The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-07
4 BANDIT,S BLOODY WORK.
Frank Rande, Serving a Life Sentence at
Joliet Penitentiary, Savagely Assaults
His Keeper.


Joliet Penitentiary, Savagely Assaults
His Keeper.
JOLIET, ILL, NJ rch 3.-Frank Rande, the
notorious murderer and bandit, is employed
IN the hamesS-shop of the penitentiary Of
this place. Saturday afternoon Deputy
Warden John Mcdonald was in the room
talking with James B. Madden, the shop
keeper, when Rande crept stealthlly up bo-
hind him. holding in his hand heavy iron
poker which he had taken from the coal box.
Without word of warning he dealt Melon
aid terrible blow on the back of the head,
knocking him senseless. He aimed another
blow at the PROSTATE deputy, but this was
received on the arm of Madden, who Crap
pied with the murderous wretch and tried
to secure the poker. Both men fell to the
floor, Rande on the top, but Madden got
the poker away, upon which Rande drew a
knife and stabbed Madden in the arm. Then
William Raab, a life-conyict, knocked the
knife from Rande's hands and seized him by
the throat Madden meantime regaining
his feet Two more convictS seized Rande's
hands and held him helpless, while Raab
squeezed his throat until the villain was
nearly strangled. Deputy Garvin and 9TH
ers arrived and carried away the wounded
officer, after which Rande, now black in the
face, was released and ordered to march
ahead to the solitary cell, Garvin following.
AS they neaTed the door Rande attempted to
get hold of another knife, but was prevented
by MCGEE, the Methodist minister, serving a
fourteen-year term for poisoning his wife,
Selling hammer, Rande threw it at
Mc(Ihee, but missed, and Garvin then struck
the Infatuated murderer on the head with a
heavy cane. The desperate then got hold
of the cane, when Garvin drew a single
shot derringer and fired, the bullet striking
Rande on a rib in his left side,
but glancing off without doing Sc
rious harm. The convict made
a rush at Garvin, but the latter got hold of
the cane and prevented its use. Edward
Mcdonald, brother of the wounded dep
uty, then placed revolver at Rande's face
and told him to let go, but he refused, and
Mcdonald fired. The bullet entered the
desperado's ear, and with a scream he
dropped to the floor.
Meantime physicians had been attending
Mcdonald, whose skull was badly fractured
and the bloed-vessels exposed, some cut
open so that the pulsations of the blood
could be seen and the outer covering of the
brain picked in one or two places. The
surgeons removed two pieces Of the skull as
large as half-dollars and several smaller
pieces. When Rande was examined some
time afterWard he was found to be still
alive. While the hospital steward was
making the examination Rande regained
enough of his senses to recognize those
about him, and when asked what cause he
had for his attempt, replied that Mcdonald
had put him in punishment and kept him
there for fifteen days, part of which time
he was forced to stand chained to the iron
door. He also said in an incoherent way
that he had been commissioned by God to
kill the deputy; that he, Rande, had power
to save all men, and could prove it from
Scripture.
The condition of Deputy Mcdonald is bad,
but hopes are entertained that his strong
constitution will enable him to recover. Ali
indications of the wounds are favorable but
his system received such severe shock
from the fearful blow inflicted by Rande
that it will be some days before the phySi-
clans can feel sure of his recovery. He is
wholly conscious Of the situation, and his
mind seems clear. Rande is also likely to re-
cover. The bullet will not be extracted
until to-day. He is still defiant, and eX-
presses regret that he did not kill Mcdonald,
still insisting that he was impelled' to the
crime. 1t is believed that the recent trial Of
Mooney for the murder of his cell-mate sug-
gested to Rande the idea of playing insane
in the hope of securing another trial. In
Rande's clothing were found, among othel
articles, a shoe knife, very sharp, and an
ugly weapon made of steel, some six inches
long, known among Saddlery-makers as a
''cock-eye unch."
Rande, whose real name is Charles G.
Scott, was born in Pennsylvania in 1889, his
father being blacksmith. The family
moved to Fairfield, Ia, thirty years ago
and the old man is still there. Charles
was at one time teacher and was married
at the age of twenty-three, his wife dying
in few months. Sixteen years ago he
committed his first recorded crime, q
burglary, for which he was sentenced to
seven years. imprisonment but escaped.
In 1879 he was sentenced to five
years under an assumed name for bur-
glary at Michigan City, and during his SEN
tence was a source Of continual trouble to
the prison authorities. May 2, 1877, he was
discharged, and Friday, August 3, he broke
into gunsmith's store at Elmwood, Peoria
County, ILL.,, and stole number Of revolv.
ers. Two days later the house of Wood
ford Pearce near Gibson, Knox County, was
robbed of SIS and quantity of clothing
while the family were at church. The rob-
Der was followed by his tracks, and
discovered in corn-ield. In the attempt
to capture him Charles Belden was killed,
a man named McKown shot through the
lungs, aud two other men and boy wound.
ed. All efforts to secure the ruftian were
unavailing. About month afterward he
robbed house at st. Elmo, Effingham
County. The citizens turned out in pursuit
of the robber, came upon him in the timber
and commanded him to surrender. The
only answer received was a murderous
volley from the Villains revoIvers, and in a
few minutes Messrs. John Scales, Frank
Wiseman and Frank Barnes, citizens Of the
town, lay dead upon the field, while their
murderer escaped in spite of the efforts of
the whole people to detain him. He then
fed to Indianapolis, where he took up his
abode among a number Of low white and
colored people. One day he destroyed a
wheelbarrow belonging to an old colored
man, and The police were called in. Officer
Durham arrested the criminal, who, after
going a few yards, quietly drew the in
evitable revolver and fired. A struggle
followed, and Rande broke away, and
when the officer pursued brought him down
with bullet in his leg, and succeeded in
getting clear once more.
On November 16, 1877, Rande was dis
covered in st. Louis, and his capture eff
fected after desperate fight, in which the
desperate shot policeman, who afterward
died. When the case was called for trial
three days were spent in obtaining jury.
The trial lasted fifteen days, the defense
being insanity and the illegality of the ar
rest. The country was greatly astonished
and justly indignant when verdict was
returned sentencing him to Imprisonment
for life. Should Warden Mcdonald die it
will be Rande's sixth murder in Illinois
alone.
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