Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-29
iEkeeaIIOn or Casper DtVeckSHEINe
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no;toi, hona,a not,,soJ ond ~ H;racTs sns
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SHsnrv iIomiItoni ,;ha' wa ,~Ss disnatsbod I
with q n;stoi bv DirecLs and the Cattle
were dr5ivyent 5iynt of 4, and soId' The boG1T ~ thso
| bov Was s,hs sea,ient nj u flI6l by Tis' fSth4rl
boS,d dn,,, ordts ,i,' q ineSI aG vaatar and
Com mnIetelu str;nned of clothings which ;
waS Fh;SdSn some disfopcs atf i5S tba ts1i
nrairie orass TheTe was 4 hrIlipt lhoI9 AZ
tha corSey. ~ tbn r;oht avn 10 nd nhtheri In
tho II hht ,,,, "1''''''9 80 -
INC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of tbe borr;hla deed
cansed tbe utmost evcitement bnth az Ne- .
6rssLs Fitv ana PIN li If6IioHy 4 iS;1jaSa
naar tho nIscaI hare tho NJ n cn,1o
n,itteJ = a Ior roo c,,oySii Of 'c;ti1anS sts rted
| in nnrsuit of the murderer. tTbe nnrsnit
was tspt spT nH ~ for aaveraI Gats bnt witbont
Isuccess iTHe murderer sfead iof tieein1 q
to shytjaistsnca IaS,t An tha" nai horI,oo5
Ush;"Sl faot ot itseIf thrs,T his p,,rsners off
| The scent IN the afferDnoD 6pf the Isth
| two citizens Of Nebrasta Civ, who We're
| in search of the tnnrderer. came up6ri him
snddenlv.' hbtlfrom some cause failed To ar ,
! rest- him Pheu- tben IUant To a, ,const.hIe
and stated the facts and tbeir snsnicion tbat
| tbe man was IL he ifnTnedfate rneitrhbHr-
lhona n ~ was suhseoii sntl . lfnnn6 asleen,
| An he'd ait A hotel at Plum Hollow, and ar, ,
| rested. The ,nrisoner Clenied,the charge in /,
| emnhatic terms, but exnressed his willing
ness to accompanv the Officers back to- Ne
hrSsko Ciity7 n fAf iIaSIiosbf oni the 18th tbev
reaehe1Stlie citys 6T1sssd thu river. and in
| less thsn'an. ho;,r the news snread' tbronOb-
ont the Mace, and t6e eptirG nobnIace
| concaofratEaI az tha t!n1rt j6nsa IN the
l1Iniblic s{fTIre who're tlttI nl1soiter was COM
/ fineiy ard IN tlrnstTeeEs discussing tine deed.
| Nv, Ten so'eloek at I,,,lst. two thonsand ner-
| ecns x,ere aSsemhieI and from thair AZ d
citemenf n was evident the' hrisoiier stdSd :
IittJe chance IN living l'Atq rhisT time the,
Deputv Sheriff stated to the peOBle that the
father of fine murdered how had offered Il
reward of two hundred dollars for fhe AR
| q !
moor man and wiilhir rjto nav h. lthouUh ne
1 eGnld, NOT afford H. ITThe aI1ount, was i'm
! mediatelV made nm bv' the crowd and hand
| Cd over fo the constable Who arrtsted rim .
4 Al haIf-nast fen O'clock tbe immense crowd
| suroed 10 the 'FRONT.' of the Court House and,
| loudly called for DrOminent citizens. who
! came forward aud nrged them not to III
envtbing rash. and to sct with iuddfiehll
| in The matter. The crowd then resolved
! themselves Tito aeftizefs' meeting by elect
! INCA President and Secretarv. em1AHelledh
| inrv oftwpIye men a pnOinted 1--WE citizens to
gnSrd fine iail. and adiourne1 TO the City
! Park for t6e trial of The nris0ner.' An fmg
! nroIIlT,tII court room stnade In the bark
| by i6cIosinSa q ,spaGeIof twenty feet In cir
! cImterenee with a.rope., 80 that the mass
! of the crowd could be kept out. The COM
| mittee appointed to g1ard the iail were ORR
dnretj ri ht.iilcp the lGaSner Direeksy
1 Tra p Fnrd and SSbastian Deitch, from thei1,
1 cells IN the narl, Witnesses we're sent for,,
LAWYERS for the, prosecution and defense
! summoned, and the trial was had as closelyl
under the form of law as circhmstaucss
would hermit. Both Deitch and Ford turned
i Stats evidence. " A fter tbe Examination of
4 witnesses' fhe counsel On each Side Reviewed.
4 ing iTbe it,rv went co,,tsideDcthes ropAIfor,
consultation. and soon, brought in a verdict.
! of,willtul murder. AGAINST CASPER Direcks,
and recommended that Deitch and Ford
| no rah,o nTind ~ .faiI f0I tythaT trial beal
1 fire Tbe iBistricti ohft.1 "a 4pronosition was,
1 tSan I,a,leI hv' the Iexeitedi crowd To hang,
4 Direclts immediatelv- bnL on the rennest Of
"a citizen resnife Was Granted iifitii siSxi
Ilo,cinTlk PlNrI ana thtnriSAnpIs lvtere taliafi
llSstl, ta6iaiT Fl Wotl5meuI were immediatelv
,snnointSJ, ammo nv, thecrowd. who commenoed,
the erection of a scaffold on the public
l souare. and the Observation-Disclosures for the it1read4
S5i 1naia u fsv B Ht4 fT1fDSyiI of the Nfath!
ndist or Trcbi ar the The reonest Of the crowd,
j ottended the nrisoners in his. cell and adj.
ministered tbe last consolations Of raiiofoIIr,5
~ fha gniIf ma 7AlthoITIl, tfe time Was
i Srinf IA ssnisTSeyi OasveTv cool blyFavsreT
taintp g his n r,ascnce of mind ard, saemed.
mnrh. sttected Inv the parting words and
admonitions of fbe cierFyman'7 JYrfFTi007
| AT SIX O'clock the Deputy Sheriff wentto
tbe cell and ifISuojtn6edf to Direcks thai he
n,,st U"U ocon,nanv lin, To The scaffnId He
made NO renIw' but7 at once followed the
SInria Ana naassed thronghT tie dansel
ctna,A anIiSreSfIv v Win IittIe' nbncerh nfilr
thst, l,,;fte his ewes ti,sed Inon the <Salows,
H. t;rmIy.mo cd the niatform aud a
nraver was oAered by tbe Hciergvmanl
TaL'in,gy1 MIA of me fatal inAbseS BireeIts
ios II tjb tbisT TSana k0l,ich5 la
90 so,,t,, s,s ,storn;tv Il derIara that T
~ o,r,lt,, N,f tha 1arcany, hnt of the mmrder
~" oS, not y He was tben asked seveeTral
t;n,es II ba knew WHO Killed the bov he i.el
SSii,5 aaoS tin,o tbat no Ala nnt Tbe Shprs
pliou O"Oh Oi,iS o''.s ~ 80 s,S,