The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-05-03
JAKE ACKERMAN,
,e Thief and Desperate,
Arrested i'll Memphis,
ii While in the Court Room is
Shot Dead by His Wife.
Particulars of the Affair,
i'm Facts and Incidents.

i'm Facts and Incidents.
As soon As this name is read, the peo-
of our county will at once recognize
man who was held in our Jail several
eks if not months in 1885 for assaulting
robbing and old Italian just from
own sunny climes on his way to lin
son at Vicksburg, with the scant re-
ms of a long.life Of labor and industry,
en- he fell into the hands of This expert
Robbery. arson and murder, and was
ndered and left for dead. Alderman
arrested, tried and sentenced in
gust 1885 to ten years in the peniteu-
" but escaped at Canton, and was
erwards arrested in Shreveport, and
1 back to Jackson and immured in
walls OF the penitentiary, where he
named until about Jan. /, 1890, when
WAS pardoned by Gov. Lowry. Per,
5s no man was ever released by eX~
i've clemeney, who gave more and
Fer promises of q future honorable life,
IN this intelligent hardened criminal.
e manaces had hardly fallen from his
b, before he was basely organizing
emes Of robbery and murder, and soon
IAN his nefarious career, and carried it
from city to city, until last Monday
ht in Memphis when he fell into the
nds of the police. Hearing the cry Ct
rider suddenly pealing out on the mid
ht quiet, couple of policemen rushed
% the house from which the cry had
ne, and found the incarnats fend stoop-
overhis PROSTATE wife, whohad follow
him through much of his Infamous life
th devotion worthy of a better man
th his fingers clutching Ter throat, and
|course he was taken to the station
cse, where he was readily identified as
ke Ack, rman, now wanted in several
les for stealing, robbing, etc. Men
netimes in early life fill up the meas
E of their iniquities, and Ackerman
ly 3S years old, is one of them and
build be dealt with accordingly.
Since the above was in type, Jake
Ekeman, the hardened ciminal, has
et a tragic death at the hands of hi
IN wife. The Memphis Wednesday eV'
ling and Thursday m ,rning papsrs, con
ined each several columns about the kill
g and dangerous character Of Alderman
be evening Democrat detailing the cir
instances, gives the following account
hitch will doubtless be read with mucf
hterest in Grenada and surrounding
ountry, as the trial and conviction o
Ackerman and Grogan, made their name
amiliar with our people.
A tragedy in low life was enacted m tn
Police Court at O'Clock this mcSping' II
shich Jake Alderman, q notOriou ;haractei
has the victim and Lizzie Ac'eman tn
hurderess.
| The city bell had just tolled pe hour OF
o'clock and the city court crc4 had formal
BY declared the morning ession opened
tustice Garvin was on the Inch, with ffe
Bethel seated at his right yThe case OF Jak
EAckerman, charged witfoassault and Da'
|tery, was called by JJTge Garvin' ana
man IS years Of age w9q released from tn
prisoners dock and tlJen toward the par
Eanswer for his criraf A young woman
I2s years, with a co. determined expressio
upon her face, sat n the office OF Chief D'
! Wis waiting to appar against Ackerman
the charge of yife-whipping. This woma
was Lizzie Aclerman, the prisoners VIII
A policeman vas despatched to escort IL
witness into tourt.
AS she entered the courtroom ana opser
| ed Ackerman, her expression became mo
set and resolute. She was attired.in nea
| " fitting but dress with light brown wr'
| thrown across her shoulders, with her han
concealed beneath its folds. AS she a
preached Alderman her eyes appeared to
| 1ivetedupon him, and she saw nothing el
but tie man before her.
J,stice Garvin had just whispered to Pre
id,nt Bethel that the defendant before I
'ar was a desperate character, and reque'
ed that he observe him closely.
Col. Taylor, representing Ackerman, II
just begun his request for u continuance
the case before the court. In the meantil
Ackerman had got within whispering distan
=Gf his wife and said a few words in an und'
tone, which did not reach any of the au'
tors or court reporters, at the same I'll
banding her note. The eyes of the wol
an appeared to flash fire. She looked at j
husband straight in the face. Slowly ]
Plight hand was drawn from under the To-
Of her wrap, and then by dexterous
lion the muzzle of self-acting pistol "
placed to the abdomen of Ackerman.
pulled the trigger. There was o loud rep
and Ackerman fell to the floor Two mi
shots In rapid succession were fred and
lore the court or its officers could real
what had happened, Jake Alderman j