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Show TERRIBLE SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD. Vellnlr NrritilUa ood Itlesphemlna; the ContUuiUMit Men I lrKatl to II. Ileum. Kansas Cm', Kept. 5. Tho history of the gallows tolls no more hiduous story than that of the oxecutb n of Louis Bulling, the St. .Joseph wifu murderer, mur-derer, at Savannah yes'erday after-noou. after-noou. Just before the time for the execution ex-ecution the doomed tuau shot himself, in a vain endeavor to commit suicide aud finally died on the gallows shrieking shriek-ing for mercy and cursing his executioners. execu-tioners. Up to a few days ago Hulling seemed cheerful and hopeful in tho face of approaching ap-proaching death. Ho had twice before cheated the gallows by jail breaking. He reasoned that a chance still remained, re-mained, and to it might bo added two others commutation of sentnnco and suicide. Oue by oue these chances faded away. Early last week it was j discovered that Hulling had planned to break jail a third time. Steel saws wt-ro found in his coll. and they Hero taken away from him. His taithful parents went to JelTeison City and had several persona! interviews with Gov-ci Gov-ci nor Francis, but the governor was; tirm in his decision not to interfere. j When Hulling received from his par I euts the message that the governor was I oodurate he fainted end was with di.li-cultv di.li-cultv revived. lie was a continued opium eater, and during the last irgl't was given large doses of the drug. It failed to nave its accustomed eject unit the condemned murderer slept loss that; two hours during the entire night, li'ev. August Eavake, during Huiling's waking hours, spct tho time in reading read-ing the Hible aud praying. ShurilT Harry had set the hour for tho execution to bo at iO o'clock in the morning. Wheu he went to the cell at (i o'clock io prepare the doomed man for the sckffold. Hulling pluadod so pit-ifuily pit-ifuily 'or mi extension of a few hours that the sheiilt yielded and f.avo him until o'clock tr live. Hullaig ate a light Lroakfasi and spent the re-Hot tho time pleading with the sheriff for mercy and attending to the religious exercises conducted by Rev. I.avake hen 2 o'clock arrived he renewed his supplications to tho sheriff and pleaded for oue hour more. The she rill' gra.ited his request. l'.u'.lii:g then asked for brandy and i he sLeritl save him a pint. Injections of morphine were administered, ad-ministered, but neither of the drugs had much affect. The sheriff then retired, leaving the murderer with Jbiv. Eavake, Ea-vake, at the same time removing the guard from the cell door, at Huiling's request to be left alone with his spiritual spir-itual adviser. Suddenly two shots rang out. The "horilf ran to the cell, the priest lay prostrate on the tloor. At his side lay Hulling, weltering in his own blood, which flowed from the wounds in his breast. Ilu had shot himself twice with a revolver. The priest had fainted. A hasty examination of Huiling's body showed that one of the bullets had entered en-tered the left breast and, glancing from tho rib, had passed around the body, couiiug out at the buck, inMicting .only a slight flesh wound iu the sido. He had not lost consciousness, and w hen the sheriff ordered the four deputies depu-ties to carry bim to the scaffold he curaed in a horrible manner. The deputies dep-uties dragged the struggling inau to the courtyard aud Idled liim ! upon tho gallows. Ho refused to stand, and they placed him on u chair. As he sat there he presented a revolting spectacle, llo was dressed onlv in Iiim shirt am! trousers. li;s hands ami laca were covered with blood, which poured down and also stained his nhirt. Wood was ruuning through bis shoes, whither it had run from wounds in his breast, aud formed dark po-jls ou the lloor of the scalfold, dripping from tuere to tho ground beneath. be-neath. He cursed and swore at the deputies, cried and screamed for mercy and shrieked in terror. The sheriff gave him a large glass of brandy, w hich ha swallowed at one gulp. Finally, he was told to tret up uud stand upon tho drop. Ho refused, aud the four deputies depu-ties held him while the ropo was being placed around his nock. The black cap was placed over his head and, yelling, yell-ing, screaming and blaspheming, he shot through the opening at exactly o:21 o'clock. His neck was broken by the fall, and he died almost instantly. Uev. I.avake has been arrested for giving Hulling the revolver with which he attempted to commit suicide. Kev. Eavake was interviewed regarding Hullirg's attempted suicide. He said he did not give Hulling tho revolver and he had no idea where it came from. He was on his knees praying when Hulling tired tho tirst shot. The muscular mus-cular contracti-on following the passage of the tirst bullet into Hullin'.s body, tho priest asserts, caused Hulling to discharge tho revolver accidentally, and the ball w hized by his head. He first thought Hulling bad attempted to murder him and then fainted. Just before Hulling was hanged the sheriff had a short whispered conversation conversa-tion with him regarding the attempted suicide. The sheriff declined to say anything regarding tie conversation, but it is considered significant that immediately im-mediately after the execution Eavake was arrested. |