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?HJE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897
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ATONED FOR HIS CRIME
rtKoinnw fliA Mill inn sriip.
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Jlnrclerer, Hanged.
HE MET DEATH WITHOUT A TREMOR
lTrrlnits to tho Execution, However,
He Broke Down and Sobbtncty
Confessed His Guilt.
Uxio.v, Mo., Feb. 16. Dr. Arthur
Duestrow, the St. Louis millionaire,
who on February 1C, 1894, shot and
killed hia wife and child in a tit of
drunken rne, in that city, was hanged
in the courtyard of the county jail here,
at 12:59 p. m. today.
A.t 12:30 Sheriff Punchta entered tho
jail to read the death warrant to Dues
trow. The crowd all about was so
dense it was almost impossible to get
near the place. A rope fenced off a
space about twenty fett wide and fifty
feet lone. Here twenty-five deputies
patrolled, keeping back the crowd.
When the newspaper men attempted to
enter the jail they were denied admis
sion. The sheriff had promised that
they might be present at the reading of
the death warrant, but changed his
mind at the last moment, The reporters
were even denied admission within the
ropes.
The condemned man marched to the
gallows without a tremor or a shade of
fear passing over bis face. On the
scaffold he said lie was General, Bran
denburg, not DueBtrow, and that be did
not kill Mrs. Duestrow, and was dying
illegally. He died , of strangulation, 20
minutes after the drop tell.
ADMITTED HIS GUILT.
Duestrow Krnke Down Shortly Before
Ills Execution.
U.sio.v, Mo., Feb. 16. Not until this
morning, when he arose after a fitful
night's rest and saw the gallows upon
which he was to die, did Arthur Dues
trow, the condemned St. Louis mur
derer, show any Bigns of realization of
his fate. For tho first time since the
crime was committed, three years agOf
he fclied tearB. He put away all sembl
ance of insanity and groaned :
"I know I have got to die. I killed
my wife and child, but it was not my
fault. Something within me made me
do it. I was not myself."
These words were repeated again, his
tears flowing fast and sobs occasionally
checking his utterances.
The condemned man had called him
self General Brandenburg, of the United
States army. This morning he wrote
the following message to this attorney,
Governor Charles P. Johnson :
"Sr. Louis, Mo., Feb. 16. I am in a
Predicament. Intercede with Governor
otenhens for me immediately. I now
need your advice. I was insane, but it
did no good. I have nothing left but
hope of forgiveness."
ile signed "A. W. F. Brandenburg."
The sheriff took the message but did
not forward it.
In a short time the condemned man
regained his composure, talked with
visitors and smiled. Small doses of
whisky were given him from time to
time to keep his courase ud. and he was
much gratified. Duestrow baa not been
visited by any sointual adviser, having
announced that he would die without
finch consultation.
nilESTBOWh FIENDISH CBIMK.
Killed HU wife aud Child in a Fit of
Drunken Itge.
St. Louis, Feb. 16. The crime lor
which Arthur Duestrow met death on
the scaffold today was committed on the.
afternoon of February 13, 1894, at bis
residence, 1704 South Campton avenue,
8 c'ty. On that day be had been
drinking heavily. During the forenoon
he had called at a livery stable and or
dered a sleigh for the afternoon, stating
t he intended taking hia wife and
year-old son, Louis, slelghilding.
A few minutes before 4 o'clock Due
trovv arrived home and found tlie sleigh
jwn ting him. The generally accepted
version of tbe crime is tho testimony
Riven by Katie HhIiu, a domestic in the
"nestrow household. She said, ehe,ef
peatrow at the door and asked bin if
was going to take his wife riding.
ni question angered Duestrow, and lie
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ran upstairs to his wife's room, and,
after some words, slapped her face.
Mrs. Duestrow upbraided him for his
conduct, which seems to have worked
the murderer up to the point at which
he could no longer restrain his demonia
cal passion.
The Hahn girl said she heard Mrs.
Duestrow cry, "Don't shoot, Arthur;
don't shoot." Three shots followed in
rapid succession. The servant rushed
upstairs and found Duestrow standing
over bis wife's body, revolver in band,
crying: "Good-bye, Tiny; are you
dead?"
At this point tbe man's fury seemed
to be diverted to his child. Grabbing it
up in his arms be held it againBt the
wall and emptied the other two cham
bers of the revolver into ita head. It
died instantly.
Duestrow then went to the police sta
tion with the revolver in his band and
surrendered. He was eobbing hysteri
cal 1 v.
"I have killed my wife," he cried,
"but it waB an accident. I suppose they
will say I am a murderer, but I am not.
It was an accident."
He tried to explain that the revolver
was discharged while he was handling
the weapon. On February 14th tho
doctors removed the two bullets from
Mrs. Duestrow's head, and it was
thought she might recover, but on Feb
ruary 17th she died, after having re
gained consciousness.
Duestrow, by the the terms of his
father's will, would draw $6,606.66 a
year as long as be lived. Duestrow's
father, Louis Duestrow, died a few years
prior to the murder, leaving an estate of
$2,000,000.
UNION IS COMl'LKTE.
Annexation of Crete to Greece Prac
tically Accomplished.
Athens, Feb. 16. It is generally be
lieved here that the Cretan feature of
the Eastern question ib now a thing of
tbe past, and the landing of the Greek
trooDS at Crete is not likely to turn out a
casus bell between Turkey and Greece.
Tbe absolute decision of Greece to
Dersist in" tbe occupation of Crete and
protection of Christians on that island,
in BDite of the attitude of the powers, is
founded on the declaration of the Cretans
that they are prepared to shed the last
drop of tbelr blood in order to attain
their national aspirations, to which they
add that they will not be satisfied with
anything short of an absolute union
with Greece. These circumstances were
communicated by Greece to the powers
and the policy of the Greek government
has been carried out in every point.
An order of the minister of war, 31.
Smolenitz. has been gazetted, appoint
ing Colonel Vassos, aide-de-camp to
King George, commander ot the Greek
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able to any longer countenance the
"lamentable situation of the Christians
in Crete, to whom we are united by the
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decided to occupy the island in the
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