Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-01
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There has lust died in pa.,
aole ecclesiastic named Able : Gene ,sass
whose long career Of useful ~, uFo'4,
was passed amid surround,sc
q, 20 most s men would have been a. s,. sll'a
y painful, II not absolutely rs sn%sns-
The deceased able was chan, ,s,pulsiva
prison OF La Roquette. and taa % the
to 1882 it had been his doleful 'a a.. 1858
take pastoral charge Of all or, uu.y 70
sentenced to death. During n. mllals
two years OF Office he had ~. ~ twenty.
the scaffold no fewer than aus 70
murderers, comprising amons Won.
La Pommerals, Avignoin Tren o'nsrs
and a,s Billoir. The sole accusation pp ~s,a,
his detractors could urge aaai n which 4
"aumonier" Of La Rouquette W.. !. sas
he was apt to show little too = mat
commiscration for the atrc,iau. nach
perados Who received his m;a, ass'
tions, and that he was moved als'ra-
use his influence to obtain oa 70
for the exceptionally bloostph i,sss
young man Troppman, who aa''l
fed his craving for slaurbt.. sa''s-
tho massacre OF an anti. oy
ty. The Able Crozes a ,a'al'
pied a very humble apartmaO ut0a y
a house close to the Jail, and bis 0'' N
was adorned with all kinds ., Sum ,Oon
articles presented to him as souva. a'u
by the assassins who had received s. ~
consultations of religion from his has a,1
at the supreme moment Of their -.
One of the most curious ~ a. aNA
tributes OF the excellent priest who l.. ~
just passed away remains to be das.I as'
ed. 1t was he who supplied tha NV
demned with stimulants iust ho ~
their execution. While pravin. n',..
the malefactors he gave them . sms,,
glass OF ''mele-cassis." which our pos,,
correspondent describes as "h,.a'
current cordial. dashed with brons"n
The publication of such petty dets;,
is not without its use, inasmucb 90 !.
serves to illustrate a fact with With
it is highly expedient that not onlv tha
community at large, but the criminal
classes in particular, should be- mod
fully conversant-that nine-tentbs =,
the statements made as to murdersrs
"dying game" are so much arrant non.
sense. In almost every case when !,
criminal is led to execution. wbetho.
it be by the guillotine or Nv
the gallows, 1t is found absolute.
ly necessary to administer soma
kind OF alcoholic stimulant to tho
trembling wretch, and in olden times
when the condemned, prisoner was al.
lowed to drink as much az ever ha
liked on the morning of execution. II
was probably the man who was tba
most drank who died unexceptionsl]v
game" 1t may seem at the first
blush somewhat indecorous that Jail
chaplain should be. above all Others,
the functionary intrusted with the task
OF giving a parting nip to criminal,
but, on reflection, the "aumonier' NAV
appear to be the most suitable person
by whom SO delicate function could
be performed. From the time Of his
condemnation the prisoner has been
on terms of affectionate friendship
with his spiritual instructor, at whose
hands he knows that he can safely ex.
pect kindness and sympathy and 1t
may be with feeling of gratitude,
which for a moment partially softens
his depraved heart, that the male.
factor accepts a dram from his con-
lessor. The like refreshment offered
to him by the executioner or by one Of
the prison wardens might be accepted
only with repugnance or rejected in
the disgust OF desp grafton. -LoadoS
Telegraph.
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