, 1881-07-30
Two Pitiless Murderers Hanped
Publicly at Leadville,
Colo.
They Both Die Firm in a Belief
of a Happy Future
Life.
Nccltals of the ltldeous Crimes Whicl,
Opened Up Heaven to
Them.
Their Death the First Gases Of judicial
8tranTulation In Leadyille.


sptefdl Dtspateh to 1ns CAteaeo Tribune.
LEADv1LLE, Colo, July e0.-At l,alf.pust 10
o'clock this ,nornini. Frank Gilbert, for tho
murder Of james 1lcCallom, aild Alerrtelt
Roscngrants, for the murder of John Lang
meyer, wore executed In tho presence ot
about 1000 peop1e. 10th nlen were oil night
attended by prlests,-Father Robinson nt,tl
Father Keatfng,-w1lO administered the last
sacrament to thein this morning Mt MI carly
Hour. Gilbert was Roman Catholic, nlid
yesterday NosUilnrants embraced that faith
and was baptized by Father KeatAag. At
lialf.past 0 o'clock this morning tho prisoners,
Intended by tic priusts, were escorted from
their cel1s by Sheriff Tucker and
Deputies Freeman, Muller. .TetFries, Calvin,
and Jofl.lso., to tho carrtuge that WIS to cnn-
voy tEofn to the place Of oxecutiou,.-a point
near the Arkansns Rtyer, about milo and n
half from, tho city limits. Three companies
OF military. consisting of the Tabor Cavalry,
tho Pltkin Cavalry, and the sherfey Light
Infantry, acted rs escort.
THE SOLEMN PROGRESSION
arrived at the gullows ut fifteen minutes pnst
10, wllon tho military formed n circle, inside
OF which No one but tie officers and reprc-
scitativcs Of tie press wore allowed. Gilbert
a11d Roscngrants were attended to the scatlold
by Fathers Robinson md Heating. unler-
Sheriff Adams read tic sentence OF death to
the prisoners, to which they listened without
Sign Of emotion. Some minutes were then
spcnt in prayer, after which Rosengrnnts
stepped to tue front Of the platform, md, In
n slow, fabored tone, addressed the crowd rs
follows: II have been convicted Of crime
never committed. have been tried II,
your court and found guilty Of murder. I
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o o.u. asous , no ,I.leoi'nk " inniace 70 any
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.''at ~ % !as* ~ VIZ. ~ ~ ~ IL nal hVeu.
l 1Aani LAVE FAaES .a.s 1Nlo sASfoh WAYS
+hor., tho of,,oor. - ti,o r.,,.., 1,u .ou
.,ss1S tuo oneels ot s'e Goanly Jalt 1or
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stata,n.,+ ~ -, osns. .a ,,.,,.'' as'9 n's'uo
I'll, ho ,,,,., ~ su peas' & "nssn . p.eSa.no
havo uctntrr ~ sa,,,, u,S .. n ..a.. uaa.
a, ,',u t,,at ~, IT. ~ ~ W. s. WIS
snart1 T,,a,a. ~ .ns ha....s, .tsa, ssa. j..
cathar md t1o,, thatr onSs r. tront ~ W. ,S,u'
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rtoors s"o ond ~ ,,aa.p s W.. ul' ,a
thair faces Roso,gre,ts ' saII. s" MM"o2h,. Iiu.
am. s. ,as.s. al. es noops'
an ~ ,gnsn oTosa t'a 1 , ,s, 81 ay t efn
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,lo,'r,an@ ~ tho ~ fI,tnr,,s ,,eai, 'vao ,vao
S,r,tTan - .nd IN Ia, ,,ttt,",.t m s..s"ts "t'
nosav,.re,,ta, no,,s ,vo. .ot nro,,a, anti ~.
,v"s ~ .,o"th hvt ,nt1. 4fo, a a;., II"
onJ ni,anst ..,st,",'t ~ str,,~",a ~ A. t''ss, 49,,
m,nrtsa y" - t,o r,votois,,s s'ro,,n,,reo, w.,
,1cnnsttc, i In tta @ r"o co,,s % nnt mn ,vsra nro @
,.aro;, ~ t,,an, ,a .aia ' .,"u ".'1 ~.
p"dat 1oe '1eu'' s''s1 'a"o'l away ''''" ''''s
9''>"A r,tr r,,,sr :,,7n,c,.1, ,Ayn,va
TINT ov.r mi ,,laco T., Tn1-a. To"nt" T,a
crIne ~ for % ,viir,, W Ntarrc m % nossnnroto ,v"S @
.ro, ,v,, tho ,r,,or ~ 1os,,,
s on the eth ot June, 1850, in Tennessee
rask' anonb mreo 1nlles north or Leau.
VILE. Both mon were minors ard
owned adjoining claims. lanemeyer was
o,,t ~ @ @ .' % .wa,t ~ % it, .a"t .a
oue o. o!ast.ng'poWlef, a.la % Went 70 ms teii1
to get q supply, whon lie found Ros8ngrnhts
there, going through his trunk, and said to
him: 1Rosengrants. you aro robbtnp nv
trmSk -
tfunh
Am !, thouHllP" eniu Nosengrnnts, nc
the same tinlo rising nild drawing his re-
Volver and tlring ut Langmeyer, who inne-
1tatefy fled. uura,lod by H0sennrnnts, WIN
continued to lire until lie Ind fired thirteon
aEota. M tostif'e,t tn hv coni,bnrrars II, liza
ssss,at,s' ~ -. -, ~ ....,' ',''s 800 - -" s.'o
aeiellpofnooa. AT tae tehth s'ot Lam hgmoyer
fe'l, anu kosongrants Tired three SLOTS nftcr
he fell. Lang1noyer struggled to Ills feet
jumped Into the river, struggled tIlrougl, the
e.G~su' a.la st"Me" W - tuo ca,Ap ~ SUI" ~
coa4-oaf1cts. Whero liz 1e!l III falht'nE nj.
lie was put In q wagon and brought 10 Leatl-
Vile and placed iu the Gregory House,