Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-17
Was An AWFUL SCENE.
cHILD-MUaDERER HANGED FOR HIS DEED,
Threw His Three Year Old Babe into u
River-wcnt Cringing to
the GalIows.


Carr, the child murderer, was hanged
at the Clay county court house at Lib
erty this morning.
Carr passed a restless night when
breakfast was brought to him, he
turned from II with disgust. lighted n
cigar and stood for long time looking
out of the window Presently the I'M
dertaker arrived and asked Carr what
disposition he wanted made of his body
Let my wife take care of 1t, On!
let her take care of it," he exclaimed
with sob, His spiritual advisers fol-
lowed and urged him to face his fate
like man.
I'm try Carr sobbed. "thatsthe best
l can do"
The Bible was read to the prisoner
followed by the singing of u hymn,
during which Carr sObbed and trembled
like a child.
Carr presented a pitiable sight us he
was finally led to the gallows but
braced himself spasmodicelly and went
through the ordeal with a comparative
show of strength The sheriff pulled
the trigger at 1924. and two minutes
later the life had gone out of the child
murderer. The neck was broken, crack
ing like n whipcord.
Following the FIRST momentary lull
after the drop had fallen. 800 spccta~
tors, as II moved by a sudden impulse,
rushed forward, calling, crying. Shrek
ing and laughing as they surged under
the gallows and packed closely around
the dangling corpse. They would not
be satisfied until close view OF the
hanged man was revealed. The men
We're angry and cursed each other;
tried to force themselves up the gal
lows steps and cried and hooted AT
the sheriff.
Finally, in their excitement. the
crowd attempted to break down the
barricade surrounding the scaffold.
Sheriff Hymon rushed through the
first breach and eXcitedly warned the
crowd against any further advance.
The sherlff's deputies ranged about
him and the crowd halted for a mo-
ment. Then suddenly with one accord
n mighty scream was sent up and surg
ing forward. the crowd swept back the
guards and burst their way through
the frail stockade. once In the street
the crowd gave vent to its feeling with
further shouts. but finally dispersed
without trouble, and what for u few
minutes looked like a small sized riot,
ended quietly.
William Carr's crime was one of the
most brutal" and unprovoked in the
history Of the state. His capture and
execution OWlOIltu with Httlns us
patch. ON October 18th last the body
Of Belle Carr, a 3-year-old child by the
murderer's first wife, was found on
sandbar In the Missouri river, near
Kansas City. The case remained a
complete mystery until October 25th.
when Carr was arrested at his home in
Liberty. He at first denied his guilt.
but when brought to Kansas City to
prevent a lynchng, broke down and
confessed. Later Carr, who is n AUNT
backwoodsman 81 years of age. told,
without the least show of emotion, how
he had carried the child from its home,
tied it's arms and limbs securely, corded
u 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 admitted
that Mrs. Carr told him to get rid of
the child. and II developed that she had
been brutal to Belle, but Carr main
tanned stoutly that his wife had no
hand in the crime. For n time Carr
delighted in his notorlety and talked
glibly to his visitors of the crime. This
was followed by a spell during which
he begged to be done away with with
out delay. At his trial on November
10th. Carr was convicted promptly.
and since then he weakened percepti-
bly, and only n week ago Sunday tried
to commit suicide by swallowing
bounded glass