Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-15
ANSCHLAG DEAD.
lie Committed Suicide in
His Cell.
HOW HE HID THE POISON

He Takes Strychnine Which He
Had Concealed in a Piece
of Tobacco.
AT half-past IL o'clock last night, or
shortly before, Anschlag took poison
which he had been carefully hiding in a
plug of tobacco. AS has been the case
ever since the day of the execution was
set, death watch has been kept on the
condemned man and his every move
ment has been carefully scrutiuized. A
few days ago quantity Of strychnine
was found in package of cigarettes
which he had been hiding under his bed.
At that time everything was taken from
him and the vigilance with which he
was watched was redoubled. Nothing that
was given him reached him without a
prior examination. Even the bouquets
which were sent him yesterday were
carefully scrutinized by Jailor Russell,
who was determined that nothing should
happen to cheat the law of it's victim.
Last night Jailor Russell retired after
having looked about the cell of the con-
demned man to see that everything was
all right. The night watchman, Rich
ardson, was left in charge and sat down
on the side of the bed on the opposite
side of the room where he kept Anschlag
in plain view. Nothing transpired until
shortly after II O'Clock. Deputy Jailor
George G. Russell, who was asleep
in the little room opposite Anschlag's
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out that he wanted the minister. Russell
asked him if the morning would not do,
but Anschlag replied that it would not.
He must have his minister right away.
Russell then got up and sent a messenger
for MIR. U. s. g. Click as requested. At
this time Richardson passed into the
hall to hand the message to the messen-
ger and he had only lost sight of An
schlag for a second when he returned
and sat down to watch the prisoner as
before.
THE FIRST DISCOVERY.
A few minutes after his return he no.
ticed that Anschlag's hands twitched
rather queerly, and he thought this
rather strange, and he looked all the
closer. In minute or two the twitch-
ings grew worse, and be came to the
conclusion that something was wrong.
He called to Deputy Jailor Russell that
Something is the matter with An
schlag."
Russell jumped from his bed, but be-
fore he reached the room Anschlag had
gone into convulsions. When he arrived
at the bedside of Anschlag he asked him
what the matter was, and Anschlag could
only reply between his spasms, "To-
bacco, Tobacco"
Russell then called his brother, Jailor
Russell, and sent for several physicians
to come in a hurry. Jailor Russell
reached the cell just as Anschlag had
finished the second convdlsion, which
was very severe and doubled him up 80
that it took the combined efforts OF the
two men already there to hold him.
Jailor Russell asked him what he had
taken and he replied, "The same stuff l
had before"
He said he had kept some of the
strychnine which had been given him
long before, hidden in plug of tobacco,
which was then noticed lying on the
table near the cot on which Anschlag
lay. 1t had been in the room for some
time and had been lying on the table I'M
touched and scarcely noticed. 1t was
about half an inch thick and about two
inches square. When examined after
attention was drawn to it, it was found to
have been torn apart and groove in the
center told the story OF how the strych-
nine had been hidden. 1t was carefully
inspected and laid aside for future refer
ence.
THE DOCTORS ARRIVE.
After Anschlag had told how he had
taken the poison he asked that a doctor
be sent for. He was extremely anxious
that he should not be allowed to die and
he begged those present to save him. He
said the pain was awful and that he was
sorry that he had taken the poison, but
he would not tell who gave him the
poison in the first instance, nor how he
had come by it. After begging for
doctor another convulsion seized
him and from this he never recovered
enough to speak. Drs. Choate, Kirk
patrick, Frost and Mccarthy arrived in
haste few minutes later, and for nearly
an hour they worked over him endeavor-
ing to bring him back to life. His Jaws
set tight and had to be
pried open with screw driver. An
antidote was injected into his arm
but all to no avail. He grew black in
the face between spasms, and forced
respiration was resorted to for long
time. His feet were held high in the air
and his arms and chest were worked
vigorously to keep up the respiration,
but it was easy to be seen
that there was no hope. At
five minutes to midnight he grew black
in the face, and the most vigorous treat
ment failed to produce respiration. As
the clock struck midnight he gasped,
and for fully two minutes it ap-
peared as if he had drawn his
last breath. The physicians redoubled
their exertions and managed to make
him breathe again. Another spasm
seized him and chloroform was admins
tered to lessen its effects. He was then
placed in almost perpendicular position
and few minutes later he appeared to
breathe easier and stomach pump was
applied. By this time his jaws had be-
come less rigid, but his mouth was
bleeding from the effects of the prying
that had taken place before
HIS DEATH.
| The stomach-pump came too late
however, and his breath came at greater
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