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TEAR'S CRIMES.A Catalogue of the Most Noteworthy Deeds of Blood of the Year 1886.larders with MaliceThe l.cgal Execution* of the Year—The lliincmim's Souse Claim.* n Long List of Yifiim*.The Lynchings of a Tweleemouth - Mob Violence Olainn a Large Number of Victim*.THE MURDER RECORD.JANUARY-•|*ug* O'Leary, of lt;hlcago, pl«ad«d guilty to tb© murdert’f lii* m*U-r and mlstr©**. anil was MDtniio.nl u Juliet pri-.m lor forty year*. JointO. Steven*, I'r.'.i.lrnt ot Uu lViinsvlvntiia Hallway system in Now Jersey, »lwt bliiiM'ir. owing t* financial .iiinuulUOK. At lluttlo Crock, Mich.. ttilt;-lt;l-'n-l U-lic* of Dr. Martin White. In* «IK •nd two rhllilri-n w«ro (Ueemrml by ucigh-Kxtrn. who foretxl the do-rt. It wm lHritcvc.l that Win to killed the other* nlld lt;ouiiiilttc.l •uloi.ln. Jacob Heel, a wealthy farmerof I i-llbrook. Ohio. kang.xl liMnai-lf in fell parlor liecaus© of the afreet of hla oldest non for homicide. Six convict*. Who nacaleil from the 1 on I Hill lArV mine.|i In a hnv-.tuck ; Johnson w»* armed With a itoubla-bariolcd ahotguu. on# of the Imrvela(Mini; ust-loe*. John Muyi-o mi* m-nt. tied liy a London court to seven yearn | cunl nervitude lor an attempt to blackmail the Prince of Wale*. Janie* Matt, a sal'H-ii-kt-aper at \kr»n. Olii■■ imrcbaseri for 8 cent* tlio linndnouia Wife of -Newell Mrnlton. and lived happily with her until the law interfered. For the murder of Inn mother, muter, and brother. \A -lliatu Hbeeliuu wan hanged at Cork. Ireland . the crime wan colllinltt.nl m 1*77 to obtain p.-H-11-ion of * nue property, and Klioiriiau wit arresfvl in New Xenb.n.l \ party of cowboy* from the lied Hi tor section, bent on having u good 11 we,' invaded Burlington, Texa*; tuny •11.1 ihoinHelvm I n. elv firing promi-eii-•Uxiv, until ft of rltl.vn* under SheriffCvn k drove tie n. II«MV killing four of tilprtaonmant for Ufa. In a quarrel at Waalnng-(on, U. (X, about on umbrella. Tboniaa Carter, a negro aged 70, slabbed mid killed Jamo* Holme* icoloredwho lualalvl on borrowing tho arte-la against tha wishes of the owner.AUGUST.Prod Dido klllod hi* *wa*theart and ner father. John lluthke, at Marvavlllo, Neb., be-canM he waa refined Ml** Hutlike * hand In marriage; ha thou committed suicide Alfred Packer, a miner of Color.,, in, liaviug l»#ii nil-\1otcd of muideiiug and eating tho bmlli-a of nvo eniu| aulou* .luring tlta winter of 1M7.1. *0*1-tene.nl to forty year* In tho penitentiary llaniuv Martin, with III* wife and two children. of Weaver, A T.. started from that t-liu- for Frio, Pa,, for a rl«lt; not being heard from, a aeareh wa* Instituted, which resulted In the finding of the ehamnl n main* of 1 In1 entire family between Vulture Mine and Phonic. Arizona, Mai tin iu known to have hml t l.o 11 with him. real I red from the aala of til* ranch ; he w a* vv a In'.d by robber*, the entire family murdered, and tin- remalna burned to cover the crime. Mr* Sarah .hme Kohluson, a widow, and Thomaa It. Hiultli, a Suudav-achoul superintendent. wore arreebxl at Ho»tou. charged with poisoning eleven por»oi:-. to gala insurance money. After a trial which lasted fifty-two day*, nml eight .lava of «pcei-li-iuaking ly counael. the jury In the anarehlat trial at Chicago on the gnlh pronounced the death sentence agalimt seven of the conspirator* con-Denied III the ilaught'-r of the isdiee olllcor* at the II n» market; one. lisear W. N-el«j, win given fifteen year*' liupriaonment. Pp to date seventy *1* aulcble* were ra|Hrtcd at Mouto Carlo, owing to ruin at the gaming tables.from hi* employer and Me l to Hamilton.» a* ftniitenrod to *1* months imprisonment for bringing stolen money Int . Panada. Tho ltlfthon of Ton.|Uln tolegranhrd that 7iw» Cbrla-tlaii* had been uinssarred and forty villages burned In the province of ' Mauli a. and that b.IMII Christian* were perishing of hunger Tho public ©voiitnmi-r of Ur. oro wm • aivicte.1 of murder anil cundeumoil t*» deatb, At Kingston, N, J.. James Kcevnn, ngo.l t o. was munlereri while ntjaif upper, tho remain* being fuund s.-nte I at a table with a knife and fork in the lifeless hand*, (ieorge M. Ilnrtholnmow. President * “ '■ •• 1' -I ' lt;1 11 11 o. m .1 iirg. -Iwith p. isoning her husband and three relative*, was cut up exactly into l.msiplcc «, later it was •lionn thin she was innocent of the oflense. h it the people clamored for her death, which tho Viceroy npaily ordered.Two Ilt-yenr-old youths Hi Prance, whoso heiuln had lie-11 turned by s.-nsal orial novels, wire Mi-utouced tlt; Bit ecu yiiars' hard lalH.r for tho uinriler of Mure P. Pout, a girl n-pia nt-Blice 1. venr* old. The fnth.-r of Wnllnc©. lynched nt St. elvllle M.. for the murder of the l.o •■•mi family, refused to onr» for the body, whleh »n* IsiMra on a hill by the roadside, where the remain* of a • nlureil murderess. who had Ih'cii executed uceoidmg to law. were in-terred yeurs ago.Pharlns Crntby. at Kingston, N Y.,farmur- ' drr Peter l*ul* into at HufTalo. N. V. for tl-.a muixler of his wife. l.eo llarties at Ihiver. Ark . killed I harles Holman and secured RW; both gambler* I nuts kilgravv at llalt-igll. N. C . for the murder of Muttin Hi'iidersen . IkiMi col ored James -..murder of Janie* Italston an.l aim. John P. Henning at Crawb.rdsvlllo. Ind; killed Mr*. 1 1 harlotte Volinier. who bad refused lo marry h m because of his 'utnmiwiate l.aidt* Antonio Nardello. In Washingt 11. IV P.. for tho murder ot Paitniue Itotuuno. whom he mbbu.1nt tlio rop - s end nt Jnrksonvlil N P. ; In otleuso was an assault u|hiu a w bito girl of ti. A doUlil.* execution oame o.f nt Wiiicliestor, Va . • 11 tlio Pli 1 Wesley Honestv and Table; Hank* and a single one iJamea Itaxter- at Wmrlu *tor. Ten 11. ; all colored men and all uiunlen r». Ar.hur Williams and it »aioi uutiietl lirayton woru liaugetl at Orlando, Ha ; liravton was couvb ted of minder and the other of a crlmiibtl assault his victim dying Alfred Taylor, colored, pi rlshvd 011 the alt;-afTolil at tipelousn*. I.a , fur nasuuit ii| on a white wlt; num. Demit* Hoyd. a negro, wn* exccutrd at Hellevue. lav. for the assassination of Davbl Haas. Deo B. Davin wn* lum ed at Seale, Ala., for the murder of Aicliio lteeve*. and nt (ireelivtile. Ml** , Hobt Dillard and James Huiim-tt both colored murdorvrs, suit, red the death iieualty.JULY.Jenkln* Wright, n negro, »ul7ere.| death nt the rope's end for wife murder, at Hampton, H. P.; the culprit threw hi* victim * b.slv Into a lire. Other hanging* nolod during birrld Julv were; Prank Qoau.u. colored, nt Kall*bury, N. 1 . for criminal u«*aiill upon a while woman. Dock lllalit.p nt P.dfeyvllle, Ml*a , for the murder of Duitaitjve wise, bivu Archer, one of a family of desperadoes, at bhoals. Ind. for the murder of Hwmttal A Hunch. sam Archer *death ended the eoTMtr of the fifth of a gang of wretches who hud been guilty of mniiv crimes. Iu the Tomb* nt New V.-rk MlgU.-l Clmioii. a Puboii negro, perish.' ! on the scutlold f.lt;r killing his lnuamour while trvliig to murder Imr tiuabnnd. James Dn.-ev at Woodstoak. Ill, for the murder nf Alderman Day nor. lt;-f tTucngo. Pour Hotithern 11. gr.-mt.rd. rer* were hanged 011 the H'.th—bnmsou liolniid and Deorga yoloiunii nt Doualdsonvllle, I.a. Deorge llnrrlson nt Hlueve|Hrt. I.n . and Ho hard T..wu*rlid at Val-dosta. lia. Idncoln Sprole m,d Palvln James were hang.-.l at Portli Mill to. \rk.. for muni.a* r.immltte.l in tlio Indian Territory. *niRo 1*71. forty-sU men have been Uang.-I at that pITo.loea. A i|uiidrangiilnr duel nt Mnneho t y., resulted 111 the dmitli of all the part•dy Harv.-V lln-.l . k, a Portland -Me Ind. killed himself with a revolver, lu hi* father srsenec, rather than bo sent away to school. 1 11 member* of a Polish revolutionary orga- . Bir-ntlnn were executed at Warsaw. -Nick Hanlon and Jack Prow I. v fought a duel «t Houston. I Te*.i», in a Mt of ;i nlouay, and lioth were 1 killed.threeCincinnati nday In a \V«.Ix-ui-i dnimuiei ' got the drop on a rival from Chicago, and the hitter wn* killed . thndareasixl (Atm. I.mi.i. hnd declared that a man who travel.d for a St. Poms b-u-e waa n-. grad CbeM-y tTia.ol.et*. a n- t. I rimuml who, arme I with i.l.l- assaulted a liaggoge-nia*trrand an lt;ixpr.-*s me-- hot uii I rohhe.l the safe 011 ft passenger train near llloomlugton, Ind . writ* sentenced to t«. year* iiupn-.-niiient. At Kawcartle. Del., xvitii the mercury tu theBelchh. rh I I'f .ore, five thieve* werelaahed on their hare bn. k-. and a forger triL* placed III the pill- ry for an hoar All Mliry Brule I- 1 -ui.-ided III n sensational maiui.-r by jumping from High Mriiige, N'. w York, to the ice Ix-loa. i.xi r.-.-t, every h..tie lu her body wn* broken I'nomploved' n.on in London besieged the uutbontu s for relief, and this not being granted, a nil. of 1-•_•«*» noter* pillage.1 (ho| H. broke window*, and hn-tle.l tell-UHlo citi/.ens about, destroying property to the value of Jp-vim \ f r.-m h merchant and bis wife suicided at Monte Carlo, after heavy-|o«»e« nt gambling , the lady drowned herself and her liiislmnd than blew out hi* hraln*. Tbe.xloreP.lli. il, of P.-bl, skill. N Y . tracked hi* wife to Bt Paul, whither -h- had c|.|xjd, and on ceimng up with her he killed her iui.1then suicided.Ml Kt'H.Kll Bearden, of Hiirristoii, Ark., who wm twlc xentpuec.i 10 be hang.-d for the mnrderof • nelghix.r. wn* aci|intt*-i . ti the third trial; hi* • aee coat the Stnt. “A).1 Ill f!dwar.l John. •on. alia* Alien Wright, had a ipmrrel with his •mployer. Henry P. Steadman, -m a farm neart.y, II* Neb ; Steadman wn- killed, mid J.diu-•011 wn* purxuod and took refuge In a born w hi. h he defended against .m- men who joined in the •lia*e . thu d.-»|*-r.ido killed ('has. P. -b.hnaon «unl fatallv woun.h-d P.tgnr Kverett; then the barn wo* *nt al're. and wliun it *ub*ldod Jolin-ton «M found partly 1 reunited and h - I - -1 y nd-li.-d with bullet*. In a ouarn-l over alleged cattle-sienling iu the vlclnltv ef Port Elliott, Tex., four men belonging to the I*im Bt 1 Itn; - !:the funeral of I tank Mulk -k;. a 1 bongo murderer, from it Polish church, a married stater lodn on the lilt; or.ui to t unitary beside the driver. TUreo lt;le*|x-T i.u»*. c-.ufin.d in the Newcastle *Pa ;ml ll|,*l the l.x-k. ..IT their cell* and -J* »jlt;e4 through a hoi *vl, l.i. hes cut in a trio Jo».A Pit 11.l.oiii* I* Schu-.ldt, of VTco|xirt, III , w ho had ben expelled fr.ei P.e Kn’ght* of f.alx.r for dl*. l.aiiig secixda of tin order, hung- d him-eclf ut Duven|iort, lovxxt. lh- Karl ot ■linfte bury coin.onto 1 suicide in I. n.lon liv eh -'ting himself; lie was the eighth P.arl of flbafteslmry. succeeding on t)ct !, I*e‘., to the title ..11 the death of III* father, the n.d.x| phllau-thropi-t In.. murderer* In Iiillau Terrltorv aacapcxl the gullow* by a c.mmututl.ui ot tln ir ecut-nee to life imprisonment in the Detroit Bon-..' of Correction ; three of the pnrty killed a ■eatdler for a plug of tobacco, lturmc*.. rebel* aapturi-d tlio Hritlsh station at Mt»-gandet. bound the garrison with cords, and inn**nrred twenty -three person*. In Howard Countv, Kaunas. l'rltr. Hupin. a half-witted farm hand, a*-•ault lt;1 the w|i« of Ids employer, Mr*. Jacob Frelnmth. and killed Ixth h«-r and her unborn babe. the husband was absent at the time, and when he beheld the mutilated Ixxlies he became a raving maniac, and suicided with a »hlt;tguu, a pnaae or neighlx.r* pursued and ruptured Hue. w ho was tl.xl by the mwk to a fractious so and dragged for mile* over the prairie tlin body of tlie wretch wa* lift ulukiTordd where the exhausted horse felLMAY,Except the Haymorket rl«t» at Chlcogx - men-which Is mailo else where 1, notlilagdeed was dour be robbers. Itliodr* of lln-ciihvlllc. Ken.. sudiluuly Ihch lug man ac. killed Samuel towdoii lu ud. njid devonnul his heart, lungs.house at Pynthit taking monildli1, Ky..n d ofher dropped dead win * s. .1. s. Perm lison, a I.anisvilla ihv • attorne,. -..a - given three year* In lall for covvhidlng Judge Held nt Mt. sterling, who afterward t.nk III* own life ftXHlI uiortiflenidou. Wlillam Heel wax *1 ot and killed at Kngllsh, Ind., by Ben Smith, in n di»-nut.' over the proper -pelhng of a vvord- Emily Brown, a unit** woman of Baltimore, was murdered by two ncgrvx's, whoso sole object was to sell the carp*-' to a medical college. The legis-I'uuixlilPg stealing by fifty htslirs for the lirst offense and hanging for the fourth. Jurnc* Howell fatally shot James Drnliiun nt Ptica, N. V., U.caus.. he salili l.iraliaui cheated liiin out of four dollar*..JACK KETCH’S VICTIMS.•lAXl’AltY.( hnrlcs AVilllnin* .colored w as haugo-l f-.r criminal nsxuult nt Pamhrnlge, Md.. on the xth Tlie gal low * l*r« fruit.in tin* 15th a* follow*: Nosh Morriman. n colored w ife-murderer, at Belleville, lit.; Chari.- XVIIwm. colored, at J-t,Uu„......, ............. ......steamer; llev Wm. Deorge. a colored minister, atljike Pr-vi ience. I.n for the murder of hi* mistress . Henry M. Stair, at Nevada. Mo., for tile killing lt;f Hit'oh S.-w.-tl and son; nt Beati-in.mt. Texas. Win Madison, who killed Albert Smith because of leal u«v both colored. H- n-ryJackxon, while slugutghymn* on tl»e *ea*T..ld atMiiuleu, I.a.. on tlie IJd. v. a* nnlelv- inter-ruj.tr*I bv tho lUalocatiuu of Ids uock , he killed It. A. Britten, n grocer.PKIIHIIKY.Two mnblerors paid the penaltv on tlie ftth-Deiuil* W. Dll.lu at, lTo-.c tt. Ar.rona, for tho killing of Deputy Sheriff J. M. Murphv. and l.')tn Mlnlch. nt I.en-lvill'. Pol. Pha*. Uer-iiinun. who in rd r.*l hi* wife at Buffalo. N. V . and for throe night- «!■-] t 111 the b.xl where thu gory . ipse Inv, wn- h in go I ..11 th - I'.’tli te. bri-n W in t-mi, a Hollander, muiderc.l John I'r- glier. who hail l-ofrisndcd him, nnd expiate ! hi* crime nt Hen*-. In. r, Ind., .-n the i th.MAItf’tl.i’n tho Sth, Plnronce tiray. all** Isliam Pol-1ms. wa* hanged at W.nn. uiucoa. Nev . for tlie murder of H. H Scott, while attempting to rol» latter s store, l’utr.ck Ford atnl John Mur-■ N'aw (irleon* politicians, were hanged at ... Preseont Citron tho lith for tlie murder of Captain A. II Murphy : the I onislnnn Board of I’ardob* refused to yield to aJetrloti of A ,7r»;tl.'ens fur the release of the culprit*, whoSaadflJCNK.In a quarral over politic* between two phy*i-•laus at Htophensis.rt. Ind, mo killed the other liy cutting hi* throat; tho d. ad man. Dr. Agra, was a brother of an exJdeutenaut Mvernor of Nebraska Mrs. Wm. Hloane, of Flam ford, VI, in a fit of jealous*', drowmsl her 4-year -.Id *,Hi. to spit ■ her hu-l.aml ; tlie shock ■aa-l Mr. Hloane Insane. Korty live* were lo*t tn an election riot In Hantla«». the capital of -Chill, beaiden many wonndeil In an affray betw een i-Tt*..ii guards an l soldier* at Bogota, vnlterl Htaies of Pobnnbla. one gcneyal. several •fDcers ft till thirty soldiers were killed Thew England Institute Islr Hull.Hugs at IWm-, worth w*».'*kl. were let lt;m Ore by a dl*-tO-.arge-l , mplo; «. and destroy ed . nine iw.rebustTiVlUed In election nota lu Phlli.d to the reformatory f»r one hear far horse etealtng A roving hand of Turks hscatn* *0 •nraged at the failure of one of their number bt begging supplies near Youngstown, Ohio, that th*v threw her Infant to a Ivear. an.l held her to a#e tha animal devour It, Howard Htne*. aged U, aaid while picking blockberrle* near I-oul*-ttlle. Ky., that ho intended to kill n-mie one ; then turning suddenly on Hatnuel Dean, an year-old c.mjHinloi., he shut him doaal;1 young murderer went to the olty and gaveTattnall Ponnty. Ocorgta. where a negre** baiiis.l Mai y Hollenbeck prnvndwl for a picnic Bortv by aerviiig up a stow of hutnan fteiii, she Laving killed and rooked a child that wa* left Ml Itar charge . sba rimf»**c-l her crime and her Infuriated auditor* burned her at the stake Mm lie Hell*, aged II, nf Krie, Kan., waa fiwhich under tha laws at tt State mean* In.' -t5lc,partially revived and worked .......aherlff nt the ni'ixvlnta 1 hour. I-ouls 11 Nell afTorvxl the deatn p.umitv at Jacksonville. Dro-g.-n. for the murder.f 1 ewis McDnuiel. lln the *;th. Frank Mulkowsky. the iniir lerer ..f Mr*. Agnes Klcdztrck, aipiato.l in* crime In the jall-vai i ntphlrag. pr.rt.wtuiv his liiii.s-eu. e to the Inst motiioiit A negro n.imed John Drake was eaecutsxl at Tlioiuaeb.ii lia, tor the murder of hi* wife and the cremation of her corpse.A PHIL.Jeff WH*lt;vn, * col-red man, was worked off Hy tha She 1 iff nt I-exinglon. Mo . on the Id, for the murder of hi* mistress, itobt. J ITitUI|M, a colored wffe-murilerer, was executed at Indian-npraps IQ the Hh On tbe Inth Sheriffs worked off Allen J. Adams at Amherst, Mass. for the murder, in I8TS, nf hla Btnployer, an aged farmer- Adauia spent ten years lifter his crime as a dissolute tramp. coufe*alt;*l In a drunken brawl, and wa* ounvtcted , Psmlllo Don rales, a Mexican rnhber, at Bracket Texas, tor the murder of Peter Johnson, a rauchman and Pha*. Hob-11,*ii colored, at Nnwrawtle Del . for outrage. Itobt Smith .colored., aged IB. suffered death at Nlcholaeville. Ky,, f.w the murder of hts stepfather. James Sea, the culprit * |d his Ixnly to surgeons for fU8. which ha exjiended for fruit ln the J3d Itobt. Fowler was hange-l at Mor-Iwifield, Ky.. for the murder of Miss l.ydta urnatt, who hnd refused hi* band In marriage. On the same day the gallpws at Fovt Smith. Ark., was used seventy-Brat time In twelveI ears in the execution of Janie* AVasion andoaepb Jackton, for murder* rommlttwl in tha Indian Tarrlt-iry. On the arth and lart day of tlie monbi the hangman clnaest the earthly career of J M. Armstrong at Perryvilla, Ark , George Ctrrdl at Hearcv, in the *anie State, Hh liard J. lee and Ijoqi* Knmorflald at Waah-ingiou, D C.. and Jame* Walker at Augn*une, Ha. irinsoppe Hcowia. an Italian, cotivlctod of the murilerofone of hi* conntryno n. cheated tb.■ hangman hy *uloldlng In hi* call at Hudson,MAY.murdered Dtanvilla G l.ooml* In IB*, auffcred tb* law * droad penalty at tnc 1 otnmbu* 'Ohio) penitontlary at I a. m. of tbe ltth. Other exe-out.on* dur'wg U»e month: Ixibl* WIMet, alia*u.te«|Xi tsOxi jM'Ople.atlinllotin. M. . in thlt;i And tew Green, who killed, wm hnu-L.fti ut D. uver. confessing bis crilue on Him scaffold George Ml Wire wus hanged at i|Kn hi* daughter;ho prote.tehi* 1ACUI/’NT.I' D Bund; eolnfcd• wa* put to death a-. card-Ing to law. at Hpiirtafibui'p. S p,. on the lith, tar the iiiurvliT of Annie llickninn, white Other legiil hungin.» during the Innnth were - Kit Boss, n half-l rocl Pncrvikce Indian, nt Ft. Hmltli, Ark.; John built).. ut Gullntln. II.. : Willis Hud-■wm. at f t. Gain.-. On Michael Merr nt I'lilnn-town, I'u ; Nathaniel H. Bntlt; s, nt lihTiiuoiid, lud.—ull for muider.hang.xl at Marlon. Ark., on the Jd ■niirilcr lrviu Murray, a nlfe-nuirtlerer, ut Georgetown. Tex. Itev. Jc.se Cooke (colored., ■nine crime and satue pennity, at Butler, Go. fr.iiik h. liiiinphrcys, at Mllledgevillo. Go., for the murder of ins niece and alsUir-in-lnvv.Ch*». Edwards.I TDIII.lt.'olorod, who killed hi* in ■. in Algiers, I.*., wn* ev itbcT execution* dating (» P .charged with kill c xt-.iill) protested h.sfold ui British 1 oluinl in on the -.Id Albert Mall..tt. at Kuinloops, and All Sweet wlin killed a brother Cliliuiiiian . at Hevelitock. other executions iliiriur November were • William H. Wilson at .K uoxboro. Ill , for wlfe-niurler; Al-lurt G. Boynton at Le* Angeles. Pal., tor klll-ini! hi • wife and J. B Kipp, t whose house tha woman had Bed to escape Ill-treatment; Fong Ah Slug at Kali Franciwn, for the murder of a Philiesa woman . Join X Njicy Bt Nalclier, Ml**., for tho 111 tinier of Ada PoleuiBU, Ix.th I'.'lornd.IIECKMUKK.Ilohert P. ray or, colerml. wn* lmnged in St. Ift.uis for the murdoro! a ninn who ha I wldpjed ldm In a fight, lxiuls Pn-h. a negro murderer, wu* executed at Bardstovn. Kv Bob Jeter 'colored , murdorvr, hangtxl atbpartanburg, s. P.JUDGE LYNCHS WORK.JANUARY.Two negroes— Emmett Key and Nat Forbo* -entered the hlu:-11 of I. T, Purroll III Kunll-'Wer Ciitmty, Ml-s xxippl, audiu-ki'd for some apples; while Puiroll was xioujilng to aupply thilr wania they drove a hat In t into his hewl, Hun took tJuo mid a watch from hi* pers ui, the culprits wero enptured and suspended from a orWge. At the Hchuylcr N-H i ll a prisoner named I.ntour killed bherltf John D. cuan with a piece of -cuitllng; l.utour was taken from the jutl and hanged by a mob. Holly I pi *. colored, wus taken from jail nt Vlnceuno. Ind . nnd hanged by a party of twenty men from •mer Dnl.*ii nnd att mpted to a«*nult his wife. MdBtqr Brown (©olorod w strung uji at H.x h. -d.llord. Calvin trim till murder of Mr*lEfllflAA notorioiift colored desiwrado iinin. d lame* u* lian .e t bv . ti.o us of lb auregnrd. I n. . helife-.nd th:IH Iliberty I he nilnlou* ot JudgeI.ynch obcyod hi* bidiests in the following instances dnrlng February • John Perrv. at Red 'Tiff. Polo., for killing Mike Gleason, George hdtinai n ciilore.li. who killed Mlilnrd F Pur-ker at .'limns'. I.a. ; a negro named Bun:* at Murtinxburg. \\ . \n.. after ronfewung loan assault upon a white girl.XI \lt; II.\ Witcher an orotor and |xv|itiaian. wa* lynched in • ithwasteru \ Irginiii tar the mur-Her of hlxMifth w do An Indian Territory mobrc|xjrtlt;d tlie mysterious disrip|M.aruuce of a lecherous exle.rter nntne.1 Mxtrgll, whom they e taking to Vnilta H r trial fur assault upon Indian girl John. Martin and Th. mas Archer, three brothers, a -ciised of murder, were taken fro*u Jail at bl..i.i|s, Ind., hy a mob and lynched. Handy WcoJwaril .color, d. who attempted to ao-ault a eluld was taken from jail at Husseliville Ky. by uui«kisl nun, iuuI hnx.ge.1 At Anburu. Ky . three negroes were ■ummarily hanged bv a mob for n crimlun! assault ii[siii the daughter of a prominent cltl-,-.en. Tob# Williams and Wi akley Itbll-y. Ixith Begrix'*, were balign.1 bi a tree at Alamo !*nn . for the murder of Daniel Guthrie Fred VII-lerssu. an Italian, was taken from Jail nt Vicksburg. Mis* . by a mob n'l.l hanged ; In* crime was an outrogeou* assault Forty citizen# of Anthony Kan , took from the sheriff the two brother* Weaver imprisoned for murder:, and •hot them to death, the tragedy being witnessed by the mother of the victim* and the wife of one of them. Kelli* Moorman coined, waa lynched at Aston, Va., tor assault an.l robbery.APRIL.At Springfield. Mo., lt;n the *th. Go •. F~ Graham. wife inurderer, wa* take-i from the Jail by a Blob «f *0 men. and •'.r.mg up to a tree , when the mob nnlcckod Graham ■ cell be greeted them with the remark 'You can hang me, hut by 0-4, yon can't scare me Men.lv June*, a colored outlaw, was kilted by lyncher* at Auburn. Kv . for a criminal attempt upon two white girl*, whose room he had entered.. MaJ W P Green, a sugar planter, near Orleans; Hmlth wwa taken from Jail an.l hanged to a tree. Dan and Ham Mann wereft#w*OrPstrung up by a mob at Bartow, lit, for killing th# marshal at that place,JUKI.During the month inol* inflicted summaryKnlahment fn the following case* • Alfred up. who murdered A. 3. McOrtrio and wlin and biinnxl their hod|..* near I.enngton, N. O. Chari. * Whittle ic«lora.l». acnae.l of amanlt-Ing tho ohthi of a clergyman. Din Beckvolt. near Grand Forks Dakota Kll Owen-, arreatau for assault up 11 his I*, year old sister-in-law, taken from jail at Hebron. Neb., and hange.1 totrott City. Mina., bv aKahUh-n, wa* *|i*«diiy followed by tbe lynoh-lug of th# latter, who waa strung up to a tree and then rid.lle.1 with bullets Id Wllna.n* loob'iedi auffared dwath uiniu nil Impromptu scaffold at Gulnusvtlle, Taxas, for criminal assault u|uu a white womanJULY.Georg# Parker, colored, for assault upon a,11 bu.i suiiuoftiy .. n.1,1 ,,111to bliu at I'cnrllngtoii. Miss Mdnot Davis was ■iu trial at Morgan, I'oxas, fur outrage, when the |iruo.-e'lngs-Axr# mtarruptttd l.y the urn ul of.mu men. «r|u lionge I the culprit Htvrn Itou-froe, a nobiriou* outlaw uud dn»i..ua.|o. was haiigr-i by a mob at LIvtngMton Alii. Jake Bra wel, colored, horribly maltreated Dully WimkI., a Mix year-.dd girl on her way 10 *. b o| , Braswell » as captured, uud a ...liter. uo» of oua hundred whites and blacks gave lilm til • el men »f Iwmg burned or hauglrig l.iuix. lf lie chose Ihnigiiig, cll.iihe.l a tree, mid fiint.-ncd a ro|«i around Ills own nauk and to a liuib of a tr.-e, wbeti he was puxh. .1 off and bis Ixxty riddled with bullets At Frisco, Kan., a hi pursuit of » murderer surrounded u stable w here the fugitive wo# 1 oueoftled. and ujam 110 latter r. fusing t surren.ler he wa* killed by a volley of bulluta. Bill Haley, a murderer, «*-. taken from the j«il at l'nuldmg, Dlno. liy a iu'ihmuI mol. and hinge.I to a tree, Port -r Kom II. col-■ •rial, won ..hot to death bv a mob In 1 uling, Texas: be had assaulted Mrs. Duke with a hatchet In Comanche t'aunty, 1 exa* a mob hanged u negro 1 uy who ho.1 asanulte l and murdered Mr*, Stephen*. the lynchers wero bent on burning ldm. hill the mother ..f tho murdered w.uuiiu plead d for a les* barbarousi.uiu-hincut. A mail uaino.l l.ockw.x,.! was lyndied near l.lti'Iifiuld, P.uin , for the murder of a young lady named Mattie Itaudall, whom he niie.mnlern.l at a lonely nixit 011 the high-vvay ; wa* tortured by being shot lutin- back, and then a negro plunged a kh'fn thruugh Ills nock . he wa* then strung up to u tree. P:t|*eua of Seymour, Ind., Iviichoa l.esn-■lor M.HMly, a well klinwii desperwlo of Gakl.ittd, III., for an assault upon a young girl.AltJUMT.Ex-Pollt'iuuiin Jim Moore, of Miwou, Go., waa applied u. f..r Inforiiiatiou bv a stranger a lady from Hnvaiinoli. vvhereujxm no piojuro.1 a hack, .-ntIced her to nu assignation hou»o. and w ith a pistol to her h...ol e.oupelU, 1 her atib.nl.*....; uloin the fact becume known an inurv crowd hanged him to a tree. Judge l.vmh inflicted ■uinuivry puni-hiiient n)ft»u divarw'culprit* during the iiioutd as follows John Khorta.of hoarcy. Ark. vvfle-uiatdor; an unknown tramp who ruhlicd sa l umrdcixxl John 8. Dnvi*. ngeiit of tha (hand M. It H.. at llur ■ . Ind. , Wm W..t-klns. bricklayer, ut Aurora, lu.l , was .lragued to a water tank mi l hanged, with bis hands untie I-ho had killed Ins ompp.v.r, lxjul* Hll-b.it, aciitractor; citizen* 01 .laekaim, Tonn.. haiiged Eliza Woxls, a negro ona, accused I po-oiling a white woman John a:. I loan dor .Nelson were hanged from 11 bridge near Magi olia, I.n, At Vtegsl.urg, Mika., a negro lory f Is. who killed Mrs Davis, wife of hislioighh.it. All of the ttl ov.i were punished for ,were hanged by citizen* for utiou.|.Ul u-sault upon some youug ladle*.SEI’TKAI ItKK.David JohiiNoii. a lunatic, who killed Edward White m the street at Western Port, M I . wn* *oize,l by vitizetiH and suspended to a bridge over till, Potomac; his uecK was broken. A negro intme.l W ilkcrson wa* riddled with bullet* hear Milieu, lia., tor rrilulnnl assault. Bowman Paxton a druggist, hanged to a tree ut Malden. Mo., p.r murder. 1. F. bytuuie*, charged with murder, was taken from the authorities at Montroso. Col , and UaugodOCTOBER.Tho moplo of ynlney. Fla., lynched two nton aiiftpceted id Bring « new mill ’ .Mu-ke I men at KtcelUlle, Mo. Ivtirh. d II P Wallace, tlie alleged murderer of the lc.j.ai) family of five per- I sous- father. 111.Uier. and thr*echildren, other jtolier w.-re Tom Farrar, a negro, who an,ault. .1 Ml*, l.irzlo Murray uti.l nfternanl murdered I her futher at TTirxsikmorlon, Texa* Thomasl Bo-1 lay*e.l ,1o!Masked meMonti cello, III............ ..........Henry W'iMmun, 11 wife murderer. Three in groes In Pickens bounty, Al ilmma. su-|x~ t of iiu'euiliiiriaiii—strung up Jiimo* lluynes, nmnlerer, w as taken from jail at Brow nxvllli Mir* , and hanged . nil parti.., the murder, victim, ljriiclieia, and lyn -lmd—colored, a mi; lntto nnmtxl Uuwoy quarrotol with Ham net Da over four you 11 is of eoi'.-ii at Ha l Spring-Texas; Day wn* killed, llevvey was follow.' by Id.sHlIiuund.i, caj'turol and suspended to tree.SO\ EMHF.ll.of jail and bang- .1 ldm to a troo other culprit* ujh.ti whom lynch Inw w a* viritcd during the month were : Andrew J. Mulligan, ul a, Ji.iin-* Page, at Harrison, Ark., f r uiurvier 1 l.nrlo* Dlnwid I:.', at MeKi-iizle. Tonn . roll wry I.I111.Mm.ten. I.a John Davis, c.duiv I, .t Ban l.djdi, Ala , for rojsiatxd ciiminal i«*s«iilts uj- n wnile women. Idirw mo iidlan. s who buiu.-.l.» ...t-ton glti house 111 I r.uiklln P.ointv, Miss, were •lo*t In tho wood*' xv Idle being taken to jail. Four negro murder t* were strung up tn the Phyclnw Nation for killing George Tr.01 fe. who . nine ii|x n thorn while thoyw. re .'leaning a hog they had sfolen. Pusar llo dii-..!i was hangixl by a mob at Florence, 8. P , for usauult ujsui a white woman,DECEMBER.Tho town of Hrenhnm. Texas, w«• luvadc.l at midnight b .'a massed m.h w ho took Jr..to the jail Hliea Felder, AI fro. I .Tolies and F'.phruim Jones (minxlerersi, wlut were found next morning hanging to a tree (icrge Park* and Monroe Smith, . gored, charge.I with iTu.endlar.-iu,w.-re lynched at Koiugoid. lt;•«. James Howard.vear oid wife with the letter II, was taken from Jail nnd lynched l.y li’s noighlior NearSwilling, his wife, and three children his pur-Ixs© being to «• ' ir. • 11, 1.0 wa* huig-vlv the ueluhlx.r* -.f hi* victim*, Factor Jones and lock Bullock, murderer*, were riddled With bullet* by their neighbor* III th© Choctaw Nation Wm. Mn.«•!« mi.rd. ier. wu* au#|H..,diHl from an ol.clric light -...wwr by had-Tlif t'ftiial Awful 1‘esiilt. .Tonea—You remeuiber thero wero tliirtsHrii at tlie table ut ilmuor at uijr house hist night?llrown- Ycb.Jones—Well, young I»o l’eyster ilied this morning. Brown—My! Is tliat possilile! I was looking tor sowethiug ot that kind. Jones—Y'os, tho poor fellow was talked to death ly the Boston girl who sat next him.—Arknnaaw Traveler.KjiiTli-iMirni.il Water.The earth's internal heat is now being for.i-d into practical service at 1’esth, where tne deepest artesian well iu the world is being Buuk, t. supply hot water for public batlia nnd other purposes. A depth of ft, 1*20 feet has liueri reached, ami the well supplies dailv lTliJHiO gallons of water heated to 17s degreist I ahrenheit. Tlie lor ng is to Ije i-ontiuued until the tlt; m]eritture of the water is raised to 176 degrees. They Tasted ^uerr.“Where did yon get the cheese that is in these sandwiches, my love?“(hi the window-seat iu the -moke-bouse. ”“Yon ignoramus! Y’on have cut up the bar of soap that I was saving for next xrot kV wash. No wonder roar sandwiches tasted bad.—C'arf Fret-zeC* Weekly.How He Took Life.See that man across the street? “Yea.” “Well, he's one of those men who take life easily.Heist Why, he looks like a hardworking man.“Well, so he is. He's a butcher, and a good ono too, they say. Plttaburgh Dispatch. W if kn a man speak* to a lamppost, and cautions it not to bob round at such a rub-, it shows that tho post is getting irregular in its habits, and Deeds looking after.
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