Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-18
He Joins Church, Processes Repentance
and Forgives all who have
WrOnged Him.
A Dying Declaration That He is limo.
cent Of the Crime for Which He
Pays the Penalty.

a O~~ ~ 1880
murder in the first degree. after one tria
which lasted only two days, although {
n motion for q new trial was entered it was
. %overruled, and Governor Leslie has done
nothing to interfere with the carrying out
. of the letter of the law. The scaffold was
: erected last Saturday. It is in the jail
yard just back of Court house, and in front
of the Jail. An area of ground 2Ox3O feet
was enclosed by a board fence II feet
high in center of which was the instrument
OF death, it il composed OF q transverse
beam resting upon two uprights. The
uprights are made of pine, stand twelve
feet high and the transverse beam six
inches equare is ter feet long. Two
pulleys are attached to a cross beam.
Through these a hemp cable is passed,
on one end OF which is a moose, and on
the other end is a weight consisting OF a
cylindrical piete Of cast lead eleven inches
in diameter, 10 inches long, weighing 300
pounds. Scott was baptized yesterday by
Father D~eryckerie since which time that
Father and Father Descrie nave been
/ almost constantly with him, and Scott is
happy. Last night he and a man named
Hammond played a game of cribbage at
1870 and at 11:3O he retired to his cell,
smoked a cigar and put on the ribbon and
read the Bible; at IL o'clock he fell asleep
and slept until 3 o'clock this morning. He
then got up and read the Bible after which
he again went to sleep until 4:30 o'clock.
The priest came at 7:3O and held com
munion with him at 8 O'Clock. He ate a |
very hearty breakfast at 8:45. OF oatmeal
musb, ham and eggs and a cup of coffee
which he relished. When he retired to his |
cell again where he was shortly afterwards
Joined by Father Deryckrie and Descrie.
THE I'M ACT.
At 1890 the death warrant was read
to the condemned by Sheriff Coleman in the
presence Of Attorney Boarman. Fathers
Derickerie and Desiere, J.. McTague A.
Caine and Captain Mills, official reporter.
The prisoner listened attentively not
moving a muscle. After the reading lie |
retired to his cell where he knelt in pra yer
assisted by the fathers. He was marched
to the 9allows at11:37. just before the
march began Scott asked for
stimulants which were prompt
y furnished by Sheriff Coleman.
When the scaffold was reached 6
AcOOIuoy OOdEmaA SuOOk nanQS WIN the
condemned man and bade him good bye.
the salutation he made no reply. AS 6
Scott took his position under the moose, I
the two priests stood at his left side and
while Jaiior Ross and Deputy Holton
pinioning his arms and legs, .
pc whispered to his spiritual advisers, II :.
'orgive all" Sheriff Coleman VINO was Il
With the party asked whether he had any i
hing to say to which he responded, Gen A
;Iemen l have been wronged to-day but l n
orgive ALL" The black cap was then ad-
lao the signal was given and Scott was y -
erked INTO eternity. After the cap had :.
zen adjusted he whispered to the Sheriff. =
Jesus have mercy on me-" In a moment ~
tier the swing Doctors Douglass and :.
of Anaconda made an examina- II,
ion, and five minutes latter they bro. =,
him dead. After the drop there =.
ere only two or three commissions of the Va
,omach and he died without a struggle.
body was left hanging twenty minutes
which time it was cut down and turned vi
yer to the undertaken who will have it b.
1r!ed here at 3 o'clock. The loose when ns
'e drop Tell slipped but the doctors are co
.tIstied that his neck was broken. Scott tn
It y statement which will be published in ha
VI in The MINER tomorrow. ~.
BUTTE o RESENT. IN,
were about fifty people from Butte ;ab
esent. They were headed by Sheriff to
o!yd, Deputy Sheriffs Themes "A nd Griffith ing
'el Me'klejohn and Policemen Young. cas-
nth, Carver, Carleton, Murray and Coz
zee. Mr. II. G.. Huston represents the ny
ter Mountain. At Stuart the party was -.
ned by u delegation from A%nncHn.ia 'or
'ch included Morgan Evans, DEPUTY OF
lrver and thirty Others. The foo
IN arrived on time aud the entire party as
once made a break for the Court Houss wit
secure admission. WV
STORY OF THE CRIME. -
n thursday morning November 16 d;s,
81, Constable Thatcher, OF Granite, had n.
ne OF $50 to collect uf Martin l.. Scott
God chopper OF drarite, for, wife beat.
a short time before. Justice OF the
,ce Mcdonald proposed to 60 with him "A
gong to the door OF Scott's cabin they opp
I eAeu answer. They then looked MOI
oe WINDOW and saw Mrs. Scott lying on Gov
floor. Mcdonald said to That', .r -.
t your revolver ready and Ijl 90 I'm ~
'reupon he forced open the door anJ Dig
{ IN. Scott was sitting on the bed with him
winchester rifle across his knces site
'tcner called to him TO throw up your rome
as which he did. His wife was iv;n, h.-
'oe moor dead. her heal and c,oth;n, ''
with blood and a wunnd 1oot:ns tpta
a ball had entered between the cvos a sp
the top OF her head apparently crushed the
u SAD a butcher killed her, the butcher liam
1nos. oeacn, a man of whom he was ~.+,
,ue. Constable James Carter had "ae
appeared and Scott was at once vlois
'ted and put in confinement. Beside have
IN, .ne stock OF which was broken the /
od'cHnnno"H satura1ed with blood, claim
Ids and a shovel 5and Te'sn,ne several "crin
. half feet long all blood snsa red re puuil
having some OF the woman's hair IN OF fire
ire found in the cabin. A coroner,s that
haad b"S ana lound that the thro,
instrument in the hands at Martin T. WING
!, producing death. The vo,n'd = - They
the eyes might have been made nv imme
ns ner WIN q sledge or by q rifle. durin
4cltement ran high in Granite and were
ty Sheriff GEORGE ou.1I1alnsu' nom
to Deer Lodge in a verv cred;!ta. just a
amer. Scott has been in Montana They
=, aooo ano las =" grown up daughters. authe
Ia indicted for murder December G. ~ ~
q december 8 defendant entered plea. -
'l!ty. The case was set for December ernmt
ID and on December 20 a was Jury i'm speak
lied. On December ~ the case was thems
eted and the jury after being ont fonr aeon q,
returned q verdict of murder in tho ae-a;
egree. VIZ oeVeie
sco-,. tinue
on the
e"ens 70 tne governorin his own rings ,
and asking a Communication Of his and Il
ee Scott claims that on the night ., laws
'ing he came home, and as he entered dress
'n ne was struck1cross the eves Cover
SUCK oy a man whom he recognized led the
atcher named Thomas Beach: that ova- Il
NJ at that moment went out and he -:
q rush OF somebody toward him and rs1lre
grasped around the legs: he ann. under
ms party to be the man Beach. ready
accordingly struck the person new,
mes With bis Winchester rife. vh;.h
IN his hands. After having knocLsd
son away and having evidently n. Nebr
serious injuries. he tainted, owing superst
.om = and exertion. and being Mot
for sow. +;sas Alter lying do
the lamp. and then discoyarsd r r.st =
was nts wife whom he had hasn tW"