Arizona silver belt., 1889-12-28
EXPIATED HIS CRIME ]! NAH-DEIZ-AZ, THE MURDER. FER OF LIEUT.. MOTT, HANGED.
A SUCCESSFUL JOB.


 brious event. No criminal ever mer- ited death more than Nah-diez-az, whose crime was wanton, his victim Lieut.. Seward Mott having done noth- ing to incur his hatred.
 The scaffeld had been erected and rigged two days previous to the hang ing, and the rope thoroughly tested. The apparatus was similar to that used Tn the recent execution of two Indians at Florence, Sheriff Jerry By an having witnessed the hanging there and minutely studied the de- tails. The rope was passed over two pulleys at the top of the gallows frame, and to the opposite end from the moose was attached bar of copper bullion weighing $40 pounds, securely suspended in mid air by stout rope, which when cut precipitated the weight and jerked the victim upwards, answering the same purpose as drop.
 The day dawned cloudy and dismal and few drops of rain fell at inter- vals. Father J. Monfort, from Flor ence, and Rev. N. F. Norton, of the Globe M. E. Church, were present ear ly to offer religious consolation, but it was indifferently received by the cul prit. In fact Nah-diez-az seemed per fectly insensible to bls impending fate and everything happening around him. The stolidity of the Indian is prover- bial, and certainly Nah-diez-az did not belle his race.
 The crowd of spectators began to congregate early, and at the appoint ed tlpoe, o'clock, everything was in readiness for the execution, except the reading of the death warrant per formed, by Deputy Sheriff T. A. Lon ergan, Gnterpreted by the Indian, Constant Bread) which consumed half an hour That duty accomplished, the servlces of ]. c. Lundy were obtained to cut the shackles from his ankles When hls feet were freed, Nah-deiz-az danced with evident satisfaction. The doomed man then bid good bye to the Indian fellow prisoners in the jail, but refused to see his father, winch was the only evidence ftrepldation shown by Nah-delz-az, he fearing, no doubt, that the interview would unnerve him. While the shackles were being cut from his limbs, he affected pain, then looked up and laughed.
 At few minutes before o'clock Sheriff Ryan led the prisoner (who walked with firm stepl cut into the jail-yard and to the gallows. A few minutes were allowed Father Monfort to offer a prayer, and crucifx was suspended upon the victim's breast to ilIumine the way to eternity. Deputy Cbas Miller then frightened the straps upon his limbs, adjusted the moose, drew the black cap over hls face and Nah-deiz-az had taken his last look of earth. Deputy Charles Miller bid him goodbye, when he rephed, "Good-bye he'll" This is explained by the fact that on the previous day the Indian had asked Mir. Miller about heaven and hell, and he was told earth was hell. Ills rejoinder, therefore, was pertinent.
 Immediately after the moose had been adjusted, Sheriff Ryan gave the word and at 9 o'clock and three min utes, Deputy D. A. Reynolds, with one blow of an axe, severed the rope which held the weight suspended, and Nah diez-az shot upward to the top of the gallows frame and the recoil left the body suspended in the air. A twitch- ing of the fingers. slight contraction of the limbs and tremor of the body, and all was over. In seven minutes Dr. Largent pronounced life extinct and ten minutes thereafter the body was taken down, placed in coffin and buried along side of Hawley and Grimes, who were lynched in Globe, August 24th, 1882, for the murder of Andy Hall, express messenger, and Dr. Vail. ....
 THE CRIME.
 The crime for which Nah-deiz-az