Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-09

restlessly through the lobby of the hotel
wondering how he could get q drink bs
saw the negro return and 60 ND to Jack,
room. Divining the object of the erraDd
he met the boy as he came down tbs
stairs.
"Where did you take that whiskv?,,
he asked with O serious expression upon
his face.
''To Mr.. Stillwell's room. SIR
"Great heavens, is that possible -
asked Clark with great severity. Don p
you know that you must not get what
for an Indian, and tha StlIweu ia
Co~manche?''
To the negro this was frightfuI fnrsrrf-
gence. in view of the fact that d~urfnrtra
day Judge Foster had sent 10 the corr.-
jail several hack drivers aud bell bor,
who had aided the red men in obtaining
fire water.
- will go up and get it, sab now and
bring II down right away. 1 didn't know
Mr.. Stillwell was an Injuu. deed 7
did mt, Said the trembling dar5sv
He slipped back to the room. ami find
ing Stillwell asleep, had no Difficulty r,
carrying of the uncorEed bottle ana
turning it over to Clark. In ar,r, ~
Our afterwards Jack awoke. ana -.
finding the whisky, rang the larI ss-
agely. "Where is that vhfskvs,t no
savageIy inquired of the negro.
81 amt got it, sab, - was the scared
reply.
Whe Is the money theU.'
"That ISIS gone too, san
"What!' he yelled, SuIIweIr rser-,.
out of bed. The negro darted down t5s
stars.
"where is that Iiquor?" he var,7
the deputy, after him leaning over the
banister.
"That's ell right, Jack. I've s-bo-a5
it away came up from the hote. lobby
in uncertain accents.
Jack recognized Clark's voice ar4 son
how he had been duped. The -4rrv Tho,
went down over the banisters was 64lrsI
enough TO have raised the Insurance nm
the hotel. Jack, although inclined n,
FORGIVENESS, could never forgive CLARK
for that o%fense. The breach has never
been bridged over.
The hanging OF . United STATES
prisoner is another important affair ID,
Jack. Many OF the condemned men ara
arrests that be has made, and 50 his SEN
sitive nature must be Well fortified with
run to Withstand the ordeal. He claims
that he never wants to assist in ali eve
cutiou, but hat he is always urged into
springing the trap.
Lee MOsier, a boy who had been SEN
fenced to be hanged by Judge Foster Tor
the murder of an old man in the Indian
Territory, about sixteen miles south OF
Anthony, Kan in May, 1856, was led
out of the SedgwIck county, kan, jaiI
to a board inclOsuTe for execution ous
February morning, 1887. Without the
least show of fear he marched up the
steps Il stood upon the trap. Jack,
nervous and fussy with one hand on the
lever n the other touching the youths
back, was uttering in his most tender
tones his famous remark: Now, be q
good boy; be Il good boy
Toward the immense crowd that sur
rounded the death pen n messenger ap-
peared, running at full speed and way
ing over his head a large envelope.
"a letter from the president - cried
some one in the crowd.
ellis reprieye, - yelled another.
The messenger fell exhausted against
the door and threw into the Enclosure q
large official envelope. Just then, Jack
having gotten the condemned man in 8
favorable position and fearing, 10
doubt, that the mob was about to rescus
him uttered again his soothing words,
''Be a good boy - pulled the lever. A
lifeless body swung from the end Of the
rope.
One of the few men within the incIo5-
use with q trembling hand picked up tho
letter and seeing thereon the imprint
whispered berween his white lips His
reprieve, and my God, Jack has sprung
the trap too sOon.'
Within the pen every face was pale as
death and without a bowling mob was
crying for vengeance upon the execu-
TONERS of a repTIeved man. Nobody had
apparently the nerve to open the letter
until Jack cody walked dOwn from the
platform, took the dreadful missive in
his hand, tore open the envelope and
took out, not a reprieve, but an order TO
proceed with the execution.
l.. A. SPRINGER.