Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-16
THE DAY FIXED.
Anschlag to be Hanged on
November 10Th.
HIS APPEARANCE IN COURT.
Chained to the Floor of His Cell
He Waits Death Under the
Eye of the Wacth.

OF the murder of the Hitchcocks, the
beginning of the end has come. Yester-
day morning in the Superior Court, the
10th of next month was set for his exc
cution, and now no power but the par
don from the Governor can save him
from death. There is no chance that
such pardon will be granted. He has
no friends to intercede for him, and it is
said that the nature of his crime as we'll
as the responsiveness of his character will
prevent any display of public sympathy
in his behalf which might tend to in
huence the Executive. Four weeks from
next Friday he will suffer on the gallows
for the crime committed at Garden Grove
on the 23rd of last January. The cir.
cumstances OF the affair are too recent
and stand out too vividly in the history
OF crime in this section of the State to
need repetition. News of the affair first
appeared on the 9th Of January, the day
after the discovery was made in the
pit near the house of the horribly mutt
lated bodies. On the 2Sth Anschlag
confessed the crime and on the 18th Of
February was tried before a iurv and
found guilty. On the oath of the same
month he was sentenced to be hung and
later the date of April 18th was fixed.
On April 9th an appeal to the Supreme
Court was taken, which only resulted in
the reaffirmation of the decision of the
lower tribunal. Nothing then remained
in the chain of legal formality save the
fixing Of the date when the death penalty
should be carried out.
Judge Gardiner has been occupying
the bench of Department One for some
time, but Judge Cheney returned to his
regular post yesterday to perform the aw-
ful ceremony, the sequel to the trial over
which he presided seven months ago.
Before the doors of the room opened at
10 O'Clock considerable crowd had gath
cred and the seats were promptly filed
as soon as admission could be gained. A
number of members of the bar and rep
resentatives of the press filed the space
within the railing. There was a hush as
at a funeral, deepening to an intense
stiffness when the prisoner was
brought in.
Anschlag walked to the courtroom on
New High street between Jailor Russell
and Deputy Sheriff Jennings. Around
the entrance at the foot of the stairway
so large crowd had gathered that It
took several minutes for Captain Harris,
the Chief of the detective force, and
Deputy Sheriff Bottello to clear the way.
Anschlag's face was pale, his eyes fixed
and staring, and his breath came in the
short gasps which betoken great excite
ment. As he started up the steps his
confusion was so great that he missed
his footing and fell over against the
young burglar to whose arm he was
chained. When placed in the dock he
appeared for the moment more at ease,
and looked about him over the curious
faces Of the expectant crowd.
After the routine legal business of the
morning had been disposed of, which
consumed only a few minutes, District
Attorney Dupuy stated the case to the
court, making brief resume of the legal
proceedings up to date. He concluded
by asking that the date be now set for
the execution.
Judge Cheney, who had been leaning
back in his chair during the statement
of the case, now Strengthened himself up
and glanced nervously about the room.
"John Henry Fritz Anschlag," said
he, addressing himself to the murderer,
"Stand up"
1t was several moments before An
schlag managed to obey, and his intense
excitement showed both in his face and
in his motions. Deputy Sheriff Botello
stepped forward to assist him, and thus
supported he stood up before the bar.
Emil Harris was then sworn to serve as
translator of the German language, and
the Court stated to the prisoner the
course which the law had taken tn bring
him to the present sentence. Several
times while the Judge was speaking An
schiag eeneaaeavorAd eeae:. to interrupt. but he
was checked with the remark that he
would be heard in proper time, "You
are now before this Court that the day
may be SET" said Judge Cheney, in con-
clusion, "for the carrying out OF its SEN
tence according to law. Have you any
thing to say why the sentence of death
should not be passed upon you?"
When this was translated to the muir
derer he answered in short sentences in
English: 81 can prove that did not do
this deed alone. but that there were 9TH
ers in it with me-if you will give ma
time can prove this. My attorneys
have not treated me right"
At the end of his effort to speak An
schlag began to cry and the words that
he uttered were too incoherent to be dis
tinguished. Judge Cheney fastened to
cut short the scene by the final sentence.
1T appearing to the Court,'' said he.
las it has already recited, that you have
been tried by jury of your own peers.
condemned to be executed, and the time
being set you We're not executed and the
sentence still remains unexecuted. and
that your appeal to the higher court has
been dismissed, nothing now remains to
40 but to re6x the day of carving out
the said judgment. Therefore the Court
likes Friday, the 10th day of November,
1883, between the hours of IL O'Clock
meridian and O'Clock post meridian. as
the day and time for the carrying out of
said judgment of this Court, and that
upon that day, and between the said
hours, you be, according to the terms Of
said judgement, hanged by the neck till
you are dead, and again say may God
have mercy on your soul +"
Anschlag''s head hung lower and lower
as the Judge proceeded, and with the
last words he shuddered and covered his
face. The court announced that Il
would take recess until 10 O'Clock
to-day, and the room was cleared.
Anschlag was then led back to the iail.
A reporter of the HERALD who went to
the Jail to see Anschlag late last evening
found him asleep upon the cot which he
VIII occupy until his death, large chain
fastened around his leg and to 4 ring IN