The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-07
MEN UNDER DEATH SENTENCE.

If some governor should decide to or
the state penitentiary under sentence of
death he would have some little trouble
finding out their names. declares tie To-
peka Capital. Every time a prisoner is
sent TO the penitentiary under sentence
Of death transcript of the ja|gment of
/ the court is filed with the governor and
entered into a large record book. This
book has been in use ever since the law
was enacted requiring that prisoners SEN
/ fenced TO death be kept in the peniten-
/ tiary for a perioo. Of a year and then
I executed on tie order OF the governor.
Since the law wetn into force no prisoner
has been hung. An investigation of the
record book showed that from 1884 to 1898
no entries were made OF the prisoners
sent to the penitentiary under sentence Of
death. 1t IS supposed the record was kept
in some book of the names OF the prison.
ers. but it has not yet been found.
Following is the list of the prisoners
in the peaitentiary uncer sentence Of
death as far IS the records in the gov
ernor's Office show
Henry Goddard Cherokee county: killed
Donald Ramsey; sentenced in 1872.
billiard Morrow, Davis county. now
Geary; killed Birch Overbee; sentenced
in 49,.
Arthur Winner. Sedgwlcll county; killed
". W. Sewer; sentenced in 1874.
Joseph Y. McNutt, Sedgwick county;
killed w. W. Sewer; sentenced in 1874
Samuel Ashmore Usage county: killed
his wife: sentenced I'm $50
Alexander Hartman, Greenwood county;
killed o. c. Crookham; sentenced in 1870.
William Hurst. Doniphan county; killed
his wife; sentenced il 1870.
James T. Mccormick. Cherokee county;
killed s. C Cheney: sentenced in 1876.
Henrietta Cook, Osborne county; killed
Hiram Cook; sentenced in 1876.
Cha,las Marshall. Mitchell county; killed
William Fredericksou: sentenced in 1879.
William Jennings. Allen county; killed
Herschel Mclaughlin; seI;enced in 1850.
George W. Petty, Greenwood county:
sentenced in 1873.
Andrew p. Wyatt. Norton county: SEN
fenced in 1850.
Hugo Mahn. Atchison county: sentenced
in 1850
Robert Simpson. Jackson county; killed
Charles Ginders. sentenced in 1885,.
Daniel Tucker, Labette county; SEN
fenced in 1850.
-Arista Il Webb. Ford county: killed
Barney Martin; sentenced in ISL
f. &. Kerley. Johnson county; sentenced
in 1881.
John n. Wells. Leaveaworth county;
sentenced in lSSa.
Theodore Munsterman. Labette county;
sentenced in 1873
John Rodgers. Bourbon county; SEN
terced h. 1888
Mary Isabel Martin and F. n. Moseley.
Lyon county; sentenced in 1883.
Sis Vinegar. Douglas county; sentenced
in ISIS
julius 7. bailey. Reno county; sentenced
in 1855.
John E Pierce aud Elmer Reed. Lyon
county; killed W. 4. Mcmillan; sentenced
in 1884
George Orr. Miami county: sentenced in
is,
George Z Brown. Lsavenwo-th county:
sentenced in ISL
George orr. Miani county; sentenced in
Iss,
GecrSe L Brown. Leavenworth county:
sentenced in 1881
Robert Davis ard Moses Chambers.
Leaveawcrth county: sentenced in 1884
Richard 81. Clair, Edwards county:
sentenced in 1855
Samuel Smith. Butler county: sentenced
in lssS
John Gilbert Clay; killed his whole fam
Iy. sentenced in 1875.
John Henry collins. Shawnee cousty;
kl,el his fsther. sentenced in ISss
James BeaGe-. Wabaun-ec cou,.ty- kiee /
Harry L Tandy: sentenced il lsSA
Amos PHILIPS. Bourbon coNuty: Killed
Leopold Ei!iager; sSnseaeod III Isa
John Norrsiet;. Hsrpcr county: killed +
a sri; sentenced IN ieS.
John Bel stire. Nyandotte county; sen
;s=ced in 1870
z. z Esiele. Norris coras&s killed /
Sheriff Roberts; sentenced in lsN. !.