The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-19
/. ONTnE STRING.
hangman's Day Furnishes Its
Regular Report.
Carley, the Dubiin Assassin. suffers
Hanging of a sseoraia
Murderer.

DUBLIN, May 18.-Daniel Curley, the
second man convicted of the murder of Cav
endish aud Burke, was hanged in kilmainham
Jail at : O'Clock this morning. The Jail was
guarded by force of military similar to thai
on the occasion of the hanging of Bisiy ON
Monday lasl. Cannon Kennedy and TatheI
OReilly arrived at the prison at AN early hour
to attend Cu3iey. After the priests had prayed
privately with the condemned man in his cell,
mass was performed in the prison chapel in
the presence of the governor ana wardens
where Cnrley received the sacrament
Meanwhile, the group of women,
which had gathered outside the prison, were
on their knees saying the litany for the dying
When the black flag, announcing that the exc
cution had taken place, was hoisted over the
prison, every man In the crowd outside, which
numbered barely thousand uncovefed his
mead, and mufmufs of sympathy with CnIley
were uttered. rush was then made bysthe
crowd for the garden near by, where Curley's
relatives had assembled and " here his father
was kneeiing and praying for the repose of the
soul OF his son. The people soon dispersed
quietly.
Cufley walked to the scaffold with little as
sistance. He seemed to be resigned to his
fate but was hardly firm He declined TO
make any statement touching his connection
with the crime for which he was executed His
death was instantaneous. Ia letter which
Curley wrote to his wife, he said: II will take
my secrets to the grave with me- and leave
those who are at freedom to enjoy it, I viii
die In peace, lighting my enemies.
WIFE MURDERER HUNG.
CRAWFORD, Ga, May lS.-Joseph |
Jones, alias Cohen, who brutality murdered his |
wife last Chri tmas was hanged at 80 to day at
Lexington, the county seat of oglethrope county.
He attempted suicide yesterday by cutting |
1
He was then chained to the floor. The gov.
ernor telegraphed to hang him if ableto mount
the gallows The scaffold was erected in a
meadow near the town, with hills all sides,
forming natural anphitheater. and fully a
tn ousand people were present The drop was
four and half feet
Joseph Cohen was born in Griffin, Ga, in
January, 1858 His father died when he vas
quite small, and his mother then removed with l.
her family, consisting of Joseph, one other son
and daughter, to Mobile Ala Here the
mother died, and the children were adopted by l.
4 lady named Jones, from Oglethorpe county |
Joseph was of stubborn nature and, while
very intelligent, was headstrong and unInan |
ageable. At the age of Il he married young
girl named Turilla Matthew'S then. in heI
weifth year Shortly after marriage Jones
o maltreat his young wife. At one time he
made most brutal assault on his !
nother-ln4aw, a widow lady, and at
empted TO commit q most Ioathsorne out |
age upon her person. He was tried for this |
,ut escaped punishment and lett the country. |
-ast christina, however he appeared again
n the neighborhood of the glade where thew
wed de visited - the house and sought ,
0 induce his wife 10 live with him again This
he refused to do. On March Is he went to =
heir house, and brandishing pistol threat i
ned their lives unless his wife came with him /.
ut he accomplished nothing. On the follow /
lg day be sought the premises and lay In am
ush beside spring near the house, waiting | O
0r his wife. Not coming he went to the house | :
nd drove the motheT-ia-law from the room | .
18th pistol. The mother terrified by his u
treats, FASTENED to the neighbors for as >
stance She returned in a few moments 3
18th three men, and found Jones and his wife | q
the Front gate. As soon as Jones saw them Q
pproaching he raised his pistol and fired The q
zen grappled with him. but he fired again. The 9
HI entering his wife's forehead In a few mo- $
ents she was dead Jones was overposered Ia
Id carried before magistrate was tried and .
mt TO jail Soon after two unsuccessful at q
mpts were made TO lynch him At his trial u
was sentenced to be hanged While in iaiI p
Waiting death he wrote three letters to Gov | CO
cDaniel, begging for executive clemencv | Pi
mes was rather intelligent man. but of nm. &C
vernable passion He claimed that he killed ~
5 wife TO save her from worse fate. Willie | Ie
jail ne made two unsuccessful attempts to se
II himself, once by taking morphine and
ain by attempting to cat his throat