Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1887 — Page 6

A YEAR'S CTIMES.

A Catalogue of tko Most Noteworttif Deeds of Blot! of tko Year 1886. larlers wits Mite AMloilit, Eilli la tie Heat of Passion, and Excusable Homicides. The Legal Executions or the Tear—The Hangman's Noose Claims a Loaag List or Victims. , The Lynching* of a Twelvemonth—Mob Violence Claim? a Large Number of Victims. THE MURDER RECORD. A Ghostly Array of Crimes Against Law Mini Society. JAN CARY. "Png* O'Leary. of Chicago, i loaded guilty to the murder ot his sister oud miatras*. aud was sentenced to Joliet prison for forty years. John G. Stevens, President of the Pennsylvania Railway system iu New Jersey, shot himself, owing %0 financial difficulties. At Rattle Creek, Mich., the dead bodies of Hr. Martin White, his wife, and two children were discovered by neighbors, who forced the doors ; it was believed that White killed the' others ami committed Suicide. Jacob Reel, a wealthy farmer of Bellbrook, Ohio, hanged himself in hit ]iarlor because of the arrest of his eldest son for homicide. Six convicts, who e seal>o.l from the Coal Hill i.Ark.t mine, were brought back bv James Johnson, an old fanner, who captured the desperadoes while asleep in a haystack ; Johnson was armed with a double-barreled shotgun, one of the barrels being useless. John Magee was sentenced by a London court to seven years' penal servitude for an attempt to black in ail the l’rinee of Wales. James Ratt. a saloon-keeper at Akron, Ohio, purchased for 5 cents the handsome wife of Newell Stratton, and lived happily with her until the law interfered. For the murder of his mother, sister, and brother, William Sheehan was lrauged at Cork, Ireland ; y.e crime was committed in 1877 to obtain possession of some property, and Sheehan was arrested in New Zealand. A party of oow boys from the Red River section, bent on having "a good time." invaded Burlington, Texas; they enjoyed themselves hugely, tiring promiscuously, until a posse, of citizens under Sheriff Cooke drove them away, killing four of the desperadoes. A quadrangular duel at Manche ter, Ky., resulted in the death of all the participants—young fanners who quarreled about a woman of ill-repute; liquor inspired the tragedy- Harvey Hadlock, a Portland IMO.I lad, kilted himself with a revolver, in his father’s presence, rather than l>e sent away to school. Four members of a Polish revolutionary organixation were executed at Warsaw. Jack Hanlon aud Jack Crow ley fought a duel at Houston, Texas- in a fit of jealousy, aud both were killed. FEBRUARY. Fines of fl each were imposed upon thirtythree Cincinnati .actors who performed on Sunday. In a Waco (Tex.) hotel J, K. Graham, a St. Louis drummer, “got the drop" on a rival from Chicago, and the latter was killed ; the deceased (Wm. Lamb) Ua.l declared that "a man, who traveled for a St. Ix.uis house was no good." Cbosley Chambers, a noted criminal who, armed With a club, assaulted a baggage-master and an express messenger apd robbed the safe mi a passenger train near Bloomington, Ihd., was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. At Newcastle, Del.. with the mercury in the neighborhood of zero, five thieves were lashed on their bore backs, and, a forger was placed in the pfllorv for an hour. Mrs. Mary Rranchu suicided in a sensational manner by jumping from High Bridge, New York, to the ice below, 1:40 feet; every bone in her body was broken. "Unemployed ” men in London besieged the authorities for relief, and this not being granted, a mob of IU,OOO rioters pillaged, shops, broke windows, and hustled well-to-do citizens about, destroying property to the value of $400,000 .. A French merchant and his wife Buicided at Monte Carlo, after heavylosses at gambling ; the lady drowned herself and her husband then blew out bis brains. Theodore P. Rich, of Cobleskill, N. Y., tracked his wife to St. Paul, whither she bad eloped, •ad on coining up with her he killed her aud then suicided. MARCH. Eli Bearden, of Harriston, Ark., who was twice sentenced to be hanged for tbe murder of • neighbor, was acquitted on the third trial; his case cost the State $30,(00. Edward Johnson. alias Allen Wright, had a quarrel with his employer. Henry C. Steadman, on a farm near Lyons' Neb.; Steadman was killed, and Johnson was pursued and took refuge in a bam which he defended against 300 men who joined iu the chase; tbe desperado killed (’has. P. Johnßon and fatally wounded Edgar Everett; then tbe barn was set afire, and when it subsided Johnson was found partly cremated and his body riddled with bullets. In a quarrel over alleged cattle-stealing in the vicinity of Fort Elliott, Tex., four men belonging to tbe Lone - -Star Rauch w ere killed and two wounded. At the funeral of Frank Mulkowski, a Chicago murderer, from a Polish church, a married sister rode on the hearse to the cemetery beside the driver. Three desperadoes confined in the Newcastle (Pa.) jail filed the looks off their cells and escaped through a hole BxlG inches cut in a window. APRIL Louis P. Schmidt, of Freeport. 111., who'had been expelled frotn the Xmghts of Labor for disclosing secrets of the order, hanged himself at Davenport. lowa. The Earl of Bhafte-bury committed suicide in L n.lon by shooting himself: he was the eighth Earl of Shaftesbury, succeeding on Oct 1, IN>>, to the -j title on the death of his father, the noted philan- j tfaropist Five murderers in Indian Territory escaped the gallows by a commutation of their ! sentence to life imprisonment iu the Petr. it House of Correction : threeof the party killed a peddler for wbltig of tobacco. Burmese rebels captured the British station at Meegandet, bound the garrison with cords, and massacred twenty-three persons. In Seward County, Kansas. Fritz Rupin. a half-witted farm hand, assault. d tbe wife of bis employer. Mrs. Jacob Freimuth, and killed both her and her unborn babe ; tbe husband was absent at the time, and when he. beheld the mutilated bodies he became a raving maniac, and suicided with a she tzun: J a posse of neighbors pursued and captured Rn- , pin. who was tied l.y the neck to a fractious : horse and dragged fo’r miles over the prairie; j tbe body of tbe wretch was left uncovered . where the exhausted horse felL MAY. Except the Haymorket riots at Chicago .mention of which is made elsewhere - nothing specially noteworthy transpired during the month that deserves to be. classified under the head of crimq,.. —, 3 JUNE. In a quarrel over politics between two physi- j cians. at Stephensport. lud , one killed the ; other by cutting his throat: the d ad man. j Dr. Agee, was a br- ther of an cx-Lieutenant : Governor of Nebraska. Mrs. Wm. Sloane, of Stamford, VC, in a fit of jealousy, drowned her ] 4-year-old son. to spit ■ her husband ; tue shock | made Mr. Sloane insane. Forty lives were lost i in an election riot in Santiago! tbe capital of i Chili, besides many wounded. In an affray i between prison guards and soldiers at Bogota, j United States Of Colombia, one general, several ) officers, and thirty soldiers were killed. The ! New England Institute Fair Buildings, at Bos- 1 ton, worth SSHO.ak). were set on fire by a discharged employe, and destroyed : nine' persons perished in the flames Fifty-one persons were killed in election riots in Chili. ' -J JULY. Will Kchnell. of Peru, Ind., aged 9, was sentenced to the reformatory for one hear for horse■tesJtng. A roving band of Turks became so enraged at the failure of one of their number at begging supplies near Youngstown, Ohio, that ttaev threw her (nfafit to S hear, and held her to see tbe animal devour it. Howard Hines, aged 14, said while picking blackberries seu Louisville. Ky.. that he intended to kill some one; then turning suddenly on Samuel Dean, an 11-year-old companion, he shot him deadT Mie am llll innliti i i r wantto the city and gave himself up, saying that the shooting was accidental. A- terrible story was reported from Tattnall County, Georgia, where a negress named Mary Hollenbeck provided for a picnic party by serving up a stew of human flesh. she | having killed and cooked a child that was left to her charge; she confessed her crime and her Infuriated auditors burned her at the stake. ___ Wllile BeUs. aged 14, of Erie, Kan., was found guilty of the murder of his parents, his brother and his sister, and sentenced to be I hanged, which under the laws of that State meant inf

prisonment for life. In a qaarral at Washington, D. C., about an umbrella. Thomas Carter, a negro aged 70, stabbed and killed James Holmes .colored), who insisted on borrowing the article against the wishes ot the owner. AUGUST.”’ ’ 1 Fred Ihije killed his sweetheart • and her father. John Ruthke, at Marysville, Neb., because he waa refused Miss Uutbhv's hand in marriage; he then committed suicide. Alfred Packer, a miner of Colorado, having been convicted et. murdering and eating the bodies of five companions during the winter of 1H73, waa senBarney Martin, with his wife and two children, of Weaver, A. T., started from that Since for Erie, Pa., for a visit; not eing heard from, a search waa instituted, which resulted in the finding of the charred remains of the entire family between Vulture Mine and Phanix, Arizona; Martin was known to have had $4,010 with biin, realised from tbe/sale of his ranch; he was waylaid by robbers, the cnttre family murdered, and the remains burned to coyer the crime. Mrii. Harsh Jane Robinson, a widow, and Thomas R. Smith, a Sundayschool superintendent, were arrested at Boston, charged with poisoning eleven persons to gain insurance inouey. After a trial which lasted fifty-two days, and eight days of sjwech-making by counsel, the jury in the anarchist trial at Chicago on the 20th pronounced the death sentence against acveu of the conspirators concerned iu the slaughter of the lxilxie officers at the Haymarket; one, Oscar W. Neebe, waa given fifteen years' imprisonment. Up to date seventy-six’ suicides wore reported at Monte Carlo, owing to ruin at the gaming tables. SKPTEM HER. T Edward Myers, of Rt. Louis, who stole *2,500 from his employer and fled to Hamilton, Out.. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for bringing stolen money into Canada. The Bishop of Tonquin telegraph! d that 700 Christians had been massacred and forty villages burned in the province of Manh. a, and that 9,000 Christians were perishing of builder The public executioner of Greece was convicted of murder and condemned to death. At Kingston, N. J„ James Keevan, aged 05. was murdered while eating upper, the i remains lieing found seated at a table with a knife aud fork in tho lifeless hands. George M. Bartholomew, president of the jCharter Onk Life Insurance 'Company, dlaamieared from Hartford owing various banks and corporations $2,300,000. At Canton, China, a woman charged with poisoning her husband and three relatives, wns cut upexactly into 1.000 piec s ; later itwas shown that sho was innocent of the offense, but the people dammed for her death, which the Viceroy finally ordered. OCTOBER. Two 10-year-old youths ill France, whoso bends had been turned by sensational novels, w. ro sentenced to fifteen years' hard labor for the murder of Marie C. Pout, a girl acquaintance 15 years old. The father of Wallace, lynched at Hteelvillo, Mo., for tho murder of the Lomu family, refused to care for the body, which was buried on a hill by the roadsido, where tho remains of a colored murderess, who. hail l>eou executed according to law, were interred yours ago. NOVEMBER. In a boarding house at Newark, New Jersey, the Bight of a single roast chicken for seven hungry men caused a fight with knives, in which two men were stubbed, the table was wrecked, and the supper strewn over the flror. Chas; Williams, of White River, Canada, found Richard O'Brien in company with his wife, end proceeded to homewhip the interloper, but the latter shot Williams dead, then killed Williams’ aged father and mother and two little children, after which he stabbed Mrs. Wili ams and set the house on fire ; tho woman lived long enough tp tell the authorities of O Brien'wfirime. and ho Was arrested. Benj. Wheller, of Cleveland, 0., aged 81, was held for murdering his wife, aged 87 ; tho couple possessed *400,0X1, and it is believed that in atjttsmd touching his wife’s will the old man Strangled her; he Insisted that the deed was done by robbers. Rhodes Clements, of Havensville, Kan., suddenly became a ravI ifig maniac, killed Samuel Gordon, cut off bis head, and devoured Ilia heart, lungs, and liver: Clements was jailed. Justice Scott, of the Illinois Supreme Court, granted a supersedeas in the case of the Chicapo anarchists ; as the fonrt will not sit until March, the execution set for December 3 can not take place until the spring of 1887. Nine youths were sentenced to death at Sydney, N. S. W„ for committing a criminal assault uj>ou a 15-year-old servant girl. DECEMBER. Chas. Snodgrass, employed in a clothing house at Cynthiana, Ky., committed suicide by taklug morphine because he was accused of stealing S 3 phis-aged father dropped dead when he heard the sod news. J. S. Cornell son, & Louisville (Kv.)-attorney, was given three years in jail for cowhiding Judge Reid at Mt. Sterling, who afterward took his own life from mortification. William Reed was s. ot and killed at English, lud., bv Ben Smithain a dispute aver tbe proper spelling of a word. Emily Brown, a white woman of Baltimore, was murdered by two negroes, whose sole object was to sell the corpse to a medical college. Tho legislators of the Seminole Indiana passed a law punishing stealing by fifty lashes for tho first offense and hanging for the iourth. James Howell fatally shot James Graham at Utica, N. Y. t because ihe said) Graham cheated him out of four dollars.

JACK KETCH’S VICTIMS.

Kx«cute«l Felons, and the Crimes for Which They I’itlil the Deatii Penalty. • JANUARY. Charles Williams (colored! was hanged for criminal assault at Cambridge. Md., on the Bth. The gallows bore fruit on the 15th as follows : Noah Merriman, a colored wife-mnrderer, at Louis. Mo„ for slaying the mate of a river steamer; Rev. Wn, George, a colored minister, at Lake Providence, 1.a., for the murder of. his mistress: Henry M. Stair, at Nevada, Mo., for the killing of Jacob Sewell and son ; at Reaumont, Texas. Win Madison, who killed Albert Smith because of jeal' usv—both colored. Henrv Jackson, while singing hymns on the scaffold at Mitiden, La , on the 22d. was rudely interrupted by the dislocation of his neck ; ho killed It, A. Britten, a grocer. FEBRUARY. Two murderers paid the ponaltv on the sth Dennis W. Dilda at X’rescctt, Arizona, for the killing of llepntv Sheriff J„ M, Murphy, and Cyrus Miuich. at Leadvttre, Col. ( h-is. Hormahn, .who murdered his wife at Buffalo. N. Y., and for three nights slej t in the bed where the gory corpse lav, was lunged on th > 11th. Wiebre’n Witrtena, a Hollander, murdered John Divgbor, who liaxl befriended him, and expiated hiscrime at Rensselaer, liid., tm the '1 th. MARCH. On the sth. Clarence Gray, alias Isham Collins, xvas hanged at Wiunemucca. Nev., for the murder of ,Rl H, Scott, while attempting to rob the latter's store. Patrick Ford and John Murphy, New Orleans politicians, were hanged kt the Crescent Cite on the 1-tli for the murder of Captain A. H.. Murphy ; the Louisiana Hoard of Pardons refused to yield to a petition of sin,7Bo c-tmens for the release of the -eiilnrits, who sought to escape the gallows by taking poison, but w eropartially revived and worked off by the sheriff at the appoint® l hour. Louis O Neil suffered the de&tn penalty at Jacksonville. Oregon, for the murder of texts McDaniel. On the •JCth. Frank Mulko.vsky. the mur erer of Mrs. Agnes Kledzieck, expiated his cr me in the jn.ilyard at Chicago, protesting his innocence to tho last moment. A negro named John Drake was executed at Thomaston. Ga , for the murder of his wife and the cremation of her corpse. APRIL. Jeff Wilson, a colored man,-was worked off by the Sheriff at Lexiugton,, Mo-, on the 2d. for the murder of his mistress. Robt. J. Phillips, a colored wife-murderer, was executed at Indianapolis on the Bth. On the loth Sheriffs worked off Allen J. Adams at Amherst, Maes., for the inuivier. in iS.'o, of his employer, an aged farm- j er—Adams spent ten years after his crime as a dissolute tramp, confessed in a drunken brawl, and was convicted ; Csmilio Gonzales, a Mexican robber, at Bracket. Texas, for the murder of Peter Johnson, a ranchman; and Cbas. Robinson colored! at Newcastle. Del., for outrage. Pobt. Smith (colored), aged 19. suffered death at Nicholasville, Ky.. for the murder of his stepfather, James Sea; tiie culprit sold bis body to surgeons for $25. which he expended for fruit. On the 23d Robt. Fowler was hanged at Morf onfield, Ky„ for the murder of Miss Lydia iurnett, who had refused his hand in marriage. On the’ same day the gailows at Fort Smith, Ark,, was used ''seventy-first time in twelve veursl in the execution of James Wasson and Joseph Jackson, for murders committed in the Indian Territory. On the 3ith and last day of the month the hangman closed the earthly career of J. M. Armstrong at Perry ville. Ark., George Carroll at Searcy, in the same State, Richard J. Lee and Lonis Somerfield at Washing on, D. C.. and James Walker at Augustine, Fla. Giuseppe Scorns, an Italian, convicted of the murder of one or his countrymen, cheated the hangman by suiciding in bis cell at Hudson, N.T. . 3 MAY. George Young, a negro wife-murderer, was hanged at Galveston. Arthur J. Grover, who murdered Granville G. Loomis in 1885. suffered the law s dread penalty at tne Columbus tOhioi penitentiary at lam, of the 14th. Other exoentions during the month: Laois Willet, alias

Cbartea Crosby, a* Kings to a, IT. Y„ for murder. Peter Louts Otto at Buffalo. N. Y., f or tho murder of his wife. Lee Barnes at Dover, Ark.; killed Charles Holman and secured *tw; both sambltra. Louis Kilgrave at Raleigh. N. C.. for the murder of MatUe Henderson; both col-' ored Jamas Reynolds at Sidney, Neb., for tbe murderx>f James Ralston and son. John C. Henning at Crawfordtvllle, Ind; killed Mrs. Chtrlotte Volliner, who had refused to marry h’m because of bis intemperate habits. Antonio Nardello. in Washington, I). C„ for tbe murder- of Carmine Botuuuo, whom he robbed of *3O. r JUNK, Geo. McNair, colored, aged 19, suffered death at Ihe rope's end at Jacksonville. N. C.; bis offense was an assault ujion a white girl of 9. A double execution came Off at Winchester, Va., on the 4th l Wesley Honesty and Tabiey Banks) and a single one (James Baxter) at Winchester, Tenu.; all colored men and all murderers. Arthur Williams and a man named Drayton were hanged at Orlando, Fla.; Drayton was convicted of nfbrder and the other of a criminal assault, his victim dying. Alfred Taylor, colored, perished on the scaffold at Opelousas, La , for assault upon a white wc msn. Dennis Boyd, a negro, was executed at Bellevue, 1.a., for the assassination of David Haas. Geo B. Davis was hanged at Scale, Ala., for tho murder of Archb Reevos, and at Greenville, Miss , Hobt. Dillard and Jameß Emmett, both colored murderers, suffered the death penalty. JI’LY. Jenkins Wright, a negro, suffered death at the rope's eud for wife murder, at Hampton, H. C.; the culprit threw his victim's body into a fire. Other hangings noted during torrid July were: Frank Gaston, colored, at Salisbury, N. C„ for criminal assault upon a white woman. Dock Bishop at Coffeyville, Miss., for tb* murder of Detective Wise. Ham Archer, one of a family of desperadoes, at Shoals, Ind., for tho mi.-.-dor of Samuel A. Bunch; Ham Archer s death ended the career of the fifth of a gang of wretches who had been guilty of many crimes, futile Tombs at New York. Miguel Chacon, a Cuban negro, perished on the scaffold for killing his paramour while trying to murder her husband. James Pacey at WoOfistock, 111., for tho murder of Alderman Gay nor, of Chicago. Four Southern negro murderers were hanged on tho lfith—Samson Roland aud George Solomon at Donaldsonvilie, La., George Harrison at Hhrevoimrt, La., and Richard Townsend at Valdosta, Ga. Lincoln Hproln and Calvin James .wero hanged at Forth Smith, Ark., for murders committed in tho Indian Territory ; since IS7I, forty-six men have been banged at that place. A murderer named Joseph Jump was executed ntflallatm, Mo., in tho presence of 20,000 people. Andrew Green, xvlio killed a street-car driver, was hanged at Denver, confessing his crime on the scaffold. George Moore was hanged at Charlotte, N. C., for assault upon his daughter; be protested hie innocence to the las*. AUGUST. E. D. Bundy (colored, was put to doath according to law, at Spartanburg, 8. C., on the 6th, for tho murder of Annie Hickman, white. Other legal hangings during tho month were: Kit Ross, a half-breed Cherokee Indian, at Ft. Smith, i Ark. ; John Smith, at Gallatin, Mo.; Willis Hudson. at It. Gainos, Ga. ; Michael Merz. at Uniontown, Pa.; Nathaniel S. Bates, at Richmond, lud.—all for murder. SEPTEMBER. ” James Simpson and Patterson Bell were hanged at Marion, Ark., on the 3d inst., for murder. Irvin Murray, a wife-murderer, at Georgetown, Tex. Rev. Josso Cooke (colored), same crime and same penalty, at Butler, Ga. Frank 8. Humphreys, at Milledgeville, Ga., for the murder of his niece.and sister-in-law. OCTOBER. Chas. Edwards, colored, who killed his mistress, Hottie Refuge, in Algiers, La., was executed on tho 1 st. Other executions during Oct toberwere: Wright Weldon, colored, at Edgefield, S. for the murder of a planter in It-61. Henry Norris, who killed George Elliott, owing to a quarrel about a chew of tobacco, at Buchanan. Ga. Robert Evan Sproule, an American citizen, at Victoria, B. ('., charged with killing a mining comrade ; lie stoutly protested his innocence on the scaffold. NOVEMBER. Two murderers Buffered death on the scaffold jn British Columbia on the 2d—Albert Mallott; at Kamloops, and Ah Sweet (who killod a brother Chinaman), at llevelstock. Other executions during November were • William S. Wilson at Jonesboro, 111., for wife-nmrder; Albert G. Boynton at Los Angeles, Cal., tor killing his wife and J, B. Kipp, to whose house the woman had tied to escape ill-treatment; Fong Ah Sing at Han Francisco, for the murder of a Chinese woman ; Jones Spry at Natchez, Miss., for the murder of Ada Coleman, both colored. DECEMBER. Robert Gravor, colored, was hanged in St. Louis for the murder of a man who had whipped him in a fight. Louis Pash, a negro murderer, was executed at Bardstown, Ky, Bob Jeter (colored), murderer, hanged atSpartanburg, S. C,

JUDGE LYNCH’S WORK.

Victims of Mol> Violence anil Their Crimes— Hangings, Shootings, and Burnings. JANUARY. Two negroes—Emmott Key and Nat Forbes—entered the house of E T. Carroll in Sunflower County, Mississippi, and asked for some apples ; while Carroll xvas stooping to supply their wants they drove a hatchet into his head, then took -300 and a watch from his person; the culprits were captured and suspended from a bridge. At the Schuyler (Neb. Ijnil a prisoner named I.atour killed hkeriff John Degnan xvith a pieoe of scantling; Latour xvas taken from tho jail and hanged by a mob. Holly Epps, colored, xvas taken from jail at Vincennes, Ind., and hanged by a party of twenty men Greene County, where the culprit' kilted Farmer Dobson ; and att mpted to assault his wife. Sidney Broxvn (colored) xvas strung up at Rochedule. Texas, for the murder of a farmer named Ford. Calvin Simpson, a mulatto, for the bnjtal murder of Mrs. Graves in Henderson County, hontucky, xvas taken from jail and hauged. Citirons of husanville, Cal., honied in the court-house yard two convicted murderers, an Indian uud a Mexican, named Dick and Olinas. FEBRUARY. A notorious colored desperado named James xvns hnnied by citizens ol Beauregard, La.; he confessed to one murder, the burning of sex-era I bouses, and th-intention to kill five persons were ho ot libertc. The minions of Judge Lynch oboyoil liis behests in tho following instances during February: John Ferry, at Red Cliff. Colo., for killing Mike Gleason ; George Kobinsi u .colored), who killed Millard F. Furkt r at' Monroe. La. ; a negro named Burns at Martiusbur :, \V. Va., after confessing to au assault upou a xvhite girl. MARCH. V. A. Witcher, an orator aud politician, xvas lynched in, southwestern Virginia for the murder of his fifth wife. An Indian Territory mob reported the mysterious disappearance of a lecherous exhorter named Murgll, whom they were taking to Vmita for trial ter assault upon an -Indian girl John. Martin and Tin mas ATchsrr, three brothers, S-cused of murder, xvere takeu from jail ait Sl o-ds. Ind., by a mob and lvnched. Handy Woodward .colored), xvho attempted to ai-ar.lt a child, was taken from jail at Russellville. Kv.. by masked meu. aud hanged At Auburn. Ky., three negroes were summarily hauged by a mob for a criminal a-sault. upon the daughter of a prominent citizen. 2Jf.be Williams and Weakley Ridley, both negroes, were hanged to a tree at Alamo, Tenn., for the murder of Daniel Guthrie. Fred Villerssa. an Italian, was taken from jail at Vicksburg, Miss., by a mob aud hanged ; his crime was au outrageous assault. Forty citizens of Anthouv, Kan , took from the .sheriff the two btotlers Weaver Imprisoned for murder), and shot them todeath.’the tragedy being witnessed bv the mother of the victims and the wife of oiie of them. Kellis Moorman .colored, was lynehed at Axton, Va., for assault and robbery. APRIL. At Springfield, Mo,, cn the fifth, Gex. E. Graham. xx if e-murderer, was taken from the jail by a mob of 3f® meu, and strung up to a tree ; wheii the niob unlocked Graham s celt he greeted them with the remark : "You can hing me, but bv G—d, you can't scare me." Mend.'Jones, a colored out.aw, was killed by lynchers at Auburn. Ky. for a criminal attempt upon two" white girls, whose room he had entered, — MAY... . ' . ... Albert Smith, a negro laborer, killed his employer. Maj. W. P. Green, a sugar planter, near” New Orleans; Smith was taken from jail and banged to a tree. Dan and Sam Mann were strong up by a mob at Bartow, Fla., for killing the marshal of that place. JUNE. During the month mobs inflicted summary punishment in the following cases: Alfred Long, who murdered A. J. Mcßride and wife and burned their bodies, near Lexington, N. C. Charles Whittle (coloredi, accused of assaulting the child of a clergyman. Ole Beckvolt, near Grand Forks. Owenyamaited. for assault upon his 16-year-old sister-in-law, taken faom jail at Hebron, Neb., and hanged to a tree bv masked men. W. P. Pruitt, lynched near Sipe springs, Comanche Countv, Texas, for conspiring to murder J. O. Hoetetter. The . wanton murder of Marshal John Cower at Detroit City, Minn., by a gambler named William

Kohlih-n. was speedily followed by tha lynching of the latter, who was strung up to a tree and then riddled with bullets. Ed Williams (colored) suffered death upon an impromptu scaffold at Galnesvillq, Texas, for criminal assault upon a white woman. L ' JULY. George Parker, colored, forj assault upon a white woman, had summary justice meted out to hlm at Pearlington, Miss Sidney Davis was •n trial at Morgan, Texas, for outrage, when the proceedings wers interrupted by the arrival of 500 men, who hanged the culprit. Steve BenTroe, a* notoribu* outlaw and desperado, was hanged by a mob at Livingston, Ala. Jake Bra wel, colored, horribly maltreated Dolly Woods, a six-year-old girl on her way to school; Braawoil was captured, and a conference of one hundred whites and blacks gave him the choice of being burned or hanging himself; he chose hanging, climbed a tree, and fastened a rope around h&a own neck and to a limb of a tree, when he was pushed off and hit body riddled with bullets. At Frisco, Kan., a posse in pursuit of a murderer surrounded a stable whore the fugitive was concealed, and upon the latter refusing to surrender be was killed by a volley of bullets. Bill Haley, a murderer, was taken from the jail at Paulding, Ohio, by a masked mob and hanged to a tree. Porter Sorrell, colored, was shot to death by u mob In Luling, Texas; be bad assaulted Mrs. Duke with a hatchet In Comanche County, Texas, a mob hanged a negro hoy who had assaulted and murdered Mrs. Stephens; the lynchers were bent on burning him. hut the mother of the murdered woman plead d for a less barbarous punishment. A man named Lockwood was lynched near Litchfield, Conn., for the murder of a young lady named Mattie Randall, whom be encountered at a lonely spot on the highway ; Lqckwood was tortured by being shot in the back, and then a negro plunged a knife through his neck; he was then strung up to a tree. Citizens of Seymour. Ind., lynched I.e.inder Moody, a well-known desperado of Oakland, 111., for au assault upon a young girl. AUGUST. Ex-Policemnn Jim Moore, of Macon. Ga., was applied to for information by a stranger, a lady from Savannah, whereupon he procured a hack, enticed her to an assignation house, and with a pistol to her head compelled her submission; when the fact became known an angry crowd hanged him to a tree. Judge Lynch inflicted summery punishment upoirdivers culprits during the month as follow s ■ John Shorts.of Searcy. Ark., wife-murder; an unknown tramp who robbed and murdered John S. Davis, agent of the O. and M. It, R., at Huron, Ind.; Win. Watkins, bricklayer, at Aurora, Ind., xvas dragged to a xvatertauk and banged, with h,is hands untied—he had killed his employer, I.ouiß Hilbert, a contractor; citizens o; Jackson, Tepn., banged Eliza Woods, a negro cook, accused of poisoning a white woman. John and Leandor Nelson were hanged from a bridge near Magnolia. La. -At Vicksburg, Miss., a negro boy of 18, who killed Mrs. Davis, wife of This employer, jvith a hoe, was shot to death by neighbors. All of the above xvere punished for murder. Three negroes at McNutt Lake, Miss., were hanged by citizens for attempted assault upon some young ladies. ! ... SEPTEMBER. David Johnson, a lunatic, w*ho killed Edward White in the street at' Western Port, Md., was seized by Citizens and suspended to a bridge over the Potomac; his neck xvas broken. A negro named Wilkerson xyas, riddled with bullets near Milieu, Ga., for" criminal assault. Bowman Paxton, a druggist, banged to a tree ate Malden, Mo., for murder. L. F. Symmes, charged with murder, was taken from the authorities at Montrose, Col., and hanged. OCTOBER. The people of Quincy, Fla., lynched two men suspected of firing a new mill. Masked men at Steelville, Mo., lynched R. P. Wallace, the alleged murderer of the Logan family of five persons—father, mother, anff three children; Other culprits who fell victims to mob law during October were : Tom Farrar, a negro, who assaulted Miss Lizzie Murray and afterward murdered her father at Throckmorton,, Texas. Thomas Israel, a negro, for brutally assaulting a ten-year-old white girl at Rocky Ford, Ga. Vigilantes of Montrose, Col , took from jail a notorious man-blayer named John McLees, and hanged him to a gate-beam. Masked men' at Monticello, 111., took out of jail and hanged Henry Wildman, a wife-murderer. Three negroes in Pickens County, Alabama, suspected of incendiarism—strung up. Jamea Haynes, a murderer, was taken from jail at Brownsville, Miss., and hanged: all parties—the murdered victim, lynchei s, and lyhehod—colored. A mulatto named Hewey quarreled with Samuel Day over four pounds of cottoii at Bad Springs, Texas; Day was killed, Hewey was followed by bloodhounds, captured un<p suspended to a tree. .

NOVEMBER. Samuel Purple surrendered to the Sheriff of Hodgeman Coimty, Kansas, after killing his xvife and two children ; but a mob look him out of jail and hanged him to a tree. Other culprits upon whom lynch law xvas visited during' the month xvere : Andrew J. Mulligan, alias James Page, at Harrison, Ark., for murder. Charles TYmxviddie,.at McKenzie, Tenn., rubbery. Elias Simmons, colored, sho: to death while asleep at Minden, La. John Davis.colored, ,t Randolph, Ala., for repeated criminal assaults upon white women. Three incendiaries who burned a cotton gin house in Franklin County, Miss., were “lost in the xvoods" xvhile being takeu to jail. Four negro murderers xvere strung up in the Choctaxv Nation for killing George Tr.tafe, who came upon them wliila they xvere cleaning a hog they had stolen. Ciesar Robinson was hanged by a mob at Florence, S. C., for assault upon a white woman. DECEMBER. The town of Brenham, Texas, was invaded at midnight by a masked mob who took from the jail Shea Felder, Alfred Jones and Ephraim Jones (murderers), xvho xvere found next morning hanging to a tree. George Parks and Monroe Smith, colored, charged xvitii incendiarism, were lynched at Ringgold, Ga. James Howard, of Bowie County, Texas, who branded, his 14r year-old wife with tho letter “H,” was taken from jail and lynched by his neighbors. Near Harmony, Ga., Frank Handers butchered John Swilling, his wife, and three children—his purpose being to secure S.O; he was Ranged by the neighbors of his victims. Factor Jones and Dick Bullock, murderers, were riddled with bullets by their neighbors in the Chootaxv Nation. Wm. Miissels, murderer, was suspended from an electric-light tower by leading citizens of Eaton. O. TJic Usual Awful Result. Jones—You remember there were thirteen at the table at dinner at my Ijouse last night ?j Brown— Yes. Jones—Well, young De Peyster died this morning. Brown —My! Is that possible! I was looking for something of that kind. Jones —Yes, the poor fellow was talked to death by the Boston girl who sat next him. —Arkansaw Traveler. Karth -warmed Water. The earth’s internal heat is no& being forced into practical service at Pesth, where the deepest artesian well in the world is being sunk, to supply hot water for public baths and other purposes., A depth of 12J feet has been reached, and tbe well supplies daily 176,(100 gallons of water heated to 158 degrees 1* ahrenlieit. The bor ngis to be continued until the temperature of the water is raised to 176 degrees. They Tasted Queer. “Where did yon get the cheese that is in these sandwiches, my love ?” “On the window-seat in the .mokehouse. ” “Yon ignoramus! You have cut up the bar of soap that I was saving for next week’s wash. No wonder your sandwiches tasted bad.”— Carl PretzeVs Weekly. How He Took Life. “See that man across the street?” “Yea." —■ “Well, he’s one of those men who take life easily.” “He is! Why, he*looks like a hardworking man.” “Well, so he is.'. He’s a butcher, and a good one too, they say.” Pittsburgh Dispatch. ~"Whis?u a man-speaks to a lamp-post, and.- cautions it not to “bob rornad at such a rate,” iij shows that the post is getting irregulkr in its and needs looking after.

RUN TO EARTH.

“Jim Cummings'* mm] Fire Others Arrested for the Great Express Robbery Near St. Louis. One of the • Host Brilliant Pieces of Detective Work Ever - N Recorded. How the Various Olews Were Made r" to Fit with Mathematical Accuracy. [From the Chicago Daily News.l On the night of October 25, between the hoars of 8:3) and midnight, the Adams Express oar which left St. Louis for Ban Francisco, laden with one of the most valuable treasures carried during the year, was robbed of nearly *50,000 in cash. Mr. Wm. A. Pinkerton has given a detailed account of the manner in which the caße was worked up by the detective agency of the Weßtem division, of which he is thb chief. Of the five men now under arrest for the crime, four have borne the reputation of being reputable business men. The news of the robbery had no sooner reached Bt. Louis and C hicago than Mr. L. C. Weir. Manager of tho Adams Express Company, placed the matter in the hands of the Pinkertons. The man who overpowered Messenger Fotheringham and rifled the car left the train at Pacific Junction, a small station thirty-six miles from St Louis. Detectives wero sent out on the trains from that station, and soon obtained a description of thx man. The Pinkertons then secured a list of the employes, past and pre..eut, of the express company. Among, those uto had been discharged woe W. W. Haight, who had formerly been on the run between I risco Junction and Vinita. on which the robbery bad been committed. It was also learned that he had been acquainted xvith Fotheringham. It was learned that he had resided in Ckicag '. at 243 Huron street, with his wife's aunt. He had changed his residence, noweveiy but the detectives finally ascertained that he had lived with a family named Williams, at 72 Arbor place, and that on Oct, 27 he had left that place, saying he was going to Florida. A day later hiß wife received a letter containing money, and- immediately afterward she prepared to leave, reporting that she wuß going ft Leavenworth, where her aunt was dying. . Among the men whom Haight had worked for in Chicago were Fred Wiitrock, a coal dealer at 727 West Lake Btreet, and Thomas Weaver, the proprietor of a laundry at No. 753 on the same street. From these facts the" detectives derived their first clew. They learned thatWfttrock and Weaver had left Chicago on the 12th of the month, saying they were going to Kansas to look for land and to hunt, They took with them two sachels and two fowling-pieces. The description, of Wittrock tallied with that of the description of the robber furnished by Messenger Fotheringham. Weaver returned to Chicago cn October 22. In the meantime Fotheringham wns making statements, in all of which he di dared his innocence. He said the robber, who had told him his naino was “Jim Cummings," would exonerate him. Then came the first of the celebrated “Jim Cummings” letters. “Early last January," said Cummings in tho letter, “I started out with a d——d poor partner to see if tye couldn t make a stake by hoUmig up an express car. My partner backed out, and I went to Ohio, where I met a man named Tom Baiffe, who hod once been an express messenger on the run between St. Louis and Vinita. I learned the name of the route agent,-John D. Barrett, and conceived the plan of counterfeiting the headings of the express company." Cummings then went' into the details and told how the robbery w'as committed, taking great care to shield Fotheringham from any blame. From this letter the defectives gathered several olews. They know that Wittrock and Haight were acquainted; that Haight had been a messenger on tbe run mentioned, and that no such man as Tom Raiffe had ever worked for tho company. The detectives secured in Chicago a number of bills which Wittrock had made out in his coal business and forwarded them to St. Louis. Experts decided that the Jim Cummings letters and the coal bills were written by the same man. The only difference was that the bills were made out in a flowing hand, while the letter was in backhand. In a letter Cummings had told about a skiff which would be found up-the Missouri river, a few miles from St. Charles. He also told of a package which he had left in the express office, withjthe intention of showing that Fotheringham had no connection with the robbery. The detectives found the skiff ns described, fully provisioned as if for a fishing trip. They also obtained good descriptions of the men who had bought the skiff at St. Charles, Oct. 14. One of the persons was described in a manner to correspond with the alleged robber, according to Fotheringham’s story, andjulso tojauggest Wittrock to the minds of those who knew Rim in Chicago. The description of the smaller man tallied with that of Weaver. The most important clew was the fact that two guns were found in the skiff. When the reports of the detectives reached headquarters in Chicago it was remembered that Weaver and Wittrock left on the 12th, each carrying a gun. Weaver from this on was shadowod, but no trace could be obtained of Wittrock. The package left in the express office and mentioned in Cummings’ letter was found to consist of several rolls of cheap street ballads. On one was scribbled, as if for a memorandum, “2108 Chesnuttetreet." Inquiry at that address in St. Louis revealed that two men had rented a room there on the 18th. Each carried a-valiaa. The hauae was kept by a Mr».Berry, and she. her son, aud her daughter gave descriptions which closely corresponded to those in the possession of the Pinkertons. A few days later tbe detectives visited Mrs. Berry. She rewarded them by turning over a lead seal of the Adams Express Company, and several express tags xvhich she found in the room occupied by the strangers. The smaller man left on the 21st. Weaver returned to Chicago on the 22d. While at Mrs. Berry’s the large man received mail addressed to “Mr. Williams." On the 25th (the night of the robbery) this man left Mrs. Berry’s, saying he was going to Kansas City. It xvas away into the latter part of November when the detectives had pro. ressed thus far in their search for the robbers. The antecedents of Wittrock were ascertained. His mother lived in Leavenworth, and the family was in high standing. His mother had loaned him 51,700 with which to go into business in Chicago. Haight’s family consisted of a wife and one child. He-had located in Nashville, Tenn., where he was conducting business as a roofing contractor. Mr. Berry and his sister wero brought to Chicago, and identified Weaver as the man who had stopped at their house in St. Louis in company with the tall man. It was decided to let Weaves alone and wait for Wittrock to show up. y During the work it was developed that one Oscar Cook, of Kansas City, but formerly of Leavenworth, bad been a chum of Wittrock. An operative sent to shadow hiui reported that he had suddenly grown wealthy, and made frequent trips out of the city, although he was working at his trade of cooper. It was also noted that the “Jim Cummings" letters were always mailed from places at xvhich Cook had been, and oqjhe days he had been there. The lines were now growing oloaqr, and the work centered on Chicago. Wittrock’s bouse, 10 Lincoln street, had been shadowed for almost a month when, on last Tuesday night, the Pinkerton man web astonished to see another shadow appear and parade up and down before the house several times. A few minutes later a tall man slipped along the street and dodged into the house. In the meantime Ed Kinney, a brother-in-law of Wittrock, left for Quincy, Hi., closely attended by a Pinkerton agent. There he went on a drunk, and on Wednesday he received two telegrami which greatly excited him. He went into a billiard hall, and hanging his coat on a nail began playing billiards. While he was drinking at the bar the Pinkerton man slipped the telegrams from his pocket and read them. They were as follows ■ “Come home at onoe. F. is here." “Come home at once. Fred has returned.” Both were signed “Rose Wittrock." Thursday night Robert and William Pinkerton rented a “foom near Wittrock’s bouse. In order to divert suspicion William represented himself as a proof-reader on the morning edition of the Daily News, while Robert was employed in a similar oapacity on tbe afternoon edition of the Daily News.' Thus they explained why one was always leaving when the other was just arriving. A close watch was kept on the house, and at 3 a.m. Friday it was feared that the big man (Wittrock) had slipped away, Robert and his assistants came on duty at 6* o’clock. At 44o’clock Kinney came out of the coal office and went to Wittrock’s house. A few momenta later he appeared with Weaver, and, after giving a signal, started down the street. Ten minutes later the big man, who was none other than Wittrock, came out. Robert Pinkerton signaled his detectives that he recognized him and that the men were to be arrested at once. Kinney and Wittrock went into Spar boro Bros.’ saloon, near Madison and, Lincoln streets, Weaver having turned back. The next mo* ment Kinney also stepped down the street. Mr. Pinkerton and his detectives entered the saloon and found Wittrock talking to the

man who had been seen shadowlnv . house for him. As soon as 1 saw the three officers enter he storied to v-alii—-oat. 'Pinkerton stopped him and Wjttrook started back as if to draw a revolver. The next moment two detectives sprang forward witu drawn revolvers and Wittrock .threw up bis hands. His friend, the shadow, was also pieced under arrest. In Wittrock's pockets were round two 44-collber revolvers He had jus: cllOen his person. Half au hour later Kinney returned -and was ) romptly ui rested.. A roll of *1,01)0 in greenoacks was found in Weaver’s pocket, and arom d his. waist was a helt made Of four woolen etocßTngS. In each stocking was <I,OOO in bills. Tne prisoners werj taken to Pinkerton's agency on Fifth avenne. At one o’clock in the aft jrncori Weaver was arrested while entering the coat-yard. > He made a desperate resistance. Wjttrock’s house was then searched, and Mrs Wittrock placed under arrest. After some tliifi. ulty the officers obtained from her a flannel skirt which was literally lined with greenbacks. There wns $1,900 in cash and a valuable diamond. Weaver s house waa also searched, and *4,000 was found done up in wrappers and buried in fruit-jars under the bouse. There is still <40,0 XJ missing. Cook and Haight have been arrested, and the Pinkeitons Say they have a sure case against all the persons concerned.

Freneh Fashions Yens Ago.

It appears that the rage for gaudy finery which nowadays ia the curse of the middle and lower clnases is one of thq outcomes of the present century towhich the fashions of times past torm a striking contrast. This is well set forth in a work on “Lea Lourgeoia d’Autrefois,” by M. A. Babean in which the author describes at great length the fashions of the middle classes. Tn the seventeenth century, he says, scholars were easily recognized by their dress, which differed from that of the merchant and nobleman. People of the lower middle classes had, as a rule, three suits of clothes—one for winter, another for summer, and a third for mourning. The different suits xvere put on at a certain date each,y« ar; their summer garments were worn from May 15 to the eud of October, and the rest of the year winter dress was worn. Mourning was always worn for several years. Every suit was f.rst worn on one side, then turned, and finally it was cut up for ga 1 ments for children. The sword, originally only worn by nobles, was soon assumed by the middle classes, in many places, unfortunately, not as an ornament, but as a necessarj weapon. On the whole, the middle classes were very modest in their apparel, with the one exception tnat their wigs were very expensive. The coiffure of women was mostly more sensible than that of men. At the time of Mme. de Sevigne and Mme. Pompadour no high chignons were worn by tbe women of the people, but the hair was simply arranged under caps, bows, or hoods. The colors mostly worn by these classes were brown and gray, and even shortly before the revolution no woman from the provinces dared to wear white ribbons, and evon colored ones were looked upon as eccentric. At the age of 45 the woman assumed a matronly dress, avoiding light colors and a youthful cut to her dress. As a characteristic of the last two centuries M. Babeau points out that men’s dress was much more costly than women’s, and that, contrary to our present system, the wealth of a family was displayed in the husband’s or father’s apparel.

Something About Dolls.

Dolls are by no means a modern invention. Dolls of baked clay, of wood, and of other things, have been found in Egypt, in tombs, where they have lain buried since before the time of Christ. Dolls are now much more carefully made than they were in former times, and a great deal of skill is needed in their manufacture. In the little town of Sonneberg, in Germany, hundreds of thousands of dolls are manufactured every year. Most of the dolls are made out of papier mache, hut many tine 6nes are made with wax or china heads. All dolls of the same size which have like faces are made in one mold, and there have to be as many molds as there are different kinds of faces. It takes thirty or forty persons to make a single doll, as each workman does only one thing. In Japan, children have every year what is called a “feast of dolls.” This is held only on one day of the year, at which time all the dolls that have belonged to the family are brought out from the safe places where they are usually kept, and put upon tables with many k'iida of playthings. Sometimes there are more than a hundred dolls, some of which are dark with age, for often dolls two hundred years old are shown at this feast. They are dressed in all sorts of ways, some like court ladies and gentlemen, and some like common ladies and gentlemen.- Some of .these dolls are very small, and some are as large as a little girl. The feast of dolls lasts only one day, yet the toys are shown lor many days. Dolls used by East Indian children are very different from any in this country. They are made of wood painted with different colors. Each doll has a baby in its arms, and is fixed to a wooden block so that it can stand . up. The clothes are only painted ones, its arms are not jointed, and the only thing that can be taken off is the head, which is fastened into the body with a peg. Common wooden jointed dolls are made mostly in Germany by poor people, who whittle them out by hand. —Young Folks’ Cyclopedia. A Tour of Inspection. First railroad official—Don’t you think it’s about time to inspect the road again? Second railroad official—That’s not a bad idea. Shall we take the ladies along? “Oh, no. We’d better not. They—ah—well, only practical railroaders should make such a trip, you know.” “What preparations are necessary for the trip ?” “Oh, just leave that to the porter. He knows where to get the liquor and cigars. ” —Pitts burg h Dispatch.

He Was a Doctor.

“Who is that man ?* r - -.- “A jeetar/ -■■■■■■ “I thought so. He walkfc as |f he took life easy. What’s he doing here ?* “Straightening oat a knotty question. ” “What is that?" “A tie vote on the finances of a life insurance company. But he has the best end ©f it. " “Indeed?" “¥es, the dividend." Chicago Ledger,