The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-16

sfOf course have hoped that something
would turn up so that could escape.
That is natural; and any man
would feel the same way. 4 know it is
impossible, but still / had some hope, but
don't have much tonight.
Have you any requests to maker"
Gallon brushed his eyes again, closed
them as If in deep study, and finally said
II want paper containing an account
of the whole business, sent to w. FL. Ghol-
son, you send it to J. III. Hand. of Cam
bridge, and he will see that Gholson gets
it. That is all the request that care about
making. haven't any other friend or re-
lative that know of There is friend
/ have been talking to him about the muir.
der, and when everything is over, he will
tell some of you newspaper men and you
can publish it If you like
'Is it confession?"
mot much. Idon't want to say who il
is. but it was told to him. 1t is not writ
ten statement or confession" The prs
oner asked if there was going to be crowd
at the execution, and being informed that
there were only to be few admitted, he
said, that thing won't scare me..as be
lieve ! can stand it like man
Gallon in concluding the private talk
expressed his appreciation of the generally
kind treatment which he received at the
hands of the sheriff, B. III. Goodell, and his
deputies, John Wilson and Capt. Scott.
He also stated that he supposed the coming
execution was all right, but it seemed
mighty hard to bear. The journalist here
finished his queries, and started to take
his departure. Such however proved inn
possible for the time being, as the deputy
sheriff on the outside had locked the jail
door and gone down town on short
GRAND. The member of the press and
deputy John Wilson, found themselves
locked in with the five prisoners, all of
whom had the freedom of the corridor
The thought, to one unaccustomed to being
in jail was not the most pleasant A vivid
imagination pictured revolt among the
inmates lead by Gallon as the last desper-
ate act to regain his liberty
That person however. regarded the
affair as a joke, for he
said ''now you" addressing the ARGUS man,
twill find how it is behind the bars
At Gallons suggestion the other prisoners
came up to the table upon which the lamp
was burning and some vocal music follow
ed. The journalistic visitor was asked
what song he would have, and on allowing
Gallon to make the selection, he named
Watching and Waiting" The quartette
OF JAN DlruS, among whom was cannon,
then rendered that composition in a very
creditable manner. GALLON carried the
second tenor, and appeared to be complete
ly carried away with the harmony of the
piece. When this was completed "Toiling
On" was rendered The music solemn
under ordinary circumstances, was made
more impressive by the surroundings. The
singing was performed in a jail. at night
when everything else was hushed into 81
lence, and one of the performers was a
young man whose hours were numbered,
about to be executed for most unprovok-
ed double murder Even the other pris-
oners were more or less affected with the
scene as they failed to chaff the partici-
pants about the song rs would ordi-
narily be the case. When the sound of
the last note had died out, silence reigned
for some little time. and finally Gallon
asked for the cards. A number of tricks
during which time the visitor lost
a cigar to the condemned man on a very
and at the same time well ex
acuted trick of Gallons.
The deputy having arrived from the
own, the door was opened and the visitor
look his leave after receiving good night"
rom the prisoners and especially Gallon
who appeared to enjoy the visit of a
stranger to the quarters where he has been
confined from the 10Th of last December