| Show CHARLES THIEDE HANGED thiede has bae gooe to his doom he has bus given life for life he be has atie fled fied the fullest demands of earthly law his hie execution took place I 1 ID D at the rear of so a the bait lake county jail friday forenoon he mounted the scaffold great erect as an arrow his hia face was pale ad his stop steady though his hia voice haltered he be proclaimed his inno cehen it was 1039 when he ascended the loading leading from the basement baa ement tone stone steps into the en at the jail in which be was to yield up ble hi lite life sheriff hardy led the way while deputies deput iea surrounded eur rounded the prisoner side deyto sparkled on oft very and be did aid his utmost to look there were the faintest We cheerful erful of 01 a 8 smile as aa he at the be crowd about him muscle of hta his face relaxed and J but bus th the every belly agn sign of approaching cheer gave expression of grave concern way to joau so eye detected the ibe fatal blog limp anti and louse from that under which he walked the gallong Is was wa wen ie aps stepped on to a aloe inch improvised platform throw threw back ar beau bead brew a long breath sea acol red his innocence for the lat time of the crime for lie be WM was about to owing awing A moment more goore and the part pan execution was over and he was of the death fourteen min lit in abe throes of rum from the time of toe the fatal jaggo elapsed drop until dr wright the county and dr bower who each held biu a wrist of the dying man main in their hnisdo pronounced him bim dead it was waa believed wag that the terrible jerk into the air of the body by the pound weight would have broken neck but it did not xo do NO ao and tor for a time he be continued to breathe regularly and aft to 40 beat formally Bor mally then by the evidences of life became and nd lose less distract distl bot act until the jabb baab had bad ned an exa examination minati n s dark rk strange bowed wed that death was waa due to haton it was wae ce certain itald said ald the doctors that tbt unconsciousness came instantly jtb the drop of the weight and ana that the Via tiMM of abs tbs LOONS experienced POtiOn Ced DO au aptt whatever beb oilman ji lillan of the methodist Methodi ai bbb dh who for faraome some time past wbk the sho murder murderers mar dereta erb 8 spiritual pi ritual adviser wit beed the execution though be peti ormed no DO rite lite or offered no public player in hia big behalf such ml latra istra mosa tto aa he bestowed bea towed were given in we oil apil daring the abe morning haure away from the view of the curious crowd it la is stated fated that thiede found more comfort in the words of advice ado ConISt IOD that were given him by we christian scientists a number of whom gaeng a goodly portion ol of MA lart night with him bim ate to no DO break breakfast fatt first Firs a cm of dobbe and aben a ie lass ilasa of milk with a quantity of liquor constituted conati the only given to him he jona little time in making proDa rations for his fate one of the first fit fit he performed was the penning ol of a document ment in which he asserted aeger ted la ig ji grolig language that he was guilt low lew of the terrible offense that had bad bropst him under the shadow badow ot 01 iao death immediately on its completion AJ he asked sheriff hardy to grant him a respite of thirty mi minutes Dutes it was wae the sheriffs s expressed intention to per form corpa the execution immediately after 10 as be bebas was opposed to any delay B aut ut as ae the reque request st made mad e by the doomed man was the just he be could accede to lie be readily yielded during that period thiede penned a statement in which he positively positive Jy denied that he had at any time or to any person ever confessed that he was guilty the place in which the execution occurred was a board affair feet beet in area and 16 feet high at the he time of the fatal drop it contained a little more than halt half a hundred person all men anen they were composed of sheriffs police attorneys physicians and representatives ot of the daily newspapers the crowd on the luaine wen wan a motley and morbid one numbering Dumb enog thousands men and boys women and children child ren old and young aligned them selves on the south and west sides of the block upon which blab the hanging occurred and were only kept tr m clambering over the fences and rushing on the premises by delegations of deputy sheriffs and add police every shade obade tree barn and building in the vicinity afforded a 6 lodging place near dear their tops for climbing yma geters who vainly hoped that thai by reason of their commanding positions they would be able to deer down into the board and canvas walled death trap it should be said paid to the credit of sheriff hardy that the execution was very quietly and successfully carried out every statement regarding it that be had given to the representatives of the press the last few days was fully realized he said he propose propos ej to make it expeditious and effectual wit without bout unnecessary scenes of horror borror and tie its kept his word to the letter |
