, 1873-03-15

themselves At liberty to 90 and aes what prog
roBs was making on tho inhnlnato part Of tho
porformspoo. twas 'rallet; ;too, to got out Of
Ing m Al aftor him: Worry probably Drr: Driver wag
Him., and tho tondor ssol!oifudo = lot Of
people, ho never a"w before, hnd most
kely 10 would aaneo nexef seS y, sSgain hid saaeny
ono ia apt to think how hc would fool wcrc he In
tic conyict's place, and to aot accordingly. Il
ia not pleasant ponltton, to stand wodgod In
betwoon q couple Of roeping women, cycling tho
motions OF d man who ia 90 soon to dio, with
ono OF his children crawling around beewoou
YOUR logs, So tho Bcaffold WA Q relief. 1t was
loss crowded aronnd there, and ono did not havo
to pull long tfaco4 and Y I was net necoBsAry to
nak tho scatfold whothor 1t wha "rosignod" or
H1; Tho history Of this soaffod has already boon
given, and everybody knows that 1t waa origin
Rlly constructed In order to temporarily exalt
Mr. Portoct above ILLS countrymen:: Il was put
Corridors Immediately between coils 40 and Al.
Thoso blocks of coils do not reach Up to the
ceiling of tho Jail, thore being = free spacs Of a
couple Of feet or moro. Two ahort blocks stand
port tic stout orosa-beam from which tho man
swung Tho under sido, of this joist waB six
feet and an inch from tho floor, aud through d
slot, cut foot and d, half in length, ran tho
% was o he os snf 19n 1nc
ss Which s hs .sasaesa ess se Va. e s'Rh hs e
which bold 1t in p1aoo being drawn back by q
rope which ran through to the roar Of the plat
tic gasolior ut tho ond Of tho corridor, and
which rose about q foot abovo tho platform,
which was ronohod by a abort flight Of Btops on
tho eaatern slide Of the corridor.
Every fow minutos Tim Bradley, with man.
nor too unconoerned to be natural; would mount
tho platform; ,critioiso tho arrangements, foel
tho rope, and slip tho nooao up and
down. But then everybody did that.
a5sa as tho was rops an i ey thrs 20 in
nocently J; 1t was cnrlod up ike sleeping SER
pent, but 1t attracted. 4 German reporter oven
cut plooe OF 1t OF, but that was uaoloaa, for
such rope has no virtue till II has hanged
man, when piece Of it ia good for quinsy.
: THE REHEARSAL.
/. Presently Dr.: Millor camo IN, hobbling along
laboriouHly. He went up to tho platform and
gazod at it with = critics eye. Then ho and
ndsy oeS S0d aa at i n and Sa4g S5Fnggsa thor hs.
also ,wagged his head. Then ,thoy began dis
could suouro for hlr. Driyor. Tho corridor. was
low. His head would almost touch tho
iap a drop %s tS4S en sppaP ap9PP tour s
half Alr. Driver Wns & feet 10, and ho only
weighed 105 pounds, so TINT he might not break
lis mock. + was = problem. The roPe would
strSoh s The eotn sq Mo1 WGnd stfSts say
put his chin OIL the edge Of tho trap and locked
up at tho moose. Doctor Miller announced that
ho waa foot ~, and TINT ho could not be
hanged thero. Then Fola lifted tho nooso Q
ts tho man a would a' have ave about {re ohos between
his toes aud the flooring. An inch ia. as good
AZ a mile," sail Mr. Folz. They al agreed that
there would bo no olancd for Mr.. Driver to tip
too and they moved on.
THE 8TATR'a ATTORNEY.
Charles q. Reed, States Attorney, came In,
and inspected the scatrold, and said It was sgd
sight, not meaning to cast any aapersion On the
scaffold, which was q very fair one, but that he
sent son i've to tbs gaiows, but, though tho law re!
/ q1ired linn to follow thom to tho gallowB mud SOC
| tle Job completed, yet he had nayor done it.. He
would not for Thousand dollars bd hired to lool
at tho execution. Then he again said it was q
Sduas SiS sG aho hsd wGR1 nohag ah e % y Set
| Driver hanged, visited tho scatfold but mono Of
thom wqro as sentimental In their observations
as Mr.. Rcod. .;,
CONDUCT OF TIE PRISONERS.
Tho Inmates Of this particular corridor hat
beon removed in order to avoid any complaint
Tho fact Is, that the general conduot Of thos'
prisoners nas worry wrong, and was directly sub
vorsiyo Of tue theory TINT ono Of the eftcots o
capital punishment IL to exerciao Christening
@ H. auroas;o,, s3,,x .1,a roa;1orta -
Inc geneIal 1pleaSaon ~ hlons tue tesauo.n ~, ~
me 1al soemea 70 90 sha. sno a1alr 4 was a; vor
interesting s ono, "m,Gn l tenec.ea gaeat oa1u. oa
MPon Hook e ano hr sIas ~ Mns av "1
W Toy anohaa and dey ystnuted au ma
az tobaccos nickeis. and tiiehts. Ono foiIo,
riTretl a twietod bit Of papor 10 q broom-hanile
nnd thruBt it through the cell door up t
tho gas-light, mud helped himself. On
man With q red moustaeho told about
| litt1o shooting gcrapo ho had had, but con
cluded by aaYi1e apologetioally, "It was no
like Drivers; YOU know.h They stared at til
oonyictod man az ho walked up and down, an
would somotimas atrotch ont their hands an
eny i hi p to his children, When the Tailor ca,
,ied around thoir frugal diet, =.
Their mouldy beans.
The only food they had, except aome rusty green's,
t,,av t,sbcd nm. Init whom that waa diepoacd c
y thoy nheaea asn ar ~ ~n;aa aaan ocnasionali
po trovine ssh thoir tn dishes out on tic oor Tho
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