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monument.
Dinah "Williams Says That 'She Killed
' Aged Mrs. Saunders.
THE CREATURE IS» INSANE.
The Brooklyn Police Nevertheless Accept
Her Statement as True and Say
That the Coney Island Murder
Mystery Is Served.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 30.—On the statemeni
of Dinah Williams, the detectives at work
on the murder of Mrs. Saunders, who was
killed in her shanty near Coney Island
creek last night," declared today that they
had solved the mystery. The William:
woman 'told the police that ‘, she had com-
mitted the murder. '
Dinah Williams lives near the murdered
woman. She is about 55 years old. She
has been demented for years. The woman,
. who is a negress, is under arrest.
‘Failing at first to find any clew, the po-
lice began to make arrests of persons in
the vicinity of the old but in which the
WOman met her death, and they had in
custody today as suspicious persons the
following: Frank Thompson, 53 years
old; George ThOmpson, 22 years old; Fred
Thompson and Sam Thompson; Mary
Powell, 23 years old; Catherine Reardon,
50 years old; Gulsie Reardon, 17 years
old, and George Greaves, also 17 years old.
The only evidence the police had against
these prisoners is that on Frank Thomp-
son’s shirt were found some small blood
spots, and that all the prisoners live in
the vicinity. The prisoners are negrces.
That part of Coney Island is populated al-
most exclusively by negroes. No motive
has been discovered for Thompson or any
of the others killing the aged woman.
The prisoners were arraigned in the
Coney Island police court. They were
charged with “suspicion of homicide. ”
No evidence was adduced against them,
but at the request of the police they were
all remanded until tomorrow. _
These are the policemen who went to
work on the case—Chief Detective James
Reynolds and Detectives Dooley, Clower,
Vachris, Martin and Ruddy. They were
running about frantically around the
scene of the crime hoping to stumble over
something that would give them a new
clew. -
Suspicion Against Thompson.
The only one of the prisoners against
whom they entertained a genuine suspi-
cion is the elder Thompson. They say that
besides having found blood spots on his
clothes they have questioned and cross
questioned him as to how his attire came
to be stained, where he was about the time
of the killing and what he was doing, and
that he did not give consistent and satis-
factory answers.
The negroes all denied that they had.
any idea whatever as to how the 01d wom~
an died.
The dilapidated shanty in which Mrs.
Saunders lived is in a lonely little swamp
on Coney Island creek, at West Meadows,
near the bridge of the West End railroad.
It stands alone. For seVeral years the
woman has lived there with her aged hus-
band. He fell ill, and several weeks ago
was taken to the hospital, to die, as it was
thought.
Since then the woman had been ekin‘g
out a very poor subsistence by doing odd
jobs.
She was to have done some work yester-
day about the house of Mrs. Reardon, who
~ is under arrest. . She didn’t report in the
morning, as agreed on.
Accordingly, Mrs. Reardon says, she
went to the but of the old woman at 7:30
o’clock last evening. to see what the mat-
ter was. The woman'had been seen about
her home in the day, and about dark Was
seen splitting wood before her door.
Mrs. Reardon says she called, got no
answer, looked about and found the wom-
an unconscious, lying on her face.
was still alive. Mrs. Beardon gave the
alarm. Mrs. George Stokes Went to her
aid. They turned the unconscious woman
over on her back. Her face was cut in
five places, her jaw was broken,'_and her
skull was fractured. Near by was a large
stone stained with bleed. The hatchet
with which she had been splitting wood
was missing. She died soon after.
Six Miners Fatally Burned.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 30. --A terrific
explosion of gas occurred in. the South
Wilkesbarre shaft of the Lehigh and
Wilkcsbarre Coal company. It is report-
ed that six men were so badly burned that
they will die. '
The mine was not in operation today,and
only about 15 men, mostly repairers, were
inside. So great was the force of the ex-
plosion that it shook the surface for miles
around.
These People Are For Good Roads.
MONMOUTH, Ills., Oct. 30.—-Monmouth
township, Warren county, has completed
3,000 feet of brick pavement, the first hard
country road ever put down in the United
States. The brick is single course, laid
on 6 inches of sand and supported on each
side by 2% feet of crushed stone. The
cost will be less than $5, 000 a mile.
Green May Meet Barge.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. —George Green,
welterweight champion of California, has
received from the National Sporting club
of London an offer of £500 for a match
with Dick Barge, the English boxer. If
Green accepts, he will meet Burge next
March and will fight for an added side hat
of £500.
Wallford Succeeds Mann.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-—Attorney Gen-
eral Harmon has appointed Mr. B. Rand
Wallford of Richmond assistant United
States attorney for the eastern district of
Virginia, to succeed William H. Mann.
This appointment was made upon the rec-
ommendation of District Attorney White.
Mate Bram Indicted.
BOSTON, Oct. 30.—Thc grand jury in
the United States circuit court today in-
dicted Thomas Bram, first mate of the
barkentine Herbert Fuller, for the mur-
der of Captain Thomas Nash, his wife and
Second Mate Bamberg on board the Her-
bert Fuller last July.
$215,000 For a Boy’s Life.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 30. —A suit for $25,000
damages for the loss of the life of 9-year-
old John Capararo against the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad company Was begun in
Justice Dickey’s court today. The boy
was killed on June 5 while getting oi! 3
Gates avenue car.
Held for Extradition.
SARATOGA, Oct. 30.—-Charles Spencer
of Whitehall is under arrest here charged
with looting the Cottage hotel at Fair
Haven, Vt. He is awaiting extradition
papers. ,
She '
WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF.
EVeed Tries Three Times In One Night
\Vhile In Delirium. ,
BAY SHORE, N. Y., Oct. 30.-—William
Weed, aged about 30 years, an employee of
the Dominy House here, attempted suicide
several times last night while confined in a
cell in the village lockup suffering from
asevere attack of delirium. Weed occu-
pied a room on the second floor of the ho.
tel. He was known to be suffering from
excessive drinlfln‘g, and a watch was kept
over him by a negro. ’
While the negro was absent from his
room for a moms t Weed gave a loud yell
and jumped 'out of the window, striking
on the grape arbor and falling to the
ground 30 feet below. Weed jumped up
and made off in the dark, crying: “Help!
Murder! The devils have got me!” His
shrieks alarmed the entire neighborhood,
and a searching posse soon found him and
took him into custody.
He was placed in the lockup, which is a
unique, portable building in the rear of
Constable George W. Jeffrey’s home. Weed
after being placed in the cell quieted
down, and the constable retired for the
night. He was soon aroused from his
slum era by a commotion in the lockup.
Rush ng out to the building, Jeffrey was
told that Weed was choking himself to
death. Unlocking the cell, Jefl'reysaw
that Weed had drawn an old fashioned
necktie so tightly around his threat that
it was impossible for him to get his breath.
The constable succeeded in cutting the
band, and Weed finally revived. He de-
clared that the devils would kill him and
that he intended to kill himself, and com-
menced tearing his throat with his finger
nails, lacerating it fearfully. The con-
stable and others overpowered him and
placed the nippers on his wrist. Weed,
however, was determined to take his life
and commenced butting his head against
the iron walls of his cell. Jeffrey, in or-
der' to save the man’s life, was compelled
to hold him down all night.
The Sultan Brought to Time.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 30.—Since the
recent visit of the Russian ambassador,
M. de Nelidofi‘, to the sultan it is notice-
able that there has been another change
for the better in the attitude of the sultan
and his advisers toward the Armenians
and the reform policy. The earnéstness
of M. de Nelidofi, who used very plain lan-
guage, supplemented by grave reports re-
ceived from the Turkish embassies at Lon-
don and Paris, has brought about eager
professions of desire to honestly push the
work of reform.
England and Egypt.
LONDON, Oct. 30.-—-Lord Charles Beres-
ford, in a speech at the Constitutional
club, decla’ed that the time had arrived
for England to boldly announce her inten-
tion to annex Egypt.
(Cdnservative) applauds this policy and
says that the opposition to it in Europe
would be purely platonic. The Graphic,
on the other hand, declares, “We have
pledged ourselves to evacuate Egypt, and
the course Lord Charles Beresford advo-
cates would be an act of perfidy.”
George Cracker Coming East.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 39.--In addition
to the $490,000 of' bonds left in trust for
him conditiOned upon his remaining
sober for five years George Crocker, sec-
ond son of the deceased millionaire, has
just come into possession of a one-eighth
interest in his father’s estate, which is
equivalent in round numbers to $4,000,-
000. Now that the big property interests
have been transferred he will leave for the
east within a week and will pass the win-
ter in New York.
Round the \Vorld on Three Cents.
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 30.-—Among the
passengers from the orient on the steamer
Victoria today was M. C. Broard, “Mau-
rice Boukay.” of Gil Bias, a French jour-
nalist, traveling around the world. He
left Paris Feb. 25 with 3 cents in his
pocket and made a wager that he would
circle the globe without begging and be
back in Paris by Christmas. so far he
has been eminently successful. He leaves
tomorrow for San Francisco.
Coast to Coast In Fourteen Days.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—The German ship
Arthur Fitger, from Limerick, made the
run in 18 days. The ship cleared from
Limerick on Sept. 30, but was detained
by head winds and heavy galcs at Scat-
tery. Her departure was taken on Oct. 10
from Scattery, and she made aremark-
able passage, arriving on the American
coast in 14 days. She was detained out-
side four days by calms.
Caught Between Cars.
BRAINTREE, Mass, Oct. 30.-—-An acci-
dent on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford at South Brai ‘ree resulted in
the death of a man name. More of Rock-
land, Mass, and the injuring of aman
named Pollan of Braintrcc. The latter
was taken to the Massachusetts General
hospital, in Boston, apparently in a dying
condition. The men were caught between
oars.
A Frisco Pioneer Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.—The death of
Jacob Z. Davis in Philadelphia today is
announced byaprivate dispatch. Davis
was a pioneer of 1849 and partner of Alex-
ander Boyd. in the well known firm of
'Boyd St Davis, whose operatiOus in realty
and heavy financial projects in this state
have been perhaps the largest undertaken
by local capitalists -
A Sepoy Runs Amuck.
SIMLA, Oct. 30.—-A scpoy belonging to
the British-Indian troops stationed at Fort
Sandeman ran amuck and killed Lieuten-
ant Yeates of the Royal engineers, Lieu-
tenant Downes of the Bombay laucers and
two private , soldiers, besides wounding
Lieutenant MacLachlen. The murderer
was eventually captured.
‘ Ant.
Inspector McLaughlin Roi
The Morning Post,
WHIOLWINO’S- WORK.
A Tornado Sweeps Over the North-
eastern Portion of Texas. .
FARMHOUSB IN MATES HURT.
Some of the Casualties May Result Fa-
tally—New Orleans Also Gets a Taste
of the Storm—Violent “finds
Ofi‘ Portugal’s Coast.
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SHERMAN, Tex., Oct. 30. —A well de-
fined tornado formed in Squirrel creek
bottom, four miles west of the village of
Farmlngton and about ten miles west of
this city. Parties who saw it at its incep—
tion Say that out of a seething, tumbling
mass of inky clouds a funnel shaped col-
umn descended until it touchd the earth,
and then it began to move northeastward,
accompanied by the usual terrific crash
and rear as it tore through the bottoms,
uprooting large trees and demolishing ev-
erything in its path, which for the first
mile or two was 40 or 50 yards in width.
The first bouts it is known to have struck
was on the George Duke farm, one mile
west of Howe and about five miles from
the starting point. No one was hurt at
this place. From this point until it struck
the Jim Farris farm, two miles south of
the city, a distance of perhaps two miles,
it is known to have risen and descended
several times, and what damage it did has
not been ascertained. Several parties have
gone to that section, but it will be sev-
eral hours before definite information can
be had.
At the Farris place a tenant hut occu-
pied by a family named Hayes was liter‘
ally torn to pieces, and every member of
the family was more or less injured.
Hayes is thought to be fatally hurt.
The path of the storm lay at least a
mile and a half east of the city, but the
cloudburst which accompanied it‘ was
furious in the easteriflortion of the city.
The houses as far down as Cleveland av-
enue are mud bespattered, the same as
was the case. during the great storm of May
15. After tearing down a vacant house
east of the Clem Fitch place, on the Bon-
ham road, about a mile east of College
Park suburb, the cloud rose in the airand
went a distance of two miles, when it de-
scended, but no further damage can be
learned.
A call was received from the vicinity of
the Farris place for assistance from the
city, asking for searching parties. A large
number responded. Great crowds are con-
gregated all over the city anxiously await-
ing their return. Physicians have gone
to the assistance of the Bayes family, and
a score or more have placed themselves in
readiness to answer sr. :nmons if it is found
that many persons ILH‘U been hurt, which
at this hour seems improbable.
The Storm In New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.—A severe rain,
wind and thunder storm passed over this
city. lt_ caused one death and did other
damage. . The lightning, which was very
heavy, struck five houses. Albert Tra-
hina, an occupant of one of them, was
struck and instantly killed. A large num-
ber of trees were blown down, and houses
were unroofed. Most of the fruit sheds of
the Queen and Crescent road'were de-
stroyed, as well as several electric lights}
and nearly all the wires were tangled so as
to interrupt the fire alarm telegraph and
stop most of the electric cars. *
Storm on the Portuguese Coast. ,
LISBON, Oct. 30. -—A severe storm pre-
vails along the coast of Portugal. A fish-
ing boat has been lost near Setubal, 18
miles southeast of this city. Fourteen
fishermen wore drowned.
The Murder of. Major Levy.
BERLIN, Oct. 30.———A clerk named Bruno
Werner has been arrested in the Hartz
mountains charged with being the in-
stigator of the murder of Herr Major
Levy, president of the Berlin bar, on Sun-
day morning, Oct. 18. Major Levy was
attacked by two men in his bedroom at
his residence in Mohrenstrasse and was
stabbed to death. His wife was seriously
wounded. '
COLON, Colombia, Oct. 30.—The Ger-
man schooner Carl, . Captain Hellberg,
which ran ashore on Monday last near
the entrance of tho Magdolena river, while
on her way from Bremen to Barranquilla,
has been floated. The damage to the ves-
sel was slight, and the cargo. which was
uninjured, is now being discharged at
Barranqui la.
Aspliyxiated by Gas. ,
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—A Hungarian girl,
known as Katie, 23 years old, a domestic,
was found dead in her room today. The
gas was turned on, and death was due to
asphyxiation. It is not believed that the
girl committed suicide, but that she turn-
ed the gas off and then turned it on again
by mistake.
Bioters Charged “'ith Murder.
LEADVILLE, Colo, Oct. 3 .—The grand
jury has mported indictments against
John Gerry, John Mullen, Evan Costley
and John Brennan, striking miners,charg-
ing them with the murder of Fireman
Jerry O’lieefe in the Coronado riot. The
court refused to release the prisoners on
bail. v.
Goes Wales’ Four Better.
BANGOR. Ma, Oct. 30.—Dr. G. H. Gray
of Lynn, Mass, brought a large moose to
this city whose antlers were of unusual
beauty, having 38 points. The antlers of
the one owned by the Prince of Wales and
supposed to be the largest in the world
have 34 points.
NEW YORK, Oct. lid—William W. Mc-
Laughlin, whose conviction of extortion
as inspector of police was recently reversed
by the court of appeals, was formally rein-
stated in his office. He was then suspend-
ed pending further action on the charges
against him and ordered _to report for
duty every morning.
Up Goes Wheat Again.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.——Cables from Liv-
erpool that the market ,was 1 % pence
higher there and reported sales of several
cargoes at San Francisco for shipment to
Australia and Africa ware the two factors
that stimulated the advance of 2 cents on
December wheat at the Produce Exchange
today.
London Cabmen on Strike.
LONDON, Oct. 30.—In pursuance toa
resolution, upward of 4,000 cabmen are
now on strike, thus adding another chap-
ter to the long and wearisome dispute be-
tween the cabmen and the management
of the railroad stations. ' The dearth of
cabs is noticeable today.
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Never since the time that Solomon wainscoted his temple with silver has 3'1 1
so cheap; And it‘matters not whether Hon. Wm. J. Bryan or the Hon. wit. McKilnIg, EST}?
patriotic citizens, is elected next Tuesday, Silver is bound to go up.
It cannot go lower, say
the Bankers and Business men of the country. For that reason we have purchased an im-
mense stock, consisting of samples of the Wilcox Manufacturing 00., the Meriden Silver Plate
and the Holmes & Edwards Co, All of the firms mentioned guarantee their goods for twenty
years. Anyone buymg this silverware has he privilege of returning it to us at the end of
ten or ,fifteen years, if it should not wear as guaranteed, and we shall replace any article
bought of us, free of charge.
INDW IS THE TIME TO BUY SILVERWARE.
AT NALF THE MARKET PRICE, FDR HOME USE, WEDDING DR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. EVERY PIECE GUARANTEED.
TIE SHALL MENTION SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES.
I5 in. Water Tilter and Cup. ‘
Beautifully cut with the chasers’ and
engravcrs’ tools. \Varranted quad-
ruple plate.l
9 in. Tureen.
ture in silver.
4 prong Candleabra, with
sextinguisher. An ornament
that is rich and exquisite. Warrauted
quadruple plate .
8 in. Baker. Lined with porcelain.
5 in. deep. A pic-
A royal dish for a Thanksgiving dinner
6 in. Fern Dish. Will enhance
any dinner and make it more palat-
able. Warranted quadruple plate.
ID in. Water Pitcher. Porce-
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President’s table. Warranted quad-
ruple plate. .
7 8: 8 in. Cake Basket. Some
lined with gold to please the bi-meial-
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Shaving Mug. For your best
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Toilet Setts,
Manicure Setts,
Glove Boxes,
Jewelry Boxes,
Knives and "
Forks,
Tea, Coffee
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Spoons,
Fish Knives,
Bread Knives,
Soup and Oys-
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REMEMBER--These are all the very best silver plate manufactured.
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We shall exhibit Ibis slack in our windows, Thursday and Friday, and will nol sell any
SATURDAY MORNING AT 9 O’CLOCK.
This Sale Will Last Only One Week.
IHI BOSTON STOOLOUI. Main and Wall 83,
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Is showing the
Final and Largest Line oi Shoes,
Ever placed on sale, for the Fall of 1896, in Norwalk.
In Hanan 86 Son’s well-known line, we wish to invite
your inspection of the following styles of Toes in Shoes.
Bull Dog Palenl Lealhers,
Bull Dog Enamel Leathers,
Royal Toe in both Call and
Patent Leather.
New Enamo Calf with
Double and Single Soles,
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immense stock of both Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Shoes.
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