The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-13
(BY FRED l.. BOALT.)

SALEM, Ore, Dec. 13.-Foui
men were strangled to death al
the penitentiary here today with
all the ceremony prescribed b,
law. They went to their deaths
two by two.
Close on 100 invited guests
witnessed the ceremony, though,
their host, Governor Oswald West,
was not present. The workman
ship of the execution was much
appreciated by the guests, and
the condemned men themselves
aided i'm making the functions a
success by failing to make a
''sCene."
Noble Faulder and Frank Gar
rison went first. They mounted
the stairs to the scaffold unaided
by the guards who marched with
them and took their places on
the traps.
Didn't Deliver Speech.
Carlson, wild, uncultured
woodsman, had planned to make
ten minute speech which he had
prepared with great care. The
guests were much relieved when
he changed his mind.
II want to say" he shouted,
advancing to the rail and looking
down upon his audience, that |
didn't commit the crime of which
| was convicted. I was convict
ed on perjured testimony. The
false witnesses were -
He started to name them but his
voice choked and for moment
he stood choking.
Gentlemen he said then, 81
have prepared a statement which
will be given to the press.
Hanging Won't Cure"
Tall, wiry, immensely strong,
Faulder then stepped to the rail
and in a voice, clear and strong,
said: Hanging will never cure
crime. You've got to get at the
root of the evil"
The black caps were fitted on.
The nooses were adjusted. MY
God, not SO tight" groaned Gar
rison. 1t was odd that at that
moment he should mind a trifling
pain.
Faulder said not a WORD.
The traps were sprung at the
same instant-11:39.
Twelve men stood in row
their faces haggard and drawn
performing an official duty. They
were the jury. The doctors list.
ened at the breasts of the men
who were all but dead and caught
the feeble, fluttering pulse OF
hearts that were reluctant to
quit beating.
At 11:55 one of the three doe
tors said:
"They are dead"
Even as he spoke there came
the sound of tramping feet, as
guards brought up the stairs two
wooden coffins.
And that was the end of Gar
rison and Faulder.
Second Pair Come.
Then came Mike Morgan anc
II. E. Roberts. They, too, OBJ
served the decencies of the oc.
casion, and Roberts, who II was
feared would turn craven, even
hailed some guards in the yard
as he was passing To the death
chamber with, 80 long, fellows. y
They, too, walked briskTy and
without aid up the stairs, and
without fuss took their stand
upon the traps. Father Moore
preceded them to the scaffold,
wearing the robes of his noiy Of
nee and praying as he went.
Morgan had no statement to
make personally, but while his
arms and legs were being bound
with the straps, Father Moore
said in his behalf:
Morgan wants me to say for
him that he killed JoNn York in
self defense. He wishes me also
to say that he Is not guilty of
killing his grandfather, of which
charge he was acquitted. Nor
did he have any hand in the MUIR
der at The Willows as some OF
his enemies have said"
Priest Prays.
Father Moore fell to his knees
and began to pray. Roberts, a
dwarfish youth, whose nerve was
doubted, turned out to be, per-
haps, the gamest of the four.
Perhaps 1t was the drug given
him before he left death row that