The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
A NORTHWESTERN HANGING.
Women and Children in the Throng that
saw GaIIagher's Fight on the GaliOws.

~ NUN ffNEo EhN flNiNOiifOs
Women and Children in the Throng that
saw GaIlaGher's Fight on the Galiows.
Edward Gallagher, the murderer Of Louis
Mar, was hanged at Vancouver yesterday
afternoon. He fought like demon to get
away from the officers, and created an
awful scene on the scafold. He had hope
Of being saved. even 10 toe last minute.
| Less than five minutes before the moose was
adjusted lac told Father Schramm c0nliden-
! italy that he would never be hanged.
The execution came about as near being
| a public affair rs anything that had ever
! taken place i'm Washington. Fully hyc
hundred people witnessed IT.. The high
/ board fence which enclosed the gallows ai-
! fOrdcd very little privacy. II was not even
q good apology. There was an inch Of
| space between every board, and dozens
! commended for these viewpoints. lhcy
were not men alone, but women. young ana
old. married and unmarried, and little girls
and boys, some Of them five and siN years
| of age.
The women were thickcst ut the south
/ fence which the scail0d faced. Here one
could count half "a dozen baby carriages,
/ which mothers and nurses had abandoned
| I'D catch a glimpse Of the execution Al the
| further righthand corner was wO0d-shed,
! whose roof grOauod under the weight of the
crowd OF men and boys, who pressed and
| pushed each other for good positions. Not
one of them had ticket, and the officers
| made no effort 10 keep them down. Beyond
the ~canold was "A big windmill, and every
! portion Of il which afforded seat or place
| 10 stand was occupied. The fence, too, was
crowded all the way around Men and
! boys even took positions on the little shed
! built over the trap, and leaned over to see
| thc condemned man.
! But that was not all. The crowd inside
! the enclosure was very large, and 10 was
not composed entirely Of men, by long odds.
! There were BOYS who wore knee breeche~,
and creatures who wore dresses and BON
/ nets who called themselves women. one
! braZeu-iaced thing took i'm everything with
/ interest. She manned i'm the rear OF the
! crowd until the trap had been sprung, When
| she pressed forward, pushing the men aside.
until she reached a bench, where She took
station and kept her eyes on the dangling
/ body. grlnnug occasionally al me men
around her. When Gallagher wa, -cuiiing
with the officers a woman who was in tue
rear of the crowd held up her young child
! to give 10 a view. After the ticket holders
| had surrendered their invitations no one
remained at the gate, and the women ana
I N t
| tors We're soldiers.
/ Eycrybld, in the courtyard was laugh
/ mg and iabber,ng when Deputy sheriff >lo-
/ cum assembled the -canold stairway 40 l2tIj
/ and comm lndcd silence. You VIII Keep
perfectly quiet while tine ceremony is going
/ on" said bee.
just then gray-haired soldier. who had
! been sitting on the fence near tine Wini-
ImilI lost his balance and tumblcd 90 tnp
] D.. hat r...f |.f .H I'D
! his pine another. When he pulled himself
| together Dee c,picd "a seat which command
led a good view and crIWied o. 10, leaving
/ DDS hlt and pipe Iu the iurch. When Doe saw
/ that hp had not been noticed Dc CraW.tl
! Ulcl, after those articles.
/ This episode greatly amused the crowd.
/ and Che laughter bad not subsidized when
| ~henf- Fl,mmiug and Walker entered thc
enclosure VITA Gallagher walking between
/ them. Gallagher wa, poorly dressed. H.
] wore "a common working suit, heavy shoes,
calico shirt and black tie. and % hat that
wa. old aud ull of holes. 4 look of aston
] i-hmeut filled his face AS he gazcd upon tn"
crowd. hut hg walked steadily, survey lu@
/ tine gall1w- as he advanced. At the foot ol
/ the glllOW, stairway Doe made the first show
| OF opposition. He did not want to ascend
! and made feeble attempt 90 get away, bat
| the sheriff patted him on the back, ana he
| went mp the stairs with firm step.
Take seat, Gallagher said SneHu
flommug. when the platform had D.ch
reached. m0tiOniug him % place alongside
of Father ~chramm. whose offer, Ot spirit
ual consolation he had rejected
Gallagher smiled and answered "
don't know as I have done anything
wrong
Father >chramm patted him on the back
and said i'm Kind way Are you NOT '"iif /
for what You have done ::
D." am not sorry for anything retortcd /
Gallagher >urliiy.
d" DO you not know that You are CONG lo /
appear before your Maker, the Almighty /
God p"
-Oh. ro." replied Gallagher smiling. -
am not going 10 Doe hanged.
" Are you ready for eternity -
b" / don't care about that
This /, your last chance o. make your I
peace with God
"It won't do me any good /
"Just rs You please about that, sand
l3tlar ~chrdllln.
TIA. priest saw that he could do nothing /
with tlo condemned man and left him.
"D) you want tO say anything, Galla-
.hcv - asked Sheriff W alker
Yes / would like tO say something sand /
the condemned man, advancing lie was
Ncr, noryou, and could not talk above "a
whisper.
Ladies and gentlemen he mumblcd.
Louder" shouted some one ON the shed.
Talk louder, Gallagher said Deputy /
~locum.
Gallagher could not comply. He num-
bled these words.
II am sorry 1 have 10 appear before You
i'm this form, but hope il VIII not be- for the
worse. IL has affected me TO 3e kept in
confinement SO long. am not situated to
make a speech. but would like t0 say some
thing if ! was prepared. Therefore you
will have 10 excuse me IN many points
Then sheriff Flammng put his arm around
Gallagher and braced him mp while Deputy
-locum read the death-warrant. Gallagher
listened attcntiyely. and kept his eyes ON
the document. When that portion OF II re-
latiug % the Judgment was read he smiled
and said. That don't amount 10 any
thing
Then followed the awful scene. sheriff
Flcmming stepped back with Gallagher %
the trap and called for the handouts.
IL don't want to be handcuhed,' said
Gallagher, his eyes flashing.
"Butyou must, " replied the Sheriff, taking
the handouts from deputy.
SO, You DON'T said Gallagher, break
inc away from the sheriff and starting for
the stairway.
Sherifs Flemmng and Walker, Deputies
~lOrum, Flemmlng and Eckerhardt, and
City Marshal Handy Immediately seized
him and a scullle ensued. Gallagher seemed
possessed Of superhuman strength. All the
officers are robust, muscular men, but they
were like children in the hands Of the pris-
Oner. lie Wrggled out of their grasp.
kicked them ana pushed them aside, and
once ne was free and made another break
for the stairway. Sheriff Flemming caught
him, and in "A minute his hands were be-
hind him and strapped securely. The
truggle lasted three minutes.
The struggles weakened Gallagher, and
when Sheriff Fleming placed him on the
trap and told i'm to behave like "A man ne
could scarcely stand. When he saw that
his legs were about to be strapped ne be-
came violent again. and there was another
scene. but II did not last SO long as the other
one. Gallagher's strength was nearly gone.
but he was able 10 kick right and left. wig
Gle and butt. He injured no one. He made
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