, 1865-12-16

!ala MtcmenI. ne1Tht OF dfecn feet 1he rope
Nas again adjusted, and for The eecond time McSn.
1nent. he knot sgaln slipped as,de, ibe nccI ~,
hot os9ken, ,s and the body hung fourteen minutes
1hte vas the last execution which has been vii
nessea 19 Chicaso: That more than flvc years have
crimes On The caIloWs, is certatnly no indics,ioa
That murder is on the decline. Un he coatsuy.
tnelc nave neen more murders committed Ia ta3f
caeeiheir doom. - ~ e''
1n the eame prison, and at The tame time th.t
McNamee Haa awaiting the execution Of his sen.
tenee. IN nolAble criminals were confined one
OF them wns A'ehael Finn. a natlve Of Forms
1he muder OF Nathaulal viai, . faSmer Of L1ons n4
who mas Ailled on the Plank Roan FIVE miles wcst
Of Chicago. in the tanc year. Finn was condcuned
to be executed at the same time rs AcNamee, but
the sentence was commute3 to Imprisonment for
life. The other was the notorious ueury JumpeftI.
the barber, wtose alleged ,.ll4nious deeds scagce.
try Wild with excitement. On The night Of March
:, 16.s, in has room IN pomesoy's bui]d,ue be cui
ups woman named sophie ssWe:net, who had lised
rel which he sent BY express 10 New
York CITY. Two months atterward Juupertz xas
arrested, = and confessed to The decd, but claimed
chose that method Of dlspoeiog OF The body TO
avoid the consequences Of the exposure Of tie
issoq H. s9i senpsstz W. tried and tound Guilty Of
eesono lt'al, on which he was acquitted of Inc
enefEe md stt at liberty. While the prlsoncr ay
n ~ aA elnnc hts Two tfia1s he Hps the ob{e.t nY
mnch curiosity, heing visited by hundreds q neT
4n1 women many Of whom. to their diserace he Il
said. made him 4 hero The rmnnement -
3uDpertf included the period ar MrSrmee-. ~ "
pI3sunIpent and execution: The nrcr~rsho1a e.. ~
hiier being sssisted IN by Jumasrt. Tr;tE ~ ~ e
noet imperturaabl5. JpmpeF11 tonn NJ, bas " ~
lease Lett ChiCaCo, and about The hsr,I.n, n. ~
the w1r as heard Of In ST. Lou,s, whe, h. u ~
The military SERVICE, and wae subeeonrn,ir ~. -,
the Mississippi BY John G. Miller, Eso. sinrr ~.
ceased. then correspondent OF the TamtyNv sn5
CITY Attorney At the time Of Jumpestx srrrsf "9u ~
the sNp[d succession OF deep stirring e1ents sinr
falling under the popular eye, Junpcstz and his
deeds EFT nearly forgotten, but there sre enough
OF tcmembFances in Chicago Jet to make the r..
plAce uncomfortable should he attempt again to
locate here.
This black record would be very incomplete With.
out the na1pe OF William Hopps, who, since The
middle OF 1SfS, has been m inEuae OF The county
Jail to which he cantigncd to await bus ufal fof
tho murder Of his wife. The tEial came on liz due
courre, and the murderer Uas found guilty. uopps
put In plea Of nEan1tv, and moyed for new tt1al
which Nas granted. The trial has been posspopod |
totn time to time. and II has DOW been set fnr thn
ne1t term Of the Superior Court.
The muEdes was Ftneular1y at.oc4ous one, md !
created powerful excitement at the time Ii waa |
committed On the lst oi July, l5 N the vicinity
Of Wheeling. little ioHu about nre miles east of
DInion Station. uopps had been to The nni1 that |
rnosu1uE. and On hIa 1efnIn to the flrm
hc found BIZ wife in the garden lie commenced
70 abnte heT and che quietly we1t Into The house.
"N0eat onsftn& snJ Ets,st2nce. uoppa followed