Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-09-20

Starke, was executed at an early hour
this morning in the presence of %
people. Physicians pronounced life
extinct eight minutes after the re-
lease of the trap The condemned
man spoke at considerable length.
jenkins died cursing and unrepent-
ant.
THORPE'S EXECUTION.
Minot, n. d. Sept. 14.-Hans
Thorpe suffered the death penalty
here this morning for the brutal muir
der of his young wife. The execution
was witnessed by a large crowd OF
people.
He blamed number of people for his
conviction and announced hatred for
some whom he thought responsible
for trouble between him and his wife.
He said he had fair trial and hang
ing was a just penalty. He promised
his enemies that he would haunt
them after death.
Late Thursday afternoon, Governor
Devine refused to grant the applica-
tion of Jenkins and Thorpe for re-
prieve. jenkins asked for ninety
days stay of sentence, in order that
he might have further opportunity
of proving himself innocent OF the
crime for which he was sentenced.
This is the second application OF
Jenkins to come before the governor,
the other being request for COM
mutation of sentence, which was de-
MED by Governor Fancher shortly be-
fore he left for California.
Attorneys for Hans Thorpe of Mi
not asked for a reprieve of ninety
days, that they might have an oppor-
tunity to prove the insanity of their
client. Thorpe asked for the death
sentence when he was tried.
Governor Fancher being out OF the
state, Lieutenant Governor Devlne
as the acting governor Of the state,
was the only official who could pass
upon the requests for reprieve.
Hans Thorpe, the Minot murderer,
spoke as follows:
'There are people in this world who
are nearer to the woman l killed than
l am and in my remarks l am not 60
ing to slur them. My position will
serve no advantage. / will not slur
friend or foe or use any profane lang
uape on the scaffold. l consider that
the laws of the United States and
those of North Dakota are all right.
That man accused of murder in the
first degree gets every chance in the
world to clear himself. On the other
hand man goes to work and commits
a crime, not even knowing his mind at
the time, l think he should not be
held criminally responsible. So
therefore if l am really responsible
for taking my wife's life | will go to
hell when l am hanged. [ Go not de-
sire any mercy from God Almighty or
the people of the United States and
mark my words, before go into eter-
nifty hope there won't a spear of
grass grow on my grave until certain
parties get their just dues for the
dirty and inhuman work they have
done to me and my wife and if there
is such thing as a PERSONS ghost
coming back, will surely come. And
now as l stand on the verge or eter-
nity, l will say that | did not get
Justice in this world from my fellow
men that convicted me of murder in
the first degree, but l hope that If
there is such thing as a hereafter
that God Almighty or the Supreme
Being will give me my just dues ac-
cording so the crime | committed,
sane or insane, at the time. At the
present time looking death in the face
I do not fear God Almighty or man
for the crime committed, consider
ing the shape my mind was in when l
did the deed. / have nothing more to
say"
JENKINS ADMITS HIS GUILT.