Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-29
THE GALLONS.
HENRY HAMLIN.

convict who, while attempting to escape
from the State prison, shot Waterman Ship
man, was hanged to-day. He attended
special mass this morning, and his spiritual
director says he died repentant. Hamlin
slep! but little last night, spending the time
in writing letters and conversing with his
watch. He partook of a light breakfast and
received friends until the hour of execution.
The scaFold was in the Jail corridor and |
Hamlin walked to it from the cell |
with firm step. He made
short speech, saying substantially he never
had an intention OF harming his victim and |
that he forgave all sScse who bad done any |
thing against him. Then until the drop fell |
he kept his eyes turned upward, and his lips |
moved in prayer. He showed no evidence of |
weakness to the last. The fall was nearly
six feet, but the niZose not being adjusted |
properly slipped around to the back of the
neck, and fourteen minutes elapsed before |
his pulse ceased to beat, and ten minutes
later the body was cut down and delivered to
Father Hulshins, who had it inferred one
hour afterwards. Hamlin has q sister in
Cleveland, and she, yesterday, teiegraphed
him her farewell. Hamlin wasn't his real
name, which the priest will not make il pub
lie.
TH0MAe. EDMUNDs.
LITTLE ROCK, May 2S.-Thos. Edmunds
suffered the penalty of death to-day at
Ozark, for the murder of his supposed wife
and child one year ago. Edmunds lived in
Kentucky, where he was married and had a
wife and children. He left this family in
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tied in Washington county eighteen months
ago. The illicit connection being discovered,
he left, as he said, to return to Kentucky
with the woman and their child.
Their arrival at the Arkansas river,
in johnson county, was the last
occasion on which the woman and child were
ever seen alive. A few months after the re-
ceding river expose the skeleton of wo-
man and some articles known to have been
in their possession when last seen. Such
wonderful chain of circumstances led to his
detection, arrest AID conviction in the
Franklin circuit court after change of venue.
He was sentenced to be hung in November
last, but the sentences was superseded by an
appeal to the supreme court upon afhrmance
of his sentence. The governor
appointed a day for his execution.
At II o'clock he was transported to the
scaffold, sitting on his coffin. He displayed
remarkable courage t. the end, but was fire.
quently moved to tears. He protested en-
tire innocence of the crime to the last. AT
ter the customary religious ceremonies, the
cap was drawn over his face and the trap
sprung. In eleven minutes he was pro-
nounced dead, and his body delivered to his
friends for burial. No doubt exists any
where of his guilt.
Tue execution of.JgstSon, negfe under
sentence of death at Marion, Crittenden
county, to-day, was superseded by an appeal
to the supreme court.
l.. L. FORD.
MEMPHIS. May 28.-L. l.. Ford was
hanged this afternoon, at Marion, CritteD-
den county, Ark, for the murder of John
Broadway, committed the Goth of last Octo-
Der. Ford was convicted on the evidence of
} John Potter, one of four arrested for the
crime and who turned States evidence. His
testimony was that Ford, Jeffries, Haly and
himself, had planned to rob Broadway, but
being resissted, Jeffries shot and killed him.
: All four were afterwards arrested. Ford be-
ing the youngest, only % years, was offered
the privilege of turning States evidence, but
! declined on the ground he knew
, nothing of the affair. Potter after
the trial of Ford was set at liberty and aided
Jefreys to escape from the Crittenden coun-
; ty Jail. Haly obtained change of venue to
Mississippi county and is in jail at Osceola
Ark. Gov. Miller respited Ford, who was TO
have been hung the 10Th of April. Earnest
appeals were made for another respite, ii
being claimed his innocence would be proven
but the governor refused to intercede sn5
: further.
, On the scaffold Ford protested his limo
cence. Even when the black cap was being
drawn over his head he said: II am limo
g cent of the crime" His neck was broken BY
the fall. The delay in the execution was al
the request of friends, who were hopeful tt
the last that reprieYe would come by tele
J graph.
n CHAs. BALLINGER.
HANOVER COURT HOUSE, Va, May %
Chas Ballinger, colored, was hanged to- day
for rape the first of April, of a small whit,
IS girl. Under the recent law doing away will
:, public hanging, the execution took plac
Il within the Jail. The witnesses were officer
of the court a small guard and representa-
!; tives of the press.
d PETER KING, JR.
# WHEELING, w. Va, May 28.-Peter King
IS Jr, youth of 90 years of age. was hange>
~ at Woodsfeld. Ohio, to-day, for the murde
a of David TrembIy last September. Tn
lie crime was cold blooded one, without an
S. extenuating circumstances. Trenbly was
l. huckster who travelled about Monroe coun
le ty and always had plenty of money. Th
it object of the assassination was robbery, AM
* perhaps revenge for some real or fancet
i'll wrong. He was arrested in West Virginia &
at few days later ana brought back to Woods
field, narrowly escaping lynching at Bealls
Vile, the scene of the crime. He was trie
last January and sentenced to be put t
death to-day. Vigorous efforts were mad
u to have his sentence commuted, but in vain
e. and the law took its course
The scaffold wis erected in the jai
rs and execution took place in the presence G
y. q limited number of persons having ticket!
TT He dropped at l:20 and the man was sever
It. teen minutes expiring, tine drop not break
III ing his neck. He writhed terribly for seJ
e. eraI moments, drawing up his legs and kicE
N inc the trap in Ills convulsions. Th
L. BODY was given in charge of relatives, VIII
caused it, after being placed i
s. a coffin, to be placed in the open space i
10 front of the court house and exposed, th
rs public forming in single file on each sidt
be The CORPSE was then taken home by til
friends for burial. King Appeared to b
in least affected of all those present, and not
tremor was noticeable in his voice when
babe Sheriff Read goodbye. The sheri
in his nervousness forgot to adjust tn
moose, and King smilingly reminded him
os- the omission. During the execution SON
go bows climbed up on roof of shed oppc
Use ate tie Jail, and their weight caved it il
err The noise alarmed Mira. Read, wife of ii
ost sheriff. ind she 5wooned away and was r