The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-10-16
Execution or Capt. Jack and other No
doc Chiefs.

JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, Oct g.
A correspondent of q Jacksonville pa
per relates the particulars of the exc
cutiOn of the MOdocs, as follows: /
left Fort Klamath this morning at 8:
80 O'Clock, and by hard riding arri-
we'd here q few minutes ago. The fol-
lowing is report of the execution of
Captain Jack and his band:
Boston Charley and Black Jim were
led on the seaffold first, and Schon-
chin next. They trod on it with ap-
parent Indifference and iron nerve,
having resolved to die as brave as
they lad lived. Jack went up the
stairway easily, but looked wretched
and miserable. The manacles had
been struck of, but their arms were
securely piniOned with cords. At
precisely S:45 A. NJ, the Interpreters,
Captain o. c. Applegate and David
Hill, explained to the culprits the ma
ture of the order to be read by the Ad-
jutant, and st 10 A. NJ. Adjutant
Kingsbury read the orders pFomulga-
ting the sitting Of the Commission
and the Presidents order thereon,
with the orders of the Secretary of
War and the Department command
er in the premises. The two repriev.
ed prisoners, Rarnoho and SlOIuck,
yet stood on the ground in front of
the scaffold, shackled and under
guard. During the reading the pin
iOned victims were seated on the plat
form of the scaffold, with their feet up.
on the drops, listening anxiously, bat
OF course, not understanding q word.
The reading occupied 10 minutes, then
the Adjuta1t read the order of COM
mutation in the cases of BarnchO and
and the poor fellows were
taken back to the stoekade, evidently
happy at not accompanying the 9TH
ers to the happy hunting grounds.
The Chaplain then offered an earn
est and fervid prayer for the souls of
the culprits, which was listened to ate
tentively. At 1918 the fatal noOses
were placed around the neeks, under
the direction of Captain Hoge. 1t
was necessary to cut off q little of
Jacks long hair, which was in the
way of the rope. Captain Hoge then
bid farewell to the prisonerg, and the
black caps were placed over the heads
Of all the culprits. 1t must have been
an awful moment. At 1920 they
stood on the drop. The rope was cut
by an assistant, at a signal made with
Captain Rogers handkerchief. The
bodies swung round aud round, Jack
aud Jim apparently dying easily, but
Boston Charley and Schonehin suf-
fered terrible eonvulsions. They re-
peatedly drew up their legs, but the two
others seemed to die almost instantly.
At 1923 their pulses were felt by Cap
tain Hoge, and as / write they are
swinging iifeless in the air. AS the
drop fell with a terrible deadly thud,
ald four poor, wretehed human beings
fell into eternity, half-smothered cry
of horror went up from the crowd OF
over 500 Klamath indians who wit
messed the awful spectacle. Walls
deep and bitter went up from the
sUockade where the wives and chill
dren of the poor fellows had fair
view Of the shocking scene. The eOf-
fins, six in number, had been placed
in the fear Of the gsllows,
two of them destined to be unoccupied,
as the order committing the sentence
Of Barneho and Sloluck only arrived
at 1870 P. NJ, last evening, and pre-
partitions had been made for them
l,HaUica