Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-03
THE GALLOWS.
A HANGING IN WASHINGTON.

HANGING IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April flames Madison
WHAT Stone, mulatto. about Sc years of age,
was hanged in the Jail yard this afternoon for
the murder of his wife the night of Nov. 9Th,
1873 Stone was in the Office of the New York
Associated Press, as janitor from 1872 until
1875, when he opened restaurant. At :lO
o'clock this afternoon the moose was placed
around Stones neck, the knot under the left
ear. The signal was given and the drop fell.
The body fell to the ground and it was sup
posed that the head had slipped through the
moose, but in the instant, the head, which had
been entirely severed from the body, fell from
the moose about four feet from the body. The
blood spurted from the body and spattered the
beams of the gallows, but in two minutes all
muscular action had ceased. The head was
picked up by Physician Fall. The gallows was
twenty feet high with a platform ton feet
square and a drop of about five feet. 1t is re-
ported that in the fall the head was completely
severed from the shoulders.
DOUBLE EXECUTION IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, April 2.-Robert Anderson,
white, for wife murder, and Charles Webster.
for rape ou CHILD, were hanged in the Jail
ward this forenoon Webster protested that
he was innocent with his last words. . As the
execution was private only few persons were
present. Both men were dead in a few min
utes after the trap was sprung.
TATRO'S DYING ACCUSATION.
WINDSOR, VT, April 2 Edward Tatro was
hanged about 2 o'clock. Butler, the husband
of the woman murdered, was present. Tatro
said he was guilty of the crime but that Butler
was to blame and pointed to him as he spoke.
His neck was not broken.
When the sheriff had finished reading the
dna}h mt hao 1Iyo notr< to bod o11u-
thing to say. The boy answered, 'Yes sir."
He rose deliberately from the chair and step
ping boldly to the front of the gallows said:
Gentlemen, stand here guilty of the muir
der with whichI am charged, the murder of
Mrs. Charles w. Butler" Pointing to But
Ter, who stood near: 81 done the deed through
his own money. Butler took me to work for
him when a young boy. He used liquor
himself and always kept it it in the house.
Butler has testified he never got drunk, bnt
he was under the influence most all the time.
1 feel sorry for you, Butler" looking
straight at him and pointing
with both hands, 'tfor your dead
wife, whom l respected very much. She was
lovely woman and never had any evil inten-
tiOns about her till that night. / done it
through the excess of drink and at the instiga-
tion of MIR. Butler, who stands right there. ="
Pointing again to him: oh, Mr.. Butler, do
you remember what your mother said to you
when lying in bed there?" She said, 'Oh,
Charlie, after all l have said must die leaving
you a drunkard.' Good bye, Mr.. Butler, good
bye. Forgive me. 1 hope to meet you in the
heavenly land. l hope you will all forgive,
and l have nothing more to say, gentlemen.
Oh, Lord, l thank you that you have heard my
prayer. l ask your forgiveness. Remember
and forgive me for Jesus Christ's sake. l have
nothing more to say. Good bye, one and all"
The boys hands were tied, and pointing the
bound hands towards Mr.. Butler, he said: 'See
that, Mr.. Butler.' The latter by this time was
covered with perspiration. Tatro stepped back
to the Drop his legs were pinioned, and then
in extreme anguish the boy cried to God asking
repeatedly for forgiveness and to be remem-
bered. ''Oh Lord forgive me-" ''Oh Lord
have mercy upon me-" "Oh Lord remember
me-" "Oh Father hear me-" The black cap
was drawn over his face at two o'clock and two
and half minutes, amid heart rending grOans.
Sheriff Stimson said: Edward Tatro, the time
has come for the law to take effect upon you
and may God have mercy upon your SOUL"
The boy dropped six feet but his neck did not
break. He struggled two and half minutes,
and at the expiration of fourteen minutes he
was dead.
THREE CoLoRED MEN SWUNG OFF.
MACON, Miss, April 2.-Andrew Macon, L..
Brown, and Samuel Boiler, all negroes, were
hanged here to-day. Macon and Brown were
the murderers of Carlton Macon, father of Ma
con, and father-in-law of Brown. Boiler killed
Frank Reed, a white man, in 1876 Brown and
Macon confessed, assigning whisky as the
cause. Boiler claimed he was justified. About
800 people were present. All asserted on the
gallOws their assurance of heaven.
While on the scaffold Boiler recognized his
old master in the vast audience and shouted to
him to meet him in heaven. He said: 'Pm
not going to die, but to pass into glory" Each
of the prisoners made fare
well address. Boiler called to his
wife, Goodbye, meet me in heaven.
I will be with our children tonight" ALI
three necks were broken by the fall. During
the day Gov. Stone was telegraphed to grant a
reprieve in Boiler case, but he declined.
EXECUTION STAYED.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2.-Governor Wiltz has
ordered stay of proceedings in the case of
Robert Robertson, who was to be executed to-
day in st. Laudry parish.
FAUX CHoKED.
Picayune special, Baton Rouge, says Gustav
De Faux, colored, was hanged at West Batou
Rouge parish to-day for the murder of Jean
Cazes, manager eff the Antonio plantation, in
November, 1879. De Faux assembled the gall
lows smiling He said he had made peace with
God and all men, and warned his friends to
beware of the fate which had befallen him.
When the drop fell the culprit died almost
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