago
and horribly whipped by seven unknown
men, also agreed to help do the job, but
when the time arrived weakened and
backed out. The gang a3 at first organized
consisted of Swinney as leader#and Harri-
son, Drew and himself.
Harrison admitted to the sheriff yester-
day that he was aware that some plans
were being formed, but he had no intention
of taking part. Sheriff Thomason tried to
get Swinney and Hargrave to go to a phot-
ograph gallery to-day and get their pict-
ures taken, but Swinney declared he
would not do so and the officer did not feel
that he would be justified in forcing him.
Swinney continues to claim that he was
not connected with the attempted robbery,
but was only going home from a neighbor's
and was in that way accidentally shot.
He also appears ashamed of Hargrave, as
he says he would not go into auv job with
such a fellow. The preliminary trial will
be held next Wednesday at Missouri City-
WORK OF RUFFIANS.
A Story of West Virginia Diabolism That-
Sound* MulhattanUlt.
Parkersbukg, W. Va., Jan. 21.— Informa-
tion reached here to-day of another out-
break in the Hatfield-McUoy troubles.
Si-mon McCoy, a brother of the one whose
family was murdered a few days ago, lives-
in Wyoming County. The Hatfield gang,
made a raid on his home and overpowered
him and took Mrs. McCoy and her son, a
mere boy, out to the woods. The woman
was fastened to a tree by a member of the-
party, the remainder staying at the McCoy
house to prevent the escape of the
others. After tiring at their human targets
for a time the leader grew tired of mere
sgort, and gave the ord :r for her to be
killed. All the rifles were raised at once,,
and the poor woman's body was riddled
with bullets. The boy who was taken out
with her was also dispatched in a summary-
manner. By this time the other party
had surrounded tne McCoy house,,
having, in the meantime, placed
various kinds of combustible material
around it. It was concluded to fiie the
building and give McCoy a chance for his-
life, if he could run the gauutl<¿t of their
bullets. They expected he would leave the
house as soon as it began to burn. In thiv
they wore disappointed. As soon as the^
flames shot up McCoy poked his head out
of an upstairs window and begged for his
life. He was answered with a volley ol
bullets and made no attempt to esc ape, but
perished in the flames. The house w>*s to-
tally destroyed, and in the ruins was found.
his charred body.
Hoar's Pension Scheme.
Washington, Jan. 20.—Among the bills-
introduced in the Senate yesterday was
one by Mr. Hoar, to grant a service pension
to all survivors of the late war. It pro-
vides that all officers and enlisted men who
served in the army, navy or marine crops,
including regulars and volunteers, sub-
sequent to'March 4, 1861, and prior to July
1, 1866, shall be entitled to a pension at the
rate of one cent for each day's, service,
this sum to be iu addition to any pensione*
granted fcr disability.
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