The evening world., 1889-08-08
STILL HAVE HOPE.
Four Of the Five MuFdOrerS Expect
ReprieVe.
The Oeath-W Watch to Be Put on
Them Next Tuesday.
Packenham Alone Appears Resigned
Ia Ills Bitter Fate.

The five men who are to be hanged in the
Tom 8 yari on tho 23L Of this month occupy
adjoining cells in Murderers' Row ON the
ground tier Of the old lrison in the Tombs.
When au EVENING WORLD reporter called
to zee them this morning they were out at
exercise III the corridor.
They walked up and down listlessly. md
did not seem to pay any attention to anything
about Lewis. the colorod man who
murdered his mistress, is tho most cheerful.
and nj the same time the most friendless. one
Of tho doomed quintet. lie has absolutely
no friend who cares enough about him to go
and SEQ him. He spends his time Whaling
and singing Southern plantation son s.
His voice is clear and strong and he can
entertain any gathering.
do you fear death ?" be was asked to.
day, to which he promptly rep led
No, sab Use feared OF nothing but |
amt q sw uging yet"
P~ackenham Ia very religious. When alone
In his cel he sits in ono corner and reads his
Bible or praver-bouk constantly.
He il the on y old man of the lot. and says
he in anxious for the hour Of doaIh to come.
He is au 1rishman born, aud once served
with honor on the police force III New Or
leans. He butte Iered his wife.
The negro Lewis was born in Washington,
ID. c., OF eX-slave pnrGnts.
Nolan, who murdelcd his mistress, is n tall,
good-looking young fellow who was born in
this city. He was IN a very. bad condition
physically when no entered the Iombs, but
to-day he is In the pink of condition. He
still ho' es to escape the gallows. He l. a
great reader and always has a supply o! novels
AID papers on baud. He smokes q short clay
pipe and seems 10 enjov II.
Caroliu was born in Denmark, Sweden. aud
murdered n woman who lived with him as
his wife. He seems TO think that he was
found guilty Just because he was n poor man,
ard yet he has hope of hay ng his sentence
COMMITTED to imprisonment fer life.
He does not read English. and uses his
spare time in drawing.
He is IN excellent artist, and has made
some fine sketches OF holy pictures. such as
the Cruciixiun and Mary MaGdalen. lie
generally gives them awAy to Sisters OF Char
ity, priests. or the keeper in charge Of the
tier.
Keeper Frank Smith. has several very artis.
tic drawings III pen md ink, done by Carolin.
Charles Giblin. who hot and killed Made.
line Goelz, the bakers wife, is perhaps the
quie, est and most gent'emGnly. ono OF the
five. He devotes his time to writing.
He has prepared ahistory Of his case. which
he will not give for publication until after
his death, that Is, If he does die on the day
named.
Howe & Hummel, his lawyers, hope to GET
him q new trial.
Giblin b q a wife aud a child. which was
bonn since his arrest. 1t Is a touching sight
to see the meet N between the trio when the
mother aud child call to see him. Giblin il
not, d for his n%eatness.
All the men eat and sleep well,
They retire for the night about 10 O'Clock,
and arise about I. They then have break
fast served to them.
They order what they please. but are no
permitted to uso knives. forks or spoons. oil
anything with which they might kill them
selves. IL they desired.
Looking glasses. pitchers. everything Of
that sort. bus been taken out of their cells
so that they have no opportunity Of commit
ting su eide.
The keepers say they do not think they
would if they could. Deputy Warden Finley
has detailed Keepers John Casey and Johr
McCahrey as q special guard over the muir
derers.
These gentlemen never lose sight Of The
prise ners TO n moment.
Next TUESDAY the dreaded death watch vii
be PLACED on the murderers. They will b,
removed to the open wire cage. the invention
of Warden Osborne. and kept there undrl
constant surveillance by two deputy sheriff
until the day of their execution.
Al present every one of them except Pack
enhain hopes and believes that something
will occur 70 save them the Ignominioul
death on the RcRHoid.
No one outside their immediate relatives
' are permitted TO visit the prisoners.