The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-17
CRIMINALS AND THEIR GRIMES.
frlOns who Expinirsi their Grimes OH
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Sr. LOUIS, Mo, JunclG.-A special from
l'inckneyvillc, Ills, says: James Vaughn
was hanged here this afternoon. Tho exc.
cation was private and inside the jail, only
clergymcn and reporters were admitted,
but large crowd lhronged tho streets.
Vaughn was much depressed yesterday,
but recovered his spirits and slept
last night. lie ate hearty breakfast and
walked maniully to tho scatEold, meeting
death firmly. lie dropped six feet, and
died after q few struggles. The gallows
was OF the old fashioned rope aud trap
pattern. No demonstration was made by
the crowd. T,@5raj2 gf 4. :
Vaughn murdered Wm. Watts, Marshal
OF Tamarorn, on August i, 1881. Vaughn
was drunk and Watts attempted to nrrest
him, when the former plunged knife into
the lattcr's breast, and turned to flee,
Watts shot at him, striking him in the leg,
and then fell, dying almost Immediately.
Vaughn WIS captured after n short chase
and taken to rihckncyvillc, tried aud con.
victed. lie was considered Il hard charac.
ter. Vaughn had said lie would kill Watts
| II he ever attempted 10 arrest him, and
after he was captured remarked that he
was Il man OF his word.
a Post. Dispatch special from .Albu.
querque, New Mexico, says: Sam Youber.
ry was hanged here this afternoon for the
murder Of Charles Campbell. The execu-
ton was i'll Il vacant space adjoining the
town.. Crowds cnme in yesterday, and to-
day thousands were present, Including
Mexicans, cowboys, railroad men and
| miners. Numerous fights took place, bu,
there was no interference with the hanging
ioubcrry died will, the same bravado
which characterized his life. He marched
TO the scailold with II determined step, and
never !linchea when the rope was placed
around his neck. Some persons in the
crowd cheercd. The drop was five feet,
lIcdied with few strncsles
iouberry was about forty years Of age, u
native OF Texas, and was n cowboy, rough
nnd gambler. At this place he got into
difficulty with Ii ircighter, killed him, and
fled to Fort Smith. Ark. Here he joined
The notorious lesmradocs Dave Rnde-
Dangh and Dave Matthews, and Joined
them in robbery, and l''hoId up" business
Near this place, Youberry shot and killed
Il drover and the trio then parted, You
berry fleeing to Texas. Later, in Arkansas,
he killed man whom he thought was n
detective, but WHO proved to be an inof.
iensive traveller. Nothing was done about
The murder until Youherry boosted about
ii. When he lled from the authorities in
1879 he went to Las Vegas, and in connec-
ton with Mexican woman, who went hy
the name Of Steamboat" run 4 dance.
house. This was failure, and Yonberry
lett. About this time a ireightcr was killed
and robbed OF several hundred dollars,
about 20 miles from Las Vegas. Youberry
was suspected. but there was no proof.
He next turned up ut albuquerque, be.
catnc constable and killed Henry llrown,
OF Nashville, Tenn, bnt was acquitted
through the incompetency OF the Jury.
Soon after he shot aud killed Ci,as. Camp
bell, a carpenter employed in the Atlantic
& Pacilic yards. lle did not even know
the man, and shot him in the back. lie
boosted Of his dcvilish deed, but the better
portion Of the community became aroused
aud he was finally arrested and tried for
his crimes. ~.
Thus another OF the .ang OF "Bil]y the
Kid" has ''passed in his checks"
LOUISVILLE, Ky, June l6.-rhc facts in
the lynching at Monn. Sterling furnish
ed by Il purity who wls present, are MS iol.
lows: A negro man named James Mitch.
ell WAS hanged ut o'clock Wednesday
night, Tor having committed crime upon
the person OF Mrs. Thompson, who lives
about one mile from Mount Sterling. The
crime was committed ut o'clock in the
day. ilc was arrested ut 4 o'clock and
hanged Mt Il point on the railroad ncar
the town. -Four or Ave hundred peo.
pie, both black and white, were
present and approved OF the execution.
The man was twenty.,hrce years OF age,
and. it seems, had borne lair reputation.
lie manifested to the last Il strong disrc-
gard OF the consequences. Ills father re-
fused 10 have anything 10 do with him
either before or after he was dead. Ills
body hung until nine o'clock next morn
ing when it was cut down by the coroner,
who impannele,l a jury who brought in d
verdict iii accordance with these iacts.