Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-03-31
Neck of the, Condemned nan is
Broken and His Death Practically
instantaneous.
Details of the Last Night of Cole, and
of the Particulars of the Execu=
ton of Sentence.

remarks, which afforded him a sort
of hysterical amusement. for he
laughed often anti heartily, although
his laughter vas that of the man who
is nerving himself for the final strug-
gle. The burden of his conversation
for the last hour before the end was
of his crime and the causes for it.
He insisted that he was driven through
frenzy to commit the deed. He was
sorry for the victim, and was willing
to suffer the same fate as she had
done, and it was his desire to meet the
same fate that he inflicted ON his vic
tim bravely that nerved him up to the
end. He said that it might have been
possible for him to have escaped hang
ing and been imprisoned in the peni-
Tertiary, but he did not want to do this.
He was willing and anxious to face
the death penalty. Outwardly dur
ing this time, Cole was un%concerned.
But the nervous start with which he
greeted each opening of the door into
his room by officers passing in and out,
and the eagerness with which he in
quired If the time had come, bespoke
his nervous tension. For over an
hour he sat id the chair beside the re-
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his crime and his coming punishment.
val, putting vigorously and endeavOr-
third, nj that had come from Manila,
to light and smoke as he walked to the
1t was five minutes after six O'clock
vxv1Nnn Sh0,siff p1~pY0 0ptnuo7 tho ,,o0,,,
from which the condemned man was
to go to his death, to summon him to
the scaffOld. He told Cole that all
The condemned man asked that the
arose from his chair and shook hands
with all those who were in the room.
three guards. the sheriff and two
others. Here it was that Cole showed
the first signs Of weakening. When
he shook hands with Deputy Charles
Mason, his voice broke, his eyes filled
with tears and his knees promised to
give way. Mason was the last with
whom he said goodbye, and the full
realization Of his fate seemed to come
to him. But he braced up again
shortly afterward, and manned him
self for the march to the gallows.
His hands were placed behind him
and the handouts were adjusted about
his wrists. Then q strap was passed
about his chest, fastening his arms
close to the body. The black cap
was placed loosely upon the top of his
head, and the death march began.
Cole needed no support of the deputies,
although Deputies Mason and Bowman
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In front. There was no apparent
weakness or uncertainty in Coles
tread. AS he reached the center of
the court room, he cast O quick glance
about for q place Of egress to the scat
fold: where is it,? he asked. He
was directed to the window whence
walked rapidly through and out upon
seemed to hesitate, then stepped for
steady himself, and addressed the as
all his friends were there, paused for
and then made his address. He said
Of December IL. He did not know to
pressed his love for the victim of his
meet the same fate. He. was sorry
for the victim Of his crime. he asked
consideration of. his good behavior dur
ing the time he had lived in the city.
He desired to thank all his friends III
BOgue. He also desired to express
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