The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-26

ground. tie sad forgive all my enemies.
and humhly pray for forgiveness. | am going
hands. IIelicvc h have said already all | had
Jurrs will forgive me. | feel | would not he
here to-day II | had taken the advice OF my
father
Pat Hasirr then spoke few wo~da in tone
evcn ,wcr than that " Tully. and with m air
! courtruu-v uuconcern"d. IIc merely said that
he iiad nothing further To- say than what he had
uipndy said -thut he wns NJ, gulltyot the
crirc ior which be- WIS t. be hanged, Then he
struck II Jauniy attitude. with he right hnnd in
a brooches r"rN"t. and resting his l'it hand
on ~lan'lns hcam OF ih" gnil0Ws ,n'2r nun.
" forgive al cvcry injury done to me- and hope
the Almighty will iorsv" mo.
The priests then shook hands with them Tor
| the Inst time. aud descended N" stops The
| sheriff and his assistants put about the nerks
Of the cuprits the noos"S oi halt-inch manila
| rope. which hal previously been dangling Mt
| their backs. bound their ankles and knees firm
ly with leather sirgrss. put handouts ON th1ir
! In u half minute norr the three straight. tiilly
| bound hgurcs stool alone ON the fatal trap.
sheriff Hoffman descending to the ground.
seized the rope attached To the lcvcr
/ for dropping The trap. and gave II "a tug, but
/ was unable to NOV" il until aided hy one Of his
irons WINS rush downward of the great doors.
and u hrnVv ihut - the swiftly cropping forms
of the doomed men tauirned the ropr. They
were dropped nearly five feet rs they is!l.
women's voices. cXclniming III chorus. On,
NV" drcw attrn,ion. aud 1t was then observed
that The lower Jail window On the sidN nest the
in whut bad been NcllnghS cell. was filled
with tn" ia'rs OF women and young girs.
The cHp over Hcs;cr's fac, WIS drawn up hy
vhe rope. expos ng the decp purple O.; his ~" 4
Is which the cord WIS imleddrd. and "a slight
tn..e OF blood appeared from the ghrudcd skin.
II, ic Knot of the moses on both Iully and Nc
High slipped around to the backs Of their
The instant that the bodies dropped there
wac a rush ri the crowd up to tho gallows lean
ing upon its beams, lu.i ing tho de- tors. VINO
pursued their medical inquiries. and even ell
bowne the dangling men. who were fast be-
There was unusually little muscular move
n,efit 10y the dying men. Hester's breast hcaved
and he made Il few slight trembling movements
hu. ne others wore almost entirely mOtlnnesS
Th,y fell at | ;Of. Hestcrs respiration stopped
in fon minutes and his pulse In nine: Tully's
rrspira ion in four minutes. and his pulls" in
twelve: M'Hush's respiration in five minutes
and his l use in twelve.
The m, lrnl record Of Tully's death, as taken
by Dr III IBIS. WIS rather curious. II was as
follows: 7, lee at first quarter minute, So; third
quarter NH ,utc. 49, third minute. very slow
Gith f,h 1il minute i22. sixth minute. Is: seventh
minute. 30: ei ghih minute. IS; ninth minute.
40: nine aud q nr-half minutes, "a; eleven min
utes. ll'i; .tw,'lye minutes. dead. MciiuEh' :
pnlsc WAS lost in five minutes but returned
ay and thu action ii .Gs ev HeS wrs cSni9gSa
a grrnt crash WAS heard outside the walls. fol-
lowed 10y a loud burst of cheers and hearty
a shed. borne down by the WEIGHT Of
persons upon IL and win, If the aesldnni, d, a
Alter tho ho,Lics had been kept hanging about
forty minutes they wcrs lowered and laid in
eoiiins. TINS work was achi.ved with great
difficulty. owing to the crowds an2ious deter
The deputy shrrirs could hardly move to and
fro or even secure the ropes with which the men
were hanged. fragments Of which We're suhse-
quenty dstrib uted us mementoes. AIer tho
collins were "a rricS away, the Sherlh open
ed back do9T in the ong va" allowSa %na the the
ihrong to pass through the yard. There
was some gr imhling that the theu c9rpscs
Tully were taken 20 Nilkesharr- by tn. regular
train. while aspeo ial car, and engine took Hes
Psi Ti, Tny ms on " ths ath c Of Jannnry last, con-
Poics the murder a. Alex W Rea and. on the
lgth of the present n onih repeated II to one OF
his counsel. II was ~ follows:
Twas born in ireland on Dec H. is,o came to thi.
the ia oi l, moved a5 'gi ssi b and ,ns,s 'se
ss,at Know iheTe are many pccple who vii believe
what am sn1 ig ay - trng ana there are other who
and have answer only to the Almighty and wall tell
cossIna M; e@g o, .aT' SAY @q Yoo iTnCsent mt,
gave Ia, pistol Kct, and lie at the toll sao that
Dd Kelly tell ihs truth about The Of Of
said ~. truc Nr'hci Hester nor ~ llugn told todo
e.tpr wn. G''i, asS1cr snG Nciiu Wa county dele
IncS coi have .tSpasJr il wasn't much the Order
lrerrrius Jtt Ancient order o iliis rnan,
wil-krN thaficd lniuit Il hAd followed my early
trarNIu-s never would have potintn this trouble.
when the trial nr,t began would have plead guilty,
hut mad no LAWYER aud no money t. Jay one and
dnt knos what do 20 plead notSuiy AS the others
dad. when knew ~ Wa Ac
wou,d have made a statement long ago hut was in
a cell the other two ami had no chance. never
had A chance TAX to Nun alone would have told
You thi- before. but couldn't 40 IN the ccu with tho
ulhcr Two
On tile TRIAL some Of the witnesses against swore
false most what Kelly said was true He could
have sworn 10 good deal more but guess lie didn't
mind II At the time.
lido say that Tom Donohue is innocen, % this crime.
He knew thing about Most o the evidence Tor
defence WAS false and many o tie witnesses were pad
Tor their evidence.
knew Of q man who would that sat up with
him when he had broken lex The meht hcoie Rea
murdered. But when ynu asked me during the trial
whether had any witnesses. would not tell you of
this man. herau> Knew Il TWO rlhis before the
murder that up with him. and was going ~
trng HIM here tu swear to lie, even To ave neck
do not make hi, statement out o spite toward any
one. iure any one memory hut simply because
truly repent ot crime, and Will not die with lie on
my lips
The stars mark portion which has been with
held in order that The ends Of justice may not
be intericrrd with. Four Of the murderers OF
A. W. l.ae are still at large.
MAYOR HOTELL'S VETO.
What he Snys Of the Acts of the Thirteen