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VOLUME XXXYI.
RED CLOUD, XEllRASKA. JANUARY 17, 1908.
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Governor Sheldon Haying Refused to Commute His
Sentence to Life Imprisonment, Frank Barker
Is Hung at 2:57 O'clock To-Day.
LINCOLN, NeP.R., Jan. 17 ' The crime for which Frank Darker
was hanged today was one of the most
After a lapsti of nearly foijl deliberately planned ami brutally ex
yeirs, Frank Barker has at
last paid the death penalty
for murdering his brother and
sister-in-law.
After listening to lengthy
arguments and giving the
matter due consideration, ,nl,r woiver. indicting a wound
' which shortly afterward proved fatal.
GV. Sheldon declined tO in-i'l'henotscof the shot awakened Dan's
wife and she jumped out of bed and
terfere and the execution Was fell to the lloor upon her kneev While
jshewasin Ibis position, with hands
Set for between the hoill'S of' before her face, Frank rushed n from
the adjoining room and, paving no
2 and 3 ClOCk. attention to the piteous appeals of the
The drop fell at 2:7 and ' vTim '""""v- ",1WuM! ln'
1 '" 1 by the hair and throwing her head
Barker was pronounced dead aek deliberately fired a shot into her
' face, killing her instantly.
a few moments later. The murderer then, with a coolness
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J. H. HOLMES. President. I. J. MY BUS, Vice-President.
A. H. SELLKHS, Secretary utid Treasurer.
Pays
Penalty
ecuted murders in the history of the
state of Nebraska.
Sometime during the night of Janu
ary III. HMD, alter spending the even
ing with his sweet hi'iirt and later
going to the home of his parents,
where he donned his working clothes,
Krank ltarker went Jo the home of his
brother, Dan ltarker, and rapped for
admission. Dan arose and opened the
door. As he did so. Frank II red a
poiutblank shot at him with a I!',-
ami deliberation that was remarkable April term of the district eourt. but a
under the circumstances, went to the continuance was granted until May.
cow shed a few rods south of the house, At the trial Marker was ably defend
where, after dicing a hole senreely ed by the late .1. H. Mercer of this
J feel long, II feet wide and '1 feet ,
deep, carried the bodies of his brother
and sister-in-law to the shed and
buried them. He then proceeded to
remove all traces of the rime from
the house.
now rnr. ciiimi: was him ovnirn.
For several days prior to the murder
Frank ltarker had gone quietly among
his acquaintances spreading a story to
the effect that his brother Dan and
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wife intended to go to Demer to live,
but they did not want anyone to know
it until they v ere gone.
F.arly in the lir.st week of February,
J1I0I. neighbors missed Dan and Alice
ltarker from their home, and, upon in
quiry being made, the story told by
Frank Marker as to his brother and
sister-in-law having gone to Denver to
live, without even notifying their pa
rents or friends, sounded so improb
able thai a suspicion of foul play was
aroused and an investigation started.
Tli" farther the investigation proceed
ed the blacker became the appearance
of the affair, and finally, on Thursday,
February 1, Frank was arrested in
lied Cloud and lodged in jail upon the
charge of having murdered his brother
and his brother's wife.
Frank maintained his innocence and
boldly stuck to the story that he had
bought his brother's interests in the
live stock, farm implements and pro
ducts, which they owned jointly, and
that i)au and his wife had gone to
Denver to live.
When the arrest became generally
known, people began to Hock to the
Darker home, a mile west of Iuavale,
and search was begun for the remains
of the missing couple, who had been
last seen alive on the preceding Sun
day. In the house it was found that
the carpet of the bedroom had been
remove dand the llocr scrubbed. In
the heating stove were found traces of
burned articles of clothing and bed
ding. The pictures had been removed
from the walls. The blood-stained
cui pet, some, of the bedding and the
pictures were later found in the loft
of the barn.
It was not until about noon of Fri
day, however, that Cloyd Cummings
and another partv, while examining
the ground in the cowshed, discovered
traces of loose earth among the corn
stalks, with which the ground was
crvered. Upon raking away the corn
stalks, signs of fresh digging were
discovered and upon the removal of a
a few inches of a loose earth the knee
of a human being was exposed. Coro
ner Haines was immediately notified,
and when the earth was removed the
laxly of Dan ltarker was exposed to
view, "clothed only in his undercloth
ing. Immediately beneath the body
of Dan was found that of his wife,
lying face downward in a terribly
cramped position. The bodies were
removed to the house and an inquest
held, which resulted In a verdict of
death from pistol shots, presumably at
the, hands of Frank Darker.
The preliminary hearing was held
before. Judge A. II. Kecuoy, County
Attorney K. I'. Overman conducting
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the. prosecution and J. M. Chauln ap
pearing for the accused. Darker was
held to the district court, without
bail.
TIIK THJAI,.
The case was set for hearing at the
elty, Thomas Matters of Harvard nnri
.lohn F. Stevens of Alma. County At
torney !' F. Overman and Louis II.
Mlaeklcdgc of this elty were in charge
of the prosecution, and so strong a
chain of evidence did they weave that
it was seen almost from the first, that
I Writer's case was hopeless, yet neither
at that time nor any time afterward
did his attorneys suggest the plea of
insanity as a defense.
Darker was finally convicted after a
trial lasting nearly two weeks, ami
was taken to the penitcntjary May 10
to await the execution of the death
sentence.
Shortly after his conviction ltarker
made a full and complete confession,
which substantially corroborated the
I ence inirouuccii oy me prosccu-
However, Ins case was tip
pealed to the supreme court on a writ
of error, which was finally overruled by
the supreme eourt. and another date
sot for the execution.
At about this time Judge llainer of
Kearney became interested in Marker's
case ami began everting himself to
save Frank's neck from the gallows,
and so well did he succeed that the
execution was postponed until .lime
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.last, when everyone thought that
Marker's time had come. Judge llainer
appealed to Governor Mickey for a re
prieve in older that Marker's sanity
might be investigated. .Mickey, with
characteristic weakness, shouldered
the responsibility on to his successor
COMBINATION
Public
The undersigned will sll at Public Sale on the
Homer Boner Farm
Two miles north and four miles east of Red
Cloud and three miles south of Cowles
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 908
llcginning at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp the following described property, to-wit
113 Head of Live Stock
27 Head of Horses and Mules
1 grey mure, in foal, 12 years old,
weight 1700.
1 bay mare, eoniing It years old,
weight W.
1 bay mare, coming 2 years old.
1 black horse colt, coming 2 years
old.
1 black mare, in foal, coming 12 1
years old.
1 span Humbletouiiiiib. 7 and 8 years, i
weight 2300.
1 black go'ding, coming 5 years old. i
weight 13".0. '
1 mure mule, coming 2 years old.
2 span mules, coming II years old,
weight 1000 each uml broke to work.
1 coach colt, coming G mouths old.
t coming year old colt.
1 buy gelding, 5 years old, wt 1J100.
1 bay gol ding, 3 years old, wt 1200.
1 span brood ranres, 8 years old. both
in foul, weight 23.10.
1 span coach colts, coming 2 yeats
old, weight 1750.
1 coming yearling .oalt.
1 sorrel tiorjse, "fi jonrs old, weight
1100.
I grey mare 10 yours old, weight D.10.
1 bay nuiro li yours old, woight 9.10.
I sorrel muro H years old, weight !)00.
1 bay mare, ?. coach, .1 years old,
weight 1200 roal bycoaoli horse.
SI Head of Bhoats.
All woigh from 10 to 100 pounds.
1 brood sow with pig. to meutiou.
TERMS OF SALE : A cj-adit of 10 mouths will be given purchaser
giving note with approved security, bearing 10 por cent interest. Tun dollar,
and under must be cash. No property to bo removed until settled for.
J. H. ELIINGER,
Auctioneer.
W. A. SHERWOOD,
Clerk.
by granting Darker a two years' re
prieve until June 10, I'.KiT. Noilnnp
more was heard of the insanity plcn
until the day for the execution 1ivt
near, when Judge llainer appealed t-
the supreme eourt for and secured ;u.
other stay of execution, that the plea
might be heard. The lir.st hearing re
suited in a liung jury. At the secoiu:
hearing, however, the jury rendered,:'
verdict that the murderer was sane,
and Judire Frost of the Lancaster
county district eourt sentenced Frank
to be hanged on January 17. UMW.
Judge llainer twice more appcalo:
to the .supreme court, but his effort
were in vain, and as a last resort r
appealed to Governor Sheldon for
commutation of sentence on th
ground of insanity.
Real Estate Transfers.
For the week ending Tuesday, Jan
II. furnished by (he Fort Abstract ( .
L. II. Fort, .Manager.
Louis Ilartman to Thomas Ma-
Ion, -vl 10 :i-lii, wd
Joseph M Killough to Thomas D
Killough, lief nwl Vti-II-l), wd . .
10W
Joseph Westlakc to Deo It Mc
Call, lot. II blk , Guide It, wl .VTi
"has II Knley to C'hus M Mes.e,
part swl 1-1-11, wd itum
William float to Harry A Moat",
lots I to S and east .VI ft '.) and
east III ft lot HI, all in block I
Fairvii'w add to Med ('loud, wd
Jennie S Fwalt et al to Adeline
Wilson, undv ,'eO of the- n'J i!7-
1-1'J. wd
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Total
Mortgages filed, SSOIiO.
Mortgages released, Slfi.TI'.'.'-o.
S!li:
Sale!
37 Head of Cattle.
7 cows all young and will be fresh in
the spring.
0 hoifer calves.
! steer calvos.
1 bull in feed yard.
8 two-year-old steers.
3 yearling steers.
II yearling hoifors.
Farm Machinery.
1 Hiding Listor.
1 Uock Island Tricycle Lister.
1 Hiding Cuso Cultivator.
2 Steel Harrows.
1 one-row Listor Corn Flow.
1 Flying Swede double row (.'ultiviu
tor. 2 farm wagons, one good as new.
1 carriage.
1 spring wagon.
U sets work harness, two nearly new
I Meadow Queen Hay Stacker.
1 Meadow Queen rfweop, all new.
1 McCormick Mower.
1 Croam Separator.
1 Walking Cultivator, gooJ. as new.
1 Walking Flow, It inch, good as njv
Miscellaneous.
1,1 bushels pure Ohio Seed Potato.
3 dozen Plymouth Hock Chickens,
and many other ai tides too numerous
W. A. Smith,
Geo. Cm Mann
Homer Boner
Owners
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