The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-21
WASHINGTON'S WHIRL.
A Bad Man Bounced and the
Rope Breaks.
Bungling Business at Louisville, Ky.

Bungling Business at Louisville, Ky.
Special to the Star.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 21.--George Washing
ton, who to-day suffered the penalty OF
death for one of the foulest crimes on rec
ord, has not to this time shown any dispo-
sitior to weaken or to quail in face of the
awful fate that awaits him. The decision
of Governor McCreary. yesterday made
final, that executive clemency should not
intervene between him and the hand Of the
executioner, has driven the last ray of hope
from his mind, and he has fallen back on
what seems to be the only reliance of men
in his situation, the consolation of religion.
Since his conviction Washington embraced
the Catholic faith, and he mas been faith
fully and almost constantly attended by
Father Box, who was locked up with him
all yesterday afternoon. 1t was rumored at
one time that when Washington was dead
the doctors would take charge of his body
and would galvanize it and perhaps dissect
it. The physicians had made preparations
for it and some very interesting revelations
we're promised, similar in their nature to
the experiments made upon Merrick, the
indianapolis murderer.
The prisoner had consented to this ar
rangement but somebody told him that he
would not only be brought to life by elec-
tricity, but his body would be cut to pieces.
At this he grew frightened, and yesterday
he asked Father Box to give him Chris
tian burial, and to-day, after his death,
Sheriff Hamilton will deliver him to the
priest.
Country people, mostly colored, were
driving to town all day yesterday, and the
crowd here now is probably larger than
could be collected at any exposition or re-
ligious gathering.
THE CRIME.
The narrowing details of Washington's
crime were published at the time of its oc-
currence, and need not to be repeated in
all their horrid brutality. How the little
Otte girl, whose father had fed and befriended
Washington, wandered innocently and un-
suspectingly through pasture on the 10th
of last October, blooming in the beauty of
her tender years. How the dusky villain
pounced upon her like the wolf upon its
prey, and violated her person, with deaf
ears for her piteous cries. How he was
hunted down like the brute he was, and
only escaped death at the hands of his pur-
suers, to receive it to-day at the hands OF
the law.
THE scAYFoLD.
Tho acaffo,d has beer arected at the in.
tersection of Beargrass Creek and Breckin
ridge street IN a large, e @ open lot, which Will
situated upon rising ground that the hang.
ing can be seen by everybody: The whole
ai'aif is 10 ieet Lnsn, vne pias1a Is rs eAnc5 f "
feet I 70 the nnder aide Of the tran.dooT "
a string is attached. which runs through
the floor at another point, and has two
heavy weights attached to its end. A box
is placed on the platform, IN whlch the
Pe,so ~no a t Gus ,ho s'e su;ah;,n oE +ooh non
the wretch without any one Enowinp who
he is. On either side Of the trap-door is q
bench, upon which the officers of the exc
cution sit. -
IT. IL was reporteo tnat az = a. m. oherln
nn "ia Miahteenth M nth street with ] tha scaffold and
that IT'S location m town was hoax to
take away the crowd from the real place.
This is undoubtedly a false rumor, as it
would be hardly possible TO deceive the
people, VINO are on sharP iookou!.
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THE ROPE BKEAkS
George Washington was hanged at l1:4o
but the rope broke, letting him drop before
he was dead. He was lifted to the gallows
and hanged at II: :54 dying in two minutes
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