Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
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THE CRIMINAL. RECORD.
The first legal execution which ever oc-
CURED IN western Montana, took place re-
Gently at Missonla, in the hanging Of All
Yung, Chinaman, III the Missoula Jail
yard. 1t was Witnessed BY about 100 people.
The crime for which this execution was the
penalty, was committed Jan. 90 last, when
il an attempt to blow up the tent Of the
China paymaster at Horse Plains, and rob
the inmates, Ah Yung shot and killed the
Chinaman who owned the tent, and wounded
ms brother, who attempted to follow him.
TO the last All Yung maintained his inno-
cence. Tickets of admission as guard were
issued by the sheriff to those who were pras-
emit When brought to the scaffold the con-
demned man sat for about ten minutes III
Q common chair while prayer was offered by
Rev. 6. Nd. Fisher, of the Presbyterian
church. The Cinnamon stepped boldly up
TO be bound, the moose was quietly adjusted,
and ia less than minute he was dropped
off into eternity. Il .# IS $30 So - q
Denver Special: The TON OF August l..
F. Watkins, prominent cattle raiser neaa
Canyon City, was lynehed by lot OF cow
boys, Watkins had fenced ii d large
tract or land, which had prevented tie
cowboys from roaming at will over the
territory, q perogative which they claim.
They hrst numped up an accusation against
him that he had st Glen cattle belonging to
various parties, and upon this charge lie
was arrested, After he had given bond and
was released, J. P. Muuock, Edison Null
lock, George Cross, William J. Weloher,
and L. sampar were accused of stealing cat
tie from Watkins ranch, and they were
also arrested. When Watkins went to Can.
yon City to stand his trial on the 10th. he
was taken from the sheriff by COWBOYS, shot
to death and afterward hanged from the
bridge. <* - =,
At IL O'clock on the Goth Charles Burt,
who lives at 1888 Sixth avenue south, Mime.
apolis, was going down Seventh avenue
At the corner of Tenth avenue south oppo-
site Judge Vanderburg's residence he was
met by three men, who demanded his
! money and each pointed revolver at him.
He refused them and they fired, one shot
going through his lungs. The men then
ran away and escaped. Burt was taken to
! his home, and was attended by Drs. Moo e
Geh1S1 oCiAA1ACy WIZ pODSO tOI t1lS DILL,
failed to find it. They, however believe
that the revolver used was 46~caliber. Burt
| described the three men, saying two were
short and one tall. The police say this
answers the description OF men who
have been doing this kind of work
lately.
most atrocious triple murder was con1-
| mitted On the 10Th inst, near Point Burn
side, Georgia. Three men, named James
Claiborne and James and Joseph Randall,
drew months pay the day before, and it
| was reported the Randalls had drawn large
sums from the bank. The night previous
Frank Stagle and an accomplice crept into
camp, cut off the heads OF two of the Sleep
ing men, riddled their bodies with bullets.
and partially cut the head off of Claiborne.
! They then robbed them and threw the Ran
dali brothers over cliff 100 feet high, aud
while about to throw Claiborne over they
were frightened off Claiborne lived long
enough to give Stagle's name. The muir
| derers fed and separated. stagle was CAP
tured.
| The Jersey state prison at Trenton has q
! formidable list Of notabilities among its
| tenants. Among them are Baldwin, ex-
cashier Of the Merchandise National bank OF
| Newark, which he quite thoroughly wrecked:
President John Halliard, of Mechanics &
| I.aborers' bank of Jersey City; James A.
! Hedden, another cashier from Newark; Gar
| ret S. Boyce, cashier from Jersey CITY; Hen
| ry Narchbank, ex-bank clerk from Newark
Frederick A. Palmer, ex-Newark auditor;
Lawrence Beach, a Jersey City bookkeeper;;
| Robert Cook, assistant secretary of JERSEY
! City savings bank and Elijah Shaw, an
| other Jersey City cashier
Sheriff Bogart of Winona went to Roll
ingstone on the 10th inst, and arrested
! James Owens, aged thirty-hve years, on q
| charge of attemp ting an outrage on the per
SOD of Hu]dah Rock, a girl of sixteen. The
! prisoner was held to the district court in
the sum Of 81 ,0e0.s According to testimo-
| ny the girl was at work for q farmer. Ow-
| ems watched his opportunity, and, when
| the farmer was absent from home made an
| assault upon the girl, who broke from his
grasp and ran to neighbours. He again
watched and made second assault, when
the brave girl fought the scoundrel with a
I stick OF wood until he relinquished his de-
! sign.
| Many people in the North west are deeply
interested in the downfall of Ansley Gray,
| VINO is now in Jail at Denver for drunk
| eness, He was once brilliant attorney OF
M11W dAECC, 2llA al UiS blulS SEJ teu LII the
| assembly. He married wealthy Racine
| lady, and soon squandered her fortune oil
| $4,000. His dissipated habits led to a
| separation, and he has sine e been travelling
with circus side shows and featuring on
temperance. His wife lie now in Milwau,
kee. ~
| The bank safe Of J. L. Williams of Erie,
Colo, was robbed by a party of highway.
| men Oh the night of the 18th, and about 81,
| 600 taken, The robbers compelled the
! banker to open the safe and afterwards took
| him on the plains and nadethim swear he
| would not divulge the matter till morning.
| Williams respected his oath and the facts
were not known till morning.
| 1t Cincinnati on the Goth inst, Burt
Scheibel shot snd killed Josie stubb, g
sporting woman, in her room at Mrs. Kinks,
al George street, and then shot himself in
| the face, dying lnstan tly. Scheibe1 left a
letter to the coroner directing that both
bodies be sent to Dayton, regretting the
| killing of the girl, but saying he could not
die and leave her. -. ~. ..a
| AtScottswood, Ala, Taylor Banks (col.
ored) was hanged On the 18th for the muir.
der of Tupner Woods, in December 1881,
Only Is wit messed the execution, but fully
5000 came to town. Banks confessed that
he murdered Woods at the solicitation OF
the latter's wife: He felt sure of going to
glory. Mrs Woods was sent to the peniten.
tiary for life. The victim owned two farms
On the 18th inst. a Texas Central train
was boarded at Byran, Tex, by four ruff
fans armed with revolvers. Their evident
intention was to rob the sleeper without at.
tracing the attention Of the rest of the
train, but an alteration arose, the conduc
tor aroused the passengers and the robbers
quickly fed. .= .&,- u. r.,.Gs
Information was brought to Sheriff Berry
of Missoula that white man, an emigrant