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mw m H The Omaha Daily Bee i I NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 17 1889. NUMBER ISO , ji THE VERDICT IN AT LAST Ooughlln , O'Sulllvan and Burke Got Llfo Imprlsonmout KUNZE GIVEN THREE YEARS Bccgn Dcclnrcd Innocent Xho llircc Sentenced Irishmen Turn Pnlo nnd tlio Little Gcrmnn Iircaka Down Completely The Hoeno In Court CntCAoo Dec , 10. Ono of the mostnicm- orablo trials In the crlmlnnl history of America closed this afternoon when the Jury , Impanelled three months ago , rendered > lts verdict In the Cronln case That the Jury did not disagree Is a source of much congra tulation In the | iubllo mind , and although there Is naturally much division of Bentlmcnt the tense of relief which is experienced at the ilnnl culmination of the case is unani mous However bitter too may have been the feeling engendered bv the two fac tions Into which Irish people have been di vided m the case , It cannot fall to bo a source of congratulation to Judge McConnell that his impartial conduct as presiding Judgo.has been such as to win for him not only the ap plause of both these opposing factions but the approval allko of the leading jurists of the land upon the validity of his rulings As coutt convened at 3 p. m. to rocolvo the verdict of the Jury there was a momentary illcnco as the vust audience broathlosslv awuitcd the first words of Judge McConncll as ho mounted the bench The jury is prepared to make a return in this case , " said his honor A moment later a door leading from the jail opened and the five defendants marched In to hear their fate Hardly a sound was heard as every eye was turned towards John T. Boggs who led the procession The face of the senior guardian of Camp SO was palo nnd anxious looking , but ho faced the stare of the audience boldly Daniel Coughlin affected his usual Indiffcr- incn , but his restless , furtive eye betokened ( ho tcrrlblo mental suspense the ox-dotcctrvo experienced as ho awaited the dread an nouncement Hardly a person In the court room suc ceeded In catching the eye of Patrick O'Sul llvan Ills looks were directed toward the floor and whatever emotion ho may have foil at this critical moment was not shown Martin Burkes face Hushed for n tnoniont as ho approached his seat , but Immediately after his features regained their natural ox- pacsslon and with affected nonchalonco ho resumed the cbowlng of gum as has been his wont during the trial For the first time since his trial the llttlo Gorman , John Kunze , secmod to apprectato the gravity of the situation and his usual air of jauntincss was absent As tp.o audience wore contemplating the ' prisoners and commenting upon their demeanor - meaner the nolso of many footsteps was strain suddenly heard without and in a mo- meat the twelve men on whoso judgment w " " " posed the lives of the defendants cntorcd [ tlio room hooded by Foreman Clark Every prlsonor simultamously turned hi ; eyes on the jurors as If to read in their lmpassivo 1 features the secret of the verdict , but there i was no sign to glvo themhopo or fear ' The cleric will call the roll of the jurors " Every person in the audience started ns the sound of the Judges voice broke the 1 silence , only to add a decpar awe to the i solemnity of the occasion Slowly the jurors i answered to thotr names , and the twelve men were announced to bo pacscnt "Qontlomon , " said the court , "I under stand you have reached a conclusion in this . " case i With a bow Poroman Clarlco took from his pocket a largo envelope and handed it to the judge , who in turn hanUod it.to the clorlc The olerk will road the verdict , " said the court Instantly a hush foil upon the audi ence a husn so profound thnt as the clerk toro open the envelope the sound fell dis cordantly upon anxious oars A moment later this nnxioty became painful in its in tensity , ns the sonorous voice of the clerk began reading the verdict Wo , the jury , find thd defendant , John F. ileggs , not guilty • Wc , the jury , find the defendant , John Kunzo , guilty of manslaughter as charged in the Indictment , and fix his punishment at Imprisonment in the pcnitoutlary for a term of three years We , the jury , find the defendants , Dan Coughlin , Patrick O'Sulllvan and Martin Jlurlto , guilty of murder In the manner and form ( is charged in the indictment , and fix the penalty at Imprisonment In the peniten tiary for lifo , Forrest of counsel of the defense at once requested that the jury bo polled To each juror this question was put by the clerk of court : Was this ana Is this now your vcrdictl" Foreman Clark was the first toriso und an- wor firmly In the affirmative The cloven others followed in turn and gava the same answer Simultaneous with the announcement of the verdict , Coughlin , O'Sulllvan and llurlto turned deathly palo , while Kunzo started suddouly from his scat and dropped his head on his breast and broke into tears Hoggs' face was luminous with joy , nnd Immediately after the polling of the Jury ho arose from amid the prisoners , walked over totno jury box , uud during tuo breathless lull that followed shook Foreman Clarks bund and said : Qcntlcmon , I thank you I trust that the future may confirm your judgment upon me , and that you will never i egret that you found mo not guilty of this terrible charge " As ho shook hands with the jurors each man bowed bis head in acknowledgment of the grateful words of the llboratod mall The only soupd that broke the itlllncss was the ( loop sobs of the llttlo German Kunze Ho burst out with : God knows I am innocent I was never In LakoYiow that night 01 God knows I urn Innocent , gentlemen " O'Sulllvan was Uio only one of the ether thrt-o prisoners who found refuge in tears For a moment they twinkled down his checks , but a mluuto later his black eyes flashed with dollance or a revival of courage , bud dashing his hand across his brow ho braced up In his seat uud cast u glance around the court room , The only evldenco of horror to bo perceived in Cougblin's face was the increased pallor that overspread his Countonaneo as ho fully realized the signifi cance of the suutunco to llfo Imprisonment , uud his lips twitched nervously during the colloquoy tbaifolluwcd between the attor neys und the court rolatlvo to u motion for a now trial , Martin Burke was unquestiona bly tbo least affected of all the prisoners His usually florid face took on u slight pallor as the verdict was announced , bnt a intnuto later his ju\\B began the methodical uiastica- lion or gum as regularly at at any time pre Vious during tbo trial When the verdict was announced the largo audleuco Lontemplutod Kuuzo's grief Hoggs turned to a reporter aud ald ; "It Is a shame < to , sentence Kunzo , the poor little follow is M Innocent at 1 uai , It Is a d-U shams to send him to the penitentiary for three years , ] Ho had no more idea of being found guilty than you had of being declared an accomr plica i In this crime . " In the meantime the expressions of opinion nmooc the audience wcra ns varied as were the Individuals that constituted the assomr bingo l Friends of Ueggs elbowed their way through 1I 1 the crowd nnd grnhped the hands of the I senior guardian of Cnmp SO in follcltn- tion J upon his exonorntton Ueggs took a scat n ono of the jury chnlrs after vho retirement of that body , nnd spent the next halt hour necordlng interviews to the scores of news paper j men who crowded around him Forrest , on behalf of the four convicted defendants , entered the accustomed motion for a now trial nnd after considerable dis cussion the Judge fixed January 18a1 * the day on which the motion for a now trial should bo argued , nnd the prisoners were taken back to Jail , Bcggs proceeded smilingly to his old cell , staying only long enough to get his hat and cent It wes not until after noon today that the jury finally carao to n verdict nnd then it was that Juror Culver , who had been voting for acquittal for nil the defendants slnca the jury went out , consented to a compromise The other jurors were for hanging Burke , Cough lin and O'Sulllvan , nnd whllo ho was for let ting them all off , Culver finally agrocd to life sentences ior the throe The jury was prac tically unanimous on the subject of Bcggs' acquittal , and but llttlo time was needed to fix Kuuzo's term of Imprisonment JUDGE Jl'CON'NEM , INTEUUEWED What do you think of the verdict , Judgol" asked nn Associated Press rcpro- scntutlvo of Judge McConncll after the ad journment of court for today Judicially , of course , I can pass no opinion upon the vefdictj as an individual , however , and without being cognizant of nil the pro ccodlngs In the Juryroom , I might say I think the verdict Is the result of the probable ob jection of sotnoof the Jurors to the death pen alty on circumstantial evldenco " "Mr , Culver , probably I" "No , not Mr Culver necessarily I under stand ho was In favor of ncqulttal from the start It was only nfter long and harassing deliberation thnt ho agrocd with the rest upon this vcrdlcf You will prooably Und that Mr Culver was not the only man upon the jury who was opposed to the hanging of the three principal defendants " Hut the Jurors all swore on bolng exam ined as to their competence that they had no conscientious scruples against capital pun ishment on circumstantial evidence " That Is all true , but behind nil this each man probably had the mental reservation that the evidence must bo convincing beyond reasonable doubt Now If some of these men should think there was oven the faint est shadow of a doubt us to the , guilt of the three men , do you not see how natural It would bo for thorn to mentally resolve to compromise the matter with their conscience No matter how conclusive ) their judgmout might be , by favoring llfo Imprisonment in lieu of the death ponnlty , all because the case was ono of circumstantial ovldouco " "I believe you feel reliovcd ut there not being a disagreement ! " "I do , most assuredly Although If the jury had disagreed and it becanio necessary to try the case again I should not have flinched from presiding again " THE rillSONCRS JIUAT About 4 o'clock an Associated press repre sentative wont to the juil and found the four convlctod defendants out in the corridor with the other inmates taking tbo usual ex ercise before supper Kunzo seemed to bold himself apart from the other prisoners and remained in his cell , refusing to bo comforted in his misfortune Coughlin and O'Sulllvan were at the en trance of the cage discussing the case with a couple of the members of Camp 20 , who had called to offer their sympathy or congratu lation , who knows which At the approach of the press representative they quickly lapsed into silence and the visitor dopartcd A note was subsequently sent to Coughlin nnd bis companion requesting an interview and tboy finally approached the cage "I am sorry to disappoint you , " Bold Coughlin very courteously , but I dent de- slro to bo interviewed " But what Is your oulnlon of the vcrdictl" "I am afraid I shall Have to refer you to Mr Forrest , my uttornoy , for an auswor to that question " Are you disappointed at the verdict ! " Well , I suppose no man regards a verdict of llfo imprisonment with any degree of en thusiasm , " said the ox-detectivo grimly , but really gcntlomon I must decline to bo \ interviewed " With this sentence Dan L Coughlin retired pleasantly bowing good L evening as ho went It was evident to nil that the prlsonor is in [ a mood nearly approaching elation , and to i Dan Coughlin nt least the verdict was a i source of self congratulation Ills habitual mood during the past six months has been , ono of taciturnity , but this ovonlng n bright smile Illumined his face aud his stop wan \ light and buoyant In the boys department Martin Burke was , found walking up uud down smoKing a cigar Ho seemed entirely composed and good nn- turcd ns ho greeted the Associated press re porter Well , Hurko what do you think of It ! " "I am not saying a word , " said the young Irishman 1 ; the Chicago papers have baa ; enough ' to suy about mo already , and I dent ! want to pivo thorn any excuse for ouy moro " Hut dent Include us in your gcncrnl damnation i " "I'm not damtiing the papora , " said Hurko "I'vo nothing against tbom , but I guess they can get along without mo " All efforts to extract any commouts from Hurko on the verdict were in vain Ho expressed - pressed himself ns delighted to converse on what ho tormed."soclal tonics , " but on this other business , " as no called it , with a Jerk of his bead towards the courtroom , bo was as dumb us an oyster When tno verdict was read this afternoon V nn Coughlln's wlfo and llttlo girl were sit ting out In the main corridor of the criminal court building , Some ono rushed Into the corridor and called out the result Mrs Coughlin gaspeJ , stood erect , Bhrickod and fell back into her chair She burled her face In her hands and moaned wildly The child too began to cry loudly Mrs , Wbulen O'Sulllvan'a ' sister In-law , - , was standing by and turned savagely on the men who were waiting on Mrs Coughlin , "O , you cutthroats , you tried your best to hang them and now you hang nround to gloat nt us in our misery " she shouted unit then followed Mrs Coughlin lute a nrlvato room Judge Lotogonockor , when asked If he was satisfied witn the verdict replied that it was a compromise verdict aud that's all anybody could say about It It was quite plaln'that the stuiu attorney was uot pleased at tbo outcome , Bnaas' vow John F. Ileggs left the jail this afternoon soon nfter court adjourned In company with his lawyer As he Btopped into the street a frco man ho was hoard to say : "I am golug to spend the rest of my llfo hunting tbo men who killed Cronln " Hoggs spent u faw minutes at his oQlco , and than hurried homo where ho positively refused to receive callers this evening JUHVMKN TALK , After the jury was discharged this after noon and whllo the gentlemen were watting for their certificates a crowd of reporters besieged them for information about what bad tmntplrod in the jury room and the cause of the delay , Its uo use , " said Juror Marlor , "wo agreed not to say anything From what I have heard slnco I got back into the world tbo newspapers have been doing some pretty tall lying Juror Culver was not the cause of tbo delay aud there was not any unploasautuoss or any knock down ns one paper hns declared , " Juror North vfix * angry at the statement mentioned ubno- The man who wrote the story of the row In the jury room ought to bo punished , " said ho There was no trouble at all nnd wi > passed the time us pleasantly as wo could under the circum stances Juror John Culver was seen at homo in Evaston tms evening aud refused to umbo anv fctutoment as to what took place in the jury room or whether or not ha was the dis senting member All ho would say was : "I took what to mow as thoonly justcourse " Mr , Culver warmly domed the stories of quarrels uuioug the jurom KiiuIIhIi Comment , London , Dec , 10. The Morning Post com • menting on the Cronlo verdict Bays : "If the case will result in a thorough nwakening of public opinion In the United Status to the character f , of the Clun-nn-Gncl then Cronln's llfo was not sacrificed wholly In vain " The dally Nowi says of the Cronln trial ! The mon sentenced for llfo nro three of the vilest ; , wretches ever loft unhung The , Jury has done substantial Justlco nnd 11 is to bo hoped j that nothing will bo allowed to disturb . the righteous verdict The dally Telegraph charni'torlzcs the ver dict , . as surprising , " but reflects that it must be thankful for small mercies The Times says ; When the difficulty or ompnnnclinga jury Is considered the verdict dict , may bo regarded us satisfactory , The murder was plainly the consequence of a squabble over corruut financiering nnd wai ono of the mo9t atrocious crimes perpetrated outside of Russia in modern dais " The Standard ssys It Is strange Illegal verdict and speaks llttlo for the juslsprti- denco of America that n court snould have taken so long to arrive at such an abortive verdict Tlio Verdict In Omnlin The news of the verdict in the Cronln case wes rccol ved in Omahn yesterday after noon nlout 3 oclock A few moniontB later a Bpeclal oditlon of Tub Hnn was on the streets nnd was rapidly bought by the throng which had boon ex pecting the news for many hours In many ways It may bo said that the verdict dict was n disappointment Mono could bo found who hnd forecast the result Even friends of the accused felt thnt Coughlin , O'Sulllvan and Hurko would bo sentenced to death ; that Kunzo would bo given llvo or ten years In the ponltentinry whllo Hoggs would bo sentenced for a much longer term , Many nttrlhutod tlio verdict to un alleged fact that the Jury was fixed , whllo others as cribed It to the fact that the evldenco wns only circumstantial , and tint some of it scorned to bear the marks of having been manufactured to supply links which the prosecution could not otherwise forgo Iho following is a reflex of views of cit izens on the subject : Thomas Hrcnunn , cx-secrotary of the Land league I have very llttlo to say on the stib- ject A murder was committed In Chicago , < and it is for the people of Cook county to see that the guilty parties nro punished and the innocent go frco The fact that I am of the same nationality ns some of the men tried docs not glvo mo any additional right to make comments on the trial just ended Hut , as an American citizen , I am anxious that men tried for their lives should bo tried ue- cordlngto the law and the facts , and not by the uuju3t use of poivor or bv public clamor I will sav , however , that I have read Judge McConnoll's chnrgo to the jury and consider it ono of the fuircst ever uelivered in a murder trlul Hut tno action for a portion tion of the Chicago press , day after day in referring to mon on trial for their llvos as murderers , before the jury had Bpokon and while the law had presumed to lis innocent is not , to say tbo laast of It , In accordance with Amoncan ideas of Justice and fair play What reparation will the papers now inako to Mr Ucgg for the many times they called him a murderer ) Their action in s' .ylin ; men murderers whom the states attorney cannot nnd dare not , for want of a particle of evidence , put on trial is Ju9t and repre hensible Whoever is guilty , I believe u great wrong has been done to some mou whoso names have been dragged into this horrid business and the press and the public will yet recognize that fact Major Whcoler I am sorry the first report wns not true If the mon are guilty they should bo hanged W. N. Nason Its all right except in Kunze's case He is ns innocent , in my opinion , as Hcggs and should have been ac quitted Euclid Martin It I had been on the Jury I would have been In for . hanging the three principals The ca30 was a perfect ono against thorn , M. S. Lindsay The verdict was according to the evidence C. O. Lobcck They got all the evidence warranted , if not moro Colonel Chase The men were convicted by public sentiment The evidence never warranted a verdict of guilty against them J. A. Wokedeld It looks pretty rough to Uud such a verdict on circumstantial evid ence If I had boon on the jurv I dent tnink I would have boon for conviction , John T. Tallan The murderers of Dr Cronln should hnvo.bcon hanged Hut there Is nothing-to provo that these are the mur dorors The evidouco is all circumstantial These men should either bo hanged or nc- quitted They are olther guilty or not guilty , and If found guilty they should rccelvo the extreme penalty of the taw and I dent bu- licve capital punishment has been expunged from the laws of Illinois John D. Howe They lot the lpllnws off entirely too easy They ought to have received - coived a sentence ordering them lumped on the end of an olectrio light wira and then let them sizzle John Rush The case is very peculiar There is no doubt hut that it w.u a cold blooded murder , and that the clrcumstancas were quito strong against some of the do- fondants Yet if I were on the jury I could not ' glvo a verdict of capital punishment , because - cause ' I dent think the evidence sufilciontly positive j Viovving tbo whole matter from Its lncipiency ' every fair minded man must acknowlcdgo ' that there was some sort of a conspiracy j , and whether tno conspirnoy was the ! result of factionalism in the ( Jutted Hrothorhood j I dent think wds proven Tlioro is ' to my mind only ono argument in favor of factional conspiracy , and that is the declnru- Hon inndo by some members of CampSOaftor tbo ' disappearance of Dr Cronin that bo • ( would turn up nil right and that ho had gene to England Another is the veuomoui attack upon ! his character Ho was a man respected in his own community and lie lived a con sclontlnus ' Christian llfo , nnd why his character - actor should bo assaulted after his death is a mystery .1 , ns an Irishman , deplore this uu- fortuuato miserable affulr It casts a shadow over ' our entire race . Judge Doano I have not paid very oloso attention to the trial , having only read the brief reports in Tub Hee , but I think , from what I have seen , that the defense were given every opportunity to prove their sldo of the case I saw that the wcb'of circum stantial ovidoiioo was growing stronger day by duy until it scorned to ma there was uo escape I was particularly Interested In watching tbo evldenco concerning ICunzij Ho seemed to bo intimately con nected with tbo nffalr The evidence against him was Btrong aud was mainly ob tained through his own admissions on tlio stand It Roems to ma there can be no ground for working up a strong feeling of sympathy for the condemned mon on account of unfuirncss in the court proceedings , and it also appears to mo thnt the evidence , if 1c justified conviction at all , cortamly justifio 'd it verdict of.canltal punlshmont , but In Illi nois the Jury have tnu right to fix the punish ment and It is probable tbero wns Borne ono on the Jury who was opposed to this penalty Mr John Grove I urn hardly prepared to express my opinion on the matter , ns I have not paid a great dent of attention to it lutcy ) , but I do think that it is a very important nf falr for every ono concotnod , or who is In terested In the cause of the Irish people , as It will , no doubt , throw n dampc-r on tlio cause In the minds of some people It is un fair , ulso , to throw the blarnu of this affair upon the Irish pconlc , as a race , for It Is a matter for which n few individuals are en tirely responsible , and they alone should bo uuido to boar tbo blatno and not the Irish people They have enough to bear as it is , and should not bo made to shoulder tbo blatno for this occurence J , J. Points I think the verdict will glvo general satisfaction , nnd 1 believe It was con sistent with the evidence Leo Estclle The verdict is a Judicial out rage It should have elthor boon hang or nc- quUtal It Is tumpcrlng with law und Justlco , County Attorney Shields I do not think the verdict was In accordance with thpmorlts of the case If the men were guilty they should suffer the extreme penalty of the law ; If any doubt exists tboy should have boon ac quitted Judge II E. Davis As to tbo verdict Itself I do uot care to state a positive opinion As regards a new trial I incline to the oplulou that Judge McConncll will not grant ono The supreme court , however , may do so There are , I understand , ever two thousand exceptions to rulings made and if properly presented a new trial will doubtless bo ob tained MR 1 , BRECKINRIDGE'S ' EXCUSE Why Ho Made Net Move In the Clayton Oriso WILL \ CONSTRUCT A'TARIFF ' BILL . The Wnys nnd Monns Commlttco to Begin Work Imnudlatoly Nebraska - braska SIcnibsrH United on Ualccr and Gurloy Washi.sotom Uuueiu Tub Omiiu Bcb , ) 513 FouiiTEBsrn StnnBT , > Washington D. C , Doe 10. J It required a very decisive move on the part of the republicans In the house tcday to smoke , Clifton A. Urocklarldgo of Arkansas out , of his hole It willbj remembered that General Clayton whllo last wlntor taking testimony in the contest ho Intended to mnko of , Hrccklnridgo's sent In congress was assassinated ly political friends of Hrockln- rldgo Notwithstanding thf fact that mil lions of people throughout the country have been shaming Urecklnrldge and declar ing that It was nn outrngo that ho should occupy a blood-stnlnod seat without the proper denunciation of the assassins of his opponent , ho quietly sat in his chair in the house for moro thnu two weeks without oven saying word about thoterrlblqclrourastancos ' unilor which ho is permitted to enjoy his privileges as a public man Ho has beoa expected every day to rlso 'lu his seat und ask tbo house to Investigate the circumstances under which his opponent was assassinated and oxouorato himself of any blame for the murder When the republican side today offered a resolution authorizing the committee or olectlons to mnko proper iuvostlgatton Mr Ucckinridgo got up nnd said that ho would himself hnvo done this had It not been for tlio fact thnt a republican courts in Ills statu had the affair under consideration and ho thought it would bo moro proper for the republican - publican sldo of the house to take the Initia tive step hero The oxeuso was pcr.orully regarded 03 a very flimsy ono " It is a won der that the house and the galleries did not hoot him Crisp of Georgia , who was chair man of the committee on elections under the Into democratic ronimo protested against the proposed investigation nnd declared the resolution out of order Speaker Heed al most took the breath out of the democrats when ho calmly submitted to the house the question raised by Crisp Ho wonted to glvo the democrats nn opportunity to vote ugalnst the resolution , as they were all un doubtedly anxious that i tbo proposition should fall They had not ' , the courage , however - over , of their convictions and refused to veto against the proposition The com mittee on elections ! will mnko an Investigation and see whether Mr Ureckcnridgo is in any degrco responsi ble for tho.outragcous assassination .of Gen eral Clayton , and if it lsjsbown that Clayton could have made n successful contest or Hrccklnridgo's seat the latter will bo ousted In nny oveat Mr Hrecklnrldgo has not shown himself to bo that fair-mln dod man which ho would of late years hive Ipd the country to believe that ho Is , und there is uo sympathy expressed for him on any hand It is safe to say that * there are very fey men in the coun try who would occupy the seat that Mr Hrookinridgo has taken1 . They would have promptly declined it nfter ituo assassination and permitted the people a\tho polls to again express an opinion * XEUUASKA MBSfllErjt COXUEB There wns a conteroncoitliis afternoon of the three Nebraska member * of the house in roferoiico to a number ofNobrasku appoint ments It was determined thnt all throe should pull together to bring about a number of changes They ugreed unauimously to push Mr Bauer , who was a member Ojf the last legislature , for the position of United States district uttornoy , nnd Will Gurloy as as nsslbtant district attorney , The ways and means committee vir tually agreed upon tbo construc tion of a tariff bill , nnd by the duys they have fixed for the hearing of vari ous Inteiests show that they do not intend to idle nway the two wneks or moro of the 1 holiday recess The hearings of tbcao inter ests began Thursday , December 80 , and ended January 10. At tbo conclusion of the hearings the committee intend to take up scriatum tbo subjects which have been dis cussed by the pensions advocates who ap pear before them and promptly compile a L bill , bo as to report to the house urly in February The ooinmtttco on ways und [ moans was composed with a view to nblo and rapid work uud the notion of the mum bcrs today in adopting the programme they have fixed will uot disappoint the speaker or the country Tlio two senators from Nebraska met with the I members of tlio house A letter of en dorsement recommending Judge Dundy for i the ' position vacated by Judge Drowor was drawn ' up und signed by all It was expected that < the letter would bo presented by tbo delegation j to tlio president today , but tbo : long ' session of the senat6 prevented It will [ probably I bo tnlcon to the white house to " morrow ' , The senators also conferred with the members of the bouse on the appoint ment ! of the three supervisors of the cousus , 1 whoso ' names were prematurely announced , The names ns announced were agreed ; upon ' after n full discussion i nnd ' will consist ns before of Cook ' of Lancaster , Randall of Cny | aud Stounnor of Dodge , The situation in respect : to recommendntions as formerly made on Which the president hns not acted was dis cussed ' nnd the understanding was that the delegation ' would , press certain most Im portant appointments Today In executive session Senator Paddock reported favorably from the cominiUeo on publio lands the nomi nation of William McCr.nn , receiver of the Chndron land office , nnd C. II Cornell of the Valontliio land ofllco , Ex-Senator Saunders was ulso rcnoitcd favorably as u member of the Utah commission from the committee on territories , and Cliaucollor Manatt as consul general to Athens Senator Paddock today reported from the committee on public luuus his bill providing for two additional land offices In the btato of Nebraska , the offices to bo located at Alliance and Broken How * WOltK 01' WESTCltV BTATESMEH In the senate today Mr Manderson Intro i- duced the following , which was referred to the commlttco on public lands : KesoH'ed , Thnt the secretary of tbo into i rlor bo and Is hereby instructed to inform the senate what military reservations or parts thereof have been relinquished by the war department and abandoned by executive order and placed under the control of the secretary of thu interior pursuant to the pro i- visions of the uct approvpd July S , 1831 , and any acts subsequent thereto ; what military reservations or poi lions thereof placed uudor control of the secretary , of the interior under Buld nets have boon surveyed or subdivided nnd sold ; what , If any reason exists why the lands In such said reservations are not sur : veyed , subdivided , appraised und sold and what appropriation is nodded to survey said lands that the satno may be disposed of as approved by law , " Mr , MandcMon also preiontod the petition of the veterans of the late war at Nollgh in favor of pension legislation as recommoudod bv the pension committee of the Grand Army of the liopublia Mr Manderson ( by request ) Introduced a bill providing for tjordan suffrage Senator Paddock Introduced bill a provid 1- ing for the purchase of a site and tlio oou i , structiun of a publio building at Heatrlco to costT5.00p. The bill provides for the pur r- chase of the slto by advertisement and the selection Is to ba mudo by a commission of > three persons to ba appointed by the secre tary of the treasury , the selection to be final and the commissioners to bo paid -00 each : and traveling expenses The bonutor also introduced a bill providing that any settler upon the publio domain who has taken or > may hereafter take land by homestead entry aud wm ] has commuted or may hereafter commute tbo sanio to cash entry shall upon proof of cultivation uud continued residence : " for a period of five yean bo cntitlod to re payment of the money paid by him In com mutation of such entry Ho ulso prcsontod a bill impropriating fiOO.OOO for ft capltol and court houio building nt Salt Lalto , Utah , the site to bo agreed upon In the eamo manner ns fixed for the building nt Hcntricc Senators Allison nnd Wilson today pro1 scntcd in tha sonata a largo number of mom orlnls and petitions from their constituents asking that congress ennct n law prohibiting speculation upon farm products nnd dealing with it In such manner ns lo controlo Its future price They also presented a lot of memorials In favor of a moro stringent Sunday law Sonntor Alll- son Introduced bills for the relief of Mary J. Dorr , the owners , officers nnd crow of the Urltlsh bark Chance , Anna Piatt , Annlo Slater , Allco Kelly , also Annie and Ellen G. Leo , John Itrochon , Sr „ Mrs Amanda S. Wlsnor and Stephen D. licdfleld Ho nlso Introduced n bill amending the net authorizing the construction of wagon und foot passenger brldgo across the Mlsslssipi at or near Lyons , In The bill provides that the structure shall be for wagons and vohloI 1 M of all kinds , mil mats and foot passengers nud , at the option of the corporation , to bo used for railroad trains upon such reason nblo rates of toll as may bo fixed from imo to ttmo by the corporation and npprovod by the secretary of war , The brldgo is to bo with unhrokon or continuous spans , n pontoon teen or draw bridge It Is to bo sufilciontly high to not to boahlndranco to navigation No change Is mndo In the time within which the work Is to be begun and completed Senator Pottigrcw from South Dakota pro scntod a memorial ftotn the Commercial club of Sioux Falls asking that congress appro- priuto immediately n sum sufficient to com plete the locks and canal at SaultSte Marie , Mich The memorial goes on to say that the state of South Dakota is vitally interested and is in dungor by the conditibu of the old canal and lock , ns they may Injuns transpor tation by the lake Congressman ltecktor Introduced a Joint resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to donate to the state of South Da kota all the furniture nnd ether property left over after the recent constitutional conven tion Congressman Gifford will , at the first op portunity , introduce In tno house bills to open to settlement that portion of Fort Kau- dall lying east of the Alissouri river , ratify ing the agreement of the Indians to nllovi the Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul railway lompany right-of-way through the Wabpjton Indian reservation in South Dakota , grant ing to the state of South Dakota for school purposes 5 per cent of the proceeds of the lands which have been or may hereafter bo sold from the publio domain In North Da kota , providing for building buildings in the principal cities of South Dakota Hcpreseutativo Hunsbrouglt will introduce a bill ratifying the agreement of the Indians on the Ucrthold reservation in North Dakota to throw open their reservation to settlement nnd appropriating $00,000 for removing the Iudinns and $12,000 for removing their build ings to another locality Among the petitions introduced la the senate today were the following : I3y Senutor Wilson From Alex Will iams and eighty-six other legal voters ers in Lafourcho parish , Louisiana , favoring a national election law whiett will compel obedience to the Fifteenth amendment of the constitution of tbo United Statc3. Hy Senator Pettigrow From thirty-two soldiers of Garry , S. D. , for additional pen sion legislation Senator Moody introduceo bills appropri ating $200OOU for publio buildings at Dead wood und Rapid City , nlso a bill to reim burse the state of South Dakota for the Sioux Falls convention of 1W55. Senator Pettigrow Introduced a bill appro priating $230,000 for the erection of a publio building nt Sioux Falls , also a bill authoriz ing'tho secretary of the interior to survey and mark the boundary line between South and North Dakota - . . jySJV POSTVIAjSTCIIS . ' * - Nebraska Murray , Ca3s county , 'J.W. . Edmunds , vice H. F , Hrindel , resigned ; .Uelby , Sqward county , O. Gowory , vioo A. J. Rogers , renlovcd ; Wilson , Furnas county , J. U. McGraw , vlco W. L. Hell , resigned South Dakota Elk Crook , formerly Urownsvillo , Lawrence county , A. A. Ran dall , Vlco W. O. Hubbard , restgnod ; Fulton , Hanson county , O. U. Urooks , vlco N. C. H-irlc , removed MISCELIAXEOUS Chairman McKlnloy expoets to seethe resolution elution which ho introduced today mid had [ referred to tno committee on ways und ! meauB , providing for the holiday recess of congress to begin next Friday , reported back to the house nnd finally pass both branches i of amended to for the congress provldo re - cess on Thursday , A telogrum was today received announcing the resignation of Superintendent Strnnahan [ of the board of publio works , Now York state This place was uromisod to J. D. Yoomans of Sioux City His homo was in i Erie county , Now York , until a year ago when ho removed to Sioux City to look after live stock interests Tlio general land office will awake to the condition of the fraud division which under Sparks reign Inn ' 10,000 cases behind The policy has been to delay action in all cases , not moro than a hundred being decided per annum Hy urgent recommendation of the South Dakota statesman the en tire division has boon reorganized nnd business now gees on Indian Commissioner Morgan has all the papers concerning the bridge over the Nee brara river to the Ponca reservation pot ! tloncd for by the Holt county supervisors Judge Kincaid urges favorable action on t this case as do all others in that locality On Wednesday Secretary Noble will hnvo a conference with the delegation of chiefs from the Sioux Indian reservation in South Dakota and Nobrasku , after which It is ox- pectod the secretary will report to the president - dent wl'h it view to tbo issuauco of a pie clamatlou by the chief executive throwing the reservation open to settlement , J. H. Suydcr of Iowa was today appolntod a messenger m the house of representatives A , M. Uowdol , president of the First National bank of Mitchell , S. O. , is in the eitv for a week , stopping with John II King ; C. F. Goodman and It A. Gaylnrd and wifo'aro at the Normandlo and It C. Patter son ts at the Ehbltt They are all well known Nebraska people , Senator Fryo today Introdi' cod his bill of ' , the last session to provldo for the settlement of tha claims of the United States growing out of the issue of bonds to nid in the con structlou of the Union Pacitlu railroad Cranch's bill , introduced in the bodso today by McKinlcy concerning the collection of customs dues is u compound of several ad , ministrative bills wuich have figured before tbo past congress The basis Is the old iHewitt udininlstrntlva bill which has been copiously ameuded by lusortions of phrases > , sentences nnd sections from the last senate tariff bill and a draft submitted by the treasury department to tbo last congress , to which McKlnloy has added | j further suggestions made by tbo present treasury ofUciuls The result is a bill of | Ihlrty-two primed pages , Tbo democrntio house caucus which was called to meet tonight to determine what > position , if any , the party should take in ro- ' gard to iho deficiency has been abandoned , Senator I'ottigrow today Introduced a bill 1 to nuthorizo the secretary of the interior to survey und murk the boundary lines between North and South Dakota The sum of 100,000 to meet the ex- peuscs of the work is appropriated , Commissioner of Pensions Kuum today Issued an order directing that forty of tbo -dS special pension examiners now in tbo field bo recalled and nsslgncd to duty in the pension bureau in Washington , The number > of examination fields will bo reduced und their several boundaries extended so as to cover the entire country General Itaum's purpose In malting this change is tn iucreaso 1tho cffoctlvo working force of his office , The secretary of the interior today ron dored n decision in the case of 0. M. Fair rchild vs The Dos Moines Valley railroad , company , The lands Involved in this case woru claimed by the railroad by reason of , certification to the etate Juno 14 , 1600. us lu ! dumnlty lands under the act of July 13 , 180'J. The secrctury , however , holds this certiflvu- . Hon to have been erroneously made and di- rects n demand for a relinquishment or ro- conveyance of tl0 | lands to the United Status to bo made unon tbo company , In dofuult of which suit will bo recommended to rot usidu the certification Pimr S , Heatu , IOWA NKW8. Preventive j Measures Again Bt tlio Kprcnd nl' Diphtheria ' Dks Moises , la , Dee , 10. [ SpoiUl Tele gram to The line I The state board ol health 1 is In receipt of a lcttor from Now Hampton ] concerning the diphtheria In that place ! The house has been quarantined but the ) family has been making butter In tt house 1 adjoining the residence.inoinbcrs of the i family going from Iho back room to the diary , nnd the authorities want instructions In j regard to the matter , The board replied thnt the butter making must bo stopped , aud butter ) ulrcady made to bo confiscated , A similar case from Motz , Jasper county , where milk , and cream was taken to a creamery from | a House where tlioro was ncaso | of scarlet fever j This has nlso been ordered stepped A Mnndniutis Wnntcd , Des Moises , la Dee 10. | Speclnl Tolo1 gram I to Tun Uke ] The governor Is In ro- ccipt * of a communication signed by citizens of i Chirindn petitioning for interference by a mandamus , proceeding to prevent the pro posed . ! tearing up of the tracks of the Clarinda - inda & St Louis road on Wednesday next Hn referred the communication to the rail road commissioners Died From IIIft Wonndfl , Keokuk , In , Doc 10. [ Special Telegram to The Hed ] Louis Hurrell , the colored drayman who was shot by Fred Kocchtiiig Inst Tuesday whllo in the act of stealing wood , died early this morniug Kocchlmg is under nrrost awaitiug the uctlon of tbo jury now la session Drowned in n Slop Hnrrcl Rr.n Oak , la , Dec 10. [ Special Tolcgram to The Uee.1 The slx'ycar-old daughter of Henry Hruco , living near here , was drBwned in n slop barrel this morning The little one was loaning over the edge or the barrel and foil In headforemost with no one around to repcue her Tiip nnoTiiKitiioon riiAVBRs A Nuiiie , n Constitution and ny-Lnws are Adopted New Yokk , Doc 12. The Brotherhood base ball representatives mot hero this morning and remained In session untllnearly 0 o'cloidt when n recess was tnken The re port of the commlttco on constitution and bylaws was adopted with a few amend ments Tbo name agreed upon was Players National League of Uaso Ball Clubs " There was quito n number of chunges compared with the constitution of the national league The Becrotary must bo un outsider , new members must have three quarter vote ; clubs may bo expelled for failure to sign con stitution ; to pay yearly dues of $1,500 ; to pay salaries of visiting clubs porcentugo ; to deliberately fall to play championship games for selling beer or liquor , pool soiling , open betting , playing witn disqualified clubs , throwing gnmes , playing on Sunday , etc Any member can bo dlsmissod between ono playing Benson nnd another Hut no player can bo transferred from ono club to another without written consent from him The league is to Uo man aged by a board of directors , who shall con sist of stockholders who are not players and plnyors who are not stockholders , Two members of each club will form the com mlttco The agroomeut between the clubs , which lasts ton years , wns nmonded by a resolution providing that each member of the league sball guarantee and positively agree to say each player the salary fixed by his contract upon request and that there bo raised a fund of $10,000 to bo , contributed by the members equally , to bo deposited with the treasurer as aguarantco of tbo perform ance by each member of the contract „ The following officers-weroelocted ; Presi dent , E. A. MeAlpin , New York ; vice presi dent , John Addisou , Chicago ; secretary and treasurer , F. H. Hruuoll , Chicago Various committcos wore appointed It is understood that Von dor Abo's St Louis team will bo admitted tub wimao/vt' / outrage , AltlitiUKli the Defendant is Acquitted , tlio Affair la Not Kndcd Yet Holtoke , Wyo , Doc 10 , | SpccIal Tote gram to Tun Bee | It seems that the dismissal - missal of the Benkol vs Withorbee case nnd the finding of the defendant not guilty in the matter of the whitecap outrage of the Sth lust , has in no wise put a quietus on the Investigation Rumors have gained ground as late as 0 o'clock p. m. that other important j arrests would bo made in the morning Ccitaln parties Interested in the prosecution have been warned to bo on their guard Mon who have received such warnings can now bo scon going on the strcot where business or pleasure may call them in groups of three i or four iu order for hotter protection in case i of attack A DRUNKI2N MANS DEHD Murder nnd Arson Committed Whiles i - • Crazy With I/quor. Contoocook , N. II , Dec 10. Tbo barn of ; Moses E. Dodge at Hopklnton was burned I , caily this morning Two bloody axes and ' fresh blood have boon found Tn a neighbor ing shed nnd it is learned that a neighbor was i at the place last evening crazy drunk Dodge sent him homo , but the drunken man is said I to have cscapod from his house about the time of the fire A boy named Henry Soarlo , who worked for Dodge , saved the horses in i the barn , but Dodge was lost In the fire Over soventcon head of cattle burned • Scnpn 1'luto'd Fighting Lisbon , Dec 10. The pnpors hero give a long account of the events preceding the re- contactlon'ot Soprju Pinto in Mozambique It is nllcgod that a party of engineers but voylng a railroad line were nttaokod by the Makololos without provocation and were compelled to fight , killing six negroes The reports of the larger affair cannot roach here for several tveoks , but the official papers deny that Soppa Pinto has any such force as tbo English claim , , A Successful Operation on Darrctt Hostox , Mass , , Doc , 10.--A successful surgical oporatlon has boon performed upon Lawrence Harrott consisting of the removal of some lymphatic glands of the throat As soon as the patient recovers bo will betake himself to'somo European watering pluco for rest and recreation . • A Crnzyinnn's Ilalltiolnntlon NewYoiuc , Dee 10. Joseph Kracke , a Bohemian carpenter , became Inaauo tonight aud throw his three young children out of a window Ho said ho saw Jesus In the yard and threw the children to him as a Christ mas present They fell on the fire escape and were not seriously injured , Kracke then ran amuck and assaulted several women nnd men Ilu wns finally subdued after a fierce Btrugglo with four policemen , Ho is In the hospital now a raving maulao I'nn-Amerloniii In New YorK New Yoiik , Dee 10. Secretary Hlalno with the All-American congress delegates and ladles arrived at Jciscy City this afternoon i , Tboy were met by a reception commlttco pnd Mr , Mrs and Miss Ulalao wont to the Fifth Avenue hotel whllo the delegates and ladles crossed ut Cortland street and were cscoriod to the city hall where un infoimal reception was held by Mayor Grant This | ovt'iiiug they ure visiting the different the , uteis - The Wouthor Force ist For Omaha and Vicinity Fair weather , ' Iowa , Lower temperature , Morthe rly winds South Dukota Fair , lower temperature , Forthwosterly wluds , Kudu Pnslin Decorated NllBiiLiN , Dee 1C Emperor William has confoired upou Emln Pasha the decoration ( second class order ) of the r.rowr with the \ tar , THE 1 CROWELL MURDER CASE J A Promlnout Cltlzon of That Plaoo } II Arroatod ; ! CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY ' ' J ! Hon ; Ihlovns aioct With n Illioonr- ngemont The llnll-IIess Shooting ; AITrny Tnkon Up hy the Women Siato Notes j Arrested Tor Complicity 'i Fiicmont , Neb , Dee 10. | Special to Tnn J 1 Unci Additional excitement nnd Interest 3 has I boon glvon to the Cra well murder case " § by 1 the arrest of Herman Dlcrs of Crowoll , a ,9 hotolkccpor 1 nnd merchant at that place , for * complicity in the murder of Carl Pulslfcr J The arrest was made by Sheriff Mnllon yes | tcrdny ( . afternoon and was done so quietly ; < that the pcoplo of the llttlo vlllai-o know \ nothing i of It until today When the news | wns mndo public great excitement followed ) The ' prisoner was brought to Fremont last , S evening i und Is now lodged in jail The ,4 < < H ofllcors i nnd every ono connected nro very III closo-moutlicd ' nud it Is.extremely difficult to ; obtain i exact Information ns to whnt evidence < M there is thnt Diors wns connected with the ill case in nny manner Mr Diors , sr , , ofVcst JS Point , fatbor of the prisoner , came to Fie > • ! mont this morning to look tutor his sons iH welfare Ho is * very much wrought up over 3II the now turn taken In triutters Ho states | BI that ho has been informed that his sons 1 nrrcst wns made on the nllegcd grounds that M ho hired young Fuist and Shcpbard to kill J Pulsifcr ; that the consideration was a suit J of clotlics nnd t-JO in advance and A 81,000 nfter the murder had been 'J ' committed Ho declares his son innocent - \ nocent of the crime Ho says ho bad no J feelings against Pulsifcr , but that on tbo i contraTj Pulsifcr nnd Herman Diors were 3 good friends , nud tlmt the latter often took 3 his meals at Herman's hotel aud borrowed * ! tnonoy of him J i The prlsonor took nn nctivo part in the 1 capture of the two murderers , hut is not J known lo have displayed nny overweening "S deslro to ofTcnt their capture thnt would | savor or suspicion Ho was foreman of the t , coroners Jury which sut upon the body of * | Pulsifcr The only thing certain at this { I time is that ho has been arrested for com # | pllclty , which charge , if true , would involve ,1 ill in us un instigator of the plot It Is S not definitely known whether Furst and rfa Shcpbard have stated that they were i hired by Diors j A Unrni Reception ? SwtixoviEW , Neb , Doe 10 [ Special to J The Bin ] Lafe ; Bourn , re3hling south of 5 , this plnco nnd a stock feeder of considerable i note , has been losing his hogs , ono or two at , k njtlmc , for the past ten days Last Weanes- ? day night he and two of his hired men organ -i ized a watch , concealing thomsolvcs in a . straw stack in the confer of tbo , feed lot | : AboutS o'clock a-man wassocn , gun In hand , • , climbing over tlio fvneo Into the feed lot V Ho was halted and fired upon all ut the same 4 time , when ho threw up his hands with a v , groan nnd fcllbackwardB , at tbo same time -fmL shooting , As there were known to be SI a number of men on the outstdo of the lot , , , ,1 confederates of the supposed dead man , Mr 31 Bourn nnd hla men kept still in the straw gf stock to await , developments Thov nad not 7 | long to wait , as two mon were Been skulking * S from a canyon just buck of the feed lot and ki where thoinan was shot off the fence , whom j ? they picked up and carried off ns fast ( is tUoy % could go In a few minutes another man was \ \ seen coming from the canyon to the fence % where the flr&t man was shot Ho picked up k something-suppoicd to bo a gun and § stalled bacic , when ho was fired upon by the < * men in thu straw stuck nnd was without jf doubt hit , as ho stuggerod is ho ran In all ? | there wcio twenty shots tired Ono mau is jg supposed { o bo killed and ono wounded , J Mr Bpurn tbiults tnero were at least seven * men m the gang They had a spring wagon * ( and a pair of mules Citizens hero think It ) is a case of the old-time rnstlors seeking ro"V vengo on members of the virllnnco com'f mittco Mr Bourn , it iswell known , is a , ? loader in that organisation Let that bo as tDI it may , the thieves got a warm reception dm Members of tlio commlttco have put nn a I strong force and further trouble is looked . 4 for Kearney votes 1 KEAitsav , Neb , Dec 10. [ Special Telo- * S. gram to Tun Bee.1 The city council ordered , , nt their meeting tonight n now hcok and 1 ladder cart with a complete equipment i I costing $ 1,200. This will bo In readiness kT i when the new city hall will bo dedicated 4 next month M The third member of Lowls Logan's family - a ily , living eight miles north of the city , died . tonight of diphtheria All died within a few | days , Others of the family are sick The j dlscaso is attributed to bad water from a well ' 3 improperly protected from filth 4 m A mass meeting was hold In the opera 3JH hou90 tonight to discuss the building of rail gill roads from this city The Kearney & Black gffjl Hills and Kearney , Hutchinson & Gulf roads , IIjll both on paper , were freely discussed , The & former extends from Kearney via Calaway and on to the Black Hills and the latter to % fl Galveston via Mlndon , Superior , Wichita . * $ * U and Hutchinson , A committee was appointed H/M to confer with the boards of trade in the 'lU towns and cities on the proposed lines rcla- Hll tivo to building the road The feeling here -jltD is that the Black Hills route will bo com $ U pictcd 111 st -5B NrbrnHka Udltorlnl AsHOCltiilon WiM Kcaiinet , Neb , Dec 10. [ Special Tele- IB grum to The Bee , | The annual session ol vl | the Nebraska Editorial association will be | B hold bora January 23 and " < • H. M. Bush $ neil , president , and lG. . Simmons , secro- Wm\ \ tary , were In the city today completing nr- JB rangoments nnd getting up the programme • aH Tbo editors of the state and their wives will Wm\ \ bo prcsont , the guests of'tho city , The first wSJ duy will bo devoted to a business eosslon In - the evening there will be orations , poems , -H literary ana other exercises During the . &fl second day there will bo a discussion of busl- i H ncss topics nnd Improvements iu newspaper 4&HJ work In iho evening a grand bimquol will 3 fl bo hold In tbo Midway ball aH Ills Life Wns in Dmifror Wayne Neb , , Dee 10. [ Special to Tn lam \ Bee ] During the Kelley trial last week fl | tlioro was un uudorcurront of excitement all H tbo timb , aud a constant apprehension of • Sm\ \ danger to the llfo of Dr Kelley , Mlchaol U and Mary Soulior , brother and sister of the ! decoasoa girl , and tbo other Germans who . * m\ were supposed to have boon concerned In tuo Ifll shooting of Dr Kelley last winter , were here H all the week , nud mudo numerous threats H that they would kill him nt the first oppor- Mm tuuity , On one occasion Mary Soulier rushed4HH at Dr Kelley us ho was leaving the court 3Jmm house and cried , lu German ; Ill ' kill you , * $9 $ | you murderer I" Two Omahn detectives Wm\ were hero all the week to guard Dr , Kelley , 'INI and accompanied h tin wherever ho went , and 3Hi the sheriff nnd his deputies were couBtuntly JH | on thn watch The suspected persons ware fll not allowed in the court room , and a deputy nHl was Btutlonod at the door to Uoop thorn out f9i The result of theftnal was no surprise to vjfll anyone who hoard the evldenco The state - H failed to convict , not because of any mis- ' 91 management of the case , but because there "jflsi was absolutely uo evidence to sustain f con - eJHi Victiou , HH A I'titnl Pall jH West Point , Neb , Dee 10. [ Special Tell&m egrain to The Hee | Word came to towu to- SH night that a * dead mau was lying lu the road jHJ about three miles east of this ylaco and eltl- HJ zonB repaired at oaco to tbo scene of the JHJ supposed murder , to find ono George Rom * H , ucrg bad boon foully dealt with , but upon ' * jH