The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-29
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y, the ScafFsld.
| 'ne gailows on which Adam Tbomn.o,
who n. urdered old man Shumsker july !
1876, is to y hanged. is being erected in N
jail-ysrd 10 th> rear of the jail. Sheril
Jones informed q nERALD reporter yes,er
day tina. none but sc,.. u members of tn,
press and such other pers..n' rs the Law
directs will be admitted. He 50, the exc
cuton will be as private As A.. car
possibly make IL. This i,
commehdable in Mr.. Jones fa,
nere'oiore executions have been very shows.
'ne curious coming from far and near TO
WINE WINES Tue scene. In regard TO hansiugs.
lMe l9sn OF the penal code, Article $50
reads rs follows: when the sen ,ence OF
des'h is executed within the walls Of the
county jail, the sheriff shall notify
any number Of physicians or sur
geons not exceeding six, any number of
Justices OF the peace Of. bis county not exceed
ing four, and any number Of freeholders ia
Inc county not exceeding six, any or ali of
wnom may be present, together with such
deputies of the sheriff as he may REQUIRE TO
Dc In attendance when the penalty of death
Is executed.
Article $50. The sheriff shall comply with
any reasonable request of the convict, and
where the execution takes place With, the
Walls OF the jail, shall permit such persons
10 DO present, not exceeding five as he NAV
name, Another article goes on to say that
II No deems 1t necessary, the sheriff may adj
mil the military or say number of citizens
he may desire.
HERALD reporter visited the unfortu.
nate ihan yesterday evening and found him
gaz'ng between the bars of his window at
NE erection Of the gsllows, AID when asked
II he could see the men at work, he replied,
You bet can" He seems 10 have given
up all hope Of escaping his sentence, and
~ one moment smiles and appears in,
different ard ut the next he Is very despond-
ent be says he has no religion, and it is
no use 10 say he has. lie has had preachers
TO come and administer to hi spiritual
needs, but cannot feel tho power of religion.
ne says he is entirely unprepsred 70 die,
Dut supposes there is no help for
him: He ssys time speeds rapidly
andd of late the days have
dwlndled into hours, and The fatal day is
ieariuily near. No body has yet been able
to get anything Of confession from him.
Some Of the witnesses who testified agsilst
him he says testified falsely without know
ing any ting whatever about him. When asked
II no had heard of the killing of Barney
McDuif, who WAS witness against him, he
said he bad heard it but WAS afraid it WAS not
true. He says no has never got enough
religion to quite forgive Bsrpey for swearing
falsely against him. The gallows on which
he IS to expiaIe his crime, is the came on
which was hanged Allen Wright, for the NUT
der OF jesse Weeks, August so, 1880.
FORMER HANGINGs.
This will make tile fourth legal hanging in
this county. The first was colored woman
nam d Jane Balls, or Jane Elkin, who was
executed some thirty years ago for killing a
farmer named Wisdom. The second was
Wesley Jones, colorod, who was executed on
the 7th Of August, 1879, for rape. The third
was Allen Wright, colored, who was exc
cuted on the 30.h Of August, rs above stated,
for the killing of jesse Wicks.