, 1873-03-15
DRIVER AND OSBORNE.
Their Execution for
Murder Yester-
day.
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came and took mo away, and ho said, said ho, You
began to reflect littso about It. and that Is the cause
tho Aqnos-that poisonous lquor which Il THO ruin
vico BY mo. Give up liquor. aivc up drink--all
liquor: You sec whore ain standing now. Within 8
tew minutes will 10 whore neither you nor know,
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FINAL PRAYER
was offorod by tho hey. Mr.. Davis, and then
Driver was given ovor to tho Blcrin and his AZ
slstantB. Ho shook hnnd cordially with evory-
}: body about him, and Btood oroct while tho off,
cora Of tho law proceeded to plnion hiB arms, ad-
Just tho rope around his neck aud robo him In q
long white garment and white cnp.
While all these preparations wero going On
Driver was repeating lines from psalm:
m,oh. Lord M dod, g., hsvo 3 mercy on mo" -. .pe 90
with mo, Oh my tou. A1aY my 6o4 rest Ill
Thon no uas guided forward upon the trap.
Ho shiYorod slightly. Ills voice became moan.
"oh Lord! oh Lord aod!" The. cries from
outside m tic jul bac"mo tleFeor. my God guard
The shoriir did his business, the trap gave
way. and ho fell his feet coming within On inch
Of the floor. Tho neck was dislocatod by tho
drop, but thero was alight jump upward, and . :
round aud round for fow minutes and then ali
motion ceased. Foltz and Deputy Galpin kept
their fingers on tho rope. Doctors Miller, Rae
and Em1nons stood ready to begin their oxamin-
etill beating: At 2:2o honrt and pulse were best
ing. At 2:22 tho pulse dnttered and tho action
Of tho heart was growing fainter. A. minute
later and tho pulao still boat. At 2:25 life was
extinct. At twenty-sfx minutes Of 8 O'Clock the
ropo was ent and tho corpac placed gently on tho
ground. The Bhroud was then removed, and tho
remninH placed in tho cofI}n, and carried from
the jail by two Deputy Sheritts and two others to
tho hoarse awaiting outside.
TIE CROWD ouTB1DE.
Az waH anticipated by tho Superintendent Of
Police, large number Of persons assembled Oh
CLARK street, In front Of tho jail. At o'clock
In the morning few mon made their appear-
ance, aud took available" positions In the Court
Houae yard, opposite tho grated windows Of the
prison. A largo crowd soon after assembled on
tho northeast cornor OF tho building, In front Of
tho window which faced Drivor's soil. They
could see nothing, however, a blind interrupting
In twoB, threos, and foura, took possession Of
tbs ruins west Of tho Court House, aomc mount
ing to the roof the boilor-houae, and quito
number s1oTaGg 51g aganst the lsge 1on
cast wing when tho old court-houao was
etand1ng: Thcro was a large key-hole In this
door, and to get an oyo or All car to It WAS ex-
ceedingly difl{cult. All being anxious to hear or
anil
way to his neighbor, oven for q moment, tho
result was, nobody saw or hoard anything
through the aperture. At halt-past 10 o'clock
twolye policemen appeared, and were assigned
meantime, inoroased to about 1,000 These
curious individuals blocked up the sidewalks, and
the smhu force Of policemen could not open
passago-way. Twelve moro officers wore ao-
aon y s tn S% 1"5 sounds sna s saan s39ns
By u o'clock over 600 persons were assembled
and additions wero constantly made to the null
titude. Hundreds Of the mechanics aud labor
their dinner-pails with them, and spent the hour
allotted to them in gazing at tho Court-Houae,
seyaral seating themselves on the ourbstono, and
eadng their meal regardless Of the surround
5000 on CLARK, between Washington and Ran
dolph streets, and in the Court-House yard
Nearly every window In tho buildings facing
CLARK street waa occupied by men, who alter
below and the CourteHouse. The win win.
doWa Of tho latter building had also been
taken possession Of. These people could aeo
nothing that was going on in the Jail, yet they
hung on until tho execution was over. Even j.
runaway horae failed to mako an impression on
them beyond cheer, The animal dashed
through the centre Of tie conclaye, and dozen
mon were knocked down, They we're not in
jured and we're laughed at for getting In tho
Wy. Hero s9d ther. woro groups Of individuals
who were talking OF the murder; some main-
tanning that the hapging OF Driver was juBt, and
othern on tho contrary Many were disappointed in
'ns ooS pbSSas bSs anls to 500 the gaowa
.idered " it "d-d shame ethat they
iidn't hang tho man where some ono could SEQ
him." Tho most triding occurrence provoked
laughter, and whom truckman drove through
The surging maas, all united in cheering him.
Many Of the workmon left the acene at O'Clock,
and in half an hour the aspect OF the assoul.
blage Was changed completely. The plaster-cov-
e cred workmen Esyo way to well-dresBod mon,
through tho mass that Driver was on the scat
fold and making his dying speech. Iruckmon
md exprosBmon atopped their tenma in tho
nast p3I f. ct The crowd and The vehicles wero
1ell three feet thic3l. At ~ o'clock ieusH Several
policemen took possession Of ono Of the base
mont windows Of the Jail, and the tixodness Of
Vas understood to DO convinced tic crowd that
the time for the execution had arrived. ais lo 10
t2' asked ono, "Yes, was tho reply. Short
4 T.. came ..: the the Information, "He is talking"
:" :. The Sheriff ia putting the cap over his head."
Every ono near the window awaited with
anxiety the falling OF tho drop imagining
displayed and their ownors looked at
The dih1s, intending to mentally record
the exact time the poor wretch
commenced Ills long Journey. No sound was
heard within tho jail. but all officer, who said ho
saw Driver disappear, told tho crowd the body
vas hanging. No demonstration Of any nature
followed, but tho faet waa aont through tho null
titude with telegraphio rapidity. The crowd
were not yet satisfied /; they desired to eco tho
body, and 4 number endeayored to gain admis-
sion to the jail. ALI wero refused, aud they fell
back, determined to wait until the COT
ltn containing tho remains was brought out
They knew they could zee that at leaat, because
= hearse and two carriages were In waiting. At
half-paat o'clock four men carrying tho coffin
o9me out Of the Sheriff 3 oflco, aud Immediately