St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-14
James Young Admits the Killing of q. P.
Allen Of Sycamore Nearly Six
Years Ago.
The Jury Declares Him Sane and he is
Sentenced to Imprisonment
For Life.
Discovery of the Missing Link OF
Evidence in the Murder Of Miss
Mary Baldwin.
A Baltimore Man. Disgraced by His
Family, Finally Uses His
Revolver.
After Years of Silence.
Special to the Globe.


SYCAMORE, ILL.,, Nov. 13.-Young, the
confessed murderer of II. P. Allen, was
this morning brought before Judge Killum
and jury summoned to try him for his
sanity. Young's statements, made at diff
ferent times were read in court. The first
one is as follows:
We went from Chicago to Sandwich Satur-
day night, the 14th of February, 1880. Reach
ing Sandwich about midnight, we went to Mr.
Aliens house, not knowing where it
was. 1 entered the house by the front
door, turning the key with nippers.
The other man remained outside. I lighted
q candle and found that there was a bed
room down stairs. off the sitting room, and
that it was entered by two doors. The bed
stood near the center of the room. I entered
at one Of the doors and saw them asleep. The
pants were hanging behind the door at which
l entered. I was getting them down when
Mr.. Allen grabbed me from behind, putting
cut the candle, and falling back on the bed, he
me as in vice. l told him to let
me go several times. I had an
overceat on and shot him through it. At the
third shot he said: ''You have got me-" and
released his hold. My partner came in,
lighted candle and pulled me away and we
left the house without getting anything. The
daughter or somebody came down stairs
ing we walked to Plano. Avoiding the town
we hid the revolvers and nippers in
strawstack about east of Piano,
on the right side of the track,
going toward Chicago. We walked through
the country nearly to Aurora, where we
spent the day in strawstack. My partner
lost gold watch at the stack or somewhere
on the trip. lost my cap at Mr.. Aliens and
went into house about mile from Piano
and took an old hat to replace it,
The cap. made of cloth, had been pur-
chased in st. Louis and had the name of
St. Louis firm in it. Sunday night we
walked around Omaha, jumped freight
train and went into Chicago. where I re-
mained ten days, then went to Keokuk. my
partner with me- We parted at Springfield,
from which place went to Wisconsin, where
was arrested in June, 1880,
for burglary, convicted at Madison and
sent to Waupun for five years under
the name of George Young. ] was released
March 22, 1884. and came to Milwaukee and
from there to Chicago. I was around var-
Gus places until arrested in Ogle county and
finally sent up from Carroll county. I never
saw Thomas and was never in collusion with
with him. Ny object in making this state
ment is merely to restore an innocent man to
liberty, regardless of the results to myself.
His last statement was a long history of
his life and adventures, with TRADE
against religion and the religious training
given at reformatory institutions. 1t COW
cred twenty pages of closely written legal
cap. which was well written and gave the
same statement of facts regarding
the Allen murder as made in the
one above. He was put on the stand
and subjected to long examination, but he
declined to speak much regarding his early
life except upon the events related in his
statement, DR.. KilbOurne, superintendent
of the Northern Illinois hospital for the in
sane, was present. He said he had made
an examination of the prisoner, and from
all his acts saw nothing that looked
like insanity. Drs. Bryant and Bryan
thought him sane, as also did the warden
and keeper of the penitentiary and several
others. The jury brought in verdict find
ing that James Young was not insane.
When the verdict Of the jury came in Judge
Kellum said:
james Young, stand up"
A hush of expectation followed.
s'Since you have heard the verdict of the
jury do you still persist in your plea"
81 do"
'sHave you anything to say then, why the
sentence of the court should not now be
passed upon you?"
mo, sir. there is no excuse to Offer"
The court then sentenced him to be re-
turned to the penitentiary within five days,
and at the end of the ten years sentence he
was now serving to be confined in prison
during the term of his natural life. This
sentence and general ending satisfied every
one.
'.This will clear Will Thomas" is the
general comment.