, 1873-03-14

centre Of the west wall, where = pile Of lumber
rough hewn, was being placed against the wan
| Here the Sheriff and two OF three carpenter
| were planning tho Arrangement Of the dread in
atrument Of death upon which tho miserable falo,
saa to e1piate his crime. Horrible aud stoken
ing as the suggestions were. thero Vas get
fascination about them, such fascination q
Paris felt during tho hrrt revolution, when th'
flash and thud Of the guilotinc poured fort]
the noblest blood Of France. Tho scaffold upoa
which Driver ib to die was originally
ERECTED FOR Perfect
q year ago. When the inevitable supersedea
arrived to save him from the fate he so richly
merited, the component parts Of the gal1owl
| and platform we're stored beneath the steps o
! tho old Courthouse. Yesterday afternoon the
were borne from their obscurity aud pilet
| aEainEt the wall.
The Sheriff WIS busy. The pieces were al
fitted Tor one another, but the rough, unBea
| soned timber had warped, and great deal q
| fitting and placing Was necessary. Then CANE
| the haznmering. As each nail Was driven int
reverberated through tho 1ow-roofed jau and
! struck chill into many heart.
TIE HORRIBLE SOUND
| awed many q fe1on into quietude. Now and
! then nbald jest Was passed from one occupant
Of crowded coll to his neigbbor, but his tone
[ was hushed with SOFT OF supernatural fear.
As the hammer sounded, the miserable Driver
| heard each note, and felt instinctively that
every blow was driving the nails into
! his last earthly abiding place. It VIZ
| clumsy work at the best, and such rs shon3d
have been avoided. Bat the jail is not what it
ought to be-, and there is no place where the
echoing could not be heard.
It seemed to those within the wall
a sound prophetic Of their fab,
and to the ona particular prisoner it must have
been especially agouizing and fataful. He hoatd
1t, but he needed not
H1s Family
consisting Of his daughter, Belle, sweet look-
ing little girl OF IS years, d1aped in deepest
mourning for her murdered mother. bis eldest
boy, aud two little rosy checked. frightened
the door Of his narrow cell. Th51a "e1e tho
other figures, his wife's sister, who stood before
him, weeping bitterly for their share in the
double tragedy. He converged earnestly With
them, and if their sobs did not drown the eWfn! VIM
echoes from tho ecaffold, he could not have
heard them, for la spoke low and earnestly to
the tender orphans and their surviving relatives.
The crowd, vulgar and prurient 80 such crowd
would be, clustered round the cell like flies
around . carcass, and not even the mandates OF
q couple Of baiiffs could instill into them TINT
sense Of privacy that even savage IN supposed
to feel.
TIE aIsERABLE MOB
yeaEned fox = word upon which to found atofy
Tor their equally pruriont companions outside,
given with as great publicity as tho faithless
oIedgea OF q hummer politician Nothing is sa-
cred to the vulgar herd, and not word OF the
taalofactoz's last utterances WAS lost to the
greedy seekers after the horrible.
For neariy two hours the helpless babes re-
manned talking, for the last time, with their
dying parent, and during the whole Of that tlno
they we're iostled and crowded by those human
v1ltures whose morbid curiosity overoame that
slumberiug feeling OF 1eRpeot tor the unfort4~
nato supposed BY poets and optlr1ists to be
latent in every human breast.
The hammering continued throughout The
dreary afternoon. Once only was there l. lu1,
miAlaid, and the work was discontinued until it
could be supplied During the silenee that pre-
vailed,
AN EXCITED MEssESdEA
demanded admittance to the jail- As he entered
his mission was demanded. He exhibited 3 yel-
low envelope, marked with the wen-known let
ters OF the Western Union Telegraph Company
addressed to Sheriff Bradley. He !"hs directed
to the spot where the Sheriff was superintending
tween the dreary calls, the jailor his assistants,
deputy she1ifs, visitors, reporters and everybody
hastened after him. 4 life depended on that
message. At such an hour it Was worth
pnbasd Maa e one hs
the crowd stood With bated breath. He read 1t,
adm, without word, handed 1t to the reporters,
who read ss follows:
spAuuz11D, March -
10 H. H. AtQQtEg. SneftY o. tooE tQ1tHtys
decuns TO interfere ii the Driver caso
John L. BEvEnrnaE.
The reporters took it without word, but this
Was sufficient: It became evident that no hope
ing to close. His friends retreated to another
part Of the jail, and there held whispered con-
ferences- Tho Governor declined TO interfere,
and he
MUST PREPARE FOB pEATH.
just st this moment the wo1tmen returned,
nj FRA, 1o&} f~m
mer we're renewed, echoing among the cells, I
and carrying with them tho hideous warning OF !
their meaning.
The t#o clergymsn stood feup PAGES from the I
,el OF the condemned, talking In subdued tones
gentleman intimated to Dr.. Mclaughlin tho
contents Of the despatch, and he said not = Word.
DRYERS children we're still around his cell, |
Teeping bitterly as he spoke to them for the
ast time. Their sobs we're distinctly audible at
distance, and hard and base indeed must have
,een the hearts OF those whose vulgar curiosity .
acid them near enough to hear his Last words
Dr., Mclaughlin took out card and Wrote a
inc upon it, warning Driver Of the refusal Of
be Governor to change his sentence. and hand
I'd it to tho doomed man. Driver read it, aud
Faa silent for 8 feE moments.
HE TEEN BAID:
My children, the last hope is gone. Your
ather will die Tomorrow. Be good children
'anions. Go to church regularly. And, sbove
II things, let whisky s1one.'' Here his voice
allied him, and his own sobs we're mingled with
hose OF his children. He continued to speak to
hem for nearly half an hour longer, when he
ade them adieu forever, He first kissed his
oungest child, pretty little pink-faoed baby, z
cara old, Who cried without understanding Why
be cried, except that everybody else raa Weep-
49,, Then he patted his youngest boy and told
i'm to DO good, aud kissed him farewell then
la eldest boy, and then bis daughter, Belle who |
tied SO bitterly that it Was painful to
'isneas; and then he shook hands |
ith his sisters~in-1aw, one OF whom was
Tired in deep mourning, while the other o.
ihited no outward or inward signs OF emotion. |
was sad sight Indeed, and no one but felt re-
eyed when the last worda OF farewell Tere
poken, aud the prisoner Was once moro alone, | I
) be alone until the hour Of his death should | l
rive.
Still the bammering continued, aud the crowd
Urged around the cells. They wandered up
i'd down the corridors. Loud vera the express
ons Of dsapproyAl that
DRIVER sH0CLD DIE AND HpFEnTY ESCAPE
1nishment by hanging. AL we're anxious to
"a this arch-murderer. They all demanded his
God. They talked as II Providence showed
.rtia1ity in allowing so black and deep-dyed a {
lain to escape While the gallows was being
.epared they frequently insisted that Rafferty,
.ould be taken out and hanged. When they !.
~ the gallows; and feared that the drop WA
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