The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-10-10
THE MODOCS.
Details OF the Hanging Of Captain Jack
NnN the MOdOc Murdercrs.

JAcksoNvILLE, Oregon, October g.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press left Fort klamath this morning
at half-past eleven o'clock, and by hard
riding arrived here late this evening,
with the following report of the execu-
tion of Captain Jack and his band:
Boston Charlie and Black Jim were
led on the scafTbld first, and Schonchin
next. They trod on 1t with apparent
Indifference, having evidently resolved
to die rs bravely as they had lived.
Captain Jack went easily up the stair
way, but looked wretcheti and miseru-
bic. Their nnanacles had been stricken
OIL, but their arms were securely PIN
ioned with cords.
At precisely 9:i5 A. NJ, the interpre-
ter, Captain .. G. Applegate, and David
Hull explained to the prisoners the
nature of the order to be read to them
by the adjutant, and ut ton o'clock Adl-
jutant kingsbury read the order pro-
| mitigating the sentence of the commits
sion and tho Presidents order thereon.
with the orders OF the Secretary of War
and department commander In the
premises. The two reprievel prisoners,
Barucho and Slolux, yet stood ON the
ground in front OF the scatfotd, shuckIcd
and under guard.
During the reading the pinioned VIC
Tins were seated on the platform of the
scatfold with their feet on the drop, lis
tening anNiottsly, but of course under
standing not u word Of it. The reading
occupied ten minutes. Then the Aliu-
tant read the order and communication
i'll tho case of Barucho and Slolux, and
the poor fellows were taken back to the
stockade, evidently rcjoiced ut not ac-
| companying the others to the :shappy
hunting grounds"
The chaplain offered up an earnest
! and tervent prayer for the souls of the
culprits, which We're listened to atten-
lively.
At a quarter past ten o'clock the fatal
nooses we're placed around their necks,
under the direction of Captain Hoag.
1t was necessary to cut off a little 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 tho drop, and the rope was
| cut by an assistant ut II signal made
with Captain Hoag's handkerchief. The
bodies swung round and round, Jack
and Jim apparently dying easy, but
Boston and Schochin suffering terrible
commissions. They (BOstOn and Schon-
chin) repeatedly drew up thcir legs, but
the others seemed to die almost in
stantly.
At 1929 \. NJ. their pulses were felt
by Captain Hoag, and as this is being
written they are swinging lifclcss in
the air.
AS the drop fell with Il terribly dead
ly thud, four poor Wretched human be-
ings fell into eternity, and half smotll-
cred cry of horror went up from the
crowd of over 500 klamath Indians,
who witnessed the awful spectacle.
! Walls of deep and bitter anguish
went up from the stockade where the
wives and children of the poor fellows
had Il fair view of the shocking scene.
The cotfins, six in number, had been
placed directly in the rear of the gallows
two of them destined to be unoccu-
pied, as the order committing the SEN
tencc Of Barucho and Sioux only ar
rived at 1890 last evening, and prcpar-
ations had been made for their exccu-
tion with the others.
An application was made to General
! Wheaton this morning, by the Sheriff
of Jackson county, Oregon, for the
custody of the Indians indicted by the
grand jury, but it was refused.
WHAT THE PANIC UAS SunxyE