The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-21

which the procession khalted,H The express
wagon, which had been taken possession of,
was brought to the front aud placed directly
under limb of the tree. In moment a rope
was thrown over the limb and In another
moment Dugan was standing In the wagon i'm
mediately under the fatal moose Some one then
told him IL he had any remarks to make to make
them, for his time among the living was short.
He commenced by asking them to send for a
Catholic priest. II killed a man in the noun.
tains, but 1t was in self defense. / did not XIII
the man in the Black HILLS; twas another
fellow that did it," To the question about
having assisted In garrotiDg Squire Brooks
he he J.. said, ~ didn't do 1t, l have aye never
SaTe ST bseIp bRIOOdy bad msn iG' but enyARg aG not
guilty of anything deserving of hanging" He
frequently asked that minister should be sent
for. Zone called this afternoon, but hadn't time
to stay then; he wanted me to send tor him #
anything happened" Again he was warned
that his moments were numbered and again
asked TO confess If he had any confession to
make. 81 killed the man in the mountains in
self-delense have been tried and acquitted. The
man in the Black Hills was killed by another
fellow. never stole anything from anybody.
did assist in robbiug squire Brooks, but |
was nearly out of money and had to do 1t or
starve. only had Sc or 81, and could not get
any any other way. / had to do it or die. 1
have been a very bad man, but have done
nothing TO be hanged tor. Spare my life; any
1t will kill her; dont let it get to her; send
for Catholic Minister" His confessi,n
or remarks were constantly Interrupted by
his cries; in fact, In the trying moment, he
was completely unnamed, crying aud sobbing
like baby, and utteriug prayers for mercy
from Him whose laws he had frequently aud
repeatedly outraged. After he had said all he
had TO say, the order was heard, "drive on"
and the wagon which had served as the frail
bulwark between him aud eternity moved from
under, and the spirit of Sanford s. G. Dugln
took its fight to the presence of Him who shall
judge us all according to the deeds done in the
body. The fall, about eighteen inches. broke
his neck. He was man six feet two inches in
height, and weighed 205 pounds. After hanging
until life was extinct he was cut wn, and his
body given in charge of the Coroner. Dugan
was young man, hardly twenty-three years
old, and native OF Favette county, Pa, where
bis mother and friends now reside. lie first
came 10 Colorado in 1851, as trea-
surer He continued in that business
until the winter of 1864, when he got into the
difficulty at Black Hawk which eliminated in
the death of man named Curtis and for which
Dugan was indicted for wful murder. After
two years Imprisonment which wasn't any
Imprisonment at all, he being allowed. in con-
sequence OF good behavior, TO roam about town
at will, he escaped by teChnCalty which
quashed the indictment, and before a new one
bad been returned he had removed to Denver
and entered upon career of fast life which
finally brought HIM to the Larimer street prison
under the chargelof an attempt upon the lite
of his mistress For this ne was sentenced and
served out his time In prison. Being liberated
about the time the Cheyenne excitement Was
rising, he proceeded there, and since has been
operating along the line of the Uniyn Pacific
Ra1oad.