McBride rode to the place of execution on a wagon, seated between the
Sheriff and a Priest. He went to his death calmly and from the gallows
reiterated his claim that he had killed the Chinaman only because he
thought that he was an Indian. His last words were spoken to a com-
rade among the 300 witnesses who had braved the bitter cold and snow
to see him die: "Goodbye, Sergeant, We are not in the Thirtieth (His
old regiment) now}"
BOISE SEMI-WEEKLY DEMOCRAT 11-30-1867; 1-22-1868; 1-25-1868
IDAHO SEMI-WEEKLY WORLD, 8-21-1867; Feb, 1, 1868 (Idaho Falls)
McBride rode to the place of execution on a wagon, seated between the
Sheriff and a Priest. He went to his death calmly and from the gallows
reiterated his claim that he had killed the Chinaman only because he
thought that he was an Indian. His last words were spoken to a com-
rade among the 300 witnesses who had braved the bitter cold and snow
to see him die: "Goodbye, Sergeant, We are not in the Thirtieth (His
old regiment) now}" .
BOISE SEMI-WEEKLY DEMOCRAT 11-30-1867; 1-22-1868; 1-25-1868
IDAHO SEMI-WEEKLY WORLD, 8-21-1867; Feb, 1, 1868 (Idaho Falls)
McBride rode to the place of execution on a wagon, seated between the
i i He went to his death calmly and fron the gallows
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rade among the 300 witnesses who had braved the bitter cold and snow
to see him die: "Goodbye, Sergeant, We are not in the Thirtieth (His
old regiment) nowy"
BOISE Sm LY DEMOCRAT 11-30-1867; 1-22-1868; 1-25-1868
IDAHO S! EKLY WORLD, 8-21-1867; Feb, 1, 1868 (Idaho Falls)
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McBRIDE, Anthony
McBride, a 2h-year-old white native of Ireland, had emigrated to the
United States with his parents when he was 9-years-old, In July,
1861, he enlisted in the 99th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Union
Army, serving throughout the Civil War and being mustered out in
July, 1865, Before he re-enlisted in the Lith Infantry of the
Regular Army in August of that same year, he married a widow with
eight children, His outfit was sent to Idaho and he deserted in
the Fall of 1866 but subsequently returned to duty. On August i,
1867, without provocation, he shot and killed a Chinaman in the
Payette Valley and was placed under arrest, taken to Boise and
charged with murder, At his trial he maintained that he had mistak-
ingly thought the Chinaman to be an Indian and so attempted to jus-
tify the murder but he was found guilty and sentenced to die, Prior
to his execution, he managed to escape from the Boise jail but he
was subsequently recaptured, On the morning of his ym execution,
a special sanity commission composed of three doctors interviewed
ham and reported that, in their opinion, he was sane and responsible
for his act. He was hanged on a gallows constructed at the mouth of
—€rane's- gulch about two -miles-from Boise-on-January—2l),-1868.—______
McBRIDE, Anthony
McBride, a 2h-year-old white native of Ireland, had emigrated to the
United States with his parents when he was 9-years-old, In July,
1861, he enlisted in the 99th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Union
Army, serving throughout the Civil War and being mustered out in
July, 1865, Before he re-enlisted in the l)th Infantry of the
Regular Army in August of that same year, he married a widow with
eight children, His outfit was sent to Idaho and he deserted in
the Fall of 1866 but subsequently returned to duty. On August 11,
1867, without provocation, he shot and killed a Chinaman in the
Payette Valley and was placed under arrest, taken to Boise and
charged with murder, At his trial he maintained that he had mistak-
ingly thought the Chinaman to be an Indian and so attempted to jus-
tify the murder but he was found guilty and sentenced to die. Prior
to his execution, he managed to escape from the Boise jail but he
was subsequently recaptured, On the morning of his jum execution,
a special sanity commission composed of three doctors interviewed
ham and reported that, in their opinion, he was sane and responsible
for his act. He was hanged on a gallows constructed at the mouth of
Crane's gulch about two miles from Boise-on-Jdanuary—2l;,- 1868,
MCBRIDE, Anthony
MoBride, a 2heyear-old white native of Ireland, had emigrated to the
United States with his parents when he was 9-years-old, In July,
1861, he enlisted in the 99th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Union
Army, serving throughout the Civil War and being mustered out in
duly, 1665, Before he re-enlisted in the llth Infantry of the
Regular Army in August of that same year, he married a widow with
eight children, His outfit was sent to Idaho and he deserted in
the Fall of 1866 but subsequently returned to duty. On August 11,
1867, without provocation, he shot and killed a Chinaman in the
Payette Valley and was placed under arrest, taken to Boise and
charged with murder, At his trial he maintained that he had mistak-
ingly thought the Chinaman to be an Indian and so attempted to jus-
tify the murder but he was found guilty and sentenced to die. Prior
his execution, he managed to escape from the Boise jail but he
was subsequently recaptured, On the morning of his yam execution,
special sanity commission composed of three doctors interviewed
ham and reported that, in their opinion, he was sane and responsible
for his act. He was hanged on a gallows constructed at the mouth of
Crane's-gulch about two miles from Boise-on-January—2liy 1868.
