, 1874-11-13
Hanging Of Three Murderers
in Pennsylvania Yes
!. terday,
, -- 4
The Crime Of Udlerzool1 Ex.
ptated at Westchestor. =.
History Of the Famous Conspir.
aoy to Dofraud Insurance
Companies.
Il Combination by Two to Cheat, and
Murder by Ono to Keep thc
Fruits Of Fradl.
Daniel O'Mara and Patrick
Irving Hanged at
Montrose.
Thoy Murdered 0'1larn's Mother and
Sister TO Save tho Expense
Of Keeping.
The Bodies Carried Several Miles
and Placed on the Rail-
road Track.
Steps Towards Conviction, Incidents Of
Prison Life, and 6a{Iows-
Scenes.
Thoy Murdered O'1Iarn's Mother and
Sister TO Save tho Expense
Of Keeping.
The Bodies Carried Several Miles
and Placed on the Rail-
road Track,
Steps Towards Conviction, Incidents OF
Prison Life, and 6ai|ows-
Scenes,
WILLIAM +, UNDERTOOK.
THE EXECUTION,

rnlLADELrn1A, pa., Nor. 12.-From an enr1y
hour thi8 morning the little town Of WcBt Chester
Was In Btatc of great excitement oycr tho an-
nonnoad execution Of William e. Udderzook, the
murloror OF l,is brothcr-iu-law. Winfield Scott
GoBs. Duainoss mattcra woro evidently neg
lected tho attention Of oyery ono being absorbed
OH tho sa1no aubjeok. Tlo various inns woro
throngad with rural visitors. and 1argo nutnhors
Of vahic1oH In thu diiSoroht yards bore ample
testimony to tho morbid taste provorbial to Tho
country-peoplo, which impel'cd thoir ownors to
neglect tholr customary dutlos for tho purpose Of
seeing a human being meet a violcnt end, howoror
moritcd. Groups OF sneu and women, old and
young, whte aud colorcd weye, clustered in front
Of tho entrauco to the jai. Numbers Of young
men nnd boys a,IxonB to witness the death kcenB
woro
coS0REaATED ON THE Tors or THE HOUSES
on eithor Bide OF tho prison. Shortly boforo Ii
o'clock 4. n... tho Jail doors wore opened to the
privileged fow, whose paases entitled them to
admission into tho en,all iucloaurc III which was
the scaffold, wlero they remained IN expectancy
till tho doomed nnu ensorcd. Among those
admitted woro n !argo number Of nowa-
paper men,. from ths city, Ncr
Udderzook's aged mother took q final
leave Of licr son, mud started for Harrisburg to
plead with Gov. Har:ranft for 1,iB life, but her
mission proved unsucccssrn. When Cauefzook
lcarnod las: night from tho Sheriff. TINT Hia Ex~
collcncy had decided adversely to his mothers
| application, he received tho newe With grcat
nerve bnt by Aia rorlurn oolt it waH oyilynt that
tnon for the first Lima ho
! REALIZED TILE UTTER IorE1.rssSEss OF HIS s1Tu-
ATluS.
| hour, and m extra guard wns placod
ut Ills coll. Ile n"uIi, about 9
o'clock, md partook OF lisAl hrt ahrast. and lav
| dawn aeain. About O'clock ho arono mid dres.-
cd himself in PLAN black suit, and raroot with
eyuent relish vi uuo:hcr breui;ias1 he't III to ltim
| BY soaio lr!elHlH.
GOOD APPETITE.
1t is stated thnt FOR tho paet nix months lo has
RECALLED illmaclf with tiyo meals lll, tho extra
| allowance being sn.t him BY II WHident of tho
| town. After pnrtaiing Of tIiB brcnifnAt TIC pack-
otl liis clothing and bedding Ill bay Md drcct-
cd it to iA wife i'll firm, let,ible Land. rcuark-
| ing that she would require them.
About = o'clock l,ls spiritual adciHerH. lleys.
Harris, Decit and Eyans, wu'1t into lis coll where
they ren,ained, engaged III PRAYER, during the
greater part Of tho uioruing. few lniuutea ho-
ioro noon tic Sheriff entered hiB CO !, un noti-
| lied him thnt he must
PREPARE FOR DEATH.
| 1Io Immediately stoo1 up, and tho f heriff tied
his hands in frout at tho wrist, ana pasAinE a
cord from his elbows behlnd, securely fastened
then, 20 that It waB impossible for hin! 10 move
l go
stopped from lia cell on tho ground tloot
OF tho prison. Ile doAtl warrant Mas tAell
read, after which tho entire purity engaGol III
prnyev. In n feW moments
! THE rNoCEs3ioN MAS FORMED,
consisting OF the Rows. HarriH. Beck. AMI Evans
tho Sheriff. the doomed man, tlreo Of l'is jnrorB
aud tho Deputy sLcrtfa, Uddoszook walked viii
firm step, looking steadily ahend. lie WIS very
pale, and saye By slight twitching Of tho facin
muscles, al observer could scarcely do:oot oven
tho slightest symptom at agitation. The lrot
will for which Ae is 80 remarkable, was hort
fully apparent, He assembled tho stop,
when 10 stood on Tie platform surrounded b:
the c!olgymeu. he appeared to bo the least OK
cited Of all. Ho calmly surveyed the sinai
crowd beneath him, recognizlna AnaouE th
number Distrct-Attorney Wangcr. In 10,
tono ha remarked that
MK DID Nog FEAR TO DIE.
and said: "All 1haye to say IL Tint am = Sin
nor HaYed by grace aud accepted OF God" II
tho Sheriff ho ss4: "o!ys tay loyo I to ny aas Luz
the last words he utterod were, t.
look up to jesus" The clergymeu at this poiu
Withdrew from tho ecafrold aud
THE AoPE wA8 PULLED
at is mnutca after u o'clock. Thore was Il
death-strugglo perceptIbo, except once. whe
tho legs twltched slightly. After hanging tb
usual time, tho body was cut down aud place
In a stained box and handed to Aia friends, wh
| tAyo arranged 10 bTry II III tne !1lcHs4to uuT!s
ground at ~Willjamstown, G ulilos from Wcs
UAeHtes.
NO CONFESSION.
Uddorzook neither confessed nor doniad u
guilt on tho gullowa 1Ic died aud carried I'll
guilty socrot to h!s grave. The wretched mn
I!asl powerful motive for refusing to confess
Ills wifo, now his widow IL tho sister Of tile VII
OF the murdered Goaa. 1lor younger eiBter Ter p.
sinco Udderxook'a conviction. Flo Is Charge
with being ono Of tAs original conspirators
tho Insurance fraud, aud is now under indie
ment IN thoUnited States Clrcnt Court for pc
Jury. II is not surprising that Uddcrzook r
fused to add anything to tue terrible burden th
already rests OH his stricken family a trl
collrarsion wonla havo brought persona near
re1atoa to him into daepor Disgrace.