Show SHOr 0 DEATH AS A MUltDEltER i I Peter Mortensen days the Awful Penalty With ilfis Secret Buried in t Ills Heart Went Before His Maker Protesting His Innocence Inno-cence of the Crime and Hoping to the Very Last That His Life l Would Be 1 Spared + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + To the woild I ant to Jay and + + 1 mcir by the Ilea c1 above by + + tin earth bciipulh and by all that + 4 1 hold near mid dear on earth that + + I am not guilty of that cowardly + + murder of my dearest friend I ask + + therefore no mans pardon for + + aught that I may have done In life + + 1 nm confident that iny life Is an + + cvumple to most people Pcler + + MoiifiiFons Farewell Statement tot + to-t the lloporlfit + + + + + + ttLU + + + + + + 11 ihe verdict of the jury which tiled rim and the belief held by HO OUl of I every 100 people In Salt Lake is correct Peter Mortensen passed from this world with alIe upon his lips I AM INNOCENT I have nothing to rays except that rum r-um Innocent were the last words he uttered They were spoken in response to a question by Sheriff Emery as to whether he had anything to say in that solemn moment when on the brink oft etc of-t = rnity he awaited the bullets oC the executioner A few seconds later there iH r i flf 1 t ii < J 1 1 ff 1 I h iJ f I iIfI rr p k h > J r 111 lr rt 1 lili L 1 t vf Pi1 i 1 71 f i 11 r 1 f er 1 I 1 I rlr I i t r f r Il Bishop A G Driggs Mortenaena 4 Death Watch was a crash like the rending of wood 1 the fonn in the chair gave a convulsive jerk backward the tapering fingers beat t a slow ta too on the empty air the head sank forward and then felt back Peter Morleiifcen had passed from the n Judgments of men to that myslcrlous 1 4 bourne where he firmly expected to r meet his Maker and give account for the deed t done in the flesh 1 t GREAT EXHIBITION OF NERVE r Ninetyeight spectators In addition to the ofllceni present witnessed the execution exe-cution Moat of them were men accus I lomcil lo dealing vvltlt crlmlnala and lad assisted at many such rctcmonleo nit not one claimed to hac seen such a i ivonclcrful I xhl 111 lion of unfaltering arm we as was displayed l by tot tenseri He tent to his death more calmly than Host of the onlookers afterward went to their dinner HIS PULSK WAS NORMAL The Phlegmatic Scandinavian I blood that ran in his veins doubtless had something to do with this stoicism but toes not account for it all Morlcnson va differently constituted from the most of his kind An Immense and all uifllrlng egotism was the keynote to his character In the light of his aub soquonl career It I Is I not dllllcult to believe ieve that the 1 motive for the murder of James n hay was not ao much the liuuiLlol I gain as to avoid exposure for pioposlni a dishonorable scheme in exposure which would have held him up to the scorn of those whom he sought to Impress with the height of his virtue and the extent of his rectitude WAS ALWAYS RIGHT gpn when he could no longer doubt the feeling entertained toward him by the community when his wife had deserted de-serted him his brothersinlaw forsaken dim he kepi up the sham lIe never tired of parading his religion and holding hold-ing himself up as a pattern of morality The court the jury the witnesses the Supreme court the Board of Pardon the Governor might be wrong but he Peter Morlensen was always right POSED AT THE GRAVE When the prison clock ticked away thc last hour of his life he still posed Every word tone and gesture was studied stud-ied far UH effect on the spectators His part was that of a victim and martyr without fault or blemish A stranger would have Imagined that his Judges and executioners had begged him to forgive them for the crime they wero about to commit against him He bestowed be-stowed his blessings and denunciations with Judicial care the blessings as unc tlously as though he were a ploun hermit her-mit and those about him had come to crave a benediction SHAM WAS REAL TO HLU Peter Mortensen had lived in this self uealcd utmodiOicro of sham and hy pocrlny until It became real to him He was like the actor who merges his Identity Iden-tity In that of the character he portrays Yet with all tills deception In tho night of men he believed firmly and Implicitly Im-plicitly In the religion of his church and tho life to come Ills faith went to the borders of fanaticism and hallucination When asked If he believed In a life beyond be-yond the grave not ten minutes before the execution liu roplid I will go you one better I know It It Is so indelibly stamped on my mind here wordn failed him and he left the sentence uncompleted l RELIED ON HIS FAITH Let those who can reconcile this absolute ab-solute faith in eternal Justice with a consciousness of mortal guilt t Perhaps MortenHen had a pica reserved for the court above which he knew would be unavailing in earthly tribunals per haps he had abandoned all hope of forgiveness for-giveness beyond and clung all the more tenaciously lo the character he had assumed as-sumed before men Be that na it may he went to the fatal chair as surely convinced that he was about to meet his Maker as the dervish who flings himself on the shears of the Infidel cnnlldcnt of a home with the hours us his Immediate reward LAST NIGHT ON KARTU The night picccdinsr the execution passed quickly for the condemned man He returned to his cell on the ground floor and at the extreme eastern end of the cellhouse from his interview will the Governor a little after 30 oclock His two brothers and David and his attorneys Bernard T and C B I Stewart remained with him until aftoi f midnight in earnest consultation Whei f they left he talked to the loath watcl 1 until 12 oclock Guard W C A Smoot t + + + + + 4f + + 4 + + H + t + + + + + + + + + + 44 + + f HH + + + + + + + + + + + + 4 + 44 + + + + + + t + + + 1 Ht ttt + ttttt t + + t t i PROMINENT FIGURES IN TRAGEDY I I o t t r f + wi y L ° t 1 ri yap 5 161 v tt 1 tI I i i 44 f t vt ° f I tt r r t Y t r rt 1 t r J ti i ij eAt x i t f y t r I S w f a + I t I + I J + > I t t t + + + r i1 t r i r pr1 R 1 t I 1 d d 111 y f t 1 + r I I I 1 f Judge C W Morse Sheriff C F Emery James It Hn Y t + James Sharp Acting Warden Wright + + + t + + + f + + + H4 + 4f + + + + + + + I + I t + + + + + + M + H t f t I t H + M 4 4 + t + + M H t + + + + + + + + + + + 4hHfr I < + + H U H I H + + + + a who remained with him all night said yesterday TALKED TO HIS GUARD When his relatives and attolne shad s-had gone Mortenscn talked to nit Hu did not allude to the coming execution or to the crime for which he was about to suffer the penalty The principal topic of conversation was his Interview with the Governor He had nol hoped much from the Governor but he was nevertheless disappointed at the outcome out-come of the conference BED AT 2 OCLOCK Jre told me what he had sail and what the Governor said and cxnicssod the opinion over and over coin that he had not received a fair trial and had been unjustly treated He beeam to hoarse about 2 oclock that I iidvhod = hlin to Ira to bed He undressed lay down I n his cot and 1 turned out the light He went to sheep in a very few minutes and slePt peacefully all night lotiHr I do not believe he tinned over more than once or twico 1 < < His breath was regular and he did not tart or mutter In his sleep ATI AN EAULY URISAICFAST I awoke lilm at G0 1 l He jot l f up washed and dressed and was ready for breakfast when itwas brought into nix cell Jle did not ask for nnv special dish The hipalcfnsL consisted of fried potatoes biscuits 1 breakfast bacon I t + + + t4 + t + + + t + + + + t + t + + + t + + + + t + t ° f t H H + I M t + + + t + f + + + H t H t t M I H tt + k4 t + + + + fttt + + + + ir4 + + t + + + + 3 I V < 1 l u 11 r s i tt I 1 J L I 11 < I JlI I r1 d < r i r + > t fE X 1i > > t v 1 f r + n + r < tJtl J r T L 1 > > + t Ii < i > r I < A I X 1 + + 1 kJ i i t j j f I I k < ftJ + 1 T + 7 > < + F t 4 + + f + + 0ft I C r + 0ft + + t v h t t 1 + + + 4 + Utah State Penitentiary Where Jlortensen Diet + + + + Die-t + + + + + + + + t t fY4 + + + + + Ht + 4 + + + + + + + + + H + + + + + + + + + tt + + + + + + + t + + ftt + + + + + + + + + f + + 4 + + + t 1 I vs v Vlr r + 1 f alll r f J ytdrv 1 xI t tti A r IJ r Peter Mortensen Who Was Executed I I bread coffee rreani and halter I Mor tcnscnii appetite was not vfry KOOI JIo 1 dallied with the food and swulloved only a few moat hsful After breakfast the visitors began to arrive RECEIVED EARLY CALLERS Slortcnsons llrst MRlturs were his father his two brothers David and Jetie LvIe Mortcnscn hIs sisterin law his little nephMV Oil son of henry MorliMistMi and his attorni > ys C U and Bernard Siewuil liter told hN duller that hi wisherl to 1e l bulled brsld his mother anil oni biolher in lt Ogden ccmoUry I do < not want any uncial services Is 9H ill lust bury me without any piye i hyimF > fcimons or Hovcis I It was I nearly 030 when lime Roodbys tnre saiii Peter emliraced each of lht lelalh s In turn All wore irylnsr IMortenscn too hud tcurdiops In his < vcaj and the < UIH were red with weep hig lIe Parted front his attorneys with a few words of thanks and a hearty liisp of the Iiaiui The Stewarts were unable to control their emotion SIONT FOR RHPORTT3RS Moilenscn had requested the I arden to send In ieprasentsitlvcs front oncJi I of the four newspapers Mr Wright did to and thft newsjinjXT men came down the corridor just In tlnu In witness the I I departure of the relatives Peter recognized rec-ognized most of the reporters and shook hands with them all aiound I want to kind of straighten up a I bit were his first words He vas J + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + TOM HORN HANGED + + + t The story of the execution off + of-f Tom Horn at Cheyenne and history + I 4 his-tory of tho crimo for which ho + + suffered death will be found on 4 + f page 3 of this edition + I + + + + + + + + + + + + 44 + + + J about to continue his statement when his brother David rushed up the corridor cor-ridor and wrapped both arms around bin neck Goodby Pete lie said his voice rendered almost inaudible by his sobs Peter hugged him and they remained In a close and silent embrace for nearly a minute Peters tearstained face looking over his brothers Fhouldei toward the reporters The embrace was so prolonged that Guard Driggs stepped forward and gently raised the corner of David Mortensens coat to make sure that no poison or other In Blrument of selfdesliuction should pass There was no necessity for the precaution however With a violent effort David wrenched himself away and stumbled blinded by tears down the long corridor DOOMED MAN TOUCHED Peter was silent He had been stand Ing in the open door of his cell Now he turned slowly on his heel and walked the length of his cell Whirling about he stepped back to the door Four or live times he paced the length of his cell plainly seeking to regain control of his voice The parting from his loyal and manly brother had been the bitterest wrench of all Finally he came to a stand on the doorslll lie James R Hay the Victim Is Avenged i in the Legal Execution of His Slayer J waR in his HhlrlHleevep the shIrt oL blucBtrlpcd Bluff like bedticking with white pearl buttons His vest was un butlorul His trousers were blade to match the vest and had been recently prcEnod His feet were clad in high suppers His face was calm though the dark marks under the eyes gave it 1 a rather careworn expression Tic assumed an attitude one was tempted to call it a pone of careless case his elbow raised and his left hand on the hacic of hIs neck one of his filippered feet tapping the edge of the iron doorslll LETTER NOT FINISHED I had you coma out he went on addressing the newspaper men because be-cause T couldnt find the time to finish the letter I spoke of With the Governor Gov-ernor and my relatives to talk to my time was all taken up CHOSE HIS WORDS He spoke slowly wRIting until the pencil ceased to scratch over the pads of paper before beginning a new sentence sen-tence In the entire statement that followed fol-lowed he chose his words as carefully aa though I he were dictating a poem for a magazine He seemed to be Jesting the harmony and polish oC each sentence sen-tence that left his lips His Toke too was modulated for the occasion At ILhe j proper places It WHO tender and pal pa-l thctlc again fervent and earnest then I resigned and forgiving But at no time did it have the ring of truth that comes with the outcry of a wronged and misjudged soul GOOD WORDS FOR OFFICERS The object of getting you to come out he continued in a patronizing tone is that I might give you a few words in compliment to the officers In the first place I wish you would sato sa-to In the papers to mention two names that testified In my case The first is a man who deserves special recognition recogni-tion by all lovers of Justice They IULVO by their actions proved that they are entitled to the kindest 1 consideration of the people They were the t officers who talked with mo more iii ttw oepirnin > concernIng con-cernIng my case C and asked me more ojiobtlons than any others GOD BLESS JANXEY Mr Tannoy In tIlt officer who was guarding me In the city prison during my stay there He was called on the stand at the preliminary hearing to testify with reference to what he saw at the grave oC lames R Hay He heard more conversations with friends and other officers than any h u f H inner lltliu aim upuu Ira VAILJIJIIIUIIUJI on the witnessstand was satisfied with 1 npeaking the truth I Had he desired to have Inserted little lit-tle words and misrepresented my statements state-ments he had that chance but lie would not deviate from the truth God bless him for it he said earnestly earn-estly The next man who comes under a similar heading as that of Mr Janney la i Deputy Sheriff John B Cummock The truth wan good enough for him May heaven remember him and his THOMAS WAS FAIR After I wau confined in the county jail I received the kind consideration of each of the officers there Every reasonable rociuest which they could consistently grant was extended to me and I desire to thank especially Thomas F Thomas for the many kindnesses he gave me and for his desire to see only Justice done When they came to Identify me while In the county Jail he was kind enough to turn out the prisoners me among them and required those who came to identify me to pick me out from among thoso prisoners J That is but one example of his fairness fair-ness and his kindness to me Since my confinement in the State Continued on page 2 r y Most Dramatic Episode in the Criminal Annals of Utah Closed With the Shooting of the Murderer Mur-derer His Nerve Unshaken Un-shaken to the End The 0 I oclock Stale Prison car yesterday yester-day morning was well llllcd with deputy dep-uty sheriffs police officers doctors and newspaper men on the way to the scene of Mortensens execution These arrived to find that as many more had preceded them and curious ones came even after the legal tragedy was over many who were unpiovldod with tickets of admission to the prison having been drawn to the pot by the morbid curiosity curios-ity Trhichi assails a large portion of humanity hu-manity when death in any form appears ap-pears The corridor in the office part of the prisonwas filled with men while others stood In solemn groups on the lawn outside Conversation carried on in subdued tones while the party awaited the completion of the preparations prepara-tions which were being carried on Inside the prison walls Guards with white drawn faces passed in and out through the heavy steel door whose clanging seemed nfot rnful part ofthe ominous proceedings Sheriff Emery and his dep utlea were in frequent consultation with tho prison officials and many times i hnryr < rl Itt I t I ftitr Fy I Iej W C A Smoot Mortens rs DeathWatch Death-Watch those In waiting anticipated prcmii1 tardy tho arrival oC the fateful moment TEARS OF A FATHER At 930 the grayhalred father or tits condemned man his sisterInlaw airs Henry Mortensen and his brother David Mortensen came weeping from the cellhouse and passed through the crowd In the corridor Into the visitors room They had had their last interview Inter-view with tho man who was about to pass from earth The father and Airs Mortensen were unable to speak for emotion David after a little time + I + fbf + M + + + + l M t + H f t H t H f + t + + + + + 4 + + + + 4 + M t t H t M t Ml t t M t HtffHM t t t t M I H I I M I t M t M t I M t M t t M t M t t + t + + H + + Nn7 + rVe r = r 7 + t I t t s t ri S i 1 i < t 1 t t 1 1 v j t 14 f t rf ra f + I I 1 < T d 1g 1 I v l l I + l f < YT + + I X l 1iIJ + It i lJ l 1 < + A 1 t ti + + I > gI I rj 1 + + 0 i I 1 j f oro I II Jf + j + + I s s I r r11 i t j 1 Jl y + r t 1 > i f i + I 1 i jl Y + t Ifl 1 r r 1 r t + z A 1 II I I t + m = > 11 tl j r t A n f 1 1 jl < i y J lofr 1 + + + f h z 1 t I i I t ll m t 4 1 z I1 I PI t Im 1 t tily + + II i1 l r 1 i < > h f f i oh fit un If klJ t f 4 u J r I L1JW1H < I f + 1 I 1 Jparl < r + + hl f 1 fh + aNi t < t < J 1 1 r r + + I JKm i l1 rtirr f = I J tf t Lj till I SIN tf + t < > S-IN ji f t i a f t r ff t jj t > + l + 5t b f 0 J 41 Zt > r I + + f li1E I l fs I + 1 J It + w 1 + T r J 2 = r < t I > r lr tI it 2 + < J h t I r i r y t + V r y li Pj l1 j 1 1 i + + I < 0 ii t y i tW = 1 t t I i < ti Y3 = t t J f + T + Scene of Execution Movtensen Strapped in Chair t + + t + + + + + + + t + + + + t + t 4 + t + + t + t4 t + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + f + + t + + H MM t t + t + + tttf + + + tt H + + + t + + ttti ttt IS s SHOT TO DEATh Continued From Page J prison the officers and the guards one and all have been kindness I pemsoul lied I desire < especially to name those who have lanai my case particularly in hand the warden Acting allen Wright Dr Young Mr Uro Mr Wilckun Mr Lcathan Mr Scht tier Mr I Pugs ley Mr Uism has had a better chance perhaps than each of the others to become acquainted with me and has extended theiefore rroru courtesies and said morp kind tImings to me than time others have had an opportunity to and I desire to thank him from the bottom bot-tom of my heart for every word he has uttered for me or to me May the people of this State appreciate appre-ciate that d bin boys work Today 1 look upon him as one of my best friends God bless him his little wife his dear children Since 1 have boon under the deathwatch death-watch Mr Naylor who first ought me down here bus been awfully kind tome to-me I wish to biers him and his GUARDS GET PRAISE Mr Driggs has been my day guard He has said many kind words to me both hrfrc and outside For which I thank him and say to Mr Driggs May God bless i you Your words have been so kind so tender and Idled with such feelings that If J words have meaning they xvlll not full to express my gratitude grati-tude to you and may the people of Utah bless you for jour adherence to duty for your manly quality and for a desire to see Justice done Mr Ferrln has long been a personal friend of mine and while he only stopped with me n few short hours yet he like the others remained my friend was willing to see all the good was loth to open his eyes to the bad which + 4 + + 4 + 4 + 4 + i + + + tti + + + i t H + + + + H f + + + + + + + + + 1 + + t + t + + ti + + t + + + + + 4 J i + + + + + + + + + + + + t t i fp S + S + + + I lflt + 1 + l tmb + + + + + + 4t t t J + + t + + ijij iiV i J5 + t + + ti I i I + + + + III1L t t t Rv m 1 ti + + + f + Vjvrr Ml jl < > L 1 I rJ T ii i i 1t t Iw m wi nsap t + + + + 1 r lp I I I I 1 F + + I + + ifeLMvilhii1 i S 1 j 1 S + + I + + + 1 V4Ij I I + + + + + + + + + + sw Jni I k t + + t sab JlaiJ < d 1 L + + I I t S S Murderers Row in Utah Penitentiary 5 Showing Jlortonsens Cell i 4 it i I t S + 4 + + 4 + + + + + 6 44 + t + + ± 4 + + + + 4 rHH K f + 4H + 4 HH + + HfH > + HHVM + K 44HH + + has been said of me But I thank him more because he has remained true to mo from youth up Mr Smoot has been my guard through the latter part o the night and has therefore had little chance of talking to me but for the few words he hns said to me I thank him iig0 the others REMEMBERS THE STEWARTS In conclusion I desire to bespeak for those faithful boys who defended me Bornaid I and CiB Stewart the kindest 1 consideration of all mankind for they I have done for me In the face of the bit I i tercst public sentiment have been willing will-ing to dare and to do their duty toward 1 me I S I desire to thank their little families i I for their loyal support of their mis I bands and fathers THANKS ALL OTHERS I I desire to thank all who have In any manner expressed one sentence of sympathy and have uttered one word of faith In my Innocence who have expressed ex-pressed ono doubt In the justice It Is claimed I have received at the hand of the courts 1 You who are my friends who have been my friends I embrace you with the deepest love and friendly feeling j I which 1 possess My feeliiiKS have been touched many I times because of your kind words because I be-cause of your welcome visits and because be-cause of your parting tears I I WANTS NO PARDON j To the world I want to say ajul r 1 swcur by the heavens above by the I earth beneath and by 1 all that I hold near and dear on this earth that I am not guilty of that cowardly I murder of my dearest friend I ask therefore no mans pardon for aught that I may have clone In life I am confident that my life Is an example to mout people I do not Pay that I am better or more worthy of the respect of the world than the average man but 1 have done nH duty to my friends to my father and mother to my brothers and sinter and to my other near relatives I have done my abnolute duty tounrd my wife and my five little babies May God keep and care for those sweet darlings You who have heart and feelings and have families I say to you to help them If I you can I DEFIES HIS ENEMIES The speakor0 voice trembled and his 1 S I zTTT7 2 I < S 4 I Ed JNaylor Death Guard Who Was With Morten to the Last face twitched as he resumed with i broken volcfe T torglva no man who has said one word usulnsi me which has not been true truer I 1 have no feelings toward those who have spoken the tiutli There Ire such Hut to those who have by Idle words or by their attitude toward me Injured me 1 1 will never forgive neither here nor in the wends to come GOODBYE WOULD Gooflbyo to the world and all those who have manhood enough to stand up for principle for truth and justice The one bright ray in my last hours I I Is Lhe consoling opinion rendered by the Huh Thomas Marloneaux who dls senfcd frdrii the opinion of the Supreme Su-preme court in my last appeal God bless youMi Marioneaux You are u stranger tp nta in name but I love you because you dared stand up for what you bellevcjd to be true I I lr dont think I have anthin else to say I DEATH AT HIS KIBOW During the latter part of tills oration Sheriff Emery Acting Warden Wright and other prison oillcials had been standing close by waiting for It to I close It was fifteen past the time set for the execution when Peter concluded It appeared from hly manner that he I had been thinking up material for the I statement and elaborating it with vcr bal1 nourishes for the purpose of gain i Ing time and putting off the dread hour of atonement PELT QF HIS PULSE Dr Young now stepped forward and laid his hand on the wrist of the condemned I con-demned feeling his pulse lie asked In IL whisper whether Morlensen eared for an opiate The latter replied that he did nor A newspaper man expressed regret that he did l not have a cigar to offer him I do not smoke said Mortenscn tJIt1Il1U1A A GRUESOME JOKE County Physician Mayo and Drs Odell and Wilcox came up the corridor at this moment and were introduced toI I Mortensen As he shook hands with Dr Mayo Peter recognized him as one I of the witnesses at the trial I i remember you You are one of the i men who helped to do me up he said I did not help to do you up replied the doctoi I simply testified to the condition of the body of young Hay as 1 saw It 0 OC course Of course I was only joking laughed Mortcnaen 1 Do you want to change your clothes asked one of the guards I Mortciison looked down at his neat black suit S There Is no use of spoiling these clothes he paid The guard pioduced a pair of trousers of prison gray which the doomed man put on Juit before he left the cell he signed his name to the following Ink written note which he afterward handed hand-ed to Guard Driggs 1 NOTE TO GUARD DRIGGS Kfsht I t FortyFive Oclock A G Drlgss Dear ShTh many J hint wonJs spoken by you both to me and of me has been more than ipprxcl flied hy iris inrtI pslt Gods choleHt bkvf linrs on you anJ voure Aivayr remeinljcr that PRTER IIOUTEXSEN There was nota tremor in the hand that welldofl the pon although Morlcn son waa bending over his cot and using the Iron slat as 1 a desk With a lend pencil he wrote his autograph for each of the reporters present MAJCII OF DEATH Then the march down the corridor was begun Guard lYre walked on one side 01 tho doomed man and Dr Young on the other Morlenscns tcp was lirm and unfaltering As they passed the cells In the second tier where Lynch llaworth and Ilotha are confined con-fined voices from their depths called out Goodbye Peter cooclbye boys Goodbye Charlie was the response I hope you have better lucia than I have In the room at the end of the cells Peter shook hands with the reporters again then put his handy behind him to receive the slow s-low wont you boys please go out 7 he said to the newspaper men 1 have given you u good long statement DEATH WARRANT READ As the reporters filed out Deputy Sheriff Andrew Smith was fastening a white handkerchief over Mortensens eyes This accomplished Mortensen was led along tIme south tilde of tho cell House to the east by Deputy Sheriffs Smith and Cowan The death warrant had been read to him at 9 oclock in the morning so there was no occasion to prolong the agony BOUND IN THE CHAIR Morlenscn did not see the crowd along the south wall or the other crowd gathered to the north of the place of execution lie saw nothing through the folds ot the handkerchief which bound his eyes The officers led him to the plain arm chair standing In front of a pine box against the east wall oC the prlfon He sat clown and the deputies depu-ties deftly bound his shoulders to the bade of the chair with new leather straps ending in buckles Before his hands wore fastened In a similar manner man-ner to the arms of the chair he shook hands with all around although he could not tell whose hands he was shaking His ankles were bound to the lower round of the chair and the officials offi-cials retreated to the south leaving an open space between the chair and the curtained entrance to the blaclcsmlth shop with Ito suggestive black holes THAT AWFUL LAST MOMENTS MOMENT-S ilprtensens head ulone was free It was slightly Inclined forward He could not see the bluecurtained ambush with Its I threatening apertures Perhaps his strained hearing may have caught the sound as the blaoknoued rifles were pushed through the openings flvo oC them and leveled at the white piece of paper pinned over his hearL Blinded and helpless he must have awaited In awful suspense the winged death that was to hurl him in the strength of his manhood the zenith of his powers down down down Into the awful blackness black-ness of oblivion Not more than a mile to the west lay the home that had been his A little farther l on In the bright sunshine lay the peaceful pasttuc where in the snow and mud two years before James Hay 1 had been hastily dumped into a secret I grave Had the prison buildings been out of the way 1 Mortensen could have seen both I He neither moved nor spoke during I that harrowing Interval nor had lie long to walL An almost Imperceptible movement I by Sheriff Emory Indicated that all was rfady There was a sud den crash jets of name leaped from the muzzles of the menacing rides There was no smoke for smokeless l powder land been used I HOW THE MAX DIED The form In tho chair made a convulsive con-vulsive movement as the four steel l norsed lAiIIotH ploughed through Ita backward Joik of the breast and ab domen as would have been caused by any other kind of a blow Tlio bandaged band-aged head slowly settled forward the hiiiuls hanging over the ends 1 of the chairarms moved the t fingers twitch log alternately us one drums on a table Then the t head sank backward over the left shoulder and a grayish pallor crept upon the cheeks I Dr YoUng hastened to his side and f found that the pulse hnd censed Rolex Ro-lex motion continued for a minute and a i fraction more but the mystorlotu principle of life had Heel almost Instantaneously In-stantaneously ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF FIlM The body vas lifted into a canvas stretcher and carried by the attendants to thu prison chapel to await the orders of the relatives It waa foundthat the mllet from each of the four loaded l guns had gone clear through the body penetrated the fourInch post back ot i he chair cnUred the t woodon box nn < gone through tin dirt packing stopping only when It reached the atone of the wall Tho aim of the marksmen was true A mans hand would have covered cov-ered the four holes so close were tlny logcthcr Two of the t bulletholes were immeel with loathe life blood of the condemned S SOUVENIRS FOR THE MORBID The post was sawed and chopped into blocks and together with the frag montn of the bent and broken steel bullets bul-lets recovered from the box distrlh uted as Kouveniis of the occasion among the officers S |