Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-01
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as u surprised child A. The sheriff
begged her to come out.
The han&man sat on a bench be-
side the trap waiting
Embodied the woman walked out
on the trap dressed IN a pain pink
slip dress. she cried:
my mother my mother, oh my
God. Isn't this d terrible thing.
Don't let me stay there too long. ON
isn't this a terrible thin<. Thls IL
murder itself. That rope is zoo
tight around my neck. Yes it ia
.nr. Marter tt1r sheriff.. On. my
God. my God"
She struggled. The black cloth
was placed over her head. Her
hands were tied.
Father LoSseau administered the
extreme prayer as she hanged on tae
rope, which slipped to ono side
showing her blindfolded face.
4 small rope fastened her hands
and feet ard snc held the black beads
with the cross in her locked hands
behind her back. She died instantly
without sound and with only a tre-
NOR alter the trap opened.
She hung on the rope, straight
and still. The doctors applied a
Stethcscope IT. 1910. Fltner Ros-
sea LETT ut 1910.
At I2:i5 they began taking down
the bcuy. sour men took her body
u q cell.
The trap was fastened back. the
rope rcauJsStrd and the sheriff
started Tor Dr. Drcher in q back cell.
DIR. Drchrr walked from his cell
and shook hands with the sheriff
and lailer. lie walked strongly an
the ten winding steps. As he walked
on the trap, he said. poor Miss Ada
has gone.
Looking 1T Meigs D. Frost. New
Orleans newspaperman. he said:
Mr. Frost, you know we didn't do
As the rope was adjusted. he said:
IN, God, have mercy. Just don't
let me choke to death"
As he went through the tran. the
ropes binding his hands broke. His
BODY whiTAcd around aud around
but was stopped by Jailer Martet.
who held it with his hand.
lie died instantly.
The trap WAS sprung nj 1895 y. m.
At Iz:Jo the cowl was lifted by .
physician 70 determine IL life was
extinct. AT 1889 the doctors pro-
nounced him dead.
The body was cut down st 1874.
The undertakers went up TO receive
the corrses. DIR. Dreher was brought
down the stairs between six men. He
was laid on a cot.
Both executions were effected
quickly and smoothly. the necks Of
both being broken by the drop.
Both died f%orgivIng all but pro-
testing their innocence.
The Rev. j. A. Mccormack, the
Methodist minister, said DIR. Dreher
went TO his death grieving that his
son, Tied" was unable to reach him
from the Texas oil fields for a fare
well.
He prayed All morning. he said, and
was praying when he died. He prayed
for Mrs. Lcboucf. the sheriff and par
t~iculsriy his family.
Il told him he was now in the
presence or God. and he should not
die without the truth on his lips" the
minister said.
"Hc insisted that both he and Mrs.
Lcbouef were innocent"
Both hsnginrx were completed and
tutHtL tNGt " NAt uhArAtantAo NAhh-
in an hour.
Jail attendants sent the effects OF
the man and woman tn their families.
and closed the books on the Dreher-
Lehouef case.
A cold wind blew over the country
at dawn CT the day on which Mrs.
Lebouef ard DR.. Dreher we're to die.
The hangrnan arrived in the night
-. A~~~ n~l.amw 4uf-I 4kn w-n~
and the gzllows and rave final or
dcrs for preparation OF the prison.
ers.
The man and woman =wrke after
a drug-induced sleep. A negro nurse
sat in the cell throughout the night
with Mrs. Lebouef while t~o men
on death watch stood vigil outside
the cells Of each.
Mrs. Leboucf was given holy COM
munion by Father Rosseau. She was
then given a cup Of coffee. She was
calmer and mere collected than at
any time since her sentence.
DR.. Drcher received Rev. j. a..
Mccormack, pastor of tho Franklin
Methodist church. lie was also
quiet and calm.
lie returned . book 10 a friend
with q notation on the fly leaf. say
inS. wait for him in Heaven" The
book wa entitled Ito Die With Je-
sus."
II enjoyed every word Of the book"
the notation said. II will wait VI
Hssven for you. ! will be With Je-
sua.p
At nins a. n. Eugene Dreher.
nephew of Or. Dreher. visited the
jail and received Instructions for
closing his uncIs's business affairs.
Ted Dreher, son Of DR.. Dreher,
was In west Texas. Eis father called
for him several times.
Mrs. Lebouef asked for her 72-year-
old mother. but she sent word she
would not come. Sheriff Pecot had
announced no members of the fam
ily would be admitted.
Mrs Lebouef requested that her
body be laid to rest in the Morgan
City cemetery beside that az her
husband for whose murder she wa
! sentenced TO the scaffold.
DIR. Dreher, her alleged paramount
will be buried in north Louisiana Al
Clayton, the family burial ground.
During the morning Mrs. Lebouel
offered q prayer for the forgiveness
OK Governor Long for his refusal Il
spare her life.
As the town clock tollcd IL strokes
Mrs. Teboucf and DIR. Drchcr lapsed
into silence TO listen 70 the comfort
ing words OF their spiritual advisers