The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-21
ODONN LII is DEAD.


O'clock.
Last nj nj O'DomIel went to bed
about 10 o'circ6 and remained APP ar
entity asiee until $50 this morning.
Al 6 O'clock 3 athrr Elem ng came 10
the prisoner aU remain II III prayer
with him for some time. At the con-
clusiun of thu prayers the sa rament
was administered To tn. condemned.
0'DoDnell then parIook OF II light
br, ak asst. winch he appeared to eat
with some rel,h.,
Al 7:45 O'Clock the prison bell BEGAN
tolling. A siut.lr war ling was heard
from the beiiy rom 81. >epulchre's
Church on tie iiolborn viaduct. Di-
reClY /, th oOvernOr or the Jail
with the head warden entered and
0'Donnell VS. a. onre led to the PIN
ioning room, siCuated about hal way
betwe ID the condemned cell and The
prison yard. Here he found the exc
cutiOner, Dnus. awaiting Tim, togeth-
en- with the slulitf of London, three
war,iers and the rlson doctor. Binns
deity bound ODonneiPs arms with
leathern thon >, the convict submit
ting qu city.
be procession was then formed, the
prisoner belng III the center, and SLOW
.1y m rched 80 the prison yard, in
which the scatfOld lad been erected.
they passed so close to the lew spec
tatorS WHO la3 cen Admitted to wit
NESS theeX.cul,on that they could have
touche, ODuuneil but tor. the lattice
work Thicttsep arated them. The
81 ni, Nhich VAS quickly reached,
had the appearance of an ordinary
she'd. he hempen loop, however,
hung ominously from a croSs-beam
above. he'shed was half boarded up,
SO that O'Don ell and his attendants
as they stood there could be seen by
those present only from the waist up.
Binns lost not moment In placing the
white cap over the victims face and
adjusting the moose. A moment after
0'DOnnell disappeared and quivering
cord was all that remained to show
where he had stood. The governor
and doctor gaZ d for a moment into
the cellar-like pit, in which the con-
vict's body swung, and then turned
away.
Outside the Jail considerable crowd
had assembled but dispersed directly
wien the black dag was hoisted.
About twenty police were drafted in
side the Jail and constables were posted
around the wal on the outside.
While being pinOned ODonnell
smiled and seemed Indifferent to his
approaching fate. He expressed to the
governor of the jail regret at the scene
lie had made In the dock after being
sentenced. lie walked firmly TO the
scaff0ld. His death was instantaneous
upon the drop. The fall was eight feet.
0'DOnnell's brother was not admitted.
He remained outside and prayed eX-
cited y. The morning was wet and
gloomy. The crowd around the jail
was quiet.
The safe in the postoflice at Tabor,
Iowa, was blown open and robbed OF
over $40 in money and stamps.
dohn w. Garrett has been reelected
for the twenty-sixth time as president
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Colonel Ben Roser, one of the pioneer
settlers at Massillon, o., passed away
Thursday.
NJ. K. Tremble, one of the most eX-
tensive lumber-dealerS in Wisconsin,
died at Green Bay, of apoplexy.
The divorced wife Of ex-senator
Christiancy died in Brooklyn, Thurs
day, in an insane condition of mind.
Eighteen business places at Rock
ford, Mich, were burned on Sunday,
causing a loss of $4,000.
James Mills, for many years in active
business at Adrian, Mich, as a build
er, has passed away.
Oscar MalmrOss, of st. Paul, is rec
commended by the Minnesota delegation
to be consul general at Calcutta.
E. A. SOphocles, the venerable pro-
fessor of Greek in Harvard college,
died Monday.
The fish commission of Illinois has
this year distributed carp to ] ,100appli-
cantS.
Hon. j. y. Dixon, prominent hOrti-
culturist OF Oskaloosa, Iowa, died of
apoplexy, Tuesday morning.
Murch, formerly q congressman from
Maine, recently opened snowy saloon
in Boston, and his partner has filed q
bankruptcy petition for the firm.
G.. Ii. Morford has been appointed
superintendent of the Canada South
ern division of the Michigan Central
road.
The letter carriers Of the chief cities
have sent delegation to Washington
to ask for vacation of 80 days each
year without loss Of pay.
Lillian Spencer, the actress, has
brought suit at Pittsburg for divorce,
alleging that her husband assaulted her
with revolver.
Charles Marshall, of Madison, Ind,
pointed his pistol, which he did not
know was loaded, at Will Grayson.
The latter is mortally wounded.
Joseph Stockton and other Chicago
ans have incorporated the National
Live Stock company, with capital OF
S100,000
Four per cent. consols of the United
States, which Secretary Sherman was
at first unable to peddle out, have adj
yanced to 124s.
The new library building of Michi-
gan university, which was dedicated
Thursday. has q capacity of one hun
dred thousand volumes.
Mrs. John Howie, of bonneville,
New brunswick, gave birth to four
boys, Thursday, three of whom are still
living.
J. Il. Martin has been appointed per-
manent receiver of the Ohio Central
Railroad and Coal company, by agree
ment between three federal judges.
In the Japanese department of the
foreign fair at Boston. Marshall Field.