, 1864-05-02

cravings of the prisoner to see, his
wife. About an hour previous to this mes
taEe had been dispatched to his ranch
fur Mrs Slade, but this was not know
to ths committee, end therefore us
request was not granted. He Was made to
mount the stand and given ten minutes to
say what he pleased. He cried LOT Jnoge
D:yfs, lawyer Sanders and others. Judge
Davis came forward and was asked IN tae
most entreating language, by tue ptlsoner 70
p}c1d with the people for an lnnocenI mau
fEe prisoner eaid 1t they would alloy ham
to 1eaYe the country he would immedlately
do 60 and go anywhere directed: Jaa9e
Davis told him it was not In his power 10 90
any thing TO save him: Again and again agar he
would AK time for his beloved wife to ar
rive, He said he lad business matters to ex-
plain 10 her, and asked them for Gods sake,
10 grant Linn time for her arrival HIS 1egt
now trcmbled, his face was pale, and
his whole frame Was nerEous:
He was now certain his time had
come. The rope was placed about bis neck
and his arms bound, and again ne cried
.afor God Almighty's sake. letme see my own
beloved wife!" Cries OF 'tlet him see hia
wife" from every quarter could be heard,
and q rush to the; ga1loWs vas, looked Tor:
Excitement now prevailed, andt =; general
fight ras now anticipated. In an instant
about three hundred guns were leVeled on
the crowd. and in IN tustaot more evcryt1tng
was as still as the hush Of midnight. Tne
prisoner. as still begging for mercy but all
to no purpose. Hang him they would, and
lJerg him they did. while he WAS still asking
for few minutes longer; and without his
being blindfo:ded, the trap was sprung. The
fall was thirteen inches, and bis boot toes
touched the ground. After hanging for thtr-
body conveyed to the Virginia hotel.
Tie crowd still remained in the street. but
not a word Was said except by the atoremen-
toned Nny1or Thomson, who ,sTore ven.
geance ag,inst the perpetrators of deed.
a dozen or more OF the guards went alter
him and marched him to the gallows, where
they were about to deal il out to him, but by
the Interference Of some men he was let
loose. He will probably, be banished. At
six o'clock. aud before the corpse was laid
out, Mrs. S1ade arrived. She Is lady who
bears an excellent character here, and fs
thought much of BY all her acquaintances.
When ehe rode in front Of the Virginia Hotel,
she alightcd and was conducted to the room
IN which her dead husband lay, Jet ignorant
Of the fact that be was dead. AS soon as she
saw the body, she cried out that God might
punish the mnrderers of her husband. Her
feelings can be better imagined than describ-
ed. and the sympathy Of this community is
With her. She asked friend Of SIade's why
de did not pull out pistol and shoot him
before he Has hanged.
Of fthe propriety or justice of this dreadful
tragcdy have nothing to say. / give facts.
and leave you to comment Slade Will bo
buried tomorrow, on the mountain opposite,
and as coon as ftletallIc case can be brought
here the body will be taken to Illinois. Thus
epdeth the life Of one who might have been q
useful member Of society. and who might
have been beloved by this and other commit
mites. !,
The paues of the other victims, who suf.
Tered death in like manner, In December. and
January last, Jou have probably herd before
ther u .so,n s1,icn - ~ ~ ~ W thet o H. ha1e
number uow hanged in East idaho is twenty,
seven.