The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-24
THE EXTREME PENALTY.
William Carr. the Child Murderer.
Executed.
Hanged at Liberty. Mo.-Ihs Haagins
Scene Taken by cinsmatogrsph. s- iins
Recital OF the Revolving Grim. Had
Previously Been Photographed.

Liberty. No. Dec. l..-William Carr
paid the extreme penalty Of the law ON
the gallows to-day for the murder Of
his daughter. whom he drowned in the
Missouri river. The body OF the child,
Belle. three years old. was found Octo-
\ Der Is last
! After ;he execution II became known
that thrifty photographed had beel
admitted 10 the Enclosure with cine
matograph machine and that he had
been permitted 10 photograph the
closing incidents OF this revolving
tragedy in all lis details
The machine vas in operation from
the moment Carr appeared IN The in-
closure until the body was cut down.
and IL j. said that on a film I. OOO feet
long $4,000 pictures were taken. An
attempt will be made 10 exhibit these
pictures throughout the country.
hen Carr was "A prisoner in the
county jail az Kansas City. the same
parties persuaded him To recite his
story Of the murder into the receiver of
aphOnograph.
This morning at 1920 o'clock Sheriff
Jacob IA. iiymer read the death war
rant TO Carr in his cell. The con-
iemned man was unmoyed.
His arms then were strapped TO his
sides and. preceded by sheriff Hymer
and Deputy Cave and accompanied by
Deputy John ID. Thompson. he left the
room. went down the narrow steps to
the north of the courthouse and thence
an n - r. .f.l
within few feet of the door. sur
rounded by stockade.
Carr walked up the stairs without
assistance. and seemed &c have himself
under complete control. While Dep
uty Cave was strapping his legs to-
gether. Carr said:
TO ahead with this and waste no
time These were the only words ut
tered on the scaffold.
At exactly 1889 Carr placed himself
on the middle of the trap door. the
moose was adjusted. the black cap put
On and sheriff iiymer pulled the lever
and the poor wretch fell seven feet 10
has death At the ropes end.
The crowd around the scaffold be-
haved in very disorderly manner
after the drop fell. and almost pre-
cipitated a riot
CAREs HORRIBLE CRIME
VIII Carrs crime was one Of the
most brutal and unprovoLed in the
history Of the state iI.s capture and
execution followed with fitting dis
patch On October Is. last. the body OF
Belle Carr. three-year-old child by
the nurdcrer's first wife. was found on \
a sand bar in the Missouri river near
Kansas City. The case remained a
complete mystery till October "a. I
when Carr was arrested at his \
home in Liberty. lie at first denied 4
has guilt. but when brought To Kansas \
City To prevent a lynching. broke down 4
and confessed. Later Carr. who was a
gannt backwoodsman. 81 years old. \
told, without the least show Of emo
ton, how he carried the child from her
home. tied her arms and limbs secure
~ corded a heavy stone To the little
Dne's breast. and then. not needing her
iuery: What are YOU going 10 DO. pa
pa? threw her into the water. He adj
nItted that Mrs Carr had told him TO
get rid Of the child. and 1t developed
hat she had been brutal to Belle. but
arr maintained stoutiy that his wife
'ad no hand in the crime.
For time Carr delighted in his
iotoriety. and talked glibiy 10 his Wis
tors OF the crime. This was followed
~ spell during which he begged to
- done away with without delay. Al
rs trial. on November IL. Carr was
promptly, aud since then me
Weakened perceptibly. and only
week ago Sunday made an abortive at
empt to commit suicide 10y swallow
NJ pounded glass.