, 1881-11-19
v,,tsrday He Died with the Hope Of
Bliss During the Eternal
Future.
.uonstus Smith, q Vile Wretcll'
punished with Death ut
Sn,itlifteltl, Ark. -.
=. Outraged His Employers Daughters,
and Died Confident Of Sal
yation.
.,,,,n at Lumpkia, 3d., Of Or. Samuel
Sparks Before Largo con'oufse
OF People.

u..o Jackson Hanged, for All Assasf-
oSA nation, nj Hamburg, ArK'
e.,ta1 DHpateh to Ths chtedeo Tribune.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. l8'-"boHo JACK
,on NJ ,fas hanged Mt Hamburg tod9y for the
r mnrIer d Of laoaben Jordan last February.
rIa Tha murderer and Ills victim were cnlorcd.
i,ctsou I slept wall, and rose early this mor'l-
mo saving lc regarded every moment Of us
i;fs M eift from Hotf, anu wished to 80 1iae
f. Tia spont tho morning III devotional TX
a,.ttrs. lie showed sono sEgi,s OF 1oar Wllu1l
t,teu out Of the ccil. but rallied aid met
arsth without llinchlng. This spectators
numbered from 1900 to 5000. Ten murders
hsra bceu con.n.lttud In Ashley County IN
,na NIT eighteen months, but this Is the first
tsssI execution which has tnken place In
many years
THE sTonY OF a nEsrENAno.~
Roac ,]acksou, who today enttul Ills career
IN ,ho scalpld, was criminal far above the
oninary tyre. IIu WIS In hIs 3dtli year. 1le
w, born In Mississippi, WHENCE lie emil
grated te. ,lls Stale. Of moro than ordinary
Intelligence, llo illustrated the adage, "a lit
ia learning Is d dangerous thing" from tho
beginning to tho ending of his lito. lie wis
fnnnarly tI.e property Of wealthy Nissis-
slud pJanter; and his old master came all
! Mn way from that State to uso such lntlll-
.uce as ho could command In belnlf OF Ills
uuon,lam slave, because, as Is alleged. .1ack-
sou, at The porIl OF his life, once saved tho
planters daughter, aged 13, from wntcry
rraye, II trus, tlIis deed stands alone In 4
IonE list OF lnrk ones. Def0ro rolnoy-
lng to Arkansas, ..Jarkson killed.
NT wftte i,an during a drunken
,p,es @ In n little Mississippi
yIl!age. Wlcn tried for tue crime he aided
his lawyer by suggesting certain points to
suc, MI extent that lIo not only escaped with
his neck, but got oil with ono or two years
In The State Prison. Two other murders are
charged to Ills account.
Soon after settling In Ashlay County, this
State, he got Into a quarrel with Reuben
jordan, q nelghbor, and a reputable e0lored
man, The trouble originated from son,o
trivial cause. and out OF 1t grow toud
which ultimately
COST llGTH MEN THEIR LlVEsi
! T1e were separated by bystantfors, but jack
soh clsImed that le Ind been grossly it,
suited, qnd expressed q determination to
wash ont the insult iii tJordun's blood. 1In
laid sayural pla1is .lu9iing to tlJs ont, but all
ot thom falled owing to tho watci,fulness Of
BIS 'ntonded victim,
oae Jay inst February Jordan gave cot
'oN.ptckfnE. 1t WIS largely attended, n1-
I Etoes coming for miles to assist him tn gath
erlng his crop. Among tlioso In attendance
vas Jackson; and 1t begun to he whispered
around TINT tho trouble tGtWcen Jordan and
Jackson had been anicRbfy adjusted, aud
ant tlo present gathering WIS intended to
celebrate that event as much na anything
e]sc TIN
NV p.ss,n ,r,,r, nm. h, ,,,r ,,,,,.,
i T. .be Ra. .. tAoshn WITH uNEAt A!1AHif'
Ia the costonile|d the darkles worked. aud
h!Ied tho atr Will, negro melodies M they
4 did 50; while intours tte females Of Jor-
d,D's family touothar Will, tha rv,vas and
d,~r,.asa -; .,,s' th'"sl m.a. .u9 M'I ".''
asuta.e.S o' t'e'F reiat'Ves ano he'ghnofs'
lance, With which tho ceremonies wore to
elose Whisky flowed like water nnong TIC
workRcr1. and l,eforn nlphtfatl tho s,,nnIy
gas erhnnytod 1vha,, foaiLsor ,vos H..
tomrl of III. foo, ,n 1,oaa",a ,,ar,, ' a"nr,,
~ ascasea dosaan OF inst!ltang {ho eltsro
company. jordan denied tl,p acecusaiion.
Atlshgtll, st,lne BY Jnckson's tarnts. he
Struck him ,vIn,, sS,oo,1a s,'tn.soxo'i a,.S 49,,
reu ,.o.n a,'' mnun .t!et'a 1nto1io1eo INV tlie
th.. Is.n "olo sepafatea. jackson, ron'afRlhe
G8t 10 WOULD coma 80njn nHC Synuttl than