Telegram-herald., 1890-02-21
THE GALLONS.
" rlnds Three Victims ~ tAe
ksyssone state.
D0gBLE HANGING Al PHILADELPHIA
Jseob sohsep zad rhemas ,. Cole Ess-
eVtsa In aoss@sasiag Prisoa-Ths
shsrta Bangles Ehs as1sAsx -
Hopkins az HelLefoate.
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ScA0op ans Thomas } Cole, the forEnef
TIE murderer Of Anton Sehilisng. AIS az
ssssant N bis hzkery, ard sAe latter q
his roommate, Walter MeAlhsser,
were hanged here this moraing on the
same gzll0@s IN Moyamensing prison,
the drop falling a. 1900 o'cl0ek. There
were no sensational scenes n oonnee-
tioa With The execution.
lseAogys crime was especially sIroeioSs.
Ga Dseezaoer n, 1855 so2ne BOYS playing -
F1irmosns Para touna ths eisnenl hsfea Fs
r-aias 4 q usn tls1 Up y INC b4es, hieern
sNay II = seetleu II weEeK-pIge. 3ae ennze
was faSUy uaeeo 20 sceooy, who was
bAker o. l.sls Csa~aEseef street
sealG1z ws- h's assistant eenvop
seznowiecgec his suilt ssying flsl On cnflsi.
mas morning he h0d knocked sehilins down
with his nst dgriag gvaTrel SupPosing him
dead he straez him With = Ratchet TO make We
,o0 sur. de then cut the body up. shd, COS
pvyiAg Il "a lis wagon TO the para during the
night placed II where y Was sflerwsTd
found ey the boys. sohoops trial de-
veloped he fact that he had not euas-
relied with his victim, BAT had deliberately
murdered Sebilling ia order 10 obtain 600
which TIE latter had saved Up. Seho0ps wife
was IN plicsted "a the crime. she having urged
him 10 its commission. but she became insane
before she coal6 be tried, snc IS now eonnnst
IN the State Insane Hospital at Norristoun.
Thomas J. Cole. July 5, 1885, KILLED his room.
mate, Walter MeAllister while the latter was
asleep The TWO had euarTe.ed and Cole, wait
ing until MeAllister had gone 20 asleep, beat
him 20 death with q ha,oAeil
BUNoLISG JOB.
BELLEFoSTE, Pa, Feb. o.-W Seely
Hopkins was hanged this morning. The
drop fell at 1915 o'clock The rope
broke aud Hopkins was picked up in
sensible. The knot was readjusted and
the man was hanged again. this time
successfully.
w Seely Hopkins crims was the double
murder Of his wife. Maggie WighsmGn Hop
kirs, and mother-in-isw. Mrs. Wighaman. Sep
tember 2. 1879 at Phihpsours rs. He shot
them both with q revolver. and IN confession
says he attempted suicide IN the same manner
The crime was premeditated and prompted by
!esiousy.l
TO PAY THE PENALTY.
BALTfNoRE, Nd, Feb. 20.-The Ma
vassa rioters" have been sentenced.
George S. Key, Henry Jones and Edward
Smith, convicted of murder, were
StDltnCtu W w ndHECA -halth &C. Hc
fourteen men tried upon charges OF
manslaughter and convicted were sen
fenced 10 terms in the Albany N. Y. J
penitentiary ranging from two to ten
years.
CONVICTED OF MURDER
MARQUETTE, Mich, Feb. 20.-John
Mcdonald was convicted Of the murder
OF Mollie Beyeridge Wednesday and at
once sentenced for life. He displayed
no emotion. His crime was the at
tempted killing of five persons near
Matchwood, Ontonagon County, in De-
cember last. Mrs. Beveridge was killed.
Mrs Redpatch badly wounded and
Dunk Beveridge slightly hurt
FOUND GUILTY.
MONTICELLO, Ill, Feb. 20.-James
Fitzpatrick was acquitted Of the murder
Of Everett Thrasher by the jury after
an all-night session. Thrasher. the man
who was killed, had threatened the life
of Fitzpatrick and had shot at him six
times in one day. and had threatened TO
burn his property.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
ST. Louis, Feb. 20.-Charles +. Vail
was arrested here Wednesday on a
charge Of wife-murder. His wife was
shot and killed Monday, February 10, al
Old Monroe, Mo, while entering a ve-
hicle, and he asserts IL was en- accident.
Her life was insured for s23. OOo