The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-30


GREAT SALT LAKE cry, Nov. 4, lSsa
~ SsscGsssH # fAomas H. rs,sson- az ,'roosssas-
Appearance Of tss Ftsone.-h issng SpsocA-Sesosn
CAs1oe A0di,st Ills JsdSe-ras aitSy ofrls M4nierer-
har~~~ Shcossng Afav-Ss~ RAJ osss, Sc
lASs Frsisy, the 2sth ah Thomas Fs,gason suffered
os extreme penalty of the M~ tos tho u A.xan
der Carpenter m ths CITY thu l7th If esp.emoor
bsEe tho srst cution Of white man In the territory
- nevey Of shc c'rcAmstanos arew largo 1rss
~ Spectators from the country well u from city
- wmnsss he saa Up ~ tho morning Of sSseu
ssu Ferguson entertained hopes VI Goyurnur Cumming
s9muhng HIS sentence " hard labor for lite inc ,s'n
bns~ryi out hs Excelvney reason for such ose
nsnsy, and. communicating hun an expression n his
sympathy, he eit she Aw 10 take i,s course saw h'm
hs cell but lew minutes an~r this intelligence was
sSnmuncaea To hmm. He seemed 70 keenly feel ns po-
saAn, but cain, app CHERISH soms b'e,
then, u som thing Tor deiverxnce; AMI uoint
asa that rome vi mis- friends had wh~pared u HIM thai
"Astt ring tale"
yIx cuuRr DOuss
where Ferguson lined aluut the moet attractive
S0S'dMg "a CITY. II scArosy nusnrd bai wneu u
~ Will u.si tna county Of Great Sslt Lake $xJOJ
~ h.s. meo, OF lhis Guiding apart for ths COZ
AAt groes ofrn iers who deserve O,tsr aitsulA
NJ strongly constructed 81 red stone, s0ns.
where about oietD Feet length, eleven feet sitn
ssh Io.f Dine feet h,gh Tho ara ma 10 Of
- opgnon bsis, or, " b. truthful CONSTRUCTED OF
svssi hm'bt wagon 'ires, with pooaerous padoss N4
Sabe,aDding the s+curay c'an,ed upon. Ferguson M
AA4~d few Gays before h,s execution n tax .he r,os
s.sa his ahcLs He got ,.,ss+ssnu VI two oil mana
winch BIZ h,my tho tnsetber > pA.oc VI WOO l. AMI
Nth tins new machine b. uniockoh os "cifrs . Too
eto', entering unexpectedly, prevented further ba-i
BROS, and ornered y chain WIN ~h,ch be- was
sA AIJs isstensd " the gr0a0 ns Ina ru N ,rsI
t"por' Of an attempt V be male tor hs dehvsrancs, lei
- The adoption Of pr cautonasy o. lns 70
sSSMnp Marshal loteOn, Governor Cumming ordered
p0sse VI mitA 10 Dc attendance Jay VI exsc
nos, wcn m.o aud properly moantd . Acc ,rdnsy
Of H.,
Nsuvoo g'oD, placed nifty cxvary ntty infantry
The oOn,mana MAJOR LI ni,. of a,on iru-
Eg nutoiety brvth.r Lou Particularly u,reIul IN
A~ sesc,oD Of @ ''b'boys that all VI escape
ArOm The momtb, b. hok comm.n,, settled.
PRISONER
Never having Ferguson no.riy, cannot speak
q ss stye AMONG nary folks aud ordinary 90,
ssss; this he .ainy was very ai,x
Hos W a,pes, u yGut before the pub 70. rn.,
hsrrhsi, h. norng bis TASTE hm give h,s
ssssrs TO ,he principal tailor N The CITY, wn the crowd
spp+areo more like ian ~ archer Rpbn M
than ing h,s ~sy ,chan-d AMI ua AcIud
- The gao~r The dui, neHvy pr. thought ii
hs bat broken o, III. aractven IS Of
h 8 gauoy attire He pair Of black cast mare
tsbss, With booo REQ rsri up th1 sine 4,
tAsyc aud tneiy on<heo b)Ots Tbs exr.ni
~ h- bad ol'su blouse Of green mer,no v ID small
b.cA Spots braided with The strl,e round all
- sdges, and HIGH together bound body bv
h'ge scaff uroppins his RICH, side TINS
Win nne shirt black silk neckerchf and black
s<s bal c"mphed bis thet, and gave HIM the appear
anee, M lie expressed, more like gong TO his marriage
shsA "a hrs q. ath
h1 took his ace the wagon bearing bis cotin and
BY was conveyed uncovered ~ the place Of -xecuuo
Ted by i've plaoobs infantry, by the same
AAu'ber VI cavalry The procession was BRAIDED uy she
c"'ed stsses Ma sha', hk dep.y. the Sheriff Of the
sDanty the On! Marshal aod brig generals Captains
asd ANS n the Lyon, host ut the big fpxs either on
dsy 81 70 strike terror IN thoee who might aemp,
Sscae VI Ferguson. large c'owd followed fu,s,
ssne buboreus horseback Wagons. The cava
ssse moved Cd so~y ,nrongn the principal streets
EXECUTION.
The eCaiOb Q cry rustic affair, evidently 70. up
sosy Tor tbe occssfon-good enough however, for
sckspmg &c thai W be upoo and oy n.
N abe pAs~age through the city ferg preserved in
h- language II this community "a stiff upper np' ANA
hekeo around bim occasionally nothing pa, ucular
goipg When he r~schsn Toe place OF IN ex,cu
ssp be s+rlned notbhg da,intsd On Oeiug delivered
hon hs cuffs and irons he left the ~xgJn iposd up
he ladder onssde Of the Mar shat, lgntly " be
exte teo 10 meet 81 i1 top hB rnsni
hn bUe deneaDor fIom DeginDing md toet,er with
tas peculiarly Of bis to,lei attracting every eye was cal
saiea TO VII th- mind from death altogether, sui no
&ng but the man was there before The eyes and the
Dsds OF the SPECTATORS. There psthng solemn
sssa. the occasion or about the soIemnny
yosa bUher LOIS armed ASSOCIATES ned and.
p-isre Ferguson went ~ the scArold, Mr.. ]. H.
Jesss1n notorious gambler, walked up and whispered
something in hss ear ~ he vas making Arraus.n nts
vab hm Tor something. AMER he GAS on IN. scar Id
enc of h. councillors weua up 10 him, ant after
sDr. conversation pu-u letters hs pocket read
s w him; then lAy ing them asne argumcut
with HE hngsI g. and ges.u anything he cou
say cuia either benefit entertainment 10 the
s0n4 Dned while, ~ the saDe tame, Marshal Dotson re-
chped rne1y against the main beam OF be ecaf
fol, chewing ana squirting his tobAcco holding ts
rope III b4 band aud Try its he
tD.xpeIimeDt Oh larIieng his mule The lawyer getting
Through, Ferguson bryan sp~ak the occasion and
- hi trial, and compainsd Of Judge Sinclair having
gwen him = partial trial Resting little, Marshal
GFed the rope loosely round his neck, when Fergusoa
resumed ~ fobu~s:-
Gks11SnN-I have few words 70 say on this solemn
scc>s~n. ! have committed depreciation here this
Territory; ayr.sei ana tried eight days after I
had committed he offence; was csea spon for trlai:
brought and stoon ready answer, Judge Sinclair
Who Judge Of shis Territory then, after myfoere
~ criminal asked the Marshal QUESTION relative 10 the
keal seTD be ought 70 and then contnue]-makiag
slboavR that my Witnesses were nor pressn-fMr VII
hans attempted nd the scaiod, but Marshal Dot
sos sa,d You cAnnot come here 70 prompt him, Mr. VIII
AnDs' winch requested " have, but they could not
- found they were gone. Ny trial put of till ten
o'clock tne se,i Gay. was bot sent for III day
bus ,be day alter that The Judge called upon
sser Tor the CT me ! he'd committed Ny lawyers told
hm that could he found, that they had
taken rubpHnas and handed them Marshal Dosou;
but wa % iged my TRIAL without my witnesses
and am here " atone for the crime which commiited
wuhuu, having AZ impartial trial. have always been
treated well here. have b-en In Salt LAX. Valley aud
Weber Valley ovef year, have always been
Cd we'll, with few rxc~ptons. One Of these exceptions
end attaches hia properly for four hundred dollars
& re Judge Sinclair; the attachment q1ashed
The Judge said thai they could Indian pro
S-ry. While Was in jail. 40 Indian named Yoats (Yo
sec) was sent 70 jail he tried and the psn
tDtsa'y for one year Now, cannot collect my dc IT'S
r. Indian who goes trading with white people, who
gets creoh Ut The stores kept by white people, and
Dot g.t my money when am withou money, don't sac
nov meg can Try an Indian lor stealing AMI send him 70
what was /, dor went 70 men that acquainted
with and Tod them wanted 70 board with them, the
trsi job got work. There petition sent to
Gov Cumming, Governor Of this Territory, to have my
soo'ence 'mmu-d 70 the Prn'sentiay and ras salts
bed, and obliged TO b. He sent back aud
sasd he mpatbized with me, and thought my lawyers
had done all they could but ne thought be ought
commute my seDteDce-he thought he under obiga-
bcna the people Of Utah my sentence
As this point OF bis speech the Marshal the rope
boee'y around hie neck have friends here IN this
country, al least have connections here-they all
hive long way from here ! born 10 the S,ase Of
New York raised there till was twenty years
M age started then TO the Western country, and
travelled for several years, and finally found my
way TO this city, and this liz the nrst crime
nave coNnnted never committed any depreciation be-
.ore and thought Old 1t In SELF defence, snd tank il
mac ban lair trial would have been walking TOO,
sooee IKE YOU, but am sere and willing N die 60
ins 70 spiry world Lizzie did think that would
nave oeen hsnsed for crime Well, ! tried by the
Atutes OF Uiaa Territory, which gave mau tue privi-
eee o. Deibe shot beneaned hanged But vas T. given
70 nef No, was not All Judge stnc,air wanted ~as
70 sentence some one 70 be- hangedben he WAS wl,oa
70 have the Territory and he had TOO much ynskey n
his head 10 know the day he me T., pc
and would not have known If had not been FOR the
people OF Uiah laughing Al HIM would have bs.n m
sunday A Jqcge TO send 10 any country am