Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-24

had been erected a frame work OF beams,
posts braces, platform and a trap.door
1t was the galIowa- that grim monument
of Che majesty Of the law. The hollow
was a vast earthen bowl; the gallow9 a
lump of sugar in the bottom; the crowd a
swarm of prowling ants that crawled
around the area like pestilence.
For be it known that this was the first
execution that had ever occurred in KEN
per county.
If there is one thing more entertaining
than a hanging per Sc, it Is the variety
of effect produced 10y the ghastly spec
tacle upon the faces and manner of the
assembled witnesses. The majority were
present because they had never seen a
hanging; others went to CRAFTY the natur-
al vengeance of outrage humanity; a
moiety went in the interest Of science, "
hoping 10 hear the swapping caused by the
sundering of the spinal ligament.
A pretty, dimpied rosy lass from the
country-barefoot and arrayed in yell
low calico dress and a white sunbonnet,
and pervaded by an odor of fresh butter
and milk, and wild yiolets and innocence
started horror-stricken at the awful
preparations The cheek roses fled, and
refused longer to play hide.and.seek with
the dimples; and the large blue eyes over
flowed with tears.
The cap was drawn; the loop was adj
justed
The girl buried her face in her gaunt old
mother bosom and gasped:
Are they nearly readyY'
Very nearly
who is that talking2'
The priest.
Praying?
Eyes. :"
There was pause,
What are they doing now, mother?'
They are tying the mans feet and
hands
DO they tie his hands before or be-
hindu"
Neither; 10 his sides. ~
ooh, mother, mothern
"What, my chiId?" the voice began to
quaver.
Poor fellow poor fellow
The girl sobbed ritlfuly She buried
her face deeper, cad chung closer 20 her
mothers neck,
"What are they doing now, mother ?'
The sheriff mas q long, bright knife. y
"What fort
TO cut IKE string '--so family that it
isl whisper
and now, mother2'
"My-God! my-chlldl don't know
II can't look auy--longer!
There was one interesting group among
the spectators. composed of boys between
the ages Of 6 and years. one was a
negro named Tony, Z years cd, black as
tar, homeiy as an ape. The others were
all white. One of these, Buck, was a
chubby boy of Iony's age, with a frecllled
face, red cheeks and white hair. Thesy
two and FIVE or six others were standing
or sitting in every Imaginable posture in
dicative Of awe, interest and fear. Tony
was dressed simply in pair of his father s
pantaloons cut off at TIE knees Conse-
ouently the waist-band came quite under
ais arms, dispen1ing with the necessity 81
a shirt: and the buttons In the ront We're
connected with those behind by short
strings. which served as suspenders. He
was quite small and weakened. Buck, on
the contrary. was large and strong; his
general manner was nearly like that be
longing to the advanced years Of pari-
arch.
After the body had been placed in a cof
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..Di5r,t ..or SEQ him doiu' his shoulders
tb;y g,s~ AID .orfer re,cbin' opt bis feet
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