Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-10
AN ARTISTIC HANGING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Feb. 9.-An Albu,
querque dispatch says Milton Yarberry
was hanged to-day in the old jail yard al
old Albuquerque, two miles from Albu-
querque. 1t was arranged to hang him in
the exposition building but the citizens
protested. A large body of militia was Oh
the ground to preserve order. Yarberry
passed most of the time of his closing
days in playing the fiddle in the jail, but
as the hour approached he weakened and
was strengthened by stimulants. Only
officers and reporters we're admitted.
Milton Yarberry was about forty one years
old and had tall, lean body,
a small, poorly developed head, keen gray
eyes, and was unprepossessing in appear
ance. He was a native of Texas and spent
most of his early life at Decatur, Wise
county. Here Milton was a cowboy,
rough and gambler. He got into diff
Guilty with freighter, killed him, and fled
to Fort Smith, Ark. There he met the no.
torious desperadoes Dave Rudabaugh and
Dave Matthews, and joined them in the
robbing business. Near that place Var
berry shot and killed droYer who
refused to be robbed. The
two then parted, Yarbury
fleeing to Texarkana. Here he lodged
from one state to the other, sometimes
sleeping in Texas, sometimes in Arkansas.
Finally in Arkansas he killed a man whom
he thought was detective, but who proved
to be an inoffensive traveller. Nothing was
done about the matter at the time. The
town was full of cut-throats and thieves,
and life Was held cheaply. Yarberry, as
usual, began boasting of his crimes. The
authorities made inquiries, and he again
fed, this time to Dodge City, Kas.
From Dodge City he went to
Canon City, Col. Here he operated
variety show, got in debt to
everybody he could and jumped the town.
In 1879 Yarberry came to Las Vegas.
Here. in connection with Mexican won
an who went by the name of Steamboat"
he ran a dance hall which proved finan-
cial failure, and Yarberry moved to the
front of the railroad, which at that time
had not reached Albuquerque. About the
L1In6 OF MS leaving d 1relSuIoI "6lo A14l0U
and robbed of 800 near Las Vegas. Var
berry was suspicioned, but there was no
proof that he had committed the crime.
The next place we hear of Var
berry was at Albuquerque, with
his pockets full of money. At
that time the new town was just being Or
ganized and Yarberry came to the front as
a politician, and was appointed constable
of the precinct. In short time he killed
Henry Brown, of Nashville, Tenn, but
through the incapacity of the jury was
acquitted. Having gotten off so easily, he
thought it would be no cause of complaint
if he killed whomsoever he chose, and soon
after his acquittal for the Brown murder
he shot and killed Charles Campbell,
carpenter employed at the Atlantic d
Pacific yards. There has never
been reason given why he
killed Campbell, not even knowing the
man. He shot him in the back and soon
boasted of his deed. Had it not been for
a strong movement on the part of the bust
ness men of the city Yarberry would have
been hung at the time of the murder. but
better Judgment prevailed. Thus another
one of the gang of BILLY the Kid has run
his course.