The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-03-30
The Condemned Negro Boy.
Murderer Dies Q Game
Death.
He Makes q Written Confess
sion and Embraces
Catholicism.
A Terrible Lack Of Skill Re-
suits in Causing Slow
Strangulation.
An Account OF the Murder For
Which Barton Was
Sentenced.

Post Dispatch, 20.
Exercises This Morning.
Willism Barton had embraced Csibo-
licity and his chief anxiety vas that the
priests Of that faith b With him ss the
close Of bis life. To-day being Good Fri.
day. IN anniversary upon which the churcl,
10 engaged in religious exercises almost
from sunrise 10 sunset, Father Zeslmsn
thought for while that he would Be una
bic 10 sccompany the condemned man upon
the scs6old. The execution ~ announced
for o'clock and At that time the Father
would have tn b. in church. Barton plead
earnestly to have the hanging delayed un-
Ill the afternoon, but the order Of the Court
read between ak and nine in the morning.
and the Sheriff had no option in the mat
ter. ut il only half an hour more or lea,"
said Barton At last; "hang me at half
past seven then and FstLer ZEALAND can
stay iill then" 80 the tune Of execution
wss put forward half an hour.
Barton paced the night chi.6y in prayer.
He slept bu, little. althous he iriesi several
times. When he did dose "a he avoke
suddenly and complained Of nightmare.
Al O'Clock he arose finally and drea-ei
in black bro.dcloih suit which h.d been
purchased for the occasion. aud - sooa o.
the toilet wss completed be addressed him
self once more TO his Creator, snd vss dss-
iurbed as little ~ possible. About 6:3O
he arose and paced rapidly up and down
the cell. tean yelling to his eyes end his
lips moving. A soon. however, - he no.
ticed be vas watched be choked back the
-ob that would riAs and threw himself in =
crouchins position on the pallet in sh-
corner. Al z O'Clock, almost to the s.cond,
Father Ze.lsnd w.s announced and passed.
into the cell. Barton aro>e sud greeted
him respectfully, and the pair remained
standing and talking in . low tone u voice
rear The grated window. Not . syllable
Ut their conversation could be cought, but
il Vas evidently all prayer. A few min
stes after seven, two more priests, FAihen
Mueller .nd Prunie Of the German Cath.
Ollie Church, eni.r-d the cell, chains we're
handed in. und the three reverend gentle
wen addressed themselves heart sud soul
10 the spiritual consolation of the doomed
men.
GETTING READY.
In the kitchen sdjoiuing the cell. Sheriff
Buen.i and his deputies zero pr-p. ring
th~m>eIves for their horrible task, . num-
her al cups of black coffee were passed
around, and all possible minute Of the
execution were worked over. Ondsrs vese
given that Deputy E c. Rice should pin
ion the pri-ober'- arms at 7:3O sharp, and
that John Walker and John Schneids sere
to walk On the right and left side Of kAr-
ton. In c,se the rope had broken j: wouid
have been the duty Of thee too n-u to
pa~a the negro bsck up through trap for .
oe~ knot to be tied. Every possible con-
iingency had been provided fos. The
ante-rooms were crowded viih doctors and
.ight-~eers. and the aca6old and the ap-
proscbes to the jail were guarded by the
full force Of C,u psny +. N. q n, eighty
men strong.