The daily gazette., 1882-08-25
DEL. FRIDAY. AUGUsT a5. 1854. :

the scaffold, and with Redden standing In
'front.', Mr.. Parker made prayer, in which
he asked God to save the soul of the man
about to die. He said he believed that he
had repented of his sins and that he stood
where he did, justified and blessed.
The praying lasted a few minutes and
when 1t was over Mr.. Parker stepped up to
kedden and asked him if he was ready to go.
YES" he said. Warden Hance at once
adjusted the rope. Not a muscle of the
doomed mans face moved as this was done
and the black cap was soon adjusted
| Tying his feet was the work of but moment
and at 1915 the Sheriff cut the rope and the
drop fell.
| SWINGING IN AIR.
The body fell with a quick heavy thud
and the mans feet touched the ground.
| This checked the fall and the neck was, 1t
was thought, not bronen.
Ex-Sherif Herbert ran up, crying In a
hoarse whisper, "Pull him up" and the
next moment Redden's feet swung clear and
his body hung almost motionless in the air.
He did not give many struggles and died
IN ten minutes and ten seconds after the
| drop fell. Doctors Black and Henderson
viewed the body. In four minutes and
three-quarters respiration had almost ceased .
ana In five minutes and l5 seconds the pulse
was l2O, and 1t continued to futter till the
last gasp.
The body was cut down in 20 minutes and
the inquest held
The following was the jury of Coroner
Weldin: W. H. Carey, j. Harry Rogers,
Thomas Cloud, Matthew Macklem, Edward
Rogers, Jacob Richardson, William Herbert,
John Taylor, Oliver Bliss, w. Maxwell
and Harry George.
The body was taken in charge of by un-
uertakHF ufn
Potters' field to- day.
Among those present were the Purse rep
sentatives and a number of others. A
young lady of Brandywine hundred, who
has always "wanted SO see some one hanged''
was the only female spectator
The execution passed off quietly and
orderly and the way things went reflects
credit upon Sheriff Clark None of Red
den's relatives visited him or sent him any
word of farewell.
FORMER EXECUTIONS.
The following is list of executions at
New Castle since 1889:
l8S9-Thomas Morgan, Jr, by Sheriff
Elihu Jefferson, for the murder of his
brother-iD-law.
lS49-Empson Bayard and James ALdei-
son, both colored, by Sheriff Isaac Grubb,
Sr., for the murder of Joseph Williams,
aged 75, for a small sum of money.
lS49-Perry Bailey, colored, by Sheriff
Isaac Grubb, Sr., for rape on Mrs. Smythens,
a white woman
1S52-Samuel Ward, colored by Sheriff
Isaac Grubb, Sr., for the murder of Con-
stable Davidson, who was taking him to
jail.
1S60-John j. White, by Sheriff Cannon,
for the murder of a man at Delaware City
1S66-William Manluff, by Sheriff Hagany
for burglary and attempted rape on a white
woman in Wilmington.
1S67-Andrew p. Armstrong, by Sheriff
William Herbert, for the horrible murder
of his wife whose body he concealed under
a hog pen.
187O-Joshua Jones and Lewis Carpenter,
both colored, by Sheriff Richardson, for rape
on white woman in New Castle hundred.
lS72-Andrew c. Clark, colored, by
Sheriff James Armstrong, for committing
rape on a white woman.
1S73-William Dennis, cOlored, by Sheriff
r. Lewis Armstrong, for a rape upon Mrs.
Thompson, white woman.
1ST7-John Rhodes, colored, by Sheriff |
Grubb, for the murder of James Temple.
1S7S-Samuel Chambers and George Col |
lins, both colored, by Sheriff Isaac Grubb. |
for the rape of Kate Smith, white woman. |
1SS2--James Redden, colored, for rape on |
Sallie j. Purse, white, by Sheriff Clark.
Total number 16,of which all were colored |
except two. Seven of the executions were
for murder and nine for rape. Only negroes
the latter crime