The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14
Yesterdays Sacrifices to the Law.
Happy Bob" OF the Salvation
Army, Expiatos Murder.
His Poor Sweetheart Makes Vain
Appeal for Clemency.
Olsen Holong Gets His Deserts ON
the Scaffold.
He Had Killed Lilly Field and Left Her
Body for tho Hogs to Eat-A
Crime Almost Unprece-
dontcd In Horror.

WARSAW, n. V, April i3-Robcrt Van
Brunt was hanged IN the Warsaw Jail yard
this morning
Van Brunt did not 60 to Sleep until after
3 O'Clock this morning and awakened shortly
after o'clock. lie spent much Of the night
in prayer and In reading his Bible. Eva
Roy Unexpectedly arrived from Albany this
morning and at o o'clock called at the Jail,
but was refused admittancc. The reading IT
the death warrant was omitted, and n few
minutes after 10 o'clock Van Brunt walked
firmly 10 the scailold the moose was placed
around his neck, and when nll was ready the
drop fell The body was cut down In four.
teen minutes.
The crime for which "Ifappy Bob" Van
llrunt was hanged was the murder Of the
half-brothcr Of his sweetheart, Eva Roy.
Happy Bob was u prominent member u
the Salvation army, and Tor some lime be-
fore the murlcr which occurred ON the
evening Of October O. lss0 hc had been
counting Eva Roy. viii Roy objected To
his attentions to his hulisi,lcr, and had
tried many times 10 get her Ia break OF with
"llappy Bob hut without effect. On the
evening OF the crime Van lirnnt. who was
boarding ut the RoNs'. retired Ia his room,
but later lac heard talking In low tone w
the Iarlur, aud heliu, im Tie voices 10 BE-
those Of Will and ENn, lac descended the
stair. aud found Eva Ia her night dress, en-
gugcl IN conversation, ~ he sutm's sod, with
! Will the two sitting IN close proximity, and
| the remarks that were made 80 angcrcd him
! that hc pulled his revolver from his pocket
| and fired the fatal shot. tnnlly returning To-
! his rnom. lac informed Fred that he had shot
! his brother, aud making no effort Ia escape,
willingly gave himself up lie was placed
under arrest. and at the next term OF court
was indicted Tor murlor IN the first degree.
! Ilis trial camc OF nt an adjourned term ~
| court In February, lsS1 The main evidence
! against him was that ul Eva Roy. lie was
/ convicted aud sentenced ~ Voc hanged un
| April H., 1851, hut hy appeals IN the general
| term and the court ol appeals The date OF CN.
| ccutinn was postponed until to-day.
! Yesterday Eva Roy made an imprisoned
| appeal to Gov. llill To commute Van brunts
sentence to imprisonment iur life. The Gov
| crnor listened to her kindly aud ns gently
as possible tried io show her Why u was i'm.
possible for him to Interfere with uio course
~ the law. la conclusion hc said 9TH,
law must take iis course
The WORKS were hardly sprlcn when 10,
Young girl grew drnthly talr. her hoaa
dmoprd. and shc dr . iri a. the floor M
conscious. n was niny iii hour before he
rgiincd consciousness. AMI her nrst wurig
| w,rc. Poor Rob. A. co. Bob. aud once more
Tho became unconscious She i. now IN The
hospital nt Albany. anl them l. much pity
! Tor her. She insists that Van llnint's crime
WIS not pmmcdllalcd and that hc should
| not hc hung She s1ys rhc no longer loves
! "llippy Bob, but her cycp action rcluics