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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-
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LKUAL NOTIOK.
District Court , Doug-la ) County , Nebraska.
U. i ) , Cranz. non-rt-sldent defendant :
You are hereby notified that on the 4th day ol
ouglas. against you. The petition alleges that
i the t i day ol February , 18U2 , said II. 0.
r nz lslii < tb owi.O' in lea ol the
Brbed urtuiljfoa , vlr ; Lo.akU ( U ) anil seven
) in block three (3) ) , Perkins' subdivision to the
itr oi Omaha , County of Ocuglas and Sttta of
ebrofca , on said day sold the aama to the
IntlEf , satd ChrUtlau Bpccht , for the sum of
le thoutind five hundred ana fifty ( f 1,660) ) do- !
re ; that Bald II. 0 Cranz wan to make a deed
warrant * to said plalnt'ff of 8-iid lots and real
tate within a reasonable time from date of pur *
last ; that said plaintiff bag been willing and la
ill willing to comply with his part of said pur.
lose contract , but Uiut said II. C , Cranz , de *
ndant , neglecU and refuse ) to comply with his
urtof the contract ; that the delay in making
id delivering said deed Is unreasonable ,
The prayer nf the petition In that Bald H. 0.
ranzmty be adjudged to receive the $1,660 due
ra on uld contract and that Bald II. C. Cranz
i ordered to mike and dolli ir to Uie clerk of
> d court for * aU plaintiff a deed to said Iota ,
emUca aud reil tstato , and In default thereof
at i bo court appoint eouie person to make § iM
: cd for said dilcudatit to th.aj-lali. tiff , and that
alntin may hare such other and further relict
Justice andUqulty nay require.
You are required to aiuwi r ad ! prtitlon on or
: forc the 17th day of April , 1632.
CimaiiAN SPKCUI.
Dy Simon doom , his attorney ,
