Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-05
COAST.
CHIN NOOK sow.
Full Particulars of the Execution
of the Celestial Murderer.
He Dies Game.
SOME A ITEMS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.
Chin Nook Sow, the Chinese MUIR
derer, was executed to-day at the
County Jail. The Sallows was erected
in the corridor of the Jail. The cards
of admission issued when the execu-
ton was first fixed, were rescinded,
but, Notwithstanding this. there were
upwards of three hundred people
crowded in the building. AT 1870
A. NJ. a squat of police marched
from the City Prison to the Jail and
took stations inside about the room oil
the prisoner, who was removed from a
cell on the main floor to one opening
on the gallery near the scaffold. Two
keepers attended him constantly, and
two Cinnamon were admitted to speak
to him, who remained An hour or
more. At l:35 o'clock P. NJ. Rev. A.
w. Loomis, Chinese Missionary, was adj
united to the cell, and remained with
the prisoner until he was led forth to
execution. The condemned nan was
very reticent and apparently indiffer-
ent, %contenting himself with request.
ing that his body should not be mutt
lated, but be surrendered tn his friends
for interment. The death warrant hav-
ing been read to him by the Sheriff, al
7 minutes to- o'clock he was led out
of the cell, his arrns being already
bound, and placed upon the drop. He
was outwardly composed and exbibi,
ted but little emotion on facing the
throng that had gathered in front of
the scaffold. All of his limbs having
been securely confined, the rope was
adjusted and the black cap drawn
over his head. The clergyman then
offered up an earnest prayer in En-
glish, following it with a Chinese trans
lation. At 2 minutes to 2 o'clock the
bolt was drawn. The drop fell
and the body of the murderer, falling
a distance of nine feet, hung for an in
| slant m~otinnless, then whirled rapidly
round and round for q few minutes,
when it came to a rest. There was not
a struggle to denote that there vas
life in the body. There were two con
vulsive movements about two minutes
after the drop fell, and At twenty-three
minutes past two the physicians in
attendance pronounced life extinct,
and the body was cut down, placed
in a plain coffin and the cap and bands
combining his limbs removed. The
face vas slightly d~iscolored, but there
was no distortion of the countenance.
The neck was found to have been
broken, and death must have been
instantaneous. The crowd slowly
emerged from the Jail and the body
was turned over to the Chinese
friends of deceased, who we're in at
tendance to receive it. During the
last few years there have been some
So murders committed in this city by
Cinnamon since there has been a single
execution. The few Chinese present
seemed deeply impressed with the fate
of he'll c~ountrynlan.
James g. Flood, OF the firm OF
Flood Il O'Brien, says that he knows
nothing Of the reduction in the price OF
milling bonanza ore from $l2 to $lO
telegraphed from Virginia City as II
authorized by his co partners in the
mill business.
To-day was the regular day for the
usual monthly meeting Of the trustees
of the Consolidated Virginia mine,
but the time for the meeting was do
ferred until next Monday.
1t IL expected that the Consolidated
Virginia dividends will be paid on the
18th instead of the l1th of each month,
to make them conform to the Califor-
lila dividends.