The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-14
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iBos10N, May $.
+. ~. Fiper, sexton of tho Warren
Avenue Church. who is under sentence
'6f death for the murder of n child in
Tho belfry Of the church. hns confessed
shat he was The murderer ct Bridget
-Landigan, in 1873, md Tint TO was
lprincipal in tho mysterious and nearly
fatal assault on Mnry Tyne, in TINS city,
nearly two years ugo. piper declares
Tho had no mbtiTe FOR these crimes,
particularly the qhGrdcr of tho child, and
cannot understand how no came to
comUit them. It is assumed he was
Attuatcd only by hcndish love Of
'bloodshed like Jesse Pomcroy, who
& still lies in Jail. Piper says lie has
hitherto lied about the matter TO -t!fcd
tMs'c6uhsf. knowing TINT Ee'eott.i nut
feet their hid II 'fhdy for h moment be-
4ieTed in his guilt, lie has'of late been
rapidly declining in strength and
health, thfohg n his gtcat. mental agony,
and It is thought, If allowed to escape
the gnllows, hc'could'nct lave six weeks.
SHis e1ecution'is set fcr-:he Goth OF this
Sthonth.
Piper, IN his Ht5hfession of the muir
der Of theSHiIH, Mabel Young, says:
Il took a Nit from the lower room bs-
7creNor hbout the commencement OF tho
School, to kill somebody. At that time,
A'caTried 1t up into the auditorium, but
'Gnring the Sunday School session, /
Hook it from there and carried it TO the
beifrY, After the close of school came
down stairs and opened the doors, then
vent up again. l sent away the boys
Who were anayiug in the vestibulc, and
hitter the boys had eone ont and 1 was
still in the TestiEule, little girl came
Up md 4 INDUCED kertb so Sith me into
The belfry. There Struck her with
n club two or three times, and she fell
where the blood Was found Then i
picked her up, carried the body to the
place where il was discovered" He
tas confessed to the murder of Bridget
HhSdhgSn. m 1878, AID equally Ell pIicit.
He Wis UldSr fEe innuerce Of whisky
4. md opium, and deliberately Irtpe:-et!
the club to kill some one, and she hap
pcned TO be the first person he met
S NEw YoRk, Mays
Over 40, 900 people visited the scene
'of the nitro-glycerine explosion in Jer-
eey GitS to-day. The absence of dan
Rerous iBj1rS TO 'Shy person is some
fhing wonderful, when the .iiddled
houses in tho nSghb6r9lood are seen.
Many brick wire htrled hrsuSn the
walls within a few feet of tie sltepers'
heads. The police failed TO trace any
fhing thrt leads them to suppose the
strikers we've the perpetrators Ct the
deed.
CHICAGO, May S.
About G:H "a Sunday night, the
ESNS
Railroad, while hear Mattoon, had tivc
cars, ofe OF Hfl1SA was sleeper, blown
from the tfitl4s. S4.e train WAS Going
at full speed, but was Instantly stopped,
the engine remaining on the track.
Nearly oil the passengers were more or
less injured:
Sro YoEE. Mny IL.
The neSspaPef4 generally consider
the opening Of the Centehninl, Exhibi-
zion decided success. The Herald
thinks the Presidents address was we'll
conceived, but badly executed. His
tone, and spirit ia excellent: He speaks
with modesty and discriminniica and
nationally, and appropriately accounts
9of such detects 6 may DO discovered
n our culture. The TINES considers
Iery happy and appropriate and thrt
the speeches wero all marked with dig
nifty and modest reserve. 1t congratn-
lates the Centennial Commissioners Oh
the successful issue 10 their long and
arduous labors. The Tribune coacrntu-
lAtes the nation on the assured success
of tie exhibition, The national .eiu-
tation> was largely stnketl upon the
L.,
toreHly nn6 pnnctnally, and the speech
ca were all In good TASTE, Pertinent mud
modest.
VI, NJ Hall, editor of HsR', Jourua,
Of HeSlhi died suddenly last night:
aPeplexy Is supposed 20 have been the
cause. A special says the grandest
musical feature ut the Centennial open
ing yesterday was ''Hsllelujah Chorus"
All arose during its peHoruiSuce and
artillery Numbered forth from Ehe nd.
joining hal]Si bells rang out, Neam
whistles bleE, and The worlds inir yas
opened. The procession. after the
speeches 1efe tihde, was considerably
delayed by Don Pedro, #ho. along
with President GIANT, led it. The For
eign Commissioners were ffeduchtly
providing up behitd. nuric Of Tie mil.
tary looked dragged nhd jGtetl. but rs n
= whole they looked we'll. As the caval-
oade passed the British section Presi-
dect Grant was presented with superb
illustrated catalogue OF British exhibits.
The Russian aud Austrian exhibits have
moi yet Errired. All the space in Ma.
ehinery Nall ia occupied. There are
5000 machines in position, Is per cent.
being American, and the next largest
being British.
. ~ CtSctssAT1, May II.
Stephons, the Methodist presiding
elder. tried for bastnsdy ai UrbaDa, o.,
was acquitted both by the church au.
ihorities and the courts.
CHICAGO. May IL.
Yesterday n very large ciniyrant
Train left Cheyenne for the Hills. The
recent murders by tho Indians have
made adTenturera mere cautious: be-
sides the weak trains nre delayed by
the troops OF Fort Lnrauio and none
are permitted 10 vet out for Custnr
City without sufficient numerical
strength TO insure n successful defense
in case OF all attack Ivy Indians. Capt.
Egnn's Company has gone forward 10
Bed Canyon nf1d consists Of three cont.
eanies cf cavalry. II IL sufficient IL Is
Thought 70 check the foraging bands Of
Sioux until the main expedition SETS out
for the Zig Horn.
Tho Indians hrcJ Into n small party
Bear Cheyenne 1inncle few days ago,
killing an old woman named Lcggcil,
from Louisville, Ky. and n horse un.
der q man Of The Same party. After u
brief light tho sayagts retired.