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ALBANY REGISTER.KofifMftl Hunting*thipncciofB*001se18C1thlt;lO’The four Modoc cbiefe, Captain Jack, Scooebhi, Black Jim and Boston Charley, were sent to the '-happy hunting grounds,” on but Friday, by the hemp line. A few minutes after Urn o'clock ou Friday morning, the four were strung up In mid air from the same elevated platform, where they dangled for about fifteen minutes, when they were taken down and examined. Scunchin and Boston Charley died hard, writhing and struggling ’ ye fearfully. Captain Jack barely showed • he signs of life after swinging otT, while JfU Black Jim died easy. Examination showed tliat Sconchin and Boston Charley had died from strangulation, while Block Jim and Captain Jack had their necks broken by the fall, and hence their easy death. Captain Jack looked the worst, and exhibited less rej grit than the others. Sconchin was sullen and unconcerned; Black Jim a trifle defiant, and Boston Charley seemed vicious and unrepentant* The other two chiefs tried and found guilty by the courtmnrtiaJ, Bruucbo and Slo-lux, having had their sentences commuted to imprisonment for life In Fort Alcatraz, were placed in confinement until they cm be forwarded to their future hornet. There were, besides military, quite a number of civilians, Jackson county officers* and four orththtelonFipeanTfcoiceieciSttSe|cmtieerisptngicanfive hundred Indians in attendance tu I seathe001affbelt;see the show. The squaws and pap-pooses employed their time in groaning, moaning and walling until the final taking off. Tlie application by sheriff's oOh r from Jackaoti county for the murderers of tlie Lost river set-tiers was refused by Gen. Wheaton, as m was a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Prim, ou account of orders fromheadquarters. The balance of the Mo-docs arc to be removed to a new reservation in Wyoming. Thus ended the most succeA'iui hanging vve have any account of this seitjou.turntDe|X-
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Albany Register
Albany, Oregon, US
Wed, Oct 08, 1873
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