The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-28
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION,
BY an Ex-0llCial Of the OHIO
Pcnltontl0ry,
or an Affair That viii Long be
Remembered IN Thia Pros
porous County OF
Stark,

An extended article IL going tile
rounda Of tho metropolitan dallles ON
the triple hanging in Canton In 1880,
meauiug the oxplation on the gallowa
OF Mann, Or and bammet, for tho
crime OF murder Tho article was first
published by the Detroit Free Press
That paper is using In influence u do
Ing away with capltm punishment, and
the article 10 In tho form OF an Inter
Wow with Ou ex'olllclal OF lho Ohio
penltenllary
After giving the faota Ia the cases In
which these men we're found guilty ANA
for which they were imprisoned "ln tho
Iall NJ the nrelty little city Of Canton,
the county scat OF stark euunY,' the
narrator graphically continues "lhe
memory OF that day viii never
leave mo 80 long ~ 1 con
tInuo TO have my being" And
here tho narrator paused moment or
two and musIngly gOaed of In the
direction where tho sun was slowly
alnklng IN the wlntry western SKY, VI
was about the goth Of june he e0hlln'
ued, "l am not quito positive Within u
day or two, and II was Que OF tho love
Hest days OF that rare month OF sun
ahIne and r0aca, had gone TO Canton
the day piiOr 70 tho one Het for tho exc
outi0n, aud very early Ia the morning !
awOlte, and dressing myself went out
into tile streets. EaIly Aa II was u pro
cefsOn Of cOnyeyauCea, from the cum
Duthun, ruuphly LuliL farm Wagon ~
the light village cart, each loaded down
with human beings OF all ages, sizes,
and GOlOIa, was winding Into town, ana
for whatY Simply 10 stand around the
the streets and gaze with 0pon'mouthed
awe at the gloomy stone walls OF the
lail wherein was soon TO be enacted the
iaat act of the two bloody tragedies.
~ went into the jail about 10 IN the
morning the execution was to take
place between l2 and land one OF the
most touching, pathetic scenes ! over
witnessed was tho picture bOheld IN a
large double cell, where, claapod IN the
arms of his whltoharod, et'lac0d
old grandmother, woman Of -four
score NJ least lay the covering, tfemb'
ing lOIln VI hNulkN MNAlli thN "''N
boy of 10, who was 10 atone for wan
ton homicide by giving up ma 'WN ll'r
10 appOage tho majesty OF the law Iht
poor little fellow Rugged tho grand
mother, who had come GOO miles 10 see
and ba with him, closer and closer oil
the while moaning and aObbng with an
agony that was simply frightiul
'oI could stand II but moment
aud went 10 the other part OF
the jail, where the number OF
spectators permitted by the law had
gathered In front aud below the scat
fold. AZ u few moments past the noon
hour the death procession took UP III
line OF march from the cells OF the con
dOmnod To the gallOws, Ohr and Sam.
nett marched forth, th0ir arms pinion'
cd but with nm mir of brayndo that
they maintained 10 the last. llut
George Manu- never viii forget his
shreks ~ they tore him from hiH
grauomU,ngrB Utma-had 10 be aIlmW
lated with brandy, aud even then
he was 40 limp aud life
less that he had 10 bO carried TO his
place on the gall0wa, ! can this minute
see the wild dospalrlng look Of unutter,
able terror that reflected from that
ashen faced boys eyes the moment
before tho black.cap was drawn over
his head and face. While, with trem.
bling voice, u minister Of tho gospel
petltloned divine mercy In behalf OF
those about TO die, click went the trap
like bullets shot the three bodies
through the opening IN the scalfold,. q
few convulslye movements OF the
limbs, u twitch or two Of the shoulders
and then, swinging from side to side
the bodies hung Tor twenty minutes
until the physician present pronounced
life extinct and then the inanimote
forms were cut down and placed ~
common collins after which the morbid
mob, the horde of ghouls In human
form that always oongregate when
death stalks near, filed through the jail
corridors for u glimpse NJ the faces OF
those who had just died the most
shameful death known TO mankind,
mo, can't say that ! am actually
opposed TO the death penalty, but 10 ]
said In the beginning so say now, nc
more hanging for me, II you please,