The evening times., 1900-06-29

The father-in-Iaw Of Mrs. Blanche Dan
iels. the daughter OF Smell. is in charge
OF the funeral arrangements. He stated
that he expected a telegram from the
relatives OF Smell this afternoon definitely
settling the question Of a burial place
An examination Of the body after it was
cut down showed that the extra large
seven-eighth-inch rope had cut through the
throat vertebrae. tendons. etc, severing
the wind pipe. jugular vein, carotid artery
and all the smaller muscles. The Jail ply
sician. after the examination marYeled
that the decapitatiOn had not been com
plete.
The result of the hanging was no sur
prise to the few persons who witnessed
II, though many previously had expressed
apprehension that the head would he torn
from the body. The consensus of Opin-
ion was that under the circumstances
Warden James II. Harris had acted wisely
when he decided 10 give Smell a five feet
hve inch drop and take a chance on i
decapitatiOn rather than thar Of q slow,
agonizing death by strangulatiou which
which would have followed had the drop
been slight.
Smell weighed nearly 300 pounds when
he ascended the scafOld.
Whatever may be said Of the murderer
and MS alleged affected insanity it must
be admitted that he met death braveIy
From the time he left his cell at 1904 i'm
mediately after Warden Harris read the
death warrant until the time the trap was
sprung four minutes later he never finch
ed. He was apparently the same insane
man he had wanted the public to believe
him. He shufied along across the rotunda
from his cell to the scaffold yard and
thence TO the great engine Of death in a
manner that betOkened absolute abandon
and nOnchalEnce
In fact. Smell appeared to be oblivious
TO his surroundings and the end which
awaited him, which fact greatly re-ievel
not only Warden Harris and the iau a.
taches and Father Mcguire who went to
the scaffOld with the condemned man. but
the witnesses. All had feared that al the
last minute Smell would break down and
create a scene His declaration that hs
would die brave had been given little
credence.
From the time he left the death cell
until the futter of Warden Harris hand
kerchief as signal to the hangman Smell
was constantly muttering in almost inaudi-
bic TOMS. Occasionally a word could be
understood by those about the scaffold and
II was q repitition Of the same incoherent
rambling he has given vent to during the
past month. He talked necessarily of the
electricity in his throat and stomach and
the trickery Of all about him. His last
words on the scaffold were: Don't forget
10 give the electricity to the doctor. He
knows about this here electricity"
Despite the fact that Smell until yester-
day refused to see a spiritual adviser he
died prcfessint belief in the Catholic
Church
Shortly before the hour set for MS exc
cution he was baptized and went to con-
feSsion 10 Father Mcguire. During the
ceremony STe1 appeared nervous and
restless, but talked nationally. He ex-
pressed a belief that he was going to
join God and be forgiven. He also ex-
pressed a love for his family and said
he hoped they would be well cared for
He asked about his wife and daughter.
whom he had not seen since last night
He said he hoped they would love him
Though II was generally understood that
Smell was to be hanged shortly after Il
O'Clock. those invited 20 witness the exe-
cution were present long before the ap-
pointed time. All told only twenty-five
persons saw the hanging and that num-
Der included the newspaper reporters.
twelve Jurors. and the physicians who as
sisted the jail physician. Conspicuous