Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-31
SBE9UPLE.
Six United States Prisoners Sem
fenced to be Hanged at Fort
Smith next January.
They Suffer the Seyerest Penalty Of the
Law for Bloody Deeds Committed
in the Indian Territory.
All AFRO white RECEIPT One--A Plea foi
Executive oiemrncy VIM Possibly DO
Made Ia the Case OF Parrot.


! Special 20 the Gazette.
FORT SMITH, ARK Oct. 80.--ln the
Federal court to-day patricA McCarty
James Lamb, Albert O'Dell, John Steph-
ems, J, +. Echols and j. W parratt, under
conviction fos murders committed IN the
/ Indian Territory, were sentenced 10 be
hanged on Friday, January H. 1887. The
! prisoners were all brought into court at
one tlme, but were sentenced separately.
The judge made a very Impressive adj
dress 10 each OF the condemned, advising
them to prepare 10 meet their Maker by
seeking forgiveness for their crimes.
J W. PARRATT.
Parratt Is q white man, thirty.fye years
OF age, and was convicted on the nth OF
| last month OF the murder OF oh man Nc.
Adams and hia son, Louis MoAdams, IN the
Chickasaw nation, on the 18th OF july, 1856
lie has had petition for new trial before
the court which appeared TO be sus,
taincd but the court tlually oyeruled it,and
parrtat must go unless the president Ia
terEeres. He has never denied the killing
but claims the deed was done 10 self
defense. He has two children III Sher-
mau, Tex, and sisters, mother and
brother IN Kentucky. Garrett & Lincoln
viii made al effort TO secure the pardon
OF Tue CRIMINAL
). T. kcuots.
Echols il white man, about thirty
eight years OF age, aud was convicted on
| August %, for the willful murder OF u
| man named john PettenFidge, near White
| Bead IIill ChichGshy nation, He went 10
the woods where his victim was SO work,
| hauling logs 20 build house, and shot
him OF has wagon. After mortally
wouuding hlal, aud while he lay helpless
on the ground, wholly uparmed and az
the mercy Of his slayer, the blnod-thlrstY
murderer shot him four times through
the body, needing not the appeals Of the
dying man, who begged him mot 70 shoot
him again, IS he had already killed him
JOnN sTEpHKNs
John Stephens II a fine looking mu.
latto, who, on the night Of May 10, 1886,
brutally murdered Mrs Anne Kerr and
her son and DR.. James PIE. He went 20
the house Of Mrs. Kerr first, and iindlug
the lady and her soon asleep, quietly
Drained them with an ak, leaving them
welterng In their gore He then pro,
coedcd TO the residence II DIR, Pile, and
stealing In on the sleeping inmates,
Knocked both the doctor and his
wife In the head With an AK,
struck hired man who was
, aroused by the attack on the doctor, aud
, also struck a little child, after which he
hurrledly left the scene. All Of tho Pile
family recovered egeeps the doctor,
who died ELK days afterwards
Of his wound, Stephens was
arrested tie next day few miles
from the scene, aud convicted on purely
cireumstantal evidence. Why he com
mitted the terrible deeds no one knows.
lie has had little or nothing 10 say con.
corning bis case since he has been in jail
here.
LAMB AND oiDELL.
James Lamb and Albert O'Dell arc
both young men, and were convicted
Jointly on September l8 for the murder
, Of Edward Pollard, near Lebanon, Chick
, asaw nation, on the night OF December
! 20, 1885. Their case was one Of the mos
/, deprayed nature, and the evidence showed
them TO have been guilty, not only O.
/, murder, but robbery and bigamy besides
, They both conspired to take poske ssion o
The wives OF Pollard and mar
> named Brass1eld, by either frightening
: them away or Kllllng them. Brassfield
beiug the more timld OF the two, did
leave, but Pollard remained, and ou'
/, week from the time Brassflcld left Poi
lard was waylaid and killed near nii
home md hls BODY c0nceniei. rex
day following the murder, Mrs
Brassnela aud O'Dell were married
and the whole outfit picked vi
, and left that section together, Reporting
that Pollard had also deserted his family
The murder was brought 10 light by th'
/, nndlng OF pollard's body about twt
months afterwards, and the murderer
= were soon arrested, the two iaithles
+ wives also being brought here The con
! Gemned men prosecuted each other at tn
? trial, each swearing that the otacS com
a mltted the deed,
!, PATRICK M'cAR1r.
/, Patrick Ncrarty Is 3 native Of lrelanf
4 but was raised ia England. He Is gas
/. otter aud plumber by trade, but las
winter went % the lndlan Territory Z
I work on The railroad being butt iron
Z Tulsa TO Red Fork Here lie iell IN Will
n two brothers named Mahoney, iron
. Ne3dosha, Kan, who had som
n money and two fine teams
+ Work having been suspended, thes
!. Young men started 70 Kansas kindly al
Il lowing Pat and "A companion named 10
Ryan to travel with them. ON the foai