, 1890-02-27

msne~eenhve vheo asksd 1t ~ deedEss
anythinesh
Uscsafsrtabiy Cksse.
Black retired a 1880 yestsrday morn
iaG snd wss n deep slunbse Tor IN hour
he looksd1sp to Gnasd Davis and pitsoush
inquired: 'sYos belisvs 1 told the truth
des.s yssf'' This appeal for coufor'
fSanaArsspenas vhiohlu ~ followed viii
sdvics to nj Wiki thsvs ~ time,
Ahout I s'dook Blaok at up in Ii
blankets. looked about his oil and fen
besk % slssp sessdls ust;l calsd two
houn later By The departing death watch.
be bsinG relieved II that tine. Rev,
Father Cunnskv. Who induced thu
nan into tAs CasAolis chusoh. asd whe
~ .uotirine IL HI dSsaaiso 70 ~ alsonl
frissdless fslon. Va With Black quite q
vhile yesterday uosning. snd his ser
VICES wsrs ~sratsfully reosived-
Bss Blask. H. bEothss. called again,
aud there was another scene. Both blub'
bered Ike Ettls children. There VA .
repetition of tbs Weeping when three sis
tsrs eane to ~ farewell In each in
alasss Blask are rsasissd oonposure.
Bssida IL peisst, Deputy Sheriff Alex.
MeKae. vss tie Ast man 70 have q SER.
o.. talk VIII Biask. The officer il q
kaslly ~ Arat Gaas, vhese vords carr
sonvioioa and who's nssHes inspires
eos1lanes. Sad Mckay: "Biack. you
are facing death: In q very short time
you will Be out ofthis world for al time.
II you have moi told the truth, for God'a
sahs tel i now. Do not 20 before the
Alnishtv' With . lie It . make no
diltrsaespts yoa nov I beg of you to
talk ifyoashsvs aaythinG to say"
With team in his eyes and in . trem-
bling voice Black declared that be was
innoosat ed that Rockwell had lied.
BlasE ase . bfeakfsse Of fried chicken
and oysters II $50 md seemed much re
freshed.
Active pssp~asztions.for the execution
ROW conmsseed. The Jail doorkesper let
in the special dspatiss il groups and the
susne in the corridor VA N animated
o.. Il wass nv dAys with snow falling
aad . bcssss cutting. aad all vsre we'll
vnpped Az ths.sight ofths inlruders
Black eainsd sfrsaeth. His state VA
ons Of astiaoil.op.rssuw. His dread Of
the a~pproschinR evsut Vas we'll concealed.
il Il y . fast that 10 1t any time realized
the gravity Of his situation
Thrss Iady fnsnds we're tho last callers.
Bkack had ~ more team. but the women
lsA With eyes red sad ips-tvitchins.
To tho Gsnews.
Sheriff Yund. followed Father Cum
milky from the esll, to the sosnold. the
tho starting At II O'Clock. Il ~ . walk
Of 100 test aad up . shost l,eAt Of stairs
70 The sihbst. Btash,s tesad ~ light
but psrfssly sa&nnl Thses ~ ust the
slAehHsut svtasaas'of h-<sika1ipas Hs was
drsassl Aemutbln ~ ~ dprby
~ nd
- sE AouH~stthna
he1f ~ spos1n1osns
unAss sAs K.ss-
The little proosunioa halted perhaps
three fest. ~ the tnp door. Prayer
was offered v the rsverssd father. Who
was quite nssvouss He duty W. e4
tremely painful. He shook hands with
Black. and the latter kissed the proifered
cross Father Cummisky turned and left
at once.
The eyes Of the fifty persons on the
scaGold centered on Black. OF his "
sooord he stepped into position on the
trap. He stared straight ahead, looking
at no o and nothing. but seeing every
thing. One sould almost distinguish re-
Eret in his expression. he did not look
The ~eoavsstisana hsatsd, dsapents man.
faenG ee1saiE - diaNaesful dsath.
Tesre wsean - Of ge4dstssniaaiisn
TO assspt ne insvinl1s visks eosaserassst
least. Team vefe bsinx shed on the GAL
Iowa. bat hs eyes were clear. His nerv-
ousness seemed Ill zone.
Straps were bucklsd around the WRIST,
slbows. knees and ankles BY Deputy Mo.
Kay. Sheriff Yund adjusted the moose
after the binding. The officer AID his ~