, 1866-01-09
EXECUTION AT BUFFALO.
Charles Czrringtan Hung for the Mur-
der OK Policeman Deli.
41.nN stx,f NJ

From the buffalo Express, 8sh.1
Yesterday for the second time IN the short
space Of elx weeks the death penalty for
murder wts suffered by q criminal at the tall
Of Erie County. On the edth Of November
Inst, the execution Of Michael KeFchner for
Mug took placc, and yesterday Charles Car
rington, alias Davis. q young man, not quite
20 years Of age, suffered the extreme penalty
Of the law, on the same scafo1d and same
spot on which Kerchncr met his death.
Tho condemned man spent the greater por-
ing his bible. About l. o'clock he laid down,
but did not sleep any until about O'Clock =.
m., vixen he t1ozcd OF. ueawoke aguin about
., and again read Ills bible short time.
About hati:pas 7 o'clock his breakfast Was
brought to him, but be con1d not eat, merely
him. His mother, sister and brother In INN
visited him shortly alters O'Clock, and took
their leave Of him after stay Of come fifteen
minutes. The meeting vas an affecting one
His mother and sister vept bitterly, and
Charles himself was desply affectsd.
cARR1S0Tosfs LIFE.
Charles Darlington, alias Dayis-as 1t is un-
lerstood that he waa the sou OF a man called
Day1s, and who Is said to be still living eou1e.-
where East-waa born at Oshkosh, Wiscon-
sin, aud would have been twenty years old,
had he lived to the 18th Of this month. He
was taken to Seneca Falls ID this State when
about Hfx years Of age, remained there several
yenrs, and learned, or commenced to learn,
the trade Of machin1st, plumber and gas-1it-
ter. Abont SIX years ago be came 10 this
city with hts mother, whose name he has; al
ways borne. During the six years he lived
here, he drove hack a portion Of the time,
sailed some time, served IN the 74th
Regiment during the PeunsyIvania
5%nSn arg tAA fN he Ara
nal for the epace Of a month during the fill
following. He became acquainted at the
Falls with GiEens and skidmore, the two men
supposed to have been with him on the night
OF the murder. One OF them, Gi4ens, at least,
was present, md Darlington, although lie did
that It was him (GiSens) who fired the pistol
shot. Giyeus and sktdmore were villains of
the worse stump, and 1t Is to the evil 1utp-
eucc exercised upon him by them that his
fate uay IN great measure be attributed.
TIE MURDER.
The murder for which be suffered the ex-
treMe penalty Of the law, was not premedt-
tated one. About half past Two O'Clock on
ncemnn Geo. Dell, and = brother officer
named Met1er, were standing near the corner
Of Rooms and Blossom alleys, when they
heard IN outcry proceeding from the houso Of
A1rs. Cooley, on Oak street, short distance
from LQE spot. HuE1E kutt HE1V1 HUI Q0Lu
started for the spot. On reaching the house,
a woman was standing at an open window Ii
the second story, who told them that burg;
lars had been In the house. AT this
moment officer Netler observed q man
standing In the alley way between Mrs.
Cooley's and the next house He
was about spsinging over the fence to ar
rest the man, when the man dred pistol, the
ball striking Dell-who was Immediately be-
hind MetleT-in the temple, killing him in-t
stantly. Metler, on 0ndi1g that Deli was;
dead, imme1iatei5 started II pursuit Of The
tricks in the enow were traced to house on
Ellicott street. occupied By some relatives Of.
Darlington. On enterlng the house, Caring
ton himself was discovered in q room up
stairs, in tho act Of changing his clothes. A
pair Of boots which ho had taken from hts
feet were found and taken By the officers, and
fserc found to IT. e1actly the tracks in the
snow leading from the scene OF the murder TO
the house. A SINGLE basre1ed pistol, unload
cd, wns found on Carrington's person, md be