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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1887
Page
8
The article surveys murders with malice anew as well as killings in heat of passion and excusable homicides. It chronicles executions by hangings and a long list of victims from mob violence spanning the year.
A wide crime roundup lists Pug O Leary of Chicago jailed for forty years for murder. Jonathan Stevens in New Jersey shoots himself amid financial strain. a Battle Creek family found dead, with suspected murder-suicide. Escapes, duels, executions, suicides, and robberies span Ireland, England, the U.S. and Europe, with many grim details.
The report notes arrests in Boston of Leenson a widow and Thomas R. Smith a Sunday school superintendent on charges of poisoning eleven people for insurance money. It also covers the Chicago Haymarket case where seven conspirators were sentenced to death after a long trial and one received fifteen years. Additional items include Monte Carlo crisis reports tied to gambling losses.
Edward Myers of St Louis stole 2500 from his employer and fled to Hamilton Ontario. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for bringing stolen money into Canada.
In Stephensport Indiana a dispute over politics led to a throat cutting killing Dr Agee. A Vermont woman drowned her son in jealousy. Separate chaos includes Yorty deaths in Santiago Chile riots and clashes in Bogota Colombia. A Boston fire destroyed the New England Institute Fair Buildings, killing nine. Fifty-one people died in Chile riots.
A nine year old from Penn Ind and youths from Ohio Kentucky Georgia and Washington are cited in a string of violent incidents. Reports include horse stealing a boy sent to reform school a deadly shooting an execution style killing a picnic stew of human flesh and a murder conviction with a potential life sentence.
Reports of Fred Thole killing his sweetheart and her father in Maryville Nebraska after marriage refusal, followed by his suicide. Alfred Packer, Colorado miner, condemned for murdering and eating five companions in 1874 and jailed forty years. Barney Martin and family from Weaver Arizona depart for a visit amid a missing persons search that uncovers charred remains.
Two youths aged sixteen in France receive fifteen years hard labor for the murder of Marie C Dout a 18 years old whose acquaintance led to the crime. In Missouri the father of Wallace iyushan declines to care for the body and the victim's remains are buried on a roadside hill alongside a former murderess.
In a Newark New Jersey boarding house a dispute over a single roast chicken led to knife injuries and a ruined table. Richard O'Brien allegedly attacked Chas Williams and his family. Williams died and others were harmed before the house was set alight. O'Brien was arrested. Benj Wheller of Cleveland aged 81 is held for causing his wife’s fatal harm amid a will dispute. Rhodes Clements of Havensville fatally hurt Samuel Gordon and cannibalized his body parts. he is jailed. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Scott granted a supersedeas in the Chicago anarchists case delaying the December execution to spring 1887. Nine youths in Sydney, Nova Scotia were sentenced for an assault on a 15-year-old servant girl.
Reports detail Chas Snodgrass of Cynthiana Kentucky taking morphine after being accused of stealing five dollars, his father dying on hearing the news. J Cornelison of Louisville Kentucky jailed three years for clashing with Judge Reid who then killed himself. William Reed shot and killed at English Indiana in a dispute over a word spelling. Emily Brown a Baltimore white woman murdered by two Black men who planned to sell her corpse to a medical college. Seminole legislators punish theft with fifty lashes first offense and hanging on fourth. James Howell fatally shot James Graham at Utica New York after claiming a four dollar cheating dispute.
The article reports a sequence of hangings in Cambridge and other sites, naming Charles Williams and several other African American defendants. It notes executions and one interrupted hanging, citing offenses from murder to assault and robbery across states including Missouri Louisiana Texas Nevada and Maryland.
The piece lists several 19th century executions: Dennia Dilda hanged at Prescott Arizona for Deputy Sheriff J M e e and Cyrus Munich killings. Chas Hermann hanged at Buffalo for murdering his wife. Wie brenartenn hanged at Rensselaer Indiana. Clarence Gray alias Isham Collins hanged at Winnemucca Nevada. Patrick Ford and John Murphy hanged in New Orleans for murder of Captain A H Murphy. Louis ONeil hanged at Jacksonville Oregon. Frank Mulkowsky executed in Chicago jail yard. John Drake executed at Thomaston Georgia for murder and cremation of his wife. The Louisiana Board of Pardons refused to grant clemency to 26,786 petitioners seeking reprieve.
The report lists multiple executions and murders in 19th century towns: Jeff Wilson in Lexington Missouri for murder, Robi Phillips executed in Indian Territory, Allen J Adams hanged in Amherst Massachusetts, Camillo Gonzales in Bracket Texas, Chas Robinson in Newcastle Delaware, Robt Smith in Nicholasville Kentucky, Rolot Fowler hanged in Morganfield Kentucky, James Wasson and Joseph Jackson hanged in Fort Smith Arkansas, J M Armstrong George Carroll Richard Lee Louis Somerfield James Walker hanged in Perryville Ark Washington DC Augustine Fla, Giuseppe Scoma suicide in Hudson cell after murder of a countryman.
George Y. a Negro wife murderer hanged at Galveston. Arthur J. Grover who killed Granville Loomis in 1855 suffered the law's dread penalty. Other executions followed in Kingston Buffalo Dover Raleigh Sidney Nab Crawfordsville and Washington with murders of wives gamblers and refusal to marry cited as motives.
A list reports multiple hangings of colored men for murder and assault across the South. Geo McNair died near Jacksonville after a rape case involving a white girl. Executions occurred in Winchester Virginia and Tennessee, Orlando Florida, Opelousas Louisiana, Bellevue Louisiana, Seale Alabama, Greenville Mississippi, and other locations, with names including Wesley Honesty, Tabby Banks, James Eastor, Arthur Williams, Drayton, Alfred Taylor, Dennis Boyd, Geo B Davis, Archie Reeves, Robi Dillard, James Emmett.
The report lists multiple July executions or hangings including Jenkins Wright in Hampton Washington for rape and wife murder with the body burned, Frank Gaston in Salisbury for criminal assault on a white woman, Dock Bishop in Coffeyville for murder of Detective Wise, and Sam Archer in Shoals Indiana for murder, all noted amid torrid summer.
A Cuban man identified as a member of a gang was hanged at New Miguel acon for killing his lover while she plotted to murder her husband James Dacey at Woodstock. The report notes other executions across the South and country including Samson Roland, George Solomon, George Harrison, Richard Townsend, Lincoln Sprole, Calvin James, Joseph Jump, Andrew Green, and George Moore, with varying motives and locations from Donaldsonville Louisiana to Denver Colorado.
E. D. Bundy colored was executed by law in Spartanburg D C on the 6th for the murder of Annie Hickman white. The month also saw hangings of Kit Ross at Ft. Smith Arkansas John Smith at Gallatin Missouri Willis Hudson at Ft. Gaines Georgia Michael Merz at Uniontown Pennsylvania Nathaniel S Bates at Richmond Indiana all for murder.
James Simpson and Pattison Bell were hanged at Marion Arkansas on the 3d inst for murder. Irvin Murray a wife murderer was executed at Georgetown Texas. Jesse Cooke colored met the same fate at Butler Georgia. Frank 8 Humphreys hanged at Milledgeville Georgia for the murder of his niece and sister in law.
An account notes Chas Edwards, a colored man, executed in Algiers Louisiana for murdering his mistress Hettie Refuge on the first of October. Additional October executions include Wright Weldon in Edgefield South Carolina for murdering a planter in 1861, Henry Norris in Buchanan Georgia over a tobacco quarrel, and Robert Evan Sproule an American in Victoria British Columbia for killing a mining comrade who protested his innocence on the scaffold.
Two murderers died on the scaffold in British Columbia with Albert Mallett at Kamloops and Ah Sweet at Revelstoke for killing a brother Chinaman. November executions included William B. Wilson in Jonesboro Illinois for wife murder Albert G. Boynton in Los Angeles for killing his wife and J. B. Kipp who sheltered the woman, Fong Ah Sing in San Francisco for killing a Chinese woman, and Jones Spry in Natchez Mississippi for killing Ada Coleman both colored.
Robert Grayer colored hanged in 81 Louis for killing a man who whipped him in a fight. Louis Pash a negro murderer executed at Bardstown Ky. Bob Jeter colored murderer hanged at Spartanburg.
Reported lynchings and mob justice across multiple states. In Mississippi two suspects attacked a farmer after demanding apples. in Illinois a sheriff was killed by Latour and hanged by a mob. in Indiana Vincennes, Holly Lops was hanged. Greene County mob hanged a man who killed a farmer and assaulted his wife. Rochedale Texas saw Sidney Brown hanged for murder. Henderson County Kentucky saw Calvin Simpson hanged for murder. Susanville California mob lynched two convicted killers, an Indian and a Mexican named Dick and Olinas.
A notorious colored desperado named James was hanged by Beauregard citizens after confessing to one murder and arson of several houses. He planned to kill five more if freed. February lynchings included John Perry at Red Cliff Colorado for killing Mike Gleason and George Robinson who killed Millard Parker at Monroe Louisiana, and a Burns who confessed to assault on a white girl in Martinsburg West Virginia.
The report catalogs numerous lynchings and mob extrajudicial killings across Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Missouri Illinois Texas and other areas. Victims include white and Black individuals accused of murder assault or crime. mobs seize jail cells and hang or shoot defendants. The piece lists many named victims and locales, reflecting a wave of vigilante justice nationwide.
A serious incident near McNutt Lake Miss left multiple people dead as citizens confronted a suspect alleged to have attacked young women. Police reported a violent encounter and ongoing investigation.
Reports describe violent acts and extrajudicial hangings in multiple locales. David Johnson in Western Port Maryland is seized by townsfolk after killing Edward White, with a bridge danger noted. Wilkerson in Millen Georgia is shot for criminal assault. Bowman Paxton in Malden Missouri is hanged for murder. L F Symmes is seized at Montrose Colorado and hanged for murder.
Reported mob killings through October across multiple states. Victims include R P Wallace in Steelville Missouri and Henry Wildman in Monticello Tennessee. others: Tom Farrar in Throckmorton Texas and Thomas Israel in Rocky Ford Georgia.
A man named Samuel Purple surrendered to Hodgemaan County Sheriff after killing his wife and two children, but a mob lynched him from a tree. The month saw multiple lynchings including Andrew Mulligan in Arkansas, Dinwiddie in Tennessee, Simmons in Louisiana, Davis in Alabama, and others in Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, and the Choctaw Nation.
The account describes a chaotic battle moment with artillery, infantry waves, and a collapse of the right flank. Generals Howard and staff struggle amid heavy fire, mounting losses, and a retreat as orders attempt to reorganize near Devens reserves. A nurseant aside recounts a dinner table and humorous clippings follow.
The notice touts Sarena expremig and a carriage hire rate of $3 with a stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. It claims 613 rooms fitted up at a cost of one million dollars with rates from $1 per day. It mentions European Jan Elevator Restaurant served by horse cars stages and elevated railroad to all depots. It claims families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than any other first class hotel in the city.
A French government decree cites six articles restricting child employment in factories. It bans children under 17 for boys and 18 for girls in dangerous chemical work and certain mills, limits youths from drawing vehicles weighing over 100 kilograms, prohibits work in bone horn or mother of pearl dust, and mandates ventilation and safe fire exits.
The text extols Hostenetter’s Stomach Bitters as a blood fertilizer and alterative that aids digestion and appetite, purifies the life current, strengthens the nervous system, and improves secretions. It claims richer blood, bodily substance, and rapid restoration of vigor by removing disease causes.
Senator Kenna describes his days as a circulating lawyer in a town hotel. An elderly loungers remarks he shares little resemblance to his father, praising the elder Kenna as handsome bright and intelligent before noting the contrast.
An assortment of patent medicine pleas flood the page touting Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women and general debility, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for lung troubles, Prickly Ash Bitters for intemperance, Hall’s Hair Rejuvenator, and Ferro- Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as universal tonics. Text references Buffalo NY, Texas Siflings, and Caswell Hazard Co New York.
A Genoa Ohio man owns a clock claimed to be two centuries old. Tidbits note the antique timepiece as part of a roundup of curious items. The gag mentions a patent medicine and Dr C Fawcett of Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore claiming no depressing effects.
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