Missouri, C-E, 1821-1991, Undated

12 The Master Detective

archeologist who, from a pile of
ruins and two or three upright
columns, can reconstruct in his
mind’s eye the ancient palace of
some Babylonian king. It is just a
case of knowing the relation of
things to each other.

Schumacher felt reasonably cer-
tain that the two men who had rid-
den Henry Soph’s horse to the
Frisco Railroad track, had aban-
doned the animal with the intention
of swinging aboard a train which
was due to pass that point at the
time they planned to reach it.
Owing to the steep grade, this train
would be going very slowly, and
would give the men a good chance
to get on, although they were loaded
down with loot.

This told Schumacher the prob-
able means of escape and the direc-
tion, but it did not tell him any-
thing as to how far they had gone.
He reasoned, however, that with
their load of gold and silver cur-
rency, they must have ridden on
top of a car or in a “flat” or
gondola—that is to say, they would
hardly have dared to attempt “rid-
ing the rods,” as riding on the brake
bars beneath the cars, is called.

On the other hand, supposing that
under cover of darkness the rob-
bers had climbed on the top of a
car, they would not have -been
likely to jeopardize the success of
their venture by remaining there
after daylight. If they had man-
aged to climb into an empty box
car, there was no telling when their
presence might be discovered, and
they would find themselves in an
awkward predicament if they were
obliged to take to their heels with
heavy sacks of loot slung over their .
shoulders.

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BY putting two and two together
in this fashion, Schumacher
came to the conclusion that the rob-
bers had not ridden beyond the
vicinity of Stanton, a hamlet through which the freight-
train passed while it was still dark. Accordingly, he
turned his attention to that section of the State.
In the meantime, the vicinity of Union was being
searched with a fine-toothed comb by other Pinkerton
men. In an old barn on the outskirts of the town was

found a shoe-box containing the fragments of a hastily .

eaten lunch The condition of, the food indicated that
the Junch had been put up at about the time of the
robbery. The box bore the name of a well-known shoe
manufacturer. No time was lost by the Pinkertons in
getting in touch with this firm and securing a list of
dealers handling their goods in this section of the country.
One of them was located at Stanton. When this man was
interviewed by a detective, he recognized his own hand-
writing in the price-mark on the box, but he was unable to
give any further details.

However, this seemed to strengthen Schumacher’s theory
and it indicated that perhaps the robbers had friends in
the locality of Stanton. The finding of the shoe-box had
been pretty well advertised in Union and if any of the

local people had left it in the barn, they probably would
have come forward and claimed it.

The clues were rather slim, to be sure, and an entire
month had now elapsed since the robbery; still Schumacher
felt that his ‘best plan was to keep close to Stanton a little
longer.

Accordingly, he made frequent trips through the district
and in the guise of a hunter or a prospective purchaser of
farm-land, he managed to hear most of the gossip of the
neighborhood without attracting attention to himself. Of
course, he heard the usual stories of mysterious strangers
galloping through the country on panting horses (now it
is in speeding automobiles) which always seem to spring
up like phantoms after a crime has been committed.
Shrewd questioning proved that these tales were born of
the imagination or misunderstanding.

But Schumacher was more interested’ in a bit of personal
gossip of a very different sort. Living near Stanton in a
deserted miners’ shack, was an old German painter named
Frank Rudolph. He was as poor as a church-mouse and
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exception of the solving of the Herman Rosen-

thal murder, I could think of none to compare

with the events following the robbery of the
Bank of Union, Missouri, and the murder of Detective
Charles J. Schumacher. °

I was in charge of criminal investigations for the Pinker-
ton Agency with headquarters in New York when the fol-
lowing telegram, dated St. Louis, December 28th, 1903, was
received :

“Vault and safe of the First National Bank of Union,
Missouri, blown with nitroglycerin; loss $115,000.
Evidently work of first-class yeggmen. No clues; de-
scription meager. Undecided whether two or four men
participated. More definite information later. In-
vestigation progressing quickly and thoroughly.”

The interior of the bank at
Union was modern in every
respect. Its safes and vaults
were as up to date as one
would find in a city
ten times its size. The
vault was a splendid
example of the
type having a
double-steel fire
and_ burglar-

ERE | called upon to relate the most thrilling
episode in my career as a detective, with the

The late George S. Dougherty, one of America’s greatest detectives, and author of this story of one of
his famous personal experiences

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proof door, further strengthened by a pressure bar. If
a yeggman were describing it, he would say that the vault
was a “double-decker” and that the safe was “harnessed,”
meaning that pressure bars protected it, in addition to
the ingenious combination time locks.

Frequently, the bank held between $30,000 and $40,000
in its vaults and negotiable securities to the value of
$150,000 safely locked within. It was a never-ending
source of wonder to the visiting farmers as they peeked
through its windows each Saturday morning. One and
all took deep pride in its wonderful “fortification” against
robbers. If someone had hazarded the opinion that the
bank could ‘be “cracked,” he would have been set upon by
an indignant mob crying in chorus; “It can’t be done, by
gravy!”

CHRISTMAS, the year of the robbery, fell on a Wed-

nesday. At about 1:30 on the morning of Friday,
December 27th, Hattie, the daughter of Mrs. Steirberger,
who lived directly behind the bank, awakened her mother
to say that a cupboard belonging to a near neighbor
must have toppled over, as she had just heard a terrible
crash which sounded like the breaking of crockery. At the
same moment 9 a hardware man, with a store
opposite the bank, began seeing and hearing things. Dis-
tinctly he saw, as he peered from his window, a form
moving about in the bank, and every once in a while a
flash-light would shed its rays through the bank

windows. Busch .raised his bedroom window to

give the alarm.

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bullets whistled
past his head and
buried themselves
in the walls of his
room. It_ seemed
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qs PACIFIC, MISSOURI lives a man
by the name of B.G. Bradt to whom
we are much obliged, although we have
never met. Somewhat short of a year and
a half ago he read Josephine Blades’ Mail
Pouch letter (p. 68, September 1967 The
West) which expressed a certain curiosity
about an event, a hanging, which took
place in Union, Missouri ‘around’ 1906.
Well, sir, Mr. Bradt got hold of the Cen-
tennial Edition of the Franklin County
Tribune, printed in 1965, and he sent it
to us. Said it took him a year to run it
down, and we believe him. Anyway, the
“Hanging In Union” is a classic crime
story in any era and Sarah Bolling, who
wrote it up for the Centennial Edition,
did a bang-up job on it.
These are the salient facts:

The Bank of Union (Union, Mo.),
was loaded on this night of December 27,
1903, when the inhabitants were rudely
awakened by a loud blasting sound follow-
ed by lesser crash noises. People living
nearby guessed almost immediately that
the bank was being heisted. One nearby
neighbor lighted a lamp with every in-
tention of going on to investigate the sus-
picious happening, only to hear a loud
snarling voice make vile threats of bodily
harm if he didn’t cease and desist pronto.

The residents could hardly fail to pic-
ture in their minds the mounted, lawless
men violating their town. Men who were
ready to commit murder to protect them-
selves and their illegal gains from harass-
ment by law or possemen. Another man—
a sheriff who jumped fo. his gun on hear-
ing the bang-bang racket heard more—
he heard a harsh voice outside his home

A Frederic Remington Picture, Century Magazine, July 1891

telling him to stay put or be killed.

The raided bank lost $115,000 in cash
and other assets and the heisters got away
scot-free, leaving the bank a mess. The
Pinkerton Detective Agency took over but
their agent, George Daugherty, found no
clue except that a horse had also been sto-
len. Daugherty appointed another Pinker-
ton, Charles J. Schumacher, to carry on.

When the nag was soon recovered near
the railroad tracks, that and other sus-
picious facts led Schumacher to the town
of Stanton, where an old couple living in
an old shack were said to have two young
men as house guests. When Schumacher
gumshoed around with a posse the two
‘guests’ escaped—shooting their way out
—and killing the detective in the process.

The Pinkerton who broke the case was
George Charlesworth, who cornered
George Collins and Willie Rudolph, known
to their contemporaries as the Missouri
Kid and Black Frank.

Collins was hanged in Union on March
17th, 1905, and Black Frank Rudolph,
recaptured after a spectacular escape,
was executed some time later on the same
scaffold, after a good deal of hoopla.

It was truly a field day, with honored
guests holding tickets for the elevating
event, and the hanging being put off on
the final day for a couple of hours, until
all the VIPs arrived in good order. They
even had a peppy band, presumably to
entertain the crowd waiting for the
hanging.

Ana that, Josephine Blades, is what
happened in Union where your father
happened to see the bank’s blown-open
safe and wrote home about it. @

THE WEST

THE WEST Magazine, February, 1969.


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cats, so quickly did they spring from place
to place.

Busch slipped down into his store, in-
tending to get a shotgun and shells from
his stock and open fire on the intruders.
Evidently the vigilant outside man, or
“stick-up” had divined his purpose, for in
a jiffy his weapons belched forth in a
merciless rattle which was only drowned
by an ear-splitting explosion directly in
front of the safe.

Windows in near-by houses were shattered, and men,
women and children sprang from their beds in terror. In
a second the whole town was awake, all mystified by the
blinding blue and yellow flashes that seemed to streak
from the bank window and then quickly die away.

Smoke was drifting from the door and windows of the
bank. Then the side door slowly opened and the figure

of a man was seen to emerge.
out to get some air and to escape the deadly
fumes and gasses within. While all this
was going on, the outside man kept up a
steady, rapid fire from his .45-Colt revol-
vers.

This outside guard was a determined-
looking, short, thick-set little man, wearing
a Stetson hat and a dark suit. Seemingly,
he took a fiendish delight, even ‘after the
streets were deserted, in sending his bullets
whistling through the windows, doors and
walls of every house within range.

The second man re-entered the bank aie
after a lapse of a minute or two there was a
second but less violent explosion. All was
still for at least five minutes. At the expira-
tion of that period, a man was seen leaving
the bank carrying a large bag.

HEN ‘it was deemed safe, the cashier,

accompanied by the Sheriff and a num-
ber of citizens, entered the bank to view
the ruins. A study of the situation showed
that $115,000 in cash and securities had been
stolen.

As soon as | was notified of the robbery, |
sent cipher dispatches all over the country
instructing our men to exert the utmost effort
in running down the perpetrators of this
outrage.

Subsequent investigation by the detectives
we sent to the scene, proved that after the
robbery, a horse belonging to Henry Soph
had been stolen. It had been found four
miles from Union in an exhausted state. It
stood near the railroad tracks at the top of
a steep grade. Its condition and the sweat-
marks on its back indicated that two men
had ridden it. im

Evidently the thieves had looked the
ground over carefully and had timed them-
selves to a nicety for, in all probability,
they reached the top of the grade just in
time to get aboard a slow-moving freight-
train. Here the trail ended. The detectives
were unable to pick up a single clue to show
in which direction the yeggmen had fled or
anything that might aid in their capture.

The investigation dragged along until the
middle of January without results. At this

He had evidently come facts.

An amazing $115,000 bank robbery, and no clues—
the murder of a Pinkerton detective—a_ thrilling
These are the high
spots in this absorbing recital of Detective Dougherty’s

man-hunt over several states!

most sensational case

f

lone investigation.

little to go by.

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time Charlie Schumacher, one of our best men, returned
from Guatemala where he had been trailing an embezzler
We immediately detailed him to go to Union and start a

When Schumacher commenced the search, he had very
But it is extraordinary how a clever

detective can sometimes make a complete case out of a few
In this respect his work resembles that of the

Map of the scene where detectives clashed with the yeggmen.
in the top left corner shows where Detective Schumacher was killed by the

bandits.

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406 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

The posse, certainly not the bravest in the world, apparently were sat-
isfied to peg occasional shots at the ramshackle house; they were instantly
answered by a crash of six-shooter fire. As the winter twilight closed in,
Rudolph and Lewis made their way to a neighboring farmer's stable and
took two horses, leaving $200 on the feedbox. Another and much more
courageous posse met them in the woods that night. As one farmer
recalled: “It was the wildest fight I had ever been in since the time I
helped run off some of Quantrill’s boys. All we had to go on was their
gun flashes. You could hear the bullets whiz overhead and take the bark
from the trees.”

When Lewis was slightly wounded, the two young bank robbers pushed
deeper into the woods. After searching the night and part of the next
day, the posse wearily returned to town with Schumacher’s body. The
physician at Union later testified that seven bullets had been fired into
the detective.

On January 23, 1903, Superintendent Schumacher, stunned and_ fight-
ing to control himself, walked into William Pinkerton’s office, handed
him the telegram, and said very quietly, “They killed my brother.”

Within a few hours, William and the pick of his Chicago office were
on their way to St. Louis by special train. After a grim meeting of his
St. Louis staff, and local and state officials, Pinkerton issued a terse state-
ment: “The world is not big enough to hide Bill Rudolph. We'll get
both of them, we will never stop looking for them as long as I live.” §

In the spring and summer of 1902, the country had eagerly followed
the manhunts for two notorious western outlaws and killers who had
escaped from prison—Harry Tracy and Kid Curry. Pulitzer, Hearst, and
Scripps had sent special writers and artists to accompany the posses. But
the manhunt launched by the Pinkertons for Rudolph and Lewis over-
shadowed the other two by its intensity and scope. The most obscure
railroad depot had a Pinkerton wanted poster. Descriptions of the pair
were sent to American consulates in Europe, South America, Canada,
and Mexico. Teams of operatives, expert at playing the roles of yegg
burglars, moved across the country, living in hobo camps, while inform-
ants from Spokane to Spanish Honduras sent in tips to where the fugi-
tives were hiding. All information, regardless of distance, was checked
out; all proved false.

More than 260 freight and raliroad warehouses were also covered after
it was learned that Rudolph had once worked in a midwestern ware-
house. Thirty-five operatives were assigned exclusively to watch steamship
and sailing vessels leaving East and West Coast ports. Every liner that
left New York had aboard a Pinkerton operative who stayed until Am-
brose Light was cleared, when the search was usually finished. Ships
bound for South American ports were searched until they left Quaran-
tine. Operatives were detailed to railroad yards; armed guards searched
trains leaving Missouri; and posses with bloodhounds crisscrossed the

The Blackest of Days 407

. state. One newspaper estimated the hunt was costing the Pinkertons

$35,000 a: month.4

The excitement of the international manhunt, the mounting rewards
now obscured the ramshackle house on the hill where Schumacher had
been killed. Rudolph’s mother, father, and sister had been taken into
custody after some of the cash had been found in the well, along with
the bank’s bonds and securities. The dripping bags of silver and gold
coins were escorted back to the town by the posse, but Pinkerton opera-
tive George D. Charlesworth stayed behind, “just to give things a second
look over,” as he told the St. Louis office.

George D. Charlesworth

In the cold stillness of the old house that was creaking in the winter
wind, Charlesworth wandered tiirough the rooms, his shoes crunching
on shattered window glass. It was a typical backwoods house, the furni-
ture worn and homemade. The wall decorations were yellowing calen-
dars or cheap, water-stained “scenes” of Niagara Falls or Chicago.
Charlesworth, a short, rather heavy man who looked like a banker rather
than like a detective, ignored the sofas and bedding that had been torn
apart in the earlier search for the bank’s money. Instead, he carefully
poked through the trash that littered the floors. In one pile he found an
old medicine bottle. On its label was the name of a Hot Springs pharma-
cist. In the kitchen he went through every jar and can. The stove came
next. Charlesworth, whom a fellow operative recalled as a most fastidi-
ous man, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and emptied the stove.
Each piece in it was carefully examined. Suddenly he grunted with satis-
faction. In his soot-dirty hands was a tiny charred scrap of paper covered
with handwriting “scrolls” and the words of a popular ballad, “How
Would You Like to Have a Dinner with Covers for Two?”


408 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

In St. Louis, William Pinkerton and Superintendent William Minster
agreed that Charlesworth should check on the medicine bottle. The Hot
Springs pharmacist gave Charlesworth a description of the two men who
had waited for the prescription to be prepared. One had a venereal
disease, and both descriptions fitted the Missouri Kid and Lewis. The
bathhouses yielded a massager who recalled Rudolph and Lewis because
of the latter’s elaborate tattooing, which he said had been done in the
Philippines when he was in the army. This information was telegraphed
to Pinkerton in St. Louis. That same night, a coded message was deliv-
ered to Robert in New York. The next day an operative was assigned
to check the War Department’s army records.

In Hot Springs, the precise, portly Charlesworth visited every one of
the resort’s countless hotels and boardinghouses. He finally found the
one where Rudolph and Lewis had stayed a week. Charlesworth carefully
took the charred scrap of paper from his wallet and compared the flowing
penmanship with the names in the register; the same hand had written
both. Rudolph was under his own name, but Lewis had used the name
George Ladoux. This information was forwarded to Washington. “The
handwriting is neat and flowing,” Charlesworth reported to Pinkerton,
“like that of a person proud of his penmanship.”

The army records produced a retired army sergeant named Ladoux,
living in a small village outside Montreal. He told a Pinkerton operative
they should look for a man named George Collins, who had served with
him in Company M, Thirty-fifth Infantry, in the Philippines. Collins,
he said, had been used as a company clerk because of his penmanship,
which he boasted was the best in the army. He was young, wild, and no
stranger to the stockade, the sergeant observed.5

The pieces were slowly falling into place. After an exchange of coded
messages with his brother in St. Louis, Robert assigned Assistant Super-
intendent George S. Dougherty and the operatives James Gabay and
F. H. Davis to Hartford to find George Collins, who was proud of his
tattooed chest and his neat, almost feminine penmanship. In Hartford,
Detectives Garrett J. Farrell and John F. Butler joined the Pinkertons
in their hunt for the Missouri bank robbers and killers.

Collins was discovered to be the stepson of a French Canadian wood-
worker. To avoid arrest for a minor robbery, he had left town several
years before and joined the army. Washington now had forwarded Col-
lins’s army record to New York. A detailed description of Collins, includ-
ing his tattoos, birthmarks, and scars, was telegraphed to Dougherty in
Hartford.®

The Pinkerton operatives and Hartford detectives located Collins in
a house on Allyn Street. He was now smartly dressed, with a new dia-
mond ring, stickpin, and gold watch. ‘Don’t take Collins until he meets
Rudolph,” Robert Pinkerton ordered Dougherty in a coded telegram.
“Take them both alive if possible.”

George Collins. Bill Rudolph, the Missouri Kid.
Pinkerton’s, Inc. Pinkerton’s, Inc.

For a week the Pinkertons and the detectives tailed Collins day and
night, even to the extent that one of the operatives—not Dougherty, who
was huge and heavy—took dancing lessons with Collins at the academy
of H. T. Marsh, ‘Master of Dancing and Deportment,” in Hartford’s
Goodwill Hall. When Collins paid $5 for a month’s lessons, Marsh gave
him a card receipt, which the bank robber put into his coat pocket. After
a brisk set, Collins hung up his coat in the washroom. The jolly young
dancer who joked with him about the quality of the girls that evening
was as sleight of hand as he was light 6n his feet. Collins searched for
the card, but it was in Dougherty’s hand before the evening was over.

When Collins began courting a young secretary, one of the Pinkerton
Operatives got a job in her household .as a cook. Another was a livery-
stable attendant who groomed Collins’s horse; a third worked in a saloon,
where Collins never failed to buy a round from a thick roll of bills.7

After ten days of close surveillance, the Missouri Kid appeared, and
the bank robbers began “living in style” at the Allyn Street boarding-
house. They hosted champagne parties and were the favorite customers
at a local brothel. On a Saturday night when the pair was “popping corks
in Madam May’s,” the Pinkerton operatives and local police surrounded
the house, and moved in. Collins went for his gun but was sent sprawl-
ing; the Missouri Kid was tougher. He fought savagely, once almost
getting his six-shooter free before he was finally subdued. In their valise
Doughterty found $8,685 in gold and bills.

The capture of the pair was a sensational news story, with many of
the bigger dailies comparing the twentieth-century outlaws with the
Jameses and Youngers. If they were not in the same league with Jesse
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them as they hobbled aboard a special car bound for Missouri. As the
World reported. “There were as many people to cheer the Missouri des-
peradoes as they were taken away, as they were to cheer President Roose-
velt when he stopped over in Hartford.”

The Missouri Kid continued the role of the fearless desperado on the
trip to St. Louis. He told the New York World’s reporter: “You may bet
your life I won't wilt if they hang me. They won't have to drag me to
the scaffold. I'll march up to it like a man and take my medicine, that’s
the kind of chap I am.”

There was no braggadoccio in Collins, who, the New York Times
observed, “has none of the appearance of a criminal.” He stared out of
the window, and said little.8 :

Rudolph and Collins were quickly arraigned in Union, where they
were held without bail on the murder and bank-robbery charges. The
Union jail was a small one-story brick building, and at the suggestion
of William Pinkerton the pair were transferred under heavy guard to
the St. Louis jail. Their arrival at Four Courts produced the usual mobs
of curiosity seekers and admiring women. Bags of “scented” letters were
delivered to Rudolph’s cell; he acknowledged them in public statements
to the press. “I have always admired and respected womanhood,” he sol-
emnly told a reporter.

During the winter the Pinkertons continued their investigation. By
early summer a team of operatives had gathered impressive evidence
against the two killers for the state’s attorney. A trial date was finally
set in early July.

From the moment Rudolph and Collins had been captured, William
Pinkerton had urged that strong security measures be taken, twenty-four
hours a day, to prevent escape. ‘““These men are desperate and will take
the smallest advantage to escape,” he wrote to St. Louis Superintendent
H. W. Minster. “Suggest to the warden he put good men on guard.’

For the first few months the prison took elaborate measures to guard
Collins and Rudolph; but gradually, as the summer wore on, the bank
robbers were given more freedom. As William Pinkerton had suspected,
they were plotting an escape—“three days after we got into the jail,”
Rudolph later admitted.

On the third day of his arrival in the Four Courts, the Missouri Kid
noticed a skylight directly above the top tier. Leading up to the large
pane of glass was a series of girders. Rudolph carefully plotted their
escape. He counted the number of steps from his cell to the stairway, the
number of steps to the top tier, then the distance from the floor of the
last tier to the skylight. He also sought out other convicts who could give
him a description of the slanted roof that dropped to a chapel roof.
Beyond that were a yard and the jailer’s house.

The Blackest of Days

Rudolph selected the afternoon of July 6th for their break. Two con-
victs were paid to stage a fight at the far end of the prison hall. At three
o'clock the fight broke out. When guards hurried to the far end of the
hall, Rudolph raced up the stairs to the top tier and, like a gymnast,
scaled the girders. Collins had started after him but turned back, explain-
ing later, “I just didn’t think I could make it.” High above the floor,
Rudolph clung to the last girder and swung upward, smashing the glass
with his feet. He crawled out onto the roof, slowly slid down its slanted
sides to the gutter, hung for a moment, and dropped to the chapel roof.

What the other convicts didn’t know was that a network of wires
stretched across the second roof. When Rudolph fell, he became en-
tangled in the wires, and for a few minutes hung upside down. He finally
freed himself and fell to the roof. Badly bruised, and with blood stream-
ing down his face from a deep gash, the Missouri Kid crawled to the
edge of the second roof to drop twenty feet’ into the yard. He now scaled
a twenty-foot iron fence—he hadn’t been told about that, either—and fell
into the jailer’s garden. The back door was unlocked. Rudolph entered
the house, bowed to the jailer’s aged mother as she looked up from her
ironing, then walked out into the street. At the corner of Spruce and
Eleventh streets he stole a butcher boy's bicycle and “took off fast
enough to keep out of the way of the jail people and the man who owned
the bicycle.”

Rudolph made his way across the city, once gallantly stopping to let
a woman shopper cross the street, and waving to a policeman standing
on a corner. At North St. Louis, he crossed the Mississippi in a stolen
skiff, rode a freight car to Memphis, where he stole a horse and rode
to Arkansas and the Indian Territory, the traditional hideout for wanted
men.10 .

In July, Collins went on trial. The dramatic highlight was the testi-
mony of Nellie Rudolph, the Missouri Kid’s sister, “a young and buxom
girl,” who tried to save the life of “the man I love” by insisting her
brother had killed Schumacher. But the jury wasn’t swayed by either her
buxom beauty or tearful pleas, and found Collins guilty of murder.
While he waited for his execution, Collins wrote numerous letters on
two subjects; one was his hatred of the Pinkertons—“I would like to have
Billy Pinkerton in the sights of my .45”—and the other was the best way
to prepare nitroglycerine: “Get 75 sticks of Dine, thaw it out in a warm
room or close to a stove. Then crumble it up like sawdust, then pour
hot water on it and stir it up. Then squeeze it through a rag, then pour
water off the top and you have your soup in the bottom of the can. A
little kid can do it so I know you can if you try... 7721

Nellie, who had sacrificed her brother, was ignored.

After the escape of the Missouri Kid, William Pinkerton joined his
brother in New York. It was a bitter hour, William wrote to F. H. Tillot-


412 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

son, his superintendent in Kansas City, but there was no time for recrim-
inations or criticism of the jailers—all energies and resources of the
Agency must be combined for one purpose: recapturing Rudolph.

When Rudolph was traced to the Indian Territory, William Pinker-
ton, who hadn’t been on a horse in years, rode with the posses searching
the badlands. Weary and saddlesore, he returned to New York with new
orders:

We are contacting every sheriff where possible to send us a telegram
at our expense to advise us of every bank robber or yegg burglar they
get. There is little doubt in my mind that Rudolph will come out of
the Indian Teritory and return to crime. If he is caught he may be
arrested and sentenced under an alias. We must be alert and compare
all yegg burglar photographs and measurements with Rudolph’s
charts,!2

In addition to sending photographs and Bertillon charts to sheriffs, the
Pinkertons distributed the Missouri Kid's likeness and charts to sixty-two
prisons and 160 workhouses in the United States, Canada, and England:
“A careful examination of prisoners now in your custody or received by
you may result in obtaining information concerning Rudolph’s where-
abouts.”

Members of the American Bankers Association were also warned that
Rudolph was on the loose and would probably try to rob a rural bank.
On January 19, 1904, Pinkerton’s hunch came true when Rudolph tried
to hold up the Louisburg, Kansas, National Bank. This time he was cap-
tured by a “posse of farmers armed with pitchforks.” He was arraigned.
under the name Charles Gorney, and jailed. The sheriff of Paola, Kansas,
where Rudolph was held, got in touch with the Kansas City Pinkerton
office, but the operative reported back that the dirty, bearded tramp who
had surrendered without firing a shot, could not be the dapper, aggressive
Missouri Kid.

Rudolph, alias Charles Gorney, was found guilty, and sentenced to
an indeterminate term in the Kansas State Prison at Leavenworth. As a
result of the Agency’s canvass of American prisons, thé warden ordered
Gorney’s Bertillon chart and photograph sent to Pinkerton’s New York
office. In his office, William stared at the photograph that dropped from
the warden’s letter. He compared it with the one of Rudolph that he
had on his desk, then walked into his brother’s office. “I think we have
Rudolph,” he said.

When Assistant Superintendent Dougherty and the other two opera-
tives who had arrested Rudolph in Hartford also identified the photo-
graph, the Pinkertons knew they had their man. Within the hour F. H.
Tillotson, Kansas City Superintendent, had deciphered an urgent tele-
gram, which read:

Charles Gorney under arrest Paola, Kansas, for burglary safe Louis-

The Blackest of Days 413

burg, Kansas, positively identified by Asst. Superintendents Dougherty
and Murphy as William Rudolph. Call up without delay Sheriff Paola
on telephone. Notify him who Gorney is, the amounts of rewards offered
and the possibility of his breaking jail, and to instruct him without
delay to place special guard over jail if necessary at our expense as
he might escape tonight. Guards should be men who can be absolutely
depended upon. Request sheriff make no publication of any kind,
regard as confidential. Better go yourself and investigate immediately.
Arrange to have Rudolph held for Schumacher murder. Use utmost
caution against escape. Satisfied we Can arrange with Kansas authorities
for his return to Missouri. Act promptly and carefully. Avoid all publi-
cations until identification is absolutely confirmed.

Pinkerton was sending one of the most important telegrams in the
history of his Agency, yet his attempts to gain what publicity he could
from the sensational disclosure and to prevent the local sheriff from beat-
ing him into print are shocking. The rest of his telegram is devoted to
cautioning Tillotson how to deal with the press. Then he ends: “Delay
all publication until Sunday morning newspapers. Request sheriff to
avoid all publications until for Sunday papers. Cold day.”’13

The telegram was dated 1:40 p.m. February 12th, a Friday. Pinkerton’s
reference to “cold day” meant the Saturday newspapers, traditionally thin
and with small circulation. He knew from experience that the Sunday
papers in the United States had larger circulation than the dailies, and a
story published on Sunday about Rudolph being found by the Pinker-
tons would be read by millions, adding enormous prestige to the busi-
ness. It was Justice triumphant and a publicity coup at the same time—
a package William Pinkerton dearly loved.

Tillotson didn’t go himself to Paola, which would bring William's
wrath down upon him, but sent Assistant Superintendent Nelson W.
Bush, who “hurried out of-St. Louis on the first trolley car,” as the St.
Louis Republic réported. It was still telephones and trolley cars, no mat-
ter how much the manhunt brought memoirs of the “old Missouri bandit
days.”

In Paola the sheriff told Bush that the bank robber Gorney was in
Leavenworth. At the state prison, Bush found the Missouri Kid in the
prison coal mine.

“Hello, Bill,” Bush called out.

Rudolph whirled about, his coal-streaked face alive with surprise. “I’m
not Bill, I'm Charles Gorney,” he said. “You have the wrong man.”

The warden ordered a physical examination. Bush wired the results
to New York. Several scars, a small mole on his upper lip, and two gold
teeth of the Charles Gorney in Leavenworth, along with his Bertillon
measurements, tallied with Rudolph’s in New York. Later that night,
‘wo St. Louis detectives arrived at Leavenworth to confirm Pinkerton’s
identification.

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aE: fen 2 perry: "The levile wag | arrived in Mexico Friday morning to!

directiy on the edge of the loft ang ; Join Mrs. Gant and the children who

those:from below could see Sheriff; have been here for some time.

farmer as he pulled back the bar WEATHER

whici. released two small iron clamps

chat neld ivvo long rods beneath me
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Fair tonight and probably Satur.

doors. SRD aOR: “8 i way. Warmer in west and north
Upon the untasiening cf tne rods, pOUrtions.

one door swung open cn one side;
while the other was pulled back by

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a heavy weight to which it was atulonta the shed and two windows were

tacted. Through this opening th>'al! closed.

neice 4h eek fark. N : The rope used wae
T-¢ loft which was reached by from a St. Louis company, and the

nar‘OW steps leading from a smal). i00se was tied when it came.
platform on the ground floor, was| knot with nine twists oi repe coiled
lighted only by the soft rays of sun-!about made the Ivo, which was

ine that ‘filtered through the slit: | placed over the nemu..- t:cad. The
in the rough boards. There were!large knot was placed directly back

/no openings to the barn that were! of his left ear so that the negro’s
‘lef; unclosed. A swinging doorjneck would be broken by the fall.
‘exuing directly on to the road and; The straps that bound his arms and
in which the death procession en- legs were borrowed from che sheriff
tered. a smaller door which opcned of St. Louis county.

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, Wilhains was pronounced’ teal a
Al minutes later.

neores CONVICt-
ed of the murder December 30, 1923.
of Harry Leonard, in ap attempted
holdup of his saloon, was hanged in
the city jail early this morning,
“Well, this has come to a conclu-
sion and IT am ready to die,” were
Williams’ last words to the forty or
mare. neople eathcred at the Jail te
witness the execution, , :

“I’m dying like a man. I am in-
nocent. Thank you boys, I’m going

| Yiding. Goodbye.”
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The trap was sprung at 6:17 and

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JUBGE FYCLUDES
EXPERT TESTIMONY
“IN SCOPES TRIAL

John T. Rauiston Causes Clash Be-
tween Him and Defense Attcr-
neys at Session Today.

CCURT ROOM, DAYTON, Tenn.,
July 17.—After Judge John T.
Raulston has excluded scientific test-
imony in the Scopes case, court was
adjourned until Monday morning,
the intervening time to be spent by
counsel for the defense in preparing
a statement for the record of what
thir witnesses would have testified
had they been permitted to take the
witness stand.

Raulston’s Gecisiee to ex- |

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JULES,

clude the experts from the witness |
stand developed sharp clashes he. |
tween Arthur Hayes and. Judge |
Raulston and Clarence Darrow in the
court. Although court was in s
sion only 30 minutes, the judge giy
ing his decision at 9:51, it was
stormy. After the defense attsr-
neys had raised their voices in prot-
est to ‘the court’s ruling another
argument developed on the question
of the week-end recess. The de-
fense insisted on this step and while
the state protested the court finally
ruled for the halt in the proceeding.

Judge Raulston indicated however
that on his return to the tench Mon-
day he would insist on the case mov-
ing more rapidly.

This was taken to mean that the
Pense might end Monday.
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Rush Hill was dismissed from th
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CRUMP, James, black, hanged Montgomery City, Missouri, on July 17, 1925.

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tn mp xecution Took Place in Small,
‘One Room, Red Barn Back of County Jail:

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SCAS: LD AND TRAP DOOR BUILT BY MONTGOMERY CITY
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A svall red barn, just back of

, the jail in Montgomery City was the] « « * + * * * * “
leenter of interest Friday morning : CRUMP SENT MESSAGE °
ito hunireds of residents cf the sur-|_ TO HIS ASSOCIATES 5
| roundi g community. For it was|_ on me :
jwithin its dingy interior before ° A few hours before going *
ubout sixty men who were crowded . to the scaffold, James Crump

about ‘.at James Crump was sent to «
|his deatn for the murder of Au- .
drain’s sheriff, -
| The place was visited by what wis
lestima.-d as ov@r two thousand per-
isens Thursday. after the carpenters

! and biacksmith,

appealed to his associates to
live a life that will he of cred-
* it to them. The message, in *
* his own words, which he sent *
to Mexico follows: - ba

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thru a friend who visited him, #
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both from ‘Mont- _ “Boys you can’t get by with *

| gomery City, had completed the : this underworld life. Whiskey, *
'eeaffold and arrangéd the death! gambling and gun toting will *
tei. 7 get you in bad. Take warn- *
. The dittle: barn could searcely hold ing from me.” ”

the ctowds that thronged about * a * *« &*

Thursday afternoon and night, while —0
numerius deputies were on hand to

carcfuily explain the workings of Audrain te Be

the zap and the route by which , i

Cea would be led to his death. in Travelogue

For t® barn was not constructed as

2 dee _ house, but was built some ° ‘

years, 9; probably for the purpose ; Series Sunday

ya begin, farm tools, implements, me :

| melee, amd ueeness, al other| Lecal Seencez, Business Wien and
Pinat were osed about the jaill’ Traditions Will Be-Included in

band jail” property. re - Rotogravure and Article.

[ The, .is -only one - room, aa. .

ing tafe of which is a small shed. Audrain county scenes and stories |

!The Saen is divided in half by a loft, ‘aie

\ : x Will be one of the featz:res of the

half gf which had been cut away for :

Dadecen Travelogue section of the Sunday,

the paning, ° Clese 40. . the pen | ‘July $9, edition of the St. Louis

edge, the carpenters had constructed ie alate =

fhe mpttold and. aap, Aor. aa  eheeaat. local scenes, . d
trary { § accounts that the death trap’ es, and pic-
had bien loanec by the sheriff at tures of the county’s business men
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Palsria.. .Mo:, the etructuse ws in the rctegravure section, while the

rticle will _give an account of local
b Mont b tw ear- *

| buitt fn a ah y ae a traditions and stories of Audrain.
wpeutey. A ne Se € ts v¥ iro

aan > lever had been
“By a local. blackymith. Over:
the an agit Yon which Crump Lisete: was
Place -te haam upon whiet the rope
was icstened. In the soft dirt floor,
directly F neath the trap a shallow:

hale hid teen Ane jn arder tro eiVvi

ining the series of- pictures and: itt
‘formation concerning Missouri coun-
‘tes sor several Sundays, and in each
Bats vives an

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RESOLUTIONS TO
REPAIR STREETS
ARE INTRODUCED

Adopts Resolutions
Providing for Resurfacing of
Seven Mexico Streets.

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Resolutions providing for th= re-
surfacing and repuir of seven Mex-
lico streets were introduced and
adopted by the city council at a spe-
cial meeting held here Thursday
night.

Providing there are no objections

.| to the plans presented to the council,
,| ordinances to make the repairs will!

be passed and work on the streets
begun.

The resolutions provide for the
surfacing with asphaltic cement con-
crete wearing surface of the follow-
ing streets: Jackson from the west
line of Clark strect to the east line
of Coal; Promenade street from the
east line of Clark to the east line
of Coal: Liberty from the east line
of Clark to the east line cf Grand
avenue as extended north from Lib-
erty; Monroe from the west line of
Clark to the east line of Coal; Wash-
ington from the south line of Prom-
enade to the south line of Love;
Jefferson from the north line of the
Chicago and Alton Railway crossing
and right-of-way to the north line of
baentaits che and from the south Tine
of Jackson. to the north line of
Love; Woodlawn from the north iine
of Love to the aaa line of. Summit.

LEON WILLIAMS,
27, HANGED IN
ST. LOUIS JAIL

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By The Associated Press. ;
, ST LOUIS. Juir. 17. -- ~ Despite a
,last minute appear ia iva. anaae
the victim’s widow Teor Williams

Negro Who \ Was Convicted of Mur-_ ,

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THE BEST INTERESTS OF

AUDRAIN COUNTY.

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MEXICO. MO.

RUMP WALKED UNA!
VHERE HE WAS HANG

SSISTED TO GALLOWS
ED FOR MURDER

MONTHS AGO OF SHERIFF CHAL BLUM

EGRO, SENT TO HIS DEATH A
BARN IN JAIL YARD AT MO
ED BY HIS MOTHER AND TA

T 8 O'CLOCK IN LITTLE RED
NTGOMERY CITY—BODY CLAIM-
KEN TO ST. LOUIS FOR BURIAL.

James Crump, negro,
ceen months and one week ago, mur-
aered Sheriff Chal Blum, at 8 o’clock
this morning, paid with his life for
the crime. He was hanged in a little
rca barn on the jail nronerty at Mont-
gomery City where he was last con-
victed and sentenced te die.

Crump’s death trap was sprung by
Sheriff T. H. Farmer of Montgom-
‘Ty county at 8:05 a. m., and four-

2en minutes later he was pronounc-
:d dead. by Drs. M. O. Biggs of Ful-
ton, C. C. Cox of Wellsville and M.
F. Menefee of Montgomery City.

Crump left his cell in the jail ex-

actly at 7:57, three minutes before |

the hour set for his execution, after
his death warrant had heen read to
him by Sheriff Farmer. He walked
thru the jail yard to the barn and
did not hesitate once. His step was
short and steady. Entering the
barn, the negro stopped only at the
door to speak his last words to the
editors of the local newspapers and

then proceeded on to the loft, walk- vince myself that I am guilty of

ing up a flight of fifteen or twenty
steps, to his death trap. He was ac-
companied from his cell to the gal-
lows by the Rev. Father John A..De-
Vilbliss, a Catholic priest of St.
Louis, the Rev. C. F. Collins, paster
of the colored Methodist church of
Mexico, the Rev. Lee of Montgomery
City. Sheriffs Farmer and ©. M. Fox
and Jim Benny and Frank Weily,
who kept the death watch over him
during his confinement in the Mont-
- gomery county jail.

- Cramp toak, his“ placs, au the, Acath

Eke as. Sogn 83 he rentered- the loft.
‘Then the priest read ‘pis: last state-
ment. His hands were strapped “to
his side. his knees and feet were
strapped, the black cap was placed
over his head, the rope was tied

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who seven-

Crump Had His
Last Statement

Read by Priest

The last statement made by James
Crump, and read by the Rev. Mr.
DeVilbliss of St. Louis, while the
; negro stood on his death trap, fol-
lows:

To My Friends ‘and A chile iviandes
j and People of Mexico and Montgom-
lery City:

I, James Crump, standing here
upon the scaffold will in a few min-
utes be before the judgement seat
of God to account for the deeds of
my life, wish to make known to all
concerned in this nay: the fol-
lowing facts:

First. though dying for the killing
| of Sheriff Blum, a thing I deeply
‘and Sincerely regret, I cannot con-

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{murder and that consequently T feel
the penalty exacted is too severe.
Second, though this be true it is
now too late to mend it, and I want
you to know that I am trying to for-
give all who have injured me in this
case as perfectly as Christ has in
the Lord’s Prayer taught us to for-
give, and with reverence repeat His
own words while ‘hanging on the
giblet of the Cross, dying for

know not what they do.” |

5 "Dhird,. my desire:is that By. death,
may obtain: “trom Goa. the: ‘grace of.
quenching: the. smoujderirg fire of
‘Tite hatred and vreludice in anv
hearts so that as feHow citizens and
brethren in Christ our races may
‘Ive in peace harmony and observ-
ance of the Golden Rnie

_ our,
sins “Father forgive them for they}

BLACK GOLD OIL |
COMPANY STATION
TO OPEN SATURDAY

New Independent Company Is Com-
posed of Branstetter Brothers
and Reyburn Boyd.

The Black Gold Oil Company. of
which Rupert Branstetter, Richard
Branstetter and Reyburn of this city
are managers, will open its new sery
ice station for business Saturdayj
July 18, according to an announces
ment Friday. |

The new station is placed on the
West Boulevard at the intersection
of the Chicago and Alton Railroad
tracks and has been only recently
completed by the firm. An attrac-
tive station has been built with a
large store room and tanks for the
Black Gold products.

The company which was organized
here recently. an “independen
Mexico organizaticn. The Branstet-
ter brothers are well known in Mex
ico business life, having successfully
conducted a bakery here for some
time, later selling it to F. A. Pearl.
Mr. Boyd is also well known in this
city having lived here for some time.

Black Gold gasoline and motor
Oils will be sold.

W. W. FRY STATE
- IS APPRAISED
AT $27, 762. 72

‘and Inventory Ae File
Thursday Afternoon in ‘Probate
Court.

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Valuation

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The estate of W. W. Fry is ap
persed at $27, 762. 72 according. to

noon-t-the Peppate-¢ 6 Thy. = yrake
lacé’Fry,’ cee Ripaate C7 of the estate:

Valuation of real estate owned bY
Mr. Fry is said te, be. $25,600.90,
while his personal property is assesse?)
at $2,162.72.

The entire estate was left to his!
wife, Mrs. Nettie Fry, with his son,


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that let him drop cigkt feet and to
his death,

The drop, according to Sheriff
Farmer did not break his neck and
he Strangled to death. This was
caused by the knot in the rope slip-
ving. fromleck ag-2s.onz .to the
back of his .kead. . aia a

The. ¢rop rendered him unconsci-
ous however, and he suffered no
rain. The muscles in his body were
stil.

Several minutes after he was pro-
nounced dead by the attending phy-
Sicians the body was turned over to
his mother, Kitty Crump, who had
haen in Montgomery City since
Thursday afternoon. It wad placed
iti a casket in a motor hearse that
uwaited, and was taken to St. Louis
for burial.

Crump from the beginning to the
‘nd stood up well under the strain.
Yesterday afternvon wher his moth-
cr visited _him, his last remark to
her was: —

“Mother, if you don’t worry any
more than I do, you'll be tickled to
death. I am just sitting here wait-
ing for the hour to come.”

Last night he did, not sleep but
talked during his last hours to the
St. Tenis priest. Shortly before <ix
welock this mornimg. he was -erved
“ts breakfast which he was privil-
-2ed to order. He naa corn flakes,
toast. jelly and coffee. After his
meal he was allowed to talk with his
mother. Then, when the clock had
ticked to within only a few mnutes
of the death hour, Sheriff Farmer
with his two witnesses, J. C. Jones
of Mexico and J. D. Hockaday of
Middletown, went te the negro’s cell
and read to him, his death warrant.

At 7:57 o’clock the negro in the
custody of the officers and accom-
panied by the ministers of the gospel
started on his trip to the barn, which
was only fifty feet away. When
Crump had gone about half the dis-
tance. he looked into the crowd of
about five hundred persons that
lined around the fence of the jail
yard and said to them:

“God bless all of yeu.”

Ne spoke his last words to the
editors of the local newspapers who
were standing at the door of the
barn. He hesitated only for a see-
ond and said:

“Well, goodbye, ull the fuck in the
world te vou.”

Those were his "st

felled te sav

words. He
anythiz. else and his

Re A AO A Re ——— —-2 sow

sins I have committed and am cffer-
ing my life in reparation for them.
I commend my soul to My Savior’s
mercy under the protection of His
Blessed Mcther and Saint James my

Patron Saint and beg you all to re-

member my soul in prayer as I will
you.

statement was read by the priest.

Thirty-six ‘persons who were sworn
in as deputy sheriffs of Montgomery
county, and Earnest and John Blum,
brothers of the late Sheriff Chal
Blum, witnessed the execution. They
were:

T. J. Toohey, J. Ames Montague,
L. M. White, H. C. Rixey, J. G.
Barnes, J. Goldsmith, George A.
Pollard. C. T. Johnson, E. F. Elliott,
W. H. Arnold. Henry Vance, F.
Kileullin, C. M. Fox, A. L. Funk,
Billie Graham, J. C. Jones. Raymond
Reid. Walter Branstetter, ©. E. Pat-
terson, W. P, Garrett, John Wilson,
J. G. Ford, M. A. Hamilton, T. T.
Morris, S. C. Groves, W. A, Sullivan.
Jobn E. Mundy, R. L. Gooch, Charles
E. King, R. B. Hooton, Lute Diggs,
A. G, Smith and Price Marshall.

The negro’s death ended a long
legal battle in the courts of Mis-
souri.. Crump killed Sheriff Blum
in February 1924 and in April. the
Same year was sentenced to nang by
a jury in the Audrain ccunty court
at Mexico. He appealed to the stat»
supreme eourt. After several
months the court reversed the opin-
ion of the lower court and ordered
a new trial saving him the gallows
on May 28.

Then, on January 22 of this year,
he was arraigned once more in the
Audrain circuit court, but his attor-
nev plead for a change of venue of
the case, alleging that he could not
obtain a fair trial in Audrain court.
The appeal was granted and the case
was taken to the Montgomery ccun-
ty cirenit court at Montgomery City.

It came to trial there on February
17, this year and the next day the
jury in the case found Crump guilty
of first degree murder again fer
shooting the Audrain county sheriff
and again the death sentence was
meted out to him. His attorney
moved for a new trial, but this was
denied, so, he appealed again te the
supreme court.

On June 5, last. the Missouri court
affirmed the decision of the Mont-
eomery county jury and set Friday,
July 17 for the date of the nevro’s
execution

ee ee eee w YW AT KUMINISTrator,

MAN, 95, SAW HIS
SECOND EXECUTION
WHEN CRUMP HANGED

When Charley Evered, 95 years
old of Mgntgomery City. witnessed
the hangirig of Jim Crump Friday,
it was the second that he had seen
in his lifetime.

Mr. Evered, who unusually active
for one of his*age, saw his first

‘execution in England 80 years ago.

The hanging was witnessed. he said
by more than a hundred thousan
persons and “as far as I know, I am
the only one living,” he added.

George Ogle of Bowling Green
was here Friday,

John Haley, Pike county attorney,
was in this city Friday on his way
to Jefferson City.

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William Heary Harrtson Duncan.

geemed very anxious to catch a giimpse
of the condemned, Dut wheu Dancan and his
guarcs came upon the scaffold the women
14 not seem to taxe such a lively interest in
the proceedings. An instant before the drop
fell cnaly part of the women’s hats were vis-
0, bduat a wide-eyed gaping boy
eB the roof seemed entranced with
esrtcsity and saw the whole sight. Two of
{he womea who were on the Court- house
roof breakfasted afterward at the hotel,.and
Goring the matutinal repast they discussed
he exscution with a surprising knowledge
ef technical details concarning the structure
ofthe gallows and ths dead man’s actions
ena Cemeancr.

told him to Dave the Dy¥mas-"Vsarer vy '.0a
to Thee’’ and *‘shball We dlee: a. (ae wlvesr

sung at his grave. From that on ruil Bearty
midnight De talixed with the deputy sheriffs
and wspaper men. To the iatter he
said had no st®ement tw make,
that tm had already declared bis :innorence
and that theres was no use for further talx-

ing. {
UNCaN SANG POR HI8 VISrroRs.
Betces they left he sang forthbem. Duncan
was the possessor Of a wonderfully Geep bell-
and had the reputation among Bis
as being the best colored basso in §t.

nd as he Intoned °**My Mother's Pic-
d other dDallads his hearers thought
tainly entitied to the distinction.

Abou 11 o’ clock iast night his spiritual ad-

viser, #r. McEriane of st. Xavier’s Church,
came but in a buggy “ith Deputy Sberif
Peter Daliey and went at once to the
aoom man’s side. He issued strict orders
that nean should not be bothered by in-
terviewers after midnight and. tne
Ceputys sheriffs enforced his {njanction.
The only person they allowed in
was McDonaid. He was there from

midnight on until nearly 2 0’cloex, and when
he left. Duncan said he would see him inthe
mornigg. At4é:30be returned and bade him
a last earthly farewell. About $:30 Albert
Abtenrith brought hima Dig breakfast from
his father’s hostelry across the way, which
the prigoner ate with a relish. When the

tume fcg the execution approached Duncan

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a ‘Ong letter (GO te atone
ceci{beu to interfere OD the grua
iu 30% propose to be made a er
resort. two juries and the -ups
naviad found nim gality."*

judge Kadwards, who tried the c
ga!3 to De of the opinion that |
not guilty of murderin the Arst .
signed & petition to Dave nis ser
muted.

[pe Policemen who were in ¢
morsidg hold views an [58 sab;
divergent with those of Mr. mu
Dan » B@loney of the Third Distr
at Ursady’s side woen he was sho
tg positive Dancaa “atlied the c
cialms the negro had fredat Nin
ofmcers, and they returned the s
of tne were fring at him wh
Brady.

TRAP- DOOR CAKPENTER BOYC
The trap-door arrangement th:
Duncan dropped into another
morning was ballt by a Clayto
named William severn. Sever:

haves Deen a mamber of the jary
victoud Dunean. In this cuonne
was 30Me strange gossip float
Clayicn this morning and Severr
to have said that pe bad been t
certain people because he pad 3
job.

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DUNCAN’S CBINE

Ths Desperate Leader of a |
Yoon Toughs.

Harry Duncan shot Oficer Jar
eath In a pitched battle bet:
Gaffney, Maloney, Connors and
murderous band of negroes,

piace about9o’clocxk p. m. Oct
Dilliard-room above Starize’s
North Eleventh streat. Volley
of shots were fred by bpoth sic

was sertously hurt except Brad.
face was furroweG with huljets
nately all of them grazed the 8c
can had two wounds.

OmMcer Gaffney was frst invo
Gerad a riotous crowd of neg
gated infront of Charles Stars
disperse oF get into the saicon.
to the ground twice. Gafavy a
In the alr to attract other
plunged iate the saloon in puri
sallants,; '

The negroes rin up-stairs tnt.
room.. Gaffney followed ‘gna
by the gang. who beat him with
xnocked bim Gown and protal!
Harry Duncan got bis revolver.
mont Officers Maloney and Con

They immediately opened Orr

After 6 o’clock Shariff C. ©. Garratt
*gcell, He found him in con-
MecEriane, who: had re-
mained with him all nignt and had e6n-
>. @savored to prepare,Duncan for the fate that
r-.- @ waited him... When sheriff Garrett entered
: up and

to be a combined

aia not become unnerved, dut “went very
calmly to meet his death. :
POLICEMEN FAILED TO GET IB.

‘A number of persons who had been invited
to attend the execution were unable to xet
in the small inclosure at the bottom of the
scaffold or on the gallows. 4
They:.stood at the outer Goor of the jal,
expecting every ee as br ee as Lr

=pe n4@_faar'on his admitted. . They were a

ae red a lor. @nna ne | MADDY tmprecations were heard when‘ the

tis gar esp é il. H -
the 0 sitions re ory | Those who had attended executions before
°° ong breath of relief. realized what the noise — _ Saar fo
Garrett then #310 to et and asked Imagined | Ht ACs. among those
come to read Toe im nin the following named
Dupean to give bim his attention while he | Who did not get in were edger
“tet

fter ‘mambers of the Metropolitan po
, Polat bri Garrett that ‘| Sergt.2 King, Oficers> Gaffney. Maloney,

Hageman, Hunt, Stinger and Schavisdick.
oF ee At te Sherif Garrett, when asked wby they were
Garrett then walked not admitted, sald: - ‘a ae. _

ae out
I was in sucha gtd ly think of any-

n itself.
the executio ir I

gtces. The negroes reternsa })
time dodging under billiard
hind the °. :
Officer Brady asrived a minu
the fring began. He saw at vo!
Duncan was the most dange®
uToes and singled him out ic
the death. --»

Brady rap straight tothe bs
cover Duncan was firing, plac:
the rajanadseacning #8 far as
at Duncan. Duncan raised h

emptied his revolver pajnt dla

Officers Malonsy and Connor
eG buncan almos:
And asTon fell. That ende
a bullet wound in
the hip. Brady’:
pDensath the ¥
ional! r pie and !
exce capable an ‘é
Ho tert a young wife and twoc
The testimony at the ing
crim. 8 Duncan despite hi
other ys testified that H:
answer to their demand tharr
hands and surrender was oath
Lathes puacan, Charles McCie
roe and William Collins were :
with Harry Duncan,

FOBTY DAYS IN

~_ went to i
- Varsaticond with Fr.

 gg@the paper.

+ gway from the coll nervous, that I could
- .- thingyat all except

8 .
4 ee 4 ‘ota th : woule wiacly _ aamitted the ©
“>. Fy. MeEriane ‘{t 13 sald, had deen at ad thought a bt
ake ‘ with | pisrosrTiom OF THE BODE- -
sig-| Tne pody was not cat down a 8
204] o’clocke Coroner Caster — a would
. nest.
not hold'a formal ing poke Sead -
uffored
indications LDA. cememmn A

a Shit i
= nema at PSN

ready

puncan’s suf-
was ready,
2 be was.

“ang the

(vam Gow &
scores

there were no
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‘Daief Harrigan:

. with four small children cannot earn

‘rom want. bere are tose soe
éw° ve asked to aid the suffering, and\one |

. Person whose generosity flows spontaneonsly ,

Bent to Chief Harrigan to-day $10, accompan-
ed by the following ‘setter:

THE FIRST CONTRIBUTION.
OCTOBER 7, 1890.

Dax Sin—Fearing tnat Oficer Brady, wh
was 30 crueiiy murdered
@uty, may have ieft his dear ones unprovided:

’ fer, “1 beg to inciose $10 towards a purse for

them. A FRIEND.

Officer Brady has left a wife, tour 1ittTG
ebliidren and an aged mother, who are now,
Gapendent solely upom the charity of thas
Brady fought te defend, and unless they re~
spond with generosity these defanselsss poor
People will suffer.

Officer James Brady was enrolled as a mem-
ber of the police force om January 19, 1886,an a
Uais record since then has been spotiess. He
was one of the bravest, best and most In-
talligent officers on the forces, never
giew to do bis duty, never dackward in facing
@anger when be was called upon to preservs
peace and shield others from parm.

o WHaT TUE CHIEF 8aYS OF HIM.

. Speaking of him to-day Chief Harrigan 8
°*Brady was one of the best officers on the en-

. Stre force andl never regretted the loss of

m@ man more than I do his. He was &
Wan of splendid onaracter, and both asa man
and aganoficer 1 admired him. His death

was a terrible thing. His fam-
iy is left in absolute poverty.
Be leaves a wife and tour ocbildres

‘and aan aged mether, and you may say for me
'tbatthere was sever acase which more fully
.deserved aid tham this. Money contributed ta
Zhe relief of these poor people

De well spent, every nickle of it, and I hope

Yomething can bedons. | wii de to re
ceive any money thas is ¢ontribu and I will

pee that jt is placed ia Mrs. Brady’a nands.’’

pr DIED DOING HIS DUTY.

- Officer Brady lost Dis ilfe in as brave an

effort as ever & man wade to pressve

the ‘peace of a city and to pre-

vent rioteus disorder. In the hands of
the police are the <7 of the property and
ons of the people of &t.Louis, and !f they

are required to risk their own lives in de-
fending others they sponid feei that if
they are killed their wives, their
ebiidren, tneir motbers, their loved ones, will
pos be left to starve. Their compensation far

the hazardous duty they Nave te wr ewe |

too amalito enable them to maxe provision for
such an occurrence aathis, butno doubt there
f9 charity enough to muxe It unnecessary, and
the helpless family Brady left behind will
shielded from want and poverty by thuse
‘who can feel the obligation they owe to those
he left behind.
SEND IN BUBSCRIPTIONS.
The Post-DisPaTcH will receive and ac-
$mowledge contributions which may be sent
.$oit. Chief Harrigaa will also rece!ve money
mand all that !s contributed will be sent to the
officer’s widow to relieve genuine distress.
°*, Citizan’’ has set a good exampie, which

should, and no doubt will, be followed,
but ail are not required to dive
go much. Anything that cap eo spared
will be recelved and an sffort will De msds
to raise a purse to help the unfor-
tunate. No amount of monsy which
all the citizens of St. Louis

shoas poor psonls for

+ 2e Dames f

could give would repay
the Joas they have sustained,no
gid gssuage thelr grief or
Dot-affiicted as they are, they should be
shielded from want. They have suffering
enough; they should not be permitted to
want for the necessaries of life. <A mother
a living,
‘peoples are willing to aid them
Agney wustsuffer. Officer Brady wasa bravs
nan, who “lost fhis life adsfending the
ace of the people, and the pneople owe it to
im thattbe wife, the mother, tne children
8 has ieft unprotected shouid be
eared for. His = xiliing was one of
the most infamous outrages that has stirred
the indignation of the people and they cannot
find a wore opportune time to show their
oharity than now.

‘ and upless th

ALTON, ILL. :

Karly Morning Woedding—Their Weunds Se-
rious—Items of Interest.

mil re a aaah .
LOS REE RR Le RE SE eR
eS Bah Sa ses 4 a“ ie Pe ee? Gore vin

in discharge of bia}

will}

lift thelr sorrow

trading became vsry There wera
Improved move

ment, Dut they were sipped in the bad Dy tne

inastive.
several attempts to sfart an

evidence of a recovery iu prices.
STOCKS BOLD FOR LIQUIDATION.

Most of the stook so offered came from those
who had bought im the expectation of a rise, |
and while cnwilliag io sei! ost a8 moca of a
loss, were disinclined to bold, and were ani-
lous to liquidate as soon as possible, but pot &

few of the rates wero made oa account of
European iavostors. It is anticipated that,
owing to the high prices of wheat: and corsa
and the uncertainty felt as to the effects of tne
Mckiniey bill,that there willfbe a considerable
withdrawal of English capital from
Amoerftan market during the next few
months, and that a large proportion of the
securities heia abread will be offered for sais.
RBFYFECTS OF THE TARIFF.

It 1s also predicted that the importers, who
have bought uausually heavy stocks from
abroad tn anticipation of the McKinley Dill
going into effect, will not selltbem at once,

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amount of stock thaj came ont at the silg Btest |

aid: Dut will bold them until the marxet is setiied,
* | and therefore that stocks will be sold
| able them to carry their stocxss.

to eB-
Altogether,
the outiook 1s balisved to be snceouraging %%
the Dear interest.

A Weas stack Mark et.

By Private Wire to Gaylord, Blessing & Co.

Nsw Yorx,9 a. —J3 waa romored last
orocizy that the special weakness ‘2 Lonuie-
ville 3 Nashville yester@ay was partiy doe to
sales tn iiquidation by a former prominent
offici{) of the road, who has bees fivancially

woakaned of lata by the deciine ia Ten-
Nesaee Coal & Iron and East Tenneasse
stocks. Alsoin Rock Island; buttne falling
off in the earnings and London selling, prob.
ably, was tho main factor. The forelgs
houses ao not agres, however,
about the cable order to
promineat German-American Bankers
swear Lonaon bougndt, altbough the stock did
decline under hammering process by profes
aional bears. The rally in Missour! Pacific
was partiy due to purcbases byGonuld’s friends,
who bad personal assurances from tne little
man on Sonday that It was not going down.

—CHIcaGO, l0a. m.—The talk here isthatsome
big interest is 8t. Paul, with whieh Armour
has no sympathy, has been compelled to iiqal-
date tothe great satisfaction of Mr. Armoar.
Bock Island bas made answer In the suit of
the Government for $200,000 of tolls on account
of tbe Missiour! River bridge, allegimg con-
tract for the free use of the bridge on pay-
mentof half coss of construction and half

cost repairs.
NEw YORX, 1]
Bays the actual earn
for September will be
mated statement given out
The old suit of Morris Jeasup against the
Tilinois Central and proprietary heirs has
been dscided by the United States Supreme
Courtinfavor of tne Illinois Central. The
practical effect of she Gscision is ts make
good bonds of the Cedar Falls & Minnesota

road.
11:20 a. m.—Howard

-20 a. m.—Treasurer Pardy
ings of the Hock lsiand
better than the essi-
afew days ago.

Lapsisy Donght 12,000
shares of Union Pacific tbpreugh broxers yes-
iocitav, said to be Lorn eal parties. O12

e Dullish.
mt ne opuere are indications that the
money market will soon be very tight bere

loans on —, col-

agalp; time
Jatteral are hard to make a8 per
many

cent. A good
this morning, the liquidation
short Interest is very small.
be but oge side to
are a sale on every iitzie rally.
12:10 p. m.—Banks are ca
pretty freely.
the money market about
neutralizes the efforts of the
put up prices. jt looks now
for money in the near forure.

contizues and
There seems to

like higher rates

Carondelet Jottings

Eaward Harris of Jefferson

: 6 Mrs.
inne and Mra. V. B.

City, Mo., are the guests of br.
8. Reber.

N rats

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sell, ;

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ao
ne Crown its represented

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ARTHUR DAY’S C
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ON TRIAL AT WELLAND, ONTARI
MURDER OF N13 WIF

The Tewn Filled With Curieas
Complete Case Against the Pr
Defeese te Try to Prove That
Committed Suicide—A Jary @
Secered—Day’s Sister on the

WELLAND, Ontario. Oct. 7.—Td
Arthur Day of Hoopnester for the m
wife on Juty 77, !ast, was Degun in

thie morning ovdefore Jas
by
Attorney-Gemeral F. ¥. B. Johns
the prisomer by Mr. Gortia of
Great Interest ies tazenin the cas
town is filled with curious Visi
Crowe has mage a very cos
againss the prisoner. The
defense will taxe, 13
will be aa attempt t
Gown Mrs. Quigtey’s evidenc
sbow that Mra. Day was insane an
fits of Gespondency. Tae defans
try to prove that Mra. Day a
times threatened to comms saicia

sbe Yolnatarily jumped over
Whea cosrt opeaed this
the court-room was fil.

nimost capacity.
occupied only a few miantss, ther
one challenges. The jurors are

The prisoner was caressed with
usnal care and wore 8 small fiow¢

tonhole. Mr. Johnstore opened t
the Crown. He teid the jury Drie
of tbe erime. His address occa;
five minutes.

DaY’S SIATER.

Mrs. Quigisy of Kochester, 8!
Prisoner, Was then aworn. Her an
slowly at first, bat as she proc:
Drighteped up and

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Erie Depot, waere we were join
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cution of Duncan at Clayton.

Famale Relatives-ofOfficials Were on
the Court-Housa.

THE ALAYRR OFGOFFICER BRADY MET
‘DBATH GAMRLY.

Zits Neek Erokem by the Fall—Wrangle
Between Depaty Sheriffs and Bt. Louis
Pelitcamen, Who Were Unabie to Get
3m te Wituess the Execution—Prese-

, Cating Attorney Mudd Says Durcan
’ Was Onty Guilty of Murder in the See-
| emd@ Degree and Shoure—- — Seve
; Been Maznged.

.
~

.Willfam Henry Harrison Duncan, a negro,
aged i years, was hanged at Clayton this
morning at 6:29 o’clockee. c-97™ ten
De was convicted wasthe murder of Police
Otiter James Brady in Starfs" saloon at 713
North Elsventh street. Duncan’s neck was
Broken. Four minutas after the Grop fell his
Pulte could not be felt and in precisely ten
Minutes after the drop fall he was pro-
Bounced Gead by Coroner M. W. Caster.
Duncan met his fate without filnching.

WOMEN VIEW IT.

Several women relatives of the officials
Were on the roof ofthe Court-houss and wit-
Bessed the sxecution. - a

There wore three women and several boys
fin the crowd on the roof. They were in such
@ position tbat they could see all that took
place on the scaffold. Their eyas seemed
riveted on the door, througn which they ex-
pected Duncan to come when he was
being taksn to the scaffold. They all

wa}

D n’s legs.. The condemned man
wa@hed the process closely and ssemed to
be mewnat concerned about his personal

ap ance.

'_ BHABBILY aTrTrmzp.
Hé was dressed in a well-worn
bro coat, which was glossy and

th bare at the sibows. His

lighScolored trousers were 11)-fttihg and his
sh had several holes Inthem. When he
Camp from hiscell he wore a bine cap, but
thacCwas removed when he came to the place
wheve he was about to ate.

B¥.a gesture Deputy Sheriff Hiencxsnr in-
dicgted to Duncan that he desired him to
pero bong nr trap err yee gr toox a couple

eps to one side and toox his place
bab lc ; : om the

‘ ve you anything to say?**® askea De
uty Spertf Hencken just before
the Mack cap. ' _—

**EDaven’t got nothin’ to say,”’ said Dun-

can,and then he added, **steady me.*’
- ADinatant afterward he was Cangling at
the dad of the rope, for DeputySherif Heacx-
en polled the cap over the negro’s face
and then stepped to the lever, pnuiling it
before tnose on thse scaffold realized that
anything more than the preliminary prepa-
rations were made, The oody reboubded
moore than is customary, for Duncan was an
unusmally nNeavy man. He weighed 1295'4
pounds and was dropped seven fset.

WRANGLE OUTSIDE.

While the body was hanging several per-
sons who had not deen admitted promptly
became involved Inan animated discussion
with Deputy Sherif Hanckxen and some loud

words were heard.

For some reason some ons present on the
ecaffold shouted and many on the outside of
the . Wno did not know that the exoeu-
tion had already taken place, fancied that
they had heard Duncan’s Geath cry. The
rope wastnut, and that part of it whieh was
above the trap-door showed very llttle vi-
bration.

~ Wa RESIGNED.

Duaras seemed to realize last night that
he had to hang this morning sure, and never
inquired ifthe Governor had granted him a
stay or commuted his sentence. He toox
matters vwery coolly, refused to make any

statement farther tdan to say that
he was innocent, and spent
his night closeted with * nis

Fr. McErilans, ~. J.. and
reaGing ils Bible. The Only person who had
any chat with him Guring the night besides
the priest was his bosom friend, Charles Mc-
Donald. McDonald said that Jouncan was
more deeply imprassed with his raligion
twuer—25F7 man he ever saw. He
seemed fortified, MeDoualad = said, by
the assurance that his soul was saved
and that he was fully prepared to meat his
Maxer, McDonald sald Duncan would not
talk abouttne crime nor anything related
thereto, saying 1! the was convinced that
everytbing was attied now ard that ft
woula notdo ni: /any good to discuss the
matter. °‘He iw ildonly talk about relig-
jon,’® said Mopciald. °**He said *Charbe,
when I’m gone, § wart you tp take good care
of my prayer-book, and whenl bid Bvod-bye
he gs@id: ‘Good-bye, Charlie, meet mo in
beaven.’ 3° ‘

Duncan had a numberof visitors yester-
day. Two Sisters of Mercy @ccom panied his
sister, Mrs. Barbura Jor .1son. when she
came out to see him for the Iast time yester-
day morning, and the three re.
mained with him uatil 3 o’ clock
yesteruny afternoon. Later in
the afternoon his brother, Luther Duncan.

spirttual adviser,

walled on him, and the condem‘ed mao told
ie es :

a a? ~ © hee

o’cloc® Sunday trom the homeof
parents az 1403 North Kieventn st
WHERE THR EXECUTION TOOK
Tb*® 8Xecution took place in t
way tDAt leads from the jall to
nowse. The accompanying
snows the Coaaty Coart- Rousse
southwest. The domed edifice ts
Douse proper, the bullding to th
pew jail and the smail strusture in
tne old jail. Between this old
courft-house can be observed a
nectiAg strocture with arcned
windows and it was the
Duncan breathed his inst. Tig
of this structure is Dricx-wanhed a
with three fron-graied Windo
side. The lower floor is open and
sists of a board caring
prick pMlars on sach  sice
three archeG @oorways. The tra
which Duncan fell wascutin th
separated these upper and to
ments. Dancan aimply walked
his cell to the middie of
closure, a Deputy Sherif? pals
lever which iocosensd the e
which supported
ing @& space fonur.
doors opened bacxwarad and
and the negro’s body shot thro
narily his body would have Gang

the two arched doorway s—
rT only ten Teet
full view of all wh

congregate on the Court-honse
to avoid such a shocking spectsa

Garrett had erected a boa
twaeaty feet nigh on
of the ‘**gallows’’ Arenainy

jall to the Coart-bouse, whicd
snot of the hanging from the
those who were not within the en
the Court-house winCovws or on its

MURBAY AFVECTED BY THE HA
James Murray, ons of the t
brothers, coloved, charged with
of young Fitzswilliams, seemed
affscted by the exeention, Ja

who ts confined in the Clayto
already Deen convicted and is andi
tohang. The execution was an
gon which made him realize more
approaching fate. When he was

tellbe was restiess, trritable an
Dut he refused absclutsiy to sa
about his case or tO taix abdout tb
of Duncan. ;

NOT MURDER IN THE FIRST DE:

The county residents dia not
forces to see the execution. M
thoroughly believe nim guilty o
the first Gegree. i. Le

the conunty’s prosecuting atto:
with’ Judes Crester H. Kram
fur tye State in Doth of buncan’s
Mosz optspoksen in his assertions
Can ghould never have been
murdger1p the frst Gegree. °*!:
Should never have been hanged,
Herze]} sad Attorneys Warfidsd an
two of our Most prominent eri
yers, agree With me. When Ly
trieg@ tbe Court should have inst
Jury for morder Inthe second re
One point the ( cort
Stroct for morder
Second Geagree, but this was no {ns
ail, agit did not define wnat mur
Secon Gexsree was. There was
all in the evidence to show the
Sraqy In cold Dluvd. ton the co
testimony proved that buncan
When three pullcemen were tr
Him J] donot want toappear BB
crime, for 1 Ddeiieve
> - ~s


. Clayton Court-House—Scene of the Hanging. 2

Se aftsr 6 o’clock Sharif C. C. Garratt
went to Dencan’sceall. He found him in con-
verzation with Fr. McEriane, who. had re-
maine@ with him all nignt and had en-
S2ayoreda to propare,Dancan for the fate that
awaited him.. Whon Sharif Garrett antered
tha gal Duncan lcoxksd up =- and
thera seemsd to Bde a combined

3Rpreesion cf st™pectation and fear on his
“suntem|ancs. Ga ingpized ins law Yone of
ip, MeSriane if it wast time to go to the gal-
‘378 and upga heariag °28 sententions reply
mot yee? Se arewa iong broath of relief.
Vauni2? Garret? than said to him that he had
toga torcad the death warrant and asxed
usceaa to give him Dis attention while he
Tead 3. Dancan after consulting
fr, UcEriane told Sheriff Garrett that
he would waive ths reading of the death
warrant and added that he di@ not want to
gs@tbe paper. Sherif Garrett then walxred
away from the call and weat-tcowsrdc the
ataicia.

Tz sIsyaLn ]

Yr. McLrtang, it is said, had deen told tha

, pherxi® Garrets’a appsarance.—s_—iwrilt
“S$he Meath warrant... would = sig:
at ity  trat all was reacy  . and

th Sn Aatormined netto prolong Dancan’s sut-
“3 fartag, Jia cesoad Dancaal? be was seady,
34g 2Ro fongerwned Man gait that he was.
- ” apg y MbeTity Monewrsn and Gerpard:, ota
* “jeog trom Fr. MeRriaae ateppsd zcrsard.

: jlanstea piniecncd Daacan’s arms, aad thon

* guirttuar adviser in’ froat of aim, Duncan
maixed tothe scaffold. He id not falter,
‘° g3q3 gaameda to De munch relevsd that the
<. gat pact of the awful ordeal. was Degan. -

: Deneaa showad no Dravado, His oncon-
S3rned damaanor. which.he manifestsd all
Ygat night badieft him and when, ha. stood

‘not admilttad, said: . i

with a Jepusy on each side of hia acd ols.

| Belts BN

dia nct become unnerved, but want rvery
calmly to meet his dsath. ,
POLICEMEW FAILED TO GET IB.

A number of persons who had been tnvited
to attend the execution were unable to get
in the smal] inclosursatths bottom of the
scafold<or on the gallows. ,

They “stood at the outer door of the jal),
expecting every Moment that they woald be
adcmitisd. They were greatly disgusted and
many imprecations were Deard when the
arop felt. :

Those who had attended axocutions before

realizes what ths noise was, Dut others
imagined it 20 de a Dile
of boards falling. Among those

who did not get in were the following named
mambers of the Metropolitan police forces:
Sergt.: King, OMcers> Gaffney, Maloney,
Hagerman, Hunt, Stinger and Schaviscicx.
Sheri Garrett, whea asked wby they were

‘*I was in suct a Nurry out, in fact, was
nervous, thaticould scarcely think of any-
thing at all except the execution itself. I
would gladly have sdmittsd the oficersif I
had thopgnht about !t.*’ - {

| .,f DISPOSITION OF THE BOD.
The “hody was not cat’ down moti] 6:53]
o’clocs;’ Ccroner Caster said that he weald
not hoida formal inquest. When the diack
cap Was removed from ths Gsad man’s head

there trere no indications ttat he suffered
great Azony. The thick Ups were parted,
Plainly exposing the glistening teeth,and his
face Was no more livid than it was wien the
ype 4 CAD was adjusted Defors he was
anged...._.. fat oid . i.
Tho rope, heworer, cut his neck sod tere
were small clots of Diced about thes abrasisn.
The physicians present, Wo were somewhat
uzzled at not being a t2 7esi his pulse
our minutes afrer ths drop fell, acvised
Shorif! Garrett not td have the body cat down
unthi some time had elapsed... 1t was leit
hangiig twenty-seven ainutes.. Then Coro.
nay Cagser Tiewsd -tre. body. and turned it

over tetne Gtad msa*s cousin, URaries Mo-

: be it 29, St. Louis: ia

posi

Harry Duncan shot (dicer James 5

‘eath ‘N a pitched daitio between
Gaffney, Maloney, Copnors and Brad
murcerous band of negroes, whic
piace about 9o’clock p. m. Oct. @, 14
biliard-foom abdove Starke’s ne}
Nort] Elevanth strest. Volley '
of abots’ were fred by both sides,

was sevlousty hurt except brady.
face Wa8 furrowed with Gullets, bu:
nately allof them grazed the sar
can had two wounds.

cMcer Gatney was first tavolwed,
Gered a riotous crowd of pegroes
gated in front of Charies Starze’s
disperse or get into the saloon. He
to the gfound twice. Gaffney fired t
in the air to attract other oiic
plunged into the saicon in pursuit of
sailants,

The Degroes ran up-stairea into the t
room. Gaffney followed and was
by the gang. who beat him with Dill
knocked him down and prutally Zicz
Harry Duncan got his revolver, Af
ment OfMcers Maloney and Connors
They immediately opened Are upon
groes. The negroes returned it, at;
ume hy or unuer billard tabiss
hind the Dar. ‘

omicor Brady arrived a minute
the Dring began, He saw atwoce tt
buncaa was the most cdangerouso
urces and singled Dim oat for a cto!
the death. ..

Brady ran straight tothe dar, from
cover Duncan was firing, piaced one
the ralland reacning a3 faras he cox
at Duncan. Dunas .ais60 Dimself
emptied hia revolver paint Dlank in }
Dreast. °-

CfMicers Maloney 224 Connors overy
and arrested Duncan almost tmmz
after Brady falt. That anded the
Duneas had a DJollat wound In tpe th!

other im ths lp. Urady’s wou
Girsctiy - Deneath the Tight
Braais wes 31 vears oid

excoptionally capable and fearless
He leit a young wife and two childrer
The testimony at ths tnquest nx
crime 3 Duncan despite his den
other testined that Harry b
answer to their demand that ne thro:
bands and surrender was caths and
Lather Duacan, Coarles McCiellan,. ns
row and WUltam Collins wsre arrested
with Harry Duncan, .

-FOBTY DAYS IX
: . _ ae
Tre Twe Virss of the Filicasa 2
Punished dy the Ueits¢ srates |
Cuicaco, DL, Jaly 71.—Richard 2
And “Award Ehcces, ths first of ths
to be punished here for tar
srowingouto? the Pullman heycot
sentenced to forty Gays tn ki

Sudge Gresscup of: the: United &tat
to-day, The msn were hey

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tempt fe sure for zt
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Capital Punishment
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Execution Passes

The images below are "passes" issued to the last three executions in Dunklin
County, Missouri. The originals belong to Mr. Ed Mead of Kennett, Missouri, and were
issued to his father, Miller Kitchell. I'd like to express my appreciation to Mr. Mead for
permission to include these images here. The Pass to the execution of Fred Adams
was one of one thousand issued. For an account of Adams’ execution, click here.

Present This Card for Admission
Kennett, Mo., January 8, 1906.
Miller Kitchell is hereby appointed
by me as a guard to serve at the
execution of LOUIS EATON, at
Kenntt, Missouri, at 1 o'clock in
the afternoon, January 11, 1906.
Not Transferable.

“tg ke “= This will admit M. Kitchell,

a a » Holcomb, Mo To Witness the

nn ett Cttatids. dee Execution of C.D. WARD, Which
re WShoox the Beextion of 3h 2, wine. wens BM WW Hew <r Be % Will be Held at the Dunklin .

: Jakke Tare Seid te Were Mewar ay - County Jail in Kennett, Missouri.

he Weiday, August 36, 19%, 5300 am, « Friday, August 16, 1935, 8:00

SEAS, sas 2° Se wes ceva a.m. This Ticket is not

; _ transferable and will admit only

= the person to whom issued: the
number is registered and ticket is
valid only when signed by ?77 F.
Donaldson, Sheriff, and must be
countersigned by person to whom

issued.

This will Admit M. C. Kitchell To
Witness the Execution of FRED
ADAMS, Which Will Be Held at
the Dunklin County Jail in
Kennett, Missouri. Friday, April 2,
1937, 8:00 A. M. This ticket is not
transferable and will admit only

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the person to whom issued; the
number is registered and ticket is
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Miles, Sheriff, and must be
countersigned by the person to
whom issued.

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404 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

looted of $16,000 and $12,000 in nonnegotiable bonds. No attempt was
made to follow the robbers, nor was there any attempt to raise a posse by
Sheriff Thomas Burch, who explained that “he had been ill for the past
week.” As one townsman put it, “The robbers blew the vault, blew the
safe, blew out of town and got enough money to blow themselves.” 2

The violent blast had been felt for miles around Union, stopped the
clock in the town square at 1:26, and tossed several people out of beds.
More than fifty .45-caliber cartridges were collected near the spot where
the lone gunman had calmly hurrahed the sleeping town.

The bank, a member of the American Bankers Association—the Agency
was still representing it—notified the St. Louis Pinkerton office, and Op-
erative Charles J. Schumacher was assigned. Schumacher, brother of the
superintendent of the Pinkerton Chicago office, arrived in Union late the
same day. After studying the remnants of the vault door, he informed St.
Louis that the robbery was obviously the work of a professional who had
used nitroglycerine. From St. Louis came dozens of photographs of known
professional “yegg” burglars, transient tramp robbers who had taken the
place of the traditional outlaw train and bank robbers in the 1890’s and
early 1900’s. Schumacher painstakingly showed the Rogues’ Gallery pho-
tographs to the townspeople who had watched the robbers at work, but
none could identify them.

For the next several days Schumacher toured neighboring towns and
villages, questioning hotel men, livery-stable owners, saloonkeepers,
merchants, and clerks to see if they had noticed any strangers in town
during the week of the robbery. In St. Clair, Schumacher found a livery-
stable owner who had rented a buggy and horse “to a young man who
explained he once lived in Union and wanted to visit some friends.” In
Union a hardware merchant belatedly recalled the young stranger in the
buggy who had stayed in town overnight, turned in his horse to a local
livery to be returned to St. Clair, and then had set out on foot, “follow-
inging the Frisco tracks to Stanton.” Before the stranger had left town,
the merchant told Schumacher he had observed him studying the bank.

Schumacher hired a horse, and rode to Stanton, where the sheriff told
him that the description of the young stranger fitted Bill Rudolph, the
“Missouri Kid,” who lived with his mother, father, and sister in an old
miner’s boardinghouse outside town. “He’s the worst I’ve ever saw,” the
lawman told Schumacher. “If he wasn’t shooting somebody’s hogs for
devilment, he was in other scrapes. When we went for him he was never
home.” Several years before, the sheriff said, the county had been
shocked by the brutal robbery of an old farm couple. The robbers had
tortured the old people with white-hot pokers to force them to reveal
the hiding place of their supposedly buried money, later revealed to be
a backwoods myth. Rudolph was suspected, but vanished soon after the
crime, and had not been seen since, the sheriff said.

Schumacher, in the disguise of a hunter, took up lodging in a local

The Blackest of Days 405

boardinghouse, and began roaming about the countryside. He discovered
that Rudolph had returned with a younger companion named Fred
Lewis.

Schumacher, like every Pinkerton operative, knew William Pinker-
ton’s firm rule to listen to local gossip because it might contain a lead.
Over the boardinghouse table he learmed that “Old Man” Rudolph had
bought a suit and a new hat for himself and a gown for his wife. The
trivial incident was the talk of the backwoods, the landlady explained
to Schumacher, because the older Rudolph, since they had first come to
the county, had not bought his wife a new hat, much less a gown.

Schumacher decided to visit the Rudolph place, which was three miles
from Stanton. On a late afternoon, shotgun over his shoulder, he ap-
proached the lonely, weatherbeaten house built on a small rise. At his
repeated knocking, the door swung open and a pretty young girl asked
what he wanted. Schumacher said he was a hunter who had been out
all day without much luck and wished to buy some supper. A. man
suddenly appeared behind the girl, stared at Schumacher for a moment,
then invited him into the house. Before the door closed behind him,
the operative knew he was facing Bill Rudolph. Sitting off to one side
was Fred Lewis, who nodded silently. The elder Rudolph, a reticent
backwoodsman, said little. His wife, “‘a woman worn with years,” offered
to serve Schumacher supper for fifty. cents.

It was a terse meal. Rudolph insisted that Schumacher remove the
shells from his shotgun “because a loaded gun makes me nervous.” They
watched the Pinkerton operative as he ate, ignoring most of his small
talk. As Schumacher later told the sheriff, he felt that at any moment
he might be shot. When he finally left, the Missouri Kid and Lewis
stood in the doorway to watch Schumacher make his way across the
fields. :

That night Schumacher told the-sheriff he was sure the pair were the
Union bank robbers. While there was no prima facie evidence to enable
him to take them into custody, he reminded the sheriff of the old torture-
robbery charge, and a warrant was sworn out for Rudolph’s arrest.

The next day Schumacher, the sheriff, and three deputies rode out to
the Rudolph house. Before they could dismount, shots rang out, and
a deputy slipped from his saddle. Schumacher swung down and started
to run toward the man. There were several more shots, and Schumacher
fell, wounded in the stomach and groin. The rest of the posse, including
the fallen deputy, who was later described as ‘‘scared not hurt,” rode off
into the woods, leaving Schumacher to crawl toward a rail fence. Inside
the house someone called out, “That damn detective isn’t dead yet!”

“Well, I'll make sure he is,” Rudolph cried, and ran outside to fire
five more shots into Schumacher’s body. “I hope the son of a bitch is a
Pinkerton detective,” Rudolph said when he returned to the house.
“That’s one I wanted to get.”


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Detectives Farrell, Butler and other of
Chief Ryan’s men took up various points
of vigil, such as rooms that afforded view
of the questionable establishments, for a
distance of several blocks.

On a night in March, almost three
months after the bank crime, Pinkerton
Operative Davis, standing in a doorway
across the street from a suspected house,
saw two figures entering the place who
immediately interested him. He could
not see the faces of the men, but their
forms were clearly silhouetted by a hall
light as they were admitted into the
house, One was tall, the other short and
chunky. The general appearance of the
men was not the only thing that made
Davis think that the mystery was rap-
idly approaching a climax. Just before
the two visitors had crossed the threshold,
they had glanced around furtively, as if
to make certain that they were not being
observed.

AVIS flashed the word to the other

watchers, and in a short time Pink-
ertons and local police detectives had the
place completely surrounded.

It was four o'clock in the morning be-
fore the shorter of the two for whom
the sleuths were waiting appeared. He
was alone. Davis and City Detective
Butler were upon him before he realized
it. Each man-hunter grabbed one of the
suspect’s arms. Then Davis, with his-
free right hand, began to frisk him. The

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prisoner had been carrying two loaded
revolvers in holsters attached to a waist
strap.

Superintendent Dougherty and City
Detective Farrell rushed into the house.
They dashed from room to room, At
length, on the second floor rear, they

opened a door and stood face to face -

with Willie Rudolph. At the moment,
the fugitive was in the act of strapping
a revolver holster to his clothing. He
knew instantly what was up. His right
hand whipped out the gun, but at the
same time Farrell leaped into the air
and lunged at him. The detective and
the killer crashed to the floor. As they
did so, the latter’s revolver clattered from
his hand. Dougherty picked up the
weapon and stuffed it into his overcoat
pocket.

The prisoners were returned to St. Louis
where they were. locked up in Four Courts
Prison to await trial. Rudolph, having
obtained permission to leave his cell for
the purpose of getting a shave, made a
daring escape by jumping through a sky-
light to the roof of the prison building
and sliding sixty feet to the ground
by means of an electric wire hanging
down from the building. Using a stolen
bicycle, he rode to Baden where he found
a small rowboat, and before nightfall
he was in Illinois.
sHaving been tried at Union, Missouri,
for his participation in the Union Bank
robbery and subsequent murder of Detec-

tive Schumacher, Ladieu, alias LaPlant,
alias George Collins was sentenced to be
hanged—and the sentence was later car-
ried out.

No trace could be found of William
Rudolph after his escape from Four

Courts Prison. However, a picture of
one Charles Gorney, who was convicted
for the robbery of a safe at Louisburg.
Kansas, subsequent to the Rudolph escape,
and sentenced to the penitentiary at
Lansing. Kansas, was sent to  Wilham
Pinkerton in New York City. Pinkerton
identified Gorney as Rudolph.

Arrangements were made to have
Rudolph, alias Gorney, pardoned by the
Governor of Kansas, in order that he
might be returned to Missouri to stand
trial for the murder of Schumacher. The
pardon was granted.

The convict was taken to Kansas City
in a special electric car, because prison
officials feared that if they waited for
the regular scheduled train, Rudolph’s at-
torney might get time to institute habeas
corpus proceedings to prevent the pris-
oner from being taken out of Kansas. At
Kansas City, he was placed in a regular
train and taken to St. Louis. where he
was again lodged in a cell at the Four
Courts Prison.

Rudolph was convicted and sentenced
to hang. The hangman made a mis-
calculation in the drop and the convicted
man was not pronounced dead until thir-
teen minutes after the trap was sprung.

Ellery Queen’s Favorite Detective Mystery

One day passed into another. There had
been a crime wave and newspapers were
jabbing at “police inefficiency,” using this
case as an example. Colgan and Hickey
began to dread coming back to Head-
quarters to report no progress. The feel-
ing was growing that perhaps Mr. X was
just another victim of a bootlegging war.
But both in Brooklyn and Manhattan,
police informers agreed there had been no
“executions” lately.

Colgan and Hickey began a methodical
checkup on the Missing Persons list. Most
of the prospects were eliminated at once be-
cause they were women and children. This
left a dozen men who had been reported
missing recently by wives or other relatives.

The first visit by the detective pair was
to the home of a woman who had asked
police on March 25th—two days before
the thigh was found—to find her husband.

When she understood the sleuths’ mis-
sion, she called, “Hey, Jimmy.”

A man appeared.

“That's him,” she said. “We had a fight
—but he came back himself the next day.”

That was the way it went, as the detec-
tives wearily made their rounds. Before
long, every prospect had been eliminated.

“T don't get it,’ Hickey said dejectedly.
“We've got to find a murderer when we
don’t even know who was murdered.
That’s working backwards, with nothing to
start from.”

“T know what’s wrong,” Colgan muttered.
“Tt was an inside job. When a human
being vanishes, there’s usually somebody
to report him missing. Nobody reported
this fellow’s disappearance. Why?  Be-
cause somebody didn’t want to—the same
person who's probably telling friends right
now that hubby went away on a trip.
I'll bet vou there’s a two-timing wife and
her boy friend mixed up in this.”

That was the way things stood on
March 30th. three days after salesman
Diaz made his discovery.

Deep in Brooklyn, two miles from the °

Williamsburg Bridge, a laborer was at

May. 1941

(Continued from page 9)

work in the yard of the Newton Lumber
Company, at the foot of Stagg Street and
Newton Creek. He was lifting two lengths
of pine lumber from a small pile when
his hand touched something strange.

Dropping the half-raised boards, he
peered behind them. .In the shadows, he
saw something carelessly wrapped in or-
dinary brown paper—something — that
looked shockingly like a human torso.

With a white face, he ran to the yard
office and babbled to the clerk what he
had seen. A phone call to Police Head-
quarters brought a speeding squad car.
The bundle was dropped off at the
morgue and the laborer taken on to
Headquarters.

There, he told how he had found the
package—and one thing more.

“Tt couldn’t have been there four
days ago,” he said, “because I piled
the lumber there then.”

This bolstered the police guess that the
same torso case was involved, and Detec-
tives Colgan and Hickey went to the
morgue. Dr. Marten would have the final
say.

“Yes,” he said, “it’s from the same body.
The same evidence of skilful butchery.
The same fleshy victim—age, weight, blood
type, evidence of intoxication.”

“Anything else, Doc?” Colgan asked
eagerly, “for identification?”

Marten shrugged. “It’s a torso without
scars, tattoo marks or anything like. that.
It’s minus the arms, legs, head and upper
left sections of the body. No hands—
and therefore no chance of getting the
fingerprints. If we even had the head,
that might be the turning point, because
if the teeth showed the work of a dentist,
you might be able to check dentists and
discover the name of this patient.”

As the detective pair were preparing to
leave Headquarters the next morning, they
got word that more torso parts had been
found, and were being studied at the
morgue. They rushed to the little building
and found Marten washing his hands.

“Ts it the head, Doc?” Hickey asked
eagerly.

“No, nor fingertips either. But from the
same body all right. This new bundle
contained a leg, the other thigh, and parts
of both arms. It was found on East
River bank, at the foot of Grand Street,
a block from Williamsburg Bridge, on the
Brooklyn side.”

“Tt beats me,” Colgate commented,
“how each package is near water but not
in it—as if the butcher planned to sink
each package in the water but just didn’t
bother about doing it.”

“What puzzles me,” the Medical Ex-
aminer said, “is that this person was so
unimportant in life that nobody seems
to have missed him.

,

“TF DON’T know who he was,” Marten

continued, “but he doesn’t seem to
have been a common laborer. Maybe he
was a somebody, maybe not. Personally,
I don’t care. It’s the challenge of the
thing— I simply refuse to believe that
a person can be hacked up so thoroughly
that even his identity is erased.”

The detectives continued their drudgery,
visiting hangouts of every type in search
of somebody who would say, “Yes, I
know a fellow with that description, he
seems to have disappeared.” No luck.

Dr. Marten telephoned Headquarters
daily and each time heard the pessimistic
words, “No developments, Doc.”

But when he phoned on April 12th, he
heard, ‘Yep, it’s on the way to you
morgue now, Doc.”

“Tt” was a human pelvis, skilfully sawed
by the devil’s hand, which had been found
in a vacant lot near a Glendale cemetery.
The fragment was wrapped in a white bath
towel upon which there was not a trace
of a laundry mark nor any _ indication
where it had been bought.

The police had doubts about the value
of this discovery. For one thing, it had
been found four miles from Wilhamsburg
Bridge. And also, although sixteen days

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5/8/1905,

THE PINKERTONS*

| The

Detective

ynasty
That

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History

| by
JAMES U. HORAN

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402 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

a superb detective, for the task. For months, Geyer, a human blood-
hound, traced the erratic journey of Holmes from city to city, through
real-estate agents, hotel and boardinghouse keepers, trainmen, and livery-
stable operators. His journey ended in a Toronto cellar, where he dug up
the bodies of the Pitezel children.

When his Toronto office telegraphed him the news, Robert Pinkerton
wired to William, who alerted the Chicago police. Operative Frank Wind,
who had helped slove the Dr. Meyers insurance ring, another famous Vic-
torian murder case, accompanied Chicago detectives on their search of the
Holmes Castle. With candles casting wavering shadows on the dusty walls,
and the empty house echoing with their footsteps, Wind and the detec-
tives explored the strange labyrinth of dead-end stairways and suffocating,
windowless rooms. A portion of Wind’s report reads:

We found a trap door leading to the cellar. Extending to the base-
ment was a wooden chute leading to a lime kiln about six feet long and
three feet deep. In the rear of the kiln was an opening where anything
that was not consumed could be raked out. There was a barrel with
extra heavy iron hoops which we discovered contained acid. There
were also ties connected to the Englewood City Water Company. This
was the water Holmes sold to the Chicago residents for ten cents a
drink. There were a great deal of human bones and parts of a female
body.”

For the next few days Wind and the Chicago police dug out the
cellar. Baskets were filled with charred bones, women’s and children’s
clothing. A gold watch chain and metal buttons from a woman’s dress
were taken to Fort Worth by the Pinkertons, where a jeweler identified
the chain as one he had sold to Minnie Williams, and friends said the
metal buttons were identical to those of her favorite dress.

In Philadelphia, Holmes told a weird story of how Minnie had killed
her sister in a fight over his affections. To protect her, he had sent her
to Europe and sunk Nannie’s body in a western lake. He had “forgotten”
the name of the lake, he told detectives and ‘“‘wasn’t sure” where the other
sister was staying in Europe. He kept changing his confession until at
last he admitted that the burned corpse found in the Callowhill Street
office was Pitezel’s body. His partner had died, he insisted, in a benzine
explosion touched off by an ash from his pipe. .

The sensational newspaper stories about the gruesome discoveries 1m
the Holmes Castle brought to the Pinkerton offices numerous tips and
clues that were turned over to Graham. Months of investigation produced
a harrowing tale of Holmes’s butchery of women and children from
Toronto to Chicago.

On May 7, 1896, Holmes was hanged in Philadelphia. On the day be-
fore his execution, he confessed. to murdering twenty-seven women an
children. The Pinkertons and Chicago and Philadelphia police had 4¢
counted for twelve. The others were unknown.

CHAPTER 4g
The Blackest of Days

Ti. Pinkertons always dreaded a day
when they received word that one of their own had been killed in the
performance of his duty. William once wrote:

Every day when I come to the office that dread hangs over me. In
our business we daily meet men and women who are carrying arms. If
they are guilty of a crime it is our duty to turn them over to the law.
Few submit to the hand on the shoulder. The first thought they have is

to use their concealed weapon, uppermost in their mind is how they
can kill you and go free. . . 1 aa

One such day came in 1902, in the wake of a bank robbery that brought
back “Memories of the Missouri Bandit Days,” as the headline of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch observed. In the early hours of December 28th, two
men on horseback rode into Union, Missouri, the county seat of Franklin
County, about fifty-five miles of St. Louis. One took a position across
the street, while the other quickly jimmied open the bank's door. Min-
utes later, a roar shook the small town. As windows flew up, and men
ran out of their houses, the man across from the bank opened fire with
a six-shooter. One citizen answered with his rifle, but was silenced when
the bank robber shattered his window. Townspeople who peered through
their curtains could see a man stumble through clouds of brownish smoke
airige out of the bank door. He threw some heavy sacks across the
; c of his horse, and then was joined by the other man, who sprayed the
ouildings with bullets before riding off into the darkness.

When the people of Union finally emerged, they found the bank’s vault

403


Crump Writes
Last Letter
to Newspaper

_ Negro Who Will Hang at Montgom-
| ery City Presents Case to Public

Thru St. Louis Argus :

= Dob / G&G oe

James’ Crump, negro murderer of
| Sheriff Chal Blum, who will be
jhanged at Montgmery City Friday,
‘has written his last letter to the St.

Louis Argus, negro publication in:
which he presents his case to the

public. A copy of the letter has
been received by The Intelligencer.
It follows: i
~ “T want to call the attention of the}
public to the true facts which I now!
relate, to show tothe public that I
‘did the shooting in self defense.
‘When Mr. Blum first fired five shots
iat me, while I was fleeing, one shot
| took effect and I fell to my knee. I
then regained consciousness and
j drew my revolver and fired three
; Shots: back. To prove. that I did
; this in self defense, take the state-
jments of Dr. Strode and Dr: Carl,
‘the first two gentlemen to examine
his wounds. They testified for the
state and said: ‘A man with such a
wound could not live over 36 sec-
onds;’ and it looks impossible for me
to have shot him first because of the
distance from the place where his
voice was first heard and the place
where his body was found. It was
impossible for him to have drawn his
revolver and staggered 50 feet over
four railroad tracks. This shows
that I did the shocting after T was
' shot. ;
| “Listen, readers Read carefully!
: The doctors stated that this man
could not have lived over 36 seconds,
therefore he must have shot me first.
i. “The next statement’ I want to
jmake is this: Two railroad employes,
“Mr. Haniilton aad Mr. Acuff, stated
‘in the presence of Prosecuting At-
‘tortiey Hollingsworth = and’ five
other officers and spectators, that
“they did not see me in the railroad
tvard that night; gnd at my trial Mr.
| Hamilton and Mr. Acuff testified
i for the state. Mr. Acuff at that
time declared that when he attempt-
ed to throw the switch, I shot out
ithe light, but at neither of my trials
did they profuce the switch light
glass for evidence.

“Calling your attention back to
j the night this trouble occurred, the
said Mr. Acuff and Mr. Hamilton
came into the. Prosecutor’s office and
T said, ‘Ask Mr. Hamilton and Mr.
Acuff if they saw me in the switch
Seas that night.’ Their reply was
‘No, we have not seen him tonight.’
For what reason would these gentle-
‘men get on the stand and swear my
life away? About things T did not.
do, and things they did not see, they
really rewarded me evil. and for
what?

“J would like for the public to
answer. As I’ve had respect for
each and every one and treated each
and every one as a gentleman to the
best of my knowledge, as I was a
citizen of that town about 15 years,
and this is the first’ time that I’ve
caused the officials or officers any
trouble; as I’ve lived respectably
among my associates, Negroes and
whites, throughout the period of
time of 15 years—and as I am so
unfortunate as to be in this trouble,
and as the time is drawing near, the
days and hours passing by, I am on
tha marev af the neonle to save me

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CRUMP, INTERVIEWE D BY INTEL LIGENCER
IN ST. LOUIS JAIL, NOT AFRAID TO DIE

BUT DIDN'T GET SQUARE DEAL, HE SAYS

DEN SAYS.

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| NEGRO SENTENCED TO HANG IN MONTGOMERY CITY NEXT
' FRIDAY SAYS HE PROBABLY WON’T APPEAL TO BAKER—
HAS VIRTUALLY GIVEN UP HOPE OF BEING SAVED FROM
HANGMAN’S NOOSE; HAS B EEN A MODEL nites WAR-

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By H. CY RIXEY

' .
i |When James Crump, convicted
:tuurderer of Sheriff Chal Blum of

| Audrain county at Mexico, Fehruary
/10, 1924, pays with his life on the
‘gallows at Montgomery City Fri-
.day, for the crime, he will die un-
i afraid and with the belief that he
Was not given q square deal,
' Crump, visited Saturday by the
writer in the Municipal jail at St.
; Louis where he has been held since
| the murder, was in high spirits and
appeared to have an “I don’t care
| feeling’—he said that the thought
that he had only a few more days to
live did not cause him to lose any
sleep. \
The negro, cailed by Warden Mel-
ville C. Lefman, from his tier where
he stays with twenty or ihirty other
negroes, some of them murderers,
‘did not recognize the writer and at
first thought the authorities had
come to take him back to the place
where he wil] die. He was nervors
and his eyes flasked with eagerness
t» Know what was about to hansen?
And when he learned that it was
only a newspaper man, ke appeared
more calm. He was clad only in his
trousers and wore a cap. which he
twisted nervously during the inter-
rogation that followed at » table at
one side of the visiting room.
On the other side of the
seated on a bench, was Leon
_liams, another negro, whe will be
hanged the same day as Crump. Te
“Was praying and iistenings to a min-
ister of the Gospel read the scrip-
“j tures. Williams was
ldie for the murder of a St.
‘soft drink parlor proprieter
i execution will be carried out in the
i St. Louis jail,
| Crump frequently turned his eyes
ito Williams and the picture that the
; negro and his minister presented
‘seemed to impress upon him more
| than he had realized heforc, what
would happen to him within a week.
i Crump has heen visited by a min-
lister of the gospel only occasionally,
|aecording to the jailers, and at those
times, he has appeared to be disin-
i terested in what. was said to him.
| The negro, at first was hesitant
jto talk to the writer—he doesn’t like

room,

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* LOCAL PASTOR TO *
: WALK WITH CRUMP *
a The Rey. C. F. Collins, pas-

* tor of the Colored Methodist

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Episcopal church, received a
message Monday from Jim
Crump, through Sheriff C.
M. Fox, asking him to walk
to the gallows with him at
Montgomery City next Fri-
day. Rev. Collins said he
would go to Montgomery City

%& & &
%* & F&F eH HHH HE He H H

* and fulfill the condemned
“man’s request.
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trial at Montgomery if that: jury
hadn’t sentenced me _ ta hang. I
know they had a rope already to
swing me to a tree if the jury didn’t
return the verdict it did and there
were a lot of fellows there from
Mexico ready to take me out on a
necktie party. They hail their plans
all made. Each man knew what he
Was supposed ty do and:it wouldn’t

have been a hard job for them to
‘have taken

me either, for I den’t
think the officers would have cared
They wanted to lynch me the
same night of the murder and T ex-
pect they would if they could have
gotten hold of me.”

“How long have you been in jail
here?” the negro was asked.

“Just seventeen months ago Sat-
urday the sheriff was killed,” he an-
swered. “T’ve been here all the time
except when my trials were goin’
on at Mexico and Montgomery.”

“Have you anything yor want to
say. anything that you want the peo-
ple of Mexico to know?”

“Nothing, except that I didn’t get
a square deal,” was his only reply.

Crump during his long confine-
ment in the Municipal jail has been
a model prisoner, according to War
den Lefman. He has not been im-
prisoned in a cell, but has been giv.
en the liberties of the tier,

Crump will be taken to Montgom-

ery City next Thursday ut noon and

his execution will be carried out at

8 o’clock the next Ge abel Zh in a barn

on the jail nranarty Tha k

nee

TCRUMP’S DEATH ©
TRAP HAS BEEN
* USED 8 TIN

J. W. Hollon Tells of Hangie
Carroll County 30 Years A:
' When Trap Was Last Used.

The trap that will be used jn
hanging of James Crump, negrc
Montgomery City Friday, has
service in eight other executions,
last of which took place about tl.
years ago. The trap has been
to. Montgomery City where it
lepaired amd iss now bein? “thst:
in the barn where Crump will be
to his death.

Among the last of those wie: s
ped-to their death from this Ss
trap, was Bill Taylor, wealthy S_
van county banker and_sktockr
who was convicted of the murde
the Meeks family.

J. W. Hollon of East Promen
street, Mexico, was a resident of .
livan county at the time of the cr
and execution and tells an inter
ing story of the facts surrounc
the _ case. Mrs. Hollon’s ur
James A. Niblo, was at the time 3)
iff of the county and the prisor
were brought to him for safe ke«
ing after their arrest, , |

Bill Taylor, according to Mr. }
lon was in the banking business ¥

his brother George Taylor, and w

also active stock operators in -t
section. Following some trouble
which the Taylor brothers w
charged with cattle theft, and
which a. ‘Mr. Meeks was also :¢
cerned, the story is told that
Taylors sent a wagon to the Me
home with $1,000 provided that °
Meeks would leave the country. "
family had only .gone ag short «
tance from their home, when t}
were attacked and murdered D
follon. said. |
Their bodies were buricd unde
hay ‘stack nearby, but one of
children, Nellie Meeks, revived a
was able to goto a farm house :
tell the story. 1 :
The Taylors who were chao
with the crime escaped. but w
later apprehended in Arkansas é |
returned to Sheriff Niblo at Mil
Mo., Sullivan county. George T
lor escaped and has never since hi
heard from, but Bill Taylor was ¢
victed of his crime. and was han:

“lin Carroll county, to which the c

had been taken on a change of vy
ue. Tayyr maintained his- innoce
to the last, t

Both Mr. and Mrs. Hollon kn

the Meeks and Taylor families bi

and Mrs. Hollon said that Nellie u
to be her playmate, while the Me

a

Prosecuting Atto
&sworth left Wednesday for St. Louis,
where he will question mes Crump
concerning the crime he* committed '

Sunday night when he shot and kill-.
ed Chal Blum, Sheriff of Audrain Co.
Chal :
Blum, will be sworn in as Sheriff of:

Ernest Blum, brother of
Audrain County Thursday morning
ind will assume full charge of the of-
‘ice left vacant by his brother’s un-
Amely death.

Mr. Hollingsworth leaves confident
chat he will get things out of Crump
chat will fill up a few gaps due to
des. There is no question about it,

Mr, Hollingsworth thinks, that there ;

are several noticeable diserepaaitad:
and he feels that they will be cleared
ap long before the trial.

James Crump confessed to R. L.
‘‘voper, detective sergeant and Clar-
nce Stanford, detective, Monday
‘ternoon ,that he was the man who

ey Frank Hollin-

|

CHAL BLUM, the late Sherift pt

Audrain County, who was shot. ‘and
killed by James Crump Sunday night
al 11 o'clock and who was laid away
‘o rest at the Midway cemetery Tues
dey Debbodicaciin

eid

Not and killed Sheriff Chal Blum at)
‘out 11 o’clock Sunday night and:
ct he did it in self defense.

FY BS HK 2p 33s SEs NEtSiease _ |

Just before word of the exeteaila
ame to this city from St. Louis!
“here the confession was made, Wn:
ca Jacobs, Crump’s girl, told Prose:-

ing Hollingsworth that Crump was;

“e man who was with hei, and who.

ld her to go home just before she | ‘

‘ard the shots, which murdered Chal. :
‘um, is

The authorities searched Crumn’s.

nee at 415 S. Cole street named

ternoon and found a @é-caibre au-i
inetic revolver loaded with seven
“His,

After Waneta Tacobs mace hese e

‘«fession, she was taken out of the;
-y for safekeeping. Crump is still,
‘ng held in St.-Leuis fog safety.

While the spirit of the citizcus of}
as city run high, the general = ex-: *

sion is to place confidence in the;
mnarities herc taat justica will Jet

-@ Out without weoie Gi tike,,
i — recple as a whole are willing:

ec this done within the formal and:
otal channels. It is perhaps the; ®

wt inflrianea nf tha Shoriff naw

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mover

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shyoting out the switch lights. It was ~

| tien that she saw Blum to whont, she

ren,” uiore tor protection. © ee:
hiom here on her statements ¢ come

lin conflict with Witnesses who saw

her running away from the ‘scene.’
hie gui tcund in Crump’ s home
wnt the Smith aad Wessen tie spoke
the confession and whith’ “he
fobs <hrew away in ‘the’ railroad
‘Frank Cassoa, a “negro, iden-
the gun, as the one’ he’ gave" to
“sump. - ; ears.
Accord: ng to Cranip's ‘nother
‘ump came heme a little after’ the
“cago und Alton’ Hummer ‘ar;
» put on an overcoat vhith- be ‘did
nit have #t the time, of ther ‘érifne.
A. other, renort’ has it thet he chatg-
PA SAI s better “ethane, #60 + ate wove
af, ps dhought! Neer: t
vil come Ww? Ty the Marci term .
vor. Es as doubted? ‘very.

Os

ua

“ahi.
}
U

' much
wether iil) ‘inne : sail be saved: by
callings A fpecial session of. tho’ Court.
/ te will be taken up | in regular forni on

the y Geeket Crump will - probably
ve his right to premliminary hear-

i - Th je noasihta tht ha atl mata


With the shadows of the gatlows

looming closer each hour as_ the
clock in his corridor ticked away
remaining days of his life, Crump

told the writer he was not afraid to
i die. He said he didn’t think he had
| heen given a square deal and belicves
that were he a white man he would
either be free or in the Missouri
state penitentiary serving a life sen-
tence with the chance of winning a
parole. He has not appealed to
Governor Baker for a commutation
of his sentence to life imprisonment
and he said he probably wouldn’t
make an appeal—he virtually has
fiven up hope of being saved from
the. hangman’s noose, But Crump
still: maintains that he shot the Au-
drain county sheriff in self defense
and ‘denies that he was shooting out

j the switch lights in the railroad yards

at Mexieo when he was approached
by the officer. He contends that
‘the sheriff fired the first shot, which
struck him in his right leg. He ad-
mits, however, that he was drinking
the night of the slaying.

“Crump, are you afraid to die?”
he was asked.

“No, no, I’m not afraid,” he re-
plied. ‘“‘When a man must die, he
must die, and there’s no use being
afraid.”

The question, “do you think yon
were given a square deal?” caused
him to talk uninterrupted for sev-
eral minutes.

“Of course, I haven’t perme a
square deal,” he said. ‘Prejudice,
prejudice, that’s what put me in the
predictament I’m in. If I were a
white man, I wouldn’t be here today,
I’d either be free or in the pen serv-
ing a life sentence with a chance of
getting ‘paroled. But I’m black ‘and
that makes a difference.

“TI know a lot a things you may
think I don’t know,” he continued.
“I’d been dead the night of my last

VEE Ce ee ee TR Es ce eT ee RN Ce PERN NN Ce tat ee ee

When the idea of using the barn
was first advanced by Sheriff T. H.
farmer, who will spring the death
trap, the county court refused to
grant an order providing for tha
execution there because they feared
the building would be haunted. But
since then they have changed their
minds and work erecting the gallows
in the karn was begun the middle of
last week.

Thursday night Crump will be im-
prisoned in the Montgomery county
jail, and Frank Wieley, superintend-
ent of the county farm, and A. R.
Benn will keep the death watch over
him. |

Only twelve persons, including two
physicians, Dr. B. F. Menefee of
Montgomery City and Dr, S. S. Cox

will be admitted to the execution.
This number does not include the
officers, who under the law must be
present, or a minister of the gospel.

Crump’s execution will be the first
in Montgomery county{ since 1854.

The negro’s death wil lend a long
legal battle in the courts of Mis-
souri. Crump killed Sheriff Blum
in February 1924 and in April, the
same year was sentenced to hang by
a jury in the Audrain county court
at Mexico. He appealed to the state
supreme court. After several
months the court reversed the opin-
ion of the lower court and ordered
a new trial saving him the gallows
on May 238.

Then, on January 22 of this year,
he was arraigned once more in the
Audrain circuit court, but his attor-
ney plead for a change of venue of
the case, alleging that he could not
obtain a fair trial in Audrain court,
The appeal was granted and the case

‘was taken to the Montgomery coun-

ty circuit court at Montgomery City.
It came to trial there on February
17, this year and the next day the

the = ve Whi tncek

section, and Bil! Tayior was, perha
the last man to be sent to his dea
on the trap, which will be sptm
for Jim Crump at 8 o’clock Frid:
morning, when he will pay the pe.
alty for the murder of Sheriff Th r

Blum. °

MEXICO COUPLE
MARRY SIND

Miss Ruby M. Cla Clark of this
and Samuel O, Graham, also of
ico, were married Sunday n|'
about 8 o’clock by the Reveren
D. Greer at his home on West
roe street. The wedding was
tended _by Miss Adalee Smith »

James Hinton.

Mrs. Graham is the dincstiees
Mr. and Mrs. David Clark ‘and j
charming young woman. She |
been connected with the Miss:
Printing Company for some time

Mr. Graham, who is the son of |
and Mrs. W. B. Graham of N¢
Jefferson street. is employed at!
Smith Brothers Hatchery. They :
make their home here. |

jury in the case found Crump gu
of first degree murder again
shooting the Audrain county she
and again the death sentence }
meted out to him. His attor
moved for a new trial, but this 1
denied, so he appealed again to
supreme court.

On June 5, last. the Missouri ca
affirmed the decision of the Mc
gomery county jury.and set Frid
July 17 for the date of the negi
execution. At that time, the cour
for Crump contended for a conti
ance of the case, alleging prejud
in the trial, but the court overru
the motion.


Other events Tuesday 4/27:

Columbia: 5:00-6:00 pm, Boone Co. Courthouse; 10:00 carpool to Jefferson
City; Jefferson City: 11:00 pm until 12:01 am, vigil, governor's mansion;
Kansas City: 4:45-5:45 pm, J.C. Nichols Fountain, in the Plaza;

Rolla: 4:00-5:00 p.m., at the Phelps County Courthouse

St. Louis: 8:30-9:00pm, Municipal Courts, 1320 Market; 9:00pm, carpool to
Potosi.

For update call 314-725-7527, 816-235-1600, 573-635-7239, 573-254-3993

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‘s »reaisted to tze dcath by a
OS tbat of adgro lars, and whem for a few
pops Volley after valley of pistol shots
ee might air, and life was held
“ay. sapaply as ever is . was in
‘ssGowii2est and most lawless section of the
“Yar Weat, Tho wonder ts that Brady’s life was
“tha only one sacrificed ta the battle, and the
sBray furaibnea astartiing iJinstration of the
“eepacity for sudden crime smoldering In the
-, @opths of such dives as that whore she shoot
““""" ptoak place. |

5" BESOING OF THE TROUBLE.

> qc, dbont the hour pamed last night a row be-
=.) tyreen negroes begun In front of Stark’s s2-
igen, :. CMecer Gaffnay of that beat was on the”
and gave the usual warning to
alx or go Into the sa-
am oath greeted

‘Soak cram anty wor

“es

Syighs te = ballaving
- were fn estncst ia-Pesisting arrest. As S000

“gs he wag inalde Spe saloon, and had sprung
be was attacked by

ee $9 3

fee EOVOLVOP,: away from him. He had
i, FocogalesA the negro who first struck him as
a> ODS sas on.Duncan, and upon gaining the

the saloon bad col-
immediately over-
befors hoe could

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‘RATILE IN A BILLIARD ROOM.
cal moment that Gaff-
arrived and that the
J? saloon fight assumed its traglo aspect. Officers
Maloney and Connors appeared and recogn!z-
“" tng the gravity: of the situation, drew thelr
=o. egyolysrs an opened fire on the negroes.
heir fire was promptiy returned and the
erack of pistols was kept up forafew
_joments with the rapidity of an Indian
The negroes adopted the traditional
tactics of aodging behind counters
taking snap sbots at the officers

sued

4ud chelr visitors tried in ¥
quem." ssCisc=d sadisaly =r ane seanihg
@ the window leaped cut,

3 For Springield, Ui, seg Peerte, ML ~~

' Commencing Monday, Oct. 6, the Jacksen-
(ie Southeastern Line will rua through trains
fom 8%. Louts to Springfsld, aad alse te

oria via JacksonviNte, Havana and Pekin.
‘tr@ins for Springfield wil) leave Union
pos at 7;6, a. m.and 3:43 p.m se Jus
mm. trate Will ran alse to Jacksonville asd
vana as well as to SpringZald. The trains

Peorta will leave at 7: a m aad 7:38
and - oS
' During the week of the & Long Fair
ghrongh sicepera will be ca the nlgh? trains
“trom Bt. Louis to Psoria. On the eveaing of
Tuesday, Oct. 7, a special train will sare
Uaion Depot at J] p.m, after the Veued
Prophet’s parade, for Jacxsorvilie, 3pring-
| oa, Yeoria acd all Intermediate poizts.

Apply at Union. Depot for tickets.
W. W. Kuwr, Gemoral. Pussedger agent.

ae My in

SOCIZTY NOTES,

° 3

Mr. Harry Matthaws ioefs thiy wsex for Gal-
veston, Tex., to reside.
\ Misg Louise Wempen of Alton ls visiting ner
ny Misg Ida Droege.
- tsa Katie Rupenthal !s entertaising Miss
Clair Zoli ot Wavarty, lil. 7

Mr. Fergus Mead ts spenfing this week
his father’s family in tae city.

Miss Litite Cleary of Jacksoavilie, DL, ts
visiting Miss M Lynob of Olive street.

Mr. Frank Stelleof Delhi, Il., tain the alty
to enjoy Gilmore and the Exposition.
- Aéte-an Dore and Mamie Trent are the guests
St Miss Isabelle Bartle of the South Side.

with

inter in Toxas on account of her boalth.

gpending October wish friends in the city.
Prof. Bay of 3harsleff College, Upper Alton,
apentacoaple of days in the city last woek.
Mrs, Jualla
Mr. John C.Schultze of the New Orleans Mint.
Miss Alice Koyser of Kansas City !s bere on
a sbory visis to ner sister om Braatner place.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonn R. Martin are antertain-
ing Mr. and Mira. Conkie of Pisasantan, Kaa.

Mrs. Bowman of Fort Wo
on a visit to ber danabter, Mra. Wili Hodges.
visiting Dr. and Mra. Bouta
pos.

+ Mra. George Ke
spent this week
Louis.

rr of Washington,

ing her sister, airs. William Stark of Scaoo

street.

Misses Bettie and Attie Moorman from
Keytesville are the gucsts of triends on Pine
siroet.

Mrs. Harry Jam
is the guest of birs.
avenue.

Mrs. Fannie Short of
iting hor sister, Mrs. J
avenue.

Mr. Henry Bailey o
iting his brother, Mr. Jnov. Balhicy,
avenue.

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Howard
Ywto., are spending this week
the city.

Misses Blanche and Hal

Boonrille, Mo., ts vis-

ft Houston, Tex.. 18 vis

vf Boonville

shiclaing thelr own bodies™as much as
ane en=v noes aa in the Dililard ball

sas City are visiting “Miss

< Migs Julla Balley lesves soon te spend the

Miss Jolia VFaircloth of Carrollton, Illl., is

Bhultze ts entertaining her son,

rth, Tex., is bere

Miss Delma Paquin of Columbia, Mo., 1s
of 517 Ware ave-

D. C.,
among her oid frtands ta St.

Mrs. Frank Saunders of Kansas City ts vtsis—

2a Graham of Peorta. lu...
Madeline Gregg of Fina ey

obn Gaunt of Cook
of Geyer

with frisads in

lie Gordon of kKar-
Lrene ifager ot wid

ovat pone EET BPP he

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na en ee

atTion oF 733 ZORNCy CUUBCH A? FEB:
: ‘gz5234% conyz2xxcr.

es eS

Catal Desizraiion of President Weed-

ru) Yordid4'*2 tm the Farcre Any Wad-
. riages in Vielttien af ths Laws ef the
Land—Views of Seeretary Bebe and At

prune bis viney2r6 fer the
sprouts wold fall ixs\graja dafore the
mower. He 77°28 Of the martyr¢dem of Jasspa
Builth and tae cruéifzisn of Chriss as events
of tixe Import Be lsdorsed Cannon’s re-
marks, and {arth@? Safg thas when any svens
transpired to “°prive the saints of their
priviteges, 37 Would remember !t ts the wit}
ef God. ~

At the Genersi Conference ia the morning
the oficial declaration of the Pros:dent, Wu-
trea Woodrad, 'orbidding tm the future any
marriages in 7!ciation of the lawsof ins lasd
was read to 23 s1ssemDiage numbering naarly
10,000 persoxs, !neinding the A>osties, }ishops
and jeading eiulers of the church, wSo0 by
naanimous vote recogmized the autnority of
the President te ‘sue the manifssto,
and accepted % 28 sutncritative asd
bineing. George Q. Canzem paubdblicty aa-
pounced bis ingersemast of the manifaste
and his recognition of the supremacy of
laws tat bad bess deciaved constisutional by
the Supreme Cougs of tne United Btates. Tre
conference a'30 adopted the original articies
of TaJth, arrcag which ts this: ** We daileve ta
being 3sCbditecs so Kings, Presidents, ruisra and
magissraizs i: obeying, honoring and sustatn-
log the law.’’

The action tgken setties ths vexed guestios
and places ap cfflectual bar agains fusure
polygaroous marrieges is Utaa. It is tke
most importans step taken Dy the Chareca for
more thas a quarter of a century.

The Zeus a3 Washington.

Wasmrzctoy, D. C., Oct 7.—Most of the
Benatore ang Cosgressmen bave left Wash-
ington bu? tha pews from the Mermen coa-
ference wes heard With prefound satisfaction

POLYGAUY- WIPED OUT

, aad i328 |.

terney-Gesers Bilan,
Sarr Lixs Crv¥. Utah. Ta-at tbe Mar |,
mon tonferesc? yesterday Wooe- |,
ruff spoke. 2 said ing Yves adoud te

witn the Chares ts Diab.

“This ts tpdeet im portant, °°
Noble, Secre
er informed bigs of the actica of tae General
Morwoe Conigyent®, “J am giad to bear of 18
aad bope ihe was taxen tn all sinoceriby.
The Mormon deleget® ia Congress, Mr. Catse,
called upon me 1s88 Satarday and left a state
tmeatin Wdicg se protested against the recent
report of the Uism Commission and ihe re

1

ee

a of the Terrstorial Goversor.
® a2sured ma thas polyzamy
was BU loagst racticeda ta Usab.

1 tol@ bim tyg3 tm tee face of the statements
of mv oMicery } could not sccept his mere Ge-
nimi oltne facte a8 S@Videace ia repuital. I
| must Rave oroofs- I toig Bsa 25st the reports
| | pad recetveg geciared teas forty-one eases
of polysamy jad COmMe@ to the seotice of Fed-
era: overs ,,g 1 8 gested thas be tnvesi:-
gate exer ca,, #94 Gisproye, If possibie, ibe
atsertiosn
Oo

He sald he aif sot suppose be

De abies

Cy eee Ar

dentity of She

Ce eth et -

by toe officials pare Who Bave mainly to éeal .

|

yo Ue ee
cine |
sini |

s3ia Gen.
of the lnteriog, when a report |

-_—_

[2 Whet® ure was psvuyey scturned and the
<> @barp crack of pistuis was kept up fora few
<*° Mjomanta with the rapidity of an IJadian
Skirmish. The negroes adopsed the traditional
<- Barnroem tactics of dodging belind counters
-.: gad tables, taking anap snots at ibe officers
“ and shielaing tbeirown DbLodiesas mucd as
esidle. Tne fight wasin the Diiliard hall
ove the saioon proper, and sach protection
@ plentiful, 20 that the desperate band Dad
Sicers, who stood in se oper, at a
disadvantage.
we. closely upon the arrival of Ma-
d Connors, Officer James Brady had
the scene, and at once joined in the
. (e singled ont the-men Berrison Dun-
_ © seemed to be the most desperate and
_ Pearl ot the negro gaag, and WhO was using
7 Bia reVolver with murderous intent in the en-
ement. Patrolman Brady and the negro
P can then began a combat which was
- ‘plainty to be ended only by the killing of one
~ oF Dota of the combatants.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
+ ~ Duncan, seeing tnat tne officer had at once
-~“ Dicked alm out from the desperate group of
retreated to the Dar,
s Officer Brady would
Jovel and fire Duncan would drop beiow tne
Dar, and then, qulokly rising, take a shot at
Although twice hit by Dullets from
an’s pistol, Duncan showed no
weakening and was piainly
murder jeart ons

ie

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ie
P Sy
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a

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pie

+

#-- sigsol arm,
'. ‘Syacan was concealed. It was
. fpr as he straightened out and stovd erect the
jnoment afterward, the negro Sprang up and
‘eszeling his revolver fired ong shot at point
imax range,the sullet going straight through
Qzicer Bracy’s bears, He fe!] to the floor, and
gasping ‘‘lam sbot tsrough the heart!’’ ex-
3 = just as his spree flew officers reached
yo aide.

_ THs COMBAT SXDED.
Officers Maloney aad Comnors overpowered
nnd arrested Harrison Duncan immediately
utter the shootiz

@2 Brady. The arrest was
made by a bolg of Officer Connors whoa,

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% 08

ep

i tg dt
h. Gere

k levelsa:% a8 Dancan’s head and or-
Was onded. other negroes were arresta4d,
=< Yea. Monre¢, the| barkeoper, and Ed Collins,
So) pote of whem, the officers state positively,
ona Qos TRE im dhe shooting.
LG Dr22mdat 35 the bead.
4 Duscan,

the

by &%
8 Bab

in the Third Districs Sta-

-

‘gem wouxds oO
“, while badly bruised,
"3d.

AT O¥YFICER BRADY'S HOME.
-Jhe body of Oticer Kra
. orgne, and bis: widow,
‘3$vision street,
‘pr bBusband.
olloweda

pen being utterly overcome with grief. The

. pallet whioh caused Dis death, and
which inflicted the only would be re-
M5: ceived during the fight, antered the
Se - preess on the right aide, directly
“Seo under the nipple. Officer Brady w2s ap

2, pointadton the force
234 Hime he was % yoars of age, an
<~@xcelleat record as a feariess and
a Mcer. :

aps. Joyce ofthe Third

4 District
* feoctives Allender and Burke
s

eh cone of the
few Ofiser Brady an

Sota ‘s _

da the arrest ef Duncan.

Low Hares East.

my aoe |
=f oe On

ing Mtokets from Bt. Lon
<5} the following low rates:
O97 ton, $18; Philacelpnia,
hy Wasbingtos $10.25;

saat Seat

$11.0; Bultimore an
Alpany, N. Y.,
of - uifalo

Soe ee
EN ON Ta me mits
is as Face ah ot,

LET ESTE go WN

we

— ee — — —
SS tes DSS.

= githoagh his revolver had been emptied in the

Abim totttew up his hands. The mur
“+ @erar dic £0, Qnd with his surrender the fight

Collins wus

siayer of Officer

im the left thigh
cted
Dispensary and Duncan

and states
the entire

js not seriously in-

dy was taken to the
living at No. 1838
was notified of the killing of
A most beartrending scens
the breaking of the sad news, the
widow and the dead officsr’s tures little ohlld-

January 19, 188, at which
d had mads an
efficient

and ,De-
arrived at tho
fight just after the killing of

io & Missisa!pp! Rallway is RPW sell-
ts to points East at
New York, 913; Bos-

| {Sing nis brotuer, :.
svenue.

ed

see (ity are Visiliag iss lrepne iS !
qitdctres:. ager ol wa

laura Su

With friends
WY. cayeties.

be

@preveport, La.

id visiting the residgnce of Thomas Licheilages

Washington sre visiting Mra. M.J. Hrenoan of

Narmod of Kirk wood.

goests of ber sister, Mrs. Jno. Greaves.

Mr. 4101. y waera

Mr. and “Mrs. A. B. Howard uf Boon: .e

Mo., are spendiag this weeaz wit
he ae BD frisans ia

Misses Blancne aad Hailie Gordon af han

Mra. Clarence BR. Hale of Deavwer, Coin. wii!
rive Nere this wWoek % vieit ber cousia ‘waise
ens. , :

“Mise Ada heyser of Alton, IJ1!., 18 visiting

im thacity and wii! atiead the

iss Dimpie Harper left this weex to
Winter wilh ner aust, Mrs. Gmlten. ts

Ww ar Ng Ars. (sen
er, wife of the promineg) attoruey Geo.
er of Detroit .

tr. Joseph Crandall sf Waaningtos D.C.

@ Grand avenos,
Mrs. John T [fart and Miss Fannie OMNve of

Zi46 Cook avenne.

Mrs. Epa Alexander and daughter of Aso.
xux, lo., are here, the gussts of relatives as
BWSR Ange avvonne.

Missa Balie Jennings of Lindenwood College,
Bt. Charies, ia toe guest of Mr, and Mrs. A. 5.

Mrs. Wm. Stovenasoo and soa of the firm of
Moore & stevenson, Oi) City, Pa., aro tue

Miss Mary Dann of Denvor, Coln., Is visitiag
friends bere, eo route for Louisville, Ky.,
where sbe will spend the /ai; and winter.

Mrs. Geiger, widow of the tate Judge Gatgar
of Springfleid, Mo., isin the olty on ber way
home from Boston, where 3De spent the sum-
mer.

Mrs. Cal Cravens and daugnter Miss Jesse,
with Mr. and aed. Vol Walker of Fayetteviiis,
ATX., are spending this woex with friends ina
she city.

Mr. Porter Patton, assistant to Sseretary of
State, from Springfiecid, ill., is in the oly
Visiting the Exposition and nis former
friends.

Mr. and Mra. A. L. Horner spent a few days
with {rionds in the city thls weak e2 route for
the:r prosent some jn Tacoma, naving beea |
Zave—ess-ou wiser.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Keys of Compton Hill
are onte:taining their brother asd his wife,
Mr. und Mrs. Isaac Keys, nee Miss Billa Gil-
jletre of Kansas City. 4

Mra. F. C. Hillegriss and akgnter, Miss
Bettie, return this week from; neboygzas,

Wis., where they have bees pendlog the
month of September.
My. and Mra. Walker Wear wept to Boon-

funeral of

ville, Mo., last week to attend tus
who has

Mrs. Wear’s maotbor, Mrs. Harisy,
deen ill for some time.

Mrs. Charies Remiagton of
avenus with her infant 303 left on the
Hickman Sunday evening for Mempbis.
will be gone two montbs.

Miss Mario Haldeman of Pine street is 6n-
fertaining Miss Buchanan of Crap Orenard,
Bliss Belle Haldeman of Loulsvilio and Miss
Stella W lies of Indianapolis.

Mrs. Robert Toad and daughter, Misa Let-
tie, of Coi\umDla are still in the olty. dAdiss
Lettie is an nocomplished musicias ana bas
stndied wader tne finest masters Jn the Kast.

3843 St. Louis
City of
She

| eres uMeere and
| gate en@en care

, to a'Ve Bit
‘ assured me 3¢ FORId investigate ‘he Wik uf

| pie deaiaratiom Of rresident Woodruff thar

ity te onaage 8 tenets.

, Ree -
| Howeve

!relingqaiah polygamy vyolentariiy ‘San te 16

Hers) 9B aos accom Lis Here deo
tact® 88 ev idesce is reduita!

1°
_roal®. Ttoid ping (hat (he reporte
1 om! received a*°Giared saas forty ©8288 sases

iiue

iad ves Aave

Cume ia the setice of Fed
1 sgggessed tnas De RVOe::-
Ydisprugqe, if poesibie, the
tie 8810 Le did sot suppose Be |

of po.vgauwy 374

a4eertioe8

wud be ole $2 BBoe@rtaig tne deatity of the b

ac aves} : 10° Dime tuat 1 woes aid Bt to
gwttne names °F Instructing ibe sushurities |
1D® Beeded .salurmaiies aad is

and wouid report upus 1aem.
MY, Casse tuat ide stm.

the cuarges
1 ialor red ’
the Murcmon ‘ 24reb ae longer counteaaneed
Duivg-p wed 202 sOMciess 50 eva time the
teoverniwmest 154% the practios nad beea givea
up, tor tue pead Of the equrou bad nO author
Tne aétiva saoaid
De taxea hy ‘a9
acyengus COCVWT ow THB ST BIRCT.

“'lh we reaper tigmsficaaest thas 18 sued Rare
13 19 DY Proots of repessasO@ thas
pe messured. 1s i9 80

Mao is aieays ze-
to Keep Bis tesviu

ae es AR ARR tee Sta mans =

r,
sneir siucer.sy Will
gan\ tu pass resulutions.
eo .ving aoa yes failing
tlon- Ift.oe sc'lom of the Mor B Conference
briags forto 1¥@ proper frusta turally 18 wiil
tend to reias th@ Tigorol ine is@. i is polygamy
toatis is uesiiad te extor@inale. I cuale<s
tne recent ‘andiag of 9 targe number of te-
maie immigratts at New Yours @0.0e8 not, to
my mind, tally Very wel. wisa thie offictai
action of tbe 4ermwon Church, sor does '8 in:
a cate reform. However, ie: os accept if in
the spins of Bimcerity anid trust ti,a8 they
really ropos® to confurm to tue law of tie
jana. i lg mUQem preferadie to bave thei

compelied tuo ¢Fush 18 ous LY the elrvag ara

oftbpeiaw.”

Attorney-General Miler, apo Shum de
vo. ves the duty of proseenting 100388 cuaraed
with poiyzaDy, recsived the acws with his
usua! f{inperturabli:ty, and wiea asacd what
sizgnificasce he attached to [ols sooming'y
oficial suppression of polygamy 'y the Mor-
yon Church dignitaries, be repiied:

**] will express no opiniea, for 1 neither
care as an ofiser of this government to im-
peach their sincerity, sor to accept their ac
as coatiusive evidence of s0od faith. Les the
{ature decide this My province is to emfore
the Jaw as {understand it. The siatates are
not alined at the Mormon Church anu setab-
lishmems, Dut agpaines ene Af thely pracsices,
Ww Dich Is an adeoimte Violsttoa of our jawe.

PULTIG@aMY 18 BIG4NT,
and that ws pusten as & crime, orline througb-
ont the Droadth ef tRe isad. lf the Mormuos
leaders 7!!! cease tasching and adadvocatiag
poryxarmy as a tenet of thetrretigion ths criive

cueses. The significance af ‘this proceed.
ing on the part? of tbe geseral Mor
mon couno)li wii Bave to be Gevelieped b

circemstances, Waethsra set of men wh«
im the past Dave been as wise a8 serpents art
snadealy going to dDecome as Larwicse «
@oves isa problem waied the fusare alon
ean solve, Probably tavy degia to reaila
that tpey can nos resiss ine powor of ta is GeV

polygamy.
the gruuoda ussally
balf of convicts, thas they bh been an fic
entiy punished, or that toe!r families neece
their suppurt. Clemency nad been extteade
im several cases Im toe vurection of & oon

mutation of sentences,

Ws have nos redaced the aize of oar

Miss M Barron is expected back ths
week from Loa Angoles, Cal., where sL® bas
been spending the past six months Visiting
Miss Corinne Lynch, a Jormer reaident of &t.
Louis. .

Mr. and Mrs. James True and several other
friends spent last evening atdrs. Haidemad &
In honor of the arrival of ber Gaughter, wrs.
Brook, who has been in Kentucky for several
months.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Hodges go to bonsekeep-

eet Mra.

a

$13;
and Sala-

és

ing this wook at 3237 Chestnoos str ’

Hodges’ mother, Mrs. Bowmss. from Ft.
Worth, Tex., Wili remain Guring Ucteber
witn her.

The young people of the South side are

organtsing a new dancing
} name of ‘‘The Dolce Cinb’’ and wil) give their
i first pa at Pickwick on Fridsy evening,
ae a RPORD Pee ees mae oe PE

sagt
eee ‘
nh Stl vara k ia

oe Ser ” ary

\ a

Sater
Be arse
Feito

ere
eR Ss iS Ask pit ass
: SS 2

einb unter the | B

PR ise ey
ah este eee

and will not during She winter. See “Hort

and Jocxey’* isbe! om every toatl.
Vraxua MODEL BacyRyr,

307-109 Seath Eignta sirest.

eS
~ GUUD CAPTURE.

Detectives, alesder and Barke Ranla TF
Beldé Burziarsa.

Aboat 4 o’ ciocE’ yesterday afternoons Spec!
Officers aliender 286 Sarze 32 t=s Toirg Df
tries arresied MUk® O'Keefe and Wm--ed
ad

|

2G
asad

5 eA

United 3tascs have carefully avo.ded ‘
the Prince anything like official veeneniaient Re —
and that the fy ident has found « pretax toa ze oe St
as tom ie reosive the
tandar to throne of Trance. end

‘DULLNESS IN STOCKS.

A SLIGHT BEFVIVAL, FOLLOWFD BY A DE
CLINE 18 PRICES.

The Market Weak, and the Ameunt ef Stock
Offered fer Sale fer Liquidation Apps”
enpy Undimiatshed—Aatictpated | Heavy
Sales of Americas Becerities Held
Abroad—The McKinley Bill.

Naw Yorx, Oct. 1.—The situation ia the
stock market continues In about the same

goo FOR HIS FaMILy. |

oe ee iA sUSD STARTED FOR OFFICER BRaDY‘'3
< -. rn Wino CHILD ~ |
sy BAD
:
iTpay Were Left Dependent Upes Charity by
vox Wits Death, and Unless Money Is Raised
“os” te Help Them Will Be Destitute—Th
a f= Fives Money Received TeDay—The
vos lan’s Record.
vee Tae body of officer James Brady, who was
o « Bed night while manfuily doing bis
; now lies at his bome, 1834 Division
and around 18 are the dear
i +s Sues whom bis death has deprived, not
-* \ gmdy of husband, father and 80D, but ef sup-
poe ~ pert, of bread. His wifs aad four !ittle cbil-
"- . @yem, and his old mocher are stricken with condition as it nas deen since Saturday last.
and there appears to be ne prospect of present

pa grief now, and ao not look as tne
 - @yeary furare which stares them !n the face; | relief. At the opening of business

slight revival In some stocks, 3. 2,

ad penniless, and us- there was &

o>. Tims they are helpless a»
aN. lage ald is ‘turaished them they will suffer | owing to the fact that some of the shorts were sit Seid The,
~ i” 2ppm want There are those who do not wait | obliged to cover, but later prices dropped and cate psteasiles
became very inactive. There were The GLOBE the over popal

“he te* be asked to aid the suffering, and ons trading
l attempts to startan Improved move mammoth establishment that you’!

_.. Pereca whose generosity flows spontaneously f 8evera
~~ Zant to Caief Harrigan to-day $10, accompan- ment, but they were pipped in the pud by tne
3" gag by tha follewing letter: i amount of stock thay came out at the sliightess CLOTHING, 8 HOES,

re q a THE FirsT CONTRIBUTION. pevidence of a recovery !n prices. Tis the people’s favorite pl:
OCTOBER 7, 1890. STOCKS SOLD FOR LIQUIDATION. dealers. We have anything aad ¢

“. qatar Zarrigan: Most of the stook so offered came trom those | ¢
. , rom 2 good, durable, warz Overe
. Duar Sin—Fearing tnat Officer Brady, who | who bad bought in the expectation of aris@, | a¢ 3230 WES SUITS, from 2 3°

eo cruelly murdered ip discharge of bis and while unwilling to sei] out at mnech of a Dorestie materials at 325. All |
to hold, and were 222- | | stost Jersey and Xilt Sults—Co

““ > @uty, may bave left his dear ones upprovided
- tor, i beg to laciose $10 towards A a for | 1oss, were disinclins
- aem. BIBND. lous to liquidate as 3000 as possible, but aot) Ph 4s of MEN'S PANTS, 31
Officer Brady has left & wite, four litt? housaass 0 As ‘
children and an aged mother, who are now few of the Tatars. It Ade, Om eee batgains in eur HAT DEPART
4 . —Moen’s 50 Calf Shoes, 32.

zat > aspendant solely upom tne charity of thass6 av CO ee
yraa owing to the higd prices of wheat and oorn .
| fought te defend. 204 sienseleas pOOr and the uncertainty felt as to the effects of tne Press Shirts, 73c3 4-ply Linen C:
Mchinley Dill,that there willfbe a consideraDle = R Ee ieee 9 ptr Imports
and Match-box, wi

peopie will suffer. withdrawal of En lish capital
Officer James Brady was enrolled asa mem: | American market oe Pe omext few fat i
and abeve. gap SPEC IAL NOT!

“~~ er of the police force om Janaary 19, 1886,and | AT Or and that a large prop
ed 4 will be offered for sae. | chased to give satisfaction or reft

‘.“. - Sts record since than “has 2asn snsticss. He! 2...
s+ was one of the bravest, best and Mose—mw-~ arivins Jie en OF vam TARIF?.
ria, Zalligent officers on the force, never | it 1s also predicted that the importers, WhO ,
- giew to do bis dnky. ever backward In facing have bouzht unusually heavy stocks te :
McKinley Dil

a
danger when be was called upon to preserve
‘ abroad in anticipation of the
peace and shield others from barm. t once
~ going into effect, will not ssiithbem a ° Send for Iltastrated Ca
WwHaT THE CUIBF 8aT5 OF HIM. but will bold them unti the market te getzied, |

: **Brady was ay pate ) ‘bee is
".. @ire force and never regretted the oe
: the outlook 1s believed to be ence

ga man more than I do his. He was 4| tne dear interest.

- Speaking of led cw Harrigan said: nnd therefore that 3 ee a
sora ane | BD sam to carry their Brooks. oar ARTHUR DAY'S CRI
at

+, Gasp of splendid enarncies iim. le death 7
wae in taing. || His asi. | py private A ce i ON TRIAL AT WELLAND, ONTARIO’
. ie leaves a wifs wand tour obildren Seca 8 Garant yas, rumored rast | MUERDER OF Als ® 1Ft.
‘and an aged mether, and you may say for me + ’ ute Fe a "tenié-
The Tews Filled With Curieus Btra

: {gbatthere was pever acaae which more fully evening thst the
igaserved ald — this. Money contributed te ville & Nashville yestercsy was partiy due to
e relief oOo these poor pec 8 *
De well spent, very nickle of it, oops hops sales tn iiquidation by ® former prominen!
i to rex] official of the road, who bas been financially

Complete Case Agaisst the Prise
Defsese te Try to Prove That *
Committed Buicide—A Jury of

gomething can be done. 1 wil 7

celvye re | monsy thas ts ¢ontr! dand I wilt weakened of jate by the decline ia Toen-

pee that it !s placed iz Spaug a nanan’? !Neasae Coal & Iron as Kast Tennessse secureé—Day’s Sister on the Bte

DIBD DOME HIB > ; "= Size in Rock Island; but the falling |

- dmoer Bracy, lost bis Ute ey to preseve | aniy. Giesaoipanand London sellIRe, Pity, | Waciany. Cijanectar 10 ——_

effo 8 actor.

the °* peace of ai city and to  pre- aed Pa amend agree, however, | Arthur Day of Rocbester for the mur

vent riotous sr. In the hands of | anout the cable order to sell; wife om July Zi, iat, waa Degun int
of the property snd | prominent German-American aoe ae ‘ourr this morning vefore Just

ben ‘be Crows is represented by <«

the police ars the safe
St.Louis, and !f they | swear Lonaon bout, altho

are yequired to risk thelr owd ives in de- unde hammerin process
fending others they apould decline upuer e ony) in Missour! Pacific | Attorney-Gemera! ¥. ¥. B. Jonas

feet that if
sional Dears. Geuld’s friends, the prisoner? by Mr. Gortlla of

the are xilled thelr wives, their | was partiy due to purobases by
obiidren, tnelr mothers, their loved ones, will nal assurances from tne little | |
mot be left to starve. Their compensation for babes Be nday tnat It was not going down. | Great inserest is taken in the case
Bhe hazardous duty they have to perform 18 CHIcaGo, 10a. m.—The talx here istharsome | town jp filled with curious visit
foo smal) to enable them to maxk6é provision for | pig interest im St. Pani, with wnieb ArmOCT | Crow, has maée & very com
puch an occurrence 2& this, bntno doubt there | nas no svmpatby, bas peen compelled to liqal aout a ppaeeer ei
fs charity enough to maxe it unnecessary, 8nd | gare to the great satisfaction of Mr. Armoar. gilast ‘
the helpless family Bredy left behind will | Rock Island bas made answer in the suit of | defense will take, 18

2 of tolls on account) yi) be a2 attempt ed

|

shielded from want and poverty by those | tne Government to7 ~—

vy ‘who can foe! the obligation they owe to those | o¢ the Missiour! River pridge, alieging con: i ow rs. Quigieys eviden
ee he tefs behind. ”~ | tract for the free use of e - | a :

mentof half cost of cons bail show thst Mrs. Day was ‘pease =>

. mn. —Tressurer pordy | fra of despondeacy. Tae defansi

try tg prove tnat Mra. bay haé

SEND I® RUBSCRIPTIONS-
31 recetve and &ac- | cost repairs.
of the Koc iatand
+ ‘BE ' timag tnreatened to comm it saicic¢
%

The Post-bisraTcu wi
knowledge coatributions W
Meus! 3 twan will also

hich may be-sont New YORK, 11-20
receives money ! - Dat. carat sarnings

ie .
“srt Nevers aad a


KXNEXN ae
DUNCAN, John, white, hanged Madison County, Missouri, April 5, 16e

i way ist da, cat Fa eae fe cht
a nee at

° Wonk i. .

Ob the 13thinst, Juha @. Dan-
Can, aged 19 yeare, went td the
house of Jukn 8. Stevens, ia tho

oe county’ uf Bladiswn, (Mis.) with the
MISSOURI GAZETTE & PUBLIC ADVERTISER, nee of pardhasing his tract .of
St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 10, 1821 (2:3) aad .ludeced .Gtcvens te. Ke

witt¥ him to examine. -After docay-|
rec terhhaey late tbe woud, aa

arengerde; ning
te fedyctmeanti

CURtisng. ei Me hens throat, to ‘en b a
dead and weltering ia his. Uobd. a
He -thow set eff fo return: ta, the
housd ‘éf Stevens, anf met bis eons
| about ton years af ago, With an'&xc
pedo ce with which ho diapat-
| jhe lad,: and then prucosdel to:
' houes gad “inforeijug ste,
seas Sarre of hex.3 eo.
Rers, that Mr. Steteny was
‘Cor hor. ta the wood, and
reduenied ‘her- atteadance -i ansiat
hip id Weatif Ying a’cortuin corner
ofhis Lend. Mrs. Stevens lranpodl-
ately left the house with.a you
child Ia hee. dros, ia coro any wit
| Duncan, te juin her husband, bat
a88OOn ae they had reached a can-
vanieut spet, the Tnkuaardl bat¢hier
insulted her, and abused her bedy

Set bertrene lah wear ee aon!
gt er fhe
|} ded thea, sala her anes
tathone and Fat ee he’ soverud
the head from this body of tha tn.
fant, —melie then returasd ti the
horse se rinthoeed the tw» dangh-
htera of tovena and cumpelled ‘thom
to deliver ap all the seenay of their
fathrr, amounting to alout eighty
dollars, and made off with his » Bs
earned booty, Ile: “os iramesiiately
raved and apprehended by the ci-
liens whe ea boon’ iaferetedt of
| thd comeminsion of the hurrid deed
near Sf. Genevieve, to wham he
made a full and complete disclo-
ante. Ho ie now asafily lad ged In
the Madison jail, awaiting Yio ven. |
of tho law asthe juit retri-
bution of Heavon for bis usnatural
and atreciues crimet.—-.Wiaoxrian.

conmatbnernnes,

——— —


District Attorney was forced to rely for a
conviction solely upon the testimony,
doubtful to some, which had been pro-
duced heretofore and which had resulted
in a mistrial.

George W. Chamlee, a former District
Attorney of Hamilton County, and recog-
nized as the leading Southern lawyer for
the defense in the famous Scottsboro
cases, had arrived in advance of the prose-
cutors, and sat for some time in animated
conversation with his client. Sliger ex-
pected to take the stand in his own be-
half when the State formally closed its
case; which his attorney anticipated would
take place with the opening of court. The
defendant smiled with assurance at his
friends and relatives, when the Judge was
announced,

UDGE LUSK took his seat and waited

patiently while General Howard and
his associates conferred for a few tense
moments over the counsel table.

“Mr. District Attorney,” the Judge fi-
nally inquired. “is there any further evi-
dence by the State?”

“Yes, your Honor,’ General Howard
quickly responded. “We have one other
witness. Officer, please call Mr. Frank
Baughman. You will find him waiting in
my office on the floor below.”

This was the name of a new and un-
known witness!

A murmur of released tension went over
the room. Every eye in the courtroom
followed the easy-mannered stranger to
the stand. When the District Attorney
brought out that the witness was an expert
in the firearms and ballistics department
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at
Washington, Sliger and his attorney ex-
changed quick glances. The confident smile
on the prisoner’s face suddenly melted
into an expression of abject fear.

General Howard produced the defend-
ant’s automatic and the bullets and empty
cartridges found in the May car.

“Mr. Baughman,” he asked, “have you
tested these articles for the purpose of as-
certaining whether or not the shell¢ and
bullets were fired by this automatic?”

“T have.”

“When and where did you make the
tests?”

“At our laboratory in Washington a few
days ago.”

The witness gave a scientific explana-
tion of how such tests are made, exhibit-
ing various enlarged pictures of the bul-
lets to illustrate his testimony.

Then came the question for which
everyone was breathlessly listening.

“Now, Mr. Baughman, state whether
or not, in your opinion, these shells and
bullets were fired with this automatic?”

“They were.”

The defendant. offered the same line of

Sweethearts of the Dancing

has expensive tastes. Thus, if he went to
a winter resort, you may be sure it was
a fashionable one.”

Even as Pinkerton and Thornhill were
having this discussion almost a thousand
miles away, Superintendent Schumacher,
Sheriff Vedder and two courageous citi-
zens named Tichenor and Cromer were
trudging through the woods that led to
the white-covered clearing, where the old
frame structure stood on the knoll. So
far, during the journey through the tree-
covered land the four men saw only one
set of tracks—those made by Schumacher
the previous day.

As the quartet arrived at a point where
they could observe the house and the sur-
rounding terrain, they felt that the sus-
pects were still in the ugly frame building,
for the only footmarks in the snow were
those previously made by the detective.

“Maybe they escaped out the back
way,” Vedder suggested. There was only
one way to find that out, and it was done.
Tichenor, the citizen, who carried a
double-barreled shotgun, made a circul-
tous trip around the house, at all times re-
maining within the wooded area which
surrounded the structure. When he re-
joined the other three half an hour later,
he said:

“They must be in there, all right.
There’s not a mark of any kind in the
snow except the footmarks of Mr. Schu-
macher here.”

As the quartet stood perhaps thirty feet
in from the edge of the clearing that led
straight to the front door, some five hun-
dred feet distant, Vedder turned to the
other three and said: “Now just once
more, you know what you’re going up
against?”

Schumacher, Tichenor and Cromer nod-
ded. Schumacher was carrying a Win-
chester rifle, the Sheriff and Cromer had
revolvers, and Tichenor, as before men-
tioned, was armed with a shotgun.

Schumacher and Vedder took the lead
while the citizens walked immediately be-
hind them. Not one of the four had the

88

(Continued from page 64)

slightest doubt that blood was going to be
spilled in the next few minutes, perhaps
the next few seconds. The only question
was whose blood it would be.

The four men clicked off the first hun-
dred feet. They saw no sign of any ac-
tivity within. “Maybe we're lucky,”
Schumacher whispered to the Sheriff.
“Certainly they haven’t seen us or they’d
have used us for targets by now.”

The quartet put another hundred feet
behind them, and another and another.
The last hundred feet they traversed
swiftly. All of them drew a sigh of relief
when they reached the front door. That
day these four were not acting in accord-
ance with the adage that discretion is the
better part of valor. Why they did not
maintain a vigil until the darkness of
night would have offered them cover is
a question that has never been answered.

The Sheriff thumped vigorously on the
door. There was no response, nor was
there the slightest sound from within. He
knocked again, this time with the butt end
of his revolver. Now he heard scurrying
feet inside. As he knocked once more,
simultaneously shouting, “Open up in the
name of the Law!” the Pinkerton official
and the two citizens, their weapons
cocked, peered anxiously at window after
window in the front of the house.

No sooner had the echo of Sheriff Ved-
der’s voice died away than there was the
sound of a door slamming, somewhat dis-
tant. “The back door!” shouted Vedder.
“That was the back door slamming!
They’ve gone that way!”

The four men, with Schumacher in the
lead and Vedder second, raced to the end
of the house, turned right and ran to the
rear. There were footprints leading from
the back door in the direction of the
chicken coop. Schumacher and Vedder
stopped momentarily while they looked at
the freshly made marks in the snow, then
at each other. Now all four men raced
toward the chicken coop, three going
around one side, the detective around the
other side.

defense he had given at the first trial] and
tried to meet the testimony of the F.B1I.
expert by describing a practice shooting
match with the automatic that he and
some friends had engaged in shortly be-
fore the murders, after which he said he
had put the shells and bullets in he car
where Lieutenant Fryar found them.

It was later revealed that District At-
torney General Howard, being convinced
of Sliger’s guilt, and chagrined at the out-
come of the first trial, had gone to Wash-
ington at his own expense to confer per-
sonally with Director J. Edgar Hoover
and arrange for the scientific test.

Baughman’s testimony gave such posi-
tive corroboration to Byron Chamber's
story the jury quickly convicted Sliger of
killing Thompson and fixed his punish-
ment at twenty years and one day in the
State penitentiary, where he is now con-
fined. He was acquitted in the May case.
May died of the bullet wound or as a re-
par of being crushed by Walker’s auto-

ile.

Out of this fearful story of murder,
grief and punishment, one joyful event
may be recorded. Shortly after they tes-
tified at the last trial, John Sanders and
Anna Gallagher were married. They now
have a little son who some day may hear
the story of their experience with the un-
invited guest. Byron Chambers was
cleared of any complicity in the crime.

Killers

Schumacher was a faster runner than
the others and he reached the coop first.
He ducked under a taut wire clothesline
that ran between one end of the building
and a pole about thirty feet distant. Just
as he straightened up, he saw two figures
come around from the rear of the coop.
Each carried two revolvers. In less time
than it takes to tell about it, The Mis-
sourl Kid and his chunky companion
opened fire and Schumacher dropped, with
a bullet through his chest.

As the detective lay writhing in the
crimson stained snow, the duo with the
smoking revolvers rushed forward. They
came now within sight of the Sheriff and
the two citizens, who had been drawn by
the revolver fire. As they leveled their
weapons to open up on Vedder, the
Sheriff ran into the clothesline and was
thrown backward so that he bumped with
considerable force into Tichenor and
Cromer.

LL three men went sprawling to the

ground. The Missouri Kid was mak-
ing for them when his companion called:
“Don’t waste your bullets, Willie, this
——’s still alive!” He indicated Schuma-
cher. The two criminals paid no attention
to the trio temporarily stunned by their
fall. They kicked Schumacher several times
in rapid succession and then emptied the
contents of four revolvers into him. Then
they dashed once more past the chicken
coop and presently leaped over a snow-
covered length of hedge.

By the time the Sheriff, Tichenor and
Cromer had regained their feet, wiped the
snow from their weapons and_ steadied
themselves after the shock of seeing Schu-
macher lying there lifeless and riddled.
Rudolph and his companion were several
hundred yards distant, making for the
woods. The three pursuers took up a
chase that was hopeless from the begin-
ning. The fugitives had had too great a
start.

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guiltless of complicity in the Union hold-
up and anything that happened after it.
They had known, of course, that Willie
Rudolph and his friend were in some sort
of trouble, but they had not known what
that trouble was.

Old Man Rudolph and his wife could
supply no information of value as to the
destination of the two men who had mur-
dered the Pinkerton official. Nor had they
knowledge of the identity of Willie’s
friend, except that his first name had been
George. “You might find somethin’ out
there in the cistern,” said Old Man Ru-
dolph to Pinkerton Operative George
Charlesworth, who had been on his way
to the scene of the tragedy when Schu-
macher was slain.

The cistern yielded up more than six
hundred dollars in silver coins, most of
them damaged as if by an explosion.
This was more in the nature of evidence
than a clue, for the damaged money had
obviously come from the Union bank.

A heavy rainfall lashed the countryside
immediately after the murder, so trails
of the fugitives were washed out. The
Pinkertons were forced once again to rely
on deduction—the same type of deduction
that had led Schumacher to the one-time
bunkhouse in the first place.

ILLIAM PINKERTON, son of the

founder of The Eye and a famous de-
tective in his own right, from his head-
quarters in Chicago burned the wires in
telephone and telegraph consultations with
his brother and co-partner Robert Ar Pin-
kerton in New York. The most intensive
manhunt witnessed in that decade was
commenced, All the resources in men and
money of the great Pinkerton Agency were
at once made available for the purpose of
this search. A Pinkerton detective had
been murdered by a vicious criminal.

Pinkerton Detective Charlesworth and
other operatives of The Eye now set out
for Hot Springs, the expensive and exclu-
sive Arkansas resort where Rudolph and
his companion, it was thought, might have
spent some time between the Union crime
and the murder of Schumacher.

Robert A. Pinkerton and Thornhill, in
New York. far from the scene of opera-
tions, could be likened to two men play-
ing a game of chess on the board of life
and death by remote control. They were
talking in Pinkerton’s office after receipt
of a long coded telegram from Operative
Charlesworth in Hot Springs which
Thornhill had read to Pinkerton.

“So they were at the Dewey Hotel from
the second to the eighth of January, and
then at a boarding-house from the eighth
to the fifteenth, eh?” said Pinkerton.
“George Rose, the name under which Ru-
dolph was registered, means nothing be-
cause it’s a very ordinary name and one
he no doubt picked out of thin air. But
this name George Ladieu that Rudolph’s
companion used is significant. It may be
his real name, or that of a relative. If
not. then he probably has a real one that
is similar to it, for Ladieu is not a name
that a man picks out casually. It un-
doubtedly is linked somehow to this
man’s genuine background.”

“About that rubber in the Lamar bath-
house who says that Ladieu had on his
chest a tattoo of an eagle with a ribbon
in its mouth—I wonder if you make the
same out of that as I do?” asked Thorn-
hill.

“Yes.” said Pinkerton. “That’s definite-
ly army stuff. Have the army records in
Washington checked and see if you can
get a line on any one who was recently
discharged, who was from the Atlantic
seaboard, as Schumacher thought Ru-
dolph’s companion was, and who has a
French name.’ He arose and began to
pace up and down the office, his hands

MAY, 1941

clasped behind his back. At length he
stopped and his face grew grim. - “Dave,”
he said, “I don’t care how long it takes,
those two fellows must be tracked down.
The world is not large enough for them
and Pinkertons too!”

Robert Pinkerton then began to issue
crisp instructions, which Thornhill took
down.

“Have Charlesworth find out at the
hotel and the boarding-house all he pos-
sibly can about the personal habits of
those two, what they preferred in the way
of food, and that sort of thing. Have all
dentists in Hot Springs and the general
vicinity interviewed. If we find the den-
tist who did that work on those two, we
may find a man to whom they revealed
certain information about themselves. If
they were getting their teeth fixed because
of girls they admired, it is entirely pos-
sible that they might have mentioned
where the girls lived.”

Pinkerton might as well have been on
the scene himself. Forty-eight hours later
Thornhill took into his chief’s office a
wire from Pinkerton operative Charles-
worth which stated that Rudolph and the
man who had called himself Ladieu had,
both at the Dewey Hotel and at the
boarding-house, exhibited a decided fond-
ness for rare steaks. In fact, the pair had
ordered this particular dish virtually
every night for dinner. Operative Charles-
worth had also located a dentist who had
done work for two Hot Spring visitors
going under the names of Rose and La-
dieu. They had admitted to the dentist
that to win the regard of their girl friends
they had decided to have their teeth fixed

up.

The shorter and younger of the pa-
tients, Ladieu, had remarked that he and
his friend knew girls “near New York”
but had not actually mentioned the city
where they lived. Among other things,
the patients had told the dentist that
they were taking up dancing, also because
of feminine influence. ‘‘He’s sweet on a
society girl,” the younger man had told
the dentist, laughingly pointing to Ru-
dolph. “I hope he makes the grade.”

EANWHILE the details of the inves-

tigation in the East were assigned to
Superintendent George S. Dougherty of
Pinkerton’s New York office. He at once
directed the necessary inquiries at Wash-
ington, checking up the Army records.

‘A wire came in from Washington say-
ing that one George LaPlant, who an-
swered in detail the description of Ladieu,
had been’ discharged from the United
States Army three years previously after
having served a hitch in the Philippines.
LaPlant, the Washington information fur-
ther disclosed, had come from Hartford,
Connecticut.

Dougherty pondered this latest intelli-
gence for a little while, then reported to
his superior officials, Inspector Thornhill
and Robert Pinkerton: “I wouldn’t be
surprised if these two are now in Hartford.
That’s near New York, and the chances
are that LaPlant knows his way around
Hartford as well as Ruidolph did around
Missouri. They know they're wanted and
it seems to me psychologically sound that
they would gravitate to a place with
which one of them was quite familiar, so
as to have hide-outs or avenues of escape
well prepared in advance, in the event we
caught up with them.”

Dougherty was instructed to have Hart-
ford combed.

“Check up on places there where danc-
ing is taught, and wherever good steaks
are sold. Find out who this society girl is
that Rudolph is interested in,” said Pin-
kerton, “I have an idea that LaPlant was
telling the truth when he made that re-
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society girl. Send two of the best men
available up there immediately and have
them work with the police.”

Operative Frank Davis, later to become
one of the outstanding Assistant Super-
intendents at Pinkerton’s New ork
offices, and James Gabay, also a Pinkerton
operative, walked into Hartford Police
Headquarters three hours later and Chief
of Police Michael Ryan assigned Detec-
tive Sergeant Garrett J. Farrell and
Detective Frank Butler to work in close
cooperation with the Agency investi-
gators. Chief Ryan, thoroughly familiar
with the background of many families
living in and around Hartford, went to
a filing cabinet the moment Operative
Davis mentioned that Rudolph’s com-
panion was named LaPlant, and that he
had used the name Ladieu in the Arkansas
resort.

“WVOU'VE come to the right place,”

the Police Chief said as he plucked a
card from the cabinet. “This LaPlant fel-
low has relatives named Ladieu. They’re
nice people. So are the members of the
LaPlant family, all except this boy, who
is a thoroughly bad egg. You’d better
wait here and I’ll find out what I can
as to the whereabouts of the man you
want.”

Ryan returned an hour later, “The
family hasn’t heard from George LaPlant
for more than a year,” the Chief reported.
“He is supposed to have gone out West
somewhere, which would certainly tie in
possible association with The Missouri
Kid.”

“Does that mean he isn’t likely to be
back here in Hartford?” asked Operative
Davis.

“Not by any means,” answered the
Chief. “If he is back here, his family
wouldn’t know about it. They disowned
him.”

The Henry T. Marsh School of Dancing
and Deportment for juveniles and adults,
located on Main Street, was the leading
institution of its kind in Hartford. In-
vestigation by Davis there disclosed that,
late in November, about a month before
the Union holdup, two patrons named
George Collins and William Long had
taken a series of dancing lessons. It so
happened that Collins and Long were
the only patrons whose home addresses
the establishment did not have. Thus,
the two became of interest to the Pin-
kerton operative. One of the teachers, a
Miss B, had given Long and Collins
their lessons and the proprietor suggested
that the Agency detective talk with her
for detailed information.

“Oh,” said Miss B, “I remember them
very well, especially Mr. Collins. The
truth is, we’re very fond of each other,
Mr. Collins and I. May I ask why you
wish this information?”

In view of the relationship between an
individual thought to be one of the fugi-
tives, and the dancing teacher, Davis had
to think quickly. “I represent a law firm
in New York.” he said, “and we are anx-
ious to get in touch with Mr. Collins ,
and his friend Mr. Long to settle a busi-
ness matter. They both have some money
coming to them.”

“Oh, I see,” said Miss B. “It must be
something to: do with the timber land.”

“Yes,” said Davis, “it’s about the tim-
ber land. Did they speak much about
it???

“Yes,” answered the teacher, “quite a
bit. It’s out West and they’re out there
now attending to it.”

“But you expect them back?”

“Any time now. The last I heard
from George, he was in Hot Springs with
Willie.”

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about that scar on his left hand?” asked
Davis.

“T hadn’t noticed that he was particular-
agmaitive. But it is a nasty scar, isn’t
it

Davis nodded and then began to smile.
“Willie’s a card, though, isn’t he?” said
the Pinkerton detective. “T wonder if
he intends to marry this society girl up
here. You know, Miss—er—Miss—er—
I can never remember her name.”

“Denkin—Eleanor Denkin,” volunteered
Miss B.

“Of course,” said Davis. “Eleanor Den-
kin. How’s that attachment of« Willie’s
coming along?”

“T don’t know,” said Miss B. “Eleanor
Denkin is a very much sought-after girl.”

When Davis returned to Police Head-
quarters, he learned that Eleanor Den-
kin (a fictitious name that we are here-
with assigning to an actual person) was
the débutante daughter of one of Hart-
ford’s most prominent families.

There was immediate concentration on
the Denkin home. As luck would have
it, a female servant there had just been
discharged, and Chief of Police Ryan
learned that the Denkin household was

Two outstanding officials of the
Pinkerton organization—David C,
Thornhill and George S. Dougherty
—played vital roles in the solution
of the murder case chronicled in
these pages.

Inspector Thornhill, as he is
affectionately known by hundreds
of police and other law  enforce-
ment officials throughout the
United States and Europe, received
his detective training under the
immediate personal instruction and
guidance of Robert A. Pinkerton,
son of the founder of the renowned
detective organization. During more
than half a century of continuous
Pinkerton service, Thornhill played
some important part in virtually
every investigation into crimes of
note by professional bank burglars,
check forgers and bank swindlers.
He retired in 1939 with the rank of
Assistant to the President.

George S. Dougherty was a
journalist before he became an op-
erative with Pinkerton’s. His apti-
tude for investigative work, his
analytical mind and tenacity in the
pursuit of criminals quickly earned
him promotion to official rank in
the Pinkerton organization, and he
rose to be Superintendent of the
Agency’s New York office.

After long service with the Pink-
erton organization, Dougherty was
appointed First Deputy Police
Commissioner of New York City,
in charge of all detective work in
the metropolis. Just as he had been
while in the Pinkerton employ,
Dougherty—as a public official—
was personally engaged in many of
the front-page criminal investiga-
tions of the era.

After resigning the deputy police
commissionership to engage in
private activity, Dougherty made a
tour of Europe and while visiting
Berlin, collaborated with German
police officials in crime solution. In
1923, he accepted an appointment
on the faculty of the New York
Police School for Detectives, where
he served with distinction. Among
other things, he advocated that all
aliens be fingerprinted. Big George,
as he was called, died in 1931.

in need of an employee. The Pinker-
tons were glad to oblige. A woman op-
erative whose physical appearance would
have led one to believe that she had
made a career of domestic service apphed
for the position—and got it.

Needless to say, there was the usual
amount of discussion in the servants’
quarters as to the activities of the Denkin
family. The Pinkerton sleuth quickly
learned through a few carefully worded
questions to other domestics that Miss
Eleanor was “sweet” on a certain Mr.
Long, supposedly a big timber man from
the West.

“Has this Mr. Long been around late-
ly?” asked the woman detective of another
servant.

“No, but Miss Eleanor told me only
yesterday that he is coming to town
soon.”

Pinkerton himself was under the im-
pression that Rudolph and LaPlant were
and had for some time been in Hart-
ford but that they were playing a cau-
tious game and deliberately misleading
their girl friends into believing that they
were still in the West, or at least tied up
on business at some point distant from
Hartford. So Pinkerton, after discussing
these developments with Inspector Thorn-
hill, instructed that Superintendent
Dougherty send word to the operatives
in the Connecticut city to re-double their
efforts. The master detective believed
that while the fugitives might be re-
stricting themselves in some ways, they
would be following their natural inclina-
tions in other directions, notably by ap-
peasing their appetites for rare steaks.

Pinkerton operatives Davis and Gabay
learned from Chief Ryan that perhaps the
best steaks in all Hartford were sold
in a combination bar and restaurant on
State Street, which we shall refer to here
as Bill’s Place. This establishment, while
not classy, nevertheless drew a clientele
from every stratum of society. “At
nights,” Ryan told the operatives, ‘you'll
find men in evening clothes sitting along-
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the establishment and became ac-
quainted with Bill, the proprietor. The
Pinkertons always ordered their steaks
rare, as had the two fugitives while so-
journing in Hot Springs. One night, after
a week of surveillance, they felt that the
time had arrived when they could safely
ask a few questions of Bill. It so happened,
however, that the proprietor beat them to
it. “You two gentlemen,” he said, “are
practically the only ones that like your
steaks so rare. There’re only two other
customers of mine that like them that
way.”

“Who are they?” Davis asked quickly.
“Couple of timber men from the West.”
Then followed some seemingly com-
monplace questions from the detectives.
When Bill left the operatives’ table, Davis
and Gabay had learned that men answer-
ing the description of the fugitives had
for some time been occasional patrons
of Bill’s Place and that they had. in fact,
been there only three nights previously !
When this word was relayed to Superin-
tendent Dougherty, the latter instructed
the operatives to question Bill more
closely. The result of this was that
the detectives learned that the “timber
men” frequented a house of ill-fame on
Asylum Street. In those days there were
several houses in the vicinity in question
which were suspected of being immoral
establishments, so locating the place that
the fugitives patronized was not easy.
Dougherty now arrived upon the scene
and took charge of the surveillance, He
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then at each other, then at the detec-
tive again. “What the — you up to,
anyway?” demanded the chunky man.

“Why, nothing,” said Schumacher,
feigning surprise. “What have I said or
done wrong, anyway? I’m just out
hunting, jack-rabbits and I got lost. I
didn’t come here to get in any trouble
or to stick my nose in any business that
doesn’t concern me.” He went over
and thanked Mrs. Rudolph for a fine
meal, and insisted upon reimbursing her.
Now he said to Willie: “If you don’t
mind, I’d like to have my gun so that I
can go.”

Willie and his companion came for-
ward and searched the detective. They
took his ammunition reserve from his
hunting jacket. Then Willie unloaded
the shotgun and handed it to him.
“Here,” he said, “you better be a-trav-
elin’.”

By all odds the most difficult thing
that the Pinkerton Superintendent had
ever been called upon to do was to walk
away from that house, down the slope,
clearly silhouetted against the white
snow—a perfect target from any one of
the eleven windows in the front of the
house, or from the door. As he trudged
off and heard no sound of the door slam-
ming behind him, he knew that Willie
and his friend were standing there watch-
ing him. Schumacher didn’t dare to run,
for it was several hundred feet to the
edge of the clearing. He couldn’t quicken
his pace, either. Above all, he didn’t dare
look back.

pASt instant the detective expected
to be shot in the back. The seconds
passed and he was drawing closer and
closer to the point of comparative safety.
It seemed a matter of minutes to him,
rather than seconds, before he reached
the edge of the wooded area. When he
did get there, he could hardly believe it.
Courageous as he was, and as cold as the
weather was, Superintendent Schu-
macher felt his forehead damp with
perspiration.

He conferred that night with Sheriff
O. L. Vedder of Union. He told the
officer how certain observations he had
made at the one-time bunkhouse tied
in with the shoebox found in Union
containing remnants of chicken sand-

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light in the prison at St.

wiches, and how in
turn that box had
been linked by de-
duction to the two
men the hardware
dealer had seen in the
glare of the nitroglyc-
erin explosion.
Sheriff Vedder, a
hardened veteran of
many a manhunt,
rubbed his hand
across the stubble of
beard on his chin.
“You say they called
one of them fellows
Willie up in_ the
bunkhouse?’ he
asked Schumacher.

this’ rian’ ‘slid The Pinkerton man

sixty ‘feet to the ground nodded.
on a wire—and got away

“So he’s back, eh?
He’s been away a
long time; I didn’t
know that he was back.”

Now Vedder told the Pinkerton man,
a stranger to the vicinity, some facts
about William Rudolph that were gen-
erally known in the section. The wife of
old Frank was Willie’s mother, but she
had borne him during a previous mar-
riage and his real name was Willie Arm-
stead. He had taken the name Rudolph
on the occasion of his mother’s second
marriage. He had been in and out of
trouble since his ’teens, and in his early
twenties had left home, returning to
the one-time bunkhouse only occasionally
to visit his mother.

Stories had filtered back to Sheriff
Vedder through the years about a des-
perado who had participated in holdups
and murders in Texas and other parts of
the Southwest and who, because of his
dialect, had come to be called The Mis-
sourl Kid. This character had been
cunningly elusive. Those who had seen
him had been impressed by his eyes and
eyebrows. The brows were thick and
the eyes heavily lidded, crafty and al-
ways partially closed. For some time
Sheriff Vedder had wondered if Willie
Rudolph and The Missouri Kid could be
one and the same person.

On several, occasions Frank Rudolph,
who hadn’t worked in years, had some-
how been _ plentifully
supplied with money
with which to buy good
whisky. Now that the
Pinkerton — superinten-
dent pointed out to
Sheriff Vedder the sus-
pected relationship be-
tween old Frank’s latest
supply of money and the
‘loot from the Union
bank, the Sheriff re-
called that previous oc-
casions when the man
had been flush had often
immediately followed
word of a holdup per-
petrated by The Mis-
sourl Kid.

Thus it was that on a
morning late in Janu-
ary, Inspector Thorn-
hill in New York was
going over with Robert
A. Pinkerton a long

York office,

Frank H. Davis, As-
sistant Superintendent
at Pinkerton’s
did an
adroit job of question-
ing Collins’ sweetheart

coded night letter received from Schu-
macher. “Charlie and the Sheriff are
going to make the arrest this morning,
Mr. Pinkerton,” said Thornhill. “In
fact, they’ve probably set out for that
bunkhouse by now.”

“Schumacher,” said Pinkerton, “is
young and eager and one of the most
brilliant men in the entire organization.
I just hope that he doesn’t take any
unnecessary chances with those fellows.”’
He reached for a report on The Missouri
Kid which had been hastily compiled for
him. “The Kid,’ he commented,
“would rather shoot than eat.  He’s
thoroughly evil.”

w Ks. wondering who his partner. is,”
said Thornhill.

“We should know soon,” answered
Pinkerton.

“What do you make of these sunburn
and dental items that Schumacher men-
tions in his wire here?”

Pinkerton leaned back in his chair and
gazed unseeingly at the downtown New
York skyline. He had, like his brother
William, inherited the remarkable facul-
ty for deduction that had characterized
so many investigations conducted by his
father, Allan Pinkerton, founder of The
Kye.

“The Kid and his companion unques-
tionably have girls they are seriously in-
terested in,” said Pinkerton at length.
“There’s nothing like a girl to cause a
man to brush up on his personal appear-
ance. With regard to the suntan, the
chances are the pair went to a winter
resort immediately after the robbery.
think they first stopped off in Stanton,
probably to hide the bulk of the loot.
The fact that Old Man Rudolph was in
funds ,right after the robbery indicates
that. ‘They probably stayed away a
couple- of weeks and had possibly been
baek two or three days when Schumacher
visited the bunkhouse yesterday.”

“Where do you think they might have
gone?” asked Thornhill.

“Probably to Hot Springs,” answered
Pinkerton, quickly. “It’s not too far
from Missouri, and it’s fashionable.
Judging from the many money crimes
of which The Missouri Kid is suspected,
he probably (Continued on page 88)

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Keytesville, Missouri
19 January 1977
Watt Espy, Jr.
P.O. Bam C7
Headland, Alabama
Mr. Espy:

In reply to your letter of 19 November 1976, please find
enclosed copies of pages from the 1883 edition of a History of
Howard and Chariton Counties as published by the St. Louis:
National Historical Company of that time. These pages describe
what appears to be the only legal hanging which has occurred in
Chariton County.

It will be noted that the article makes no mention of the
exact date on which Mr. Cropp was executed. A check with the
records of the Clark of the Circuit Court has the date to be
11 June 1880.

I hope this information will assist you in your project.
Cordially,

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- Vik Li) Nat RUOA/
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Librarian
Keytesville Public Library
Keytesville, Missouri
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620 HISTORY OF HOWARD AND CHARITON COUNTIES.

nondale, Morris reached down and took the pistol out of Wright’s
breast pocket. After his arrest, Morris lay in jail several months be-

fore he was tried. He was finally tried and sent to the penitentiary ©

for ten years.

Hooton fled after the difficulty and went to Texas, where he was ar-
rested after six or eight months. He was tried three times ; the first
~ two trials resulting in a hung jury. At the last trial which took place
in June, 1883, he was cleared. His accessory is still in the peniten-
tiary. ; :

JOHN CROPP — HIS CRIME, TRIAL, STATEMENT AND EXECUTION. ©

The trial of John Cropp was had at a special session of the circuit

court of Chariton county, which convened on Tuesday, the 4th day of |

May, 1880. ; ,

The following is the full list of the jurors who sat in judgment on the
trial of the cause, viz: J.J. Crossland, Wm. T. Laird, S. M. Moore,
Wn. O. Phillips, Wm. 8. Evans, James M. Green, Leven N. Riley,
» Wm. R. McGrew, Wm. H. Bragg, A. H. Scranton, James M. Saun-
ders, and J. H. Colley.

The crime charged in the indictment was murder in the first degree, .

' and the following is a brief statement of the facts as developed by the
evidence on the trial. ;
The killing of Noah Forrest by John Cropp occurred about 5 o’clock
p. m. on the 25th day of December, 1879, at a gate about 40 yards
from the front door of the residence of Mr. John G. Forrest, the
father of the decensed, who resides near the Village of Forest Green
“in the south part of this county. .
The weapon used by the negro wasa double-barreled shot gun.
The State proved by three witnesses who saw him, that the negro
man Cropp was standing in‘a fence corner near the place where the |
fatal deed wus committed some fifteen to twenty-five minutes before
the young man, Forrest, came to the place where he was shot. Two of
the same witnesses who saw the shooting also testified that they heard
some: hasty word spoken by the negro to young Forrest, which they
did not understand, and saw him follow.the words by shooting, killing
young Forrest almost instantly.

‘The State also proved by another witness who met the negro run-
ning ‘away that he exclaimed us he ran, ‘I’ve got one of them!”
meaning one of the young men with whom he had ¢ difficulty early in
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The negro made no denial of the killing, but alleggd the same to
have been done in self-defence.

In support of this theory, the defence offered a number of wit-
nesses, ‘vho testified fully concerning the,difficulty which occurred in
the forenoon of that day between the negro and some young white
men at Forest Green, among whom was young Forrest, who was
afterwards killed by the negro, at the time and place, and in the
mannes above stated.

The testimony of the witnesses differ in regard to the extent of the
punishment which the negro received at the hands of the young men
in the forenoon of that day, but all concurred in the fact that the
first difficulty ended before noon, und the defendant in his own tes-
timony admitted that he went to his father’s house, about one mile
distance from Forest Green, and got his father’s shot-gun, and re-
turned to the town for the purpose of settling the trouble with the
young men. He was seen in the town about one o'clock on that
day with his shot-gun, und was advised to leave town then, for fear*
of further trouble. He left town on the advice of Mr. Guerin, but
instead of going home he went back to some negro cabins near Hery-
ford’s tobacco factory, where he remained until a short time before
the killing. When he left the negro cabins, he bade the parties there
good-bye, and said he was going home. He started in the direction
of Forest Green, taking with him the shot-gun. He was next seen
standing in the fence corner in front of the residence of old Mr. For-
rest, shot-gun in hand, awaiting the approach of the young man
whom he shot and killed, as admitted in his own testimony given on
the trial, which was in substance the same as given in his statement
herewith published.

Cropp is not a large man — about five feet, eight inches tall, good
build, and weighs about one hundred and sixty pounds. His mother
belonged to Judge Bentley, of this county, and John was born
about 1855, and is, therefore, fow about twenty-five years old.
‘His futher, Emmit Hays, belonged to Mr. Benjamin Hays, of this
county, und still lives in this county. John remarked to us that
his name was really Hays, but that after the war he worked two
years for a mati aamed Cropp, in Howard county, and that since
that time he had been kuown as John Cropp.

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children some Christmas tricks; had no iden that any one had any.

thing against me; bought some Chrismas tricks from James Guerin, /

and took them up to Ed. Bunnel’s, my brother-in-law, near Mr,
Bentley’s factory, where I left them; went to Bunnel’s to get my
wife some dried apples ; while there sitting in a chair heard two or three
pistol shots, but did not pay much attention to them until some one
came running in and said Dud. Lee, Noah Forrest and E, Harvey
were shooting Frank Whitney, and then I got up and went around in
front of Mr. Bentley’s factory where the boys were, and found Mr.
L. A. Spencer begging the boys to gd home and put their revolvers
away, und ‘I saw, over in Mr. Forrest’s pasture, Frank Whitney
running away; but while Mr. Spencer was begging the boys to put
away their revolvers they got worse, und made terrible threats, when
Mr. Spencer told them if they wouldn’t listen to him he would go
away and leave them, and he did so. Soon Dunn Gaines came to the
corner of the factory, and the boys went up there, stuck their pistols
at his face, kicked him and run him off. Then the boys went back

down to the store, and J went back to Ed. Bunnel’s, got my things, *

and started home. When I came out to the road I saw old Aunt
Kitty Heryford coming, and she called to me to wait and go down to
the store with her. When we got to the store the boys were standing
off to one side ; she went into the store and J started on home. The
boys then started, coming around in front of me, and said: ‘Jobn,
' we've got you, have we,’ and I said, ‘What have I done? I never
did any of you any harm.’ They said, ‘Dry up, you s—of a b—;
we are going to murder you right here.’ Dud Lee caught me by the
left arm, and struck me several licks over the head with his revolver.
Forrest had his revolver in his hand, but put it in his pocket, and
struck me with a club he hud in his hand. Estel Harvey caught hold
of a bottle of coal oil I had tied on my thumb, and in pulling it away tore
off the thumb of my glove ; then he drew his revolver, cocked and pointed
it at me, when his brother Will came up and begged him not to shoot
me, and I jerked lose from Dud Lee and ran away, and the boys ran
after me. I was afraid to follow the road so I jumped over into Mr.
Bill Howard’s pasture, dropping my Christmas tricks at the fence.
I went through the woods to Mrs. Lewis’s and asked for some water
to wash the blood off of myself. She asked me what was the matter,
and after I told her, she gave me some water. She told me she had
nothing to dress my wounds with, and for me to hurry on up to my
father’s and get something to dress them with, and I did so. When

HISTORY OF HOWARD AND CHARITON COUNTIES. 623

I got to my father’s house he was not there; my sister and mother
dressed my wounds, and then they went out to look for my father.
I was afraid to go back to Forest Green without a gun, and so I
took one with me, but left it lying on the bed at Frances Green’s,
near the factory, and went down to Mr. Guerin’s.store ; I thought if
I could get to see the boys and talk with them we would have no more
fuss, but when I got there none of them were there; I went into Mr.
Guerin’s store and asked Mr. Guerin if he had heard the boys say
why they had beat me. He answered ‘‘no,’’ and said he knew the
boys had done me wrong, and told me to come outside the door, as
he had something to tell me. He told me that the best thing I could
do would be to get away from there; that the boys were well armed
and that if they caught me they would kill me sure. I took his
advice and started away, passing Mr. Forrest’s store, and saw Mr.
Forrest standing in his door. I asked him if he had heard the boys
suy why they had treated me as they had. He said ‘no’ he didn’t
know what Noah’s idea was. I went on up to the factory, and found
my Christmas tricks in my brother-in-law’s house; I got them and
started home, passing by Frances Green’s house and got the gun;
told her good-by, and said I was going home. I started home, and
was not expecting to meet any of the boys, but met Noah in the road,
and asked him why they treated me as they did, saying that I had
never doné them any harm. He said ‘Nothing, John.’ I told him I
didn’t know why they had treated me as they did. Then he drew his
revolver from the left side to shoot, and then I was afraid he would
shoot me and I raised my gun quick and shot first, and then I ran
down toward the factory, the way I had come; I said nothing to any
one, but dropped my Christmas goods near the factory. I went to
my brother-in-law’s, on Mr. Dred Hays’ place, in Howard county, a
distance of five miles before sundown. While theréI heard a terrible
riding of horses, and stepping out at the door, narrowly escaped out
of the hands of the mob. I remained in the neighborhood about two
days. Had no chance to come to Keytesville to give myself up to
the civil officers, so I went to Mexico, thence to Ladonia, where I was
arrested.’’

Upon being asked if he had anything more to say he replied in a
kind of choked, nervous.voice: —_:

‘‘ Well, put down the best praise I can give to Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Phillips for their good treatment of me,’’ and immediately added, «* If
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to die, and I expect to meet my God in heaven. Put down farewell
to everybody who rezds this statement.”

We here suggested to him that. his statement seemed to be one-
sided, and asked if he didn’t think he had been prejudiced and unfair
in making it, and he answered, ‘* No— no, sir.” ‘

Of course it is not fair for us to sit in judgment on the truth or
falsity af Cropp’s statement, but we must admit that he had not ut-
tered a dozen sentences, until, by his bold, defiant bearing and gen-
eral conduct and manner, he convinced us that he had started in to
vindicate himself, and whenever we suggested that any assertion he
made seemed a little unreasonable in the light of well established
facts, he ut once became vindictive and contentious.

In the hope that he might have more fully realized his terrible con-
dition, and have buried some of the bitterness against others which
he harbored in his heart, we visited him again Thursday morning, but
found him even more vindictive. vine

He thanked us for several oranges we handed him, and seemed to
enjoy their possession, but did not appear to care much about eating
them. He was quite willing to talk as long as we would concur in
what he said, but when we showed any disposition to question his as-
sertions, instantly he would become irritable.

During the conversation he said : ‘+ No use for me to try to straighten
up here with man — man can’t ‘save my soul — Jesus must do that,
and I am trusting every day that the time will hurry on when I can
give my life to map and my soulto God. You all worked to take my
life in the most curious way I ever saw, and‘everybody knows it.”’

In speaking of the elapse of time between the quarrel in the morn-
ing and the shooting in the evening we remarked that everybody agreed
that it was at least from five to seven hours, and judging from his
statement, it could not have been more than an hour or so, and then
when asked what he was doing all that time, he quickly said: ** Ob,
no; it couldn’t have been that long — it couldn’t have been more
than an hour and a half.’ We ther said: ‘* Now, John, do you
mean to say that you have told the truth, and ull others have lied
about this matter?’’? The unswer was quick and positive: ‘6 Yes,
they huave.’’ -'

THE EXECUTION.

Shortly after eleven o'clock Cropp was taken from the jail and
driven to the scaffold in the bottom, 300 or 400 hundred yards west
of the town. Sheriff Davis rode in front of the wagon on horseback,

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and the wagon was surrounded by a well armed guard of sixty-three
men.

The scaffold reached, Cropp mounted the steps with « firm, steady
tread, and was seated by Rev. R. H. Strother (colored), of Rich-
mond, Missouri.

Sheriff Davis then told the condemned man he could speak if he had
anything to say. He arose, stepped to near the centre of the plat-
form, and said: ‘*I have not much to say, only in regard to death.
I know that I have got to die, and appear before the bar of God. I
am willing to leave this world for the lone sake of Jesus, and I hope
to meet with Him and live in joy forever, and I trust God will take
my soul, and man my body at the falling of this trap. I am willing
to die, and I know my soul will be marching on when I leave this
world.

Rev. Strother then sung ‘* What a friend I have in Jesus,’’ Cropp
assisting, and then he engaged in a fervent prayer, after which he
sung ‘*I am clinging, Lord, to Thee.’’ Cropp seemed quite deeply
interested, but not a tear fell from his eyes.'

Sheriff Davis read the death warrant in a firm, loud voice, at the
conclusion of which deputy Eidson told Cropp to stand up, and pro-
ceeded to bind his arms and legs, during which procedure Cropp
stood with his head slightly bowed and eyes closed. When told to
step upon the trap he did so with seeming less concern than he had
before exhibited.

As Sheriff Davis was preparing to put the rope around Cropp’s
neck he said, ‘* Farewell to you all.’’ While the sheriff was adjusting
the rope Cropp said : —

‘« Squeeze it tight.’’ :

After the sheriff had put the black cap on Cropp, he cut the rope,
and the trap fell at 12:08. Cropp was pronouneed dead in sixteen
minutes, having died of strangulation. eee

Several thousand people were here and witnessed this, the first
execution that ever occurred according to the forms of law in Chariton
county.

A BRUTAL MURDER.

Dr. G. W. Sturman, one of the oldest citizens of Missouri town-
ship, in Chariton county, was most brutally murdered on the public
road not far from his residence while on his way home from Keytes-
ville on the evening of the 13th of September, 1879. The deed was

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September 18, 1981

- Watt Espy

University, Alabama
Dear Sir:
‘We have two executions besides the two you list.

I enclose copies of the newspaper articles from

our files.

Sincerely yours,

Germs J: Heten

(Mrs, S. Hull Sisson, Librarian)

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Memo From: WATT ESPY
C/O LAW LIBRARY —:— P, O. BOX 6205 —:— UNIVERSITY, AL. 35486
PHONE (205) 348-5925

9-2 2—1981

Mve,S. Hull Sisson, Librarian,
Johnson County Historical Society, Inc,,
Warrensburg, Missouri 6),093,

Mrs, Sisson:

Thank you so mich for your letter of Sept, 18,
1981, and for the copies of the newspaper clippings
concerning the executions of Daniels and Davidson,

While I hate to trouble you again, | wonder whee
ther or not you have similar newspaperxsclippings
on the two other hangings that took place in John-
son Count (that of Bill Hamilton (lid Altman) and
Charley Hamilton (Malsky) on July 11, 188), ana
that of Charles Banks on Dece 29, 1893, and, if
SO, whether or not wemight obtain copies of those

Erclosed is a prepaid addressed envelope for your
reply, and I shall look foward to hearing from you
at your convknience,

Thanking yOu, once again, I amy

Respectfully yours,


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A Wistory of the Killing To-
gether Witha Detail
of the Execution.

hostk Davidson was hianeed in this
ens, doty TW, 1st. fer the amurder of
Win, Jingerty, September 23, 1873, by
“ ot. Emersen, sheriff of Jeboson eonn-
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city,

of the

Davidson atthe time of his execution
was only 24 yenrs of age and very good
leokimg, dte showed remarkable uerve
atthe rcuffold |

ogite EXECUTION.

The march to the gallows started from
the Sippnons bonse at 11:00, The Sher-
ls guard proceeding in two ranks, for-
wowed by a close carriage. in which were
seated Davidson, his spiritual adviser
and the Sheriff, The procession was
followed to the place of execution by a
crowd Of 10,000 people, ali anxious to
Witiess the final scene,

Davidson mounted the steps with a
firm step and took a seat, huldvy a bo-
quetin his hand, aud seemed rygizned to
nis fate. n

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fistor’y of the Alurder.

On the 28d day of Beptember, ists, a
picnic Was held about 38> miles northenst
of Watrevsbur:, on the north side of
Biackwater. It was attended hy the
young people of the country for several
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HALF GALLON OF ATCOTMOL,

Irshonld be stated here, Maat it bas}
long been a fashion ja that neigh borboed |
mmnong the young men, to purchase aleobo!
und dilute it with water to donk.  ‘Phis;
they do beeanse it i, cheaper than
abi-ckey, and wll, es they say, “make |
the drunk: _come” sooner, After the |
thatey ¥ Wis Thige Jd, Davidson was depu
ised to bring it to Warrensburg and buy |
the Meohol, dle says Herwerty sent by |
hom fora pint of alcoho! ou lis own aes
connt, avd told him tu say to Miller &
Heath the druggists, that he weuld pay
when be come in, but that Mr. Miller re-
fused to Jet him have the weolol for
Haggerty without theolmoney. He got
his half gallon of eiewnak however, and
returned, The jue was secreted in the
brosh and its biding place mede known
to Davidson and bis co partbers who
made

FREQUENT VISITS
to it during the d#y. So fur as appeared
frum the evidence Hayeerty was not
drinking during the cry, nud was en-
lirely sobex at the time of the difficulty.
Davidson seems to bave atiracted con-
siderable attention late io the afternoon
from bis evident stute of intoxication,
He was riding round on bis boree flring
off nie | Tao, tio wiping the youn
leditg to ge with him tothe candy stand

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TROUBLE INAUGURATED.

Pate de tay efrernoon, as the party was
| abort breaking up. Mars flayperty, who
J was sianding by the candy stand, says
| Devicsor Gime to ber ard asked ner to
J lave some candy. She deelined. He
Yur sted. Ste iwc him wot to be spend-
ioe his money on her, He then reached
over aud whispered to her that be ‘was
going’ to sleep with her that night,” She
told him “she guessed not.” He said,
“By Ged Iwill”) She said, “Not unless
Jou are a better man than my man, He
jthen went off and ina few minutes she
tok bea busband what Davidson had
sad, Waggerty went to gee David-
sof, and met bim between the dancing
pisiform and candy staod,

THE MURDER.

VYhey went a litte ‘to ‘one side
and talked. What was at first said
vone of the witoerses could ucderstund
i though they were but a few feet away,

; The first. that wae noticed Davidson
i ag wonvings bial ast in the afr,’ dnd

Iuecerty wad benrd losay that "if Da-

vidsen would throw down bis piste]

would Whip him.”  Witnésses varied
| folaewhat as to he details of what. fol-
lowed; but the tudstantial facets seem to

’

he that Bill Quo ener took hold of Dayid-
con and ‘hed to wet hin to rat up his
pistol, and that Davidson flune Queeoer
to vne fide and fired bis pistol-in the
oirand thea snytne Vil de ait, Flldo ft,”
brouzht Mis pistol to bear on Haggerty
and fired, shooting him in the dreast
Haggerty then turned sway and reeled
and Davidson shot again und as Hagger-
ly WAS moving awny and in the act of
falling, Davidson shot bam again. Hap
erty did not live a minute after he fell
nod never spoke. Threo bullet holes

were found in bis body, onein his beast
and two in his back. Davidson then

made an effor, to escape running around
the candy stand and then to hie horse

which wastied neartheroad. He was pur-
sued by Joho Shewalter and Bob Blevins
with whom he exchanged shots without
effect, He was overpowered and bound

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He was tried at the May term of crimli-
peal court 187%,and ecutenced to hang
July 10, 1870. ©

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and the Court

‘of St. Louis. He was indicted by the grand
‘jury at a special term of the oyer and terminer
court held at St. Louis, August 14, 1809, for
murder in the first degree. He was tried
August 21, found guilty and sentenced to be
“banged. He was duly executed on the date
above given. This was done after the primi-
tive methods then in vogue, and which, it may
“he of interest to note, were closely fashioned
after those prevailing at Tyburn, where so
many famous highwaymen of romance paid
the last penalty of the law. John Long, Jr.,
duly escorted, was driven up to the place of
execution ina cart. The scaffold was a sim-
ple contrivance, consisting of two upright
posts across which a horizontal beam was at-
tached. From the beam hung a rope. The
‘eondemned man was driven under the scaf-
fold, and the rope was adjusted with a run-
ping noose around his throat. When every-
thing was ready the cart was driven forward,
feaving the culprit dangling by the neck.
Death came to murderers in those days not
mercifully by sudden dislocation of the neck,
but slowly and painfully by strangulation. It
fg worth noticing that execution followed
judgment in less than a month, which many
will regard as an improvement upon the ex-
isting dilatory methods in murder cases. It
may be stated that the old custom, still ob-
served in England, was to allow three Sundays
\ to intervene between sentence and execution.
This custom seems, whether knowingly or
otherwise, to have been observed in the case
of John Long, Jr., the first murderer hanged
by due process of law at St. Louis.

For the next forty vears or so the records
gre not accessible beyond the following mere
enumeration for St. Louis. Hugh Kink was
hanged for the murder of Martin Green, May
20, 1827. Madison, alias Charles Brown,
James Seward, alias Sewell, and Alfred, alias
Alpheus Warrick, all colored, were hanged
July 9, 1841, for the murder of Jesse Baker
and Jacob Weaver. A man named Johnson
was hanged for killing one Floyd, the date of
‘execution being March 3, 1843. John Mc-
Daniel and Joseph Brown were hanged Au-
gust 16, 1848, for the murder of one Chavez,
“a Mexican.

Hugh Gallagher was hanged, Decemver 13,
» so, for the murder of Mary Ann Crosby.
‘February 14, 1851, John Thomas was hanged
at Duncan Island, in the presence of a crowd
Stated as fully ten thousand, of whom two

EXECUTIONS OF CRIMINALS. 711

thousand were women and children. He was’
attended upon the scaffold by Rev. Fathers
Paris and Hennessy. He met his fate with
fortitude; his last words were: “Gentlemen
and fellow-citizens: I bid you all adieu; I
give myself up to the will of the law and to the
Lord’s mercy.” Owing to some improper
arrangement of the noose, the fall failed to
break the man’s neck. He hung for seven and
a half minutes before giving the last death con-
vulsion. His death was produced by suffoca-
tion. The crime for which he suffered the
final punishment of the law, was the killing
of Michael Stephen, a retired soldier, resid-
ing near Jefferson Barracks. The men were
slightly acquainted. The murder was appar-
ently perpetrated on the highway, the body
being discovered in an adjacent wood.
Thomas was suspected and was arrested on
a Carondelet Avenue omnibus. His shirt
and boots were covered with blood. Some
eighty-seven dollars in gold and silver, and
also a leaf or two, torn from a book which had
been previously found in Stephen’s pocket,
were found in his possession.

Dodge, alias Vanzandt, and Schoen, alias
Shawnee, were hanged July 22, 1853; the gal-
lows used for the purpose being erected in
the space between the criminal court room
and the jail, so that none could see the final
struggles save those within the jail walls.
None the less a large crowd were assembled
from early in the morning until the execu-
tions, in the vicinity of the jail, availing them-
selves of sheds in the neighborhood to catch
a glimpse at the unfortunate culprits. Both
men made short speeches. Dodge, or Van-
zandt, asked all present to take warning, by his
fate, and ended by thanking the jailer and his
family for their kindness. Schoen expressed
himself as willing to suffer for his conduct,
and expressed his gratitude for the efforts
made on his behalf by his American and Ger-
man friends. The bodies were buried in
Rock Springs Cemetery.

On the morning of June 17, 1859, George
H. Lamb was executed for wife murder.
The crime was deliberately planned and
as deliberately executed. Lamb had been
religiously brought up, his father being
a farmer in comfortable circumstances.
In 1856 Lamb met and_ secretly married
Sarah Stafford, a handsome girl of eight-
een, described as of excellent disposition
and rather more than ordinary education.

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DUNCAN, John, white, hanged St. Michaels, Madison County, Missouri, April or May 5, 1821.

"From a Missouri newspaper: John Duncan, who committed the atrocious murder upon the bodies
of J. B. Stevenson, his wife and two children, on Dec. 13, 1820, was executed on the 5th
ult. (this would imply May §, though a letter dtd. Mer. 8, 19%6, from John P. Skaggs,

President, Madison County Historical Society, 2 Maple Drive, Fredericktown, Moe 6365
gives date as April 5), in pursuance of the sentence pronounced by the Circuit Court of

| Madison county. We heave read his confession, taken while in prison; but it discloses
facts of such Beinous and unprecedented enormity, that its publicity would only disgust
our readers. Never was there a scene of more cpnowded infamy or a catalogue so blackenéd
with human depravity& After sacraficing the lives of four innocent and defenceless
beings, apparently for the purpose of booty, $68 were all he received§ Duncan is the
first person who has suffered the punishment of death under the laws of the state govern-
ments; and it is on that account particularly, that we mention the fact. The sentence
was pronounced against him some time before the admission of the state was known in
Missouri." DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D. C., June 8, 1821 (2/h.)


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HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

.. Clerks of the Circuit Court.—Same as above to 1874; E. P.
Settle, 1874-82; R. E. Buehler, 1882.
Sheriffs.— William Dennis, 1854-58; W. K. Toney, 1858-60
Benjamin Holmes, 1860-62; Pleasant A. Hodges, 1862-65; A.
A. Duncan, 1865; L. H. Linville, 1865-68; ©. A. Bennett,
1868-72; Benjamin Holmes, 1872-76; J. F. Hatton, 1876-80; —
John T. Davis, 1880-82; William Womack, 1882-84; Wiley
Daniels, 1884.
NN Collectors. —James F. Hatten, 1880-86; S. H. Carson, 1886.
Assessors.—Samuel Baird, 1854-57; Thomas J. Johnson,
1857-58; Benjamin Holmes, James Arnett, J. D. Lewis end
James Kirkpatrick, 1858-59; W. A. Davis, G. W. Brooks, P.
Mabrey and John Kemper, 1859-60; John A. Marshall, 1860-.
61; A. A. Duncan, 1861-62; J. A. Atkins, 1862-63; Nathan
Montgomery, 1863-65; P. L. Powers, 1865-66; C. B. L. Row-
land, 1866-68; George C. Bowen, 1868-69; Mark A. Taylor,
; 1869-70; M. A. Taylor, 1870-72; C. W. Sutherlin, 1872;
rN {James Carson, 1872-76; B. F. Sutton, 1876-78; J. D. Wallis,
= «\° 1878-80; Stephen H. Carson, 1880-84; Franklin Farrell, 1884-
] \. 86; James B. McGhee, 1886. : ‘ .
mas Treasurers.—Jeremiah Spencer, 1854-56; James M. Woods,
e 1856-58; J. A. Atkins, 1858-60; West Owenly, 1860-66; J. A

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Atkins, 1866-67; W. F. Short, 1867-70; B. L. Wilkinson,
1870-74; Alexander McBride, 1874-76; John F. McGhee, 1876-
82; C. A. Bennett, 1882-84; E. P. Settle, 1884-86.
Judges of the County Cowrt—William C. Arnold, 1854-55;
James Kirkpatrick, 1854-55; Vincent A. Franklin, 1854-55;
David Ramsey, 1855-56; H. B. Witherspoon, 1855-56; L. H.
Flinn, 1855-56; Jonas Eaker, 1856-57 (district judge); David
“ Ramsey, 1857-58; Robert J. McCullough, 1857-58; John
Holmes, 1857- ; Alexander Sloan, 1858; V. A. Faulkner,
1858-60; Ed. Maxwell, 1858-60; Meshack Ward, 1858-60.
Probate Judge with county jurisdiction—Joel D. Lewis, 1860-

64; W. F. Short, 1865-66; James M. Woods, 1866-67; James
T. Sutton, 1867-68; Henry Flentge, 1868-69; Rush Byrne,
1869-70; W. F. Short, 1870-72; F. C. Neely, 1872-74. County
judges—M. A. Taylor, 1874-76; P. ©. Ivy, 1874-80; F. C.
Neely, 1874-78; E. J. Dalton, 1876-82; ©. F. Bruihl, 1876-80;

HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 839

James Carson, 1878-80; John H. Raney, 1880-84; James A.
Rhodes, 1880-82; C. F. Bruihl, 1882-86; James Carson, 1882-—
84; E. OC. Rubottom, 1884-86; M. P. Cayce, 1884-86; E. J.
Dalton, 1886; M. N. Ijames, 1886; C. A. Bennett, 1886.
Representatives in the Legislature.—Elijah Bettis, 1822;
John B. Conner, 1830; R. D. Cowan, 1834; Hardy Allard, 1836;
Wiley Wallis, 1840, also 1844; M. N. Abernathy, 1846; Will-
iam Welsh, 1848; Samuel Black, 1850; Benjamin Holmes, 1852,
also 1854; D. L. Jennings, 1856; P. L. Powers, 1862; James
MocMurtrie, 1864, also 1866; W. T. Leeper, 1870-72; L. M. Pet-
titt, 1872, also 1874; P. L. Powers, 1878; Lewis McSpadden,

1880; George T. Lee, 1882; Lewis McSpadden, 1884; George T. _

Lee, 1886.

Formation of Madison County.—The act for the organization
of Madison County was passed on December 14, 1818, on the
same day that the counties of Lincoln, Pike and Montgomery
were formed. At thattime the circuit court transacted all the
county business.

Court Proceedings.—The first term was held at the house of
Theodore F. Tong, on July 12, 1819, by Judge Thomas. Charles
Hutchings performed the duties of clerk, but at the next term
Nathaniel Cook received the appointment. The sheriff was Jos-
eph Montgomery, who returned the following list of grand jurors:
Jason Harrison, John White, Adam Ground, John Clement, Jacob
Shook, Elisha Bennett, Thomas Cooper, Lee Pettitt, Nicholas
LaChance, John B. Deguire, Alexander Fletcher, William Dil-
lard, James Pettitt, Thomas Crawford, Peter Sides, John Best,
John Sides, Henry Whitener, John Wright and E. Mitchell. They
returned indictments against John Callaway, Samuel Strother, J.
G. W. McCabe, Joseph Bennett, D. L. Caruthers, George and
Jacob Nifong, Peter Chevallier, Moses Baird, Samuel Anthony,
Thomas Craddock, George Robertson, John Bridges, Adam Hen-
derson and Arthur McFarland for assault and battery; against
“Fred. Mires” for horse stealing; against George Wear for “cow
stealing ;” against J. B. Stephens for larceny, and against William
Stephens for hog stealing. In the assault and battery cases all
were found guilty, and fined in various sums, except Bridges and
McFarland. In the other cases there were no convictions.

SO


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| VOLLINS, George, wh, han ed Union, MO March 26,
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RUDOIPH, William, wh, hanged Unkon, MO May 8, 1905
RUVULE Hy William, ’ & ’ ’

George Collins (right) one
of the dancing killers,

The renowned Pinkerton organization,
posed as a big timber man

which was then retained to investigate
crimes committed against members of
the American Bankers Association, of }
which the Missouri bank was one, meshed
gears and shifted into “high.”

A series of telegrams passed between
Thornhill and the St. Louis office, the
latter being nearest to the scene. Toward
the day’s end the Chief of the Criminal

* Division was summoned to the office of
Robert A. Pinkerton, son of the Agency's _
founder, to discuss details of the robbery. o}
“We're up against some really bad men t}
in this ease, Mr. Pinkerton,” said Thorn-
. hill. “It didn’t make any difference to
them that the vault out there was a
double-decker with a harness.” Thorn-
hill was talking in the jargon of vegg-
By ALAN
Wi
ith the Pinkertons ont
MURDERED __ DETE
'
AVID C. THORNHILL, Manager — spector Thornhill, as he is known to law men, current in that year long since Th
of the Department of Criminal In- enforcement officers everywhere, read passed. A double-decker bank vault was cordiy
vestigation, of Pinkerton’s Na- “this message from the St. Louis office one with a double steel door; a harness tance
tional Detective Agency, and of the Agency: constituted one or more pressure bars, ing int
destined later to become assistant to the to make entry all the more difficult. eone
President of that extensive detective or- Vault and safe First National Bank, “These men were prepared to murder loaded
ganization, shook the snow from the folds Union, Missouri, blown with nitro- everyone who stood in their way; fully Appar
of his overcoat as he entered his office in glycerine. Loss one hundred fifteen five minutes passed between the time of the. hi
a New York skyscraper on the morning thousand dollars. Apparently work the explosion and the time one of them hs
* of December 27th. Opening a yellow first-class yeggmen. No clues. De- went back to colleet the loot. They while |
envelope which his secretary had placed scription meagre. Investigation pro- weren’t in any particular hurry, because self
on his desk not five minutes before, In- gressing quickly and thoroughly. when the vegg who had planted the soup prose!
60 KEE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES MAY, 1%
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went back into the bank after it had
gone off, his partner used both a revolver
aud a shotgun to blaze away at the
houses in the vicinity.”

“Did he hit any one?” asked Pinker-
ton.

“By a miracle, no. A man named
Busch, who has a hardware store across
the street, was jolted from his bed in the
living quarters above by the blast. He
rushed to a front window and saw streaks
of yellow and blue nitroglycerin fire
shooting out from the bank windows. In
the light made by the flames he saw two
young men standing just outside of the
bank—one fairly tall, the other short
and chunky. The short one spotted him
and opened up. Busch’s bedroom was
filled with bullets from a forty-five.”

on the case of the
DETECTIVE

Thornhill further explained that, ac-
cording to the telegrams and long-dis-
tance telephone calls that had been com-
ing into his office all day, Busch had then
gone downstairs to his store to get a
loaded shotgun that he always kept there.
Apparently divining the movements of
the hardware man, one of the yeggmen
—he who had acted as armed lookout
while his partner went in and loaded him-
self down with gold and silver—ap-
proached the store and blasted several

MAY, 1941

shotgun charges through the front win-
dows, sending Busch under cover.

The terror-stricken neighborhood had
been thoroughly cowed by shotgun and
revolver charges plowing through win-
dows on Union’s main street as the rob-
bers ran through the darkness and fired,
hit or miss, at. the houses they passed.

A young detective, Charles J. Schu-
macher, at the time an Assistant Super-
intendent of the St. Louis office, had
been assigned to investigate. Enthusiastic

had expensive tastes

and alert, he had visited the bank and
begun his investigation from scratch.
This was in the days before science had
developed its miracles as aids in crime
detection, and Schumacher had been
forced to rely on deduction for clues.

The Pinkerton detective had looked
over the scene and it was so covered
with debris that he knew further inves-
tigation in the bank premises would be
useless.

In which direction had the robbers

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“The Missouri Kid” (left)

aspired to marry a socialite


fled, he wondered. Four miles from the
scene of the crime were the tracks of the
‘Frisco railroad. He decided that the
bandits had fled to this point, then taken
a train.

His reason for this deduction was the
course of the shots of the fleeing pair,
which “turned a corner,” so to speak, in
the direction of the railroad. This be-
lief was further strengthened when, upon
investigation, Schumacher learned that
a slow freight had been scheduled to
pass through Union about thirty minutes
after the robbery—or within the time
it would take to run to that spot from
the bank.

In New York, Thornhill studied the
telegrams received from Schumacher and
consulted a freight timetable of the
’Frisco railroad.

“Mr. Pinkerton,” he said, “Schu-
macher says the road has to go up a
steep grade at Union. It seems to me
that there would be an ideal place for a
couple of yeggmen to hop the train while
it was moving slowly.”

“Granted,” said Pinkerton. “But
where would they have jumped off?”

“Schumacher thinks they would have
ridden until just before daybreak,”
Thornhill said. “Then they’d have left
the train at the nearest point before
dawn struck. Do you agree?”

“You mean they’d have been so
heavily weighed down by gold and silver
that they wouldn’t have dared ride past
a ‘daylight point’?” asked Pinkerton.

“Yes. They couldn’t have ridden the
brakes, because their silver might have
hit the ties; they were carrying it in a
bag. They would have made for gon-
dola or box cars.”

“I see,” said Pinkerton. “They
wouldn’t have dared ride in boxes or

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gondolas after daylight because railroad
detectives might have started going
through the train at that time and nailed
them.”

“Precisely,” said Thornhill. “Accord-
ing to Schumacher’s wires, this train hit
daylight—and a steep curve which
slowed it up—at a place I’ve never even
heard of—Stanton, Missouri.”

Just as the New Year’s holidays were
at their height, Schumacher arrived in
the little town known as Stanton. He
checked into the only inn, dressed in
hunting clothes and carrying a shetgun.
He was told by the proprietor that
several strangers had come into the ter-
ritory the previous winter and bagged
some good-sized game.

“Fine,” said the detective, “I hope to
do the same.”

Hanging around the Stanton inn, he
made .it his business to become ac-
quainted with the townfolk, asking ques-
tions as to where the best game was ob-
tainable. Among other places, he was
obliged to frequent the local saloon.
There he found an elderly man ordering
a very expensive whisky by the bottle.
This individual did not seem to be the
type who would ordinarily have the
means to do such a thing. He was a tall,
gangly, and rough-looking man in his
sixties. The detective learned that the
customer was named Frank Rudolph
and that he operated a farm on the
outskirts.

“He must have a good farm,” com-
mented Schumacher to the bartender.

“As a matter of fact, he’s as poor as
a church mouse,” was the answer.

“How long has he been spending money
this way ?”

“For over a week, anyway,” answered
the bartender slowly. “He seems to have

In the Hartford hideaway, Detec-
tive Sergeant G. J. Farrell (left)
came face to face with the armed
desperado. Before the bandit
could fire, Farrell lunged at him

come into quite a lot all at once.”

Meanwhile, back in Union, local peace
enforcement officers searched every pos-
sible building that might have housed
a suspicious character, and found just
one thing. In an abandoned barn on
the outskirts, a shoebox was picked up
which contained the remnants of chicken
sandwiches.

The box was traced to the only store
in Stanton that sold footwear. The
proprietor stated immediately that it had
come from his establishment, because he
recognized his handwriting on the out-
side of the box. The shoes that. had
been wrapped in it had been ladies’, size
eight and of an unusual width, much too
large for the average woman. Still, the
merchant was unable to say who had
purchased them.

The Pinkerton official wondered if
there was any connection between the
size eight. shoes, the robbery, and the
fact that Farmer Rudolph, a poor man,
was purchasing the costliest of liquors.

(> Rudolph—certainly not a par-
ticipant in the Union robbery, be-
cause he was over sixty and suffered from
rheumatism, whereas the bank bandits
had moved with catlike speed—became
the object of surveillance. Thornhill, in
New York, instructed Schumacher to
grow a heavy beard, assume the habili-
ments of a hunter, leave town, and go
back thus disguised so that he would not
be spotted as the individual who had
made inquiries about those living in the
general vicinity.

Schumacher, wearing hunting clothes
and carrying a rifle, set out early one
morning in the general direction of the
Rudolph abode, an abandoned mine
bunkhouse in a desolate section. He
waited for a snowfall before he started.
He was going to use that snowfall—of
two days’ duration—to his advantage in
ease he were checked on.

He headed in the general direction of
his destination, and purposely went
around in circles in the snow to indicate,
in the event any one traced his foot-
prints, that he had been lost. Late in
the afternoon, with clear skies above
and the footprints still distinct in
the blanket of white that lay on the
ground, he saw the bunkhouse in the
distance.

The building was perched on a knoll in
a clearing and afforded its occupants ex-
tensive views in all directions. The front
of the structure, which Schumacher ap-
proached as he ascended the knoll, had
six large windows in the second story and
five windows and a door on the first floor.
There was, although the detective did
not know it at the time, a similar lay-
out in the rear, and each side of the one-
time bunkhouse contained six large win-
dows, three on the first story and three
on the second.

As he drew closer to the home of the
old man who had apparently sud-
denly come into money, the Pinkerton
Superintendent made three  observa-
tions.

First, whoever the occupants of the
house might be, they had not set foot
outside the premises for at least two
days. The snow, which had been falling
for that length of time, had only recently

TRUE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES


stopped and was in an unsulbed state
ul around the building.

secondly, Schumacher heard — the
crowing of a rooster and then saw, off
to one side of the main building, what
was apparently a chicken coop. He re-
membered the remnants of chicken sand-
wiches, apparently left by the Union
bandits.

The third thing that the “hunter” no-
ticed was a movement behind one of the
second story windows. He moved as
casually as he could and carried his
<hotgun in the manner of a sportsman
rather than of an individual expecting
momentarily to use it in self-defense.
As he came to within fifty feet of the
house, Schumacher darted a quick glance
toward the window where he had ob-
xerved the movement. He saw, very
plainly, a man standing there, holding :
long-barrelled weapon.

With Mis blood racing through his
veins, the detective continued his course,
“iving no indication that he realized
what a dangerous spot he was in. He
knew that if he did anything else
but go straight to the front door
he would probably be shot down in
his tracks. Nor was there any guar-
intee that he wouldn't be shot
InvWaV.

lle was to say later that the last fifty
feet. of ground covered seemed consid-
erably longer than that, for he. ex-
pected to hear a blast from the second
story at any instant. However he
reached the house safely and rapped on
the front door. The summons was
answered promptly by a woman of
about fifty whose hands were gnarled
by toil and whose face was lined with
worry. Schumacher was presently to
learn that she was the wife of Old Man
Rudolph. «

The visitor smiled and asked for direc-
tions into Stanton, saying that he had
got lost while hunting jack-rabbits. Mrs.
Rudolph seemed friendly enough and
was about to answer when a. short,
chunky individual, perhaps twenty-five
years of age and with a belligerent ex-
pression on his face, loomed up in the
rear.

“Come on in,” said this youth, “and
tell us all about how you happened to
get lost and why you picked out. this
place to get directions.”

HEN Schumacher entered, he saw

the old man. Presently another
person entered. He had descended from
the second floor, and was carrying a
Winchester rifle. The detective con-
cluded that this was the individual he
had observed at the window. The man
seemed to be between twenty-eight and
thirty vears of age and was tall, dark
and good-looking in a rugged sort of
way. His eyes were heavy-lidded,
crafty, and seemed to be not entirely
open. His eyebrows were exceptionally
thick.

“Willie,” said Mrs. Rudolph to the
latter, “this stranger wants to know the
road back to Stanton.”

“Yeah,” added the short, chunky fel-
low, “he claims he’s lost.”

The person called Willie just stood
there for a few minutes, looking intently
at Schumacher, and holding his Win-

MAY, 1941

chester in his right hand. Presently he
came forward and extended his left
hand, the palm of which, the detective
noticed, contained a long, deep scar.
“Lemme have yer shootin’ weapon,
stranger,” he said to the detective. “Them
things make my friend here nervous.”
Wilhe looked at the chunky fellow and
they both laughed. Then he put. his
own and Schumacher’s weapon in a
corner of the room. ‘“We’re just fixin’
to have a meal,” said Willie to the visitor.
“It’s a long trip to’ town; you better
stay.”

As the Rudolphs, Willie and the
chunky youth sat down at the table,
Schumacher noticed that the latter wore,
under. his jacket, a heavy belt from which
hung a revolver at each side. The talk
was general, and somewhat strained. He
felt a tenseness in the room and knew
that he was being closely observed by
Willie and the other fellow. There was
a certain resemblance between the form-
er and the woman, and the detective de-
cided that he was her son. The short
youth, he deduced, judging from his
speech, was not from Missouri, but more
probably from the Atlantic seaboard, not
far fromeNew York.

Stewed chicken was served at the meal
and when Mrs. Rudolph went out to
the kitchen to bring in another helping,
Schumacher noticed her feet. They were
large. He judged that she wore a shoe
about size eight and quite wide and he
remembered that that had been the size
on the shoebox which the bank robbers
were believed to have left behind them in
Union. Moreover, Willie and his friend
fitted in a general way the descriptions
of the pair who had been silhouetted in
the night by the yellow and blue nitro-
glycerin fire from the bank windows,

and who had been observed by Busch,
the hardware man.

These various observations, coupled
with the general attitude of suspicion
which had confronted him within the
one-time bunkhouse, convinced Schu-
macher that his original deductions,
based on the freight timetable of the
‘Frisco railroad, had led him along the
night trail.

After the meal, Schumacher felt more
free to look directly at the two suspects.
He noticed that each man had recently
had dental work done. The gold work in
their mouths was obviously new. In ad-
dition, their faces and hands gave indi-
cation of recent exposure to strong sun-
hght. It was now well into January,
and Schumacher knew ‘that the two
suspects could not have obtained the
sun tan in that vicinity in the recent
past.

Old Man Rudolph had been concen-
trating on a bottle of whisky, and had
seemed to be unconcerned about the
visitor in any way. It was while Willie
was giving the detective directions to
Stanton that the old man spoke up for
the first time. “Young feller,” he said,
“how long you had that there beard?”

Schumacher stroked the rather lengthy
red facial disguise that he had purposely
grown and said: “Oh, I always wear a
beard. I don’t like to shave.”

“How long you been in these here
parts?” asked the old man.

“Just got in a couple of days ago, be-
fore the storm.”

“Queer,” said old Rudolph, “I would-a
sworn I seen you down in the saloon in
Stanton couple weeks ago.”

This remark was followed by an all-
but-visible tenseness in the room. Willie
and his friend looked at Schumacher,

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Scene at hanging of Vaughan, Ryan and Raymond. Note the spectators on house tops around the
Jail yard. In those days sheriffs had no qualms about permitting execution pictures.—Deeg Photo.
The brutal 1896 Christmas Justice Takes Its Course He girnned at witnesses assembiea

Day murder of Willie Gaines. a
12-year-old negro girl and the
plea by Governor William Jocl
Stone to prevent an angry mob
from wreaking vengeance is still
in the minds of the oldler resi-
dents of the city.

The mutilated body of the ne-
gro girl was, Gren
found in the rear
of Sta mphli's

furniture store a
on High © street. %
She had been B .
ravished, beaten@* * =
and slashed. Scaete..

Suspicion” was
soon directed to
T 0 b e Lanahan, gp
negro janitor at REx ‘
the place. His im-
possible Kityehe Sgt Bye
arranging an ap- G. A. Smith
pointment for her with another
man was soon torn to shreds by
the authorities and he was lodg-
ed in jail.

An angry group of whites and
negroes gathered at the jail and
the threat of lynching was heard
everywhere. Gov. Stone went to
the jail and impiored the crowd to
disperse. He promised that. just-
ice would take its course and that
the capital city of the state must
not be disgraced with a lynching.
The plea of the popular chief ex-
cutive had its éffect and the
only lynching gesture in the histo-
ry of Jeffersan City was dispell-
ed. “3

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home.

Lanahan was indicted in March
of the following year tried, found
guilty in August and sentenced to
be hanged,

Ed McKinsie had been found
guilly of thet murder of Nicho-
las: Linhardt but had escaped. He
Was returned and tried and on
Jan. 19, 1898 the jury returned a
verdict of guilty. Meanwhile Lan-
ahan’s case had been appealed to
the supreme court. When the case
was affirmed this execution and
that of McKinzie was set for the
same day June 22, 1898,

McKinzie was inclined to seek
spiritual guidance but Lannhan
wanted nene of it. On the day be-
fore the execution Tobe yiclded to
the pleas of the minister and the
penitent McKinzie and listened to
the words of the minister. After
he had gone Lanahan told Me-
Kinzie “There better be something
to this or I won't give you no

_rest when we get over yonder to-

morrow.”

McKinzie had suffered a par-
tial stroke of paralysis shortly af-
ter his conviction and was unable
to walk. He was carried {o the
$caffeld and seated on a chair
provided for him on the trap.
Lanahan calmiy chewing tobacco
ascended the thirteen steps as
nonchalantly as if he was going
On the way up he told
Deputy Al Smith that be had nev-
er sten a hanging but that‘he ex-

pected very shortly to feel one.

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around the scaffold and told the
sheriff to hurry because he want-
cd to be wherever he was going
in time for dinner. He was still
chewing vigorously when the
trap was. sprung and he plunged
into eternity.
An Even Break

Mc Kinzie

“¢ trembled and
\s nearly fell from
4 the chair. The
eS execution was

performed by
the late Sam H.
Sone assisted by

oh. Deputy Sheriff
: ag Smith and two
ee . Ni “visiting sheriffs
z. Me who had had
See y experience with
F. Bb. Luckett executions.
Attorney Fenton EF. Luckett
prosecuted both Mekinzie and

Lanahan. He recalled a few days
ago that he had a part in four
major tragedies at the old jail.
He prosecuted two who were
hanged ,defended one who was
hangsed, and defended another
who came within 20 minutes of
being executed.

The next hanging was that of
Joshua L. Craft, a convict who es-
capea over the wall of the prison
Dec. 9, 1899 stole a horse and bug-
gy and drove to Swift's Highway
He entered the hom? of John Heid:
ker, stole a Winchester and start-
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i {Continued from Page 10) McHenry's freight Wagons and

€d eway ona horse, ‘Meanwhiie| drove to the southside where they
Pursuing guards had traced him] were quickly captured Without
and asked a group of farmers to firing another Shot, They were
ip-| assist in the chase. Among them Browectwed: by J. GC. State w. S.
12; Was Henry Spicker. The latter Pope and Conrad Waldecker and
| was the first to come upon the({ were defended by Edwin Silver.
if-| desperado and called upon him to; Found Builty they were Ziven a
surrender, He received a bullet in} new trial] by the supreme court
the abdomen and fell Mmortally|and again convicted. They were,
wounded. A little more than two;hanged June 27, 1907,
‘ae | Years later Craft walked up the Vaughan the
| allows steps to pay With ‘Dis life desnneate of the trio was the first
si the crime. The “job”. was fo break as he stood on the gal-

leader and most

bungled. The rope had not been lows. “Don't Whimper now,” a
waxed and when it was placed sheriff told him, “you were brave
i loosely around the condemned enough when you had the drop on

Man's neck it failed to pull tight the other fellow.” He braced and
4 When he plunged through — the[«too, it standing up.”

rap. He struggled for 50 minutes The bravest of them all was the

and died from Prostration. Wittie ener Canadian who died as Fd-
| Messes said they heard him plead Ward Raymond. “It: swae not his]

¢| Vas told it had been used be-
"| fore and would work, lity was never revealed.

| A Mass Execution S More Lentent Thereafter
Five years ater the triple| Raymond was offered clemency
‘T/ hanging of Edward Raymond,lit he Would reveal who smuggled
George Ryan and Harry Vaughan the revolvers and high explosives
took place in the rear of the jail.Jover the wall. “There has been
"Armed with Pistols and nitro- enough suffering over this thing:
Slycerine four de$peradoes had now,” he told the deputy warden. !
killed John Clay, and Judge Alli- “T am telling nothing.” |
son and wounded Deputy War-| Older residents wil] remember|
den R. E. See. Hiram Blake was! that the enclosure around the}.
the railroad engineer in the barty.! scaffold Was crowded to overflow-
The plan was to steal a switch en- ing while men Climbed trees and
*Ilgine and Proceed east. The nitro} house tops for blocks around to
‘ &lycerine was to have been used} obtain a glimpse of the execution,
‘ito. blow up the Moreau bridge to It was the last hanging at the
stop pursuit. John w, Bruner, | present jail. While there were a
Hather of the presentt chief of po-| number of killings Cole county],
lice frustrated the Plans when he) juries became lenient and assessed | ;
| shot and killed Blake a Short dis-| the death penalty only once ee i
teche from the prison. The three} after and Gov. Hyde halted that
meh commandeered one of Houck'but that is another Story,

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Tohu William Daniel, aged 35 yeurs |
Wus exeented in this city March 1, 1878, | |
Alitue overa quarter of a mile nozth of
the court hous+ square an Jittle west of
Holden street, Sherft Zach Emerson
performed the execution. The hanging
Ws witnessed by an immense crowd.
I is snfe to pny that no man ever exhib-
lied Jess feeling at an exeention than he
did. He was without doubt one of the
most cold hearted men living. Herefus-
ed to huve a minister prey for him. Ue
stid be was innocent of the crime, and
dit not believe there was any hereafter,
Jie cursed the men who swore his life
wWwry wnod when be waa given hie break-
"fast thet morning said he guessed he
Woyld get bis dinner in bell, ae
THE EXECUTION,
The death warrant was read to Daniels
hy Sheriff Emerson at 10:30 o’clock ‘The
, rocession preceeded at half past eleven
oclock to the place of execution, Yhere
was bo ceremony at the seuffuld. Daniels
walked up the steps of the sexffold with
a bold and steady step, He showed not
the Jeast sign of fear. The Sheriff after
binding bie limbs announced to the
crowd that there would be no ceremony,
bo prayer, no religious ceremony, “He
, (Daniele) wanted it distinctly understood
that be was not gui. ty. Me had acted
like ® man and war goings to die dike oa
soldier, AtS minutes past twelve Sheriff
Emerson adjusted the binck cap and
suid’ May God have mercy on his eeu)”

cut the rope and Daniels fell into the |
trap. ;

He never struggled but remained station-
ary. with the exception of the’ natural
swaying of the rope. At this time it eum
menced raining heavily.- After the body
had been hanging nine minutes the
physicians pronounced that the cirenla-
tion bad ceased. After 15 minutes he was
Bragotinesd dead. Le was lefthanging ex-

sty 80 minutes then cut down and
sli diu the coffin,

at

Warrensburg,

mor Daniels from oedalia

THE MURDER.

On the morning of February 24, 1877
the people of Sedalia were startled by |
the snnonurecment that a foul murdes
had been committed about three miles
wertef that place ou the main rond aud
at the place where jt crosges n small
stream Known as Cedar creek. A) Mr.
Foote, who lives on the south side of the
creek, while watering horses that) morn-
ing discovered the boily oi aes
man which had been thrown over the
fence ju a pasluce near the round und was
partly covered with drittwood, The
hogs had eaten off the lower part of the
face and mangled the brenst of the body.
The skull bad been crushed in by a blow
upon the forehead and oneupou the buck
of the head with some jnstrument, which
the physicians were of opitien was the
head of an axe.

The body of the murdered man wae
subsequently identified as that of Jesse
N. Miller of Henry county, and the evi
devce pointed to Jobn W. Huniels as the
murderer.

Daniels was indicted by the Grand

auubhoown

Jury of Pettis county for murder in the |

first degree at the April term, 1877, He
took a change of venue to this county.
Ou Tuesday morning, February 20,
877, T amels and Miller started from the
neighborhood iu whigs they resided near
the Osage river, twelve. miles southeast
of Clinton, Mo. Their. destination, ac-

cording to Daniels, was Jolnsom county
to collect some money and for this pur-
pose Daniels had hired

him on the expedition,
the first night Just north of Calhoun,
"Shey then changed their purpose to come
io Johnson county sod the pext morning

Missouri, on 3-1-1878

They camped |

Miller to take |

|

they turned off in the direction of Se.’

dalin, They reached Sedatin at 4-0 cloek
Wednesday afternoon, February 21.
While there Deniels bought » broad
brim bat which he had on when arrested,
They camped Wednesday night north of
Sedalin in Cedar creek bottom. Thursday
moOrniog they coutinued on north
and were seen near the Saline couuty
line by J. L. Lacey with whom tuey had
along conversation, Later ia the duy
Lacey met them voiny back towards Se-
dalin. Hu accomnpanted them ua
farns Cedar creek where the murder
was committed. Phe ooxt day, Friday,
February 23, dodee Hurt saw ope man
leaving with the team and
wagon tight Daniol:

appeurcd at bis home va

the cunip
Pridvy

Henry county

without Miller, but) baying in his
possesston Miller's team end wagon
Claimed to have bouweht of

which he

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Justice and the Cc

Miller and ynict tim F400 in wold ani
in greenbacks. Le exhibited a |
tended bill of sale of this property f;
Miller which was in Daniel bandy.
Ing. signature and oll | Reamine
Showed that there weg bland upon

Waron sheet end bows,
Wwe known. to

An uxe wh
have been in the wa
When they first etarted seas me singt :
has never been found or accounted |
JK. Kitten who wasan olde:
Of Dahie's saya Daniels teld him thar
hod killed Miller, that he struck }
with the ax while asleep ia the Wit:
that Miller turned over and groaned »
he struck himagsinu, that Miler knew '
d—-—n much avd tbat if be (Kithem
‘ever told he would serve bim the BAN)
‘wry
| Le was found gnilty of murder in +
first degree by a ‘jury of twelve go
men of Johnson county at the Decem!:
term of Criminal eourt 1877 and sentenc:
| to be hunged Feburary 1st, 1878 J
lawyers took an appeat to the supre
Caurt ind a stay of execution was grant
until March 1st 12873 to await the decis
| of the Supreme court. They refused
‘interfere with the decision of the low
‘court and be was cane ted: Murch }

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following August term he was tried, found guilty, and was sen-
tenced to be hung. The evidence in the case, as summarized by
the Daily Rustic-Leader of February 4, 1880, is as follows:
: Sevoral months before King was murdered, Core and he had
ie a difficulty about some burnt wheat stacks belonging to Core.
- Core accused King of burning them, and had him arrested. At
the trial the latter proved that he was not the man, and was dis-
charged. Core did not believe that justice had been done, and a
~ ‘bad state of feeling existed between the two. On the day King
a3 ~ was killed, Core took dinner at the house of Esquire Lindsay,
- who lived a short distance from King’s house, After he left
some gunshots were heard in the valley, and in a few moments
-Joe Core’s horse came back by Lindsay’s. King took dinner at =
a neighbor’s house, and went into tho valley to cut some sled =
runners. The people at this house heard the gun firing, and it .
was proven that both King and Core had just time enough to
reach the place of murder when the reports were heard. King
_was found on the side of the hill, about seventy-five yards from 7 e
‘the road. His body had two gunshot wounds on it, and his head @
was beaten almost to a jelly with some sort of a weapon. Core’s ‘
horse tracks showed that King had been met in the road, and a 3
pool of blood there showed that King had been shot in the road,
and that he had fled up the hillside. The horse tracks showed
that he had been pursued a short distance when the rider dis-
mounted. Human tracks were discovered leading from this ms
_ place through the woods in the direction of Core’s residence.
ooo." he ease was appealed to the supreme court, where the judg-
| ment of the lower court was confirmed, and the day for the exe-
cution was fixed for Friday, March 5,1880. When the day came
' crowds of people were present to witness the execution. Prompt-
‘Jy at 1 o’clock the doomed man was taken from the jail and con-
veyed to a hollow about a mile distant, where the gallows had
“~been erected, and there, after all things were made ready, the
~ platform dropped, and Core’s soul was launched into eternity.
This was the first and only legal execution that has ever taken
~' place in Laclede County. After the execution a confession of
he the crime, which Core had placed in the hands of his spiritual

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WHO: Ralph E. Davis
WHEN: April 28, 1999, 12:01 am (protest events Tuesday 4/27/99)

Davis received the death penalty for the 1986 death of his wife, Susan
Davis. The body was never found, but there was a history of domestic
Violence, and blood and human tissue, found to be hers, was found in his
car.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS:

1. Incompetent counsel: Davis was offered a second-degree plea (a lesser
crime with no death sentence possible if Davis confessed) on condition
that the attorney not ask for a continuance, Without telling Davis of

the offer, he did ask for a continuance, and the result was a trial and
death sentence. In his postconviction motions, his (second) private
attorney did so little work that the attorney's father filed some forms

for him, wrongly, and they were thrown out, meaning that the issues

can't be raised again.

2. Circumstantial evidence: according to his current attorney, although
the blood in his car was Susan Davis‘, no murder weapon or body was ever
found. He did put the car in storage afterwards; after some time,

failure to pay rent resulted in examination of the car, and the blood

was found.

3. Mitigating circumstances: Davis has been diagnosed with dissociative
disorder, in which a traumatic event can trigger a blocking out of the

trauma, or it can result in the person assuming another personality.

When this happens, a person may genuinely not remember events surrounding
the trauma. Along with this, childhood psychological abuse is in the

record. Davis had no real criminal record except for the charges of

domestic abuse.

4. Race: Davis is black; his wife was white. The jury was all white,
although there is no evidence of deliberate exclusion. The prosecutor
made some remarks with racial overtones: in referring to the Davises'
small children, the prosecutor referred to “two strikes" against them,
the first being loss of their mother, the second being their biracial
status.

WHAT YOU CAN DO on or before Tuesday, April 27: Any part helps:
1. Ask Gov. Mel Camahan to commute the sentence, 573/751-3222,
fax 573/751-1495 (life in prison without parole is a statutory
alternative to the death penalty for first degree murder);

State Capitol, Box 720, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

in Kansas City: 889-3186; St. Louis: 340-6900

2. Candlelight vigil Tuesday, April 27, outside the prison at
Potosi, 11:00pm-12:01am, near front gate of the Potosi
Correctional Facility, Highway O, just off Highway 8, south off
Hwy 21, or 1-55 to Hwy 67 south to Hwy 8 west.
CANCELLED IF COMMUTATION OR STAY.

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DAVIDSON, Frank, white, »hangads Warrensbutpy 'Mol3” July LOSER IY Safety

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A Wistory of the Killing To-
gether With a Detail
of the Exeeution.

Fracvk Davidson was hanged in this
city, duly 10, 1879, for the murder of
Win. Hagerty, September 23, 1878, by
ZW. Emersen, sheriff of Jobuson econn-
ty atthat time. The hanging tock place
bouta quarter of 8 mite tem the ecurt
house square in the vortherp part of the
vity.

Davidson atthe time of his execution

was only 24 years of age and very good!
looking. He bowed remarkable verve *

at tue :caffol,
* THE FXECUTION.

Vhe march to the gallows started from
the Sinvnous house at 11:00. The Sher-
ifl's guard proceeding in two ranks, foi-
wowed by a Close carriage. in which were
seated Davidson, his spiritual adviser
and the Sheriff, The procession was
followed to the place of execution by a
srowd of 10,000 people, ali anxivuys to
Witness the final scene,

Davidson mounted the steps with a
firm step and took aseat, huldpg-a bo-_
quel io his hand, and seemed rygigned to
uid fate. a pit bast

ty was uccompanial by Shs 27 fiagr: |

goo, Revs. Sharp and Shockl¢, cup read
a passage of Scripture, folk ed by a
prayer by Rev. Sharpe, dy) g, which
Davidsou was much aft, % Short
speeches were mude by M. sboghles,
aud Sharp, which brougit te BY Sate A
eyes. The Sheriff then place: avidson
on the trap and heimmediatel; pinioned
by the Sheriff's assistant, still showing
no signs of weakening. The bho UE then
paced the rope around Davidson's neck
vind the black cap upon bis bead, when
ie remarked, “Goodbye, friends” At
ive minotes to twelve o’etock Sheriff
Emerson ent the rope, when al! that was
mortalof Fraak Davidson wns 10 ‘more:
fhe body fell with a sic kening tend, and
alter a few convulsive struggles and
twitehes of the maseles, Dra, W. Smith,
Re binsen, Jordan, and Geoy KR. Hunt,
pronounced bim dead in eleven end a
hialfoaminetes. Ibe body was then eut
cown, placed in the coftiv, and that after
hoon Was shipped to his tathe’, Anson
Davidson. at Linwood, Kansis,

POPEHON GQUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ING

A History of the Murder.

On the 23d day of September, 1878, a
picnic was beld about 3 miles northenst
of Watrepsburg, on the north side of
Blackwater. It was attended by the
young people of the country for several
‘miles around. The picnic was held in a
grove some distance from the road. A

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remy stand wars erected, ama so-called
cordy stand, where refresh mes lemon-
uh Gey were sold, Te ted. enmdy stand
Voll Hgeerty was aelerk, Hes brother-
i eejow one of the Belvins bays, be ing the
renrichor, :

Davidson, who woe bvinan et the time
ame tenor ployee njtes mWay, came to
Warrensburg , that morning, arriving

Dont Sor Y v'ereck, ble procured in

iowa aoe
TEN CARTRIDGE? :

fap pie piste and a bottle fele nol and
started for the picnic. where Ye arrived

about TL o’ciock, He had yor been there

long before ib Was agrecy b ‘tween three |

yourg f- Hows 10 make up « club and
~ gend to town fora

NALF GALLON OF ALCOMOL,

It should be stated here, that it has |
long been a fashion in that neighborbood |
among the young mev,to purchuse alcobol

and dilute it with water to drink, This |
they do beeavse it in cheaper than!
whi-key, uniw.ll, 68 they sey, “make |
the drunk come” sogonet. | After the;
Money was raised, Davidson was depur |
tised to bring it to Warrensburg nod buy
the alcohol, He says Heruerty sent by |
him fora pint of alcobal un lis own 8s
count, avd told him to say to Miller &
fleath the druggists, that he weuld pay
when be came in, but that Mr. Miller re-
fused to let him have the wicoLol for
Haggerty without theymoney. He got
his half gallon of alcobo!, however, and
returned. The juz was secreted in the
brush and its hiding place mr de known
to Davidson aud bis co partbers who
made

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FREQUENT VISITS

to it during the day. So far as appeared
frum the‘evidence Hexzerly was not
drinking during the Cry, aud was en-
lirely sober atthe time of the difficulty.
Davidson seems to have attracted con-
siderable attention late in the afternoon
from bis evident state of intoxication.
He was riding ronnd on bis borse firing
if ni piso, sia wiping the young
Iidieg to ge with Jim to the candy staud
und Dave si me Gandy, al his expeuse,

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| TRUUBLK INAUGURATED.

Late in toe efferboon, as the party was
about breaking up. Mrs Eleggerty, who
wns sanding by the candy stand, says
Daviceon geme to ber ard asked ner to

; have some candy. She declined. He
‘ros sted. dhe tod him vot to be spend-
ig his meney op her, tHe then reached
over aud whirpered to ler that be ‘was
going’to sleep with her that night.” She
told him “she guessed not.” He said,
| “By G-d I will.” She said, “Not unless
you are a better mau than my man, He
then went off and ina few minutes she
tok, hea husband what Davidson had
said. Haggerty went to see David-
sof; and met bim between the ‘dancing
piaiform and candy stand. ° :
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| They “went “a” little “to one’slde
and‘ talked.’ What was at first. said
pone of the witnesses could urderstand
| though they were but a few feet away.
a first that was noticed Davidson
smep-euuing bis) piste) in>the- alr, dnd
Hliggerty was beard io say that “if Da-
vidson would throw down bis pistcl
woul! Whip him.” Witnesses varied
somewhat ag to the details of what fol-
lowed: but the substantial facts seem _ to

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he that Biil Queener took hold of David-
sou and tried to vet’ bilus to” pat up bis
pistol, and that Davidsda fling Queeoer
to une bide and fired his pistol-in the
jair and then gaylag Vi) do it, (il do it,”
“brought His pistol to bear on’) Haggerty
and fired, shaotiog him in the breast.
Haggerty then turned away and reeled
and Davidson shot again and as Hagger-
ly was moving away and in the act of
falling, Davidson shot him again. Bag-
gerty did not live a mioute after he fell
nad pover Bpoke. ‘Three bullet holes
‘were found in bis body, one in hia beast
fod two in his back. Davidson then

made an effort to escape running around
the candy stand and tben to his horse
which wastied near the road, He was pur-
sued by Jvhn Shewalter and Bob Blevins
with Whom be exchanged shots without
effect,’ He was overpowered aod bound
god brought totown. oad

- He was tried at the May term of crim!-
pel coart 187%sand seutenced to hang
July 10, 18792) 4 uF

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ne Murderer Davidson Exocatod, :

inet (With Vortrait.] | ABna NS Niet a
WARRENAUURG, Mo., July 9.—Frank Davidson,. who

killed William Haygerty on September, ut, IN78; and -

who was sentenced to be hanged to-day, spent a very

restloxa night.» He pot aalecp a little atter two A. My:
and ‘slept until five o'closk. He wan baptized thin’
morning at fittcen’ minutes to ‘nine by Elder Foy of:
the Christian Church. At vleven ‘Welock Davidson’
left the hotel in which he wan kept, guarded by a des.
tachment. of the Holden Guards. ’ After prayer atid
specches at the gallows by Elder Foy and the Rov, Mr.”
Shockley, he bade farewoll to all. The black cap waa
put on and the drop foll at six minutes to twetve: The:
fall was five fect. His neck Was brokeu, and in fifteen.

minutes ho was dead, and waa cut down, Ten thoua-

and persons wore present. Tho body will be went to
his father at Linwood, Kansan, A sed ae ioe


gether Witha Detail
of the Execution.

Prat k &Davideon was hanced in this
ety, chalv FO, TSO, fer the ateler af

Win. Tagerty, September 23, 1878, by
Zo. Emersen, sheriff of Johnson. eann-
Tyoatthat tiie, The hanging took place
outa aqvedtorefs ea mice oem the court

Shouse tquare da the worthetp part) of the
CY.

Davidson atthe time of his execution
Was only 24 yeurs of age and very good
locking. He showed remarkable verve
atthe rcaffelt

‘THK EXECUTION,

Vhemarch to the gallows started from
the Simnens house at 11:00, Tue Sher-
Mls phard proceeding in two ranks, fou
wowed vy a close carriage. in which were
weated Davidson, his spiritual adviser
and the Sheriff, The procession was
followed to the place of execution by a
trowd Of 10,000 people, alt anxivus to
Wilisese the final scene,

Davidson mounted the steps with a
firm step and took a seat, huldvg w bo-

quetin his hand, and seemed rtipned ty
is fate,

as,

tle was wocempanuiel by Kb} 2 Hino:
gon, Revs. Sharp and Shock, Rho read
a passage of Beripture, folk ed by a
prayer by Rev. Sharpe, dy ¥, which
Davidson was much nfft:;' \. Short
speeches were mude by Mi hockey,
sod Sharp, which brougts te a ¥
eyes, The Sher then place. *avidson
onthe trap and heimmediatel, pinioned
by the Sheriff's assistant, stil) showing
no sivns Of weakening. The Sher ut then
poerd the rope around Dav sls as neck
and the black cap upon bis bead. wher
he remarked, “Goodbye, trienta ’ At
ive mingtes to twelve o’elook Sheril
Menerson cut the rope, when all that was
mertalof Fraak Davidson wns a0 more:
Tie body fell with a sickening tot, and
alter a few convulsive strogeles and
twitches of the mageles, Drs, W. Smith,
Rebinson, Jortan, and Geo, Re dunt,
pronounced bir dead in eleven ond na
halfoiminntes. Fhe body was then eut
eewo, placed om tbe coffin, abd (at after:
Leon Was shipped to bis fathe*, Anson
Davidson at Linwood, Kansas,

fir UR ee Wo { ie, is thin
they do becuase it ds ehedper than:
Abi-Bev, af wil, es they say, “Make |
the drunk come’ sooner After the;

fe FR immaree

thoney Was dried, Davidson was depu
tised te being dt to Warten: uni and buy |
the Mleohol, dle suys Hereerty sent by |
hom fora pint of aleohel on lis own nes
connt, aud told him to say to Miller &
Heath the druggists, that he wenuld) pay
when be came in, but that Wr. Miller re-
fisedto Jet him bave the wmecolol for
tneverty without thesmoney. He got
his hulf gallon of aleaue!, however, and
returned, The jug waa eecreted ju the
brogh and its hiding place mede known
to Davidson aud bis co purtbers who
made
FREQUENT VISITS

to it during the dsy. So far as appeared
from tbe evidence Hegeerty was not
drinking during the cry, nud was en-
lirely sobey atthe time of the difficulty.
Davidson seems to buve attracted con-
siderable attention Inte do the afternoon
from bis evident stnte of intoxication,
He was riding round on bis boree firing
of nie pistol, sia wading the young
ledieg to ge with iim tothe eandy staud

ee es

nid Deve seme Gandy, ut his expense,

bh

as

engne bcd tees bin co pit ap his
pistol, and that Daviccdo thine Queeoer
to vne fide and fired hie pistol-in- the
nirand thea saytag Vil deat, Fido it,”
brought Ms pistol to bear on Hagperty
and fired, shaotiog him in the breast,
Haggerty then turned nway and reeled
and Davidson shot again und as Hagger-
ly WAS Moving aWoy and in the act of
falling, Davidson shot him again. Hag-
serty did not live a minute after he fell
nod never spoke. Threo bullet holes
were found in bis body, one jn his benat
rid two in hig back. Davidson then

made an effort, to escape running around
the candy stand and tben to his horse
which wastied near therond. He wae pur-
eved by John Sbewalter and Bob Blevins
with whom he exchanged shots without
effect. He was overpowered and bound
and brought to town,

He was tried at the May term of criml-
nel court 1873,,;and seutenced to hang
July 10, 1879.6

4 : m
mar

+ arin aS
iit hats

: ‘ o or jet
ES ETS .
an ntl Pi ae

THE SCAFFOLD WHERE SRANK DAVIDSON WAS TTANGED.
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POPE KON Ee NTY “NSPORIGAL OGTR EY Iheaty

Dec,30,1943


‘9

. °

5

suctety St hte

@apeaty's irish eab.
Bouptre, tu prattfy the

old iu tre Unie
W pulest'rabks 3 and to totleve, by a preat
Sy iture, muck uf the datress ’

a .

<)) Wuditn.
yg y urot fers bear
NSS twee Bretilyiug and tspurtant uccarion.
fe) hee da lo the coumuy. and we preagiue
+ to ada, t the King, will be tueulculalite
ben a hued ed yore Pave eloped vince
iswa Marg; and tees abe vw iticesed dur
cl in Deudd, and nér ibertics were suutc
Kaog uf Ireland ili now arrive jn all. chic
mee Circumstance of glefwus peste—he
‘wttended by must of bin Minus-ers, by a
wdy ui the Sighs Nobility aad Genirs,
‘great Odcers of bis nouseiutd, and Ly
presenteRecs of all the suveretyus in Eu
ne witltame like a yreat Krug amoung
va. Warioearied wid ebthustastic o: bis
© Gil wituess (nei luyalty, and with
yo! Meguunimity, be will confer upon
burs ryhts which nave been x0 kong de-
~ Such a King will ‘ine lurever in the
us » brave aud ‘greatful peo pie.

eguip

‘congratalitine the

-

mo pA Sortie

tockhelin paper uf the 13th ult: sayotithe

pRusitbudly citoalgred. to ihjurem

“A tadliclotuy ce uae
“Uith

wieiets prc

Dubin aod tne Augdum ef Ircterd op-

Indic gtiun af myvelfond.in order to. refite mas
Y slaudvrdus false bows Which have been in-
x ¥ fe putation,

| Correspondens
e the 24ib ulk, Concenitig George Nifong, Ds.
Vid Le Ca dthers, and myself whu-huve been
dO with have hired or per-
" Haeety ty cominlt: a murder
pon ‘the budics of JB. Stephens and fuuily

yond white baveeppearcd lusthe,

aued one Juha

[Ede prece ts placed under thesplemn caption uf

ee. «

jCoufsssion of Juhu Duncan, who was execul
bd ul the Sth mat at Sto Michael, Medison
county, for he murder of JB. Stephdis, his
mife ond (we childrer, an the 18th, of Decem-
ber teat” Shave obtained’ a correct copy of
Duncan's dyla coufesslos under whe gallows,
(which wus tau day atter the preteaded cunfes
biuu wus taken.) sigued by a wuniber of respec.
table titeens ut this place, who. were sear the
galiows, ard neard Duvcay confess what he cid,
pe cub be sepn lin No. 1) af. the actomnanying
dcumente, ‘which is in ‘order to pruve to the
public Uber the teal authors of that aburtive con-
frstiud, ete Caiufinletuty, and min whe would
wish to build upon the ruio of thelr-neighbeurs.
+ di ebad: oy ob Oriel ce. circumstances will ud-
iit, do stating W the public. and in exposing to
view, the Godduct ul come of the princlpul ac-
tors ut this pullaicd troyedy.
Son after Duncan's coufinement, Squire
SGennet belag om the guard. the prisoner told
kins that Awws Jusdeo. Bertlou Zachary, and
Chak s leat who leu belonged ta ghe pusrd,
fod Beod taupering with him, und endcacoup.

ny eed Daid b, Caruthers uf suboening hin
te comimibt, the wmurial » aud that Hehe would
sur elate’s evidence, us iney: termed it, that it
woud eguuerte bin, and they on whut he jeid
‘he bieme wooly be convicted. Duncan betig
cdeied wilh the prozpect uf liberty, readily-con-
svpted tu meke Carntters una myself tie gnark
ef calumny, tpou which to gratify their dis: uta-
ious mud ambithus dost. -Jhae men who
Were wu will gto luce mischief in ihe lead of
«< prisvuer, Were used us tovuls, tandled by an old
men ech subbed tu the Lusin 88.—One whose

1

cuuning, intrigue, and deception; asd who
uu vouchssfe to stab the reputedeu of has
acigebuur im ibe deck, in urder ty eubance or
exgrandize his ewri. :

\Noun Acard tiat Dian had atated tis jail.

hed wittten him three letiers. Bling tine te
come tu hiv country and murder JB Stepee ts,
aod that.his father tea hud them li his oveses
wo. Sueortly afiergards bis facher canic ‘0 this
county, from whom I obtained a depositio

,

}

tug tv persuade Bis to eccuse Sanucl Antha|-

charac'or te nuturiously known to be hat of bow |

tus. Meulihe puard, Goo Corithurs and niysed

contradictory to thoes atutemenuts, as can be

Hae sRol COUT! ava ‘
aPrdiciniens agai
and uly brought

<yemnies, «°.

ae
Y Prederitkcrown,
;* oP, Ss: It was. pe
cated Nu ny, PITT
Correspondent o'
‘

‘

-

The dving egafessiv

‘ ed op the Sault of A
., dison cuunty,

+ Afier an able
Mr. M’Murpty,
which was su:hei
héart. ad to cx
truth of such an
aros:, and addret
feeted tone of vu!
ion whi-h ie has
was induced to t-
faske of monucy |
iunucen: penpie |
yuard; and that
to have extricate
Ming todie, —
‘the undersigt
du ac kuowledye
Haier 8 Hr
Josep Benne,
ichurd tole
hildiam liews
| Robert Kelly,

mpm

q

State ov Misec_
County of Sa
Personally ap

the pouce ‘withi
George Duncan
confined in jail, 1
Why Being uly i
the said George
of uny letters th
theny avd Caritt
cui iny gun, whi
ject whatsoever
not,

Sworn to be
18 ~

1Qu

4

tions putto .
Q- Juha, ity

Steph ns had in
ste? AL Nas

I then usked
| wore sded train


Wisk 4G lovaver ua the | OMe 0 thay coun ry aad aurder JB Dlepe is,

ot Gud thar Bis father thea had them iy hry potses
<a'tul peopes. ton, = Suertly aficrwarts his fahcr came to this

+feouety. Grom ubhom | Obtained a cepositio:
M ihe IRN ult: sayeruhe Cuntradutory t® those etatemecuts, as can be
Gelwwercd te the trbunsl ceva bp reterring to Nu. 3 :
ye depositions off Alice the conviction of Duncan f visited the

TE Ya) i}
© Q. Jobo, ifyue had kav
Meph ns had no money, 0

tel AL Nos DT would

[then asked him if anv
rsuaded hin to do wha
NO3Z HK was from suine ta
bens hec money,. whict

wm ulGer te iterregete him relative to these
repetia  f sohed nin, ever £ wrote letter to
Fa Byer eae abject whatever? Mis saswer
| FapeeEOs gow werer did fb then asked him,
pores named er persuaded hi io murder J.
)&) Seepee 9 end faintly? Ne. esia he; and
pa wever weald hae sath what | dui, had E not
er i trans ; Negeed by Auzsrs § wstice, Bain et Gache
f Gry. aval Cohesion Berd. Lagsin went to the eh

histd, formerty Rs Gkrtay Sub many respactabls watuces
Tas Beyggse hee ee-jes. af bis

perneea m the Country ;
1GL3S~16-—57, and tg
"tees of ak € oe EEE te

} wen told hina to tell the tri
\y ty uccude them. ifnot 1
were his dying words. H
nad chher persuaded or |;
shat led hima tw it. I the
vad brought in the jones
some of the guard persu i
x6i Clear by curning sac’,
ig in others, & he did npr
i GO that he cuuld pet cl

pte Cay OeGwe hts ereeden, (which was the
1@cp tuet we vuhatlon aveutd here b on WEES)
Sng cone.reed wih Als un the cane cubjece
| Crsktes peo batsre. He told cae that he: usd been per-
eneett, he Ren ebop de fouadicd G up whet be dhi bay GP these men ;
peut thot (Bey Gere the couse of ile bay luge eo,
Md ible leithse stated, thet one vay when okt Me.
jStopleriay the Gethee orthe deceased. stood

; HuarE, be, tag Geld Stecheng told bim, ihe eaid
Desces, thes & he coud impiiest: Carhhers

poss, woald
Donsan, 2 pation ,

| essa cagegif,

Es there give the answ. rn

a ked him whieh of the
aay bathe did say? |

| TRee wis NG.eseary, as |
wes whe .) hud not the:
anewer. He then tience
that money was the whole
ELIZABE

We, the adcrsigned, d
We were prescne the day tj
enecuted, aud heard the fu
peanded to him by Elizut
i@ined tn her certificate,

Gien ander our hands :

. whas-J
lactecltauney ff had

tad prengr, ke was coned by 2 certain Pheu
gp dere 3. Cong. yf uyer wtih <3 wicte the day
jbetare wes curves: She ‘prisonce’s . angwer
weet Wha k ave now steed

Bes" 3 :
Che rem Manwering,
A6ede Bennett, .
Cnerlee Meere, -

6A Winiatrato

a am having ob

themduly authenticated
‘CPAR prersens oving said

reperuted to wee Serwan
a ey, FJobu d

jetrunted by some person.

0,MO 4-5-1

March 8, 1976

Watt Espy Jr.
Box 247
Headland, Ala. 36345

Dear Sir;

I must apoligize for the delay in answering your inquiry about legal executions
in Madison County. I can only find records of one. John Duncan came to Madison
County from Tennessee. He murdered a Mr. Stevens, Mrs. Stevens, and two of their
children. He was arrested a day or two later. He was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to be hung April 5, 1821. People came from surrounding counties to
witness the execution. He made a full confession on the scaffold, and was duly
executed. In February, 1844, A. W. Smith killed John Vincent Smith, was tried
and sentenced to be hung. His lawyer appealed to the Supreme Court. There

was an election while he was being held in the local jail and friends of Vincent,
after indulging in whiskey during the election, lured the sheriff from the jail,
broke the door and dragged the man out and lynched him. This is the only two
hangings I can find record of. This came from Goodspeeds "History of Southeast
Missouri." Again, may I say I am sorry for the dealy.

‘< ie;

fe P. (A; U/ (/

ee Madison County Historical Soc.
2 Maple Drive

Fredericktown, Mo. 63645

ry

n yrest:
‘the Punk which Bho manaig’s lrish eab-

eld ju tie Unned Bs 3 tu gratify the
S pulest ‘ranks 3 ard to votleve, by a reat
Siture, muck uf the dratrec A ges

Pabedan
a Wudiine - , oe 3
t tut furdear “congratalatii the
of Ireiard vp-

blse uti vastag 8 ;

ys vi Lhe peu

CUE iit 3 LO

Q

°
>
ae

{Dublin aod ine’ Ay
ive greiilying and tiepurtant occaabuu.
diva eto the cousuy. and we preaaur

, sc och, 4 ts Riny, wit be tacelculaliec
ben e tusd-ed yore Pave’ elapiod vince |
ts.wa Rag; and tees abe witieosod ine
cl in Deudd, and DOr Libertica were suute
Kiog uf Ireland wil! now arrive in all ic
meu Circumstance wt glorwus pesre—be
‘ Wgended by must of his Mins-ers, by 2
* ie ib: Banglisn Nobuity sia Gevirs,
greul Oren of hie nouselutd, and by
presentstece of all the suveteteus ig Ku
we wil tune like a yreat Krug among
oa Warkocared and ehihuatastic o: bis
lave wail wituces tneit buyally, end with

Royal Weyuanimity, be will confer upon
buve rights which nave been 30 hong de-

Such a Kang will sine torever in the |

ul b brave aud'greatful peopie.
oncom ne ° ?
tockhelin paper ul the 3th ult: saysttthe
wy of justice has delivered tu the tribunal
Moecyl which comalis the de
Beyxger, a wutre of Gothiand, formeriy
ucymao dycr. Fhis Beygger hes de-
‘ed binselt, and confessed that. in 2811,
tne ugh Feet was off the west’ coast
MOY. tly Ne was induced to’ couvey Jere
‘y  enlug ine dete King Gustevus Adol-

gh Tr
gs cuh be sep in No. 2,
‘Tdocumente, ‘which is ln
Jpublic tha the teal authors of that aburtive cen-

positions of;

{piu way tokion.) Sigued by a wunaber of respec: |

table ¢itrzone ol ‘this places who were mear the
galows, avd neard Duncan confess wha: he cit
af. the acsompanying
‘order to ptuve to the

froaiud, ere caiumuletuts, and men who. woultl
wish w build upon the ruin of thelr-neighbeurs.
+f eval: So a Oriel ce clréuimstances will ud-
mit. io stating W the public. and in exposing to
}View, the eodduct uf come of the princhpul ac-
torsut this polluted ursyedy.
Seonct belag on the guard, the prisoner told
him that Atmos Jusdeo. Bartlou Zachary, and
Chad s tea who ose belonged ta ghe gud,
fis Beat tapering with him, und endcacour.

sy ood Darid L. Caruthets uf subogning him
ty cumiiil the Murua 4 aud that Whe would
urn otate’s evidence, us iney: termed it, that it
woud @xuuerate bim, and they on whurn he Jaid
he bisme woeld-be'cuuvicied. Duncan beit'g
edeted with the proxpect of liberty, readily-con-
shted lo make Carsthers und myself tie mark
ef calumiiry, gpou which to gratify their dis: uta-
ous aud @mbithous dourtes, -lhowe men who
Were BE Will gto viuce mischief in ihe licad of
« prisouer, Were used us touls, tiandled by an old
men ech suited tu the Lusin ss.—-One whose
charac'or ts nutoriuusly Known vo ke har of bow
cunning, dutrigue, and deception; asd who
uu voucksale to stab the reputedou of his
acigeBuur in uhe deck, in urder te eubance or
oxgrentiize bis ews.

 dNoon Acard tar Diu. an had atated in jail.
tu amelie wuard, eee Caritbirs and niysed
tal @ittten him three Tetiers, soliciting hin te
cone tu this country and murder SB Stepae is,
ed tbat .bis tether tea hud them 1a his ooeses.
Pod.

county, from whom | obtained a depozitio:

seca by referring to No. 2

RU bs Culupany With many respectable withess

re putts
hum pon auy subject whatever ?
waseeNo; you never'did I then asked him

n ah rug fleet Letras vy the em gh ote:

ucver hd wired of percunded hla to murder J

% 4, ; t does . Fa dasa

Son. after Duncan's coufinement, Squire].

bug (uv persuade Blin‘ to accuse Sunucl Anthd]-

Suortly aflereards his facher came to this
contrediclory to thoes. statements, as can be
After the conviction of Duncan I visited the

ts, In ofder tu interrugyte him relative to these
LT asked him, ifever J wrote lettera to
His enswer

wee |

irdth of such w
aros:;, and addret
feeted tone of Yu!
tion whi h he hac
was induced to &
suke of moncy ,
innucent pie
wuard 3 did that
to have extricate
Ming to die,
‘bho undersign
du ac kiuowledye
Haier H Hr
Joseph Benwes
ichurd told
Ihiliiam Jigur
Robert Kelly,

q

Stata oF Misso
County of ba,
Personally ap
the pouce ‘withir
George Duncan.
e£unfined in jail, u
why Gemp duly «
the said’ George
of uny letters the
thony wed Carith
cauiny gun, whil
ject whatsoever}
nut.

\

Sworn to bef
IBII.
{ Questions putto J

it Juhn, ity.
Steph ns had ne
st? A. Nag

I then usked }
oereuaded finn
NO 3 HW Was Fro:
poens hac mon
ben told him to
ly to uccube the:
were his dying:
nad cither persc
chet Jed him to
bud bromebs dr

J

4

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Se RE I Gf ne

ang re endl tiie

190 HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY

By M. Neale. — Rotation in offices, the advice of our President >
May it be sees adhered to.

By OC. L. Perry. —The 4th of March, 1801, and the 4th of
March, 1829: ** then were the winters of our discontent made glorious
summer’s morn.’

By W. &. Van Arsdall.— Internal improvements in the interior of
the States —they are the only legitimate authority to conduct them.

By Wm. Cornelius. — Henry Clay, the Union, Internal Improve-.
ment, Domestic Manufacturers, the United States Bank, and real
Reform.

By J. M. Thurston. — The State of Missouri: her soil fertile, iets
climate salubrious, and her people prosperous and happy.

Bya Guest. — The Ladies: In war our arms their protection —im -

peace their arms our refuge.
The festivities of the day were concluded by a ball at Mr. McClel-

lan’s Hotel.

THE FIRST LEGAL HNANGING IN BOONE COUNTY.

rey Sener

The first mau hung in Boone County for murder, was Samuel 2a
Samuels, whose true name was Samuel Earls, and it occurred on
the 13th day of December, 1831. The place of execution was a~
small field or clearing north of the present grounds of Christian
College and south of Trices’ Nursery, and east of the Columbia and
Blackfoot turnpike, and at a spot about one hundred yards northeast .
of the James M. Long house, now occupied by George I. Allgier as.

a residence. ;

The murder occurred in New London, Ralls County, early on Sun~ -
day morning, December 6, 1829. The citizen murdered was Charles. -:
B. Rouse, and the case was called in the Boone Cireuit Court, June
term, 1830, by a change of venue. David Todd, judge ; Roger .N. 3
Todd, clerk ; Thos C. Maupin, sheriff. It was continued: from time -:
to time until the June term of 1831, when it was tried before the

following jury :—

vba

Henry Anderson, Rolly Asbury, Anthony Ousley, John Austin, John Hopper, John»

Henderson, James R. Woods, James Kirtley, Wm. McClain, Asa Stone, Wm. micouaie's 3
John Faulkner. 3

3
ss os
\ ~s ei 4

After a full hearing of the ¢ suse the prisoner was waavioted and sen--
teaced, June 13, 1831, to be hung on Friday, July 8, next ensuing,
on which day, in the language of a newspaper of the time, ‘an im-

Nes nha oadisivng »

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2- Espy

According Co all we Presently know, the next to the last legal
ps hanging in Missouri: occurre April 2; 1997 at Kennett in Dunklin

but the One TI refer to is in the next
te down the date, I do not recall]

Tesearch for individuals because Of the 8reat amougnt of time

Set them from local Papers, © cannot Offer to do Continuous |
Tequired and the fact that our Small starr has other duties, And,

You have Planneg a large Project, but if your Publisher has worked
Out a definite format for You, yoy Should be able to get it done |

Goldena Howard (Mrs, )
Reference Library

HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY. 191

mense collection of people of all sexes and all colors’’ assembled to
witness the execution. On that morning, however, a respite from the
Governor, John Miller, reached the sheriff, postponing the execution
until December 13th, 1831, in order that the Supreme Court might.
have an opportunity to decide certain points of law appealed to them.
(See 3d Mo. Reports (Houck), page 42.)

«He was hung on the day named, and, under the escort of a small
armed guard, was taken to the place of execution in a cart drawn by
ayoke of oxen. The sheriff (Maupin) then lived on a farm on the
Two-Mile Prairie, east of town, and the cart and oxen belonged to.
him. His negro man, Adam, drove them to Columbia that morning,
and to the gallows. The hanging was according to the old style, a
strangulation, for the culprit stood in the cart body, the cart at a
signal being driven from under-him. He protested his innocence to.
the last.

* The evidence on the trial showed that for about a year previous to:
the murder of Rouse there had existed a bitter feud between Rouse
and his friends and a number of other persons residing in and near
New London. This feud finally culminated in the unfortunate killing
by Rouse of 2 young man by the name of Purdam, who had attached
himself to and took un active part with the party opposed to Rouse.
For this homicide Rouse was indicted, tried and acquitted. This re-
sult inflamed to a greater degree the virulence of the friends of
Purdam, which, reacting upon the opposing faction, increased the
rancor and violence of both.

“It was during this condition of affairs that Samuel Samuel, alias
Earls, appeared upon the scene. He came to New London from
St. ‘Louis, a stranger, apparently without money or friends. He
did not know, nor does it appear from the testimony that he had
ever spoken to Rouse, and the belief’ prevailed among the friends of
Rouse that some one or more of the opposing faction had picked him
up'in St. Louis, brought him to New London, and hired him to-
commit the murder. At all events, apparently without motive, éx-
cept as stated, and wholly without provocation, early on the morn-
ing of the homicide, he secreted himself in an old warehouse in the
rear of Boardman’s store, and through « hole, seemingly made for
the purpose, shot Rouse with a rifle, while he was standing in the
porch of Caldwell’s tavern. The ball entered the deceased just be-
low the left nipple, and passing entirely through the body, wounded

amin by the name of Saunders, who was standing near Rouse.
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After receiving the shot Rouse never spoke, and died in a few .
minutes.

After the murder, Scnmuek alias Earls, fled and concealed himself

in a cave in the Salt River hills, in Ralls Connty. A woman who-
le carried food to him ‘was tracked in the snow, and thus be--
trayed his hiding place, and he was arrested, tried, convicted and:
executed, thes stated. Earls was about sixty years of age, and:
was defended on the trial by Thomas L. Anderson, of Palmyra, and.
by John B. Gordon, Austin A. King, Wm. K. Van Arsd: all. and: 2
Benjamin F. Robinson, of Colunbia, Mr. Anderson is a distine
guished citizen of Palmyra, yet living. Mr. Gordon was the father.
of Boyle, Wellington and Carey i. Gordon, of Columbia, Mo.
Mr. King was subsequently Governor and a member of Congress ‘
Mr. Robinson is the father of the present prosecuting attorney ‘of.
Boone County, J. De W. Robinson.
The prisoner was prosecuted by the attor ney-general of the State
Robert W. Wells, of Jefferson City. a
All of the jury, and ali others connected with the trial, are dead,
except Mr. Maupin, the sheriff, who now lives in Ysleta, El. Paso
County, Texas, at the advanced age of eighty-five ; Mr. Anderson, of
Palmyra, Mo., and Mr. B. F. Bablison, who resides near Dallas, Texas.
Earls was buried under the gathows: und no doubt his remains Ye=
pose on the spot to this day. ‘}
Wm. E. Wright, our present county surveyor, then a small boy,
was present on July 8, to witness the execution, and, with. others,
was sadly disappointed and in no very amiable mood, because it did
not occur. He did not attend when it did take place; but Robert
L. Todd, now cashier of the Exchange National Bank of Columbia,
then a little boy, witnessed it, and for the purpose of doing so, ‘rode
to the grounds on a Horse and behind John R. Bedford, whé. stood
him up before him on the horse’s neck, and held him that he might
see the hanging. Maj. N. W. Wilson was one of the guard. “

THE BLACK HAWK WAR.

‘* Switzler’s History of Missouri’’ says the Black Hawk War ‘oe
curred during the year 1832—called «The Black Hawk War”. be.
cause the Thdinus engaged in it were led by a brave, often called ‘a
chief, by the name of Black Hawk.! He cannot rank in intelligence

1 ¢¢ Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah,”’ or Black Hawk.

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14

The Master Detective

“Could you give a stranger a bite to eat—It’ll take me all
day to get back to the railroad?”

The girl “didn’t rightly know” but would “ask her ma.”
While he was waiting, Schumacher felt rather than saw
that he was being searchingly scrutinized from within.
There were several broken Panes in the second story win-
dows and the goose-flesh rose along his spine as he realized
that the inmates might be Preparing to pick him off by
shooting through one of these from within the house. How-
ever, he could do nothing: but stand there and try to look
unconcerned.

After he had been kept waiting for what seemed a very
long time, he was relieved to see a young man suddenly
appear fn the doorway. He was a tall, dark young fellow
who seemed more inclined to action than words. “Come
in, stranger,” he said curtly,

It was more of a command than an invitation, but
Schumacher readily obeyed.

In the comparative darkness of the interior he soon made
out that the other inmates of the building besides the girl
who had answered his hail, were an old man, a woman

Garrett J. Farrell, Chief of Police, Hartford,

Connecticut. At the time of this story he was

Sergeant of Detectives and took an active part

in the capture of the murderers of Detective
Schumacher

looked eagerly for the track of a stray
deer or even a jack-rabbit -that might lend
plausibility to his pretense. The farther he
went, the wilder and more desolate the coun-
try became but not a sign of any sort of
game could he see. Still his purpose never
altered. If he could not pass as a regular
hunter, he would have to act the part of a
“jay” hunter who had come up from the
countryside and had become lost. In some
respects that might be the best plan of all.

By noontime Schumacher found himself
in the vicinity of the abandoned mine. He
could not see the shack but he knew it was
not far distant, so he fired off his gun and
hallooed as though calling for aid. Then
he tramped off in a different direction and
followed an erratic course to give anyone
who might pick up his trail, the impression
that he was certainly lost.

UDDENLY he topped a little rise and

there he saw before him a good-sized
frame building. It had six. windows on a
side and three entrances, Evidently this
had been the bunk house for the mine.
Smoke issuing from the chimney at one end
showed that part of the dwelling was ‘still
inhabited. ‘

The fresh snow of the hillside was without
a track. As Schumacher drew near, he
shouted again and presently a young girl,
dressed in| the manner of the country,
opened a door and
without coming out, George S. Dougherty,
f . at extreme left of
asked him what he picture, with the two
wanted. captured criminals,
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How 1 Solved the Great Missouri Bank Robbery 13

RELY BPRS outside the shack,” it was said

This sounded good to Schumache:
and he determined to do a litth
personal reconnoitering. There was
absolutely nothing to connect this
affair with the robbery of the Bank
of Union. It was nothing unusual
in that day and in that remote sec-
tion of the country, for some old
scoundrel to run a‘sort of private
brothel in the wilderness, and
it was only natural that any
young bloods who frequented it
would not care to be seen. In any
case, it was a ticklish sort of
errand he was undertaking and
he prepared for it with considerable
care.

GCHUMACHER set. out from

Stanton one frosty morning late
in January to tramp over the coun-
tryside, ostensibly in search of
game. It was not the right season
for bird shooting but there was
little else that the country offered
He tealized the weakness of his dis-
guise, but some pretext was neces-
sary and he could think of no better
one. He carried a gun and wore the
usual rough clothes and heavy boots
which were the mark of the
hunter. Sport clothes had not been

t invented at that time or at any rate
i . they had never been seen in the
Ozarks.

A light snow had fallen during
the night and as the
detective tramped

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sure, and an entire gigas eetaaces es Dougherty talking with
ry; still Schumacher Casa OWEVEL, “rk Mr. Mueller of Union,
e to Stanton a little appeared that the old Missouri, about the bank
man had come into some pein ag ko ati “
igs “ graph was taken shortly
through the district nie gr a had after Mr. Dougherty ar-~*.
pective purchaser of made frequent trips tO rived at the scene of the |
of the gossip of the town to buy whiskey ‘crime, to which he had
ion to helt. OF by the case. Not only been called from New
pirat that, but he had bought York City, because of
terious strangers , . ug i
mysterl ger the’ toile satiate th the baffling mystery
iting horses (now it sy ‘ae Aina which surrounded it
vays seem to spring saloon sold, instead of
‘sheen chnaiitted. the cheapest, as had always been his custom. People
“tiles werachorn of felt more sorry than ever for the wife and daughter
living with this old reprobate out in the deserted,
in a bit of personal tumbledown shack. It was rumored, moreover, that two
. strangers now shared the
ig near Stanton in a ° je b
bei salotnk mained family’s — wilderness The late Augustus Thomas,
Mieanie ana abode. “Youngish look- — Playwngnt, who took a personal in-
a church-mouse anc at Altre wh : terest in the two bandits, visited them
young daughter, who In tellers who never in their cells, read their palms, and at the
showed theirselves much same time read them a lecture on honesty


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and a second young fellow much shorter in stature than the

one who had told him to‘enter.

Schumacher was ready for whatever might occur, but
when this second young man said he was nervous about
firearms and offered to relieve the detective of his gun and

put it in a corner, there seemed to be no alternative

Accordingly, he gave up the rifle with a laugh and asked
the old lady for a glass of water. His eye had been quick
to take in a number of details, and he had not failed to
remark that under his coat the dark young man wore a

heavy belt with a revolver hanging over each hip.

As soon as he saw that he was not going to be mur-
dered on the spot, Schumacher began asking questions

about the locality, what the chances were for seeing game

the shortest route back to Stanton and various matters in
which a strayed huntsman might be interested. These
questions were all answered civilly, but it was noticeable

that the old man did most of the talking.

Presently dinner was ready, and they seated themselves
at the table with the exception of the young girl, who
waited upon them. The tension now relaxed somewhat on

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Bank Robbery 15

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Detective Butler of the Hartford, Connecticut

Police Department, who participated in the

thrilling -capture of the bank bandits and
murderers

both sides. Schumacher was quick to not
that this was a family gathering. The dark
young man called the old lady “Ma.” anc
the girl “Sis.” and they in turn addressed
him as “Willie.” The other fellow appeared
to be his friend. He plainly was not a
product of Missouri. Both young men
showed evidence, to the detective’s searching
eye, of recent dentistry. This, by the way
he would hardly have had a chance to dis
cover if they had not been eating. becaus
neither one of them spoke two complete sen-
tences during the entire meal

YOUNG Rudolph sat between Schumacher
and the corner in which his Winchester

had been placed He watched the detec
tive so closely that the suspicions of the
latter would have been aroused even if he
had been the jay he pretended to be

The old man seemed nervous and ex-
cited and the woman was visibly anxious
Only the young man and his friend acted
naturally, with a sort of careless indifferenc:
toward the others

On the whole, Schumacher felt that he
was well out of a tight place when half an
hour later he was permitted to take back
his rifle and depart. Probably one of th
hardest things he ever had to do in hi
career as a detective was to turn his bach
on that doorway and walk straight down
the path without running or looking bach

As he hurried toward the railroad, Schu
macher had something more to encourage
him than the mere outward appearance anc
manners of the Rudolph household. He hac
previously ascertained that Mrs. Rudolpt.
had a son by a former marriage. who ha
grown up to be the terror of the country
side. This youth. (Continued on page 7)

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The Master Detective

71

How I Solved the Great Missouri Bank Robbery

Willie Armstead, had taken part in a
number of escapades and finally, about
four years before the robbery, had left
the State hurriedly for his own good.
Some time after this, the Pinkerton ser-
vice, through its excellent system of
securing information about malefactors,
had heard of a “yegg” safe-blower
called Willie Rudolph or “Missouri
Billy’ who had recently turned up in
the Southwest.

The peculiar style of nomenclature
adopted by the yeggs denoted the
place of origin of the individual. Al-
though Missouri is a big state, it
seemed to Schumacher that there was
something more than coincidence in all
this, particularly in the fact that young
Armstead, or Rudolph had turned up
with a pal at his stepfather’s lonely
residence at the exact time when the
robbery was committed.

RUNNING down yeggs had been my
special duty with the Pinkertons for
a number of years. If | had only been
on hand to warn Charlie Schumacher,
| would have told him to go after Mis-
souri Billy with no fewer than half a
dozen men in whose courag and
tenacity he could place absolute trust.
Unfortunately I was not .there and
Schumacher was eager to ‘make an
arrest. ,

The day after Schumacher’s recon-
naissance at the Rudolph home-
stead he was again tramping out of
Stanton, this time with a posse_at his
side. The posse consisted of Deputy
Sheriff Louis Vedder from Union and
two countrymen named Tichenor and
Cromer, both of Stanton. These men
were good citizens who deserved to be
commended for undertaking the task
they did, but they were no more fitted
for it than the average citizen ever Is
for capturing desperate criminals.
Schumacher carried his Winchester;
Tichenor had a double-barreled shot-
gun. The other two had revolvers.

This little force marched directly out
the county road to the bunk house of
the Old Deer Mines. As they ap-
proached the shack, Vedder took the
lead as became his official capacity.
Schumacher followed at his elbow,
while the other two were only a few
paces behind.

Vedder marched boldly up and
rapped at the center door. Scarcely had
he done so when the door at the end
of the building flew open and the two
desperadoes leaped out. Each_ held
two revolvers and opened fire imme-
diately. It seemed to the dismayed
posse that all four revolvers were being
fired at once.

Schumacher fell without being able
to get in a shot. Tichenor fired off his
shotgun and wounded one of the ban-
dits in the face, then turned and fled.
The other two emptied their revolvers
without securing a hit and then they
bolted too.

There was a clothes-line stretched
across the yard and as they fled, first

(Continued from page 15)

one and then another ran blindly into
this and was picked off his feet. The
bandits whooped with glee and sent
more bullets cracking past their ears.
It must have been a ludicrous sight
from their point of view.

As they reached shelter behind a
clump of bushes, one of the men looked
back and saw Schumacher, still alive,
struggling to rise from the ground.
The smaller of the two bandits ran tip
to him cursing and after kicking him in
his face, fired shot after shot into his
defenseless body. This was the last
any of the men saw of the Rudolph
outfit. ,

“When the news of the murder reached
Union, the excitement was tremendous.

A large posse was at once organized ©

and dispatched to the scene of the
fight. Sheriff Bruch led this in per-
son and they approached the house
with a caution which was the antithesis
of the former attempt. But when they
finally got there, it was only to find
that they had captured a deserted fort.
They found poor Schumacher’s bullet-
riddled body, but no trace of his assail-
ants or of the Rudolph family. They
were just a few hours too late.

At the time when all this took. place,
the yeggmen in this country closely
resembled a secret society of the under-
world. Although there was no actual
organization with an enrolled member-
ship and paraphernalia of robes and
rituals, the yeggs had no difficulty in
recognizing one another when they met
on the road. They had developed a
jargon of their own which was so rich
in curious words and phrases, that they
could carry on a conversation without
the average citizen being able to tell
what they were talking about.

These people specialized in safe-
blowing and crimes of violence. There
were many skilful criminals in their
ranks, and with their anarchistic doc-
trines and superior intelligence, they
were coming to be almost a national
menace.

THE Pinkertons were at this time
achieving unusual success in ex-
terminating this type of criminal, how-
ever; but these two bandits had thrown
down the gauntlet and murdered one
of their most experienced field men.
After Schumacher’s murder was re-
ported, Bob and Billy Pinkerton in a
conference with me said with much
feeling: “George, the world is not large
enough to hide these two’ murderers.

They must be got dead or alive. ‘It is

your job to get them.”

The Pinkerton brothers at this time
had made preparations for a pleasure
trip around the world but were so
overwrought by the killing of Schu-
macher, that they abandoned the trip
until such time as the culprits would be
apprehended and duly punished.

The Pinkerton service had been at
the heels of yeggmen for the past few
years, and we recognized in the murder
of Schumacher a challenge which must

be met squarely if we were to main-
tain our ascendency over the forces of
evil.

We knew that every yegg in_ the
country would read with glee that Mis-
souri Billy and his pal had killed “one
of those damned Pinks” and would be
keeping his eyes peeled to see what we
would do about it. So the word went
round to our branches all over the coun-
try that Schumacher must be avenged.

THE first news from Missouri was
encouraging. Although all trace of
the criminals had been lost, a small
part of their loot was recovered... It
was found at the bottom of a well at
the Rudolph shack and consisted of
$413 in silver dollars, fifteen-fifty in
fifty-cent pieces, twenty-one seventy-
five in quarters, seventy-three fifty in
dimes, twenty-five fifty-five in nickels
and some mutilated coins which had
evidently been damaged when the safe
of the Bank of Union was blown open
on December 27th.

This find was identified by the
cashier of the bank and put an end to
any doubt which might have existed as
to the origin of the money. The next
thing was to find some clue to the men
themselves.

Old Rudolph and his wife and daugh-
ter were shortly discovered at the home
of a relative in the vicinity, to whose
house they had fled in terror after the
murder of Schumacher.

The subsequent movements of the
two robbers were finally pieced to-
gether up to a certain point. It was
learned that they had gone to the
house of a neighboring farmer and
asked for a loan of a good team of
horses. The old man had smelled a
rat and while he temporized with them,
had secretly dispatched his son to turn
the horses loose in the woods. There-
upon they made him hitch up an old
nag, which alone remained in the stable,
and drive them to the home of a
farmer named Armstead, an uncle of
Missouri Billy.

Here they repeated their request but
emphasized it by tickling the old home-
steader’s: neck with the muzzle of a
gun. To make him feel better about it,
Willie left $200 in gold on the table to
pay for the team.

They got their horses and rode away.
A squad of the posse which captured
tthe bunk house, encountered them on
the road about dusk and exchanged a
few shots with them at a safe distance.
Then they disappeared from view.

Very little could be learned from
the Rudolph family. All they would
say was that Willie and his friend
Fred—they did not know him_ by
any other name—had come home about
Christmas time with a lot of money
they did not know where it had come
from: Then the two had gone away to
some place where they could “have a
time,” and get some dental work done,
and had just returned for the rest of
their money the day before Schumacher


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414 MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

“I guess it’s all up with me,” Rudolph told them. “I'll admit I’m
Rudolph to you fellows, but don’t let those God-damn Pinkertons get
any credit.”

Despite the Missouri Kid’s objections, almost every major newspaper
in the country gave the Pinkertons credit for finding Rudolph, with the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch headline, “Bill Rudolph Run to Earth by the
Pinkertons.’’!4

By now William Pinkerton knew as much about publicity as any pub-
lic-relations director today. After Rudolph’s identity had been confirmed,
he prepared a lengthy release decribing the role the Agency had played.
He had the good sense not to exaggerate but to confine himself to facts,
and always included the names of local cooperating police officers.

The release was telegraphed to every branch office from Montreal to
Boston. William ordered that superintendents, not operatives or assist-
ants, personally deliver the handout to the editors in their city. As Pinker-
ton had ordered originally, the story broke nationally in the Sunday,
February 14, 1904, newspapers.

In New York, William was jubilant at the arrest of Rudolph but furi-
ous with his Kansas City office for almost missing the bank robber in
Paola. But something else was bothering Pinkerton besides the careless-
ness of his branch office. While most of the New York and midwestern
newspapers had lengthy stories praising the Pinkertons, Chicago, his fa-
vorite town, “was the only city that had no publication of the arrest in
its newspapers . . . there is not one word reported in the Chicago news-
papers and I am at a loss to know how this happened when the news-
papers were so crazy for news of this man. I would like an explanation
of this immediately. . . .”

Superintendent Tillotson replied in a three-page letter that apparently
mollified Pinkerton. Subsequent extensive coverage in the Chicago news-
papers undoubtedly helped.

Rudolph was back in the St. Louis jail only a few weeks, when Collins
was executed, on the afternoon of March 26, 1904.

Before Collins was led out, the warden asked what he wanted most.

“A drink,” Collins said.

“Booze or beer?” the warden asked politely.

“Both,” was the prompt reply.

The deputy returned with a pint of whiskey and a bottle of beer.

“What will it be first?” he asked.

“Oh, push along the booze,” Collins said. As the reporter noted:

“Collins drained the tin cup as though it was coffee.”

“Now push along the chaser,” he said. That also went down like coffee,
“and then the prisoner said he felt better.”

At the foot of the gallows, Collins told the prison chaplain, ‘No pray-
ing for me; I die game,” then slowly walked up the steps to the hangman.

The fall failed to break his neck, and he slowly strangled to death as

see Ua

The Blackest of Days 415

spectators perched on the tops of fences, trees, and rooftops watched in :
silence. When the prison physician pronounced him dead, a “wild cheer
rose from the morbid throng.”’15 ;

Rudolph’s trial was a major midwestern criminal trial. The courtroom
was packed every day, with hundreds waiting to get in. The strange
American phenomenon of women attracted to outlaws was so prevalent
that Jailer Danson of Four Courts announced that bouquets of flowers
sent to Rudolph would not be delivered. Because of the lack of secretarial
help, he urged women not to write “scented and silly letters” to the
Missouri Kid.

“A disgusting spectacle,” William wrote to Robert in a brief, outraged
note. “Here is a man charged with murder and robbing a bank. Why
would any self-respecting woman want to write to such a desperate char-
acter?” In New York Robert scrawled a penciled note to his superintend-
ent: .

“File with Rudolph’s criminal record.” Apparently he didn’t know the
answer either.

After a lengthy trial, Rudolph was found guilty and sentenced to hang.
In April and May, he wrote to William Pinkerton, begging the detective
to help get his death sentence commuted. to life imprisonment. In his

. second letter, Rudolph pulled out all stops, pleading with Pinkerton to

act “not for my sake but for a dear old mother’s sake . . . to use your
powerful influence to spare a young life that no more evil can ever enter
into.”

“I certainly don’t wish to see a young man die on the gallows,” Wil-
liam wrote to Robert, “but I will not interfere in this case. I can only
see him standing over poor Schumacher and pumping bullets into his
body.’18 :

The Missouri Kid played the gallant désperado role to the last minute.
On the morning of May 8, 1905, when the warden and. his deputies
stepped into his cell to read the death warrant, Rudolph “removed his
hat and announced to all that he had no malice toward anyone—even
the Pinkertons. Just be sure you do a good job of it,” he told the sheriff,
“and everything will be all right.”

The hanging of Rudolph, the killer, attracted more spectators than
the execution of Collins. Large groups of women waited all night to
catch a glimpse of the handsome bandit, who waved aside the hands of

* the deputies and mounted the gallow steps alone. It was a bungled exe-

cution, and, like Collins, he died slowly, with the crowd “waiting pa-
uently until life was extinct.’7

The moment the prison physicians pronounced Rudolph dead, a spec-
tator hurried from the crowded courtyard to the nearest Western Union
office. Within minutes, W. B. Laughlin, Assistant Superintendent of the
Pinkerton office in St. Louis, had. telegraphed every branch office of the
Agency in the United States and Canada. The message was brief:


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“Rudolph hung at ten o'clock.”
In St. Louis, Operative Charlesworth reviewed the long and intensive
investigation for reporters, “modestly” pointing out that it had been the
scrap of paper he found in the stove that had led to the capture of
Schumacher’s killers. “‘It’s the little things that count,” he told a reporter
for the St. Louis Star.

The hunt for Rudolph had been international, the cost unprecedented.
The capital crime itself apparently had not been the sole motivation; it
was just as important to uphold the honor of the Agency. The Victorian
criminals knew the Pinkertons never ceased to hunt them down if they
robbed an Agency client. Now it had been demonstrated that the world
was not big enough to hide the murderer of a Pinkerton operative. It
was not only the killing of a man but also the smirching of a business
escutcheon that had to be avenged.

MURDER IS A LITTLE THING

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COP ELAND, Eugene, black,
4 3 Usene black hanged + i
5 or 4 9 Na ne MA. a Ue Lo Ul 3 b MO 9 6

-MAN HANGED
FOR HOLDUP
MURDER ON
* FRANKLIN AV.

| ‘Eugene. Copeland, Negro
. * £y-Convict, Executed in
City Jail — He Refused
Life Sentence and Chose
$ to Stand Trial. |

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‘ CALM, SLEEPS WELL,
REFUSES BREAKFAST

On| Trap He Announces
He Has Nothing Further
to Say About the Killing
of Jacob P. Davis in
Store in’ 1931.

Loi ee la patient

KMayene ‘Copeland, Negro former
convict, who chose té stand trial for
een a white man in a_ holdup
tastead of pleading guilty and ac-
copting a life sentence, was hanged
at City Jail early today.
Apparently unmoved by word yes-

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terday that Gov. Park would not in-
1 pvene_the condémned si sought
catace in religion. He slept from
52 30 o'clock this morning until 4:30.
“he Rev, John A. DeVilbiss, assist-
, aunt pastor of St. Elizabeth's Cath?

|¥ wiic Churehy was with him while he]:

" ““ept, in the cell 25 steps from the
glows. . ;
| awakening, he washed his face
wink hands. Fifteen minutes later

ihe Rev. D. E, Hamilton, pastor of
. St. Elizabeth's, administered the’
“Jast rites of the Catho}ic Church.
Copeland said he 'wanted no
breakfast. He had eaten a dight
lunch,.at midnight. Cee
Declining to disc ds the murder
June .1,, 1931, of cob P. Davis,
_ part owner of the Avenue Furni-
. ture Co 1107 Franklin avenue,, for
«c which he was sentenced, Copeland
‘repeated his, statement ‘of yester-
. day: “I am Interested only-in the

spiritual world. This tarth seems

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Crump told the officers and tne
writer that he had repented for his
crime and that during his confine-
ment in the St. Louis jail, he hac
joined the Catholie church. He re:
iterated his statement made last Sat.
urday that he was not afraid to die.

“Do you think yeu will be able .o
walk unassisted tc the gallows to-
morrow morning.” Crump was asked.

“Yes, T will walk unassisted,” he
replied. “I am not afraid, T have
made peace with my Lord.”

After Crump answered: the ques-
tion he sat
dow, until Montgomery City was al-

swost reached. ‘Then he Jooked at

Sheriff Farmer and said:

“1 cuess everyone in town will be
at the train won't they? I > guess
they are all stirred up about this
proposition.”” The sheriff told him
that he didn’t think so many would
te there and dropped the subject.

The writer then asked the negro
what he was going to have for sup-
per. He said that he would order
fried chicken, sliced tomatoes ,hot
biscuits, cream potatoes and_ iced
tea.

When the train arrived in Mont-
zomery City, a crowd of not more
than 150 or 200 was present to see
Crump get off. He was taken in an
automobile to the county jail where
he will be held until tomorrow morn-
ing when he goes to the gallows.

Immediately after he entered his
cell, two guards, Jim Benny and
Frank Weily began the death watch
cver him, which is required by law
to prevent the prisoner from cheat-
ing the gallows by suicide before the
time of the execution.

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cay friends from’ Tinding itself ex-

3sed in motives leading to violence,
it is generally known that
‘ura during his life-time, denounced
ab-rule and mob-action, and often
ewed what he would do in _ the
\y of enforcing law in time when
‘lence would attempt to carry the
y
Tac confession which Crump made
the two St. Louis detectives, one
the.r the well knewn colored detec-
: R. I. Cooper, who formerly livec
this city was as follows:
“My name is James Crump. I am
> years of age and reside at 416 S.
le street, Mexico, Mo. On the
tht of February 10th, 1924 at a-
ut 11:00 p. m., I was walking west

‘ong the railroad track at Mexico, '
0., in company with Jaunita Jacobs ,
nd when near Western Avenue and;

‘e railroad crossing, I cursed Jaunita.
\cobs asking her why in the ——she'
id not get on the side of the railroad |
ceaning the side I was on and Sher- :
-f Blunf, whom I had not seen spoke
’ and said:
“ “Hey. What are you doing there?’:
“I said: ‘Why? and he then jerked.
ut his gun and ‘began shooting at:
ie. I then jumped behind a boxecar.:
‘e continued to advance on me, and
ne bullet struck me in the right leg
ust above the knee. I then drew my
evolver, a 38-calibre Smith and

Vesson special and fired three shot:
t Sheriff Blum. Jaunita Jacobs
creamed;

“Oh! Don’t do that.’

“T then ran away going to Tom
‘d. Harrison’s restaurant and then
Pp town where I was arrested by
fr. Wallace and Mr. Jim Ford, 1
hrowed my revolver away into the
ailroad yards.

“Signed, James Crump.

“ Witnagaaa: RI, Cooper, detective

Mr. ;

evidence

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Crump, according to St. Loufs au-
‘iv-rities he has a flesh wound fn’ his
Veet tee above the knee, ‘After his
“trest here, he wag hurried out of the
‘sity, and as he did not limp, making
(2 bold show. It was not thought that
i he was injured, This disclosure wa:
jiunde after he got to St. Louis: when

[ne was being quéstioned, «° tes

The Coroner’s jury held an dnqticst -
in the Audrain County Cireuit ‘Court
room Tuesday morning at 10:00
'e’clock, and after hearing the evi-
dence of three witnesses which took
about thirty minutes, returned after
|"* few moments with the following
‘ atatement: ,

"We the jury,

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after hearing the.
Presented in the ..inquesi
over the body of Chal Blum, found
that he came to his death by a pis-
tol shot, fired in the hands ‘of: one,
‘ames Crump, colored.” =
The members of the jury were:
Jchn Abbay, foreman,
W. G. Wilkins,
Nate Phillips,»
Harry Atkinson,
Geo. N. Johnson,
Tom Bruce, ee .
The witnesses heard were Ernest
Acuff, A. M. Hamilton, and detective
D, Wilsey, Pee

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OVER PLIGHT
ON LAST TRIP

Negro, Who Will Hang at 8 A. M.' we

Friday, Returned to Montgom- PRE

ery City Jail at Noon a RONIES ated
Today. 5 Eis eS iy rae
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James Crump, negro murderer of. aus
Sheriff Chal Blum of this county,
was returned to Montgomery City at
noon Friday from the Municival jail
in St. Louis, where tomorrow morn-
ing at 8 o’clock he will pay with his i
life on the gallows for his crime.
Crump was in the custody of Sheriff
H. T. Farmer of Montgomery coun-
ty and Sheriff C. M. Fox of Audrain 2
who were accompanied on the trip |B! } ,
by the writer. |

The officers arrived at the St.; yess % |
Louis jail shortly after 8 o’clock this Be |
morning and Crump was ready to
Jeave with him.

Before leaving he asked permis:
sion to say good bye te Leon Wil- |
lisms, another negro who will be;
hanged in the St .Louis jaii at 6:04
a. m., Friday, just an hour and BA
minutes before his death trap will ite

» be sprung. i a i a

Crump and Williams greeted each ON Gael?
other with a smile and each in turn ee
asked the other if he was afraid. Nee Glee
Both said they were not. | Rapes

Passing thru the corridor of the
jail to the patrol wagon that awaited
outside to ‘take him to the station,
Crump told each one of the guards
goodbye and thanked them for their
kindness to ‘him during his seventeen
months’ confinement in the prison.
His remark to each of them was: | He

“Goodbye, all the Inek in the! ed aa
world to you, and thank you for your ager er eas
kindness to me.’’ eae! ies

Crump. the officers and the writer Baath
arrived at the station only a few
minutes before the train departed.

Soon after the train pulled out of |
the station Crump. recognized the!
train ‘porter whe spoke to him}
(Crump) and asked “how are you.” |

Crump replied:

“Fine and dandy.”

Cramp did not talk much until
after the train had passed St.
Charles. Then he seemed to be
more cheerful for a while and talked
for at least ar hour with the offi-
cers. Then there came a silence and
it was easy to note that he was
brooding over his plight.

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Montgomery County Historical Society

112 W. SECOND STREET
MONTGOMERY CITY, MO. 63361

April 1, 1985

Watt Espy

Capital Punishment Research Project
Box 6205 - Law Library

University, AL 35486

Dear Mr. Espy:

Your letter of March 27, 1985 addressed to William Auchly
RFD#2 Montgomery City, Mo. has been referred to me, as I

answer the correspondence for the Montgomery County His-'
torical Society, Inc.

As Montgomery County Courthouse records were burned on

two occasions, I have referred to printed sources for the
enclosed information.

As you will see from the enclosed copies of newspaper
Clippings, James Crump was hanged for the murder of the
Audrain County Sheriff. He was tried and found guilty in
Audrain Co., then on appeal and change of venue, was found
guilty and hanged in Montgomery County.

Other information enclosed is copied from "History of St.
Charles, Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri".

Your project sounds very interesting. Should we be able
to assist you further, please advise.

Very truly yours,

Med ba?8 Mlithscf

Mrs. John G. Miller, Jr.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA

STORY OF St. LouIs. ~

A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
FOR READY REFERENCE.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM HYDE AND HOWARD L. CONARD.

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NEW YORK, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOUIS:
THE SOUTHERN HISTORY COMPANY,
HALDEMAN, CONARD & Co., Proprietors.

1899

PUBLIC LIBRARY
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.


HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOUBL —

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we ing much the stronger man pushed him away. He then drew
| ‘ a dirk, stabbed Sanford several times, andturned and ran. San-
x ford drew a large pocket knife, and, overtaking Chapman, plunged
it into his neck, inflicting a fatal wound. To avoid imprison-
WW ment, Koons and Sanford escaped to Texas, but returned at the
next term of court, and were indicted as above stated.
The next trial that excited general interest was that of Sarah
\Y Buckner, brought on change of venue from Bollinger County in
1856. Mrs. Buckner had been twice married. By her first mar-
riage she had two children, a boy and a girl, who, at the time of
the trial ‘were aged about ten and fourteen years, respectively.
Her second husband was a boy only nineteen years old, who had
been employed by her to work the farm, and who, through her
plandishments, had first become criminally intimate with her, and
hen had been forced to marry her. She soon tired of him and
rove him away, but, after the birth of their child, she sent him
word to return and take it away, as she did not wish to care for
“\. it He returned for the child, and while sitting in front of the
fire waiting for his wife to clothe it properly, the latter ordered

her daughter to kill him with an ax. The daughter obeyed sO
far as to strike him a blow, which rendered him insensible, but

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NS bloody work. To conceal the crime, she tore up the floor of
*\ ‘the cabin and attempted to bury the remains, but, finding this im-

possible, set fire to the house. Afterward the heart and some of
J the bones that had not been consumed were gathered up, taken

to a slough, and stamped into the mud. . =.
~~ The disappearance of the young man soon led to an investi-
ation, and the little boy, who had witnessed the murder, related

Nine details of the horrid deed. Mrs. Buckner and her daughter

arrested. The latter was tried in Bollinger County, and sen-

A were en
— nitentiary, where she
~ C fifteen years’ imprisonment in the peni ¥,
ener ; Mrs. Buckner obtained

died a short time after her incarceration.
SN change of venue to Stoddard County, was convicted of murder im

the first degree, and sen

Se to the supre
ene This resulted as did the first, and the date o

\ for a new trial. a ced sensi e

ay) execution was fixed for February 5, 1857.

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did not killhim. Mrs. Buckner then seized the ax and finished —

tenced to hang on July 18, 1856. An appeal.
me court, and the cause was remanded -

HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 361

taken, and, while pending, the jail at Bloomfield was broken open,
and the prisoner rescued. At about this time the Civil War came
on, and no attempt was made to recapture her. peed

Within the past twenty years, several persons have been tried
in Stoddard County for murder, and three executions have taken
place. At the March term, 1870, John H. Skaggs was brought
on a change of venue from Dunklin County, and tried for the
murder of Robert V. Richardson, whom he killed in Clarkton on
January 6, 1870. He was convicted, and was hung on August
6, of the same year.

On October 2, 1876, Williang Shaw was shot and killed by.
some one in ambush, while working at Kapp’s sorghum mill.
Poindexter Edmundson was arrested for the crime, and the trial,
which took place in March, 1877, resulted in the verdict, “guilty
of murder in the first degree.”” He was sentenced to hang on
May 15, 1877, but an appeal was taken, and the execution was
postponed for a short time.

Soon after his imprisonment he and another prisoner over-
powered the jailer, and made their escape, but were reca
within a few days. He was hanged by Collin Morgan, then
sheriff of the county. ae mores

In the autumn of 1879 Thomas Dixon and James McNabb, }
accompanied by a woman represented as the wife of Dixon, came

south of Essex. In March, following, McNabb disappeared,
He was said by Dixon to have gone to Arkansas to arrest a man %
for whom there was a reward offered A few weeks later he told
several neighbors that McNabb had been killed in attempting to
make the arrest. He appropriated McNabb’s property to his
own use, and, after making a crop, returned to Arkansas. Noth- ¥
ing more was thought of the matter for nearly two years. Inv,
February, 1882, a buyer of walnut timber came into the neigh-
borhood, and the owner of the farm rented by Dixon and McNabb,
remembering that Dixon had buried a large walnut log, decided
to exhume it. He did so, and under it was the partially decom-
posed body of a man, which, by the clothes and some other
articles, was identified as that of McNabb. Dixon was arrested, ‘\\

4 tried and convicted, and sentenced to be hung on May 18
‘ g y 18, 1883.
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DILIWER, Milton, white, hanged at St. Louis,

There are a couple of reasons why
the casinos use chips. One is to keep
the dealers honest. At every table there
is a steel lock-box below the green felt
with a slender slot cut into the table.
The dealer is required to spread out
the folding money given him by a
player over the slot, hand out the
correct number of chips and then poke

GOLDEN JUSTICE

Perhaps one of the strangest murder
confessions ever obtained by detecti-
ves of St. Louis was the case of Mil-
ton Diltwer.

A dishwasher who had seen better
days, Diltwer, 43 years old, had hit
bottom, going from a hundred-dollar-
a-week job to one that paid him ten,
and meals. He had aged greatly in the

; past year and his lame leg gave him
: great pain. Hard drinking had brought
: him to this lowly position, hard
: drinking, and a nagging wife whom
: he had left the year before.

The chef at the cafe where Milton
: Diltwer washed dishes was unable to
: find a room close to his job, and
* Diltwer offered to share his cheap
: bedroom over a second-hand store in

the same block, with him.

It was a dinky apartment but Roy
Williams was glad to get it; and when
he paid the rent in advance he flashed
a roll of greenbacks. By way of
explanation Williams said he had
saved his money during the past year
and planned to marry soon.

Diltwer had never thought about
killing a man in his life, but the
thought kept occurring to him now.
‘‘There’s enough money in his wallet
to start me in business for myself.”

For two days Diltwer walked the

= streets trying to get his mind off

: Williams’ bankroll. That night he went

home late and found the chef asleep.

Diltwer picked up a restaurant knife

he had brought home and plunged the

= long blade into the sleeping man’s

== chest. Williams did not make a sound.
2 It was the night of March 5, 1905.

With cold sweat streaming down his
face, Milton Diltwer stood beside his
victim. He quickly went through the
pockets, of the coat hanging over a
chair, but to his dismay found the
wallet empty.

Horrified, he finally brought
himself to search the body and found
a money belt around the waist of his
victim. ‘‘He must have mistrusted me
all along,”’ he muttered to himself.

pi Twenty minutes later Diltwer was
on his way to the

the bills into the slots with a paddle.
It gives the security ‘‘eye’’ scanning
on a closed television circuit time to
see that the money goes into the box
and no extra chips are passed out.
The other reason is to ease the con-
science of the player. A gambler soon
becomes accustomed to betting with
chips, and it takes on the symbol of

Sato tet tet eS

the $800 he had stolen.
Then he was aware that someone

was shouting at him from a distance.
He heard the pound of the other’s
feet. In his frenzy he began to hurry,
dragging his lame leg. Again the man
behind him shouted. The man was
coming closer now, rushing through
the rain. ‘‘Wait, Diltwer —”’

One thought, one thought alone
took possession of his mind — escape.

Suddenly, when his pursuer seemed
about to reach out and grab him,
Diltwer broke into a run. He did not
know how he ever managed to keep
going at such a pace on his lame leg.

‘‘Stop! Diltwer! Stop!”’

Milton Diltwer did not stop. He was
traveling at a fast gait when his lame
leg folded up on him. In a crumpled : #
heap he fell upon the sidewalk. He ; 2
started yelling hysterically at the top :
of his voice. ‘‘I did not kill him! I did :
not kill Williams!”’ :

A crowd was around him now. He :
could see their taut, ugly faces in th
station lamps. ‘‘Murder,”’ one of them
said. ‘‘He must have killed some
body.”’

A moment later he was lifted from ;
the walk by two detectives patrolling ©
the Union Depot. They had heard his
words and rushed to his side. The man
who had pursued Diltwer pushed
himself forward, looked sardonically
at him and shook his head.

Detectives Sam Jessup and Roal
Ritchie took Diltwer to the police
station where Diltwer confessed that
he had killed and robbed Williams of
$800. ee

“7 was on my way to his room when 2 ie
I saw him,’ the pursuer told the police. ==
“I had just received word that his wife 2S
had died in Chicago and that Diltwer 22
was her sole beneficiary in an insu- 2%
rance policy. I am Ray Haggers, New #23
York Life representative.”’ eo

‘You are justice,’’ Detective Ritchie #2
said solemnly to the man who had 22
chased the killer to give him $5,000. 223

Milton Diltwer was sentenced to be #3
hanged. He died on the gallows on ;
February 11, 1906.

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Missouri, on February 11, 1906,

play money rather than real cash.

A lucky player may carry around a
pocketful of $10 or $50 chips and toss
them on various games, whereas if it
was in currency, he might be tempted
to stash some of his winnings in his
wallet.

The smart L.A. boys examined a
number of chips they picked up at
various casinos and reached the
conclusion that it would be no great
trick to stamp them out once they
made the dies with the particular logo
of the hotel.

Their interest, however, was not in
obtaining a contract to manufacture
the chips to sell to the casinos. Rather,
they thought, it might be very profit-
able to go into business for themselves.
Less than a penny’s worth of plastic
could be turned into a $50 chip and
then exchanged for good currency.

Duplicating the embossing on the
chips presented no problem. They had
done more difficult jobs for legitimate
customers. Correct shading for the
multi-colored ones was only a matter
of mixing until they got the shades.

With roughly $1 million in counter-
feit chips, the pair returned to Las
Vegas. They had carefully worked out
a plan for their scam. They had chips
for six different large casinos and they
played each one for only a short time
before going to the cashier to collect
$500 to $1,000. They watched for the
shift changes so the cashiers might not

‘suspect they were being ‘too lucky.’

In two days they had close to
$200,000 in good U.S. currency
stashed in suitcases in their hotel room.
On the third day, as they walked up
to a cashier’s cage, a couple of casino
security guards along with a couple of
Las Vegas detectives suggested they
have a little private talk.

Confronted with the remaining
bogus chips seized in their hotel room
with a search warrant, the two men
readily confessed.

‘‘But how in hell did you make us?”’
one of them asked. ‘‘I know plastics
and those chips we made were perfect.
Nobody could spot them as phonies.”’

The security guards were reluctant
to reveal how the fake chips had been
detected. It is known, however, that a
secret ingredient is mixed with the
plastic that can be detected by an
electronic device. All chips are
examined in the counting room and
when the fakes failed to pass the test,
the electronic device squealed.

Luckily they served only short terms

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Watt Espy, Jr.

Law Library

Box 6205

University, Ala, 35186

6 March 1979

The Clerk of the Monroe County District or Circuit Court,
The Monroe County (ourt House,
Paris, Missouri 65275.

Dear sir or madam:

I am currently engaged in research on Capital Punishment in our country which hopefully
will culminate with the publication of a series of volumes which will contain brief bio~
graphical sketches of each person to have been legally executed in the United States as
well as a brief account of the crimes of each, As this is the first time that a serious
effort has been made to chronich® all of the legal executions in this country from the
earliest Colonial Days down to and including the present, I am anxious that it should be
as complete, accurate and comprehensive as is humanly possible,

A man named Bill Duly or B ill Deely was hanged in Monroe County in 1864. I would cer-
tainly appreciate it if you would check your records to ascertain the date of his execu-
tion and provide me with it as a basis for further research, It is possible that this
hanging did not occur until the early part of 1865, but I believe that it was during the

fall or winter of 186h.

I am enclosing a prepaid addressed envelope for your convenience in replying and you will,
of course, be given gredit in the work itself for your assistance,

Thanking you for your kindness and cooperation, I am,

Respectfully yours,

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THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA 65201
26 May, 1977
RICHARD Ss. BROWNLEE
DIRECTOR

Mr. Watt Espy, Jr.
Box 67

| Headland, AL 36345
Dear MR, Espy:

In reply to your letter received May 23:
Mrs. Ross is cor

legal hanging, The informat
» Mo. If did not supply

| you with full details { can se
| about it, published abou

in one Story. The charge would be 35¢
Cash or your ch

Order,

County murder; it
venue: A white man

Earls, however, it Simply says he I have
never known more than that about him. He was hanged 13 Dec 1831.
Presumably, he was a hired killer.

There is no person named
Samuel Earls or Earl listed in the fe

If you want the
for it, cash or

As far as we have been able to ascer

in Missouri was 21 May, 1937, at Galena,
Sheriff I.H. Coin,

Pearl Bozarth, the

tain, the last legal hanging by a sheriff
Stone County, Mo., by

son for the murder of

issouri. Jackson was a white hitchhiker native of Ozark County, Mo.,
that Bozarth picked

hrough Taney County, Jackson
shot and killed him and took his car,

trial, hanging, and biography are in the Galena, Stone County

News-Oracle, May 26, A937, Page 1 columns thay 3, ed page 8 col 3,
On microfilm, A photocopy ma -O5 to cover cost

of copying and mailing.

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.”

Now the guns and the can are back together. While working on the
exhibit, we found in our museum archives a copy of the special wanted
poster for Dunn after he escaped (There was a $1,100 reward.)

I have been with The Gazette 31 years, and my father who-died
two years ago was an editor here for 56 years, so I personally re-
call the Tiedt case. Charles shot and killed three neighbors with
a 12-gauge shotgun. As I mentioned, I now have the three spent
shells, plus the three he used to re-load the gun in case others came
out of the house

I am enclosing clippings about Tiedt's execution for your files.
He had two trials, and it took about five years to go through all of

the legal proceedings.
aor tows

The only other legal, hangings that have come out of Buchanan
County since Tiedt and Mark Dunn were Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie
Brown Heady. They involved the kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease of the
Greenlease Cadillac family in Kansas City in October, 1953.

Hall and Heady were living at a house in St. Joseph, although
the murder took place in Kansas City (actually, Kansas City, Kan.,
I believe.) They buried the boy in a flower garden in their back
yard and demanded:a ransom. The ransom was paid, and Police Lt.
Shoulders of St. Louis ended up with the money after they were ar-
rested: at Gt. Louis. -

Anyway both Hall and Heady were executed in the Missouri Peni-
tentiary - I believe in early 1954. I'm sure you are familiar with
the case. If not I could come up with more details.

Hope this will be of help in your research. Let me know if I
can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Gary Chilcote
Museum Director

F.Set I assume you know about the 6 Germans who were hanged during
World War II at the U. S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Lea-
venworth. My father was an official witness. Again, I can put
you in touch with the right people if you need information.


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BART DUNN FORMERLY
‘OF NEVARK I HANGED

Killed Young Farmer at Rushville,
Missouri.

Escaped From Jalil But Was Reeap-
tured and Nerve Completely
| Deserted Him.

Ry Telegraph to The Dispatch.
st, JOSEPH, MO., MARCH l.—

Mart Dunn, the murderer, was hanged
here at 10:40 o'clock today.
The murder for which Dunn Wa3s

hanged was that of Alfred Fenton, &
wealthy young farmer at Rushville,
this county, July 20, 1902. He “vas
sentenced to ‘be hanged March 31.
Early in March Dunn escaped from
jail by overcoming his guard and |
threatening to kill him with two re-
volvers that had been smuggled to
his cell in 2 coal ot con, unless the
jailer turned him out in the exit wheel.

He kept to the woods for two days,
and finally went to the home of his
brother-in-law in Andrew caunty,
where he was captured. Dunn Was |
28 years old and married.

The nerve which helped Dunn all
through and aided him in making his
escape from the county jail last Mon-
day morning, deserted him and he Jay
on his cot all day groaning with fear.
He asked Sheriff Spencer to summon
Rev M. M. Good of the Christian
church, who prayed with him for an
hour. He was formerly of Newark,
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lwealthy young farmer at Rushville,

this county, July 20, 3902. He was
sent ences to ‘he hanged March Si.
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jail by overcoming his guard and
threatening ta kil! him with two re-
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jailer turnec him out in the exit wheel,

He kept to the woods for two days
and finally went to the home of his
hmrother-in-law {n Andrew COMME,
where he was captured. Dunn Was
28 years old and married.

The nerve which helped Dunn all
through and aided him in making his
escape from the county jail Inst Mlon-
day morning, deserted him and he lay
on his cot all day groaning with fear.
He asked Sheriff Spencer to summon
Rey M. M. Good of the Christian
church, who prayed with him for an
hour. He was formerly of Newark,
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he swore me to secrecy on this incident.

The town marshal and only police-
man in Union became so excited
after these murderers were arrested
that he hastily purchased a uniform
and helmet, neither of which fitted him.
I think he was the original “Keystone
cop.” He was what | call a “we-er.”
He carried a Winchester rifle and rode
on the back of the bus with the officers
and prisoners to the county jail. He
had never seen me before, but some-
body had tipped him off as to who |
was, so he shook hands with me and
said: “I knowed we'd get them cut-
throats sooner or later.”

Union had had its night of terror
when the bank was robbed. But it had
its gala day when the robbers were
brought back. There was no school
that day. Most of the stores Were
closed and countrymen for miles around
came on mule-back or in buggies and
hitched around the public square. You'd
imagine the sheriff and his strong men
had been absent for five years.

One glance at the calaboose con-
vinced me that Missouri Billy and
Black Frank if locked up there would
not. think of remaining more than
twenty-four hours, if that long. They
could have escaped from it with a
good-sized can-opener oF wire nail. |
warned the Court and County officials
of this and we all decided the “rold-
over” in the Four Courts Prison at Ot
Louis was the place to lock them tp if
we expected to see them again when
court convened in July. So they were
shackled and returned to St. Louis.

These two bandits were fine looking
specimens of men and soon won much
sympathy throughout Missouri. The
fact that they were robbers was not
held against them—but to be mur-
derers, all admitted was clean bad.

Early in July—the 6th to be correct
--the entire country was’ startled to
read of the daring escape of Rudolph
from the supposedly impregnable
prison in St. Louis. The Missouri
Kid had climbed like a monkey to
the skylight sixty feet above, escaped
to the roof and jumped to the street,
landing on his feet and walking off ap-
parently without a scratch.

Again the search was on. The week
of the Kid’s escape marked the be-
ginning of Black Frank’s trial at
Union.

On July 2Ist, a jury found Fred
Lewis, alias George Collins, alias Black
Frank, guilty of murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced him to die in March
of the following year.

EFFORTS to catch the Missouri Kid
were vigorously pursued. It was be-
lieved Rudolph might return to his old
vocation of safe-cracking, and instruc-
tions were sent to all Pinkerton men in
the United States and Canada to pro-
cure and forward to New York the
photographs of everyone taken by
them.

The following February Chris Mur-
phy, who had started the investiga-
tion at Union, Missouri, nearly two
years before, was in New York as my
assistant. On Lincoln’s Birthday of
that year, with Robert A. and William

The Master Detective

Pinkerton, we had come into the office
to open the Western mail, give some in-
structions and put in a few hours’
work.

In the mail from Kansas City, in
compliance with orders, came the
usual contribution of photographs.
Murphy had never seen Rudolph but
knew his likeness well. 1 was exam-
ining the mail when Murphy handed
me one of the Kansas City pictures and
remarked, “Isn’t that the Missouri
Kid?”

GURE enough it was Bill Rudolph.
He was described as Charlie Gorney,
arrested with Tom Rogers, in a dense
wood near Paola, Kansas, early in
February for safe burglary at Louis-
burg, Kansas. He was sentenced to
fifteen years in the Lansing State
Prison.

There was little difficulty in procur-
ing the transfer of Rudolph from
Kansas to Missouri. He was in the

Pinkerton Detective Charles Schu-

macher who was shot and killed

when he attempted to arrest the
bandits

Union jail in time to bid Collins good-
bye before the latter was hanged on the
afternoon of March 17th.

Rudolph was convicted of murder
in the first degree just fifty-five min-
utes after Collins was executed. But
Rudolph never winced. Within a stone’s
throw of the bank he had helped
to rob, he was hanged two months
later.

I attended the trials and executions
of these two men. For all their faults,
braver men never faced the hangman’s
noose. The only request either of them
made was that a band be engaged to
play on the day of the hanging.

The trial occurred in very warm
weather. All the witnesses waited on
the benches outside the park, which was
thronged with interested spectators.
When a witness was required within,
the Sheriff would go to the window
with a megaphone and call out as at the
old-fashioned baseball games: “Harry
Willis to the bat; Ed Nooman on
deck,” and so forth!

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The District Attorney, a real pocket
edition of Abe Lincoln, wrinkled
trousers and all, was there as a trial
lawyer. He could ask some very
puzzling questions of the prospective
jurors.

“Have you any conscientious scru-
ples about inflicting the death pen-
alty?” he would say; and he might
just as well have thrown a can of
baked beans at the individual ques-
tioned, so far as the answer was con-
cerned.

“Depends upon how you put it,
would be the reply.

Trying people for homicide is not
an every-day occurrence in these
remote districts and the populace took
full advantage of the opportunity for
a little pleasurable excitement. When
the Collins trial ended, the jury was out
a long time. We all wondered what
could be keeping them until someone
suggested that their fee from the State
was probably the first real money which
some of the jurors had seen for months.
They dragged out their deliberations
till after midnight so that they could
claim another day’s pay!

People flocked in from miles around
to witness the first hanging. The hitch-
ing posts in the town square were
crowded to capacity with saddle-
bagged mules. To add to the interest
of this occasion, the Sheriff had received
a-mysterious tip that the loyal mem-
bers of the “Ancient Order of Safe-
blowers” would gallop at the last mo-
ment armed to the teeth, and attempt
to rescue their doomed confréres. The
whole square was roped off and many
deputies armed with Winchester rifles
patrolled the streets. [| could not help
reflecting that a little more determined
showing of this martial spirit on the
night of the burglary, might possibly
have prevented the whole business.

The hanging of Collins was ordered
to take place immediately after sun-
rise. Eleven o’clock came and still
no hanging. I asked the Sheriff about
it. He told me there would be no hang-
ing until all those arrived to whom
tickets had been given, as he was run-
ning for office again and_ these chances
for popularity did not come every
day.

| became well acquainted with Ru-
dolph before his end, and could not
help feeling a downright pity for the
lad. He was just a plain “rube,” but
his grit and resourcefulness were won-
derful. If only he had grown up under
decent influences he might have gone
far in a legitimate occupation.

With Collins, the case was quite dif-
ferent. He was the product of an
Eastern mill town, had traveled widely
and seen a great deal of the world.
He was by far the cleverer of the two
and had embraced a criminal career by
choice as the easiest and quickest way
to get money.

Missouri Billy was hanged two
months after Black Frank.

By the execution of these two men
after such a long and difficult pursuit.
the power of the law was upheld and
another crushing blow was dealt to all
yeggdom.

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turned up at the shack the first time.
It rained hard for several days after
the murderers’ escape and all efforts
to track them failed utterly; nor was
the frantic searching of the neighboring
counties by scores of armed posses any
more successful. It was evident to me
that the men had managed to board a
train and get far away. We sent out
the usual circulars giving a description
of the two men and _ requesting ; the
police of all cities to be on the look-
out for them.* But beyond that, there
seemed to be nothing we could do.

yur when the prospects seemed dark-
est, George Charlesworth, a talented
official of Pinkerton’s St. Louis office,
who led the: search for these fugitive
murderers, found a promising clue in
the cook stove of the deserted Rudolph
shack. It was just a scrap of charred
Wrapping paper, with some obscene
poetry scribbled on it, but underneath
the verses appeared the following:

“Manila, P. [.”. . . “Willie Rudolph”
.... “Fred Lewis,” and in another
place “Fred Ladicu.” On another piece

of paper was the name “George Collins”
written in the same hand and under it
were the words “Hartford, Conn.”

If Fred Lewis had intended to leave
us his visiting card, he could hardly
have done it in a more accommodating
fashion.

It was a miracle that these scraps of
paper had not been consumed,: and if
they had, we might never have picked up
the trail of the slayers. On such slender
threads does pursuit sometimes hang.

At the same time it would not be fair
to credit the finding of these papers to
luck. No one but a trained detective
would think of looking in a stove in
which a fire was burning. for evidence
of any kind. Experience has taught us,
however, that criminals making a hur-
ried getaway, will sometimes thrust any
article they want to get rid of into the
fire and trust to luck that it will be
consumed after their departure. So the
finding of these “calling cards” was just
as much a result of sound methods of
investigation as was the recovery of
the sack containing the specie.

Welcome as the Hartford clue was
in giving us a hint as to the identity of
Missouri Billy’s accomplice, it did not
seem to have furthered the pursuit.
Even if Fred Lewis had come from
Hartford was there any reason to sup-
pose he had returned there? Neverthe-
less | immediately dispatched two men
to make a thorough search through the
central portion of Connecticut to see
if they could pick up any information
concerning anyone answering to : his
description or known by any of. his
several aliases.

At the end of a week these detectives
returned to New: York and reported
that the Hartford clue was a myth.
Lewis had certainly not grown to man-
hood in that locality or he would have
left some sort of trail behind.

There was a good deal of common
sense in that idea, for no young fellow
turns crook overnight. However, the
report did not satisfy me. Call it what
you will, the idea had taken root in my
mind that Fred Lewis did actually hail

The Master Detective

from the “Nutmeg State” and that the
most natural thing for him to do would
be to go back there. So I determined
to say nothing but conduct a little pri-
vate investigation of my own.
_ This was not easy to accomplish. |
was at this time Superintendent of the
Criminal Investigation Department
for the Pinkerton service and I had
charge of the work carried on through-
out the whole country—being the center
of that great web which spread over
the entire United States and a large
part of Canada and Mexico as well.
Scarcely an hour passed that telegrams
and long-distance telephone messages
calling for instantaneous decisions did
not reach me, and there were few offi-
cials who had a sufficiently detailed
knowledge of all the cases we were
working upon, to step into my place.
Still, I felt so sure my hunch was the
correct one, that I finally announced
my intention of conducting a personal
investigation in Connecticut.
Naturally, my superiors were furious,

William Rudolph, alias “The Mis-
souri Kid”

but this served to give me a greater in-
centive to succeed.

I believe that the most important
attribute for a detective to possess is
the ability to place himself in the posi-
tion of the crook and think with the
crook’s mind. One reads a great deal
about this in detective stories of fiction;
but it is seldom that the author really
succeeds in making his characters do
it. With me the thing had become al-
most second nature, so much so that
when I decided on a certain course of
action it was sometimes hard for me to
say by exactly what process of reason-
ing I had reached my-decision.

THIS was just such a case; but if |

were to attempt to analyze the mat-
ter | would probably find my train of
thought to have been somewhat as fol-
lows: The name George Collins was
written with the flourish of an actual
signature; therefore it probably was
the real name of the writer or, at least,
one which he had used a great deal.

Furthermore, it evidently suggested
Hartford to his: mind, so the chances
were that it was the name by which

he had been known in that place. What
could be more likely than that a further
connection of ideas would suggest
Hartford as the ideal place of refuge
for the two fugitives? Sometimes
people—especially  criminals—uncon-
sciously write what they intend to do.

WHat they principally wanted was

to put as much distance as pos-
sible between themselves and the scene
of their crime. Hartford was remote:
it was a quiet town where people who
minded their own affairs were not
molested or brought into the limelight.
Incidentally, they would attract much
less attention there than they would in
a city where both were strangers. Fur-
thermore, I had a feeling that Collins
would say to his pal that New England
would be the very last place where the
“Pinks” would think of looking for
them. And if it had not been for the
telltale paper, that assumption would
have been perfectly true!

The first person I went to see in
Hartford was my good friend Detective
Garry Farrell. He promised to do
everything in his power to help me but
at the same time told me in his opinion
I would have no more success than the
men who had preceded me. His men
searched Hartford with a fine-toothed
comb but were unable to find any trace
of the two fugitives.

Leaving Farrell on the lookout in
Hartford, I took a swing through the
near-by towns and cities. It was now
the latter part of February and |
realized that whatever was done must
be done quickly or my birds would
probably take flight again. There were
a good many people by the name of
Collins in that section, but none of
them proved to be “our George.” Nor
were we :any more successful with the
other aliases.

In desperation I took a run down
to Waterbury and talked with an old
detective there. This man was some-
what of a local character; he was
what you might call the busybody type
of detective—always prying into the
affairs of honest citizens but rarely
catching a crook. Still his knowledge
of local conditions was invaluable, and
he was a garrulous old chap who loved
to impress the stranger with the scope
of his knowledge.

“They kinda make fun of me some-
times, George,” he said, “but you'll have
to go a long ways to find a smarter

‘man in this here State!”

J’assured him that was the truth, and
in.a sense it was, for at his own pecu-
liar kind: of snooping he had few equals.

The very: next day this old fellow
brought me ‘some great-news. It seemed
that he arid: his daughter had together
“put on their thinking caps” and they
remembered that there used to be an
old French-Canadian stone-cutter by
the name of Ladieu who lived out in
the country not far from Waterbury.
This‘man had died, but he had rela-
tives by the name of La Plant still
living in Waterbury and Hartford. He
remembered having heard that one
of the La Plant boys was a bad young-
ster who had enlisted in the Army and
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return, he had developed into a gang-
ster and had eventually dropped out
of sight. It was generally supposed
that he had gone West.

On the strength of this information
| got in touch with the New York
office by telephone and they in turn
got in touch with Washington. Two
days later I was advised that one
George La Plant, sometimes called
George Collins, had enlisted in the
Army from Hartford several years pre-
viously and had seen service in the Phil-
ippines.

MEANWHILE, local information
had been pouring in. George La
Plant bad come home! He had been
seen in Hartford about the middle of
February in company with a tall, dark
stranger wearing a black Stetson hat.
The men appeared to have plenty of
money. La Plant told his brothers
that he had cleaned up in a timber-
land deal in Tennessee. The cow-
puncher’s hat was a piece of vanity
which Rudolph evidently could not
resist, despite the notice it attracted.

When matters reached this stage; |
bade the old detective a grateful fare-
well and hurried back to Hartford. |
was afraid that his continued ques
tioning might frighten the quarry.~But
a more important factor emphasized
the necessity for quick action. *Ru-
dolph and Collins might tire of Hart-
ford’s attractions any day and de-
cide to go wherever the night life was
gayer. There was not a moment to
be lost!

In Hartford, Chief of Police Ryan
listened with astonishment to my story
and responded loyally by placing the
services of Detectives Farrell and But-
ler at my disposal.

But we still had our chickens to
hatch and it promised to be no easy
task. For several days the neighbor-
hoods which men of the murderers’
stamp might be expected to frequent
were scrutinized carefully, but without
result. It began to look as if they
had given us the slip after all. 1
did not believe that they could stay
around town without one of us catching
sight of them, particularly with the
La Plant boys, who were well-known

The Master Detective

locally, always following at their heels.

Of course we did not dare make in-
quiries openly, but I determined to
put my wits to work to find out if
the men were still in town. I pictured
in my mind’s eye the sort of place that
these boys would be likely to choose to
eat their meals and it did not take
me long to find the very place I had
pictured. It was.a sort of combina-
tion saloon and_ restaurant—more
familiar in the West where it is known
as a “short-order house”—clean and well
run, where the customer sat in front
of a long bar and watched his steak be-
ing broiled before his very eyes by a
white-clad chef. The food was excel-
lent and there was no waiting.

The proprietor had a grudge against
the local police on account of some
fancied persecution having to do with
the excise law, but I believed that he
might be willing to help me where he
would not help them. I talked with
him for about fifteen minutes and be-
fore I got through he sprang up in
excitement.

“Why, say!” he cried out, “those fel-
lows were in here only a short time
ago!” |

Of course he was only going by my
description and might have made a
mistake, but I got him to describe the
men himself and certain details he put
in, which I had purposely omitted,
convinced me that they were indeed
Black Frank and the Missouri Kid.

Tv was a Saturday. All that after-
noon Farrell, Butler and I patrolled
the streets on the lookout for our
quarry. In the evening we were joined
by two Pinkerton men from New York.
It rained torrents and was bitterly
cold. My shoes got so wet that when
I changed them about 9 o'clock |
threw the old ones away.

Singly and in pairs we visited every
saloon, dance-hall and restaurant in
the City, besides keeping men always on
watch at the principal street intersec-
tions; but all without avail. By
o'clock in the morning we were all in
and had decided to call it a day.

Sunday morning Farrell, Butler and
I met by appointment at Chief Ryan’s
office. We decided to cover the resorts

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on State Street in the hope that the
boys had spent the night in one of
these places. We, therefore, walked
down to State Street, where we were
joined by other plain-clothes detectives
and Pinkerton men. These were briefly
instructed as to what to do, and then we
separated into several parties.

Butler and Detective Davis took up
their watch in the front room of an
undertaking establishment across the
way from May Howard’s. Farrell and
| remained partly concealed in the en-
trance of an alley a short distance down
the street. The others walked along or
stood around like Sunday morning
loafers.

Before we had been waiting very
long a hack came down the street and
drew up in front of the Howard resort.

“Ordered!” the driver called out.
Presently we saw someone whom Far-
rell took to be one of the La Plant
boys, carried out and placed none too
gently in the hack, which straightway
drove off. There was a brief interlude;
then the door opened again and several
men came out upon the sidewalk.
Butler and Davis issued from their
hiding place and started to cross the
street. Butler and the Pinkerton detec-
tive secretly signaling to us that Collins
was in sight.

It had been arranged beforehand
that Butler and Davis were to get Col-
lins while Farrell and 1 got Rudolph.
Realizing that if the men in the
street were arrested, Rudolph would
take alarm and probably elude cap-
ture; and further realizing that any
dangers to be encountered in his arrest
should be faced by the Pinkerton men
rather than the police, | quickly entered
May Howard’s house and ran up to the
second floor. Meanwhile, the men
down below closed in on Collins and
his pals and the sounds of a desperate
scuffle came up from the street.

Standing in the back parlor, | saw
Rudolph struggling to remove his .45-
caliber revolver from a holster. I had
a brand new .38 in my hand and could
have killed him on the spot. Somehow
this did not appeal to me as good
sportsmanship. | felt that to make
him a prisoner without killing him
would be far more creditable.

| sprang on Rudolph and wrenched
the gun away from him. Then | seized
him in a wrestling hold and we went
down together with a crash. I threw
Rudolph’s revolver off to one side and
my own after it so that he could not
get hold of either as we fought. ‘Fhen
we had it out.

RUDOLPH was a young, powerful

specimen of a countryman, ‘more
than six feet in height, and weighing
about 160 pounds. We grappled on
the floor, first he on top of me and
then I on top of him. We broke a
piano stool, upset a stove and smashed
a sofa into many pieces. He fought
with the savagery of a trapped wildcat
and | knew that if he once got loose
it would not take two seconds for him
to snatch up a revolver and make an
end of me. Worst of all, I was seri-
ously hampered by the heavy overcoat
which | still had on.

The Master Detective

Just before I set out for Hartford, a
little New York detective named Char-
lie Mehan had made me a present of a
handsome blackjack. He had said: “You
may need this; I’d like you to take it
along.” I had never carried anything
of that sort before but rather than hurt
Charlie’s feelings I had slipped the
jack into my pocket and thanked him.
Now | remembered it was still there.

Meanwhile the inmates of the resort
in various modes of dishabille, were
screaming from the windows, and a
handy-man who worked about the place
came to Rudolph’s rescue, abetted by
the efforts of the strapping big Negro
housekeeper. These two began be-
laboring me over the back and head
with everything they could lay. hands
on, from a leather strap to the broken
piano stool. Rendered desperate by
this attack from the rear, | relaxed my
grip on pet 9 ole throat long enough
to reach one hand into my overcoat
pocket and pull the billy out. After
that it did not take long to subdue him.

THEN, springing to my feet, I grabbed

my own revolver as well as Ru-
dolph’s from the floor. | placed his in
my pocket and stuck him up with mine.
About this time Detective Farrell and

George Collins, alias ‘“‘Black Frank”

his assistants, who had been having
their own troubles with the prisoners on
the sidewalk, came to my aid. Soon
Rudolph and the other prisoners were
on their way to Police Headquarters.
Collins fought and cursed the entire
way, but Rudolph offered no further re-
sistance. He had had his battle and lost.

A search of the two men at Head-
quarters revealed $3,880 in cash stowed
away in their pockets. Each carried
a fully loaded .45-caliber revolver and
a box of cartridges.

From’ memoranda found on_ them,
we came to the conclusion that the men
“had ‘been living at Number Thirty-two,
Allyn Street. In searching these
premises we found $3,380 in gold and
bills. In this room we also found all
the fuses, detonators and parapher-
nalia necessary to crack a_ burglar-
proof vault and safe. Strangely
enough, in Rudolph’s trunk was poor
Schumacher’s gun, together with other
firearms, all of which were ready for
instant action.

It was a gala day in Hartford. The
news of the arrests spread like wild-
fire through the City. How the people

flocked to see the exhibits! On Mon-
day morning all the school-children
were permitted to view the guns and
tools used by these young desperadoes.
The Missouri Kid and Black Frank,
as Collins was called, became local
heroes.

F I were writing fiction, | should end

the story here. As a matter of fact,
however, there is quite a bit more to
the history of these daring young
criminals which the reader may per-
haps be interested to know.

After their arrest, the Sheriff and
some of his Ozark Mountain deputies
came East to help take them back to
Union. None of these men had ever
visited New York before. They arrived
at Hoboken in the evening, where |
met them and conducted them on
board a ferry-boat, to New York.

One of the deputies exclaimed:
“Gosh! We don’t want to see no show
till we get some grub!” He thought
he was in a theater!

Garry Farrell and I accompanied
the Ozarkers back to Missouri. On the
train with us were Augustus Thomas,
the playwright, and his son. The
former wrote stories about the bandits
for the St. Louis newspaper. He also
read ‘their palms and lectured them on
the evil of their ways. Reporters,
photographers, staff artists, sob-sisters
and sensation-mongers joined us at: In-
dianapolis in order to have good stories
ready on our arrival in St. Louis.

When that City was reached, we
found ten thousand persons waiting at
the railroad station to catch a glimpse
of the bandits. (No wonder criminals
get an idea they are heroes!)

A suffocating jam extended all along
from the station to the Four Courts
Prison‘, where the yeggmen were taken.
Chief JKieley, like an Irish warrior in
alk his regalia, was on hand with troops
of mounted men and hundreds of men
afoot to escort us to the prison and
keep .traffic open.

Next morning before daylight, we all
started in a “Jim Crow” passenger
train for Union. It was quite natural
to give the Sheriff and his deputies the
best of it on their entrance into Union.
As they were the authorized officers of
the State of Missouri, they were en-
titled to convey the prisoners whom
they had shackled to them with leg
irons, Oregon boots, and handcuffs, to
their destination. We all sat in the
smoker.

The Sheriff did not look at all like
me. He was a vastly different type.
But sitting in the seat with me was a
young newspaperman who wanted to
know what my business was and asked
me whether I was going to stop off at
Union. | told him I sold shoes for the
vei L. Means Co., in Boston; that

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asked him why I should make this
town. He pointed over to the Sheriff
and Rudolph opposite us and said:
“Right over there sit two of the worst
murderers and bandits in the world and
the fellow with the whiskers is George
Dougherty, the big detective from New
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; can help us with this projecte Mr, White sent me cepies from the pages of Goodspeed s
History corcerning the case of Joseph Core and it is stated there that this was the first

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hanging in Laclede County. So, I would assume, if there wer¢ others they were between

1880 Our research into the history of capital punishment in our country is the
& first time that a serious effort has been made to chronicle all of the legal

1938 executions to have occurred in the United States from the earliest Colonial
days down to and including the present. At this time, we have confirmed,
with various degrees of documentation, approximately 12,750 legal executions
and, in the not too distant future, we hope to have the manuscript for the
first volume, containing listings of the executions in the Southern States,
with certain background and data, as available, concerning those executed
and their crimes, ready for publication.
The appropriate state department or agency in your state has provided us with
a list of those executions which have occurred since , when the state
took over the function of executing condemned felons at e state prison. ©
Prior to that year, persons executed there were put to death locally, in the
county of their conviction, generally with the sheriff acting as executioner.

At this time, the following executions prior to 1938 have been confirmed
a Laclede — Joseph Core on March 5, 1880. : ee,
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If your organization has any’ record of any other legal executions (we are not

interested in lynchings for the purpose of this work) that might have occurred

in your county prior to 1938 , we would certainly appreciate it if you would

provide us with the names, dates of executions and crimes. Additional information

such as the races of those executed, their ages, occupations and any other e
pertinent data would also be appreciated.

We are enclosing a prepaid, addressed envelope for your convenience in replying
and you will, of course, be given credit in the work for your assistance.

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provide us with the names and addresses of any local historians, officials
or other organizations or individuals who might be of assistance.
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as is possible. Even though crime and executions are a somewhat sordid part
of our history, they are, nonetheless, an ingredient, and we feel that as much
data as possible should be collected and preserved for the benefit of future
historians of the social structure of our society and country. |

Thanking you for your cooperation and kindness, I am,

Respectfully yours,

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for Ake Saeyer Bre Law Library - Box 6205

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When the execution was scheduled,
hy culmly walked the few steps
from his sixth floor cell to the trap
ram, accompanied by Father De-
Vilbiss, He showed no emotion.
Asked if he had anything to say, he

Said he had net.

At 6:03 five deputy sheriffs
pushed five electric huttons, none
‘knowing which caused the contact
which sprang the trap. The body,
and logg st.upped, wrists:
handcutted, head covered by the
tack bag draping over the shoul-
cers, hurtled through the floor to
tie white tiled corridor of the fifth
hoor where physicians and wit-
nesses waited as the door clanged.
the feet touched the floor but
o* long hangman’s noose of new
-ciow rape, extending above the
lead, had done its work. ;

Father DeVilbiss, attired In his
from the sixth
tour, examined the body to deter-
nine there was no suffering, and
wen ig back with folded hands.
‘Coroner's physicians stepped
ten whee with stethoscopes. There
were a few convulsive tremors, put
Il. minutes. after the trap was
sprung, Copeland was. pronounced }

An autopsy revealed he died of

ftrangulation,

Ilistory of the oe

After obtaining $68 in the holdup,
peland and his confederate,

James Stanford, a negro, was inter-

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CORE, Joseph, hanged at Lebanon, Missouri, on aan

1 HISTORY OF LACLEDE COUNTY. 59
4 f ; Pp Wyatt, D. C. Ballou, Mark L. Means, B. F. Robinson, B. T.
ir sae Jones and T. M. Johns.

The second case brought in the court
was that of Robert Montgomery vs. M. C, Hawkins, for libel. A

a. hae a demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and the defendant dis-
hegre Saree charged. Then suits were filed for trespass, attachment, ete. On
Lk sleet the second day of the term the grand jury returned two indict-

i ments against Willis Pounds “for selling spirituous liquors

. } oe without license.” These were the first indictments found in
iG s the county. On the third day the grand jury was dismissed, and
Ms het the court was ‘adjourned to term in course.”

At the next term of the court the plaintiff in the case of
Bean vs. Paradise dismissed his suit and paid the costs. Then
came Yerba Massey and filed a petition for a divorce from Milly
Massey, his wife, charging as cause therefor “willful desertion
for more than two years.” The case was continued for notice on

These parties were married in 1829, and this was the first divorce
caso in Laclede County. The early criminal prosecutions were
mostly for “gaming,” “assault and battery,” “working on Sun-
day,” and “for trespassing on school lands.” There were many
prosecutions for these offenses.
| The Seventh Judicial Circuit was afterward changed to the

Fourteenth, and under the statutes of 1866 it was made to
“consist of Ozark, Wright, Webster, Greene, Taney, Laclede,
Christian, Douglas and Dallas Counties. Under the laws of
_ 1876 it was made to consist of Laclede, Webster, Polk, Wright,

» Dallas, Hickory and Douglas Counties. In 1883 Douglas was _
“dropped out and attached to another circuit, and Camden was
» taken in, and thus the circuit is now composed.

CRIMINAL RECORD.

Aside from the war period, a number of murders have been’
‘committed in Laclede County, and a number of individuals have
: been tried for the offense, the most noted of which are tho
following:

oo. Murder of George E. King and Execution of Joseph Core.—
7 At the February term, 1879, of the Laclede Cireuit Court, J oseph
fay Core was indicted for the killing of George E. King, and at the

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death, even if he were guilty, covld not bring back the life already taken;
And in behalf of the Christian civilization of this age the petition should
pe cranted, Their request was also denied,

Sheriff Emerson went to Sedalia for the condemned wan the day before the
date o£ the execution, He was brought to Warrensburg, under guard, and he
was detained in a rear upper room of the Siimions building, cince Johnson County
had no jail, and kept there until taken to the scaffold, No one was permitted
to see the prisoner, excépt reporters and iinisters of the zospel, His aged
father visitec him at 10 o'clock and the Death Werrant was read in the toon
by Sheriff Emerson, as the prisoner requested no ceremony at the scaffold.

A large crowd gathered in front of the building early in the day. Every
train brought large accessions and it was estinated 5,000 people were in at-
tendance, An extra train broucht about 690 from Sedalia, Lamonte, and Knob
Noster, Long before the hour the hills around the scaffold were densely
packed with curious sizhtseers, The prisoner walked up the steps with a firm
tread and showed no fear, He displayed nerve and physical courage and pro-
tested his quilt in spite of the evidence.

Harty Briscoe, a former County Clerk, recalls the many times that his father
related the details of the hanging to him, His father was a young «aan about
21 years old when he accompanied his father to the public hanging. The lo-
cation of the hanging was just south and a little west of Brom'’s Standard
Station on North Holcen Street,

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#66 Execution of Daniels from Sedalia

DARELS EXECUTED.

Gf Joka W. Daviels iy
this City Mareh

A HISTORY OF THE CRIME,

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Joho William Daniel, aged 35 years |
Was executed in this city March 1, 1878. |
Alitile overa quarter of a mile north of
the court hous+ square a little west of
Holden street. Sheriff Zach Emerson
performed the execution. The hanging
was witnessed by an immense crowd.
[! is snfe to gay that vo man ever exhib-
ited Jees feeling at an execution than he
did. He was without doubt one of the
most cold hearted men living. Herefus«
ed to huve a minister prey for him. © He
suid be was innocent of the crime, and
dit not believe there was any hereafter,
hie cursed the men who swore his life
nway wod when be was given his break-

‘fast that morning said he Ruvesed he
wegld get bis dinner in bell,

; THE EXECUTION,

‘The death warrant was read to Daniels
by Sheriff Emerson at 10:30 o’clock ‘The
procession preceeded at half past eleven

‘ oelock to the place of execution. There
was bo ceremony at the scuffuld. Dauiels
walked up the steps of the sesffold with
a bold and steady step,
the least sign of fear. The Sheriff after
bindiag hie limbs announced to the
crowd that there would be no ceremony,
no prayer, no religious ceremony, “He
(Daniels) wanted it distinctly understood
that he was not pui.ty. He had acted
like a man and was going to die like a
soldier, At5 minutes past twelve Sheriff
Emerson adjusted the black “cap and
Said’*May God have mercy on his seul”’
Cut the rope and Daniels fell into the |
trap. ‘

He never struggled but remained station-
ary. with the exception of the’ natural
swaying of the rope. At this time it eom
menced raining heavily.- After the body
had been hanging nine minutes the
physicians Pronounced that the cirenls-
tion bad ceased. After 15 minutes he was
Pronounced dead. He was left hanging ex-
atly 30 minutes then cut down and
Placed iu the coffin.

“‘eording to Danigls, was Johnson county

He showed not _

THE MURDER.

' On the morning of February 24, 1877, |
the people of Sedalia were startled by
the sunouncement that a foul murder,
had been committed about three miles
west of that place on the main road and
at the place where it crosses a small
stream known as Cedar creek. A Mr.;
Foote, who lives oo the south side of the
creek, while watering horses that morn-
ing discovered the buoity of uss unkown
man which had been thrown over the
fence in @ pasture near the roud and was
partly covered with _ driftwood. The
hogs bad eaten off the lower part of the
face and mangled the breast of the body. |
The skull bad been crushed in by a blow
upon the forehead and one upou the back
of the head with some instrument, which
the physicians were of optnion was the
head of an axe. ta Hy
The body of the murdered man was
subsequently identified as that of Jesse
R. Miller of Henry county, and the en
deuce pointed to John W. Daniels as the
murderer. m
Daniels was indicted by the Grand |
Jury of Pettis county for murder in the
first degree at the April term, 1877, He
took a change of venue to this county.
On Tuesday morning, February 20,
1877, T aniels and Miller started from the
neighborhood iu whigu-they resided near
the Osage river, twelve. miles southeast
of Clinton, Mo. Their: destination, ac-

to collect some money and for this pur-
pose Daniels had hired Miller to take |

him on the expedition. They camped
the first night just north of Calhoun, |
"They then changed their purpose to come
io, Johnson county and the ext morning ;
they turned off:in the direction of He- |
dalia. They reached Sedalia at 4-o0’clock |
Wednesday afternoon, “February 21, |
' While’ there Deniels bought » broad |
brim bat which he had on when arrested, |
They camped Wednesday night north of
Sedaliu in Cedar creek bottom. Thursday
morning they. covtinued on north
and were seen near the Saline couuty
liue by J. L. Lacey with whom they had
along conversation, Later ia the day
Lac y met them going back towards Se-
dalin. He accompabied then us
faras Cedar creek where the murder
was committed. The oext day, Friday,
February 23, Judge Hurt saw ope man
leaving the eump with the team and
Waron, Fridpy vight Dapi.ls

appesred at his home ja Henry county »
Miller, but baying iu his
possession Millers team aud wagou

without

which he claimed to have bought of

Health and Safety
Justice and the Courts

Miller and paidl sim $400 in gold and 35
in greenbacks. He exhibited a pre-
tended bill of sale of this property from |
Miller which wag im Danviels’. handwrit-
ing. signature oma oll _Weaminatian
showed that thene wes blood upon the
wagon sheet and hows, 'An uxe which
Was known to hawe Ibeen'in the waon
When they fret started was mirsing and
has never beem found oracedunted for. |
J. K. Kittemam wibo was'an’ old crovy
of Danie!s say* Dwniels told bin that be
had killed Milles, that he» struck, bim
with the ax whiike wsleep ‘ia the wagon
that Miller tarmesd ever and ‘groaned an‘
he struck him aguiin, that Miller Knew too
,d——n much andi that if be (Kitieman)
ever told he would serve him the same
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ret degree by a “jury of twelve good
men of Johnsom eummty at the December
term of Criminal ecw 1877 and sentenced
| to be hanged Felwrary ist, 1878 . Bis
lawyers took am appeal. to. the ‘supreme
court and’a stay of execution was granted
until March 1st £878 to await the decision
|of the Supreme oyurt. They refused to
‘interfere with the decision of. the Jower
‘court and he wos executed March Ist,
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MEMORIES
Taken from the Holden Proaress

6, A, Vestal brought to this office a copy of the Daily Standard,
which contains an account of an Execution, when John William Daniels
was hanced in Warrensbura, The place of execution was a secluded little
valley in the northern suburbs of the town, just west of the Holden
street road leading to Lexineton. This was a judicious selection, as
it was out of sicht of the inhabited part of town, yet it was conveni-
ently near. The scaffold was erected in the bottom which was about 15
fect.wide. On either side, to the north or south, the oround rises in
> moderate slope to a heiaht of sixty feet, furnishina unlimited facil-
ities to the crowd for obtaining elialible positions from which to view
the proceedinas.

John ‘William Daniels was convicted of the crime of murder, in the
Criminal Court of Johnson County, on Dec. 11th, 1877. On Dec. 15th,
1877, he was sentenced, in open court, and judoement rendered against
him upon the verdict of the jury, to be executed on Feb, 1, 1878. Dan-
jols was convicted of murdering Jesse R. “aller, of Henry County, Feb.
24th, at 2 campina cround, near Sedalia.

Naniels and Miller left Feb. 20th from the neiahborhood, about 12
miles southeast of Clinton, travellina by team and wacon belonaina to
Miller. They camped the first niaht near Calhoun, and reached Sedalia,
Wednesday. Daniels bought a broad brimmed hat in Sedalia, which he wore
all the time afterwards. The evidence was brought in to prove the two
men were at the camp around Thursday evening and Naniels returned home
with “iller's team and wagon without “4T1er. He claimed he purchased
them,

At the April term, 1877, the Criminal Court of Pettis County, Dan-
jels was indicted for murder. At the Hlovember term he applied for and
was eranted a change of venue to Johnson County on account of alleaed
prejudice. At the December term of Johnson County Criminal Court he
filed an affidavit that he could not obtain a fair trial before Judee
4411 and in accordance with Statute fh, W. Roaers was elected by the mem-
bers of the bar as a special judee to try the case. Upon the evidence
presented Daniels was found guilty of murder in the first dearee, and
ha was sentenced to be hanged Feb. 1. An appeal to the Cupreme Court
was taken and a stay of execution to Mar. 1, was secured. This decision
was overruled and the defendant's attorneys then appealed to the gover-
nor. The request was refused because the aovernor did not find suffic-
went evidence to grant the plea. 4 committee of ladies went to Jefferson
City with a petition to the aovernor sianed by about 300 Sedalia women,
asking that the sentence of Maniels be commuted to life imprisonment.
They gave four reasons for the petition namely: Daniels is not prepared;
In our opinion the proof is not such as to justify the death sentence; His

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At evaid thar: Dablta Castls 19 to bs ft- |
the beamtence of nis taapesiy 5 thay all
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mt furbear again: coogratolatiae the

ragubl p aod toc Auagduen of Ireiend up-
Sy tase Brailyiig and tamportant uccarbunt.
to the coumurp. and we preaaue

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re. the cireumsiances ire Sfautic un
| extraordinary. und peciuliur,./ Sentara, : ‘we have
thought it but er act rh Jurtice t loa man wou,
Heri grert¢ 18 ‘Het” tut
;“publte’ heb’ what’ tHe can’ esy th tits cen de.,
‘Be cesses address. bed poreiy® “detehauve :

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i oe TO THE PUBLIC, |

or t

“the “abet ul this. xVuregy. ty tive paibite we fn |
gindicgtion af myself. ond. in order to. refiite nia,
by slauderdus’ be tachostie, which: ‘have been in’
cifoultred tu ihjure my Feputation,
and which: haveeppearcd | ithe, Correspondent
seh the 24h ulb. concenilug George Nifong, Da
id’ La. Cadthers,: end myself whu buve been |

tnalichodsly, hare | with tavh.g hired or pere|
hat

|buaded one Iyho Diiticeny ty comulty eg murder
apon ‘the bodies of J.-B. Stephens and fanuily
£ de piece is placud uiler thetsvlemn caption uf
‘Coufession of Jubu' Bencen, who was execu!
Mi on the Sto mat at St Michael, Mecieon
ecunty, for he mutter of JB. Stephdis, his
wife ie (we childreri, en the Sth, Pe Decem-
berizat!” WShave oltained a correct copy of
Duncan's dyin confession under whe gallows,
(which wus tne day alter the preteaded cunfcs
biuu was takin, ) tigued bya wuniber of reznec-
Theble citrzere at ‘this Place, who were mear the
yaliows, avd egrd Duvcan confess what he cid,
as cuh be pee: in Nea. 1, af the actompanying
docuimente, which is In ‘order to pruve to the
public thar the real suthors of that abortive cen-
frublud, ere caiushaletury, and min whe would
wish to build u the ruin of thelr-neighvours.
» fend: So es Oriel ce. circumstances will ud-
init. in ateding tw the public, and in exposing to
}witw, the Goiduct uf come of the prinelpal ac.
tors uf this polluid troyedy. |
Son after Duncan's couiinement, Squire
Genet belag om the guar
kim that Amos Jusdee, Bertlot Zachary, and.
Chak s bea aho. lau belonged ta dhe guid,
Froud Dead Aauporing @ith him, und cudcavour.
hug tu persuade olin tu eceuse Sunuct Anthd
ny eed Daid Lb Car.thees uf suborning him
tu commit, the wmuruat 4 aud that i- he would
tury elate’s evidence, uS hey: terined it, that it
woud @xvucrate him, and they ou whut he Jaid
‘He bieme would. be’ cuarvicied. Duncan berg
ulated with the prorpect uf liberty, rvadily-con-

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the prisoner told |

{7 G4)

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sereey, that shortly

the last coutt for.
ee . “ .

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Correspondent )

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the aving egifessiv
ed op the Sur of a
., dison cuitaty,

- Afier sp able
Mr. M’Murpny,
which Was fu: lie i
heart. a to or
truth of such an
aros:, and addres
fected tone of vu!
ion whith Ye hac
was induced to t
haeke of moncy
innucent ponpir |
wuard ; and that
to have extricate
Ming to die,
‘the undersign
du a kia wledye
Mader A Hr
Josepr Benwei
achurd told

Robert Kelly,
LY. Musso
Coumty of Ado
Perso.ally ay
the powce ‘witht

George Duncan.
evonfiined in jail, u

is wa Mag; and tuen abe BM ivssod tif

svoted ty make Curithers ung myself tie mark
ae oe alee atee. ania tt cwtrie ta tam cwwutifes chi mim die.

{ ehiy be wnepdylys

giv e the nud
tere the

Was ari eredand €
‘dyohtig. 90 con
wuen Ji dey Coul
1 de am vilegt oh add

Rinwty standing
af rdiciniens “gai
aed unly. brougnt

Y Frettetichivwn :

Bhidiiam Jiensz


mat lacie

HORRID MURDER} =
On the 15th insunt Joh B. Duncan, aged 19 years, 8
y Went to the house of John B. Stevenssin the county ot Mm
-y Madison, oJVei, with the pretence of purchasing dr

tract of Tand, and induced

qoemine,  .tfter decoying Steven inte the woud, hav ¢
ring lis gun with him, he shot him thrown the body,
bur not having completed his hellish purpose he fin-&
fished, by culting his throat, and eft him dead and wel %
tering in his blood. Ie then sct off, to return to thes
Shouse of Stover, and met his son, about ten years of 8
grace, with an dxe in his hand, with which he slispatche t&
Ph lad, and then proceeded tothe house and uvformed &

Se

me
ei
an

Vrs. Stevens, inthe presence of her twa daughters,
Sthat Mr, Stevens was waiting for her in the woml, ants
‘requested her attendance to resist him da identifying a
‘Seertan cornerel his land, Wea, Stevens unniodiately
“Folets thy i tet ins he ; W
He no SE AOHIS WMA vounp child ix her urme, in eo

NUM proce SR UE a By Beer OS Br) 8S):
giley hadreached 2 PoRVEMCRE DL, Lhe initia hneetee

yas agi’ fer and abet he oe MN ecaaap A eNG
Loy eat Fs yy! itr EM hoe hs eat r) > 2. - tarot ‘
A cbt Laer, tg Cy tore Cinax O§ hes UTNE ITEN ane VURAL, &

See severe Ft] heal fron the body of the iniant, Hos
“Cen returinnd te the house, anc fruchtened tre twod
Stuuglters af Sterens and comoclod them to Celiver

2p sll he moaey o¢ thelr father, amonning to abant

Bciynty datlars, al made olf wih his dear entiuert baue’
wi¥. Te was Lanediately pursed aml apprekenled by

ny he citigeds, who had been Infursne.t af the CTE TT,
got the horrict deed, near Ste. fenevieve, to whon hee
pone Ifa ant couplete disclusure, Heis wow safelyé
lodped in the apres awitng the vengeanee off
She aw ase faust retvibution of Heaven fur tus wanat §
aural and atrucivus CYUeS—y ators seit,

‘s om: © Leh een ”


after a man named John Duncan came to the county from Ten-

a
‘

840 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

Stephens was charged with having stolen a considerable sum of
money from his neighbor, Caruthers, but there was not sufficient —
proof to convict, and the case against him was discharged. Soon

nessee, and, hearing the reports of the robbery, planned to mur-
der Stephens, secure the money which he was supposed to have
stolen, and make his escape. He went to Stephens’ house, two
and one-half miles east of Fredericktown, and represented him-
self as a land buyer. Stephens was at work in the woods, not far
away, with his sons, two young lads, and thither Mrs. Stephens
sent Duncan. The latter by strategem succeeded in securing
the ax and gun which Stephens and his sons had, and murdered —
all three. He went to the house, killed Mrs. Stephens, spent
some time in searching for the money, and departed, leaving two
small children unharmed. He was arrested a day or two later,
tried, convicted and sentenced to be hung on April 5, 1821. The
execution took place in the northeast part of town, near the creek,
at what is still known as “ Duncan’s Hole.” People came from all
the surrounding counties, and several hundred were present.
Duncan made a full confession upon the scaffold, entirely exon:
erating two worthy citizens who had been indicted as accessories, ©
At the November term, 1827, Conrad Cotner was brought ona.
change of venue from Cape Girardeau County, and tried for the
murder of Charles Hinkle. He was found guilty of manslaughter,
and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of
$500... To this the court added the following order: “It is or-
dered that said Cotner be put to labor in the blacksmith shop of
Elisha Bennett in the town of Fredericktown, in the county of
Madison, in the manner following: The said Cotner shall labor
in said shop, chained to the anvil block therein, the first, third,
fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh months of the time for which he
is to be imprisoned, the said Bennett furnishing the said Cotner
with diet, and returning him to prison every night.”
In February, 1844, A. W. Smith killed John Vincent. The
two mea, who were neighbors, had hada quarrel about some
stock of the one breaking into the field of the other. Smith, who-
had previously borne a bad reputation, waylaid Vincent as he was
returning home one night, and shot him. He lived only long

HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 341

enough to reach the nearest house and relate what had occurred.
Smith upon trial was convicted, and was sentenced to be hung.
His counsel took an appeal to the supreme court, and pending a
decision an election was held in Fredericktown, at which several
friends of the murdered man were present. After indulging
very freely in whisky they proposed to take Smith from the jail
and hang him, but this the sheriff with a posse of citizens pre-
vented. Afterstanding guard for about two hours the sheriff, to
quiet the mob, proposed to vote upon the question of hanging,
knowing that the majority present would sustain the law. This
was agreed to, but no sooner had the guards left the jail than the
lynchers made a dash, broke open the door, secured the prisoner,
and, putting a rope around his neck, literally dragged him to the
place of execution. Then they compelled a Methodist minister,
Rev. Jesse P. Davis, to offer up a prayer for the condemned man,
after which they proceeded with the hanging. Fourteen of the
mob were subsequently arrested and indicted, but, with one or two
exceptions, the entire number died within a year, and before any
trial was had.

The county court of Madison County held its first meeting
on February 12, 1821, at the house of J. G. W. McCabe, at which
time William Dillon and Henry Whitener, justices, were present,
and appointed Nathaniel Cook, clerk. At this time the county
extended west to Black River, and was divided into three town-
ships, Castor occupying the eastern part, St. Michaels the west-
ern, and Liberty the northern. Two new townships were now
laid out. They were Twelve-Mile, which included all the south-
west part of the county, and German Township, which adjoined it
on the east. Election places were then fixed, and judges of elec-
tion appointed, as follows: Liberty—at the house of John Reno-
hue; Ephraim Stout, Anthony Sharp and Elisha Bennett, judges.
St. Michaels—at the courthouse; Thomas Cooper, James Holman
and Thomas Craddock, judges. Castor—at the house of Will-
iam Anthony; Hugh Fulton, John White and David Ward, judges.
German—at the house of the widow Whitener; John Bess, Mi-
chael Mouser and Anthony Clubb, judges. Twelve Mile—at the
house of William Boren; William Boren, William Cravens and
A. Johnston, judges. Other townships were subsequently or-

Sis De AUC OSS 8 ae na


DUNCAN, Jonn, white, hanged Madison Co., MO 4-5-1821,

——

- — — gonna ntemcieneemnenermraraerenreneananinet rn ee
¥ ¥ > ag >see =) a 2 et a rs s r) BF . “o = Sees [

_ ‘hn Ouncen, who’ committed the atrocious
Marder ugon the bodies of J: “B. Stevenson, ‘his
wile-and: two childreny'on the 13th Decoraber
j (ast, wus executed of the Sth ult. atSt; Michaei’s,
; i pursuance of the sentence pronounced by the |
| “ircuit: Court, of Madison. county,’ We tave
read his coniession; taken. while inprison; but
i Ulscloses flats of: duch henfoud vid unpisee.
Aented:chormity, that” its publicity would only’
, “sgust our’ readers.” : Never was there: a’scene|
Boot more crowded | infamy, or a catalogac -s0
blackened Wil’ buman depravity !— After ‘sac-
unciig the lives of four innocent“and ‘defence: |
less betas, spparently for the purpose of booty,
PMR Y-ci rat Colists were’ all: he received ' Dao

Bans the firgy perso who has sudered the pun]
g #4 nent of death uader the Taws of the state gu-
Yeranent 5 and it isos taataccount particulars
ly, baat we mention the fact... Bae-sentence was
prouounced ayuiast him, some’ time before the
“inission of the state wis known id Missuuri,

a -@

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a’ ever e |

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Colaheancta tio ms. cm iG

EOQOIRERE
Lp, lowes, Mo.
May 3, 1SL |

GI)


ST. LOUIS,

FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 27,

a

condemned man
ly and seemed to
about his personal

TIRED.

in a well-worn

was glossy and
elbows. His

® ill-fittihaz and his
nthem. When be
Treabiue cap, Dut
® came to the place

Leri7? Henck¥sar in-

he desired him to
Mean toox a couple
OK his place on the

say?°’ asxkeag De
before he adjusted

to say.’ said Dun-
‘steady me.*°

® was dangling at
potySherif Heack-
the negro’s face
> lever, pulling it
fold realized that
dreliminary prepa-
> DOCY reboubded
or Duncad was an
He welgnhed 1935's
even feet.

rsID

¥-3}:) reral per-
Amitted promptly
himated discussion

tan and some loud

he present on the
yr on the outside of
yr that tbe exotu-
lnce, fancied that
s death cry. The
art of it which was
ea very litte vi-

zd. .

lize last night that
ing sure, and never
had granted him a
intence. He toox
ised to make any

lan to say tnat
> ana spent
i with -nis

icErlane, =. J.. and
lly person who had
the night beslies
‘rend, Charles Mc-
that Iyoncan was
with
ever saw.
donald said,
s; soul was saved
‘epared to meat his
Duncan would not
r anything related
ras convinced that
now ard that it
rood to Giscuss the
y talk about reiig-
"He said ‘Charlie,
auto take good care
y Der 4 gwod-bye
mrits eet mo in

of visttors erg
pccompan
Bteca, when she
s@ last time yester-
the three re-
until 3 o’ clock
Later in
-, Luther Duncan,
jndem"ed mao told
. Lok hid. 2

Den “30's

i: 1 LE

o’cloC® Sunday from the homeof MWcDonald’s
parents af 1403 North Zieventa street.
WHERE THE EXECUTION TOOK PLACE. °
The 6Xsecution took place in the passage-
way tDAt leads from the jail to the Court
hoosé¢. The accompanying illustration
snows the Couaty Coart- house seen from ‘the

southwest. The Gomed edifice ts the. Court-
bouse proper, the bullding to the lef the
pew jail and the smal! structure tn {he miédle*

the old Jail Between this old oris nd t

court-house can be obserred a con-
necting strocture with arcned sand
windows and it was the at Harry.
Duncan dreatned his tast. Trig u r figor
of this structure is Drick-wated and lighted

with tiyee iron-rated “Windows on each
side. The lower floor is open and simply con-
sists of a board carting with two
prick pMilars om cach siae separating
three arched Coorways. Tie trap through
which Duncan fell wascutin the foor that
separated these upper and lower apart-
ments. Dancan simply walked out from
nis cell to the middie of the en-
closare, a Deputy Sherif palied a wooden

lever which ioosened the ¢ross beam
which supported two trap doors, form-
ing & space four. feet square, the

doors opened backward and downward
and the negro’s body shot through. Ordat-
narily his body would have Ganygiesd between

the two arched Goorways—the place
18 only ten feet wide — tn
full view of all who might

congregate on the Court-house lawn, but
toavold such a shocking spectacie Sherif
Garrett Bad erected a Ddoard fence”
twealy feet Bigb oa bulh sides
of the ‘**gallows’’ Arenaing from the
jall to the Court-bouse, which effectually
shot off the hanging from the garp of all
these who were not within the enclosure, in
the Court-house winCows or on its roof.

MURBAY AFVICTEP BY THE HANGING.
James Murray, ons of the two Murray
brothers, coloved, charged with the murder
of young Fitzwilllams, secmed to be greally
affected by the execution. James Murray,

who ig confined in the Clayton jail, has
alrsady Deen convicted and is ander sentence
tohang. The execution was an odject les-
son which made him realize more Keeniy his
approaching fate. When he was seen in his
Cull be was restless, Irritable and nervous,
Dut he refused absvlutsty to say anything
about his case or totaix abdout ihe exatution

of Duncan.
NOT MURDER I¥ THE FIRST DEGREE.

The county residents 410 not turg oar in
force 10 see the execution. Man 14 not
thoroughly Delieve nim gulity of murder itn
the first Gegree. K. Lee Muda,
the connty’s prosecoting attorney, who
with’ Judwe Crester H. hrom appeared
fur tyes State in DotD of Duncan's triais, was
mosz outspoken in his assertions that Dus-
Can ghould never have Leen convicted of
murger%n the Orst AGegree. **i say buncan
Shoyid never have been hanged, and yvudge
Herzej aad Attorneys Warfa)d and Mitene:!,
two of eur most promineot criming] law.
yers. agree with me. When Dunean was
trieq the Court should have instructed the

ury for murder inthe second degree. In
7 point tbe ( corr atd tn-
Struct for murder in the
38cop6 Gesree, Dut this was no instiuction at

All, gg it did not define wnat murder in the
Second dexsree was. There was nothing at
All tp the evicence to show that he allied

(on th® contrary, the

CHINA DEFIED

—_>

Means to Grapple With Her

-
Japan
Powerful Neighbor.

P

| War Said to Have Been Declared and

Hostilities Commenced.

BUMORBD 313Z%139 OF CUINBSZ 723-

BUL8 BY JAPARSIE CRUISERS.
*

Lendon Merenants Yagaged t= Zastera
Trade Confirm ihe Beports ef Engage-
mests at Sea-—Ex- Minister te Coren
Explains the Situafion and Cause ef
the Present Quarrel Over the Little
Mingdem.

\ Loxzpon, July 77.—A Aispatch received here
atil:20a.m. to-day from Lioyd’s agent at
Shanghai, China, confirms the announce:
ment that wary between China and Japan has
Deen Geciared, and fighting is said to have
already begun.

Hugh Mathieson 2 Co., the Chinese Gov-
ernment agents in Zngiand, have received a
cable message which also confirms the an-
nouncement that war has been Geciared bde-
tween China and Japan.

Up to noon, however, neither the Chinese
bor the Japanese Ministers had received ad-
vices which would enable them to confirm
the report of the outbreak of hostilities which
has apparentiy foliowed the Geciaration of
war. : .

The manager of the Hong Kong ana Shadg-
ha! Bank in J.ondon said: *‘I have not fe-
ceived any confirmation of the report tbat
warhbas been declared between China aoa
Japan, det 1 sboold not be surprised if such
were the cass. Ong of the results of the war
would be to put the grest trade of the Orient
in the Bands of EngianG 9nd Europe to the
Gisaovantage of China and Japas. Bat the
end of the war will bethe mszing of China
everywhere, and the opening of China for
alltims to Western civilization and trade.
‘China will vealize through this war Ber
greatest undeveloped strangth.°°

Optnoion expressed ta London shows that
Engisnd !s!n sympathy with China. This is
owing mainly to Ressia’s setive wish to
see Japan successful and thus form a barrisr

ped Bea)
. him tye
’

MO Oy

to EnagianG’s progress ta the far East.

Ra rt a eatteah oF

Siem ti monatiant*a 2am ee rh the

a 2
deen a bone of contention, aad
the rather ancmaloug status of wh
bas always Deea a coatroyv
China and Japan. t

"To understand the exact aft
Gay it snoould be rememodered | th
time both Japan and China assert
tain oo ar authority ave
elatming it as a dependency sade
conditions. China maintained 6
over Corea, and at one tims receiv
trom that nation in return for ihe
of her mors powerful netghbo
tribute, however, was gradgaily: al
uotli it ultimate!y became itite
an excnange of presents. China's
jurtadiction over Corea Git oat,
extend to the assumption of reas
fuz any damages that might Sela
third parties at the Yanda of
jJecta, an@ this attitude was mad
respect to the United states Dy Chia
tos Geman foran indemnity far
curred by American oltizens mt t
of Corean subjects. China daiscls
Tesponsibility for the scts of Cores,
formal statement, whicn, I beilsy
fle at the state Department, fe
grant aon indemnity. A slamlar;
inade tothe French Goveramsa
Circumstances.

**Japan was the first to withdra:
of Jurisdiction over Corsa, and jb
ipaisted that China ahould follow 5
Die. IntRetrealties between tha i
Iries thess points have been empsa
there are provisions in these go
forbidding the landing on Coreanr
of Chinese or Japanese troops, ©
certain conditions.

‘‘In 1883 tne United States cos
treaty with Corea, and about that t
vYantions were made with Caryem |D
Kuropean powers, In these tredt
wes recognized as a soverciga Sat
maze and Carry cut conventions gn
sibleto no otner Government. Ut
said that Corea’s strongest assurtip
own autonomy dates ‘rcm avous 1

a

-of the ratification of thesa traatids.

**soon alter the troaty with $d
Statos weat into sffeci igs Cores
pointed a3 Minister to the Unit
Prince Min Yun Pax. This action
in defance of the Aisapyproval of th
Government, which by the exerci
influences endeavored’ to control ¢
ment aud rank of Corea’s dipiczap
sentatives abroad. ' 1

**!n 1887, white 1 wag at Seoul,
King Intimated to moe that he inted
tablish a formal legation in
states, and to accredit a Min
potentiary and Knvoyjkatraoral
action was something of a surp
and j indicated as much to tLe
gesting that there were very few
jects in the United States and that
Bo commerci4) interests {a this cop
King replied that he was well awér
facts, Vul that theres were other
tions which made lt Gesirabie for
tablish a legatiog.

** appreciating the force of this sz
I said potuing more, andinga 56
Minister Pak wasappcinied and s!
the United ntates with a large Frew
(ninese Government dJd aot appr!
appointment of an Knvoy Kxtracrs
Mintster Mienipotentiary, aha t
King reatized that he was shows
Geai Of temerity tm following the
pursued. t

** st my instangs, howsavér, 6
Naval Vosse) was ordered Qown to
anG the party haviag gucen take
ti.ewarsuip steamed ont threud
squadron, Thus tt was that ¢
waa finally establiithed, the 7
Amefican representative to Cores
over, that of minister resident,

Q 49°R% gow TIEN TD

=f @ ee a

Uried. aud e7an
“Wsarer “vy ‘.0aa
1 4) (De wlves,
t on till oearty
deputy therii?s
the latter he
Bent tw
aa
or |

make,
porence
er taik-

rable
them. Duncan
erfully Geep bell-
Talion among his
red basso in St.

My Mother’s Pic-
hearers thought
| Gistinction.
his spiritual ad-
Lavier’s Church,
3 Deputy Sberi®
at once to the
med strict orders
| Dotnered by iIn-
ight and tne
his fnjanction.
: allowed tn
as there from
‘clock, and when
ia see him tin the
ed and bade him
About 3:30 Albert
gy breakfast from
the way, which
elish. When the
Irroathed Duncan

1, but went very

rocErTm. |
had been tnvited

re unable to zat

1s bottom of the

sr Coor of the jall,
hat they would be
atiy disgusted and

heard

executions before
was, but othors
be a Plies

Among those

» following named

itan police force:
affney, Maloney,
nd Schavisdick.

“eo why they were

at

xec! itsel

a tb

whan‘ the

tn fact, Was SO
cely think of any-

g.° I
Ocers if I

a ak eee Re

nave 586n a thoroughly Dad wan. 1 wrote
a Oe letter to tee afore but he
LeciivOW lo interfere cn tne gruwnd tet De
aia 20! propose to de nade acourt of jast
resort. two juries and the -upreme ( our
navisd found him gality.**

Juds®@ Radwards, who tried the case, is aiso
ga!3 to De of the opinion that Duncan was
not guilty of murder inthe “rst degree, aad
signed A petition to Dave Dis senieose com:
muted.

lne DOlitemen who were in ‘iayton this
morsiQg hojld Views an tre subject wiley
diverg®at with those of ur. wuid. «Meer
Dan »@loney of the Third District, who was
at Uraay’s side wowed ne was shot, says he
is posive Daencan ailied the officer, and
claims (he negro had fred at him aad other
officers, and they raturned the snot. Three
of the‘ were fring at him wdeo Be 820%
bracy.

TRAP-DOOR CARPENTER BOYCOTTED.
The trap- door arrangement through whith
Duncan dropped into another world thts
morning was ballt by a Clayton carpenter
named Wiillam ‘Severn. Severn is.s810 w

have D@e6n a mambDer of the jary,wnZ: Mcon- ;
vyictou Ibunean. In this connecthyy 2nore

was 30Me strange gossip Noatingy uad

Clayton this morning and Severn repried,
to have said that ne Dad been Loycu ffeil by

certain peuple because he oad accepted the

job.

————— —

DUBCaAN’sS CRIN.

The Desperate Leader of a Cang of Sa-
toon Tonghs.

Harry Dunean shot Officer James Dray to
Joath in a pitched battie between \)Mcers
Gaffney, Maloney, Connors and 3rady ands
murderous band of negroes, which toox
piace about9o’clock p. m. Oct. 6, 1830, Ina
Dilliard-room above Starxe’s saioon, 715
North Eleventb street. Volley after volley
of shots were fred by both sides. Mobody

was seriously hurt except Brady. Gafney’s
face was furrowed with hullets, Dut forta-
nately all of them grazed the surface. PDun-
can had two wounds. {

OfMcer Gaffney was frst involved. He or
Gerad a riotous crowd of negroes congre-
gated infront of Charles Starxe’s saloon to
disperse or get into the salcon. Is was felled
to the ground twice. Gaffovy dred two shots
In the air to attract other ofMicsrs and ]
plunged inte the saloon in pursalt of bis aa-
sallants,; '

The negroes rin up-ttairs into the Dilllard-
room.. Gaffney followed 2n@ wes sst upon
by the gang. who beat him with billiard cues,
xbocked him Gown and pbratally ziczed him.
Harry Duncan got bis revolver. At thls Mo-
mont Officers Maloney and Connors arrived.
They immediately opened fre upon the ne-
gTces. The negroes reternsa 1%, at the same
time dodging under . tables and be-
hind the ie '

Officer Brady arrived a minuts cr two after
the fring began. He saw at once that Harry
Duncan was the most Gangercus of the ns
uroes and singled bim oat for a combat to

the vs

Sragy vad straight tothe bar, from which +
cover Duncan was Oring, placed one foot on
the rajjand reacbding as farashe could fred
at Duncan. Duncan raiseqd himselfup and

emptied his revolver pajnt Dlankin Brady's

Droast.

Officers Malonsy and Connors overpowered
and arrested. Duncan almost immediately
after Brady fell. That ended the battie.
Duncan ae a buliet wound tn the thigh, an-
other im the hip. Brady’s wound was
airectiy beneath the Tight nippis.
Brady was 31 years old and an
exceprionally capable and feariess officer.
He left a young wife and two children.

The testimony at the inquest nxed the
crim, ppon Duncan despite his denial. The
other rstestifNed that Harry bancan’s
answer to their demand that ne throw up nis
hands snd surrender was oaths and bullets.
Lathsy puacan, Charles McClellan, Ben ston-
Toe and Wiliam Coliins were arrested along
With Harry Duncan. ;

FORTY DAYS IN JAIL.

ae ores Toner Olax ‘ bot ay 3

Tue iinmeadiate cause of the teciaratiog of
warts ‘hat ‘uy ‘¢the Japanese aitacked the

hinese 3{Feosperts coaveying troops to
Corea. In (bis engagement one Chiness
transport was sunk Dy a Japanese cruiser.

One of the Angio-Chingse merchants of this
city Das received advices that two naval ea.
gagements have aiready been fougnt in
( oreaS wators, one on fuestay and one of
Wednesday iast, and that thea \uinese were
Gefeated with heavy loss.

THE KING A PRIZ0RZB.

Corea's Ruler a Captive in the Bands af
the Japasese.

‘Waanrmotos, D.C., Jaly 27.—‘*The King
of Corea ie a prisoner in the hands of
the Japanese.'' This was the important
atatement contained in a telegram Gated
Dygsterday which secretary Herbert has re-
cetvea from Capt. Day of the United states
steamer now atl Chemulpo, Cofaa, tapt.bvay
besides stating thatthe King {3 a captive re-
ported that he bad dispatched a force af
marines from nls gfipto 3eoul, the capital,
to protect the United states jegation.

———_

VIBTUAL DECLARATION OF War

Tne Breach Cannot Se Healed Without
Resort to Arma.

Tizgy-Tsiu, July 27.—The gravity of the
agituaticog 3s fully reaiized here, now that
bostilities between China and Japan have
commenced. While no formal Geciaratign of
wag, according to the diplomatic forma, has
Deen made, either at Tokio or at PeXkin,

the Governments of bot® countries recog-
nize that an actus! state of war exists and
more collisions between the forces of the
two countries are expected hourly, and to
g}i intents and purposes war bas Deen de-
clared.

’ The first overt act of war occurred on
Tuesday last. The Japansse red upon and
gaok the steamship how-shugog, on cat
to 1iugh Mathieson of London, which ba
been cbarterca by the Chinese Government
tp convey troops to Uorea.

‘A Nananeas cruiser sighted the Kow- Shung
and ran within easy rangs Of her. She thea
Bignaled the transport to put Dacz. The
transport continued teaming anead until
the cruiser freda shotat ber. No attention
Ceing paid to this the cruiser opened
fre upon the transport in earnest, put a
Dumber of shot into her and the transport
eventually sunk, with ail bands, Thenum-

Ser of psople Growrzed 1s 50% knows, but it
1g Deliaved that thers must have dcoa adont
1,000 Chinese soldiers 08 board, :
} er adil
ORIGIN OF THS TROUSLE.
——— amend

Rx-Minister Dinsmore Explains the
| Cause of the Quarre} Over Corea.

lwasnmmGrox, J. C., July 37,—Congressman

Hugh A. Dinsmere of Arkansas served three
years as United States Minister to Cores dur-
ing President Cleveland’s Oyst term. He was
minister resident at the Corean ¢apita) at &
cfitical period in the bistory of diplomatis
: between Corea anG the United
Hh parecer ae it was curing bis term that the
King of Corea, ia spite of the admoniticns of
tbe Chiness Government, GAecided to estat.
lish a legation at Washington, 80d to open up
intercourse with tne Vaited
basis a8 the most Jmport-
er tween ‘China apes
ersy betw e
pro cores. Mr, Dinsmore £310 to a Post: Dia-
ndent to- ;
wrens anpect of is DOW very threst-
ening, butin spite of the indications ofa
way between China aad Ja iam fneclined-
to think that actzal nostLities Wil). be avert-
ea by the intervent:on of the European
powers. it would de Cificalt to overestiwate
the great comme interests whica Great

*

Tertain Carmany and iiassia have at stare

Sy eee es eer

Jitters fib e 2

me ght eer

SPAY

2 fag A

FUR N

re re = ee if
:
is.

The Reasew Why ie Dees Not
Day at Jackses.
Jacxanw, Mo,, Joly 3.—Newsom

ferer, wi... > Nangto-day aa a

ecullen hae Deen granted, pend)
peai to tbe Supreive Court,

ALL FRER. | :

th
ay
a

Prisenere in the sswter Jail
Way Out and Escape.

Newrtonw, OL, Joly 7.—-All the

confined in the Couns Janu
sscaped lant = night by sawt
gratings ang winds

the Iron cell
Three were accused of burglary 40
aafe-Diowing. Officers ara it purapi

{

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NO ONE ATTEN

Only the Hearse: Driver Was
Murderer Wilsen’s

The funeral of Charies Wilson
who was banged in the jail yard
moraoing, took piace at 3.38, 2. to
Undertaxer Goorge Lynch’s room,
street. The remains were interrdd

vary Cemetery, and the exponses
funeral were borne by the Jeauit E
viekriane. The latter was anablait
the funeral, and oniy the Interment
of the Catholic Church waa - held
remains, ‘be funera) was advert!
a. m,, Dut Undertaxer Lynch delays
iiteen ules wil hopes that so
tives or friends of the deceased &
would show up. None came, howa
all that was eartnly of ine anf
Charley Wilson was conveyed tot
without the sompany of a single 14
beyond the hearse Usiver.

9
2CAMS VIOLZIT,

Bx- Representative Joba %. Teol
Teo Men at the Lacisde.
Ex-Representative Jona 7. Tees!

Vernon, Mo,, whom his napnow
to St Louis W

Dra; Dauduy
ing biminaa
lent last evening ans assnited
Later in ee Yeei accused
rT, Whom he saw

etior. of having staion bis Vai
would beve attacked him is NOt oseF)

The party, including siya. Tee i
rived last sVening, spent the Alg:
Lindell, Tney leit early nila §
whether to go 0m to Mount Yeracn
enuld pat be sscertsioe. tite j

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DUNN, Mark, white, 36, hanged St. Joseph, Moe, on 311-190).

Patee House Museum

PONY EXPRESS HEADQUARTERS IN 1860

12th and Penn Streets and the
Box 1022

a —e St. Joseph, Mo.
National Historical Landmark (816) ie me Jesse James Home

January. 29, 1985
Mr. Watt ESpy
Capital Punishment Research Project
University of Alabama
35486

Dear Mr. ESpy:

Thank you for your kind letter and request for information. I
am fascinated by your project.

I am a newspaper reporter and technical school teacher who by
some quirk got involved in restoration and museum-building about
25 years ago as a hobby. [It still doesn't pay anything, but oc”
casionally gets me in trouble, as you saw.

The issue is far from being resolved, too. It might even be
helpful if you sent a letter to my newspaper backing the project
as you did in my letter (That's the St. Joseph Gazette, 9th and
Edmond St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64501.)

Our exhibit actually has very little to do with Charles Hatcher.
It's a "Century of Crime," featuring 156 items from the old Police
Department trophy case. Murder weapons are only a small part...One
case will have 12 weapons that have killed 25 local people in the
past century.

There will be guns, knives, ballbats, an electric drill, axes,
etc. There's even the three loaded and three fired shotgun shells
from Charles Teidt's 1945 shooting.

There will be cases with guns cases with illegal weapons,
burglar tools, and cock-fighting spurs. To my surprise, the copper
wire Charles Hatcher hanged himself with became available. With all
the other stuff, I couldn't see anything so shocking about a piece
of wire, but a guess the local folks feel otherwise.

You asked about legal hangings. The last one in this county was
Mark Dunn in 1904. I checked Chris Rutt's book, and he was very ac”
curate on what happened (my own research was based on newspaper sto-
ries of the time.)

Mr. Dunn is to have a special case in the exhibit. For 80 years
the police department had the false-bottomed kerosene can used to
smuggle the guns into Jail. For the past 10 years I have had the two
guns, given by Martin Thomas (now deceased.) His father was one of
the deputies from whom Dunn escaped.

Pony Express Historical Association


179 MISSOURI 95 (77 SOUTHWESTERN 8,8),
36-year-old house painter.
DUNN, Mark, white, hanged at St. Joseph, Missouri, on March 11, 190).

"St. Joseph, Missouri, July 21, 1902, = Albert Fenton, a wealthy farmer of Rushville,
Moe, was shot on the street of that village by Mark Dunn late last night.
"Dunn, who, it is alleged, had been drinking, was arrested, but, escaping from an |
officer, he secured a shotgun and shot and killed Fenton, who was MAXEZKEX¥ passing

by in a buggy.

"The shooting was entirely without provocation, and Dunn is in danger of being lynched

by the citizens of Rushville. He is in charge of Deputy Sheriff Luther Moberly, who

is doing the best he can to protect his prisoner, Moberly tried to bring Dunn to St,
Joseph on the train which passes Rushville at 11:20 0 clock, but the infuriated

GEXXX citizens prevented the officer and his prisoner’from departing, Many threats

of lynching were made, and Officer Moberly has pressed several men into service to
protect KKZ his prisoner,"

JOURNAL, Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 1902 (9-«).)