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fo\(i-WiUirtni l*epo Hanged.1*1*1 Saturday morning at 0 minutes after 0 o'clock .William popo was 1» »ngod in theyard adjoining the jail at Choiouu, and tiins was expiated the foul crime which Ue committed by the murder of Julius Plath,early in June 181X5. When uskod on the scaffold, by f-di riff Hagon if La had any tiling to say 1\ po said: ••Gentlemen—I have nothing t j say ex cejit thM I am about to by ban;c I. nad die an innocent man/* The uno-e and harness were then arranged by the sheriff nn I J. H. Devlin, and Pejm turnip*: to Rev. Mr Cunningham, auk ::\ him to pray. Mr, Cunningham complied with a short prayer, and a» two i a t th* black cup was placed in position the murderer was lifted up three feet hv tin* dropiug of the weight und re.uah.ed hunpi.g With his feet within 13 inch s of the floor Death was probably instantaneous, ns lUo struggles of tbc i ( dying uiau were of short di.r iti »a. l’epo left revetd letters ii«idrlt;w*cd to itVeM r.t \h rsons.apd denying hit guilt. He nls » a Mressed u letter to the ftp-worth league, nn I member* of the Methodist church, thanking them for kind ness shown during nis iuiprio.intucnb and expr* f -ing his b* bef in rdiglun.HtU I in Ids osvu ultimate salvation, 'nit not , a reference to the crime fi»r which hoI paid the jwmuUy. There can h» i:oj doubt as to bis guilt, savin' only th »: •| the lt;vid'*ucc- was purely circumstantial, |I no human eve being n witness to the , foul murder that was c »mniitUHl iu the j hmdy cabin oo the Mudtiy. As he hadexpresscd some leelinagainst ilhcnlVHagen for Ids efforts in traci .g hiswhereabouts and f-'curing evidence « n -, behalf or the it is no more than fair *o give that off!:* r due credit for hi* ( efficient work. No doubt the cause of justice w in! I have been m well feith* served i* » cpo had be- n sentenced In]. liTe Imprisonment tor his crime, and il is p Worth while to ag i.i t • consider as the law makers have oft. n daint, whether | the cirntiiustantial evidence, however,*[) strong, gives the stal • the m nnl right to |II deprive a hutum being of l.is life, ine any' event IVpo has jmaso.J, an.I his dts \, ^ nmmcan.ir niaue hid incarceration !• avcs ■ litthi doubt in the minds »f those fa*.*III miliar with the fact.*, its to thu justice ofI* his sentence. 11
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The Dupuyer Acantha
Dupuyer, Montana, US
Thu, Apr 12, 1900
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