Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-21
TELE0RAHS 10 THE STAR
This ANerneeN's Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REFORM.
THE GALLONS.
EIECTTHO.B,S TO-DAY.
FOSTER HANGED.
LAST HOURS or IRt CARTOON wuspEsts
HOW HE MET HIS FATE.
FOSTER HANGED.
HOW HE MET HIS FATE.

INV YoRK, Man.h 2i.-1he apparatus de-
vised for executing Foster consists Of upright
beams having iron pulley wheels 10 which arr
attached heavy weight. This weight Is sns
pended about six fest from the ground. the oh
lect of u being In this way TO break the neck OF
the culprit by the slgddenne~S OF the moyemep.
About six hundred l,ersons have received NJ,
mission 90 witness the execution. The appiica-
nearly six Thousand. Abou; three hunarsi
police are to be stationed about the rOmbs
preserve order.
Nine murderers lave been put TO dcati 81.
the gallows 10 be used tor Foster.
WAITING.
Early A. seven O'Clock this morning several
hundred people hal assembled in front 81 lie
city prison anNioUsly awaiting the mon .,t
when Foster, the murderer Of Avery T. i'rt-
nam, would he led "a the scaAold. and " ubi
one in twenty of tlsose who waited pat st,.v
outside had the slig Attest chance Of gainIu- /. a.
mission within the IFecincts.
FosrERs LAST HOTRs.
Foster awoke at O'Clock and partook q. d ..,r,
of coffee, but ate n,thing. he was YER ..a.e.
attended by the Rev. DIR. Tyng aud a. lev.
MI Schoonnlaker, chaplain OF Sing Sia- OIL.
was engaged i'm devotional EXERCISES O. t '.-' .
O'Clock. At N minutes past O'Clock b. 81 49,
led out, supported / y the sheriff. Foster kel
unislteringly
His face had a hectic nush. When Ne 4r--,,,.f
beneath the scaffolo Rev. Dr. Tying, aSS.s-..i ~
Rev. Mr. Schconmaker, read the SIS i..l-,s.
Is the solemn words were read, inv ..-... tHs.
htv. Dr Tying besought God 20 open a. .tf
mercy upon this thy servant. the sen 49,
hushed and impressive in the eNtreme Foster
stood beneath the scafold, his heas - we'd
down ard his left hand shading his e.s- 49,.
Rev. DIR. Schoonmaker shook hands ~ ...-
ter, and said, God bless thee. NV dear o. vi 30
THE LAST SAD SCENE.
AT seventeen minutes past nine the l. Na~
drawn and the body rose into the air T.. ...lu-
demned man gave one slight struggle lnfy. -,
slight a. to be almost imperceptihle TE-r,.
wac an absence Of the usual movement ai the
shoulders. There a slight contrarf4,..i ,.-
the lower limbs. and barely percep,lble ts +,
Of the hands. After hanging i've mimi
body was lowered about nine inches a.
minute thereafter about a foot further
Twelve minutes after the holt n al been a ,.,
the pulse ceased 20 beat. Foster had died ain 81.
without struggle. N was evident dY,rinp .
reading of the service that he was rapidly So
ing and scarcely able TO stand. The phVsicist.-
noticed this, and Rev. Mr.. SchOonmaker 49,
but Just shook hands with Foster, and said
Good bye God bless You, my friend, /" VII e.
the fatal bolt was drawn. After being allow
10 hang little over twenty minutes the bod l..
was lowered into the coffin ami convened int,
the dead-house Of the FONTS, whence ii viii %
taken to-day 20 the residence OF Fosters widow
The interment viii probably take place ON Mon
day next
Attwenty minutes before 10 O'Clock a crowd
of deputy sheTifs AMI Others OF one hundred
and fifty persons, Who had gained admission to
witness the execution, SLOW ~ made their exit
from the scene.
HOPE OF COMPUTATION To TaE LAST
MOMENT.
About three hundred spectators were nresent
al Fosters execution. The doomed man seemed
TO have hope Of Communication up 20 the last
moment Nearly al the afternoon papers issued
extras over the event.
THF BODY oF THE UNFORTUNATE NAV.
Shortly after Foster had been cut down the
sexton OF DR.. Tying church called AT the FONTS
ana requested that the body be allowed to re-
main till late IN the afternoon, when IL will bs
removed to the residence OF his wife. None ct
the unfortunate mans friends have callesl ~
see the body since the execution. He j. lying
IN a room in the Tombs in the undertaken
box, waiting TO be removed.