| Show f PETER SUOT TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF JIMMY Mi HAY HAYn l a af c y r Peter the assassin of James R Hay n his friend r and neighbor I is dead He has given life for life I So far as the infliction of mans punishment is concerned n the end has come The penalty can go n no further i iThe The demands of law have been satisfied His prison cell Is and his remains arc now for the grave d g To the very end proved himself to be a most remarkable man That his conscience was seared his heart cruel and his nerve marvelous his whole conduct proved Hope was ever his guide No matter how r dark the clouds were how close clO e they drew about him or how unpropitious this or that development in his case was he hoped on Even to the last night of life when Governor Wells told him he believed him guilty and that there r could be no reprieve he apparently believed he had a chance Accordingly he fought for or It with all the force and enigmatical mystery of strange makeup But the thc governors visit and reply that he could do nothing for him chilled him to the very marrow Still there was no evidence of his weakening He incomprehensible stoicism just as before except that he was even more firm and fixed He went to bed at two this morning and slept like a tog to use the expression of the Death Watch When he awoke It was 6 30 Then rhen he arose arose unconcernedly and prepared himself for breakfast and partook of that meal as heartily as though he was about to start off on a hunting expedition He was not very talkative On the contrary he was moody and thoughtful What was passing through his mind he did not disclose to the thc guards There was much speculation as to whether he was going to make an ante death statement or whether he would die game as he put It That is what I want vant to do lie he said and that is what I shall try to do But of course it is a tough proposition to face and a fellow can never tell what he is going to todo todo do until he is up against It and I will soon be there and will so soon 1 know mow more about it Thus he reasoned calmly philosophically That he spoke the truth in this instance there is no doubt as he has given many evidences during it his term of imprisonment that he despised cowardice The scene was a most and never to bc afFair l y eye eyo or of the nearly rot rout II scot s WC c s was upon hint him and anI ho he felt Feit their 00 laze Lazo keenly But ut his 1 in dc rec ud and it was hn he w ryas s ii m I j a n l S lo lc as hr he l h the to the loath death chair Into whIch he was strapped surest stood W wt cat beads upon his bared Forehead as Iw he Frn the tho l test fest and nd tears lears welled up UI in his yes as ho he tool took his last st fuewell or of his brother But he be it said to iris his eed relit t if there can he be any dui him he hc died as he wanted toiS lne l o OO |
