The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-10
No CRIME D MURDER
According TO the Creed of Sea
Cook John Andersen.
HANGS AT NORFOLK, VA.
CHASTITY Scene Due TO the
Hangman's Pungling.

Norfolk. Va, Dec. e.-John Andersen,
the condemned murderer OF Mate saun-
ders OF the schooner Olive Pecker. was
executed in the city Jail az p. m, today.
He marched from his cell to the scaffoid
unsupported and with firm step. ascend
ing the steps without assistance
Andersen made a short speech. saying
he had forgiven the men VINO s"ore MS
life away. and would die a. peace.
At S:Oe the trap was sprung and An
dersen's body shot downward TIE rope
parted lust inside the knot and MS BODY
fell 10 the col,aiestones. A thrill OF nor
ror ran through the crowd. Officers and
witnesses rushed 70 the body and snatcned
me cap from his head 10 find the blood
oozing from his mouth, nose and eyes.
A doctor was called and soon Andersen
opened mis- eyes, and, it was said, began
10 breathe naturally. He was carried
feet foremost. up the stairs 10 the plat
form and laid down until chair was Cd
tanned. He was placed in tois but never
spoke
Preparations for re-hangins him were
hurriedIy made. The other end or the rope
was adjusted around his neck. He was
raised 20 a standing position ana 'he
straps again placed on ais limbs WINE
being supported by the officers. the trap
was again sprung. In twenty-three nl-h-
utes life was pronounced extinct. Ten
minutes elapsed between the nrst ana sec
ond drops. Andersen's neck was broken,
supposedly by the last drop.
Marshal Teal refused to turn the BODY
over to the Virginia anatomical society
and it was placed in handsome casKet
and buried in the seamen's 10; in ATWOOD
cemetery.
The death warrant was read this fore
noon to Anderson. He was calm ana sald
that he was ready to go.
Il shall die and go into the presence OF
God without blot or blemish OF guilt on
INV soul" he solemnly declared
Representatives OF the Anatomical So
cietv of Virginia made a proposition for
the bodv. Marshal Treat answered: No.
sir: nothing les sthan an order from the
attorney general of the United States VIII
Get it,"
Anderson's crime has attracted vice
spread attention, being a sea tragedy OF
singular romance and atrocity. The
schooner Oliver Pecker sailed from Boston
laden with lumber for point on the Rio
Platte. Brazil. When $50 miles off the
coast of Brazil Anderson, a Swede, had an
alteration with the captain. When the
latter retired to the cabin Anderson tol-
lowed and shot the captain. Then ne
armed himself heavily and went en- deck,
where. mounted on the forecastle, he ter
rorized all on board. The mate. who was
aloft. was called down and while pleading
for his life was shot four times. Then the
crew were ordered to throw the mate over
board. and on protesting thata he was not
dead, were assured 'that ne was dead
enough
This done the crew were marched be-
low at the point of a pistol and ordered to
throw the captains body overheard.
Then Anderson directed that oil be
thrown over the lumber, after which the
oil-soaked ship was set on fire and the
crew took 10 the boats.
Anderson was apprehended at Bahia,
Brazil and sent north 0 nthe United States
g1nboat Lancaster. He was tiled and Cob
victed in the United States court at Nor
folk and stubborn fight was made, up
TO the supreme court the conviction being
confirmed
The last move was an application for a
writ of habeas corpus. on the ground that
Anderson's constitutional rights were in
vaded when the lower court assigned him
counsel. instead OF giving him counsel OF
his own choice. Chief Justice Fuller in
announcing the courts opinion. said the
record of the case showed that no funda-
mental right had been denied Anderson,
but that ne had been represented from
first - last by able counsel. The tine
WIN counsel was not present was a a pre-
liminary hearing OF Anderson, buzz this
was not used in the subsequent trial The
decision Of the lower court was affirmed.
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