The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-04
A WOMAN HANGED.

Mrs. WhitOling Dies on the GaiIOWS ~ >
Penalty fDr Poisoning Her Husband
and Children --ss Rod Nose Mike !" swings
for the Murder Of Paymsster Mcclure.
PHn.ADzLP June % Mrs. Sarah Jane
Nhiterng was hanged yesterday In tho
corridor OF the county prison. The drop
ell ut 1907 o'clock and tho body
vas lowered and removed at lO:4l.
The woman's bearing throughout tho
terrible ordeal was q most remarkable
exhibition Of fortitudc and resignation to
Ter fate. During tho entire morning she
never for q moment showed the slightest
evidence Of weakness and frequently ex-
PRESSED her pleasure at the prospect OF
meeting her husband and children"
THE crime, or series Of crimes. that Mrs. Sarah
lane Whiteling committed was the most re.
olting ever recorded IN the annals Of crime Of
he peaceful city Of PhiIadelphia. She dolb-
srately poisoned her husband and two children
or the paltry sum OF 1860. Mrs. Whiteling
Was formerly the wife of o Mr.. Brown. from
whom she WAS separated. After the
separation she entered . hospital. where she
rave birth to an ilicgitimate child. In 1880 or
1851 she married John Whiteiing Little Willie
VAS the fruit OF this marriage. Tho husband
was sickly man, and often the support Of the
.am ~ fell upon the shoulders Of the wife.
She soon became 50 discontentcd with this
sor. OF life that, partly to get rid OF u and
partly TO obtain the insurance upon their lives.
she administered y series OF doses OF arsenic 10
:he lu ,band and two children. The three died
1t different times, the husband expiring April
a,-the daughter March - and the son May
6. l6Sa. She did not confess her guilt
until the authorities disinterrcd the bodies
and made an examination. November 4,
1855 she was brc ught up for trial before
Judge Allison. The trial lasted three days.
is,r,, afS hn,r r..HA IN,
. verdict OF murder IN the first degree, and
March q. 1852 was the day liked upon for her ex-
ecution. Her motion for . new trial was over
ruled by judge Allison. Mrs. Whiteling was
granted resIite March Fl until June a5.
When the sheriff read the death notice 10 the
condemned woman Mrs. Whiteling broke down
and became hysterical. Mrs. WhitelinF WAS be-
tween 3, and 10 years OF agc, and had been
twice married, her former husband having
lied in prison.l
"RED-xosE MIKE" HANGED
WlLKEsBARRE, Pa. June ri. - Michael
Rizello, alias '.Red-Nose Nike" was hanged
In the prison yard here for the murder Of
Paymaster Mcclure and Hugh Flanagan
last October. The drop fell at 10 o'clock,
and Rizello was pronounced dead In eight
cen minutes The murderer met his doom
with tolerable composure. and there was no
sensational incident In connection with the
execution.
One OF the clergymen who attended
Rizzol0 in his last hours states that the
murderer left q long confession, written in
Italian, admitting that he shot Mcclure and
Flanagan and believed his bullets caused
the death OF both, though Bevevino and
vallela also fired Rizzolo adheres In his
confession to the statement that he scted
under the compulsion OF his accompliceA
IL. b. Mcclure was paymYster for Contractor
McFadden at Wilkesbarre. Pa, and with his
assis' ant, Hugh Flanagan. started on tho morn.
ing Of October l9, 1885, He had $4,000 with him
at the time 10 pay the men employed in the
construction OF u new road from Pittston to
Fairv .cw. Contractor McFadden left his office on
the untain few minutes after II o'clock for
Miners Mills He drove about mile and o
half along the mountain road and was aston
,shed TO see standing In the middle OF the
highway his paymaster's horse and gig. The
horse was bleeding from number OF
wounds. Between the wheels lay the body
Of Paymastcr Mcclure. McFadden jumped
out OF his carriage, turned Mcclure over
on his back and found that he was
dead. A number OF ugly gunshot wounds in
various parts Of the body showed the cause OF
death. The contractor drove buck Immediately
TO his works and told his foreman, Alexander
MtQu.nn, and they, hastily arming themselves,
went back to the scene OF the murder. After u
short search they found the dead body Of the
guard, Hugh Flanagan, alongside Of the road
and 400 feet from tho rig. The murder WAS
committed about one and half miles from
Miners Mills, near what Is known ~ Bull Run.
= desolate place. Mcclure had been shot twice
In the body, both bullets going entirely through
him. He had also received bullet
wound In the head and had been struck by an
IKE, his skull being crushed in. Flanagan
had been shot three times in the breast.
head and shoulder. The crime was imme-
diate4y reported and detectives went to
work on the ease, but without any sue
cess until after some days "Red-Nosc
Mike" an Italian laboreF. was arrested on sus-
pcion, but as there was no evidence to hOll
him he was d scharged- Mike was rearrested
January 3 1882 and confessed that he and two
accomplices, who had escaped 10 Italy, had
committed the crime. Only s3OJ was recovered. |