, 1870-12-29

he prospect Tor large accession OF prof.
liable business in milling and smelling ia the
spring IL very encouraging aud with these
the prosperity of the 1uiuerl ID Intimately con-
rected- ". H., N.
. TIE lAPINE MURDERERs.
ConcIN<ton or the Trlai and Verdict
Of t;Ni1sy-Jan. Fl. 1871, The nay
Set tor shc Execution OF tnc Sem
tcnce.
iis.n thf Washington c,tta:s tnv JOURNAL Dec ~.
On the Light o. Saturday, tho 19kh Of No.
yenler, 1870, Chtr!es Joll7 and john Arm-
strong. two creelss lot French Indi,n d.
seeIt), h1slns STEPPED tleir cowa1aly Instincts
in the fumes or slcchou, drinks, visited the
CABIN Of David La:,inr, = hsrutcss and !aot-
ftnsiye cid MAD. OF aimi:a- crigin with then
selves. a:d pyoceecel deliberately to ena.t .
fve:fo'a murder, the details CT which seem
lessls murder him in the eo'dcat OF cold tlool,
snd then, deliberately, one by one, t1esp,tch
the family under his care-hls wife, Il. ehila,
AID his sistc..fn-law, Mary Christopher, and
hcr child. To aid il tie accomplishment
Of their fendi.h deed, Armstrong had, zs
they left Poso'i, stolen an axe from the
owei!irg Of Eoor Old Eecro wonaa, and car
ried It With him to the fatal spot, / nilo and
half di:tInt. AL the circums tances Of this
most atre cinug Of crimes are Euch Is to reudsf
even tamo ard izsuhicient the legal ta1n,=,
''deEhet:tel?, p1s-cditatedly, feloniouslv and
the tragedy hy dAsting out the brains Of tho
terrified, wa:lins little c1es (nlth1ugh nat 80
snail AZ to preclude the possibility OF some
appreciation Of the fearful thrce-fcld murder
which lad already roaeed them Of parental
Iroteetion) the. fends proceeded to fire ths
cab:n. in tie vain hepe tnat With it's shoulder
!rE rims would be o5lite.ated tho lat t1.ca OF
she,1 lloody crime. Thon :'.er zemAinsd in
tie ne'ehborhpod until the 5:lio wing Monday
motnirg kaving. rlesutime, not ou1y admitted,
hut actually heralded and bcsstod OF their
crime, and then fed in the direction OF Rash
Tower, Jefferson County, with the purpose. no
douos, OF escaping aeSoss tho Mississippi
river. And get, Eotwittl standing tho ccieritv
OF their movements, aud especially tho fact
that nothing vas known'of the munlcr in out
community until several hours after they ha<;
sskcr :heis tiisht, on Nacday the messongor
hrou:ht back captlses, to await \ legal inrea-
tisk.ion OF the chsEges sgainst them.
No wonder that this foaf, ruthless murder
s.eu!d hhrc in1ugura:ca reign OF Intense
cxri;emept. ench a. te aeldorn Witnessed in
quiet, orderly, 1av-sbidisg community, aud
precursor Of events which, To think, 10 bet
tel EoW loft unreiterated.
On Thursday last, jos. ]. Brady, Esl,, OF
Pennington, having being :ssiyaei by the
ccu1t ~ counsel for tho prisoher4-the two
were arssigned, eeyeraflv, upon tho inlict-
Tent returned Into court, each entering a
sue, tteit appearance On that occas on wAa
unmarked b any considerable thow OF emo-
tjot, excerpt ,lat shown By the har5-fa.sd
Armstrong. Who, in reply to the question
whist ser r9u-gui'ty oe nat suilty:" re-
pied: Nc: " nst guilty; l wasn't by
remsneed 10 tho Jail.
A. r!lc1tlon for change Of yonuo WAS mAde
by lls plisere1s through their coauscl. Iu
the support OF the motion the strongest atE-
dzyts possible 10 the case that had bseu flied,
sEsi theso were backed BY tue testinoay OF
two or three such witnesses ~ were doomed
most available from among tho relasivss of
the defendants, but these were held by tho
court ~ nos furuiabinS sufficient grounds for
the II u'ov1l Of tho cause, aud the motion was
ove;:ni.d. To hi. ruling Of tbs court de-
Mcne ~ o:eesed Tho empanelling Of spccial
Jury for tie case, eud tho rem Ainder Of 1hc
Iar ~Rs thus nc:u:icd, eight iurora oaly be-
sKG accepted in ths: time.
On Tuesday morning this occupation was
resumed. SAG n.'lc hour OF ndjou.Im--: It
night ttirty-teyeu had tcca tc:ectcd-tut
three ktor, OF the ruti number reuuirod.
Yesterday morning tic challenges provided
for by law wtrc Eas5e, ard tho State and de-
; fersc announced themselves ready for the
t,inI.
The following iz:the panel Of jurors &C.
lec'cd:
wi,li.m II. Evars, foreman; D. ". Profit,
Samuel plil2ot. Y. S. Dscus, 4. Il. Di:kay,
Lsvi Hope. james r. D yunt, Robert p, Mar.
lin. Jor a. Nilfen. PARIS Wood, Ju=c2A i. P.u-
str, JOHN " fisrrttt
Al about 10 o'clock tho State operel the
case through George D. Reyaosts, Esq., CIR
eui: Attorney, eseie!ed BY W9,. s. Rei,e. Esq.
At the foNF OF adjournment FOR supper tie
state hsd presented tss Gaze, Mr. Brady hAv-
irG &c pcss,lje material At hts command for
tie dcs, rre. AID s2tl.ius al lis eEo,gies aud
iEs, unity in On unsir;ng e3ort 10 di:crodit
St:;o Witnesses. IDncdiI:t!y after enp7er
the cotlrt reGumed iss sitti:e, ald three hours
! |elc CO. tHr.cs! iii tho afcuNtnts OF counsel.
tlr. Re1fe aedtcssed the jury in IN opening
arsrlnsrt. sGruz1h!e for lis fcrce aud clear
Ees=. and t1nbot!ine the theory presented by
| sl:e State il i:a Igose1utiou- Us vas followed
by :1E. Brady. ot Hhcse &C II. II neca oalr be
s:lc that II Nss En.t ingenious argument,
t1naratsos everything that could Is drawn
from tiE1d exa-iuatioa OF tho S:1to's VIII
Estscs. in hofe to cast ahidaw of doubt
over the theory of / is ciierts' enilt. Mr,
1sr.a5'e m.noer was fo1eisla aud impressive.
/ IEe closing argument OF I'LL. Eetpo1cs, Sia!es i
Attorney, occupied over IN hour. aud was &
| z.2ttrf!r effort. Fran coalmepcament to
elcse it var .isteced to with tbs elosess a:t6n-
tion; Willie the ure,rag cest.inty With which
each conclusion added to tho cumulative
weight Of esiteEce Of the guilt o: tue prison
eif, had very marked c1ecs upon their de-
me1ror. Tke argument was entirely free
ttoIa any attempt TO excite passion OF ple1u-
clre IN fl.a minds OF tbs Jury. 1t WAS closed
at about ha!f.p1st ten o'clock At right and the
jury retired with the written Instructions Of
rs to leave No room for doubt in tho m!uus Of
AL who hAd Witnessed the progress Of the
esse. as to what won1i to the verlict.
After au abscIcc Ct Atout ten minutes the
jury returned with 4 verdict Of guilty.
All omihous, almost painful silence rcrvaded
tie .cou1t room. rs tho Court received aud
lead the veE1icr, upon tho terms Of which
Eu:G tie lives us two prisoners. Then, at
tho request Of the tefcrl.nts' counsel, the
Jury vac pc!l2d, and each member, as his
pane Eas cail.a from tho ro:l. answered shat
tbs vertict wah liz verdict. The p1lsare.s
were n cla7Sed t. Jail and court sd1oarn.d-
At o'clock Today the pcieoners wore
hscEsLf l1to court to receiye eeu.ence,
Their Counsel, slr. B-ad7, par.uel every
shadow OF q. LEGAL remedy Hih degree OF
Ceuss ecnia rot, however, lind aay Sufficient
grounds upon which to grant eitilar the mo-
ricr fer Few trial CT that in arre:: OF Iu3g-
mc1t. These efEcrts we,o followed by fling i
llll Of eSceL:ion-, aud This teing held to hs
uo legal barrier to that step. the Court then
rEotc o1ed 10 pass scn.elco OF dtash upou Tie
criminals.
Charles jolly reeeivcd his sentence with ou-
t:le sttcis:u-taaking no reply to the 1euaxud
If Ae Eaa a1y ythinE to say wig the ant anca Of
death should rot be passed upon him. 1
ccatll-slercs reieued il the court room dur
ing tic lrooourccmeut CT tbs fearful seq
9erce. tempered as it was Ni:h earuezt SOL
emulation inst be shoa!d seek preparation
tc meet lis Maker; snd the solemn closing
Invocation " Nav God Lave narey on your
sou!!" seemed more to ioete=s every one,
clse IN the room than it did him In Tho. q
hk l31lf it EAa uttered.
1cha Armstrong was then called up. Ee-
fere the frs: seGtaCce had fa!.tn from the
;its Of tie Judge. be anticipated the question
in two OF three b.oken s.oteuceR, deayiuR his
rrilt. CT even his pre.ecca 1t L.pine's elhin
On tho night Of the murders. His agitation
ccnti.rec d1rirg the 1ena1ks 0. the J1dso il
passing etnterce.
Fsiday. Ja.ua,r -. 1871, is the dar dxed
to- the two executions. II was ordered shat
they take lsce between the houya OF O'Clock
a m. su4 o'clock p. m, and in Washington
County The prisoners were raraaude1 to
| jail, hut, ovisG tc the fact tbs: our County
Jail hs. tcec condemned = an uz{i. ana in
human place for the detention OF pr:aonett.
! Sheriff Clarke delivered them over to Captain
| efE:au's command this eveains, and they
| were taken TO st. Louis TO AwAit the dA7 Of
| ihtiS execution here next N onth-
T1oueAsT Depending on n 1zair-Norel
TTAr for n letfer-Ca rr1cKa
| Frs1a sae Baltimore Gdctfk<, DIX. II
| Ii the Cnited States District Court yester-
/ cay, g1,s1 wxs nau ueIore = jury Of L1dEig
Moesr, formerly lett.r-c4uiertn the Baltimore
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