Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-12
WELL DONE, RANDE!
The ssBrilliant Bandit' of Two or
Three States Saves Trouble.
He Makes Very satisfactory Exit
Into the Vast UnknOwn---A
Handy Pair of Suspend.
ers- His Crimes.

JOLIET, Ills, March 7-Franke Rande
hanged himself to his cell-door in his cell
during Thursday night. When keeper Nc
Donald opened the blind door to Rande's cell
in the morning, he was startled on beholding
the form of the murderer hanging to the bars,
clothed in nothing but his drawers and his
socks. By means of his undershirt and sus-
penders he had made q rope by twisting
the strips together, and fastened them to the
top bars of the door. He had then placed his
coat and vest over the iron work of the door,
to shield his body from the chilly touch of
the iron, and at the bottom of the door he
placed his cell bucket, bottom upward, under
which lay his pants to deaden the sound of
his struggles while dying. When the
door was swung back the body had q
very natural appearance. The feet rested
upon the floor, the hands hung straight down
by his side, the head was thrown to one side,
with the eyes wide open in natural manner,
but the face is now rapidly turning black.
The prison artist took several different photo
graphic views of the body before it was cut
down. A coroner's jury is now holding an
inquest.
Thusday afternoon Warden McClaughrey
paid visit to the cell of Rande, and con-
versed with the wretch for few moments.
Rande had not been informed that Deputy
Mcdonald was in a fair way of recovering,
and was under the impression that his cruel
blow had killed him. When the warden en-
tered the cell Rande seemed glad to see him,
and greeted him with: "Hello major you
are just the man want to see."
II am just the man you will see, and no
one else," replied the warden.
81 want you to send to Peoria for Frank
Hitchcock, formerly the sheriff, and to Gales
burg for States Attorney Tannicliff, and
when you three men are here in this cell be-
fore me will tell you something wonderful"
said Rande.
The warden did not reply to him, but as he
was RAISING out of his cell Rande called him
back and begged him to take him out and
hang him. II cannot do that, Rande; but
ne er fear, you will be hung soon enongh,"
was the reply.
The warden then left him. At 6 o'clock
p N. the guard opened his cell and passed in
Rande's supper ration. At that hour the
bandit was pacing up and down the cell,
talking wildly to himself The supper was
placed inside the door and the cell locked
and not opened again until o'clock in the
morning, when it was discovered that the
brilliant bandit of the Wabash" had COM
mitted at least one decent deed during his
career, in ending his life without troubling
the officers of the law.
Rande was received at the prison Feb. 90,
1878, on life sentence. His real name is
Charles c. Scott, and lis early life was spent
at his home in Fairfield Iowa. In 1877 he
was known to have killed no less than five
persons, and is now supposed to have mur-
dered thirteen victims in all. He has gloried
in the various titles of american brig
and," "Knox county desperado," "St. Louis
pawn-shop fend," brilliant bandit of
the Wabash" and other equally bloody and
interesting titles. His career in the prison
has been mutinous in the extreme.
Democratic Politics.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 5.-The Demo-
cratic campaign congressional committee
held meeting at the Arlington hotel and Sc
lected the following executive COMMITTEES;
Senator Gorhman, of Maryland, chairman;
Representative Post, of Pennsylvania, secre-
tGry, and Senators Garland, of Arkansas,
and Kenna, of West Virginia, and Represent
atives Stockslager, of Indiana; Rosecrans,
Of California; Paige, Of Ohio; Stevens, of
New York, and Murphy, of Iowa, members
The executive committee held meeting i'm
mediately after being selected and appointed
Senators Gorham and Garland and Repre-
sentatives Murphy and Page subcommittee
on documents, and Representative Stevens,
Senator Kenna and Representative Stock
Slayer committee on finance. The question
of selecting members of the campaign con-
gressional committee for states and territories
rot represented by Democrats in congress
was deferred, pending correspondence
with the chairman of such states and
territorial committees. During the meeting
the question Of the conduct of the campaign
was incidentally discussed as was also the
tariff. The executive committee than ad-
journed to next Saturday. The executive
committee selected is composed of five
gentlemen, who during the speakership con-
test, supported Mr.. Randall, and are pre-
sumably tariff Democrats, and four who
favored Mr. Carlisle's election, and may be
called revenue reformers.