The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-31
the first degree, and the same weel

in the first degree, and the same week
tried and convicted. On Monday, NJ
Judge Conger passed the following sd
"John y. Douglas AT thu preseI l.
of this court, in and for the county b
son, and Territory of Montana, thJ Et
jurors sworn and empanclled, returl n
open court an Indictment, charging I'd &
willful and deliberate murder, in iii "
on or about the 18th day If March, p
the county and territory aforesaid, Vi
with malice aforethought, kill and
one Alice carp. On this indictment Vi =
duly arranged and entered the plea Of 4
as charged in the Indictment, where h
jury OF twelve good and lawful men, nj
panelled, tried and sworn, and upoH 0
and impartial trial of your case, the !,
turned into court a verdict of nurdet 4
first degree. Have you any legal ~
show why judgement should not O :
: unced upon you?
TO which the prisoner answered:
nothing TO say"
Wherpupon the Judge continued:
"There only remains now to the q e
painful and solemn duty of passing Sd +,
npon the verdict Of the jury; and lid
ment Of the court is, thai you John b /.
las, he removed hence, from this couI
to the Jail ofthis county, and safely ked
by the sheriff, until Friday, the 27th
May, A. d. 1851, and thence betvd
hours of 10 o'clock a. IN. and 2 o'clocI e
of said day, to the place of execute N
there be hanged by the neck until j
dead.i
Douglass WAS much asitatea Wi a
sentence was being pronounced, and hi
conclusion fell tremblingly into a c[
covered lis face With his bands, total el
nerved. c
AFTNR II SENTENCE
Douglass tried the insanity dodge, bu, ID
worked it up in any sort of SHAPE. Ill
commenced to tell every one how hi ;
for death; how anxious he was to lei N
vale Of tears. where all was III trid $
tribulations; how anxious he was to
on the other shore, and bad the usual
Gus experiences Of condemned mud %
Then he told the jailrr of the terrible
ness that he felt, and begged that le a
bave a clock in the cell as a. compania r
kind hearted sheriff placed a small ona
cell. and Douglass showed all the CRATE IN
devoted feelings of a dog. 1t was sd Fr
covered, however, that the prisoner |.
stracted about ten inches of the main
with the manifest intention of obtain b
tools requisite to escaping. He was p
cure|y ironed, and the irons were
moved until to-day, when he was bropI
to
THE EXECUTION. L
A few INMATES before twelve o.cloca t.
if Pl4tuer brought the prisoner into \
yard, who, with a firm step, AZ ceDgj
scatt"lI, apparently as cool and uncol
as any ut the Spectators. Sheriff Platni =.
read the death warrant, and then Il
Douglass ii he wished 10 make any staI "
He replied that he had nothing at all :,
His hands and feet were then secured y
and the black cap was adjusted. Key1,
Shannon then offered a PRAYER for "
mercy, and promptly at twelve o'c.J d
drop fell. The fall broke his neck, !,
five minutes Drs. Wager and SIND -
nOuncei life extinct. lie dancied in m
another If cen minutes, after which ~
cut down. His demeanor t%lIrOuehom ~
lire proceedings showed 4 remarkahl F.
possession and cuolEess. THIS is to A.
derEt at, as his actions during the pas
sentence did no. indicaJe a man Of l.
and people here were much surprised "
exhibition of "sand." Besides the
physicians, clergyman and jury only
spectators were present.