Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-07-15
LASHLEY HANGED.
The First Federal Hanging in
 the Territory.
TRAP DROPS AT 3:4O P. NJ.
President Mckinley Refuses to In terfere and the Murderer of John Sanders Dies on
 the GallOWs.
Special to the HERALD.

Special to the HERALD.
 TUCSON, A. T., July 9.-Ths exeou- tion of Philip Lsshley took plecs this I afternoon. During the entire morning
 Lsshley exhibited the utmost uncon-
 oePu, chetbing freely with visitors, oo
 oasionally singing 8 song.
 He was abusive to all the oficisls and
 declared he would die game. The death ! warrant was read to him at 2:15 p. ID. | and et 3:15 he was led out by the | Sheriff.
 Accompanied by Marshal Compton end a number of others he ssoended the
 soaffold and made long rambling
 speech, in part from notes, which oc-
 eupied twenty minutes. He asked the
 Sheriff not to let him go over the time. When on the trap being strapped he
 danced and suua. When the cap was
 pulled owed his face he shouted, "Lss
 her go, Gallagher" The drop fell at
 3:43 p. m.
 He never moved-there was no death struggle. He was pronounced dead
 and cut down at 4 p. m. His speech
 was full of profanity. He refused slI
 religious attendance and died sppsE-
 ently without fear.
 The murderer, Philip Lashley, was
 born IF she Danish West Indian Islands
 on the Island of St. Croix, in the oity
 of Ohrietainstsed, and in his trouble
 had the good grsces of the Danish
 Minister at Washington, who did sll in
 his power for the unfortunate man.
 This intervention by the Danish Minis ter was particularly earnest from the fact that Lsshley had served in the Danish navy for 6 number of years, both on board She wsrship Fordenskl- old and the Tylland. His record while in the service of that country was exemplary and honorable.
 The crime for which Phillip Lashley was hung occurred at Fort Huachucs in the county of Ooohise on the even ing of April 18th last year. About six o'clock that evening the murderer en- tered the officers club room ab that post. In the room at the time were John Sanders who was eating ice cream and the waitress @ young woman named Maggie Jennings. Sanders finished his dish of ice cream @ moment after Lash ley entered the room and was about to leave the room when Maggie Jennings requested him to accompany her home. Lashley was lying on bed in the room and she young lady handed Sanders s plate of cream and some cakes which she was taking home to her mother and he walked to She door of the room hold ing them in hls hands waiting for Mag gie Jennings to join him. While stand ing there Lashley sprang fom the bed, evidently inssnely jealous and cFszed by the fact that he had not been asked without & word be drew hls revolver from his pocket and holding it close to the breast of Sanders pulled the trig- ger. The gun snapped and did not ex- pIode. Sanders backed out of the door aud second time the gun was snapped | by Lsshley without effect. The third time She gun exploded and the bullet entered She body of Sanders who fell to the ground and expired almost in- 
 The murderer wss 8S oBcs arrested | and taken to Tucson where on the 10th lsy of June of the same year be was ar raigued on 8 charge of m urdeF. He took the statutory time to plead and on the next day after demurFers to the udicsment had been overruled plead 1ot guilty and the srisl was see for the 1ex6 day.
 in the case and the next dey verdict of guilty ss charged was re- turned against the prisoner. A motion or new trial by the attorneys of the loomed man wss oveTFuled and time OF sentence was set on the 29sh day of he month, at which time be was sem ,enced to hang on July 31ss. A stay of was granted on an appeal to he Supreme court of the Territory, and oa the 23i day of February of this year he Supreme court affirmed the judg- nens of the lower court and he was lgsin sentenced to hang on the 23d dsy # April. The President, who was i'm ,ortuned by many of the most promi- lent people of the Territory and the Danish Minister at Washington, grant d the doomed man @ raspite and today vas the day again ses for the execution.
 Yesterday afternoon Judges Baker, Hawkins, Rouse, United States Assof- icy Ellinwood and Governor Franklin oined in telegram to President Nc kinley begging clemency for the un~ oFtunste, and asking that his sentence ,e oommuted to life Imprisonment. They felt confident that their telegram would have weight and that their re- nest would be complied with. and 1t vss a hard blow to shem when this morning they received short message o the effect that the President refused o interfere and that she execution must proceed.
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