Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

LoRIGNAL, Canada, October r.
Mann, who murdered the Cook family,
was hanged at s o'clock this morning.
Shortly before that hour the solemn pro-
cession, headed by Sheriff Merrick and
Rev. Mr.. Phillips, Mann's spiritual ad-
wiser, marched through the court yard
to the gallows. Mann preserved a calm
ness of demeanor, and assembled the
steps with a strength of purpose and
nerve rarely shown by any mortal In
passing through the ordeal. He stepped
upon the fatal trap door with firmness,
carefully inspected the pinioning of his
legs and with cheerful smile said ''good
bye" to his attendants and nodded to
the newspaper correspondents. After an
impressive prayer had been offered by
an Anglican minister, the man was
dropped into eternity. The exeeutioner
did his work coollY, and nine and half
minutes after he had touched the fatal
spring the pulsations of the murderer's
heart had ceased. Mann died apparent
ly without a struggle. He is credited
with having said, "It is only hop
step-and-leap fromssthis sinful..world into
an eternity of love-" This morning he
Joined heartily In devotional exercises,
The HYMN "Abide with me-" About
$50 the body was cut down and the in
quest is now progressing. Fifty persons
witnessed the execution. He murdered
his employer, E r. Cooke, Mrs. Cooke,
their son and daughter. He made
full confession.
CLEVELAND, October 12.-Jack Rad
ford was hanged to day at Fremont for
wife murder, committed last October.
He made fierce fight against the Off
GERS and cried "let me go, you hell
IONS" and showered blasphemous and
obscene epithets upon them. After be-
ing dragged to the scaffold he tried des-
perately to break away and Jump from
the platform. With much trouble he
was bound and the moose adjusted, the
drop falling at minutes past noon.
TOLEDO, October 12.-Carl Bach was
hanged at Bowling Green, Ohio. to-day,
for the murder of his wife In October,
1881. The family lived on farm near
Weston, Ohio, and Bach and his wife
INDUCED in frequent quarrels, during
one of which he attacked and killed her
with a corn cutter. At, the ensuing
term of court Bach was convicted and
sentenced to death, but was granted a
new trial on a writ of error by the SUI
preme court and a second time convicted.
GRAYsoN, KY, October 12.-Elis
Craft mounted the scaffold at LOS P. NJ.
He spoke of his innocence of the crime
the witness against him had committed.
At the conclusion of this he sang the
HYMN "Did Christ for Sinners Weep"
in clear voice and then prayed, being
followed by Rev. j. Fl. Pinkerton. The
moose was affixed and the drop fell at
1:2O. His neck was broken and at l :35
he was dead. The crowd was orderly
and there was no disturbance whatever.
Craft proclaimed his innocence to the
last, without fatering.
Following is a condensed history of
the celebrated murder case: Neal, Craft
and Ellis, the Ashland murderers, were
charged with first outraging and then
numbering a girl named Gibbons, after
ward setting fire to the house in which
were the bodies of the girl and her COM
rade and brother, who were also MUIR
dered. The three, Ellis, Graft and Neal,
were arrested, charged with the crime.
Ellis confessed and was sentenced to
states prison for life. Neal and Craft
were sentenced to be hanged.
While being taken from Catlettsburg to
Lexington for safekeeping the mob at
tackled the steamer Granite State and at
tempted to rescue the prisoners, firing
on the guards, who returned the fire,
killing several persons. Ellis was taken
from the jail and hanged. Craft and
Neal secured new trials. Last February
Graft was tried and found guilty in
Grayson. The court sentenced him to
death. A motion for new trial was
overruled. Neal is still in Jail at Lex
ington, will soon be tried and doubtless
found guilty, as the testimony against
him is equally strong as against Craft.
Neal and Craft, besides costing nearly
$4,000 for guards and the expense Of
trials, have been the direct cause of the
death of nearly dozen good people.