, 1879-05-30
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Extraordinary Cases Of Official
Cruelty at a Philadelphia
institution.
Execution OF Troy Dye and Ed
wnrd Anderson, at Sac.
ralttento, Cal.
Demeanor Of the Wrotohes, and 0iroum.
stances Of Their Crime,

Sptctai Dtspasea to 7as Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, SaY 29.-The body Of poor
lIarry AckleY was buried by tls porents In tho
Cathedral Cemetery todar, and In tho rentl-
sy'Yania llosp1lnl N operation was performed
Upon William Chrtstman IN au effort to snvc tho
sight of ono Of lss eyes hi removing tic other,
ruined by cruelty In this natno rht,adclph!a
lIo,lso OF Rott,go. Clrlsttnan had bccn au III
mate Of the Northern Homo for Fficndcas
Children, but was sentenced to tho House OF
Refuge on thu accusation of the graye offenso
Of upsotttng the donation-box Of the institution,
with other boys. No charGo Of characterization
was made against him In his new
plare uutfl Superintendent Dufkley took
charge. Not long after, he was accused Of
completely in IN attompt to set fro to the build
Ing, which 10 strcnuously denied. 1te was
nevertheless placed IN solitary In dark cell,
without even cot to 1lc on. atnl for week
through the broIling weather of July. 1916,
with tho thermometer at 100, llu lny upon tic
loar Of the dark, no!somo dnuGcun, his mouth
close to the door. under which ca;no onlr a
breath Of anything like air. Aftcr weeks Of
dlot on bread and water, he was taken TO lover
floor and asked, ">Vil you confess nowl" II
have nothing to confess" and he YVES going
on to speak, when 10 was seized, thrown
nnI beaten with csne ind rattans on the baFe
back until Ito tainted from WGnkucas md loss OF
blood. Two weeks longer he suffered . living
death In darkness, 1tntif late one night ilo was
told he was to be sent to a farmer In the coIu-
try, lie Hns takott out to tho sttcgt with thin
Clothes tho night air chilling him to the mnr-
row. He wns told to walt on corner until tic
farmcr came along. 1laftly was tl.c attendant
him III, :. n1td the text day he was sent
to tho House OF Correction m a vaK-
rant, tnls boy who had not been
FREQ for year aud six months. Later lic WIS
ing of ont gar lost, 4nti % weak from cf!l!s a1d
fever tllat he could lnrl!y walk to the CITY, At
last he founl solnc employment, but what gould
y sick, llalt-tIlnd and haIf-dcaf wrctcll dog Lie
think that The sight Of ono eye may bo sared,
but uc will never b. a well man.
The case has rot abroad enough to interest
the public. who have cnterol suit against the
institution. Its methods Of management will
soon be ventilutcA in a court Of law.
HANGED.
SAw FAAHcisCot Gal, May o0.-Trov Dye,
formerly Public Administrator OF sacramento
County, anl his partner III crime, Edsarl an.
dcrson. wore hanged at Sacramento to-dny for
the murder Of 4. N. Tu1,!s last August.
Lust night Dye tools leayo OF bis wife. md
this morning bade farewell to his children,
father, and brother. For some tlmo past he has
behaved In wild and violent manner, but aa
tho end approaehed ho casmcd himself and urc.
served rational dcmeanor, except octaslonul
nervous o1thursts.
At M carly hour this morning crowd gath
cred In tie streets and OH tile tops OF buildings
naar the Court-uouse. but only officials, spirit
ual advisers, md representatives OF the press
wero admitted 10 The courtyard. During tho
morning pyo made arrangements for the dis
possl Of hle property. while Anderson, who bus
remained throughout untnoFcil, TRANQUILITY re-
nialned in conferences With bis clcrRrlpau.
At II :b0 thu prsoners were notified to prepare
| for tic scaitold. Anderson CAME from h1s cell
smiling ant aclt-pusseased. while. Dye WIS 30
| overcome with emotion as 10 requiru support.
| At nOon tllu prisoners ascendcd tho scaf-
| fold. While slrnlltls wore being drawn
| over them, clergyman rcad d statement
| concerning Andersou's spiritual condition, also
4 statement written BY anderson, admitting the
1ustncss Of tic penalty, and expressing hope ol
redemption.
Dye meanwhile grew weak and pale, aud vom.
tied twice, but remained quiet. The clergyman
then begaa prayer, thc MOSES were adjusted
tho black caps drawn over their llcads, and al
1918 the drop fell. Tic necks Of both Inc con
demneb were broken py thu fnil, alui In four
teen minutes they were pronounced dead.
| A post-mortcm Oh the re1nailis uf Dye Ia noN
In proGress With view Of asccrtaiolnE tho con
dillon OF the brain.