Evening journal., 1889-08-24

Carolin Died with Curses on His Lips.
The houses had been adjusted around their
necks by the hangman in the Jail. Carolin
was smoking cigar and nervously sending
out the smoke in short, quick puffs As At
knson hound his feet together in an adept
manner Carolin spat his cigar stump upon
the pavement Then he said, In a loud but
trembling voice as he looked straight Ia the
eyes of Father Prendergast
"-- " it, didn't do this thing
Lewis turned his head aud gazed contempt
ously at his fellow murderer and said
"oh, what's the matter with your Why
don't you die like a manf'
~ do die like man, almost screamed Car
olin. a do, - - it, but die like AN in
nocent man.
Lewis lip curled ia scorn at these words,
but before he could say anything Atkinson
had pulled the black caps down over the
heads Of the condemned men and had tied
them with black silk ribbon around thoir
necks.
both Their Necks Were Broken
moment later the signal was given, and
the two men were jerked four feet into the
air, only TO fall back half that distance. The
ropes frightened with horrible snap and the
necks Of both men were broken. As soon as
the ropes Strengthened out Caroln hung limp
and motionless, save for a slight swaying TO
and fro with pendulum-like movement
Lewis body, on tho other hand was all In
motion in an instant. His legs drew up aud
were kicked out again and again, both OF his
slippers flying OFF with the movement His
hands we're tightly clenched aud his arms
drawn up until one could almost see the play
of the muscles under his coat sleeves.
Again and again did the arms strain up
close TO his sides and fall outward again. Il
seemed to the inexperienced spectators that
he must be undergoing excruciating agony,
but such was not the case With the first
tightening OF the moose about his neck the
bones had snapped asunder and he was dead.
The violent contortions were merely the
spasmodic contracting and relaxing Of the
muscles always observable in an animal sud
denly deprived Of life In a short time both
men were declared dead.
Packenham and Nolan confeesed-
Father Prendergast stated after the exc
cution that just before they were pinioned
Packenham and Nolan both said In the boar
ing Of the sheriff that they were guilty Of the
crimes for which they we're about TO die;
that the penalty was deserved and that they
died as penitents This confession they
reiterated when question was addressed 70
them.
The Disposition Of the Bodies.
The body Of Carolin was taken IN charge
by Undertaken Stolzenberger, Of 50 Stanton
street, who conveyed it 70 his establighment
| where it will remain until Sunday On thai
day the burial viii take place The intermeni
will be in Calvary. This is IN accordanc,
with the last request Of Carolin The re
mains of Nolan were taken by Undertakes
McCaddiu 10 the house Of his relatives, III
Madison street, where they were put into
casket After brief service they were car
ried to Calvary cemetery, where they wer
Inferred
The bodies Of Lewis and Packenham wer
taken ia charge by Undertaken Slavin an,
conveyed 70 Calvary cemetery Packenham'
daughter, accompanied by lady friend, fol
lowed the remains in a coach They drov,
from the Tomhs 70 the coroner's Office, and
after obtaining a certificate OF death drov,
directly 10 the cemetery. Faclenham wai
buried next 70 the grave Of the wife he muir
dered
Patrick Packenham's Crime.
Patrick Packcnham was painter. II,
lived with his wife Bridget and five children
in a suit Of rooms at No. 2l2 West Twenty
seventh street when he wasn't doing penanc,
for disorderly conduct on Blackwels Island
He killed his wife about o'clock on Monda,
morning. April 2, 1855 Sunday he quarrele,
all day with his wife and drove his childreI
from home He kept the house in an uproai
until about $50 o'clock, when his eldest son
Robert, ran out for a policeman He re
turned with one, but Mrs. packenham re
fused 20 makea "A complaint when her husband
promised to behave himself, and the police
man went away. Scarcely had he disap
pcared when Packenham drew razor an,
sprang at his wife Their son tried to saw
his mother, but too late.
The keen edged razor severed the jugulal
vein, and she fell near the stove gasping
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, have mercyln
In a moment She was dead Policeman
CuTrier arrested the murderer, and he wa
tried and found guilty Of murder in the frs
degree before Recorder Smyth in the cour
Of general sessions. Packenham was 90 year
old. He led a wild and dissipated life, bu
after his incarceration in the Tombs becam
mild and religious in demeanor.
The Crime Of james Nolan.
James Nolan fred FIVE bullets from a 3
caliber revolver into Emma Boch at
Second street, about o'clock on the after
noon Of Nov. 20 last. He was found GUILTY
Of murder in the first degree by a jury be
fore Judge Cowing in the court Of genera
sessions on March 1, 1889
Nolan was Emma Boch's lover She ha,
left her husband for him, but she transferre,
her affections TO a man named Barney Owens
and Nolan found them together on the da,
in question. He left the house abruptly an,
bought a 3S-caliber bulldog pistol.
Armed with this he returned 10 the house
and pleasantly asked the Boch woman t
come out in the hall as he wanted 20 ses her
She went, and he eoolly opened fire on her
He fired five shots altogether, and one o
them proved -atal Replacing his pistol il
his pocket he ran out into the arms Of Police
man Madden, Of the First Precinct, who wa
going home to dinner when he heard the pis
tol shots
Carolin's Horrible Deed.
Ferdinand Carolin butchered his wife
Bridget with a shingling hatchet in bacl
room at No. A Stanton street, on March Is
1855.