The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-09

ing painful though probably not mortal wound. Ano-
eject. She then aed into the house. Crane following,
ard she entered the door, he fred third shot, the
brain to an extent as yet anascersinsd causing lady
to n senseless to the aoor During part Of the time
consumed In the enactment Of the tragedy, Mrs Newn-
Lam then the only third person in the house. assaulted
Crane with stick but nc kept her Of by presenting his
Mrs. N then FASTENED to the nearest neighbor Mr..
Stainer That gentleman arrived in about nfteen mi
nutes, and found Craine standing the lady, still
lying on the floor bathing her head with water Tho
two then lifted Miss N up and placed her the bed,
after which CRANE continued to bathe her head speak
Crane Informed Stainer that he going away to do
writing, and would return in about half hour
monstration either Ai himssf finish the work of
der with knife and that the lady having recovered
self and that abe would yet live to be his companion in
this world and the world to Bat have not
About fifteen minutes after the arrival stainer
Mr. Brock inlaw OF Newnham appeared ut the gate
with icaaea hne when nc mao prov,a"a hWss WIN
Crane Ibe latter, however, presented his pistol and
declared to Brock he would shoot him II he did not put
down his gun or he attempted to enter Caine hav-
ing bowie knife and revolver, and Mr.. Brock only
shot for him. the latter declined going into the house
Cranc then made his escape through back door, and
fed to the hills Crane maintains that he went out at
| the front door.
Csaine escaped but the country secured, and he
was afterwards arrested The crowd proceeded to try
him. and having found him guilty, we're proceeding to
execute him. when sheriff Buel arrived, rescued him and
lodged him in jail There is but bare possibility Of the
recovery Of the lady. The following is
J. Y. CRANES CONFESSION.
Two weeks ago l conceived the idea OF killing Susan
Disgraccful reports that had been circulated the
cause; did not know who started them heard 1t was
Susans father, but found out afterwards 1t was not
Susan first foimed an attachment for him fifteen
eighteen months ago. and then It became reciprocal he
| they had been married they had signed marriage
contract, and God Almighty had married them Another
rorsd HIM This was the cause Of all the difficulty He
has wife, has had in the Atlantic States, and this
the reason he could not marry susan according 70
which he believes true stating that his wife IN the
East had married again. he had told Susan that ne
gether in the world but she did not think would
| Kill her then; had pistol to commit the deed with
and he could not kill himself and threw it away knife
rejected because it rusty and feeling sure OF
rope he returned to his faie.l Nobody knew in
tended TO commit the crime. Susan and viii be happy
in the next world. over thirty years OF age, and
NAMED 0S Moss campbe and Frank John
the fifth is dead think Andrew Jackson Davis work
| the greatest in the world. 80
the marriage ceremony above alluded to was conducted
we COPY the following statement Of Miss Newnham :
About me year ago Mr.. j. V. CRANE commenced pay
ing attention to me. There engagement between
| US except the oath here filed as follows
81 now declare before high heaven and call God to
Witness that win marry any one but you-not il
all the world Is against You am yours in he and
You in all things and to do all in my power to make
| you happy. 20 help me God - . ,rr,,
| SUSAN M. NEWNdAh
This is from the bottom Of my heart"
She stated further, that she had paper of similar
acter from Craine, and that about eight months ago
Caine snatched the paper binding him from her. and
tore it all pieces her presence She then asked him
for hers which is above mentioned and he refused to
give it up that time but did give 1t to her about two
or three months ago. She also stated that CRANE did
her to sign the OATH but just worried her out
oft. About one week ago Crainc threatened to kill
her William and himself. No one was connected with
Crare in the crime to her knowledge Her mothe,
knew Of the engagement, but did not know anything OF
l fha onfh sha terms 10 "a ne
Execution Of Escobar and sebndo Mt Sonora.
We take the following account of the execution of the
above named culprits at Sonora, from the Union Deo
| csm:-
In accordance with the sentence previously pronounced
these launched into eternity together and
the scaold. They escorted from the Jail
to the galows in the vicinity Of the city, under the d.
Lieut. Evans, and the Columbia Fusers, Capt. Cazneau.
followed and preceded by from three to four thousand
people-men, women and children. On the galows,
the prisoners were attended by the Catholic priest
Father Alric, Sheriff Solomon, Deputy Sheriff
ior ' ana Mr. James 6suvan The sheriff then read
The Death warrant, and upon asking the prisoners II
they had anything to say SseadS rose and remarked
stood Span were willing 10 listen TO him, and upon g.
ceng their consent he went on to state that he was not
guilty-hat the murderer of Sheldon Jose Gomez,
(his companion at the time the deed committed)-
that early the fatal morning he and Gomez were
ceedpg up Washington street, on their way to Dragon
Guch they met by Sheldon who presented pistol
at the breast of sebadohe jerked it from his hand AT
| GCmeZ
sebado he had killed him. they both He'd to Tuttetown.
| There he said he arrested while Gomez suffer
| ed TO escape. He said if he had been American he
would not have been moested, and he advised all Span
| iards whenever they met a man with white skin
and fir hair TO put knife into him, up to the hilt He
complained much Of injustice, and said he had not had
fair trial-that sheldon bad man and had killed
(hileno at Hodcn's ssloonbut he would show the
people how Chileno could die He insisted upon having
brought upon the scalod to play the harp for
him TO dance his way out Of the world otherwise he would
die unhappy In conclusion, he said If any present
desired send to their trenGs he
| was going he was just the man to take it.
Quite the Of this levity appeared the conduct OF
Fscobar for whose fate there has been much sympathy
and for whose pardon efforts had been made He
said he felt forciby the humiliatng position to which
rashness could bring man; he confessed that he had
killed the deaf and dumb and regretted advising
his friends not to follow the advice of Sebado as they
hoped to avoid the ignomnious end. He called
God TO witness that he had been honest and industrious,
and that this his frs, offence The Americans he did
not look upon bad race, for majority Of them he
considered good men, He asked all TO forgive him, he
| hoped 10 be forgiven.
Here the friends Of the prisoners came up TO take
FINAL leave. Escobar stated that his whole trouble
that he owed two debts, obligation of ten dol
friend to pay the other he about to haudac
himself The caps of the two prisoners were then adjust
ed and the officer Of the Law having done his duty they
smut aneously launched into another world The
bodies delivered their friends who caused them
be inferred in the Catholic buryinsgrouad
Remarkable Suicide.
On thursday night last, gentleman named Amos Bar
ctt arrived he from sacramento and put up at viii
the usual hour for making up the beds the day fol
lowing, servant attempted to gain Ambulance TO the
apartment occupied by Mr. Barrett but finding the door
locked supposed that he had left the house temporarily
and as there nothing unusual in hi eircumstanes,
II excited inquiry until yesterday morning when at
tention directed TO the apartment by very offensive
| odor appa emily proceeding therefrom. The door
Immediately forced open and the dead body Of sr Bar
ret found lying at full length upon the bed. From
several letters found among the papers of the deceased
II was evident that he had taken poison the night of
his arrival in this city The body particularly about
his face and breast already in forward state of de-
compoton and this fact warrants the belief that he
had taken poison after reaching the apartment and
| died during the night Among the letters there
addressed TO his creditors aud mother brothers and
sisters by which appears that he impeed TO the
Of suicide simply from Of chagrin caused by
paragraph rejecting upon his character that appeared
in interior paper days since The deces ed
the agent Of Wells Fargo Co, at the town 81 Jackson
Amador county. He had always maintained reputation