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three brothers PAY BEI^PEKALTY Hxeoution of Wormers at Dannemort^, K. Y. 'thb story of their crime. ^ Chrlatmaa Eve, 1901, Masked an. A‘‘mad ,Wlth Their Couain, Harvey Bruce, They Attacked Peter Hallen- ^ck, Their Uncke, Whe Was aiain. I>anneinora, N. Y., Oct. 2.—-In most reapectfl, the tragedy which closed ^oday at Clinton prison with the death ^ the sl^trlc chair of the three brothers Van Wormer was unique ia flipoderu criminal history. Only once before in this state is U recalled that three brothers have gone to their death together for a murder ia which they were jointly concerned. On Christmas Eve, lyOl, with their cousin, Harvey Bruce, the three broth ers drove from their home in Kinder- book, some 14 miles to the hamlet oi Oreendale, in Columbia county, where lived Peter A. Hallenback, the uncle of the Van Wormers. On the way they stopped at the Oreendale churcii Thence they went to Hallenbeck house, ▼^here Mr. Hallenbeck. his wife and 3iia aged mot.her were sitting in ihe aged mother of the murdered man. A brother, George A. Hallenbeck, sur Tives, but he is broken in health ar nerve by the awful tragedy enacted al mo«t within his hearing. The ti’lple execution of today rais ed to a total of 72 murderers wh< have died in the electric chair. The simultaneous execution of threQ brothers is not unprecedented in the history of New York state, although to find a parallel one must go back to June 7, 1826, when three brothers. Nel son, Israel and Joe and Isaac Thayer of the town of Boston, Elrie county were hanged simultaneously on a triple gallows erected at the West Side ot Niagara square In the city of Buffalo. The crime for which the Thayers died was the butchery cf a peddler named John Love. Wlllls Van Wormer entered the •Jeath chamber at 11: 54:30, the cur rent was turned into his body one min ute later and at 11:37 he was declared dead. At 11:41:30 Frederick entered the death chamber, at 11:42 the cur rent was turned on and he was de clared dead at 11:43:20. Burton en tered ihe death chamber at 11:47, the current was turned on at 11:4?: SO, anc he was deciared dead at 11:48:30. The entire proceedlnga from the start of the first man from his cei. to the doctor’s declaration of the dteath of the last, consumed but 15V6 fnin- utes, and no untoward Incident marred the execution of the law. »r«>dcrlck /'////£ Burton Van Worm Van tvormer TUB VAW WOHMER liOYS. Uniplight in their living room. Both the women saw them drive past. in a lew moment* there was a knock at the door, and Mr. Hallenbeck answer ed to find masked men before him armed with revolvers. Burton Van Wormer led the way and with him the old man grappled. At once the four began a fusillade of pistol shots, which fairly riddled the body of Mr. Hallen beck. Mr. Hallenbeck, although mortally w'ound-ed, broke away from his assail ants and went to the landing cf the stairs, where he kept a loaded siioi- gun. The assailants saw him get the gun and fled. The man fell to the floor and died. The young men soon afterwards were arrested, be trayed by their footprints in the snow and because they were known to have harbored bitter feelings and had mad<? threats against their uncle. They were brought to trial before an ex traordinary term of the supreme court appointed by Governor Odell, and pre sides! over by Justice Al=en Chester, in Albany, in March 30. 19t'2. Harvey Bruce turned state’s evi dence and it was to a large extent ia his testimony that the conviction o: the Van Wormers was secured. He swore that upon the ride back from the scene of the crime each of tha brothers boasted of having shot tht uncle. It was show'n that the blttcriMrlss which the brothers felt toward taeir uncle was due chiefly to his ha-in^J foreclosed a mortgage upon the prop erty in Greendale ovvned by their st^ep- mother. On April 18. all three were fcund guilty and .sentenced to be pul to death in the week ending May o li<n2. Their appeal to the coart o! api-'eiois a^ted as a stay, and the casf went over to the present yea: Judge O’Brien, in writing the unani mous oi)inion of his court again.yt th« appeal, pronounced incredibh* the main pl«a of defense that the expeaitior. of the four to HaLeubeck’s house was in the nature of a young mj^n’s prank, the fatal outcome of which' had not been apparent. The court fixed upon the week of July 6 for the carrj-ing out of the death sentence, but the Van Wormers have been twice respited b>' Governor Odell. E'-:r>ppt for *he et torts of Judge Cady in their be and for the futile attempt of Mrs. Van Wormer, the stepmother of the condemned men, to appeal to Gov ernor Odell, no voice hag been raised in their beh?.lf. Harvey Bruce, their fttllow ’.t crime, for which they died to^ay, w^as tried alone and was sentence<A > im prisonment for 18 years. Mrs. Hallenbeck soon foIloJt' her ^husband to the g-rave as also the 8UICIOE IN CRESCENT CITY. John O'Neil, Manager Texas Nevwpa-, per. Takes His Li:o. New Orlea*n.s Oct. 3.—Under un- usuaJly sensational circumstances Jack Snewart O'Neill, a New Yorker, but for some time buainesa manager of The Orange. Tex., Daily Tri’bune, suicided at the St. Charles hotel today. O’Neill, who is apparently 25 or : years of age. arrived in fhe city last night and registered at the St. Ciharlea hotel. He left a call for 8 o’clcck this morning. When a bell boy went to his room he found O’Neill’s body lying across the bed wi-th blood trick ling from a wound in the head. O’Neill left a note saying that he had a wife living in New York to whom he was devoted. Some time ago ha came south and loc-ated in Orange. There he ob tained employment on The Tribune and fell desperately in love with a beautiful young girl of that city. Very recently the young lady’s father came to him and at the pclnt of a revolver, forced him to agree to a marriage. Without giving him any opportunity to say that no intimacy had exist’d between them or that the fact that /.e already had a wife would prevent him from mjarrying, O’Neill grid the fath er insisted on an immediate ceremony, which was performed. Alter the marriage he bade his new v;ife farewell and started on a jour- Tiey to New York to tell the whole story to his original wife and a?sure her of his fidplity. He reached here, was ur.able to obtain enouc’h money to carry him ftirther and dftcided to write a full story of the whole affair an>-a blow his brains cut. A letter addressed to her and an other to his father. J. J. O’Neill, a real estate man of Sohenectady. N. Y., were also found. O’Neill had spent most of the night in writing, and had ;jrobably killed himself just befo-re -3 ay light. No confirmation of the facts cf Mr. O’Neill’s story have yet roachej h^re. CoiiiVs.sioii.s ol*a Pri<‘st. Rhv. Jno. S. Co.K. of Wake, Ark., writes: “F<»r 12 v(*ars I suifered Iroiu yellow jaundice. 1 coiisultcMl a niiiii- l)er of physicians and tried all sorts of ii'odiciiies. but jjot no relief. Then I l)euan the ust‘ of EU'ctric letters and feel that I am now’ cured of ii disease that had me in its ^lasp for twelve ye.irs.” If you whnt a relia ble medicine I’or liver and kidney trouble, stoinMch disorder or j»enerai di'l.ility, }»Ht Electric Bitters. It’s j^u iranteed by .Nichol.s. the druggist. Only oO cents. * MILES NOT A CANDIDATE. Not Even for President Nor Governor of Texas,, Says the General. Chicago. Oct. 3.—A dispatch to The Record-Herald. from Dallas, Tex., says: “General Nelson A. Miles made this statement last nig<ht: ‘I am not a candidate for any office and I don’t expect to be. not even for president of the United States or governor of Tex as.’ ” Would not interest you if you’re looking tor a guaranteed salve for .sores, burns or piles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, mo., writes: “Isuffered with an ugly sore for a year, but a l)ox of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured me, 1 t’s the b»*st salve ou earth. 25c at NichoPs drug store. 1 Hope My Customers Will Excuse Me For riot changing my ad, oftener, as I am usually too busy selling goods to our many customers to take time to think what to put in an ad. And besides, I prefer talking face to face with the people to seeing them at long range through a newspaper. So don’t wait to see me in that way. There is no use for me to do so, but I will tell you that I have the best all-round general mer chandise stoi’e in Brevard; and those who don’t already know it can find out by looking through my store. My lines—including Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes, Clothing and others—are strong; and from the amount ©f business done my prices must be low. Hoping that I may be able to serve a satisfied jieople, I am yours faithfully, T. D. ENGLAND Phone 8. McMinn Biock. Brevard, N. C. From the Factory to the Foot T. W. Whitmire has just received the largest line of men's, women’s and children’s Shoes ever in Brev^ard, and the |;rices are 20 per cent, cheaper considering quality than any other shoes in town. These shoes are bought direct from the factory, and every pair guaranteed. My Clothing was bought the same way—direct from the factory—and I hav'e some of the nicest and most stylish patterns in the city. My line of Negligee Shii’ts and Neck wear are simply out of sight. When it conies to dressing a gen tleman fi’om head to toe and in the swellest of style no one in Bi’evard can do this but myself, and this is the way I do it: First thing is a silk finished undershirt with double elastic seams; Scrivin’s drawers; next is that pretty little low collar and midget tie with the 20th century link cuffs and buttons; then I f(jllow that up with a suit of the Kautbebeat brund of clothing, which is the most swell line in town; then comes the great Manss pat. cult blucher shoe, the ])rettiest thing ever seen in Brevard, and every pair guaranteed; the last and best of all is for the head, and that is a John B. Stetson hat in the latest shape. If you will tell me what more it takes to dress a man I will buy it. Ah! I forgot to put any socks on my man, but it is not oocaase I haven’t got them. I have them, and the very nicest in town. My dry goods and grocery trade is good enough. Come and see me. T. W. WHITMIRE If 2, J Cooper Block^ Main and Broad Sts, We Wish .. to Call.. THE OPERATES Double Daily Trains Tlll’i attention of our customers to the fact that we have some si)ecial bargains in ^ Tiry Goods These goods must be sold, and we have put them on the market at a very low price, giving our custoinei-s oiu* profit. To Our Country Tradk: Wiieii in town make our store your lieatl- qiiartofs. Briny all your produce and we will pay you the highest market price. V Tarrying- Pullman Sleepers. Cafe Cars ,a la carte) aud Chair Cars (.v^ats free). Eicctric Lijghted Throu^^iout BETWEEN Sirmini:ham, I^Iemphis and Kansas City AND TO AUl. POINTS IN Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories AN D TH E Far West and Northwest me ONLY THROUQH SLBEPINO CAR LINE BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST AND KANSAS CITY Yours for business, KINSLAND & WELLS PI one 71. Brevard, N. C. Descriptive literature, tickets ar- rang-ed and through reservations made apoa application to IW.T. SAUNDERS. Gcn l Aar. Pass. Dcpt. OR Thav.Pas8.Aqt., Atlanta, Ga. W. T. SAUNDERS vaen'l Agent Passsnger Departmont ATLANTA, GA.
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