St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
THE HEMPEN ROUTE.
By Which Several Murderers Reached
the Golden Shore.
FIVE OF A KIND.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., March $50. W. Sam
pie, Dan Dowd, James Howard, VIM. De-
lane and Dan Kelly were hanged at l rs this
afternoon for the Bisbee murders. The five
bandits marched up the steps of the scaffold
without f1inching. All declared their inno-
cence. Heath who was lynched here Feb
%, was also innocent. They bid goodbye to
their friends, and expressed faith in the
Christian religion. They requested that
their bodies be delivered to Father Gallagher.
Nothing occurred to mar the sheriff's plans.
The murderers were all dropped off together,
and, excepting Dowd, died withouta struggle.
Over 1000 persons witnessed the execution.
A large balcony had been erected outside
overlooking the jail-yard, the builder intend
ing to charge $1.50 admission. The mob
became indignant and tore it down. In the
row which followed seven persons were in
jured One man had leg broken; another
his arm. The balcony would have seated 500
persons. With this exception everything
passed off quietly.
The criminals did not show the slightest
fear at the near approach of death. After
being shaven and dressed in new black
suits, one of them remarked: ''Well, boys,
if we haven't lived like gentlemen, we'll die
like them" A few minutes before leaving
their cells, the sheriff notified them he would
permit them to go to the scaffold unshackled,
but each would be accompanied by a deputy.
Howard protested against this, saying he
would prefer being tied, carried up, than have
the spectators think he wasn't game enough
to mount the gallows without help.
Others Joined in the protest, but the sheriff
was infeXible. On the scaffold the bandits
recognized some familiar face in the crowd,
called out their names cheerfully, bidding
them good bye. The ooses were then ad-
justed, when a second general protest was
entered by all five, saying they were being
choked to death on the scaffold. Howard
requested the sheriff to move the knot further
back, adjusting his neck to the moose. Not
one of them apparently showed the slightest
sign OF fear or regret.
FIEND MEETS HIS DOOM.
SAN BERNARDINo, Cal, March 2S.-Wm.
R. Mcdowell was hanged to-day for the
murder of Maggie O'Brien, JAN 80, 1888.
Next to the strangling of Della Tilson, by
Wheeler in this city, the crime committed by
Mcdowell was the most atrocious in Cali
fornia. He seduced young girl Maggie
O'Brien, and firing of her induced his wife
to entice the girl to lonely spot, shot her,
smashed her body with rocks, and
burned the corpse. Mcdowell was ar
rested February %, last, escaped
from Jail and was recaptured. Mounting the
scaffold this morning the murderer mani
Tested GOODNESS, and said he had no inten-
ton of killing Maggie. 1t was his wife who
struck the fatal blow. She was jealous of her.
He exonerated the officers from all blame in
connection with his late escape, gave in
stuctions regarding the rope and asked for
greater drop than had been provided. His
neck was instantly broken and he died with
out struggle. The parting scene between
the doomed man and his mother, wealthy
widow Of Los Angeles, was very affecting.