Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-12-22
MOB AT A HANGING.
Morbidly Curious People Surge
Around the GalloWS at
Liberty, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 17.-William
Carr, the child murderer, was hanged at
the Clay county courthouse at Liberty,
Mo-, at 1884 this morning
Carr presented a pitiable sight as he
was finally led to the gallows, but braced
himself systematically and went through
the ordeal with comparative show of
strength. The sheriff pulled the trigger
at 1874 and two minutes later the life
had gone out of the child murderer. The
neck was broken, cracking like whip
cord.
Following the first momentary lull
after the drop had fallen the mass of 800
spectators, as if moved by a single i'm
pulse, rushed forward, calling, crying,
shrieking and laughing as they surged
under the gallows and packed close
around the dangling corpse. The people
would not be satisfied until a close view
of the hanged man was had. The men
were angry and cursed one another, they
tried to force themselves up the gallows
steps and cried and hooted at the sheriff.
Finally in their excitement the crowd
attempted to break down the barricade
surrounding the scaffold. Sheriff Heimer
rushed through the first breach and ex-
cltedly warned the crowd against any
further violence The sheriff's deputies
surged about him and the crowd halted
for moment.
Then suddenly with one accord
forward, the crowd swept back and burst
through the frail structures Once into
the street, the crowd gave vent to it's
feelings with shouts, but finally dispersed
without trouble and what for few mo-
ments looked like a smallsized riot ended
quietly.
Carr passed a restless night. When
breakfast was brought to him he turned
from it with disgust, and lighting a cigar,
stood for long time looking out from
MS window and putting the weed. Pres
entity the undertaken arrived and asked
Carr what disposition he wanted made of
his body.
Let my. wife take care of it, oh, let
her care for it." he exclaimed with a
sob. His spiritual advisers followed and
urged him to face his fate like a man.
III try" Carr sobbed, that's the best
| can do
The Bible was read to the prisoner, fol-
lowed by the singing of hymn, during
which Carr sobbed and trembled like u
child.
William Carr's crime was one of the
most brutal and unprovoked in the his
tory of the state. His capture and exc
| cution followed with fitting despatch On
! October 13 last, the body of Belle Carr.
3-year-old child by the murderer's first
wife, was found on a sand bar in the
Missouri river near Kansas City. The
| October 20, when Carr was arrested at
his home in Liberty. He at first denied
| his guilt, but when brought to Kansas
City to prevent lynch1ng, broke down
and confessed.
Later Carr who is gaunt backwoods-
man, 81 years old, told, without the least
| show of emotion, how he had carried the
| child from its home, tied its arms and
| limbs securely, corded a heavy stone to the
| little ones breast and then, not needing
her query, What are you going to do,
| papa" threw her into the water He adj
mitted that Mrs. Carr had told him to get
! rid of the child and it developed that she
| had been brutal to Belle, but Carr main
| tanned stoutly that his wife had no hand
| in the crime.
| TREE More Hangings.
Covington, Tenn, Dec. 17.-William
Johnson died on the scaffold at 1910 this
| afternoon. Sheriff Lauderdale officiating.
| The condemned man walked quietly from
| his cell to the scaffold. made a full con-
| fessiOn and died with a smile on his lips.
| Co. y, National guard, state of Tennes-
see. was present to protect the prisoner,
had there been signs of lynching, but the
soldier boys were not needed.
Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 17.-Dan Crooks
and Grady Reynolds, who together mur-
dered Merchant NJ. Chunt of Bolton, Ga,
were taken from the county Jail at JEFF
| ferson today and privately hanged on Il
hill a few yards distant. Both made
statements from the galloWs. The drop
fell at 1915. Both men died on the
same gallows
ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec ia special to
the Post-Dispatch from Birmingham,
| Ala says "Bud Beard, colored, aged
| IA years, was hanged at Carrollton, Pick
ems county, at noon today"
Will RI Nh STRIKE.