Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-03-21
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ANOAflLLE. 1ii., Mafcn l4!--Ihe CORES
sion Of Osborne, hanged here to-day, for tht
murder Of Mrs. Matthews, reveals one OF the
most horrible crimes ever pcrpetrated. He
says he was hired to murder her by q mar
who was to give him $4,000. the object being
to get rid Of her as witness in an importan
lawsuit. He went to lter house; found he i
alone; she asked him to eat and prepared
food for him. While going down mi the eel
lar for butter, he followed her; knocked her
down, crushed her skull with a. brick; then
went UP stairs anu rifed the drawers with a
view to create tile impres sion that the MUIR
der was committed for plumber. lie then
returned 10 the cellar and found his victim
not yet dead. She turned her eyes up to
him. lie asked her il she knew who he was.
She replied in the affirmative and said,
20 why::do you do this.'' The horrible IS.
sassin then took knife and cnt her throat
She did not move or struggle. He solemnly
declares he did not outrage her person. The
conduct OF the wretch since his conviction
has been in the main, coaise and brutal. On
the way from G:,lisburg. where he has been
CT nfiHcd. to Knoxville, where he was hanged
lie cngasedin rihald jcsts and vulgar tales
He mounted the scaffold with firm and
fearless freud, smile upon his features, and
stood unmoved while h arms were pini,a-
ed and the fatal moose adjusted. When tht
drop fell \ i,or, lbie seen. was witnessed; hi.
neck was not broken slowly and with terri
bic co ltortions he struggled to death. Be
tween five and six tlDksa,.d reppte w.r..
gathered outside If the iai ward. but o,,l,
the lumber allowed By law miti,esse,l t.t
execution.
CHICAGO, March Ii.
Pa john W. Osborne, the murderer OF Mrs
Adelia Matthews, near Yates CITY, Illinois
in August last, was hanged in the jail-yaf,
at Knoxville, Illinois, at one O'Clock to-day
Previous to his execution he made a f.,l
confession Of the killing but declared that Ii.
did not ravish his victim. lie said that h,
was hired to kill her. No one believed hi.
story except that portion admitting the
murder, He exhibited remarkable GOODNESS
on the scaAold. The fall did not break hi:
neck, and, he died IRON strangulation. hi:
contortions being terrible. The execution
was witnessed by five or six thousand people
wl0 gathered around the Jail at an cary
hour, The.e were no attempts at violence
as had been expected, which fact doubtless
is partly due to- the presence of d large
srmed guard. ssgf 81 II5fgs
George Driver, who Killed his wife on the
morning Of the 30th OF last November, by
shooting her With pistol borrowed from
his son, was executed in The jail-yarf Mere
at 2:2i O'Clock this p. nj. His last night was
spent mainly IN prayer, the attending physi
clan being Of Presbyterian faith. This morn
ing the Jesuit Fathers visited him LIT he
declined to follow their advice. He said he
was once Catholic because his wife aud
children were, but that he had renotnced
his faith since his conviction aud would die
Presbyterian. About noon he expressed a
desire to converse with Rafferty,, another
murderer who u confined ia Jail under sen.
tence Of death. and who has been granted j
snpcrsedfag ..ise Driver spoke With him
long and ana earnestly, advising him q
max. his peace with heaven. Rafferty,
laughed at him. The children of iii;
doomed man acted eliifglyl throughout
talking and laughing with the crowd. Short.
" after ? o'clock Pr m, Driver was taken
from bis cell where he was praying, and
brought to the scaffold, which he mounted
firmly and without hesitation. When asked
if he had anything to say ne addressed the
crowd stating that whisky had brought him
to the ga1luws. He advised ar to shun it ii
poison, tlsat IT injured body and mind. Ths
drop fell at IA p. M, and In eleven minutes
he was dead. gsfgfI
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Elsetien 81 Directors % ihe Uaion Pacife
IS 8. ~aCsnpeay. zs
BosroS, Marci. s. at the annual meeting
of the o. sP. Il. n. Company Chairman CLARK
read letter from james Brooks, saying tina,
he had sold his stock e disqualify himself
for re.elecfion a. director, beeapse be womb
" mensbsr of inc ref Edngfesa. YIs<
following eenfl enben Mefe elected dlreeta1zs
Horace +. sClark or WV York. John
Duff, Of Boston; Aassktos iSchelI, New York;
Cakes Anes, Easton;. oliver Ames, Easton;
sidney Dillon, Goailcil Bluffs; C. s. Bushnell.
New York, Elisha Atkins, Boston; RoyaIlE q.
Robbins, Vatican; r. Gordon Dexter, Bos-
ton; Joseph Richardson, New ork, George
s. Bowdsin, New York; Frederick Mickersen.
Boston; and o. S. Chapman, Canton, Mas
sat1luselts-