Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-21
Il was a Beautiful Job Done
Beautifully.
THERE'S NEVER DAY so SUNNY,
rbs,s's Never a Place 50 Hot That Nemesis
Mil Not Follow Frizze.
,s.puandous Joker, Prince of BIasphe-
s,crs. a Colossal Coward, He Says He
Dies Bravely and Wants Us to
Meet Him In Heaven.


c,eefal 10 the iaZcLte.
,arr<E. TEX, Nov. 2O-The lever that
,,rayg the trap-door that sent the soul of
- n Frizzell into the great beyond, was
,r.r.l by Sheriff Cunningham at 1921 this
afregu0On.
FrIzzeu retired at II O'Clock last night,
nj rose Ut O'Clock this morning, after
ra,s.ug night of refreshing sleep. He
tt.aav,ry hearty breakfast and good din
49, Early in the morning he took bath
olf WA, shaved, and attiled in an elegant
S~f, o.. black with white shirt and black
n. II. devoted the major portion of the
morning. TO talking with any of his newSpa-
r.r friends that called.
The crime for which he this afternoon
Maid The highest penalty of the law was for
he murder Of his wife on January "a, 1891.
irize.. seemed 10 be in much better hu-
r5r .n-lay than at any time since his con-
4remr,t and mounted the gallows with a
cirar i'll his mouth. He said that he felt
exactly IS little boy going to Sunday
school
alone and unassisted, but accompanied by
the sheriff his deputies and clergy and the
prs,s representatives. When the door was
bpgaei - take him out he
ANSWERED READY
slG seemed eager to mount the gallows.
Early this morning he held kangaroo court
EitAiu ne Jail and sat as judge of the court
Tor the last time.
Eeys. :. {. Wingo and r. S. Stuart con-
Quoted the services in the jail and on the
sraTud fer the services, which consisted
Of reading from the Scriptures and singing,
81 the request Of the condemned, what a
Friend We have in Jesus The clergy bid
The lu Jrtunate man their last farewell and
lel' the ra..UWS.
The death warrant was read by the sheriff
u2..8 p. N. Al 2:42 E'rizzeu commenced
to make his talk, in which he warned all to
bew.re of his fate and to change their
course in life. He said that he was going
straight 20 heaven and that he wanted all
to meet him there. and that he was dying
lust Us did Jesus Christ. He wanted all to
think Of him as u brave man who died a
brave death. He took occasion to tell all
TIE newspaper men that he exacted one
prom .sa Of them, and that was that they
10. nothing
But THE TRUTH
alter he was gone. He also exhibited a
slal. fJur-bladed knife on the gallows that
be claims to have had all during his con
iiAemcnt which was never found, although
he was thoroughly searched several times.
This knife WIS given him by his wife. and
he requested that it be not taken from his
pocket nor anything else that his pockets
might contain after he was hanged, as he
wanted all they contained to go to his grave
with him
The moose was adjusted around his neck
al D ant his arms and feet tied.
While this was being done, he smiled
Continually. The black-cap was put over
his head at BIS. and he then requested
ul' he little hymn, There's Never Day
50 Sunny" be sung, which the sheriff per-
mited. When the hymn was finished he
said that's ALL the lever was then pulled
aud he shot through the trap.
lis neck was broken by the fall, and this
reflects much credit upon Sheriff Cunning
ham and his deputies. There was hardly
tremnr of his body after the fall, and he was
pronounced dead by the physicians and cut
down At 3:3j p. III
His body was turned over to Flint s.
Knapp, Hdertake!s, who will embalm it
aua tomorrow forward ii to his father.
About 100 people witnessed the execution.