St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-23

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walked unsteadily between the
guards, and several times tOttered
as about to fall. His face was ashen
and he shook like man with the palsy.
Several times when the chaplain spoke
10 him encOuragingly in an undertone,
Deeming parted his lips to reply. but he
uttered no sound. He seemed to be
Btupcfed by his approaching death.
When his arms were pinioned he wa
Vered and would have fallen had he not
been caught by the warden. AT first
be shook his mead when his last op-
pOrtunity to speak was given him.
Then he rallied from his stupOr, and
with a strong effort called out: Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit" He tried to
say more, and stood with his mouth
half open, but no words came. As the
Moose was adjusted his knees Knocked
together, and he would have collapsed
had he not been supported until he was
Swung Into Nid-Air.
He died without a struggle and almost
Instantly. The body, alter being cut
down, was taken in charge by the prison
physician, who will Superntend the
post mOrIem examination into the Struc-
ture of the skull and brain. Deemlng's
conduct at the last was surprise to all
HliO Have DtGll llCdl 4lllll SlliOC AO W 6bO
sentenced. Last evening he seemed to
realize for the first time that all hope was
gone. Before then, despite occasional
fits of dependency, he had told the
prison officials that he was not born to
be hanged, and that he would get out
yet and make it hot for his persecu-
tors" Shortly after supper last night
he called to the keeper and asked, anX-
iOusly:
''D0 you think it is all up with me?"
- his IS your last night, Deeming,"
was the reply, land you had better talk
TO your God instead of NE.
Deeming was silent for several min
utes, and then inquired brokenly for
the chaplain.
Il have been a wild fellow" he said,
land have sins enough to be pardoDed,
God knows, but / am not so bad as they
have made me out. Only to think that
poor, crazy Fred should die Oh the gal
lows"
When the chaplain came Deeming
was crying. He said he wished to re-
view the sins of his past life and to
have the chaplain pray with him for
forgiveness. He said he had been a
Notwithstanding Fellow
and had injured most of the persons he
had met in life.
But the only murder I ever commit
ted" he protested, was when l killed
Emily Mather. if did kill her. | was
crazy when l did 1t, and the men who
SWOre away my life at the trial have
more to answer for than ]"
The chaplain read prayers with
Deeming, and Deeming took down his
Bible and read several chapters aloud.
Then he grew calmer and was talking
about his affection for Miss ROunceyill,
when the chaplain left. He wrote a let
ter to Miss Rouncevill and another to
Mr.. Lyle, his lawyer He told the
keeper that the heaviest burden on his
conscience was that Ee had ruined the
young wOman's life by the notO-
riety he had brought upon her.
Deeming went to bed at 10 O'Clock and
went to sleep almost Immediately. He
did not wake until o'clock. He took
out his Bible and read in Revelations.
Then lie made his toilet carefully, and
put in order the papers containing his
last additions TO his autobiography. He
ate hearty breakfast, and drank six OF
seven cups of coffee. At o'clock he
began to be nervous and called the keep
er.saying he wished to free his mind. II
was then thought the long expected
confession was coming. Instead, how
ever, began TeiteTating his story of his
irresponsibility at the time for the mur-
der of Miss Mather.
1.-The people of Melbourne are hang
ing me-" he said. The judge and jury
and even those doctors are not the
guilty ones. The people wished tt
lynch me when | was brought back
from Perth, and they raised such &
clamOr that no one
Dared Tell the Truth
that was not responsible. l saw it in
their faces. | have not been a good
man, but l never committed a crime in
8 sane moment"
Deeming then wandered off incoher-
emily into contradictory statements as
regards his relations to Miss Mather, al
one time saying she was still living in
Australia, and at another that he might
have killed her in fit of forgetfulness.
While preparations were making to take
him out to the scaffold, he became a plta.
Bile figure. He cringed and covered in
a corner of his cell, first taking down
his Bible, then throwing it from him
muttering to himself and then speak.
ing wildly and incoherently. As the
door opened to let him out he burst into
tears, and begged for few moments
RESPITE. When this was refused hi:
mind apparently sank into a stupor
He made one or two attempts to speak
and then relaxed all efforts, allowing
himself to be half-led, half-carrieC
from the building. The chaplain sale
subsequently that in all his experience
he had not seena more broken creature
MIR. Lyle, Deeming's lawyer, says hi
has not decided what to do with Deem
jng's autobiography. He has not yet ha(
time to read much of the manu-
script, and what he has real
has led him to think it ha
rev claims to being truth
full narrative. The spelling and writin!
are bad, he says, and there is egidentl.