The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-01

it11:1O a. H., Clark was brought iorth
hv the sheriffs, carefully bound by strong
str,ns He walked unfaltering mp the
stems Of the scaffold and carefully po'seo
himself as if standing for his photograph
After the rope had been fixed arouno n''
mock and the black cap adjusted ne
cleared his throt and loudly and uns'am'
meringly addressed the witnesses as 'o'-
lows:
.eWeu gentlemen, suppose you all
,,ow what am here for-at least you
cav that am here for the murder ol
THOMAS Rogers. Gentleman Of Bozeman
T st,nd here to meet my God, and say
here to-day, that am an innocent ma"
om innocent of the crime and know
nothing about it whatever. The man
that testified against me has sworn fa'se'y
h,,+ can meet my God an innocent man
90 for as this crime is concerned. My
mother was brought up in good society
was raised with a good pious mother
ond in one of the best families OF the
@ c.a.a whore 7 came from, and now l will
meet my God.
Farewell to my Southern, sunny home'
NV loving mother and the one l love-.
} As soon as the last words were SPOKEN
Sheriff Blakeley pulled the black cap
over the speakers face, and mouoneu !"
[ 1as ponsford, deputy sheriff, who IN
E stantlv touched the spring and with q
E du,, thub the unflinching man fell, MS
l toes inst touching the ground. He gave
e two convulsive moves and was dead, MI
d neck having been broken.
e The doctors then felt his pulse ana II
e ten minutes all life was extinct. I'M
IL bodv was then taken down and delivered
r, +o undertaken Sennett, who was in walt
n ing with coffin.
is T.ken into consideration that this wa
d. the first legal hanging that ever occurre
8 in Rozeman, all united in saying that
III was we'll done. =,
i Tins died a man who up till the la
til minnie earnestly declared his innocent
lie Of a horrible crime, which clearly prove
of AGAINST him and for which he came ve'
I near being hanged by mob at the tin
nd it was committed.
ed Clark was well-built man, heavy al
he about five feet seven inches in heigl
His face was rather repulsive than otht
pe- wise. .,,,cr
ich NOTE TO THE CHRONICLE.
80, Last night Clark wrote the foiio~
his for the CHRONICLE. It was written II
:ow steady hand, and with the exception
ock the spelling and punctuation Is gwen
res he wrote it:
;e- "To-nieht sit in my prison cell, WI
into in few hours of my last DAY IN
and world and / take the liberty to vi
con- these few lines to let you all know tn
orse can meet it without fear and thank !
am. with strong heart and clear mlnd y
I am innocent, and thank God that
was meet him with a clear conscious
t for thank God l never killed man IN
,tvre life and have been in this country loi
,;no. wears. the most of the time and =
made thousands of dollars in this II
anu tory by long, hard work IN the mines
with have snent thousand of dollars and
need to die for crime that some other
70 T committed and haye to suffer a
~ but thank God am not afraid TO die
lin 10 I can leave this world. But l mop
head find better and although leave
what old father and loving mother and
:, tho sisters and their children, and q 10
~ W.. Girl behind me and there is not one
'ck 10 in this country that has been brougl
lie. l any better than me. l was brougn
two with 500 negroes IN my sunny oo"'
They home"