Show THE SC SCAFFOLD ArrOLD I 1 Is a well constructed instrument ot of death and worked well the enclosure back of 0 this the jail all within iv hell tho the scaffold was erected arec ted iwas lixi ilet feet in size on two fidao upright braidi eighteen feet in length shut mot orr oft the view tho the jail wall supplied tho third ride m nalle bile a caaway screen cut oly off ill the view from tho the north around the e enclosure asure were benches that were 0 occupied e by the spectators until the I 1 hanff 1 n n cu 9 ins ing when all were ivero at once berter deserted d the scaffold of oregon fir throughout wass was fourteen cen feet act high and painted black tile the side pieces were sticks and the sills and beam each twelve melve I 1 alz at P j r I 1 1 X 4 7 4 MY M Y za at Z t t fi f zi I a C 1 1 4 e ae A e 1 ae r or iry pa as t C I 1 I 1 4 I 1 4 I 1 1 4 1 all lil yim P 4 ft ot to is st 1 t l f C y Z I 1 1 4 t t Z rf att ta I 1 t s f 2 att ifa If 5 1 SS 1 irl sla I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f facsimile fac rac simile ot of statement written just before tho the execution feet long ion pieces of 81 timber two hi faces aces tit at each ond end of gs dimensions mid and sn and n halt fret feet la length stayed the side ade posts the rope passed through a hole in the beirn beam over two pulleys and down the side aide where a pound lead weight was attached under the noose was u low platform upon hach th convicted evicted man stood while being prepared ared for execution in its entire const construction rutIon not a 0 nail or a a pin wai wag used all the parts part wore were bolted so BO diat thy braf brafford fold can be taken aport apart lu lit tnt minutes it was erected by willard A stewart sten art and cost I 1 10 the execution th the inch rope which Is of bilk hemp and manufactured for the specific purpose to which it way was applied yesterday berlt erday was tried a number cf tim A tack sack of gravel weighing 2 10 pounds was experimented upon with satisfactory rawl at the touch of the loar tile the weight was released and tiro the sack 0 of jerked throe three feet act into the ar air in ill the trials trial no n in the execution the th gallows worked perfectly the machinery moved noiselessly and ill I 1 prec crecli lson on the man mail wilts who pulled tile th lever that set in motion tile deadly machinery of 0 the of course la Is unknown concealed behind the ran can screen it ho performed his duty promptly at the isleno isle nu the canvis canvas was then PEr etched over the cellar any and the lever manipulator permitted to eo co unseen and unknown |