The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-11-26
ExEoUrIoN or LoU1s k1EL.
= He Meets His Death Like Brave Man.
and Declines to Make speech Upon
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he Meets His Death Like Brave Man.
i AID Declines to Make a speech Upon
4 the Gallows. IS IS
All efforts having failed to secure a fur
ther respite, Louis Riel Was executed at
;Reginn, n. w. r.. Monday, the 18th inst.
A last 1t appeared that he had given up all
hopes 81 escape from his terrible fate, and
hnd made up his mind to die bravely. He
did not retire the night previous at all,
but remained up, praying most OF the time,
ana 8conyersing with Pere Andre. He
vent over the events OF the two, rebel
lions, and said, while he admitted having
made mistakes, he always h,.d the good Of
ispeopleat heart and he could die with a
clear conscience. About IL clock he took
his last meal on earth. Before passing out
on the scafold, o signal was given and the;
party stopped. The priests and Riel:
|kneeled to pray. Riel's clear voice could be
heard above that OF the priests, repeating
the prayers OF the Roman Catholic church
used in cases Of death. The litany was re-
cited te,t Slowly but s6xely the service drew
I to an end. The priests repeated the pray
life OF the poor man every moment
they could. But at last the end came,
and the party rose from their knees. Riel
looked calmly around. His eyes were OBJ
served to be moist, and some fancied they
heard q sob escape from him, but he soon
stihed any feeling OF weakness he might have
felt, and summoning up that courageousa and
manly bearing which he always possessed.
he said firmly, in French, Gentlemen mn,
Deputy Sheriff Gibson, the hangman ap-.
peared iromS gloamso OF the corridor. He
was misked, Il and: presented repulsive
spectacle, as his black eyes could be seen
through small aperthres in the mask,
cleaning through. * s5.,ff: 4sy5
al HE HAD GRUDGE. H.
His name is Jack Henderson, and he is
the same who hanged Conners. He owed q
special grudge against Riel, having been i'm
prisoned by him. during the Red river re-;
bellion i'll, 1870, and he pleaded Us a par
ticular favor to be allowed to hang his old
enemy. He carried in his hand some straps
with which, under the direction OF Gibson he
bound Riel'ss hands behind his back.
While this net was being performed, Riel
gazed through the aperture at the fatal
moose, which, suspended from heavy
beam. was dangling before him. A slight
shudder seemed to shake him Tor an in
slant, but that was all, and the next m O..
ment he stepped firmly out of the building
and on to the scaffold. As he stepped out
he repeated Ave Marias. "a. s. %s n Fl
As Riel stepped upon the trap he con-
tinued to calculate: SIN God / put my
trust Before the hnngman adjusted the
white cap, Sheriff Chaplain stepped up to
Riel and said: Louis Riel, have you any
thing to say before the sentence OF the
court is executed upon your
For u moment Riel was silent; then to the
great surprise OF all, he answered in q firm
voice. No. He was told he would have
two minutes to pray, and he repeated the
Lords prayer. He inv ked the aid OF Je-
aus. Mary. Joseph and the other saints.
Father Andre and McWilliams stood faith
fully by him and, to their exhortations to
stand firm, Riel said he was not afraid
to die. believe in God to the lnst,,'' he
said, yes, to the very last, DR.. Jukes
shook hands with him, when he thanked
the physician for all he had ever done for
him. The rope WAS now adjusted by the
hldeous-loo king hangman, who also drew
the white cap over Riel's face. Then Faith
er McWilliams was asked to repeat the
Lords prayer. He commenced in slow and
measured tones. The suspense was terrible.
and could not last much longer. When the
words, Lead us not into temptation't
were reached. Deputy Sheriff Glib
son nodded to S. the hangman, who
kept his eyes fixed 81 on q him. With
Q sledge hammer he struck the bolt which
shot back into it's socket, and as q conse-
quence shot Louis Riel, the leader OF the
half-breeds and whose name will ever livein
Canadian history, into eternity. The drop
was nine feet, and che victim fell with ter
rible force, SO that his neck was broken in
stantly. "a 81 5as# s555 E.