Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-28
THE GALLO VS.,
EXECUTION OF HENRY YOUNG.
He Expfates His Fearful Crime.
His Dy ing Statement about the Mur
aer Of Hahn, the Drover,
Last How ~.,a.ao., Man

His d., ing Statement about the Mur-
DER Of Hahn, the Drover,
Of the Condemned Man.
Shortly after noon day Henry Young, alias
Williams, was hanged in the yard of the jail OF
The District of Columbia, sentence Of death
having been passed upon him after his trial and
conviction for the murder of Frank Hahn, the
Virginia drOver, on the ArmOry lot in this city
few months ago.
The Crime.
Our community had scarcely recovered from
the shock occasioned by the horrible murder of
the Polish pedler, Rogerski, by Tom Wright, in
December last, when about three months later,
ON the morning OF Saturday, March -, Ii was
again thrilled with horror BY the announcement
that sui another murder, equally atrocious, had
been committed in ArmOry square, the victim
being a Virginia cattle drover named Frank
Hahn, who with his family, consisting Of wife
and two children, resided at Woodstock, Snen-
andosh county, in the State named. The crime
was somewhat similar in character to that of
the killing of Rogerski, since the rified pockets
OF the unfortunate man plainly sttested the fact
that he had been brutaIly murdered for his
money.
DISCOVERY OF THE VICTIM.
Soon after midnight on the night of the 10Th
of March last, several young colOred men who
had b en- attending lodge meeting, we're pass
ing down 9Th street west on their return to their
respective MONIES. lney Nau CROSSED tue site OI
the old canal and had proceeded about one
third of the way from t1at point TO south Il
street, when their attention was attracted by
what they at once recognized as the gfosns OF a
human being in distress. The grOans seemed to
proceed from a hedge few yards southwest of
the switch tenders box of the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad depot. After a brief consul
tation the party concluded that it would be ad-
viable, before investigating, to find police
officer and inform him f their suspicious. They
theIeupOn turned back towards the avenue.
off H. laid Oh Hr,, ~
Harvey & Holden, entered the square on hi
way home, and on passing the depot ind
above also heard groaDs. He drove on, how
ever, until he reached the corner of 9th street
and Maryland avenue, when he blew a whistle
for an officer. Soon after William Mullen, a
hackman, came up and stated that he also had
then proposed that they call an Off GER, and they
at once went to Pennsylvania avenue, where
they found Officer Harding, of the police force.
In company with this officer. Messrs Holden
and Mullen repaired to the spot whence the
sounds had proceeded. They fouad near the
hedge young man
COVERED WITH BLOOD,
his face and head being terribly mangled. They
Immediately started to convey the unfortunate
man to the Central Gusrdhouse, but on the
way lat about 100 a. M he breathed his last.
DIR. Hartigan, the deputy coroner, arrived at
the station about 2 O'clock, and found four
wounds about the head, the skull being frac-
tnred and the brains oozipg from the wounds.
The police at once set about searching for clues
which would lead to the name o. the deceased
and the detection and arrest of the perpetratOr
OF the guilty party or parties. Officer Harding
returned to the place where the man was dis.
covered and found there black SLOUGH hat, a
railroad ticket, a boot strap and several lar ge
stones with blood upon the IN; and another parry
found sung shot consisting of a chunk of lead
sewed in a piece of leather, apparently from the
lining of a boot leg. After daylight the search
about the place was continued, and some frag-
ments OF paper were found, among Others a
receipted bill of Frankenstein 81 Sons, cattle
ard
some papers, ritied pocket book and a time or
memorandum book we're found near the north
east corner of the Smithsonian grounds.
The next morning the Central Guardhouse
was surrounded by large crowd, and Mr.. Hen
kle, who had had business relations with the
dect ased, identified the body as thai of Frank
Hahn, cattle drover, residing as above stated,
near woodstock, Va. and who had left Wash
ington on Friday morning (the previous day
intending TO return home at night.
The Search for the Murderer.
Between and O'Clock, Detective McDevitt
was informed of the murder, and at once no
titled Chief Clarvoe. Major Richards directed
that the whole force should give their special
attention to the case, and that no efforts should
be spared TO discover and apprehend the guilty
party. Mr. McDevitt Immediately proceeded
10 Baltimore, and calling on Messrs. Franken-
stein & Sons ascertalned that they had pur-
chased a lot of sheep from the deceased for
which they gave him check for 1921 II. De-
tectives Coomes and Miller were IN the mean
WHlt III DOulu w dSDlDSIOn
LOOKING OVER" SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS
and soon had six OF eight notorious lawbreakers
arrested, among them being Sam Rainey, who
In May last, killed Mr.. John A Tucker on b
street, for which crime he is now serving out au
eight years term of imprisonment in the AL
bany penitentiary. Mary O'Dell, the former
mistress of the notorious Jim Burnett, who was
shot and killed by Officer Auldridge about a
year ago while resisting arrest, was taken in
custody by MIR. Coomes, as were several others
The parties were closely questioned by the Of
hnf Of first noesIN 10 -.
tain anything from them which would lead to
the discovery of the real party or parties.
In the meantime, at the request of the police
authorities, the coroner had ad journed the Jury
OF inquest to Monday, and the body was taken
in charge by Mr.. Buchly, undertaken, who en-
balmt d 1t, and 1T was sent the following week
to his former residence of the deceased, near
Woodstock. in charge of his father, who had
been summoned by telegraph.
AN IMPORTANT CLEw.
On Saturday night Mr.. Carlow, who keeps
the tavern at the Virginia end of the Long
bridge, having heard of the murder; sent his
son to the Central guard house with the infor-
nation that cOlored man had called at his
place on the previous night got drink AMI
showed him a check Tor over $500. This was a
valuable piece of information indicating as il
did the direction taken by the murderer. On
the succeeding Sunday, Major Richards called
Mr. McDevitt and instructed him to watch
Mary O'Dell closely, as she probably knew more
than she cared to tell. Among other questions
MIR. McDevitt asked her where she hailed from
and received the answer alexandria" He
next asked "who among the roughs of Alexan-
dria were in the habit of conf ng to Washing
ton?' She answered by giving the names Of
tour colored men, among them Charles Will
liams, whose right name, by which he was
known in Alexandria, was Henry Young and
who was at one time convicted of the robbery
of a cOuntryman at market, and sentenced to
six months in jail. He then asked her to de-
scribe the parties she had named and she did So
he making careful notes of such descriptions,
and that given of
YOUNG ALIAS CIVILIANS"
was found to agree with that given by Mr.
Carrow of the party who had exhibited the
check.
On Sunday afternoon with Detective Miller,
Mr.. McDevitt went to the jail and there found
that the descriptions given by Mr.. Carrow and
the wsman O'Dell correspondent with the de-
scriptiOn of Williams as received at the Jail. In
the evening a consultation was held BY Major
Richards with the detective corps. The same
night Chief Clarvoe with Messrs. McDeyitt and
Miller started in a hack (the boats and cars
having ceased running) for Alexandria, reach
ing that city sometime after midnight.
The Arrest, Trial and Conviction.
They at once had a consultation with Captain
James Webster, of the Alexandria police force,
and informing him of their object, he sum
moned Officers Henry A. Crump and Gilbert