Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26
1t was Beautiful Job Done
Beautifully.
THERE'S NEVER DAY so SUNNY,
There's Never Place so Hot That Nemesis
Will Not Follow Frzze.
A stupendous Joker, Prince of BIasphe-
mers, q Colossal Coward. He says lie
Dies Bravely and Wants Us to
Meet Him in Heaven.
SPECIAL to the Gazette.

SPECIAL to the Gazette.
ABILENE, TEX, Nov. 20.-The lever that
threw the trap-door that sent the soul OF
W. II. trizzeli into the great beyond, was
pulled by Sheriff Cunningham at 1921 this
afternoon.
Frizzell retired at II O'Clock last night,
and arose at o'clock this morning, after
passing a night OF refreshing sleep. He
ate very hearty breakfast and a good din
ner. Early in the morning he took a bath
and was shaved. and attiIed in an elegant
suit of black with white shirt aud black
tie. He devoted the major portion of the
morning to talking with any of mis- newspa-
per friends that called.
The crime for which he this afternoon
paid the highest penalty of the law was for
the murder of his wife on January "a, 1891
t'rizzell seemed to be in a much better hui
NOR to-day than at any time since his con-
finement, and mounted the galiows with a
cigar in his mouth. He said mat he felt
exactly as a little boy goiug 10 Sunday
school.
At 2:20 sharp he was led out of the Jail,
alone and unasSisted, but accompanied by
the sheriff, his deputies and clergy ana tue
press representatives. When the door was
opened to take him out, he
ANSWERED READY
and seemed eager to mount the gallows.
Early this morning he held kangaroo court
within the jail and sat as judge of the court
for the last time.
Revs. ]. C. Wingo and r. S. Stuart con-
Quoted the services in the jail ard on the
scaffold fter the services. which consisted
of reading from the Scriptures and singing,
1T the request of the condemned, "What Il
Friend We have in Jesus The clergy bid
the unfortunate man their last farewell and
left the gallowS.
The death warrant was read by the sheriff
at 2:23 p. m. AT PAP Frizzel commenced
to make his talk, in which he warned all to
beware Of his fate and to change their
course in life. He said that he was going
straight to heaven and that he wanted all
to meet him there and that he was dying
just as 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
the newspaper men that he exacted one
promise of them, and that was that they
tell nothing
But THE TRUTH
after he was gone. He also exhibited
small four-bladed knife on the gallows that
he claims to have had all during his con-
finement which was never found, although
he was thoroughly searched several times.
This knife was given him by his wife, and
he requested that it be not taken from his
pocket, nor anything else tnat 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
at BIS, and his arms and feet tied.
While this was being done, he smiled
continually. The black-cap was put over
his head at 3:1S, and he then requested
that the little hymn, There's Never Il Day
so Sunny be sung. which the sheriff per
mitted. When the hymn was finished he
said that's ALL the lever was then pulled
and he shot through the trap.
His neck was broken by the fall, and this
reflects much credit upon Sheriff Cunning
ham and his deputies. There was hardly
tremor of his body after the fall, and he was
pronounced dead by the physicians and cut
down at 1886 p. IN.
His body was turned over to Flint &
Knapp, undertakers, who will embalm it
and tomorrow forward it to his father.
About 1900 people witnessed the execution.