Arizona silver belt., 1890-07-26
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IGraham County Bulletiu.]

The execution of the Apache Indiar, FL Chees-C -Choos, convicted of the mur- dor of freighter named Herbert, six miles north of Fort Thomas on the second day of last March, was grati- flying success and reflects credit on Sheriff Whelan, who had every arrange ment perfect. The condemned Indian was kept under the surveillance d 2 death watch for AS hours before the time set for hanging, and during all that time did not show the least sign of emotion or evidence any uneaaness as to his fate in the land of the hereafter.
 He belonged to the Tonto tribe and is said to have been the worst on the reservation. Jimmy Stevens and Mara iildo Grijalya acted as interpreters for those who cared to talk with the con demned. Rev. Father Geldorf visited him several times and urged the neces- sity of spiritual preparation for the next world. But sh was refused by FL Oheos-Choos. who said that no doubt the Fathers religion was good for this world, and if he was to remain in it he would be willing to become Christian, but US his time wns nearly up here be- low, he could not sec that any benefit could come to him now. He told Father Geldorf that he (the Indian) would see God himself and tell Him the whole story and if he thought he ought to go to hell it would be all right,
 Hs protested his innocence to the last. claiming that the two Indians who were killed by the troops were the as- sassins of Herbert and that he was farced to accompany tbem tn their flight at the point of n rife
 Whisky was offered him on Friday morning but was refused with the re mark: You people are trying to make fun of me, know that l have to die to-day. l don't want any whisky and don't want to be made fun of |" Later in the day he called for 2 watermelon which was procured and eaten heartily He played cards with the prisoners ill the jail most of the forenoon.
 At about ? o'clock Sheriff Whelen, with his deputies, Messrs. Robertson, Solomon and McCarty entered the jail and the death warrant was read, after which the party marched into tbe isi' yard where the scaffold had been pre- pared. When they arrived there El- Chees-Choos asked permission to smoke A cigarette, which was granted. He sat on the Court House steps while smoking and told the crowd through hn interpreter that if they wished 10 keep Indians from killing white men they had had better hang all the h. dians, When he had finished his cigar cite he arose and walked alone to the rope which hung between the beams and btgan to hum a song which he kept up until the rope was adjusted and the black cap drawn over his head. Deputy J. r. Robertson cut tho rope and Ll-Checs-Choos was jerked into the air and into eternity. He hardly made struggle, and was pronounced dead by Dr. A. II. Hoeffer, the attending physician, in IA mining.
 This was the second hanging ever witnessed in this county, the first being the execution of three Chinaman in 1883 for the murder of one of their countrymen at Clifton.
 There were not over twenty-five per sons present, and everything passed off quiet and orderly. Under Sheriff New ell during the execution stood guard on the outside of the walls end kept the small boys who seemed determined to get view of the hanging, off the hos pital and courthouse from where they could have obtained good view.