The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-24
WIFE TRUE To
THE MURDERER
Ministers to and Comforts the
Condemned Man.
-A
LETTER FROM AN OLD UNCLE
SAYS WOODWARD OUGHT TO
HANG IF GUILTY.
LETTER FROM AN OLD UNCLE
CspeeIaI 70 The Herald.l


CASPER WYO., March 23.-Charles
Francis Woodward, the self-con-
fessed murderer Of Sheriff Kicker.
has six more DAYS to remain on earth
ana prepare for his journey to the gal
lows, and unless something Unforeseen
occurs TO stay the proceedings, the
murderer wiz expiate his awful crime
at that time. Work on the gaIlows and
surrounding stockade is nearly com
pleted. The fence is twelve feet high.
ana II VIII be impossible for persons on
the ground outside to witness the
haugIng, but Their are a number Of
buildings adjacent L. the Jail. from the
roofs of which several hundred people
Wili Dc able to view ne proceedings.
It was the original intention OF Sher-
IT Iubbs to secure the gallOWs from
Omaha, Neb., that were used there
number Of FEARS ago. but the platform
dlu not arrive in time and 9 contract
was let 10 Jen McWilliams, who has
had some experience in Illinois in
building galows. to dc the work
The rope to be used IN hanging
Woodward has been purchased. 1t is
OF hemp, and a half-inch in diameter.
The knot viii be tied with seven wraps,
and the rope viii be soaped and oiled
so that the moose viii slip easily.
Speech on the Scaffold.
The dtop viii be seven or eight feet.
The platform upon which he viii stand
viii be released by the pressing Of four
buttons. any one OF which, however,
would do the job. Four deputies will
handle the buttons and as they win
press them at the same time it will be
impossible 10 say who really sprung
The trap.
The laws of Wyoming provide that
besides the sheriff ana his assistants on
The inside Of the inclosure, there may
De the following persons at the execu-
lion; The clergyman in attendance
upon the prisoner, such other persons
as the prisoner may designate, not ex-
ceeding six IN number, and such other
persons as the sheriff may designate,
not exceeding twelve in number. As
Sheriff Tubbs mas invited the sheriffs
ut the twelve counties outside of Ma
trOaa county 20 witness the execution,
there viii probably be not more than
Twenty-Five or thirty persons inside Of
the Enclosure when Woodward is
dropped into eternity.
The condemned man is still DESTROYS
OF making a speech on the gallows, and
While ne viii not give an inkling Of
what his remarks viii be. il is learned
that be viii tell the story Of an al
legged plot. Matched by his enemies and
carried out by them. eusing his down
fan. It is said tina; Woodward viii
charge that his enemies stole from him
his homestead in the Rattlesnake
mountains; that they had him thrown
into jail SO they could obtain his home:
that they lied to his wife to try to get
her 10 turn against him: that he was
kept from obtaining bail through the
lying Of certain officers, etc. 1t is
claimed that Woodward viii give the
names Of the piotters, also the names
of persons that viii corroborate every
thing he says.
Wife Faithful to the Last.
Woodward is in cheerful mood. He
spends his time, when not reading or
writing. IN singing and whistling, and
seems t. not WOTry about the trying
ordea! confronting him. He is display
ing most wonderful nerve. and those
whc know him bess say he VIII walk to
the : lows. make his speech and step
upon the trap with the same firmuess
and fearlessness that has character
lied the nar ever since his escape from
the county jail.
W ~ GAtta w - "A ttriC ANltlatAFu kAAE
muTds-e-'s tTuest friend All through
his Trouble she has stuck to him with
that warm devotion of a loving wife.
and wb5 tevsr else NAV be said OF the
condemned man, il must be admitted
that be loves his wife dearly, and were
IL not for her he would not care to re-
main long ar on earth
Yesterday a letter was received from
George z. Woodward uncle of the con-
demned man, who resides in Kalama-
zoo Mich. The Michigander asks for
back numbers Of local paper that he
may read the story Of WoOdWard's
crime, pursuit, capture, trial and con-
VictiOu from beginning 10 end. Among
other things he writes the following:
II know not nor do I care TO eX-
press an opinion as to whether he is
guilty or not II he is guilty of the
crime OF which he is charged, he de-
serves The halter just as though he had
been the son of Jesse James. Yes, and
more So. because he has disgraced a
name which has hitherto been much
honored and highly respected. 1 SYM
pathize with him, but not a sympathy
that excuses the crime in any degree. /
] hope he wiz repent of his sins ard
make q fun confession of what he has
done. I also hope he VIII receive par
don for az his sins from the Almighty
The Christian Catholic church. of
which ] am q member. and of which
DR. J. A. DoWie is general OveTseeT,
knows NJ compromise with sin. In
stead Of excusing and covering up sin,
we teach the sinner-the criminal
that he must confess and forsake his
sins: that he must meet the de-
mands 5f the civil law, no matter what
it costs