St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-11

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 10.-TO Hon.
John John l. MartinMGov Moreh1use has & re-
but he persists in the same position. Hold
as long as possible, as we may hear in time.
My heartfelt sympathy to the accused and
his loyedones. Wire hisfather.
Maxwell smiled sadly when he read
the dispatch and handed it to the priest
without word. When Mr.. Martin lett
the cell of his condemned client, after
having notified him that all hope was
gone, Maxwell desired him to personally
thank Mr.. FauntleIoy for him, and
handed the following letter to Mr.. Mar
tin for Mr.. Garesche. The letter was
written in clear, bold hand:
St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1SSS-A. j. P. Garesche,
Esq.-Dear Sir: Permitme to express to you
my heartfelt thanks for your assistance rem
dered to my attorneys in endeavoring to OBJ
tain justice from Gov. Morehouse. pray
God that He may bless you for the services
you have rendered me. ] am yours, very
truly, HUGH NJ Brooks"
Sheriff Harrington. with his guard of
four deputies and score of police Off
GERS, appeared at the cell door at $40.
Both men listened calmly to the read
ing OF the death warrants, and neither
filnched muscle when they were pin
ioned by Deputy Sheriff Fortin. AS the
procession emerged from the Jail into
the grassy yard Maxwell gave one rapid
glance at
THE SEA OF HEADS
upon the high buildings in the vicinity.
Then his gaze fell to the ground and he
moved his head forward toward Father
Than, who, walking step i'll advance,
was reciting the offices for the dead.
Both men were cool and collected, Max
well especially so. He bore himself with
the erect carriage of soldier. and while
crossing the yard made quick catch
step in order to be in unison with the
the march of the guard. 1t took but a
moment to ascend the steps to the scat
fold. The two men were quickly placed
beneath the ropes. Maxwell gave one
last firm look at the men before him,
and murmured goodbye to his father
contessor. The black caps were drawn,
their necks encircled with the moose,
and before one-half of the would-be
spectators had been able to crowd them
selves through the narrow doorway into
the yard the trap had been sprung and
the bodies were
DANGLING IN N1ID-AIR.
Only about two minutes elapsed be-
tween their mounting of the ScattOrld
and the springing of the trap. Land
graf dropped like log, and his body
swung mOtionless, but Maxwell died
hard. His lower limbs writhed con-
vulsively, and his arms, which had been
tied across his chest, moved up and
down from the elbow joints as though
grasp the rope above him. In few
seconds, however, the convulsions
ceased, only to be followed by stream
of blood which flowed from beneath the
black cap over the shirt and coat. 1t
came from his neck, which had been
deeply cut by the rope. In thir-
teen minutes Landgraf was de-
declared dead, but it was four
minutes later when the physician re-
leased his hold on Maxwell's wrist with
the remark, Hes gone." Even in
death Maxwell had surprised all o6serv-
ers. Medical men had all along pre-
dicted that his vitality would be found
to be less than Landgraf's and that he
would die sooner. AS soon as life was
declared extinct
THE BODIES WE'RE CUT DOWN
and DR.. Lutz conducted post mortem
examination. 1t developed the fact that
the necks of both men were broken.
Maxwell aad sustained a fracture of the
third vertebra, while the hyOid bone of
his neck was broken, Landgraf was
killed by complete fracture and
dislocatiOn of the third vertebra
When the body of Maxwell had been
taken to the mOrgue, and the black cap
and clothing removed, the doctors were
both Mortified and disgusted. The
mouth was wide open; so were the eyes.
The eyeballS were almost starting from
their sockets. and there was a look of
terror in them frightful to behold. The
blood had clotted thick in the right
cheek, the muscles were horribly con-
tracted and the beard and muStache
were clOtted with the blood that had is
sued from the mouth. The nose was
also covered with blood, and when it
had been sponged away it was found
that the bridge had been broken. 1t had
evidently come in contact with the floor
of the Scaffold in falling. But what
shocked the doctors and officials most
was the absolute
FnTHINESS OF THE CORPSE
Never before in the history of the
dead house had the body of a man
making the pretensions to refinement
that Maxwell did been found in like
condition. The clothing in part was
vile and the corpse itself IN a state that
denoted long absence from the bath.
Only too glad were the officials to hurry
through their laborS. When the regu-
lar routine verdictS had been rendered.
the corpse was placed In pine box and
taken to Lynch's undertaking establish
ment on Olive street Here it was pre-
pared for burial, and after being attired
in black shroud, placed in a French
walnut casket with silver handles and
trimmings. On the lid was a silver plate
with the simple name:
HUGH NJ. BROOKS.