Show DIED WITHOUT WEAKENING went to the gallows bravely asselt ing his innocence it was nearly 10 n m hell sheriff sh clr it hardy ardy ascend ascended od tile lie winding stairway leading to the hie second story of nf the jail in 1 aich Th ledes cell was arriving there the alwi iff read the death warrant to the doomed ninn fiction lit in the he presence of lay day l ay 3 tiler neely night jailor johnston linston Jo and the death match atch which of on night consisted of dowly and joseph da Is and dan dunne during tile the reading thiede thought thour lit shel shei lr hardy hail made an error in a date stopped the sheriff ubo explained the prisoners error then continued very careful that every date and statement was coir correct fet ile he evidently did not intend to suffer the laws extreme penalty if possible to avoid it the reading completed cried a little then thanked the sheriff and his as st stants for the th kin kindness kindless dress that had been 6 shown to 0 rn jilin ile he ended nelli a short f prayer pr ayer lit in chich he be asked that gods blessings might rest bilth hardy DEATH WRIT the death warrant read by the sheriff was in tile third judicial court of the lh state slate of utah itah for the county of salt sail lake le ke utah llah vs va diaries Th leile warrant of death murder the nie state of utah sends senda Prec erecting ting to the S 1 of salt lake county I 1 on the tha twenty fouch day dav of september A L D one ona thousand thou and eight hundred and ninety four the do defendant charles thiede was wac indicted bv the grana crand jury 0 of f tile hie court for I 1 tho it 07 hird alof il district or of utah of tho the crime of murder in tiro tile first degree degideo and I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 L I 1 I 1 V I 1 I 1 1 I 1 the Hang mans noose hureas th paid defend defendant at charl rh arl Il illiade liede lins tried by file lh jury of said paid court bourt in tile flip mannor manner provided lv liv law is w at ill alm F term jve 1 or said court and a verli ferlict ct or guilty of if murder in the lh flimm d f reft found still and dc the d evident hy by fail aid jury on oil tile iho amity art lay day ot ol october coc tober A 1 on thoi thousand sand olgat and ninety foier four ani an I SAN to court calno on oil the th r yen ond old doy day of november IM ash fixed and ap all point I the fifth ariy riy d y of november A Y I 1 1 14 a aa 4 ill tima for or a nv flow ulal trial and tie d fIn dantio motion judgment on an BAH 4 verd verdict let th ill a 8 motion tor for new trial and motion in nr nc rest ift of rot baring on said heinl artay lay or of elsm overruled ulet urn upon motion of 0 andiew lloyal erg As A sostant uniti Di attorney At Atto toiny iney for upon tile the verdict ili alio llio court the iho defend defendant int toledo Th ledo to stand up and the elie defendant henf stood up in often court cort the court inquired of hini him hot hot ile hi hoi flail an to say fay why by nol lot lip in pronoun pronounced cod against I 1 him to aich ill deren anut lepold ahat li c wila wn or of file ali crime etli v hid 0 MIH charred Rd an aal that thal n no had nothing forshar lo 10 wiy wh nounon the court pall faid 10 the defendant you nor ore indicted bv iho fit grand crand jury of this 1 VE of tim clift crima or of murder in the HIA burrt tj oo 00 an and you vou hao han tw ln an n tried lv bv A jury in tile pro problem bled ty IY law slid and havo hav b bon guilty of tin the crime i no hn p inalta baliv ro hv Bli lut for lh the crim of velch man irti oil have been convicted Is d dati daili ati unit must be jy banging you by lh nook until are ao dmd dead or by shoot liitt lo 10 ou ILL al your i ineido of death 0 do iou vict shall he inflicted upon you the uc deren r blant lant laid bald that hn hit r fun d to make lit lili eltion as to tho the manner pt of the cleath pona ltv ani left ft to ia ih tile court whereupon file bourt mile judgment upon tho the do as tart follows ollow it U Is in ahr he of if tile tho court co that 0 ou o charles CliArt ps thecle th tode cle be lia take a f from rom honce to lo some ld IL of con condre line client tho the day of 01 aber ew asu 1 ami I ix iwan the bours LT cf 14 hj ITI in the forc foren noon tion mid 3 2 lit in tho the of baid 14 lat t named day I 1 ihn yard of tile fall or cuare alire here you arf coill iid or I 1 lu u minia into other prill arlala ItA I 1 in ihly judicial I 1 r ou lo be angell hy by iho nah fit dead dad and jcraft Ji raft an wu in daiil cause front third lut iet court 0 o uia to W iho and court of tho territory corrito y of utah whereat Wh acrea hc eream rea on said hith dey day of byorn ier A I 1 1 one 11 firlit hundred na ua l rot vf ind four 1 a phav of of croci dinin on said wa craned led until yea pal P al Illo phona old he ha dispo wd of and for ap whereas tile ali slid and bentjen nent jen of ffield judicial alc plc trl foni l so no pineal d froan iron ner s ere on the 4 air of 0 carrh A 1 U ono on thousand cuha hurdia ani five INY by the supreme court of the hs of utah and AL A writ of oc ft via a sued out in said paid cau bauo cof from rala judgment of f 0 of othild supreme Sup nm court of chrt th 1 1 0 I ulli jtb to ill ih supreme or of tilt tile anft states and court urt whereas thi judgment of the th supreme curt of tho the territory territory Terri toy of ill was wa by ine iho supreme court 01 thal at the october terni term IM thereof tj jf duly du le affirmed ua as duly n a in the demiter tur fur or of tho the ie boint I 1 of wit thia state file all in luis court conr which bleb wild remitta on tur further du acts that the nt ana 0 1 sentence of tile judie judicial Di district court of the ati territory of utah b be b by Y this with court I 1 carried and ill into effect in cotef ola it y cr is court fixed friday Frid thi the fly aal aol 71 d day of axt I 1 between t cell tile the hours or of JO I 1 oc joe in it th forenoon f ren 0 and an 2 til lit the afternoon atter fit to noon of r bill ald if day y as 1 th h lime for into 1 lecul xecul ili 1111 lodgment judgment J an and it no 6 I 1 R eadd defendant so BO a aCir mcd allt now therefore you the said naad 0 of f lake county counti utah aro are bert by com ded tn anti and required to take I 1 nto into you your custody C lady and blittle tta irely keep atef slid told hold in con rii the sold ald defendant efen dant charles lede until friday the ath dav da v of au all trust beaw n tile ibe hours of 10 o in ill the forenoon end 2 in tw th after t of ald ld ilet narl d day in tile tho aard ard of or tile in jail or i tharo here lie in 1 confined conn nd boma P veto place tn in this count bouny you do bang him lh ill said am charles tamy theodo I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I eeb rl rf I 1 f a i Z f P pt I 1 I 1 ill ag gaj t 1 j 1 1 if r J I 1 6 I 1 j ii f I I 1 11 r el I 1 IV ak r go I 1 il 1 I 1 raj 1 ly I 1 I 1 it adf iz ic I 1 T 11 1 N I V 1 it 71 I 1 J ai 17 itil 11 p 11 fil I 1 11 nl epa 1 11 y J 1 I I 1 1 I p 7 11 aa 7 11 t 12 L it I 1 I 1 I 1 raf I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 aa f X 1 IT 47 itt t N I 1 I 1 11 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 nt I 1 of IF I 1 N 1 11 1 I II 11 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 N ai t e I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 R 1 1 I 1 4 vi I 1 V q 3 I 1 I 1 1 j 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 kte AN I 1 I 1 f 11 II I 1 7 X I 1 I 1 r 1 1 1 I 1 ri I 1 L ax 1 X A 1 N I 1 I 1 i z 1 I 1 31 I 1 1 5 I I 1 ea I 1 I 1 7 1 I 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 i 21 r 4 t I 1 E 14 e VM 4 w n 1 7 VI N NN 1 I i I 1 I 1 I X I 1 I 1 I 1 Z ohp I 1 ri az I 1 j all I 1 11 I 1 1 IN I 1 1 I 11 1 I I 1 N 1 1111 in I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 thiede as he appeared in his cell at the county jail by tile neck until he Is dead and to make retti in or of your doing so hereunder witness my hand this day of june A D SW 1536 OGDEN HILES judge of the third judicial district court state of utah witness my hand and the sea seal of et said ourt court at salt lake bicy utah this ati day of june AI D IW C 17 STANTON clerk of sald ciura court MARCH TO THE GALLOWS the reading of the delith death warrant and the affecting scene that followed mccu pled considerable lime arld and it wa nearly 1019 when the march bioni the second story down t to if alio to b basement acenie nt I 1 of the jail was be begun orl IN when hen I 1 lie le i cached the ground floor 11 or the adil a I 1 who n aas as the least I 1 of the elie entire party stopped atop to bid fai fati faie e I 1 vell to deputy sheilar ro w iho h oi was a guard eliard at the penitentiary durins during a portion of oc the period of its his in ili ear in tile basement a halt was as made and the heavy maps iti aps placed a bout his thighs it diab intended to strop strap down both aims by the m with ill loops attached to lie abl h bawls but pleaded plea dol so BO earnestly that its ills left land hand be left free in order thit that he macht liand land county attorney ehlt temore the lettic 13 lie tail prepared ehst the granted the request county attorney telephoned iov ov wells bl at 1030 ask as k ing it if thic was inas any cliance chance of a stay in cac the hie execution vi was delayed uell I 1 the expiration of the lie time allowed by tho the writ gov wells replied there was not and at whose instance the inquiry was made braced himself tor for tile tho inevitable then at 1033 1035 the procession to the gallows was reformed formed re and tho the march was begun up the flight of oc steps leading to the little tri inclosure closure where the licht penalty ot of the law was to be raid mid sheriff led the way rev kev mr and guard dunne following then the rev mr coates and closely alter Th leile lele with deputy sheriffs neely and Joli johnbson nhon at either cither side but lie he did not need their assistance ills face was waa blanched blon ched by the thought of oc I 1 the he awful ordeal ordal he had to endure but hla a footsteps foo were birin and his cari can jaee age erect lie ile was diessel di essed throughout phout ili hack black broadcloth a well made though slightly worn prince albert his bome somewhat pot fly ronn orm to advantage on its ills feet he wore flippers sliP perg whose low heels ina nav have to tho the erectness u fifth ith which lie he walked tile only speck of 0 white olver observable vable M us its his naili t front collar cuffs anti and tie tic which were scarce lighter in hue than the deathly pallor that overspread oscr areail hl his race face ON tilt BLOCK almost direction dire clion tho those s e in ili advance separated walked I to the block beneath the callon gallows a and stepping upon it turned hla his abdon hued face about as lie gazed cur curiously louly at al the t i crowd nhi ahil nere present lie H tu r ned ba his listening glistening eyes upon file ali sun run in n its im near approach to lo th liar had invaded almost every corner otan enclosure then 1 avii lie li looked for tile the last time upward to the bauo heavens lie aiena with fleecy cloude over cover the heads of the mon men about him lifs ills saye gaze wandered scanning in turn tile tho jail and the high fence and the loftur canvas at the north the ali only mira of summer that his eyes could exl rest t upon was waa tile tho branches of fo a brix older elder tree and it a branch that had siept ili n between the stahl in fa tile reir rear and thi the benoe it required but a moment nl for to take in lili entire ion even its HA ho he did so I 1 licitly i im hn had taken lakon up lip a position bocar the canvas at the end of 0 tile tho gallows licitri apted charles ghioda have you anything to say before being hanged handed HIS LAST WORDS had asked to be allowed to ill rae of ice D a I 1 linart anto ante statement 1113 voice w was a brol broken en and hollow hollos and his froome frame shook s book with x ath the air that possessed hun him as lie answered anaw cred ness 1 I have hae been con conil toted cled of murdering my wife I 1 did not do it I or the last at time thie on ail earth I 1 announce my innocence of the hie crime the words had eil ell dently tren t cn pre lit in advance by the agitated roan man As lie uttered them he reached in ili bropst pocket and with his hl still free fico left hand presented to county attorney a healed toled envelope hearing bearing this athla noi stion atlon to be published after mv v death charles if then active preparations for the I 1 last ast scene ot of the draft arami of death began deputy sheriffs montgomery neely johnson Johi ison and gibbs stepped forward forn ard and ami in ili a few moments chiedo mood opet ills his arms strapped snapped to ills thighs were strapped log ethor r another strap passo passed d about ills his body f as toning his upper tipper R aims r ing tightly another was tins bound about his legs aboe the knees and still another bound his big ankles to kither if possible his pallor ballor increased during the I 1 moments that the were ere being adjusted jt 1 sled and the nervous tm itching twitching of ll LI ap n of the mouth became more noticeable JERKED INTO THE AIR Th ledea ledes wide black hat was removed exposing momentarily to the llie rays of the sun eun hla his blonde locks lochs the th black cap was nas down over bi his head the noose adjusted about ills becs neck the knot being placed directly over ti tho to a spine and at 1039 10 sheriff hardy by drawing hla his handkerchief chief from his hi 4 pocket gale gae the signal to the men behind the canvas the lever was pu pulled tied and body was jerked into tho elie air the body turned on the rope for a moment then became stationary with facing we n ea Award at frequent intervals Inter vala tor for a short period the muscles contracted and relaxed the whole body of the suspended man being shaken by convulsive tremors soon it became motionless ti ills his head sank slowly to one side hide hla his body sank a trifle as the knot and ills his toes pointed downward there ther was no longer visible evidence hit the vital spark had bad not of become extinct As tho knot of men about the yard ard gazed curiously a at t I 1 the he body from every point of view county physician assisted isis isted hy by dr bower closely the ebbing ebbin 9 tide of eife J jua ua before let n g taken from 7 the jair jail T chikles pulse gifts was I 1 US is when tile the cap was t as beinar adjusted ills local heal t hid had to IZO ISO each cadi minute doffing tho the time lie he was hanging his P pulse ise ranged from 51 to it was highfi hig hoI jut at the time of ft them drop fund and though fluctuating had a tendency downward until tile the heart action tail had ceased rn cn at hen hell he was mas pronounced dead fifteen minutes pre osay load elapsed from the time ulian hen the weight fell and body shot into the air DIED BY strangulation the black cap T ft as removed re i by dr wright w face puffed and darl darkened ened by strangulation the livid tongue of I 1 lie ho lead dead man protruded thile ahe abr fut ills nook were th ih ineffaceable maiks or of the hempen rope con liars to lo expectation and aarl belief th ledos edca neck fleck liast as not lot broken ills heavy had been supported during tile the edli ud li jerk bv tile the vt of muscle that strengthened lila his short flock when dr r wight pronounced pronounce TI tilled lledo dead mr lr diew front from his pocket the letavi preheated arc him it a few minutes before by the con condelin denin d murderer th crowd gat heird about tile lh tall form of tile tb count county Y attorney i nafle title from tile hung the executed ex criminal his head indicted inclined in death deat h toward inward the ma man it who was wa about to read his lat last me gabco to ahoo on oil earth carth it almost feeal as if lie be to A assure himself thal ihal ills dying words worda in vile all el chains laing in miserable pain I 1 desire lh ill and with bended knee T adore and aarl implore then thee that thou deliver ino the back of this letter were t ta 11 11 worda in scrawling enman alp kinli unlike ke usual careful bandill unit whosoever in me shall hhall never die de 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