The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

SObDlng ike a cnllu he tuA AhcN AAoAA the window. His lighted cigarette dropped from his nerveless hand. He pressed his fingers to his hot. saIlow face and groaned;
 "I know I've got to die. ' he said, with trembling lips. Several times he repeated it. and the silent guards, all stern believers in his moral responsi- bility for his crime, felt wave of pity for the unfortunate man. Krekel drew close to him and tried to comfort him. He seemed to rally as he heard the words of sympathy.
 Brace up, man" said the guard. You say you are soldier; stand 1t like a soldier"
 "oh, I can't do it." moaned Dues trow, and again the tears flowed.
 ANOTHER RALLY.
 In few minutes the came another rally. He seemed to grasp at hope within himself, found, perhaps, in some thought of his attorneys won- derful resources. With it there was a glimmer too. of the old confusion in his mind, whether feigned or real, it matters not
 "They can't hang me on that" he cried, referring to the gallows. That's my invention. 1 have a patent on it, and they can't do it."
 In little while he changed the cur rent of his thoughts again. His mind went back to the crime.
 'I did wrong" he said to Kreckel. He had gone back to his own little cell iar l,al h If
 Il killed my wife and child, but it was not my fault. It was something within me that made me do it. 1 was not myself.
 Over and over again he repeated these words as the tears flowed fast and the sobs occasionally checked his utteranceS.
 HIS LAST STRAW.
 The doomed mans reliance on Gov Johnson was evidently still his main hope, for at s:3O he asked if he could be allowed to send a telegram to the lawyer. Clark Brown, one of the guards, got him some paper, and he wrote this message:
 Gov. CHARLES P JOHNSON. ST LOUIS, Mo: I am in a predicament. Intercede with
  need your advice. was insane, but it did no good. have nothing left but hope Of forgive ness. A. F. w BRANDENBURG.
 Sheriff Puchta took the telegram and put it in his pocket, promising to send it, but he did not With this last straw reached for, Duestrow lay down again on his cot and continued weep ing.
 FIGHTING FOR THE BODY.
 Undertaken George J. Eberle, of the firm of Eberle & Reyes, arrived in Union Monday night, with a letter from Hulda Duestrow to the sheriff It asked him to turn the body over to Mir Eberle.
 Dr. John H. Simon, one of the ex. perts for the defense during the trials of Duestrow, also arrived, with letter from Gov. Johnson to the sheriff, in. structing him to turn the body over to the physician.
 Dr. Simon's object in getting possess sion of the body is to hold d post-mor- tenn examination. 1t is still the firm belief of the defense that Duestrow was insane, and they hope to prove it by an examination of the brain. He sig nified this wish to Mir. Eberle and the latter wired the condemned mans sis ter, asking her permission for the ex- animation to be made. If the body is embalmed it could not be done success fully.
 Later in the morning the row over the body developed into considera bic bitterness. Dr. Simon, seeing that 1 Eberle had the advantage, determined to appeal to Duestrow himself. Percy , Noland, brother of Charles T. No- land, had come with him to Union. He is a notary public, and scheme was devised whereby Noland was to secure admission to the jail and have Duestrow assign his body to Simon.
 When the notary tried it, however, he met with severe rebuff. He could not secure admission to the jail The deputies turned him down and the sheriff stood by.
 Col. Amos Maupin devised a plan to secure the same end. He held that the Union Trust Co.,, as guardian of his property, was also custodian of his 1 body. He wired Gov. Johnson in St. Louis to see President Madiu and have him claim the body.
 Meantime Simon went to work on another line. He got hold of Coroner Miller of Franklin county and pre- vailed upon him as coroner to order a port mortem. Dr. Miller had de- termined to do so when he received an | urgent summons to go 25 miles into the country to perform a surgical operation. He left immediately and simon was again defeated
 At Il o'clock telegram was received i by Eberle from Dr. Schott, the Dues- trow family physician, instructing him not to embalm the body, but to bring 1t to St. Louis. Dr. Schott has great influence with Hulda, and this is taken as settlement of the question. DAY OF EXCITEMENT AT UNION. Union has not seen such day since the war. All the excitement of the trials of the great criminal whose fate was sealed on the gibbet was eclipsed in the closing scenes. But 1t was different kind of ex-