The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-10-09
EEECUT Ed.
Capt. Jack Rad Three Cthcr Nod3cs
Hanged at Fs. klamath, Or

SAN FgANcIsco, Oct. 4.-The folloa ing
dispatch was received oday:
JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, Oct s-Yo our
correspondent left Fort klamath this
morning at 1870 o'clock, and, by ha.d
riding, arrived here n few minutes ago.
The following Is the report Of the execu-
ton Of Jack and hand. Boston Charley
and Black Jim were led to the scafoid
first, and Schonehin ne-t. They trod it
with apparent Indifference and iron nerve,
having evidently resolved to die az brave
as they had lived.
READING THE SENTENCE.
/ At precisely 9:45 AN, the interpreters,
Capt. Q. C. AppleGate aud David IIill, ex-
planned to tie calprits the nature of the
order TO be read to them by the adiutant,
:.nd at 10 An, Adjutant kingsbury read
the orders promulgating tie sentence Of
the Commission and the Presidents order
therein with the orders Of the Secretary Of
War and the department. commander Oh
the premises. Gen. Davis's order had d.
rccted that they be executed the day after
their capture, put its execution Sas pre-
vented by INSTRUCTIONS from Washington
to hold the prisoners uatil further orders.
The friends Of tue peace poi,cy in Wash
ington, raised the question whether the
ModocJ could he gaiiy tried by Militia
ry commission. The point was made that
Gen. Canby was not acting aS commander
OF the military forces, but as Peace Com
missioner, and, til reiorc. military cJnl-
mission could legally take co.nizancc Of
the crime; that the killing q. Capt hom-
as and The other officers aud s"dicrs should
be viewed as au act of war, bcin. perform
el while the parties were engrgeI ia hos
ciIitics. These objections, however, were
ofcr ruled by the President, and Il military
commission tried the murdcrcis, ana con
-cmnel them to be hanged
An application WAS made this morning
by the Sh- riff Of Jackson County Tor tn,
custody Of ehe Indians indicted By the
grand jury, to Gen. Wheaton, bat it was
refused
The two repricvel prisoners, Barncho
and oiotux, yet stood on the ground ia
frcnt Of the sc. .tn'rII. shackIc an. ul.l,r .
guard During the reading, thc rmioned .
victims We z seated on the platform Of the .
slaito.d, which consisted of ufrlghts about
seven feet high, surnounied by cross
beam thiIty feet in length. The p atrorm
WAS st on pine pole ci.ht feet below the .
beam, solid at the back, ard with a hinged
drop on which all were seated, with thcir /
let On the drop, listening anxlous!y, bat.
oi course, not an crstandins Il word Of it,
The reading cce"nicd ten inmates, thc.
The A..iutaut read the order Of cummtta-
ton in the case Of Barncho nod Sioux, /
which WAS issued O. til, gyoln tn tsiey
were merely "c;i.. Z unLe; Captain J.cLis
orders in What they d:l. The poor fellows
were taken bacI; 10 The st)cka,lc, eg- .eat Y /.
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