EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 503, 10 January 1906, Page 6

EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN.

flbsflaoaed to Death, far Meadai of ? areabee-te-Lew-Jaeed Hie Hah* • i with Omeiweaee,

' OftaM DftVfe WM the name of the ealprit, and he was condemned to death' for the Border of hie brother-in-law, eaym the Coweta .(I- T.) Ooariar. On tie dor of the execution his coffin bad been placed on two ehaire ander a big oak tree, which atUl stands In Oka old eoarthoaee yard at Coweta. Be NQoeeted thera to let him eee the eoflß. and he stood by its tide, gased sadly Into It, and amid It was all right. k chair waa set at the head of the eoffln; he took hla seat, palled off his boots, and said he was ready. Oapt. Childere, the sheriff—now dead—pinned a small bine ribbon on the lapel of Darts' rest orer the heart Th* prisoner rlewed all this with Composure and unconcern. Two men, one with a doable-barreled shotgun and the other a Spencer rifle, took their plaeaa ebont M feet away. The command waa giren, ready, aim, fire! Both shots were saaialtaneous; the bine ribbon waa hit; a conrulslre tremor, and poor Daniel Darls was no more. Old men wept and many were the tears that were shed for this poor full-blood Indian who had taken lbs Ufa of hla erring brotter-ln-law.