The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-03
FIVE MEN HANGED IN ONE DAY
The Gallows Employed in -Four Different States

The GallOWs Employed In -Four Dlnerent States
Little Rock, May 2S.- Thomas Edmunds suffer
ed the penalty Of death to-day at Ozark for the
murder OF his supposed wife and child one year
ago. EdmHnds lived in Kentucky, where he
was married and had wife and children, He
left his family In company with the woman
whom he killed and settled In Washington coun.
ty ten months ago. The Illicit connection being
discovered he left, as he said, to return to Ken
lucky with the woman and their child. They ar.
rived at the Arkansas river in Johnson county,
and this was the last occasion on which the wo.
man and child were ever seen alive. A few
months after this the receding river exposed the
skeleton Of the woman and some articles known
to have been In their possession when last teen
and wonderful chain Of circumstances led TO
his detection, arrest and conviction In the Frank
lin Circuit Court Aftel a change Of venire he
was sentenced to be hung In November last, but
the sentence was superseded by an appeal to the
| Supreme Court. Upon the afirmance Of his SEN
tence the Governor appointed to-day for his exc.
| cution. At IL O'Clock he was transported to the
scatfold sitting on his coffin. He displayed re.
markable courage to the end, but was frequently
moved to tears. He protested his entire limo.
cence OF the crime to the last. After the custom.
ary religious ceremonies, the cap was drawn over
his face and the trap sprung In eleven minutes
he was pronounced dead and his body delivered
to his friends for burial. No doubt exists any.
where of his guilt
The execution Of Jackson, negro under sen.
tence Of death at Marion, Crittenden county, to.
day, was superseded by an appeal TO the Su.
preme Court
EXECUTION IN ABKANsAs FoRD's FEvER FIN.
BHED.
Memphis, May 28.--L. L. Ford was hanged this
afternoon in Marion, CIittenden county, Arkan.
sas, for the murder of John Broadway, committed
on the 26th Of last October Ford was convicted
| on the evidence OF John Potter, one Of the four
arrested for the crime and who turned States
| evidence. His testimony was that Ford, Jeffres,
| Huey and himself had planned to rob Broadway
bat, being resisted Jeffries shot and killed him
| All four were afterward arrested, Ford being
the youngest, only % years old, was offered II {
| privilege Of turning States evidence, but de-
| clined on the grounds that he knew nothing OF
the affair. Potter after the trial of Ford was set
at liberty and aided Jetfries to escape from the
Crittenden county jail Huey obtained change
Of venue to Mississippi county and is In jail in
Osceola, Arkansas. Governor Miller retpited
| Ford, who was to have been hung on the 10th of
| April. Earnest appeals had been made for an
other respite, 1t being claimed his innocence
| could be proven, but the Governor refused to in
| tercede any further. On the sca1Old Ford pro
| tested his innocence. Even when the black cap
| was being drawn over his head, he said II am
| innocent of the crime" His eek was broken
! by the fall. The delay In the execution was at
| the request of friends who were hopeful to the
| last that reprleve would come by telegraph
PETER KING HANGS IN oHIo-HE DIES IN SEVEN.
TEEN MINUTES
Wheeling, W. Va, May 2s- Peter King, r., a
| youth OF 81 years of age, was hanged at Woods
field Ohio, to day, for the murder Of David Trem-
bly, last 5eptem Der, The crime was a cold blood
ed one, without any extenusting circumstances
| Trembly was huckster who travelled about Mon.
| roe county ard always had plenty of money
| The object Of the assassin was robbery and per
hape revenge for some real or fancied wrong He
| was arrested in West Virginia q few days late
and brought back to WOodsheld, narrowly escap.
| ing lynching at Beallsville, the scene Of the
| crime. He was tried last January and sentenced
| to be put to death to-day. Vigorous efforts were
made to have his sentence cOmmuted bat In
| vain, and the law took It's course The scsffold
I was erected IN the jail and the execution took
place in the presence of a limited number Of per.
sons having tickets The trap dropped at 100 p.
| M and the man was seventeen minutes expiring,
the drop not breaking his neck. He writhed ter
| rhy for several minutes drawing up his legs
| and kicking the trap In his commissions The
| body was given In charge of his relatives, who
| caused 1t, after being placed In a cctin, to he
| placed In an open space in front Of the Court
| House and exposed to public view, the populace
passing inIsnge file on each side, The corpse
| was then taken home by the friends for burial
King appeared to be the least affected Of all those
| present and not tremOr was noticeable in his
| voice when he bade sheriff Reade good bye"
The Sheriff in his nervousness, forgot to adjust
the cap and King smilingly reminded him of the
| omission.
During the execution some boys climbed upon
a roof of a she'd opposite The jail and their weight
| caved 1t in. The noise alarmed Mrs. Reade the
| wife OF the Sheriff, and she swOoned away and
was restored with difficulty,
THE MURDERER CT. .sHIPMANiExECUTED IN CON
NECTICUT
Hartford, May 2s-Henry Hamlin, the convict
who, while attempting to escape from the State
Prison, shot Watchman shipman, was hanged to.
day He attended special mass this morning
and his spiritual director says he died repentant.
Hamlin slept but little last night, spending bis
time principally in writing letters and conVers.
| ing with his death watch, He partook OF light
breakfast and received friends until the hour Of
| the execution. The scaffold was In the Jail cor.
ridor and Hamlin walked to 1t from his cell with
a firm step. He made a short speech, saying sub.
| stantially that he never had any intention OF
| harming his victim and that he forgave all those
who had done anything against him. Then un.
| til the drop fell he kept his eyes turned upward
| and his lips moved In prayer He showed no eV.
idence of weakness to the very last The fall was
nearly six feet but the moose, not being adjusted
properly, slipped around 10 the back Of the neck
| and fourteen minutes elapsed before the pu 80
| ceased to beat and ten minutes later the body
| was cut down and delivered to Father Hughes,
| who had II inferred one hour afterward. Hamlin
graphed him her farewell. Hamlin was not his
| real name, which the priest will not make pub.
| lie.
coLoRED RAPIsT HUNG IN VIRGINIA.
Hanover Court House, Va, May 2S-Charles
Boiling, colored, was hanged to-day for rape, on
| the LIST of April OF small white girl Under the
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