Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-09
REMARKABLE ENDING OF A MURDER
TRIAL.
The "Sun' on Judge Field.
RELATIVE STRENGTH OF PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
Hanging I'm Texas, The New Min.
ing Bill, Etc.
BY Telegraph to the sentinel.l

DculsN HCy VI OdlllOEuld, duu lOuQ
protests against his imprisonment were
followed by stormy applause. Gen. Hoxie,
of New Jersey, who was in the chair. de-
livered the first speech and he was followed
by Messrs. Leavitt, Appleton, Blissart.
Donald, Mcdonnell and others. When
the following resolutions were adopted the
audience rose to their feet and cheered for
some minutes.
Resolved, That the imprisonment of
Denis Kearney is an outrage upon his per-
sonal rights, and violation Of justice; an
attack upon the proper liberty of speech; q
shameful act OF o shameless Court, a das-
tardly deed of debauched Judge; a crime
based upon a fraudulent pretense; a part
OF a scheme to establish a regin of terror
over the resurgent Workingmen of Cali
fornia; and to crush the groaning masses
under the coin heel of power.
Resolved, That we send the deepest SYM
pathies of our life to the imprisoned man
OF the sand-lots, who has maintained q
stout heart under all the trying circum-
stances of his career.
Resolved, That in the wrong done to
him we are all wronged; in the suffering
endured by him we are all sufferers; in the
violation of his rights, the rights of every
American citizen are violated. and in the
sacrifice of his liberty the liberties of the
whole country are menaced.
Resolved, That the p~retense under which
he was convicted does not conceal the real
purpose of the prosecutions; though the
court may have had some legal shame, or
dead letter on its side, against the public
~denunciation Of thieves, its victim had
frtth on HE ofdo and +hnt T..k:., D.-,z
Police bench is now brought to the bar for
condemnation by the freemen of the United
States.
Resolved, That the conduct of Justice
Rix was such as to win him a place in the
long roll of infamous judges, gibbetted and
accursed, who have in all times dishonored
the bench by turning law into a parody of
justice.
Resolved, That the fidelity and unanim-
ity of the Workingmen's party, of Califor-
MIA, in standing by their imprisoned leader
and raising funds for the support of his
family, commands our respect, and ought
to be initiated throughout the country.
Resolved, That since the man who oug
to be crowned by California az the worth
lest OF her citizens is to-day q convict in
one OF her prisons, we call upon the people
out there to look at what he has done for
the State; at the New Constitution which
they enjoy; at the tremendous evils and
rampant deviltries which he confronted
and repressed, and at the momentum which
has been given through his strong arm to
the principles upon which the public we'll
fare must be established.
Resolved, That Denis Kearney has ac-
complished these great things peaceably;
he has brought them about according to
the American methods Of political action,
and hat he has never at any time gone be-
yond the ballot box to find a remedy for
any and every public evil.
Resolved, Finally that we once again,
now and here, send words of cheer to Denis
Kearney, strong in suffering as in action.
Remarkable Ending of a Murder
Trial.
LOUISVILLE, May S.--A special dispatch
to the Courier-Journal from Mount Vernon
says: On last Christmas Day William M.
Mckinney, son of W. R. McKenney, of this
county, shot and killed Fred. Smith, at the
residence Of the latter, six miles from
Mount Vernon. McKenney is a young man,
almost beardless. He had seduced the
daughter Of Smith, evidence Of which Sc
duction was palpably seen in a babe which
Smiths daughter, a pretty girl named
Mamie, had given birth to about six weeks
before the killing. Mckinney was arrested
and held to answer He was indicted by
the Grand Jury at the present term Of the
Circuit Court for willful murder, and yes
terday the trial began. Smiths wife and
his daughter Mamie were the only wit
nesses Of the killing. According to q pre-
ponderance Of testimony, Smith had driven
McKenney and Mamie from the house, and
had attacked McKenney and stabbed him
severely with a knife before Mckinney fred
the fatal shot. Mamie has been living with
Mckinney since tue killing, and their for
mer relations have been kept up. The trial
excited considerable interest and attracted
q large crowd to the Courthouse. The
testimony closed this morning, and after
the Jury had been instructed by the Court,
the argument Of counsel began. The de-
Tense begged the jury for the acquittal OF
the boy, and promised that as q fitting
finale to the prosecution William and Nam
ME should join hands in the solemnity Of
matrimony, and pledge lifelong devotion
to each other. The jury, after a delibera-
ton OF twenty minutes, returned o verdict
of Not guilty" Immediately after, Will
liam and Mamie marched arm-in-arm into
the Courthouse, and halted just outside
the bar in front of the Judges seat. Judge
Mcclure stepped in and in q few words pro-
nounced them man and wife. The occur
renee caused considerable sensation.
A Negro Hanged.
GALVESTON. May s.-Ishsm Kapp. COL
ored, was hanged at Fort Worth yesterday
for outraging q white woman. The father
Of the woman made the moose. During
the preparations for his death, Kapp Joined
In the praying and singing and said to 10,-
QUO people present: 81 was q soldier In
the Union army ten years, but now, bless
God, I am . soldier of the Cross. I am
perfectly satisfied and willing to die. Fare
well ALL" The trap was then sprung.
Relative Strength " Republican
Candidates.
NEW YoRK, May 8.-The Tribune says
Six hundred Of the 1855 delegates who
compose the Chicago Convention have
been elected. Ten States and three Terri
tories are still to elect. OF these 600 dele
gates the Tribune. after Q most careful ex-
animation Of conflicting claims of the par
tisans OF the various candidates, assigns
PAL to Blaine, 224 to Grant, 81 to Sherman,
81 to Edmunds and IS to Washburne.
This gives no candidate Q majority Of the
Convention, S79 votes. Blaine lacks 1873
votes and Grant 1866.
The New Mining Bill.
WAsHNoToS, May 8.-The Mineral Land
bill was agreed upon at . meeting Of the
Pacific Coast delegation last night and In
troduced in the House to-day by Mr.. Bel
| ford, and referred 10 the COMMITTEES on
Mines and Mining. There is not much