Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 February 1897 — Page 6

THE LAW SATISFIEDArthur Dueetrow, Murderer of Wife and Child, Hanged. CIm nut Act la On* of th* Moat Bratmi Tragedies that Kv*r Occurred In Si. LoaU, Performed at Union, H*. Ukiok. Mo.. Feb. IB.—Arthur Dues- *- trow, who murdered his wife and baby la St. Louis three years ago last Saturday, was hanged in the courtyard in this little Tillage at 1 p. m. Dueetrow was dead eight minutes after the drop fell. Bis last words were: “Good-by, Simon.** The drop was too short and he strangled to death. t Doctors Helm, Brieglieb, Isbell, Munch, Tandy and Simon held his pulse and watched his heart beats. During the first two minutes Duestrow made 28 attempts per minute to breathe. Then the respirations grew slower and slower until they stopped rat the end of eight minutes. As his legs were being tied, Sheriff Puchta said: “.Now, Mr. Dues trow, have you anything to say.”

\ \ i Arthur Duettrow—From a Portrait Taken Four Teart Ago. “Nothing but that a big mistake is being made,” he replied. Then, as the tying went on, he said: “May I say a few words?” “Certainly.” replied the sheriff, and two or three others in a bagath. “I wish to say,” he then almost whispered, “that a big mistake is being made here. 1 am Gen. Brandenburg, of the United States army. I am not the man whom you accuse. i am not a murderer of a woman and a ch^ild. I now stand before you. sir, bound and tied, a criminal, but I am innocent of any crime. I go at peace with my Lord. 1 want you to say t.tyat 1 thank Got. Johnson for what he has done for me.” As he hesitated, then Sheriff Puchta raised bis hand. The black cap was placed over the straggling locks The cap was drawn tight and then tighter, the prisoner cried: “Good by, Simon,” and the rope holding the trigger of the trap was cut by Deputy Krekel. The black form fell almost lightly down into the square hole and twisted two or three times. The physicians then seized his arms and counted out the last struggling pulse beats of the double murderer.

Ihtntrctc On t fur Da v (f Ezeruticm. A few hours before his execution took place Duestrow threw off the mask of insanity, sobbed like a woman end admitted that he killed his wife end child. TUK LAST JilGHT. With the coming of the dawn came the foil appreciation to the condemned murderer that he was to die for his crime. lie had held up bravely all during the night, but one glance at the gallows in the dim light of the morning robbed him of all his strength end forced tears from the eyes that had not felt them in .three years of terrible suffering. He had been awake since three o'clock, chatting with his guards, bravely and pleasantly. The ghastly tragedy that was so soon to be enacted was kept as far from his thoughts as possible. Apparently the shadow of death was as far from him as it was from any prisoner in the jail. Toward mornmg he became a little restless, and Guard Krekel suggested that the inner door be opened and be be allowed to stretch his limbs in the larger room outside, lie accepted the offer in a courteous spirit and stepped

out. , Through the window in the cut end o 1 the cell the first streak o£ dawn «u creeping. The moon was dying swiftly under the fire of the rising too; the fronted house topa down the road to the liurboia river were plainly Visible, Dneetrow walked calmly toward this window and looked out. Ilia eye fell on the gallows just beneath the grewsome cross-bar from which he was to awing, looming high in the growing light and glistening w ith the froaeu dew. IT MADE HIM WFAKKS. It waa like a knife thrust in his heart. A moan escaped his lipa and he burst into tears. If he had never understood the fate he was to meet in ao abort a tuna, the full realization of

(its real character crowded in upon him then. He knew that his end was near. Sobbing like a child he turned from the window. His lighted cigarette dropped from his nerveless hand. He pressed his fingers to his hot, sallo w face and groaned: “I know I’ve got. to die,” he said, with trembling lips. Several times he repeated it, and the silent guards, all stern believers in his moral responsibility for his crime, felt a wave of pity for the unfortunate man. Krekel drew ( close to him and tried to comfort him. j He seemed to rally as he heard the words of sympathy. “Brace up, man,” said the guard. “Ton say you are a soldier; stand It like a soldier.” “Oh, I can’t do it,” moaned Dueatrow, and again the tears flowed. ANOTHKB RAIXT. In a few minutes the came another | rally. He seemed to grasp at a hope within himself, found, perhaps, in 1 some thought of his attorney’s won* i derful resources. With it there was ' a glimmer, too, of the old confusion in | his mind, whether feigned or real, it ! matters not.

“They can't hang me on that,” he cried, referring to the gallows. “That’s my invention. I hare a patent on it, and they can’t do it.” In a little while he changed the car* rent of his thoughts again. His mind went back to the crime. “I did wrong,” he said to KreckeL He had gone back to his own little cell then, and lay weeping on the bare cot. “I killed my wife and child, bnt it was not my fault. It was something within me that made me do it. I was not myself.” Over and over again he repeated these words as the tears flowed fast and the sobs occasionally checked his utterances. HIS LAST STRAW. The doomed man’s reliance on Got. Johnson was evidently still his main j hope, for at 8:30 he asked if he could be allowed to send a telegram to the lawyer. Clark Brown, one of the guards, got him spme paper, and he j wrote ibis message: i ‘-Got. Chari.es p. Johnson, St. Loris. : Mo.: I'amiu a piehicament. Intercede with ! Got. Stephens tor me immediately. 1 now ] need your advice- 1 was insane, but it did no good. 1 hare nothing left but hope ot forgiveness. A. F. W. Brand in bv kq ” Sheriff Puchta took the telegram ! and put it in his pocket, promising to send it, but he did not. With this last : straw reached for, Duestrow lay down again on his cot and continued weepiug. FIGHTING FOB THE BOOT. Undertaker George J. Eberle. of the firm of Eberle <& Keyes, arrived in , Union Monday night, with a letter | from Hulda Duestrow to the sheriff. It asked him to turn the body over to ! Mr. Eberle. Dr. John H. Simon, one of the experts for the defense during the trials | of Duestrow, also arrived, with a letter [ from Gov. Johnson to the sheriff, instructing him to turn the body over to | the physician. Dr. Simon's object in getting possession of the body is to hold a post-mor-tem examination. It is still the firm belief of the defense that Duestrow was | insane, and they hope to prove it br an examination of the brain. He signified this wish to Mr. Eberle and the j latter wired the condemned man's sisI ter, askiug her permission for the examination to be made. If the hotly is embalmed it could not be done successfully. Later in the morning the row over the hotly developed into considerable bitterness. Dr. Simon, seeing that Eberle had the advantage, determined to appeal to Duestrow himself. Percy Noland, a brother of Charles T. Noland, had come with him to Union. He is a notary public, and a scheme was devised whereby Noland was to secure admission to the jail and have Duestrow assign his body to Simon. When the notary tried it, however, he met with a severe rebuff. He could not secure admission to the jail. The deputies turned him down and the sheriff stood by.

CoL Amos Mauptn devised a plan to secure the same end. lie held that the Union Trust Co., as guardian of his property, was also custodian of his body. He wired Got. Johnson in St, Louis to see President Madill and hare him claim the body. Meantime Simon went to work on another line. He got hold of Coroner Miller of Franklin couhty and pre▼ailed upon him as coroner to order a port mortem. I>r. Miller had determined to do so when he received an urgent summons to go 25 miles into the country to perform a surgical operation. He left immediately and Simon was again defeated. At 11 o'clock a telegram was received by Eberl’e from Dr. Schott, the Dues* | trow family physician, instructing him i not to embalm the body, but to briug I it to St. Louis. Dr. Schott has great j influence with IIuIda. and this is taken aa a settlement of the question. DAT or EXCITEMENT AT CMOS. Union has not seen such a day sines the war. All the excitement of the trials of the great criminal whose fate was sealed on the gibbet was eclipsed in the closing scenes. But it was a different kind of exI eiteiuent. It was suppressed. The heated anger of argument was missing. Men knew that the law's will was to be done, that it was all but over, and they came trooping into town frtm all directions as soon as the sun was up. The. day was beautiful. The sun shone brightly. The gravel roads of Franklin county were dry aud hard. It vras great luck for the honest farmers who wanted to see the murderer die. l>y 10 o'clock the streets were thronged. Around the courthouse square were horses and mules, some saddled, some not. Wagons of every description were massed about the corners. The saloons were full. The jail was surrounded. The mob stood quietly in front of it. staring up at the barred windows, ‘waiting for the end. Dneatrow, up to the last, refused any ministrations of a religious nature replying to all advances in that direction; "It's against the army regulations*'*

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.' 4 Mora Hopeful View thu Sloe# Korij la November—Xuoruiou Xoeraoao lo Iron Steel, Covering Eight to Twelve Vimtht’ Production of the Largest Works—Bettor Prices for Wheat, Cotton, Wool oak Iron, Etc. New York, Feb. 30.—R. G. Dun & Co. say to-day in their weekly review of trade: A large increase in iron and steel business on account of sales covering 8 to 13 months1 production of the largest works, a better demand for woolen fjoods and slightly better prices for wheat, cotton, wool and iron, and a money market well adapted to encourage liberal purchases against fuI ture improvement in business, have rendered the past week more hopeful than any other since early in November. The heavy excess of merchandise exports over imports in January, the continuance of exchange rates | showing that Europe is still largely indebted to this country on current account, and the prospect that congress will adjourn without any disturbing actiou, all have their favorable influence upon the money market and upon future undertakings.

In nearly every branch the great iron and steel industry feels the upward impulse supplied by purchases of steel rails, said to have been 500,000 tons each from the Illinois Steel Co. aud from the Carnegie company, besides some from other companies, in part as low as 915 per ton, about 100,>•00 to foreign purchasers at 910 to 91$. but all receut sales at 930 at eastern and 921 at western mills. Nearly all the great railroads of the country have seized the opportunity to supply themselves with rails for one or two years’ requirements. These enor- ! mous orders have advanced liessemer pig at Pittsburgh only 15^ cents per ton; with gray forge a shade lower there and no considerable • change appears in finished products, j although plates are unchanged in price with good demand,aud nails are held at recent prices. The bar asso- ; elation no longer controls anything, | and, iron bars are quoted at $1.05 per j 100 pounds, while steel bars are quoted j at 95 cents per 100 pounds. Strue- | tural forms are steady, although 100,- ! 000 to ISO.’OOO tons are said to be required in New York this year, and i American tin plates are selling at i $3.20, which is 70 cents less than the j price for foreign. The. sales of wools have sharply declined; amounting to 7,409,31*0 pounds ' for the week, against 9,157,900 for the ! previous week, but owing to the heavy transactions early in the mouth, sales for three weeks have been 30,- I 130,900 pounds, against 13,108,700 ; pounds last year. The larger mills j have acquired full supplies for the j present, and at an advance of prices j they appear ready to drop out of the i market. The demand for woolen j goods does not seem to have expauded materially, and no quotable change in j prices has appeared during the week, j The heavy exports in January, fol- j lowing the unprecedented excess of ' exports over imports of merchandise iu the previous four mouths, are ! largely due to the fact that neither the wheat nor the cotton markets had i been materially controled by specula- - tiou. Wpeat dropped to $0.74 cents, bat rose to 83.25 cents, on con- j viction that the receut prices have ! been low enough. The Atlantic ex- j ports, flour included, were only 1,235.- ! 375 bushels for the week, agaiust 1,810,304 last year, but for three , weeks have been 5,090,471 bushels, i agaiust 5,448,429 last year. The j western receipts are still small, for the week, only 1,507,845 bushels, j against 2,415,558 last year, aud for the past three weeks only 4,699,240 bush- ! els, against 8,3-8.771 last year. Meanwhile the western receipts of corn \ have been well nigh double last year's, i aud for three weeks the Atlantic ex- ] ports have been 6,317,214 bushels.

iguinst 3,234,£99 last year. Figures at this season do not count for much iu cotton, though large supplies aud diminishing domestic demand on account of the partial closing of many mills have materially influenced the market. The volume of business is not accurately represented by clearinghouse exchanges, owing to the extra holi- ; day this year at some commercial cen- j ters. The daily average appears to be 3.1 per cent, smaller than last t ear. The railroad earnings begin to show ■« improvement, being fi.7 per eeat. larger than last year for the second week of February. Failures for the past week have been 303 in the United States, against ' 2*0 last year; and 3b iu Canada, again**k> last year. A SCOTCH VERDICT AgaluM the Ex-City Halt (iang or Dm Not ties, la.. Charged with Nalfaasauee la OOlro. Des Moines, la., Feb. 2d—The grand | jury yesterday after a two months’ investigation declined to indict mem- j bers of the ex-city hall gang for alleged malfeasance in office. Kx-Clerk j Kooker, ex-Auditor Watters, ex-Physi* cianMatthews and others were charged with conspiracy to defraud the city by allowing bills for goods never received by the city, or that were grossly excessive. The jury returned j a long report on the investigation, condemning severely the methods of : conducting city business, but returning j he Scotch verdict that there was na I evidence sufficiently definite to has* indictments upon. — THE CONSULAR SERVICE BUI Before the Uoute for Its KoorgantsaYVaa iiNerox, Feb. 2d—The house | | foreign affairs committee yesterday j : reported favorably ou the bill of Mr. ' Adams, of Pennsylvania, to reorgau- ’ ize the consular service by a commissi or to be composed of two senators, two representatives and an officer of the department of state. The reorganization covers ail offices ia the service; consular clerks are to be vice-cons ala and commercial agents q{ the aecon*!-***** itti

HANNA FOR SENATOR. Gov. Bnshnell Makes Announcement of His Intention To Appoint u Senator Sherman's Successor ■ la the United States Senate the Chairman of the Republican National Comalt-tea-Mr. Hanna Will Rot Talk. Will Appoint Mark Hanna Senator. Columbus, O., Feb. 21. —Gov. BushHell furnished the following statement to the United Associated Presses this evening: “It had been my intention to make no announcement in relation to the action 1 would take in the matter of an appointment to fill the prospective vacancy in the Ohio representation In the United States senate until the vacancy actually existed. But on account of the man!

Marcus. A. Hanna. test interest of the people and their desire to know what will be done, I deem it best now to make the following statement: When Senator Sherman resigns to enter the cabinet of President McKinley I will appoint to succeed him Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga county, to serve until his successor is chosen by the eeyenty-third general assembly of the state. I trust this action will meet with the approval of ; the people. (Signed) Asa S. Bcshnell Mr. Buna Refuses to Discuss the Report. Cleveland,O., Feb. 33.—M. A. Hanna was shown the United Associated Presses dispatch from Columbus last night announcing that Gov. Bushnell had finally yielded to the pressure and ' will appoint him United States senator to fill Senator Sherman's unexpired term. Though happy, and realizing that the victory had been won, the national chairman refused absolutely to discuss the matter. *T don't doubt the authenticity of the telegram,” said he, “but I have not received any official announcement from the governor or anyone else, so you will have to excuse me from discussing the matter, and I will say nothing until the official appointment does come. 11 would neither be right nor just nor ..etiquette to comment on it at this time.

fv BEN’S BABY. The Harrison Mansion at Indianapolis th* Scene of a New Arrival. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 91.—Gen. Benjamin Harrison is the father of a little girl who arrived at the Delawarestreet mansion at live o'clock this morning. Dr. Henry Jameson officiated at the event, and under his care Mrs. Harrison and the daughter are progressing finely. Indianapolis society has been on the qui vive for this announcement for a month past, and almost daily there have been rumors to the effect that the child had arrived. Dr. Jameson was called last evening, and, with Mrs. Barmuth, the same nurse who attended “Baby** MoKee, was in attendance until morning. Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Harrison's sister, was also present, having come from New York some weeks ago. The little girt is a finely formed child, and weighs eight and three-quarters pounds. Extensive preparations for the arrival have been going on at the Harrison j home for months past, and the array of baby clothes that has been made is sufficient to satisfy the fastidious taste of even an ex-president’s daughter. If there was in the general’s mind any disappointment that it was not a boy he gave no indication* of it. This morning was the first Sunday since his return from the summer sojourn in the mountains that Gen. Harrison has not occupied the family pew in the First Presbyterian church. The announcement of the arrival had reached the church, however, and Mrs. Harrison has been the recipient of a shower of flowers and little notes of congratulation during the day. THE INFLUENCE OF THECHURCH Carried the Election In Favor of Separate Schools in St. Boniface. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 21.—The byelection for St. Boniface yesterday hinged on the Manitoba school question. and the fight was between the Catholic clergy candidate, Lozon, and liberal candidate, Bertrand. As was expected, the church candidate was elected, his majority being 193. t The liberals or anti-separate school party, put up a strong fight, bat the influence exerted by the church was too great to overcome. Archbishop Langevin personally taking part in the campaign and exhorting his flock from the pulpit to vote for Lozon. The Roman Catho- i lies are greatly elated over the victory as it indorses their stand for separate schools and prolongs the Manitoba fight. .. o COSTLY FLAMES. Narrow Escape of Apartment Tenants la n - Temperature of Twenty-five Below. Grand Fores, N. IX, Feb. 22.—Fire early yesterday morning burned the Syndicate block, owned by William Budge. Estimated loss, 9225,000; insured for one-half that amount. The tenants were Ephraim Bros., clothing; Rand Bros., shoes; Higham Bros., hardware mid Thomas Be are, dry goods. Many tenants who lived in apartments narrowly escaped death from exposure m the thermometer registered to below

Dodecd the D««tw A certain country doctor who was also the Tillage dentist and surgeon, was a severe-looking man, and had, besides, the reputation of being most “heroic” in his methods of treatment, so that many people stood in a kind of terror of him. One day he was passing a house that was in process of bnilding, when he saw a boy fall from a pretty high ladder. Pulling up his horse, the doctor jumped out of his trap and hastened to the rescue. “Are you much hurt, my boy?” he asked, as he came near. “No, sir,” answered the boy, springing to his feet and hobbling away as fast as he could—“no, sir, not a bit. In fact, I feel all the better!”— Leisure Hours.

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