Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-11
Hanging.

In the IntelIigencer of thh 9th ult. will be
found an account of the sentencing to be
hanged of Mr.. and Mrs. Hallenschied, for
the murder of son-in-law, In Gasconade
county. They will be executed on the 18th
inst. unless executive clemency interposes,
Which is not probable. Som of our con-
temporaries IN noticing this have fallen into
the error OF supposing that she will be the
first woman to die on the gallows In this
State. we do not know how many women
la, c been hung In Missouri, but we know
that there was one hung in this city years
ago, and as In this case her husband also
suffered the same penalty, though not II the
same time. AS a matter of curiosity, and Of
interest to Il old citizens we revive the
names of the grand and petty jurfes in each
case
Term of the circuit court, begun and held
at the house of Jesse Nave, in Lexington,
NOW Old Town on Monday, November 4th,
1888, John f. Ryland, judge. The grand
jury was composed IS follows VIM. Cooper,
foreman, A. W. Bates, Joseph "A. McWil-
lIams, Ebert Linch, Jesse Hill, John Nelson,
John C. Ferguson, James Prewitt, VIM. NJ.
Whitsett, Alex. Dunbar, Joseph Cox, Lar
kin Graham, Nathan Toms, Jas. Pearson,
George Douglass, Chas. Smith, VIM. Ander-
son, Wm. Il. ReubY, Vim. Il. Clark. Nine
teen in all, and they rendered a true bill on
the next day. Tuesday, November 5. charg-
ing one Leland Tromley, alias Leland from
berg "a Frenchman), with the murder of one
James Stephens. Peter Provant, Sarah An
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pear at the next term of the circuit court as
witnesses on the part of the state. On Mon
day, March 3, 1884, at the next term of said
court with same judge presiding, In obedl-
ence to a writ of haDeas corpus, Thomas w.
Jacobs, sheriff of Ray county, brought into
open court the said Leland Tromley alias
Leland Tromberg, and delivered him to
James Fletcher, the then sheriff of Lafayette
county.
Green s. Brown, Frederick Myers, Will
loughly Rose, Anderson Warren, John Jen-
nings, Abraham Warwick, Irwin Mooney
ham, jesse MARI, Charles Adams, Micagah
jesse Hunt and Carr b. White
were impannelled as u jury to try the case.
and on the 4th day of the term returned u
verdict of guilty, and the judge suspended
until next morning. On the 9Th
day of the term he wal sentenced to be
hanged by the neck or the 4th day of April.
1884, between the hours OF 10 and 4 O'Clock
of that day ; and the sheriff was ordered to
take the prisoner to Ray county for safe
keeping until the day Of execution. Under
this sentence he was hung in the ravIne
runs by the coal banks of Mr.. Tilton
Davis, IN this city.
At a term of the Circuit Court, begun and
held Wednesday, March 9th, 1884, at the
In Lexington. John F. Ryland
Judge and Amos Rees Circuit Attorney, the
Grand Jury was composed of Milton Par
ker as foreman, and Littleberry Estes, Jacob
Hampton, Richard Grant, WIN. b. Stovall,
John Ramsey, Reuben Pigg, James Ray,
James Hughes, WIN. Hickman, John Wal
ace, Nicholas Rowland, Frederick Wooton,
Catron, Christopher Slusher, Allen
Helms. John c. Hughes, Obadiah Bounds,
Felix Houck, VIM. Jones and Washington
who found a true bill against one
Mary Andres-alias Mary Tromberg, wife
Of Leland Tromley alias Leland Trombsrg.
She Was charged with hanging her own
:hild, a little girl about one year old, said to
nave been done while sac was IN Jail, and
lone with her garter. A. w. Doniphan
md Henderson Young were appointed by
he Court to defend her, as she was too
Door to employ counsel. She pleaded not
suiity and the following were ~empannelled as
. jury to try the case: Thomas Brooks as
brennan, Isaac Wiley. James Allison, Sam
lel Kirby, joel Walker, Joseph Hale, Acam
wm. Erwin, James G. Ennis.
Rush and Fred. Fulkerson, who found
verdict of guilty. and the judge suspended
sentence until next morning. On the next
lay the Cour sentenced her to be hung on
the Both (and the Iast) day of
April, 1884, between the hours of II and 2
''clock Of that day, and In the meantime the
iherif of Lafayette county was instructed
. take the prisoner to Ray county for safe
ieepins, until. the day of execution. She
vas accordingly hung in the same place as
Ter husband. The indictment is some what
:urious. 1t reads: ''At the instigatlon OF
he Devil, and against the peace of God and
he country" Mr.. Reese, who drew it, is
till alive, and We believe is a brother OF
Judge L. r. Reese, whose death al Leaven- |
worth, Kansas, we mentioned week before
asst.