St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-12

two of the date fixed for the execution.
The place selected is in the court adj
jacent to the Jail formed by two wings
of the court house and city hall. The
windows in the building will be boarded
up for the occasion, SO as to comply Win
the provisions of the law that the hang :
ing must be done within an enclosure
higher than the gallOws and exclude the
vision of persons on the outside. The
law specifies that the hanging must be
in the county jail, if it is so arranged to
make it possible, otherwise IL must be
adjacent to the Jail. In this case the
Jail is not suitable for the purpose. The
location selected is in close pr0Xi nifty
to the side door of the Jail, which opens
almost upon the court. 1t will be
practicable to build covered walk
closure, so that 10 steps will be needed
TO ascend the scatf0ld.
The execution of the sentence must
he by the sheriff and his assistant.
Reuben Clewett, for many years dep
uty sheriff, and at present marshal Of
White Bear, will probably be the assist
ant to the sheriff in this instance for enc
prisoner and Frank PIcha for the other
condemned man. Sheriff Chapel does
not feel very much elated over the
work,
But Will Not shirk His Duty
when the time comes. County Ply
stefan Ancker will probably be present
in his official capacity. The law speci-
tieS that only few persons may be
present. they being limited to The sheriff
and his assistants, priest or Clergyman
in attendance upon the prisoner. not
exceeding three persons to he chosen
by the condemned. physician or sur.
geon to be selected by the sheriff, and
not to exceed six other persons to be
selected by the sheriff. The sheriff is
authorized by law to call upon the mill
tary to preserve order, and this will
probably be done to guard against any
jam by the curious.
The condemned men have not yet been
notified that the day of their doom has
been fixed. The sheriff has not yet de-
cided who will read the death warrants
to the men, but lie can not delay the
matter many more DAYS, as it is barely
a month until the Friday on which they
will pay the death penalty.
Neither of the men are permitted to
see the newspapers, nor to receive visit
ors, and they are kept in solitary con-
finement. as directed by Gov. Nelson in
the death warrant signed last Saturday.
Mrs. Schneider. the mother of Ermisch,
who is still in Jail awaiting Indictment
for conniving at the escape Of her son,
has not been notified of the fact that
the hanging Of her son is near at hand.
1t will not be many days until the men
will have to be informed of the iay OF
fate, and given time to prepare fol-
their end. They will be entitled to
spiritual advice, and TO prepare for the
final separation from the few friends
they have.
The men are confined night and day
in their cells on the top story OF the
Jail. Ermsch is in cell No. /, and
Wonigkeit in cell No, 2, both facing the
side of the Jail on Fifth street. The
cells are side by side. The present
guards are Deputies Corteau and
Schultz. who take turns of twelve hours
each in watching the men. One is Oh
duty in front of the cells during the day
and the other at night. Frank Picha
takes turn occasionally, SO that the
two mentioned can change watch, and
one will not be given night turn all the
time.
The FelOns Pass the Time
in talking 10 each other, and in reading
such novels as are furnished them by
the sheriff Or his deputies. They talk
lightly of their appI oaching end, max
ing such remarks as ''The time is get
ting shorter, and we will soon have to
be getting down upon our marrow bones
il we expect forgiveness"
Since the attempt to escape, when
Ermisch shot Deputy Sheriff Horst in
the wrist, they have given up all hope
OF living much longer, and talk freely
OF their coming fate and of past deeds.
They have reckless air, and have as
yet shown no cOntrition. One of the
deputies says they talk over their vari-
GUS exports in way that shows that
they are greater desperadoes than the
public has any idea OF. They talk over
crimes they have committed not only in
this city. but in other cities and states
reaching to New York. Before they
went to the reform school they had
committed various crimes, and they en-
gagged IN several hold ups and robberies
in the two weeks intervening between