, 1875-10-23
Contesses The Murder, but Repeatedly
Denies The Other Charges.
Mrs, Ffarr Witnes'e1 tha Hanging with
Apparent Satisfaction.
Capture Of the Champion Coun.
tericiters Of tho United
States.
Good Prospect Of Falling or in The
Supply OF Bogus Fire.Oollar
S0tes.
The Daily Record of Crime.

The Daily Record of Crime.
| HANGING AT ST. LOUIS.
! HENRY brown, A SEuno MunpEhEH.
I ootctas D7spafch n 1hr thrau1 frtbnnt.
| sG. LOUIS Oct. 22.-ifc,ry Dtowu waa ex-
ecuted here to-day Tor tho murder Of Philip
IFatr.
| nRows's FACE
Tas perpetual indictment sgniuot him. Ills
| look was 1abolfca! In tho extreme, and Africa
| neyef furnished lover tyre Of humanity. IIla
| forehead wab low and narrow hIs nose 1lAt, aud
hls lips thick and projecting. His toeth wcro
white and glistening, and ghye llim carnisoroua
| appearances. HlA an.lo was demohiucal leeT,
and hiH language cousistad Of sullau, cultural
[ monosylfab!os. Coarse b1.ehy tufts OF wool
| covered hiB mlsatnpen head md rrotuboraus.
cordliks m,tacles scanned Lin bult-1ll<a nocE Tho
! ethcais who had OCCASION to examino llis body
state tlas Ills muscular development WIS extEaor
dinary, dcnoipE giganti' nnd pEodIgious
| atrcnEth. No c1oy was ever blGcker than this
unfortunate Afrcan,-his color partakiug OF
! TINT snguas}y shiny hnd sn.sv ANo SO peculiar to
the ruro negro. Nature seemed to have stan'ied
lin Al villain from tho start. His denaih Of
| manner Of hIs asaeitsous Of lnnacenco damned
him as cutlLfons mud asuass,n. lie waa
| 1nouatroslty 10 markei mud dtsngurea by nature
AZ to be Oh: Of tho ordinary pale Of human srm-
p4thy.
was Of peculiarly atrorioua character, inyolv-
ing, as 1t did, murder. rapo, and robbery. Thu
scrne OF tue triple decd waR q email farm In
tass county, luIloh from the tv-}mitB, on
which lived well.kuown German farmer named
Philip Pfarr aud his wife. Tho placo il some.
What secluded, no one living uearar tlau quar-.
ter OF milo. According to Mrs. pfarrs stato-
nlent, negro man, slo was Bubsaquently iden-
tihed ~ Henry Brown. cana to tito houao on tho
| afternoon Of May 90, aud asi,ed for work. hir.
lfarr Informed hfm that ho llad no work to gtvo
him. The neRro continued to Iottef around tho
gate. and hrs. Pfarr was 80 suspicious Of danger
that a|.c would not permit her husband 10 roturn
to the field 10 work that afternoon. The night
Waa dat aou t2mpesn1us. About o'clock, Bne
and her husband wers awakened by tho loud
b,rkinR Of the aogy, p9asr went ouisids to see
What tGoy were baa king at, aad Mrs. rfare stood
in the doorway. She heard her husband asL
"What do you want z" au:l Immediately tboso-
after aho heard heayys sbloH Struck and saw
hor husband staggor and fall. Be4oro shc had
tImo to got out Of tile loot way tito ,eln, who
WAS none athe1 than Brown. susue1 upou her.
and, throwing her vloieutly upon tho
! hoor, EaviHled her orc sllo had limo to
rscoTer f,om tho stunning cffect Of the far
To compete l!s brutality, 10 slruck her severe
blow on tue head. mud demanded what mouey
she lad IN the 4ouae. She delivered her purso.
which coutalnod only 75 oanis. Taking ths Ae
disappeared IN the darkness. Tue unfortunate
| ToaAn was at tnat time in tho last stagea OF
pregnancy. aud her injuries wcro 80 senoaa that
a4o could only walk with groat a,iilcllts. But
sue nlaragod to get out to her HUSBAND, whom
9ho found.!ylng ut tho gate. breathing haaslv
Ae Sas sttll abo 70 move. and, wl.h lez asbsst-
upon tue floor, placing. = pillow undos
h!a head, aid covering him with 4 quit
lie Immediately became .nsensible, aud did not
spoak again. His ekul had BEEN crushed III
with heavy piece of wagon-.in'ber. winch was
touuu a. tho gato. After caring for hor husband.
alrs. pfarr gate tha alarm. ant tho neghborB
gatheref in great erowds. When she told her
WtItul story, tie excitement was iusenBe. Old
mau Pfsrr dled II midnight. By daylight tho
following morning nnlneiouB parties had beon
orRah zed aud the country Tor miIe4 aiouud WaH
secured. More than tweaty negsoss wete ar
rfarr, but she failed to roeosnlze
any OF them as tho party rho assaul,-
ed her. Tho excitod popuaoo csme HAT
lsnohing two or threo arspectod tndlvlduala. III
suite OF tha declaration Of tle outraged wonsu
that the right man had not yet been caught.
THE DETECTION
Of Brown was brought about BY one lltt1s cir
cumHtAnss III 5olrcat'n8 from tho rouua tho
n
pultce-olticef took th1s bolt and showed It to
: number of Eeo. .ae. a.nomX whoa waa coso.ed
| woman As!ng uaAc ns. wAo Instantly teooguszed
itas the property Of hof eon: 1sury H7owh Tho
and nysterlously disappeared. tbs next
day bis arrest waa made. aud Mrs. pfarr was
bso"ghs to the tail.hu.fdsng fer tue pusposa ,ot
| failed to identify at leaat twenty-five coto1ed
tneu, promptly exculpat!ng each ~ he wAs pro-
duredi but, ~ soon ~ B:own MAJ brought into
her presence. sAe exclaimed, In bFoken English.
HE WAS TIE MAN
who bad killed her husband, aud rnvlshed aud
robbed her. In repls to her repEoacilea, tho
Prisoner hung hla heAa, and voufused1y said tbst
ho did not know what the woman NAB tslkiuK
about.
Brown It frat bitterly denied al connection
With tue cs1me, aud alleged that be Was not IN
the ns'Khborhood on tue fatal u'ghs. Tbs next
day, howsves, lie cehfoBsed shss he wa, Walking
past pfarr's place on the night In question,
When PfArr came out aud ret lis dogs On HIN,
q = the s.me tlme throwing leary SICK at him.
| lso1. striking ptarr and kuocxlnr lin aunn.
Ffarr.
llo w tried Sept. l6,-the Jury, on the .a..t-
Of murder iu tls dsut deeree. it, attetnsy.
we're untlt1ng IL lhes efforts 10 savo pls neck
They appealed IL win to tho supreme Court
1ot WITH o. supeFbedeaa aud tbs Governor
tfnaly Eefuaed to Interfere. Thera was nothing
lett for tho doomed African but tho halkor aui
tue esp.
An lHTERy1Rw WITH aAowx.
1,, Your correspondent called upon Brown
Wednesday attefnoon. At hst tho doomed .uxn
Wsa s1lleo, doi.ht. aud even blas1b bsuoup. Uis
oniT Esspoasta IL questions ware such ,itupera-
tive phrs4e1 a. ITO to h-lW "O-d I-n
you !" esc, Ths a.1lval of h.s &ttorusI hox.x-
e5 aeemea to rno'stf7 hlm soue xhat lid hs N
| a"ercd tntelEogAtoslaa psupounded to him
quito respectfully. lie bltt.rIy denled tns
asssult on Mss. PtAsr, aud alleged that tas b,ov
as setuok Pfsfr SIS Ia seie-dsfspse. IL va
particularly anxious that hla bud. should aoi bo