Douglas Island news., 1917-04-20
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 ! u may have been morbid curios- |ity. but anyway the Stroller called at the jail in Juneau Monday morn ling of this week and gazcd on the lbody ol Krause as it lay just where Iit had been placed when brought iu Ithat morning from Che point down Che Channel where dissolution had summarily taken place. The Stroller had it on good authority that dis solution had taken place. otherwise he would not have gone there.
 Every regularly ordained news rapcr of any pretcntious has vori- ous and separate news departments and various and separate writers Go Gu those departments. Some writers specialize In one line, some in others. For example. there are baseball re- portcrs who would scorn Co report tennis game and there are experts at describing pugilistic encounters who would utterly fall down if re- quired Co describe % rough and tum- ble street fight. Every one has his spccialues. For a long time while iu Florida where the orange dist.ls | its perfume and Che gentle snort of thc alligator Is heard in thc land. Che Stroller was invariably detailed Co "do" hangings. probably ou ac- count or hts tuuercal contour lScc WebsterD
 The result was that thc Stroller attended many hemp strctchiugs, of which some were sanctioned by law while others took place without legal sanction and with no expense Go Che commuuity-except for the rope. These latter functions took place frequently during thc earlier years ol the Stroler's newspaper cNpori- eucc iu che far south and before his influence for good was generally felt
 While a hanging whether legal or otherwise. is always rgucsomc aGair. occasionally an amusing fca- urc turks in che oGing For cN- ample.
 John Hardy fired something like hall a pound of horseshoe nails from shotgun. Che charge per meatuE che system of Ned Brown and cloEging his works Go such au extent that he never knew what Ihad happened Co him. Stern jus- ucc. after fair and impartial trial dccrccd that John must hang by Che meek until dead and might God have mercy on his soul The Stroller was Johns cellmate for term -or one hour just before his execution. and. in answer Co che question as Co what he thought of the outlook at that time. John replied.
 "Powul hard sah, pow'ful hard, Kase [ know that before Tsc been dead a week that rood-fo-uothue uigger, Thomas Jefferson Jackson. Twin be o-wearin' ot my clothes au cyercisin' other rights of ownership arouu my home
 Hall an hour later and after Johns body had been carried out- side Che iail, ths hanging having taken place within thc building, Co turn over to his wife. who. with from fifty Co one hundred negroes had awaited events on Che outside. Che sherin asked the Stroller who wore the only hard-boiled hat In the crowd Co take up a collection ! and turn over Co Che widow Co ou- i able her Co give che body % decent burial The Stroller did so and turned over to the relict thc sum of |$l3.S0. which amount was sufficient Co have given the deceased a much
 better funeral than was accorded . Che average "cullud pusson" In those pauicy times. The woman care |mlly tied up the money in bau-
 dana handkerchief ''kerchewcd" very gracefully and said.
 "De county done killed John am de county can bury him. Ts gwiuc ter spen' dis money 'cordiu' to my own min Yo' hear me-" With that she turned away and. accompanied by her friends. de- parted The county buried John. but his obsoQuies did not cost any thing like S13SO.
 The hanging occurred on Friday land Che following Sunday evening at Che Long Pond Hard Shell Bap- tist church Widow Hardy became Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Jackson.
 And Che above Is what came Go
 the mind or the Stroller as hc view ed the remains of thc former terror. krausc. in the little room oH Che
 jail in the basement Of Che court
 house Monday morning. Also. he
 decided then and there that an things work together for rooI re