Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-21

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He was dead. She uttered q piorcin,
Shrek, and ran out of the house ant
down the street. The first person sh'
met was Neil McKeayue. He went tc
the house, and others Joined him. They
found Mr.. Wilson had been shot in tn.
breast and through the mouth. Iii:
PROSTATE body had been stamped opor
by tho brutal murderer until every Ri
on one side was broken.
Tho Villagers went upstairs and be
held a shocking sight. In o small bed
room was found the bloody and mutilated
remains of Mrs. Wilson. Never did 6
human being meet with a more terrible
end. Scattered around the room were
he implemen ts with which she was hack.
ed to death. One had but TO look at hel
and the weapons to realize how terribly
she suffered. Startled by the sound y,
angry voices and by tho pistol shots, she
had evidently raised up in bed and
screamed. Tho slayer Of her husband
heard her, knew that lie was detected
and that her death alone would enable
him to escape tho consequences OF his
crime. Bounding up tho stairs, he GU.
tered the room. The old lady, a paralytic
had attempted to strike, him. Wrench
ing the a from her foeblc grasp, ht
beat her yer tho head with it until the
cane was reduced to splinters. Then he
picked up a pair of brass tonss and con.
] tiSrn1 fI,a r,o,p,l luk.l,our, ,,~IsI thr
tongs were twisted apart. The saber o
her dead son hung on the wall, and this
the murderer s%natched, and pounded his
victim with it until her head was fiat
tened into ashapelcss mass.
There was not Il spot on the walls as
big as a mans hand that was not spat-
tered with brains and blood. Descend
ing the stairs, his rubber coat lie aving a
trail of blood along the side of the wall,
the brute probably heard Mr.. Wilson
groaning in his death struggle, and
then stamped out the remaining spark OF
life with the heels of his boots. No val
tables were taken from the house.
Mcileayue tried hard to make people
4 Lii~ ~ oC1sSAtESA DoN CoNS 7'tPSA
at the Wilson house the night before, but
there was nothing to substantiate his
statement. .Flnally McKeasue himself
was arrested, detectives and reporters
having woven around him Il strong chain
ofcirculnstantial evidenced II was learned
that on the night Of tho murder he had
not been seen until Il late hour, when no
entered a p%op-shop, displayed consider
able money, and sat down and played
cards. When asked to account for him
self during the evening he would only
say that he had been III company with a
woman
Buttons found OH tho tloor near Mr..
Wilson'S body matched those on Nc
Keague's vest, and when placed under a
microscope it was plainly seen that they
had been torn from his vest, for strands
Of thread and bits of shoddy fitted ex-
actly. A revolver belonging to Mckeague
wa found in tho possession Of Il Win
netka servant girl. Two of tho cartridges
had been exploded. 1t was impossible
to explode the olhors, for the barrel
| would 0 reyolvo further.
This girl saved Mex casuo's life by
swearing that ho gave her the revolver
several months before the murder. II
was also shown that MciSoa;uc left the
sceuo OF tho murder Immediately after
tho other Villagers came in, visited sew
eral merchants in Chicago with whom he
was doing Business, and did not speak OF
the horrible criino to any one. This OF
itself was considered a strong proof OF
his guilt, for Mr.. Wilson was his best
friend, and oven had he not been, SO foul
a crime would have beeu told by most
any other man to every II he met.
Pcrjured evidence alone saved his
neck. Some of tho principal witnesses
in his behalf have since confessed thai
they swore falsely, and it is said that Mr.
Hardy, his able attorney, has since be-
come satisfied that McKcague really
committed the crime.
After the trial McKcague was arrested
within two wocks in an alley in Chicago
for an otfense against public decencv
The woman who was arrested with him
was sent to the %bridewell, while he wa.
let of with a fine. IIe then went back
to Canada, and 1t was not long before ht
was arrested and convicted of assaultinl
Il woman IN st. Gatharines. This time
he was punished, but almost rs soon as
no got out OF the prison he committed :
similar crimo and was returned to cell
After serving the time of his SENTENCED t
left Canada and was mex heard ot'in Col
orado, committing desperate deeds and
winning for himself the name of a DIES
porado. He was not much more than q
years old when killed, but Il cooler anG
more desperate villain mover breathed