The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-24
CRIMINAL VARIETIES.
CulIed Here and There from the Columns of
the Daily Press.
Hangman's Day.

There were but two hanging bees on Friday
OF last week, so far as the reports n the big
dailles 60.
JAMES VAUGHN was hanged at PinKney-
VILE, Ill.,, for the murder, IN August last, of
William Watts, city marshal of TamarOa.
Vaughn who had not been bad man except
when under the influence of liquor, had got
on spree In Tamaroa, small town on the
Illinois Central railroad In Perry county, and
was raising disturbance on the streets. Watts
went to HIM and asked hlm TO be STILL which
Vaughn did not seem disposed to heed where.
upon Watts told him if he did not subside he
would have to arrest him. Vaughn told Watts
he could not arrest him without warrant,
when Watts replied that he needed no papers
and took hold of Vaughn. The latter Jerked
loose As he did so Watts struck him with
his cane over the head, when Vaughn, jerking
the cane out OF Watts hand, dealt the latter
blow with knife, cutting down through
his shoulder sufficiently deep to sever the sub
clavian artery. Watts drew his revolver and
attempted to shoot Vaughn. After one or two
unsuccessful attempts, he got his pistol of, the
ball striking Vaughn in the leg as he ran
Watts died IN few minutes, and Vaughn was
arrested and taken to Jail to await his trial
The case was continued the first term on aft
davits. At the last May term of the Perry
county circuit court the case came up for
hearing. The trial continued three days, and
at midnight Of the third day the jury returned
verdict of murder and fixed the sentence at
DEATH
The other execution was that of MILTON
YARBERY, at Albuquerque, New Mexico
who died with the same bravado which had
characterized his life. His career" Is thus
ske,ched in the dispatch announcing his exc
cution
Yarbery was about 40 years of age, a native
of Texas, and was a cowboy, rough and gam
bier At this place he got into difficulty
with freighter, and killed him and fled to
Fort Smith, Ark. Here he met the notorious
desperadoes Dave Rudebaugh and Dave Mat
thews, and joined them in the robbing and
holding,up business. Near this place iarbery
shot and killed drover. The trio then
parted, Iarbery fleeing to Texas. Later, in
Arkansas, he killed man lie thought was a
detective, but who proved to be an inoffensive
traveller. Nothing was done about the murder
until Iorbery boosted about it, when he fled
from the authorities. In 1879 he went to Las
Vegas, and in connection with Mexican wo
man who went by the name of steamboat"
run q dance hall. This was q failure, and
laybery left. About this time frelghter was
killed and robbed of several hundred dollars,
about twenty miles from Las Vegas. Yarbery
t.I lt,t th.r. IVA
next turned up at Albuquerque, became con
stable, and killed Henry Brown of Nashville,
Tenn, but was acquitted through the incapaci
ty OF the jury. Soon after he shot and killed
Charles Campbell, II carpenter employed In
the Atlantic and Pacific yards. He did not
even know the man, and shot him In the back
He boosted of his devillsh deed, but the better
portion of the community became aroused,
and he was finally arrested and tried for his
crimes. Thus another OF the gang OF Billy
the Kid has passed in his checks.