Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-29
THE GALLows.
HENRY HAML1N.

convict who, while attempting to escape
from the State prison, shot Watchman 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 light breakfast and
received friends until the hour of execution.
The scaffold was in the Jail corridor and
Hamlin walked to it from the cell
with firm step. He made
a short speech, saying substantially he never
had an intention of harming his victim and
that he forgavs all those 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 Moose 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, telegraphed
him her farewell Hamlin wasn't his real
name, which the priest will not make il pub
lie.
THoMAeS eSEDMUNDs.
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
company with the woman he killed, and set
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 exposed the skeleton of wo-
man and some articles known to have been
in their possession when last seen. Such q
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last, but the sentence was superseded by an
appeal to the supreme court upon afirmance
of his sentence. The governor
appointed day for his execution
At IL O'Clock he was transported to the
scafold, sitting on his coffin. He displayed
remarkable courage TO the end, but was fre-
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.Jgskson. negro 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, Crittep-
den county, Ark, for the murder of John
Broadway, committed the 26th 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 resisisted, Jeffries shot and killed him.
All four were afterwards arrested. Ford be-
ing the youngest, only 25 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 18th of April. Earnest
appeals were made for another respite, it
being claimed his innocence would be proven,
but the governor refused to intercede any
further.
On the scaffold Ford protested his inno-
cence. Even when the black cap was being
drawn over his head he said: "l am limo.
cent of the crime" His neck was broken by
the fall. The delay in the execution was at
the request of friends, who were hopeful to
the last that reprie7e would come by tele-
graph.
CHAs. BALLINGER.
HANOVER COURT HOUSE, Va, May %
Chas. Ballinger, colored, was hanged to- day
for rape the first of April, of small white
girl. Under the recent law doing away with
public hanging, the execution took place
within the Jail. The witnesses we're officers
of the court, small guard and representa-
tlyes of the press
PETER KING, JR.
WHEELING, W. Va, May 28-Peter King.
Jr., youth of % years of age, was hanged
at Woodsfeld. Ohio, to-day, for the murder
of David Trembly last September. The
crime was cold blooded one, without any
extenuating circumstances. Trenbly was q
huckster who travelled about Monroe coun-
ty and always had plenty of money. The
object of the assassination was robbery, and
perhaps revenge for some real or fancied
wrong. He was arrested in West Virginia a
few days later and brought back to Woods
field, narrowly escaping lynching at Bealls-
vile, 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, but in vain,
and the law took its course. |
The scaffold wins erected in the iail |
and execution took place in the presence of
limited number of persons having tickets. |
He dropped at 1:20 and the man was seven
teen minutes expiring, tine drop not break
ing his neck. He writhed terribly for sew
eral moments, drawing up his legs and kick
ing the trap in bis convulsions. The
body was given in charge of relatives, who
caused it, after being placed in |
coffin, to be placed in the open space in |
front of the court house and exposed, the |
public forming in single file on each side. |
The corpse was then taken home by the
friends for burial. King appessed to be
least affected of all those present, and not |
tremor was noticeable in his voice when he |
bade Sheriff Read goodbye. The sheriff |
in his nervousness forgot to adjust the |
moose, and King smilingly reminded him of
the omission. During the execution some |
boys climbed up on roof of a shed oppo-
ate tie Jail, and their weight caved it in.
The noise alarmed Mira. Read, wife of the |
sheriff, and she swooned away and was re-