The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-04

Dc. White Publicly Executed nj Can,
ton Yesterday for the Murder OF
the Englishman, Con-
quest, in 1877.
A''noush Desposdent aud GLOOMY for
the Week Previous, He Asserts
Innocence and Dies Game.
'c'alis or the Horrible Crime for
Which He was Swung Into
Hernity...lIis History.
Thieyes Enter Belton Saloon and De.
stroy $1,000 Worth of Whisky,
bat Fail to Secure Paying Amount Of
Filthy Laere.
Court Decisions...Galveston and Ans.
tin Items.
Other Entertaining State News.
Thieves Enter Il Belton Saloon and De.
stroy $1,000 Worth of Whisky,
But Fail to Secure a Paying Amount Of
Filthy Laere.
Court Decisions...Galveston and Ans.
tin Items.
)ther Entertaining State News.
Wills Point.

win. pu...
snoo,,,, =, a.,
'pv"' W uho heraiu'
WILLS POINT, February 3D.. c. White
was publicly hanged at Canton TODAY uo
slept soundly last nigbt orosa a, i,c ny
this morning. break kfast;ng haar,;,,, . v'oSk M
barber To shave him and ont h;S S."s h;,. 'Ur
then dressed selfcarefullv for tho ox.cn u"n'
ton and spent the balance Of ,be tina MN,
friends smoking and talking He was oai,,, "i,m
and resigned to his fate He uountaa H.
scallold with n firm stem and 's' '"'
SAID NE WAS INYocrSr
of the crime and was prepared N dia ond
asserted that he was going 10 heaven W Az
his request Dr. Slator prayed fnr hin, Ha
also had hymn sung of his own solsc,;nn 0
TuE CAP WAS THEN Apjrsrrn
by the sheriff, who read IN n clear and lopd
voice the death warrant ofter which hs
bid the prisoner go1d.byr and tbo an tran n,as ns
| sprung "f ""'
HE FELL FOUR FEET
without struggle. He died n, fifteen min.
utes after z. The physicians nrononncaJ
| him dead in fourteen minutes
THE CRIME
for which he suffered the extremc nenaltv
OF the law, was committed In tbis county,
in February, 1877, in dense forest some
miles distant fiom any habitation-.a M
place for so dark deed. On the 5th of
April of that wear some narties war. about
that unfrequented spot and were Attracted
TO the same by the vultures 10 ther
horror they discovered n deod bodv with
its head some ten feet from II. The bodv
was in an advanced stage of decomposition
which boggars description. Officers werr
Immediately notified and n iurv of in.
quest impaneled. Upon AN examination
Of the body there was found abont il
1910, u Masonic pin, one pron1issorv note
executed in Springfield Missouri and nnv'
able to George Conquest. and one money.
order receipt from the postmaster nj Snriny.
| field, Missouri, TO same party. for money
sent to England. His clothing was marked
! G.. G.. His body was so badly decave1 that
his features could not be recognized The
entire county was shocked and On tho oIert
to ascertain the cause of death and who n
murder had been committed. was ruiltv
After diligent inquiry by the officers Il was
ascertained beyond doubt thnt the doaJ
body was in life that of George Cononest
an Englishman and d. G. White was the
dicted at the succeeding term of tho c"o "onrt RI
but evaded arrest until the summer of 1850
I when he was appreiicndcd In Louisnns
and in MAY, 1881, was brougbt IN trial AMI
convicted of murder. with tho nenaIiv
assessed at death. He appealed his cnuse
and the same was affirmed '''' '""'o
i The proof against him was eni;relv c;r
cumstantial, but link by link connscteJ
him with the commission of The oilsnsc
He was seen In February. lS77. with n CON
spicuous pair of mules wagon goods an,
other articles. in componv viii 4 norsnu
unknown, travelling In the direction Tho
body was found. and wos se.n NJ ana,har snu