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ropulace to stay their hands aud let the law TAXI
lts course. Determination aud h1ed resolve
conld be rend in their uplifted countenancos, lei
not Que OF them was in any manner diaGnasco
On to the jail the minister went, uud tloIo nc
informed tbs prisoners that the crowd lad de-
termined to hang them in one-hasf hour '
which Was allowed them for PRAYER. They
then coofessed the1: gull: for the hrF'
time, which was substEnt.aliv as related by the
boy, with the exception that Williams stated that
Meehilne,s wife bad urged him on that Day to
commit the act. uo further stated that no made
four motiouB TO hit tue deceased with his az be-
foro lie could strike tho fatal b'oW,-hlB heart,
as bo SAID, falling him three times when alceh-
iug looked Cp plteously at him and begged Inn
not to kill Inn. IIo further stated that ho had
bought poison twice befura this. Which ha gavo
TO Meehlings wife. who administered 1t to hlm
but without fatal results.
It may bo stuted hoEe tiat Meehllng was sick
at tile time from the effects OF the poison which
lad been given to him, aud DR.. Esardsly. his
physician, says that he could not have SURVIVED
the effects OF it for more than ten days at tue
furthest. The minister and tho guitt. ones
then kneit down. aud Mr: 1onng earnestly aud
guilty stains and make them as pure as lambs
! washed i'll tho atoniug blood OF Christ.
| While all this was going OIL inside OF the jail,
tho crowd outBide who had constituted them
selves jurors, Judges. aud c1ocutoaars: tho half
hour being past. entered the jail aud demanded
the keys to tho coil where the prisoners wcre Of
the Ja1lor, who gave them up Under protest:
| The trembling man was then taken out in front
Of the Court House, on the green, where E
scatfold had boon radely constructed;
between two trees about IL feet
apcr:, and q barrel Under the Ecaat-
lin'- Upon this barrol Williams WIS placed,
| with one end Of ropo around his necs and ths
other end fastened over the scanting. He then
made speech to the crowd, coufes6inS his
guilt, saying that he stood at the point of death;
| that love for = woman was the cause that
made him commit the act; that he had asked
| God to forgive him, and that it was granted
him, aud that he would meot Moahiing III
Heaven. He coacindod BY warning all PERSONS
from following his example in committing
crime, saying that ho deserved death. Tho
observation-disclosures. who Was an eye-witncss
to the proceeding. appeared upon the scene. and
urged the crowd to let the Law take its course,
and that ho would guarantee that the prisoner
should havo speedy trial but thcy refused to
listen to his wiser counsel. They knocked the
barrel from under the doomed man, and, tue
feet being oa the too sreana sn 'i ers u soe oe f o
tho crowd ro!ented aud proposed to re-
turn him to tho jail. inasmucA as ko had
m1te confession. but the majority cried out.
Hang him. and Williams was then replaced
upon the barrel. the ropo shortened. and again
the barrel was forced from under him. aud the
soul OF Edward Williams was then md there
usheted into the presence Of his Iaaer Tho wife
OF the murdered man was then brought from the
Jail, and compelled to louk upon the face Of her
guilty lover. who had go dearly paid tho penalty
Of his crime while lantern was held to his faco
MS he huug lifeless in the air. Sho also con-
tossed her connection with tho tragedy. and
would also have been hung had not the brother-
she was remapded to jail by Judge Lynch and /!
his Court. Here the sceao closes over the lifa- |
loss remaina OF the only MIN ever hung in this |
county ior crime. 4 life had been taken for L
life. the crowd were now satisfied, and. quietly !
rs they came, returned to their homes, and gen.
t!e Peace once moro spread her wings oyer the |
town. !
the NORTHAMPTON BANK ROBBERY, |
psspatch to Ne.o Yor. Herald. |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Jan. 27-TLere is natu- |
rally much speculation as to how tha burglars /
succeeded SO easily in etfecting an entrance to
the vault with only the combination and one OF !
the four keys supposed to be absolutely neces-
sary for that purpuse. The opinion is strong
among the bank officials aud others that the
burglars had previous accurate knowledge Of |
the four parts Of the key or perhaps even ]
duplicate keys obtained directly from the factory
where the lock was made. and that soma Of tho
recently discharged men from the factory were
themselves among the burglars. The lock
wac ono OF Do1teT's douhte-dial combination,
with HerrlnEs patent for dieconnectng the ]
tnmb!ers from tho spindle. WIS patented by |
Oscar Yale last April, and put on this bank only
last October for safety. It was accounted fully
equal to, if not better. than the chronometer-
lock, but tho burglars evidently knew all the
ins and outs OF the lock; indeed, when the
Cashier, s1r. WhittEese:, told them that they
required. they responded. I'VE know more
about bank-locks than yon do" 1t is Certain
that all the vault-doors Of the bank vera opened
with the greatest ease and celerity after the
flNr4xt t,Nl 1ar% l
tion. There is some indication, however. that
the burg'ars die not need aoy key ct all, but
only tho combination, owing to the carelessness |
o bank officials OF Ignorance on their part Of tho
nature of the lock. BE the construction of the
ock the dial Used should be disconnected from !
he = spindle' on LOCKING mp at night, and then !
ho four parts Of the key will be necessary to
connect tho dial with the spindle, and after that
ho combination comes in play. Now. the first
question naturally asked by a1r. Delin, the New
vas, " Did you disconnect TINT dial from tho |
'pludlo ?" and the clerk interrogntcd could not
ell. and question to another person connected !
With tho bank brought the same answer, SO also s
third question and Delin says it may be that
ho burglars needed no key at all, but only tfe I
omblnatton, which they received from the
Cashier.
The oEFA1caT'o" n At NEW BRUNSWICK
Ntp York Times, Jan. %.
New Brunswick IN. J.) IVES excited yesterday /! !
q consequence Of n rumor which was freely cir {
ulated about tho city TINT jonathan Earle, tho 8
reasurer of the Norfolk and New Brunswick
Iosiery Company, WAS heavy defaulter. Great
ificulty was encountered in asceztaining the
acts, ns the officers Of the Company were very | t
aticent and degired to keep tho matter | +
ecret. 1t WAS finally ascortaned, however 6
lat at meeting Of the Company, +
eld Wednesday afternoon, the President, i
[r. Lucius 2. Porter, made statement that | d
envy defalcat1on lad occurred. lie said that n
le net earnings Of the Company during last year
ero S70000 and that the increase IN sales of n
manufactured goods was 100000 over the pre- II
ous year. The defaication. which amounts to p
i42, 900, has been known to Ar. Porter for some Il
on:hB, but he deemed it best not to disulge it | c.
ntll tho Company lad been secured against y
,al defaultcr is George Earle, son Of n
'e Treasurer, who acted as bookkeeper for cj