The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29

siY Mnrderers Atone for Their Crimes at
The Ropes End-Pennsylvania arnishes
Five.
PITTsBURG, March 4.-The first execution
in six years occurred in the County Court
yard in this city at noon to-day when. Edgar
Frank Small was hanged for the murder OF
Nicholas Jacoby. Small was a man Of good
natural parts, but from birth his surround
ings were OF the worst character. HIS victim
was mill workman who had married
woman named Lotta HcAleese, who gained
considerable n0tOriety some years ago in
rowing boats for prizes. In the evening of
January 16, 1879 he found his wife in COM
pany with Small, who had just been dis
charged from an eight-year term in the pen
itentiary, in a beer saloon. He aud Small
had hard words and they fought, but were
parted. IN going home, short distance
from the saloon, Jacoby was shot
by some person close by him,
and in his dying statement asserted
Small did the deed. Small was arrested
tried and convicted, the evidence though
purely circumStantial, being very strong.
After the conviction every effort possible
was made TO have the condemned man par
dOned, but without avail. and in January of
this year Governor Hoyt signed his death
warrant. Throughout these years Small
maintained a stOical indifference to his fate
and stOutly asserted his innocence, and only
yesterday wrote a letter to his spiritual
adviser, in which he said he was about TO
suffer for another ones crime. He remained
up until Ocloek this morning when he re-
tired and slept well, arising at o'clock.
After eating sparingly of his breakfast he
proceeded 10 dress himself with much care.
His mother, attired in black, called at 10
O'Clock to see him for the last time. The
interview was brief and very affecting
This evening the body of Frank Small
was taken to his aunt's house on Twentieth
street, and the curiosity to get look at the
: remains has been so great that twenty po-
elicemen were detailed to guard the house.
Rock ISLAND, H., March 24.-To-day at
II 80 D. m. William Heilwagon was hanged.
He was convicted at the last term of Court
of killing his daughter-ln-law, Dora II.
HeiiwagOn, on the Hight of the 5th of Sep
tember. lie went to her house, and driving
her out into the cornheld, crushed in heI
head with hammer. The evidence leading
TO his conviction was purely circumstantial,
and turned mostly upon the statements
made by Heilwagon as to DOra's absence,
when no one but the murderer could have
known of it. The murdered woman was
separated from her husband and there were
strong suspicious that he had committed
the deed himself. The more so as she had
been unfaithful TO him. Heilwagon made q
long statement published in Wednesday
Argus, in which he asserted his own limo
cence ana in direct terms charged the mur
der on his son. Heilwagon is man forty
nine years OF age. and bears a fair character
The entire family are low.
.MIDDLEBURe, Pa, March 2f 2f-Jonathar
Mayer, who particI paIed in the murder o
John and Gretchen Kintzler on the 9th o
December. 1877. was executed this morning
The condemned man met his fate with cous
age. He profess ed religion and expressed
strong hope of reaching Heaven. Thi
morning Mayer made final statement L
one OF the ministers, in which he said ht
knew nothing of the murder on the Friday
of its occurrence, but was told OF it the fol
lowing evening by Ettinger, and that he haC
only aided in division of the money.
ANGELICA, n. Y, March 2i-John C. Nc
Carthy was hanged here this morning TO
the IN urder OF Patrick Markey in Novembe
last. When asked if he had any remarks 4
make, he said TO the District Attorney
''You are a bioodthirsty brute, you are
You know IN your heart am not guilty o