The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-20
I8ADT HANGS TODAY
....xepmtSTs MADE Fon A
! rrIvArtS' ExEcurios.
..t dom the Governor Ia
..y Ind VIII he Forth
....ssj in Ample Time.

,.nenySw. Some people Deiiese mat
will come off on schedule
IA Iome believe that it will not.
lou,te a number who have made
hat Kugadt will not be hung
81 and it only remains for the
sJet another day TO deciae the ques-
<..,a. is not hung between the hours
n and sunset Thursday 1t Will
y. fault of Dilmus Eugene league.
w,1 NJ Washington county, as
sS.,ai has all arrangements COM
has done everything required Of
lsss governor Of the great State of
y, fgct. he has done more. In
- srayiding a gallows within the
sss,a there was not space enough To
- lob the sheriff has arranged an
...ss heath room, and when Charles
VI srters the place he can say to him
Yin hope abandoned when l enter
.,a,fold is completed. The finish
,.uehes have been put on the ma
~ the rope has been undergoing
chins process for week, a heavy
!, alt having swung in the breeze
Wednesday, October ~, and the en-
:, about the place has been finished.
gruesome appearing specimen OF
Ggsture. The framework was built
enough from the ground to allow of
:. and to enclose 1t heavy boards were
i "a this framework. There are no
.,res except at the top, and when one
aide he sees nothing but the four
about him, the floor beneath his
and the blue empyrean of heaven
him. Close and tight, one can not
he outer world, the trees, the green
or the passersby, and the passers-by
pot see him. There are two stories to
dkad house. One Is the scaffold proper,
n the condemned man will take for
list time his stand, where the sheriff
his witnesses will hear his last re-
bs and his final prayer, and where
black cap viii be fixed over the gray
n and long beard. This is the upper
y. There the trap door is placed in
floor. and there the trigger which
k!pulates it is fixed. The lower story
te small compartment into which the
Fill be plunged when the trap is re-
I'd; there the physicians will be in
hing, and as they stand in expectancy,
Thing for the aperture to open in the
|lg above them, they will see the feet
he murderer when he plunges down
" ft, tn.tf ,f Ia e
b. The feet will stop when within
inches Of the ground and with that
yin come fracture OF the neck or
baps strangulaton. and as the body
lthes nervously under the strain, as
svaying becomes slower, and as IL
shtens with the rigor of death, the
Is Of the surgeons will reach for the
y md with educated touch will count
hart beats as they become fewer, and
Wy cease. Such is the probable oc-
Fences OF p. m. Thursday, October 20.
pait league has a warrant issued out
~ district court of Washington county,
nandlng that between the hour OF IL
and sunset on Thursday, October 10.
be take Charles Kugadt from the
lu jail and hang him by the neck until
y Dad. This warrant was never ex-
sd, and will be returned to the court
the respite granted by the governor
'hs State attached, showing why he
ialed to do as commanded or that
and date. In lieu of that warrant there
b another; one issued by the gov
p Of Texas under the great seal of
oate commanding the sheriff to exc
n every way the sentence of the
october 20, 1898. This matter was
nsei Tor today by Hon. Ben S. Rog-
ieeai adviser of the sheriff. Early
Haesday morning Mr.. Rogers called the
XVI by long distance telephone, and
MN TO forward his warrant for the
euon OF kugadt. The governor replied
W warrant was necessary, that his
iam was sufficient, and that the sher-
~ authorized TO carry out the pro-
~ OF the Warrant issued by District
hrug. Mr.. Rogers then called the
lslon OF the governor to the following
~ VI the code of criminal procedure.
aey appear in Wilson's criminal stat.
.Mle ses. The governor may also re.
40 delay the execution of the pen.
aeath to any day fixed by him in az
~. 70 the sheriff and such warrant
w executed ana returned to the
oart by the sheriff in the same
~ as II Il had been issued from such
,.sele Wy. All remissions OF fines and
es and all reprieves, commuta-
AZ punishment and pardons shall bs
py the governor and certified to by
ssv,etary OF state under the great seal
'ete' ana shall be forthwith obeyed
,ented.'' ' 'ne same may W
sosers then told the governor tina,
.ra ior the execution of the death
you'd not be sent by telegraph,
n, vsuested that the proper instrument
ross a.ued at once by mail, quoting TO
~. Article 239 of the code, which
La warrant OF arrest may be for
i oy telegraph from any telegraph Of
sno.her In this State" He succeed
saiheing the executive that a war
30 necessary, and the governor
vnat 1t would be at once prepared
county. 'i'i Vi "'s"'"7
sovernoF then asked: what AR
Iu,saa are being made to hive the
,soh priyate?p
la engagements that are poA 'hle,"
mr. Rogers. "He las built an air
|,rrss as far as the four sides are
q m ana the only way for anybody
han NC hanging is 10 go up in balloon
mat vSsr the place. Your wishes in
gor nave been complied with"
.o governor answered that this was sat-
Ib,nn..a.u the telephone correspondence
fought to close.
Is Very restless. He is not re-
company. and has little to say.
81. ''a OF the wife murder by Steve
~ OUT 1t made no impression upon
eor .e,seiyea the news Of the horrible
5els 4. ,ed only by that with which he