The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-12-06
AN EXECUTION.


me execution of the Manuings, husband ant
wife, Tor the muir er OF O'Conher, took place in
London on the 18th ut A correspondent OF the
New York Commercial gives the following ac
count oil the revolving circumstances attending
this public stranguaton
On the 18th instant all the countless swarms OF
depravtd beings that London is capable Of FUR
hlshlng were congregated to enjoy the excite
meht OIL the execution of Mr., and Mrs Manning.
seats In the houses aud on scafloldngs command
ing lhe best view of the gaows. were eagerly
Dought al guinea apiece, and printed tickets
were issued, precisely like those to any ordinary
exhibition Throughout the whole Of the pre-
Vious night the area in front OF The prison was
occupied by thousands OF rufians and women and
boys, who passed the interval up to on the fol-
lowing morning with shouts and songs, and for
many hours afterward the thoughts and occupa
uon oil The entire population seemed to connect
themselves only with the reverberations Of the
unnatural scene
Scarcely was the moral example completed be-
lore woman who had been one OF the wltne sses
oil II, and who happened also to be named Man.
nlng, was brought up for threatening to murder
companion who was also present in the crowd
lhey quarrelied upon the spot, and the woman
Manning pounced upon the other and knocking
her down, swore TO have her hearts blood and to
swing Tor her al Horse monger lane goal on the
same drop as Maria Manning her nafhesake =
The case inves igated by the magistrates i'm
media.ely preceding this one had been that OF a
we'll known thief, who " as convicted of stealing
watch by violence during he actual ceremony
1t is also TO be mentioned that notwthstan ding
the presence OF an enormous body OF police, il
was impossible TO prevent accidents and several
persons were carried TO the hospital ,one OF whom
woman, has since died
most remarkable impression was produced
on the day following he Execution, by the pub
lcaton OF letter in The Times from Mr. Charles
Dickens, who had himself been present in order
to observe the conduct OF the multitude and who
now affirmed his belief that "a sight so incon.
ceivably awful as the wckedness and eyity o.
that immense crowd could be imagined by ne
man, and could be presented in no heather land.
under the sun ! and who called upon the Home
Secretary, il hanginss to be persisted, al leas
TO make them private solemnity, and thus to
prevent tor the future repetition OF the horror.
| that had Just been enacted''
All the circumstances connected with the muir.
| der for which these individuals were executed
furnish striking evidence OF the almost abso
lutte certainty OF detection which awaits the MUIR
derer, however cunnngly the deed may be for {
ume concealed. OConner, who man o.
| property, was in the habit OF visiting Mrs Man.
ming with the knowledge OF the husband Dur.
Ing one OF these visits he was murdered, and hi:
body was concealed 10 pit under the hearth O
the Kitchen, which had been tor several weeks
prepared Tor the purpose, and which the victim
had repeatedly noticed in his visits to the house
he was informed that the excavation was intend.
ed Tor drain Having throw the body into the
| pit, ana coVeredit with quick lime, the tear Of
detecti9nin Induced the Mannings to fly with their
iIl-gotten gains. Their flight led to an examin
atloQsei the premises, and the discovery OF the
body. Had they remained, the probability is thai
justice would have been defeated, for the stone
which covered the fostering remains OF the de.
ceased, gave no evidence on the first inspection
oil having been torn up for the purpose. But the
| gmlt which impelled the abandonment OF the
mouse was the means by which Providence
worked Tor the detection and punishment Of the
wretched pair.