Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17
SIX CONDEMNED 10 DIE.
rnnEn INDIANS AND Tunnn
WINES Mvsr a.sNc.
All Profess Their innccencc--ons
Indian Who saia His Crime Was
the Result nf Drink. noy
OF Seventeen In the Lot. u.


Paris, Tex. June le.--Therc was
'nrse and cxpectant crowd In the fed
eral court room today to hear the sem
tonce OF death passed upon six men
who had been convicted Of murder.
There were three Indiana to DO sem
fenced aud negro Interpreter was
present TO translate the words OF tho
Judge and their reply. The hret OF
these. Emerson Allen. was told 70 stand
un and was asked what he had TO
say why sentence of death ahould not
DO passed upon him.
The Indian hcsitated several mo-
ments, and. lifting his brows slightly.
replied that " he had killed the man
he did not know It. that Il was while
he waa drunk, but he was willing to
suffer thc penalty inflicted. on the
reply OF tho judge that there was no
doubt OF the killing. hut that under
tho circumstances he could nas exceu-
two clemcncy. the Indian said he
would be very GLAD to get life sem
tenco. He stated that he had alwaNa
been law abiding and that tho only
reason he Killed the man. II at all,
was that he had drank some whisky
peddlcr brought TO his house and
got so drunk he ala not know what
he was doing This led the Judge 10
speak OF the harm OF whisky IN tho
territory, and he said he was almost
ready to say TINT hereafter he would
send every man to the penitcntlnry
selling u.
The Indian said he was q yeara old
and had wife. but had no family.
District Attorney Hannny also said
he would nal, for executive elemenc,.
The Judge said; 1T Is the crdcr. sep-
trncc and decree OF thia court that
the marehal OF the Eaatern district of
Texas take and safely keep you In tho
common jail OF Lamar county, at Paris,
Tex. until the 2sth ~ September, 1894,
and that on that day, between tho
hours OF 10 q, m. and b. M you he
taken 70 the ipilyard OF tho said
jail and there be hung b. the meek
mliil you are dead"
In iiko manner were sentenced
Thomas Wcslmurclhnd who was con-
yleted OF murder by poisoning; Cephas
wright, indian. convicted OF murderi
Thompson Wade. Indian, convicted OF
murder. Eugene Fulks, white. com
Nictod OF murder, Tom Moore, white.
convicted nf murder. making IN ali
six who received tho death penalty,
Nearly all the men whom asked what
thcy had TO say why sentence OF death
should not he passed upon them made
some Talk OF tho fact that they were
Innocent md thought thai there were
innocent 0nd could prove II on new
trial only the indian Wade, who was
Jointly convicted with Cephas Wright,
replied that he had nothing TO may,
The Hioicirm OF the Indians was re-
markahlc, and while tho white mon
were comparatively cool, the Indiana
were absolutely Indifferent aa far az
outward appearances went Wright was
chewing a big piece OF gum and never
sol e.
Judge told Fulha. who II only I; years
old, that he would, II requested, trans-
nit the evidence IN the ease Ia tho
department at Warrington, ma he had
received many letters from hia former
home In Tennessee In HIS behalf
Fulkc said his nnma was Davis hoforo
he was adopted by j. w Fulku and
that he ran away from home about
ilvc years ago.
In the case OF Tom Moore he abso.
lutcly refused TO Interfere. as he stated
he had had four trials and tarty-ar
OF the forty-clght futore had found
him guilty The supreme court has also
Affirmed tho sentence and he will hang.
II was enny to see that tito Judge wan
performing mn unpleasant duty, but
his clear knowledge OF each case, as
shown by his words TO each man,
showed that he was convinced u was
u lust duty
In sentencing Rev. u. Parker, com
yioicd or preparing false claims ana
presenting "a false clAim the Judge
told him he Ind been more worried
with thinking over what 10 do with
him than any onno that ever came be-
fore him heretofore. He knew that the
law demanded protection II society. but
between that cnlne the family dopend-
ent on the criminal aud suffering for
his crime, lilo sentenced Mr.. Parker
10 pay y ilne Of $50 Tor the FIRST charge
and eighteen months IN the Brooklyn
penitentinty NJ hard labor as the atat-
uteH demand for the second charge
The court thon took a reccas until
July o at which time he will hear the
remainder Of n motion for new trial
In the linli and boutwell, case. Tho
defendant. Fillmore DAN, hopes 10
prove thnt he II n citizen OF the Chick
nsnw nation and not subject 10 trial
IN this court and the government ex-
pecia 20 rcbut the testimony. For this
reason the Balls ard Boutwell, were