The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, October 18, 1897, Page 1

‘ the case was given to 6 o'clock Saturday aftern Some | expected a disayie while ¢ anticipated a ve ‘ | four for life « Phe jur however, was unagia in its jon as to Franklin's guil Until midnight the neys, relatives and frieuds, aod file spectators, re naloed t i lighted court room awaiting dict. At miduight Attorneys | Fi ber and 0: { vlefeuse moved to d t y. vlaio this coart had ¢ red ly aika Judge Bishop, however, the motiva, and ordered , to show that court bad Lx on ved thrvozhout the seventeen hb. suo The jury was allowed to reti wight At 9 o'clock yesterday mora recoavened ford ation, Q namber of those more or in ested had Lov " outcome of the tria L there was a great deal of suppressed ex and exp y evide Bb | At. { i was out been rea ar the court fille Thea \ the def agother ino un t the Jory be the verdict was real Goatending thw col bad alread legally ai 1 Ju Bist overruled su i and t vera ctw b we pr net punishme: life imprisonment HOW FCANS EEN PRCKAVED IT Noah Franklin, when be heard Ue words that sealed his doom was Do. oe" wee affected J meine etainet that same sto’ litfeve that bas characterized Meant a'l during the tial vr the past An ad. in the © your bank a ‘count. Try it. NUMBER 81 VOLUME I! A LIFE SENTENCE, he Jury in the Franklin Case “4 Agr ANOTHER CHAPIER OF THE TRAGEDY | ‘Thus Ends. Pranktia’s Attornes Ask That Judgment be Sus pended.—Six Months THE EFFECT OF THE Y./ DOT. jury in the cas st Ne nt Lwith the mud Leounty, last December turned a at 2:55 o'clock judging the de fixing his punts verdict yesterday 1 at Ber fs " in the peoite ) Ve v dict wos a prepond rance of be would be ei r . theless, see { ave ven allay what bilterness of f ex ed « he prisoeer JURY HAD tr 21 HOLus Lhe arguements were coocla the jury about] two or three days, on account of the sirain on his nervous sysiem, li Deen quite pale, but erway pallor was not noticeably i His ptiorneys we move y at fected than le, being very pale whea the veidict was red Phe atovneys for the d "ease im mediately woved to set aside the ra of court, in joc gment uot't new oder tual (iey 0 spare and ble rersons for a aew . jal Judae Bishop nocd 1a accordance with their wishes, roall, the exe may be vo ve + a termination taan it was before tae tial. It appears that ankiin's peopl wore salsded wich ved » rather were jubilant over tie ict tha i, was worse, Fragk' a 6 f.ihe 18 quoted as ray'oy, of er ve verdic hod been read, that if Noah was o be hunished, bu. guns he orca —' sa will add | to} THE PADUCAH DAILY SUN. and come clear in the en NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE Although it was reported on | streets today that Franklin had been Jiynched Jast night by disgruntled | citizens, ly inquiry by wire de- vel the fact that (he rumor was merely a canard According to several gentlemen jwho returned from Beaton this |m ring there Was not the remotest pry oabi tit, iverybody seemed sati fic was not even the inecndtary talk © wmonly heard on uch ovcasions, Subsequent devel- opments inay prove F Klin inno- jeent, and this the poople readily jcomprehend, | ‘Thus ends another chapter in one of the wost celebrated murder cases that ever od the criminal annals of the Purchase—and it may be the final c ter. The murder of Daisy Suilivan is yet fresis in the minds of the people She had beeu betrayed, and then probably to conceal bis crime some one shot ber down without warning in the door of her own home, Ithas b i atl Beyan case of W mK y.’” bat t cases are not parallel, for Pearl Bry ‘was never found, and if Daisy i L possessed no hemdl, the > would J never have at airocious picture of her. how VeRnion WAS keCnIvED riict in the Franklin case w a ted in Paducan with al- rch interest as it was in Mar county. It was a surprise, and ulersiand how such a been rendered by ent men. here who were interest- cem to he divided in { pot to say a disappointment Maoy be adjudged were been convicted he secured a new trial the THE FUR WILL FLY. Municipal Campaign Open at Lit in Deal Earnest. The LACONIC CITY LOCALS. Nothing Startling in I ts. Minor Mention. Poday's Many Matters of BRIFF SKETCH OF THE DAY'S DO.NGS. The next three weeks, in pal poiitibal period of verbal torridity, poivn has thus far been very and tranquil, but Capt. Ed republican nominee for Mayor, will Werlnesday ever ing mount the raging stu as it were, and invite democratic opponent, Dr. Jim Lang 0 divide time with him. He promi to make things nd to tanke the far fly, so all citizens fond of this class of diversion slould no ‘ail to be the city hall Wednesday ht and see the hair scatter. Capt Farley promises to make the munici- serene live} fur Oy whether Dr. Lang is intrepid @10agi to meet him or not. He pro- poses totell what's what, and to Ila spade a spade, He will speak every bight now, excepting Sundays, until the election, The Dennis fawily was in the police scant today. Mr, and Mrs. Devnis were charged with fighting over their five year old son, and en- ged in a wat of words in a public horoughfare, trying to prove which ht the youngster to cuss. evidence showed that the child given into the custody of Ml ihe fatuer by due process of law, aud (hat Mrs. Dennis bad no right to es- say a forcible recovery of it. She cried, though, and said her husband 1 have been given th € Their line of reasoning eb o be that first, an atrocious vitae | been committed, It was ’ 1a assassina jon, without pro or tion, and the flend t ii ard to it to have received the deatt viced witn the erime — If the evi+ dd the jury, beyond a able di that be was guilty coms that apnot understand his panishment was not made ate with his crime. If leve ed a doubt as to his guilt, , ousistently implied from then he should have re: ‘ vonetit of it and been ac i tly are olhers, however * ev is never conclu: y thy jury t Uh ' { bis inn e, andi evidence taro up, e his pardon, ‘Phere is still € owever, Who be- eve that Franklin is inpocent, and ple je they did not hear the idea e familar with the sa poluts ou both sides, and have » staunch y all along it risoners innoce HALON THOIAAS Dies Suddenly tm Camden, Arkansas, WAS 84 YEARS OL”, A Member of the Contederate Congres aud Ke atugky Legislau ares A‘ OLD RESIDENT OF PADUCAY. sa Major yrow!nent J.T. Thomas, for y iesident of Paducah died deo!y \oday in Camden, Atk., ai rescence of his dauguier, Mrs. ys, Beavcbamp, The inielligeu: ¢ came in @ telegram to Mr. Mac thal ve hoew Nowh ievred be nl, of che K Nog befue the Ume of killing, god ‘f he after wa dssole away comm, .ed the deed, be kuew povwing abo it SIX MON OPS N Jat Phe ec onof Judge Bishop, in ae) log aside Gig jodgment, wire it could pot have beva otherwise, pe- cessiate? Feanklin’s remaining io jail wat" the nest term of court, five moutes » In the meanime, wine. es jinay die or disappear, ot he may esqape, or at another trial he may be hayged or be acquitted, THK CASE. has thos far Tak Cost oO The Fravklin cose t cost Ubeprsanids of dollars, ‘The jury vost 3 and tue wioesses $1500 The /pro-eeutiog attorneys, outside of the commonwealth’s attorney, re $500 and 0, while u s for tho défense 00 $75) Vitlon there Is $769 in r A. Wickliffe, of t ive W eniitied to the $400 re WW the stute, and to Ul oily, js ftere "moxie by Mushall county, accord » the opinion of al lawyers x : 1e develope A similar case was 0" in Daviess county, wh ‘© the detec tive claimed aud sevare! the rewar although after the prisoner bd once Beauchamp, and no de‘ails were giv tea, bul itis Sapposed the Major died ‘rom beat Woub'e, He was well lest week, aud wrote Col Q. Q. Qu'gley, one of Lis oldest frie , aloug visvory of his Ite Vhe deceased was 84 years old and was hora ia Cb clottsville, Vu He was a Coofederate soldiie gala. aod amember of the Confedersic congie s, At one time he wasa yewb:e of the legislatar: {on Cue'etian county, re-iding then uy about Hopkinsville Aft tue war, Major Phoumas es- tublisbed a tobacco iactory nea Clarksville, Teon, H» afterward. came to Paducah and establisled » factory. By profession Major Thomas was a civil engineer, and yews ago wa, ity engineer of Paducah, He ww soeequeatly a goveruament gauge ader Clevela: d, and afterwards city eigher lie was a geutlemen with i tuieresting history, aud Was, likes he knew bin, " Ho left Paduesb ‘n 1895 (or Cam-(* $100 den, & + mae bis home with bis only living child, Mrs, Beauchai, had siuve been back here onve on a visit. ‘The hte Mrs, Jolin Quigley was a lucbter of the decease, Tue or juvermeut, ’ He naius will be broaght Lere ad ruined three of ber childreo, and Judge Sanders decided that she was prompted more by maternal affect n by viciousness to do what she and let her off with a fine of one nt and costs. The case against Mr. Deunis was dismissed, as there was no evidence toshow that he acted ther than on the defensive, ‘The immorality charge against Mrs, Dennis and Chas, Norwood was dis- missed, George Hotch was fined $3 aad cosis for using insulting language Mr. Manlin was fined $1 lrunkenoess. A case against City Eogineer Wil- dita, for ox and Mr. George Katterjohn, for a breach of the peace, #as contin- wed George Winfrey, 8 notorious crap shooter tod common gambler, was fived $30 and costs and required to execute a bond for $100 for his good behavior for twelve months, Up to 3 o'clock this afteruoon no intelligence had reached the city iv zarel to the Lay damage suit agsinst vase was given to the jury Satur- Major Moss and the doctors lcd to testify in the case have re- turned home, and Attorney R. T Lightfoot is expected this afternoon, It is the general opinion that the jury will either disagr yr award the plaintiff damag diet in favor of the defense being deemed the least probable of all, Oue month from tomorrow George Winston, colored, the slayer of Vina Stubblefield, will be langed in the court house yard. Winston 18 very devout now, He prays and sings, and appears very happy. Somebody asked him yes- lay if he was not to die. “No, boss, I ain't,’ he replied. “T'se goin’ toa bettal kentry, doan dread it a’tall, I'se goin’ to be beoz, but ole Mastah died a hard- er death dan di Dey Won't be po thorns or nails driv fro’ me, I’se sho’ ov dat.’” The Lilinois Centra! pay car will active about nuon tomorrow from the St. Louis division, and all the Illinois Central employes here will receive their wages for the moull R. M, Dennis, wife ard child, who to circles will be one long The cam | Farley, | PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1897. the city at sville to Cairo, | through |from Evi Southern dates, For the first tion of Broa uneceupie heen a ve lroaders, baving Sandusky Hot ago it was vacated, closed, adway fifty people here some time io the near future, Watchmon White, stesmer Osborne, reports a after the Ing black bear which haurts the woods around Brooklyn, Lil, It was seen near the water's cilge Saturday, devouring two pigs, but a pursuit proved fruitless, Albert Metcalf, about 22 years old, farmer living in Illinois about midway between Paducah and Me- tropolis, was killed by noxious gas in a well on bis home place Saturday. He bad beeu lowered into the well, and shouted for them to pull bim up. He fell back, however, and was evi- dently too much overcome to attach jhimself to the rope ). He was pulled up by g aud was |dead when reseucd, sion toni | ii mectsin regular ses. there is hing, 80 of importance |to be consilered except the ordinance |providing ‘or surface sewers on Broadway. There was an ordinance introduced relative to this matter several weeks ago, but specified that the city should pay for the sewers, while * w ordinance places the cost on property owners. ‘The ordi » but far as is now known, i nance will probably be read tonight. The Liinois Central river front trestle bas now reachea Jefferson street, and in a shorttime the track will be laid up First, Large crowds have collected to wate the big pile driver do its work every day for nearly a week. Itis not known as yet whether there will be any ceremonies the laying of the corner stone of the new high school building on West Broad- The school b tion in the matter at It will be several before the founda- to lay the stone, rd did r not, its last meeting. weeks, however, tion is bigh enoug Judge W. 8S. Bishop became too ill to preside at today’s session of the reuit court,and Jadge J. W. Bloows tiekd was elected special judge. The damage suit of Mrs, Addie Mooney against the Illinois Central railroad company for $25,000, for the death of her busbaad, was transferred to the United States court. Mr. Jobo Hawkins, the mill was Warranted this afternoon charge of breach of the peace. Vickers is the plaintiff in the The two fell out over some bay, Mr. Hawkins is short and fat, while Mr, Vickers 1s gaunt and tal , with a pair of long legs that he well knows how to use, Mr. Hawkins mode the sowe desperate traveling, are true. ‘The case will ted tomorrow, MORE PLAGUE VICTIMS, Deaths Today From the man, ona Saw case. other do if reports be investi- More Terrible Scourge, A FATAL Ol. STOVE EXPLOSION, Deaih of Fa Presid wt McKinley's y Physician. HOT PCLITI SiN LEXiNS OW Yellow fever has made its appear- ce at Buy St tis, Miss, Seven es and one suspect have been of- ficially reporte Exvept at New Ore leans the fever Rem» to he dying out fo: lack of materials “At New Or- Joaus yesterday there were five deaths twenty. four new cases, Owing of funds the Board of figured in the police court this mora hora ing, left at noon for Mayfield. Den Hea’ wth New ¢ been com- n’s aud his boy occupied the smoker, | pelled to relay its y », and the while the wife sat back in the ladies’ force of guards is being renee, cet, They left their s'x-year-old] Frost, however, wil soon put an end con, Georze, behind to lhe ravages of the disease, Fifty four laborers, commonly New Orians, Oct, 18,—There led *dagoes,"” passe? through the] were three deailis from yellow fever € wea special car at noon tod: roate from Mewphis, to work. The ferty boat Bettie Owen re- camed her trips to the upper landing and Brooklyn today, after being oa ie marine ways for a week. As a recu'tof the recent work of the dredge boai, she was able to cross the river at t's point to the upper landing, which she had been force’ to stop some tine agoon accountof low waver, pe eie A COUNTY JUDGE IN HOCK Mr. Hosea Quion, the well: known — carpenter, atiempted to board} #or Assaulting Newspaper Em Third street car ployes, poituntsy” night, bat steppe knees, Hs right kave cap was spl aud his injury bas occa-ioned bm no tile | ain, ‘The Ward and stokes Company playing “The Governess,"’ ona rock acd was thrown violently oa b's and five new cases by noon today in this city. PROMINGS1 PAYSICIAN DEAD Was the Presid tor. Washington, Oct, geon General Bate fawily physici®, died toda: home in this city. Family Dee x-Sure sident’s at bis Lexington, Ky., Oct, 18,—Count + | Judge Matlock, of this city, has been ') diwedt and svulling a newspaper reporter trouble grew out of politics Jin bas been suspended, bat the a EN passed ' sentence stands, pon en route! From Cairo they go to New bio ME time in several years the old Carney House at the intersec- and the railroad is 1: bas in years past popular hostlery for originally been A day or two and is now “The Brownies,’'a troupe of about will give a performance of the transfer lively. ‘DEATH OF A Charles A. Dana, the Veteran Editor, Passes Away. Remarkable Career of a Remark- able Man, TWE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH. New York, Oct 18.—Mr. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York, “Sup,” died at 8 o'clock yesterday | afternoon at Dorosis, his country lace on West Island, near Glen ve, L, I. Mr. Dao death bad been ex- ted for several hours, and his fem- fy ena physicians were at bis bedside when the end came. His condit on hud been such for several months that the members of bis family bad wept themselves in coustant re bess tu go to his bedside at any 1 nt, On Saturday morning be bad | Biuieyes, and it was apparent that «covery was impossible. Several t mes, howeve’, he rallied, but to- ward night began tosink, During the night there were feeble rallies, but they did not Jast long. Yesterday morning it was seen the end was but 8 few hours off, and his attendants remained almost constantly at his bedside. The end came quietly. The extreme heat of Saturday and Friday bad much to do with hasten- ing death. On Friday Mr. Dana showed signs of distress, and every- thing possible was done tor him, He had been weakencd by hi luog iiloess, and during the summer was several times thought to be the verge of a fatal collapse, bu each time rallied, He did not iw- prove much with the coming of cool er weather and the sinking spells be- came more frequent. The cause of Mr. Daua’s death was cirrhosis of the liver. On Juni he was at his office sprog and healthy. ‘The next day was taken ill and he never afte ward visited New York. He was years old, Preparations for the bu rial have not yet been completed. THE VERISUOPE, Picases Many In Memphis Week—At Morton's Tomorrow Afternoon And Night. Memphis, Oct Press Special.]—The veriscope pic tares of the great battle betweei Corbett and Fitzsimmons closed s successful week at the Lyceum the ater tonight. The pictures are lif: like to a marked degree. Many ladic and were highly pleased with the es | hibition, The veriscope goes fron Memphis to Paducab. » Gardner, Death of Mrs. T Bardwell, » Oct, 17, —The wife of Hon. Lf. Ty Gardner, aged fifty one years, died at the family home near town, today, leaving a large fa ily, She was a daughter of the lat Howard Jennings. Mr.Gardner 18 well known through out the state, having represented thi coanty several times in the leg ture. 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