Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-10-09
Execution of Captain Jack and His
Companions.


JACKSONVILLE, OaEaoN, October 3.-A
correspondent of the Associated Press
left for Klamath this morning at ll:30
o'clock, and, by hard riding. arrived here
late this evening with the following report
Of the execution Of Capt. Jack and his
band: Boston Charlie and Black jim
were led on the scafFold first and Schon-
chin next They trod on it with apparent
indifference, having evidently resolved to
die as bravely as they had lived. Capt
Jack went easily up the stairway but look
ed wretched and miserable. Their mana
cles mad been struck off but their arms
wers securely pinioned sith cords AT
precisely 9::45 o'clock, a. IN, the ialerpre,,
tiers, Capt o. C. Applegate and y. vla
Hill, explained TO the prisoners tae mature
of the order to be read TO the., by the
Aalutant and, at 10 o'clock, Adlutant
Kingsbury read the order promulgatlns
the sentence of the commission and the
Presidents order thereon with orders ci
the Secretary OF Warand the Department
Commander in the premises. The two
reprieysd prisoners, Barancho aud Slolux
vet stood on the ground in front of the
,iscatfold shackled and under guard. Du-
ring the reading the pin!oned victims were
seated on the platform OF the scatf3id with
their feet on the drop, listening anxlously
but of course understanding not !; word oi
it. The reading occupied ten minutes
Then the Adntant read the order and
communication in the case of Baraucho and
Sioux, and the POOR fellows were taken
back to the stockade, evidently rejoiced al
not accompanying the others to the happy
hunting grounds. The chaplain thensof-
:ered an earnest and fervid prayer for the
souls of the culpiits, which was listened
to attentively. At 1915 o'clock the iata
nooses were placed around their necks
under direction of Capt Hoge
1t was necessary to cut OF little ol
Capt. Jacks long hair which was in the
} way of the rope. Capt. Hoge then bade
farewell to the prisoners and black caps
were placed over their heads. At Io:zO
o'clock they stood on the drop, and the
rope was cut by an assistant. AT signal
made with Capt. Hoge's handkerchief the
bodies swung round and round; Jack and
Jim apparently dying easy, but Boston and
Sctonchin suffering terrible convulslons-
Boston and Schonchin repeatedly drew up
their legs, but the two Others seemed to
die almost instantly. At l0:2S O'Clock
their pulses were felt by Capt Hcge, and,
as this is being written, they are swinging
lfeless in the. air. As the drop fell, with
aterribly deadly thug the four poor wretch
ed human beings fell into eternity, and a
half smothered cry OF horror went up
rom the crowd of over FIVE hundred
Klamath Indians, who witnessed the aw-
iul spectacle. Walls OF deep and bitter
anguish went up from the stockade, where
Inc wives and children OF the, poor fellows
had o full view of the shocking scene
The coffins, six in number, had been placed
directly in the rear of the gallows, two oi
them destined to be unoccupied, as the
ordee committing the sentences Of Barnche
and Slolux only arrived at 1880 last eve
ming, and preparations he'd been made fol
their execution with the others.
An application was made this morning
to Gen. Wheaton, by the Sheriff of Jack
SOP county, Oregon, for the custody o.
theGlndians indicted by the grand jury
but was refused.