Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19

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a club, killing him instantly.
Hanged for Murder.
WHITE PLAINS IN. ", April lSth.-The
execution of Theodore Hoffman, for the
murder of Self Marks, a Jewish peddler
attracted large crowd to-day, but only a
few were permitted 10 see the execution.
! Hoffman slept soundly last night, but ate
sparingly this morning. As the hour for
the execution approached he began To grow
nervous. When his spiritual adviser arrived
he seemed to derive some consolation. The
condemned man walked firmly to the
gaIows with the minister PRAYER was said
and the moose adjusted. The rope was cut
at 7;i2 4. N. There was scarcely q struggle.
A slight tremor of the limbs took place, but
there were no contortons of the body. He
| proiessed his innocence TO the last, but left
letter, to be opened after the execution,
! which is thought to contain a confession.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
WHITE PLAINS, April lSth-The letter
left by Hoffman was addressed to the
Sheriff. 1t contains the following: Il is
of no use to think that would make con-
fessiOn, for I have none to make 1t is no
use for me 10 speak TO you of the injustice
done me. You have done your duty, and
Of that you need not be ashamed, Time
will tell you all, and there viii be no one to
say that l have done them wrong" 1t
closes with request that the things he had
eff in his cell be delivered TO his parents.
The GallOws Cheated of It's Prey.
ATLANTA (Ga), April lsth-Tobe Tur-
ner, the murderer Of Shuttles, was taken to
| GreenYille yesterday to he hanged He
was placed III Jail, and remained all night
alone praying and sleeping. lie refused
to eat anything this morning, but drank
l,rla -
changed, so that no poison might be con-
cealed about him, but he was allowed to
keep small silk handkerchief He
| told the Sheriff that he had tried
several times 10 commit suicide, but
was sorry as he loved Jesus, and he would
90 to Heaven He asked the Sheriff 10
leave him alone so that he might pray
The Sheriff returned soon to tell Turner
| that his father. mother and sister wanted to
see him, when he found him with the
| handkerchief tied around his neck dead.
| His mother fell across the bed exciaiming
| Have you really gone to Jesus? They
have not had a chance to put rope around
| that dear neck. You have beat them at
last" She had to be removed from the
| body by force.
4 Train Wrecker in Tight Quarters.
DAYTON (O), April 1Sth.-Several days
| with wreckiug a Pan Handle train, causing
the death Of one or two persons and the in
| jury Of several others, last night was taken
| to the scene OF the Wrek, where he was
| Identified by a farmer named John Stiner-
| the first on the scene-as the man whom he
saw struggling with the wounded express
messenger George Confer, for possession of
! the keys TO the safe. Confer also identified
| him, and says he threatened to kill him
if he did not deliver up the keys.
| Two young ladies, named Doogan, who
were imprisoned in the wreck, also iden-
! tify him as the man who Jumped out Oft
baggage car after they heard Confer say
"Pll die before you shall have the keys
At Opha, small place near the scene of
| the wreck, q crowd endeavored to lynch
/ him, but the officers got away with him by
| fording the Little Miami river He has
not yet been returned to Jail, as the
officers are driving about the coun-
Try with him to avoid lynching.
The James Trial.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn. J. April 1Sth.-In the
James trial, at Huntsville, counsel for the
| prisoner objected to James A Liddell as a
witness, on account of his being convicted
Of horse stealing in Missouri in 1874 The
| objection was oyerruled, on the ground
that Liddell had been pardoned Liddell
| lcStllit4 t!ldl IldlIk ana JESSE JstIDeS anu
| Bill Ryan left him (IiddelD at Nashville,
| March 6, 1881, riding south, to Law plans for
| robbing Il train. Witness made visit of a
| couple of weeks to Kentucky Returning,
| he found the three men back at
| Nashville. Afterward Ryan was arrested
while on q boisterous spree. Witness
and Frank James left Nashville fearing
that Ryan would turn States evidence
l5iddeii learned from Frank James that
| they had perpetrated a robbery on their
southern trip. The description given by
witness of the men and horses tailed with
that given by witness Peden previously, of
the Mussle Shoals robbers, except as 10 the
color of Frank James beard. The case SO
far is regarded as weak for the prosecution.
The High Water in the East.
NEW YORK, April 18th. - Reports of
| heavy rains continue to come in from
Maine and New Hampshire The high
water has caused a suspension of work in
! many mills and is threatening bridges and
| dams. At Milltown, Me, the water has
| risen foot since yesterday, and it is feared
the logs will break loose, in which case
great damage Will be done to property At
Tacoma, n. H., Lake Winnepisseogee is ris-
ing an inch an hour. The dam has started
to move and if it breaks many houses viii
be carried down the river 1t is feared the
| ustiil dt tHt iipIt1 ItlilO Will give Nay. ne
pond contains 50,G0O,G00 gallons of water,
! the city. Should the water break away the
consequences would be disastrous.
AvaIanches in Colorado.
DENVER, April 18th.-Since the snow be-
gan to melt in the mountains, snow and
rock slides of greater or less magnitude are
OF almost daily occurrence. Early this
morning large bOwlder fell on the bridge
across the Gunnison, near the mouth of the
| Cimmaron, and smashed it down. In adj
dition to This there were half dozen small
slides to-day between Ctlrrecanti and
point three miles this side, in Black can
yon. The regular west-bomd passenger
train went as far as the first of these slides,
and was waiting for workmen To clear the
track, when another slide came down,
striking the engine and turning it over, in
stantly killing the engineer Arthur Bratt,
and slightly injuring the fireman, Frank
MARTINEZ.
Vicious Glove Fight.
CoLuMBUs (O), April 1sth.-There was
glove fight to-day, Queensbury rules be-
tween Henry Johnson, of New York, and
Charles Lange, of Cleveland, backed by
Duncan c. Ross. Black Diamond seconded
Johnson and Mervine Thompson did the
same duty for Lange About eco people
witnessed the contest. The first round was
characterized by fierce fighting. Lange was
knocked down, but came back in ten sec
onds. When the second round was called
a dead smuggling match took place both be
ing punished severely. The third round
was duplicate Of the second, except that
Johnson knocked LaDge clear off his feet,
and some heavy halfarm hitting closed the
round Both men came TO the scratch in
the fourth round well exhausted, but game
Several passes had been made, and Johnson
was getting the better OF his contestant, when
the pollee jumped in the ring and called
halt. The fight was decided draw by the
referee a Il sporting men present pro-
nonnce 1t the most vicious slugging match
they have ever seen.
Another Pixies Peak Excitement.
DENVER, April 1Sth.-The mining towns
+ are excited over alleged important gold dis
coveries IN the vicinity of Pixies Peak