The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-16
c. A. Day Hanged for the Murder Of
His Mistress.
Not a Particle Of Regret for What
He Had Done.
His TAX and Instincts Vulgar and
Bsastly to the End.
Claps His Hands After the Death
Warrants Read.
A Smile on His Face When the Body
is Cut Down.

UTICA, N. Y, Feb. 9.-Clement Ar
thur Day was executed in the jail at
1924 o'clock this morning, in the pres
ence of twenty-four citizens, including
all the officials. lie was declared dead
in eleven and a half minutes. His
neck was broken. Before he left his
cell Day declared he had nothing fur
ther to say to the public. On his knees,
in the presence of Rev. Z. Owen, his
spiritual adviser, he declared himself
guiltless of premedit ated murder. Four
drachms of croton oil, sufficient to kill
four men, were found in his cell within
a week. His father had declared
Day clapped his hands after the
death warrant was read and smiled.
On walking over the ice in the Jail
yard he laughed heartily over the falls
of the sheriff, Rev. L. Owen, a news
paper reporter and special deputy
Burke eXclaiming: That's four OF
them" lie yawned while his legs were
being strapped on the scaffold. He as
sisted Deputy Ballow in adjusting the
rope about his neck and smiled as the
cap was being drawn over his face and
when the body was cut down the
smile was still there.
The crime for which Day was hanged
was the murder of his paramour,
johanna Rosa Cross. The crime was
committed on the banks of the Black
River canal, the 9th of June last. Day
was very jealous of his mistress and
feared she would leave him. She had
tried many times to get his permission
for her to visit her mother, but he al
ways refused, saying she would never
return. The day before the tragedy,
Rosa received letter from her
mother saying she was dy-
ing and asking the daughter
to come to her. Rosa wrote a reply to
the letter, and she and Day started
down the canal toward Boonville, where
they intended to mail 1t. They had
gone but a short distance when Day
turned on her and struck her with q
butcher knife. She fell and he con-
tinued cutting until eight distinct cuts
were made, one of which entered the
heart and another the abdomen. The
only witness of the stabbing was Days
father, a lock-tender. He was too
far away to interfere and on account
of old age and feebleneSs was power
less to do anything. After killing the
woman, Day dragged the body to the
bushes by the roadside. The father
informed the authorities of the crime
and after spending day in the woods
the murderer gave himself up.
In interviews with him after his
arrest not a particle of regret for
what he had done could be drawn from
him. He pretended to have been con-
verted and to be penitent, but his con-
Versation and instincts were vulgar
and beastly to the end. The condemned
man passed the last night of his life
on earth without displaying any nerv-
BUSINESS. On the contrary, he seemed
to enjoy his violin and sang and
with apparent unconcern for his flu
ture until 1890 this morning. He then
went to bed and slept until $50.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 9.-The Journal
to-day gives the particulars Of trag-
edy that occurred last night as follows:
The little town of New Prague, on the
Minneapolis u st. Louis road, about
forty miles south, is in fever of excite
ment over the most terrible tragedy in
the history of that part of the state. A
farmer named John Jaunschek. a little
south of that town. Is dead by his own
hand and his wife lies by his side, muir
dered by her husband. Their daughter
"a girl of ten lies at epoint Of death
with bullet in her head from her faith
er's pistol. The shooting occurred at
carried to New Prague by crippled
step-sOn of the murderer. Jaunnschek
married widow, the murdered
woman, about twelve years ago,
but they never lived happily together,
the principal bone of contention being
some property belonging to the wife
of which the husband desired to be-
come possessor. Once before he had
threatened to kill her. Yesterday
morning she filed preliminary papers
in suit for divorce. While her son
by former marriage was in LIE Seure
attending to the matter, Jaunschek
went to Jordon, bought a revolver and
returning to his home commenced the
work of slaughter with the above re-
suits.
MURDER OF A HARMLESS MAN.
HoPKINsvILLE, KY, Feb. S.-Louis
ShankS, young man living in Mullen
berg county, of a somewhat unsound
mind, had utterd threats against Ma
rion Browning, neighbor, but no at
tention was paid to them, as he was
regarded as harmless. Shanks was pas
sing Browning's house two days ago
carrying an AK on his shoulder, when
Browning came out to see him. Words
passed between them and Shanks pas
sed on, muttering that he would get
even with Browning, when that gentle
man went into the house and presently
returned with his'a gun. Shanks then
began to beg for his life, but Browning
took deliberate aim, fired, killing
Shanks instantly. Browning theI
turned and fed and has not been heard
of since.
A LYNCHING ON THE TAPS.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. "a special from
Evansville, Indiana, to the Post-Dis
patch, says that Gus Henicken, a we'll
known young man took the daughter
o. prominent farmer of Wabash
county. Illinois, to church last night
and while on the way home grossly
outraged her. Almost the whole coun
ty is aroused and vigorous search is be
ing made for Henicken and If he il
b captured he will be lynched.
ASSAULTED BY A CHINAMAN.
BOSTON, Feb. 9.-Delia Durant, aged
twenty-one years, living at Al Dove
street, was criminally assaulted b,
Shing Kee. Chinese laundryman, il
his place of business, q Dover street
where she had called for her laundry
During the assault the young lady wa
badly choked and rendered insensible
Kee was arrested.
DROWNED AND SCALDED.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 9.-At moo
yesterday the steam launch Irene, ply
ing in the river between Canal stree
and the French man-of-war La Mir
erve, lying in the river opposite Poy
dras street, blew out the hue head, ne
sulting in William Mead, the engineer
being drowned and two boys scalde
fatally.
SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. GA special froI
Fit. Smith, Arkansas, says the Unite
States district court there to-day SCI
fenced seven Indian Territory mul
derers to be hanged on April 7th.
THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATI
READING, Pa, Feb. 9.-Four fran
dwellings at Kutzetowne this COUNTY
were totally destroyed by fire tn
morning and John Hoph, his daughte
aged Is, and son, aged years. WEI
burned to death. The houses were o
cupied by four families, comprisir
about twenty persons, Mrs. Hoph ar
the occupants of the other houses g
capped in their night clothes, thouo
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