Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-14
HANGED
ChaS. H. Key Is Executed
at Paris,
HE PAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR A
DELIBERATE MURDER.
MADE NO CONFESSION.
PROEEssEs-nES-+ Gfe'ss'J-ExHOftrs
OTHERS, BUT DECLINES TO
TELL OF HIS CRIMES.
The Trap Is sprung mt 12i25, ana
Hi. Neck L. Broken By
the Fall.
MADE NO CONFESSION.

execution OF Charles II, Key took
place In the county jail yard in this
ot,,, ,,aa,
quay
barly thls morning tickets Oh au-
mission were given to forty persons.
including. physicians. officers and a
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lew cluzehs' hey huu pusseu tue hisH'
better than any one anticipated and
ate a hearty breakfast He appear
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"'N
an VINO approached hlin' At $50 d.
m. United States Marshal Williams en-
tered the guard room and read the
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liquor was then offered, which he
hesitated about accepting. until DR..
Fortune. his splritual adviser. told
-
MN IL was pest Tor MN TO drlhk IT.
Dr. Fortune was left alone with him
for n time and thew yere engaged in
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e't iiest ~, , r., "a ,,, ,i,o
~ was tnought ne Wouiu hlahv
iuil CONFESSION OF an ms gllilies, pu.
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ny Salu ytattIuay' eNVVIt u,ut " "u9
Wl,''nE tne woriu sn1 y. Juuse nun l, oh
we tsstlniohy ~ Wnlch ne was uoni
Nleieu. Other mlnlsters were adalitt t5
nnu pEuS eia oneneu az Ills pehs ~, ~ ~
asked 10 pe takeh througn we Jan
nsa'l, anu paue ms cOInpuhlonIs
last IateWtH rms ne was perm erIhit'eu
70 uo, Ah hout was consumes IN
lnls, uuTlns N WniSh ne eHi,o li. IN ~
repentance Mhth prouBnt pask 10 tne
guard room ne begged MARSHAL VII
llhHlS most plteousis 10 eNtehu nus
time TO the last possible moment fray
orS were HB1lh oiiereu anu usaih I've
talked WIN INC minister's , ..,
When brought INTO the YARD htahu-
ing under the shadow OF inc salloWs.
with the ghostly paraphernana OF
death an around MN; ne was photo-
graphed with KODAK. Dr. fortuhe
asked II he wanted the last service
! there or on the soaliolu. re sald ne
wanted 1t there, ana ON the seanold
| both An improNlseu cnoir sang most
| llnpresslNely, ~ Is Wen WIN MY
| Soul during which he asked an 70
! shake hands with MIN, which those N
| the yard did, while he eNhorted them
TO lead religious lives
Dr; fortuhe ueiivereu ie ~, pras
,.,,orh mn tbe s,nns '1N ~ 9'''''e
| A grent srovd mad assembled on the
| outsiJn Nvbn,n he could 500 When asl-
| I'd If ho wished to snv ANYTHING he pro-
| ceeded 10 DELIVER n long. incoherent
| harnnrue. nsking ali TO read the bible
! INA accent ita teachinps At first his
,,"ic. ,,na air,nst innndItle hut no
ANN, ,itcbcd 4, 60 that he co,,id he
hnord distinctiv a bundrad Yards away
A anacI,I mayer was offered nv Or
Sort,ine when no was bound and the
nonsc adtusted A man with n Kodak
,,o9 nrc1ared Ia take n snnn shot at
~, fn,htch hc nrotssted nrainst and
Nnr,h,I yyuiio,ns tornado /,
I1ng,rn thc snnctntors were f,illy
,wSre Of IL EXecutor orlebv drew
,ha hiacl can On and snruntr Inc tram
~ ,am ~, to.5t =, ~, ava bis noel, ,vns
i i,ratyen In astesn Minutes no wS,
nroununcad dend and tho body was
la down II was taken in charge by
The undertaker and buried in the pnu-
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Pro,tra,y a. al oxnactottons ha hold
M weil ibouph no hnd heen liherali>,
niIoG WIN iio,,o,. 10 nrenarc him Ia.
the ayvf,i mnmcnt ami had been ne.
s,,raS Nv no minIsters that n was
hatte,. ~, Mn, 10 Ms nnncnI for some
ve..y' 80. erianS "a can,e a. lin, ~
nna rssnonaed ~, thus Jioi and uas
hwrtad frinndiesa ond un,nournsJ
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MS I'M " mr.
The crime expiated by Chas. II, Key
was the atroelous murder OF Smith L..
Mclaughlin in Pamela county, Chlcka-
saw Nation, July 2, 1884,. Mclaughlin
was young man q years old and lived
with his mother ON farm Ave miles
from Gainesville, Tex. About the last
OF June Key went to Gainesville and
represented himself as stockman.
saying he owned large herd OF cattle
near Whitewrisht and wanted TO cm-
ploy somebody with wagon and team
TO SO TO the ranch TO assist him in at
tending to the stock. Key met Nc
Laughlin, who owned team, and
made contract with him. MeLaugh-
lin was TO take Key TO the ranch and
work for him during the remainder of
; the summer at Si.sO a day. McLargh-
I'm had never been away from home
before, and before leaving MS mother
/, IN packing his trunk put an alum
with FANNY pictures IN IL, bible, etc,
anu put QUITS ana comforts IN the
Mason tor nun 20 sleep on. iie pnd
Ney lett SeinesVllie July presumably
20 10 70 Mhitewrignt aireet; south oi
thrnneh snor,, NV n' h,s, ., rhey wen,