, 1873-08-05
Nil nfiatt in tl,fa svf,r1t1 tf

BID adot 10 this world"
loud voieo. but whom ho nls,1od to his vito
came into bis throat; hut ho conquered It,
and continued In tho ean'o frln voico with
which l,o had commenced, At tho nlonlent
when ho spoke Of Orono ho lotectod him
and nodded to lin When Nicholson had con-
clntlcd, llollohan agan stopped forward and
said 1T llayo 4 fow, moro ren'aslts to mako. I
freely forgive all my. onomIss, n,ld hopo those
hlu stlo nrtl said, IT also wish to return tho
samo." And thon both mon returned to thotr
place under tho nooacs. which wore dangling
from tho uppor benin. Tho Inst monont wab
mon by tho hand long md forvently, mid whom
tloy Ind roleasoi thou, tho shcrln placed tho
white caps oyor their hoads and fastened them
nbout their ncoks. Tho noosea worc lowered
thom about tho throats Of tic doomed. As ho
was fastening TINT Of 1lolloilan's tho attcr said:
"Shorlff, penso mako 1t tight, md bo suro to
put tho knot dirooty unaor my loft oar.".
The Sheriff finished this Office, uud tho pint
form was cleared. just nt this moment Hol-
lohan oxtendod his 1and Ms far On tho ropes
about his wrist would permit him, and aaid to.
Nicholson:
=. "nrothor Nicholson, give mo your hand. l.:
xi 2ialv6h bid you goodbye. hopo to moot You in
Nicholson hold out Ills loft hand, And for
moment the fingers wero lntcEaced In q Arm
Col. Kano, !" Goodbye, shoriT!" and each
murmrred tho dying words Of tho martyr
btophon
Lord jesus. receive my spirit.''
Tho SheriH aud his asBiatsntp loft tho acaffotd.
and It ,sas occupied ouly by the two blacl-cloak-
cd, whtc.cappcl nguroB of tho men who woro
ntandlng on tho brink Of otornity; their ,gowna
iuttorcd In tho brooze, nnd, ms they lifted their
Angers could DO Boen working In nervous
movements. Ghorir Kama Waa thu 1aat tn
descend. Ho camo down tho stops with
T. SLOW tread, and, na ho reached
ttx.+agsa tho gro'na nd he halted an instant. then
unloosed tho trigger. 4 short, sharp pun was
givon to It tho cronk Of tho ropo was followed
BY tho nnloosing OF tho bolt which hold tho two
Sf aaa the nalGsm togothor They toll apart
tho bodteh Of tho two mon fell to tho end Of
the ropos and danglcd in the air.
Aftor tho fall NicholBons body scarcely
TINT waa pofcoptiblo, and cvon t6is coasod
within the space OF two minutes. Hollohau
died hard for flvo minutos aftor tho drop foil
40 ~, continued to draw up his legs in convul-'
tllat. timo his body was Us quiot as that
Of his partner in crime. The execution
took place Of precisely five minutes af-
tor tor ~: At halt-pnss ~ the body Of Holo-
examined it md found tint ho lad died Of stran-
Eulation, tho mock not being brokon by tho fall
The face was Of doop purple, but beyond Tint
thoro woro no e1tromo signs Of suffering Uol-
lohan's body WAS placed III o handsome mahoga-
ny coffin, and es llo has no relatives horo 1t Will
bo intorrcd III Groom Mount Ccmotory by tho
Prisoners Aid Society. At quarter to Ii
Nicholson's body waH taken down, and tho mcl-
cal examination revonlcd TINT doath had been al-
most instantaneous. His neck had been broton
BY tho fall, and, lii consequence Of tho pain1css
doath his faco was as calm rs that Of a porson
who had died natural death. Nicholaoua
body was given to his To1atiyos, md will bo in
TERED by thom. With tho removal Of tho bodies
the imnlonae crowd Dispersed, and tho first oxo-
cution which Baltimore had Witnessed for four
toon years WAS thing of the past