The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-07

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to RESPECT. 1t shows itself OCCASION
ally wien some undesirable eharac-
ter is invited to leave, or when his
is escorted beyond the limits of the
town with some good advice about
his improbable safety SHOULD. he re-
turn. For this reason Nevada towns
are generally rid Of undesirable cit
H. MS, at any rate thugs and SNEAK
thieves do not flourish in any great
numbers. This is not saying that
crime does not exist. Now and then
atrocious crime and occasionally the
law of Judge Lynch is only avoided
by the strategy of some sheriff, who
removes his charge under cover of
| night to some place of safety. AS a
general thing the law is suffered to
take its course, and ii must be said
in credit TO the state and the author
tiles OF the law that during the past
two years several public examples
have been made of desperate and
criminal characters that will serve
the purpose which lies at the back
of all capital punishment, namely, to
make others more fearful of offend
ing.
The state Legislature, at Is meet
ing two years ago, passed an ACT to
the effect that all executions should
henceforth be carried out at the state
penitentiary, instead of at the hands
Of the sheriffs of the respective couH
ties. The enactment of this law has
had a stimulating effect in che rouHd
ing up of the lawless, and no less
than seven have net death uDor ihe
scaffold at the tate periteGtiary
So far as is knows the Law rs not
made a mistake IN the prosecution
OF thesd sentences The cill.in.al,yN
evidence has proven abundant in all
cases, and the general Impression
abroad is that from now On the state
will have less han. ging to do )y rea-
son of the grave lesson that comes
from the shadow of the gallows.
The last two to meet this unhap-
py fate were Indians, their prcde-
cesors all having been white men.
The circumstances connected with
their crime We're certainly atrocouG
though little good was attributed to
the character of their victim in the
evidence of the courts.
1t appears that the two Indians,
generally known as Joe Ipapah and
Johnny, had been INDUCING too free
ly in firewater and while in this con
dition were attracted by the light of
a camp fire. Approaching it they dis
covered one Fred Foreman. who was
APPARENTLY asleep, and whom they
aroused with the request that he go
and buy whiskey for them, at the
same time handing him so cents to
purchase the liquor Foreman ac-
cepted their money, but at once eY-
cused himself from the performance
of their errand on the score that he
had but one leg and could not walk.
The Indians then retired held lit
| tie council of war, and returned to
| find Foreman, who was evidently I'M
| der the influence of some drug, in a
stupor. and being unable to arouse
| him, one held his head while the
other cut his throat with a knife, af-
! ter which they placed the body on
a pile of railroad ties and set fire to
twas found in charred condition,
making Identification difficult
| The Indians We're arrested at Mon
| tello, Elko county, near where the
crime was committed, in January,
| 1906, plead guilty and were SEN
fenced to be hanged. The supreme
court refusing to revoke the sentence
| it was carried out December Z, 1906.
| About 100 men witnessed the exc
cution, which was carried out with
out a hitch, every provision having
] been made by the warden of the pris-
on to effect the unpleasant task i'll
as humane "a way as possible. Rev.
Father Garland ministered to the
victims in their necessity, read the
Office of committal on the scaifold,
babe them farewell and gave them a
! blessing. The black caps were then
adjusted and in an instant all was
over, and with no Indication that
there was any suffering, both bodies
remaining motionless the instant the
rope was taut.