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JACK KETCH.
Great’ Day for that Func
tionary at Fort
Smith, Ark.
•He Swings Off Six Murderers
at the Same Time
and Place,
Four Whiles, a Negro, and a
Choctaw Indian, Executed
Yesterday.
Half a Dozen Awful Murders
Awfully Expiated.
Sketch of the Various Deeds of Blood
and the Manner of Their
Commission.
A Fearful Chapter of Murder,
Robbery, and Rape.
Villains Canjlit and Soiißlit In Other
Parts of the Country.
dold-Blooded Assassination of a
Mining Boss at Lans
ford, Pa,
A «IXornld” Story tlint Clmrllo
Itoss Is Still Alive.
A SIX-FOLD EXECUTION
AT TOUT SMITH, ARK.
Special DitvaUh to Th' Chicago Tribune.
Four Smith, Atk., via Litte Rock, Sept. o.
Tour correspondent arrived at Fort Smith at 7
o’clock yesterday morning after an unpleasant
thirtoon-hour stage jaunt across & mountainous
country. The roads from Alias, tbo terminus of
tho Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, to Van
Buren, 40 miles, are frightful. Van Burcn
and Foit Smith are golden points io
this stony country. As your correspondent
stopped from tbo stage bis attention was direct
ed to ft novel spectacle, a wogon, on tbo front
scat of which woro throe moo, and trailing be
hind were armed guards on loot. Two of tbo
occupants of tbo wagon wore shackled together.
They proved to be Evans and Moore,
TWO or THE DOOMED MEN
who were spending their last day on earth. They
bad been to tho Roman Catholic Church, and
ware returning from » visit to their spiritual ad
visors. An they passed, Evans was downcast, but
his companion cooiiy gazed on the scaffold, which
was in plain view, and remarked, “There's that
thing. D—d nico platform to dance on I" Re
porters bad boon on the scone for several days,
and extraordinary measures bad been taken to
get the news through for publication on Satur
day morning. Couriers have been engaged
with relays of horses to Muskogee, Alltus,
Fierce City, and other points within a few hoars'
reach by bard riding. Your correspondent had
therefore very little time to spare.
THE PREMISES.
He Tidied the United States Court-room and
Jail, which is in a large brick building former
ly occupied as quarters for military
purposes. The Court rooms ore iu
the upper story, and the Jail la the basement.
The yard or grounds are spacious, and sur
rounded with a stone-wall of five gates. In
on s corner of this wall stands an old,
pcntagonal-ahapea building, with icon doors
and pointed roof, built of solid ma
sonry, which was formerly used as
a magazine. The old walls and corner bastions
are picturesque, with running Tines, and the
yard shaded by many fine old trees.
TUB DOOMED SIX
were of coarse the principal objects of attrac
tion. They were all incarcerated in one
dungeon in the basement of tbo
Court-House and to the right of the
entrance, their exit being prevented by stone
walls 8 feet In thickness, double-barred windows,
and guards on each side of (bo edifice, who pa
trolled, revolver in baud. Thu dungeon had an
air of cleanliness, and numerous (lowers, the
gifts of fair sympathizers in the town, were
lying around promiscuously.
The man who was on guard kindly permitted
the reporters to eater, although Gen. Fagiu bad
ordered that none but spiritual advisors should
bo admitted, the >.bour of execution
being so closo at band. Seated
la front of ' tbo double-barred door by
means of which tbo dungeon was entered, we
see an old and shriveled Indian woman and an
Indian girl, shout 20 years of ago, who was
suckling a small papoose, tbo exact image of its
father,
BMOJCK& MAM, BILLER.
who peered through the grating with indiffer
ence. The visitors were bis mother »ud wife
Lucy, and tbelr young sou, and they were hav
ing their farewell interview. The women
eobbed bitterly, but (bo mao was per
fectly stoical. The 'prisoner appeared to
be muscular and in perfect health:
He was almost 6 foot high, although but 18 years
Of age, and weighed about 180 pounds. He was
quite good looking, and was no doubt considered
very handsome by the belles of his race. Ho was
of a Ugbi copper color, with thick Ups &od no
unusually bright, though very small, pair of
dark eyes. Hie hair aud eyebrows were very
dark, and tbo former, which was cropped short,
wae also very straight. Smoker Man-Killer could
not speak English, but by means of his mother,
who did tbo interpretation for the reporters
in attendance, your correspondent learned the
following facts 5 He felt sll right i slept well
the previous night j was not afraid of death ;
bad befome s good man. and joined the Presby
terian Church. Bo avowed (hat he bad nothing
to do with tne killing of Short, and aaldtbat John
Welch swore his life away. He and Welch never
had a quarrel, but Welch was a bad man and
swore to lie®, he did uot know why} he didn’t
care to be put out of jail, and waa all
ready to climb to the gallows \ the
mother wound up the interview with the
words: “Ho good mam he not kill Short t
nulbec man do it; he die.” The Man-Killer was
educated In (be Cherokee language, and could
write very well in that language. He famished
the local journalist with ft written statement in
Cherokee covering a sheet of foolscap. In thja
fimoker saidhe waa not guilty of the murder, sad
was willing sod anxious to die, and be out of
bla trouble. He waa formerly convinced that
bis execution was a Judgment of God upon him
for killing a Cherokee Indian in aelf-defeoae
some time before. lU* brotherJlmvUUedhlmon
Monday Jut, but little pleuure being evinced on
either aide at the meeting, and since then Jim
bu also been arrested and locked up for the
murder. From the group of redskins your
correspondent turned aud accosted
JAMBS MOOBB.
*ho shook hands in a friendly «an
u4 opened Ug oonvereailoa by
atating Ibat bo bad boon attacked with
a severe chill tbe previous night. AU the ru
nners suffered morn or less in thin way, and Dr.
Dailoy attributed It to nervottiness as tbo
dreaded day approached. Around his neck
was a ribbon, auapondod to which was a cross,
Ho was quite reticent, but elated that ho
and Evans bad that mornlogoonfessed tboir sins
to tbo reverend father, and were then brought
forward to the communion-rail. Solemn high
mass waa said, and tber partook of tbo
aacramont. Tbo desperado had evidently
weakened, owing to tbo religious ceremonies
lie bad gone through, and was very
ill at ease. Ho did weaken, and before the re
porter left tried to hide tears that would come.
He slated that be did not wish toeoobia wife and
children, as it would only unnerve him, and also
said tbit the best of his adventures would fill a
volume. He acknowledged having much to bo
forgiven, and would be perfectly resigned when
the last moment came. Moore bad tho
nnAZEH ErrnoSTKitr
to protcet bis innocence, and said be was 100
miles away from the scene of tbo murder at
Blue River. Ho acknowledged that bis parents
bad no control over him, and that bo bad gone
to school but little.
DAN EVANS
was also decorated wltb a cross. Tie is ratbov a
full-faced man, wllh regular features and a
youthful expression. His lips are ft little
thick, and his eyes round and blue. His
face waa clean-shaven, and his hair, neatly
brushed, was a dark brown. His forehead was
broad. In speaking he Muttered slightly. Ho,
like Moore, was seemingly very much affected
by Ibo religious services, and, when asked to
speak of himself, said, as ho Jerked Uia hand to
bis nock, that bis time was bo abort now ho bad
a good many other things to attend to. Ho stat
ed that ho himself was not a bad mao, but tost
bo bad seen lots of bad men and plenty of
nomni times on tuc jioiider.
According to bis own statements, which were
given m & rambling Danner, bo bad boon asso
ciated with outlaws ail his lifo. The day previ
ous bo made tho following statement to Maj.
Wheeler, of tbo Independent: “ I Banposo X
have to Jump on tho 3d of September. Just oao
year ago, on tho 3d of September, 1874, I was
in Basque County, Texas, and wont to a horse
race. There was a bloody tight took place on
the ground, ami several moo wore kitted. About
two and ouo-half years ago, 1 rode with a
young nan from Mississippi. Ho was
a splendid young fellow, a great dandy, and
good game. VTo got into a bad scrape and tight
at Fort Belknap. Ho was shot and killed, and X
bad Just time to grab bis diamond rings and
got away. I sent them to bis sister
in Mississippi, as I promised in case of
accident to him. Bam Perkins was
shot there in Fort Smith. When I tint saw him
be was foot-ragged, and bis shoos wore worn
ont.
I WAS FLUSH,
bad three horses, sod plenty of money. I gave
him ft hotso and rode two years
on and . off with him. Ho was from
Missouri. I I think ho was tho bravest
young man I over saw, and bad groat presence
of mind. Wo got into a running fight at String
own, Tex. Five men chased us. Perkins fired
amt killed two men running. Qo kept tbo
butt of bis rifle up at bis breast, and
caught two bullets in tho wood, when
Jim Reed was killed, who was with him. bat not
in tbo house. Ho sat down to dinner and was
eating, when Morris
drew on nm
and told him he was bis prisoner. Jim said all
right, and ducked under the table sod raised
it, throwing tho dishes on Morris,
and ran to tbo door, carrying tbo table on bis
back as a shield. Morris shot at him twice
through tho table, and bit him twice. I board
tbo firing, knew what was up, end got on Rood’s
horse and eloped. Jim was an awful man.
Large rewards were offered for him in Texas. Ho
HAD KILLED OVER FORTY MEN
in bis time- Ho would kill a man for $lO.
Evans also stated that bo hod resisted in tbo
Watt Grason robbery, over two years since
in company with Road and Wilder, who
wore caught aud sent to „ tho
penitentiary; that Jim Reed wont
to Watts' throe times before, but was about to
try on old Watt; that he, the'prisoner, had
stuck the burning pine knot to Watts’ feet: that
they got $37,000, and that tho money was
burled io Texas.
“I fully remember (bat Grayson Is tho old
Cbetokoo Indian who was robbed of €32,000 in
1873- Fine knots woro stock into Grayson's
flesh and sot on fire to make him confess where
(bo money was bidden." Evans informed your
correspondent that tbo largoet portion of
THAI MOSH WAS RUBIED
in Basque County, Tex., 75 yards from a certain
spring. Beyond this he would say nothing, and
doubtless Hod. Evans has a cousin who is a
nun in the couront , here, and she
has doubtless had ' considerable to
do with bla alleged death-bod repentance.
Other relations and friends residing in tnls
vicinity deeply deplore bis fato.
SAM roor, THE HALT-BREED,
was next spoken to. Ho appeared to be
merry, although be also complained of
sickness, Ho is about 0 feet 7 inches
in height, by no means handsome,
and is light and active. His eyes are brown and
bis bait dark, the Indian characteristics not be
ing very marked. The following is tbo transla
tion of bis statement, which he has prepared
(or the press;
To my /riendt/ar and near: As I am to die to-mor
row on Uio sallow*, I will try and drop yon a few Use*
through (bo column* of ibis paper. I was Lorn
in (bla dly in 1810. My father'* name
waa James 0. Fooy, from Memphis, Toon, lie
had a brother whoso name waa Ueujatnui Fooy, both
of whom were taken sick and died Iu ibeaameweek.
1 was very am*U at the time my father died, and can't
recollect him, but have been told the above facta.
After my father's death some two years, my mother
married again aud removed to the Cherokee NaUon,
where. In that lime, I waa sent to school at every
ebauce. My stepfather took a great deal of pain* with
me, and always talked and gave me good advice,
though often,when X was a boy at home and at school,
1 would join In with bad boya like myself and
would engage In eomelblng wrong. At (bat time
everything that wae wrong X would appreciate, and
af tor 1 became a mao my aaaoclatea weroof the worst
kind—those who bad no respect for Cod or man.
These were like myself, or 1 like them, or, at
any rate, we ruled each other. Every Saturday
for two or three summers we would come down to this
place for whiaky, which waa very delicious to my
laata, and that waa faat proving the ruin of me. At the
aatue time my father would talk to mo,and tell me that
1 was going to deatrucUon, but I thought not.
I thought I must keep up the faehioo of this world.
I could uot aco then aa I can now, or at Uaat did not
wleb to learn. Time rolled ou, and I aUU waa
loat In ein, although my mother alvaya
gave good advice, imploring me to seek
aslvatiou at the fact of Jeans and leave off my bad
doings, but all In vain. It seamed nothing would in
terest mo but to go In ain. I bad many friends who
talked to me, but it did no good. Then I finally got
Into several difficulUee, but would seek all
the advantages of the laws of the country and como
out victorious alter all, until, this laat spring 1 waa
charged with murder, for which I waa triad aud con
victed, and to-uorrow I shall be launch
ed into eternity between heaven and
earth, but, as It la, I am prepared to meet
my Sartor. Although 1 have many sins to anawer at
the great day. 1 feel thankful that God basal but given
me a chance lor my soul. X feel thankful, alao, that
He has brought me through the prison doors in
order to cause me to ask forglvuness for
myalns, ** Though my sioafare red aa scarlet lie will
make them while aa snow." Ido uot claim to be any
thing more than the chief of sinners. I bare broken
»U the Ten Common dural*, some oftener
than others. still I feel that I am
forgiven, j alncercly regret that I never knew the
Lord in the early day# of my boyhood. If J bad taken
my aged mother's advice, wboee heart her only boy
hsa broken, aud whose erring coarse has cut
short her days, I would not now be hero,
but etui she has never forsaken me iu
trouble or in time of peed, but. often since I bare been
a tara, beside my bedside has kneeled and offered up
her prayers In my behalf. Mow, my dear friends,
1 hoi*o my fat* may be e warn-
Ing io many of you, eng young
men and hoys, thoee who have parents. 1 advlaa »ou
la mind »h.l >-»vnwU MI jrou.inj SljoulS
nun would ilow.ll to Im4 a Ohtt.Uw 11/. aodaorro
10. lord .11 10.,r ,rW. ,io Aii S;
etur I Implor. too to own. to lou. /
wtu. you .wad until joo u. n«l, u dl.. th"o li
I. wo UU, whin dt.lU aullM your un«. n fr*u,l w
“* U >»u ant pr.pu.l io\»
»U«n «IM uy in. Ou. .to srouounco. dull
“ -U) .PWJCUI. to,
and welcome death In Us darkest way, j ,hl
way that 1 and several others will receive death l*
enough to try th* nerve of tbs moel Christian. Never!
tbeieaa 1 feel that I will aland the te#L tiruaUne to
Jaaua and not In u/aelf or anything that wUl'nae
fail ms, Mow, daar /ilsad* l will dose tgr yoo
•THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.-TWELVK BAGES.
that 1 learn many relatives and a wife and three
children to m>"irn the absence of the dnunnl ti'U
liniipT mao. I hone tn jnesl yjii #ll I" heaven, > r
that will bn my reMloß-plareafter this day. farewell
to all, nnd mar Clod Ideas you.
(Hlgned) H, W. Foot.
iI.F.CK CAStPIHM.t..
The negro is a burly brute. He Is about 20,
can read print, and baa a wife and two children.
Ed haa experienced a change of heart, and was
resinned to his fate. He claimed to he inno
cent of tbo ebanres, said bfs life bad boon
sworn away, and complained bitterly of
the witness who testified against him ; that
plenty of niggers will aweac to aUo for f 10.
Never drank much whisky nor played cards.
During the Interview bis features ox*
pressed ft strange admixture of fury
and revenge, and bis eyes, suffused
with tears, would Dull with excitement as be
spoke. Did not want to get out for fear be
might kill sotno of tho liars who swore against
him. Besides, bo wanted to die, and was ready
and prepared, and thought ho would be saved
through the blood of tbo Savior. Campbell was
tbo gament man in the whole crowd.
John Whittington bad boon quite ill with
fever. Ho would be considered
A HANDSOME I'IIIATE.
Ifo Is about 35 years old, well built, and has
black bait and whiskers. Ills noeo is straight,
bis chin long, and his features tolerably
regular. Ho was born in Reynolds,
Taylor County, Qa. Ho was raised in Upshur
County, Texas, and ban tired for five years past
in the Chickasaw Nation, where ho has a mother,
wife, and children. Whittington attributed ail his
errors to whisky. Ho was resigned and penitent:
said bo was never before and might never again
bo so well prepared to die, and looked forward
with bumble Christian hope for bis pardon
through tbo Savior. Ho was grateful for tbo
attention of ministers and friends. Ho
spent much time in writing to bis rela
tives. He told your reporter that be
was considered a good neighbor when
sober, but drunk bo waa a devil, and would have
slain bis own brother when under tbo Influence
of liquor. Ho was furious, and know nothing.
Tho whisky don bo frequented was kept by a
man named Ottory. It wits a bad place,
and murders took placo there a
man being killed shortly aftor ho wan arrested.
An to tbo murder for which bo Buffered, it might
have occurred just aa tbo evidence disclosed.
He did not deny it.
VOU.VO SNOW
also occupied tbo condemned cell. Ho was poor
ly clothed, in striking contrast to his well-dressed
companions, who wore to die. Tbo boy will bo
taken to Joliet, lU, to-morrow, where be is to
bo put in his lifo sentence.
Poor, Snow, Man-Killer, and Campbell on Run
day week woie baptized by tbo Rev, W. A. Sam
ple, of tbo Presbyterian Church, and have been
faithfully instructed lu the doctrines of
the Christian religion by tho Revs, Hara
pie, Hobbs, Grnuado, and Babcock over
since. Whittington was also baptized by
a Methodist minister. To-day was
almost a perfect one throughout tbo entire day.
The sky was as dear as ft mirror, and tbo bright
sun made tbo beat oppressive. Not a breath
of air stirred daring tbo entire night, and
all tbo morning atrangers continued to arrive
from nil adjacent parte of tho country
they wore of all colors, red, white? and black.
A great number of redskins from tbo adjoining
territory were on baud, for it should bo borne in
mind (bat, wbilo (bo United States Government
selected Arkansas for tbo econo of tbo tragedy
enacted to-day, tho crimes which wore expiated
woro committed in the Indian country.
Withm a stone's throw of tbo dungeon
TI!R GALLOWS
had been erected in tbo Jail-yard. In front of
and close up to the old magazine ia a strong
platform about 20 feet square and 13
feet high, with a long trap-door ia
tbo floor, which swung on iron
binges, for tho deadfall. Over this, aud about 10
feet higher, framed on upright posts* and firmly
braced, ia a long ropo beam, with six ropes at
tached. Tho six convicts woro ranged side
by side and were launched Into eter
nity at one drop of tho deadfall.
Tho ministers then performed their fuuctions.
A hymn was sung. Father Smith ministered to
Evans and Moore. Tho services were brief. The
executions were well managed. Tho men died
comparatively easy. They woro evidently
as bravo meu as ever mounted
a scaffold. With death Just before
them, thoyjnover flinched. Not a nervo trem
bled. They wont bravely to death. Just as tho
black cap was drawn over tho face of Evans ho
waved his handkerchief towards tho otowd, and
bade farewell In a clear, ringing voice. Fooy
smiled pleasantly Just before he was shut out by
tho black cap from the light of heaven.
history of toe crimes.
Executions have rarely occurred In this coun
try that hare received such strong public ap
proval as those which took place at Fort Smith
to-day. The crimes for which each of the fel
ons were swung iuto eternity were of (ho most
atrocious character, and merited the punish
ment which they brought’ upou the heads of the
perpetrators. Though there was no connection
between their offenses, the condemned culprits
were sentenced on the same day,—the occasion
being the moat solemn and impressive over wit
nessed in an Arkansas court-room. It wss tbo
25tb day of last Juuo. The Court-House was
packed with a great crowd eager to witness tbo
scone. Judge I. G. Parker presided, and boro
upon bis countenance an air of gravity, which
showed how keenly ho felt tbo serious responsi
bility of coosigniug seven unfortunates to the
gallows.
About 2 p. m. tbo United Htatos Marshal
emerged from tbo dungeon below with two pris
oners surrounded by a guard of eight men, with
drawn revolvers. The scene was dramatic in tbo
extreme. A few days previously a convicted
murderer broke away from his guards in the
court-room and rau, but well-directed bullets
cheated the gallows of a victim, and the fugitive
was shot dead io bis tracks. AH precautions
were taken to prevent a recurrence of such a
tragic event. The arms of each of the prisoners
on this occasion were firmly held by guards de
tailed for tbo purpose. The first one brought
before the Judge for sentence was
JOHN WHITTIMOTOX.
A more desperste-looking man could hardly be
pictured. Ilia ago was about 90. Ho was 6 feet
in height, as atraigbt as an Indian, built like
an athlete. A cold, lustreless eye peered from
under a shaggy brow, but occasionally shot
out glances that showed the diabolical spirit
wilhiu. lie was, every loch, a typo of tbo
frontier desperado, savage, relentless, and ms*
lignant. He scarcely looked at the Judge during
the delivery of the remarkable address, but oo*
caalonally ha turned bis eves upou the audience
behind, scowling upon (bem and dashing defi
ance. He lived in poverty with a wife and two
children near (be Bed Itiver, in Dickens County,
Chickasaw Hatton, and was found guilty of u
murder committed In that vicinity, Monday,
Feb. 7. 1876. The evidence adduced at Iho
trial showed that on that day Whittington and
John J. Turner, a neighbor, started across the
river. On the afternoon of the same day, while
returning, Whittington dropped behlud and sud
denly coming up with Turner hit him a tremen
dous blow upon the bead with a club, knocking
him senseless from bla horse. Dismounting, ho
coolly proceeded to out his throat from
ear to ear, and to rob the body, taking
therefrom flos in cash. Suddenly Turner’s
youog eon, a youth IS years of age,
came upou the ecene. Utilizing the horrible
situation, be drew bis revolver and began io
fire upon bis father’s assassin. Whittington,
terror-stricken, mounted bis horse and tied,
with young Turner In hot pursuit. After a
chase of i miles, (bo lad’s horse gsve out and
fell by the roadside. But be bad raised the
alarm, and Whittington was captured by citi
sens Just after be bed crossed the river. A
knife, red with gore, sod recognised as belong
ing to Whittington, was found near Turner’s
body, and Turner’s money was found on the
prisoner's body after the capture. There was
not the shadow of a doubt as to his guilt, the
evidence being overwhelming.
Tim Judge delivered his sentence in a dear,
smuroiis, solemn tone. The audience was still
as death.
T UK JUDOR'fI ADDRESS,
John Whiltlnaion : You have hffti Ivied upon an
Indiritr.pnt preferred by the United Hate* Grand
Jury, marpinv you with (hr murder of John ,f.
Ttinif r on the 7th day of February laot. and you ha*, e
bail ft fair and Impartial trial before ft l>tit
Jury. Aide eouoael hare represented you, and you,
drfenie haa b»en <h«m‘erl*ed hy tn tmu«ual desr-e
of «neri{y, ability, and fidelity. After a patient heai *
Ing of the leatlmriny and Ihe etbauatlre arffiitntnts of
enuuicl. (ho Jury retired, and, U|>oa a careful. rot.K J
entlona consideration of the law acd the fart* tn (be
eft**, tuo irtit to ft verdict of ifuiily. The crime which
you ao delllierately pirpelntoj «u of the mod
utrurtoiift and cowardly character. The man you inur*
drrod who your frlriid. You bod spent movefile
Hftbbath day upon nljlrii you killed him In hla com
pany. In »n mmiapei-tnift Lour when be, no doubt,
was treating you at a (fueled friend, you stole upon
blm tinperceired • you aimed the deadly weapon nt
bin head, tod, with the fatal knife, you literally banked
hta throat to j.Jceea • and with there fatal Inrirnmeuta
of death you tnaru>l»d, you murdered your rtctlm.
Hut your putlt and your depravity did not atop here,
ftrarce’y had you committed the bloody deed before
you end rrd upon the commiasion of another crime.
You rr,nverted to your i«»»e#rjan«a ei-rll" of Ibe mur
der your victim's money. To the crime nf murder yoo
added that of larceny, or. at common law, robbery,
Vonr mind I*, fluidities*, r.Ull ailed with the horrible
rcf-ollcttiona of that fatal day. ifow terrible your
feebnira inunt have been when i/indlocr over tbo
mangled and mutilated form > f your victim. You
looked tip and beheld the aon of tbo victim, appalled
and dismayed at the ghastly and unnatural right that
met hie ga re. How your rnnaclen<e inuat tie to Untied
you aa you fled In terror punned by the avonglop. eon.
A more cowardly murder was never rommltieil,
showing that you bad s depraved, bad hem. Think
of the terrible crime you committed when you aent
the eoul of John J. Turner to ll» God, unprepared end
nnforglven of Itn etna; think of the wife
whom you robbed of a good buaband,
and the children mado orphans I.V your
cruel, nltllena act; think of the unnatural widowhood
Into which you have plunged your own wife, and tho
hating infamy you have hroupbt upon your children.
Your crime was heinous, and Shu penalty whh h has
been adjudged against youlajuri. The punishment
of death baa been pronounced against tho crime rf
murder, not only by tbo laws of all rlrillred natlmi,
hut alao hy that law which was written hy the pen »f
Inspiration under the dictation nf the unerring wisdom
nf the Must High. ... It will not l>e long until
you will he compelled to take your final have of
world and enter upon (ho untried retributions of a
UGvcr-cndiug eternity. And I l«gof you not bide
judo yourself with the vain hone uf pardon or rscai-j
from the sentence of thu Uw. in my judgment, your
destiny in this world la died, and your falo is Inevit
able, Let me, therefore, entreat you by every mo*
tivo temporal and eternal to reflect upon your
present condition and tho certain death lint
awaits yon. . . . Listen now to tho dreadful
sentence of tho law, and men farewell forever until
(bo Court, and you, «nd all here to-day shall, meet to
gether iu the general reeurceetlotu Tbo aeutvncc of
this Court in that you. John Whittington, to taken
hi nee tn the Jail from whence you came, and he close,
ly confined therein until the lid day of S- ptember, A.
1). 1970, upon which day, you will he taken therclr un
and banged by tnr neck until you are dead. And may
(Jod bavo merry on your soul.
Tho prisoner was thou led out of iho court
room and returned to the dungeon, which ho oc
cupied until bo met bis doom.
PAtritl. ii. cvaks
was next called before the bar for sentence.
Tho Judge's address was similar Id tone to that
delivered in tho case of Whittington. Evans
frequently smiled while receiving bis death-een
toncc, and when it was through, flippantly
said; “ Thank ye.’’ Evans was scarce
20 years old. but though no young
in ego was a veteran in crime.
Ho was (largo, well-developed, and powerful in
build. Id spile of his levity ho appeared nerv
ous at times, and it was plain that ho felt tho
peril of his situation. While traveling from
Dennison, Tex., in November lost, with a young
man named William It. Bscbolt, be killed his
companion, and was convicted of tho murder,
lie was seen In company with Scebolt Just prior
to his disappearance, and immediately after tho
murder was found riding Beeholt’a horse and
leading his own. The body, which was found a
week after the murder, was identified by a patch
worn over tho loft eye, and by a memorandum,
book containing notes in reference to bis rela
tions, from which it was inferred ho belonged to
a wealthy family. Long after Evans’ arrest be
bad the audacity to wear his victim's boots, and
ho gave Beobolt's horse as a foo to one of tho
1 lawyers who defended him. These formed
strong links in the chaiu of circumstantial evi
dence on which he was convicted.
The next prisoner brought forward was Ed
mund Campbell, a full-blooded negro. Tho
Judge in a pathetic manner pronounced the
death sentence on him, and the doomed African
listened attentively and with apparent good
nature. In response to tho usual question
whether ho had anything to aav in bis own be
half ho said: “ Lor bices ye.no; taint worth
while." Campbell was also quite youthful, being
not more than 20 years of age. His crime was
an unusually helnoas one. On Feb. 13, accom
panied by his H-jcar old brother. Bam, and a
half-brother Frank Butler, ho went to the house
of a man named Lawrence Boss, against whom
ho had an old grudge. They stole into tho
house and murdered Boas lu bed. A young
girl waa slaying with tho family: and after
outraging her, they murdered Lor also. Both
Campbell and Butler wore convicted of murder
in tho first degree, but Butler escaped death on
tho gallowa by being abet while attempting to
escape.
JIMEB u. Moorm
waa tho next mao brought forward. Over 0 feet
in height, largo-honed, well-muscled, aud of
savage mien, ho appeared to bo a matt lilted by
nature for desperate and bloody schemes. lie
was 3a years of age. For twelve years ho had
been a cattle-herder. The crime for which Moore
suffered the extreme penalty of the law was
committed In the Indian Territory, under the
following circumataocce: About a year ago bo
and a confederate named Hanlon stole aix
boraoa in Washington County, Arkansas, from
a farmer named Cox. Cox raised a crowd
and started lu pursuit of tho thieves,
following them for SUO miles into tho Indian
country. Tho horso-thieves were brought to
bay at a little creek near Bod River. A deeper*
ate fight ensued. At tho first fire, one of the
pursuers, named Spivey, was killed,and Capt. Ir
win wounded, hut the thieves wore finally captured,
lluntoo escaped, but was followed Into the Ter
ritory and shot. During Moore's ‘incarceration
his nifo and chilnrea visited him often, ae also
did his mother, nearly 80 years of ago. Ilia
mother now lives in Bosque County. Texas.
Moore received his sentence with apparent un
concern.
BMOKkR lUX-BILLSR.
a full-blooded Choctaw, was next brought from
tbs dungeon. True to the instincts of ins race,
ho appeared proud and stoical. HU features
had been disfigured by small-pox. Tho
Judge's address* was translated word
for word by an interpreter. Ho was
enjoined to prepare for death, and to confer
with a minister of iho Qoapel, a proposition
which die doomed Indian indignantly rejected.
William Short, a popular young white man liv
ing in the Flint District, wan “Smoker Man
killer's'' victim. The scene of the tragedy is
shout 40 milea north of this place. Exactly one
year ago last Wednesday, Short, while out hunt
ing, met Smoker Man. Tho latter requested the
privilege of looking at hie guu. The request
was compiled with, when the Indian stepped
tack a few paces and fired, Short dropping dead.
Tho deed was witnessed by two men whochanccd
to ho in the vicinity, and who afterwards Identi
fied tho murderer. No proof was needed, how
ever, as Smoker Man openly bragged of bis
crime. Ho waa arrested at once by tho United
States authorities, and speedily convicted.
Hmoker had killed three men before, and there
were few men of worse or more dangerous in
stincts.
BAMtTIL rOOf,
The murder for which Fooy was convicted
was one of the noat extraordinary on record,
end may well bo classed among the legal
curiosities of crime. In the winter of 1871-’2,
John Kmmett Naff, a young schoolteacher, left
Leavenworth, Kan., for the Indian Teiritory.
Being an loduetrious young man of floe address
ami anxious to work, the BchooLTruatees placed
him in charge of a school near Taleqnat, where
be temalned from February to July. 1872. Be*
airing to return to Sanaa 1, Naif resigned hie po
sition, and. on the 16th of July, in the same
year, after receiving 1200 due him by (be
ficbool'Troatees. be atartsd cn foot towards the
•alt-works on the Illinois River. The next night
be alert at tho house of C'apt. C. It. Hiovensoa.
United States Deputy Marshal, and brothor-in
law of Foot, the former carrying a small travefinr
satchel in his bands. Naff was never seen again,
and hie curious disappearance seemed to bo one
of those mysteries destined never to be unrav
eled. In tho summer of 1873, however. Dave
Itoacb. a negro boy, while out hunting, was hor
rified by the sudden discovery of n human skele
ton nears high bluff on the Illinois Hirer. A
great many neighbors ratne to see the bleach,
iuc bones, hut as they were lo a secluded place,
far away from any settlement, it was thought
bo#: not to disturb them. During the following
spring an Indian lad. drawn by eurioaity to visit
the hKHMoii, discovered under tho edge of stock
a l ook partially mutilated, which ho immediately
took to a neighboring house. On the ily-leaf
was found the inscription “John Emmett Naff,
Leavenworth, Kansas. February. 1872," in Her
man letters. Underneath this name was tho fol
lowing quotation from Horace s
I’iUuts mots puU&t ymle paojwmm Uhernas
llegimi>|iio turrci.
From other papers found near the spot it was
proved beyond a doubt that tbo bones wore those
of tbo ill-fated school-leather. An examination
showed that he had boon shot from behind, the
bullet lodging in the bone near tho nose. Hus
piclon at once pointed to Ham Fooy. He had
been seen last with tbo murdered man. Ho was
arrested, and charged witli the crime. After his
arrest it transpired that ho hod previously con
fessed his guilt to a brother-in-law named Boat
tie. and also to a frail woman with whom ho was
on intimate terms. Evidence continued to penr
In from a doren different sources, establishing
Fooy's guilt beyond a doubt. lie listened to bis
sentence with stoical indifference. Fooy was a
native of this town. A few years ago his sister
Alice was tho prettiest girl in the country, and a
reigning belle.
[To the AttetMfd Prfu i.J
Litti.t: Hock, Hept. 3.— Tho nil men bung to
day at Fort Smith wero eootenced at tbo U«t
term of tbo Federal Conrt. There were eight
sentenced at tbo name time. Ono man tub kill
ed afterward wbilo attempting to escape. and
the sentence of the other wat commuted to im
prisonment for life. The names of tbo men
who were banged wero James 11. Moore (white;.
David 11. Evans (while), Barmirl W. Fooy (quar
ter Cherokee). Smoker Mtut-Killcr (full-blood
Cherokee), Edmund Campbell (colored), and
John Whittington (white).
Smoker Mao-Killer baa all along charged the
wltnesttCß against him with perjury. lie had
very block hair, was etont-built. with low fore
head, and stared his fate in the face with tho
usual indifference of tbo Indian. A few days
since lie professed religion and joined the
Freebyteriau Church.
.Tames H. Moore was 27 yearn old. tall, and
fine looking, bold and daring. Ho was a native
of Joboaou County, Mo., but removed to Texas
when a child, whore ho grew up oa the frontier
an a murderer, highwayman, and horse-thief.
His equal could hardly be found. Ho was con
nected with a band of ontlaus in the Indian
country. Stealing some horses in Washington
County, m this Htatc, in connection with a
confederate, they were followed end overtaken,
when tho two fired upon tho posse, killing one
and wounding another. Iboy escaped, but
were afterwards overtaken. Moore's partner
was killed while attempting to cbcape. Moore
wan afterwards cammed, lodged In jail,
tried, and sentenced to be banged. When
caplmed bo boasted that he had
killed eight white men. and Indiana and negroes
too numerous to mention. Ho claimed to bo the
beat shot in tbo West. Ho had a wife and ouo
child living in Texas. As a desperado and out
law. bo was the boat representative of tbo lot.
Ho was baptized iu the Itumau Catholic faith
last Saturday.
Bamnel W. Foot, quarter-blood Cherokee, was
a native of Foil Smith. 2S yean* old, well edu
cated, married, ban three children, and Ins fami
ly resides near Webber’s Falls. In July, 187 U,
ho murdered a young man named J. E. Naff, near
Tahlcquaha, for S3UO. Knowing Naff hod ibo
money, bo followed him along a rood he was
traveling, shot him through tbs head, and threw
tho body over a bluff, whore it was afterwards
discovered by a hunter. Fooy confessed tho
ciimu.
Daniel 11. Evans was a handsome young man
of 25. a native of Tennessee. Ho hod respectable
connections in Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.
He murdered a man named Bccbolt in November
last, near Eufaula, Creek Nation. Tho two were
riding olong the road together, when Evans ohot
his eompamomdiid the body, took bis horae and
money, and proceeded od Ids journey. Tho
body was discovered, and Evans arrested three
days after, riding tho murdered man’s horse and
wearing hioclotnos. Evans admitted he asso
ciated with outlaws, and, in connection with two
others, jonhed a wealthy mao in tho Creek
Nation in 1873 of $32,000. Twenty-five thou
sand dollars of the money, he save, is buried in
Bosque County, Tex. Ho savs he stuck a
pine stick in his victim's lleali and
set it on lire to compel him ‘to tell
him where his money was. It would bo bard to
ilnd one of bis ago so steeped in crime. After
bis sentence was pronounced by the Judge, bo
smilingly rose and thanked tbo Court for tho
courtesy shown him. He embraced the Catholic
faith.
William J. Whittington wasanativoof Georgia,
Taylor County. 30 years old, and had a wife and
three children, who now live in the Chickasaw
Nation, Whittington omrdcredamannaraedJohu
J. Turner, ia February last, in the Chickasaw
Nation. Biding home ono evening from a grog
gery with Turner, an old man ami neighbor, be
clubbed (ho latter, knocking him from bis horse,
and then col hie throat, rifled bis pockets, and
started. Tho eon of Turner appeared about
this time and gave chase to the murderer,
and overtook and captured him in Bod Biver.
Whittington’s knife, covered with blood, was
found near the body, and when captured bis bat
and bands were bloody. He attributes all his
troubles to rhlsky : was penitent and resigned,
and joined the Methodist Church.
Edmund Campbell, (he colored boy, was aged
20, a native of the Choctaw Nation. He. in con
nection with (bo others, killed Lawson Boss and
Mario MeKonuoy, on tho 18th of February, 1875.
Borne trouble arose between the parties at a
prayer-meeting, when tbo three went to the
house of Boss and tho woman and shot them.
Edmund Campbell and Frank Butler were totb
sentenced to be banged. Frank made au at
tempt to escape some time since, and was shot
and killed. The other party connected with tho
murders waa sent to tho remtentlary, and Ed
mund forfeited bis life to-day for (bo crime. He
professed religion, and joined (be Presbyterian
Church.
ASSASSINATION IN THE MINING REGION.
UPtital bitvatch to Tht Chteam Tritium,
Wilkcsdiadc, Pa., Hept 3.—This region has
been thrown into a flurry of excitement by
another cold-btoodcd assassination, which took
place at 7 o'clock this morning at Lansford,
Carbon County, only a few miles from Shenan
doah, where two bosses ware shot on Wednes
day. This morning, as tho tralu approached
Ltuaford, tho passengers witnessed two meu
deliberately fire into tho office of tho Lehigh
A Wilkesbsrro Coal Company, Instantly killing
the mining boss, Jonn P. Jones. Tho murderers
thou escaped to the woods. Tho boss aud Su
perintendent had both got into disfavor
with the miners at Lansford, aud
havo received coffin and pistol notices
threatening their lives unless they left tho re
gion, in consequence of which the Company fur
nished a force of apodal police, who have been
guarding their residences for several nights,
but. not expecting soy attack in tho daytime,
Jones hid Jnst gone to his oflico for the day
when the two scoundrels drew their revolvers in
the open street, firing through tho window.
Ibcir shots wars both fatally directed, instantly
killing the boas. About 100 men, who were
working in iba Company's shop, were at once
dispatched to scour the country for tho
assassins. President Parrish received a telegram
from Supt, Zebner about 2 o'clock, saying that
two men. supposed to bo the murderers, had
been captured at Tamaqua, a dozen milea from
(bu econo of the tragedy, and asking what to do
with the men. The President of the Company
replied that if they could he positively identi
fied to turn them over to <be people of Lana
ford. In a abort time a delegation of Lansford
people, who had witnessed the affair, arrived at
Tamaqua ou a special engine, and funv identified
the meu as tne ones who had murdered Jones.
Hupt. Zebner was informed that the greatest
possible excitement prevailed in Lansford, aud
that the incensed popnlace would lynch the as
sassins on sight, and ou his way up the road
with his prisoners be telegraphed Congressman
Albright at Uauoh Chunk for advice what to do
with Ibe men. Ho further information has been
received at (he Company's telegraph office a*
rot. lut It in thought (be murderers will bo
made way with before morning, as (ha long-suf*
faring public in the mining region are too well
"C'lQiiiUod with (ho tedious process of Im» ami
the impossibility of convicting n murderer.
President Parrish ami other oluclsls have left
Yfllkoebarre for the scene of the excitement.
Porrsvar.n. Pa., Sept. 3.—. Two young men
named Young and Kirby, while driving near
l.anecau'e path, were accosted by two epccial
policemen. Thinking they bad fallen into (be
hands of tomn of the outlaws who now lofcel
the mining region, one of them drew a revolver
and fired, wounding one of the policemen. The
other onicer returned the fir*, killing Young in
atantlv. Kirby fled |o the woods sod ©neared,
(heat excitement exist* throughout tbo .Scb’uvl
kill region lu consequence of the prevalence of
crime, and in aererai localities Vigilance Commit'
Uea are being organized.
OTHER CRIMES.
THE HERALD'S STORY ABOUT CHARLEY ROSS,
A’eif Vork tltra'd. Sfft.l.
Mr*. Member, the wife of Dill Mosher, the uni
▼ersally-acknowloJgfld abductor of Charley
Dos*, baa at last spoken, ami. while tho does not
directly avow knowledge of tho boy's where
about*, there can bo but little doubt from her re
plica to tbe following questions that nbo can at
any moment cither cause tbe child to be restored
or reveal its hiding-place.
At a tato hoar last nfgbt she was found by a
Herald reporter (after many difficulties and dis
couragement*. a* her whereabout* have been
kept a profound secret.
Mr*. Mosher at tint streonouniy objected to
answering any question*, but, after much talk,
believing, doubtloie. that the writer was either
tho nephew of Mr. Doe*, with a proposition of
some kind, or a messenger from her brother
Wcstervelt, sbo agreed, stipulating, however,
with much emphasis, that some questions she
would decline answering.
‘•When your husband and Douglas* invited
Gil Mosher to accompany them on what they
called a‘big thing.’in July of last year, Ju.it
prior to the abductlou of Charley Doss, wore you
aware of their plans ?"
‘•The etory that they wanted Gil to go along
is all false."
“ How noon after the abduction did you see
your husband ?”
" I decline to *av.”
“What was tho latest date prior to hi* death
upon which you saw him ? "
“The tugUt before his death he was at homo,
and frequently before that ho was with me.”
■* Whou vour husband lay in his boat at New
ark Day evading tho police, whom ho knew to
bo after him. where were you ? Were rou
with him?”
It win ho remembered (hat tho (Mentiros be
lieved the boy to be with .Mosher at the time.
•• This I decline to answer.”
“ Did yot ever eo« Charley Dos* ? '*
“I never did.”
Ibis answer was given with a strong attempt
ot emphams. which was an ignominious failure.—
not the emphasis, ot truth, hut the emphasis ot a
desire to hurry over and prevent a repetition of I
tho question, or any further allusion to it. |
“Didyour brother, Wcstervelt. now testifying
in Philadelphia, ever see Charley Dess?’ 1
“No. ho did not. Ho knows nothing at all
about tho case. He was just tho same as kid
napped from New York to go thcro. lie can tell
nothing.' 1
“Haveyou not road hi* testimony given in
court to-day. published in (ho evening papers Y
fThl* as » ruse.)
Mr*. Manlier started, flashed up. colored, and
angrily replied, with genuine emphasis ;
•• It is a Jic—a base ho. Ho knows nothing of
the enso. 1 don't care what he testified to-dav.
He never saw the child. Ho can’t tell where ho
is. I don't care what the evening papers eav.”
“Well, wo will pass over his tcstimotiT. Are i
von willing to go to Philadelphia tud testify in
this case i”
(EugergPlieally)—“No. sir ; there is no pow
er on earth can make mo go to Philadelphia.
They tried to cot mo to go with my brother, tell
ing mo I could come back the next day. but I
saw through their game. I have consulted with
the best lawyers in Now York, and I know my
rights. 1 know that 1 cannot be forced to go to
rhiladelphia, and I won’t go. and they can’t ,
make mo go. 1 ' fleeing that she had somewhat
committed herself. she hastily added. “1 might
go on my own option, but 1 cauuot be driven
tbero."
“Did you eoe tho foo-slaulios of tho loiters
written to Mr. Doss by the abductors, which were
published in the Merabi last year?”
“Ye*. I saw them, a»d they are nothin my
husband's handwriting.''
“But exports have pronounced them to be in
tho same handwriting as Jotters written by your
husband.”
“1 don't care for experts; 1 know ray hus
band’* handwriting, and. besides, no letter of
hie has ever been found. They have all been
destroyed, ’’
“You forget. Mrs, Mosher, that Ibo detect
ive* found a letter written by your husband to |
a Mr*. Murdock, tho keeper of tho lighthouse at |
Rondout, asking her for money she owed him |
for a boat that ho sold her. This letter is now
in the hands of tho officials, and is in tho same i
handwriting as the letter* from the abductor to
Mr. iloas.” (The reporter had been assured of
this fact on the highest official authority.)
“ I don’t believe it. It can’t Ijo true. Don’t
you suppose my husband would have been smart
enough not to have written a letter ? it would
bo too elroug a clow."
Mrs. Mosher, now toll mu candidly, is tho
boy living or dead i "
•* Ido not know. (Immediately afterward)—l
am sure ho is living and will turn up before long.
I am as sure that ho i* living a* I am that 1
breathe. 1 would ttol believe him dead unless f
thoulS sec his dead ftodv Irjore }iie. u
It will bo remembered that a few moment* be
fore Ur*. Mosher denied ever having *ccu tho
child. That I'ortion of her last answer italicized,
in view of this fact, has a significant importance,
flho strongly emphasized this answer, leaving
not the slightest particle uf doubt to the report
er’* mind that she spoke her honest conviction.
“How do you know that ho is still bring?"
(Nervously)—*' I decline to answer this ques
tion. and 1 insist on knowing who you are."
“Now, Mrs. Mosher, lot roe put you a'ulraipht
forward question, of vital importance to your
i self, to the Dos* family, and to the general pub
lic. Tell me, is thcro any way in which Charley
[ Dos* can be restored. leaving out of considera
tion all obataclos iu the way of a ransom being
, paid, and assuming that tho amount demanded
be immediately forthcoming, and safety against
t'uoisluneut guaranteed to those so restoring
iim r"
. “I decline to answer. Don't you think I would
i give him up SI 1 know where ho was? lam a
i mother, and know tho feeling* of Mr*. Doss. I
. can assure you 1 would give him up if it wa* iu
i my power." *
l “Haveyou ever seen Mr. Dos*?"
“Yes ; no later than a few day* ago I saw him.
I once heard that ho ,wanted to shun mo. but I
saw him since."
“What were the relations, if I raav ask.be
i tween your husband and yourself; was ha kind
> and affectionate?"
“ Yes, indeed, be was. Ho was a good bus
■ band to me, whatever ho was otherwise.”
1 “Was he confiding?’’
(Hesitating) “ Yea ; I decline to answer.”
•• It ha* been aaserted that Charley Dobs is In
I Germany. Do you believe this?
“ I decline to answer."
1 “ Mrs. Mosher, why are you eo positive that
i Chtrlov Don* is alive ?" •
“ I know ho I*. My husband would not harm
i a hair of his head (unickly recovering herself
. and very nervous)—l—l mean it he had anything
, to do with it."
Hero tho interview came to art ood. Mr*.
I Mosher absolutely refusing to apeak another
i word until the writer revealed blsindeutlty. flee
ing that further interrogation was useless tho
reporter Hahl, “1 have been commissioned by
tho New York //mild to talk with you."
At this revelation Mrs Mosher was dumb
founded.
“ You have deceived roe," oho indignantly re
plied. “ 1 would not have talked with you had
you *tald who you wero. Th? Ileralt and other
1 newspapers have misrepresented mu since ilia
affair occurred. 1 know nothing at all about
Charlie Doss. Ido not kuow how in tho name
, of heavens you found mo, a* 1 do not livo
, hero.”
I’mLAPEU'inA, Bent. 3.—The whole of the [
1 morning session or tho court in the trial of I
i Weetervelt was occupied in the crosa-oxamina- I
; tion of l*ollce-Soperluleadont Walling, of New |
I York. No new fact* were elicited. i
1 THE QUINCY SCANDAL, I
> Special DupaU* it The C’Aw<wj Tribune. :
' Qcinct, HI., flept. h—lu tho lloffmao-ITflnti** |
• (Hal the prosecution took the field. The testi
mony was not very important, with (bo exoep
-1 (ton of that given by Hoffman, who contented
1 himself with * general denial of all the charge*
brought against him. The affair of the maga
zine. touching that one immortal moment, he
1 denies »beolutely. though ha admitted that he
did ooco greet a Doshvill* lady with a kiss of
friendship as be was about to leave that place
for tho Conference. On tbe whole, however,
his denials will hardly suffice to explain or to
break the force of the testimony that has
been brought against him. Be Is under
crose-examlnatlon this evening, and (be (rial
is likely to contitme for several days.
The attending phvaidaa of eX'Jadgo Mitchell,
nbo was wounded in the shooting affray of yes
tetday, stated that ibe wounds received by bin
patient in tbo bead are not dangerous, and that
the wounds In tb n arm and breast sre healing
rapidly. The wound in the abdomen is more
severe. Had not the bullet producing tide
wound been warded off by it Jack-Uolfo id tbo
Judge's pocket, tbo eliot would no doubt havo
proved fatal. The wound in tbo hip Is consid«
rred somewhat dangerous. The bullet in lodged
lu the pelvis bone near the spine, ami Urn ear*
geon has not yet boon able to remove it. On the
whole, however, tbo Judge is uot considered a(
present tn a critical condition.
THE LOUISVILLE TATTLER.
LqDisvillk, Ky.. Sept. ;b— Louis flebm, tba
Toller of tbo Planters’ National Bank, who con
fessed having taken the money from the bank
himself, was presented In tbo City Court this
morning, and bold In $50,000 bail to answer.
Itelim's case has boon continued ono week, tba
bail Icing placed at $50,000. Ho was nnablo to
give that amount, and Is now in jail. Tbo affair
ban paused great excitement and speculation
mtipii it became known, Hobm’s foolish action
and ia<'k nf nerve being tbo tboroo of general
conversation. Tim bank resumed business to
* *'■ R ’ so -'M a suit against Rohm
for attachment against his property. The peti
l.un states lint Uebm was taken into tbo employ
of the bank five yearn ago. at which time hegavb
J* loud for the faithful discharge of Ilia duties.
Jhey claim (hat he has not dene ho, $20,000 hav
ing been embe/zhd hy him The petition al
leges that llcbm is indebted to the bank tbo
amount of the cinW/.’euieut, for which It prays
Judgment and attachment to restrain him from
selling hi* pro; ortv. Mint of his property has
been attached since tbo suit wad oalorod.
MIKE HENNESSEY.
Social IHipatch to The CAicajo 2>iburw,
Lcmont. 111., Sept. 3.—Tbo notorions Mike
well-known to tbo police offlcerr,
who was arrested boro Homo limo elnco by Depn
ty Sheriff D. C. Hkolley, on a charge of resisting
an officer, and who escaped before being com
mitted to jail, was rearrested at Joliet Chiu after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Shelley, assisted by his
brother \V. H. Skolloy, taken to Chicago this
evening and safely lodged in the County Jail.
110 has been arrested bore and in Chicago and
Joliet several times and on different charges,
including an attempt to commit murder, but el
ways escaped by resisting the officers and break
ing out of Jail. It io hoped ho will ho closely
watched and not allowed to escape this time, as
he is a dangerous man, and, if justice I* done,
ha will servo a term in tbo employ of the State.
THE MONTREAL OEVETERY ROW.
Mo:;mtAU Sept. 3.'-After the departure of
Ouibord's remains from the Catholic Cemetery
gates yesterday afternoon. the mob remained in
force on tbo ground until the arrival of the May*
or and liflv police, when they immediately aban
doned tbo gates and dispersed. Before this,
however, gnmo of them had filled op the empty
grave end tom down the cross over it.
The I’rmco of Wales’ Bcrrimcnt rendezvoused
last evening. and ia held in readiness for any
outbreak, A mob ntimhenug several hundred,
and well armed, are m the cemetery to-day. Jt
in not known when the funeral mil bo attempted
again. The priests deny that they instigated
tbo not. Tbs feeling runs verv high between
Catholics and i'rotostants. The Orangemen talk
of turning out at the luneral.
STABBED TO THE HEART.
Swiat Duvaleh to The Chwaon Tribune.
Laouome, Win.. Sept. 3.— August Yookman, t
Gorman farmer, was stabbed and instantly killed
last night by August Volkloan, ou a public rood
two milea north of Bushfont Minn. The men
had quarreled Tuesday about a threshing ma-
chine. Volkioau at the time made a threat to
cut the heart out of Vouktnan, and carried oui
the throat. The murderot immediately fled, and
is still at large.
Special UUoatch to The Chicnae Tribune,
Winona, Minn., Bopt. 3.—August Volkloan
surrendered himself to the authorities, aud was
brought to Winuua to-day for stabbing Fred
Waldon, near liuehfonl. ou Wednesday last,
from the effects of which Wcldoo died.
ROBBED THE HANGMAN.
Four Hmitii, Ark., Sept. 3., .via. Muskogee, I.
T., Kept. o.—Martin llaiace, who was tried for
murder at the last term of the United fitatoa
Court and acquitted for want of sufficient proof
to convict, confessed after his release that ho
killed the man. Haines is a desperado of tho
worst type, and ho has at last met bis just
deserts for his crimes, although in ou unlawful
manner. Last night, while engaged la a drunken
row in a house of ill-fhmo, ha was fatally stab
bed iotou different places with a Kuifointhe
hands of Jim Bailey. Bailey has boon arrested.
K. K. K. ILLINOIS COMMANDERY.
Special th»pal:h to The Chuaqo Tribune.
Tamahoa, 111,, Sept. 3.— Capl. Hogan arrived
bore thia morning with one of tbo Ku-Klux pris
oners, William Boyd, who waa arrested at Mount
Vernon. Harry Johnson, another Ku-Klux, was
arrested at Ashley last night. Sheriff Frank Ma
eon arrived hero to-night from Bontoo, Franklin
County, with James Lonnie, who has been un
able to give bonds. Commissioner Curlee it
quite nnwel), ami further trials may have to bo
postponed until Monday, Sept, U. Startling de
velopments are anticipated.
A RECREANT HUSBAND.
Special [Hevaf'h fa Thf Chvrnio 7*nbune.
Kansas Cm, Mo., Sept. B.—A well known
stock speculator named Shebao was arrested
in this city to-day, ch&rgod with living in
adultery with a lend woman. Hie wife reached
tbo city late last night from Chicago, and to
dav caused his arrest. She claims that Shehan
deserted her nearly throe years ago without any
cause, and now demands that bo support her
and her child. His trial takes place (o-morrow.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Detroit, Kept. 3.—Detroit furnishes another
domestic tragedy to-day, Comb Qtgnier, a
Frenchman, M years of ago, having killed him
self this morning, after fatally wounding bis
wife. The injuries wore indicted with a jack
knife. He was a hard drinker, and bis wife re
fused to have him about the* bouse. as she was
obliged to support tbo family herself, and could
not add him to her already heavy burden.
PAUSE PRETENSES.
Cincinnati, Sept. 11.— C. L. Pratt, merchant, at
Greenup, Ky., was arrested here to-day on
chargee of obtaining goods to the amount of
$3,000 on false proteoses.
KILLED DY A TRAMP.
Cincinnati, Sept. 3. —William Hutchinson, •
fanner living ns&r Worthington, 0., was shot
dead by a tramp whom ho found in bia bant.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
MINERS' STRIKE.
Special Ditpafch to The Chicago Tribune.
Dantii.u; 111., Sopt. 3.—The miners at tha
coal-banks of ilia Kllsworth Coal Company's
Wcttern Minos ami the Ohio Shaft Mines bars
refused to work longer at BO contu per bushel,
ami. tlm proprietors refusing to givo more, tha
turners have all struck.
LATE LOCAL ITEMS.
A man named U. William* was arrested last
evening on a rather singular complaint. 11s is
charged bvJt coal-dealer on ZUua Island avenue
with obtaining money under false pretenses, in
selling him a kicking, balky horse.
Charles Borzoi, a boy of *IU years, residing at
No. 61*7 Larrabeo street, was accidentally shot
I'.v the premature discharge of a gun about 8
p clock leal evening. Half of his nose via*
blown off. au{l Ida right eye was badly injured.
•The accident occurred on the the North Branch,
at the foot of Diyorsy street.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
Sootbamptox, Sept. B—Steamship Leipzig,
from Baltimore, has arrived.
N*w Yqoe, Sept. B.—Arrived—Steamer Maisc,
from Bremen.
Sab Fuancisco, Sept. 3.—Arrived—The Am«>
lean Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Oypbmes, from Sydney, via Auckland and
Honolulu.
THE TAX-GRAB.
Special Dinateh to The Chuaio Tr&ufW.
Spbjnuhei.d, 111., Sept. B.—The County
Treasurer, Mr. Perkins, la engaged to-day re
funding to the taxpayers of tha county tha
seven thirty-sixths tax. There was a great nub
to bis oflice, almost like a run on a bank, but bta
funds held oat, and those who got their nkktls
seamed to be very hapj>y.
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