, 1880-04-03
At Least They Were All Con-
fidentof Reaching That
Point,.
Judging from the Statements
Made Before the Drops
Fell,
And They Started Yesterday
from Various Sections Of
the Country.
The Wife-Murderer Stone Decapi-
tated by the Hangman's Rope
in Washington.
Robert Anderson and Charles
Webster Legally strangled
- in Louisville, KY.
Charles Tatro Worked; OF for
Killing Mrs. G. H.. Butler
at Windsor, Vt.
a. Trio Of Ncgroes DnnElcI sat
Ropes Ends ut. D1aco1i,
Miss,
.....4t t....-...s
Willis Baton Rougs Parish, La,
Furnishes Its Quota to the
Executions.
Robert Anderson. and Charles
Webster Legally strangled
In Louisville, KY.
Charles Tatro Worked; OF for
Killing Mrs. G. H.. Butler
at Windsor, Vt.
a. Trio Of Ncgroes' DnnElcu at
Ropes Ends ut. D1acO1i,,
Miss,
Willis Baton Rougs Parish, La,
Furnishes Its Quota to the
Executions.


Executions.
JAMES NJ. W. STONE.,
AN AWFUL ErECTACtE.,
Special Di,pateh' to- 11s Chicago Tribune.
WARE1SoroN, D. G., prila.-JAmps Mnf!Ison
Wyatt Stone, who murdered hs'wfo Oct g. 1878.
1crp, WIS hung Mt tho District JUL to-day, mud
tho excclitiowns probably ono or tho nost' ttr-
rible spcctac!es eror witnessed III n civilized
community. Tho head wis literally tbt11 from
tho body. Despite ott1eEs that hat bccn' Issued
regarding tho privacy Which should BIO observed
ut tho execution, upwards OF 100 persons sue
ccetled lit finding tho "opcn scsathc" and
woro witnesses OF the tervtblG, scene.
sto1e retained ills composuo to tho
lust; In faet. it; vas noticed that tho
otlc1nls and witnesses. seemed lnpro ngitntcd
thatt tito nan WHO wns to explate h!scruc UPON
tho scatrold. Tho scene lii the ]ail-yartl Is de-
ga<bcdlis horrible beyond expression. Stones
neck was very sIhrll, ind ho weighed 1T pot1,ds..
Tic closcly-ryovon hem pen ropc, which WIS
t'lfec.quhtter5 Of 'an itch in diameter wns thor
ohEhly creased, and when tho heavy weight Of
tho body WIS tlstowi upoil'it'tlo
pLE=s1f AND slNEWa OF TIE NECK. wEAn CUT
Ti1Rouui1snr 1T,
ard tho atlotd Joifttt which eonneus the spinal.
coumn With the skull, ..was dtslacnte.l. Tho
body fell to tho ufoud Will i heavy thilh, tho
blood spurt1hG' from, tho carotl artcry, and tho
legs twischiuR slightly: Tie head; which WIS
enyeloted tu Il blnck cnI1brio' cup. sss held ,tp
for nmomcnt by tho nooac, and then fcll'ddw,i
through tho drop. striking: tlie body On tho
breast, and' theR' rolling down OH tho ground.
Tho death WIS easier than It: would have been X,
caused ystt,nRulht16n ns life WIS nitnostimtne-'
ttlatety extinct. The boy md hcnd Wcro put OH
II bier mid removed; into tiig' 5ail. whcro tho
physicians, srweds on tho head ngain, and tho
renlntna wcre placed by nns undertaken
In n handsome collin. They wrro' then
taken;to the receiving tomb Of thg younH Mcn's
ulltful Ground, ,.s he whs very deslFous thnttho
surgeons should not havo thom. IIe wished to
be Gnried'at'1ils old h0tf1o III 1}Alne but hs body
will probably beplaccd:by tho atdo OF tho wife
he so'ortteliso murdered! Stone WINS for SONIC
ytats |anItbr Of tho Associated Press rooms hotr
andiWN5s
WEL1-KSoWN ny THE NEWSPAPER MEN.
This 1noealIny' hc' wlas very anxious to know
whether tho reporters would bo admitted tU tho
execution; nnl said to ono wl1b had n tlK with
htins 'rAn Interview with mic tn-lnurrow night
would mako good rcndtng, but shnlE thon be In
glory. and out Of tho Wny OF tho newspapers"
This is tho fourth instance Of tho betcalng Of
criminnls by tho ropo,-ttstco til England. onco
nNow York. md HOW III 1vnsh ington.
sroNE's Itoatuttt.E GRIMM.
0nthe night ct: Saturday; 0et. {; 1873. Stbne'
murdered hlB wIfo withar rnzor, nfter cutting tho
throatot his wlre's sister, witt catrtb' ttcar to
shHrinEhcr fate. TIiewlfe ded.tlle noxt dny;
tho ststot sufrived' to bo. ttuprtnolra! wttucss
ngaInst stone Iii tho trial. The' eviatnco showed
that. for several; months prior to tho murder,
stono md his wifo hat' not beon' upon good
terms, md were living npRrt from eac,l other:
hrt,tes taatcr hr.: RI, .shif,, nv, n,t. hi,n @ rr
rested ] Ind ] contted to Jill for sol some W te. @ On,
Sts to ss o y r M an nSr sK e.
my vito, you llrot. bo MY body clso'a" sh0
gnld." Lwon't 10 your wife 9r anybody clso.s."
@ {fSea or Nnatsgnth H s steS Mas A Sstwso ss
ant; strGots. 1,1t stohG ir retuf9cd 9l., about
stairs, rofl'sod TO- iut him .tn.: atono ts,ado q
sstst-i'law meeting e'ta , Ut thS aoos r.
would not araDDeti' her. and, " siao screamed.
Gt tr throat wita rszor MIe Wlio 1 rs,sn9
e t. sis sfses
war., aad, placing her hnatl as7.inst tho window"
sih'' o,,r u,.s4,,ro,n A,sn.
the srou,: ] III Ios III stsser % IN. out thc buck WY
s1Sf at o a. soe a kosk " s hur ge w tS cut s
hur lgalal. 6to run bauk to tho front doGr, .whrru
hss ssts ,n, a fSl nsq ts nS ThS , ss
pctuiy soSsro; os ID vii VIII tho sats S her sistcrs
citizens. whO tunk hjlH to tho pollGu Station.
'SH S t Ks Ct b ns o pss su S1aS l
sasllE7lncps Ut bin frlpnIs that liz stioud aot.
EuiIer tho uuIttl prn.lty ut lp.lst, aild cort,-
furtiilx Himself Wlta IL llt0ln Aill ltrlct. "lGow
kutjia ARA HnttAlN Hru1,r1lis1H tho murder. Et
WnuitI o1,y s,tv trr tic pr,1nB was nDt prpI.ed-
tNty: tt h3s olJiuct III vlslttnx tho lloilsu tut
nx,t yl9 .iIuply IT, got IN ulnlreils4; ttat tho.
doOr being flsta1.tal hu forced 10 open au4 WIS
NIT ~ hix asrcr-t, law WIN, pistol In hulll,;
thrunfeuIIf t1 Ghnpt aim: t1Ap he chlBett pud,
CUTTING OF HIS w1sa's q1111oAT.
that Wns ,slf bllnk u htnt; 10 noser a!llnnacu @
70 nnrn nnI. pocnuse no Gaeri9saeu I M,Mntun ~ ~. @