The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1890-05-24
FRANCES IlEADSMAN.
A CHAT VITA The MAN WHO
WORKS TIE GUiLLO1tNE.

TONER upu Tie Does Ills wnth-Thc
rntni In TIA Nc,,od superior Ia
Eaueiui o. Ii,tisiciiy
Few ironlo have ever ~,cn the public exc
ru'io1ei Hf France uaI It Is no easy matter
To ilnd l4in ft itc p1lirr rcf,iS. to give his
address all ut- narle u carefully omitted
froin ite diretory. The dreaded Monsieur
de Paris. a~ uet3 Called nN the lower classes,
is. hn'vcv.r y D".l.cr. niul he rents a mt
or tc tr9i ip.r ifu uIrii.i little street.
MIL ut illr walls uNa5 from the l;oquette
irisott Iai- nial. who c%oi'lucis the zero
monies IN w'i"h The gii,lutmc plays the
mott inrurtaii part. isH vcfy quiet person,
uf retiln. iisw itiui. who breads uotoricty,
and avoid. contact with his ucie ,lors as
much MS possible Ttcrc Is nothing ~ the
hea'smau's appearance nor in his home to
defntr In slaily Office.
Aiirr suni' d~ii,irtl'r Ycrr correspondent
secured inc ~tlis-s Of j Dcll,lrt. and found
that tie hc,lsumu wa not inGisposc1 to- tell
the details 81 Liz unonr.aI.c profession. lIo
could not however. he inducci to exhibit,
evtu privu'eiy tie suillo;inc, which he re
ferret to is va, H1chiae. IL said:
TIE TERRIBLE MACHINE"
"Thc mer'jrc {, rcal; mounted for use,
''N'' ' 'fNf w. 80 81 tAlN 4tAN
usually get twenty four hours notice in
Pans and more than double that time for
the departments. tut / m3.t hold myself con
siantlN III t,H auuc-s to start OF at n moments
notice As n rule, | have to spend at La
lt'Hl1ctic the whole night preceding an exc
cut,on y great deal las Ia he done in II very
short time. Soon rs the two black vans ar
%rivo-nne containing the woods Of justice
mn the ptacr destined to convey the body Of
tho culprit to iyry Ccnctery-l have to SUI
T. tetti tho installation Of the machine,
wlich ta,es upwar, Of an hour. The fixing
of the knife and OF the apparatus itself is an
intrica,e jol, There must lie l,o Fitch Mt the
last isonent The Instrument is Invariably
placed OF five stones ju ! outside the central
dor Of the fn4ieito PRISON accepted tho
post nov hold on the resignation Of VI,
Ilcindrich, whose valet had been forscvcral
years Until IL" appointment was a tailor
by trade, and RAINY a workingman in the
Rulnctte quarter Were | 1--we has had his
clothes mcliued by mo. But, YOU sec. have
risen IN tine world. From a nlcnder of old
clothes on my own hook | have got to he n
first class cutter in the government establish
m2.r aaI II D.ib,er smiled at his rather
e4astly jolc.
'Nhile nm fixing the machine" con-
tinucd the headsln.n, 'the Ahbo Fauro
arrives. The Able i'.ure enters La Ro.
quctte and gives spiritual comfort to the
doomed man. Af.cr being LETT alone with
the chaplain for q short time the cu!prit is
handed over to my assistant, who brings, him
from bis cell down the stoac stairway which
leads to the ic.ot-tAe prisoners last station
ON Garth Lcforc reaching tho machine
where he + seated on u wooden stool, and his
toilet begins. This doesi't ta;c much time,
tor BIS hair t;ad beard were CLIPPED Oh c:lter-
ing the prison.
TIE Fatal rv7rr
"Tho mau .uu,ou.l ~ shirt c+rir,od of
fts cnllar o.i t..ta,. r,,. n,r'L ~ - pfo,th
.lvta central dam. Xxx. +. il. .+ro,n.,l IN
the fat~lp.a.4 vti.b ,~r,pI4o ov,r irinas
his neck INTO the hair ri.rlar ,o,..fo, of n
rim. tual socrr br.ora snrir~inc flo trifo
Ns,la. tuych Iut.,u. IN am Of thn m.
ri.r,t toels the Enife r,i1. and fine bc,d !. 70.
o. '-cd IN n lin ye, el oont,i,ino e~oU,l,st
". hc.. is l".t.n..i irit i,to , cofin
vtth lto cr'-y.rs a. I~io,,,ce, his los aud
% r,.i.E. .r. tlo, tri.o, or ia Iv,.,, Gonna.
fr~, VII. tr,.,. rc nurinl,
- ,.t III. cotu,a any tf,,e flor tbe hood
IS. yn,.
uTa. Itni,E rot tho ovo,,tio,or ,o,,io1
scgernv,ry ,.lle rroat las. of hiooi nro'
Ga.ss .opc. N,s:l.s"-
mere ii Delaler went out Of tho room and
GrougEt in . large black leisher box, which
h" nlyced u the table, Ga raising the lid
re appeared tho bright steel knife of
, lqur sha.c which Is fixed to the cross
am Of tho guil.otiie At each execution, and
which u De-. Ter carefully watches over and
cleans ut homo. He took it out of its soft
rct lining the other afternoon, str kcd i5
with MS hind as il t. brush the dust or its
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