, 1889-08-24
D~RUNkARDS' D0OMS.
Four Wretches Hanged by the
Neck in New York.
Fearful Scene Witnessed at the
Side of the Gallows.
One Shrieking Man Meets an
Agonizing Death.
Four Murderers Hanged.

OdCh igtNlc, COlOICu. Ouult5 IDla0 ana
Ferdinand Carolin, were hanged in the
yard Of the tombs prison this morning.
There were two sclffOlds and two men
were hanged on each. Packenham and
Nolan were the iirst executed on the
Franklin street side of the prison. The
drop iell at 6:55 O'Clock. Eight minutes
later Lewis and Carolin were hanging
from the scaffold on the Leonard street
side. Sheriff Elack and Under Sheriff
Sexton entered the PRISON at 6:35, fol
lowed by twenty deputy sheriffs all in
black clothes and wraiin- silk hats. Fash
official wore his badge rs uficer and car
rled a staff. They marched into the cor
rider, ten Of them taking their places at
the Leona'd street side and the others at
franklin street wall. The first jury of
twelve mtn and representa-
tivcs entered the prison yard and two
minutes later the second set OF Jurors filed
in and marched to their places.
The last rites of the church we're ad-
minlstered to Packenham and Nolan and
at $40 they emerged from the jail accom-
panied by three priests. The arms of the
condemned men were pinioned and over
the shoulder OF each hung a black cap.
Packenhan's face was OF a CHASTITY pallor,
but his step was firm and he looked I'M
tilnchingly into the faces around him.
Nolan hardly appeared to realize his posi-
ton. There was a half defiant look on
his c~ountenance. After the men had
taken their places on the scaffold they
both Rrasped the hands of the priests,
wringing them ~fervently. Then the hang
man, Atkinson, tied a white cord about
the legs of Nolan Just above the ankles.
His assistant did a like service for Pack
anhnn1 In "a fUtnEltnn Tho hIanl 4.
were adjusted and at a signal from At
kinson the bodies of both were ierked
Into the air. AT 7:l0 Nolan and Packcn
ham were pronounced dead. but their
bodies were permitted TO hang for fifteen
minutes longer.
While tins scene vas being enacted
preparations we're being made for what
proved Ia be the most shocking spectacle
that had ever taken place within the
walls OF the tOmDs prison. The hanging
Of CarOlln aud Lewis i'll several aspects
Is probably unparalleled. A gault, sal
low ia ;ed man had come arouOd from
where packtnham and Milan were dang
ling and made n brief inspection of the
instrument Of death. Then he disap
peared aud a minute la cr Hangman At
kinson, immediately after finishing his
first job, came around back Of the prison
and stood behind the box. Now Caro-
lin and Lewis with the priests came
through the dooT. Lewis, the negro,
walked unstcadIly the fret dozen PAGES
but quickly recovered himself. He was
s%nilIng and as he caught sight OF a deputy
who had been especially kind to him be
walked over and seized his hand.
Then he shook hands with two more.
Father Gelinas gently urged him toward
the rope that was to strangle him. He
smiled and looked iearlessly around him.
CAROLYN had the butt of a cigar between
his lips and was putting vigorously, blow
ing great clouds Of smoke into the faces
of the priests. His face was as pale as
the face of the dead and the scowl upon
it was almost 1emoniacal. He glared at
priests as he turned around and felt the
rope touch his shoulders. Splitting the
cigar from his mouth he broke out into
blasphemy that Mortified the spectators.
Atkinson had Just %pinloned his legs when
he spoke Looking s~ullenly at the three
priests, he suddenly exclaimed: Il die
an innocent man; God d-n it | didn't do
this thing Lewis, who had then been
pinioned, hall turned his head and ad
dressing his companion, said:
What the matter with you anyway T?
Why don't you die like a MANI"
Il will die like a man. shrieked Car
olln, his face turning perfectly llvid. Il
will die like a man. all innocent man"
The words were scarcely out OF his
mouth before Atkinson had clapped the
black cap over his murderous face The
assistant hangman covered Lewis face at
same moment. Atkinson gave the signal
and the weight fell. Instead of bound
ing up as P~ackenham and Nolan had
done. the miserable wretchcs went into
the AIR with 50 little force that there was
scarcely any rebound at all. Lewis i'm
medIately began to struggle in the most
sickening manner. He threw his legs
about so violently as to kick off his
slippers. Then he began to gurgle and
choke.
The rasplng, wheezy sound came from
under the horrible cap for fully ten sec
onds. HIS body turned and swayed and
the contortions were so painful that half
a dozen men turned away their heads.
The poor creatures were slowly %strangled.
Carolin's body was violently contorted
also. but he uttered no sound. The
weight fell at 1903 O'Clock and at 40
the men were dead. The four bodies
hung for half an hour and were then cut
down and placed in plain coilfhs.
by many peIsons Caioilu, WIZ a u
German. was not belies ed to lie of sound
mind. Although experrs at his trial de
clared him sane, there seemed to be a
screw Loose suinea here, and every prison
keeper or deputy sheriff who ever had to
watch him said 50. lie murdered II VIC
man who passed as hi, wife. in a small
back room in a Stanton street tenement.
He butchered her with a Ratchet. The
deed grew out Of "A drunken quarrel.
Lewis and Nolan, like Carolin, had each
murdered his mistress. Like Carolin,
also, both we're hard drinkers. P4eken-
hams victim was his wife. He. too, was
n drunkard.
The tombs prison at present contains
" other men. Giblin and Carlton, under
sentence of death, and fifteen men and
one woman waiting trial for homicide.