New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
HANGING Isl PAINLESS DEATH.
AN EXPERIENCE WITH A ROPE,
Kirkland, Author OF zury."


While In Idaho In the autumn of 1888, northeast
slope Of CarrboO Mountain, Bingham County, /
learned that neIghbOrng gold placer miner had once
hidng.plsce Of his cleanup" OF gold-dust-some
SS or more Here seemed to be ch naR IL
aud trustworthy than any have ever seen produced
The man is an Inshman, with but q slight, though
vertable residue OF bropIe TO distinguish him from
other onermen HIS reputation y tha S o. 6,CSN Very
hard working in the extreme, expert and successful
as business man, especially IN extracting goid i0
or pan-and probably worth $4,000 or $4,000,
found him In bis lowbrowcd rooted S cabin San
bunk, few rough chairs, and stove pair Of So.d
scales sitting on the &c S Sone ant s
gostve of the terrible mounta wintersl pair OF tho
snow.shoes universally used Whereabouts, ten or
twelve feet hong, by four to six inches wde' thin ana
elastic. -,,-..-
aw avs seemed to take to mo and We stroed out TO the
placer which had been his working place for over SIX
cock a few acres in extent bordorcd by Mccoy Creek
SIDE and on the ohsr by the face OF tho gravel
bank containing unknown millions OF cubic yards OF
Epay-drt" SEATING ourselves on convenient ooulaerS
We fell into talk. -.-.,.u ,-,,,
up to mako you tell where you kept your dust"
Wei, now, there's been great discussion going
On n s@Oas p sIRan da Whether
put an end to IN some mora merclhLVsy' haVo you
Il don't behave have" ,
thropIsts can find out in year"
Ne laughed lis shouldn't nj 1 T95d'T The world
ought TO know what you know and may publish
what you say you have NO sE s5ouf u II you
don't want to; but hope you won't nina giving mt
the facts
We'll; does a man suffer when he's hanged
Il omit my own lnerlocutions and throw his answer
into single paragraph In order that II may be copied
BY papers which cannot find room for the Whoie mar
When he rope first squeezes a mans neck 1t hurts
bis shiu somewhat Ny throat and neek were Sore
and sweIled for q week after was robbed. But lnSt
IL Just went TO sleep, and that was the end Of Il
until began 70 conc 70 They strung me t Sp heS
WeTo tRTastns their guns my lace sat l r
chair with my arms tied they threatening 70 p Ts
guess they thought was dead When woke DS ,b up;
were hunting around the place. Then they threw me
rope over tie beam again, and ] pointed TO stone
Tho :, SSsa tSSy s ne1 Thsg wanted and
were going to hang me again; but said that was al
ro hia S dn1 ssy hen and they S
and stupid IN the negh6oTs cane AMI pSs M earnest
ness OF the old left not T1bt IN my mn ass q
The enrS truth OF every a TC soT ne he one room
ceIlrd with cotton cloth, nailed 20 the rafters ana
VII tewAshed. Under this two poles ran across rom
They stopped at ncighbors house and took T ,tsH
they could get-that was atter midnight, Ihen heS
came on here and knocked at my door ! got up ana
lighted my lamp and went and opened the door.
could just SOC lot Of mon with white cloth over
their faces with holes for the eyes; and every one
had gun pointed at me. thought some Of tho boys
T MSTo eR PSyR n IN had long hal With en-
they had stole from tho other house, but they took
down my clothesline and tied my arms
Didn't they say a word ~ ,,,, =, a,
On yes they were shOutin and hollertn' all the
time-cussln' and swcann' an askn' me where !
hid my cane-up.7
what did you say ~
AZ gl.gSs told 'em to 90 20 h that had sent OF
my clanoup-Or something, dlsremenber what
Then what did they sag y
Oh, they hocred XIII the old Hang
him up ? an moro Of the he. Then they put me
halterrope round neck, and threw the other ono
over the bame therc: Pointing TO the crosS-sucS
nearest the door, They stood me up under 1t and
asked mo would tell. And when shook my head
After they lot you down the last time where were
your
sottln' in that ROCKINGHAM there An there sat
tnl afher daylight when the eghbOrs frum the
house they wint TO before they came TO mine
What did you say and do?'
ii couldn't say much They gave me a drink Of
water, and tied a rag round my neck, and laid me
down the bed there. And could see that The
dvvlcs hal missed can-full OF dust that STOOD right
open the shelf behind the stove. II was 80 open
and careless lookn' they never touched It. 1t had
between four and 1--WE thousand in IT,"
The keen. gray eyes twinkled amid their wrinkles
consolation Our further talk At that umo related
10 what he Thought, from hearsay, to have been tho
fate OF the robbers. He tarcied he recognized the
leader OF tho gang and II he was right as TO IDENTITY
tho brute wns aiterward hanged by vigllantoS, IN
Montana, for another crime.
Tho man have SPOKEN Of f. stu in the neghbor'
true; know that my report Of II n true and reason
ably null I am willing TO give his and address
10 any person Interested In the r0pe-ys. electricity
question, and do give my own.-(America