Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 30, 1904, Page 4

Wm. Chounard Walks to Gallows|: Unassisted and PaysPenalty For Killing His Wife. EYECUTED AT 1:07 THIS MORNIN Trap Sprung Two Minutes After| Condemned Man Was Led From Jail.—No Relatives or Friends Present at Hanging.—Body Was Buried at Walker Today. At 1:07 o’clock this morning Wm. Chounard was executed at Walker for the murder of his wife at Cass Lake last January.’ He walked to the gallows unas- sisted, repeated the Lord’s Prayer, allowed the noose to be fastened around his neck and was swung to eternity, the law fully satistfied. The murderer was alittle pale, but held up throughout the affair without the slightest motion be- ing manifested, He did not flinch, had nothing to say before death, but died without so much as a word in his behalf. Twenty deputies were in the cell when the prisoner was led out at 1:05. Father Murphy told him to be brave, and Chounard promised that he would. Sheriff Hardy led the procession to the steps of the scaffold, two priests came noaxt, the prisoner and two deputies following them. They walked up the steps to the plat- form, no hand of assistance being tendered to Chounard. When they reached the scaffold Father Murphy knelt and repeated the Lord’s Prayer, Chounard repeat- in it with him. Father Murphy spoke for the condemned man and said that he had nothing to say. The hood was put over the body and the arms and legs of the condemned man were tightly strapped to his side. The noose was then put around his neck by a deputy, Chounard looking around at him as he fastened the rope. The hood was then pulled over his head, and as soon as it was fastened the trap fell, being exactly seven minutes past one o’clocs, and two minutes after the condemned man was led from the cell. * The body hung there until 1:13 when Dr. Wilcox made an exam- ination to see whether or not life was extinct. After a short ex- amination. he said, “There is no | pulse, i Judge Spooner of this city pro- gentlemen.” He found that his neck was broken in- stantly. The body hung there until 1:28, when Dr. Wilcox made another examination, after which lall those who were present left the scene. The execution was successful in every way, not the least hitch occuring during the entire proceeding. The body will be buried at Walker this afternoon by the county authorities of Cass county and the funeral exercises will be under the auspices of the Catho lic church, Rev. Father Murphy officiating. Wm. Chounard was born in southern Minnesota in the year 1878, and spent his early life in towns in that part of the state. He attended the public schools at ' Little Falls for a number of years and afterwards spent part of a year at St. John'’s College, neat St. Cloud. He learned to play piano while quite young and af- terwards made it a profession, playing in saloons and houses of illfame. He came to Bemidji six years ago and followed up hi: profession in this city for two years. He met the woman whom he afterwards married in Be- midji, and in a shory time went to Cass Lalke. There he also furnished music for saloons and disreputable houses for some time, the woman working at various occupations. Afterwards they bought out one of the houses there and run it until the time of the murder last January. He was immediately arrested by the police of Cass Lake and turned over to She Hardy, and at the preliminary hearing was bound over to the grand jury. He was indicted by that body last spring and after the trial with which all are familiar, re- ceived his sentence at Walker April 29 of the present year. nounced the death sentence. After the trial a petition was circulated by his mother and sister, and received thousands of MEETS DEATH LIKE MAN was presented to the *board of pardons it was denjed. Chounard’s attorneys also made numerous efforts to have the sentence changed to life im- prisonment, and recently made a motion before the supreme court for a stay of execution. The motion was denied, and upon ex- amination of the evidence found that not the slightest error had been made by the court through- out the trial, and that death was the only sentence that could be pronounced. 'TO ENFORCE STATE LAWS Nymore Woman Circulates Anti-Saloon Petition Among Residents. WIFE IS ANGRY BECAUSE HUS- BAND PLAYED SMEAR. Goes Into Saloon After Hubbie and Then Starts Movement Against Saloons. A petition is being circulated among the people of Nymore re- questing the state authorities to enforce the state law in that new town regarding the closing of saloons at 11 o’clock at night and closing side doors on Sundays. The petition has met with some favor with a portion of the people of the town, but the saloon element bitterly opposes it and the statement was made yester- day by one of the fraternity that the matter would be carried as far as possible. z A woman was the cause of all the trouble. Her husband was out rather late the other evening, and his wife went to search for him. She found him in one of the refreshment parlors playing a game of smear. She took him home and the next day drew up the petition, and has been un- usually busy ever since circulat- ing the paper among the good people of Nymore. The petition has not as yet been forwarded to the authori- ties, but itis said that should they grant the request of the signers it will have the effect of compelling Bemidji saloon keepers to conform to the state law also. signers throughout northern | Minnesota, but when the petition Advertise in the Dmly Pioneer. It’s a good investment. We have demonstrated to the public that the PRINCESS | & Grocery Co. Sells the best and cheapest Fruits for canning. Our sales of last week have induced us to| duplicate our Fruit order. We| are not able to (uote you prices | this early in the week, but they will be as low as the preqent market allows. Wednesday we will have California Peaches Washington Pears Metzuma Plums Concord Grapes Tokay Grapes Rose Perie Grapes Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Sweet Corn Hubbard Squash Pumpkins Green Peppers Celery and Melons Fancy Tomatoes by the bushel Princess Grocery Co M. E. CARS Y% % e % SWEDBACK BLOCK, BELTRAMI AVENVE, Will be open for @ businessinafew days with a new clean stock ofi late style Shoes for everybody. s | feits. genuine, FEELING RUNS HIGH Sentimeat in Bemidji Strong Against Murderers of N. 0. and Aagot Dahl. PERPETRATORS SHOULD RE- CEIVE EXTENT OF LAW. No New Evidence Has Been De- veloped But Sheriff Bailey is After *‘Shorty.” The feeling in Bemidji against |8 the murderers of N. O. Dahl and : Aagot Dahl is even stronger at the present tima than af the time the bodies were discovered, if this is possible, and many ex- pressions are heard on the streets daily which indicate that should the real perpetrators of the crime be found it will fare ill with them. From one end of the city to the | other, nothing but hate isex- pressed for the murderers, and the opinion of all classes is that | no punishment could be meted out that would be too great for : those who had a hand in the .. affair. The absence of any proof | which would implicate auy one person in the crime tends to strengthen the public feeling, and as time goes on without any |3 new evidence being discovered the people seem to grow more restless. The authorities have been unusually vigilant in their search, Every means in their power to bring to justice the murderers have been pursued, but so far unsuccessfully. They have not given up, however, and the search is being continued as diligently as on the first day |} after the disappearance. Sheriff Bailey upon the trail of ¢Shorty,” who is supposed to know something that would clear away the mys- tery, and will follow the man to Europe if necessary. Nothing has been heard from him in the last few days, but it is known that he will not give up the chase until his man is landed in the county jail in this city and he ex- plains all he knows about the disappearance. REHEARING New Trial Granted in Case of Christina Hanson vs. L. H. Bailey. Word was received Saturday from Brainerd thata new trial had been granted by Judge Mec- Clenahan in the case of Christina Hanson vs. L. H. Bailey. The motion was made by the defend ant’s attorney upon a verdict o being found by the jury at the last term of court in the ‘sum of $500. The time for rehearing the case has not been set, but it is thought that it will be brought before the coming term of court. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Minneapolis, Aug. 30.—The Democratic state convention was called to order at noon by State |.Chairman Buck. Captain Harries was elected temporary chairman. + | After the selection of committees the convention adjourned until 2:30. The Death Penalty. A little thing sometimes ve- sults in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignificant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Buck- len’s Arnica Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when burns, sores, ulcers anb piles threaten. Only 25¢, at all druggists. What’s in a Name? Everything is in the name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E.C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago how to make a salve from = | Witch Hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind, bleeding, itch- ing and prohruding piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitt’s Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous ~ worthless . counter- Ask for De Witt’s—the Sold by E. A. Barker. 1S even now |° Michigan Ave Brand Dress Goods In Autumn Shades Corticella Art Silks 40¢ a Dozen THE BAZAAR Department Store This week we are showing a few new styles in Ladies’ Suits and Coats. Suits, $15 - Coats, 75 pairs Puritan and Royal Worcester Corsets, worth §1:2 | Infants' Headwear, Linnon and Mull, at - - = 5 5; now - = 50¢ 25 |, discount 5 dozen Boys' Waists and Shirts, worth 50c to $1.00; now - - - 38¢ The Bazaar Department Store. 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