The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-21
BLACE ElEND 70 HANG.

John Nuligan. Murderer Of the clark
Family. sentenced Federal Jail News.
John Millgnn. murderer Of the Clark
family. was sentenced by Judge Scott
in the Oklahoma City court to be
hanged 10y the neck until dead on
january II. 1905 This is the first
death sentence under territorial laws.
Following is "a history of Milligan's
crime:
"On or about the 10th day of Novem-
Der. 1893, Gabe Clark and his wife,
Hannah Clark with little grandchild,
hvcd on "A claim In the northeast part
of oklahoma county. With them
lived this John Milligan, who had
come with them from Tennessee.
Times were hard with the Clarks and
Milligan was lazy and would not
work. Finally they told MIN they,
could no longer keep him; that he
must seek other quarters. This made
| him angry, and the testimony on the
| trial was that he made threats against
| them. ON the night of the killing he
waited until the couple and their little
graudchild were asleep and then got
/ mp from his cot and with a razor and
aX began his hellish work. He com.
mcnced by striking the old man, who
awoke at the fast stroke and grappled
/ with his assailant The row awoke
/ Mrs Clark, who went to the assistance
| Of her husband The fiend was 0
/ powerful man and soon rendered them
both unconscious and dead as he
! thought lie then turned his atten.
tion 90 the little child, and hitting her
on the head with the AK and cutting n
/ cash ia the neck. left her for dead,
also
The woman was dead, but the little
girl recovered. and the main witness
against the prisoner. Clark himself
recovered sufficiently TO be removed To
town, but died before the trial. The
little girls testimony was clear and
explicit, and in graphic language, al
though child-lilSe and broken, she told
how "John had killed grandad and
grandma with the AK and razor and
her own dreadful wounds, half healed,
upon her neck and head, were power.
full witnesses against him
Milligan was captured at st. Louis,
and on his person was found watch
and $50 in money which he had taken
+ from the old lady's person after he
had killed her. He was brought back
TO oklahoma City, and after a fair and
impartial trial was found guilty aud
sentenced TO be hung April 6, 1894
His attorneys took an appeal and OBJ
, tuincd stay Of execution pending the
decision of the supreme court, which
affirmed the decision Of the lower
court
Tho Tecumsch gang of counter
fciters has been squelched. All mem
beers of the gang have been sentenced
by Judge Scott and are now in the
United states jail Wash Cowden
five months; Mrs. Cora Smith, forty
eight hours: Wiley Walker, one year
James Krum, five months; VIM
. smith. two years at Brooklyn: Johr
Grizzly, five years at Brooklyn. othel
prisoners were sentenced at oklahom;
city by Judge Scott, as follows:
Theo. H. Weise, obtaining money un
der false pretenses, three years Al
Lansing; David Dyles, grand larceny
eighteen months at Lansing; John AK
horse stealing, seven months; Bonner
grand larceny, thirty days; Edward
Fison, grand larceny, one year.
n Goldberg and d. Deutsch were
released from the federal Jail yester
day.
Andrew Holt was released yesterday
after serving six months for horst
stealing.