St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-29
Execution of Otto Leuth, the
Ohio Boy Murderer. and
Broeky' Smith.
they Are Legally Choked to
Death in the Columbus
Penitentiary.
in a Fit Of Passion a Kansas
Lad Cruelty Carves His
Sister.
TO Complete the Job He
Savagely Pounds Her to
a Pulp.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 2S.-Of the four
men who we're to have been executed at
the penitentiary annex tonight between
10 and a. H., Elmer Sharkey, the
Preble county matricide, has been re-
prieved to Sept. g. and Isaac smith,
the Pike county murderer, to Oct. "a.
Otto Leuth, the boy murderer, or CleVe-
land. and John, alias Brocky Smith, OF
Cincinnati. paid the penalty OF their
crimes. There has been great demand
for admission to the annex to-day and
hundreds of people have visited the
prison, though only few have been
permitted to see the condemned men.
Their last day was quiet one,
spent in the reception room. separated
from the other five condemned men IN
in the annex. The final partlngS With
friends and relatives and completion OF
details for the executions consumed the
time.
Both Men Died Game.
Leuth and Smith bore themselves
with great courage during the entire
evening, and were nervy and game up
to the time the scaffold was sprung.
The death warrants were read to the
men at l p. M, when the spiritual adj
visers took leave of the doomed men.
Leuth left a note giving history of his
case, admitting the crime, and denying
that the object was lust He also left
will disDosing of his small effects
Leuth was hanged first. He had only
to say that he forgave all enemies,
and urged the otiicirls to be
quick with the work. He died
in seventeen minutes without a
struggle. The trap was sprung at 1905
a. m. The body was removed, and in
less than twenty-five minutes Smith
was on the trap. He admitted his crime,
expressed regrets at same, forgave all,
returned thanks to the warden and fam
lily. 1t was 1910 a. Ill. when he dropped.
The executions we're a neat piece OF
work.
Young LeutIss Awful Crime.
Young Leuth was only sixteen years
old when his crime was committed, and
was one OF. the youngest persons ever
executed in this country. His crime
was a most atrociouS one, and clearly
showed that The youthful perpetrator
was possessed Of a devil as old as the
story of crime. His victim was but
eight years old and was fairly idoliZed
by her parents, being the only child.
Leuth enticed her into the house
of his parents, who were away on
visit at the time the awful crime was
committed. Leading her into bed
room he first outraged her, and then
beat her brains out with a hammer to
conceal the terrible crime which was
prompted by that most dangerous of
human passions, RIGHTEOUSNESS alb
normally developed to power
and extent that would dare all the
horrors of a Dante's hell. The body of
the little victim was stripped and
wrapped up in the bed clothing, and was
allowed to remain in the bed room of the
fiendish youth tor a whole week while
the perpetrator mingled with the search
ers for the missing child and was an I'M
noticed observer of all the suffering and
excitement caused by the hellsh
murder. Just one month from
the date of the mysterious
disappearance of little Maggie
Thompson, the mutilated and decom-
posed remains of the child was discov-
cred under the floor of the Leuth resi-
dence. where it had been concealed by
young Otto Leuth. The whole family
of the Leuths was arrested, and the
next morning Otto made full confess
sion. AS the time set for the execution
drew near Leuth began to weaken, and
during the past two days has been COM
pletely broken down.