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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1893.
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( onfeion to Chltf Drommond
j. the 31 int Thief Insane?
;f t amount of bullion stolen
h :m was $1:5-1,003,40. Of this
-was found secreted in the
v r l"ft and 7,000 more was dig
. at bis home in Darby, outside
;;ii;i. ;'''.
.-, u wis in the custody of
;vt Service detectives, but is
, ree rated. Bosby shell thinks
, but little probability of Coch-.-s
prosecuted. "lie "will end
- in an asylum,'' the superin
: h i Id "for I think, and Chief
i nil concurs with me, that his
- unbalanced." '.-'
, 1 i uinmond described the man-"
. hirli lie secured a confession
rhntn : "J told him I wanted
hip me catch theT' thief," the
; tv i( e chief said, ".and he said
Pio iT. He was very nervous,
; avntly not at all frightenedby
;!i-;i.-ant position, and I let him
wit t hue to confess. Finally
.th hi4 hands down on my
, with his head bowed, said :
. that gold myself."
..ling. Chief Druinmond said :
;'!an"-d that the government
; !u hiui lor his long service at
'.:. Over and over again he
1 the assertion that he had
;!Sioi of 'dollars for the treas
iiu cut, and it was due him
Mumld have some share of the
;.ry profit. He trembled every
.-poke of gold, and every mentis-
word seemed to- fascinate
SENATOR MATT KANS03I,
hi
s;iid la took the first bar be-'
(;n it bad fallen- down on the floor,
v he had to pick it up. The temp-'
'(!'!! w.ms too much for him, and he
("mkd it out. The next day he melt
ed. -( lit it td.lrmself at the mint by
express, juid paid his own messenger
for it in gold coin, lie did not reinem
bcr just what year he did this, but he
thought it was shortly after the barred
door inside the vault had been sealed
in 1SST. 1 went with him to his home
in iM.rhy. and on. the way he expressed
v luigua.tion that 1 wanted back all the
gold he had raken. He told me it
would he very unjust to rob him, in
v. -; i i 1 1 ! r ; ! s ii ( i r I y x 1 0, 000 had been
sp-ut in iuiproving his real estate,. He
s;Ju he 'loved gold and was happy
when he handled it. lie thought the
gove'nuent was persecuting him and
that it had never treated him fairly.
At U a-t halt h dozen times he went all
owr the story of how he caught John
Negus robbing the mint twenty-five
years ago, and had thereby done a
public .service for which no credit had
bteu given him.
"He tiid not hesitate at all to tell me
how he had shoved the twenty gold
h;irs through the ventilator shaft, but
ho lor a while the question as
to the location, of the ten bars which
he had carried outside the Mint. AVhat
was left, he aid, he had hid in the gar
ret of his house, and it was there I
.found it buried away in a closet, the
tioor of which was concealed in the
wall. At first I only got one gold bar
and s,ooo in $10 gold pieces, but after
awhile he pointed out the hiding place
of the rest of the $7,000 and the cruc;
hies into which ho had smelted the
na tal. When he got these for me he
promised -to make a complete restitu
tion.
"1 think there is no question but
the gold will come out whole. AVhiie
.Corhran is not w holy a criminal, he i
not altogether kleptomaniac.". My idea
i that his passion for the actual pos
s ssion of gold, coupled with his strange
oislike for the government, has 1111
balanced his mind to some degree."
Cochran is Jtv-three i vears of age.
and has been a trusted employee of
the i! oit for f - . He re-
.-Med at r a suburb a the city.
hi a mansion somewhat old-fashioned
He: employes two men for hi - stable
-d grounds, and his horses, of which
he owns six, are said to be the finest in
t '' ulege.
-nr. CcH-hr t as one of the
l-'adiug men in Darby. He is an active
Jiiendxer' of the P byterian church
1 a liberal supporter of the church
u'orK.. Ot late he has been much in-
torestetl in the Salvation Arm v. which
ha been conducting an. retire cam-
liign at Mount Moriali.
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In eahlden Views of the Political DU
tarbanceain NortU Carolina.
Residents and non-residents of the
"Tar Heen state are watching with
unusual interest a fight which is now
in progress in the United States sen
ate on which very probablv depends
a senatorship from Isorth Carolina.
Mr. Ilansom, who represents the East
ern district of Xorth Carolina is seek
ing a re-election. He is one of the old
est (in point of service) and most inllu
entia.1 members of the senate. He has
come out boldlv for unconditional re
al, notwithstanding the fact that
lis successor must soon be chosen. His
colleague, Mr. Vance, is fighting the
administration with all the vigor, and
it may be said virulence, that he can
command.
Among those who will contest for
he position now occupied by Ransom
s ex-Governor Jarvis, of Pitt coil;! .
said to be one of the stronge-t men '.;
the state. He has the hearty co-opor-
ation of Governor Carr. and it is un-
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de.stood, too, that Mr. Vance is a r
tv to the combination to defeat 1
olleague. Mr. Jarvis was lieutenant
governor under Mr. Vance, succeiMlb''
dm in the governorshi'i) when tl i
rentleman came to the Um'ted States
enate. In addition to these there are
other strong forces which will com
bine in the attempt to defeat Mr. Ran
som.
Colonel A. M. Waddell, of Wilming
ton, will probably shy his castor into
the senatorial arena. Himself as well
as Jarvis were candidates against Ran
som five years ago and he defeated
them both. Mr. "Waddell is said to be
especially aggrieved this time because
Mr. Ransom has overridden his recoil? -
nendations in Wilmington.
Preliminary' to this fight which will
oe wagea is tne anacR uy Air. yance
on the nomination of Kope El!"-, the
amous ''original Cleveland man" of
North Carolina, whom Mr. Cleveland
las named as collector of internal rev?-
11 ue. ltansom lavors ins continuation.
Aance has given it out that he will be
defeated, and the result is watched
iere with the greatest interest. It is
thought to be the d 'isive blow in the
fight for the senatorship.
Hut here comes the strange part o "
the .whole story. I bave it on unim
peachable testimony that Mr." Thomas
Settle, the single republican member
from North Carolina, has undertaken
the contract to mass the solid repub""
can vote of the senate cr ;,)st Elir.Vs
corfirmation. Marion Hutler, the
leader of the jK)pulists in North
Carolina, has been here all the wenk
attempting, to get the iopul:st
members of thfe senate to take the
same action. .With those democratic
senators that Mr. Vance can control,
it is hoped to prevent the confirmation.
It is very evident that these two
leaders of the populists - and republi
cans of North Carolina regards the
confirmation of Elias as a very good
thing for the democratic party, eLse
they would not be found working t-o
hard to prevent it. If this unho y
alliance can succeed in unhorsing
Elias, then they, will try their ha nl
on Colonel Simmons, "v hose nomina
tion has been thus far held up by re
quest of Mr. Vance.
It resolves itself simply into a question-
of this combination's ability to
deliver the goods. Ransom is a tower
of strength in the senate. He has been
a member of that body for the p;
twenty-three yeas. and no man stands
higher with his colleagues. He avoids
a fight as long as tioWible, but when
aroused he is' a very 'dangerous man ;
to tackle, as the junior senator from
New York can truthfully testify.
Mr. Vance indorsed his cousin fo
the -position that Eh'as has leon
nauied. K:i'ht; nT f iho men -lers
of the North Carolina delegation,
whose districts come under the juris
diction of thej collector, settknl on
Elias. This is thought to be the tnie
inwardness of the whole fight.
The light on Elias the first lick at
Ransom's returning to his seat in the
senate. Well infonneU jMHtple here
sav that this will be the decisive blow.
If'nsom wins here he will win a'l
Ix)uisville is to present something
uuuer ine sun an auction sale of
field-trial nnl liirfinv Antn T
Adams, a well-known insurance
jib iue muovaior.
STATE NEWS.
VWill N. Herljen will soon liave hU
new North Carolina novel ready for
the press. It abounds in thrilling in
cidents and is sure to meet with a fa
vorable reception.
Andrew Peeler, a prosperous fanner
residing near Beam's Mill,' in Cleve
land county, is suffering from a mental
trouble. His mind has been deranged
by a. prosecution for (as is claimed) a
return of taxable property to the as
sessor. His neighbors say the prose
cution is malicious.
In the not altogether general deal
going on in changing Postmasters Col.
R. A. Deal, the able but timid and
witty editor of the Wilkesboro Chron
icle has had the Wilkesboro post:".
tership dealt .out to him. Now, if
Hickory but had a deal. But er, er.
Oh what's the use talking about it?
Columbia State: The fact that the
cotton crop is going to be very short
in the South is beginning tp penetrate
the hard heads of the. bears, and from
this time forward prices will be fixed
by facts and not by guesses. It will
not be long before cotton will bring 9
cents in New York, and at that figure
even a short crop, made, as ' this,, has
been with great economy, will be fair
ly remunerative. The out look for
our farmers is not a gloomy one.
A pleasant incident following the
recent examination of the law students
by the Supreme court was the presen
tation of a beautiful gold-headed cane
to Judge A. C. Avery, athis rooms at
Mrs. Moseley's yesterday afternoon, by
his law class which is the first to ap
ply for license to practice from the
Trinity College Law School, of which
he is Dean. The presentation was
made by Mr. Fred A. Green; for the
class. . This is a beautiful token of
their esteem and appreciation for his
instruction and zealous work prepar
ing them for the law. The entire class
received their license yesterday.
Paleigh News-Observer-Chroniele.
Train Robbers Killed.
Joseph. Mo., Sept.
r.LOI'KD WITH A XliGItO.
St. Joseph. Mo., Sept, 25. The
Council Bluffs road foiled an attempt
t l rob one of its passenger trains,
billed ivro of the bandits and captured
tl ee others at Franc's, one and one-half-miles
from this city, last night.
The dead are Hugo En gel and Fred
Kohler. The names of. those captured
: re N. A. Huvst, Charles Fredericks
c id Willia n Carter. The officials of
railroad had be. n notified that a
robbery h"d been planned and notified
the police. When the train ai rived
here a dummy train was made up
and sixteen police officers under the
command of the Clue? of Police were
put on board. When the dummy
reached a point two miles north of St.
Joseph j en g! peer's attention was
arrested b" a ligbtod lantern moving
to and fro between the rails. He
obeyed the signal. Six masked men
su. bounded the engine. One mounted
the engine, and present'ng a revolver
at. the engin; :r and fireman, held them
in subject while the other five hast --
.ed to rob the er ress car. They or
derel the messenger to open the dtor,
which he did at once. Three of the
bi'itdits entered, the car. leaving two
outside to keep guaid. The police
men guarding the train were distrib
uted in va ious cars, a majority being
concealed in" the express car. As soon
as the three bandits entered the door
the police ordered them to surrender.
The roblers were taken completely
by surprise, but oiened fire at once
upon the police. The police returned
the fue, and a general fusiladefollwetl.
About twenty five shots wer? fired on
.oth sides. When the smoke cleared
a war the lifeless bodies of Kohlerund
ingle were found lying on the floor of
the car. Both were shot through the
head. Frederick, the third robber was
f " ptured uninjured. No officers were
hurt. While the fight was g6ingon in
the car, the police on the outside suc
eeeded in capturing two men on the
watch,' but the' men on the engine
escaped.- A detail of officers were put
on. their tr.ek and will proljably.be
captured. The ln.di's f Kohler and
Engl and the three prisoners were
b ought back to the city. Frederick,
Hurst and Carter wen? 'placed in jaiL
All the robbers lived here.
A.Mmionalre'Daurhlfr Wed AnEltTator
boy.
St. Paul, September 22. It has leen
learned that the nineteen-year-old
daughter of Millionaire Eugene MehF
had eloped with and married James
Robinson, colored.
Eugene Mehl was until last week pro
prietor of the Ryan Hotel, the largest
piece of property in the northwest and
worth alone nearly 2,(.CHX. Uobin
sou was employed a elevator boy in
the hotel.
Jennie Mehl, who eloped, has been
missing from the hotel since friday.
Eugene Mehl, the wayward girl's fa
ther, has lived in St. Paul for some
years. He owns several large pieces ot
business property here and is reputed
to be worth from jS3,00o,000 to $1,000.
000. His daughter Jennie has always
moved in the best society and was con
sidered the belle of the city.
When Robinson was elevator boy
Miss Jennie would recreate frequently
by riding up and down in the elevator.
Robiusn, after hiding with his wife,
whom he married Saturday in Minne
apolis, came over toSt..Paullast night,
Eugene Mehl sold the Ryan hotel last
week for 1,500,000, and, at first think
ing little of his daughter's absence over
night' left for Chicago with the greater
part of his family the next morning,
leaving word for Jennie to remain here
until he came home.
The ceremony which bound the fair
young white girl to colored James Rob
inson, who is himself less than twenty
years old, was performed Saturday af
ternoon by Rev. James Hickman.'
"I married the pair Saturday after
noon,"1 said Mr. Hickman tonignt "at
the house of Wilson, a laboring mar.
Miss Mehl said she loved Robinson and
she produced a marriage license. I
knew that if I did not marry them some
one else would, and as it is my busi
ness, I did it. I took care to see5, that
evervthing was perfectly regular and
legal."
Mr. Hickman is a colored Babtist
preacher who spent thirty-two years
as a slave. He says in the last five
years he has married 100 couples of -which
the brides were white.
The marriage was witnessed by two
colored men. Miss Mehl has had many
admirers in the best circles in St. Paul,
and several proposals, of marriage
which she refused,
"I married Mr. Robinson because I
lo c-d him," said the girl, "and I eloped
because I knew my parents would not
enuit me to marry him. I would
lave been willing tcobey them in any
thing else but I knew that I could not
be happy with any one but James for
my husband. I know what I have
done arid am doing, and have no regret
to . press."
The affair has can sed the most profound
sensation in St. Paul.
rilNSlON IIOI-1-.
It Wilt Now IT.MAJe a Kotl or Ilooer a
It Slum J J be
WAsiii5iiToy, pt. 3. Pension-'
Commissioner Loehren lias submitted
his annual rejiort to the Secretary of
the Interior, Hon. Hoke Smith.
The number of pensioners on the
rolls are $0S,012, a net increase during
the past year of bO.044.
During the year 41.715 claims for in
crease of- pensions, and Ul,&K) claims
for additional jensions, under the act
of June 27. l-?00, wero allowed. In the
same time 115,221 claims for iciisious."
mihI for increase were reject ed.
Claims pending July 7, nuta-
Mr 71,1 50. The amount of money;
paid for pensions during the year wait
150, 740,407,11. Estimates for 10
amount to 102. 0:11,570.
Referring to the revocation of the
order regulating specific disabilities,
under .the act of June 27, lM'K), the
Commissioner states that by provisi
ons of the order the act itself was be-
ing set aside and disregard!. A cord
ing ly a board of revision was organized
to examine cases under the act and
cull out such as had no legal basis.
The Commissioner concludes thus:-
"I recogni.e to the fullest extent that
my sole duty- is to execute and admin
ister the laws as thevare enacted and'
fairly and honestly interpreted."
ol. iiitKCKixr.iixiirs demukkkr.
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President i Too
Pnii.AiKLi'HiA. Sept. 28
'ashington corresindent -
The
of the
Press says Representative Kripps, of
along the line.; Washington Cor:v-1 Pennsylvania was informed by Secry-
londent, Atlanta Journal.
Durham' Fire.
At 4:45 Saturday afternoon fire broke
out in Swift & Co's. tobacco factory at
Durham, extending quickly to Bur
ton's prize house. Both were wholly
consumetl. Two cottages were serious
ly dama-red bv the fire. Total loss not I
less than $35,000.
tan. Thurlr at the White House
yesterday, th?.t t!i- President hereafter
would make all "Appointments wholy
on recommendation of head of depart
menis. The reason given for the
President's change of plan is that he
bat no time now to bother with Ap
pointments, being too busy with legis
lative matters.
Lost Warship.
New Yokk, Sept. 2:$. First Officer
Newman, of the Prince Wilhelm 1.,
which brought news of the foundering
of the Haytian warship Pet ion and
t lie reported ioss or eiglity souls, in
cluding many diplomats, was seen this
morning aboard tne steamer wnieii is
lying at Woodward stores, South
Brooklyn. He gave further important
particulars which precludes a doubt of
the catastrophe... He likened the, sor
row occationed to that caused in En
gland by the loss of the Victoria.
"There were sixty on board, not
eighty,? he said. "Just as we were
leaving Port an Prince, the warship
Dessalines, the sister ship to the Alex
audre Petition, returned from the
scene of the catastrophe, whither idie
had'proeeeded when the first news was
received, brought by a half-crazed Bel
gian sailor, the only survivor and
white roan aboard the sunken war
ship. The Dessalines cruised about
several days in the viefnity of where
the Pet ion went down. Not a ves
ti;re of wreckage could be found. The
sea had swallowed the ship up and the
suction had drawn down prohabbly
all who had attempted, to escape a
watery grave by flinging themselves in
the sea. When the vessel lurched be
fore plunging bow first to the bottom
he was flung wide of the maelstrom cre
ated by the foundering.
The Case ln-Whilt Mls Pollard Sues Di
rected to lie Stt for Trial.
Washington, Sept. 21. The de
murrer tiled by Col. W. C. P. Breckin
ridge to the suit of Miss Madeline
Pollard against him for $50,OUO dam
ages for breach of promise of marriage
and seduction was argued in the Dis
trict court to-day before Judge Cox by
Mr. Enoch - Tot ten. on lxdialf of Con-'
gressman Breckinridge, and by Jerome
Wilson and Cakkron Carlisle for Mis3
Pollard. 0
Mr. Totten claimed that there could
be but one contract of marriage, and
therefore one promise was all that was
necessary to allege. Hence, in setting
out more than one in the same declar
ation, the plaintiff made it faulty and
bad in substance. The court over
ruled the demurrer and directed the
case to be set for trial on its merits.
The condition of the docket is such
that it is not expeted the case will be
reached for two vears.
To I3e Amliasador Va Alen.
New York, Sopt. 22. The apijoint-
ment of Hon. Jas. J. Van Alen as Am
bassador to Italy has stirred a bij sen
sation, but he has ability enough and
certainly enough to hold his owr.
Mr. Van Alen succeeds Hon. Wil
liam Porter of Philadelphia, who,
nucn, iiius ieeu nuseu loiueYin-
bajTsadorship. The diplomat is a son
of the late Gen. Van Alen, an old New
Yorker, who made a large fortune
through real estate transactions. Mr.
Van Alen is 47 years old and a widow-
er, lie married tne eldest daugnter
of William Astor. He is worth 12.-
000,000, having by his business tact In
creased his inheritance from his fath
er of 4,000,000 by 200 rer cent. IIU
villa of Wakehurt, at Newport, is in
closed by a f 10,000 stone wall, and he
entertains lavishly - there from June
15 to September 15, when he goes to
Europe, where lie spends the winter
with his children and in entertaining.
He maintains a large establishment in
London, where he receives manv dis
tinguished guests.
In iM-rsonal appearance Mr. an
Alen bears a striking resemblaiic to
the Prince of Wide. It has long been
rumored that he would be sent to
Italy because of his liberal contribu
tion to the Cleveland campaign fund,
but Mr.. Whitney, v .1 I hU
contribution, p denied tliit the
promise was .male to Van Alen or any
other person by him in behalf of Mr.
Cleveland. While Mr. Van AUn never
lias been engaged actively in buines.
he is eonsUUred a grxxl business, man,
of which the Ixt t vaence s Lis rapH-
Iv increasing fortune. He entertafn
lavishly, but is not a pend.irt.
A SUght DUz at Illowlnj Cock.
An attempt was made the night of
the 21st inst, to burn the Kelly-Cath
cart cottages. The fire started in a
closet; but hi was put out before much
damage was done. Several
are under arrest as 'suspect.,
negroes
Mora Sep JmIimi Park.
Chicago, September 22.- Last even
ing a tremendous wicd and rain terra
ktruck Jackson Park drenched nearly
every one of the 100,000 or more spec
tators who stayed for the illumination,
broke in portions of the roofs of the
manufacturer s -building and the art
gallery, blew off a section of the mov
able sidewalk roof and damaged a num
ber of Try Taloable exliibiu.