Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-07

spirits, although his watchers say that o1
 course he is growing weaker every hour and
 would not be able to live without food for
 many days longer. The chief causes of his
 increased ease to-day are said by the attend
 ing physicians to be the mustard baths which
 he had taken yesterday and to-day, which i'm
 proved the condition of his skin and stimu-
 lated his whole body, the decrease in his ten
 dency to vomit and the exercise obtained in
 walking which has enabled him to sleep. Dur
 ing the early hours this morning there were
 fears of a sudden collapse, as the fasting man
 had been extremely restless during the great
 CT part of the night. He did not get four
 hours sleep up to a. m He succeeded in
 making every visitor believe that his note
 worthy struggle with nature will be brought
 to successful end at noon tomorrow. The
 doctor is very tired of the constant watch
 which is kept upon his movements, and says
 that he will be glad when the affair is
 over. At 12:30 last night the doctors
 respiration was examined and he breathed
 fourteen times a minute. At 1:30 he vomit-
 ed for ten minutes and this gave him more
 distress than he has endured at any time dur
 ing his fast. We was wakeful until 2:45,
 when rubber blanket was thrown over him,
 and until 3:30 he only dozed at intervals.
 Then he voaaited again. At four o'clock he
 drank four ounces of water and yomited it
 up. Then he talked cheerfully for a while
 with his watchers At 4:3O he was asleep
 and slept till 5:40. At six he read the morn Ing journals, then doZed at intervals until
 7:25, when he took a hot mustard bath and dressed himself. At o'clock he drank three ounces of water, which he retained on his n01. Il.
 blankets over his legs, where he rested near ly all the morning, sleeping once in a while At noon the fortieth and last day of his fast commenced.
 Shortly after 3 o'clock Dr. Tanner drank two ounces of water and then laid down on his cot He complained of feeling very tired and soon after vomited At 33o the spy mographic test was applied showing the faster's condition to be very favorable pulse 82, respiration 13, temperature go, weight 122 pounds. He was presented with bouquet, which seemed to cheer him up. He walked down stairs and after conversinQ with some of his visitors he sat in the ante room until 5:30, when he ordered his coach and was driven to Central Park He re- very tired. He walked up stairs, however, without assistance and laid on his cot near the window in the ante-room. At S:3g he walked to his cot in the balcony and shortly after retired for the night
 RaIbo's Execution-His Last Night on
 Earth-Scenes at the ScaffoId-He Meets
 Death CouraseousIy.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Pietro Balbo, the young Italian who on the night of September 30, 1879, murdered his wife by cutting her throat, was hanged in the Tombs this morn ing. His last night on earth was passed very quietly and composedly, Deputy Sherifs Ahrens and Daly being with him during the night. Fathers Anacletus and Duranquet were with him during the early part of the night, praying with and comforting the con- demned man. Several times he gave way to gloom end tears, but quickly regained his composure. He remained awake during the night, saying that he was unable to sleep. About 3 o'clock in the morning he grew restive and walked in the corridor with the priests. He trembled sometimes, but it was evident that he was struggling to preserve calmness.
 At o'clock the prisoner came out of his cell attended by Father Anacletus and fol- lowed by the death watch, and walked through the jail yard to the prison chapel in the woman's department for the purpose of mass. To reach the woman's de- partment it was necessary for the prisoner to pass directly beneath the gallows. As he en- sered the yard he glanced up at it, and then lowered his eyes to the rosary which he held in his hand. He walked steadily and firmly through the yard, and when directly beneath the beam of the gallows stopped moment or two and looked up at it without showing any sign of fear. When he reached the chapel the prisoner fell upon his knees, and re- mained in that position throughout the cere- monies. The mass was attended by the many of whom glanced curiously at the condemned man. Balbo told his beads continually during the mass, and responded in a low but firm voice. During mass a stand of flowers took fire, but during the excitement caused by this acci- dent Balbo remained on his knees, telling his rosary After mass he again passed under the galleries in returning to his cell, but be- trayed no emotion. About 7:30 he drank cup of coffee, but would not eat anything After Under Sheriff Stevens had inspected the working of the gallows he went into the jail accompanied by the executioner. Balbo was told to prepare for his death and an- swered T am ready now" The sheriff and executioner then entered the cell, and after the death warrant had been read to him, the convict standing firmly during the reading he was asked if he had anything to say but merely shook his head mega lively in reply. The executioner then went forward and adjusted the moose about his neck placed the black cap on his head and bound his arms behind his back at the 4l,o,, fo,1, I for the gallows, where being arrived the pris- oner knelt and joined in prayer with the priests. The prayer was continued for about two minutes and then Balbo rose without Sistance and faced about. The loose end of the moose was clasped in the spring catch of the gallows rope, and the black cap was pulled down over his face. During the half minute that he stood thus shrouded not tremor of the body could be seen. At seven teen minutes past 8 o'clock the signal was given, the rope holding the weight was cut, and the body of the prisoner shot into the air. His fingers opened and closed two three times, and then he raised both legs, his body bending at the hips. He was then quiet for a moment or two, and then the move ment of the legs was repeated three times, after which no movement of the body was noticed. After five minutes the body was lowered for the doctors to note the pulsation of the heart and wrist The pulsations at the wrist were 100 to the minute, but the pulsation here ceased at B minutes past s. The pulsations at the heart numbered 12O per minute. In infinite or TWO they dropped to 100, and ? minutes past s numbered so full and strong. Two minutes later they numbered 80 and then fell to 40 and at B minutes after o'clock, after hanging for sixteen minutes, Pietro Balbo was pronounced dead. The neck was not broken, death resulting from slow strangula- ion The body was allowed to hang five minutes longer, and was then lowered into he coffin, which was of imitation rosewood with silver trimming and bearing name plate in the form of a cross, with the inscrip- ion ''Pietro Balbo. died August 9th, 1880, lged B years, months and 14 days. !" The ace looked very natural but there was a leep abrasion in the neck under the chin.
 The deed for which Balbo was executed his morning was committed in house in Rose street, near Frankfort, on the night of september the 3Oth, 1879. The body of his wife was found the next morning by her mother, who immediately gave the alarm. 3albe, who was employed as a laborer on the Bridge approach, was searched for diligently Il this city and Brooklyn, but could not be ound. few days afterward he was arrest d in West Virginia and brought to this city. ; nt Powder at Wetlding-An Attempt
 to Blow up Hotel.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-An attempt was made
 fe 0icrhtS SiDce hefvoeT1 and o'clock.