The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-05
THE DROP
WhorO WrotcAed Wm. Wio0oeo
1Oll.
He Xillod Lie Q Brute. and Died
Like Q Hero.
Scenes and Incidents Of HiO Zxo.
Cutiou.

, rom the g. Louis Tunes.
weiness' :ase night On earth 80 mt d.
'"eed To slesp. After taking leave Of his
lister 1t 90, he spent the time until mid
night in pscing in the roiu"ds or tslk,aG
With Deputy Mar.hals blanchard and
Holso6, Who had tern detailed To cit up
Nth him the 6nt part of the night. He
sss in seemi"gly good spirits bot sooked
almMe necessarily. The MAMMALS a.
tempted 10 make the tune pan pleasantly
and wienen several times laughed II their
iokea. Al II o'clock the Mammals we're
ch nsed, Goodirllov and Brisks taking
charge Of him.
NJ. GoodieIlov says that the prisoeer
did not give away once while he vas On
watch. From II TO 3 o'clock Weiners
sat up with his guards. and during ihese
hours played cards. snokrd. talked and.
drank little brandy. He smoked seven
Or eight cigan, Mr.. Goodfellov says bu'
drank very little, not more than spoon
ful.
THE C0NvER&AfI0X
- principally about old times, their boy.
hood daya. for Weinen vss IN old school.
mate Of Goodfellov's. The subject ot se'
iigson vas NOS alluded to once. nor va t6l
subject Of the killing Of Lawrence, exeep'
perhsps once, when wei"en said that hs
vas sorry that he had sos into sueh Z
ssspe more On account Of his little sisiel
than himself. He lcvei his SISTER dearly
he said, and - sorry that be had caused
her 20 much trouble and eriei.
Wienen remsined in gosd spirits ill tn
time. never abiding TO the ate before hin
and seldom to anything else Z.
make him Low sp,riied. He TALKED
freely and almost inceasnsly until sfsel
3 ociock, when be lay down aud tried Il
get lis,le sleep. He fell asleep abou, 81
O'Clock, and the deputies then left HE cell
and stood guard on the platform in frUn
Of the door. Wriners slept about an hour
nd rom after received his 6ss morning
visit frum Father Braun. Father OShe. ~
rived directly af,rrvard. aid the toe
priests remained with the prisoner unit
Clio O'clock. He vsa then brought out q
:he cell. On the west aide Of the Jail. an
in the second tier Of cells, and down 70 sh'
ground Aoor, where his breakfast ".
awaiting him.
THE BREAKFAST
consisted Of c"fiee, bread and fined egg
and the prisoner psrtook ii hearty me.
of this fare. Frum half past seven unit
the time 6xed for the execution, wieness
time vas sp.ns almost wholly with hia spis
iiual advisers. The Jail doon we're M
opened to outsider until 7:30. and ihe'
only to reporter. Deputy Assshals ans
guard, h,lf dozen policemen, . fev doc
tors and perhaps . dozen other pensoos. il
all atout sixty persons. No ladies YER
among the namber. and none Of the psison
ers rel.tives. One Of his lawyer. NJ
Delehsnty. was there, however, - YER
several Of HE old psrsonal friends. tn,
policemen admitted vere O6cen Henry n
Jone., Dan. Walsh, Michael VN.lley
Thos. Donegsn and Mark Blair.
Dn. A. C. Robinson, w. H. Renick
Jamison and Cutler we're also present
After breakfast Wienen vas returned Il
his cell, and 1t ten MINUTES to 8 O'clock b
va brought to the ground door agsin. III
walked alone and ups;sa: snd seemingly
With . firm step, though on nearer sp
pruach signs Of weakening could Be Dc
lected in his countenance, which VA o.
ashy Palene.. On joining the crowd BE-
Low, Wienen nodded to his friends and
shook hands xith come twenty or mort
saying tn each one ''Goed bye. good bye,
GOD BLEss Yoy."
He called many By name and the team
stood in his eyes n be looked into the cor
rowiul faces Of those about him. To each
Of his favorise guards. deputy jailer. hs
presented Bible or prayer bunk With tn
hope that the receiver would study the biol
presented and live good snd h"ly life.
II vaa q common remark that be kept o.
very sell. His team were dried almost o
soon ~ they c me, and they filled hin eye
bu, once or tvice during the remainios ten
minutes in the Jail.
Al precisely 8 o'clock . procerioa v.s
formed Of the sixty or seventy people, and
.fier the peieoner's arms had been piaioWed
iehind. BY Deputy Humphrey. The column
started out, headed By iour policemen. The
procrasioo moved slovly out Of the Jill and
through the hoapit.l On the rear and then
out into The jail yard.
The march to the sca6old took bot .
Minutes time. the psi-ooer walking between
hia spiritual sdvison. He ssceaded The
ssaim With firm step. and on reaching the
lop he knelt down With the psi<~es. A
prayer v.s offered and then fev words Of
.dv;ce we're given him Sy the holy f.ihem
This over. wienem .segFed 70 The front Of
he scalold and sddrsaet The crowd - FOL.
0vs, facing 70 the northwest:
HD SPEECH.
II am your victim and hope viii Be the
sst one. I die under . penalty that ]
night not. I committed . rash ses. bat
.ot in cold blood, I did not d. it. and God
. ny judge. I hope msy Be The Last vie
i'm to step on this sea6old. end hope Ill
'ou young men will avoid vhiskty not
rink 1t all and hope you'll all iosyive
Ne: that all vill forgive ne. aud I pray
hat may die good aud hsppy DEATH"
When he had 6nished speaking. Wiesen
topped back from The conner q lie seai-
olA ss6 skook han6s henPai1V vieh OpnmeV