was built up against him and he finally admitted having been at the |
scene of the crime, but claimed that he had no part in the murders,
Saying that Stcherbakov alone had killed the Webers, His defense
requested that he be examined mentally and he was ruled sane by a
panel of Sacramento physicians and alienists from the hospitals at
Stockton and Napa, At his trial, his attorneys unsuccessfully sought
to show that he was being framed by members of the Russian secret
police, but their case was ruined when a Russian woman, alleging to
be friendly towards him, arrived from Glen Ellen and he made a com=
plete confession to her which was published in the Sacramento Bee
during the course of the trial, There was no appeal of the convic-
tion and on Feb, 21, 1896, he was hanged at Folsom Prison, Kovalev,
who slept Little on the night preceding his death, refused both
breakfast and a #XXMM drink of whiskey though he did sip a cup of
milk before his execution, He went to the gallows, weak and tremblin
with downcasé eyes and mong the witnesses were the son of the murder
couple, Mrs, Weber's father and other friends and relatives.
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California, 2-21-1896, (Woodeut Like-
ness, page Ones) soo CELEBRATED CRIMINALCABBS OF AMERICA by. Dukes pp
2)18—25 3
was built up against him and he finallyadmitted having been at the |
scene of the crime, but claimed that he had no part in the murders,
saying that Stcherbakov alone had killed the Webers, His defense
requested that he be examined mentally and he was ruled sane by a
panel of Sacramento physicians and alienists from the hospitals at
Stockton and Napa. At his trial, his attorneys unsuccessfully sought
to show that he was being framed by members of the Russian secret
police, but their case was ruined when a Russian wommn, alleging to
be friendly towards him, arrived from Glen Ellen and he made a com=
plete confession to her which was published in the Sacramento Bee
during the course of the trial, There was no appeal of the convic-
tion and on Feb, 21, 1896, he was hanged at Folsom Prison, Kovalev,
who slept little on the night preceding his death, refused both
breakfast and a #KXMH drink of whiskey though he did sip a cup of
milk before his execution, He went to the gallows, weak and trembling
with downcasé eyes and mong the witnesses were the son of the murdere
couple, Mrs. Weber's father and other friends and relatives.
SACRAMENTO BEE. Sacramento, California, 2-21-1896, (Woodcut like-
nessy page OMe.) see CELEBRATED ORIMINALCABBS OF AMERICA by nue pp
218-253
was built up against him and he finally ainitted thi
scene of the crime, but claimed that he had no part in the murders,
saying that Stcherbakov alone had killed the Webers, His defense
requested that he be examined mentally and he was ruled sane by a
panel of Bacramento physicians and alienists from the hospitals at
Stockton and Napa, At his trial, his attorneys unsuccessfully sought
to show that he was being framed by menbers of the Russian secret
police, but their case was ruined when a Russian womm, alleging to
be friendly towards him, arrived from Glen Ellen and he made a com
plete confession to her which was published in the Sacramento Bee
during the course of the trial, There was no appeal of the convic=
tion and on Feb, 21, 1896, he was hanged at Folsom Prison, Kovalev,
who slept little on the night preceding his death, refused both
breakfast and a ¥KMM drink of whiskey though he did sip a cup of
milk before his execution, He went to the gallows, weak and trembling
with dowcasé eyes and mong the witnesses were the son of the murder
couple, Mrs. Weber's father and other friends and relatives.
SACRAMENTO BEE, Sacramento, California, 2-21-1896, (Woodcut like=
ness, page ONe+) see CELEBRATED CRIMINAL GIBBS OF AMERICA by Duke, pp
(218-253
ay Eaiforminy 2-189, (onde ke
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| KOVALEV, Ivan he Yi, ¥ HL
Kovalev, 27-years@#old, was a cobbler who was born’ in the village of
Katerga, Russia, Farly in 189, he and nine other convicts,xexx in-
cluding Mathieu Stcherbakov, managed to escape from the convict is-
land of Saghalien where he claimed to have been sentenced for poli-
tical activities though he subsequently admitted to a prison keeper
shortly before his execution that he had been sentenced for poison
ing a man in Russia, They floated on the ocean, without food or
water,for 1) days before being rescued and taken to San Francisco
where they were granted asylum when the United States Courts refused
to honor a Russian request for their extratiition, Most of the Bscap
went their separate ways, but Kovalev and Stcherbakov remained toge-
ther and in the latter part of the year they went to Sacramento where
they subsisted by petty thefts and lived in some abandoned boxcars,
On the night of Dec. 29, 189), armed with a hatchet and an ax, they
entered the grocery store owned by F, H, T, Weber, an aged merchant,
Creeping upstairs to the living quarters, they hacked Mr, and Mrs,
Weber to death as they lay sleeping in their beds and then ransacked
both the store and living quarters, After the crime,. they split up
rot | bbed to
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other Russians and taken o custody. A strong circumstantial case
KOVALEV, Ivan
Kovalev, 27-years-old, was a cobbler tho was born’ in the village of
Katerga, Russia. Warly in 189), he and nine other convicts,xax in-
cluding Mathieu Stcherbakov, managed to escape from the convict is-
land of Saghalien where he claimed to have been sentenced for poli-
tical activities though he subsequently admitted to a prison keeper
shortly before his execution that he had been sentenced for poison-
ing a man in Russia, They floated on the ocean, without food or
water,for 1) days before being rescued and taken to San Francisco
where they were granted asylum when the United States Courts refused
to honor a Russian request for their extratlition, Most of the Bsca
went their separate ways, but Kovalev and Stcherbakov remained toge-
ther and in the latter part of the year they went to Sacramento where
they subsisted by petty thefts and lived in some abandoned boxcars.
On the night of Dec. 29, 189), armed with a hatchet and an ax, they
entered the grocery store owned by F, H, I. Weber, an aged merchant.
Creeping upstairs to the living quarters, they hacked Mr, and Mrs,
Weber to death as they lay sleeping in their beds and then ransacked
both the store and living quarters, After the crime, they split up
; ; s al abbed to
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other Russians and taken o custody. A strong circumstantial case
KOVALEV, Ivan LZ, YA F Y
Kovalev, 27-yearseold, was a cobbler ‘iho was born in the village of
Katerga, Russia, Farly in 189), he and nine other convicts,xar in-
cluding Mathieu Stcherbakov, managed to escape from the convict is=
land of Saghalien where he claimed to have been sentenced for poli~
tical activities though he subsequently admitted to a prison keeper
shortly before his execution that he had been sentenced for poison=
ing a man in Russia, They floated on the ocean, without food or
water,for 1 days before being rescued and taken to San Francisco
where they were granted asylum when the United States Courts refused
to honor a Russian request for their extratiition, Most of the Escaped
went their separate ways, but Kovalev and Stcherbakov remained toge-
ther and in the latter part of the year they went to Sacramento where
they subsisted by petty thefts and lived in some abandoned boxcars.
On the night of Dec. 29, 1891, armed with a hatchet and an ax, they
entered the grocery store owned by F. H, T4 Weber, an aged ee
Creeping upstairs to the living quarters, they hacked Mr, and Mrs,
ber to death as they lay sleeping in their beds and then eel
both the store and living quarters, After the crime, they ome a
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other Russians and taken rong circumstantial case
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