Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-26
DBMOulAC DEEDS.
A Frightful Murder by Negro at
Hicksville. L. I.
A MANS HEAD TERRIBLY BEATEN.
His Wife Assaulted, Beaten and Robbed
Of Her Money.
TWO FIENDS HANGED IN INDIANA.
A Long Chapter Of Outrageous DOings
by the Criminal Class.
A MANS HEAD TERRIBLY BEATE
TWO FIENDs HANGED IN INDIANA
> ANOTHER SHOCKING ArFArE.

HIoKsvILLE, L. L, Jan. 25.-At about
half past six this morning, Selah Sp,ague,
well-to-do farmer Of East Meadow, vent
as usual to the barn to milk the COWS and
| feed the horses. He just reached the barn
| when tall, slim n1latto attacked him
With fish plate, used in coupling railroad
tracks, and striking him several murder
GUS blows on the head, left him for dead
and made his way 10 the house. Here ne
saw Mrs. Sprague IL the kitchen, struck
her one blow and demanded money. she
told him to get 1t out of the drawer, and
then ran screaming from the house. Be-
fore she had gone very far, the man over
took and passed her, soon getting out of
sight. Some neighbors hearing Mrs.
Sprague's cries hurried to the
spot and found Sprague lying in
pool of blood near the barn.
A general alarm was sounded, and the
farmers of Hicksville, Hampstead, West
bury ard Janesville hitched up their horses
and started IN all directions securing the
country for the assassin The man whom
Mrs. Sprague describes as a tall, slim,
! young looking mullatto, is supposed to be
the same who attempted burglary at
South Oyster Bay On Wednesday night.
He is supposed to be hiding in the neigh
borhood. All points of the island has been
furnished with his description. There is
great excitement all through Queens
county in consequence of this third simi-
lar outrage following so quickly upon the
Mayberg and Townsend affairs. Mr..
Sprague and wife are about fifty years of
age The physicians give no hopes of the
recovery of Sprague.
The mullatto has been arrested, identi
fed and jailed.
Charles A. Smith is the name of the
! negro who committed the assault. He
lived at Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay. A
strong guard escorted him to jail, as it WI
feared he might be lynched. as threats OF
violence were freely made by the crowd.
Smith is fully Identified by Mrs. Sprague
He is known to be disreputabIe char
acter, and it is thought he may be i'm
plicated in both the Maybee murder and
the Townsend assault. Sprague is very
! low.
While the terrible wounds on tbs head
of Sprague were being dressed, he sudden
ly RISE up and vomited a full pint and a
half of blood. The doctors said they were
glad of it, but still have little or no hopss
of his recovery. Mrs. Sprague, in her
statement, says: Gas I stepped into the
kitchen the dog barked; it is very small
dog, and but for that strange thing
might not have noticed the man SO
promptly. He said, 4 want money I
supposed my husband was in the barn,
and my first impulse was to scream. I
did SO, and I tried to rush by
the colored man into the yard and
got as far as the stoop when he laid hold
of me. He clutched me by the hair and
pulled handful out by the roots. I
struggled but it was no use. He death
me blow in the mouth with his fist which
loosened my teeth, and I saw fire. This
brought us back into the kitchen. He
was powerful colored man, not tall but
very stout. He said again
'G1vE ME MONEY OR I'll MURDER YOU"
replied, ''you ban have all the money
in the house, but tell me have you hurt my
husband?"
''No," he replied, 81 have not seen him.''
Thought it strange that my husband
had not been attracted by the incessant
barking of the dog. I went into the sit
ting room, took my purse from bureau
|, drawer and handed it to the man. The
purse contained $38. When the man had
gone away l ran out to summon help and
fell on the ice. hurt my side badly.
The barn presented the appearance of a
slaughter house. The body of Sprgue lay
| against bag filed with grain. The bag
was bloody on one side. Sprague was not
dead, and he seemed to recognize the
voices of the men, though he could not
speak. There was blood everywhere. Near
the double door there was great pool of
blood frozen into; ice. Sprague lost so
much blood in this spot that it ran over
the door jamb and discolored the ground
outside. There was blood on tub under
the wagon and on the right hind wheel of
the wagon. Sprague was covered with
blood and both eyes were closed, and his
face swollen and blackened to the chin.
The weapon, an iron bar eighteen inches
long, was covered with blood from end to
end, and where the hair adhered there were
clots of blood. Sprague was forty years
old and powerful man, and the negro
must have stolen upon him with blow, to
have overcome him.
Smith had bought com plete new outfit OF
clothing and called in store for crackers and
cheese, where he was de ained till the pursuers
came up. crowd gathering shouted
Hang him. shoot the murderer, while several
| men ran Tor ropes, which were soon made into
halters, and others unsuccessfully attempted to
take him from the officers.
STRUCK HEAVY BLOW.
William Sprague, a brother of the man so ter
ribly beaten, struck the assassin fierce blow on
the head as he was being taken out of the house
nelrly telling him. Only tie determined con
duct of the officers prevented lynching. The
officers then brought their prisoner to Hicks
vile, where man attempted to throw nooseC
rope over his head While in the hotel al
Hicksville, the man was recognized as Charles
81. Rugg and it is almost certain he was the as
sailant of Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend, of Oyster
Bay. The officers had much trouble in getting
their prisoner aboard the train to take hlm tC
jail.
MET BY CROWDS OF DETERMINED MEN.
There was between 300 and 400 men Will
torches and ropes bowling and shouting ''Let III
get at him. 'sI4et us hang the murderer HI
was finally locked in a freight car. At West
bury the train was boarded by 200 men will
ropes and lanterns, who demanded to know where
the man was They did not give up the search
until the train started, some even remaining or
board, swearing to hang him. The same scene
was enacted at Minola. The prisoner was finally
lodged in the county Jail.
THE HANGING OF ANDERSON AND SNYDER.
MT.VERNoN, Ind, Jan .25.-Anderson ant
Snyder, the doomed men, retired at Il
O'Clock last night. During the night An
deIson's nose commenced bleeding AM