Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-05

Jefferson, at 4 o'clock this morning. The
Jail walls were battered down. Smyth and
Wilson fought like tigers, and Were shot
dead in their cells. Cicero was taken TO the
band stand in the park and hanged. He
confessed that the three were guilty.
THE BRUTAL CRIME FOR WHICH THE MEN
WERE LYNCHED.
DEs MONIES Qowa) February 4th.-Near
Audubon, in this State, April 20, 1854,
Hiram Jefferson, aged 65 years, and his
wife, who lived on a farm, were visited in
the middle of the night by three men, who
entered their bedroom, dragged them from
bed, pulled the old mans hair and whisk-
ers out by the roots, wrapped his shirt about
his head, dragged him naked TO a tree and
hanged him 10 a limb, then rode away.
Mrs. Jefferson came to the door and tried
TO alarm the neighbors, the nearest about
400 yards away but the murderers stopped
her with threats of hanging her also. There
were strong suspicious that some of his
family were mixed up in the murder His
daughters husband, a man by the name
of John Smyth, hard character,
was freely charged with the crime
1t was supposed also that the old
mans own son, Cicero, was one of the
party who did the hanging. The Coroner S
| jury returned a verdict of murder commit
ted by Cicero Jefferson and Smyth. The
Sheriff arrested young Jefferson, Smyth
and Wilson, another son-in-law. They
waived examination, and were renanded
| to the next term of Court Before leaving
the Courtroom Cicero became conscience
! stricken, and asked leave TO make state
ment under oath. He then proceeded to
make fun confession regarding the muir
| der, and told how he and the other two
men under arrest left home on horse
back, went to his fathers house. tied
their horses, broke into the house, took
the old man from his bed, tore off his
| shirt. put a rope around his neck
dragged him on his back over the ground
to the woods to q tree, and there hanged
him, Wilson lifting up the body while the
others pulled the rope. They then wrapped
the end of the rope around the body
mounted their horses and left. They were
arrested at home. The wives of the prison
ers subsequently visited them in the jail
and endeavOred to induce their brother
Cicero, TO retract the confession of partici,
pating in the crime with the other two but
he stoutly maintained the truth of his story
VERDICT OF THE CoRoNER's JURY
AUDUBON. February 4th-A Coroner:
jury was impaneled and an inquest held
| They returned verdict tonight the Smytl
and Wilson came to their death by shoot
ing, and Cicero by hanging, at the hand;
of unknown parties.
! The Illinois Senatorship.
SPRINGFIELD, February 4th.-The Demo
cratic Joint caucus of the Legislature. t;
name a candidate for the United States
Senate, was held tonight, and the name.
of W. Il. Morrison and Carter II. Harrison
were presented. After much tilibusterine
/ by HarriSon's friends q vote was reached
and resulted as follows Morrison 81, Harri
son 10. Black 3, Schotield l. Morrison.
nomination was made unanimous. 1t vii
require 103 votes in the joint Legislative
session to elect.
Movements of the President-elect.
New YORK, February 4th-President
elect Cleveland, accompanied by Colone
Lamont, arrived tonight He went to his
rooms Immediately, and soon after retired
Fire in New York.
| MEN York, February 4th.-A fire in the
! five-story marble building on Barclay street
and College place damaged the building
$50 600. The occupants will lose $500, 600
The heaviest losers are Major IL Knapp
lithograph and engraving, $150,000
ANOTHER BIG BLAZE.
New YORK, February 5th-A. None OF
the largest fires in New York for a long
time broke out at midnight in the wine
vaults of Strihardt Bros, 112 and Iii
| Wooster street. The flames spread with
frightful yapidity throughout the building,
and owing to the inhammabe nature OF
! the contents the fire department was una
bic 10 cope with the fire. The fire gained
such Roadway that the entire department
in the lower part of the city was called out
The siX-story iron building, extending
! from los to III Wooster street and
from 81 to 105 Greene street was
owned by Bernard e Muller. At 1870
\. NJ the roof of the building fell in
with crash. and shortly afterwards the
walls crashed, crushing the adjoining
houses. Contiguous 10 the burning struct-
ure were 4 number IF tenements, and Cap
tain Mcdowell, of the eighth precinct,
cleared the inmates out, and has now about
! fifty families in the station-house opposite.
| Opposite the burning building are a row OF
| tenements, and the intense heat cracked
their walls. At O'clock \. NJ. the entire
| block bounded by Spring, Prince, Wooster
and Greene streets was threatened The
| loss at that time was estimated al
! 81 100000.