Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-01
Their Chine was the Cruel Murder
OF Their Uncle Peter
Hallenbeck
KILLED HIM CHRISTMAS EVE.
want 70 His House, With Masks On
Their Faces, and Riddled Him
With Bullets.
WE'RE ARRESTED AND CONVICTED

Harvey Bruce, Their Fellow in Crime
T,ruea States Evidence - Twice
Respitcd by Gov. odeil'
n,rnemora N. Y, oct. l'-c'ouay
.u,s and drlzzling rain darkenea 'ne
oor, At the awakening of the three
y wormer brothers TO their last DAY
- oartb The condemned men ala not
snso last night until nearly O'CLOCK
morning but tossed uneasily upon
~a,, cots. The last thing any OF them
.sJlast night to Assistant Cher Keep
!, Nash was frcm the lips OF burton
e.A no. 81 have no more Iear OF tne
.,,o,rlc chair than Of this meal when
e. are about to eat, | would Just as
10, be the last one to go, for know
n,,1 can stand the ordeal ! am not
afraid"
Ths was not said boastfully but very
quietly
PREPARED FOR DEATH.
K.eper Murphy who was in the cell
,oom from midnight until a, M said
when he came off duty this morning
mi no never had seen men better pre-
rsrsd for death or more fully III con"
iro Of their nerve.
'Ttell YOU. said he to the Associated
Press representative they were iot
mora self.controlled than |, Leaving
ont sny question of their guilt or
wbetber or not they ought 20 die,
Nave come 10 Ike those three fellows
and II made me feel bad to say good
bye to them
WANTED SIMULTANEOUS EAECu-
TlON,
wills Van Wormer said this morn
lng TO Keeper Murphy II only wish
there were three chairs instead OF one.
50 that we could all so together The
hardest part Of il all ls the suspense.
but We are ready. We are grateful for
the kindness which everybody about
the prison has shown to us,
Keeper Murphy awakened the young
men shortly after o'clock this morn
ing They were little dazed at first.
sound sleep IN the later hours having
followed the restlessness after mid
night but almost Immediately they we're
awake to full realization OF the fact
that this was their last day on earth.
Their new clothing was ready for them
and they at once clothed themselves IN
the garh they will wear at the execu-
ton, gray flannel shirt and dark trou-
~. astgt tl. Lao Ill 80 h. gs.f
10 allow the attachment OF the lower
tlectrode
They took no breakfast in accordance
with the Catholic requirement 10 come
fasting to their communion. which Fa-
Tiers Belanger and Charbonneau ad.
mInIstered to them later, They said,
moreover, that they would not eat
again, so that their meal at midnight
was the last,
THE YOUNGEST JESTS.
Frederick. the youngest, who has
al along been the least impressed of
me three, and at all times has shown
more braNadO than the others. said
10 Keeper Murphy as he dressed him
Sl' We'll ! suppose by this time
tomorrow we shall be in Undertook, 3"
evidently ntmating that the brothers
expect their bodies will be taken for
burial to their home.
II would be difficult to imagine any
lhlng more impressive than the solemn
service In the room OF the steel cages,
Where Fathers Belanger and Charbon-
neau a little after 8 O'clock admins-
lered to the three brothers their first
eha last communion Signalling their
iuh acceptance into the faith of the
homan Catholic church. To the full
est possible extent the privacy of the
ceremony was assured. all keepers ex-
eept the memorable death watch being
&cluded The ancient ritual OF the
Lords supper after the manner of the
Na,hone church, was observed,
,,A rev feet away In his cell under
IKE condemnation OF death sat Allen
@VoneN me only other prisoner In the
uyh room listening to the ceremony.
nv STANDS convicted of the murder OF
Wo women at Saranac Lake.
ne routine of the prison was car
neu on with break early today in
t"nttaSt with the former custom of
,.Mng ne men In their cells upon
We day o, an execution.
VISITED by PHYSICIAN.
,lsl ""N'plns inc prison physician,
Hled me condemned men In their
NE InS morning, and closely noted
' nnem physical condition. In the mean
,"e warden Deyo had decided upon
the order in which the men win 90 10
he chair, ms follows.
,rHSi Willis, the Oldest and most
unreasonable of the three; second,
frederick the Youngest who has
nse'hed IN be tho most hardened, third,
nu'lon' The second in point of age.
AZ V'"O II was reported by the war
s st 'nat NE men were In the best pos
theps condition, and well nerved for
EXECUTED.
WINS Van Wormer entered tho
r ,r 'hamher at ll:s4;30, the current
ia,o turned into the body one minute
',u AZ ll:3I he was declared dead
doa,. 30 Frederick entered the
v.. No." ehalnber, at li;42,O0 the current
a. turned on and he was declared
ueal az ll:4S:3O.
i1tt- 'u,i entered the death chamber Al
- ~ we current was turned on al
ii,.is'Sg and he was declared dead All
~ 'o''V The entire proceedings from
~ 9.oit OF the first man from his eel
" we doctors declaration OF the tleatt
srS "e 'tst consumed but 1916 minutes
Sv l no untoward incidents marred ths
u'lon Of the law.
history OF THE CRIME.
,Usraulln.emora, N. Y. oct. LIN mos
ds, Ihe tragedy which closed to.
m ,a' clinton prison with the death
hrorN electric chair OF the three
no5'rrs Van Wormer was UNIQUE fl
modern grLn,in,t 49,. 20 :, e'''-NN y