New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27

near byNwith his throat cut, q bullet hole
in the ck Of his head, and his skull
crushed Mr.. Keech's neighbors imme
diately asl %bled and organized two pur;;
Mr.. Virgil fSNsont and the other under
command of thStheriff Of St. Johns county.
They followed the murderer nearly fifty
miles, sparing neither whip nor spur. and
finally came up with him in Volusia
county. where he was endeavoring to make
his way on foot to the St. Johns
river. The confession Of the murderer,
which has been made, invests the crime
with mysterious interest. His name
is j. Smith Newton, and he says he was
born in Buenos Ayres, Of English parents.
He says that his purpose was not robbery,
but the hope of ultimate gain. He states
that the woman known as Mrs. Ellen keech
was not the wife of Mr.. Keech. but his mis-
tress, and that the real Mrs. Keech is a res
ident of Fond du Lac. Wisconsin. Keech
deserted his real wife. took up with the
murdered woman. and fed to Florida. The
prisoner Gays he was employed by Mrs.
Keech, who is his aunt, to follow her truant
husband and murder him and his mistress.
As reward for his trouble, Newton was to
receive 2 share of the estate of Mr.. keech,
which is sai1 to be worth about $50. 900. An
attempt was made by some Of the citizens
Of Orange county to lynch Newton. and it
was the fear Of this that led him to confess
his crime.
lsxican Claims.
The umpire. Sir Edward Thornton, has
recently sent to the United States and
Mexican claims commission his decisions in
the cases of the La Paz prisoners. He
makes the following award OF $1,000 with.
out interest. payable in gold. to each of the
persons mentioned: NJ. B. Evans. 7. " w.
Rathborn, Frederick Satterly. William Wal
lace, John DOckendorff.. j. NJ. Leonard,
Augustus Manning, w. c. Pet,,john. w. H.
Hughes, John A. Cullen. Frank Cloves, A.
A. Harper, A. E. Wilde Watson. Hodge w.
Perry, A. j. Fletcher, j. w. Hawkins. j, b.
Smith, A. w. Browning.
Also the following awards: J. Bogy. $500.
without interest; A. Brown, $500. without
interest; John Craig, $4,000, without interest:
Francis McCready. $42. with interest. and
$1,000, without interest; F. Wray, $50, with
interest, and $4,000, without interest; Luther
Carter, $sl. with interest. and $4,000 with.
out interest; Peter Paul, $52 with and $4,000
without interest; Samuel Morey, So and
$4,000 without interest: John Sampson. $50
with and $4,000 without interest; Hermann
p. Wolf. $40 with and $4,000 without in
terest: George Brown, So with and $4,000
without interest; r. NJ. Couch, 500 with and
$4,000 without interest; Peter Wilson. $39
Win AnO 82UUU WltnOuS interest; BENJAMIN
Ripley. $l4l5 with and $4,000 without inter.
est; NJ. l. King, $4,000 with and $1,000 with
out interest; Robert q. Baldwin, $500 with
out interest; James Ballentine, $500 with
and $1,000 without interest: D. II. Whit
field, $I7O with and $4,000 without interest;
J. Turpin, $50 with and $4,000 without in.
terest: John Adams, $50 with and $4,000
without interest; Charles Leaven, $l2 with
and $1,000 without interest; Samuel Wei
don, $50 with and $4,000 without interest;
Louis Dusenberg. $239 with and $4,000 with
out interest.
The umpire dismisses the following:
jabez NJ Upton, S. B. Pingrey, William
Douglass, d. r. Colby, 5. B. Wilcox, Henry
Lock. w. Davis, N. S. Young, John Mich. |
Dis: Absalom Cryers, William Roberts, G..
W. Hopkins, E. F. Myers, Lewis Scorce,
Martin Hart. w. Chamberlin, Walter Smith. |
W. F. Mills. j. H. Kellar, Charles Nodine,
sanford Crooks. Charles Brown. John |
Baker. E. s. Smith. l.. b Dresser, William |
rafferty,, NJ. Barnes, K. Blair, NJ. Terrill, |
John Walden, William Callahan, ). P.
Ierxes, A. S. st. John, D. +. Zea, George |
White. William Snyder. Hester MacArtor,
J. II. Painter. X. j. Black,
1. Carter. John Anderson, William SERVE.
er. John B. Jones. A. H. WHITTIER, j. NJ.
sumah. w. NJ. Jordan. A. NJ. Spencer, j.
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