Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08

Cleveland, o. was ex- "a -
ecuted at the Ohio ~ ~ ~
penitentiary early A1MA
tn Is morning. The &NY%E&H84
prisonerspent quiet x4& III ~
day, refusing to see mzENI&M = >
visitors except those Z&&y Ng11n
with whom he h ad {HzZH>H>I.
been in imAte and >W| ~:
who had taken an in "BL1NKY" MORGAN.
terest In the Communication Of his SEN.
tence. To all with whom he talked he
protested his innocence of the crime.
On Thursday Morgan made out On order
turning his body over to DR.. Clemmer, the
physician Of the prison, with the request
that 1t be used for the benefit Of the
sciences and afterward cremated. After
giving the order, however, he received q
letter from Nellie Lowery, of Cleveland,
who is reputed to have been his mistress.
asking that his body be sent to her.
She had been refused the pleasure
OF seeing him alive, and she claimed
1t was no more than right she should see
his face after death. Morgan changed his
mind after reading the letter, and asked
the physician to relinquish his claim,
which was done. A post-mortem, how
ever, will be held this morning.
The execution was witnessed by thirty
persons. Morgan was on the scaffold when
the spectators entered the execution de-
partment. He looked like hight toned
gentleman dressed for an evening ball,
The warrant was read, and Morgan re-
fused to say word, but stood like statue
as the ropes were adjusted. When all
was ready, the cap drawn down, and the
rope began to tighten, Morgan spoke in a
loud tone: "Good-bye, Nellie" and passed
through the trap. The work was not q
success. The body writhed in the greatest
agony and the legs jerked, while the arms
swung and the hands clutched. He slowly
strangled to death.
1t has been discovered on good author ty
that Morgan's real name was Charles Nc.
Donald.
Morgan prepared letter before his exc
cution, in which he thanked the prison
officials for their treatment of him, and
again declared that he was innocent Of any
connection whatever with either the theft
OF the furs, the rescue Of McMunn or the
murder of Detective Hulligan.
MORGAN's CRIME.
On the night Of January 20. 1887, the fur store
OF Benedict & Ruedy, Superior street,
Cleveland. O., was burglarized, and $1,000
worth OF sealskin garments carried away
just at the break Of day. The furs were
house on st. Clair street, where the cracksmen
had engaged lodgings The burglary was dis
covered in the morning at Z o'clock when an
employe arrived at the store. The thieves left
the city with their booty, going to Allegheny
City, on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad.
Detective Hulligan. together with Cap
tain Hoehne, went to the latter place, and
the day after their arrival arrested young
man who gave the name of Harry Nc
Mum. He was afterward identified by Cleve-
land shop-keepers as having been hanging
around their stores, and also as having had o
prominent part in the shipment Of the goods.
Requisition papers were served and the pris-
oner was taken aboard the train by Captain
| Hoehne and Detective Hulligan, being
| shackled to the latter. Chief OF
Police Murphy, OF Allegheny City, and
several detectives went to the depot with the
| Cleveland officers. Had they not done so res
cue would have been attempted ut the depot.
the presence Of so many officers. how
ever, frustrated the scheme. McMunn
behaved quietly, and seemed anxious to
| make the officers as little trouble as
possible. The prisoner and his captors
| were in the smoking-car. At2 o'clock in the
morning five men entered the car There was
| no recognition between the prisoner and them.
AT Ravenna, thirty miles from Alliance. they
| stepped across the aisle to where McMunn sat
| shackled to Detective Hulligan. and draw
! ing their pistols, said "Give him rp?'
| Both Hulligan and Hoehne drew their
| weapons, and rapid firing commenced. Both
| the officers were shot several times. but would
not yield. Finally one Of the rescuing party
TOOK coupling-pin from a newspaper and
! struck bo:h officers over the head, knocking
! them senseless. Hulligan was dragged to the
car door, where the shackles were broken and
McMunn was free.
The wounded officers werc brought to Cleve-
! land, Detective Hulligan being taken to his
hi HhnHn IN a ~
Captain Hoehn to the city hospital where
| he was carefully nursed back to health and
| strength. A reward of $4,000 was offered
for the capture Of the murderers, and
then began the long hunt for the Ravenna res
| cuers, Us they were called. Word came from
Alpens, Mich, finally that "Blinkey :"
Morgan, Billy Harrington, Pat Hanley and
Harry McMunn, the men desired in the police
circular, were believed to be in tho city. The
one supposed to be McMuun disappeared
rather suddenly. however, and on the night Of
June u, when the arrests were made, only
Morgan and the two supposed to be Hanley aud
Harrington were captured. Morgan was taken
into custody ut the house where he was stay
Ing; after desperate struggle, In which he shot
Sheriff Lynch, OF Alpena, in the leg, pro-
ducing . wound which finally caused that
ofacer's death The other two men were ar.
| rested as they were about to board boat go
! Ing from Alpena to Oscoda, Mich. Morgan and
! MO SOiAApoutVuSs WIN pEOVoU 70 Oo James NOD
inson and John Coughlin, were brought to
| Cleveland Friday morning, July l, and
after being in jail there four days were
taken t. Ravenna to await their trial for MUIR
der. On October g. 1887, Morgan was brought
| into court at Ravenna for trial. The witnesses
| for the State, one after another, gave testi-
mony which connected Morgan with the bur-
glary and subsequent murder on the Cleveland
| & Pittsburgh train. The jury, after having
been out one hour and twenty-five minutes, re-
turned a verdict OF guilty Of murder in the
| first degree
The trials OF Coughlin and Robinson followed
| that of Morgan, and each was convicted Of MUIR
der In the first degree, though both brought an
! array OF witnesses to prove that they were not
present ct the time the murder was commit
ted. Coughln was atterward granted new
trial, and finally his case was nolled. Robin.
son was also granted new trial, and he is now
| In jail ut Ravenna.
The Flood of Immigration.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3-For the last seven
months 28, 352 moro immigrants landed at
Castle Garden than in any corresponding
| seven months of last year. The July ar