Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-05-18
REMARKABLE EXHIBITION
OF STOICISM.
YANKTON, ID. T., Nav l

| James JamlSOn, QttUS McBulh, wa
hung by mob at Helena, Cedar COun
| ty Nebraska, nine miles east of here or
the south side of the river, about
O'Clock last Thursday. He was arrest
ed near Omaha last week for the muir
der of Henry Locke, a German wood
cutter living in Cedar County, in Octo
Der last, and was brought to Helena fol
trial, arriving there yesterday
There seems torhaye been no doubts a.
to his identity enOr of his guilt, anf
knowing of his expected arrival at Hell
ena yesterday, quite large crowd e
few from This side COf the river) wa
there to meet him. He confessed to the
murder, which was cold bloOded one
and three other murders, of which he i:
accused, he having escaped from jai
here on similar charge day or two
before the murder, in Nebraska wa:
committed. = t5&yti l0oft ,
He objected to being hung because
he was unprepared to die, but not be.
cause of his innocence. He was once
strung up, but the rope broke and it is
stated that he cOOlly smoked his pipt
while they were getting the rope ready
again. ...,
The whole affair, however reprehen
|sible, seems to have been conducted
with equal GOODNESS and deliberatiOn on
both sides. The plea being that he
was deep dyed and slippery scoun'
drel, and the only safety was in hang.
ing him as no o. dinary Jail would hold
him. The murder with which he was
charged when in Jail here was the kill
ing of a comrade near fort Randall, as
he was coming down the river in a
Mackinaw boat. He denied it yester-
day, but afterwards said thata CON-
panion first shot the victim and he af.
forwards cut his throat. > = =
Fuller Particulars.
An eyewitness gives the following
additional particulars relative to the
hanging of the murderer, Jameson, at
st. Helena, Nebraska, yesterday:
He began by confessing to the murder
of John Daffrey, at Fort Buford, but
claimed that his cOInrade, Swisder, shot
him. He denied the murder of, Locke
until about 2 o'clock, by which time
the -rowd had increased 10 nearly 200.
A vote had been taken and he had
been informed that he would be hung.
He then confessed the murder of Locke
and on being tax. n to the porch said
J"FellOw Citizens; / have come to
make a free and open confession of the
crime | have committed. know that
1 will have to be hung, and l only ask
to be hung like man. have receiv-
ed good deal of abuse fora murder
committed at Fort Buford, the princi-
pal part of which wassdOne by the man
hlnSef who testified against me. /
killed this man Locke down here. l
had q quarrel with him the day before
but that. wasnO excuse; 1 had time to
reflect. but Killed him. We were go
ing through the timber together and L
had some angry words, when / caught
his axahd struck him twice, killing
him Immediately"
The murderer's real name was John
McBuhL He was thirty years old ;
bOrnEin New York; went to Kentucky;
served in the United States Army, and
came to Dakota in the 22nd Infantry.
He hasa sister in Bowling Green. He
made a will just before the execution,
bequeathing her house and 4 acres of
land there. Saturday night after cross
ing the river here he >toOksza dose of
strichnine given him at Sioux City.
The doSe was too heavy and he recov-
cred though sick yesterday from Its ef-
fects. 3