Zack Booth
September 16, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper

Zack Booth, the condemned murderer of Juan Vigil, a Mexican 
sheepherder employed by a prominent sheepman by the name of 
Berry and a former sheriff of the county, whose son was 
killed at the same time was hanged in Globe today after a 
stubborn fight for his life which has been going on for 
nearly two years.

The drop fell at 10:44 and life was pronunced extinct in 
fifteen minutes.

Booth maintained his bravado to the last.  He bade the 
crowd goodbye and said he hoped to meet them all in heaven.  
He wrote letters untli 4 am and then slept soundly.  

He remarked that he was going to take a big drop and 
complained that the rope was too tight.  He wanted the 
doctors to make sure that the job was well done, but he 
said he did not want his head jerked off his shoulders 
as was done in another case.  He finally said to the 
crowd,"Goodbye boys, I'm going the route."  No more self 
possessed man ever went to his death.  There was no 
demonstration by the people and all was quiet and orderly.

Among those present at the hanging was the father of 
young Berry whom Booth asked to see this morning before 
being taken from his cell.  The interview was private 
and what Booth told the father has not been disclosed.

Booth declined to make a public statement beyond a 
reassertng that he alone had killed Virgil and Berry 
and that his brother John, who was tried for the murder 
of the Mexican and acquitted, had nothing to do with the 
death of either of the boys.  Booth's body was not 
claimed by relatives.