Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-04
EVENING STAR.
The Gfbbeti
ror-R INJECTIONS IN ESGLAND-A TERRIBLE
RECORD.
Y gvorraol .TOurpai. Angus 9th L


From the Liverpool Journal, August 9th
Tbomas Moore, aged 50. an old Crimean sO.-
der Francis Bradford, 10, and James Tooth, ~,
The former Of whom was q private in the Third
Butts and the latter a marine, were executed
Yesterday morning at $50 O'Clock, within the
walls of the county prison at NJ aidstOne. All the
prisoners had been convicted of wilful murder.
The executions were fixed to take place AT
go O'Clock. The ceremony OF piniOning the
culPrits took place by Calcrsft and his assistant
Moore was the first who was taken TO the seal
fold, and then Bradford, and while preparations
were going on, the other cuipfit. TeOth, re,
NAMED in the cell with the Rev. MI Allen All
the prisoners exhibited extraordinary hrmhessI
indeed, Tooth was apparently unconce, ned, anu
one could have imag med from has demeanor
tie awful position in which he stood nen an
was ready, he also was taken TO the scsnold, ana
the rope was at once placed around MS neck,
and the drop fell almost Immediately. Tooth
and Moore were large, heavy men, and appeared
- Sjs almost instantaneousy. Not so the boy
Bradford, be strangled violently Tor two or three
minutes before life was extinct, and long after
rs vretcLed companions were hanging on Zach
BE a compile Of hieless cOrpses, he was strGg-
cling IN the sgonies OF death. The bodies, after
hanging al hClr, were cut down.
In the case OF Moore, condemned for the muir
Der IT rs wife near Ashford, the evidence upon
which De was convicted was purely circumstan-
tai. Daring the past week, however, Moore
ma le a complete confession OF his guilt, and
Lss ,01cbt and obtained the forgiveness OF his
wite's friends He has spoken freely of his
career through life. and has made statements
y kich show that he has been a very bad man
that daring the thirteen years he was IN the
army lie bore an excellent character, and that
lie has Won the marked appreciation OF various
p rsOns Tor whom he has worked
The youth. Bradford, condemned Tor the muir
der OF his COmrade at Dover, manifested that
Sto!id indifference to his fate which he had eN-
hihitsd since he was sentenced to death.
ON the "a inst. he attained his twentieth birth
day. He was an orphan, had bad training In
his early days, and from the time be VAS fourteen
wears Of age he had 10 shift for himself. For
some years his father was the guard OF a mail
train between London and Brighton, and whilst
30 engaged portion of his left foot was torn OF
Subsequently he met with more serious acct
dent. bv which be lost the greater portion OF his
right leg, which incapacitated him for the office
he held on the line. Both parents are now
dead and Bradford had been an orphan for
about six wears. On Wednesday last hs was
vfeesd by two OF his sisters. who stayed with
him about quarter Of an hour, and the inter-
view was a most affecting one. on Saturday he
was visited by his uncle, labOring man living
at Brighton, 10 whom he expressed the deepest
cOntrition for The crime he bad committed.
FxTRAvAGAHCE AND MARRIAGE.-Those
who like, with Mr. Buckle, TO eollate social phe-
nOmCna snd draw general deductions from
them, may inst now gather excellent material
for the process. As an example, We find the
London journals discussing with earnestness the
ITOdigOus and increasing cost of beef, bread,
coal, and female attire; and looking At the law
reports in the same papers, we ind most I'M
usual number or cases of breaches of promise in
which the man Is the defendant. The signit-
canoe OF this is probably beyond dispute.
Amorg a hundred men who have engagedthem-
selves, a certain percentage OF cautious natures
will be found who, on the contemplated steps
becoming imminent, are more aud more dis
tuIbGG ~ the thought of itspecuniary difficult
ties ard responsibilities. These frightened
SWANS retreat, and certain prOpOrtiOn-proba-
bly, sn all one of the outraged damsels seek
such sOlaCe as the law will accord them.
CAEBoLIC ACID As a CURE FOR SCARLET
FEvEE AND SMALL-POx.-in a recent number
OF the Lancet, DIR. Alexander Watson recorded
several cases of smallpox and scarlet fever in
which the external application OF carbOlic acid
met with marked success. In the case of one
patient with smallpox whom he at the
period when papulB appeared, he ordered an
enema, and then had the pGtient-a girl of IL
years-sponged all over with CarbOlic acid soap
sudS. On the next day severe attack of con-
fluent smallpox was threatened, but the child
was spOnEed "a she had previously been, and
then her whole body was painted with the car
bOlic acid glycerine of the British pharmscO-
IOia. Five grains of Dover's powder were then
given to Ellay irritation and the little girl slept
quietly for several hours, when she was sponCed
q ain. No veScles formed, and the patient was
CurvalesCent in few days. CarbOlic acid was,
IN the meantime, plentifuliy used about the
ruCLI.