The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-12-20
UNDER THE ROPE
The Big Four Swing in
Good Style.
THEIR GHOSTS DANCING
All Depart for the Messiah In a
Hurry.
IN HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
The Red-Handed Redskins Expiate
Their Crimes In an Entirely
Satisfactory Manner-A
Scientific Job OF II.
THEIR GHOSTS DANCING
IN HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
SpecLal 20 tie Standard.

Special 10 the Standard.
MIssouLA, Dec. l9.-The execution OF
the four Indian murderers, Pierre Paul,
La-La-See. Antley and. Pascale, passed oil
this forenoon with out hitch. Prepara-
uons had been well made and when the
hour came nothing remained TO be done.
The death watch went on duty at
o'clock last night. II cons isted OF II. Ro-
senzweg and Deputy Sheriifs McVey,
Gipe and Houston. Until midnight little
happened. La-La-See lay motionless on
his face. his hands extended beyond his
head. Pierre Paul asked for liquor, say
ing: "Me hang good. If ] get some more
whiskey get some more Jesus Christ and
will be ready for priest when he comes at
o'clock. Me die good.n
Shortly after midnight lunch was served
all except La-La-See eating heartily.
Prayers, which had been frequently said.
were again offered, when, shortly before
Pierre Paul and Antley fell to sleep, Pas
GALE still talked to the guards, request
edit hat four candles be placed in the GEN.
ter of the cell, as he wanted to tell story.
He repeated it 10 Deputy Sheriffs Rams
dell and Evans, who translated it as fol-
lows:
Aulhies and Williams killed the white
man, the friends Of these two Indians
told him II he would say that he had killed the
man tney "ouua glse nun e,si' neaa VI nolses,
iri,,,' IId s' ,n,, ,ha, ,,sr., y, SOC hin, cleared
The white man had nnon his possessIon a he'll
which was divided in three compartments. the
first compartment contained about thickness
of three inches in 500 bills, the second pack.
age OF Sos, aud the third package Of - and
slo pils anln,es ano williams 'oos a',u y, '1so ,,a
.,.i.,, VI. n,U' !" ios, n hi,p ,an,' saoo ,s
his share That mas, az the sloo
hills were so badly damaged that they
threw them into Chief Eneas' lodge hre. He
would not confess 10 the priest but since MS
illendS ,mranlng ha,nsuell apu nNsus, nan .vIs
~ ~ ", ,,, ne "Uu 'h Sea ,s s n,a,nst a., nv
hress, an, hs,y, aud thsv could conceive il bs
would tell il. He was NOT afraid To die. His
chief had given up his flesh and blood, and all
would be all right; the priest would he with him
at o'clock. lie would not confess TO the priest
The fonr Indians that sw9le against MN were
i'e,,s,s, '1 ,'u,, ~ ~ M 'l S a s.he, S a 90
,al, ha rs rs,ea piu Irns,nins shsri Hons,
ton, had given him new shirt new blanket
10 make 6reech-cloths OF, and fed him well. lie
had Jared better than he ever had before in his
life. He SAID he mad already sent ms old shlrt
TO MS people 10 remember MN py'
After recounting other murders com.
mitted on The reservation, he concluded
by saying they had made him out a bad
man; that he had only killed two cattle,
and that he would not acknowledge any
thing else. lie had told the truth-he was
SO near death-and he had told only the
truth. He was brave, strong, and did not
need any sleep, and while the others had
gone to rest he would keep awake until