, 1877-11-17

not scen the yatIse, but at once reached for the
telegraph and sent word to kfnscy that hts
man was In town. lsantte tmcft = mouse ami
gnt out Of sown Immediately Last Ftsday
matter before Chief sic1)onough, who in
s.ructet} Officer O'Seal to assist Klascy In the
case. Wright Was posted, and Instructed to
slip out on fonne pretensc and call III tWn
policemen. which he followed with the trassc
| Ersu1th above related.
THE MOST FAMOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY
TRAGEDY
| In which Ran1c has figured Was that Which 0c-
curscd near tho little town Of 1T. Elmo, H.,
Sept. II. ISL, in which the 0uttaw, hartnR tnur-
dcrctl John +. sc"1cs, anu being pursued by
lofsc Of t00 citizens. killed Frank Harness and
thrce horses, and escabcd. AZ that time tho
hero Of these exploits Was thought to be Frank
Nichols, but ne proof is now positive that It
The little Village Of St. Emo ILL.,, situatcil
on tic Vaplaa Road seventeen miles from
| EMngham, was. on the rnornng Of Sept. II,
| 1o11, thrown into intcnse excitement by the
About = o'clock that n'urntt,g Mr. John Scoles,
\ most esti'n1ble citizen Of tue village. with his
family, returned to their rcadetIce, situated In
the nlidst Of \ thtckly.butlt part of the rlarc,
| from visit East, where they hau been absent
fur several days. Tn entering the house, 1le
Immediately discovered TINT II had been rotbc,!
ot numerous articles 0f vaue, mud from several
Indications VA cta convinced t TINT the buFYlaf
tsClr. s III. |ae! i"aueeS i'A H. y sco!es @
to commence instant search for tue thief. Jlc
eearstcd carefully through the House, out,
luu4cs. and out Iii the rear yarI, tsotng toward
hls stable. As he did 70. he perceived
| MAN HuSNIx1 RAriELr
through the field tu tho reag. looking back. and
showing untlttstakab!e evit!chce of being the
party wanted trying to escape. Atr. Sct,les
mounted II foFtc standing near. and started In
pursuit, watched by tis excited fanliy. When
within about thitT yaHis Of ,,t tc man, ,i sct!s*
| with hcuneumnate GOODNESS and murtlcr,us darfug
lie drew = revolver umi ilrcti, Shooting Mr..
| scoles three times. cacl shot giyiuE futal
/ the body. Mr.. ScofeA fell frnm the hnrfe and
ExrfnED IN ARour TIfKEE MINUTES,
ltrng until bis inEniiy and twu ur three oserT-
erB reached hiu., tu wllum he spoke few wor,.s.
throuehou, tho village, md In aluut twenty
live minutes upwards Of 100 men, ar.nc.l with
hasttly.hcizc'l rifles. resntTcrs. an1 shot.Euns
| were III cinsc pnrtutt. Owing t" tue country
fend was still III fair view to the pursucrs. lie
| wa* fleeing 1ikc DEER. urged on ~ his great
| desperation. but the numerous purs,lcrt, tnaty
being mounted: swiftly overtook him: AZ tuoi1
III he arrived within haillng DISTANCE, Mr. Frank
blrncs, who was In advance Ut tue cftkcns.
called tn him. Ilait, oryou are a dead mau." AZ
this the desperate iteu'1 turned aut holding
revosTer ID eactt haau, en'l!5 soMtnenTu
nrlnE a. astanee te 81 n. aooai !ofty isst:
bill Sr. Darnes, very worthy young gentleman,
III the hesd,
! KtLLlx0 MIN INSTANTLY.
| the body falling wItii Ghttt tu the ground. Tie
Rccon1 ttot. given from Ills left hatn!, hit Mr.
| Frank Wisetnan, another excellent citizen, in
the head, also with leudly eneet, he falling isom
ilis horsc and expiring In lew moments.
fI.$ la
a,ac,i with hs r,snt:bani revolver. sad drei. i.
killing horst FROM under pursuing farmer.
| Then, giving q terribly dcnlonlagal yell. he
rushed toward the entire purity Of about
utterly unlookct.for action by the
aetnnn dtsconccrted the pnrty, and CAUSED tfetn
10 turn and lee II all dira.cti0ils. Still tntrnt
with devilts1 deeds, h. nyaln aimed and bill 4
hurst. .WuundtttE 1t 50 that It fell unable to move
furtheEt oDt the rider WAS obliged to escape on
foot.
nfs EscAPE.
The demon then turned aud casfiy logged 10
dIetnnrr. lie Was highly dangerous Object, y
wonderful dcad.shot with either hand, wclt
armed, and fearful'y despera.e. The country
Immediately bccntne alive with armed citizens
numbering seycra! hundreds, but. aIl felt
cautious ot approaching hls htding.plaec,' a1i1
"'c'l dasknrss came "a 10 made ils escape'
lie WIS unknown to al! who saw lin. lie ap'
| pe4rcd tn be about IS years Old. low in stature,
lcasy set. dirk complexion. hcary dark hnlr,
tlesce black eyes, and would probably wcigE.
aoout - pounds. The whole village went Init.
mourning tos tho three respected murlesc4
citizens.
THE HISTORY or TIE rLionT, PURSUIT. AND
CAPTURE
0f Handle Is very curious one It will be re-
.lttHbeIc.l that. on the 9th Of August, Tue
est of Knoxville, ill.,, wss rs'',txa whiis
the lamilY were at church. On their ~.
turn party started III pursuit, anil overlook
tho robber. Thry attempted to arrest hinl.
.len aud shl,atfn. Charles McKuwn through the
lunr. William Keller mud Jamcs Plckscl were
slightly wounded. During the excitement thu
rosttpr escaped but hls pcrronAl appearance WAS
wei! nutetl, It being observed that hs WIS Il
stuutly-bult man, dark-hnlred. apparently about
W years VI AGE. alu with
| 4 suNKEN OH BROKEN NOSE.
This latter feature was particularly noscj. The
stbber Used navy slx-s!io0tt In tbs execution
| Ut Ills m4t1eru4H WurtS, Tjlu sAuru1pary event