New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-24
FOUR MURDERERS HANGED
Ar, OF THEM sLAYERs OF WOMEN.
rurrn cowARpLY CRIMES AVENGED BY THE
r..w-srUp1ED DEMEANoR OF BRAvADo
mo ByNGLNG OF THE

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HANGMAN's WORK.
For the first time in the history of the Tombs, four
mon were hanged there yesterday at one time inc
executions not precisely Simultaneous however
patrick pacIenham and James Nolan being hanged at
s.ao M, while Ferdinand Carolln and John Lewis
met their fate nearly fifteen minutes later Atkinson
.he bancman supervised the executions, and there
was no bungling. Packenham and Nolan were hanged
an the Queens County gaows. which had been erected
south of the Old Prison, while the other pair died on
the city's scaffold south of the prison.
The men slept soundy during the night, except
carolip. who was extremely restless They arose
utt,e after o'clock, and after attending mass a'e
breakfast together All had their necks broken, ana
with the exception of Lewis died in few minutes
without much struggling The bodies OF the 'hrco
white men were given 20 friends or relatives anu
received decent burial The sisters of Mercy proVoeo
for Lewis.
The customary formales were Observed ehern
F1ack and Under Sheriff Sexton and force Of deputy
sbsrlfs AL I'm fock coats and silk bats. marching up
from the Court House al 8 80. Inspector Williams anu
a hundred policemen KEEP. the crowds away anu eau
vas screens concealed the galows from sight ether
from the prison windows neighborng roofs. atners
Gelnas. Prendergast and Van Rensselaer, administered
10 the spiritual comfort Of che condemned men ana
stood beside them under the gallows Two lur1es VI
newspaper watched the executo
Roth Parkenham and Nolan looked about them
nervously they walked TO the gallows but ne'her
OF them spoke. Before they were pinioned however
they had asked Father Prendergast TO say 10 inc 10
porters that they acknowledged their crime ana 'no
Justice of their punishment. The lips OF DOM "eI
moving as in prayer when the black caps were ura""
down on their faces. - .
The drop of the Iewis-Carolin galows iel o.
7:O3 a. IN. The German and the negro wsuhs !"
The Boys Prison for the word to march 10 'no.i
doom, must have heard the noise OF the Nennh
stroke that sent their wrotched companions " a
But If they did, they did not allow 1t 10 in'cIi'Io
with the demeanor of studied bravado which 'ncS
assumed on their progress 10 the scaffold
IL WAS close upon O'Clock when the condemneu
men went TO their places. To CaiOhn was "9'ie
the right-hand side of the gallows. HIS iac wa
deadly pale lie walked TO his station In shamo7'
unsteady fashion, He Kept his head bent down an"
pufed hard at a cigar stump which he heid 'isnu!
I'm his teeth He stood sullen and silent whlie ho
was being pinioned by the han;man Joe AtiNnso
took possession Of the cigar and stood ASIDE rd"
Celinas held Carolin's right hand while A'hinsol
assistant pinoned the negro Lewis smllel' a. II ''0
Whole AFFAIR were Joke and his self approving siahceS
seemed TO indicate that he considered MS lot 10 O Wv
supreme honor of his life. or his way 10 INC Iope
he shook hands with several members OF the ue"'n
watch saving GOod-by7 at the same time
when all was prepared and the eXecuiloners heiu
the black caps in readiness, CafOlin suddenly oos"
talk protesting his innocence with oaihs LEWIS
aWbat's the matter with YOU! CAM you uio INV
,ran?n Il will die like a man. crcd 'h' o'"oi,
Int will die like an innocent man MKlhsoh uia
mt give him a chance 10 say any more. he "J"st"
the cap of doom and his assistant performer ue "
Office for Lewis Then he raped once TWICE 'nii'o'
and the axe released the drop. Dr. George "e"no
and DR. j. B. HawOOd grasped the "r's's
of the hanged men. Lewis stnlgsio"' an"
his prlse did not cease for six minutes. Oaroiih
WAS stiIl in four The bodies were aIlo"eu W ha"s
for about half an hour
Patrick Packenham. who was the Oldest ana NUS
Intelligent of the muIdeers, was nevertheless tho
most brutal of all, judged by the character Oh HIS
victim He killed his wife, who was an honest ana
hard. working woman. because she oblectcd 10 hls
getting drunk and beating her lie cut her 'hI 1
with razor nearly a year and half ago. only lew
days after he had returned from the lslanu Where n
had served four months for beating her ne Mas "a
painter and rather well educated, but he couo hot io'
drink alone. ,,,,- = p.aaro. NtcOuada
who had lived with him "a his wife lie was cdIPo "a
Ter h of an elratlc disposition and had spent much ol
HE time AT sea. He announced his intention OF re-
turning to Germany. and the woman threa'enneu ~
make trouble for him If he deserted her. lie got
dunk and killed her with a Ratchet lie madf the
absurd defence that the woman had c3mmlted SmUne;
fobn Lewis the cOlOTed man, had Formerly INcu
with MS victim Alice Jackson. and Shot her because
sic IN him He mad frequently threatened 10 Nil
her and day last summer ehptlcd his rcNoINcI
INTO her body i'm front OF house where she WOrhcu ds
q cook He could neither read nor write.
lanes Nolan's crime similar 10 that OF LOWS
only more revolving the details. lie had INed Win
Fmma Docb and he put several bullets into her body
because she declined longer 10 support him.