The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-01

his remains should In due time be removed
to the family burying ground Mt ar Me ico
in Audrsin county. besought him
thst now that there was no earthly hope
for him
| TO DIE LIKE A MAN.
At IL o'clock FOx's wife, wearing deep
mourning, called at the Jail, and was at
once admitted, the vast crowd
thronging the side walks and the
yard parting respectfully for her. No one
was admitted during the interview, and
the recreant husband and faithful wife
gave their parting greeting only in the
presence Of Fox's fellow prisoners.
! Sheriff Fisher informed the reporter that
/ Fox spent
HIS LAST NIGHT on EARTH
very quietly to all appearances, resting
easily. He arose about 5 o'clock Yesterday
morning and ate very hearty breakfast
consisting Of broiled beefsieak, turkey,
eggs, biscui's, etc.
As previously stated the gsllows was
erected near the scene of the murder, about
thee hundred yards distant, just south of a
! high emOankmeDt on one side and north Of
4 small ihicket on the other.
The structure was Of rough timber, but
very substantially constructed. The space
I was about one hundred and fifty feet
square, around which was erected cOm-
mon barb wire fence. No one was admitted
| inside of this enclosure, save the officers OF
tne law, the surgeons in attendance upon
tie doomed man d Tepres. n stiyes Of the
press, OF whom there we're quite a number
present.
THE HOUR FOR THE EXECUTION
set Sy Sheriff Fisher was u O'Clock sharp,
but two hours before that time the railrn I'd
snlbankment Sss IhrOnged with p,o
| pie, all eager To witness the execu-
! ton. All Of the available ground within
view of the sc ,ffold was occupied, and it
required the utmost vigilance on the part
OF the guards 20 see that the wire fence en-
closing the structure was not broken down.
| To the credit OF Nevada and adjacent cities
| however, be il 5 i'll that there was never a
more orderly crowd coDgrsgaied on a sim
| liar occasion.
A little before II o'clock, the word Was
pass, d from mouth TO mouth
HERE HE MES,
and instead Of the wild uproar which
might be expected oD such an occasion,
! the Utmost silence prevailed as the carriage
containing the doomed man, Sheriff Fisher,
Deputy Sheriff j. Ed. Harmony ami Mar
shall Duren drove up.
Fox alighied from the carriase aud
ASCENDED THE STEPS OF THE sCAFFoLD
18th firm tread. Unlike most
hangings there was an absence
Of the usual painful preIiminaries.
IL WIGS exactly II o'clock when Fox as
cepded the scaf1old
Just befor he mounted the steps he was
asked by a newspaper reporter:
FOX, are yOn prepared for the ordeal ?''
81 am" replied the murderer, ard with
uu, looking to The right or 10 In. left he
walked up 10 the trap where
Sheriff Fisher, his deputy and
Marshal Dnren stood 10 receive him.
He imm, dIVtely went to one Corner OF Tn.
sc,tinId, and kneeling down seemed TO be
absorbed in prayer for about two minutes,
sitter which he arose, assisted in rrmoving
his overcoat, also in adjusting the straps on
his legs. and stood perfectly quiet while
other preparations were being made for his
execution.
Ten minutes was not consumed in the
preparation for the final act, and scarcely
before the vast multitude, numbering FULLY
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE,
realized what was being done, the
rope was cut, the trap sprung, and Fox had
appeared before higher tribunal to an-
swer to the King Of all the earth for his
terrible crime
No clergyman appeared on the scaffold,
as Is usually the case, as Fox had stated
that he desired none neither was the fare
ran Hol1 -, 81
istic OF such events.
head, Fox calmly surveyed the vast multi
tude, and then, addressing those just be-
meath him, said,
GOODBYE, BOYS"
He expressed desire To- shake hands
with the sheriff and Sheriff Fisher extend
eli his hand which Fox received in a cor
dial grasp, then turning he calmy awaited
his fate.
Are you ready" inquired the sheriff.
al am" said Fox.
THE BLACK CAP
was then placed ON his head by Marshal
Daren and as he stepped aside Sheriff Fish
ct cut the rope, and the body of Fox shot
through the Trap.
his ueain mignt Oe S3ld 10 oe almost
painless. For some time il was doubted
that his neck was broken, but this doubt
WAS soon dispelled, as aside from few
conclusive motions after the body fell, life
seemed TO be extinct. In nine minutes
after the trap was sprung life was pro-
nouuced extinct by DIR. C. A. Rock
wood. Al 1914 the corpse was cut
down, placed in the coffin awaiting
IL and delivered TO FOx's father.
the face of the corpse was discolored by
strangulaIion, but otherwise looked quite
natural.