The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-29
NEWS BY SPECIALS.
A Young Nan Gees Through the Pockets
OF the Guests of Hotel In
Palestine, and is Now
Behind the Bars.
A Magnificent Twelve Hundred Dollar
Telescope was Presented to
Marvin College, at
Waxahachie.
A School Girl In St. Louis, While Play.
Ing "Leap-frog," Receives In.
juriss Which Cause
Her Death.
Particulars Of the Execution Of Jack
Post, for the Murder Of I'D.
McDrHitt, at Graham.
Four Masked Men, at Greeayille, At.
tempt to Make Criminal
Confess.
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Contractors Starting for the Kansas Il
Gulf Short Line.
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Contractors Starting for the Kansas Il
Gulf Sh0rt Line.
Other Interesting State News.
Graham

Special 10 the Herald.
GRAHAM, October 2s.--The streets and
squares OF Graham were literally packed
with surging throng Of citizens who came
from far and near to witness the execution
to-day of Jack Post for the murder Of l. b.
McDruitt, seven miles southwest Of Gra-
ham, on or about the 18th OF October, 1879
Tho facts elected in the.trial show it to have
been one of the most cold-blooded murders,
for the.purpose ofrobbery, ever committed
in the state, and the evidence, though cir
cumstantial, was conclusive and overwhelm-
ing.as to the guilt Of Jack Post and Nelson
Post. Al the time OF the murder
Jack Posts wife and the wife of McDruitt,
the murdered man, were absent on q visit
in Parker county, and Pcs. was working or
McDruitt, gathering cotton. There was
no suspicion. OF the crime until McDruitt's
wife returned home three weeks afterwards,
when Jack Post informed her that her hus-
band had sold to him and Nelson Post his
household goods, personal property, etc,
and given the farm into his charge 10 rent
out, which he had done She at once
suspicioned foul play, and demanded her
property and threatened them with the law.
Post proposed to return her the clothing
and pay her way to Parker county II She
would leave the county. She notified the
sheriff. Jas Milton, and county attorney
lno. Brien, WHO found the property OF
McDruitt in the house of the Post boys and
thereupon arrested and lodged them in
Graham Jail. Search was then made for
the body of McDruitt, which, after three
days, was found on November s, 1879, in a
partly decomposed state in canon south of
his house partly covered with dirt,
but mutilated by the hogs. A
tree had been cut down across the
canon TO conceal the body. on some OF the
bed clothing found at Posts house were
stains Of blood, which was one part of the
evidence produced in his trial by the prose
cution. Your reporter had an interview
with the prisoner last night and from eleven
to one to-day, When he was brought into
the cell to-day from the barber shop, his
aged mother, now II years old, threw her
self at his feet and cried that II was more
than she could bear; that she could
not stand the ordeal and
his neck and cried as though her heart was
broken and sobbed that no sister loved n
brother so dearly and was separated in such
cruel way. He, too, for about twenty
minutes, cried like a child, while locked
in the embrace with his sister. The scene
was such as | would never wish to behold
again An aged and iniirm mother, tottering
on the border Of the grave, and q darling,
hcart-broken sister, waiting and sobhing
pitcously during their last hours with their
son and brother before his life is to be for
foited upon the gallows. In answer
TO my question jack Post emphatically and
repeatedly denied any knowledge Of the
killing, and said hc was innocent oft as an
unborn child tina his life had been sworn
away; that the prejudice of the officers and
witnesses would cost an innocent man his
life upon the scailold, He did not fear
death, but dreaded the uncertainty of the
unknown future He believed in heaven
and hell, but his beliefs were not settled
as to the future existence. He hoped
IL might be well with him,
and thought he had experienced
religion He dreaded, he said, the disgrace
ofdying on the gallows and for the crime,
especially of robbery, and said II was the
most horrible death he could conceive. He
claims to have purchased all the property
found in possession of him and his brother
and that McDruitt then rode off with an
other man and they had not seen him
since. | asked ii he had anything for the
Dallas HERALD that he wished published to
the world after his death. He replied
YES and took pencil and paper and
wrete half page which he handed
me, and asked that 1 should call on some
attorney here for some more he had written,
and wished the HERALD to publish in full.
Its entire purport, however, was TRADE of
abuse against the officers and the witnesses
in the case. Nelson Post was tried the 23d
of Sept, lSSO, and given life sentence, and
the decision was approved in June. Jack
and convicted with the death penalty
affixed. It was also affirmed
last June and he was sentenced September
I'D, lSSl, to be hung on Friday, Octol or
| 18th, 1881, at 2 o'clock y. IN. The prisoner
was taken from the Jail by the sheriff and
guard and taken TO thegsllows. The death
sentence of Judge Williams was read to the
| multitude by Sheriff Melton and AN affect.
| ing prayer for the prisoner was offered by
Rev, T. Sackett lie was then asked TO
| make any remarks that he desired lie
said: 1T will do no good 20 plead my inno-
cencc, but you have got the
wrong man. II is n horrible death,
but many n good man has
died the same way. can't shoulder that
| crime cannot lie and help anybody.
hope my poor old mother and sister will
not suffer. Place my body where they de.
sire Il, and have them cared for" Being
assured that they should not want, he
| closed by saying, "Do your work. An |
can sayis farwcll to all God be mcrciAil
to me- The black cap was then drawn
over his eyes, his hands and legs were
bound, the trap.door sprung and
he swung OH into eternity.
| His fall was about six feet His neck was
not broken and the moose ofthe rope slipped