The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-27
Thorne Shows No Agitation.

show of agitation than either Morris
or Sirmay, who were recently executed,
according to the testimony of eye
witnesses, A test of the murderer 8
pulse just before he was removed from
his cell showed but the slightest accel.
Grafton above the normal A second
test at the death chair failed to reveal
further quickening of the heart
throbs.
The condemned man was permitted
to walk into the prison yard without
blindfold. With clear, unwavering
eyes he looked at the loop-holed curtain
behind which were concealed the FIVE
rifemen and at the chair that had been
stained by the blood and vibrated to
the death tremoSs Of Rose, Mortensen
and Sirmay. Quickly the bandage
was fitted to his eyes, and the con.
demned murderer, 90 years Of age,
known TO his executioners as Harry
Thorne, but to the acquaintances Of
his early life by some more respected
name, was led the remaining fifty feet
OF his last earthly journey.
Death Instantaneous.
A few minutes sufficed for securing
OF straps and the fixing Of the target
over the heart after Thorne had quietly
seated himself Then the muzzles of
the death,dealing rifles appeared at the
nve loopholes, Another second and
then came the volley. A spasmodic
stiffening OF the body occurred as the
The youthful head sank slowly forward.
Thorne was dead. He had died with the
same contempt for life that character.
ICED his action in killing George ".
Fassell.
Never before have T seen man
so little disturbed, go Indifferent, upon
being. led to execution" said Sheriff
Joseph c. Sharp, 81 could not have
believed it had 7 not seen it. He was
much more calm than either Morris
OF SiTmay The execution was very
troublesome features"
Pulse Is Steady.
County Physician A. n. Hanson said
he found the pulse of Thorpe less
qulckened than either that OF Morris
or Slrmay The only evidence OF
nervous strain appeared in slight
paleness of the face and blueness of
the hands, indicating some disturbance
of circulation.
Immediately after Thorne had been
pronounced dead, the body was re-
moved to the undertaking rooms of Jo-
oSpI w ioih ldSlOl, TO De turned over
to DR.. George W. Middleton, in ac
cordance with the will Of Thorne, on
condition that it should not be claimed
By his parents. A telegram received
Wednesday night by Warden Arthur
Pratt from the mother in answer to
one of inquiry sent earlier in tho dav,
told of her inability to bury her son
Thorne is said to have slept well
all night and to have arisen few
minutes before ne was notified that
the time for his execution had arrived.
he met SHERIFF Sharp with a calm,
Good morning. sheriff., and request
ed that no more Of the death warrant
De read than was absolutely necessary,
Again he requested that he be not blind
folded and his wishes were compiled
with to the extent Of delaying the GOV.
erng of his eyes until he had reached
the scene OF the execution.
Only Officers Present.
The condemned man s wish that no
q newspaper men be allowed to witness
his death was respected. No minister
was present. Thorne declared that he
wanted none. Only the officials actu-
ally concerned with the execution and
the firing squad wore present.
The warrant Of death was Aled with
the clerk Of the Third district court
by Snerif SharT min -o1z