The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-30
THREE OF A KIND.
Three Red Handed Murderers pror
Through the Trap
At Fort Smlth-Two Negroes aud q
Seminole Indian.
Finch, "the l.egro Orator." Varies The
Mon0tony Of
Scaffold Scenes BY Expressing a Doubt
as to His
Passport to the New Jerusalem-A Sa-
BILE Socrates.
The Others Emulate the Stoic,s Tsci,
tnrnity.
Detailed History Of Their Grin =.
Passport to the New Jerusalem-A Sa.
Bile Socrates.
The Others Emulate the Stoic's Taci.
tnrnity.
Detailed History Of Their Grin .,

tnrnity.
Detailed History Of Their Grin =.
LirrLk Rock, ARK, June %. --[Specis l.
The execution OF Tse-o.lit.sa, Ma tin
Joseph and Finch took place to-da, nj
Fort Smith. II was conducted privately
there being but thirty witnesses. The In.
dian slept all night and the negroes but
little. This morning they were closetsd
with their spiritual advisors until II O'Clock
when deputy marshal went into the iaii
ana read the death warrants. Finch.
known as the eloquent negro, made a
full confession from the scaifold. saving, NJ
had to take that horse and left the most IN
escape the tyranny Of superior officers I
was captured by those men end saw ths
first chance to escape by killing the men u
he also remarked that he had made peace
with God and he would take the moose as
Socrates did the cup OF hemlock and die
like philosopher. my case is with God
II he pardons me l am saved .
II not, l am damned Martin Joseph and
the Indian had nothing to say. Finch
est words were to his brother: "WelI. m.
+ 10Y hope this will do you some good i
I, 'rop fell twelve minutes to II, the drou
beil,, light feet. The negroes died hard
The Peck Of the Indian was broken.
THE STORY of MARTIN JosEPH's HORRIBLE
CRIME.
II ever brute in the shape Of 4 humar
being deserved hanging, 1t was Martin 10
seph, aud 1t seems strange that his tris
should have occupied five days. The fore
man OF the jury which convicted him, wa,
negro by the name Of Allen Bobo, and thu
courtroom was thronged with people
nearly all of whom warmly endOrsed III.
verdict. Joseph was negro, and the iury
was composed Of seven cOlored men ana
five white men. ALI his victims saw,
one, were white. The particulars Of the
crimes are almost
TOO HORRIBLE TO RELATE,
and 1t IL with difficulty 20 den, aved 4
wretch can be pictured. The many storieI
OF heinOus offenses committed In that coun,
try, Of rApines and murder, the Indian tar,
rltory, pale beside this CHASTITY chapter
The first step In this tragedy took place on
the night Of the Goth OF April, 1852, when
Martin Joseph and another negro, named
Henry Lotus, went 10 the home Of "a white
man, known AZ Bud" Stevens, and made
. proposition that they 20 on horse steal
ing expedition. Stevens had recently been
married, and his wife was but
SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
and they lived at lonely place In the fast
nesses OF the Arbuckle mountains. Ate,
some persuasion Stevens consented to IN,
proposition and departed with the negroes
leaving his girl-wiie alone and unproteets
In their mountain home. The trio.h. ' s.eu |,
afc Vic scr. xAIn tiwe, until ut Ia. .a me-,
found I secluded Wiley There they con.
sructeu corral into which TO run the
horses; ihis was done by securing rope
closure almost round. At the conclusion
Of the work Martin Joseph slipped nm be.
hino Stevens, while LOTUS attracted his
at ention, and
BLEW OUT his BRAINS,
shooting him In the back Of the head, The
Two hends then united the rope, leayinp
StephenS body where II fell, and returned
10 his widow. They, with well-feigned sor.
row, told how her husband, who In sound
health, had left her only few hours pre.
yions, had been thrown from his horse and
badly injured. When her grief permitted
they continued their series of fabrications.
anu urged her to 20 with them to her hus.
oand, who had sent them for her, Throw.
ing shawl over her head, she expressed
her Willingness TO go imme iiately. Lotus
assisted her to seat on the horse behind
Joseph, and they started-but alas! not
ior the side OF the husband, but
:, TO HER RUIN AND DEATH.
UP the mountain they went, further and
further, u III every vestige Of civilization
fitting companions for their finty hearts
Several hours hard riding brought them
10 the mouth Of a cave, where the negroes
dismounted and assisted the girl moro dead
than alive, to the ground. "Where Is nv
husband ?" was her piteous appeal. "In
here" replied Joseph, taking her some
sixty feet into the cave-her mountain
tomb. Placing q revolver at her head
these tiends ravished her repeatedly, and
when their brutal lust was gratiHed,
MURDERED HER IN COLD BLOOD,
BY sending bullet through her brain.
Her body, q bed-quilt. clothing and few
other articles. they placed in q far corner
Of the cavern. Owing TO the loneliness VI
the scene OF these crimes, they would prob.
ably never have become known, had not
Martin Joseph himself made confident OF
William Lotus, brother Of his compan.
ion. Henry, who was wild and reckless,
put coward at heart, had never told his
brother or any other human being, OF their
would murder him II he did. A nhort time
AFTER this, fearing, as he said, Lotus would
give him away,"he
MURDERED HIN AND FLED THE COUNTRY.
William Lotus. with the father of the
Lotus boys and another colored man, be.
ileving Joseph TO be the murderer Of
Henry, secured the country, but failed to
fad the Hendish brute. William Lotus
then plotted Q party Of friends to the cave
Joseph had described 10 him, where thew
found the remains OF the girl.wifc, and on
the following day the bones OF The murdered
husband, In the little valley Joseph had
also described. A merchant named Hen.
derson was made acquainted with these
crimes, and no at once notified Deputy
United States Marshal Mershon. This
ohicer, with an assistant named John Spen.
Ger, and number Of citizens, gathered ali
the facts and recovered the remains. Spen.
Ger had q
DESPERATE rIour WITH RATTLE SNAKE,
In recovering the remains Of the woman,
but at last succeeded, and at the trial nj
Fort Smith the whitened and CHASTITY bones
Of the victims were held before the ewes of
the dumbfounded murderer. Mershon, the
deputy marshal, hunted for weeks before
he found the trril OF Martin Joseph, but
when he found II II was fresh, and In very
few days
THE TRIPLE MURDERER
was In custody. These murders are ali due
10 brutal lust, and the world breathes easier
and is better now that Martin Joseph Is not
In or oft.
CRIMES or WILLIAM II. PINCH.
Finch, known rs the NEGRO orator." was
convicted February I'D last, aud The story
OF his crimes rs told on the witness stand.
are as follows; In July, almost one wear
ago, he stole horse at Fort SIN, Indian
Territory, from John Quineth, and the fol.
lowing month was arrested at Decatur.
Texas, BY the local authorities, on word
received from Fort Sill. Three colored soi.
diers. were detailed from the fort 10 bring
hun back. En- route back, and when oniS
thirteen miles remained 10 be travelled. the
party laid down 70 rest. While Finch. Ser.
geant Bush and Private Grimks were lying
on the ground Private Jerre McCarty went
70 \ Cr00k uoar hv IN All csrs..r. -i.S