The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-16
BLACK FRIDAY.
g.,.nrr Into Eternity by the
Hangman.
.,ouE MURDERERS LESS
arot of the Brutal and Cold
An AC' Jod affair for which Stair
WAS Executed.
Hanged.

ha0R6O
49, Tor,s January 15.-Charles VII
- ioolored) was hanged this morning
sou w n,nrder OF q river steamer mate
lOl ~ time ago. He remained calm to
S 80 protesting his innocence. vii
Ias 'p EiIlsd William A. David, second
'O- 4o If the steamer Fannie TVatunl, on
~ I.,,, 2rst 1885. by hitting him on the
- lin q rock. Wilson had been dis
aLorged and ordered away from the
Cuals returning TO get some
s.5ai SEAN he claimed was owing him.
I lis.ae{be trap rad been sprung, the body
nv h.vsi onent remained mohonless, and
10. d -iiU nos enacted a scene of horror,
tLei chilled the blood OF all who wit
"LlLU a5 r. TWO doctors, one on either
l ~ a,are eacn holding a wrist, when
s-le' u; "IGt contortions of the hanging
t - ''' hook them aside, and before
IN Ln Gould regain their hold upon the
my those actions showed he was in
Il 10, ,,osenssion Of consciousness of all
IN pO 9as sg,ng on, made frantic
eLaY IN release himself. His right
I IND shot up, clutched the rope and
LII I'll II firmly Itseemed as if the man
INST ms die bv slow degrees from strangu-
iation Int one of the doctors succeeded
IN disengaging his hand and in short
fine the body hung lifeless corpse.
NEVADA, Mo-, January 15.-Henry S.
stair. Who is to hang here to-day, was
VISITED by his father about o'clock last
risbt. after which he spent most of his
time writing until this morning, when
he went to sleep. He awoke at S15.
Large crowds of people surged through
the streets all the morning tramping
between the Jail and gallows, which is
erected in ravine forming a natural
amphitheatre about a mile from the
ial' Trains from Sedalia and Kansas
C.rr arrived at 1880, bringing hun
d-sls OF people to witness the
execution. which vii! take place
about l o'clock. The crime for
which Stair was executed was
brtal and old-blOoded in the extreme.
s.ar anu his companion, woman
named Nannette Osborn, who was to
have been hanged with him, came to
Nevada about the 1st of last July, from !
f0-tSo5u Kansas, ana opened g sInan [
laundry. representing themselves as
man aud vile. Shortly after their ar
rival Jacob sewaU, an elderly man, and |
his son. Is wears 0.d, with two wagons, |
four horses and some other property, |
also came here from near Fort Scott, /
and vent into camp near town. The |
Stairs and SeYallS were slightly ac |
auainted, and the Stairs made frequent ,
visits 20 the oeWalIs camp. Later on !
the elder SewalI was taken sick, and |
compelled to keep his bed in one of !
the wagons which had a cover, and |
he was looked after by Stair and the |
Osborn woman. 1t was during these |
visits that Stair laid a plan to murder /
the SeWallS, take their teams and prop |
e--y, and start for his former home, !
somewhere in Indiana. On the night !
OF August 9th, Stair and the woman |
Ten- 10 the Sewalls camp, and after a |
short visit returned home. About mid |
night, Stair made a second visit. and |
hiding both the Sewalls asleep, killed |
them both with an axe. After the COM |
Pet1l Of the horrible butcherv, Stair |
Placed the mangled bodies in one of the |
wagons and covered them with bed !
clothes. He then went after the woman |
and on again arriving at the camp. |
.ley started for town, Stair driving |
'N0S4A SpAAAeAAAAAAAsz Vic 0Cdu
ana Inc woman the other one. [
On arriving at their house they filed |
s17 wagons with furniture and started /
loi Aarmalon River bottom, about five
niles away, where the next day or |
.Isli Stair buried the bodies. In
passing through the woods they at |
uacled the attention of some men at !
NOfk VINO regarded their proceedings as
Suspicious, and next day they went to
sue SPOT where the wagons had been
matted and discovered the dead bodies. |
formation was Immediately given,
pursuit organized and Stair and the
Gsoofn woman were captured about !
ii@sh'y miles distant. They were
lOuseo ID Jail and at the next term of |
S S, we're tried and both convicted of |
. sllt IN The first degree. and !
s ssan to be hanged together. A
o5,s OF execution, however, was
49, s's';1,su IN the womans case and she
granted new trial.
o. 9' an spoke from the scaffoId for half
f5o ; ;-oul, protesting mis- innocence and
s 1lv IuuQ ~ OF ,he woman implicated. |
Sr3n ,lis 'ney were victims of circum-
o The drop fell at 128, and in fifteen
less 81 t .ne D0uy was pronounced life |
viii 4nG turned over to his father, who !
di9r. 'aKe 1t to Marshall County. In /
b o,,a tonight for interment. Ten
i i'm ny people witnessed the execu
R5,, aad good order prevailed.
Eer ~ErL LILLE His, January 15.-Noah |
ooor r'. - colored, was hanged here at
Inn Gay, for the murder of his wife |
~ months ago.
Ol tho lr
Tie = me- scaffold Mert imam confessed to
pei5alll ing, and also to killing a woman |
aft tI IT. IN East st. Louis six years $40 |
'ould not give her name.