The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-05
LOUIS BULLING HANGED.
THE DOOMED MAN SHOOTS HIM
SELF IN THE BREAST.

a Vain Effort to Commit suicide-A
Communication Sought, but in Vein.
his Last Night in Prison-A Hideous
Story-A Confirmed Opium Eater.
Dragged to the Gallows.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 4.-The his
tory Of the gallows tells no more hideous
story than that of the execution Of Louis
Bulling, the ST. Joseph wife-murderer, at
Savannah, Mo-, this afternoon. Just be-
fore the time for the execution the
doomed man shot himself in a
vain effort to commit suici de
and finally died on the gallows, shrieking
for mercy and cursing his executioners. Up
to few days ago Bulling seemed cheerful
and hopeful IN the face of his ap-
preaching death. he had twice
before cheated the gallows by Jail
breaking. He reasoned that that chance
still remained and to it might be addeditwo
others-commutation of sentence and sui
eide. One of these chances failed. Early
last week it was discovered that Bulling
had planned to break jail third time.
Steel saws were found in his cell and they
were taken away from him. A perpetual
guard was kept over him and all visitors
were searched before being permitted to
enter. All means of escape were cut of.
A CoMMUTATIoN SOUGHT.
Then the doomed man sent for his father
and mother, and pleaded with them to ap-
peal to the governor for a Communication of
the sentence The faithful parents went to
Jefferson City and had several personal In
terviews with Gov. Francis, but the gov
ernor was firm in his decision to not interfere.
Still the parents did not. loose heart. They
made another call on the governor yester-
day, and pleaded for their sons life The
governor would not interpose. Then Mr..
and Mrs. Bulling telegraphed their son the
governors decision, and followed the mes
sage to Savannah. They had an affecting
parting from the doomed man last
uight. When Bulling's second chance
for life disappeared he broke down COM
pletelY. When he received from his parents
a message that the governor was obdurate
be tainted. He was a confirmed opium
eater, and during the night he was given
large doses of the drug. 1t failed to have
murderer slept less than two hours during
the night.
HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH.
Rev. August Lavake, during Bulling's
waking hours, spent the time in reading the
Bible and praying, exhorting Bulling to
confess his sins and receive baptism.
Sheriff Barry had set the hour for the
execution at 10 o'clock this morning. When
he went to the cell az 6 o'clock to prepare
Bulling for the scaffold the doomed man
pleaded SO piieously for an ex-
the sheriff yielded and gave him until 3
O'Clock to live. Bulling ale breakfast
and spent the rest of the time in pleading
with the sheriff for mercy and attending to
the religious exercises conducted by tie
Rev. Layake de still had faint hope OF
commutation, but at noon he submitted
to the baptism ceremony and received
the sacrament When 2 O'Clock ar
rived hs renewed his supplications
to the sheriff and pleaded for one hour
more. The sheriff granted bis request.
The sheriff then retired, leaving the MUIR
derer with Rev. Lavake, at the same time
removing the guard from the cell door, at
buling's request to be left alone with his
spiritual adviser.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HIS CELL.
The silence of the jail was broken by the
voice of the priest when suddenly two sho,s
Fang o0t The sheriff ran to the cell. The
priest lay on the floor. At his sids lay
6ulIlng, weltering in his own blood, whicn
noWed from wounds in his breast.
lie had shot himself twice with a
revolver. The priest had tainted. On an
exauin alton of Billings body it showed
tnat cne the bullets had entered his left
breast and glencing from the rib had passed
rround his body and come out of his back.
Ihe o,her tullet only made sight flesh
wound in his left side.
DRAGGED TO THE GALLows.
he swore at them in horrible manner.
Depulles dragged the struggl ing man to the
courtyard ana lifted him on the gallows.
IN 4
upo4 @ chair. AS he sat there he presented
reVolt!ng sight. He was dressed only in a
shirI and trousers. His hands and face were
covered with blood, which also stained his
eiIu = ana blood was streaming through his
snoeS. tie cursed and swore at the depu-
Stee' cr;ea ara screamed for mercy and
snrieKed In terror, Finally he was told to
snS snC ~ s ana stand on the drop. He refused
@ 1nu iour deputies held him up while the
rope T was hung aud adjusted.
me black cap was placed over
tau n,s heau and screaming, cursing and BIAS
pue1ining t1l he shot through the opening ex-
actIy at 32l o'clock.
al aS neck was broken by the fall and he
oled almost instantly.
hev. Lavake has been errastad for ,;vin0
,tInng the pistol with which be
attempted to commit suicide. Rey Layake
csn I'A"us ,t 70 be interviewed. Bulling's
Haa was thoroughly searched and no
mit.oJ mGapon was found. The only persons ad-
na1""a rli..ou 70 the cell since that time were
Tavotp tnel, the deputies aud Rev.
suspicion fell upon the latter.
REsPrrED FOR TWO WEEKS.
bss JUSTIN, , TEX, Sept. 4.-The governor
"a R respited Dick duncan for two weeks.
FenIa Vas TO have been hanged to-day at
T. Sie %So ass. ass 1t was Duncan who appealed
whose appeal was rejected