Arizona silver belt., 1884-04-19
HANGING OF, CASEY.

uo'oiaoi vuiior AAolpCooh, was ndnSe here to-day at a few minutes past . o'clocke.qo erZfz ,}s3 rl sssil.g...- t The doomed man did not go to be- <, until I o'clock this morning. Tn early part of last evening he devote, | to card playing with his guards Messrs. Skinner and Kirby; afterward he. entered into conversation with A , D. Otis, chairman of the board of SUI : supervisors, aud Sheriff Paul. Th talk was general, and Casey was par
 ticular not to divulge any Secrets o
 his past life.
 At this juncture it may be we'll tt
 state that, few days ago, Casey sem
 for MT. Otis, and after their first in
 teryiew took quite a liking for that
 gentleman. The supervisor has been
 with the criminal a. great deal since
 and, in sympathy for the unfortunate
 man, he went to the personal expense
 of purchasing a funeral suit of black.
 When Casey retired for his last
 sleep before the execution, he was ap-
 parently in good spirits. He slept
 soundly and did not awake, until six
 o'clock this morning, and did not then
 exhibit any signs of nervousness over
 his approaching fate. A liberal break
 fast was spread before him which he ate with evident relish. During the morn
 ing Casey devoted most of the time
 with his Spiritual advisor, Father An
 tonic JouvencGau. He was shaved and then dressed himself in hls new suit and, for an hour thereafter, de- voted his time to receiving few well come visitors, among them two Sisters of Charity. When couple of news paper men attempted te-sall lupon him and obtain an interview, he called out to the guard, '"Will you do mo the favor of sending these reporters away. 1 do not wish to be bothered with them" Shortly after twelve o'clock Casey ate hearty lunch.
 At-a quarter to one clock the great crowd that. had assembled outside, were allowed to enter the jail yard. As they went tramping through the hallway of the jail, the noise made by the throng must have been especially annoying to the man about to meet his doom. Casey was unusually rest less, and paced up and down his cell unremittingly. The cigar between his lips was puted vigorously, and he was really iii,at ease. s
 At one o'clock precisely, Sheriff Paul entered the corridor, and asked Casey whether he wished the death warrant read in jail or on the scaffold the prisoner preferred to hear the doc ument delivered privately, and the sheriff therefore proceeded to fulfill | his unpleasant duty at the bars of the cell. l! Hardly dozen spectators were present. Casey listened' attentively, but uttered not a word. As the key in the lock of his cell, the murderer arose and walked steadily | into the corridor; thence he proceeded | through the jail to the scaffold. Out side fully two hundred spectators, many there from morbid curiosity, | were awaiting his arrival, but he did | not show the least signs of finching. | It was evident that he would die game. Ascending with firm step the stairs of the scaffold, followed by Father Jouvenceau, he quietly seated him. self in the arm chair there provided for him. The butt of cigar which he had compressed between his lips, as he made his last earthly appearance, was carelessly thrown away when he sat down. The officers on the scaffold | Sheriff Paul, Detective Len Harris, Sheriff Ward, of Cochise coun- ty, and Deputy Apple, lost no time in the criminal for execution. The leather straps were at once wound round his legs and while this opera tion was in progress he spoke as fol- lows, to an eager crowd:
 "I want to make a few remarks. I did kill Mir. Holbrook, but did it un- der the impulse of the moment; I had no intention of killing him. believe in all my life, Inever did anybody any bodily injury before, and did not mean to do it to him. I forgive everybody, and hope all forgive me. want to make statement in regard to Harry ! Sinclair: He had nothing to do with the shooting; he is a young man and I hope he will get, out; he has no friends td help him. I hope you will do something for him. I die Catho- lie, and resign my body to the care of the jury | .
 E Just before the rope was drawn around his neck, he exclaimed, We have all got to get here sometime boys; all have to get to the jumping off ,alace ' Whar tha .ox,o- hosa. Ia