Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29
MURDERsS PENAI.EY.

/ MURDERB PRNAIEYs
Ihs Hangnan Judfcial1y stranglee CharleeA
b. CLARK. che Hife Murderer. - L&ttass
valley, n. n, LabAn Sesvens, One q IT,
| 1Eurderers OF Anderson Locksley, ~ Wav~
srIy, O., and Leonfdas Johnson, Murdsrs-
er or Mr.. Cook, at Mo uonogh, Ga.
OI.RAr, N. II. May ~
Charles B. Clark, was hanged to-day II
Litt.s valley. Cattaraugus County, for
the murder OF his wife in the town of'
| Farmersville last December, Governor,
Cleveland having refused to grant re-
prieve. He made astatement In regard 70.
the tragedy and the cause leading to it,
substantially as follows: Clark Is thirty
years old. He was married In the
winter Of 1879 to Martha Marble, the six
teen-year-old daughter OF Edwin Marbles a.
well-to-do farmer of Pennington. After
the marriage they went to live on farm
on the Lyndon and Franklinville town.
line. "A year after they were married q,
child was born. Clark drank OCCASION
ally, but says he was not intemperate.-
They lived awhile on this farm, and
then went to live on another
farm which Mrs. Clark's father
had purchased adjoining his own
Clark complains that his father-in-law-
did not act generously by them, as hes
gave his daughter nothing to start them
in the world with except q two-year-old-
heifer. One day last fall Arson Clement,
friend of Clark's, called at the latter's.
house, and asked him to go with him to-
Rushford, which he did. When he re-
turned home he had been drinking. His
wife refused to get him any supper,
and took their child and went
to her fathers. Clark tried persist
emily to induce her to return to.
him. He frequently visited her at her
fathers and met her ut parties and danced.
with her, but she declared she would
never live with him again. ssThe only
reason she gave" says Clark, sswas that.
I drank. But do not think that was her
reason at all. There was another person.
to whom she hoped to go aftel she had
but no good can come of mentioning his.
name now"
"A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE TRAGEDY
Clark went to Cuba, New York, and.
bought some cloth to make his little boy
q suit Of clothes. On December l3, he. ].
went to his wifc's fathers to ask his wife.
how the clothes should be made.
81 asked If she weuld let the baby 90.
over to my mother, to let her make the
clothes" said Clark. ssMy wife refused
to let him go. Then replied that he
should go, and that would take him To-
my mothers that very night. My
ing. "A large butcher knife lay near her.
When said that the boy should go to my
mothers she came up to me with the,
knife. sI'll see whether you'll take
him. she said, and struck at me with the .
knife. threw up my arm and warded
off the blow and started for the door. AS
took hold of the knob she stabbed me
in the hand. making cash from which
the blood spurted In big stream. put
up my hand and pushed her away. She
struck at me again with the knife, and
again warded It OF. Then I took
my revolver from my pocket. She
struck it from my hand and 1t fell ON y
the floor. We both sprang to get pos
session of it. got IL and she lunged
at me again with the knife. I grabbed
her right wrist with my left hand and
held her from stabbing. She grasped my
right wrist and held my hand with the
revolver in it above my head. We were
each striving to prevenI che other from
=
% Il was held above my head and
y PULLED THE TRIGGER.
/ did not know the pistol Was pointing.
down toward her. She let go my wrist.
and pushed her back against the loom.
saw blood ON her neck. started tori
che door again, when she sprang after me,
once more with the knife in her hand.I
Casting her back against the wall fed
out Of the door. This was between four
and five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Il
went home and changed my clothes and
Pa. was captured there.
The struggle between my wife and me
lasted not more than q minute. It seems
that Mrs. Clark was alone in the house
when her husband called on the fatal day.
She was found dead ON the floor by her
brother, who came in from feeding his
stock on hearing the pistol shot. Mrs.
Clark was said to be the handsomest wo-
man In that part OF the country
When Clark was arrested he attempted
TO commit suicide by cutting his throat.
He Ii the eldest Of five chilsren, and the
family Is one OF the best In Cattaraugus
County. Clark was found guilty Of the
:rime in February. - ~
ANDERSON LoCKsLEY's MURDERER.
WAvERLY, o.. May a.
1IuUdu otcFcuo Slcpt well tih aW6k-
,Red by Sheriff Jones at seven O'Clock
his morning. He ate light breakfast
md told Rev. Mr.. Shaw, his Methodist
adviser, that he had made his peace with
Cod The death warrant was read to
stevens at eight O'Clock. He listened
calmly. He had been dressed for the
execution an hour before and had oc-
:upied his time in devotion.
At 10 q. m. Stevens sent for his VIC
inns brother and confessed planning the
robbery, but not the murder. He asked
which was granted. He said
he hoped to meet Anderson Locksley In
Heaven. The doomed man was led upon
The scaffold at 800. While being PIN
oned Stevens said II stand here to die.
God has forgiven me. have nothing
against anybody; no feeling against any
one on earth. / hope God has blessed
mel He was dead In seven minutes after
The drop fell. His neck was broken and
Heath was instantaneous.
EXECUTION OF LEoNIDAs JOHNSON.
MCDONoGH. GA, May "a.
Leonidas johnson was executed here
Today for the murder of Mrs. Cook, wife.
of Q Henry County farmer on the Cd Of
February 1888.
Tho Penn Bano Resumes.