Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-11


aeceDded without assistance. Maxwell
was placed under che moose next TO
Twelfth street Father Than read pray
erS Maxwell was then asked IL he had
anything 10 say and in almost an inaudi-
Die tono responded "No." Landgraf
merely shook his head. The black caps
were being drawn when Landgraf slipped
backward, but promptly recovered There
Was
AN AWFUL LOOK or DEsrAIR on MAX
waIL's FACE
"a the cap hid II from view aud his knees
showed weakness. The nooses were adj
justed quickly, and at $3.50 the drop fell.
Landgraf never moved, DOR did a muscle
twitch. Not so with Maxwell. When
he fell his breast beayed convnlsively
and his limbs were drawn upward, while
the spectators we're shocked by stream
Of blood pouring down the right breast
Of his coat, which Was afterward found
to have been caused by cut on the
nose, inflicted by the rope in some mys-
terious way. Landgraf wac pronounced
dead IN eleven aud half nsnutcs.
BOAn MAN y M No DlsDhLNs
Maxwell's struggles continued for four
teen minutes, when he, too, was pro
Dounced dead by the attending physi-
eians Landgraf wss cut down at 9:12
Maxwell at 9:l5. The bodies were re-
moved 20 the Morgue Office and photo
Qraphod. after which the post D3ortcm
was commenced. IT was stated by the
pllysiciuus that tho neck OF each man
was broken.
MAXWELL 8 ADDRESS TO THE ENGLISH PEo-
PLE.
At an early hour this morning Max
we'll gave 70 the press the following adj
dress
" 70 me People Of Eagtand:
"Ny English countrymen will doubt
less remember the great boasts that have
now uud at all times been made by the
American people in regard to the fair
and Just way in which they treat oil peo
pie. Satisfied that you are not nc
quainted with the unlawful, uljnst. and
unfair way in which ] have been treated,
and since You are accustomed 10 Eng
land 10 see justice administered impair
TALLY in courts, an examination OF
the records in my case vii show
that the prosecution resorted 10
every unfair means IN their power,
even 70 crime itself, for they pro-
cured n check 10 DC forged, had the
man arrested who presented It, and
placed him in Jail. Aftervsrd the prose
cution placed him on the witness-stand
& L nt
lies from one ond 10 the other in fact,
upon the witness-stand he said he would
lie o. far AS he considered necessary, and
the prosecution said in open court that
they had paid $50 for said services.
This j. one specimen Of the boosted
American Justice. This is only one Of
the means used by tho prosecution, and
had the time / could give you numbers
II them"
THE STORY or MAywrLL's CRIME.
The crime for which Hugh NJ. Brooks
uii7s Maxwell paid the penalty OF the
Jaw this morning was the murder OF bls
friend, Charles Arthur Ireiicr, IN Room
No IA OF the Southern Hotel. Sunday,
April c, 1885, and the story bayina been
often in the papers Is familiar 20 the
public After the murder Maxwell cs-
capped to Auckland. New Zealand, whore
ho was approhended and brought back.
LANDGRAt's CBINp.
The crime for which Henry Landgrsf
suffered the death penalty was commit
ted ON the night Of March .. 1855. The
victim was his sweetheart annie Tisch,
"a beautiful girl less than eighteen years
of age. Jealousy prompted the decd.
ON the day of the murder he took the
Rirl out walking with the revolver with
which he killed her in his pocket. He
suddenly turned and uphraided her for
keeping company with other men. She
merely laughed, but with an oath lie
pulled ont his revolver and shot her
through the head,