| Show DONE TO DEATH I How Capital Punishment Han Qoen Infllotocl In Vnrloun porlo 18 of tho Worlds History = = = K Iilday sr1 m H Ci J her 14 unless ilculi or lha Governor Gov-ernor J clemency I5 Intervene Unoch Davis will pay lie penalty for giving e murdered l hit wile nt etnal Ulnlah ID county June 6th 4 1891 The clrcutn itincea of Dulst measurably ihlfiless life the lAck of family concord l the killing nnd the hiding of tile body In I n potato Ill were graphically related l In the columns of the NnWi n few ila > nag n-ag > and need 1 not be repealed litre It Is enough to M that the case fiat been through the lull I Judicial coume In the highest ulbu ml 01 the land mid thin hat decreed on the law and tim cvl d nca that 1tiudi Davit mult lie lilt death before September I4i l or lIne goof clan f reprieving power tip the Cover nor are the only nuns tint nppear RS possibilities l to chance the deillned I course under the courts procedure A chief realon for lie deslr to spare l4vh > < life It I thin Iwliel that he know where the famous Dead hns mine In Ulntah county Is and that the Inform lion or lit whereaboult is the Irlco of seeming commutation of hit sentence to life Imprisonment There liny he l other reasons but that cone < > out mutt prom lilt lilt Davis Is said 11 have nude the discovery shortly beloto lie crime was committed and to I cured a bug huh of 10 d nuggets llut be killed lilt wife iml till arrest put n stoi to hit gathering the glittering metal In It U to be l idiot he having elected tint method I from the choice I which It given 1 IIII lha law of 11 Inning or khooting 1 T hen hIS well only one nun hung in Utah and l that won inure than a third of n nntury ago I he procedmu Is I too barbarous I All other con Icmned nine herein h1o expressed 1 a lelnrence to die by the quick I ruceM of a title ball rather thantne jerking slrangllni I I bar r I atlc ineihod 1 ol IJ ilanil ng on the I end I of n colic tl ii I lihe I becomes extinct bo Euiiclt limit ttioule I lilt choice I with the u idcritandu g that on the day of csecu lion he I would peer Into the inuiale of live or nix Winchester rule in the binds of unseen olheers grit hear the 1 Kad > AlmI irel ol the official In chnre Wh1 more ho I may heRr or will feel cinnol tie tad by nJnnl mAn fur nuch Dull will be Imtanlly placed be > ond lie pottlblliiy of describing lilts lilt-s The method Is I drum ex iwdnious clean u 11 id 1 mercilul at nut ex ccullon can be Tllere I in l mine ot Hit disgusihg nlclacl which usually i tlcnds executions In dillcrent potts ol I 11111 II lug I Civlllml f uoil I Ol all methods of slaving n murderer II at I rencilbcd by the Utah I law 1 is i lie HIM clvlllied The last murderer that was executed In Utah wan hed I lull idiot trial I I elcome JIll I lion the limit famous murder cane that the Utih couils havu muled I llu killed John F I Turner sun of ix Sheriff John W 1 inner of Irovo July J iSSo He was run down III V tomlnt In the bird I l distriel court In ball Uike City he bad lour tiliU hour 1 times hit use went to the Supreme court of Ihe United billet 1 hlo liniems lie acllon of the lower courts was reversed I but In the fumth ir nl It was sinnlncd ond on fhursday AULUII n 18117 more than seen ycnt ullcr the commission of the crime I llopl was eliot within tin cnlttnlhry wilU preserved 1 an outwardly calm dciiiwii i ir though the supprtsned excitement may be realized when U U known that Jiuu before the lime ol execution till palse heat mba a mlnuic nearl turn I lime the normal late U lien be was led out to die he took tilt I position near tin Oil beast corner of the penitentiary tnclwure Hhoul M feet fiom n cntnitv covered structure dcli had l been 1 put up fur lie executioners and through mull 1 hole in which lucre pointed out 1 u llefore llopt I sat down IK imde 1 a brief spccih I Then I ns he settled mself In the chair he uttered in ohR fact not pub 1st ed till now but the leisim ex till ig for keeping it Mulct nt the lime luvu i awed aII > Ihen Mirthal D > cr lava Hit eomnund Heady J aim ti tel r The sharp crack of the rlllei langoutonthe I air > o cIting toiclher that It I hardly I coul I be dlscuned I f lust more lluu one hot had been hired l Fur I an Initant nnd I It was only an In ttant lloils body remained motion less lilt head booed ntighuhhy forward nnd hody chair I t toil lih begun to Mil our backv nrd lorciil by the connmlon of tIme bullet w ith the body Thc body smut steadily down to the ground so gently Hint when U stoi ped I Iiuyta h U cetuuautueul j 1 en hU I i rllull rim I bi lug cnught at the back ol Ilia neck 1 he terrible ordeal was over Death I had been instantaneous 1llu dead man mouth opened once all1 I clufid again 1 hen all was Hill lour bullet hid i owned l tlirmiiJi his leant 1 two ccnteni g It I and lodged l In the adobe wall be > ond Many and vtried lute been the ways In which Ihu nations have inllicted cat Inl punUhmcnt tin udily of time melhodi ai to mercy mny be ascertained I Iy I compari ton The nnclcnt leuuans dragged crlmlnnls at the tail of l horse till tit I was extinct Crucifixion I w 11 practiced ly several ft of the oriental I 1 nation but did not produce denth for several hours and strong men hate been known live so lung that In mercy their txecii lit tiers islcned their end l Ihe method of killing by skinning chive by bolllni I In hot nwo oil by difioinlfig J r the body I on tho rack or driving spikes I Into the train cit crushing II J I In nn Iron frame punctured with ipikra ark principally Inc euiilmuis if lIme middle I ages So was the prnc lice iii f linnklng n person on the limb ul a tree In such n mann r as to let deaths c ccur naturally Irom Minauon or by Jelling He crow pick out the eyed and liar Hie llesh Thin was a punlthment not Inlrequently inllicted in bpaln lor Ikliwiy I robbery iIoll llanrlng has been ho favorite mode In 1 ntlai d ol exercising capital punish incut It has been the cnnlty not 01 ly lor murder but for other olfcimei even Hie stealing of sheep 1 Iming been 1 re Larled I as deserving ol dentil by Hut I loccss Ior I treason Ihe uiiUliintnt nt Ohio llmu watt first ilramtgimug at a Iorse bail ulong the street lioin He prison to the place of execution scond hanglnc by Ihe nmtu bet not to I long asIa entirely destroy life I flr pluck at and burning ol the entralh while the patient wom yet flllvc lourlh btlicadlng J nilh quarterIng sixth ex poiurc ol II the brad lid r quartern I In lui It Ice ns 1t1 bug directed A moo hue dune U th the Coiean conspirator recently recent-ly My decrees behead I was subtil I t luted In England for this elongated pun Ithment In Hie case 11 nobly born 01 fendert and banging In Its ouwof mm ol rIII low detiee IIIJ Thin hue simile I method of capital unhhmtnt t super I teded mIte 1 alllicth I stile One at hue 1 moIst horrible the lllic I lIe methods U that which ba been I often p actKtd In the West Inlns u1 I which U I said to be occatluiitlly tifd Ihrre now when the rovocatlon It Ire I-re Thin U peiformcd by Imnalng Hie del himuutu lent moat a post by means ol a hook Inietled l under his breant bone In his I manner the sufTtrcr Is l prevented trim doing tinithing to aselst l himself sill I ni lohll Onllhll rahlblud I l under severe penalllen Irom reh InK luiuh In time clImate iii the Indies hit sufferings ste JnleixilUd NMt exprmslon by the Wilful heat ol the sun ali by the inyrla Isof Inncts which feed upon his licerated hoot Men lime been loun I of such itmsrkable endurance that they hlc nllrrrd limbs unuttirtble tormenl for twelve days before death finally gave relief Cjtrrollng II I K punishment principally cmplo ml lIn l SuMm A metal collar Is put about lie neck 01 the culprit shut I a screw at the luck of the col ar U I turned In such to crock the d I manner A < tln1 card l cans ng flniosl Instant death hen I there was the death In Ihe cage method uhlclineveroblained very ex tensUely hue condemned nviu nits oisted I In nn Iron cage on I gibbet and lelttudieof I thirst and hunger The breaking on Ihe wheel wanstomureen ped tloui though rhll no lew brutal I method The victim WH placed 1 on bars ciowed like the I letter X and as this turned on a pivot blows were administered admin-istered w Itll us cub until the condemned was beaten to death usually the chief bonea n lIla body being broken before HK clack 0 I life had I lied Itt It I MI Mod that death by drowning U I one ol mite easiest though ersunt who have passe I through the earlier I stage of time proces and eli hue been resuscitated l do not advoeale that Ylew A < ole time homIcides l were newel I tin hi n sock and Ilironn Into the water hose who were classed In her tuafly ns meaner criminal were put un tier nr I urdles a1 0c bog or ferns while malehetun were hung Ihe AniJo Snot dio ned all women who were com ieicd of stealing and King Ki hard Hie llan I I leaned made I that the legal 1 Iulunnhinudt lemony soldier who klllttl 1 a leilow crusader Criminal elow < were drowned In iiiland 1 until the early part of the seenlr ntli century aicul I In I Scotland Scot-land lilt I i ldj In I I6ir In anton a-nton A olhucually drowned l for stealing a lamb I wan II ohm line tho habit amoi g IhirgundlaiM to smother llnfaith lot WIVIM In lIIul I If III it intro thus pun Islimcnt now In cKUntil countries for lint olrcl on the pail of both women and men thin mud l marshes would be pretty well tilled l liar karl Is the Japanese mode of punishment Practically I Is Ihe Isis lence oh the gotcinment that a linn who ha < rosen nmucll unfit to lie shall end his life Ills regarded I as shotting n sense of Honor tint hue cul II rlt I will slay lilnurll and sometimes Ihe hugh born jMwnese will commit harl karl If he rl his been Insulted in stm > in ell r w el-l hulctm make c1 It hll Impossible I la I avenge hlinielf I or clear his homo cf this Slam put upon II 1heiuilloilncwhlch with hanging 11 1nKIUII omit I gatrotlng con titute I the chief methods ol execution In hue CM Hie I nations of loubaydtes l luck but I a little over a century mud was buentid by n Dr Culllolln I thouith oult I XVI I olleii gels the credit of it as he uhaule It the olhclal weapon of execution anti I In turn lost hit head on I Shooting lire gardcd I the nnhtnry punishment indication Hint war methods arc some limes let barliarout iheii those adopted l agaInst < ndeisln limes ol peace In America as hits as iu four men wire burned in New York lot murder and l burning the stake was resorted to several time ill New ncland I In co onlal lme It was regarded I n fit hug 1 death far hercllcs I heretic being a person who does not igree with the religious views 1 of Midi oriaiili I itlont as wouhl I forfeit life hat oinlons take llnmlng at the stake wan not so cruel n death us nornc Hint might ho I nnmed l > ct it wntsuflicicnlly cruel to horrilj nn ordinarily or-dinarily humnno person Here I It an nccount from nLJIih I history of the burning of 1 lien Eutouu 1 who was convicted con-victed of killing her husband l Shun Shu-n clothed In a cloth made liken shill Ilulld with Ir antI her limbs weie aluosmeared with the same Inllnm mable substance whllen tarred bonntt hid been pliced on her held I She 1115 brought out of ibm triton I barefooted and l lielng paced I on a hurdle was drnwn on n sledge to die place of ex ecutloiineuthegalloMS Upon arrival > oi it time was pnsted 1 in prnycr after llch lIme executioner pi iced her on n tar UMel a hcljit of three feet against the stake 1 rope ran through n ring In the stake and ions listed around her neck she Wlf fixing It with her I binds She nl probably deal when blue lira reached her at the executioner lunih I pulled her up sctcril tine when the Irons were being fixed He exhlbl leul I about the amc eagernes to wreak eiiLcancethat Is I show n in a modern l > nchlni part The Ierhu and l Unman hnbll ol throwing to wild ben silccajcd became It wns shock igto the maues nnd wn nlso expfnine Altern t me It nflurded no pleasure lo the barlilauut I who wit nesiedlt uuuy in reiliin mIld 1 I the pro nCI etcd I ngs ol the New I ULland barbar tans who IlItloI I l ui Uhments Hint cnnied iuuheuuue nilleiini I but were of such iualume i tint being an offense urgsi mu deccnc they Wa lie well 11 written ol an l arc at Indication ol suuuuuurlmluue d gIIRII1I ettloln oh I them stiluted mid I perpctui o In the mid lie ages arboillng was a dvnrlle method ol eoucnilout The Ivulte expensesattemlant on the tolling to dealt of I liar Stone at Canterbury I nuland In m9 are Ikied as fuIluwn limber for goihimws t > s 6d carpenter and driys 4d laborer I setting up gob f ldIIW toad ol wood and morse led le-d hie prisuurer ton mum neeon as jd I nt the kettle and t cia men I tint sal i huar bolleil him is three men that carried hubs quarters to the gales and c Hit in I haltert coil srrcwn etc n mi hule 11 for womtn th it sraured tho kettle < to him Hint did l the execution 31 M total h45 8 < In some costs the victim wat fastened byn cSaln and letdown 101 I boiling I water r he was dead I 1 ho tstg5 method ndopted lot esrcu lon Is by electricity time firt crim nal undergoing the punishment Icing Uil lUm Kemmler June 24 IHii lie murdered mur-dered his wife In most diahollral nun n The ollicUlt k ncr olcal4 allempled lo keep from the public the details of Ihit tmhtmcmsh killing but In vain Kemmler wat listened list-ened In a chair and the tlecliic current turned l nn The siuling of Hie turning flesh the itniiigle ol the clutn l the Sickening stench wlileli name frcm Ihe roattlng body made it n borrll le scene which It cieme lust will In iiaint for tender ten-der ttomichs or h mineuotomi There or c many who argue against capital t punlidimen I urging us one hire lion the barbarity ol lime execution 1 hit riaton lerms to be at g > od against aJalI electrocution m nnln l hunimg nnd Certainly In the caute ol human ty both of those methods uliould give way before be-fore the military theo of oh ivimg winch were death t 1st I Iw the I I < emli I millets It with at much d tpntcll Sal l w th l sst uti leaannt aceompaninenta than any other pine Hut In reading ol the ex ecutlon 01 criminals how a sympathetic person mutt long for Ihe time when the dealli penalty shall be done away lie Icu I-cu there shall be none who will hurl ich other or make nlrald Cot UK |
