, 1879-01-30
VENGEANCE.
Indianapolis for the First
Time Deals Even-
Handed Justice.
r1ecution Of the Monster Mer-
rick and the Gambler
Achey.
rba Latter an Object Of Sympathy
on Account Of His Had
Company.
Maniok Protests that the State Has
Denied Him q Citizens
Rights.
poth Murderers Strangled
Without B1under' or
Commotion.
n.r,.v Of tho Murder by Aclley anA tile
Ffepdisl Crime Of Mer.
rick.
Arrest Of Number Of Pekin Whisky Men
Yesterday After Their In
diotment,''
uo+h Murderers Strangled
Without B1under' or
Commotion.
n.rfev Of tho Murder by AclIey anil tile
Ftendish Crime Of Mer-
rick.
Arrest Of a Number Of Pekin Whisky Men
Yesterday After Their In
1iotment,''

1NDrASArULIS.
s,,rto, D,,natcA 10 Tat 7s4bun&
1sp1Astrotrs, Jan. a5-At' ,9o'clock a. m.
cor williams tpfnrn,ci Achcy's attorneys
,h,t @ he would not Interfere, mud ut 20 Minutes
o,.t to Johi, Achey null William Msrrlek paid
,Ie forfeit Of their lives Tor tic crmea detailed
,.,ov. Con.tlcrabc synlpatlIy, trn3 felt for
a,hcy. BECAUSE 1T tho vide disparity between
l.o,elf aud tile man MerricE, and In tho cir.
cum.t.uccs au.l conditions surrounding the two
rttmc. and, lad tho Goyernor granted eommu-
i,ton at tic last motnnnt, public opinion woufd
laye sustained hm. The appearance ol the
,nrp at thu gat.ows added TO tltts feeling on tho
part of 100 or 1ou who were niEnttcd to tile
execution. Both men wcre cool enough, but
ArhcY looked arnt acted like man above 1hc
ersde oil criminal, fully ullvo to hta situation,
reyrett,v Inc manner Of his death, nt,l l,eliev
tuc It unjust, yet still prepared fur the worst.
hut Nerr,rk looked lIkv haoe-.log tco,,udrrl,
wrrr rai.ed Ills eycs, uutl died viii, what ali
hrtleyed to ho 4 |,c upon Ills Inns. Tic roo-
aun,ed men arose tlts morning at halt-uast u
oelock They bry,,ntcd tic same cell Inst night,
uni were guarded by twu deputies, Acbcy re-
,treil rarIy, apd silent uucasiIv. Merrtcl sat uo
uutil aftrr mtdutel,t, writing 1sttnrs-opc Of
,nrm To his sister, Ayhcy wa. baptlzed by tho
Catholic Church Yesterday, a,l at ! O'Clock this
morning received the sacrament ot ,bu Eucharist
fran Father f2cs.ontcs. Tho Fathrr naascd the
lurrcr paf. Of the morning with lin, except one
hour spent III company With llts vile, brothcr.Iu-
1,v, aud two ucvrs, Tl,c parting uetwocu hus-
land md vito WIS very affecting, both crytnr
rr,eyousiy. The two Methodist ministers who
Iuyc hern irving 10 shr,yc Mcrrick cpmc tn tail
1t 0 o'clock, but their utmost efforts cou,d
HI. oltat1 from a1er.Ick any int!ua.
tIou tl,at ho needed rcnentanre ar
desired nrayer. lin knclt with them In
pray,, but neYcr offered n nctition for him
.rlf. nor alluded to INV ain of which ho wo.
euII,y. lIe stca,ll,y asserted that hts vito WA
,,tye, and would sone ffii,G' ut5rsaff. ko ono
etue to sco Ycrrict or bid lin roo1.hv exccnt
ooo Of bis attornsys. The mon vera thayc,,
aul trcsscd ,p ,ults Of black clothes, with wh,ta
rIn,as ~ ''@~- ~'-'' "''" ''''"
TIE EXECUTION.
Promptly as Il o'clock, ~ thu great bell OF
tle Court House tolled tin: hour, tho little
procession started from the Iall into The
yard md to tho ga,ious, Tile Sheriff and
III. DaylIss led, followed by McrrIck with
deputy and Achry With, another peputy.
Tho nla closrl by two armed patro,men With
liked bayoncss. Acnoy eyed ali tho arrange
1ncnts with eager curiosity, particularly e1anln-
ing tho rope and the beam to which il was a.
taeIc.s. lIe also paid closo attention to thc
rralIng OF thu warrants, but Merrck took no
Interest In anything. In response to tho aucs-
t'ou OF tho Sheriff, Achcy s,ool up, and, in a
clear, firm voice, spoko us follows; NJ would
ike to say something II thought It would do
any good. 1t appears that tnr evidence Tint
Dsowu gaze In IL thu only copcl,,styc evidence
of prcmedtated murder, md, being ons OF
tfe raLbcrs himself, tho chapcoa il ho
swose t. a lie; besides, be acknowledged It to
man In Ct. Louis. .Wt,y,' saya ho. nv God
why don't you write lsttcr thcrct They viii
hang John Avhey,' Tho truth Of t)s arranrc.
n,snt Is, II was not premculta,ed, nnd. thcrr.
fotp, v.s wronvf,,,,v conrn,ss .rh" ."s'
herc a1e prepared for han9Enp. an,l snnnnae
ny death will tnaku no difference. auyLow. /
am really"
AeEsiek said: II loyo ureat DIAL I vou]a
Ike to say. but IL would mt ha worth
Sale 10 saY auythInr. The sts,a of ,n,lt.
hia to4lay, ip the siuht Of the Court- -,1ousc.
doing an unjust tnnr Il, ono nj her cttiyen,'
say, u have sa,d beforu tn hi. pcon,c mi
the world, an innocent of tl,c rharoe. Whrn
that drop falls unl nv t,fa ~, ~, !, .,,,, Ia
eternal peace. Iv.sb to raw m ,norcm
1AJefa were then SHd hv t1,a Raw Ne Ttavfk
and for Achey particularly hv Father no..on,.s
when ii! left thu platform htt I'm two nm, :, ~;
The Gherir anl HI. non,,.1n. .'. ". 49,.
tsa. an,i a,h"~ 49, Wepu.es' "ooa.oys "efe
hs uer,;. .,it ~ -. "s' 49,. IVY aoaa4 y.
foot Of tI,e .."y,,t 4, 1.,s s nuetos ~ tao
aud then. acaIn ..1.', 80. 'akn' a'at ~ ~
xIrL.s sEa.n' s,a lts not only cruel, but 1t IL
men to ,,,e ,usr,y =, ~ ~. ' ,,s" saueu .,M tne
trap 1t twentv.n,,o .,ta,,t.. 80 H.. w.
Of both man wors ,..s,,a.s ~ r., 1av Wa.
VI. urooo,,rr,d ,s.s oAeo -. ~ o' 'A''' a1ettek
utes and Ala =. 49,. ~ ~ e ~ qaaf,st m'1'
lung .lno,t ~ ,.tn,t. .s ~" "s.aases' - n'c!tss ,A
,tsitcl,ei con.n1.,...,% wv nene1s pou5
leg, dravin', ~ ~. -. sos"o M"a's.' ~
Le.st hrayir, hs.',,., ~ ''h"' eaes' ~ao 1''e
.yrsa a'n,, n,..
After h,nr,u,. 80, ns aAsuottos'
eut ',o.a s''s ,"esse minutes, they were