Birmingham state herald., 1897-03-05
DAUGHDRILLOFE ID GADSDEN Heavy Guard Accompanied the
 Man Who Hangs TODAY IN THE QUEEN CITY For the Murder of FeIIOw-Beng-Full Text of His Last Letter Written
 in Jail.

drill will be hanged at GadSden Tor ln- crime of murder. He has been confined in the Jefferson county jail in this city for safe keeping, as it was feared that his friends would attempt to give him assistance.
 Yesterday afternoon he was taken back to Gadsden the scene of his crime, where he will be hanged. At 2:10 o'clock he was taken from the county jail and placed in a closed carriage, accompanied by the sheriff, Sheriff T. w. Lister of Etowah and Deputy Shariff Waldrop, and driven to the depot. He was accom- panied to Gadsden by Sheriff Lister, ex- Sheriff Burns, J. F. Sorrell, ex-Unftsd States deputy marshal, and four others from Etowah county and Deputies Tom Jones and Robert Waldrop and Warden Sylvester Daley and several special dep uties from this city. The Birmingham contingent will return home today.
 During his incarceration here Daugh- drill made for himself the reputation of man hard to plsase He was peevish and irritable at almost all times.
 As his chances of saving his life passed away one by one. he trisd to play the in- sanity act, but it was of no avail He was adjudged perfectly sane, the su- preme court affirmed the decision of the
 
 to interf=re in his behalf Even then, Daughdrill seemed to cling desperately to some hope of escaping the galloWs and his composure and nerve excited con- siderable comment.
 The death watch placed over him con- sisted of two true and honest men, Messrs. B. B. McCar and Jeff Bryant who divided the day into two watchss of twelve hours each.
 It was intended to secure Daughdrill's picture as he came out of th- jail door, but he turned his head away and frus- trated the attempt.
 His last night in the county jail was spent in sound slumber and was not marked by any unusual occurrences. He ate hearty breakfast and dinner and then quietly dressed himself for his last journey to Gadsden. After reading the State Herald of yesterday and the ar ticle concerning himself, he is said to have become considerably worried He did not like the publishing of the visit of his female friend
 The woman Is living on First avenue, and is very well known. It is said that she was very much enamored of Daugh- drill, and attempted to see him again yesterday morning, but failed. He had mo visitors yesterday save the representa- lives of the daily press
 Sometime during Wednesday night Daughdrill, who had intimated to the State Herald reporter that he would make a statement, wrote the following
  dited it:
 Birmingham, Ala, March 8, 1897.
 A great many people seem to think that I went to Barnes to have trouble with him. but that is not so. I did have fuss with Barnes the Saturday night before, but l went to him on Sunday morning and shook hands with him. John Letson and I were together when I met MT. Barnes on Sunday, and we talk ed a long time. He knew that had been in lie hor ip1o dnTinQ and had been in there before on that same night. I did not have any hard feelings towards MT. Barnes, and had always treated him nice. Everytime l was in Gadsden I went up to his place more than any other. It seems like he did not like me, or he would have corrected all those statements.
 They said again that wanted to take morphine and kill myself, but it was an- other one of their tales. They did not like me and they had that for an excuse to keep from letting my people see me. They refused to let one of my uncles see me Tuesday morning, and they had let other people up here. l had all the chance I wanted to get morphine. They were giving me three and four grains day for my breast, and there were three negroes up here nearly all the time. The guards let them hand in anything. I used to get 1t slipped to me in the jail, and I know could have got it up here. The box was handy and the guards
  would not have done that al all know that ann not to blame, and if people had told the truth it would not have been this way. There never was man treat ed like I have been The sheriff wrote to my father himself and told him he could not see me, and here a few days ago he told me to write him that he could come. Tuesday morning they re- fused to let my uncle in. They told me that a preacher wanted to see me. told them if my own kinspeople could not see me that did not want to See any one, and l think was right. When people can't see their father and their dear old mother and wife and dear little babies they don't want to see any one else. I hope and pray to our Heavenly Father above that none of them will be treated as they have treated me. I know have some enemies but have no i'll will against any one.
 They said again that my people were going to try to take me away from the officers. They never thought of such a thing as they are law-abding people. They did all they could in the courts and that is all they could or intended to do. Still they know that have not had justice and anybody else will say that same thing if they look back at all of the evidence.
 May our heavenly Father guide and protect us all through this life and when we have completed his work here on earth may He take us to our everlasting home where there Is peace and joy forever more. C. E. D.
 Tn reference to the morphine it Is stated that when the supreme court affirmed the death sentence and Daughdrill was moved from his former room, enough morphine was found to have killed sev- eral men Afterwards it was administer ed to him in liquid form under the direc- tions of a physician.
 The part of the above letter referring to an attempt to rescue him from the officers brought out this statement from the sheriffs office: Sheriff Lister of Etowah county, furnished the informa- tion that he had been made aware of the intention of Daughdrilrs people to dynamite the train or rescue him at any cost On this account the extra depu- ties were sent along as a bodyguard at the request of Sheriff Lister
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