Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-12-15
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Tic hanging Of Muller the murderer, in England,
olave Il Eded fine field for the display Ct the Cbarac-
ra s OF the British The details Of the atsn-
dat ulGs remind Of be days OF Jack Sheppard aud
th pictures Of Ii garth. The following is a Gescgip-
ton Of what occurred "uuder the gGOy -:
The Times " thus describes the scene at NeWgate {:
Meme bat those who locked down upon the awful
crowd OF kiOudGy will ever believe 10 the Wh0 SALE
Gp 4, rrOadcts manner in which garrOting and high
Nay robbery carried OF. We DO rot now speak Of
th0e whom the mere WaatcD mischief of The crowd LED
20 bonnet they pissed, tse TO pluck their la s
from q their b ads aud toss them over the moo, amid
and shouts # laughter, as they came rom all sides
and all GlT5CuOus till sometimes even they Tell
within the encl sure round the drop, and we're kicked
under the galloNs by the police The prOpFie-
~ OF such &musemeGt at such time
admits of QUESTION, to say the least, even among
such an audience. But even this rough play Tails
into barmlessnss beside the open robbery aud violence
which Yesterday morning had its Way virtually IN
checked in Newgate street. There regular gangs,
moi 80 much 10 The crowd itself within the barriers
along tie avenues which led 70 them, and these Va
grants openly stopped bOnnetld' sometimes garrottd
and always puLdered any person whose dress led them
10 think him worth the trouble the risk nothing.
Sometims their victims made desperate resisl aIce,
and for few minutes kept the crowd around them VIC
tnty swayir to ard fcO amid the dreadful uproar. Ii
10 stance however could we ascertain that Police
was ever called Indeed one of the solitary IFS ances
in which they inteIiered at all was where the: aid
vas sought from houses the occupants OF which
saw old farmer, who, after long and gallant srHg-
gle with bis many assaiGns, seemed, after having be
robbsd TO be in danger OF serious injury we'll This,
however, about The farmer is q mere episode the rule
was such rObbiDg and i'll treatment made the victims
only too glad fly far from the spot where they had
suffered it, and who, If even then they Ventured CIV.
lCg any Information 10 the police, could hope for
dress such crowd Such the open pastimes of
the mob from daylight till the time of execution,
when the great space around the prison seemed choked
With It's vast multitude"
The following passage We take from the account of
the proceedings on of. the morning of the l4th
II the " Daily News" There were," says the
FrIer, besd=s thieves ard prostitutes, wokmen of
different grades, and philanthropc and professional OBJ
servers at this execution But, after carefully estima-
ting the behavior If the crowd We declare it to be earth
~ sensual aud deVish. We cannot recall single re
Qeemug incident, quote either word or look OF pity
Tor the soul gone to judgment, and in recurring to our
experience OF the sght, do with sense Of shame
and unutterable loathing apd humiliation, such as
would De evoked by no other spectacle On Garth. This
Is horrible picture but there is no exaggeration in it,
mr. Charles Dickens description of the crowd at the
execution Of the Mannings, some fifteen years ago, was