Show WILKERSON A donofe arnd Execution That of the man and that of lib alleged portrait SALT LAKE may n conversation with hiir hal on lie utah in I waa informed train that the aa of the bullet not striking a vital pure of wilker bodewa hi having drawn up sone his boulders lift aitto brace for lutc ordeal th bof alio badge which w over the heart for alio to fire at and aj result ing tho balls went abobo instead of through the heart I W M standing within about five feet of the chair in which Wilk cKon sat and every when the bullets struck him tho concussion even at that dis distinctly felt a though a heavy door had been violently slammed or a biad fallen place the expression of tho mans countenance when the bullets pierced im body can neither be imagined nor nor could his movement subsequently be imitated alio whole thing was most sickening and created more sympathy tor the culprit than could any other agency andor the eun have done the doctors benedict tho official physicians of tho occasion cannot bo too highly praised their readiness and were remarkable one of them sat almost immediately under tho path of tho lenden missiles and within three feet of in order perhaps to watch the face and whether or not death was instantaneous the other was near him and after the shooting they noted every indication of departing lifo until the end had come great credit is abo due marshal shaugh ecsey for the pains taken in advance of the execution proper to secure a issue and ali humanity and consideration which always characterized his treatment of alie prisoner no one regrets more than he thi unfortunate misadventure which converted punishment into torture tho courteous treatment which he extended to alio represent alivo of tho press elicited the warmest commendations and in the absence of n more substantial testimonial I can only my sincere thanks tribune this morning contain acda cut supposed to bo a likeness of wilkerson it resembles him about as closely as it coee and gives no idea ol 01 aliat the mans appearance really was the execution of the portrait is about as bad a job ns that perpetrated upon the poor man himself jie was about six feet high very slender and wiry dirk complexioned with piercing pie icing eyes and a bronzed rather haggard countenance prominent noso and n black moustache lie was doubtless a desperate character not so much per laps through natural traits of wickedness as on account of possessing a violent temper which seemed to go beyond his control when excited by opposition or inflamed by liquor his talk barring considerations ferency he rency doubtless produced by the cai cum stances surrounding him and the effects of liquor exhibited traces of cultivation and powers of mentality not to bo despised lie has paid the full penalty of his crimes has gone to another and more just tribunal than any ever instituted by man and let us think of him as charitably as we can the shurtliff case is nearly over one of the defendants me that acquittal is assured judge tilford exhausted tho entire morning session three hours with an elaborate pla borate and eleo quent argument and had not concluded at noon K |