Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-24
JOE BRADY HANGED.
Execution of the Murderer in
Kilmainham Jail.
Scenes at the Prison.
Hosting the Black Flag.

DUBLIN, May % AT s o'clock this
morning Joseph Brady expiatcd his
double crime on the scaffold in <
mainham Jail. As early as hslt-past 6
people began to gather outside the
prison walls. Fully 4 900 persons, con-
sisting principally of young men Of the
artisan and shopkeeping classes, gath
cred on the roadway adjoining the Jail
waiting anxiously for the hosting of
the black flag, which was to indicate
to the outer world the fall of the drop.
No one was allowed to stand in front Of
the j ali. A strong force of Grenadier
| Guards was stationed at the entrance
to the Royal hospital, opposite the
prison. The court house was crammed
with soldiers, and sentries paced every
| foot of ground around the prison walls,
while he roadways were kept clear by
| large bodies of police, who firmly, but
respectfully and with great regard for
the feelings of the people, discharged
their duties.
DEEPLY MOVED PEOPLE.
There could be no doubt about the
sympathies Of the masses. There was
no levity, no rude horse play. People
talked IN whispers commiserating the
man who was about to die. As eight
o'clock approached the suppressed ex
citement was intense. Every one stood
still and gszed in sort of horrible fas
cination on the "A igstaf AS the clock
struck eight the cord was tigtened
around the neck of the unfortunate
man within the Ill and before the last
strike the death emblem was futtering
in the breeze. A loud murmur ran
| through the crowd; hats were off in an
instant; many went down on their
knees in the roadway; end others de-
voutly crossed themselvs and uttered
prayers for the reposc of Brady's soul.
AT seven minutes to eight the doomed
man and his spiritual left the chapel.
In the hall outside Marwood WAS wait.
ing with the officials who were to take
part in the melancholy procession to
the scaffold. Brady submitted quietly
to the process of pluioniEg. Holding
rrayerbook in his right hand be earn
estly repeated the responses. The dis.
lance to the foot of the scsffOlds was
one hundred yards, and this was trav.
ersed slowly. Tue governor of the Jail
led the way; the medical officer and
the principal warden followed, aud then
came the prisoner and Canon Kennedy,
Marwood, Sub-Sheritf Ormsby and
three wardens bringing up the rear.
REsoLUTE To THE LAT.
Al the foot of the scaifJld Brady
turned to the warden and said, Take
the book" He never uttered another
word, but slowly, deliberately, without
apparent falter, mounted the eight steps
leading to the drop, Canon Kennedy
keeping by his side and Marwood with
the leg straps in his hand. A moment
more and he stood on the fatal plank.
Only when Marwood went to place the
moose round his neck did be finch. He
jerked his head suddenly on one side,
but recovered himself in second. Elk.
actly on the stroke of eight Marwood
touched the lever Death was instant
aneoHs, the vertebi@ of the neck, az
DR.. Carte said, being literally Smashed
TO pieces. The length of the drop be.
ing eight feet, eleven inches, the effect
of this on the neck of man who
weighed fourteen stone can easily be
imagined.
THE INQUEST.
The body, after hanging the legal
hour, was cut down and laid on a rude
bench beside the small scafold, to
await the po't-mortem view of the jury.
1t was atlired in the clothes in which
Brady was arrested-small round jack
ct, dark trousers, vest aud wooden
shirt. He was in his stocking feet,
boots, by Marwood's advice, not being
allowed. The inquest was held in
small arched room close to the yard in
which the scafiold was erected. The
proceedings d;d rot commence till ten,
when fifteen jurymen were sworn and
filed out to look at the bedy with its
klackened lace. The coffin was ready,
and the jury had no sooner given their
verdict than the remains of the muir
derer of Thomas Henry Burke and
Lord Frederick CAvendish were placed
in the grave dug not far from the
soaffold. The only evidence at the in
quest was that of the doctor and the
chief wardtn n. The verdict was OF course
death from the severance of the spinal
cord caused by hanging, according TO
the sentence OF the law.