The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
BILL EDWARDS
TELLS WHY He
WISHED TO DIE
Said He Wanted Liberty or
Wanted Death.
OBJECTED TO BEING SAVED
Said He Was Not Given a
Fair Trial.
OBJECTED TO BEING SAVED

Lswton. o. T. Nov. 9.-Ths Daily
News gives the believing graphic ac-
count OF the hanging ~ William Sd
wards in the jail cg Comanche county.
William Edwards condemned murderer
OF Frank Hartshern and uadcr. sentence
Of life Imprisonment. huns himself ~ tes
county jail with n prison hlanSet- The
svaving form was discovered hy Tosa
Kelly. fellow prisoner. AVID the blaR-
ket rope was cut Tsh apparently life
les Storm fell % the Goor bat after much
work the spark Of lie nicSe-ed ~bae2.
William Edwards was saved fSom his
own hand and Tor life Imprisonment ia
a penitentiary.
The cunning Of Edwards is wca shown
By both The method adopted 90 shuttle OF
this mortal con and also the Jime select
cd Al o'clock The prisoners are givea
their slippers. Just as soon a. the even
ing meal is finished IL Is customary cor
the prisoners 70 go into whaf IS known
as the run about" aad take some ex-
ercisc. This EDWARDS wcn kneS To un-
derstand u must be-rem suocrea that Ia
the center OF The jaH building the Steel
cells are built. There IS tier on the
south and a row o. the same number
two cells. OF tho north. Between these
cells 81 space some six fees wide and
twelve feet Ions. This Be- known AS The
''ru nsbout. being enclosed a, beth ends
by steal bars.
Edwards occupies The northeast cell. Al
day yesterday he was ~ q good humor.
ana talked freely Of soon being Qua -
jail. and free as the wind aud sunshine.
Most OF the prisoners In the san rs1araed
him as crazy ard no attcntioa was paid
70 IFS talk lie partook of hat liite
supper. and with the reDark thai be vas
tired ard would lag dawn few moments.
ne walked into tile foujhwest cell This
IS farthest away from th- door and the
dsrkcst FOR that reason lt ia visited ~
the prisoners less than ans ot .ha other
cells
"a minufs after Edwards walked into
the cell Tom Kelly was passing and no.
decd tho body swayins against che bars.
He walked in ard az once SAYS what was
the trouble The alarm was gigsn.
knife passed ia and nelly COS tae cope.
In falling Edwards head agvuck the Bunk
am Jto5ay that IS the oulv rarA DE- shows
except The mark On h.s neck
The slayer of Rfank llar,nhofa had
torn ard twisted prison Blanket lnte
fair rope. This hc tied Ca go i~on haF
on the side ~ tie ceH ard hizh ap Then
ho crawlcd upon one ~ tire turks tief
The roqe around his rsc'- ard ilnpfd oe
into space. The rope tiThteuod and BE-
was slowly stranFlinr to death The top
cf the cell was Iun.cicnuy hiEh g. o.
low almost afsee sNiur, and when Get
down the rurderers toes were iust touch
inr the floor EDWARDS Was tefr msf
because he had been saved feter ir
the night. about ~ De secure. 81 towel
and tore d into tao pieces THfss bs
tied together and made "a rnre fe vaik-
ed away. aad was fixing ta seaH So
tempt e4ic.de when the prisoners once
again inserfsrsd.
Nhen seen this morning o. renerie
EDWARDS go NOE rxprers ans rrefl rs
having tried O. kiu himself "a talked
nationally oa an subjects except shat ~
the contest Of his farm aad hls iste trial
"NThy di ves attempt saieids "a
wardsg was asked
"Weu now sou ere pepper man alsf
you7- came thc rcriy- 'AsI ~ ! tsr SEQ
zl SOU print 81 aown iust IKE eag
%. ard not treat me nrsr uks $50 otter
paper menuonine local pepper go
Will sou
Benr sssared That hs waela 60 core
rcctlr quoted la ih1t chss-3 aaf are4Iiar
voice. Edwards asI1.
Wei. r 2 aat Bad na fsH frisi
Thsm iaagers 10 Haine aaI fhnf tedre sir
iu GA toe deli aad ziu reil m rsrm ~
: haFe no gee o. iiTc De- Fire ur i.s.