Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-12-26
HANGING OF Q'DoNNELL.
How tho Doomed Man Met His Eate.-.
No Sensational Demonstration.

LONDON, December 17.-9:15 A. NJ
Patrick O'Donnell, the slayer of James
Carey, paid the penalty of his crime
within the walls Of Newgate this morn
ing. The drop fell at precisely 8 A. NJ.
Last night O'Donnell went to bed
about 10 o'clock, and remained appar-
emily asleep until $50 o'clock this morn
ing. At 6 O'Clock Father Fleming came
to the prisoner and remained in prayer
with him for some time. Atthe conclu-
sion of the prayers the sacrament was
administered to tho condemned. O'Don-
nell then partook of light breakfast,
which he appeared to eat with some
relish.
At 7:45 o'clock the prison bell began
tolling, and q similar warning was heard
from the belfry of st. Sepulchre's
Church on the Holborn Viaduct. Di-
rectly after the governor of the jail, with
the head warden entered, and O'Donnell
was at once led to the pinioDing room,
situated about halfway between the
condemned cell and the prison yard.
Here he found the execuGoner, Binns,
awaiting him, together with the sheriff
of London, three wardens, and the pris-
on doctor. Binns deftly bound O'Don-
nell's arms with leathern thongs, the
convict submitting quietly.
The procession was then formed, the
prisoner being in the center, and slowly
marched to theprison yard, in which the
scaffold had been erected They passed so
close to the few spectators who had been
admitted to witness the execution that
they could have touched O'Donnell but
for the lattice.work which separated
them.
The scafold, which was quickly
reached. had the appearance of an or
dinary shed. The hempen loop, how
ever, hung ominously from cross-beam
above. The shed was half boarded up,
so that O'Donnell and his attendants as
they stood there could be seen by those
present only from the waist up.
There was no delay and no sensation
al scene under the scafold. Binns lost
not moment in placing the white car
over the victims face and adjusting the
moose. "A moment after O'DonneQ dis.
appeared, and quivering cord was al
that remained to show where he had
stood. The governor and doctor gazec
for moment into the cellar-like pit u
which the convict's body swung, ani
then turned away.
Outside the Jail q considerable crowG
had assembled, but dispersed directl,
the black flag was hoisted. About TWEEN
ty police were drafted inside the Jail an6
constables were posted around the walls
on the outside.
LONDON, December 17.-12:00 NJ
The usual inquest, upon the body o
O'Donnell showed that the face bore {
calm expression. The head was quit
loose from the trunk, and the rope mad
. deep indentation in the neck. Th'
usual verdict was rendered. The re
mains will be buried in quicklime unde
one of the flags of the corridor know
az the Bird-caRe walk"
Binns, the hangmau, was good hu
moredly mobbed by the crowd on leav
ing Newgate prison. He afterward
drove away in q government postal val
to escape observation.
The Press Association denies the Cen
tral News story that the police had in
formation that q body of invlneible
sailed from New York on the steame
Assyrian Monarch to attempt to rescu
O'Donnell or avenge his death. Tn
search of the steamer to-day was in &C
cordance with the regular practice of th
police upon the arrival of any steamer