The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-04
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ui ihc lacl until 4 o'clock iHIh morning,
Thanksgiving was busy day tpr Cove
cuor Campbcll, he WUs at tlnrIuuuuuu
"wednesday tuHulyug hrluru tNo Is, H. l.,
Investigating cuWWluyr, llr returned 10
I,''.'',i NV '''e ,,,.,r
Che ciaos ut lsOpc SmIlu aud houIy ropp
who WurU lu have Hanged Hhu.uy aitr
midnight ur NnFtIhHI HI'Nl NI' 'NN'r
day ut uH Office with lND exception pI au
hour 100 which hp attended cuufnH, ANA
about Che Same uwr in. Nn ulhnrr'
llia iuu uuuH uu WAS Lltgu about
l'rlu.. luurslUl JIlurhuuW l.lHr smith
uIu ltlia MIlIur were r.pruf.' Nu'N pN'
com ur Nd,
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mII lhH umg l.uu, INu rUHHuu given
iu Hr lopp rNH" roads U i.huNai
"ueuty pupp -tHpuufDt until December
lJ, lurusumuUy HuuIrpurl ln'rrblhru
tuu Governor. ulaUu IAlH aA3' ana nave
mot boon vNumIH,l
nurmg the puurp lly tIuru was u crowd
of upVsuuupr mon tt lHe buNyrUuH uIl.eu
nuVous to Iraru thu latest iu regard tu
Che Ittr of tAg murduf,u'u Nuuu iHu
final decision wac glyDu there were ll'
t.ru runuuuW urps,UI
Governor Campbell wUH seen about lp
u'cIuch, Thursday moWua uy Iho NEWS
BrHociAr's representative. he said thc
papers lu tuv fulp pUHc uod not ucch re-
grivp,, but were expected every moment
from Cincinnati, iir sud hc preferred 20
examine '''"'
"N''''
Instead Of afterwards.
Whom asked what popp's fate would be,
Gov. Campbell replied, "lt 10 uluuY'niuo
chances out Of huuurcd, tuut hc Will
either be rcprlcycd or his sentence epm'
mutod 10 imprisonment Tor mo-
al 3 o'clock iu tuu afternoon the an.
nounctmcnt was mude that Popp had
been c0mmutud and smith WAS To hang
nt midnight III this came from an Official
Hoursc, the Governor must have changed
bis mind, as ht o o'clock thp llual am
uouucemout was madu hy Governor
Campbell himself,
Attne pcnitcutiary a turkey dinner was
served to all of TIC prisoners, those IN me
annex being gwen many extras Popp
partook OF his dinner with an apparent
relish. but ana not touch na supper Hu
smoked great deal during tho day ana
was very nervous lie walked up aud
SoG og :, anncnrrd ,nc red ,o bs engaged I'm deep med.
itntion In inc morninp' when Informed
,Gn, i,' ,,,,,,i,i ,r,,GnLIv ~. rrnrirvrd. hp
Whiin nro,,nd the prison and among
tbo nowspnper mon this was the general
opinion, Popp DIDN'T appear TO snare III
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THE PICTURE OF DESPAIR
,oi,ol ,h,, f,t,tbour. Roy Fnther
1870, ~ n. p',,," a,,Ir,t,at ndyiscr visited
LhiUhah, Ky, ,n, y Poioin"t Thppsdnv and snent
,,, ,,,,,, agV ,,,,,e v,th tbc doomcJ nm When
bo'L ~ pon,, " ,,noaT,d ~ Il" In hotter
~ i.i,s nn, Xxx sao, 'innl into do snme oll
gloom.
plain 10 be aeon Thai he was anxious TO
henr lie news, whether good or bad. He
wns left In suspense until this morning
AIS oiclock lust night Warden Dyer or
,iercd Smith removed to the "death cell.r
Tbis Wa done. neither him or Popp hny.
ins INV Rnowledge OF the Goyornor's nc-
TN 'rhe deatn witch was placed and
,o ana wns nllowpd 10 see tho doomed
no., Tho snsnonse In the hours pnaaed
bv Pom onn only be imagined. lie knew
,,s.ii trpt I'm N iittle over four bours he
,soa NJ ~ ,,'"' -
"'' -, ~ ,.,,,,,.,,,, ,ut e,rAr.rpAp
Dbor liHo''n '"H '"i''i' '"'''
Expecting almost every minute to be told
a. ...,nrn T,r fhn nnI iln four nourq