, 1884-12-13

I
uemned man was turned over to the
pr,es' y nnnis'rauons
nieAn,i"e 'ne corriuors IN tne Court
lhouse ABOVE stairs-tne jail being Ill the
oAsemeh. Oh inc pullding-were pretty
wen nleu win people mango whom mad
ucAe's en'iuing tnem 10 witness the hang-
ing' "hile oiners were anxious 70 secure
.nese paseDoaru passports. Although
'here was comparauVeiy niue excitement
MANIFESTED over the ailair throughout the
oi'S' sun 0herln Louis Miner VINO had
assumed entire charge oil the arrange
nen,s' ana MS competent deputy James
0'erirns' were Kepe Dusty employed.
The scafoId.
A, nroc;solv II o,olooL Chor;g M;llor
called tbe members of Tho rross tocetbor
They consisted &c Mr. n r. Fernor row
rosont;ng ,bo Rowl;ns L,,raoJ NJ NJ
Rorrow Tho od;tor &C ,ho pauEns
7,;7,,ne Mr. Tr,nor Moro,, od;.o. &c tLo
Roon,eraYo NJ no;t,;cb snoo;oI oor
reeno,do,, Summer TobDaon a. -
editor oeAbe Cboyarno g., ond Tuv
IrAnrp renorter
These gentlemen were conducted
thro,ab tho reor door % tho co,rt H.
which ,vos ono of Tho means of rooob;nn
the sc,fFold Herr !, ,vos fornd no. J
temnorarv hoard str,,ctpre bod boon a.
toched 10 tbe roar of tho hu;Id;nr T.
was twenty feet in height and of tho
Same Dimensions in lenrtb and hroodtb
EIGHT feet above the ground the ;nclos,,ro
,vos nearly o~oroIlv Divided obovo and ho-
low bv a nloteorm This nl,tforu, NOS
reached bv n A;obt oftoD stems 4 IN ,bo
-onnos;ta direction a covored nossoro NOV
led To a basement door in tho ;o;I ,5rorgb
which tho condounod man wos % No.
I-mmod;atelv in tbe confer of tho nlatform
which Of course was inclosed from nub'
lie view on all sides stood the sinister
Iooking scafFold This was formed Of two
heavy unriobt p;eces of timber with
n cross-beam ten feet overhead
Demanding from If was \ rome three
quarters of an inch in diameter. heavily
greased 90 that II wonld work easily and
unfa;linOlv Directly underneath tbe
moose was tbe fatal tron from which Cook
was to be swung into eternity. It con-
sisted Of a double tran door on a level
with the rest of the platform and about
six fec. in dimensions. This double tran
door onened inwardlv II was sunnorted
underneath by A single upright most
througb which ran n rone When the
sunnort was ;erked AWAY nv tbe rome of
connse the door fell inward The dron
was about five and ona-balf feet
Whom tho renor+ers reacbad tho Mat
form thew found a photographers and his
assistant already there 4 camera stood
at one angle of the enclosure with n Mate
already nrenared tn take an instantaneous
| nbotogronb Of the hanging os WINS subse-
%ouentlv ~actuallv done.
The sun was shining brightly at this
time but the air was keen and cuttinU.
There are many more pleasant recreations
han standing sbiverinc in the cold on n
platform while awaiting the annearance
| of a man about to he hanged
At twenty minutes mast IL o'clock the
| solemn procession began ascending the
stems leading to the platform. Cook
walked bv the side Of Father Cumm;skev
| He was attired in a Main but becoming
suit of blue clothing. On his feet was a
trim fitting nair of new shoes. He wore
a white shirt but no collar. He assembled
the steps firmly but with down-cast ewes.
| His appearance was extremely neat,
Confinement had chastened il and shaded
down the brutal lines in his c-ountenance.
His face was pale. but apparently not n
bit palcr than that of anv man who is
confined for months in a nrison. His
face was cleanly shaven, save for a short.
bristlv little red chin heard Father
Cummiskev wore n causock and stole
From the hook which he held in his hand
he was reading tbe nravers for tho diving
and tn these Cook was making annro.
priate responses. but without displaying
INV ELUSIVE devotion, Following tbe
nr;est and b;s cboroo anna Sheriff Miller
and Denutv Sheriff Sterling and succeed.
ing them two bv two came the iurors and
those DESIGNATED bv law IN witness tbo
- Win IL saaa~sLSs1 -
eAeou'ion' nnen "n nau "ssenoieu vi
the platform there were about nifty per
sons present.