Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-10-25
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The MOdOcs.
DETAIIS OF THE HANGING OF CAPTAIN ..o,-
AND THE MoDOc MuRpERERs

JACKSONVILLE, Oregon, October 3-rh.
correspondent OF the Associated Press Leo
Fort Klamath this morning at half-past
eleven o'clock, and by hard riding arrived
here late this evening, with the follow;na
report of the execution of Captain Jack and
his band:
on the scaffold first, and Schonchin pert
They trod on it with apparent indifference
having evidently resolved to die Us braysly
as they had lived.
Captain Jack went easily up the stat.
way, but looked wretched and miserahis
Their man eles had been stricken of. No.
their arms were securely pinioned win
cords.
At precisely 9:45 A. NJ, the interl,ret..
Captain 0. C. Applegate, and David HIM
explained to'the prisoners the nature 9th.
order to beread to them by the adiutan,
and at ten o'clock Adiutant Kingsbury
read the order promulgating the sentence
of the commission and the PRESIDENT or,ler
thereon. with the orders of the Seeretarv
of War and department commander in thu
premises. The two reprieved prisoner
Barucho and Sioux, yet stood on the ground
in front of the scaffold, shackled aud under
guard.
During tile reading the pini6ned yictims
were seated on the platform of the scatfold
with their feet on the drop, listening anx.
iOusly, but of course understanding not
word of it. The reading occupied ten min
utes. Then the adjutant read the order
and Communication in the case of Barucho
and Sioux, and the poor fellows were tai.
Ell back to the stockade, evidently rejoicsd
at not accompanying the others to the
happy hunting grounds"
The chaplain offered up an earnest and
fervent prayer for the souls Of the culpritx
which were listened to attentively.
At quarter past ten o'clock tho fatal
nooses were placed around their necks un-
der the direction of Captain Hoag. II WA
necessary to cut off lutte of Captain Jacks
long hair, which was in the way Of the
rope.
Captain Hoag then bid farewell to The
prisoners, and black caps were placed over
the heads of all the culprits. At ten o'clock
and twenty minutes they stood on the drop,
and the rope was cut by an assistant 4
signal made with Captain Hoags hand
kerchief. The bodies swung round and
round, Jack and Jim apparently dying easy,
but Boston and Schonchin suffering terri
bic commissions. They Boston and Schon.
chin) repeatedly drew up their legs, but
the two others seems to die almost instant
ly.
At 1923 An. their pulses were felt b.
Captain Hoag, and as this is being writta
they are swinging lifeless in the air.
As the drop fell, with a terribly desly
thud, four poor wretched human beingsfdl
into eternity, and half smothercd cry Of
horror went up from the crowd of over SO
Klamath indians, who witnessed the awful
spectacle.
Walls of deepand bitter anguish went up
from the stockade where the wives an,t
children of the poor fellows had q fair view
of the shocking scene.
The collins, six in numbe-, had been plac-
ed directly in the rear ut the galiows-two
Of them destined to be unoccupied, al the
Sr,ler committing the sentences of Barlfcha
and Slolux only arrived mt half-past tea
O'Clock, last evenin !, and preparations had
been made for their execution with TIN
others.
An application was made this mornin,
to General Wheaton, by the sheriff of Jsck-
son county, Oregon, for the custody tbs
Indians indicted by the grand jury, but i,
was refused.