St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-27
Frank Mulkowski, the Murderer of Mrs.
0Agnes sKledzeiCk, IgnObly Meets
Death on the Gallows.
Contemplation of His Horrible Ending
Completely Unmans the Prisoner, and
He Breaks Down.
His Crime One of the Foulest III 'ne
Annals OF Depravity In the
City of Chicago.
Four Texans Killed as the Result Oh
Cowboys Being Accused OF
G.MaVerIcking."
A Just Judgment.

dows at the county Jail this morning fell
upon the kneeling form of Frank Mulkow-
ski. The Rev. Father Breitkotf OF 81.
StanislauS Polish Catholic church passed
the entire night w,;h the condemned man.
Mulkowski showed no inclination to sleep.
He was nervous. irli able and passionate Dy
turns, and SOreiy puzzled the death watch
and the attending officers. He listened as
one who hears not the words OF the priest.
His sullen spirit and naughty bearing were
not broken, but realization Of his lln-
pending doom seemed to bring out every
passion of his nature. Mass was said just
before o'clock. At that time Muikowskl
was physically quite weak. His last meal
was eaten Wednesday morning. Yesterday
he ate nothing but small piece OF toast,
and last night he refo-ed food. a few cups
Of coffee were his nourishment during
the night. and
FF,- II EXCITABLE
ron ted by his refusal
to t, uch food. Jauer Folz arrived about
$50 o'clock. bringi g the robe and cap for
the execution. These were of white and
were like those used at the hanging of the
three Italians. Shortly before 9 o'clock
Mulkowski drank cup of coffee and ate
small piece of bread. Food seemed to
choke him, however, and after eating a
little of the bread he pushed it away in dis
guSt. That morbid curiosity which always
draws a crowd to gaze at the outside of a
building when some unusual event is
tranSpring within its walls was the mo-
tive which caused crowd to gather around
the Jail this morning. By IL O'Clock the
alley at the west of the Jail and the side
walk on the south side were filled with men
and boys, while n few women were also
So,la ffinA pf,1at n
newspaper men, officials, and prominent
men in about equ..i parts, all waiting in a
flutter OF expectation for the last moment
to arrive 4 solid wall Of police stood on
guard on the steps Of the court house, and
another squad
KEPT THE CROWD BACK
from the alley entrance to the Jail court
yard. The county hearSe arrived about 10
O clock and waited in the courtyard until
it should be needed. The prisoner Wept
and moaned and showed every evidence of
tremendous mental excitement, but did not
collapse physically. There was no need for
the county physician, although his assistant
kent in tee office and was ready to admin
lister to I'e prisoners wants. HE is too
much of BRUTE" said the doctor, Ito
collapse. He will walk stolidly and give
the sheriff no trouble" At II o'clock he
was crying and seemed broken down. The
immediate preparations for the execution
were made at II o'clock, when the repre-
sentatives of the press were admitted to the
north corridor. The inmates of cells facing
that corridor had been moved to cells on
the south corridor. The scaffold was
stained dark b. ~ the moose, the
end of which wa ID to the left-hand
beam. hung in place. Jailer FOlZ came on
the scaffold and
INSPECTED THE ROPE
and saw that all was ready. AS the hour of
noon approached the excitement grew more
and more noticeable, and the continual hum
of voices and sounds of laughter We're
heard. Even from the outside could be
heard the noise of the crowd that surged on
Illinois street. Whistles and cat calls were
plentiful. The arrival of the prisoner on
the scaffold was delayed past the hour of
noon. Twelve o'clock and then five min
uteS past came and still there was no sign of
the condemned man and his guards, and
the crowd, outside and in, grew impatient.
1t was Just ten minutes after y when the
procession to the gallows emerged from the
library. At the head was Sheriff Hanchett,
and following him were two deacOnS dressed
in SOmbre coloTs and reading together the
PRAYERS for the dying. Then came Mul-
kowski. dressed in his suit of black, and
supported and almost carried by the priests
at his side, who were whispering to him
words of consolation. After them came
JailOr Folz and deputies, liaipin and j. p.
O'Conneu. Next was Father Breitkopf,
MULKoUsKI's SPIRITUAL ADVISER,
and then followed group OF deputies and
acquaintance Of the prisoner. The pro-
cession moved very slowly through the
Office and cage" on account of the weak
ness Of the doomed man. whose legs tOttered
under him. He had evidently succumbed
to the fear of death and the awfulness of
his situation. His face, usuallE pale and
austere, was actually livid now, and the
CHASTITY effect was heightened by the black
stubble which he has allowed to grow on
his chin. The Office of Jail Clerk Ben
Price was utilized as sort of grand stand
by the officers for the accommodation of
the female inmates Of the Jail, who had q
natural curiosity to view the strange pro-
cession. When the culprit came out the
women shuddered at the spectacle presented
by him. He did not seem 10 notice them,
however, but kept his head down and his
eyes closed from the time he left the Ii
brary. When the procession got
NEAR THE GALLCws
the priest presented crucifix to Mulkow-
skis lips. He kissed it in blind, eager
way and continued to clutch at it while he
was being lifted up the stairs leading to the
platform. Among those who followed to
the scaiIold was young Rogers, perhaps
Mulkowski's only friend. He has been
with the man more tnan anybody else since
his imprisonment. and his sorrow for him
seemed strong and unaffected. The depu-
ties and priests ranged themselves around.
Mukowski was pale and trembling. He
fervidly kissed the crucitiX many times. the
priests meanwhile repeating the prayers.
the prisoner nervously repeating the re-
sponses. AS he still kissed the cross the
straps were placed around his feet and
hands. When the shroud was placed over
him he seemed ready to faint, and was held
I'D by the deputies. The ordeal was eyi.
IDENTIFY fearful one for the prisoner But
the last responses were made in firmel
tone. Again and again he kissed the cruel.
fix as the moose was placed over his lips
His kisses could be heard many feet from
the scaffold. and just before the cap wai
placed on him he wept. AT 1914 the tral
fell. SO quickly, indeed, that the crowd wa.
almost unprepared for the drop. Ever
those on the gallOws were
TAKEN BY SURPRISE,
when, instead of the standing figure thel
had gazed at in one moment, was the mex
suspended in the air. The neck was broker
by the fall. There were but eight or nin'
convulsive twitchings of the body, anC
these of only the slightest kind. The phys
icians hastened to surround the dangling
corpse, some feeling the pulse and other
noting the heart beats. The pulse, whei
first taken, was a. it then jumped to 156
and gradually fell from that point to 81. ~
then go, and nine minutes after the drop, Mul
kowski was pronounced dead. At 1921 tn,