, 1870-08-30
HANGED AND NOT HANGED.
Execution of J0ltn II. Skuggs, In
StodtiuTd County, rro. Attempted
IfcsHKctintlon- = Cnycnuc Pepper,
Whsakcy. KslccdI1,Gs aud G:a1run-
isnt-SknEEs Lives!

Execution of J0hn II. Skogg<. In
Stoit1nFd County, Mo. - attempted
Itc>nxcttn,ion Cnycnuc Pepper,
Whaskcy, 1slcctiIt,E, aud t:a1vun-
tsnt-SknEEs Lives!
frs'" tie ~. Luni. RtrIela'an, Aug. g.
OF the u1any murders which have been COM
mit.ed this year, there have been hut few
which have excited more local indignation
and excitement than tho killing Of Il. :. Rich
asdson at Ciasktor, Dunkl,n County, No., on
the 9Th Of January. Richardson, who WAS
formerly RriGat}cr General in the Confed-
crate army, WAS the President OF the Point
Pleasant 4 Dunklin County Flank Road Com.
pany, aud WAS ateassinated by John II. skaees,
former cmploye Of the company This e4-
element but icehiy Swallowed that Of Friday
lsst NEeu the extreme penalty of the law Wa.
attempted to l,e inflicted upon SkaSgs, At
1;!eoustetl Stoddarl County. Mn. Tue cvents
connected With the arrest. trial atll couaue-
n:rnt Of the murderer, are to a great degree
j. void Of interest in comparison With the
principal horror Of that dar--tle cutting
dnw1, Of the condemned man before he was
dead ard the continued Efforts to reruscisate
him. OF rhich perhaps there is scarcely a
parallel to be fonl,d III the lanEman's record.
The people hockel in, in large numbers,
from Stosdari and o1her counties until there
werc e4,ue Z, I,,:aU right-scers Of all ages.
Tho weaker sex we're 1arEr1y-ycry-largelJ
Represented, and were as.ire1 in their gayest
Of irfssea,
!, would not do to disregard the wish OF The
dear rutIic. Oh. TO: Not at all. And 90 the
| sallows were reared in tho most prominent
poin: in the tnNn, on mnrad in the centre
| ~ the old csrth fortifcasion which still dis
| tsesree the ra.lc square, They were as rude
ccnttivance as could I've imagined next to
( shr limb Of q tree. There WAS nothing to
| ing gaze Of the public. As the ltous for the
eHccut,on drew near, a rope and esakes, aftar
sic fashion OF the Fri-o ring: wetc place
thirty or forty feet from tho ea1lows, to keep
shr people at respectful distance.
SnIaeEs WAS conducted to the foo: Of the
ain" nt black velvet covered coffin being
t'.tnEnt and placed lencthwar on the ground,
~ .tont OF the frame structure. He was tho
iaeauie o. sadness, hut not I nneclc Of his
.ase c1nt1scted ns limb moved except vol
nfthnlE. At twelve usinutea after i. crery-
thing was in readiness. Skarrs was stanlinc
III the centre OF the tta{,4looT. when Tho shrr.
| III seiEed small thatclet And severed at ope
cut INC lol.e "l1lrl supported ,hs trap.
lie a!ol' "as ave fect. As tue rome sud.
! cenly tccAiIc straight. the moose. wbirh ws.
rct CREASED, sEeryct. round and ,hc tnot r",,, mn
20 the i,scs Of the head, leaving Tie back ri
tho neck exposed. On the osl,er s;isn thn ~ ~
settled little beneath tho chin md ,1,n n,
Ii ad was inclined forward 1t vas ntst..d ia
tic rope shipped il consequence Of the inner.
itet arrangement ioE Ie!casloE the trap door
At the time the Sheriff Gu: the rope Of tbs
| trap violent -lsudler vas mapife4ted on h.
conntennnce he learesl back and iu1npei
down the steps At two bounds: 1ub.lueI ex
cl,mations came from the crowd. the childre1
tc.eamets and the women hid their faces i,
tEeis handkerchiefs and sohbed As il thei
hcsrta would break. Ono glance At the ma.
banging there w2s enough for them Th
men were complarent spectators. The body
Wien il fell yibrated little; when it ceased
skAegs tried to lift his leGs up and it gav
him swaying motion. His neck was no
tnoken 1t Ill. and he must have suffered tel
t1blr for short time. Had lis aMs 40