Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-21
SHULTz Is NOT DISTURBED
Death Has No Terrors for John P. Fairs
Slayer.
HOW HE REGARDS THE JuRYS VERDICT
His Knowledge OF the Tragedy lie Declares
to Be. Confined to n Vague Idea of
Seeing Ills Victim Fail
When Shot.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 2O.-[Specia
to The BEE. III feel just as well as ever
did in my life," said Cuyler Shultz, who was
found guilty Of murder in the first degree
Saturday night "I slept soundly," he con
tinued upon being queried, what have tc
be afraid OFF,"
what do you think of the verdict" was
asked.
~ think it is, by Cd, an impartial YER
dict"
"You are satisfied, them"
"Oh, the id liars have it their way, and
don't care" aud it was plain that he meant
partial whom he said impartial
"What should 1 De afraid Off" he again re-
peated, "they can't hurt me. What IL they
do hang me. what's thati Great God, I'm
not afraid to die, and they can't do ANYTHING
after that. AS told the judge last night,
prefer swinging 10 the pen. My lawyers say
they'll take it to the supreme court, but I'll
tell 'em to take 1T to hell il they want to-"
you don't think you have not been
granted fair trial, do you2"
10, guess there's no cause to complain, ="
he coolly answered, "but some of those id
witnesses lied oil tho way through. i tried
to accommodate neighbors. and when l did
that they thought they could take all had"
"What do you think now of the shootings'
"Well" said the doomed criminal, "it
seems like dream. All can remember is
that shot some one and saw him fail. 1t
seemed to me that some one was trying to
shoot me and l shot first. Then l didn't
here in Jail. also remember that was in
Judge Caldwel's Office on the 21th' the
day before the shooting).
Indifferent About His Fate
"How do you feel in regard to the action
and efforts OF your attornevsW
"Oh, guess they did all they could for me,
but they ought to have made something out
OF Farrs attempting to shoot me. But
don't care to have them take it to the su-
preme court. Maybe they could do it, don't
know, but Pm glad its all over; Pm old and
all crippled anyway" And he went ON tell
ing about eight wounds he had received IN
the battle of Shiloh.
'Do you get pensions"
YES, get IS a month. The trouble is 1
can't get any of the boys to prove for me !;
they were ell shot down around me.n
Here the interview was interrupted by the
the doomed man, Mr.. and Mrs. Yonker, son.
in-law and daughter, Mrs Ruby Stout, a
daughter, and Mr. John Shutz, the Oldest
son.
The BEE reporter Immediately slipped
aside from the door Of the cell and was
forced to witness an extremely pitiful scene
The cold hand of the condemned man was
stretched through hole in the iron door,
and us Mrs. Shultz clasped it she bowed her
head and broke into tears. Even the eyes of
the Oldest son were dim with tears.
"Oh, well now, don't cry" sald the mur-
derer. What do YOU want to cry fora
There's nothing to cry about It's all
settled and I'm glad OF 1t. You've got moth
ing TO Cry about. II I'a feel like CRYING it
would be different"
A few moments OF silence. broken only by
the sobs of the mother and children, followed.
"Eor Gods sake, don't Cry pnow. Why
you'll mako one break down and I'll be
baby again. said Shultz.
Too Poor to Continue the Fight,
"Cuyler," said Mrs. Shultz, "we've done
all we could for you. The lawyers say they
would take it 10 the supreme court but we' We
got no money to pay them with and l don't
know what to do.''
"Let it go. ] don't care. know you've
done nobly. You've done all you could.
Now stop crying. They'll fatten me up and
then butcher me and it's DONE Now stop
crying. I'm not worth crying over and
never was. john" and he addressed his
son, take good care OF them. know you
willard of the stock I've worked hard to
get what I've got and YOU can enjoy it,"
Owing to the lateness Of the hour when
tho jury reported Saturday night the formal
sentence was not spoken and only the YER
dict of the jury was received. A sentence of
expected. 1t is very likely that the case
will not be carried to the supreme court.
The jury in the case was: Levi Watson,
L. c. Roudiz, W. Fl. Sylvester, Fred Sail, II,
+. f. Duehrson. Joseph lllnge, George
Pearson, q. M. Graham. II. A. Taylor. John
O'Connor, Sylvester Pollock and Byron S.
Wise. The jury was out about an hour.
10 to- second Ii to !, and third unanimous.
There were forty-siX witnesses in the case