The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-05-08
McHugh Hanged.
A WIFE MURDERER SUFFERS THE
FExTRENE PENALTY OF TIE LAW.

McHugh Hanged.
A WIFE MURDERER SUFFERS THE
ExrRKHE PENALTY OF TIE LAW.
May AT an early
hour this morning people began to
congregate in the vicinity of the
county jaa to 'wltnessSthe execution
of Wihlam McHugh, the wife -mur-
.darsS---~By.ten there were S,
600 persons outside the walls on. the
housetops and in the windows sur
rounding the buildings. Everything
was orderly. There was no demon:
stration whatever. An 8 40 Father
Brady went INTO McHugh's cell to
give such spiritual consolation, as
lay IN his power. At 9 o'clock the
Reverend Father came out and
said McHugh was in a remarkable
quiet frame of mind. At 8 40 he
ate his last mea! on earth. At 10
o'clock Sheriff Hawkins and deputy
entered the cell nd read the death
warrant During the reading Nc
Hugh simply,paco.i t::;: o"S: ;y,;h
in silent :::cn A A 10 :O7 the
rrSocession arrived at the gallows,
headed BY the sheriff. The doom
ed man was then put in position on
the trap to be pinioned, and the
rope was loosely adjusted about his
neck, after which the question
"Have you anything to say g. was
put. He replied. Good bye
friends. . The rope was then tight
ened, and the black cap drawn,
and a minute after the drop fell.
There were no contertions of the
limbs or evidences Of great pain.
At 10 :22 the body was still hang
ing At 10 80 it was cut down,
and the body placed in a neat rose
wood coffin and taken in charge OF
BY Undertaken, Mulvihill, who pre-
pared it for burial.
William McHlgh and Sophia
ZurelIe became acquainted with
each other several years ago. She
was then Lying in. a house Of ques-
tionab'e repute, and taking vio-
lent fancy for him be become her
acknowledged lover. Both having
high tempers they frequently quar-
relied and separated. In 1878 they
came together again and were sub
sequently married. The marriage
was under the auspices of society
called The National Association fol
the Promotion of Marriage, which
for one of Its warmest supporters
had. Col r. M. Moore, Mayor of the
city. The ceremony took place al
a picnic at Inwoyd Park. August 10
1879, in the presence. of 5000 peo
pie. The society gave them s25 in
money, and a set of furniture te
begin life with 1a f. eeof
| i Their marriage did not seem from
the first to he fortunate one, fol
they quarreled in a week af erwards
They lived u cat and dog life fo1
two years. McHugh was a hard
drinker, Wild and reckless, while
his wife WIS perhaps not much bet
ter.-. One day after they had quar-
relied, McHugh beat her severely
broke up the furniture, and drove
her out of the miserable rooms
which they occupied. After she
had been away two or three days
McHugh, under the impression she
was untrue to him. started out tt
find her. On his way to the neigh
borhood in which he. supposed sht
could be found he stopped in 1
hardware store and purchased I
sharp butcher knife. He place.
himself on the corner Of Sixth ant
Plum street, on Saturday evening
July %, 1881, and in a short tim
she came by in the crowd whicl
was attending the market, As sh
passed him.; he took her by tn
shoulder and plunged the long, sharI
l.knife into her breast. With
1pietcing shrek she fell to the side
walk covered with blood. She wa
carried to a drug store few sep
away, and in afewminutes was deat
Nc Hugh: was tried three times, an
each time was found guilty Of muir m
der in the first degree Only som
two weeks ago bis attorneys trie
to secure q reversal of the judge
ment and another trial. but failec
and Governor HoadIy, refaset
all appeals in his behalf.
}! McHush- spent the. last might
his life taking leave ofhis aged motf
er and SISTERS, and in religious 'ez
ercises He was kindly att nde
by the Sisters of Charity, and dur
ing his. long Incarceration neve
lacked. for friends to supply hi
with what he needed. He was
; ''good' prisoner and bore himse
well through the trying ordeal. b
i'm puted all OF his. trouble to tn
free use OF, whisky, but for that b
often said he would never have Kill
ed his wife, for whom to the last b
F expressed his fondest affection.
Allen Ingalls,. one of the Avon
dale murderers, committed suicid
by hanging himself in his cell q
"Wednesday. morning last, thereb
saving public expense of trying hin
i Bsf"re suspending himself he hat
hN WY of awarding detection, COY