New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-08-28
FOUR MEN HANGED,
All Murdered Women When Under
the Influence Of Either Drink
or Jealousy.

or Jealousy.
NEW YORK, Special: The four nrurderars
OF Women-Patrick Packerham, Jack Lewis
&coloredl, James Nolan and Ferdinand Caro-
un-Were hanged in the yard of the Tombs
prison on Friday. There were two scat
lolos anu two men were hanged on each
sonerlH Flack and Undersheriff Sexton en-
oered the prison from the Franklin street
size at $50 o'clock. They were followed by
twenty deputy sheriffs Ten OF them went
70 the Leonard street side and the others
COOK their places at the franklin street wall
AT GAO O'Clock the first Jury of twelve
men, ali newspaper representatives, were
given the signal to enter the prison
yard, and two minutes later the
second set of jurors filed out and marched
20 their places. At 6:54 two Of the con-
oemned men, Packenham and Nolan,
emerged from the jail accompanied by the
priests Father Prendergast supported Pack
enham and father Gelnas walked alongside
OF Nolan The procession brought up with
Father Van Rensselaer,. The arms of the con-
demned men were pinioned, and over the
shoulder OF each hung the black cap. Pack
enhan's face was of a CHASTITY pallor, but his
into the faces around him. Nolan hardly ap-
peared to realize his position. There was a
hali-dehant look on his countenance and he
cast his eyes up at the cross beam from
winch two ropes dangled, with something
akin to curiosity. The rope around his neck,
with the knot pressing against his left ear,
seemed to chafe him, for he moved his head
uneasiy once or twice in his
BRIEF WALK TO DEATH
Nolan took his place under the rope hanging
nearest the Franklin street wall Packen-
ham was four feet away from his companion,
and next the prison. Hangman Atkinson
stopped down and uied white cord about
the legs of Nolan, just above his ankles. His
assistant did a like service for old Packen-
ham. In a twinkling the black caps were
adjusted and Atkinson raped three times in
rapid succession on the side OF the box
wherein third assistant stood with a
Ratchet. The third rap had hardly been
given wnen the bodies OF the murderers were
Jerked up into the air. At 7:1O o'clock both
men were pronounced dead, but were per-
mltted to hang for fifteen minutes longer
The hanging of Carolin and Lewis in
several aspects is probably unparalleled.
The two murderers at $40 o'clock received
their last spiritual consolation Two mill
utes after z o'clock Carolin and Lewis with
the priests. came through the door. Lewis
walked unsteadiy the first dozen PAGES. but
quickly recovered himself. Carolin had the
butt of cigar between his lips, and was
putting vigorously, blowing great clouds of
smoke into the faces of the attending priests.
His face was as pale AS the face of the dead,
and the scowl upon it was demOnacaL He
glared at the priests he turned around
and felt the rope touch his shoulder. Spit
ting the cigar stump from his mouth, he
BROKE OUT INTO BLAsPHEMY
that horrifed the spectators. Atkinson had
just pinioned his legs when he spoke. Look
ing sullenly at the three priests, he suddenly
exclaimed:
81 die an innocent man, Cd d-n it;
didn't do this thing"
Lewis, who had then been pinioned, said:
whats the matter with you, any way?
Why don't you die like manS"
Il will die like man" shrieked Carolin,
Il will die like "a man-an innocent man."
The words were scarcely out OF his mouth
before Atkinson had clapped the black cap
over the mu! derers face The assistant
hangman covered Lewis face at the same
moment Atkinson gave the signal and the
weight fell. Instead of bounding up, as
Packenham and Nolan had done, the mis-
cradle wretches went into the air with
so little force that there was scarcely
any rebound at all Lewis imnle-
diately began to struggle in the
about so violently as TO kick off his slippers
Then he began to gurgle and choke. The
raspng. wheezy sound came fro N under that
horrible black cap for fully ten seconds. His
body turned and swayed and the contortions
were so painful that half dozen men turned
away their heads. The poor creature was
slowly strangled. Caroln's body was vio-
lentlv contorted also, but he uttered no
sound. The weight fell at 1908 o'clock and
at 7:1O both men were dead. The four
bodies hung for half an hour, and were then
cut down and placed in plain collins.
Charles Ferdinand Carolin murdered woman
named Bridget Quinn, who passed as his wife,
in small back room in Stanton street tene-
ment. March 16, 1888. He butchered her with
shinglng Ratchet Carolin and his mistress
lived very peaceably together until he lost his
place in the carpenter shop where he had been
the pair began the series of quarrels which
ended so fatally for them both. On the day ON
which the murder committed the woman
wanted him to go out and looA for work Both
had been drinking and were i'll mood for quar-
reling Words passed 9etween shem' ana tnen
Ratchet and making for his mistress, hacked
her about the head and shoulders until life was
extinct. Throughout his imprisonment he main
tanned a remarkable composure.
Alice Jackson never had chance fer her life
after, he negro John Lewis, alias Black Jack,
burst into the kitchen of the house. No. 81 West
Third street, where she was at work, on July II,
1883. Alice had lived with him previously. but
after he had made an attempt to Kill her she had
fed from him. On the afternoon of the murder
Lewis went to the house where Alice was en-
ployed and forced his way into the kitchen and
into the presence Of his mistress. She ordered
him out, but the only reply was TO draw his re-
yolyer and shoot her twice, once in the left
breast and once in the abdomen. She lived but
a short time, but long enough to identify the
murderer who was arrested before he had walked
half block.
James Nolan's crime was the killing Of his
mistress, Emma Buch who had left her husband
to live with the man who finally murdered her
Nolan treated her brutally, and she had threat
eued to leave him She had also shown Il prefer
encesfor another man. On Nov. 20, 1885, Nolan
came home and found his mistress in company
with his rival. He called her into the hall and
shot her twice, the wounds proving fatal
Patrick Packenham was the patriarch of the
quartet OF murderers who were hanged. He was
once member of the New Orleans police force.
On March IS he was drunk and quarrelsome. On
the night of the 18th he fought with people in