The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
ggE DATE OF DEATH.
,,au CAREY TO DE HANGED
AZ FRIDAY, MARCH a.
..sseuer Smiled While the
rfxed the Time for His
--.h--Hs Prefers Death Rather
- life imprisonment - Bur-
rp for Triai-An Insane
~..,s HsIiacinatiss.

Carey. tEs man VINO. On Christ
"a killed MS Indian wife. wax
- hrouxas before Judge Hunlss
80 -'nrDo.s Of having ths cate OF h1s
-, Arsd. TIE court, after listening
- AZ his counsel for as long q
> - rossiDss. SET Ihs date OF ais death
- March -. Tln.s gave the con-
49, mar last sigafy-tATss days OF
- t,s day OF seatencs and the
!, sxscs,.on are included.
--1.anss was brought into court ~
- 49, On Jalsr Burkman- he was
s.strsd clean saaEen and looked
s-4ra. and healthy. a pleasant
rs On his face. but Il wac % the
-. oresr and VAS not occAs.oned
r,srr.nsnt or humor that wss Incl
- razt 70 aim must have been the
-. sssrun hour II his life. Carey nas
.,.ss aoatrol over himself, and had
.'ss''sss asrvsd himself up IL order 20 90
- the oree2. with as little display
= ssS'srx a. possible, aud as no Was the
$50 actor In the gloomy drama thai
- as.ns enacted, 10 pay a don't care
-, xssh az much skli as vas at nis
rs..-,aaA In this he succeeded aGmlra-
x,es Prosecuting Attorney HASTE arose
- ths court 10 sign the death warrant
go hasa fail upgn those Ia the court
- n reminded one OF tas line fl
- elegy. wherein As says And all
!. Ar A solmsn stiffness holds." Mr..
sol. read ne Law 10 the court IN rsiA-
- ID ne time which may De given TO
.,'r.nsIs between the tiTns OF signing a
80 warrant and the date Of the exeea-
- I, pfoyidss that It shall not be lsss
- tAlrty Nor more than ninety days.
ussvsa q. Wlnstock, OF counsel for tbs
$3.50 then arose and made an eloquent
g. q the court to grant the prisoner At
4. bar a long a span Of life as possible.
~ advocate did not think II would be
=. procxr thing 10 hurry the prisoner
20 s.srnity, and asked that hs should
: oven all the tins possible In which
!. rslght reflect on his past life, and IL
.<sbIs repent whatever sins he had conf
.s,lA Mr.. Wiastock went on to say that
a. had sixty days In which 10 apply for
srss Of error 70 the supreme court OF the
rsge1 States. he was not certain that
ssca course would BE taken, but ~ the
IA II execution was hurried there might
= 4 nsosssisy for taking such a course.
Tasa the advocate OF tie prisoner had
aksn bis ssat Judge Humes called for a
al,aaar for the year 1897. and as he turn
4 .as months over every eye In the court
sateAsd him. and those OF the prisoner
ss-s Fixed on the Judge. After a few
rezsn.s Of almost painful suspense ths
az Of death was fixed for Friday.
xuca &
Ttsn the prisoner was taken back 20 his
~ n talking with Jaiier Burkman az
n - vas safely locked up IN his cell he
cd
Z would rather take tie jump into stsr-
ry al gas time set by the Judge than
70 20 the penitsntisry for dfs. Why.
/ would be simply awful to be kept in
Is a long as I Iva I am comparatively
ysung man pet. but 20 my notion Inn
gsonmen. for life IL great deal worse
aan death would be. In the case OF death
.. differing II over In very short tims.
h.la life Imprisonment the punishment
~ paia lasts for years. ] greatly prefer
ksfhr
'kElss Burkmsn says that Carey Is
ksss nervy fallow, and when the time
sass Cor his execution hs viii not crtngs.
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