The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-23
nay OF EXECUTION.
sAomas Blanck to Dance on Air
on December Z.
= LOOKS FORWARD TO THE DAY.
= Zoe Confirms His Colleagues Story
II Kenyon's Last Days-aow Ar
thur Let's Got His CASH

.sdss Hurnes al / 80 yesterday after
sos SENTENCED Thomas BIanek, the muir
! go and notorious desperado, 10 be
s-.~ea Friday, December 7. 1894. between
nsrsock Ia the morning and 4 In the
.4sraoon. TIE prisoner heard the an
.sauresaent xith the same unnatural in
Is.vynce that has characterized him
.tra1rhoui the trial. Every precaufion
"a been taken TO prevent q repetition Of
zxueks attempt az escape and 20 rapid
80 the officers in their movements in
s.klnx him up and down stairs from the
4. sal. 10 the court room and back that,
,sesuding the announcing Of the sentence,
a. shois transaction did not occupy
,.ore than FIVE minutes.
Atf.30 Judge Humes sent word down
DE- sheriff WoolerY to bring up the pris-
ss<r. The sheriff went TO the fail with
n~susies McCorey. Mcdonald and w. II.
Toolery. and Jailer Monroe entered the
s.nk. called Blanck and told him that the
ssurt wanted him TO spprise him of the
s.,s Of bis execution. Bianck was at the
ane pacing up and down the tank. He
rufar.iy answered "All right" and
e.ng 10 his cell he put on his coat and
ks. and said he vas ready to 90. When
scugfst out into the jailer's room he vas
Immediately surrounded by the officers,
liz bands placed behind his back and q
salr Of handouts put on his wrists. No
ans vas given him for conversation. and
be sas al once hustled up stairs. Offering
d no time the slightest resistance and
nsinsaining his outward indifference
sAroaghont A crowd Was collected in
he corridors. and when the prisoner
passed through IL and entered the
cart room the mob made such q
dsssrmined effort 10 get inside the court
pam that for few seconds 1t had the
sppearance of lYnching bee. The off,
ns, however, soon restored order. and
he prisoner, surrounded by his guards,
rss seated in his old place near the rail-
ma.
He was asked no questions by the judge.
sas not asked TO stand up TO hear the day
Il his death. nor was he even addressed
by the Judge when announcing the
dreaded day. The law merely requires
TIA. the prisoner shall be present when
TIE time for his execution is set and an
bounced. Judge Humes. when the priso-
per was seated. addressed the clerk OF the
court, T. D. Hughes. and announced to
him that the court. in the case Of the
state Of Washington vs.. Thomas Blanck,
bad tized the date of his execution for
Friday, December Z. 1894. between the
hours Of a. IN. and p. IN. This was the
extent of IL.
The prisoner had the same Indifferent
air on his square. massive face that he
always wears and he was Immediately
iaken back to Jail without word having
been spoken by him or any OF the officers.
When back in the Jail Sheriff Woolery
asked him how he ielt about 1t, and he
ans wered. smiling:
"Why, | feel relieved. I was afraid hs
vas going TO give me twenty years"
When put back in the steel tank he
laughed and joked about IL TO his fellow
prisoners. and greeted them with:
We'll. boys. It's fixed for December
next"
Judge Humes handed the sheriff the
death warrant after the prisoner was re-
turned to his cell.
A death watch will be placed on Blanck
today. He will be placed in a steel cage in
the women's department, every corner OF
which can DO seen from three sides, aud
guard will remain on watch dry and
night just outside of the cell. This cell
will be arranged with all necessary conven'
fences, so that from the time he enters II
he will never leave Il except TO march 10
the scaifold.
The last and the only legal execution IN
this county vas that OF John Thompson.
Who was hanged by Sheriff l.. V. wyckofl
September %, 1877. territorial days, In
'front.' Of the old county jail. which Is now
The city Jail, at Third and Yesler avenue.
As a result Of this the state has no scat.
fold of It's own and Sheriff Woolsrv will
have 20 erect one. This he proposes to do
On the latest scientific principles. Joining
II together in way 10 be taken apart for
future use. lie has not ye. decided
whether he will adopt the drop system or
toe weight system, that jerks the criminal