, 1873-12-26
request T1oaday afternoon. 4 TRIBUNE reporter
called ut Father Hnvin's liouao ts morning, but
wa" told he was Hicl. 1Io recovered worry aud
denly, for M hour afterwards lo WAS out.


waS told ho was aiclt. 1Io recovered worry aud.
denly, for m hour afterwards Ae was out.
| u1s ACCOUNT or THE MURDER.
ae & ow o 20 o11 LII Fl o5S2a e S%aFd. s
said M 10 didn't know; that ho had fight with a
:" follow" tho day before and Whipped him, aud
., .ne any following ,{satnrtay) tho man went 10
LUZ Luz l,oilco station to got WARRANT for him. Tic
Hin that nc must como around Monday and got one.
Whon ho loft tho stallion, tho pollen majo out q
warrant ,,n sa. themselves and two OF them came to
me tnh, aaoGn s;t, to to- arrest him. Ho us sitting at
tho officers aay to tho othor, '.Thero is your
man, The officer came up to him and sail he
Lad warrant, and ho t1salerty) told him to watl
Until he got hls oort While going to get 1t, ho
blung-slot IL hfs hand. What followed ko did
not know. lie had no recollection Ut hnving Ind
arevolyer, or firing ahot.
| SOUND REASONING.
The snme evening, ho called Thompson to hit
cell door, and. holding up bottle Of holy-wctor,
t pointed to TN apparently dead Ay Which wua
'ioatinR on ton Of the fluid. Said he, "Do you
pee that hy? It has been there day and
thompson, WHO placed It on o newspaper. PrcB~
entity 1t began to move, then fIuttcred its wings
and flew away, Rafferty, thought IL worry strange
tlat It should bo alive aftcr having been IN tho
water 80 lonE. However, tho wafer was sncrel,
anu he beloved Its virtues would Rayc he soul.
1tiB FAMILY.
Until yesterday ho aaid worry little Of hts
df9nas Or relatives Then ho hoeame anxioY9
one could tell him, nnd lie soc,nod
much dlsheartenod. Ho refora to hin
BiEtor aud brother Barney onco in while,
put never moutionB tho name Of "Jaok." The
together, aud john has not visited him since bis
last trial., Miss Rafferty, callol to sco him TUGS
DAY, and she Ia the only ono Of hiA relatives who
has Haid anything to him since the day he was
sentenced.
T1s HEALTH.
His health hos bcen good, his only complaint
boing Of - pressure In tho heal"' This gave
rise to snndry rumora, which were added to BIZ
imaginative poraons, who spread tho report last
night that he WIS quite i'll and would probably
die before morning.
THE RESCUE.
Much has beth said about proposed rescue
OF ha1erty by party Of his Bridgeport friends
hut tina authorities iu Waukegan regard tho ru
mora as falAe
In November while the trial waa goiug OIL,
tho sheriH received tho following lotter:
H., Mn: SHERIFF.: VERY eonatlentA1ly bave beeu told
ohofts may bA nnuo to rcactio Rafferty, In youf
fma1Es H'; Many pima aso proposed one is to urea
Rafferty, on swift horse. Anotheris to collect money
to brilo II unsucceesfal. poison may hc placed Ii
Rs6ortySa hands to commit auc!do ut the last hour
The signature WAS AKA, and although the ill.,
no impression Oh tho Slicrin.
When sorgt.. Hood was in Waultcgan in No
vembor, ho told Sheriff Bartlett tlat tho Bridge
porters we're dangerous mon, and thought
enough Of nafTorty to riBk their llvos to sayo
him. Lnst Monday Policeman Crogen, Of the
Fourth Precinct, who knows all tho pluguglies
IN tho South Branch District, went to WaukoYan
to 500 It any, Of them wore oioring around
town.. Tuoaday tho Sheriff WAS handed the
subjoined communication:
rot1oE DEPARTMENT. CHICAGO,
FOURTH PRECINCT, Dec. %. !
DEAR SIR 1 have received information this ofter-
noon from gentleman connected with tic packing-
honses Ut tbs Union Stock Yaraa, that thero j. al
execution o er,y tho suSoma n no cor o.
place Oh Thursluy. Hlla confer with tho nuthori-
sies here to-1Horrow with regard to the sunter aud
rived my Information Is such thut / anl forced Ia
be!ioYs there ia sonlo truth. in tho report. Have
N9tnasnsn crogan on the alert wi!l connunlc ato
with you ngain, mud would be glad to hear from you
1s M to how you would be prepared 10 perform your
duty tn cako there should bp any interference BY
| EDWARD HOOP, Sergeant
The Sheriff was not Alarmed 1T thin eitAor but
concluded to consult with Ar. Williams, tho
prosccutlnG, Attorney, and ho considered it bost
TO- TO- telegraph for four Dridgcport policemen.
| Tuesday night, and another Wednesday, morning.
| They watched avery train, but hnye boon unable
to lind any suspicous-looking people. It ap-
pears that tho Board Of Supervisors gr,lnblod
about the Sheriff bill for tic last trial and this
fact mado him feel indifferent ABOUT Nafferty,--
pot caring to pay out hs own money to prevont
llB escape.
RAFFERTY, N sHAcELEs.
Saturday night lie lecaIno approhensive for
some roason, and concluded 10 hundcuH md put
ankle chains on. Ho ordered 0strander to do It,
and Rafferty, did not object. putting out his feet
Tor tho Hhacklcs. He. howovor, felt grioyed at
it, and said that thoro waB 10 cause for putting
him in ironB he lad not rnatlo IN attempt to cs-
cape, or to n1olost any enc. md thought SO long
aH he was quiet aud neaceabfe le should bo Of.
lowed tue privilege Ut walking about his coll
unfottered. The irons were removed the next
morning, and hnyo not boon used ngaiu.
Soveral special policemen wore sworn in by
tue ShorlG, and Elk arc constantly OH watch ut
tho Jail, to proyout the iugross Of my unauthor-
ized person. All wcro armed. Two OF them
wore stationed outside the building and four in~
sido Tho former challenged cvory ono who ap.
proached tho 1ail, and made him leayo tho Court
House Square If unable to allow that he had bus
iness thoro After 10 o'clock at night no strange.
was pcrln!ttod to 20 within the square. These
somo peoples
THE EXECUTION.
Tho preparntons for the execution wcre com.
menced Tuesday afternoon. Rafferty, heard the
1non at work, and asked tho guard il they were
not fixing tho scaffold for linn. Tic guard
evaded allsworins, but rafferty, did not appear
to caro much about 1t. Hc manifested no sur.
prise, sooming to take it as 4 metter Of course.
Thursday morning tho sheriH's daughter oskco
him how he folt, and lie sud 81! right. Ho told
llor he lad heard tho noiso up-stairs, and TO.
marked that ho guessed they lad The ''bubinoss"
fixed for him. She did not reply, und he asko;
no questions.
TIE GALLOya.
A portion Of tho yellowstone end Of the rope
lis ou tho second floor, aud tho ro1nniullor be.
tween tho ceiling and the roof, The ropo runs
through hole III tho floor, mud passos through
Il pulley, which is attached to ono Of the raftofs
At tho end is about 500 pounds Of iron-an an
vii and Hevora! dunlb-balls Tho weight is held
up by q cord, which is led down to tho
foot Of tho stairs, and tied to post
about flftoen feet from where rafferty, was to
stand. This cord was to bo cut, aud tho weight
being released thoroby. would drop about eight
feet. The arrangement waB Homowhat different
from tho ordinary suBpousion gallows. but tho
principle is tho samo. Sufficient slack was ul-
lowod to giro rafferty, fall Ut apout three fcot