, 1873-08-12
THE GALLOWS.

Excrcuti0n OF Hardy Jones, d Worth |
CnrOltMn NcgrOs
Etsobs'1, N. c. tAug. 81 Correspondence W n Etu
York Herald.
Tho torriblo but speedy modo Of e1ocning
condemned folons go successfully usod In low
York was for tho Arst time brought into roquii-
tion here to-day in the case Of Hardy Jono,
colorcd, who expiatod tho crime Of murder will
bis lifc. sot into tho will Of tho jail building,
at Oh attitude Of about thirty feet from tho
means Of pulloys, ito ropo, With Rho hator Ut tho
end. TO the othor extremity Of this ropo wns
attached 9 400 pound weight, resting on
9 drop and sufficiently high whom lot fall to
jerk tho criminal ton feet hlg into tho air. Tho
mud with laudablo disposition to lessen tic
torturos Of tho condemned w1ctch, but its oxe-
cution WA bunglod and barbarous, owing to a
lack Of experience a tho part Of tho oflcinlB
who conducted this legal tragedy.
During tho morning tho prisoners cell WAS
yiated BY several people, among whom woro
throo colorod preachers aud the reporters Of tho
local prosB, nll Of whom remained until tho fatal
took place the condemned man said that ho did
not mean to kill Miller, aud TINT he was very
sorry for IT.: tint he felt. ut peace
with God and man, and ho bore malico
sion, ho felt " sort Of tolorablo." Almost the
entire morning waa spent in devotional exercises,
including singing, In which the prisoner heartily
Joined, and BY which he seemed to DO much at
feoted. After tutoring tho prayer he EXCLAIMED :
Thank tho Lord Oh, aavel Oh, ss7o M no i" Ali
this time tho prisoner waB sented in = corridor
fronting the coll in which ho bud boon 80 long
confined, and ut timos he tromb1ed and shook,
and. Judging BY tho ghaatly and terrified OK
mental agony. Ho was unattended BY any
living relative, his wifo, the faithful part
nor Of his life, having died heartbroken
since his confinement in Jail. When
Plote, q IL minutes past i o'clock,
tho shorir propounded to Che condemned man
tho question, Hardy. are you roady ?" tc
% which he replied il = tromulous and failne
voice, "Yos, sir;" He slowly arose from biz
Of tho hands Of the preachers md others arount
| him, and, bidding them all an eternal farewell
sololnnly he was led forth into the jail yard, at
tended by the shoriH and his deputies, and. ar
irving under tho ominous timber protrudin1
from tho wall, with itB pendant hangman's
nooHe, he Vowed 1t curiouely and with an nspcu
| OF the most tntenBo terror. Tho SheriT theI
| proceeded to read tho death warrant, with thai
u9r Of sf, 1oSmnt that starto
expiration OF this legal coromouy o las
prayer Was offered up, aud this was followed b,
singing few hymns, which lasted ncarly II
minutes. Within tho enclosure, among tho fey
| el'oNsAsuA1t sAoAV Hno FtAAEtt 1iaoAGCs 4Ao Ail
fortunate criminal, who now tottarod and shoo]
violently, was placed in position under the ex
tonded beam, and tho noose MAS adjusted in
loose manner. Following this tho e1ocutionor'
hood was drawn oyer, tho head and face, an
! Hardy Jones aaw tho last Of this bright aud boat
tiful day. In another instant, but to tho spocte
tors 1t soomed several minutes, 80 groat was th
agony Of suspense, tho death eignal was giver
aud ut 80 minutes pass II tho bod
Of the condemned man WAS shot up int
tho air fully ton feet, rebonnding back fol
feet and then swinging to and fro with a motto
that made tho spectacle more horrible and ghas
ly. Tho neck was not broken by either OF th
two terrible jorka it had received, though I'll
body remained so perfectly motionless for mt
mont that tho Impression prevailed among IL,
witnesses that ho was doad. Aftor that tim
there wero few convulsivo movements md tho
all became still. Tho knot had not beon pro1
erly placed, and thus there Was nnother vioti1
Of legal strangulatton. It was twenty-two mil
ntea before tho attending physicians pronounce
life extinct, but the body WAS allowed to hau
forty minutes, when 1t was cut down, placed in
coffin, and, by direction Of tho Sheriff, iuterre
in the Potter'B Field,