Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-17

HISTORY OF THE CRIMES.
Amos andrAbner Manley were two
Creek Indians, aged respectively, eigh-
teen and twenty years, OF dark cop-
llsxIon. and full bloods, not speaking
the English language. They brutally'
killed a white man named McVeigh, an
s~fasindustriou farmer from Illinois, who.
s.sssMihh hissyoung wife and two children,
Issslived near Eufala, in the Creek country,
in the Indian Territory. 1t was a saw
age and unproyoked murder, melted by
pure devillry, 10 motive having been
shown for the deed. On the night OF
December IA, last, they came to hts
house and asked Tor lodging, McVeigh
~ slst~them in, made up q tire for them,
and placed o pallet on the floor near the
fire. for their use. Late in the night
Mcvelgh got up to attend to a sick child
- which he held on his lap near the fire.
While thus sitting one OF the Manleys
Skszsbot him gdesd.r The other Indian, with
amaze, tried to. kill the wife, but she
finally Escaped. They then knocked
down theahired man. Moore Barnett.
cutting a severe cash on his neck, and
a. while he was on the floor struck at him
stssswith the axe. and cut off one OF his
ga hands at the wrist. McVeigh's dog
came to the door and barked iuriouslY,
when the two Indians became alarmed
duu wOuG way. nOAh oAlSSG ooou W.
lowed, several Creek Indians assisting
in,their capture, and they subsequently
90 had two TRIALS On the first trial, early
May, the, jury Jailed to agree, stand
ing eleven Iur conviction and one Tor
aequittal. At the second trial the jury
agreed In less than an hour. Both men
were wild and defiant, and were pure
E3Ypcs OF the untutored American abo.
sxfgene.
COLD BLooDED MURDER.
George w. ,Padgett was q sscewboy.'
k6native of Texas. aud spent most OF his
Kittme In the saddle driving cattle. The
Scftme eior which he suffered was the
murder ofsW William II. Stephens, In the
Cherokee country, Indian Territory.
near the Kansas line, on the 26th OF
July, 1885, Stephens lived in Texas
and was on Ms way to Kansas with i
2s Drove OF about three thousand head o
cattle. Soon after entering the Indiar
Territory from Texas, Padgett came to
his camp one night and asket
s-to remain with HIM. Stephens a
once granted the request, and mex
Asmorning he hired himself to Stephens
did not prove an efficient hand, and sew
tory Stephens found fault with HIM OF
account of the way he performed hi
duty. On the day ot,the murder the.
were engaged in ''cutting out' cattle
when Stephens again %reprimapdet
Padgett for some fault IN his work, where
upon the latter drew his pistol. Stephen
turned to ride away from him. but as b.
did so Padget fred. The ball penetra
ted Stephens back and he tell deaf
son the 18th of June, asked Padget
what he had to say why the sentence c
the law should not be passed. he simpl
said he believed he 'shad the deed t
do" Padgett was about twenty-five
years OF age.
- KILLED THE WRONG MAN.
The crime for which William Throw
was executed was the killing OF a youn
man from Texas, named Ralph e. Tat,
in the Chickasaw nations country, Ii
dian Territory. Brown was abol
twenty eight years old, a native
Daviess county Missouri, and worked Il
monthly wages wherever he could oil
tain it. While putting up hay tor tt
quartermaster at Fort Sill, Indian TIE
ritory, Brown had q quarrel with
young man named Moore, the subject
dispute being a foot race which thu
EssT had run for a wager OF so cents. A ii
fight ensued In which Brown was wors
ed. Enraged at the thought of his ha
. ing been whipped ne made up his mil
to kill his ANITA onist. Aiming himst
with a oubie-barrell shot gun, he Ii
IN wait in the night time at a poi
80, where he expected Moore would pa
- ON his way home. Young Tate, unto
tunately Tor himself, was the first
pass the spot. and he received I
charge of buckshot lntended for Moo
The murderer fled To Texas, to viii
state he was followed closely by t
father OF his victim, who on coming
with him at once arrested him wItho
any warrant or other process OF la
Unassisted he brought the murderer
Fort Smith, a distance of over four hu
dred miles, and handed him over to t
United States marshal. He was tri
and convicted OF murder in the first
gree. and, on the 10th OF June last, "
sentenced to be hanged. Brown claim
that he never intended to shoot Tia
who, he said. was his friend and pa
z, ner.
SHOT DOWN WARNING.
Patrick McGovern was a native
Ireland. but was brought up in
United States. He was about thirty.f
years of age and a wagon maker
trade, and formerly worked at Ce,
Rapids, Iowa. He had served dur
the war in the twelfth Illinois caval
and alter living at Rockford, ILL.,,