, 1877-06-16


DAYTON. o., June 1b.-IIarry Adams waa hung
at 1870 hero to.day, for tho uusder Of Henry
Mrlhnrrn, soldier, on Feb. u, 1870. Null
haren was an inmnto Of tho so1licFd' Home. and
the day before tho murder be drow bin pension OF
$50. lie then canlo lnto tho citJ. and went 10
house Of lll.tame, wl,cro he met adams. In treat.
ing, Adams saw blnlharen had money, and fol-
loved and murdered him. Adams was tho para.
mour Of tho laudady whete Mu|tharsen cauc.
Wien MulhaEcn stepped out on tho street, Adams
touk hammer. followed him. n,nshed tn hss skull,
and left him lying In tho gutter. Adams failed 10
got tic money and vas arrested, tried. and con-
yteted.
Adams met bis doom much uuconeeEned. 1Io
made speech on tie Cnl9ows, and dectpEed his
Innocence. Ills lastwotds were terrible harAnRut.
Ho WAS either drunk or cFasy; ho laughed. used
hlAny, and gave bis cnemtes xolnY oYef. lie said
Jennie Smith had murdered MulhArrn. His rock.
1cBfncas MAS fcraAEkAElo.
Tho execution wA4 perfect. After thanking the
shcrln and Father Nicholas, prayer was offered.
liz dropped, and In fifteen minutes wns dead. 1t
mas expected ho would mako confession, but he
atubboFnly hold to the old story, and died With It
on his lips.
THE GRIMM
for which Adams was executed to-day MS COM
ni!tted Feb. II, 1870,-tht victim being disahled
soldier, an inmate Of the Soldiers Home At this
place. The cIrcumatances were Of that peculiarly.
CAatAEttl WHICH IEHa0teA IQ1 WGfX u &0-UQT
aaceminr necessity. Henry Nulha1en, tho victim,
WIN bad becn an tnmste Of tho Homo for soma
time. was. generally speaking. IA inodcns1Ye and
quiet man. except pernaps 1t such times n he was
under tho Influence OF liquor. Adams, who had
lived here slneo 1874, had during his Stay nnde
htmselS notorious by blu association NTH tho
.lowest characters Of tho town, and 4 course Of
conduct which rendered hs Ito 4 constant re-
pfoach and = terror 10 the community. Tia Enur.
dor, which was arowsd,y premea,.ated. w.a cou.-
mttted for none other than \ uereenary motive.
md With tolAl gain to tho guilty man of bat about
$50. Adams friends, most OF whom resided 10
Psnnsylvanls. haro mado unceasnx efforts for 4
Communication Of his senteheo. hut The esmu was 10
OUTRAGEOUS that esea tho tasdy wheo1s OF Iusttcc
refused longer to be delayed, and The guilty
wretch, after delay Of ohs month BY lilo Saproms
Court and ropF'eye Of t~enty days by tho Gov.
crnor. nnally paid The penalty Of his crime, AZ di.
reeted By law and demanded By public opta-
ton.
TnH DETAILS or THx CRIME,
u gathered by your correspondent, arc fo1lcwa:
Mulharen. tho victim, had ssec'sed his bounty.
money. aud, with about $40, had repaired, With
companion, to house nf !ll.fah,s kept by Mr4
HUFFMAN, on South Beown street. Being some.
,shat intoxicated, be exhibited his lt's stock Of
money freely, aud exeital the capfdI&Y Of Adams,
who was thase in company With Jsnnle Smith, \
notorious prostitute, shcn hla asowsd friend. but
since tha principal wltnsps aEainat him. Adams
dcclarsd that he would have the money, AMI asked
Jcnnio TO assiss h!n, In getting Il. Bha refused,
when he deliberately undertook tho taak alons,
threatening her with dssth II shp revealed his pur-
pose OF bis crime after IT. completion. lge hfss
made lfulhAFtn's companion drunk. and sent him
10 bed, and then prepared 10 carry Into execution
his intdsted crime. lit iaduced Aulha.sn to &c.
company him 10 asveral saloons, and by frequent
treating made him drunk. lilo continued Ia hta
7nt3I ia kuM knA a9 In asha afn
Mulaa5eu hoiae. hn returned quickly 10 Mrs. Hun.
m.au's, and. procuring heavy hammer, set ous on
tho tract Of bis victim. Jennie Smith, Tho prosti-
tute, knowing his purpose, tried 10 dhsuads him
and cause him to stay. Ha, however. refused.
and, after further threatening her. set ont to fol
low MalhaFea. who was staggering bouewsrd In
tho datkness Of tho night. osersaktnx h!n On
Warren street. in sa ous-ot.lls.wsy place, b.
stepped quickly up behind him, snd
with single blow Of The hammer
crushed In Anlhsrsn's skull, producing
almost instant death. Ii then rined tho poeksts
Of his victim, and returned to tbs house Of pEosti
tuition where b. hsd takeu tbs unhappy man. d..
pos't!ng :hs bloody hammer 10 it, uaaAl place. he
1smaaed short time, nut tmpeiied BY soms
Ill e:tm:: Arriving has. @ b. to'.ad group q
people collected around INV dead uan. lle affected
:n 81 n" 1os T.
sencs jamie smlih sttIsed. aad. from some, -.
@s,.. a.Sppsd sy h'f The soshot OF tho crime "as
4A4ket&S2t SUI
ARRESTED ON his RETURN.
On ths inquest Jennie gara Adama clean AWAY,
falling tho wllole story - above.
Adams frenda base Interested themselves very
much for hla ssleaas. His execution set for April
~, wss extended by tho Supreme Court until Nsy
Is, when aor. Young granted fepsissa until 10.
dAT. lie. however, announced, several days
since. that he had thoroughly sxsun,red the case.
and that he did not feel usslded In aKAl lnterttF
Ing. Since that tln,e Aasu,s has seemed to resign
T. i. T. ss: r1 Rso e. 1s.
upon hin, constantly aud exhibited great interest
In hls welfare. Adams sister, . AEs. Tobias, OF
Washington, D. G.. d respectable. appeayin: l4dy,
hs1 been In attendance upon him for several weeks
aud seemed much attached to him.
ApAMs, THA AukpkHxR7
Wa about 30 ye&ya ct axa With light hair: sntiy.
stecl.b!u eJea. which constantly wandered;
hatchet face, sallow complexion, aud sinister
expression of co1Rts1aoce. uis had Ws3 ol slu-