The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-19
BECAME A TURBULENT MOB
PEOPLE WHO HAD CARDS TO
MOSHIK'S EXECUTION
How the John Day Smith Law That
Aimed at Secret md Mysterious
Executions Was Observed in His
own Tow n-JrStS and Small
Hotties Were the other Fenturcs
of the Hanging.

,. 7'llH W ''Ill -ho9'iN az
'oIllIlshtd any "ther good than the
'uttli'S Oh the rollth NE threau or the
l, Iulu |r ana freeing the pubic from
Shc HIelia'e ol ms presence among lne
| Nl"6' II was noi apparent To an on-
server III me ftenneplh county JAN
mui Su"y nlSht
me event Was SIMPLY an early morn
! ING function Nlat was nuch enjoyed
! nS an aggregation OF ward heeiers' VINO
| 'ooh duNdH'aSt Oh d polillcai pun 10
| exercise NheM lefoclnuS propehsltleS.
MA II utterly f0IuteG the claim mat
/ mas pVtn liaue Tor me Jonh DAY Shlllh
! law that the imposition OF the extreme
penalty Oh the law uhutI cover Oh night
! an" III comparative Setlu9loh mas d ue-
| leaIeht 'Hecl on possible eNll uoerS-
me nahSlhg LOOK pace III the pres
/ rHtt Oh Il luIpUieHl mop Oh men, VINO
| lVr hours hdu tlallioieu ana StIediiltu
anu l"uSht lor pace.
HN yer? MAJ! oi lneHl' WIN lht tA'ep-
| lioh Oh lne lew whose business Iorceu
! mem TO be present, seemed to be IN
! aCtual uleau Ihal Soll1tnlhS hllSnt oc-
cur ma Noulu prey ehI MN from seeing
/ me 'HIhS 'lldt WAS 10 ne tnaCieu, anu
l4eY F"2Ed ana reared uillI Ihe doom
/ {" "I'l[I' WHO was HSlTilILS ~ 'He
uproar became r"hNlhc@u thal ihey
were 9eehIhS 10 get at MN ana Tear
NM 10 IIVCt9'
/ Win me SlilEic CNcellioI Oh lHe ulOP-
/ PIilE Oh Hl"SilIh LUZ ou5H me u@P' me
Nnole aialr was N%HI5 HtlSliia "a. tE;
some one Sdlu mat 0nerIh HlillpS
4 was not 10 Diane, Iof ne VAS lheNpefl-
/ ehceu IN Sucn matters. Inc TACT IS
lnat III TINS country lhefe are IeW men
/ VINO are Journey men tAe'uloHeI9' ana
me exercise VI some common sense ana
| q rel us5ll 10 duhlIl me cIallhS OF Pto-
! PIE win pullH MouIu nave Hldue lht
scenes III the gan lhlpoSSlpIe-
|
! execution. 1T IS poSSiole lllttt MY hau
/ some sort Oh JuSlIIlaple excuse Iol tltelr
/ presence.
or tHS resi- VI tileHh thF an az a.. vas "
S"rt Oh HISn IulctI0h III low me
II !he object Oh IHT Jolln Day e 7l M
! law - - SUI Oui,u ne t''hii3 Oii - :"
| CIliliIHaI WIN an lie po99lpIe dl'ilo
| puleS 0l h?[ror, men the nalisli's e on
JotIli ~ 7iJ, 10 ~
II'OIil'lS i'I0i , 10 i'IC CO ~ - } %
Il'o" ny "a, "a NJ
"i tG',I,t;,,, ~ M l,,!,Jt,
df ~ ll t,,in bad aon1a -
! co., HIostil, AZ n"t -, +bo laath If
| ~ r,, i+,1f ''0' -
---''i, ,1r,il,,, tool, ,1ooo IN tho iai1
'f fno,,+ la,r n]I,.t
! hnI't,-o, tha fiffh fionr of the mid
! mo Card. Of admission were isSuad
! anfi+Iinp tho boIdA. to mass into the
/ b1Iiidfnp and then into the elevator to
he conveyed TO the scene of the hang
| mo me only means of getting TO the
/ foor. ON which the execution was 10
! take place was by means Of the one
| elevator. The cards Of admission in
dicated that the doors would be open
! between and 2:3O o'clock BY 1890
there were a hundred men in the low
| el corridor of the Fifth street side of
| the building There was no attempt
at police control, and as the people
| came in they crowded about the ec-
vator door and fought for an oppor-
tunity to get to the front. The elevator
carried eight people at load, and it
was run with some regularity.
AS the people were unlOaded from
the elevator, they stepped into cor
ridor opening into the condemned cell,
some tift feet distant. MOshill and
his sisters or the priest, We're together
all the time. and when the mob first
gathered below and the elevator door
was opened, the condemned man heard
the roar from down stairs, and started.
1t was explained to him what caused
the noise. Simply few people who
ner of his death
All night long, when the elevator
door was opened, there came up the
same dreadful roar, reverberating
through the marble corridors, and, ev-
cry time he heard it. the criminal
ShiVered. He tried to persuade the
sheriff to change the time set for the
hanging and to hang him at once. But
the sheriff could not disappOint his
friends.
At o'clock 300 of the bowling men
had been hauled up to the Jail floor,
and a long drawn howl came up the
elevator shaft fOm the balance, most
of whom had become convinced that
they were being done out of their share
in the show.
Soon after o'clock the deputies pre-
pared to open the doors Of the death
chamber They fought their way to
the door, and the mob began scream
ing. some in actual suffering from the
crush, most of them from the COM
bined effect of indulgence in the con-
tents of many small bottles, and
frenzied desire not to be baked in the
rage to get a good place near the scat
fold
Fifty feet away, Father Jajeski was
trying to recite the litany for the dy-
ing with the condemned man.
At this juncture, Tailor Duffield deIiv-
cred his first speech. He delivered
other speeches later. This time he
! raised his hand. and some one shouted
Keep still; Mr.. Duffield wants to
| speak -" And they hOwled:
'Dufield. Duffield. speech. speech
Mr.. Duf1ieId made a speech. He told
! them the sheriff would see to if that
they were dpnrived of none of thni,,
| riohts. that If tl,7- would no na+iant
fn7, a few moments thev v-o1Id ho al
i0ved into the room Ana tba,, esid
| "Loo1,oI- fo,, DuHioId, and ,lroooaIoJ