Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-17
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rapby of the Hangees.

Various Hauglags, With Little Blog-
r&pby of the HanGees.
PrsoKNEYvrLuE Ill June 16.-Jarnes Vaughn was
hanged here this afternoon. The execution was
private and inside the jail. Only clergymen and re-
porters were admitted, but g large crowd thropged
thu streets. Vaughn was much depressed yesterday,
but recovered his spirits and slept we'll last night
Hs ate q hearty breakfast and walked manfully to
the scaffold, meeting death firmly He dropped six
feet and died after few struggles. The gaows
was TN old-fashionei rope aud trap. No demon
stration WAS made hy the crowd.
Vaug hn murdered William Watts, marshal OF
TamaCars, On August 5, 1891. Vaughn was drunk
and Watts attempted to arrest him when the fer her
plunged kulfe into the li.ter'S breast and tGrnSd
ID nee. Watts shot at him. striking nln III shs Iss
and thsn fell, dying almost Immediately. Vaughn
WAS clpsursd after short chase and taken 10
Plucknsyville tried and convicted. he was oonsid,
cred hard character. Vaughn said he wonld ELL
Waits il he attempted to arrest MN, anu a1ter
hs was captured remarked that he was man OF MS
word rv r.-c>e $780,. :
ALBUQUERQUE, Y. II. June 49, Milton Yarber
~ was hanged here this afternoon for the murder
OF Chss Campbell. This execution was IN vacant
space adjoiuing the town. Crowds came III yester-
day and to-day thousands were present, incluoirg
Mexicans cowboys railroad men and miners. There
were, numerous fights but no interference with the
hanging.
Yarberry died with the same ,bravado which char
soteriz sd his life De marched to the scsffold with
y determined step aud never hnched wasE the rope
was placed about his nsck. Some IN the crowd
cheered. Tue drop was ave feet. He died with a
few struggles Yarberry was about forty years OF
age native Of Texas and vas acowboy rough and
gambler. -F 49,. -.
Al this place he got into a difficulty with
freigh ter, killed him aud fed to Fort Smith, Ark.
Here he joined the notorious desperados, Dave
Rudabaugh and Dave Matthews, and joined them ia
the robbing and hold-up business near this pace.
Yarbsrry shot and killed drover and then they
parted, Yarberry fleeing to Texas. Later, in Arkan-
sas, he killed man he thought was detective, but
who proved to be an inoffensiye traveller. Nothing
was deae about tas murder until Yarbsrry boasted
about it. When ne fed from the authorities
ia 1879 he went 10 Las vegas,
aad, in connection with Mexican,
woman who went by the name of Steamboat ran a
dance hall. This WAS failure AID YarbeIry left.
About this time the freighter vas killed and robbed
of several hundred dollars twenty mites from Las
Vegas. Yarbecry vas suspected, but there vas no
proof. He next turned up at Albuquerque, became
a constable and killed Henry Brown, of Tennessee,
but was acquitted through the incspac-
ity Of the jury Soon after he
shot and killed Charles Campbell
carpenter employed In the Atlantic & Pacific yards.
Hs did not even know the man aud shot him in the
back He boaste1 of his deviIish deed, but the bet
ter portion OF the community became aroused and
he was husly arrested and tried for his crimes
Thus another of the gang of "Biny the Kid has
passed in his checks.