Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-24
He FELT HE WAS FORGIVEN.
Tie Notorious Murderer, After Long Delaying,
is Legally Hung.
Dick Duncan Hanged.

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Any friends here can shake hands with
me. ! hope TO meet you all, every one of
you, in heaven. Good bye. -
\ number present shook hands with the
condemned man. after which he was pin
toned, adiustiu" his arms 10 facilitate the
binding. Asked if he had any more to say,
lie replied in the negative The moose was
adjusted about his neck aud the black cap
drawn on.
To the question
Are You ready.
The prisoner answered firmly
81 am"
The trap was sprung and the tall form
disappeared through the floor The eight
foot fall broke his neck a tremor passed
through his form, then another, then all
WAS still Not groan escaped.
In five minutes the doctors pronounced him
dead, and i few minutes later the body was
removed and ambamed for TRANSFORMATION
10 San Saba
Thus persisted a man convicted of the
most horrible crime perpetrated in Texas.
The facts connected with this quadruple
murder Is known prior to the arrest of |
Duncan. and the terrible strong chain of |
crcumatautal evidence upon which he was |
convicted may have escaped the memory of |
many readers OF TnE GAZETTE. The former
are therefore briefly narrated. and the latter |
On tile 2Ith of February, 1889. some !
rhc Rio Grmde. Il short distance above the |
of Eagle Pass. noticed a body floating down |