The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-04
A Memorable Scene at Fort
Smith Yesterday.
Terrible Tragedies in the IN
dian Country.
One Of the Murderers Convicted by
His Own Confession.

A"leu aiterward whle attempting to escape, and the
/ sentence OF the other was commuted to i'm.
I prisonment for life. Tho names Of the MON
! who hung were James H. Moore
white; Daniel II. Evans white: Samuel W Fooy quar-
ter Cherokee; Smoker Mar. Killer full blood Cherokee:
Edmund Campbell, coorcd, and John Wilmington
white The gallows erected inside the walls of tho
old fort The platform feet by fifteen feet
and ten feet six inches above the ground All the s1
persons launched into eternity at tho same time
Marshal Pagan and his deputies superintendent tha
execution The gallows was erected close up to and
in iron of old pcntagon shaped building Just over
the trap a strong rope beam framed posts and
firmly braced. The six placed in line stand.
ing side by side.
MURDERS.
Whtngton's crime brutal and cowardIy as
his conntcnance was savage and bloodthirsty On
Sunday, February T. 1875, while returning from
across Red River with neighbor named
Johp J. Turner. he suddenly struck him a ter
rife blow with heavy club, knocking him
scnscless from his horse. Rapidly dismountpg tho
murderer made of his work by cutting his victims
throat from and gashng up other parts OF his
body in CHASTITY manner. He then r.ned tho dead
man pocket of s105, and while proceeding to hide tho
body in the brush Turner's young son. eighteen years
OF age, suddenly came upon tho scene like apart
tion. Wilmington fled terror stricken with the avene
ing in pursuit. The boys horse, after a chase Of
FOUR miles, gave OUT but he had raised the alarm and
Wilmington captured shortly after he had recrossod
the river He brought this city and after being
confined in Jail four months was tried and found guilty
and condemned to death.
DANIEL EVANS,
who was next sentenced was a youth scarcely twenty
one years of age light haired, slightly but we'll built,
and with the air of Desperate II was in evidenct
that Evans young he was had been a highwaymar
for three years. He Of the Murrel type rohbina
travellers, and then numbering them, upon the prn-
cple that "dcad men tell no tales J." The particular
crime for which he suffered was the murder Of young
man named William r. scabo with whom he was
travelling from Denson, Texas The two to-
gether four miles from Eufala. Cherokee Nation, tha
3oth of last November A week thereafter the body
of Seabolt found and identified by
patch which he his left eye, and
by memorandum book found on his person. contain
ing his and those of his family. After the dis
covery of the crime the murderer had the audacy to
return to the settlement riding the horse and wearing
the hat boots and spurs Of his victim II these
circumstances that convicted him. Throughout his
trial he preserved careless dcmeanor and laughed in
sentence. Evans mother lives in Boslue county,
Texas, and her family are said to be quite respectable
The crime for which
was executed ofa peculiarly atrocious character,
and, though he but twenty years Of age, showed
him to BIO murderer Of the most brutal type Camp
bell n ful-blooded negro, and native of thu
Choctaw Nation. His father had been engaged in soma
action in which Campbell claimed Ross had injured him.
For this reason considerable enmity has grown up bo
February last Edward Campbell, together with
his brother Sam, fourteen years of age
the house of Ross and murdered him in his
bed and then outraged and killed young girl who
living at the Ross house. Both Butler aud Campbell
were found guilty of murder; but last July the former
in attempting TO escape shot dead Campbell re-
ceved his sentence without manfesting any emotion.
JAMES MOORE
professional horse thief highwayman and muir
derer He was twenty eight years old, over six feet
high of powerful build keen and desperate. He a
native of johnson county, Mo-, and belonged TO
sIceetable family About year ago Moore,
with confederate named Hunton, went
down into Washington county, Arkansas and
stole four horses from Charles Cox, farmer
Cox collected crowd of his ncghbors and pursued the
thieves through the Indian Territory The fugiiives
were overtaken little creek Red River and
desperate fight cnsucd John Spney instantly Killed
and Captain Irwin seriously hurt but the thieves
secured and lodged in Jail Subsequently Hunton
capped but pursued the Indian Territory and
killed After long and tedious trial Moore was found
guilty Of the murder of Spncy and condemned to death.
taking his two children with her TO the Jail His
mother sevent years old, also visited him and
tried to comfort HIM in his last moments. Moore was
thoroughly abandoned character. IL Is said that he
killed five men during his wild Undoubtedly
the punishment was well deserved.
OF the six cutthroats who swung into eternity
TO day
SMOKER MAx-KILLER
doubtless the most calculating and boodthirsy.
Though youth in age he old man in lie
nineteen years old, but had wife and child He
full bloodcd Cherokee Indian. with dull sleepy,
cSpressonless eyes low reclining forehead thick black
hair, heavy featured swarhy, peck and bearing
look of intense mcanncss Occasionally his eyes shot
diaboca glance the Judge but after flashing vengeance
for moment would relapse into their blank, lustre
n number of others. He thought of killing
than stag and delighted to laugh and joke
his bloody, mcrcless feats He not brave but
scntially coward, always killing by assassination and
mutating his victims. On the LIST Of September, 1874
William Short was ont hunting, and while foowings
country road met by Smoker, who requested the
privilege of looking at the gun As he had taken
the gun IN his hand he stepped back three PAGES and
suddenly bringing IL to his shoulder shot down Short in
his tracks Some neighbors happened TO come up at he
time and witnessed the cruel cowardly decd but
powcrlcss prevent it, though their evidence convicted
smoker
the Judges address and sentence were translated for
him.
This the most curious OF all those who died
fcons death at Fort Smith today. In January,
1872, John Emmett Naf left Leavcnworth Kansas for
Talcquat, l. T., where he opened school in
February. lie taught till July, at the end of which
that the 10th Of July he left Talequat aud started
down the Illinois River in the direction OF tho salt
tho house of G. r. Stevenson United statos
Deputy Marshal, who married Fooys sister sam
Fooy said all night at Stevcnsons also,
and left next morning in company with Nail Nan was
never afterwards though his relatives and friends
used the utmost diligence to find out the cause of his
negro named Bill Roach while hunting on the Illinois
River discovered skeleton under high blum near the
river The discovery created considerable excitement
but the skeleton could not he identified and was in
lonely, secluded place it was allowed to remain where
IL was Last spring Indian boy melted by curiosity
go out and look at the bones discovered lot of torn
paper and mulilacd book under the edge OF rock
near by. Taking the book to ncighbor's IL
found that the fly leaf contained in plain German text
the name Of John Emmett Nan leavcnworth Kan
sas, February, 1872 " Below this inscription the
following quotation from Horace
Pallida mors Wquo pulsat pcdc
Pauperum tabernas rcgumquc turrcs
Upon thorough search number Of other pape-s
found scattered about which fully identified Tho
skeleton as that OF Naf The skull being examined il
found that he had been shot from the rear thu
ball passing through the brain and lodging the bones
near the These discoveries led to intense excite
ment, and the most searching inquiries followed Nal
had been last seen ia Fooy company and suspicion
was naturally directed toward HIM; but there
was no evidence upon which to base an arrest.
Finally circumstance happened through which II was
revealed that Fooy was, IN nct tho murderer IL APP
pears that he had an abandoned for mistress,
and in ono of his weak moments he condcd his dread
inl secret to her. she kcptt faithfully Tor while but
IN The course OF time she aud her lover fell out and she
dlvugcd IT, Fo0y was At arrested. II then ap.
ucQrcd that he had con sScd murder