, 1873-05-16
THE SCAFFOLD:


IRnngod~-Tllp EIur 0fcr O'NClA to Ho
Executed Mt Mount d trr0ll To-Day--
Execution nt nIorrl ~ 5Iyvu4 NJ u. !
New YonK, May 15.-Th' onoral Torn Of tho !
Supreme Court in tho Cd 81 Nixon. the mnr.
dorer, has teniod him nd 4 rial or stay Of pro-
coodlnga. This action { !; ross Nixon'a last
chance, and ho will hang :: riday.
Nixon aoemod to bo una = ied by tho jntolli-
gance that tho supromo CT II refused tile mo-
tion Of Ills counsel. He c.Ss sasod wish to SEQ
Ills childron, and whom thoy woro brought ho
was completely overcome, and the 6cone At the
meeting is described as ONO Of tho most patnfnl
tho koepern ever Witnessed. Nixon'B wife aud
aHter will remain with him until late hour to- j
n'SShs. Sft o,,1ao,, c,xr,,, corntv II, Nav IT,
Tho gal1ows In Carroll County Jaif hofo for the
ford, III Whlteaiae County, Is now rondy for Its
victim: Mo will bo strung up as noon to-morrow,
stem1e% ton To- sog ag Mo am and ~ s 1a
nights ngo, but fa1ed. IIo will probably make o
confossion Of hib crime, hia guilt being beyond
doubt or question, but will try to oxcupate hs
trothor Tom, who hns boon sonteuced to the
ypecial Di.patch 10 Tte Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoRK, May 15.--Tho "details OF tho execti-
tion Of Lusignani, today, at MoErfstown, are aa
S% sSs; ents9s ana MiT sad s1 ag %o Eaea
round r lis neck. % Very soon aftor tic doath pro-
cesHion loft tho corridor and passed into tho yeB-
tiosaiG: nero me lnsIrnmene Q. aGs9n %as 1 1,ss
quivcrea. though Lis gait, was rather unsteady:
Still tho pricatB, who were In full
yoat,nont, hold hinl up. He wag dressoa
! IN 9iacK alpaca suit, arc Aoa ID ns nnnus IT. d
Litany Of tho Saints to tho convict. and he an
swcred IN loud voice. TWAS now 1o minutes
| past II O'Clock. Tho procession descended tho
steps, loading to tho yard, and It stood under tho
fyn11 Eakh VnABH1n t1UdAr
the rope, Willie ho told him to repoat certain
forms OF prayer. Tho prisoner. however,
became restless and Paid little heed
to tho pr1est'R Admotiitiong, Tor no
must have behold IN the 200 people gathered n
tho yard, somebody, whom ho know ~ HIS HIS neaa 9t
| kept moving from side to Btae. but tnally the
prtenta adyce prevailed. and ne became 1 n moro o
quiet TIE hangmans rope w1s found % % tf, tno
Bhort, aud tho moose could NOT pe hooAeu sq tne
ropo. All old soap-pox WaB put nnaof lao Iopa,
and up sprang Lu1l8nani 1t 70 waH about g
perform some acrobasio 1eat. Iho moose coula
now bo fastened to Tug rope: a3t' ras9oE
Vanahllo EaVo tho conylct tho hpaoln-
tton and loft him. but the shoAf
assistants wore still wording at th9 M moose to
bring into proper position while the 10 S1nvtos
Suddenly ho excisilncd: j" Mo no afraid to do.
NY wife go ahead 1 after" and, calling for the
shariG, hado him goodbye. Tho BLACK cap was
drawn oyor his face, and, at precisely nineteen
gict, the body sprang into tho air, audcam down
like lump Of lead. At first there was no per-
ceptiblo motion. but soon the legs bo-
gan to work up aud down, and
tue ARM. madea, motion .as II
to graap tho rope. For u minutes did tho
wretch sutror tho agonles Of aaphyxia, for the
knot had slipped under tho chin, aAd tho necA
Of the man was not nrokon. Two mlnntc5 aftel
, At ~ minutos it beat 12O; ut s minutes, 1os
while at 7}5 nlinutoB 1t ceasca altogether, ant
: Now Jersey tuatlce was satisfied. Among the
spectators WAS well dreaaed man, With boy
years old, for whom he aecurod front place, &C
that tho child might not loae anything OF the ro