The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
General

Dennis OLeary, the champion pedestrian,
accomplished successfully at Cincinnati,
the remarkable feat of wa king one hundred
and seventy-fve miles in eighty hours.
On February Is, John T. Ables, over sixty
years of age, was hung at Carthage, Mo-, at
2:20 o'clock. He Kill ed John L. Lane, in
Mcdonald County, No., in April, 1874.
Ables had a young wife of loose ways, who
eloped with a man named Dodson, but not
until she had become notorious in the
locality for her inidelities. One of her
paramcurs was Lace, who is also supposed
to have connived at the e'opement. After
the woman disappeared the o d mar seemed
to realize for the first time what had been
going on. he went to Lane and hired BIN
to help search for the missing woman. They
started off together, and subsequently
Lanes body, with two bullet holes in it,
was discovered in d ravine. His horse and
revolver were found in Ables' possession.
The doomed man was plentifully dosed with
whisky, and slept till almost noon. On the
way to the scaffold he was very p~rofane, but
when given an opportunity to speak re-
fused to say anything. The execution was
witnessed by several thousand people.
Before leaving the jail Ables made what he
claimed was q confession, asserting that
Lane first shot at him, and that he fred in
self-defense.
John Wesley HARDWOOD, who murdered his
cousin on Christmas Day, in Dundee,
Mich, and Frank Randall, a notorious
horse thief, made their escape from the
county jail of Monroe, Mich, at night, by
~oyerpowering the turnkey. A reward is
offered by the Sheriff for their capture.
j. w. Rover was hanged at Reno, New,
for the murder of j. N. Sharpe, near Win
nemucca, April s, 1875. Rover has had four
trials, three of which resulted in convic-
ton, and one in disagreement of the jury.
The case was appealed to the Supreme
Court which affirmed the decision of the
lower court. As q lastresort he was brought
before a Commission of Lunacy, which
was unable to agree, and the sentence was
executed at Q 40 p. m.
A little coIored boy in Madison, Indiana,
who was tried for murder, condemned to
death, and hanged, by his playmates, in
sham, in imitation of the Beavers affair, has
since died from the effects of the sham hang
ing, he having been barely cnt down in
time by his mother to escape death from the
rope.
Asavings bank at Newport, Me-, and one
at Great FALL, N. H., have suspended.
The Indiana Democratic State Convention
met at indianapolis ON February 20.
Thomas A. Hendricks was elected Chair
man Of the Convention, and made a speech
upon national topics, reviewing Belmont's
letter on the silver question, and pro-
posing a plan for retiring the bank
notes and substituting greenbacks, and re-
viewing hard times and election frauds.
A platform was adopted by the Convention
in favor of making greenbacks a full legal
tender in payment of all debts, public and
private, the restoration of the silver dollar
of 412H grains, and the unconditional re-
peal of the Resumption Act. The nomins-
tons were as follows: For Secretary of
State, John G. Shanklin, of Vanderburg;
Auditor of State, Mahlon D. Manson, of
Montgomery County; Treasurer of State,
VIM. Fleming, Of Allen County; Attorney
General, Thos. w. Wooden, of johnson
County; Superintendent of Instruction, J.
H. Smart-present incumbent-of Allen
County.
A report says; Tuesday evening the in
sane asylum at Winooska, Sheboygan
County, Wis, was totally destroyed by fire,
and that four inmates, Lucretia Toothaker,
Mrs. Mcdonald, August Althrop, and Billy
Doe, an Indian, persisted in the flames. For
some reason no attempt has been made to
remove their bodies, and they stilllie in the
smouldering ruins. The property lost is
only $4,000 or $1,000, with no insurance.
G. s. Jewell, the keeper, owned the build
ing. Adefective fue was the cause.
A National Convention of G~reenbackers
met at Toledo, Ohio, on the 22d of Feb
ruary. 1t was largely attended by men of
ability from all parts of the country in
favor of the Greenback policy. Twenty
eight states were represented. Resolutions
were passed in favor of making greenbacks
a legal tender for all debts public and
private, etc.