Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, The (Newspaper) - August 6, 1901, Fort Wayne, Indiana FORT WATNE ESTABLISHED TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 6 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS ANDREWS BANK WRECKED AND MANY DEPOSITORS ROBBED President J M Key Arrested for Forgery and Lodged in Jail After At- tempting Suicide The Disclosures Made by Vice President 0 M ard of the Capital National Bank of In- Key Says He Loaned toW H Avilla and Cromwell Banker Now a Fugitive From Justice Special to the Iml Aug little town ot Andrews has had its share of and misfortunes anil next to the abandonment or the place by the railway comes the of the Andrews bank dis- closed to-day and the arrest ot its proprietor 1 si Key for forgery or a dozen of arrest of Key was made at An- at an hour this morning and he'll now In jail In this elly Ho Is charged with forgery tins extent which will not bo Known for several yet The forgeries arc many and are Increasing as investigations proceed The affidavit upon which tbo arrest WRS made wait signed by O W Pack ard president of the Capital tional hunk of Indianapolis who rived In the city on tin VVnliash morning train and Key with having forged the names and Samuel J Leedy lo a note calling for TUIll wilU many hail deposited with thy Capital National bank as collateral and upon which be secured money o conduct hla at Sheriff and his deputy tt B wont to on inu Wabash train They found Key at his he having just out- side to two waste baskets of Into the gutter when the officers arrested him cattle up facing Key while the deputy advanced behind for His Gun As soon as placed under Key for Ills hip Docket but Deputy wis too quick for him and cured the revolver before Key aware of his presence Key hail boor drinking and the knowledge gained In advance put the On their guard that HO was a dangerous man the revolver wan a Colt's of 38 calibre You can't take niy gun away from me Key ho found that the officer had it HC fairly raved for a few moments and then when ho saw It was of no avail he begged the to allow him to go home This re- quest officers refused which brought out another remark by Key to this There is one of two things for me to do and that is cither to go to igan City or commit suicide When placed behind the bars ho begged for Ills knife but the request was denied him His every action showed that he contemplated suicide The Preliminary Key brought to the city in a buggy reaching at o'clock He was not placed in jail until after the preliminary hearing which was held before Mayor Dungan at 0 o'clock Hart Jackman were sel for Key and Prosecutor Mitchell Judge Watkins and H C Morgan for the state Defendant waived examination and was placed under bond for his appearance in cuit court Then Marshal McCarty served a warrant on Key charging him with forging the of Noah Fisher and John Leedy to a note ing for This note was also held by the Capital National hank as collateral and was not ascertained to he a forgery until after the arrival in the city of citizens of Andrews who reached here on the train Examination WAS also waived in this case and Key was placed un- bond making in the two eases He not furnish a bond and went to jail Many Forgeries Key forged the name of Will to a note calling for Mr ard has with him a dozen other notes in all aggregating something HUe 000 to all of which he verily believes to be forgeries Every hour seems to bring move forgeries to light Up to this writing eleven notes have been ascertained to be forgeries and nil told they gate The affidavit charging J M Key with forgery was filed by L Haller at 11 o'clock The warrant for arrest was read to Banker Key iu jail at noon Bight others will be filed this afternoon U is known that Key had tions witli a Chicago and it is surmised that when the notes held as by that bank arc gated tills sum will be doubled Bang Saturday The Key bank closed doors afternoon at 3 o'clock The doors were closed by George Newell who occasionally assisted Key in Ills bookkeeping Novell was iu charge of the bank Friday and Saturday while Key was out of the city After he true condition of the bank he positively refused to accept deposits and this Is what the of Andrews of tlm fact that all was not right Mr Newuli made the that an far nn lie knew was only lift In I hv bank at tlm he closed Ilio doors from the books at his able ledger Mr will lose something like and when the Individual ledger is ex- the loss lo will reach tt not Key Statement J M was seen by si reporter Just after he was tn He at Unit absolutely say u word for publication but after many queries Key Dually said he Ought to on an object of pity instead of be- ing hunted down condemned He said be was a partner of W II Leach in tiie and Cromwell ano that the the failure Of his bank lie also Said thiU when the Cromwell bank became Shaky be placed at the dis- posal Ills partner Loach Oii eral occasions during the tion Key said there was only of two for him to do and that was either lo go to Michigan City for life or commit suicide i Packard's Statement Mr 0 M Packard vice president of the Capital National bank of In- says that Key for a long time after lie started an account with their bank did a nice business fits stated that Key WHS so forward In his dealings that the bank placed much confidence In him U was hot until u week ago said Mr Packard that circumstances were such that lie personally conducted an examination into the affairs ot Key and found matters in a terrible con- dition He accompanied Keys to ledo Saturday where the latter said ho could secure funds with which to liquidate with the Capital National but he failed to get the money Mr Packard concluded iiy saying he had evidence enough to keep Key in the penitentiary for a hundred years The Capital National bank will lose through Key about In Business Two Years Key who is about 40 years old came o Andrews about two years ago from St Louis and opened bank Ho spent money lavishly and the lage folk flocked to his bank thinking he was very wealthy lie secured mission or the town council to lish a telephone system and a permit to erect an elevator to cost and Ills deposits grew larger He the confidence of the people and the people are now his victims LEACH IS MISSING Whereabouts of the Banker a in Brought in Federal Court In the federal court of Fort Wayne Monday morning three of the ors of tlie defunct bank at proceedings in involuntary against Henry W Leach of the bank It is alleged in the complaint that Leach had lied to parts unknown The petitioners are William II John I Heury and Sumner K Randall Tlie claim of Mr Continued on Page Four KAISER'S MOTHER DIES DOWAGER EMPRESS FREDERICK EXPIRES AT CRONBERG Had Been III for Many peror William Arrived at the Death Bed Early in the Many Other Relatives There CRONBERG Aug 5 Empress Frederick died here to-day at C o'clock after au illness of several months duration The death of the dowager empress was somewhat sudden At 4 o'clock her physicians reported no change iu her condition Emperor William and her majesty's other ren were in the sick room most of the day They were all around the side when tlie dowager empress passed away Profs Renvers and were also in the The Hag on the castle was immediately half masted f Emperor William arrived at burg fifteen minutes utter 3 o'clock this morning ami drove to the burg castle Thence accompanied by the empress and Crown Fred erick William lie proceeded to which lie reached at o'clock At S o'clock this evening Emperor William conducted the members of the dowager household into the death chamber and led them one by one past the bedside to take the last farewell of their mistress week which begun are almost entirely absent By royal order no dancing of any kind will take place during the week The entertaining will consist of impromptu invitations to small concerts and dinners issued au hour or two beforehand owing to the hourly news expected from Tlie Americans are seldom ashore except during the shopping hours or on a brief visit to friends Mrs Drexel's yacht Margarita is moored close to the royal yacht borne Mrs Arthur Pagel is a guest ou tlie Margarita KING EDWARD INFORMED Aug Edward re- the official news of the death of Dowager Empress Frederick on board the royal yacht Almost with the receipt of the Press dispatch In London The Hag was immediately masted King will start for Holland on the royal yacht Osborne to-morrow morning The new royal yacht Victoria and Albert will accompany The usual of Cowes regatta THE NEWS IN LONDON LONDON Aug news ot the of the Dowager Empress erick spread slowly in London The Associated Press gave Buckingham palace Marlborough house and the Mansion house the first information that her majesty had passed away As all members ot the royal family and many of the officials are out of town for the holidays it is probable that tiu official recognition of her majesty's death will be issued before morning The bells of SL Paul's Cathedral will lie tolled when the home secretary Mr Ritchie officially informs the lord mayor of the death of the dowager em- The officials of the German embassy had not officially heard the news at p m Their colleagues at The Hague on the other hand ed the news of the death of the dowager empress before it had curred and the legation Hag at about 3 p m The foreign ister and the members ot the legation here cabled the legation at The Hague when the mistake was discovered ami the nag was hastily re- moved BERLIN IN GRIEF STREET GAR STRIKES SPREAD IN THE SOUTH Aug The ment of the death ot Dowager press Frederick was published here too late for comment in the evening papers Soon after the announcement was made the nags on all the nubile I Ings in were It Is for hut the Interment will In- at Potsdam by the ot Frederick but thn of the function Is tiot yd on rive LEXINGTON Ky Aug G o'clock this evening the conductors and of the Lexington street company declined to return to and a strike considered the day went into effect Saturday the union demanded an increase of one cent per hour The demand was re- fused and tbe company declared that it would not treat with men ex- cept as individuals H refused to recognize the union This morning the company announced that all men who by G o'clock p iii would not sign an agreement not to tie up the ness oC the company and to return to work at the old scale could not return The union refused sign the ment men are affected All cars beins by men forts to settle the local street car strike failed and the traction company announces to-night that the places of the strikers will be by day The company claims to have applications from 300 men for many ueing experienced street car men The company this afternoon rejected the counter proposition made by and thus ended all tions The authorities have guaranteed the company full protection but it is believed as as the company starts operation of after dark there will be trouble The men hope to win heir by peaceful believing that tins cars will by operated at a heavy by the company THE HEAT RECORD It Is slill cool and every body is or Tlie highest point 76 23 than It Ji week HIJO EXPLOSION WRECKS HALF TO TWENTY PERSONS KILLED Philadelphia the Scene of the Disaster and a Barrel of Gasoline the Cause of the Wreck Fire Follows Explosion s m -1 m ORGANIZED LABOR FACING THE GREATEST CRISIS IN ITS HISTORY The Hon Henry Colerick Calls Upon the Union Men of Fort Wayne to Take a Stand For Their Own Cause To Editor of tin Through of your I to express my opinion to my The present between 1 Morgan will bor IB struggle or the ion it man can dictate to thu hundreds of thousands us lo what their returns be for honest labor it ia end oC nil unionism banker the lawyer the preacher the chant the mendicant the pauper and the live off labor The men who control the millions produce nothing and this the most glorious epoch in our history only shows that the rich become richer and the Odd Tor heir poorer Therefore as a person in whom habor has frequently shown Us confidence I you Organized ami I en 11 upon you toi meet in your in your dub rooms and Wherever you come in communication and by your declaration and by your every act demonstrate and show that In Ihls struggle of your friends the Amalgamated steel workers their tle is your buttle because in this either the laborer perishes or the para site conquers and it will be settled for ever whether lie produces shall bo deemed lit lo live for asking just share of the profits ot honest toil HENRY 11 n in IS t i p in p m 4 p m 64 p m li p in T p in 71 s p m u p m 12 m a MIGUEL MALVAR APPEALS TO THE FILIPINOS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING MANILA Aug var who has been recognized as tlie successor oC Aguinaldo by the pinos junta at Hong Kong has issued a proclamation dated July 6 copies of which arrived here tills morning giving assurance to the natives of the continuation ot nn active campaign and expressing hope successful issue The proclamation of which copies have been printed purports to emanate from Batangas It is a insurgent document ing the Americans all sorts of atrocities It recounts the losses of guns and ammunition and the TRAIN STRUCK NITRO GLYCERINE of four American cers fnly 10 all of which it says the authorities concealed The threatens General with death for treachery and warns all Filipinos who surrender that they will never lie allowed to live outside tho American lines Malvar claims lie lias sufficient arms and supplies to continue the fighting Indefinitely The American officials believe the document was really written by cilio the former representative of in at Hong Kong and that it probably has never seen Malvar Strong efforts an made by the police to prevent the dis- of the proclamation WAGON THEN FRAGMENTS HOWLING GREEN O Aug terrific explosion of nitro glycerine curred on the Munn road near this city this afternoon in which one man William Radabaugh 22 a driver for the Hercules Torpedo company was blown to atoms and many other sons narrowly escaped serious injury Radabaugh was driving a wagon loaded with SOO quarts of the ive and when Hearing the tracks of the C IX road whipped up his horses to cross the tracks ahead ot an approaching passenger train The jolting the stuff on the tracks and the train was stopped within a few feet of the gaping hole made by the explosion Pieces of debris wop hurled with groat force against the train but none of the fifty passengers were struck A house occupied by Mrs Abraham Teal and her sons liam aged T mid Roland 9 wrecked and Mrs Teal seriously in- jured SUIT ON BEHALF OF CHOSEN FRIENDS BALTIMORE Aug J Clarke and Andrew c re- of the supreme council ot the order Of suit against the Fidelity and Deposit com- pany ot Maryland asking damages for alleged of contract Tlie alleges that on Oct I tile and Deposit Com- pany bonded William It Wilson Of N 1 supreme treasurer of Order of Chosen Friends In the Mini nf The premium on tile bond amounted to annually and was duly paid up to the year TOO Iii the meantime the aays the order sustained a loss of through Wilson hut the guaranty com- pany lias refused lo pay over the amount of the bond J The Order of Charon Friends passed Into the hands of receivers oil Dec I lino HE OWNED COMIC PAPERS YORK Aug Hancy owner of- several of the earliest comic died at his home in this city to-day He was born in j Pa in and came to New York I in and allied himself with the group that Included Sol Walt Whitman and Artemus Ward He first j started tlie New York Picayune a j comic paper This was succeeded by tlie Irving Magazine and later by tlie Comic Monthly Paper that included the elder and Frank Beard ou its staff After being long connected with tho American News company he retired and three years ago was stricken with paralysis 0 INDIANA FEUD ENDS IN MURDER OAKLAND CITY Ind Aug Frank Osborn was shot and instantly killed by Tames Harbison this j noon about three miles north of this city Osborn it is said had sworn to kill Harbison and going lo the field where he was at work told him he had come to blow out his Heart bison was too quick tor him and shot him through the heart The trouble was over a girl Harbison came to town and gave himself up PRESIDENT'S QUIET DAY CANTON O Aug president spent a quiet day nt his home to-day His niece Miss Grace who lias been teaching school in cut for the past year arrived from Cleveland for a short visit The other callers were David G Colson ot tucky and Col Webb C Hayes son of former President Hayes Colson said his visit was of a personal nature lie merely stopping over on his way to Cleveland SUICIDE AT EVANSVILLE lud Aug Lang of Pana ill committed suicide late tills afternoon by throwing self in the Ohio river He was de- PHILADELPHIA Aug rific explosion In a block of six ings on Locust street above Tenth night completely wrecked live tures and caused the ot from ten to twenty or more persons Over two score ot others were more or less seriously injured Some of those taken to the hospitals will die It is estimated that at least thirty-five persons were in lie five buildings when the explosion curred and the exact ot dead will probably uot lie known for hours The buildings were occupied as Locust 1008 man's pool and billiard 1010 Morris ing store occupied by his wife and five children 1012 William colored restaurant occupied by Jones and about fifteen 1011 George grocery store occupied by McClemmy clerk and servant 1016 Patrick ley's grocery store occupied by ley his wife three children and his uncle Albert Mountain's grocery and meat store occupied by Mountain mother and clerk The explosion occurred about o'clock What exploded and how It happened is not known at this time but It is believed lo have been a barrel ot gasoline In one of the grocery stores With the explosion of No 1008 front walls of building were blown outward into street while the floors roofs blown upward and Ml straight to the ground most every In it of two blocks about the scent ot the hail window panes shattered and were otherwise damaged Every lug of the opposite of Locust street were more or lens wrecked but none ot them A cry went up from he ruins the moment the explosion curred Women children and occupants ot tlie wrecked houses could be seen crawling from the de- bris while the agonizing cries of others were heard in the From all the surrounding buildings In- jured people came running and fell into the street unconscious To add to the horror fire broke out in the debris the moment It tled to the ground and in less than five minutes the great pile was ing fiercely from end to end A eral alarm was turned in for paratus and ambulances and in the meantime the work ot rescue was begun by those in the who were not injured Here and there a person was dragged from the ruins before the could reach the victim several lives being saved by this prompt work When the men reached the scene the flames IwA reached great headway and were Ig- the buildings across the The fire however was soon under control and with the exception ol small blaze here and there It extinguished in a minutes The work of digging away the ruins was then begun In earnest Near tbo edge of the debris several colored own taken out and Bent to the While tho firemen aad were digging In the hauling heavy timbers IB sections ot tbu wreckage could be heard coming from the lar of Mountain's grocery store fifty num with rope and tackle IM- put to work at that point and pulled away the louring had fallen into imbued heap the bottom OC the pile doubled up taken man and a woman Tho wnn able to but the woman apparently dead While the work of rescue on in the block hospital at- others made a search Ot all the damaged houses on the mi Page Four TRUST STEALS A MARCH ON AT STARTED BY MEN Wellsville the Real Storm Center and Union Men are Inviting Arrest to Provoke Some Strikers Return to Work Pa AUK a faint of hope that the great steel strike will be settled was em- bodied In a statement out by President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association to-night When asked It he would pursue the same policy in ordering a strike In the mills ot the Steel the National Steel and I lie National Tube companies as he did in calling out the men in the mills of the American Tin Plate company he It it had nqt been for this on my part the general strike would have been ordered on Saturday night Before calling out the tin workers and after falling to get any tion from the officials of the ican Sheet Steel and the American Steel Hoop companies President Shaffer sent a telegram to Vice ident Warner Arms ot the American Tin Plate company notifying him that under article 19 section 35 of the con- of the Amalgamated tion he would he obliged to call out the tin workers in all the mills owned by the United States Steel tion unless the difficulty was settled within a period ot ten days As a result of this notice Mr Arms in getting together another conference and a vain attempt win made to settle the dispute and pre- vent a strike which would Involve the tin mills That conference was the one that broke Up In the Hotel coln three weeks ago Saturday In order to be equally fair tb the other constituent companies of the United States Steel corporation accord lo the same President Shaffer has a similar notice to the officers of the Federal Steel company ho National Steel company and the National Tube com- pany giving them the same time In which to make any effort they may de- sire to bring about a settlement ot he will put in torce this same clause in the Amalgamated association con- H that the lay in issuing the general order will be at least until the cud of the ent week Possibly It will not bo issued until early next week In the meantime the men in the mills ot these three companies will pre- pared to come out when the strike order is issued The possibility ot a settlement ot the strike is based on the bare hope that the officials ot the three tional companies will bring to bear Continued on Page THE GREATEST GAS FIELD IN INDIANA NEAR DEGATUR Special to the Ind Augr is no any doubt that the greatest gas field in Indiana has been found just oast oC this city and work Ls going on lo make it productive at once The well drilled In on tho farm about a month ago when catur OH company boring for oil The well was not considered anything extra at that time but he has increased until the well is far ahead of anything ever struck in the state Tlie Trenton rock pressure is over 400 pounds which is seventy pounds higher than the state record and is to the famous producers of tho field Last night the cap was blown off for the third time and now the company will make some ar- rangements to use the gas A company will probably bo organized to compete tho and Wabash Iny fins company who bare had things their own way bore for ten years
