The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-06
Throat Slashing and Shooting
as Training for q Hap
py Eternity.
The Sunday School and the Church
Discounted AZ the Means
OF Salvation.


md his title 10 the crown and
harp VS. ,hc rsvi-hing and murder ii
Nh. Charles Butler, his employers wife,
bnxom. pleasing Young woman. The crime
va. committed in 1875, and the arrest was
almost immediately consequent in the
event, 40 that Tairo h.d plenty of time tor
away from the carking cares Of
worldly life. On the gallows Tatro, whs.
was handsomely dressed, made the fsll'w
ing speech:
"Gsni'-men, I stand guilty Of the. muir
Ter with which I am chsrged-the murder
# Mrs Cha-. w. Butler"
pointing 10 Butler, who stood near) 81
did the deed through his own money. But
Ter ,ork me % work for him when young.
hoy lie used liquor himself, and always
kept il in the house Butler testified that
he never got drunk, hut he was under the
influence oi liquor most all the time. ]
fe~l very sorry for you, Butler" docking
straigh, at him and pointing with both
handy "ior your dead wife. whom ] re-
SrcctsL very much. She vac lovely
woman. and I never had any evil inten-
lions upon her until that night, and ] did
il then, through excess al drink, aud at the
in-,Ig alton of Mr.. Butler, who stands right
here" lPo,niing again to him. 'Oh, Mr..
Butler, do yen remember what your mother
said when lying on the he'd there? She
ssid: oh, Charlie, after ell have said ]
mus, die leaving y,ai a drunkarh.'
"t;ooi bye, Mr.. Butler, good bye. For
give me-. hope To meet You in the hcav-
-nly land. I have nothing more To say,
gentlemen. q, Lo,d, ! thank you that you
have heard my prayer. asK your for
riv.n-ss. Remember and forgive me, foI
Jesus Chri-,'s sake. ! have nothing more
10 saw Gocd bye, one aud all.
Monsieur TAiro had six foot drop, and
was fourteen minutes in making the Fas
sage.
THE WASHINGTON DFCAriTATDN.
The negro whc was executed in Wssh
ing,on, had the sounding name of Jane'
! Madison Wyatt Stone. He VS. ihiriy-~il
year, old. and a ~ -isurant keeper until hs
got into he difficulty which ended in pull
ing his head Oh. On October 5th, 1873, II
au.rrei With hi. vile, he heat her 4
pulp, and wss soon thereafter convicies
and sentenced TO death. The lave delay
put the operstion Of, however, until Fri
day last. The scene IVES very horrible. Ih
man behsvsd with composure and CAV
promise of dying quietly, and in excellen
order, n order goes in hsnging-. The rot
! in IA. seem. ,o have been m unusuall
small cord, ard IL frightened wiih sua|
rapi,lity ,hst i, actually chi the mans hes
OF. The trunk fell 10 the hoor snd
couple of seconds aiterw.ris the hes'
came down and lay four feet away
When the physician nearest il, picked
np TIE liIs we're moving and eyes winkins
,s though that p.ri of Mr.. Stone was try
ing 10 say something. hut after lev md
men:s the effort Was given mp sn.i both NJ
Stones SECTORS were dead. This wss I'll
anick--i p,s-sge Of the day and imme'i
.,eiy b~fore taking il the passenger FL
pressed hIs weii-dsfined conviction that b
should spend line afternoon and sll TIE r..
"f eternity in heaven.
TIE LOUISVILLE DUET.
The heroes of the occasion nj Louisville
Nv, were Hphert Anderson and Charl,
W.b-r,r. Ara-r.un VS. an English engi'
..r. who cs :,r To- this country in April, z
and c-l-br,t-i his arrival in free couniI
hv getting drunk lie never got sOt,'
again aniiI April, ISIS. when he Was
/, Ill for cutting his wii-'s throat. And ih;
zane wife had supported him the vino
time hy taking in washing. She VA eve
sompellcd ai iime- Ia submit io Rigging
al the hand Of her loving husband. Wei
sier was the negro Who. assisted by an"' h
negro. George Washington, hanged in Eel
ruary, 40, committed n rspe on lit
German girl eleven years old. The sces
|, nj the gailows Il this execution was soni
what peculiar, anderson himself insis'iI
nn giving the signal. He held in MS pis
,nu.h hand a white handkerchief, AMI b
t,s,ie the sheriff watch him, and VIII. N
|, dropped ., spring the IrsP. This was don
. and At g.oi a IN. the men dangled. We
.t.r died an ten minutes and Ardcr>on
twelve. Before the execution both m,
. | were resigned. Anderson told the at'eB
!. mig ministers that he knew his sins We
!, forgiven, and Webster was equally con
I dent Of an immediate transition 4" q
3 harry land.
TRIPLES IN MISSISSIPPI.
Is The most extensive hanging affair 0f q
d lay was at Macon, Mississippi. where thF
z ,ieiegsie- began the trip skywad. The
~ere Andrew M.con, JSmes Brown n
Samuel Boiler, all neg.oes. Boiler had kill
another negro Who planted near
a farm and failed On the plea Of seli-ieiens
Macon aud Brown killed the formers TAT
er for ndmonishing the latter. his s0n-i
J. law, that he.wa- getting too intimate vi
- old MIR. Macon. II Was an intricate fsI
j. ily row, bn, the culprits OWNED up free
. ;ha, thew were a pair Of devils, Erred I
> with whisky, and that their crime y
:. -cAndalonsly brutal IN conception and e1
:" cu,ion. Jus, before the trap dropped ;
n three exIIc~Scu - -tu~t roNutC
: ~ith the Lord. Mr.. Boiler said: This
the happie-t day Of my life. I'm going
10 ps.s ON to heaven" Mr.. Mscon sal
:, The deed will save me. though took Q
N fathers life. Fun saved and ! know
m Mr.. Brown Wa even more enthusiss
than his conirere~. lie expressed himsel
y There's not a cloud between me q
Je-u.. A band Of angels are coming
me now" The trap Was sprung st 80
m. and ,wo necks we're broken. sro'
choking and kicking Justify. He 80
i. last angel Of the three 10 quit thi. mu
dane sphere, but il his snticipaiioos VI
IN correct he wae not shut out OF the race, .
ga. on hand 1t the distribution Of
u" golden cro"ns.
-. ALorIsIAHA sNILER
III Al IVES, Baton Rouge. La. the day va C
~ b:ated by the hanging Of mulaito nam
.tc.stase Bresux. Breaux, in . 1T Of p
a @ sion, had shot to death jean Case. mi