, 1882-01-28
Seattle Justice.

= The Seattle Gironicis gives the fellos-
ing graphic account of the execution Of
the murderers after their trial, and just
As the justice Was about to commit them
for trial without hail
After brief consultation With his eli
ents, their attorney said that they would
not otFer testimony, and Judge COombs
SAID he would commit the prisoners for
- No further words were heard A
WILD sHeUI AROSE
The officers were seized. the prisoners
grasped by as many resolute men as could
get about them. Resistance was useless.
Five hundred men handed together to see
that the laws of justice be executed.
They were harried through the alley
back Of the pavilion to Occidental square,
where heavy seanthng had been placed
between the forks of two trees near MIR.
Iesler's sidewalk. One Of them made
some resistance in the alley, but in
txinklmg he was thrown to the ground
and IN another moment both mea We're
underneath the bar, rUpe already pre-
pared Vas about the neck of each one,
the other end thrown over the timber
and IN one minute from the time Judge
Coombs remanded the prisoners to the
custody Of the officers, they we're sns-
pended between heaven and earth The
work was quickly done. Neither man
said word-or if anything WAS spoken,
t was drowned In the terrible roar nf
just Indignation that carried them on.
Judge Greene attempted to sever the rope
that held one of the men, with a knife
He was hustled about with much haste
and rather roughly treated. When the
men We're raised to the timber over which
the lines We're passed, their heads came
in violent contact with it The smaller
man, Howard, died at once, his neck be-
ing broken by the force Of the blow. He
threw up his hands and grasped the rope
as he went up, bur they at once fell loose
ly by his side He gave after that no in
dication Of life. Sallivan undoubtedly
strangied 10 death. His feet twitched
anG we're several times drawn up. Per
haps life in his case was no. extinct until
the elapse Of twenty minutes.
After Howard and Sullivan had been
told to-day that they we're 70 BE-; hanged
and that nothing could save them from
the gIlluws; that even as the last tes;i-
mony was being given the rope had been
procured and the timber from which they
would shortly swing had been put III lis
place, Jhey admitted that they were the
men who had murdered George Reynolds
last night
AT about one clock the fire bell gave
three times three taps, calling the com
mitree together again. The tapping Of
the bell carried to the ears OF Benjamin
Paine, the murderer OF David Sues, his
doom About fve hundred men went 10
the iail. tore down the tall fencing ON the
south SIDE and gained admission 10 tn"
yard. The bolt was chopped out Of the
door casing. aud the first jail to the door
swune open. The second one was harder
to conquer, but it yielded to the repeated
and il required hard labor to
get 1t open. Ii Was literally battered to
pieces, and gave admission % the deter
mined men without. where's Paine 2
were the first words that were spoken.
The prisoners, who were In the corridor,
where Paine also was, pointed him out,
and he was seized Tne committee
brought him down the square, where his
eyes rested on tie ghaStly spectacle Of
two forms suspended from scantiin.,
with blackened faces and protrUdIng
tongues. He gave no sign of fear except |
that his face was perfectly color!es-.
When the rope was about his neck and |
his hands tied, some one called cut from |
the crowd cf eight hundred OF one thou
sand men standing about: did you fire |
the shot that killed officer Sires = He |
,ried out You hang me and you will |
Iang an innocent man. Ii he SAID any |
hing further il could not be heard, for \
several hundred voices raised a shout thai 1
lroGned all else, and his body took It's
place among the murderers OF Reynolds |
HIS LEGS twitched and drew up, his |
shoulders heaved couvulsivcly for some
noments- He evidently strangled 10
Heath. Finally his limbs strai ,htened
,ut, and the trio hung silent ard still
-gazed at and commented upon for
.bout forty minutes, When tEey were cut
iuNn and brown in'" an express wagon,
which was hauled ly men around to
undertaking establishment
Sc append hereto the verlici of the Jury
by acting Coroner Ccombs.
rs brevity and sentiment viii commend
t to this community Is being 4 most
roper lns rument
In each case the jury returned the fol-
Hiug verdict:
We, the jury. summoned III the above
,..se, :ind that here his name came t.
ais death by hanging, bat from the egl-
leuce iuIn shed We are unable To find by |
gnuse h1nds- We are satisfi1d th1. IN
IS death substantial aud speedy jus,ic, !
AS b.vn subs.rvCd.
G. d. Emery, FIN,
O. Jacobs,
l. DIiier.
W H. Res, 1
J. g. Floyd,
H. \. Atkins.
Thus we come to the csOse OF one OF |
ne most eyeuIfui DAYS ever iran.niriuq |