| Show THE RIFLES SPEAK As tho ali sheriff stopped stepped biuk balk deputy hairan counting and ami as he counted 8 hie rifles arid and tire deadly load lead crashed through the breast of coughlin the body cd as tho the shots struck tiie time I 1 ein 1025 5 rather father gallag callagin Gal lagin iii imilie liot ly IV embed to coughlin to administer extreme it unction no whon when tire alio black cip cap was removed cou coughlin ailin still had his hear head erect but it slowly inclined coard tire lie right shoulder dr E lee cf il woodruff oo driff then held the left wrist and dr of evanston the ie t vs arist rist A at t 1029 four mm minutes after neing struck life was pronounced extinct rhe die only visit visible 0 sho eian of life after lie he was wal shot was vas four s sighs glis at intervals of 10 or 15 seconds this cut shows exactly where tire bullets billias struck tile the square represents lie ho and it shows that two out of the four bullets fired missed tile tarlet altogether while nr net t one struck the diamond the exact distance between the two out outside fidei bullet wounds was six inches as mease measured red hy by dr cr E lee TWO of the bullets went through the heart the others although very close did riot ton tom li it it STATEMENT BY COUGHLIN we ave had an interview with the prisoner patrick cou coughlin alilin at 11 a in monday dec lie he was looking pale as a result of I 1 long ong confine confinement merit but otherwise appeared welt well and cheerful he real ased perfectly well that lie had only about 24 hours to live but showed no signs igns of fear the rev kev fattier father thomas callagin Gal lagin ha I 1 been ministering to coughlin and the prisoner seemed to court tile the good fathers presence tile the interview was only obtained by promise not to queston the prisoner but lie made the follo following whir statement 1 I 1 was as born at cambridge mass ou on june 1 1893 1890 I 1 have never used morphine mor phino in my illy life neither in sickness or health opium or lau laudanum denum I 1 never saw while in prison under warden dui doe e calverly and i 1 osse cie fired two hundred arid and sixty five shots at tile the cabin before we returned the fire firing started about a rn un an I 1 finished about GIO G 6 IO 10 a m frd george innocent lie he never fired a sit eli t I 1 called upon dawes dajcs to I 1 ty down his bia rifle and come to the cabin window but some of the posse shouted we will shoot them out of the cabin we have riot not come here to I lt it t them surrender 1 I 1 then llred fired in self debenc de fenc dawes dajcs ih it dying said 1 I brought IMO white sheets front rom ply my house leonae in E banston Ea to lo wrap you patrick coughlin Couii hlin arid and pred fred george in but I 1 did not think they would be used in tins this manner one for and the other for my dead partner thomas stagg it if it had not been for stagg there would not have been any blood shed here preil fred george innocent of all crime six miles northwest from geoa peoa on pine creek I 1 was awakened by the firing indof of harrington and williamson I 1 nas aa in a street wagon I 1 thu the door of the wagon and asked harrington if lie he hal had a warrant for my arr arrest st lie ile replied that lie he did need riot not one to take me that he be v n take me dead or alive I 1 said eaid take we me if you can and we then exchanged ten shots harrington arrington II then cried out dunt kill me me for the sake of my mv wi NO e and children I 1 you area are a coward I 1 replied I 1 then gave trial him his horse arid and let him go after lie he left me he found fred george who was am some little distance away and fired six shots at him then I 1 fire fired d at harrington again to prevent liim bitu killing my innocent partner pait ner aho vho ho was unarmed fred george is innocent lie he never filed a shot tit at any time I 1 have leavo been treated groat great kindness by my 1117 fellow men who iho are arc iny custic I 1 10 since I 1 have been in jail jai here anil and also while in the state prison by warden dowe and guards elliot and knowlton W fl simpson deathwatch death watch over the prisoner said that coughlin hal behaved well since his confinement here and has haa refused tea coffeo coffee and tobacco lie ho had not asked for nor used any morphine or other drug sheriff dickson james johnston and thomas johnston who are arc deathwatch death watch over the prisoner corroborated this statement the rev fattier father thomas callagin Gal lagin dennis lane james johnston Joh naton and W it 11 simpson wore witnesses of our interview with coughlin MOTHER AND SON Congh Cough lins mother arrived on the mail stage from evanston monday evenin in and had an interview which lasted from till 11 5 ri m immediately upon entering the jail the mother and son eon flew into each others arms kissing and embracing each other and tha scene was a most pathetic one they taen etien sat dovi down n and coughlin burst into teare team his hia mother said dont cry patsy im not gc acin ing to brace up like a man coughlin replied 1 I cant help bell it mother the gaine I 1 more composure as the tim tims s flew by and mother and son had a general conversation in the course of chih Cou gilin galin said that kennedy and ci crompton ampton halbern lia 1 been to see him his mother interrupted him by saying that it would have been better for him if ile he had bad never seen kennecy for then lie might not have been where lie was his mother said sha would leave in tle the morning which she did fattier father galla callagin Gal lagin ani two of CoUoh Cough lins cousins bousi nt present at the same saine time as the mother the parting partin Z goo 1 byo bye was a sad one but the mother and sin bore it well although alth jugh the mother maher showed strong signs of faltering NOTES five fiva rifled iera used ona having a blank charge conghlin made a confession nession co to tn his spiritual adviser sunday several people carried away pieces of lead rope ant wood as mementoes of the frigic scene TWO women with a desire for the morbid N which it is hard to comprehend were witnesses to the execution yearly nearly people all tod were it at and near the place of execution but tile guards kept kepi all except the officials aud and re reporters portera at some distance Representative ii of tire the tribune herald an I 1 news were on oil the ground also Jd editor allard of the news register 0 the logan journal had a reporter there sheriff dicksa nick sn and his aids aida managed their unpleasant duty remarkably well everything worked splendidly and the whole proceedings were without a hitch mr wm win cashin of evanston supplied the casket for the corpse and will take charge of tire body until lie ran can arran arrano arrange o it for transportation to park city A tent had been pitched for the fitin fiting firing in party and live holes had been made in the sile sidle which faced the chair the distance between chair and tent was about ton ten paces the rev fattier father thomas Gil Gol lagin find and fennii lane c ugh lins cousin arrived saturday and stayed here till the end cid C id they wre frequently ith the prisoner and the priests tS attentions attentions were a source of much comfort to him tile the prisoners sleep was on sunday night broken by dreams in which he evidently saw himself in ill the hands or of an avenging party for he cried out hile asleep johnston Jo linSton do not let this mob take me away to murder ur me ilis his dreams conever ho how ever Never did not interfere with his appo tita for lie he afterwards ate a good breakfast saturday frank kennedy arid and crompton two friends frienda of coughlin came to visit him kennedy was the lice of coughlin in the berry stealing scrape sheriff nickson dickson searched the two young men and receive I 1 them of a dixs six hooter each they were not permitted to enter the jail but hal had a conversation with coughlin through the bars bais sheriff Dick dickson sort took the wise precaution of seeing them through woodruff on their return bourney io urney |
