Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-26
HANGMAN'S DAY
SENSATIONAL EXECUTION At HUNTS
VILE, MO.
Brown, Who Arranged With His Wife to
Cheat the GalIows by Suicide-Three Boy
Murderers Executed at Canton, Ohio Sui
eide In Lssueur County-Misce1Ianeou
Crime and Casualty Record,
SUICIDE.
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Special Telegram to to the Globe.
ST. PETER, Mimi, June Is Hiram Meeker,
residing near Scotch Lake. lie Sueur county,
committed suicide this morning by shooting
himself in the head.
KILLED AND INJURED AT AFIRE.
ELIZABETH, N. J., June 25.-The steam cord
age company's storehouse burned last night.
Loss, $75, 600; insured. Spontaneous combus-
ton. While the firemen were at work the
south wall fell, killing VIM. Hood, fireman,
VIM. Loaby, an employe in the rope works, and
fatally ipjuriDg James Marsh and James Moore
aud seriously injuring John Hoover and John
Seifert.
HAYDEN BROWN HANGED.
e ST. LOUIS, June 26-Hayden Brown, who
murdered his wife's mother over year ago,
was hanged at Huntsville, No., this afternoon
In the presence of great crowd. This is the
man who attempted suicide in Jail at Kansas
City some months ago in accordance with a
plan between himself and wife to kill them
selves at certain hour. but who was prevent
ed from carrying out his part of the agreement
by officers who, by choking, forced him to dis
gorge heavy dose of morphine. His wife
was more successful. she having shot herself
with pistol, as was reported from Kansas City
at the time.
Brown ascended the scaffold at 80 P. NJ, and
after religious services by Rev. Mr.. Ellington,
of the Methodist church, he stepped forward
and made quite speech to the crowd In at
tendance. He said: 'If you will keep still G
minute will talk TO you in regard to my poor
dead child and wife. To every man, woman
and child, l want to say that l have nothing
against you, and hope you have all forgiven
me. May God have mercy to-day on me and
all of you. stand to-day on the gallows to
y,o1yf fho 4f 10 fhn
many of whom recognize, want to say saw
them riding out here to-day drunk. haye
see where am" He asked to be
buried with his wife and held in his hand
bouquet and asked if there was q lady who
would see that it was put on his dear little
wife's grave. 81 WANT he said, ito see who
will do it." Many hands were raised by the
women and the cry Here here" came from
every quarter. Brown asked all the rela-
tives of his wife who were present to raise their
hands in token Of forgiveness. One cf the
dead womsn's sisters was present and raised
her hand Brown said: "Thank God there is
one." The culprit then stepped on the trap
the black cap was placed on top of his head
and adjusted, the trap was sprung and poor
Browns soul launched on the sea of eternity at
1:28 P. n. His neck was broken. He died in
about ten minutes without struggle.
THREE BOY MURDERERs EXECUTED.
CANTON, Ohio, June 25.-Three boy murder
ers were hanged here to-day together. Two of
them, G. A. Oher and Geo. W. Mann, were con-
victed of the murder of John Wattmorgh, an
aged weaver of Philadelphia, who was tramp
ing through the country, and who was murdered
year ago in the woods by Mann and Oher for
his money, $5, and and a silver watch. The
other, John Sammett, only II years old, killed
Chris Spuheler last fall, on the evening of Sam
II ,IavA AaSr awuek
ness against him. Sammett was tried, con-
victed and sentenced for the burglary and
then brought from the penitentiary and tried
and convicted of the murder. There was no
incident of Importance connected with the exc
cution. Death was almost instantaneous. A
vast crowd was about the Jail yard and five
military companies were guards There was
no disturbance.
MooNsHINER5 wORsTED.
ATLANTA, June 25.-A revenue posse in at
tempting to capture moonshiners at Red Oak
were resisted. One mooushiner killed and an
other mortally wounded.
PAPER MILLS BURNED.
CINCINNATI o., June 25.-Last night at
Woodsdale, six miles north of Hamilton, the
large paper mill of Woodsdale Paper company,
owned by Ohatfeld, Woods, Wilson, Hinkle
d Co., VIM. Bicket, D. W. Meeling and Fred
Jones, was entirely destroyed by fire, loss
$S0,0O0; insured $4,000. Sixty employees
are thrown out of work.
THIRTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
BRADFORD, Pa, June 25.-Fire broke out this
afternoon in the Westcott house, Tarport, a
mile north of this city. and before it could be
got under control, thirty-one buildings were
destroyed, including the Welch house postoffice
Lula Valley house, and the oil exchange. All
the buildings were light frames, and the town
being without water supply, the only manner
in which the fire could be stopped was to tear
down the buildings. The loss will aggregate
$35OO0.
Red Rock Camp Meeting.