The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-25
BowES's NECK BKoKE.

BowEN's NECK BROKE.
Ms Execaften as Gonzales Friday Ter /
the Murder Of Thom - Ha,ds uaAss-. I
Scene. ANA Incidents af the Hhnginx
-Bow~n, Persists In Asss Innoeeuee I
BEFORE THE EXECUTION. |
GONZALES, May l7.--Bowen slept t
couple of hours just before day. He |
wss suffering from complete nervous |
pr,sstrati5r.e Heeent for your cores |
pondent this morning aud expressed |
his desire To have his Iame vindicated |
in the News His statement in brief i
is that the boy Mac Billings, Who testi- |
fed to seeing Bowen kiln Haidemau.
mistook him for john Wesley Hardin. |
''How about your confession next
day to Billings father ~
Bowen answered that he never made
any such confession. He says he is yo-
lug 10 be hung for john w. Hardin,
and that the witnesses swore his life
away thst be saved Haideman's life
three or four times thst day from Har-
din that he was the friend of Halie>
man
In regard to his assault on the SUI
perintennent OF the railroad he was less
communicative, but said he was the
assaulted party. He made these as
sertions with great positivees.
HIS RELIGIOUS VIEWS.
The psv Mr. Ss.la ,.,a;..,.t
49,. -. nie
i,r.I Ion1I3,;,.n an s's''.. sr,.,
de has made no Profession of rsl,gion
To- speak OF, although he has no scru.
Pes about indutgipg in religious exer-
cises. His pastor says that W bile Bowen
adInits Christ Is able To save all men,
particularly those who forgive their
enemies, he lBowenJ can not forget or
forgive those witnesses who swoie his
ABoITT TEN oicIncE
Co,ora, p.,k,.A
$3.50 "'eh aotice
Cost daa,.nSSn es "a, acnai Di'
G,,gs ,Iscs in ,ns c.ii nv, 80, ...
door ,hrouah ~ a.. -, us !,
nrohs h,,, ala no, oanSidar So s -
~. TO- ,n.L,n,, $500, ." plopei
chi,ec,nra ~ tba t,,;IS,5,
eIine,. IN gran, tn. dsn,anJ
Refors iasv,ns ~ nris.
| corrasnoniant ~ H. $500, III
| farnar tot = COR, ~ =
,,,,'
M HAD WRITTEN 10 HIS
WIFE,
/ Mrs. Mary Bowen, at whiting, Ala
llama, in which he used most atfee-
| tionate language, but protests his in.
/ iioeence, and and tells her to bring up
their boy to ne good citizen,
| pxp,rt,TtoS
! The crowd ps,hs,ad .ho,,, tha; til :.
estimated at 1870. The inside OF the
Jail yard WAS guarded ty twelve men.
| Under com mand of Captain Lee Hall
and L,eutant Armstrong. Bowen
vas SO Frustrated that he could hardly
ait up 10 be dressed. A few moments
before he was led out OF of his cell he
| told the other prisoners he wanted
them To understand he was HING nv
the mob.
The rope was three. quarters OF An
inch, and arranged 10 give seven fee,
| fail Sheriff Bass was assisted nv
\ Deputies Bruion and Lewis. Bowen
was assisted in dressing by Sullivan
himself n convicted murderer.
| AT half,past two Sheriff Ba.s Raw
| Mr.. Scale and a denuty. t.kjnr MA.
on the scaffoid, some delay was caused
- 70 eiei ~ uhan aecidehtaiiS placing
,.,,i, ~, .he :, ,ksei' nearly pfec'pi-
| "s tue eheiiu through the trap,
49,, n
appeaIed Al twenty
SIX minutes 10 three. Rev. Mr.. Scale
'a.o oSins s'a.eheht OF hrWen,
VINO stooa on Tue trap. The state
aoo .ons iof puoiication ana
'oh'ains nothing new he
REITERATED HIS INNOCENCE.
! After the reading the noose vas adj.
| iusted, he assisting. After the moose
/ was adjusted he called for John Halde-
! man to come up to the scafto,d ana ne
talked for "a good while, interrocatinp
| him as TO the friendly relations he.
! tween the murdered man and hinseIf.
| The answers did not suit. and he
showed great firmness and bitterness.
The can WAS p,aced ON his haad "a
| he requested time for n Re " more words
ABOUT hls wife, and then he admonish-
ed about Dad company. After Repeat
ing THESE words several times he asked
for Parson Scale TO pray. The cap was
taken OH aud Parson Scale mounted
the ecaDoid and prayed IN n most im-
pressi'e manner. IL was
TERRIBLE SCENE,
and even the storm faces ~ IN. roors
| show.d en1ot;nn nnr;,r ~ 1855
Roxen aid not ini,, t,,' -, r. ~.
the crowd with = starr fxad co.. 80,
[. II he was saarch;no ~, sos. 80, as as
ihe crow, Prayar andad -, 80 ~
utaa 10 th,es INA rr'saner,. a.1.
~ 49, t;.o,t,, .o'Se
ntacad MD, b;s Us 'n Tn hnos 70 oe
snY.ny at 10. ,,,,,,,tas, - "a,
| fei, ns,fao,i, s,ra;,,h, 10 'nie ne
motianiess fo- on ninn,a n' ,t'aa a ,t
vera oony,,Isi,,a r,n,a,, sn ~
isga and srn,s canv,,,ai,,a " tne
,esi,oh;nas - $3.50 naoeu'a'
s,,ii haats,, e. haun; nm puise,
| utas osassd ,n,sliy ''0'
Ar sevsn n,;nntas ,a. h.,, Id
| lie VIII tooE char,,a 81 ~
which viii ~, i,nrisa =, re sa,sl,
/ farm.
yi,r Rp.p.Sa or pou,p,
.,.,-,
as.ohisneu uoos VINO hau seen
n,n Turing she osy previous 10 ms
us,on' "eh ne Was so oe-
Aou piosti assu uhat IL was
eeu nc Souia no. oe a'he 10 reach
I n..,, ~. wthout assIstance.
ui,ns sne ulor mug potion Was sa-
,alIed the brother nj HaIdamsn 70 ,ho
seaffold and urged him TO say he
thought Wesley Hardin killed him, he
was very nucn excited at the persist.