The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-05

daughter. The magistrates visited the
cave. and there. under some loose stone,
found a portion o. Elezia's s-es. and
some Of her hair cio;tei with blood
Baxwel was shereupcn completely par
alyzsi With terror. On these facss Bsx-
v=1 was convicted Of murder. though
be protested his innocence.
As be was ascending the scaffcii he
passed william Katt the sui,o- % his
daughter, who had testified that Bax-
wal had threatened HE daughter. life.
and BaxwAu extended hts hand 20 him.
and told him he freely sorgave him Or
having sworn his LIE away The result
% this Lille episode was tia: Kat be-
came fearfuily agita;ei. ana jus, as ths
drop VAS abou; 10 fail. cried cut: 1T
IS who am guilty. AMI alone
A tremendous sensa,on resulted. and
the execution was arreNei. Bat On ex-
aiming Baxwen i; wss found TIA, he
had died % fright Ks;t then confessed
tina; ne had elOped with Elszia and had
sec-e;ed he-. He had also taken part -
her dress ana some q her hair and dab
Olei them IN blsoi ana hid them in ne
cave. He was forthwith sent 70 prison
Early in ne present century Jonathan
Bradford. sn innkeeper a; oxsorashi-e.
England. was executed for the alleged
murder q guest named Hayes Soon
AFTER his arrival a; the hotel Hayes had
spoken publicly OF The fact ina. he hsd
money with hin. Some hours after ne
re,lred. two guests in ne lrexs hedcsam-
Der had heard groSns sS@ arose and
wen; INFO Hayes bedcham0er. where
they saw him welteriRg in 6lSoi
and dying N his bed. while ever hin
stood Bradford holding DARK lantern
in one hand and bloody knife in The
other.
Bradford exhibited me creates; terror
Imaginable a; being caught In this sii-
uation but denied any guilt lie said
he aaso had been awakened By the
groans: tia: he had gone % the rescue
ana taken his knife along to- protec-
ton. AMI that he was - hCrror~stricken
when he turned down me covers that he
Ie, the knife drop on the bleeding man
and In picking i; up had 90; blood on
his sleeves ~ well a. on the knife. Blu,
no one believed his story.
Eighteen months after Bradford was
executed HAYES footnan fell III and died
and just before be died ne confessed
that he was the Murderer lie had occu-
pied a room in the inn near 20 Hayes
and had barely lest his victim before
Bradford rushed In. He a,so produced
the watch. the snuff box and other prop
cry % HAYES. which he had taken at;ef
killing aim.
The s;-angest part OF this story is that
after ne footman died a minister made
Dublc the confiden.ial sts,emsnt made
10 him by the condemned prisoner. Brad
ford confessed that Ne hal gone n
Hayes room for The purpose Q. killing
him for his money ami was 90 n3rritct
% find him already murdered that he
dropped ais knife.
In 1860. in KaEkakee. IL. Wiley J.
Morris. a negro. was hanged FOR ne al
legged murder OF a young white woman
named Mary Murphy Mays parent,
lived five miles from Pontiac and snc
had visited them on a Saturday and was
walking back along no railroad track
on sunday when she wac murdered. Her
BODY Vac found lying near tie track
Il was proved that Morris was walk
Ing along The rack a mile behind Mary.
a. a much faster gait. AMI mus have
over.aken nsr He hai been seen nat
night IN Pontiac. ana had then gone
first % Joliet and then 20 Michigan. but
was sent Cor and brought back. AMI hs
had blood stains on MS clothing rs
story was ;ha: he bad had FAINT n
Bl0omng;a and had In that way got
blood on his clothes. When ne was
tried one man hung the jury. and then
Ms counsel took a change 0f venue %
Ksnkakec county. where he was con-
vict-i He wss hanged exclaiming.
You murder me: you murder me; you
murder me-"
In 1882 g. 9. Hilderoran3. \ ceiebra-
ted outlaw In he Indiana psnitsn;iary.
wrote history q ''Hsykcye BITS
gang" and among other exploits gave
an account y ,le killing - hsry Mur-
ply. whom ne gang kept In - po~ses-
son for three days before finally mUr-
derinZ her and laying her body On ne
railroad track T nose familiar with 'Ae
case. inc.uIn tae sheriff q Livingston
county. we're All convinced g ne truth
o., Hu5erb-and's story. and % the Inn0-