Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-07-24
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A LITTLE PROGRAMME.
Eauanimity and Goodness of IL Caroiin'ai
sentenced to Es Hanged.

| EauanImlty and Goodness of cnroiin'ah
sentenced to he Hanged.
After exhausting The other sights III
the little South Carolina town we went
over to the Jail to see murderer who
was TO be hanged one week from that
lay. He was white man about forty
years of age, and he had killed his
wife with m AZ because they differed
in opinion. Ii wife will insist upon
differing with her husband she must DO
prepared for the worst. Husbands
wilI suffer long and give no sign, but
there is such a thing as driving theih
to desperation A..
When we entered the corridor the
sheriff was engaged in soaplng tue
hangman's rope. 1t was new one.S
and he was in u hurry to render IT
smooth and pliable and have the JOB
Off his hands. He took the rope along
in his hand as we entered the cell OF
the condemned, and after formal in
PRODUCTION the gentleman who was SO
soon to go on an excursion reached Tor
the rope, carefully inspected It, and
observed "Bill, you are doing slick
Job on that
"Well, I'm trying hard F."
III can help YOU in any way just
call out. | might as well be soaping
the rope as sitting here doing moth
ing.
We sat down for a smoke and talk
Some chaps in his situation would have
been so stuck up that you would have
felt your littleness in their presence,
but this one made an earnest effort To
mt us nj our ease. He exhibited CON
siderable interest in the project TO get
him ont of the way, and his conyersa-
ton proved that he had given the mat
ter considerable thought
ever see a man hangedP he IN
CURED of me, in kindly voice.
yes
GLOW did he take it2'
"IIe seemed discouraged from tho
very start.
.'Ycs, some 90 that way ! have
mapped out little programme to DC
followed, and I'd like to ask your
opinion of it. Here it IS:
'Rise ut 6 o'clock m. on the event
full morning.
"Put on clean shirt and my Sunday
suit, so MS TO appear respectable.
breakfast ut o'clock.
Receive friends from 1880 to $3.50,
"From $50 to 10 indulge in final
preparations aud take leave OF Bill and
the boys.
"At 10 o'clock proceed to the gal
lows, giving Bill as little trouble as
possible.
"Makc A speech about half an hour
in length, warning all young men TO
abstain from marriage and all wives to
obey their husbands.
"Probably some singing.
"rakc my place on the trap and Bill
swings me on.
Curtain.
told him that ! had seldom seen
more carefully prepared programme,
and that if he stuck To it he could not
fail to come out with flying eolors.
HIS photography was defective IN GER
tain instances He realized this and
asked me to amend it. and when we
had gone over the programme with u
peuci he returned his heartfelt thanks
There were one or two little things
that ANNOYED him For instance, he
had never made study of oratory. and
there was danger Of him breaking
down in the middle of his speech.
Then. too, his voice was not IN good
trim, and the spectators on the back
seats might feel put out because they
could not catch his words. lie would
be thankful for suggestions from 4
newspaper man.
told him not to try 10 make mt
on oratory, but to tell q plain story ana
nrop in the gestlres where he thought
they would count The crowd would
excuse his voice. knowing that he had
been shut uu for the last six months
His countrnance cleared up at once,
and he insisted that he was my debtor.
There was another thing. lie had two
brothcrs and one sister. They had
thrown out hints that they would be on
hand TO see him swung oil. Nlthih u
duy or two he had began to doubt me
proprietv of such action. lie diun I
want to dsappoint them, but would 1t
be Just the proper caper for them 10
show up on such an occaslonP re-
nlied that he had better leave the mat
ter for them to decide Some people
enjoy seeing brother hanged; others
wouldn't 20 rod TO witness such 4
spectacle. 1t really made no difference
to the condemned, anyhow, as he would
be hanged all the same.
"rhat's so. that's so. mused the
prisoner. II guess IA leave EN- TO
follow their own bent Say no" soon
do you leaycP"
''To-morrow.
"No! Aud then you won't be here al
the hanging?"
: 81 can be, though | regret it.
Now, that's too bad. Cant ye"
stop over to oblige me9 I'd like to
have you see the affair come of.
excused myself on various grounds
and as we rose to so he held out his
hand and said;
well, if you can't you can t. OF
: course, though m real sorry. m glad
, you called, and if you should con
clude 10 change your mind and take
in the hanging just telegraph me. =
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