The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-11-20

graphic account Of the terrible per-
Torrance which ended in the hanging.
DR.. Roden had gone out in the morn
ing with the company who took the
prisoner IN search for the body.
Strahl seemed to fully comprehend
that his lite was to he taken, bat he
maintained the
srolII'irN az A BEAST.
H. lei them to the thick wo~l,
clamberesl over the creek ON q narrow
log. and walked u few yard, pointed
coOlly Ia u heap ii leaves. They
scraped the leaves away. and there lay
Eoeiz on his face, just as he had been
dragged.
The crowd was perfectly orderly. bu,
savage determination was written On
every face. 1t soon numbered fully
one hundred, some of them armed with
shot guns, and some with rcvolvers.
Some from Columbia, but most Of
them from the country.
The coroner arrived and DIR. Rolen
wrutc the testimony. Strahl. in q
voice which was perfectly firm, ais
wered every question in pure. clear
German. He looked about him ut
the silent crowd. and could not but
know that they thirsted for his blood.
but he betrayed no fear ar emotion Of
any ki,iL. lie told the story in detail
without interruption by any sound.
As he completed it the crowd grew
thicker just back Of where the coroner
anil prisoner >too'l. aud the end vi Il
! rope was visible from under coat for
a mom:n,. The pen wa> handed to
Strahl, and Without Al tIenior, he sign
ell hi. name To- the SWORN confession.
This was ali bis cxecuiionors had
waited for. lie had placed the ques-
ton vi hi, guilt beyond doubt, the
law provided that Su,h guilt WAS
punishable by death, and they saw no
necessity for more iormaliticS. a.
Sirahl ru>c from signing the paper, 81
no-c Was deiily thrown over his head
by man behind him. AMI the knot
w.,> drawn close mp a.ain-t hi, throat.
lie l,cw up li- !iin':> Ia an impatient
hut not frightened nauner. and tried
Ia lon-cn the nu.,>c, but vainly. Vt the
same instant Constable Wolff grabbed
at the L.oo-c. CRYING Hold on. boys ;
none vi that =" But Constable Wolff
was ;rippeI up all in heap in a jitiy.
aud the doctor himself WIS fairly run
over bv the multitude that rushed into
the little area with yell. IL then
became evident that the plan had been
,.icely laid. The rope was long one,
and extended along the ground to a
dense
CLUNP OF BUSHES.
Where it, eu,l was held by several in
visible persons. The instant the moose
Chased on the necl, thc-, Parties behind
the bushes started oii ut Il run. drag
.ing Sirahl with them. lie cluichet
the rope in front of his meek with both
hands to relieve the strain on his neck
and leaned far hack, bracing himself
against those who were pulling him
To his doom. lie might rs well have
tried to STEM the Mississippi. Two
men caught and pushed him, and the
crowd in front pullei. and with a veil
the sickening procession went crush
ing through the underground at a
tremendous rate of speed. Some mems
courage failed them. and they grew
pale and sick. and held back from
witnessing the completion Of tina,
CHASTITY work. The majority. how
ever. were ton firm Of purpose for this
and they followed through. Once
Strahl trippe'i aud fell in the bushes
lie was dragged along few feet in
that direction by his neck, and it wa
then his face got cut ON the brambles
Then they got him On his feet again
and the rush continued. lie was al
most >trangled, and evidently very
sick. but there was no mercy for him.
lie knew il, and during that ordeal that
would have driven some men crazy he
never uttered word or made an up
pealing gesture. lie showed the same
characteristic IL the famous Thomas
>on. the dynamite iiend-a power Of
endurance and >tubbornneSS that
rivallcd that Of the
MOST sTOI.iD BEAST.
Arrived in the little clearing ths
leaders threw the end Of the rope over
4 limb, caught il on the other side
and ran on The doomed man ran along
till almost under the limb when the
noose frightened around his neck, hi
neck stretched, he lifted on his tiptoes
md then left the ground. never more
"a touch it alive. lie made some dcs.
pcraie struggles to clasp the rope AMI
tree, but his hands were pushed away,
anda fier few convul>i.u> of the arms
aud LEGS, all Was over.
The execution seemed To meet with
general satisfaction In the city and
country, and had it not occurred AT
noon, il woull have occurred at night.
For the people were determined that
since he was guilty Of such a terrible
crime. it would he shameful To waste
money on the form Of trial:
The MohammcdaD rs in India.
A dispatch from Calcutta states
that the Mohammctlans Of India are
very much excited over the news Of
Russian victories in Armenia and Bul
,aria. The native newspapers Of
British India have for several months !
been giving accounts of the Keep in
iercst felt by Indian Mu>sclmans in |
the Russo-Turkish contest. Prayers
have been offered up daily in all the
mosques for tie success OF the Sultan