The Superior times. [volume], September 08, 1870, Page 2, Image 2

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A MISSOURI HORROR.
EXECUTION CF J. H. SKAGGS.
He is and is Not Hanged.
ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION-OP
POSITION OF THE SHERlFF
lujrnuf IN ppor, Hhlthy, Blriiilus
auil (Mh •nln.
I'm: oi>k a(j<jh
From .be St. L II?; ibh **a, A j; - b
Of lb* miry mird*. ra w v i h }. itr*
committed t J j i •* mar, there hue Uto lu;
few which h - v > .i .1* J ra >re ' i ir l.v
r at ion ar, ! tx iumeat thin the ki lie of
K. V, ll , at (,’iirk.t l>ioklm
count*, Miin, on the o i of J anmry.
Ktchfti • n, who w ■* - f-.-rai*-? t s i ' ; r
< I-rural in the i'orUiitr ara r. * • ih
Pre-d ‘t . t of the V if t l*Ua u.t A I "i- k in
C ic*y I* ai k H i ! < J-v y, at.-I to
i- -ii. *. e>i by J ,hn H. - k „ \ t i r r
tail v. c i ! the c i try. I: e* v
xnct.t b t f--h*y ft ref a *fl ib*t ot i ri•
and/ in-f, when the p-r.alty cf the
law vr * attempt! J ‘ j K* it tl '* e| 11 • a the
n orb r r, a L.o* a > <>iiar*' • r it,
M . ' . I ■' I TANARUS; * '.* f • t - I W - •
arrest, ; *
dr r* r, are i k • t ' -1- v ! I ir
tffK i ( Oi\ ft.' it; ; j
horror of V u •’ e t
the c* rtlerjin <! ir. in b* v re he w - < ! . *,j t
ar I Iht c- • ' *:i :U lo r . • I.
him, of litic'i, p r. j>i th* re L* ■* a
para le to le fa:. ! in the fir ran.’* re
c 3rd Hud the * >ry chpt r • < ii be in
k
at tot*. * (
TANARUS: •• a “ a. • Ir.a l> * a ■ v ir \f
ter m . ) . r t‘ ■ f ' J
u i&iiy w .-re it • . r* !. < • ’.I. a
ar v • .- • r 5 . :■ 5 ■■
the {) ;i * II ■*', t rt*'. lie w e
ifv .; : f* * at .‘at * < * I t * ’ I. * '. I
hid *tep(w I vV3t of h * bed r CO l> the
j.'f 1, n r r of the h oe, 1 > get a
<irnk cf H? had ui n 1
1 :
h 1 u;, h n a h I wind he
rec**a i the coclent# ia the •'*! - .■< , i
Th# rep* r; wit tj • r :J. a t wa
f m , I hr tcri * ; . if.! r I, • iff • ••*
inn 11 ♦ * cf l;.e t t- r * to the f l
Ifldov it !' i. : ? '
He wi.; I I > *.?, j - 1 ■ \
r ear :i 1 * e c; th - 7 .r-f, * I in. a
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In at ll e a' ■' - • : *4 !>• •;* 5 * <■*.• t ■ i
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w r
th* * * i a v ; o r . • r , r 1 ir
flijjl.i . • * . - ■ cm •■ •■Vi ■ a- • • /
did not I e r T w ■ =* : f- r
w • r ; ‘ ‘. I. > • „
m; icm n |<tr *l 1 k * *if *
the I* rj e ra? r of t - * f*f r. h
. ivh 1 u. in n 1 i‘*l hr. it t < j Ir, *
am -fi <1
he .'c* i* o! !,• - i.• -4 to m h ; Kre-.*
* g 1 r I • ' <• , * - 1 i
11;a* r,4 in ■ ■ • • 1 •
w h: ' ♦. { . j . ! . n 1
Ii i < i ;} t ; t ! x t o c * r a 1 h * < - * | 4 , N r f 5
Tail ' Isa It TA* li • •* * ijfe
w 1 i . i a t; r 1 >t t ; 1 n \ j <ul • r mnr
d* r ■ r 1 , | ♦ 1 ! *,. < •• t > ‘ h*’ ; < -
f U *f'i- ' % ■*• -. i z. - k '•* b#
w • k -i, i* a ‘cf ip ‘fa t i rir>*n
nm I •! *', wi,( h 1 ad :■ . u * *1 n* 1 -
Cin. f * < I < rr *, n l*4 w h a jurt of 1
• •“[>.{* r f nn l ia> a *f ot ii . 1
rsi rr*. The k n ** I b* ibi- h r
eel ot. an’, arif en'’igb, ’*
co.l nil of tne I arrcl lad been and *
charg* I. When the remaining charge
w,m ilnwn, it r**vVcd the detective acrap
Sk I'i'g-* a* •! Fn k Clark wm* indicted
for the murder at li e MsHi terra of the
Dinklin County Circuit Court CUrk’n
ca*e m c uuinut-d until the September
term, and Skrg** obtain*-! a change o'
ye me t o St .! ur ! county, on li egrmi and
of the Jir. j i lue of lh<* t p• in
Dunklin.
Skagg* wai •nt* r.o**l on the nh < f Ju
It to be hung at Hiojmtid Ii n the ho h
of August, and w.io removal to jil *l
Jtt kon, ( ijh* Oiradeau county, for <*Ce
keeping, there btirg i o ii a:it ri >n
in Stoddard county L. ! r the t u; hue
ruent of a pri-orje r.
Mr. \V. Kilcher, the •herifT o f ih*
county of the county, with a paririf
anted men, l**f| I?I u.viehl early oj W I
ne-day m.rui? g to bn- g Sk egg# fro \ Ihr
jail at J*k*oa, a *!.-1 *.i = -of a 1 *.tl. It
mile*. They arrived there rt u in ti t
ereninj, and ularte I w.ih the j.r'- . r >n
the following m> ni: g -A gg*, j*ir i ■ *•!.
wn ct r.y. y.d in a w 'g- r, w;.D th>- g t* ;
rode ly h aide. < ).i tie return they
were rein forced by a y u:.l * r-d p.xrty
frum li!o*ma and, mi. i hai heard !. *l an
attempt w lid be made to r - O * the J r *
oner 1(n brought in *fy at nig i,
there rot baying hi n ti c Iraal n> *.a, ct
©fiered.
• •
f >S h*‘U S had cure ud and bh ip**cb
on li • - *>i t, list- • .end prrtce •! to
adj -i the bistk cap. It wu nit of the
ordinary <dk*{% * w ■ and w-.*
not Irg long era gh. lie thro ptil ii t
eo e-c in j*# { are, aid j r * * d*-d to tighten
the ro, e. sk gg b ig- I him u I tc
ib k- hi ,a* the preeare i;.c*v * el.
THE I ALL.
At I Id <y-'y.hng ,n rrvl.'r*
Th'-re w. • to be fir w no tu *# • -
*>k - z* wc* ‘ar i rg on ih cm*.re >f the
t*ap *1 r, m i*n li e Suritf e s : a *'o!i
ha'chet and • * fed ft| ft- cut Ih# ft;- 6
ml " * ; - r It {r . .
-- * : r * mm
iti' ■ ■ n j.U* ’• ! p n b ' -
ire n?y * ii. I costm* 1 ;.y ; u
C *1 1
I.e %• !. h-'.-t. A* tfT pe * *■
de !y b- e *t/aigbl, the r - '<•, w 4
• • - ' ■ ft* . r , 5
knot went to the ba k of the lewfir g
v' > i
■,r• 1 e, t -r t e • ■ ■ ■•>! % ! i ,e -a:
the r.*•, and Ibr c; a' head *u Is rh: -d
•* i r-.. . wr a • | tat ‘ r
•It f fool in crt*■•- -*? cf ih# -
irr * gejT}-r| f t tv <- ■< - g the t* ~■ r.
At the tm* I eS’ er-, *J c; t t; - r $ ' f
' ftp x M .tc*. • .i:rJ * •- *•*■
mj h: c m ice trCi* ; be in; -d o. * *
r; p I doen the ;#jw a* t~ > r
-u ; :ed f ita '4 at r ri • * ' rj l!
cr ,i t’ e* H dr*r *• ifiw fs* I !' e
t en ? and t >*sf f* •in the;r i !if* ' • 1
.i Vied . '*.■? , ■ \ft w ad bre-s i
>r • .la* c ♦ At tie man bar git ,* lh re w o
*utTi unt f r th*r. I e sien were c* and
■j, .-et i ■ < i at ?*. i e b *!jr w * r it f V
i --r sled a ii; le . w K it c vrl Sv a g
tr *d to is'- 1. * *u, and .1 *.< h;ru a
• waring tsi Poo II • to - - *. m*.* n-4 r -*■
k* t at ii , a ii H ■ t .*4 have *u?l. r I ter
r. irf r a • '*. tin* 1; ai ; *%• * ; *
’M e b U and I • U and v-' t'l V . Ih'f,'
,j• -a e* t ro: i .'t 'rae • • light
7 b 4T t * • ( ■ - •
tie • .--d : n-m i* * •: ■; a h*f, wi c
! r 1 - r ■ .4 . . w-• T . ■ I. • r •
i <>•■; • ’ * ’ '. ' • . !
S'e iff engag'd Dr J W J\c -c
and Dr J • b Mr D utl ?, o' * m, il M.
to fer *j * the tr ' * i:‘ w * n (* is fitn*
ettiorf Nine minute# * x d • rnp t* r
?rp f il, when I>r. J , -s 1>- * * ,
ptj 4*, a'd *! It! pu?*atioo
hidf • \ e-l Iwo< .■ !*■ • r t I 4*’ pr
prie y of ru'ti ;* him and w i *c hn d;*•
ni * *l. T* ' v h rdl .%• I 0 tirg ii m
remain ten or twr ty n uu r re, or a
ooger time tf r.c* %■ r Dr. Jcc n
bought it u * co t * * t the K < y rniu n
wapra*led !• * T-d *r Mri ! < r
•(*hjra'ed him. a ti • pul ation* at U *
writ had ceae*’l. i ; r I . 'y had nut tb a
THE SUPERIOR TIMES.
iletlhly hm* comm jult e*-eu at i t gt g ,
bit the col r of it had change I con* I r t
bly, bung purple. Dr. John->n mm
mei<U<! the lowering of Hkayg**, and ‘'her
it! kitch m c u - it• I, earing that he and
pen ?•*! U[>*jrj them. Dr. J *ck"c,n ordered
mine of the giirda to lake h m down,
which w■r ! .ne, the rpe wu lou -r -d in
elrßil (.f h -1* g l til
H> .%• wi* t .ken down Hur e. n mi: t- -
xn-l a ha' f aft* rhefe I. Hi- net kh 1 n I
heenbrok-n. I‘hetuari wh hi! h*-en
aialionet! r u <i lh< ring* with i*. ructl>:s
to har-j ih* ir g is; and i t • in re
and face the crowd if l/urr w a any int* r
frwi fi-r rl*r*d to fill bv k,iri'! lb**
crowd w* r<* admitted within the if ' i e-ure
to rev* N a tgg*’ life e*M bolv. \S b'-t a ruah
there w•• ! Bti th re - • rne'l.irg * -
to t*e attain* and than the riU-'i t nu* the
m rt i 1 cun Ry of the crow 4 . V hat thi
wm wn i .-tj (S-frlop- I, S v■ r:i p rr t *
ha! noticed a I .'i c u i wrap;* I up ii a
new p\p r lyir g up n the gro .nd, i*i 5 a*
I e bo>ly w -4 ueing earn- *1 * T w iih haetc,
tb - w*. } i k 1 p It Dr Jar- * n w i?h
no I* -% v r.ty. I; u tgi * % c I t ry !
I e r*f mhi h alt . u *' f g u.g at
the ri. Icoar- | e farr ie lii > an un
ti iahed fo si ii the ro w f < rt U ua
budding, abo*!! 6f , y yard* dt<* *n*, and
ptn -! u<o a carp ’* . nrh h
;ollrC* •U r. I* * ■ , b;d
I; t fr*. i d;■ if fra?- ! ft f and ... %
c rti -r f l;.c n. 1 '.e j w
and there wav a *! :.*- rr * I in tt, wh le
the window* w-re duDci ! wi . ta*- *
from the uubi ie, ard mote of ITc w*akrr
>. xrr *i* ff i Ihr ;'i 1 p ?
# n tt*|f!uUftd iTiding w I I J•* k*
#*n r*tl oce * l of I* e U*t th and Dr
Mi Dju* ! on ih * egh*r, an 1 |.‘ e Wy ad
gi Taro ua'trfy w r<* them. It
(t* * n miT' I ill ll.* <;. * t ii,
arid the > ef{ff u nt l' w in Urmi g
-I ad !u r*ng to '’r .*lr at**
*“ a*g c' * app armed, ahe I*y .. ;■ t’i-e
ht ncli, * Tef v u. it to w)i; it waw be
- <*. I <r- v a.- p a ri r
of an r H and p which hv? ema?e by
t* T f p', ua tbe ff ♦ I I O* if t s e r.( k.
i * c*•'aj p<acral t.r. !< r iKr * -*-j :■ r.•
pu'u- *, i it i* *e I .-■* • n i* c kin
r . a.* I. 1h • be? w i a *. .1 * j, < f
* ’ i . e .
4 w i r , ■ a
•. x. to rr..-i* t’.c t r et. n !><■*. wa i! •
*\tl oa* S I ly : • ;. 5 ' ji. <- a 1
w few
** .■ r * i a w;d ; , -i*i*
en,
tV P rati I 1 (aod n y ir
# <* ■ .* iutiJ i;({ ! o'.rfo b d*r e.
-■ •{. * *t!;t hi# chpri on.
Df Mcl> —V u bar# t o c r I*l 1 uTit
h * ■*l , I hit-’.
I*f J tf* * n i a mere i t-- t. * n I*l*
sr \ u•.:• rry to •: 4 -* e (Sc ic
ccirr* nt into tb b ly.
.4* ~ f * , turn, i 3T> i .at bad
to i t#
Dr. J f tp-t’u'.iuJ that th re wv no
Karra.
- ■ ’ -Mr -i r • wrr** to -i' g h
t ‘. *>; 1 I ir| fft
I i e*w f A | o * t rr< Oung tt t i* mit
Ur. It may bri- g him toa* '♦*•>* *■
-o/* Agb v 4 vto • like a p(|i i-* ; *
fr • tie oi hh < f the* roan, and ih o'
h • c rr p< j e wn > are . ,pr*i t < u
are f-r r*. ■.y Sk*£g S get*
S to .
r #• i! —lf you hare any r< p'd fr me
D M D a t. laa T* nln atop.
I> f M. D m 1 that he> had t. ry re
p r ih<? * r.O Ita*l w, r gdt
to gn r r.
Sheriff Wall, T i clar ! not >it
-!f <; p l I 1 ! <*d C’! g tD
mm dcalaU
A fi<-r urthrr c >'• xf on, -
Dr. Mcl> V I ar cha*girg uvwith
>*r rr g f*le.
Dr J Tb at man can bn tight to.
}.. v. W. W..N r i a* jr l*t**i
l‘ e ? (i! s*, ar*l a*d be iI. hi hi- *1 the
, I : ■ I* •*. r • * r 1 ,
S.i*u l A* Ido f♦ -jr*
The guard- pr< H r ! their a'-i-unce.
H* vr r;ti voice* - l ake him bk ami hang
him again.
The propo-i* ion i* repiingin* to the
Sheriff Ail thi- tim** there h gn-at n
citemef t, ml the Sheriff i- perplexed be
ram** he doe* rot. know ti.e Hgal virw
which mar b taken of the n a ter.
Fr. J. raid he c jld brdig the man to
life in half an hour.
A vi*>- -Wh i*a the law n the -o' <I ;
Sh lid, uki- ga r ,tnm n- -n*e view of
the malt r -My rd i- mm. 10 h /g him
until he m dead.
i —1
me ihu b*dore. ( \nother gi*p from it*
body.)
Sljer.il ihe inter,lion of the Itw w
to hang him n*;l he w u dead, d-01, dea !.
The m* *ti'- 1 g cot te? i< ! ih t
l l .* re w&• 1 1 a -...a uf lift aha
vm Uken and wn.
A vo ce—* 4 H ai s* dead, end li e i*
lift ; if h*- <• , live again he 4“ n I dt-a !.
After opTationi hvi b *-n !♦ i
a? at ten t. in ule*, if e " ♦ r ff | roj -• i >
4 the and ■ r to * racked. H* the
• , 1 I tta' 4 "i,. A, g- 2/- aOO i ; a- r
ord r*.
It J 5 will be rr*p a*iO e.
.Mr Ml > I wll i*’’r ty ( 1 ' *
Inti n at 1 ( h'M , * and everythin* r . < *
vr|. th-re wav n-.i a v -iVe *i*n of iife i
him. He ia deaf, and ad, at and y u
aj a |Ke a. 1 ft u hare *i. -i * .-r ti
I ufp • of af Vciit * g it.
A|Vr> n *•;*<’- 1 that t ! lor* and 1
*>•>l imii * vttribvf bk. g•’ ' * it •*.
•hr . tie • v* I k ' and. * ,ml ! I lb
{•o maiioj of the i ; w-u n 1 a c 1
u *t,
oh*r t ra •■ * ♦ t H % J ti’ os warn
Olive I.
f* * r dT*“ I hwe and re tr doty.
Dr. i. * * a i t c - l • 1 Hi
hour at.! a t.x'.f mf; r, if l.u O'ck ; n I
broken.
Mellra' gv l! m.o, a fur an ir.t r? ,
rt 1 on.e c j-f j.i.i- u*
A'ur a i w tni&aisa the Sheriff ag% n
ie(<rfmd
A . o' M
if .*■*.- ii ;vn “ had f4J 1 faiffl 1
Hr J I*, to r< t t i.A’e h: m .f p
Mr. S! i,— Ho fr.t d* to di k J
vc.
-
r* iv< 0 ¥1; mee.C H** MW DC lfc*l
What v’.i tie infrnli>o do yon rip'
; A I *.;| : *• it wan 1 a he *’ o~ 1
• ■ o the *'■. V'.e |i(i >*u
•• r.:; ■ i: e . '•— V a• ii in tU‘ e
; r l
In z I Ha 1 r.o id* a ( your and in? it-
I •
ord (i d< th ’ if tleati.
Foe h• r:] prm, u rilv utoppe I the
ft ; t*u;-g t ;i:• * at ti. h'f* .1 mir'.itef
I . i v. r : *latte ty
• t • •, t-.. it j* r —in < c;r ?
; r >l. id •: • w.4* pn ! ati>n at the wri*t.
■ I ■
Ur. i bit. k.
Ir. l>.—N ,it%* iH
i f .no are appUrl to draw lie
or n.5 and lh -re le ai o.iur g'. * 1/
arua 'u! j r -an.
- * -F e and lot#* c-* I’.plai ' t - -d the
w. * : He b l.**i b•• n l 1 d .r*
ir g h h 1 in'* vat, and think it i* no 0<
s< * , ,hi h xlv effort a r:fruit by
I— t. 5 ? F r ha.* 1* on the b nit, ihiw Ut
•h * , t ;r fpM thrv Upl th r o*l
* >r. J * -on can htr i y lv l lb<
m |i nr K •
I . J.- !>mT y * think il i better to
tl, a Hide bb>.4
A -V^*.
\) . J. j 1 n lurr* the # n t rrpvu *
r. n in tie br and of the elbow and the
~ ,} ..j. r•up n h:linen clothing.
HjWctalor* think time aim llmcoca b it il
!*<• r. 1
A it tr* >’ our re* of blood are lit cut,
vJ H it, r *■ ! .**“•'u In
|r. J.%* ► *-*n and Mt I>ona!d are re in
i’ rr* il by I ’r. s n *. r*.
Hr. J ukvon. ll.cornu h which ievir/
fr li y • h uIJ b • kept open.