St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-15
A TRIPLE MURDER.
A Hanging That was Most Richly
Deserved.
A Fiend, After Beating Woman Till
Unconscious, Outrages Her.
st. Louis Ahead in the Criminal Roll with
Thieves and Thugs.
TRIPLE MURDERER HANGED.

Th1eyeS ana mugs.
TRIPLE MURDERER HANGED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 14-Frank Slayel,
the triple murderer, was hung this afternoon
at O'Clock, at Someset, Ky. He professed
religion on Thursday, and protested his inno-
cence to the last The execution was quiet,
only about sixty persons being admitted to
the enclosure surrounding the scaffold. The
mother and father of two of his victims were
present. The drop broke Slayel's neck, and
he expired Immediately. Slayel was hung
for committing three atrocious murders near
Point Burnside, Pulaski county, on Sunday
night, August 70, 1883. James Nixon of
Ludlow had gang of seventy men at work
getting out ties for the Cincinnati Southern
railroad. Four of these men, James Adair,
John Adair, John Slagel and Claiborne were
bunking together. At night, Slagel arose af-
ter his companions were all asleep, took an
axe and crushed in all three of his comrades.
skulls and rifed their pockets of about $50,
all the money he could find, taking also,
hat and pair of boots belonging to one of the
murdered men, and escaped to the woods.
Mr. Nixon discovered what had been done
on Mouday morning and at once offered a
reward of 500 for the capture
of the fugitive. He also set the entire force
to work securing the country in search of
Slagel, who was finally captured Tuesday
night the 18th. Slagel riddled the bodies
with bullets after the murder, then threw the
bodies of the two Adars over cliff, 100 feet,
and was about to throw that of Claibern over
the same place, when he was frightened
away. Claiborne lived long enough to men
ton Slagel's name and give a clue to the
murderer.
HANGING.
SOMERSET, KY, March 14.-Frank Slagle,
convicted of the murder in camp in the
mountains near Cumberland Falls last year,
of two men named Adair, for the purpose of
robbery, was hanged shortly after one O'Clock
to-day. He spent sleepless night
and did not partake of any breakfast.
His face this morning showed picture of
agonizing distress. Still he professed con-
version last night. He denied he did the
murder, but said he saw it done and shared
the proceeds. He would not tell who were
his accomplices. The drop fell at liz p.
m., and he died without struggle in five
minutes. The mother of the murdered men
was the only woman who witnessed the exc
cution.
THE FORA BURNS TRIAL.
PETERSBURG, ILL.,, March 14-In the Car
penter trial this morning, Fred Hudson, Car
penter's stable boy, testified that the horse
was hitched on Saturday and Sunday even
ings of the murder Three witnesses testi-
fed seeing single buggy containing man
and woman near the lane where the tragedy
was enacted.
TILLER QUESTIONED.
ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Prentice Tlller, the
Pacific express robber, arrived here at S:45
this morning, in charge OF Private Detective
Teiel. He was driven Immediately to the
Lindell hotel, where General Manager Moss
man, of the Pacific express, and Assistant
General Manager Shepherd, of the United
States express, where in waiting. All took
breakfast together in private room. The
morning passed in questioning Tiller and
comparing Cthe company's books. When
this is finished Tiller will be given over to
the police.
BANK EMBEZZLER.
ST. LOUIS, March AT transpired very
late last night that Frederick Dietrich, teller
in the LaClede bank, this city was defaulter
to the amount of 100000. 1t appears Diet
rich left the city two weeks ago on leave of
absence. Two or three days later the de-
falcation was discovered but has been kept
quiet until late last night.
LATER.
The Laclede bank will lose nothing by the
defalcation OF Deitrichs, as the Fidelity g.
Casualty company are on his bond for $780,
600, and he had given personal bonds to
tha cona omouDt The am hazzlpm was
accomplished in less than two months, the
money having been taken between January
l, and February %, when he started for Hot
Springs on sick leave. What he did with
the money is not known. He is thirty-three
years old, and.has a wife and child. He has
been teller of the bank twelve years and is
highly connected. His whereabouts Is not
known and neither the bank nor the Fidelity
company have yet taken any steps for his
arrest.
j. F. Dietrich, teller of the Laclede bank,
who embezzled $4,000 was arrested this af-
ternoon. His whereabouts was discovered
by Post Dispatch reporter who notified the
Fidelity and Causualty company's represent
ative. a search warrant was procured and
the reporter guided the deputy sheriff to his
brothers. house, on Franklin avenue, where
the cmbeZzler has been concealed for week
past. 49,, -,.,,, -
ST. LOWS, March 14.-Matt Lewis (color-
ed) was hanged here early this morning for
the murder of his wife in October 1876.
Lewis quarreled with wife and cut her in
fit of jealousy and escaped, but was arrested
nearly year afterwards. He has been in
jail seven years, during which time he had
four trials. He was sentenced to be hanged
on September 6, 1879. He was again con-
victed on November 26, 1879, and February
IS, 1882, but got new trial each time. He
was convicted the last time on February IA,
1888, on which conviction he was hanged to-
day after an appeal in vain to both supreme
court and the government. Lewis passed a
quiet night, and was attended this morning
by the Rev. Smith Claiborne, (colored) pastor
of Zion church. The execution was without
event After postmortem, the body was
turned over to his friends, and public
funeral services will be held in Claiborne's
church.
SUICIDE.
CHICAGO, March 14.-Maggie Garrity,
fourteen years old, in fit of melancholy,
from a scolding administered by her mother,
took dose Of paris green on Wednesday,
and died from its effects yesterday.
RAISING MONEY wRoNeFULLY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 14.-D. K Mason,
proprietor of the Peoples Tobacco warehouse,
who assigned yesterday, and who was arrest
ed for hypothecating warehouse receipts at
the banks, when he had no tobacco, was
tried to-dav in the city court and hoIds in