Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-05-14
Murderer of Hillp and
Kibbc Pays Penalty for
His Crime on GalloWs
I'm the Gila County Jail
Yard.
SAYS PERI u RERS
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE
William Stewart, His Com
panion in Crime. Hears
News in Maricopa County
Jail, Clasps and Then
Returns to Meal.
lSnecial 10 RennhlicanD

Especial TO Republican,
GLOBE, May 13.-John b Goodwin
died with curses on his lips at 10:42
O'Clock this morning when he paid with
his life. the penalty for the murder of
HiIpott and Kibbe on the scaffold in
The Gila comfy courtyard Goodwin
maintained his air of bravado up to
the time the moose was placed around
his neck. Then he weakened and
begged for a minutes respite.
Marshal overlook directed the eXecu-
ton. Special Deputy Cunningham ad-
justed the moose and Deputy Willetts
cut the string that released the trap
Thirteen minutes after the trap fell,
Goodwin was officially pronounced by
DR.. c. T. Sturgeon and DR.. Smell TO be
dead. The murderer's neck was broken
by the fall and he died instantly but
the palpitation of his heart kept up for
several minutes.
After the execution. Goodwin's body
was taken to the Miles undertaking
establishment When a throng of NOR
bidly curious persons. including many
women and young girls, gathered to
look at it 1t will be buried tomorrow
as the relatives have made no request
for it.
Goodwin made a statement filled
with unprintabIe profanity as he stood
on the gallows, and kept up his air of
bravado until Cunningham threw the
moose about his neck. Then he cried:
Wait a minute. wait. wait minute,
wait a minute; let me put the moose
about my own neck"
Marshal Overlook refused the re-
quest and Goodwin said as the black
cap was put in place:
You needn't use that unless you
want to. There VIII be no tears on this
job"
The murderer was mumbling when
the trap was sprung.
Goodwin posed throughout the exc
cution preliminaries. He went up the
steps of the gallows two at a time and
stamped his feet to make sure the trap
was latQhed. Then he leaned on the
gallOws ftree and grasped the rope in
his left hand.
Il wasn't given fair trial and am
here because witnesses perjurred
themselves" he said
IF I had had a fair chance, I would
not have been given even life imprison-
ment- 1 am not a half breed, I'm a
freeborn American citizen. but I'd
rather die than live under the present
oIigarchy''
When the officials We're ready to ad-
Just the moose, Goodwin threw his wide
brimmed, black felt hat into the crowd.
None Of them touched it until the un-
dertaker picked it up and took it with
the body.
STEWART HEARS NEWS
\ plate OF beef and frijoles with
f-1 d
~ jail yesterday afternoon received
far more attention from the murderer
William Stewart than the news of
the hanging of his comrade in the
crimes for which both were sentenc-
ed Except for slight catch in his
breath on being told by a represent
atiVe Of The Republican that Good
win had been hanged, Stewart be-
trayed no feeling. The message was
So worded as to lead Stewart to un-
derstand that Goodwin had made a
statement of vital Importance in
stead of his having merely told about
his socialistic beliefs and the con
VictiOn that he was railroaded on
perjured testimony. But the effort
10 jar the young mans impassivity
and reticence was q failure and half
a minute after the definite news OF
his partners death came to him, he
was calmly munching the prison din
ner.
Stewart did not commit himself one
way or the other except to ash
through the opening in the cell
Was Goodwin hung today?" After
hearing the news he resumed his
eating without saying a word. His
appetite seemed unaffected by the
his partner in crime had paid hal
Of the score
Later. Stewart asked if his attor-
ney, Benton Dick, would sue out {
writ Of error or an appeal and oil
being told that was the general un
derstanding, he seemed much salts
fled and remarked, Hes a damn
smart lawyer"
William Stewart and John b. Good
win murdered Fred Kibbe and Al
fred Hillpot, two young men from
Globe who We're camping and hunt
ing in the White mountains on tn,
San Carlos Indian reservation in th'
fall of 1910 The crime was utterly
unprovoked Seemingly only for tn
purpose Of robbery of the few dol
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