The New York herald., 1870-09-17

ard contracte6 jail yard. It was substantially
built with platform and drop about elgh
the drop, and four iron eye-bolts, from which th'
ropes hung suspended in the cross beam OF the gal
lows. -Four coffins were piled up at the other end O
the jail yard.
THE CROWD OUTSIDE THE JAIL
People outside had view OF the upper portion o.
the scarod. which was several feet higher than the
wall ana this was at least some qualification to the
large crowd whose morbid love OF the horrible at
tracted them TO witness the diving agonles OF foul
PARTIAL CONFESSION OF NUBY.
During the morning Moses Nuby made partial
implicated in the murder. and that man named J.
p " oil was 20 have been Killed the same time that
oay SreM p he s say % M fatal ns
Tle others refused to speak at all upon the subject
oil the murder, and said they would make their
statement on the scarOd.
PREPARING FOR THE EXECUTION.
At 1920 r. M. the Sheriff, accompanied by an as
sstant. proceeded TO the cell OF the condemned men
behind their packs. While undergoing tins opera.
tion two OF them, Moses Nuby and Henry COsten ap-
terrible excitement OF the time, but Jacob Wallace
and Peter. Nuby were not only calm, but
Vet In ,hs cell to induce Confession but Without
effect At 1245 they were led out in the following
order, in which they
AscENDED THE sCAFFoLD:-
First, Jacob Wallace next. Moses Nuby; then Henry
Costen, and last Peter Nuby. Walking the length
OF the scaold they each placed beneath one Of
others remaining silent. f1sN they faced faced the the
executoner placed the nooses around their necks.
Al the same time their ankles were plnloned. The
shsrin then read w the death warrant The criminals
Costen spoke first and Moses Nuby followed in short
addresses, advising their hearers against bad COM
pany, which both alleged had brought them to the
gallows. Jacob Wallace spoke in q similar strain
and concluded with very wild and incohersnt
prayer, which, however, was full OF fervor Peter
Nuby did not speak. fs
THE DROP-AN EXCITING SCENE
The executioner then placed the black caps over
all the condemned men broke into the wlldest en-
treaties to Heaven for mercy. AS long rs they re-
mained standing on the drop-and 1t was q con-
siderable period-thelr vehement appeals continued.
During this time all the officials had left the scat
fold, the auxiliary props were taken from beneath
the drop and the hangman stood with rope attached
TO the main prop, awaiting the Sherif IS signal to
launch the four wretches into eternity. This was
delayed for nearly three minutes, the criminals
meantime praying excitcdy, while among the
for the terrible tragedy At length at one O'Clock,
drop and with fearful crash the bodies Of the four
fell two of them being precptated to the earth with
aas 0
horror arose from the crowd both within and with.
out the jail yard. Two strands Of the rope around
the neck OF Moses NubY also broke the third strand
alone holding the body suspended. The remaining
rope was perfect, as the body OF Costen was the
lightest. Tne fall Of these was not over three and
half feet. neither of their necks being broken.
A fearful scene followed rhe struggles of the dy-
Ing wretche5 the terrible confusion and excitement
In the small Jail yard, the Oaths and curses OF the
MOP without, mingled with the prayers Of the tor
tured criminals, who temporarily escaped death only
to make their doom still more awful The bodies of
COsten and Moses Nuby remained hanging seventeen
minutes, when life was declared extinct and, with
THE BRUTALITY OF A SAVAGE
the hangman, whose name was John n. Murphy,
ran upon the scff0ld and severed the ropes with his
knife preclpitating the bodies In rapid succession
to the ground ut tho feet OF the other two trembling
criminals This inhuman monster then jumped
down, and seiZng the ropes still attached to the
necks OF the dead bodies, dragged them along the
into which he nung them as II they had been the
putrid carcasses of dead brutes. He was VOlun-
teer, too, but he degraded even the loaths0me and
disgraced office OF hangman,
ANOTHER ATTEMPT.
Again the drop was placed In position, and again
the two remaining criminals were marched up the
steps the scafOld and placed IN the Identical POSI-
tiOns just occupied by their hfeless accompllces.
There were more wild Supplcatt0ns for mercy, moro
adjusting OF ropes and black caps by the same bar
fell and at last the two wretches were the end
OF their earthly and inhuman t0rtures. The neck
OF neither was broken, and the body of Wallace
struggled learfuly for period OF over eight min
utes. After hanging twenty minutes life was de-
clared extinct, and then came repetition Of the
same horror as before. sharp cut and the hang
mans knife passed through both the ropes strained
to their utmost tension, and the bodies fell again
with another dull double thud, the sound of which
made the nesh creep and produce q sensation that
hangman to the collins and thrown In with less de-
cency than butcher would throw out the refuse Of
beasts CARCASS 1t was scene OF horror that
hope never to witness again. About 200 persons
females, and strange to say but very few negroes
made their appearance.