St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-23
PALER AND THINNER.
The Prisoner Grows Poorer Dur
ing His Incarceration.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS, Oct. 22.-In the fore
going account very little has been said
as to Goheen's appearance or his past
life. He has changed somewhat since
his first arrest by becoming paler and
thinner, but his face still has a good,
healthy color. 1t is angular, with a
low forehead and prominent chin, and
small greenish-b!ue eyes set at an un-
unusual angle, which change to a much
darker hue when he is excited. In
fact, his whole face changes its ex-
preston at such times as he looks
ferociOus enough to do any diabolical
act. Waves of color sweep over 1t, and
he is red. purple and pale by turns.
His guards Have been treated to many
exhibitions of his great ungovernable
temper, and have stood patiently
enough abuse to warrant them in half
killing HIM. He is active and wiry and
has cat-like grace of movement. His
teeth are very white and set far
apart, giving him an unpleasant
expression when he smiles. He was
born in Cerro GOrdo county, Iowa, and
his early years werei spent there. He
received an ordinary common school ed
ucatiOn, but his vicious nature began to
show itself every early i'll life. His
family moved to WoodSide, in this
county. when he was about twelve years
old. The criminal records at the county
jail show that lie was arrested in Wood
side when only fifteen years old for
petit larceny, in entering school house
and taking property from 1t. For this
he was given seventy-five days in jail,
but was released on Technical lily.
Three years later he was arrested for
the theft OF clothing and other goods
from Benjamin Wilson, of Buse, and for
entering school house with others and
destroying the furniture. On this
charge he was found guilty and sent to
states prison for two years. He was
released last January and came home
with $50 in his pocket; he lay around
|. home and did no work from that time
until he was arrested for murder. He
was twenty-one years old at his birth
day last March.
The Gohecn family consists of father.
mother, eight SONS and three daughters.
The youngest son, Ross, and the young
est daughter, VERNE, aged twelve and
fourteen respectively. live with their
parents in this city, in small house on
the river bank, and the old folks are
occasionally visited by the other sons.
several OF whom are roverS and more or
less irresponsible. Adelbert says that
In TINS house he ana Anderson have q
regular arsenal of weapons and reposi-
terry of stolen goods. Ii this is true the
senior GOheen knows nothing of it, for
he is God-fearing, industrious man.
who is respected by all. One of his
fingers is missing, shot off by one of his
sons IN sportiye mood. / he Woodside
people say favorite amusement of An
derSon and Adelbert used to be to plant
their father against door and fire their
reyoivcrs at him IA see how close they
could come without hitting. They oc-
casionally got hold of his Bible. burned
it, fired him out OF doors and ran things
themselves for day or two at time.
The others OF the family are Arabella,
aged thirty-eight, married and living in
Dakota; Alonzo, aged thirty-ive.
rover: Anderson. aged thirty, GRIM
inai and desperado; Mark ,aged twenty
eight, a Dakota farmer; Jennie, twenty
seven. a Dakota farmers wife; Edward,
twenty six, a rover; Allerton, twenty
four, temperance lecturer. who lives
in Ohio; Adelbert aged twenty-one;
Leonard. nineteen, who works or a
farm; VERNE. girl of fourteen, and
Earl Ross, aged twelve.