Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-31
xesaAsxx's soss MURDERER.

MesaAskA's soss MURDERER.
Richards On HE Way to ksarnsy June.
ton, Whore He Will Esd Hts Career.
Omaha Bee. ssth.
Finally, at 1l:30ia. m. this morning, %
omnibus drove up to the court house, and
the prisoner was brought out and seated
therein with the officers. There wefG about
two hundred men on the sidewalk, and they
all took in the murderer's dimensions and
looks with considerable curiosity. Rich
ards il over six feet tall, rather broad shout
} dered, and although somewhat slim, 10 evi'
IDENTIFY . man Of considerable physical pow.
er. His face would NOT indicate that he wai
= bad q He has . determined express
smile, and beautiful teeth. Az he passed
through the crowd he did rot seem to care q
continental, but smiled once or twice.
On arriving at the depot he went through
another crowd, and waa finally seated 10 one
of the coaches. It was there that the persist.
ent Bee reporter obtained quite q long inter.
view with him. after going through the for.
mality of an introduction. After converting
, 10 . general way upon his crimes the re-
porter asked him ii be had ever felt any
papes Of remOrse. 1 :.
"None whatever. and l don't expect to-"
said he, with Q smile.
"YOu don't have any hope of escaping
the penalty for your crimes!' asked the re-
porter.
None whatever, and | don't care ad-n,"
replied he.
"Are you. not afraid of being lynched ?"
Il am not afraid Of anything. Knight be
lynched : it's all the same TO me % / EXPECT
to be hanged one way or the other.
"Whst tempted you TO commit ouch terri.
BILE crimes?" ea,
Il give it up"
During the compensation Richards stated
that when he fed from the scene of bis
murders he never expected 10 get out Of the
state, but ii any one had attempted to arrest
him he would have given them the rest
turn 10 the wheel house. He stayed at
Hastings two or three days, aud then came
ia Omaha. On the train there was an OIL
Ger looking for him, and who had q photo
graph and description of him. Several men
we're talking about him. and he himself
Joined In the conversation, bnt he was ready
all the time to make a desperate resistance
if necessary. 1t seems he had disguised
himself by shaving off his whiskers and
putting on a new overcoat and cap, at Hast
ings. He was known by several parties in
Hastings, but they were. not aware Of what
he had done. He expected to be arrested
there. On learning on the train that he
was being called for, he concluded to go
east at once. He stepped off the cars on to
the platform and passed by the officers who
were looking for him. He coolly took sup.
per at the depot. and then at once proceeded
east, leaving his trunk here, it having
been forwarded by express. 1t is here yet
At Chicago he expected to meet q married
woman, Of Hastings, who was to Join him
there on her return from Maine, where she
was visiting He seems to haye had several
married women in love with him, in Ne
braska, and he admitted to the reporter thai
he was considerable of a "l~ady-killer." o,
"masher." The husbands Of these women
are mostly hard working men. Richards
says he cares more for his darling Carrie
than anything else in the world. and he
wants very much to see her.
He says that he always thought it wa
only q q~uestion of time as to his object in
going to Ohio was to make q brief visit I,
his friends and relatives, his father, -four
sisters and two brothers-and then return
to Nebraska, PROBABLY to continue his muir
derous career, until he should be cornered
aud in the event he had intended to di'
| k0WC IAlucI tudu VIC s0ASu alive lac OOC1
not claim to be insane he says he shall NO
play the insanity dodge. He talked perfect
~ cool and rational. and wanted to kno~ II
the reporter did not consider him san e
The reporter thought he was in his righ'
mind. Rev. Mr.. Fisher now came up and
advised Richards to spend the remainder o
his days in repentance. Richards replied
that he did not fear God, man. devil o.
death, and he couldn't ace how repentanc,
could help him any. Mr.. Fisher though
he might change his mind IN this matter
before his end came, and Richards though
he might was a remote possibili y.
Soon the conductor sang out "all aboard
aud in a few minutes the train was moving
westward. The prisoner will reach kear
ney at 9:l5 tonight, and at once be confined
in the Jail at thst place until his trial a
Minden, the county seat of Kearney county
at which place there il no jail; hence tn,
imprisonment Of Richards at Kearney
Junction. He says that he will waive tn,
preliminary examination. The officers DE-
not anticipate any lynching. a#
Tom and Jerry, at Frank Cochrane's, OF
Third street.
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