The Worthington advance., 1882-03-30
HANts'MAES DAY.
List Vt the MMrderPis Worked or Last Frl1.<

list Vt the Mnrderels Worked OF Las, Friday.
The execution @: William liz Hti!wagon, c,l ,ict-
cd OF the murder o. hia eiaushter-i in law, Dora
Ieilwkgon, took plaa. at koas Island iu tue
presence Of the sherIif, comfy officials and 4
few invited witnossca. flo has al3ays boruo s
hard reputation, Sn | II is HOW alleged with some
show Of truth, that ho po!suneu Lis mother
ABOUT ten years ago. His family
have not made ANY effort to says
han, and seem indifferent to his fate He was
.stolld snd uamoyod daring tho trisl. but has
'slnce been Dear}y insane with terror. He'll
wagon was asked ca the g4|iows il he had anv
thing to say, and cnly replied in feeble voice:
"aentlemen, hope yolt will find the guilty
man; | am innocent oi this cria.e, before God
those on the stage. the black cap was adjusted
and at 2:Ol the bolta were drawn and the
drop fell. hot \ tremor conld bs d'ec.rnod in
his body, and in foNrtee en- minutes the doctors
in charge pronounced. him dead
l.. r. Small was hanged al FittsburG for the
murder OF Nichols Jacoly. Small hld main
tsined stoical indifference to his fate aud
ssontiy asserted his innt tcenca, sayag on the
ga!lows II did not kill Nick Jaooby; am an
lcnocont man. Tho rCps was tLen placed
abont his neck. and io adins:ed i, with his own
hands. The cap was Eexe put on, tho trap was
sprung ana Small launched into etc, nifty.
At Middlebury, "a Johna.haa Mayer, who
participated in the murder OF John and Gret-
chen Kenntzler, the 9th of December. 1877,
wss executed. He professed religion and ex
pressed strong hope Of reaching heaven
At Angelica. N. ! John q. Mccarthy was
hanged for the murder Of Patrick Markey III
November last When aske:t if he had any re-
'narks to make he said to the district attorney,
You are 4 bloodthirsty brute, ycu are Yo1
snow In yonr heart ] am not gnilty OF this
crine:" Almoe. Immediately tho rope was cut
aod Mccarthy die1 without struggle.
At Harrisburg, Pa, Frank and henry RAM
berger were hanged for murder Both men
ascenttod the s:s!fold with 1irmness. The re-
ilgions services were brief, and at their conclu-
eion the sle,itt adjusted tho rope, pulled the
caps over their eyes, and almost iMme 1iately
the trap was sprung. The criminals died easy,
their necks being broken by the fall.
At Ciearhe!d, Pa, John A Eeveling. convict
cd OF the murder OF Samuel Pennington, Feb
rusry s, was hanged. After no mounted the
scaffold the doomed man hioited knife he
had concealed Oh his person, and thus demon
strsted that he had At 40 time desired to com-
NIT suicide
A Radical Measure or Revenue Reduction.
The house committee on ways and means
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the cub committee on
changes in internal revenue be instructed to re-
port bill abolishiug all internal revenue ex-
cept the tariff on distilled liquors, malt lquers
and manufactured tobacco, and taxes on bank
circulation, on all coupon medicines, reservin9
fer their discretion redirection for the tax On
sugars and special taxes on dealers, manufac
tulers ETC. Vote in detail: Ayes, Kelley, sher
man, Kassen. Dunnell, McKinly, HutbeII and
Haskett-c; Nays. Erret, Randall, Tucker Car
Isle and Speer-5.
motion to amend by inserting provision
exempting the sale OF leaf tobacco from taxa
ton was reported. In voting against the sub
committee report Chairman Kelly said his vote
was cast in accordance with tho recent action O.
the republican caut US and was contrary to his
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