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Show Cheerful Souvenirs from the Yukon Tho Yukon Sun, published at Dawson Daw-son City, has an Interesting account of tho execution of La Ilclle and Four-nlor, Four-nlor, notorious desperadoes of the Yukon Yu-kon country, a pleasing feature of which was the generous disposition made of the hangman's ropes. Of the twenty-live feet of ropo for each man, which was of a line quality of live eights Inch hemp, all but a few feet was generously distributed among those present as souvenirs of the cheerful occasion. Detectives 'Welsh, who,itappears,was mainly Instrumental Instrument-al In supplying the chief actors In this Yukon entertainment, was given the largest piece, to which, as the Sun sajs, ho was Justly entitled. After the bodies were cut down, three feet of eaclr rope was cut oil and given to the detective. "The pieces given to tho dotcc-tlc,"saj's dotcc-tlc,"saj's tho Sun, "were at the nooso end of the ropes,and although loosened In order to take them from tho bodies the place where the strain had come after the drop was painly visible. The noose was remade and placed In position posi-tion on tho wall of tho detective's own little den, and on the inside of each noose was placed the culprit's picture whoso neck llttcd in it at one time." "Tho rest of the rope," continues the Sun, "went to tho sheriff, with tire exception, of course, of a part to tho hangman. That w hlcli tho sheriff retained was given away In pieces no larger than an Inch in length until a small amount was all that was left. Men who received pieces forwarded them to filends on the outside. Other lemnantswcro sent to friends of the victims of the murderers, and It is safe to say that haidly another piece ofiopo used for such a purpose has been scattered toiso many different parts of the world." Wo have at times been wont to think of the Yukon country as somewhat some-what wanting In those little amenities of life which mark tho higher forms of civilization, but after reading tho Sun's account of this pleasing and ad-mliably ad-mliably conducted. function we must admit that there is no ground for such an opinion. Could there be any better evidence of the existence of a high state of civilization than that evinced by the sheriff's tactful and generous distribution of tho souvenirs the La Hello and Fournror hanging, by tho spirit of fairness and equity in giving tho detective and hangman the larger share, by the willingness of those who had received these valued mementos to freely part witli some portion of them for tho delectation of "friends on the outside" and, above all, by tho thoughtf illness and dclicato sensibility shown In sending some choice bits of tho ropo to the friends of the desperadoes' victims? Surely the Yukon Is clvilbcd to to the limit. |
