Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-13

sickening mass of human flesh thrown into
the privy. So quickly was the awful act per
petrated that not soul knew of its commits
sion until after the dread elimination of the
! nights horrid work. In forty minutes from
the opening of the front door this crime was
committed, and in five minutes more the cell
door yielded the chisel and sledges, and with a
crash the heartless crowd were in and had
the prisoners.
ROPES AND TwINE
had been prepared, and in five min utes each of
the four had his wrists tied tightly behind his
back and rope thrown about his neck. The
doomed men uttered not word of pleading
nor faltered an instant. At five minutes be-
fore H. the little group at the jail door received
orders and the masked guards again waved back
the crowd which had begun to struggle into the
yard. minute later little procession
emerged from the jail door. The gloomy pro-
cession moved to fence on the south side of
the square, just where the massive portico of
the splendid new
TEMPLE CT JUSTICE
and mercy looked upon the scene which
Knocked it's pretensions and stained it's portals.
of the fence. The four men were led under the
FATAL TREES
whose branches reached out ready for the work
The rope about Jeff. Hopkins neck was thrown
over the limb at the first trial. but the others
caught in the leaves, and three or four minutes
was spent in having the men climb the tree q
and put the ropes over. Not word was said
yet except by the prisoners, who were
SOFTLY PRAYING,
but stood asi firm sas rocks in the street. In
front a dense crowd was drawn up, patroled in
front by masked men with cleaning pistols,
and as far as sound concerned, the whole
might have been
CHASTITY DREAM OR VISION.
Although Hopkins executioners were ready
they seemed to falter, and JimiGoode was the
first to be pulled up. AS the man who pat the
rope over finished his task, he caught the end,
and holding it, swung from the limb to the
ground. The tension caught Goode and pulled
him on tip-toe. When the executoner re-
leased his hold Goode fell back on the rope and
could not be lifted. He had tainted, and his
death was painless. Five men seized the rope
and swung him up three feet clear, and tied the
Cuu W luc 1cuCc-pOSU u6dEeSG. announcer mo-
ment and Hopkins and Warner went up in "a
similar manner. There was not a
tremor twitch. Bill Chambers
was still on terra frma and at
first pull broke the fragile limb and he fell
back to the earth. The rope was run through
the forks Of the tree and was pulled up by
strong arms and held and
THE DEED WAS DONE
Ten minutes had not passed, and but for the
breaking of the limb it would have been done
in three. After hanging fifteen minutes the
crowd were admitted to the yard to gaze on the
bodies which were left hanging. The masked
men disappeared like ghosts, and the crowd
quietly left, after viewing the scene, and the
town as quiet as the grave. It was the
most respectable hanging for years.
Western Associated Press.
A TERRIBLE MOB.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. l2.-Monday night
seven negroes entered house of i'll fame at
Mount Vernon, eighteen miles distant, and by
threats and violence succeeded in ravishing
five white women living there. Four of the
negroes were arrested night before last.
Deputy Sheriffs Thomas and Hayes went to the
residence of Dan Harrison, father of one of the
three missing ones, to make arrest of his
son. Dan Harrison resisted their entrance to
the house and shot Deputy Thomas, killing him
instantly. Deputy Hayes shot the old man,
shatterlng his arm. The news spread rapidly,
and soon mob of several hundred men sur
rounded the jail where old man Har-
rison had been taken to keep COM
pany with thc four previously
incarcerated. The jail is very insecure, and
the mob surrounded it to prevent the prisoners
hnI hrr ~ tn o,tx f>r e.
Hearing that militia had been ordered from
Evansville the9:2O A. NJ train west was stopped
by the mob a mile this side of Mt. Vernon and
searched. Finding no soldiers, the train was
permitted to pass on. The crowd around the
jail increased in proportions toward night
The telegraph operator was run out of his
office at $3.50 P. M. About 100 men in lone
black masks proceeded to the jail at 1 O'clock
took the four prisoners arrested Tuesday and
hung them In the jail yard. The old man
Harrison was cut to pieces and thrown down
privy vault. After perpetrating the horrible
deed the mob dispersed and the streets are
now deserted.
GLASS WORKS BURNED.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. 1.-THE Hero glass
works, owned and occupied by VIM. A. Leavitt
at Cedar and Armingo Streets was partially
burned early this morning. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000; insured for $20,5OO.
ESCAPE OF JAIL BIRDS.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Oct. 12.-Twenty or more
prisoners escaped from the Jail by boring
through the wall and scaling the enclosure
The gang includes the worst burglars in the
country.
CAPTURED MOONSHINERs.
| CINCINNATI, Oct. 12.-Deputy Marshal How.
ell and Cochran to-day en- route to Louis
vile with eight Kentucky moonshiners, among
them the notorious Isaac Jenkins, who was
shot by Howell a few weeks since while en-
deavoring to escape. The outlaws are in yery
destitute condition, and the citizens of NAYS.
vile, where they were temporarily placed con.
tributed clothing, ETC., to relieve their imme-
date necessities.
BRIDGE BUILDERS KILLED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-Yesterday afternoon
Thomas Jones and David Sheehan were instant
ly killed by the falling of some heavy timber.
of bridge upon which they were working.
ROBBED BY ROAD AGENTS.
Fort KENNY, Wy, Oct 12.-Trabing's rancho
on Crazy Woman creek, twenty eight miles
north of this post, was entered by road agents,
eight in number, last night at o'clock. Sew
eral persons were in the store at the time, but
no resistance was offered. One United States
horse was taken and the store robbed of eyery-
thing valuable and carried away on twelve pack
animals
A$12,00 BLAZE.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. PA. Free Press spe-