Show victmsA A New Orleans Murderer Hnnced NEW ORLEANS April 22 Philip Baker was hanged here this afternoon for the brutal and unprovoked murder of the young nu wife of h Neil Nelson u n grocer L by wuuui QUHUI was umpiuyeu aa Cerl LULL bo had attempted the life of his employer March 61S90 To add to the enormity of his crime the murdered woman was en ciente Baker tried to fix the crime on I Nelson saying Nelson discovered he Baker was intimate with Mrs Nelson and cut her throat in a jealous rage Etienne Champes a quack doctor was to have been executed at the same time for the seduction and murder of Juliette Dietsch aged 12 years January 30 1SS9 but the governor this morning granted a reprieved pending the action of the board of pardons After killing his victim with chloroform Deschampes attempted suicide by the same means but was recussitated Both wero discovered nude on the bed the girl dead Deschampes unconscious Sent Money to the Boy Murderer to Buy Burial Clothes NEW YORK April 22An old man evidently evi-dently not much experienced in sending telegrams went into the office of the Western West-ern Union yesterday afternoon and after much labor handed in a dispatch to the receiver re-ceiver as follows Give these few dollars to Charley and tell him goodbye Signed GEORGE HOLZ I want to send 18 with this telegram to Cheyenne he said He told the receiver to whoso order ho wanted the money paid then asked anxiously Tho money will go today wont it1 It would be of no use unless it did Why are you so anxious that it be paid today asked tho receiver The boy is to bo hanged tomorrow was the answer and 1 want him to have money to buy n new suit of clothes to be buried in In response to further questions the old man said The boy is Charley Miller He was born in Now York and is only cloven ij l years old His father and mother died years ago He was placed in an orphan asylum Ho has one brother and two sisters I was appointed trustee of the estate which was worth about 1000 so Charleys share was 250 He learned the printing business and wont west Two years ago he returned to New York but soon went west again Ho has drawn most of his money and long before he reached Cheyenne ho was penniless and hungrj On the train ho foil in with two men who had plenty of cash He waited until they had gone to sleep then took a revolver out of the pocket of one and killed them both 1oth stole all their money and jewelry and jumped off the train Another man was arrested for the crime but eventually Charley gave himself up Every effort has been made to get the governor to commute his sentence without success Looking my accounts to day I found 1 owed the poor fellow 18 I resolved he should havo it before be-fore burial he died I will help give him a decent |