The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-05

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the step, with his feet on the
platform. he VS. requested to advance
. little, vh.n he looked down and observ.
Cd crack which he moved forward 10 end
toed With the precision and exscsDess Of
A GRkxADIER!
He stood - straight % an arrow and with
countenance unblanched With the slightest
emotion Of fear.
The preliminaries were methodieally but
expeditiously performed, and then Deputy
Sheriff Roges adjusted
THE FATAL MOOSE
A be did 20, Daniel slightly raised his chin
voluntarily to help him, At the same time
turning 10 glance Ut it sideways. When
the moose Vas properly adjusted. with the
knot under the left ear, Sheriff Emmerson
stepped to the frost and said.
by the special request Of the prisoner,
he wishes no remarks to be made al his ex.
ecution, nor no prayers. He wishes the
people to undentand that he is not guilty.
He has always acted like man, and will
DIE LIKE a sOLDIERp
The hideous black cap, made Of black
cambria, was then drawn over his head and
fastened with q string under his chin.
Still not the slightest tremor vas observa-
bic in that statue like form that stood
rigid and n firm rs marble before them.
sHHRIFF IMMERSION
then said, With . voice trembling with
emotion, "All 1 have to say is. may God
have mercy on his soul!'
As he uttered the last word,
Q blew was heard,
THE DROP FELL
with . heavy thud, and Daniel shot through
il from life inio eternity! The fall vss four
feet, aud the neck was broken.
The drop fell at exactly 1907. The
body swayed slowly around, and .. it did 50
il was steadied BY On officer. His hands
hung straight down BY his eide, with two
fingers Of the right hand extended,
and two Of them closed. There were two
or three
eOHvuIeIvE TRENoRs,
and one or two slight shudder.. then the
musclee seemed to contract and the body
raised itself slightly. At Eve minutes, pull
sation ceased temporarily. but vas again
renewed, and there we're 6fty-seven
puls.tions counted between Eve and
nine minutes, when pulsasion ceased. In
ten minutes he Was dead, and in fifteen he
VA 20 officially declared BY the physicians
At 1924 p. m. he was cut down, after
hanging tventy-seven minutes
PHYSICIANS.
Among the physicians were DR.. Smith,
Of Warrensburg, DR.. Jaynes, Of Lamonse,
Dr.. Boyer, Of Sedalia. and Others whose
names We could net get.
fBE BODY,
when cut down, Vas natural and life-like,
except . slight purple streak around the
throat and the blood that flowed from his
mouth.
ALL THE ARRANGEMBNTS
were excellently planned and admirably
carried out By Sheriff Emmerson and his
assistants, to whom great praise l. due for
the manner in which the execution vas
conducted.
RECOGNITION.
Daniels last act on the scaHold, vas 70
bow his head to Mr.. George Pemberton and
John w. Stewart, Who he recognised in
the crowd At the foot Of the scaflold.
HE DIED CANE!
indeed. No man ever met his death more
calmly or fearlessly. He died q he had
lived ever since his arrest maintaining his
innocence throughout.
FATHER GRAHAM
,at up with him until IL o'clock Last night |
bot Daniel refused all religious efforts in
his behalf. He requested Father Graham
% say on the scai1old for him that he |
Wished the officer Of the town to keep . |
harp lookout and they would yet find the |
yuilty party, for he Vas innocent Father
iraham Vas unable to reach the scene in
lime 70 comply with his request.
DISPOSITION OF THE BODY.
The body when cut down, Was put
nto . rude coffin made of pine,
tained. It was loaded into the same
sagon which Daniel rode to the scat.
old in. and hauled to the depot and
oaded into the caboose Of q freight
rain and brought to Knob Noster,
'he-e it will be taken by Daniels
ather who accompanied the corpse, on
be freight train.
Sheriff Emmerson did this at the
equest of the poor old man, who did
ct have the money to pay for the /.
The body will be .
aken to the Fickas place in Pettis .
ounty and buried.
JOHN WILLIAM DANIEL
} . native Of Cooper county, Mo-, I
here be vas born. it Is supposed, on 4
he 7th day Of March, 1872. No
scord exists, probably. Of his birth,
his father recently told . O
'AzoO reporter that he thought be
I'd it preserved, but il is more likely
mt the date u only reckoned in the
of events which the shaky .
'emory Of his parents locate about 9
,e year mentioned. They are not 4
Y wrong. however. - Danielhppears 4
} be about IS yean Of age-in the \
cry prime Of life. !.
HIe PARENTS, l
9TH Of whom are living. reside Hen o
,, near Tie St. Char county line. Ii
hey arc originally from North Caro-
%. and emigrated to Cooper county n
ON Kentucky in 1885, settling down =
what Was then . wilderness. They p
. plain. industrious and honest F
.onle. and John Daniel. Se.. In mint 4