The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
hung limp. At 5000 O'Clock all four

hung limp. At S:09z O'Clock all four
were pronounced dead.
After midnight, for hours, the silence OF
tie part of the Jail where the condemned
men were confined was only Interrupted
by the occasional stir of one OF the prison
ers, who was trying to gain a little sleep
When the city hall clock struck four times
the Jail presented a livelier appearance on
the inside Hite was aroused al 4:2O o CLOCK.
Al 4:30 o'clock Mccarthy awoke aud retI
on his knees in the middle OF his CELL
Almost at the same time Grant Thomas,
who had smoked several cigars, went to
corner of his cell, and. turning his face TO-
ward the wall, began to pray. Nelson
Lewis awoke at O'clock.
Every one was deeply affected, when, at
O'Clock, Mrs. Hite and her child and
Hite's sister babe the condemned man
farewell. The wife and sister made two at
tempts before they could break away, ana
they left the cell in flood of tears. Hite
bowed his head on the barred window ana
then entered his cell aud began praying
aloud.
Al 6:l0 o'clock Minerva Thomas, mother
OF Grant Thomas, and Mr. Alexander,
c0lored Baptist minister, went IN 10 see
Thomas. a passage was read from the
Bible. None of them made any manifest
ations Thomas kissed his aged mother re-
peatedly through the bars of his cell. His
mother finally began to weep and bade her
son good bye. Thomas was as cool and
apparently as Indifferent as ever.
Two preachers entered Lewis cell at 6:20
O'Clock and began services Several songs
were sung, prayer was offered, and the
preachers told Lewis that if he had any
sins hidden he should kneel and make
final appeal to his Maker. Lewis knelt at
once aud offered prayer. He asked that
peace be among all men.
At 6:l5 o'clock Dennis Mccarthy put on
a neat black suit, a white shirt, collar and
cuffs. He had washed his face aud comb.
ed his hair and beard. Father Lawler en-
tered his cell a moment later. Father
Brady, wearing his priestly robes, went to
Hite's cell at $40 o'clock. They prayed
together At this moment services were
going on in each of the four cells and the
effect was most solemn. Some prayed,
others sung and others exhorted the
doomed men.
At Gas o'clock Grant Thomas made a
talk TO his minister. He said: 81 die an
innocent man, and God will punish those
who swore nay life away"
At 6:55 o'clock, just before the sheriff
entered, breakfast was brought TO Dennis
Mccarthy. None of the others wanted
anything, except Thomas. who wanted a
glass of wine. The sheriff then read the
death warrants. Then the death march
was begun At 7:14 o'clock the collins had
been brought into the Jail yard and placed
beneath the scaffold. There was only u
small crowd there at the tlme-smaller
than has been present at any previous
hanging for years. Neither of the con
demned men made any statement on The
scaffold. There was not word uttered
even in prayer. Lewis neck was broken,
but the others struggled for some minutes.
Deunis McCary by Was hanged or the mur-
der of his wife aud unborn naDe on Sept. Z,
1891. Nelson Lewis (colored) died tor kill
ing George Dean, on the night of Nov. 10,
1891 Stephen Hite paid the death penalty
for the murder OF ALERT Baurmann on
sunday morning, Sept. 20, 1891. Grant
Thomas (colored) gave up his life for kill
ing Birdie Coleman (colored) on Sept. 9,
1892