Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-21
THE EXECUTION TODAY.
JAKE AND JOE TOLBER TO DIE on
THE GALLONS
For the Murder Of Cass and GoOdy.
kuntz, Two Vinita, |. T.. Mer-
chants in August, 1885.

The scaffold for the execution of the two
Tobler boys has beer erected in the main
corridor of the county Jail 1t was built by
Mr.. Wagner of this city after an i'm
| proved plan and is warranted to do its
work we'll The floor rests upon the
gallery running around the corridor about
fifteen or twenty feet above the floor The
trap is in the north side, and opens by
separating in the center when the lever
which is few feet in the rear, is pulled.
! The ropes are run over two iron rings in
the ceiling.
| The crime for which these two BOYS are
to be hung. was an atrocious one in which
| there appeared to have been no extenuat-
ing circumstances.
Briefly recited, the circumstances of the
affair are as follows: Turing the early
part of August, 1885, hsessrs. Cass and
GoodykountZ, couple Ct prominent mer-
chants at Vinita, in the Indian Territory,
started through the territory to Texas On
the night of August l6 they were over
taken by the two Toblers, who went into
camp near them. During the night the
two boys stole up on their sleeping victims
and each shot his man twice, killing the
two in cold blood. The murderers then
took the team of horses, s. in money, a
gold watch and a ring from the dead men
and drove to the house of their uncle,
where few days later they were arrested
and made confession to some six or seven
persons. The remains had been identified
by a brother of one of the murdered men.
A half-breed Indian heard the shots, and
altogether made a clear case against the
prisoners.
The trial of Jake, the older, was held at
the Y. 5. district court Sept 5th at this
place. Considerable argument was heard
on the matter of admitting the confessions
OF the two boys, but the couIt admitted it,
The confession was in accordance with the
facts as Stated here. This together with
the property found in their possession told
the tale, and the jury after about fifteen
minutes elaboration returned verdict of
guilty of murder as charged
The prisoner was unmoved by the an
nouncement of the verdict and retained
the same quiet Indifference that he has
shown all through the trial and his con-
finement. He had nothing to say after the
verdict was announced.
His brother Joe, two years younger, was
tried the next day. His attorneys, Messrs.
Snyder and MARYLAND, tried to prove that
he had no hand in the killing and did not
make confession. The jury, however
thought differently and found him guilty
of murder as charged in the Indictment,
after being out only about seven minutes,
He took the result of the trial with the
same Indifference as his brothers.
On the 18th of the same month they were
sentenced with Thomas Thurber to be
hanged today. This judgment of the court,
too, seemed not in the least to move or at
feet them.
AT the first there were placed IN the cells
at the old Jail, but soon after their remov-
al to the new Jail they were confined in the
close confinement cell along with Thurber.
They have both conducted themselves
well and thus came to be very well liked
by the jailor, Ed Darnell, and all who had
to do with them in their confinement.
They seemed to show no sorrow or regret
for their deed and refused to talk about it.
Last night all was quiet at the Jail. The
boys played cards and eat peanuts; they
refused to sleep so they said. Thurber and
Frazier were in the cell with them. The
scaffold was tested at 10 o'clock and work
ed to perfection. They say that they will
both die game and the indications are that
they will keepstheir resolution.
The execution will take place sometime |
between and 10 o'clock