The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-18
4 CHILD MURDERER HANGED.
HE BREAKS DOwy AND PRESENTS 4
PITIABLE SPECTACLE.
The Crowd, Seized with . FFenxy,
Rash Chder the Scaaold. Shout
sng. Cursing and Laughing. and
Finally Deeak Down the stockaAe.

KANSAS CITY. Dec. i7.-william Carr.
the chsld-nurcerer. was hanged at Cay
county courthouse, At Liberty, this morn
Ing
Carr passed q restless night. When
breakfast was brought TO him, he turned
from II with disgust, lighted cigar and
stood for long time looking out from his
window. Presently the undertaken ar
rived and asked Carr what disposition he
wanted made Of his body. Let my wife
take care OF II" he exclaimed. with a sob.
his spiritual advisers followed and urged
him to face hts fate like 4 man. The Bible
was read to the prisoner. followed by the
singing OF hymn. during which Carr
soobed and trembied Hike child
Carr presented . pitiable sight, and he
was finally taken TO the gallows. but
oraced himself spasmodicaIfy and went
through the ordeal with a comparative
snow OF strength. The sheriff pulled the
trigger at 1914 o'clock. and two minutes
later life was gone out of the child muir
oerer. His neck was broken. cracking like
q whipcord.
Following the frs: momentary lull. after
the drop had fallen. 500 spectators, as II
moved by single impulse, rushed for
ward, calling. crying. shrieking and laugh
Ing as they surged under the galiows and
packed close around. the dangling corpse.
Men were angry and cursed one another.
tried 10 force themselves UP the gallows'
steps and cried and hooted at the sheriff.
Finally. In their excitement. the crowd at
tempted TO break down the barricade sur
rounding the scaffold. Sheriff Hymon
rushed through the first breach and ex-
citedly warned the crowd against any fur.
Their advance. The sheriffs deputies rang
ed about him and the crowd halted for q
moment.
Then. suddenly with one accord 4
mighty scream went up. and surging for
ward, the crowd swept back the guards
and burst their way through the frail
stockade. Once In the street the crowd
gave vent to It's feelings with further
shouts. but finally dispersed without fur
Their trouble, and what for a few minutes
looked like a small-sized riot. ended quiet
ly.
william Cars crime was one Of the
most brutal and unprovoked In the his
tory OF the state. His capture and exc
cution followed with fitting dispatch.
On October Is last the body of Belle Carr.
the 3-year-oid child by the murderer's first
wife. was found on a sand bar in the Mis-
souri, river near Kansas City. The case
remained complete mystery until Octo-
Der %, when Carr was arrested at his
home in Liberty. He at first denied his
guilt, but ~ brought TO Kansas City to
prevent hins. broke down and con-
Later Carr. who Is q gaunt backwoods-
man. 81 years Of age. told. without the
least show OF emotion. how he had car
ried the child from Its home, tied its arms
and limbs securely. corded a heavy stone
to the little ones breast and then, not
needing her query: "What are you going
to do papa?" threw her into the water
He admitted that Mrs. Carr told him to
get rid of the child and IL developed that
she had been brutal to Belle, but Carr
maintained stoutly that his wife had no
hand In the crime.
For time Carr delighted In his notor:ety
and talked glibly to his visitors OF the
crime. This was followed by spell dur
ing which he begged to be done away with
without delay. At his trial on November
16 Carr was convicted promptly, and since
then he has weakened perceptibIy and
only week ago Sunday tried 10 commit
suicide by swallowing pounded glass
After the execution 1t became known
that thrifty photographer had been ad-
mstted TO the Enclosure with a cinemato-
graph machine, and that he had been per-
mitted to photograph the closing incidents