St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-15

be forgotten in Denver. 1t was in every
respect gala day. Paris has her Grand
PrlX, London has her lord mayors
day, and both are gala days, when rich
and poor celebrate with almost relg-
ious feryor. A dozen big and little
cities in America have special days
specially observed by an admiring peo-
pie. 1t was not such day IN Denver,
but to all intents and purposes it might
have been, and to stranger it certainly
was.
Only the display of the American
colors, bunting and trimmings were
necessary to make it appear as if ma
tional holiday was being observed. The
hanging was to take place on the out
skirts of Denver, and as a result bust
ness was totally suspended. Stores of
all kinds were closed, the streets were
deserted, and fully $4,000 people, men,
women and children, all ages, all colors,
ana all dressed in their best clothes,
Hooked gayly to the scene. A cordial
invitation had been extended to the
widow of the murdered man to attend,
but she refused. A request to allow her
tWO-Weeks-old baby tn witness the af-
fair properly chaperoned was also de-
MED.
Sheriff Dillon did not obey the sug-
gestion of the murdered mans friends
to hang Green where hefhad committed
the deed. Cherry creek, to the south of
Denver, was low, and on It's sloping
banks, beneath majestic cottonwood
tree, the Scaffold was erected and
tested. Long before the impressive
ceremony" was to commence, the peo-
pie reached the scene, many bringing
with them their lunches and opera
glasses. Houses. sheds. tree-tOps, and
every available place from which the
hanging could be seen was occupied by
anxious. struggling, suffering, perSpir-
ing humanity, and when Green made
his debut he was greeted by the largest
audience that any man has had in some
time. certainly more than he ever had
before. Every eye was turned upon
him, every neck was craned to take in
all the CHASTITY proceedings.
The hanging was in strict accordance
with Western principles. Green was
shown only two blocks away the
place he had committed the deed, and
then he made the usual speech. The
moose was placed about his neck, the
rope was cut. and he was slowly hoisted
about six feet in the air to strangle to
death. His contortons were frightful
to behold. He jerked and doubled his
limbs until the knot in the rope slipped
from beneath his ear. Not hand was
reached out to relieve his torture, and
he swung to and fro like pendulum.
The thousands of sensitive people who
had attended the affair as they would
have attended a picnic were Mortified.
Women, unable to repress their feel
ings, shrieked. tainted, and were carried
away by friends.
With Life i'm Him.
Green's body was allowed to hang
twenty minutes, when it was cut down,
and then the StrangeSt part Of all began.
Green was not dead. His friends quick
ly took advantage of the situation and
at once removed the body. 1t was taken
to the colored church corner of Nine
teenth and Stout streets. but there re-
fused admittance. The time was too
valuable to be frittered away. The
body was taken to skating rink close
by and two of Denver's most able ply
slcians sent for. Their examination
showed that there was something like
life in the body, and they at once set to
work to revive the hanged man. Min
utes ran into hours. and after working
until o'clock the following morning,
during which time every effort known
tO-science was brought into play, the
physicians gave up the job. Several
times during the work they thought
they detected signs of returning ANNA
ton, but it was not to be. The remains
were inferred in the potter's field.
The scaffold on which the CHASTITY eX-
hibition took place was packed away
for future use, the rope was appropri-
ated by detective who worked on the
case. and who generously distributed
portions among his friends, while the
nurderer'S clothes went to his rela-
tives. The crowd of memento hunters
who witnessed the hanging had nothing
to assault but the big cottonwood tree,
and upon that they directed their ener-
gies. From that assault the tree never
recovered. Limbs from which canes
were made were cutdown and sold or
sent away. Bark and pieces of wood
were hacked away until only a few
green leaves at the top remained. So
they remain until this day, melancholy
reminders of the event, and even this
vestige will, within short time, pass
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