Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-07-26
SWUNG INTO ETERNITY.
CT Herbert, Hung at Solomon vile on Friday Last

The execution of the Apache Indian, El-Chees- Choose, convicted of the mur- der of freighter named Herbert, six miles north of Fort Thomas on the sec
 uccess, and reflects credit on Sheriff Whelan, who had every arrangement perfect. The condemned Indian was kept under the surveillance of il death watch for IS hours before the time set for hanging, and during that tune did not snow tine least sign Of emotion or evidence any uneasiness of his fate Tn the land of the hereafter.
 He belonged to the ronto tribe, and Is said to have been one of the worst on the reservation. Jimmy Stevens and MarajIldo Gruaivd acted as interpreters for those Who cared to Jaih with the condemned. Rov r'ather Geidorf visit ed him several times and urged the he cessIJs o. apif Ludi preparation for the LeXi ..Us.u. ijuL ali Wa. refused Oy El CiI. est nO,Jo,., ,.l'U :-;iiu Jnat nO doubt thv H.-t,C. - i,.il I,u Nd s,U,ju Tor thlS wUriG, a.-d T ..c "dS tO T> ia.,in m IL he Wou u ,s.iu4- iD Uc,;,;iue d Christian, buJ ;.s hia liui WAS nearly up here be- iO, , ;iy coUii uU. see that any benefit cOu:u Cuiu; Jo bini now. He told tci.er GC.Lurf that he (lhe Indian ] Aoulu s,e Iitu iIiulSeii and tell h1m tie MuUie stcry a.IG li ;.e thought he ought io iD heii IL N. uId be ali right.
 lie pro si,d his lunocence to the last, claiming Una the tMo Indians who were killed Ly ine troops were the assas- sIns of IIerb ert, and that he was forced to accom- pany tEem UG tiieir flight at the point Of q rifle.
 Whiskey Mas offered him on Friday morning, but Wal refused with the re mark: You De, pie are trying to make fun of ine. l kn.w nat 1 have to die to- day. l don't wan, any whisky and don't want to be made fun of" Later in the day he called for watermelon. which was procured and eaten heartily. He played cards with the prisoners in the jail most of the forenoon
 At about ? o'clock Sheriff Whelan. with his deputies, Messrs Robertson, Solomon, and McCarty entered the jail, and the death warrant was read, after which the party marched into the iail yard where the dtfold had ueen pre- pared. When they arryed there FL Chees- Choose asked permission to smoke cigarette, which was granted. He sat on the Court House steps while smoking aud told ;he crowd through an interpre- ter that 1T they wished to keep Indians frO1 killing white men they had better Lang all inc Indiiiiss. When he had tin:.;i:d ms cigarette he arose and walked alone to the rope which hung be- tween J:t" i:'ams and began to hum a song Wii~h Ie kept up until the rope Was adjus:cd and the black cap drawn over his head. Deputy J. F. Robertson cut tiia rope and E.-Uhees-Choose was jerNed into the air and into eternity. He hardly maue struggle, and was pro- nounced dead by Dr. A. H. Hoetfer, the attending physician, in Ii minutes.
 This was the second hanging ever wit messed in this county, the first being the execution of three Chinamen in 1883 for the murder of one of their countrymen at Clifton.
 There were not over twenty five per sons present. and everything passed of quietly and orderly. Under Sheriff Newell during the execution stood guard on the outside of the walls and kept the small boys who seemed deter mined to get view of the hanging, off the hospital and court-h use, from where they could have obtained a good view Bulletin.