The sun., 1873-04-30
DYING CAME.
The IiaaeinT Of Donnbuc NJ Rcd D'un.
frop ns san Frd,csco CAr0mec.
Tho npnutv Shpri 'oup Douuhtt,


The Deputy shcrid-Come, Donahu";
time is up.
u nahiic All right: am ready.
Deputy sheriff Put on your hat.
Donahue What forf DO you think my face
Will get sunburutf
II waa now o'clock Donahue walked ont II
his cell IN his stocking feet aud shirt sleeves,
aud went TO each prisoner and told him gupd-hy
in a checry voice. aud to two he said. "God
bless you; may you mover come to what | have.
see what liqdOr has done for me-"
TO THE GALLows.
The sheriff went ahead, next Donahue next
your reporter, next the priest, and then the
deputy shcrins. \, we came into the blaze Of
the sun and into the air ~ n most glorious
spring day. warm. balmy, and beautiful Dona-
hue stopped and looked upward ana all around.
Then Sc, Ing the crowd outside the fenco Of the
jail yard. he lifted his hat and gracefully bowed.
strong voice, "GOod-by, boys" The procession
went down the south walk of the yard, and as it
turned into the cast walk another crowd on that
side came In sight and he repeated his salute to
t.
UNDER THE RoPE.
He sprang up the steps Of the scafrold tightly
stepped on the trap promptly. and knelt down,
repeating Htt,r the priest the PRAYER "Oh. God.
have mercy upon me. do forgive all my enc
priest then pronounced the benedlction over
him; Donahue all the time repeating prayers.
A he closed, Donahue rose and stood easily
aud carelessiy. His hands tremhled nervousy
but he looked the under sherin square in the
eve as he read the death warrant. That officials
voice tremhled SO visibly, and he became so
choked up that he cut the matter short hy skip
word. "You are hereby commanded then and
there ~ hing the said NJ. J. Donahue by the
neck until he be dead"
THE Dreadful PREPARATIONS.
Donahue with perfect GOODNESS nodded and
muttered AL right At this time twenty
seven persons we're ON the -oanolG aud thirteen
under II. Sheriff Sleeth was terribly affected
aud almost unnerycd. sheriff Mcclure aided
hun with advice to how To al lust the strap,
which were huckl'd on the culprt's arm above
the elbows and about his ankles. Thee straps
were the same that bound John A. Wright. who
was hanged at luba City Murh TO- Then sleeth
took the moose made from tho same coil of rope.
A. he adjusted II on Donah Ie's neck Donahue
turned MS head around to the sheriff with
under my arms, was always tcklish around
The neckf'
uE%suGs,thR s5tHto vgpatt thn, sh@ir.spd
who was Just as nervous when he hanged
Wright, now coolly showed his brother officer
where TO fix the knot behind The ear. This done,
Donahue WAS asked II lac had aught 10 say. He
turned TO the thronIle reporter and muttered
character.
THE DROP FALLS.
Sheriff Sleeth then threw u black velvet cloth
over the condemned mans head and pinned II
behind and before. Donahue now criod aloud,
mercy upon me. God protect mel" and at IN I
ins ant slegth pulled the lever The tran fell a.
quick ~ Hash Donahue shot downward Ike
An arrow six feet. Being u liEht man, he re-
bounded on the rope, whitled round, ant then
hung muttonlcAa. The drop fel exactly at 1
CLOCK 10 minutes ana % seconds. Doctors
Jefrese aud James Cameron at once stepped TO
lllt bhul ana hb~tfNel tnht the neck trul n.
ihen they began timing the ebOing life, while
the spectators stood round IN breathlass silence,
Dr. JcHrcss counting the pulse. and Dr. Cameron
counting the heart beats the ChrOnuie reporter
keeping tally of Donahue's life current ns II
ehbed against the iimitable shores OF dark
eternity.
lil6H p. M.-There was a slIch. tromor II the
whole BODY the chest heaved once, tho pulse
TuE EBBING LFE.
Mark now the remarkable fluctuations which
dort9rs VIII record among tue phenomena u
.it o'clock and Il minutes, pulse Iit: Il7%,
pulse los l'la, pulse los l.2O, pulse W l:siq,
pulse liz. c'What on earth Is that 2" says Dr.
l:2l, pulse 6s l,!, pulse lSs l,ss pulse lO, but
very froblc l:Si.. pulse ~ and much fcehler;
"a, no pulse. but heart nnttoring; IN. heart
beats i'H, no pulse NJ the wrist III pulse beats
trregularv heart heats i0S lbs, heart ~ ehle
pulse ~ heart 2! ani vor, feeble pulse; l:3o
heart ~ and very feel bc, no pulse now al the
wrist l3l, heart ts and no pulse l.!2, no heart
beat only slight iiuttering laEi dead.
THE BopY Cut down.
A. this word was pronounced the cofiin was
borne INTO the inclosure. neatly made, covered
WIN velvet aud silver mounted. On its top lay
a hc4utiW wreath Of white roses, placed there
by the sympathizlng hands u Mrs Kelley, Of
ms city, \ hLe hca-sc stood outside. Tho
body cut down, the moose was removed aud
measured. IL had drawn to a loop two inches
by three and onc-haif inches. Tho coiiu Is now
tenanted 10y its clay. II was closed and carried
= the hHarse. The Chronicle reporter thought
this hardly pauper's funeral, and asked why
this extra expense in the way u "A funeral when
no was informed that Is. C. Mckcon, George
" Nw91rthinStqn' NJ kennedy, NJ ward. Father
others had contributed the money, and de-
termined that this friendless wretch should
have decent burial; They followed him 10 the
cemetery. Father Coleman pronounced a prayer.
ana so ended the last act in the drama ui The
law IS SWIFT vengeance.