Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-03-16
GENERAL. HANGING DAY.

In order that the dear old lady (in
breeches) who complains of the lack Of
attractive horrors in the APPEAL may
have no complaint to offer against our
issue of today, we herewith reproduce
the telegsaphic accounts Of last Friday ;
performances by the hangmen of Illinois:
CHICAGO. March II.
George Driver, who killed his wife the
morning of the seth Of last November. by shoot
ing her with pistol borrowed from his son,
was executed in the County Jail here this after
noon at 24 o'clock. His last night spent
mainly il. prayer. the attending minister being
c,f the Presbyterian faith. This morning a
Jesuit father visited him, bat he declined to
follow his advice. as he said he Cath
olic because his wife and children were. but he
had renowned the faith since his conviction
and would die Presbyterian. About noon he
expressed a desirr 70 c0nyers. with Rafferty,. IL
other murder,r who is confined in the jail under
sentence of death. and " no has been granted
supersedea. twice Driver Spoke with him long
and earnestly. advising him to make his peace
with heaven. Rafferty, laughed at hia. The
children Of the doomed man acted unteelingly
throughout: they talked aud laughed with stran-
gers a. If they wtre II Z lever. shortly after :
o'clock Driver was taken fFJfa the eel, V 1T re
| c was praying. and brought to the scatIold,
whIcn Ia. mounted .:Iuly ai.d without h,>lta-
ton. Whom asked Il he had anything to say he
addressed the crowd, stating that whisky had
brought him t. the 5ailows. IL adv yiSed all 10
shun il s, poison. and that it IN urrd both the
body and the mind. The drop tell ii 2:3+. and
in eleven III .IItitra h " = dead
KNOXVILLE March Il.
The confession Of csb 1rue. hanged here To-
day for the murder II Mrs. Matthews. r ytals
one OF the most horrible crimes perpatrat-
ed He SAYS he vas hir,d 10 lauidrr h,r 10y 4
man who y.a- to give him 5000 the object be-
IN t. ct rid Of her as a witness i'll import
ant law suit. Ee went to her house and found
her alone. She asked him to eat and pr5parsd
food for him. and going down the cellarfur but
ter he followed her, knocked her down AID
crushed herskull with brick. sud th-n vent
ap stairs and rifled the drawers. with View 10
create tie impression that the murder had been
committed TOR piundtr He then returned to
the cellar aud found that his victim not
dead. She turned her EYES up - him. and h.
asked If She knew who he was. and sha replied
sffirplatiyely. and SAID: oh. why did you do
this horrible deed = The assassin then cody
took out his knit. and cut her throat. H sol
EMMY declares he dId not outrage har person.
The conduct of the wretch since his conviction
has been in the main coarse and brutal. On his
way from Galesburg where he had been con-
fined, to Knoxville, where he was hanged, he
engaged in risald ieSts and vulgar tales. He
mounted the scaffuld with firm and fearless
tread and with smile upon his features. and
stood unnoved while his arms were plnioned
and the fatal moose adjusted. When the drop
fell horrible scene was witnessed. His neck
was no; broken, and slowly and with terrible |
contortohs, he strangled to death. Outside the |
Jail yard between 5000 and $3.50 people were |
gathered, but only this number allowed by law |
witnessed the execution.