The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-10
WAS HUNG!
Sheriff. romme Touched the Button
That Ends the Life of
Jake Brown.
Executed on Friday, May 4.

has at last paid the penalty. Or
the third day Of August, 1892, in
the state penitentiary, John Cole.
man, alias. Jacob Brown alias VIM
Jones, stabbed and murdered Frank
Maclin, foreman in the p%enitcntiary
He was indicted by the Grand jury
Of Cole County and Hon, Edwin
Silver and Col A. NJ. Hough were
appointed by the court to defond
him. Brown was prosecuted by F. f.
Lnckett, prosecuting attorney, and
w. j. Ievely Esq. The first trial
resulted in II hung jury. He was
tried the second time at the Deccm.
Der term and found guilty of murder
in the first degree and sentenced
to be hung. The attorneys appealed
the case to the Supreme Court where
the judgement of the lower court
was affirmed. The governor was
called upon to %intorccde, but de
clined to intorcede, and declined to
do so until later, when his attention
was called to the fact that Brown
was probably insane. The governor
called the sheriff's attention to the
facts, and a jury empanneled to in
quiro into tho sanity of the de.
PENDANT. The trial, which took
place about Il week ago, resulted in a
verdict against the theory commended
for. In otner words, the defendant
was declared sane. The record of
this trial was again presented to
the governor by the attorneys, but
the governor again refused to inter
fcre with the verdict of the Jury.
Sheriff Fromme thereupon began
the erection of the scafiold, which was
built right in front Of the door.
The night watch were placed in
charge Of Brown on Wednesday.
On Thursday night when the officers
attempted to take charge of Brown,
he showed evidence Of n purpose to
resist the officers and, if necessary.
commit murder before being sub.
dued. For four hours OH Thursday
night, the officers battled with the
man He claimed to have Il knife in
his cell and also used bed Stats
with which to fight the officers. At
~ o'clock at night after cxhausting
all efforts to capture him they re.
sorted to "A suggestion that brought
about the desired resulted. They
turned the fire hose with tho water
works pressure on him and after n
moment he cried enough and
| surrendered. From that time on
the sheriff had no further trouble
with him, He made a long state
ment Of the crime and Just before
his execution made a short speech
upon the scaflold. All evidence Of
insanity hid DISAPPEARED and at l0:l2
o'clock a, IN, the execution oc-
Cured. He fell six feet and his
neck was broken in the fall, as not
a muscle was seen to move after the
fall. The doctors Immediately ex
amined his brain and found it in Il
normal healthy condition, 1t
weighed IT ounces and was sound
in every respect, The condition
of his brain removed all causes for
claiming to be insane. His brain
was healthy in every way. The
execution was conducted by Sheriff
Fromme. He was assisted by the
following o%iiicelsi
Chief Deputy, S. II. Some, Sher,
if w. A. Winnsor of Galloway
county, who some years since oilici-
ated ut the execution of jackson at
Herman, Chief of police Joe Hen.
derson, officers Stone, Kolkmeyer,
Richter and Erhardt, and special
deputies Richardson, Boyce, Rocr,
Green, Mckinney, Grimm and
others.
The following statement was
made by Brown to the officers as
taken from the Tribune;
"My right name is John Cole.
man and | was born neal Memphis
Tenn. | don't know my age
but hardly think l nm forty, 1t il
not true that 1 served five terms il
the Missouri penitontiary--I onl!
served four. l was first sentenced
from st, Louis in 1878 for l%arcen,
and served two years. The othe
three sentences were for burglarios
l had n great deal of trouble will
Frank Mnckin, He and the guard
| Jim Dunahue, wanted to do mo up
Mackin always treated me badly !
S convict don't stand no show at tn
( p%enitentiary when the guards O
foremen have it in for him.
!, Mackin had killed me nothing woul
Q have been done to him. 1t is tru
that | cut him but, as God is m
Judge, l did not intend to kill hin
A niger convict wore that l tol
him l would kill Maekin, This WI