St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-24
Paekenham, Lewis, Carolin
and Nolan Hemped Into
the Great Beyond.
Each Went Into Eternity Be-
lieving His Salvation
Was in God.
Carolfn's Blasphemy Shocks
the Attending Priests and
Officiating Officers.

the gallows, on each of which two men
were hanged, was such that an interval
OF five minutes was necessary b etween
the two executions. Though the struct-
ures were considerable distance apart,
the noise of the drop on the gallows
which first sent Packenham and Nolan
out of the world must have been
plainly heard by Lewis and Carolin.
The four men went into eternity firm
in the belief that their salvation was in
God. The scene in the little chapel
where mass was said this morning and
the subsequent farewells between the
men were very impressive. The two
Catholic priests who administered
consolation to the men during their last
hours stayed with them until the last
minute. Preparations for conducting
the first of the men to the gallows were
commenced about $50. At 6:35 the
jury, composed entirely Of newspaper
men. were placed in position. At GA
Caroiin and Lewis were taken across
the prison yard TO the boys prison,
WHERE THEY WERE PINIONED.
Carolin was putting hard at big
cigar. As soon as Lewis and Carolin
had been transferred the Sheriffs and
priests who conducted them returned,
and moment later the hangman was
summoned to make the preliminary
preparations for the hanging OF Packen-
ham and Nolan. As soon as these were
completed the hangman returned to his
place under the gallows, and IN
few minutes Packenham and
Nolan were led out en- route
to the scaffold. The sheriff and under
sheriff led the way while the condemned
were f1anked on one side by priest
and on the other by an officer. They
walked with firm step, but their
faces wore anxious expressions. Both
men looked around as thev walked to
the gallows glancing from one reporter
to another, as though hungriy search
ing for familiar face. They had only
about forty feet to go and were soon
placed under the crosSbean. Both had
already been pinioned, and the black
caps were on their heads. ready to be
drawn over their faces, and the nooSes
were about their necks. The men had
emerged from the prison at 6:4S, and
two moments later the nOoSeS were ad-
jpsted, the black caps drawn and the
rope holding the weight was cut. In
twinkling the bodies of the two muir
derers shot up into the air distance of
about four feet and fell back to within
two feet of the ground. The struggles
of the men were very feeble, and it was
evident that their
NECKs HAD BEEN BROKEN.
Packeuham died in seven minutes,
while Nolan survived minute longer.
They were allowed to hang some thirty
minutes before being cut down and
placed in the collins provided for the
remains. The most moving scene about
this hanging was the awful expression
upon the faces of the men as they took
their places under the gallows. Noian's
Jaw hung down, his lips quiyered, and
for moment he looked as though he
would collapse. He quickly recovered
himself. however, and although his
lips still trembled there was regular
motion which showed that he was re-
peatingfa PRAYER. Packenham was also
evidently praying. A priest stood by
each of the men Both the condemned
were staring fXediy ahead at the
bare wall of the prison when
the caps were drawn. The knot of
the moose about NoIan's neck slipped
a little to the back. A slight hemor
rhage was subsequently noticed at the
back of the neck, and gradually the
blood tiekled down over the shirt col
lar. 1t WAS supposed that the moose
had cut the skin as it frightened. but one
of the attendant physicians said 1t was
merely due to the extreme tension on
specific sore which had been On the
neck for some time. the result of dis
ease from which Nolan was suffering.
The bodies were finally cut down, after
hanging little over half an hour,
Il %rt>- IN,
their friends. Both men were in their
collins within fifty minutes of the time
when they marched out to the gallowS.
When their caps were removed No
1an's face showed the greater cOntOr-
tons. Although the eyes and mouth Of
Paekenham were partly open, Nolan's
eyes were staring wide open and his
face
WORE A HORRIBLE EXPRESSION.
Almost On the stroke of z O'Clock
Lewis and CAROLYN came out from the
boys PRISON, whittier they had been
taken when their companions went out
to die. The arrangements for their eX-
ecution were in every detail the same
as those on the other side of the prison,
except that Carolin and Lewis were
given a less weight than the first two.
When they marched into sight of The
gallows, Carolin turned pale and tightly
clutched the hand of the priest by his
side. He looked straight ahead while
he pulled hard at half-sInoked cigar. In
strong contrast to the demeanor of the
German was the manner in which the
negro. Lewis. approached his fate. His
face beamed with smiles and he shook
hands right and left with several
members of the death watch, bid
ding them Goodbye" in cheerful
tones. In short, he seemed to consider
his hanging as the browning honor of
his life. Suddenly Cerolin released his
hold on the crucifx and moving his pin
Toned hands began to jabber eXcitedly
in German. speaking SO rapidly that his
words could scarcely be caught. As
nearly as could be understood this is
what he meant to say: Il die an limo
cent man: Cd d-n it, l didn't do this
thing" The three priests in attendance
looked shocked but made no reply to
the mans exclamation. Lewis scanned
Garolin eontemptuously and remarked
in, the manner and with the accent of a
typical Bowery tough: ''Ah, watts der
matter wld yer? Die like a man." with
which words he
CURLED HIS LIPS AND SPAT
to accentuate his contempt. Il will die
like man, exclaimed -CarOllD. eXclI-
eddy, ..but I'll die like an innocent
man" He was still mumbling when
Hangnan Atkinson blackcapped him,
while the assistant drew the cap over
the head of Lewis. Then Atkinson gave
the three-rap signal on the partition
which concealed the actual e1ecutioner,
and, with crash that must have been
heard all over the prison, the weight
came down, and the two unfOrtunates
were hurled into eternity 1t was 1903
a. m. when the drop fell, and the whole
scene described occupied but couple
of minutes. Both-men sustained tract
ures of the ceryicai vertebr8. and
their death was certainly painless,
though 10 the unskilled observer
this did not seem to be the case.
Caroiin's hands twisted and twitehed.
growing darker in color. His whole
body was agitated once or twice by
muscular spasms and then hung very
still. 1t was not so with Lewis, who to
all appearances died hard. He gasped
painfully and wriggled violently. He