The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-08

warren 6F8EsFI sN@ &A&s-%sH "a -
cay TO BE- carried ost
A, foeys a-esecx Turwant. accompanied
~ Father f4aEsns 4ppearsd ~ me dear
q sha execution rSon3. He waS foil9%es
by sis father. fr4@sgs. wartsn Hale ard
~ guards The fa&AsF ard nis trSFsH
wafssd srcans Tne gzIig~s 20 me fFgst.
whgs nurrans sna nfs keepers climbed %
RE gsslews platform
Prs~s~im~ His Innocence.
instantly cn arriving ~ the gal3ows Ms
legs and asvss@ were sfnteneef SD TIE r2EsS
waH placed upon hss nsek TIE hangrnan
gvse ii yyur 10 ADJUST the siack cap wnen
F5s5rrnrt announced his 9estr~ 10 SPEAK
r.~trisxsar was given. ard the DOOMED
murderer spoke IS follows:
II ceaire q say thai, although ] am \
lurSe~rt man, IDno~Pni OF sftFy s5ll1t-
tfsat haz been charged against rne. ! oesr
70 gErnozltw snwaFd those = no have per-
secuted ne HgE eYEG the. press OF ssab
Francisco. wish has hoatasa ne 10 the
ssff any mar tanks am going 10
sf,rfne a seasa Etsa, I sTn not. except u Is
fke ssnsafloa hat an AT innocent man.
l.0uFht 70 flae graye ~ ny reFss ecu
ntst / soxzye THEM all They wsH get
shesr justice from the great God, who is
master o. rs All and there ! also expect
10 ge. tie justice that is the justice Of an
'sSehetzpr or net the perpetrators OF the
crime With wsich ] ana charged are DIS
erred makes no difference 10 me row.
lus I say that thi% day Will bs a shame
Ia ne great state Of California
y forgive every body " 30 nSs perseeut-
81 me an innssG@nt man wng%@ aaHns
nave never been stained vain blooo, aha
! 90 20 meet nay God with forgiveness
far ali msn."
distinctly, and without emphasis. The
eager crowd Of spectators grouped closer
10 the wooden framework that they might
of NE a being
Not = sound could be heard except the
even tones OF the man about TO die
Neck Broken by the Fall.
Durrant fnlshed abruptly and had
Ss-zrssely ceased when the black cap was
pIaned over his face. At the same instant
HaugDan Lunt raised his hand. the Trap
MAS sprung E1d with rattle DGrranfs
Andy shot through the opening. There was
a soxna az Of q stoat rope drawn taut.
and a aroken-necked criminal swayed TO
and fro for moment, when the body De-
- me motioulszs.
The crowd sufged forward. but the war
aen'z voice was heard 10 exclalm stand
hack" the doctors. however. were per
m.tted 80 go fuF ward. where they felt tho
pa.se and finally decided that DurIan1 Was
dead
In just eleven minutes and ~ @aty-eight
neeonas all signs of life had vanished and
lie most notorious criminal OF the n!re-
teenth century was officially dead.
The body was allowed 10 hang for fif-
teen minutes when IL was cut down and
Placed 81 a black coffin provided by an
uadertaFai from Son Francisco.
Ii Is not Sc. known what disposition OF
tie body ALL be made. Durrants pa
rents so far have been unable 10 secure
accommodations I'm any OF the local cene-
tefles for the body OF their son. II Is very
probable that the body will be cremated.
As soon a. the drop fell the spectators
were hurried out of the room and nobody
remained except the physicians and news
paper men.
Durran; sr.. went Immediately TO his
wife who Was waiting in one OF the guard
rooms. aud together they accompanied the
body OF their san To San Francisco.
Died Like "a Durrnnt.
The prison officials were all enthusiastic
in their praise Of uurrant's nerve. Ii had
been feared by them that In spite OF his
apparent brayado the condemned man
would break down al she last moment
and make scene At one time, several
days age. Durrant gave evidence OF a
collapse. but he managed 10 pull his
nerves together once more. and proudly
declined all offers of stimulants 20 enable
him to make bold showing on the s:af-
fald, Tie criminal was apparently proud
If his race. and vowed that be would die
like "a DufraBt"
Dnrtants most urgent request of War
den Hale was that no autopsy be held On
his body The prisoners medical training
seemed.to have imbued him with a horror
OF the surgical treatment Of corpses, and
he vowed that no knife should ever touch
his flesh. He also requested that The rope
With which he Was hanged be butned.
It's wishes IN both these respects were
observed by the warden.
f WAS a sad day. not. dIay for Durrans.
bat for eight other murierers. WHO are
confined In san Quentin, ard whose fate
depended upon the sue sAss Of the fight
made by Darfants attorneys In his behalf.
they were alt prepared 10 follow the same
ttsiics lor delay. but Dow that the courts
have shown that 1t is possible TO hang
Murderer In California, they have given
up hope.