Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-18

MAXWELL and Landgra6 Are Both Jerkea
70 Glory ON the Same Scandal

4axWell and Laudgra6 Are Both Jerked
10 Glory ON tho Same seanSld.
O1x JAM 81. L0UIs, August 1O.-A fev
minutes before 8 O'Clock, Maxwell Der.
formed his morning ablution and donned
his funeral clothes which were new from the
skin out, the outer garments being Of plaiu
black with neatly fitting Prince Albert
coat: At5:l8 Father Than arrived and en-
tered the cell, the doors of which Vere
closed and those within the Jail moved Az Nv
to give all the privacy possible. Father II
ban then administered the communion to
the CONDEMNED.
THE CURTAIN DROPS.
At $50 Sheriff Harrington, accompanied
BY deputy, entered the yard and the
sheriff entered Maxwell's cell, where he and
LAndgraff had been placed together, and
announced that the final moment had ar
rived. Maxwell paled and pulled his fingers
nefvously. His was the first death warrant
read, and he stood up and heard his doom
calmly, though he was plainly growing
weaker all the time. While his arms were
being pinioned, Maxwell bit his lower lin
and gulpod several times. Landgraff re-
oeived the warrant and pinioning as steady
az any man could. The procession to the
scaffold was then formeJ, Father Than
walking between Maxwell and Landgraff,
preceded by Sheriff Harrington and depu-
ties, and followed by the police, reporters
and witnesses.
As Maxwell passed through the inner yard
he walked firmly but slowly. There was
wonderful change from the apparently un-
concerned putting cigarette smoker, and the
one en- route to death. His face looked
pinched and drawn, of an ashen hue and his
eyes were swollen. He glanced about him
and his lips whitened. His appearance was
calculated to awaken even the pity of those
Who were convinced that he ought to die.
Landgrah looked and moved like q log,
with a half smile and sneer on his face.
There was no time lost in reaching the
scaffOld which the condemned assembled
without assistance. Maxwell was placed
under the moose next to Twelfth street..
Father Than read prayers. Maxwell was
then asked if he had anything to say and in
IN almost unaudible tone responded, "No."
LandRraff merely shook his head. The
olack caps were being drawn when Land
graf slipped backwards, but he promptly
recovered. There was an awful look of
despair ON Maxwell's face as the cap hid it
from view, and his knees showed weakness.
The moses were adjusted quickly, and at
6:56 the drop fell.
Landgraf never moved nor did a muscle
witch. Not so with Maxwell. When he
fell, his breast heaved convulsively and his
limbs were drawn upward while the specta-
tors were shocked by stream of blood
pouring down the right breast of his coat,
which was afterwards found to have been
caused by q cut on the nose inflicted by the
in some mysterious way.
andgraf was pronounced dead in eleven
md half minutes, Maxwell's struggles
continued for fourteen minutes, when he
90, was pronounced dead by the attending
physicians. Langraff was cut down at 9:121155
md Maxwell at 9:15. The bodies were re-
moved to the morgue Office and photo |
'raphei, after which the postmortem COM
nenced.
1t was stated by the physicians that the |
eek Of each man was broken.