Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-07
THE FENIAN EXECUTIONS.

Thirty Thousand Spectators near tb e
Scaffold-Manchester in a State OF
Sieg ege-Exciting Scenes.
Manchester NOV. 22) Correspondence London Ga
zette.1
Saturday morning all the efforts of the
authorities of Manchester and the neigh
boring towns to induce their people to stay
away from the scene of the execution were
without effect. During the whole of yes
terday morning vast crowd of persons.
apparently of all classes, were to be seen
walking about among the barriers. 1t may
be doubted whether Saturday was wisely
chosen for the execution. 1t is day OF
which working men think less of making
holiday than any other; day in which
they more fre quently indulge in drink, and
in which, therefore, disorder was much
more to be expected than if the execution
had been on one of the earlier days of the
week. Throughout yesterday, from all
crowd was vending its way thither. A
considerable, though not special, noticea-
BILE proportion of these were Irish. Within
a circuit of twelve miles it is estimated that
there are not fewer than 10000 Irish resi-
dents. 1h-- ''is@-
The crowd continued to Augment till tn e
evening. At ten o'clock last night it pre-
Sc ted the appearance of huge, excited
throng. Undonbted Fenians were present,
walking about, pale, and resolute-looking.
Happily no violence was attempted. The
troops took up their positions on the rail-
way at half-past nine O'clock. The police
cleared the barricaded streets at eight
O'Clock, and only those persons who had
passes from the authorities were allowed to
ge in front of the prison. The removal of
the crowd was effected very speedily, and
with comparatively little disorder. Detec-
tives mixed with the crowd and ap-
pretended several persons who were
detected in picking pockets in front of
the scaffold. The special constables mus
tered at the Stafford Town Hall at ten
O'Clock, and marched through New Bal
ley street. The space in front of the Sal
ford Town Hall was densely crowded, and
the uproar was excessive until midnight.
The night was cold, and at midnight the
crowd began to disperse. score or two
of persons had now taken up their positions
to wait till morning. AS the small hours
wore wearily on they watched. The pris-
on has gloomy exterior; it is sombre
brick building. The encircling wall is
some forty feet high. The scaffold is fixed
on the top of the wall, from which it pro-
jects some five feet. In the north part of
the goal is an enclosure, 300 yards by 200,
reserved for infantry and artillery.
Yesterday Father Gadd again visited the
prisoners, who received his consultations in
a very appreciative spirit. Gould main
tained a very quiet demeanOr. and support
ed his position with great fortitude. At
1:30 yesterday afternoon Larkin's mother,
wife and children visited him. His mother,
previous to going to the cell, was very
much excited. and repeatedly exclaimed
while waiting in the corridor of the priso,
that her son would not be executed, and the
rope was not spun which would hang him.
At late hour, several women, who were
understood to be relatives of Allen and
Larkin, were observed in the prison lodge,
evidently in state of great distress. The
Rev. Father Gadd resumed his attendance
upon the cOnvicts at ten O'Clock, accom-
panied by the Rev. Father Quick. 1t was
arranged that when the men were pin
ioned. and the procession formed. the Lit
any. the Miserere Psalm, a I'd the "Litany of
Jesus" should be read, the last named
being reserved for the final moment.
Shore, who had apparently become re-
signed to meet the capital sentence, re-
ceived the intimatiOn that respite had
been accorded him in becoming spirit.
1t is daylight. The crowd has anticipat-
ed the dawn. Open spaces are filling on
every side. Never since 1919, the season OF
the Peterloo riots and Massacre" did the
sun rise on Manchester more excited. In
the Irish quarters fervid agitation is al
work. Among the English there is mixed
feeling of sorrow and anxiety. The banks
are guarded, the hotels are watched, the
police force has been strengthened by 5000
FOiuutceTs, anu ny duXllldFleS from Liver
pool, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn, and other
towns. In the front of the scaffold is a
densely packed guard of police and trust
ed persons sufficient to keep any desperate
F-nian beyond easv rifle range of the scat
fold. But the public mind is not reassured
1t is reported that an attempt at arson has
been made at some works in Stafford, and
suspicious looking persons in large numbe
have entered the town this morning from
the Salford side. Every window over
looking New Bailey street has been en-
gagged, but the tenants are bound to furnish |
the police authorities beforehand with the |
name and address of every person who
may occupy the windows. Not only this |
street. but every approach to it is crowded. |
New Bailey street is not wide street, but |
1t is a long one, and at least 10000 specta-
tors are clearly within sight of Jhescaffold. |
Very near the goal is viaduct of the Lam
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company,
crossing New Bailey street, The Company |
have sworn in 300special constables to keep
the line clear. The morning is cold and |
raw. A dense fog hangs over the town.