The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-13
q he Bulletin,
Ranae, tae ~. Elmo Desperate,

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The Fairfield (Tu.) Ledger gives tn fol-
lowing sketch OF R.nde, alias Chsrlos G.
SEQ /, the notorious GIsOa aud ST. Elmo
assassin:
'In the summer Of 1857 Melchi Scot,
father OF the accu ed, came here tr III Class.
vi IL. Washington ecu ty, Pa. bringing
with h IN a lapi y Of eight or ten rhilur,n,
Fix OF whom were boy, and hbssince mads
+ ir6eld { is hom me. lie Is amember of the
NJ. Il church, and, during h $ seventeen
years Iesi1ence In Fan I'D, no one can
say aught az int hin. While he feels
keeny the dssrac; WrO l5ht by tho eyll
C, ndu 4 OF BIZ, +. IT can safely be raid
that The parent, aru free from blame, ana
should be IA ode 10 feel thai the y mpaihies
o. 10, community are with them la this,
The hour OF their trouble. They have
! heretofore borne their tsouYles in sorrow
,isc- o.. u {, aeliug Oh yas y r n s uld
I ward an errlug chi Il and now, in Their
advanced aye, il /, d!liiealL T. tel 'Le result
OF tut, terrible blow.
| Charley is now abOu, thirty.dye years OF
age, ha, ins come 10 this city after hl' iath-
er did, l. 1851, when ne was about twenty
two years OF age. liz is OF sdium height,
rather sqIare in build, Of very ia ,Om-
| piexion--hiS eyes are park NJ ack. lie
remained here some time, hut Afterwards
went TO MINES ia. Durli e his stry haze
he was married. In Howard UNITY. Re
naming In MennesUtu Tor some years, lie
finally ret rned TO Farrell. lie did not
sta long, viewer, and jus: here is = blank
in his life OF which our reporter could
learn noting.
lie was next heard Of at Abba, this st Ite.
here he roJbvd store some time ca y
in % 2. a BIZ was fond ayaiu't him hy
the grand jlry, and be VS. admitted to
b III ia the sam OF sl,0j)-his lathsr being
his bondsmsn. WhiIe out on bail a runS
was stolen fr n the depot at Ottumwa, snl
was fOuDd Ia us possession 20 he was
again arrested anu lodged in jal N that
city. Ou the 6th Of April OF that var he
succe, dei in making n S sscap, from tle
Ottumwa ,all by Jaw ne the steel bars OF
,hs cell. Thence be arted TO failiislf,
intending TO rem in here until The affair
hal qu elei down. Saturday nj INT he la
become quite tired anu iaiigurd from hi,
journey, and ., propIiated ru'e belong.
ing to o farmer living some eight miles
wet OF this city. During the night he
lost the road and and ct The mule take Us
own course, and landed about d ..lIgbt
al tue h0us o. the mules owner. The
farmer ami his son yaptufed HIM nd tur,-
ei him over to Sheriff Beck OF tlise ,uuty.
The next morning during the ab'ence Of
his guard for few minutes, he plmCstsuc
cceded in m lkins his escape, bavlng ~ de
Il blaLk tIope and reached the root Of The
building. The shrrid u'ei his persu 'der
AID induced HIN u come down rom his
lofty p rch. and be wa, turned over to the
,htrh OF Wap o county, VIII teI wlra IS
.tarte Aith him 90 the train for Abba, anu
" bile en- route Chad y jumped through
window oil the car while the train " ts in
motion, ani a.tlou5h heavily iroIed, he
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