The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-05
FOUR MEN HANGED.
All Murdered Women When Under
the Influence Of Either Drink
or Jealousy.

NEW YORK, Special: The four murderers
of wo~men-Patrick P~ackenham, Jack Lewis
(colored), James Nolan and Ferdinand caro-
in-were hanged In the yard OF the TomDs
prison on Friday. There were two seal
folds and two men were hanged on .
Sheriff Flack and Undersherif Sexton en-
tered the prison from the Franklin street
side ct $3.50 o'clock. They were followed by
twenty deputy sheriha Ten of them went
to the Leonard street side and the others
took their places at the Franklin street wall
At GAO O'Clock the first Jury OF twelve
men, all newspaper representatives. were
given the signal to enter the prison
yard, and two minutes later the
second set of jurors filed out and marched
to their places. At 1854 two OF the con-
men, Packenham and Nolan,
emerged from the jail accompanied by the
priests. Father Prendergast supported Pack
enham and father Gelinas 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
enham's face was Of q CHASTITY pallor. but MS
step was firm and he looked unfinch1ngly
into the faces around him.. Nolan hardly ap-
peared to realize his position. There was q
half-defanJ look on his co~uMtenance and he
cast his eyes up at the cross beam from
which 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
uneasily once or twice in his
. BRIEF WALK TO A
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 tied q 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 a third assistant stood with a
Ratchet. The third rap had hardly been
given when the bodies of the murderers were
jerked up into the air. At 7:1O o'clock both
men were pronounced dead, but were per-
mitted to hang for fifteen minutes longer:
The hanging of Carolin and Lewis in
several aspects is probably unparalleled.
The two murderers at 6:45 o'clock received
their last spiritual consolation. Two min
utes after z o'clock Carolin and Lewis. with
the priests. came through the door. Lewis
walked unsteadily the first dozen PAGES, but
quickly recovered himself. CaTolin had the
butt of a cigar between his lips, and was
putting vigorously, blowing great clouds of
smoke into the faces of the attending priesta
His face was as pale as the face of the dead,
end the scowI upon it was d~emoniacal He
glared at the priests us he turned around
and felt the rope touch his shoulder. Spit
ting tho cigar stump from his mouth, he
RoK u NTo BLAsPHEMY
that horrihed the spectators. Atkinson had
Just pinioned his legs when he spoke. Look
Ing sullenly at the three priests, he suddenly
exclaimed:
4 die an innocent man. a-dd-n it; i
Lewis, who had then been %pinioned, said:
whats the matter with you, any ways
Why don't you die like a mani"
II will die like a man" shrieked Carolin,
Il will die like a man-an innocent man."
before Atkinson had clapped the black cap
over the mu.derer's 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 be-. wfet eS Nv, went into The air with
any rebound at all Lewis 1mme-
diately began to struggle in the
most sickening manner. He threw his legs
o so violently as to kick of his slippers
Then he began to gurgle and choke. The
rasping. wheezy sound came fro m under that
horribfe black can for fully ten seconds. His
hodv tnrnad ond S,vavad on6 tho contortions
were ~ PaiIiui .naG mali q uozen Inen Sulneo
away tnelr heads. line poor creature was
slowly Carolln's BODY was V1o-
lently contorted also, but he uttered no
sound. The weight fell at II o'clock and
at 7:1O both men were dead. The four
bodies hung for half an hour, and were then
Ont down and placed in nIain cofana
Charles Ferdinand Carolin murdered a woman
nan1ed Rridret Oninn, who nassed "a his wife
in a small hack room in a Stanton street. tsne.
shinsiing hatchet. Caroiin and his mistress
Iived verv neaceahlv tooether until hs Inst his
nlaoe in the oarnenter anon where he had heen
WORKING. Their supply Of money ran ont and
the nasr haeon the saria. ~ Crarra,o n,tiaS