Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-22
EsruarRp HES CRIME.


 Alexander Goldenson's attrccieus act, in shooting through the brain the school girl Mamie Kelly, on a street in San Francisco, Noyem- Der 10th, 1886, has been atoned, so far as this fife is concern ed, by hls ex- ecution by judgment of law, As shown by the testimony he stood Tn waiting for her, on her return from school, armed for tho purpose Of talk ing her life, which ho did in the pres ence of Evelne Kelly, J. Il. Stanton and Aaron E. Elkeles, and notwith- standing this proof of unjustihable murder, he was enabled to prolong his forfeited life. upon the plea of in- sanity, until September 14th, 1888. Although youth, nearly approach ing mans estate, he WAS bold bad and vicious, posessing none of the quail tles requisite to render hlm dsslr- able citizen, and as such, with curses upon his lips, even for his old and gacf stricken father, he yielded up his worthless fife upon the gallows,
 The violent death of Mamie Kelly
 brought an inefiaceable sorrow to her once happy home. Her grandmother suffered shock from which she has never recovered, and her mother shrlnks from tho mention of her daughters tragic death.
 Golaenson manners wero those of
 the hoodlum Slang formed the sta
 pie of his language, hberally inter-
 sperssd with the vilest eaths. Tho
 utter bravado of the murderer was
 shcwn when passing through the cor
 ridor of the prison to tako final leave
 of his mother the night preceding his execution, he slapped deputy
 sheriff on the shoulder and saIe with gleeful chuckle Il can beat you
 at checkers Within thirty minutes
 after he had said farewell 10 hi' mother and had shed tears, he wal playing cards with Chief Rogers q partner agalnst Deputy Sheriff Low 3 and another, and the scene within h 5 cell was tue same as before hi mother arrived.
 |. On tbe morning of the execution tn f doomed man hreakfasted on bacol : and eggs, rcmarking that "What h 3 ate to-day was not going to impai e his health" He was led to the gal , lows while the City Hall boil wa l striking the hour of twelve, He aske'
 for picture of Mamie Kelly whie $ he had with him in jail. It was give F to him and he held it, attached to ,, ribbon, in his hand. "This," said ht 0 lis proof that I loved her, Whe s Deputy Rogers was about to put tn | moose over Goldensou's head, tho prli , Oner whispered to him; the strap 0 : hls right arm was loosened and Go = dsnssn took hold of the moose an r. placed it ever his head and areun '. his neck, agaln protesting his lov
 for Mamie. Tho black cap was the
 adjusted and after he had said geodb C to the priest, the trap was sprung an $ Goldanson was ushered, "with all h s- sins upon hls head into eternit. s- An autopsy failed to discover any e thing abnormal about hls brain whlc n appeared to be healthy and of an al l. craze weight.
 n The ldsa of this cold-bloodsd mul IT darer standing on the galiowS, carr. @ ing In one hand picture ofthe youn ' girl whom he slew and afterwar( 2, traduced, in the other minatul 't flag, is reyoltiag, in the face of u ss law. Ths San Francisco Bulletin al B. tly remarks, that society needs pr, l. lection against the murderer in ia Id as we'll as against ths criminal wit n- out its walls; but as long as prisoi pc serve as stage on which to show u Id mock horoism of crime, they wlll col E. tlnue to be well filled.