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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1882)
The Omaha Bee Fnblkhed every morning , except Sunday Ins only Monday morning dally , TKUMS BY MAIL - One Vw $10.001 ThreeMontha.S3.OC Six Months. n.OOOne | . . l.OC WEEKLY BEE , published BY ery Wednesday. TffiUMS POST PAID : One Year . 12.00 I Three Months. . 3U Mom thi. . . . 1.00 I One . . OOlinESPuNDENOE All Commtm mtlons relalni ! ( to Ncwn and Editorial rout- en should be addressed to the EDITOB o THB BKK. BUSINESS LETTEBS-A11 Bwlnem Utters wul Tlemlttunces iihould bo ad Itemed to Tun OMAHA PtmtianiNO Coi UNT , OMAHA , Draft * , Checks and Post jtHee Ordctfl to bo made payable to th 8'der of the Company. OMAHAPUBLISHINQOO , , Prop'rs Et ROSEWATER , Editor. STAY AW AT. Workimjmon of Omaha must no crowd around or congregate in th troeta or near the grouuds whor soldiers are stationed. By koopln away you will deprive the authoritio of every excuse or pretense that yo mean to create disturbance or rosor to violence. Lot the expensive fare of military occupation of a poacofu city proceed. The stupid blundororo who have called for the army will in duo time rue their folly. BRADY has furnished bail in tin sum of $20,000 under the indictmon for star route conspiracy. For n pee man , Thoma's is evidently valued at i good round figure. TUB free trade democrats don't seem to como to. the front in congress at boldly OB was expected. Absolut free trade is very generally admitted to bo impracticable. FBOJI the days when Rome was agi tatcd by labor troubles , every conflic between capital and labor has boon only satisfactorily settled by mutua concession and compromise. THE latest thing in neckties in Arizona is hemp. Throe desperadoes wore presented with those tokens o regard last week in that territory am it didn't cost the county a cent. Eiaur national banks have boon organized ganizod within the past two wuoks with an aggregate capital of $700,000. The Nebraska national of Omaha heads the list with a capital of $250 , 000. THE statistics of the increase of crime and vice in Massachusetts show that they are increasing more rapidly than in any other state of the Union. The descendants of the Pilgrim fa then scorn bettor at preaching virtue ' ! 'to others than practising it them selves. LUMBERING ) up the congressional calendar with private bills continues at an alarming rate and it is stated that if the session continues until July the list will foot up a round two thousand. Of those it is safe to Bay that three fourths will slumber in the commit oo room pigeon holes. IF every state had no more dif ficulty about settling the apportionment mont question than Vermont , there would bo little need of extra sessions of the legislature for rodisriotlng pur poses. The two now congressional districts will be divided by the back bone of the state , the Green convention tion range _ _ THE Ndw Jersey senate has adopted the constitutional amendment provid ing for biennial sessions of the logislo tare and a four years' term for sena tors and governor. . The Now York legislature will vote on a similar meas ure. There is a general impression that "wo are governed too much , " and that the more unfroquont the meetings of our law makers and the shorter the sessions the bettor it is for the people at largo. TUB minority of the Massachusetts woman unfit-ago committee , in their report port to the legislature , state as an cir gumont against the measure that "If the wife of a republican goes to the polls with her husband , the wife of the democrat is cither compelled to do the same or see her husband praa tically disenfranchised as compared with his neighbor , By this procctis a duty would bo enforced upon a largo majority of women against their judgment - mont and wishes , merely to gratify the desire of a small minority of wnmi < ii. IN granting the request of the settlers tlors on the Maxwell land grant in Now Mexico to have their rights tested in the United States court , At torney General Browstor has opened the way for a thorough ventilation of that magnificent swindle , As shown early in the winter by THE BBK , that grant by a false and fraudulent sur vey was made to include over 2,000- , 000 acres of laud lying entirely out of the original and legal limits of the grant The company who controls this immense domain are now making settlers pay a heavy tribute for the privilege of short time leases , BOMBASTES FtJRIOSO- Many people now In Omaha will doubtless remember the ludicrous scenes enacted in our city during the memorable Indian scare of 1864. , For two weeks our streets were barricaded , business suspended , mon and horses were pressed into militin service , shotguns , old sabres and horse-pistols were in active requisition , and men in buckram , dubbed brigadiers , colonels and majors were strutting themselves to death in drilling recruits. All this torriblocommotlon was caused byaband of peaceable Pawnees crossing the Elkhorn within twenty miles of Omaha on their return to their reservation from a buffalo hunt. These Indians supposed to bo hos tile Sioux , wcro expected to raid Omaha in conjunction with an imag inary band of guerrillas. The scare subsided in duo time , the militia were disbanded and Omaha became tha laughing stock of the balance of the state. The present military invasionof Omaha in many respects is moro ludi crous than the bloodless Indian scare of 1864. More mon have time and again boon knocked down in an Omaha boor garden in three minutes on a Sunday afternoon than there were in the so called bloody riots during the past week. There is no moro need of galling guns , howitzers , broach-load ing rifles and sabro bayonets in Oma ha to-day than there is in any city in the union whcro a largo force of labor ing mon are employed. And what has called forth this array of cannon and musketry ? The great blusterer who , as mayor of Omaha , notified the governor that ho is utterly powerless to maintain order has caused the city to bo put under martial law , when in fact ho had made only the most feeble effort to maintain order. Instead of exerting his full authority in conjunc tion with tho' sheriff of Douglas coun ty , this bombastos f urioso lost his head and invokes military intervention before - fore either ho or the sheriff have sum moned law abiding citizens to aid them in suppressing disorder. If Every mayor in every city whcro labor troubles occur should emulate the ex ample of mayor Boyd , we should have to enroll a standing * army of a half a million mon and bankrupt every state in this union in paying militia expenses. Wo should not ob ject to an occasional military dross parade in Omaha to gratify the vanity of officials who want to parade their names in the papers with bombastic proclamations and military requisi tions. But it is a damaging blow to Omaha to impress the country with the idea that ou < * streets are running -red - with bloody riot and our citizens have to bo guarded by the army to protect them against a red- handed hob , when in fact not a regu lar policeman has struck or received a blow , not a single arrest has boon made , and no resistance has been made to either sheriff or constable in my attempt to arrest - a disorderly person. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - * ANAim-MONOPOIiYiVICrtORY The real facts about the , defeat of the republican candidate for the legis lature in the Now York Eighteenth senatorial district are coming to light. A. republican majority of over 0,000 was overturned and a democrat elect- ad , and the press reluctantly ad mit that anti-monopoly was the cause of the revolution. Mr. Stan ford , the candidate for Webster Wag ner's seat , was a monopolist of a very flagrant stamp. When in the legis lature ho voted for the outrageous stock-watering scheme of the Now York Central , and also to permit that road to raise its faro. Ho is a brother Df Leland Stanford , of the Central Pa lifio railroad ring , and altogether has & most objectionable monopoly record. rVs to spending money , Mr. Stanford spent ton dollars for every ono ex pended by the democrats and antf- monopolists , and the result is all the more gratifying when wo take this into consideration. It shows that fforkingmon won't sell their vote for a ness of pottagn when they understand that in doing so they mortgage their future and that of their children to the monopolists. In a circular relating to the facts in the case the Anti-Mouopoly League ay that for some time previous to the jlootion they had boon quietly organ- zing through the State and when the iloction consequent upon the death of Senator Waguor was announced they urnod their attention to the district. iVithin a month 17 branch leagues voro formed there , moro than ono mndrod thousand documents clistri- mted , and a district which had been epeatodly debauched with money and vhioh was looked upon as ono of the mrost republican districts in thoStato vent largely dotnocnxHo. As soon a * t was announced thul the republicans tad nominated a monopoly candidate a the person of Mr , Stanford , a man rho , in I860 , voted for the increased are bill on the Now York Central ailroad , and in 1868 for the Consoli dation Stockwatoring Bill , each league ran invited to send delegates to an iiiti-Moiiopoly Conference to bo hold t Soheneotady oa the same day as the ) omocratio Convention , February 8th. The democrats were notified mt if they nominated a man rho was sound on this question , ho rould receive Anti-Monopoly support , 'hoy did so. Mr. Baucus signified is approval of the , principles of the i .4hfetf4Me&M ' 4 I anti-monopoly league , was endorsed by the anti-monopoly conference and all the leagues in that district hold meetings and did their best to elect him. Indeed they made the only active canvass that was made ; the democrats had been beaten in this district so often by monopoly money that they wore discouraged and apa thotlc. In 'concluding the league asks whether this result is not indicative of the strength of the anti-monopoly sentiment and of the necessity of both parties putting forwafd candidates who will protect the public interest against the encroachments of corpor ate monopolies. If they do , Ihon the anti-monopoly league will not take sides ; if they do not , it will support the candidate who professes our principles ciplos and see that ho acts up to his professions. That is what the league has como for , and it has como to stay until the people's rights are obtained. It will affiliate with no on a party ; it will trade with nobody , but it will watch everybody. MOB RULE AUD MILITARY RULE. Last Wednesday night Mayor Boyd notified Governor Nance that ho was utterly powerless to maintain order in this city and invoked through him military protection. From Wcdnos- day night until Saturday morning , when Omoha was given over to mili tary rule the "mob" had complete control. For three nights and three days Omaha was absolutely at the mercy of a 'blood thirsty red handed and riotous mob. " It was n terrible and desperate sit uation. The suspense was simply awful ! For three days and three nights the streets , avenues and lanes of Omaha wore thronged with the tin bucket brigade of "socialists , communists and nihilists , " The B. & M. steam shovel stood unguarded on the dump , and The Omaha Herald office was exposed to five thousand "merciless fiends. " But during those seventy-two hours the "red-handed mob" did not molest man , woman or child. Not a dollar's worth of-proporty was damaged or destroyed , not a win dow was broken. Jim 3tophonsonwhom the "bloody rioters" hate so in tensely , rode through the streets at all honrs of the day and night unharmed , and Dr. Miller was allowed to heap insults and oxaapor- arating abuse upon the strikers with out any other resentment than a harmless sot of resolutions. The advent of the army has given us military rule in place of mob rule. The sabro bayonet has been thrust into the faces of the "rebellious in surgents , " and the majesty of the law has been vindicated with Gattling guns and howitzers. On the second day of army rule on the Sabbath day , consecrated to prayer and meditation- while idle mon , women and children were con gregating in the streets whore the "citizen soldiery" are quartered , a diversion was created and a defense less old man bayonottod through th breast , because ho did not undorstan > martial usage. If those diversions o our armed protectors are kept up dur ing the rest of their stay , wo sha ] have occasion to mark the contrast between tweon mob rule and military rule. TREAT THEM WITH COT7R TESY. The mon enrolled in the Nebraska National guard androgular troops wh have been quartered in Omaha in response to the call o the chief magistrate of this state , should be treated with courtesy by all classes of our citizens. The Nebraska militia are for the mosi part farmers who have organized * un der the laws of this state for the com mon defense , and they deserve credit for the promptness and loyalty they have shown in coming forward to suppress what they wore led to believe a dangerous riot. The reg ulars are hero under orders from the president of the United States , who had boon imposed on by represents tion that the civil aud military author ities of this state had exhausted their resources in an effort to suppress an insurrection. It is no fault of those soldiers that they have boon called to Omaha prematurely on a fools errand , However inexcusable the appeal for military protection may bo , the sol diers who are quartered in Omaha should not bo jeered at or insulted by the populace , to whom their presence once is offensive. Lot us show these mon by courteous treatment that wo respect them as follovr-citizeiis and as soldiers. Lot them carry back to their homes the muit friendly feeling toward the population of Omaha. Lot them go back with the conviction that our citizens are as peaceably disposed us these * of any other section ef this 13 itato. 13I THE civil authorities of Omaha are i iecidodly courageous. When the ) > oaco of Omaha i [ was imperiled by a "blood-thirsty mob , " they made no 1 ittompt to arrest the Bo.cnllnrl ring ; jn j uadors. They assumed in advance n hat the arrest of these parties would ) o violently resisted , and the "pris- mera" rescued by a "rod-handed nob. " UponJ this assumption is n > ased their notice to the governor that they had exhausted all civil author ity to repress violence. But as [ soon as the troops were on the grounds those courageous ofiltmls served the warrants that should have been served botoro troops wore called for. The only charge which these "ring leaders" could bo called upon to an swer , is inciting a riot or conspiring to incite a riot. If sustained by credi ble proof , such a charge should bo preferred and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. But they arrest these mon on a charge of assault , with intent to commit murder , which , in the face of the fact that they wcro not engaged personally in the assault , and actually were appealing to the assailants to fall back , tends to make the whole 9 proceeding a farce. For our part , if any man or sot of mon can bo convicted of counseling or abetting violence and riot , wo desire him or them punished through the criminal court. But the arrest of any class of oitisons , on a charge that cannot bo sustained merely to make a showing of justification for calling on the army is indefensible. And this is the way in which sensi ble editors of the state press look upon the call to arms of the state mi litia to suppress a riot which doesn't exist except in the imagination of howling idiots like the editor of The Herald and white-faced cowards of the Marshal Augoll stamp. The Central City Courier says : The following telegram came to Capt. Qreinorat 10 o'clock this morn ing , from Col. Colby : "Got your company under arms and report by wire to mo at onco. Excuse no man except for sickness. " Thtro was no explanation as what was the duty which they are expected to perform. It is conjectured , however , that the strike at Omaha is developing into a riot , and the boys are wanted to go down and perforate the individuals who refuse to work for $1.25 a day. It will bo remembered that a little farce of this kind was played last year on a similar occasion , when several companies of militia wont to Omaha and sat around on beer kegs several days watching the rioters. It is yory sad thus to have our most promising young men ruthlessly ex posed to danger. It is to bo regretted that the mayor doesn't save the State this expense by appointing a half dozen gritty special policemen to ar rest the leaders of the trouble and dis perse the rioters. Tno electric light has its disadvan tages as well as its advantages and ac cidents from its use are almost daily reported. Sonio time ago a young man in Denver , while repairing an electric light , mounted a high stepladder ladder and with a wire in each hand was about to connect the circuit when the current was suddenly turned on. The shock completely paralyzed him and ho fell backward off the ladder to the ground. Ho has now brought suit against the company for damages. Ono side of his face is paralyzed and the doctors say that it will remain so the rc&t of his life. BUSINESS MANAGER YOST insists that THE BEE must bo suppressed at all hazards to give the Republican and Herald a monopoly in the advertising business. Manager Yost has been trying to'suppress THE BEE for a little over ton years. His first effort was as Postmaster , when ho declared Tan BEE was not entitled to circulation through the mails because it was not newspaper. Dn. MILLEU calls for a special grand jury to indict'tho rod-handed murder- jrs that have paraded the streets of Dmaha disguised as worklngmon , and appeals to Sheriff Miller to pack the urics so these "miscreants" can bo iromptly and surely convicted. Why lot try them by drum-head court mar- .ial 7 It is loss expensive and more iffootivo , you know. THE Republican and Herald are ( laying shuttle-cock and battlo-dore a usual. Having agreed to disagree or political reasons , they are voty fo- ocious but they will bo in perfect tarmony in a day or two , when they rill make a united effort to hold THE IEE responsible for putting Omaha indor martial law. EDMCNDH won't have it under any ircumstancos and Judge Noah Davis , f New York Oityls now prominently icntioned as a possible appointee for udgo of the supreme court. Judge ) avls is considered the ablest jurist n the New York bench. TIIK Republican calls for the arrest f "Catalino Rose water. " Why can't lharloy Greene and Attorney General > illworth file a complaint , have horiff Miller pack the jury and send losowator to the penitentiary for lifu general principles ? layurd and th Prohibitionist * ational Associated Press. WASHINGTON , March 10. Senator tayard. alluding to the charge of Mr. labcook in the Methodist conference osterday , said ho does not know Bab- 3ck but is glad if any charge was to e made that it was made in his na ve state. Ho denied emphatically iat ho over received a cent for politi- U services , and in conclusion said the largo wus evidence of the extreme mnticism of zealous temperance mon , MIDDLE-TOWN , Del. , March 11. A ittur feeling prevails in the Motho- ist conference over yesterday's aV ck on Senator Bayard. A resolu- on on the subject will probably bo itroduced before adjournment. STATE JOTTINQ8. Blair want * a creamery. The St. 1'anl track is laid into Norfolk , Oakland wants a "coolei" for hercrim India. The Hart murder trial coit Hall count' &KO. &KO.A A i eat bed has been opened In Wayn county , A foundry Is the latest enterprise i : Sflwnnl. IU ! ng City wants a fire extlntrnlshin The Misinur ! Pacific depot at Weeptn Water is finlshsd. The New Windsor hotel of Sewnrdwi be opened to-day. Wymoro is talking ' .f erecting a firs class opera hourc. The Plat smouth land league has forme A militia company. U. 1 * . surveyors nro working in the ctnity of Loup City. Colfnx county farmers are offering 52 per month for hands. General Thnyer will command the gran army during the reunion at Grand Island The railroad bridge over the Long Fin river is nearly c mplcted and Is n gran sight. Fremont mechanics are organlitng Mechanics' Labor Union. Call out th militin. The B. & M , company is trying to pa off $53,307 taxes in Antelope county witl 340,000. FcHlnand Becord , of Otoo county , noosed hlnuelf from a rafter. Aberratlo of mind. The mayor of Crete bounced the chief - police for refusing to arrest unlicensed sa loon keepers. W. 0. Smith , of Grand Island , has bee : arrested and committed to jail for forgin a railroad pass. Nelson White U the fifth victim "forty rod" in York ceuntv. He found dead in his bed last week. The profession tl scribes of the state are saving their nickels for the .annual "peri odical. " The lowest cost is put at 150. Ono Jonc' , the manipulator of a whee of fortune at Aurora , carved tha face o V/lll Uathaway with a penknife , and i now in jail. Geo. W. E. Dorsey , of Fremont , hoe let the contract for his new block. It wil cost $23,000 nnd will bo completed by September 1st. The development of' the career of Wi : scitt , the swindling contractor now in jai ! at Plattsmouth , shows him to bo a bigamle as well ai a thiet , Stromeburg reports a "horrible" sensa tion. A young lady was tied to a post for twenty-four noun. Hundreds of them tie themselves to "sticks" for life. Olof Hocktnson , a giant in size , woe jailed in Central City last week to prevent B'lf destruction , Ho imagines himself n Moody and Sankoy rolled into one. George Corrovon , a resident of Norfolk , in the employ of the S. 0. & P. R. U. Co , as baggageman and express agenl on thi Oreighton branch , was seriously bruisec between the cars last week. The machinery has been purchased foi the erection of a woolen mill at Bazil mills , Knox coutny , on the Sioux City branch noith from Norfolk. It is expectc ' to bo in operation in few weeks. The Fremont creamery consumed 24,01' pound of ini'k ' in January and 40,000 las month. The prices of milk the prison month is $1,35 per K 0 pounds , equal t 31 cents per quart , delivered , and S1.2C at the house. A family named Moon , living near Rec Cloud , at the expense of the county , an in a constant state of war. The mothe : attempted to ralre the Beige with ra poison , but the dose was insufficient. Tot much luna-see. The Harlan county seat contest will not bs decided before next June. The evl den co is all taken. Both parties to th _ contest have agreed to submit printed briefs by the 15tli of May. judgment to hi rendered on the 25th of June. Tha coal of the cose up to the present time is 81 , 500 , without counting the fees of six law yers. yers.The The Wahoo Times thus notes the de parture of the "Foragers : " The bravi boya of the army of the Wohoo have ROU off to the war. The boys went off /eeling ( hie ) patriotic and yelling for the spa : stangled flanner. They propose that i sbaUfl&at over a land of cowards and thi homes of slaves if the v have to ( hoot every laboring hottentut in Omaha. The Nelson ( Nuckolla Co. ) Herald goes for a delinquent in a lively way : "The card of - , a pettifogger of thi shyster class , is dropped from our column this week , and his name enrolled on thi black list. Our experience with him satisfies - fies us that we want no further transac tions with him and strangers should re quire security before trusting him with their affairs.1' A man named Newton Bechtel has been arrested in Pawnee county cbarg ed with complicity in the robbery of an aged couple at Carey , Ohio , The crime was committed a few weeks ago. The old people ple were bound , gagged and robbed of four nr five thousand dollars. The only evi dence against Bechtel is that be left Carey for Tecumseb , where a brother resides , day or two after the crime. STREET PAVINQ BILL. It Will be Included in the Gall for the Extra Session. A number of the legislative delegation tion from Douglas county mot Gov ernor Nance at the Withnell house on Saturday evening and tendered him their respects. At the same time they presented to his excellency the Dill prepared for the purpose of unending the charter of Omaha to ad nit of bonding the city for street pav- ng. The governor greeted the legis- atora very cordially , and read the ) ill. Ho approved of its measures , itntod that ho was perfectly satisfied vith the bill generally , and promised ; o include it in his call. Ho stated , hat ho had intended to convene the ogislaturo in the first week in \pril , but owinp to the pros- int agitation in Omaha , ho thought it iould not meet until a week later. The provisions of the bill have been loretoforo published , and they are amiliar to most of the readers of THE 3EE. The bill is signed by the whole lolegation , including Senators Howe , DoannMyers , and Assemblymen Mill- en , Jackson , Bolyn , McShauo , Pax- en , Broatch and Kyner. Sergeant Mason. 'ational Associated I'rea * . WASHINGTON , March 12. Mason as not yet boon informed of his sen- once , but will be to-morrow. It is onorally believed the sentence willet ot bo vigorously enforced , and that fason will bo pardoned the latter part f the first year. CINCINNATI , March 11. A petition i in circulation asking the president > pardon Sergeant Mason. "ROUGH ON RATS. " The thing desired found at last. * Ank rugglst for "Rough pn Rats. " It clear ut rat , mice , roaches , fliia , bed bugs ; IS exes . A BLANK CARTRIDGE. A Broadside of Eloquence Fired at a Jury Without . Effect. The Rosters' Case Left Unde cided on the First Trial. Considerable Cross Firing Between Opposing Counsel. The argument in the Hammer homicide icide case was concluded late Satur day afternoon and at 5:20 : the jury were charged and sent to consider their verdict , the court charging thorn that the proof did not warrant a ver dict ot murder in the first degree. It soornod to bo conceded from the first that the jury would fail to agree and the prosecution make no bones of their belief that this rcsultwas a fore gone conclusion from the moment the jury was filled up. The district at torney said ho should ask for a now trial at once on the coming in of the jury if they agreed to disagree. It was assorted , last evening , that eight of the twelve wore in favor of ac quittal and the other four for a ver dict of some kind against the prisoner. In view of the interest attaching to this case , and to complete the full re port * made by THE BEE , the following synopsis of the argument is given : It was opened on behalf of the state by WALTER BENNETT. The argument of Ir. Bennett was not lengthy , but was most creditable to him. Ho briefly but forcibly re viewed the evidence adduced on the trial , and drew an affecting picture of the change in the life and prospects of the widow of Hammer , by reason of the tragedy on Christmas morning. Upon the conclusion of his argument Mr.Bonnottwas warmly congratulated by his brother attorneys. COL. X. F. SltYTHE followed Mr. Bennett , making the opening argument for the defense , He bega.i by severely criticising the wit nesses for the state and others con nected with the case on behalf of the prosecution. Ho claimed that it was impossible for defendant , to have kilted deceased , as , at the time ho ad : mitted thrown a bottle , he was so'voral feet away from Hammer. Ho closed by reading a long list of cases where innocent mon had been hung on cir cumstantial evidence. His addr-aq attracted the attention of a crowtiid court room. room.HON. HON. JOHN O. COWIN next addressed the jury. Ho claimed that the newspapers of the city , espe cially one , had so prejudiced the com munity against the defendant that bus iness men camojup by scores and swore that they had made up their minds as to his guilt. That same paper , ho said , was now abusing another paper of Omaha , charging it with inciting laboring men to strike for better wages , though it , itself , had done all in its power to excite public opinion against ono poor man. Turning his attention to the testi mony , Mr. Cowin made a point of the fact that Oieselman testified , at the coroner's inquest that at the time defendant left the saloon just pre vious to the killing , several others also loft ; that Carey corroborated the defendant in his statement that ho did not return to the inside of the saloon after leaving it with Graves. Several of the states witnesses having testified that both Graves and Koator came into the saloon again after leaving it , and again went out before the killing. He claimed that all the testimony the state had against Koa- ter was this : Hammer struck Koster inside the saloon , Koster at once wont out doors and a blow was struck which killed Hammer , but no witness swears that Kostor struck that blow. As to the charpe of an attempt to got rid of the women of the house on Capitol Avenue , ho said that the charge was propostrous , as by putting the defendant on the stand the de fense had themselves developed moro facts as to his conduct at that house than the inmates thereof could possi bly know. Referring to the testimony regard ing the knife taken from Koster at Nellie King's house , Mrv Cowin claimed that a knife could not figure in this case , as it admitted by all that the injury causing Hammer's death was produced by some article thrown , the hand of the man doing the kill ing not coming nearer than one foot 3f the head of the deceased , some of the witnesses putting the distance at several foot. The knife was a putty knife which defendant has carried for irears in his * business as a painter , antil the evidences of his skill and industry ornament the windows of many of the houses of Omaha. The bottle of wino thrown by Kos- , ers was the first one thrown , the one , ho witnesses say came in with a vhito paper wrapping and fell harm- ess to the floor , the witnesses all miting in saying that the blow which itruck Hammer was by a second bot- lo which was hurled in at the open loor. It is possible that Hammer vas struck on the face by a bottle , mocked down and in falling struck lis head on an iron toot rest at the he base of the counter , thus fractur- ng his skull. The conduct of Kos' or mmediatuly after the killing and rom that day to this , bus Von Hint > f n innocent man , General Cowiit closed with a bnl- iant peroration , during which the mmenro nudienco in the court room at motionless and spell bound by the iloquonco of the distinguished apeak- ir. The filed was plainly visible ipon the Jury , and it was not until fter Oowm had resumed his seat and ho echo of his voice had died away hat the impressive stillness was ro- ioved. Mr. Cowin's argument was fully up o his high standard of excellence , is dissection of the state's testimony lir and temperate , and the argument ras listened to with marked attention a the end. Ho spoke for about an our and a half , in connection witl ! this case , by a feel ing of sympathy for the accused whom he had known for many yean , almost beyond his control , Referring ro the fact that Miss King and Miss Dane had suddenly loft Omaha and had boon brought back from Iowa on a charge of being ac cessories after the fact , and that ho had hoard that after this prosecution was over a damage suit for $20,000 war to bo brought by these women against himself , Mr. Cowin Interrupt ed to inform him that ho was glad to hoar it. for ho was satisfied that they couldn t got that amount of money from him. At this a juror rose and addressing the court , respectfully said that ho did not sco what that remark had to do with this caso. Replying to the juror , the district attorney said that ho might have made up hts mind in this case and if that were so ho hoped ho would bo patient with him while ho briefly addressed the other jurors. The counsel claimed that in going to Nellie King's after the killing Kos- tors' conduct had boon that of a guilty man seeking the sympathy of boon companions ; an innocent man would have gene homo to his wife and child. Hall wont from Nellie King's to Troitschko's as a friend of defendant in order to learn the result of the as sault on Hammer. Cowin's defense of this case had boon BO powerful that the speaker had at times boon almost led to believe no murder had boon committed. As.a prosecuting attorney in the past Mr. Cowin had the reputation of seeing guilt , and guilt only , in a defendant ; now as counsel for the defense ho could BOO nothing but innocence. Mr. Burnham talked something over an hour in a most effective man- nor. Aged Gratitude- FLINT , Mich. , Juno 22 , 1881. H. 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