Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-06-20
EASTERN NEWS.
Not Much Hope for the Buried
Miners.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS ARRESTED.
Swelling the Population
band and Wife Hung for
Murder.---0ther News.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS ARRESTED

parties have worked all night anC
this morning. They have lO3 feet o
rock and slate to go through before
the miners can be reached. 1t i.
thought it will take till ten o'cloct
tonight. Nomore tapping is heard
CENSUS ENUMERATORs' TRUST.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 20.-Trial
of the seven arrested Minneapoli.
census enumerators came up before
the L. s. commissioner here thi.
morning. They are charged with
connecting false returns to swell the
Minneapolis population.
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 20.-The
New York express was wrecked this
morning at Child's Station, on the
Baltimore q Ohio. Bishop Keane,
of the Catholic university, Washing
ton, and Harry E. Killy, son OF
Congressman Killy of Arka nsas,
were among those seriously injured.
Two sleepers were thrown down the
embaukment and Charles McKen.
ney, chief engineer of the Staten Is
land rapid transit road, and the fire
man were killed, Bishop Keane
was cut about the head and his body
badly bruised. Ralph ingalls,, son Of
Senator ingalls,, is among those
slightly injured.
NIURDERERS HANGED.
BELLEvILLE, Ont, June 20
Peter Edwards Davis, who on Sep.
temper 10 murdered his paramour's
husband, was hanged here this
morning. He declared his inno-
cence to the last.
QUEBEC, Jnne 20.-Eritz Dubois
was hanged here this morning for
the murder of his wife, two chill
dren and mother-in-law in February,
hacking them brutally with an axe.
He confessed on the scaftold.
NATIONAL BANK FAILURE.
CHICAGO, June 2O.-By order Of
the comptroller of the currency
National Bank Examiner Sturgis
this morning took possession of the
Park National bank. The bank was
capitalized at 100000. Its state
ment May 18th, showed loans and
discounts of $63O,OOO; due depositors
and banks $62S,OOO; surplus fund
sd 900; undivided profits, SlS,4O0
MAN AND WIFE HANGED.
ELKo, New, June 20.-Josiah
Potts and wife Elizabeth were
hanged here at 10:45 this forenoon
for the murder of Miles Fawcett in
January, 1888.
At half past ten O'Clock the sheriff
read the death warrant to Potts and
his wife. During the reading of her
own warrant, only once did Mrs
Potts show any sign of emotion
whatever, and she cOnvulsively
clutched her throat when her hus
bands warrant was being read; when
the words changed by tie neck til
YOU be cad" were reached she gave
hysterical gasp and seemed to eX
hibit much feeling. The reading o
the warrants was finished at twenty
minutes to eleven and both the con
demned emerged.
At the conclusion of the reading
of the death warrants, the con
demned were lead TO the scatfold
while deputies proceeded to bind
them with leather straps, Mrs. Pott'
helping to adjust them herself, anc
Potts sittiug in all solidity. Wher
everything had been properly ad
justed they were directed to rise
AS the rope was stretched aronnC
Mrs. Potts neck she clashed hel
hands together and lifting her eye
towards the sky she exclaimed
"God help me, / am innocent He
husband reiterated in hollow tone
"God knows we are innocent"
As the black caps were drawn ovel
their heads the words of the clergy
man who had remained with then
to the last broke the silence: "Pu
your trust in God aud he will SEE
you righted," and then the drol
fell. Instantaneously, Mrs. Potu
was a corpse, owing to her heav.
weight.
A stream of blood burst fortl
/ from under the chin Of the dea,
woman and her head was almos
severed from the trunk. Pott
showed great vitality, ii being l
minutes before life was pronounce
extinct. The bodies were cut dow
and in the absence Of any c'aimin
friends were deposited in the poi
ter-' field. The conduct Of Mn
Potts during the past five days wa
an alienation Of hysterical crying
screaming and swearing at her hui
band. A few days ago her HUSBAND
still anxious 10 screen his wife, toll
visitors that be alone was guilty
the crime. "You lie, she exclaimed
"you know you lie," applying
her husband at the same time vi
epithet. Last night she attempte
10 commit suicide.
THE LOTTERY sWISDLE.
BATON ROUGE, La, June %
The Newgas bill, offering Sl,2jO,O
yearly for lottery privileges, b.