, 1875-03-25
A Detailed History of the Deliberate
and Brutal Transaction.
Il Young Lawyer of ElGin Held
OH q Charge Of Embez.
z1clncnt.
Professional Gamblers Take Him in
Hand and Lead Him to Ruin.
Additional Facts Regarding Tie East
Boston Murder Mystery.
Minor Criminal Items.
HANGED.

u'A oA4Aan"' A'0uS'
| HANGED.
,osErn BROWN, Or roTTsysLLE, "a.
| Spse1ai Dfspateh to 7ht chtaao Tribune.
ForfsV1ttE. TO-, Aarch 24.--Ihis city, tho
loptai OF scaay'1ttl county, Which has been
rendered. notorious Tor lnwlcss acts. has been
tue econo to-dny OF much excitement conse-
quent upon tue execution OF Joseph DFoFn.
Not"lthstano'ng tho faet That nnmasoua brutal
assasainat'ons havo occurred within the county
dnfahg recent years. there has boon no hnnHing
| Blnco 1837t-JRmes D. Riggs, colorcd nan,
suffering tho penalty of tile lav in Aucust of
| tia. rcar for m,,r7or,pv f,,,nrIo. au,',lor {.
nosa ' ~ ~ sos a,''ss ,. en".,ea 1I oanael. .
,'sna ao.,,... ~. o. .ass ese''"s hian.eio
to tho execution tho streets wcro crowd
! cd with poop1o. Notwithstanding thu torrfh,e
f,rv of tio ono,v.vtor,,, r, M, .ra,,nd ". ,a1
mi sh.r;c'. ar,oa ,,,o aa,na n.aaa.o, ,ue ~.
anu snes'' oluco TUG acono PEeaentea ooeghr5
description. Hundreds OF porsops applied for
permits to Witness tho ovont Of tho day, but
uone oro }asuetl outside nf fcw tn ranortcra md
auc1, off,c,a,a M oro rao,,1ro rs law ~ n ,r,s
o.s. 30 ~ ~ 4""' ~ ~ n"n'
uses po1ofo IL O'CLOCK brown "aH
nnouoifr rRoN n1s ogtI,
| Bpritual advisors. tho Heys. Htein md Kline
fassed into tho 1A;!-yord, wl,cro tho seafrold 1na
crocted. Thnn followed the reportors nnu
| oilers neaehipg tho scafyold. Brown mounted
| steadily, and awaited tho approach Of his
ministers, who soon afterwards came uuon tho
platform, ranging themselves at tho east s,de OF
tho condomuol. Sheriff Worue, stood lust be-
hind Brown. The 1soys. sscin aud Kline offered
| prayers, Brown repeating tlo wortls with them.
lin, ns ,i,o ,,ana a.s , U.S. ts"u a1aa'"s
p'eas Fon." Iho sAers1 adjusted wl'fto cap
] upon the prisoners forehead, quickly asccndoi
n,IowN w.s sw11nn IsTo 1~rrpx,rv
at ten minutes bciore IL, tho boly remaining sns.
pended about fifteen mtnutos, /, twitci,t,g Of
tho arms aud logs being uotiooablo. About two
muutca altar Il thn rnmnina wo1n .aEo,, .,o,.n
aud placed IL eot!iu. 4 poss norton ~ vas Soon
nftefwnrl hnid In ~, fu,thrnso ~ ts,n iii .e,
r. WA nscortnnn1 tat nrosS Sah ha"n "o
He viii BE- b1rind in lin f.ii.vori In no",,f ~
tho region wI,ose 10 formerly rosi,e rcf,,si,'v to
aIlow tho buriaj in thnt ncction' 1a''e W
There 10 a vc,l.authe nticnteti ronort thet prown
wss M illogtimate ion ii pat IIestsr, tie noto.
Immrdiatojy nftor thn cxGn,,tios, Tim 4,a ,,oo..
xcro thrown opon. and hnn,1rods - ~" norso,,a
,iewol tho Callows, ~ f'A"0A"
The tragedy wss committed on Sunday night,
Fob. 25, 1872. apd tho victims wera Daniel IL.
Kramer, farmer OF reputed wealth, aud about
ros;,od L., ~, ;aa,...,,ss.n..' ~. soaP'a
4,Aoeu :" ~ saoatoa 'ocaaty. tho's nun'ple man
sion being 5oo OF ao0 yasda distant from the roHt-
donco Of t1,e nearest noigllbor. Mr. Kramor war
4 frugal farmer. md hv industrz md I'm ,,ro,.
tfco nr r,o,,l oc,rn,n, ,,, f,,,o.x =. , s
.,~,,.t., s"t,sN1y;, "Ao Ano"n " ua'o @eco-
mu'aEa -, . coiisl1efaolo amount OF money.
Bhostly before his death Mr.. Kramer had faou
hoif IN ANN