The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-06-23

i muSo uW61l very uR1y bGO4y
to-day, which has caused a great deal of
excitement among the lower classes, and
which woH1d be the general topic of con,
versation still had not death put an end
to it. Some months ago two women re
turning from visit to Bo mia, where
their husbands are garrisoned, were MUIR
dered in wood iii Staab, in Hungary.
The murderers were arrested and could
not deny their crime, but they did not
confess the motive; which is unknown to
this Gay. One of the rufians died In
prison before the sentence was spoken.
The other was sentenced to be hung: A
week ago the execution took place. and
as it was carried out in public, great
crowds, eager for something uncommon,
even at the risk of it being uflcomm8ply
horrible, surrounded the sCaff0ld, The
murderer's name was Tabaks, and he be-
lOnged to the lowest class of the country
population. When the cord was already
around his neck hs expressed h desire
of addressing the public, and begah sa5
ing with emphasis worthy of an orator,
g. die willingly, but my dear ladies and
gentlemen 80 Here the eReeutiouer
interposed and withdrew the tTap-dOor,
so that Tabaks died in the act of speech,
wit out knowing it, as it were, and with
out strigglbi Tie exeCQtiOner had
been most earnestly entreat d by doctor
of medicine, a professor, to provide him,
for once, with warm corpse" To COM
ply with this wish he shortened the
legal ''eight minutes" fur which q crimi-
ma should hang, to thre-, and Handed
the corpse over to physician, who
declared Tabaks to be entirely dead.
he body Vas spread upon the marble
table in the anatomy ROOM ard professor
and students prepared for the dissection,
which, had they been IN anything OF a
hurry, might have bscOme viyisection.
All of a sudden the body moved, first fts
feet and then its hands, and at last
trembled violently ali over. The pro-
fessor did not lose his presence OF mind,
buC calmly sent to the Authorities to ask
If Hakaks was I'd be restored to lifej Or
executed again before he a#bkBl IN
the meantime, he thought ithis duty as
human being to do all he could do to
restore the life which had so unexpect-
ediy shown il86lf. After an hour hard
rubbing and inha1itig Of sal#sj ldhaks
was sufficiently recovered to understand
that he had come to life this side of the
OTcuS. nOL the oIueI slpeg dS nC AZ lllSC
believed. He swallowed plateful of
soup and then fell prey To violent fever,
while his neck swell ed in most ALARM
ing manner This was all we heard on
the hrst day, besides vague information
as to the autho tiles being uncertain
whether the half slain man should not
be Hanged again more thoroughly.
there was & universal Cutlery against
this. 1t was said that Tabaks had
atongd f9r tis crime by suffering what
the officers of the law had declared
to be death. More can not be eXacted
by the law. No man may be killed
twice. While people were watching for
the knights and ladies on their way to
the sacond and third representation OF
the tournament described in my last
letter, the general topic of convetsat ation
was Iabaks. The mans death, which
took place exactly twenty-four hours
after his execution, happily put an end
to the controversy, and pity for the
sufferef was the universal feeling. He
had rayed during d whole night, and
suffered the most horrible spasms, and
had so often attacked his nurses that 1t
was found necessary to tie him to his
bed. The probable consequence will be
the removal of the execut,Oner from his
ugly Office, which he had discharged With
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