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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1892

Page

2

Debate Over Capital Punishment After Fitzpatrick Hanging

Opinions on capital punishment split among lawmakers, lawyers, and citizens after the Fitzpatrick execution. Warden McAleese supports hanging as the proper punishment, while others argue swift justice deters crime less than life imprisonment, with many fearing no real crime reduction from a single execution.

Fitzpatrick Warden McAleese John McAleese Patrick Fitzpatrick William Weihe Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Madden Amalgamated Association God Richard B. Scandrett Allebeny

A. M. E. Zion Conference Wraps Up Three Week Session

Delegates finished business of a long session and prepared to depart. The conference reports total costs at 1248.68 dollars with 271.44 outstanding, guaranteed by Arthur Street Church. A plan for union with the A. M. E Church was accepted and a united church named The African and Zion Methodist Episcopal Church was proposed. A missionary request from California for Rev Jeremiah Washington was noted and a farewell reception followed.

A. M. E. Zion Arthur Street H. M. Turner RB. W. Arnett A. M. E. Commission Harrisburg A. M. E Zion Zion M. E African and Zion Methodist Episcopal Church J. V. Campbell California Jeremiah Washington Chicago

Extraordinary murder and lynching in Bastrop Louisiana

In Bastrop Louisiana on May 24 a planter’s manager Schlambiss Brigham was shot by an old negro in a field. The assailant then procured Colonel George C. Phillips, who owned the Island de Liard plantation, and asked to be hanged. Phillips helped tie the rope and the negro was executed by hanging from a tree limb. Authorities offer no motive and deem the killer possibly insane.

Fitzpatrick Allegheny County George Hoffman Department of Charities John W. Hague J. J. Miller W. A. Blakely, Jr Charles A. Sullivan Bastrop Schlambiss Brigham George C. Phillips Island de Liard Phillips Brigham

World and regional brief notes from late news items

A wide assortment of late news items are summarized including a Spanish phylloxera outbreak, an Indianapolis earthquake, Venezuelan rebel gains, China anti Christian riots, and rumors of Brazilian ships foundering. Other items note cholera in Cashmere Valley, India, amnesty for Brazilian political prisoners, and various legal cases, crimes, and accidents with multiple named individuals and places.

Cashmere India

Gordon to the Front The Monongahela Wells Boom

The Gordon sand south of Willow Grove tops as a major producer with J M Guffey & Co No 1 Mankedick farm drilling 2,500 feet south of Willow Grove station. Early reports show 75 to 80 barrels per hour with 1,000 extra barrels yesterday. nine wells hit 20 barrels an hour and overall field output rises to about 23,500 barrels. Several rigs and new spuds advance for McDonald and McMurray leases as gas and oil shows drive land prices higher and wildcat activity expands near Andover New York and Oakdale.

Willow Grove Meise J. M. Guffey & Co Mankedick Mankedick Farm McMichael People's Gas Company Amodmurray Farm Nica McDonal McDonald Wallace & Miller McMurray Oakdale Vincenter Guthrie & Patterson Miller Wallace Jease Wallace Kelso Vincent Miller McCandless Jane Stewart Han Ot Forest Oil Company Oakdale Oil Company Gormley Andover N. Y Pease Farm Greenwood Road John A. Snee Monongahela West Elizabeth Woodward Calhoun Farm Wright Bickerton Wray Peterson No Monongahlia R. Bickerton Wylie Connelly S&s Suilley Pierce Gilmore Dean Roberts Philadelphia Suilley Stevens Jones Campbell Glass Company Campbell Farm Joseph Walton & Co Walton Farm Southwestern Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company Matthews Lynch & Co Morgan Brown, Robison & Co Malarkey &Co Freeman Mankecick McMichae People's Gas Compny MecMurray Neld MelDonald National Transit New York Transit Macksburg Buckeyee Line Company Buckeye Southern Pipe Line Eureka

Secretary Dorente Investigates Worst Case of Neglect

Secretary Dorente of the Anti Cruelty Society investigated a Brickel family near Etna reporting the house and five children aged 5 to 14 in extreme filth. He ordered cleaning and warned the mother to maintain cleanliness or action would follow. A spring remedy pitch for syrup of figs is included.

Dorente Anti-Cruelty Society Brickel Etna Heinz’ Pickle Works Eee

Ballfor Damages Over Missing Timber Raft At Allegheny

Hart-Divorces Applied for and Granted. B F Bynd sues Pittsburg and Western Railroad for 2137 53 claiming a timber raft moored near the Sixth Street Bridge in July 1881 was towed away and used as piles for the railroad. He learned of the loss in September 1891 and argues concealment tolls the statute of limitations.

B. F. Bynd Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company Allegheny River Sixth Street Ryant

In Commonwealth Court Large Criminal Docket Includes Many Defendants

A long list of defendants in Commonwealth Court appears in the docket including Patrick Canley James Fitzpatrick Lt Richards and numerous others. The Commonwealth versus P A Saitta and Frederick Mazzo was postponed to the June term. Mrs Prowse Newman seeks a divorce from William Newman filed May 15 184 and the May 4 1302 separation cited. Divorces granted in several cases Hana Kibler Aggie Waugaman Mary OBrien Magdalina Meinhart. In U S Circuit Court B F Fisher receiver Spring Garden Bank v Lorenzo T Yoder tried before Judge Acheson with a verdict for 6488 dollars.

James Emery L. N. Morgan The Commonwealth P. A. Saitta Frederick Mazzo Prowse NewMan William Newman Hannah M. Kibler Wilson L. Kivler Aggie M. Waugaman J. 8 Wauzaman Mary O'Brien Harry O'Brien Magdalina Melinhart Frederick Meinhart United States B. F. Fisher Spring Garden National Bank of Philadelph Lorenzo T. Yoder Acheson Yoder Spring Garden Bank

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