The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-05
A CHASTITY HANGING
Fearful Scenes d tle Execution
Of Wife Murderer.
nE TRIED TO CHEAT THE GALIows

Shot Himself with Revolver Said
TO Have Been Provided by the offi-
ciating Ciergyman-Dragged Bleed
ing and Blaspheming to the Scat.
fold-The Clergyman Arrested.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Sept. 5.-The history
of the gallows tells no more hideous
story than that of the execution of
Louis Bulling, the st. Joseph wife muir
derer at Savannah, Mo-, yesterday. Be-
fore the execution Bulling attempted
suicide by shooting himself in the left
breast with revolver, believed to have
been given him by clergyman who
had been with him for several hours.
She 1tf Barry had set the hour for the
execution ut 10 o'clock in the morning
When he went to the cell to prepare the
doomed man for the scaffold Bulling
pleaded so pitifully for an extension Of
few hours that the sheriff yielded,
and gave him until 3 o'clock to live.
When the hour arrived Bulling renewed
his supplication to the sheriff, and, fall
ing on his knees, pleaded for one hour
more. The sheriff granted his request,
and, removing the guard from the cell
door, left the doomed man alone with
his spiritual adviser.
Tried to Cheat the GalIows.
The silence of the jail was broken
only by the voice Of the priest, when
suddenly two shots rang out. The sher-
iff ran to the cell and found the priest
prostrate on the floor, having tainted.
AT his side lay Bulling, weltering in his
own blood, which flowed from wounds
in his breast. He shot himself twice
with a revolver. A hasty examination
of Billings body showed that one of
the bullets had entered the left breast,
and glancing from rib, had passed
around his body and come out of his
back. The other bullet had inflicted
only slight flesh wound in his left
side. He had not lost consciousness and
when the sheriff ord red four deputies
to carry him to the scaffold he cursed
and swore in horrible manner.
Dragged to the Scaffold.
Tho deputies dragged the struggling
nan to the court yard and lifted him
upon the gallows. He refused to stand,
and they placed him a chair. AS he sat
there he presented revolving spectacle.
His hands and face were covered with
blood, which also stained his shirt, and
pioOl was otfsd1AlliB through MS blOeS,
which had run from the wounds in his
breast He cursed and swore at the
deputies, cried and screamed for mercy
and shrieked in terror. The sheriff
gave him large glass of brandy, and
he swallowed it at one gulp.
He Died Biaspheming.
Finally he was told to get up and
stand upon the drop. He refused, and
four deputies held him up while the
rope was being adjusted. The black
cap was placed over his head, and yell
ing, screaming and disappearing he shot
through the opening at exactly 1921
o'clock. His neck was broken by the fall
Rev. Mr. Layake, who is believed to
have provided the murderer with the re-
volver, was immediately arrested, and
is now confined i'll jail. Bulling's cell
was searched Thursday night, and
no weapon was found. The only per-
sons admitted to the cell since that
time We're newspaper man, the depu-
ties and the clergyman.
5 Mr.. P. Lavake was interviewed by a
reporter regarding Bulling's attempted
suicide. He said he did not give Builing
tho revolver and had no idea where it
came from. He was on his knees pray.
ing, he said, when Bulling shot himself.