The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-28


between the doomed men and the guards who
paced beneath their window. Keep them up
sG s. 'h'. sur w0rf s' ss, .Sw 12a T
to non-commissionod of,cer; Then he
And and fa,%sr sr together s,ns The Timid,
marked the progress Of tue night. The priest
who had been In attendance upon the prisoners.
refused admittance to them, the sheriff
having conceived the idea tnat the facili-
furnished "s sv b ns asse Inv fpseh
and voluntary confession OF both HUI and
Fullem that they had obtained one Of the knives
second from their own t5ble furniture. A party
OF the soldiers and some other persons went out
on serensd'ng , tour IN NH ,he earlier p9suoad oi
the ears OF the condemned men the melodious
strains OF The moon Is on the ls-a-a-a-ke" and
responded with variety OF ribald SONGS. The
serenading party returned to the hotel about
ten O'Clock. aud, until one. marched about
from room TO room attired in fantastic CO.'S
tumes composed OF sheets, pillow cases, &C. 30,
Snns orqS%' ss va spd 9ss'a @ M Iisss
mock orations, organizing buriosQue mystic int
tiations. and pulling out of bed those who had
Of those dragged from bed, but In bis case mis-
take was made. the crowd, In his darksned
oeizing when they discovered their error. and
rendering a bottle OF whiskey as the olive branch
to wipe away all sense OF injury. After O'Clock
At a very early hour In tho morning the Rev.
Father Degan mode another effort TO enter he
lail TO see the condemned men, but the soldiers,
by the SheriGs order, drove MIN away, and the
sheriff swore that he would have a warrant is
Tho Rev. Father A, ,Hechlnger. a meek. little,
old German priest from Bgg Harbor CITY, ar
ofhcss Of the church TO the men about to die,
but the dominant idea In the Sherin's
brain was huge suspicion of all priests.
aud II was with great difiicuity that he could be
persuaded to admit the old man after keeping
him out In the cold beyond the line OF tho
ted to the cell the mems irons were taken
on ana M p,syfulIy "sauared on al
marked that II 6is wife did not come
pretty id soon" she would be too late to see
him alive. and regretted that he had not q ave
minutes start for Johns Branch swamp. Ful-
lem oppressed himself gratined that tnat id
-of a" OF u prisst' (meaninR Deean) was
them to death" the day before.
Tue roporlers were reluctantly admitted to
there were over a hundred wagons and carry
alls from the surrounding country In front Of
the Jail and a curious concourse - at least one
thousand persons haunted the vicinity Of the
jail, vaiDly seeking to pass the sentry line.
Back OF the jail was an enclosure, forty feet
wide by forty-eight In depth, surrounded by a
fence fourteen feet high. inside which stood
the Rallows, new one erected for the occ asion.
ealvrs ,nto sso sp bs tns ss TGa d i.sk e inc
stead OF letting him drop through trap, and
was well arranged: The hammer Of pile
weight, and to It the noosed ropes wete attacn-
ed. Experiments with two great logs of wood
which were still lying In one corner Of the yard
had proved the weight sufficient The two
nooses dangled side by side, one Of them over a
little platform ak Inches 10 height, upon wb,oh
the shorter Of the culprits wss to stand.
A view OF the condemned men at eleven
o'clock In their cell showed int they were both
suffering keenly from anxiety and fear. The
PRIEST seemed for tho time to have ended his
minlslrstions, and stood upon one side medi-
sively pale, with drawn lps and suDken
oiood.n0t EYES i. to which, which tears arose
psesa rapidly ao and fro With lons S.rv.s S~as
gliding stIides. Now and then he stopped and
peered sharply through the grating for a mo-
meut, as II looking for some face that never
walk. he was only ave feet and eight inches in
lace VS. fat, rather nat, and irom "'the the
bis mouth Conveyed ~ a dee'asdiy iy'" bad Si
expression. Jack Hill was evidently more capa
ole Of sef-oontrol. lie spent much OF his time
al the window, looking out at the guards aud
the crowd; but from time to time would turn,
make one or two quick transits of the room OF a
door 10 he passed. lie wss tall. bony. powerful;
ad light blue eyes, brown hair. light brown
moustache and gOatee, aud was Father q good
looking fellow. Beneath this rather prrpos-
soeslng exterior was half-reyealeu Violent, will
ful. and evil nature, and seeing him. one could
else complete mastery over such boy as Full
lem, and without any moral scruples attempt
Of Mr.. Chiseled 1. indeed said TO be tue third
committed b, bin. fullem bad never been
anything more than a thief.
Their cell was devoid OF ornament, with the
exception OF n large crucitx, crudely drawn up-
on the wall win powdered coal and brickdust
AT 20 minutes before IL o'clock Sheriff Adams
entered tho culpnIs cell and went through the
formality OF reading the death warrant 70 them.
Then u delay tr Inspired " hiie nails were beng
driven tnt" tue gallows platform to mark .x-
hctly where the men 10 be hanged should stand.
Al ton minutes Uefnre twelve o'clock the pro-
cession of the condemned and their guards
yarJ. 1ne Rev. Father Hechingrr weaing cas-
sock, surplice and stole, and carry ing cruci1x
before MIN, marched at tho mead. Next walked
Fulism.wltL Shefif Adams theu HIll with Dep
uty Sheriff Risiey tnen some other de uties. Ful-
lem WAS already dcathy pale aud did not trust
himself to look up al all cut Hill :. zed about
him. even up At tie Gullows, and MS face was
not without tinge of color. When they hud
taken tne exact places marked by the nails
they had aught TO say, Fulum wa. first to re-
spond. In low monotone, as II repeating
say, US said IN court, 1 forgive the judge
and forgive the jury as ! hope 70 be for
could only be head by hose s at his W elnoW' rov
sasa"s III fSTsiys fSTsiys ;Seryool S9,Ps
of innocence aud no confession Of quit passed d
tho lips OF either OF the men Standing bctwee n
them tho priest began reading the service ap
propfiate TO tho OCCASION. He read very slowly,
making pauses between his sentences ana pro.
longing cruelty tho agony Of suspeuss endured
by the mon. Fnllem's chastity white fare, his
tightly shut lips aud closed ewes spoke with
mute eloquence OF his suffering, but HIN kept
his eyes open, fuitlvely following the lines read
by the priest and only occasionally betrayed his
nervousness ty swallowing movement of {, .
throat Fullem seemed about to faint, md as
II 10 combat tnis sinking Of his faculties Legdn
mechanically moving his lips in repetition Of
tue prayers murmured BY his side. Hill also
repeated a phrase now hnd then inaudibly.
After SIX minutes OF torture no made sig
nal to The Sheriff, VINO could not UNDER
ste nd ,ts Significance. 80 the priest stopped his
PRAYER and whispered instrut tlon, lhs
was Understood, and ut the nhern's or
uers two OF his deputies stepped forward and
win leathsfn straps bound tiRhtly the ouprits'
the Snerin himself put the nooses arOund the
uecks of iho two men, first Oh that Of Fullem,
who shuddered visioiy ~ the touch, next upon
hin. who drew himself up rigidly Still the
kneelinR priest prayed on. TWO minutes before
IL o'clock the long black haps oH the front Of
the meu's velvet caps were dropped over theiI
faces and The slack OF tho ropes was lad upon
the tops OF tneir neads.
One minute before IL O'Clock. Sheriff Adams
swinging huge, cleaning ship carpenters
hro .daxe, brought II down upon the ugnuY
strained ToPe which Upheld the weight, ana IN
the instant the forms Of Hin and FVlem As-
cende toward the gallOws beam. The weight,
only 100 pounds over the weight OF the men
was inadequate to do more than raise
them. Il gave no such jerk as would
| va Insured dislccation OF their neck-
| They went up rather gradually AS they
| did 40 II was apparent to every one that
| s ImebOdY had blundered, aud that, as conse.
| quence, young Fuilem was about to experience
| the most horrible form OF this awful death
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