The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-11
lack KETCH
Does the Business for Three Trans
gressors.
America, Ireland and Egypt Repre-
sented ON the Drop Hours
of Stevenson, Kelley, and
Suiefman DaOud.

lccount of the enormity of his crime Stew
nson talked freely with visitors throughout J,
he day and until a late hour at night but
lvoided reference to the crime Despite these
diversions, he found time TO write several
etters of farewell, as he called them, to
friends He ate hearty supper, but as night l.
wore on he manifested extreme nervousness q
and did not SUCCEED in sleeping over three c
hours all told He was astir early, and when | I
breakfast was served ate heartily and ap-
parently with good relish. He was early sur
rounded by morbid throng, with part OF
whom Stevenson conversed freely through the
iron bars of his cell window. The prisoner at
tired himself in a confederate gray suit with ex-
treme care, proverbial with murderers, and at
II O'Clock received Revs. Winn and Reid, who
remained in his cell with him praying and sing
ing until noon Just as the clock struck IL
a guard sixty men took position without the
entrance of the Jail, and formed lines through
which Stevenson was escorted to a Garage by
the sheriff and his deputy Before driving from
the jail the prisoner turned to the crowd and
said: You will see sight to-day you have
never seen before. Put down your umbrellas
so that all can see me- The carriage was
then driven to the scene of the execution, fol
q
the guards had fairly to push their way. |
There were fully 500 white women in the |
throng following the carriage, not to men- |
ton negresses On the way the prisoner en- |
tertained his heterogeneous escort with song,
which was greeted on the part Of some with
pIaudits On the gallows he manifested the
utmost unconcern, sitting with one foot on
the trap and Playfully dangling therope with
his hands a few days ago he announced
that his only wish was that the village band
should play THE Golden Slippers" as he
swung off. As from time to time he spied
| familiar face in the crowd the prisoner
shouted out the name and laughingly ex
| changed witticisnls. Several persons yelled
out to know if he was guilty or not, but the
prisoner invariably lodged the. question. His
! farewell speech was one ineohesent jumble Of
random words, which seemed to be
SPOKEN more to kill time than with
a definite aim. His exhortation to
the crowd was equally nonsensical, but
he nevertheless succeeded in prolonging the
| hideous spectacle half an hour. Not even the
adjustment of the black cap shook his appar-
ent indifference, and when those friends near
est to him in the crowd shouted final good
byes and begged him to either protest his in
nocence or admit his guilt he vouchsafed no
reply After a song and prayer, the
doomed man told them he had but three
minutes more to live he was exhorted by
| the minister to confess his crime The
prisoner, however, remained stoical, and had
| lust commenced another rambling exhorta-
ton to the crowd when the drop fell, at 1:0T.
The fall failed to break the wretchs neck,
and il was fully twenty minutes before death
ensued The corpse with its head hidden II
the black cap was left swaying in the breeze
forty minutes before being cut down. Tbs
wife refusing to receive the remains AT
uncle took charge of them, and they viii b
inferred in the same graveyard in which tht
murdered woman and her little son lie SID
| by side.
The crime for which Stevenson suffered th'
extreme penalty of the law was very afro
cious one. He was working for his aunt, I
widow, and conceived passion for her whicl
he told her of, and asked her to marry him
She told him the marriage would not be law
full, and he then said she should never MARI
any one else He, however, married, an
afterward, tiring of his wife, again presse
his suit with his aunt She again refused
and shortly after, it was announced that sh
was 10 marry another man. This enrage
Stevenson, and, procuring rifle, b
went to his victims house and shG
her so severely that death occurre
eight weeks afterward There were tw
prominent features incident to the trial Oh
was the unsuccessful attempt to shoulder II
crime on the murdered woman's little so
The other was Stevenson's assertion that q
improper intimacy had existed between
: aunt and himself for years. The jury W
e fhl t11s-f h1i
When brought up for sentence Stevens
raved like maniac, and it took several ms
~ to hold him
] THE FIFTH VICTIM AT KILMAINHAM.
DUBLIN, June 9-Timothy Kelly, convict
of participation in the Phoenix park murdel
was hanged at Kilmairham jail at o'clo
this morning He was the fifth execute
There was large crowd outside the prise
tut no disturbance 1t is believed Kelly di
without making any statement,
Kelly has had three trials for the crime
which he has been executed. khe first c
= began on the Esd of April, at which one
the Jurors declined to argree with the oti
eleven as to his ;Ailt, out of pity for
youth of the prisoner. The evidence for
crime was exactly similar to that used IN
conviction Of his associates in crime, all Il
-. was direct being gisen by Carey and
a. | brother infor1ners The defense was an ali
& which. while it was not very strong, was
M stronger on his second trial, at which L
- testimony much more favorable to the pri
or was introduced The evidence of Car
Kayanagh and Farrell informers. was dll
and uneouivocal in associating Kelly v
Brady and Curley in the affray in the ps
@ and as one of the four who left the seen
blood in Kavanaghs car. Kelly was
. identified by the gardener, Huxley, as ON
the group by whom the murders were conn
~ ted. Kelly's employer, while giving hin
axcallept character testified that he was
sent from his work on the 5th and 6Sh OF n
except during portion OF the fore pal
each day. The evidence of Kavanagh
sustained and corroborated by mo-
named Mattley and builder named Gl
also confirmed Carey's statement NotV
IT, standing so much direct evidence, Kelly
a second time spared by disagreement o.
jury. n,
Before the third trial commenced Del
and Caffrey pleaded guilty, and Del
esneciallv declared that Carey, in his
3 manv. had told the truth This fact was
santed to the jury which tried Kelly the
time and was such a strong indorseneI
/, the truth of the informers testimony Il
y sufaced to secure conviction Kellys
trial was concluded on May O. and, afte
libsrating an hour, the jury return
verdict Of suilty, and he was sentencsd
'' hf.ns on the 9th of Juna. On lessine
is
Sour1-room, Kelly exclaimed: Il am
cent, Thank you, my lore" de
thanked his counsel for their efforts In hl
. half, and expressed the hope that they
live long to defend the Innocent.
sULIEMAN DAoUD.
ALEXANDRIA, June 9.-The execuus
Sulieman Daoud, this morning, for 50
A fire to Alexandria, took place in the mif
the ruins of the great square
= Suhelnan had to be almost carried Z
scaffold. and was nearly comatose
fright before he was finally hanged. |
persons say he died before the trap fell