St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-02
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STEELvILLE, No., Oct. liver since
p. f. Wallace was brought here under ar
rest for the murder of the Logan family,
there have been threats of lynching and
rumors of plans on foot for carrying the
threats into execution. At IL o'clock last
night it seemed as if Walace's case would
never come before a legal court. and that
lynch law would dispose of his case. At
the above hour an organized mob of masked
men marched to the jail where Wallace
was confied and demanded an entrance of
the sheriff. The sheriff refused to admit
them and appealed to them to dispense and
let the law take it's course in Wallace's
case. His appeals and threats, however,
amounted to naught with the determined
men, and with shout they rushed at the
jail gate. which gave way under the strain.
4 guard was placed at the entrance and
few select men proceeded to Wallace's cell
and dragged him forth, when they were
met by cries from the mob of "hang him,
''stretch him up, Lynch him. More
dead than alive, Wallace was led under a
tree i'll the court house yard, and a rope
was placed about his neck. He was told
that he had but
FEW MINUTES TO LIVE
and that if he wanted to say anything he
had better hurry up. Wallace then made
statement Stoutly protesting his innocence
ana claiming that Sam Vaughn, colOred, to
whom reference was made in the dispatches
Of yesterday, was the murderer Of the Lo
gan family, and had given him lWailace)
$40 to keep the secret At this the mob
hOoted and yelled, and at the word the rope
was thrown over limb and Wallace was
suspended in mid-ar. He was held there
few minutes and then let down again. the
mob hoping he would confess. 1t was sew
eral minutes before the half dead man could
regain strength enough to talk, but Wien he
did his denial of the crime and proteStatiOn
of innocence was as firmly made as before.
The crowd had by this time greatly in
creased, and many calls for mercy were
heard. Col. A. j. Day, man greatly re-
spected in the town. was called upon by
Them to make an address. He responded
and advised the mob 10 desist and allow the
law to take its course. The sheriff and
several others followed in the same vein;
the mob lost its vim, and it's prisoner was
delivered to the sheriff. who replaced him
in his cell. The crowd then dispersed.
The Tiilie smith Murder.
BELvIDERE, N. j.. Oct. AT the trial
of Janltor Titus, of the Collegiate institute,
to-day, on the charge of outrage and killing
Tillie Smith. domestic of the institute.
there was great crowd The judge Or
dered all young girls excluded Charles
Munich, commercial traveller. testified
that he was in company with the dead girl
on the night of the murder; that about 10
O'Clock he accompanied her to the institute
When he left her she started to go to the
laundry, as the other doors were locked
This was the last he saw of her. 1t was
not true. as he had boosted to another
drummer that he had been intimate with
the girl Munich's testimony as to his ac-
cOmpanyng the girl to the institution that
night aud parting from her was corrobor
ated by Axtero Rivera and Harvey Smith.
students who saw them separate. The re-
mainder of the testimony was not material.
The court adjourned till Monday on account
of the extreme nervous cOnd ton OF Titus,
who it was feared would break down if the
strain of being in court was kept up.
Fated Family.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Col. j. W. Haw-
kins was shot and killed some time Thurs
day night near Havrodsburg, KY, by I'M
known parties. His dead body was found
in his country store on the Versailles road
this morning. There is no clue to the MUIR
derers, ..as none OF the valuaples about the
store were disturbed. Col. Hawkins was
we'll known citizen of Merser county. His
family seems fated. Two of his sons have
been murdered in the last three years.
SprOule Again Eespited.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The secretary of
state is officially informed that the Cana
dian authorities, having learned that fur
Their representations on behalf of SprOule,
the American convicted Of murder in Brit
ish Columbia were on their way from the
department of state to London. have again
respited him until October 30. He was to
have been executed to-day.