The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-18
He CONFESSED.
ON THE ScAFFOLD HOW HE
CHLOROFORMED AND BUR-
NED HIS WIFE.
Strange Case of cassius Clay De.
clared by Court to be Insanity
How a Mother Sacrificed
Her Own Life to Save
Children.

Children.
San Francisco, July 4.-Stand-
ing on the gallows at the San Quen.
tin prison, with death only half
minute away, F. G. Fisher this
morning told the awful story OF
how he had murdered his wife, con-
Tossing his guilt in every detail. He
had insured her life. he said, for
the sum Of $1,000. She had the
toothache and he had her take
chloroform to relieve the pain.
i When she was under the influence
/ of the drug he poured kerosene oil
over her body and set fire to it.
The neighbors came rushing in,
and he told them story of an ac-
cident, but the facts did not bear
out this assertion. The woman died
in frightful agony. This was on
April %.
All through the trial Fisher pro-
tested his innocence, but in the face
of death he broke down and made
full confession.
While the story of his crime still
echoed through the vaults of the
great prison, the trap was sprung
and Fisher was hung by the neck
until he was dead.
w. r. Howard of Santa Clara
county, and Ung Ting Bow, a
Kings county murderer, will be
hanged within ten days.
Cassius M. Clay, the Sage of
White Hall, was declared by jury
in Judge, Turpin's court today at
Richmond to be Of unsound mind.
His affairs will be placed in the
hands of a committee appointed by
the court.
General Clay did not appear in
court, as he is still very i'll at White
Hall, but he was represented by an
attorney appointed by the judge.
When General Clay was told by his
servant, Joe Perkins, of the action
of the court, he sat up in bed and,
grabbing his revolver, declared he
would kill the first person who tried
to take him from his home and
place him in the asylum.
The action of the court was based
upon an affidavit filed by his chill
dren, and General Clay said that
he was allowed only a scanty living
by his children, and now they want
ed to rob him of that. None of the
witnesses who testified in court to-
day had been near General Clay
for months. The doctor who at.
tended him on Tuesday says he is
perfectly sane.
General clay's former child wife,
Dora Clay Brock, was to have re.
turned to White Hall today, but
she did not put in an appearance,
and it is believed she was waiting
to hear the action of the court.
General Clay will not be removed
from White Hall, as it is believed
if such an attempt was made and
he found he could not repulse the
arresting party he would kill HIM
self with the huge bowie knife
hanging by his head.
Cleveland, July Mrs. Gui-
eseppi Canovino, a working woman
her thee children and several
other women ho work in the vine-
yards east of the city, were walk
ing on the New York, Chicago and
st Louis Railroad tracks to-day.
The party was crossing tressle
when fast train approached. |
Only by lying down on a plank at |
the edge of the bridge could the
women escape being struck by the
train. Mrs. Canoyino thought not
OF her own safety. Her only pur-
pose was to save the children.
She pushed the little ones off the
trestle to the plank ,and to do it she
was compelled to lie across the track.
The last child was placed in
position Of safety as the engine bore
down upon the woman and crushed
out her life.
Ann Arbor, Mich, July ST.
Albert Witte, of Adrian, had his
hand mangled in a furniture fac
tory, losing twenty-four inches of
skin from the palm and back, A
large frog was secured by DR.. 3. F.
Westfall, and after it's brain had
been deadened its skin was tho
roughly cleaned. and very thin