Weekly journal-miner., 1910-05-25

l Rather than suffer the disgrscs
 of wearing the striped suit of z
 convict, John Bryant, convicted O,
 seeond degree murder, for slayisg s
 IT. Anderson, took his own life n
 the county jail by hanging himself
 in the cell hc vas occupying.
 At what hour he committed the rash act is not known. The suppo. sition of the officers is that the man ended his life soon after the lights were turned off, probably be. fore the hour of 9 o'clock, or there. abouts.
 Ervant's end came on the day pre-. ccding that on which he was 10 rc. ceive sentence for his crime. Bryant carried out his intentions in quiet manner, and even those who were confined with him were not given tre remotest intimation of what he contemplated.
 That he was mentally affected. and that his physical condition was fast failing, was feared, but noth. ing alarming was anticipated. The day preceding his death he eonverscd with Sheriff Smith and his sttor. ney, Col. J. F. Wilson. On each occasion he wept bitterly, bu. this was believed to be a natural conse. quenee after the finding of tae yer. dict of second degree murder. The entire day, Wednesday, was praetic. ally occupied by the man in . dole. ful recital of the alleged wrongs i'm. posed upon him.
 Jsiler George Heisler says that, as is the custom, the lights in the two corridors were turned off promptly at g o'clock Wednesday night. Mir. Heisler then went out on the Plaza to walk around, knowing that each man was locked up in his respective cell. Returning to his room in the building, he retired for the nignt, at 9:30 o'clock. Yesterday morning. at 5:45, Mir. Hcisler entered the jsfl and started the fire going in the lower corridor. Between that time and o'clock he returned on the second trip. While in she lower cor. ridor, after looking around for a few minutes. he went up stairs to the second tier of cells, and noticing that he was a few minutes ahead of time for unlocking them. his attention was attracted by the gestures and the talking of Mexican, who at. tempted to inform nim that some. thing was wrong, at the same time pointing toward the cell occupied by Bryant.
 It took Mir. Heisler but an in. Hsnt to see what had taken place. He examined the cell and saw Bryant dead.
 Bryant used thirty-six inch towel. of soft and pliable weave. for moose. He cut this in two, tieing one end to ahe other He made a loop. which was thrown arouad the fourth bar on the door of his cell. He then evidently made another loop of the remaining two pieces, and by tieing knot in the end meas. ured his distance carefully to tho floor of the cell and carried out his intentions. From the cross bar in the cell where the first loop was made, to the floor where he was found. is about three feet, and it IS believed that after he made the final knot around his neck. he torew himself in an outward direction, the position of the body being out. stretched when it wns discovered. When cpt down quite a slack was shown around his neck The body was rigid.
 More or less noise Is made when the prisoners retire and Bryant evf. dently took advantage of this con dition to end his life at that time. Nothing was heard during the night on that side of the tier of cells. Mir. Heisler says also, that he had occasion to converse with Bryant, and many friends also called on the man, to each of whom he appeared gloomy and disheartened, and on leav. ing said to each "It's all off with me-"
 Jailer Heisler found three letters on the bunk, one addressed to Col. J. F. Wilson, his attorney, one 10 Judge MeLane, and one to Mir Heis. Ter. Ca the bed with the letters was pair of eye glasses, enclosed in ease, and a nickel also was is the ease, with . slip of paper under. meath, addressed as follows; "For Campbell"