, 1876-01-22
Tbs Apprshensions Of Nanniah
Outbreak OF His Taking-0hP
Prove Unfounded.
la Dies Poetic and penittnt, and Ills
Brother Dearscs Ills Corpse
Homeward.
Daily Record Of the Doings of
KoEucs Yet Free from
tho Halter.

THE CRIME.
uE DnUTALLy MURDERED Ills WIFE.
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THE CRIME.
uk DnUTALLy MURDERED H1s WIFI.
6peefai 0ispdtoh ta Ths Catcaqo Tribune.
JOLIET. Ill.,, Jan. 2l.-George uenry Jacobs
Was hung to-day, shortly sttor noon. in tho jail.
He was hung for numbering hIs wife on tho 2Gtls
OF May. 1876. Tho murder wAa brutal. At .
o'clock In tho morning he ontored her room and
qusrse!ed NTH her. Often heforo they lad in-
dulged In harsh language toward each other.
For long time thoy had been on terma that
embittered both their l,yos. They occupied
different poztioun Of tho house. 6ho avoided
hIA share OF the house. and he kepk aw1y from
hsrn. Hs claimed that lo suspected hse Of inf
do'ity. That 10 not true. he, 10 his confession,
states that he found letter leading him To bo-
lave that ehe was uachaste. That Is
equally false. He also saya that 10
found = man In her room, aud in tho
confession published by ono Of his sonb ho H.
serts that he found ths tracks Of \ man leading
from ths oods to her window. Another falae.
hood
aEonoE nxNnT JACOBS NEvln MADE
trus confession In his life. There Ia no record
that h. evnr told tho truth. lie ueut to her
room on tho morning Of Wednesday, May 26.
and stsaogled her. becauao sho inslsted upon tho
return Of some money she bad given him upon
their marriage. lilo lad treated hor
brutal'y during al' theis weddod 1fo.
He MAS mau Of 1ow pAssIona and
lower instinct. In him tho worst elements Of
the underlying stratum Of brutes psedom!natod.
lie wah not heartless. His heart WAS iksge but
II was tuap1egnRted with tho worst blood that
MAS aver driven through human veins. Bhe had
given him a20o. Hsr life WAS torment 10 Ter.
sho wanted to Leave him. and propoBed soparA-
tion, but she wanted tho e200 refunded. This ho
refused. Ho alternately threatened and csjo1ed
her. but remembering that 600 in Kreeubackx will
for 4 long simo ward 6ff Tho chilly winds Of
modern charity. aba chung to her proposition. and,
like financial nschol. declined to be comforted
without IT, He wanted to sell solne land. The
LAW is that tho wifs shall join In tho deed. Tho
geAson Is that she has Dover interest to thb cx-
tent OF one-thlrd. He anked her 10 sign tue
conveyance. She refuasd. untcah t3e $500 be
paid 1s q condition precedent. This angared
hinl still mole. 1t occurred TO him
THAT she NIGHT DIE,
and ho brooded over II. Then 10 concluded
that she must die. flo nAs right. 6ho died on
tic 26th OF May. Hot aud seycls Was tbs quar-.
rel batusen them. she ssll insisted upon her
1tghss. and ho, thst sho yeld to atsry wish Of
bis, During tho convotsAtIou the subject Of her
dasthHas iu bis BRAN. lIo had thought it over uut,
to him # bad become necossity., 1t uas aImost
40 essah!lthed fact. Wers sho disposed OF, hia
way wm clear. The consequence OF dispoH-
Ing of her took but ono lino In his
eyes. It would bo 10 bis benefit. lie saw
noting beyoud that. Had the two upslghts. tho
eross.beam, and tho dangling 10000 appeared 10
his moral vision ~ ho sAw kham to-day. George
Henry Jacobs would have go0e quietly 10 lis
gTava uasuown and psrhsps unznoutuel. But
he was utter!y without imagtn alton. Ho hAd IN.
sttncts. 10 has . sbeep. Beyond following
those instlncta aod tho coosummAtion Of tloae
dealres he lad nothtng.
ahe was lying On tho bed CLAD In chemiso. .
sklrt, stockings, aud Hlippern. IIe caught her
BY tho Ilroat With hIa loft hRnd. Ono knee
pressed upou Aer stomach. ilIs right hand
upon hnr stdo, hsld her steady tilt she died.
Aa left her In tho room till night, aud then
dragged her to woll cloae BY
ASD T4REW Hen IL.
lte wsa satisfied. To lin theso waa 10 moro
danger. No one would miss hor, noue inquire
for her. bo far IA ho know no QUO cared tor
hor. From bis stAndpoiut she was an Incubus.
and 10 bad benefited tho world ia riddlpg lhe
world Of her.
On tho 7th Of June tho bodY elno 10 tho aur-
face. This was unlocked for. Ia his sublime
ignorance he usysE dreamed Of tho generation Of
gases in dad bodies. In the meantime be CIR
culsted ! le to tho effect that nhu had triad 10
poiaon him. Nobody beloved It. Nobody b.
Ilsyed him tn anything. but nobody sesusd then
10 20 q that his nils wAs gona.
Watering bis hosssa st tho we'll. he Soued
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