The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-12-16

50 ,oo,oroo uero made for the benefit Of his fam'y
and friends; that he considered he had maze MS
with his God through and by means OF tne no1' o'
ces Of the Rev. Fathers and that being aohe io'
sare ~ his family he would assert his innocence W
the public. -eo..
Tue arrangaments for the execution were per1ec''
,ha scaffo,d was one of the best arranged that we
have ever seen, and it is the universal ~
o,;,;o, NV those who witnessed the execution that
thew never saw one better conducted, and Mr. brten
is certainly entitled to great credit ior 'he
r.ss which characterized all the arrangements. IL
was the most disagreeable duty which al oiio'' -
the law Is called upon to PERFORM ana owing " VAC
singular wording Of the death warrant ereat "e'u
and exactness was requisite in order to enect
compliance with the warrant which. instead OF re-
ouirinp the execution to take place between any
given hours. directed the Sheriff TO stake simeon
walters from the county Jail to the place OF execu-
tion on Friday the 10th day of December A. ~ 1907
and then and there ut the hour OF O'CLOCK al 'ne
afternoon of said day, hang him, ths saio o'l'oA
Walters, by the neck. until he IL dead III eAAe'
compliance with the words Of the warrant Mr. ori'
ten held his watch in his hand and sprung TIC Trap
or drop exactly at O'Clock. p.
| OF Walters past life know but little he III
formed us that he was born in Kentucky ana "hiie
n how his father moved 10 Buchanan county. Mo-
| ,o.r remaining there sometime he then moved into
v,s,s and settled somewhere near Leavenworth
CITY. Walters has a married sister still residing IN
Kansas He has great many relatives in Kentucky,
and We understand that he has a brother living in
California
As to the facts connected with the killing and the
history Of the case viii say nothing M the pre-
ceedinss were published at the time III the WORLD.
Suffice il 10 say that We have never in the whole
Of our professional experience at the Bar seen
such strong case made by the prosecution by cir.
cumstantial evidence as WAS made against Walters
The sentence has been carried out and the law WIN
Dictated, and We earnestly hope that. as II MAS the
hrst, It 4ay be the last execution which viii ever
take place i'll our county. We hope tho necessity
may never again arise: that it will be warning &c
evil disposed persons and that II they do not respect
the laws the fear OF certain punishment may deter
them from the commission Of crime.
i Mr.. q. w Crafts Of the arm Of Van,ine Co, o.
this city returned from New York Via SAN Francisco
Oh Tuesday evening last. and hc informs us that he
saw a frcnthman III Boise City who. while out rabbit
hunting few days ago. between the Owyhee road
and SNAKE river found the blankets Walters had viii
him on tie day Of the murder together with his col
llarlcss oycrsA!rt and Bacons oyercoa,. Of which
will be remembered satisfactory account could b'
given a, the trial. Though they had been laying IL
the sagcbrush exposed 60 the weather for more thar
a year stll there were dark stains. Of blood. or
the blankets aud clothing. The hnding Of these AZ
,icies aud The ground. too. known 20 have beef
passed over by Walters .; that time. Is mos, eonclu
s!vc evidence Of his guilt and ought to sAtsf. The
mos, skcr,.cal Of that fact /; will also be rcincm
bcrcd ,ha, Walters collar AMI craya; were found
the banks cf Snake river.