Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-01

Brentwood, London, III 1901. If the
manufacturer could look out of his
grave and ses a finished piano of this
day he would say the world moves. A
sounding board like unto that in our
native town which overshadowed
the minister in his high pulpit,
a thing of the past. The old desk OF
Hawthorne on which he did his figuring
in the Salem custom house
covered over with names OF former yisi
tors and where the writer left his name
Going out of the church he visited the
Office of the hall where he obtained
Photographic views of the old custom
house where Hawthorne was employed.
The interior view Of the old church with
its furniture. The home of Roger Will
llams. The mysterious writing of the
witches who were condemned to death
and the bottles in which the pins were
found by which it was supposed the
witches tormented their victims. The
veritable bottles are now to be seen in
the Salem court house.
These and more are to be seen in
Ysnkton college museum.
Not more than two blocks from the
old church we were shown the house
where one of the most a%trocious MUIR
ders known in modern history was
committed. A Mr.. White, q gentleman
Of ample means YVES found murdered in
his own home one morning sixty years
ago. The %bludgeon used for the foul
deed was found behind n of the
churches. For q time no trace could be
found of the guilty actors. until q letter
reached a brother in law of the victim
from the British provinces that il he did
not send more money the murder would
be out. The old gentleman did not
know what it meant but the police did
for he had O son by the
same name distinguished only by the
jr., at the end. This was left off and the
younger Knapp and his two brothers
were arrested for the crime. One of the
assassins died by his own hands, the
other turned states evidence and the
in the first degree. Daniel Webster pre-
scented the case and for his wonderful.
plea he gained wide spread honor. The
motive to the deed was the property o.
the uncle. The will had been lately
changed as they knew and they though
that they were left out of the new will
But the real fact was only o portion o
the property was willed to thu
nephews by the uncle il
the first will and in the last will al
was given to the three murderers. II
: vain did the wife, the Salem beauty
plead on her knees for the C /. ta.;oi
of the sentence of death to hard servic
for life, the governor was unmoved b.
. her entreaties. Lin. Lincoln was GOV
- ernor at the time the three brother
q suffered the extreme penalty of the la
4 in the jail yard. The house stands as
"a monument of the foul history of th
deed.
- VIC Acit Ga1em pun tu5 Clby vi uobiOL
behind US and the iron horse on til
limited express leaving Albany at
"a quarter past one on the next Monda
and at night we were in Butfa
q 10 at midnight in Clevelen,
,r OF 8 9. M. in Toledo end 10 on Tuesds
morning in Chicago and then onwar
!, through cities and prairie over the bi
waters of the Missouri. Out of Illino
d into and through Iowa and Wednesda
d we were set down at six p. m. in lynda
and at nine o'clock we were in Be-
Homme sick and tired, and never in OF
lives were w pulled through the worl
le SO fast. if additional power was give
"a to the iron horse we would refuse
"a faster train. The limited express WI
answer all purposes to the writer.
~ ID. B. N.
Yanktan SAINT 02fh 1894