Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-17
SLAVIN HUNG.
,,rvlLl MURDERER PATS THE FULL
y PENALTY OF BIS CRIME
...5 70 See Any Spiritual Adviser and
e N. NJ Ahsr Saying, Good Bye, Cen
S"- - 70 The Crowd in the Jail
Yard-His Crime

,,r ONT, December 10
C0SN VI, Yin alias Mcmahon, was exc
Jals,' here this morning az G4o' Inc
ca.el ~. I, was witnessed only by the
eIeeu'.. ia medical profession aud 3 Few
press, ~ 'iti-ens. about fifty persons In
Pf'aT-S,s doomed mans father paid him
81. visit Wednesday. His unfor-
bis som bore up wonderfully well,
ilnao he conversation, maintaining
clI'I .sme marked indifference ne mas
lss since his Incarceration Inc
Slow ZION between the two was very
col,,'l...5 ,yben the brOken-hearted par
oIe l. az icing taken away the condemn
en- We soi8. Goodbye my poor old
e. l.-p Slavln sent for several OF his
ia.I ,-.,-5s 10 bid them a last goodbye.
Oh GU. i,', his conversation he frequently
Dal.-s5 ro the shooting OF DaVey, say
i'l'' ..l avn sorry l shot poor Jack. Had
ns' less and Lefevre, would have
l.. say. ..'tb good heart However, l was
ar mn 10 such a pitch that had 1t
NV best friend that tried to
'''- me. the consequence would have
aHo' .bs same" Slayin talked freely
,e. &C. ,be night with the guards and
a l-."5 I'm ip a bOisterOus manner. he
el.- ., spout $50 and partOOk Of a light
a1,st,st AT 1885 Hangman Radlitf
- the cell, and Slavin made no
7-..,,,cs His hands were pinioned
&C. -.4O the march TO the scatold
~ barun. At 7:42 Slavin appeared
w., weak, when the moose was placed
49, fi, head, he said, "Well, good oy,
w. -,rs~en." The signal was given and
- rrf1rtunate mans body bounded
az, rbs earth. Death was instantan-
~ Tine body was cut down In ten
.S.-r+ss afterward, and inferred in the
ne court house yard in rough box
Ssvin maintained his wonderful nerve
=, tfa last and refused TO see any spir-
taa. adviser.
Tbecrime for which Slavin was exc
NOD here to-day was the killing Of
C,,stsble j. Z. Davey, on September
an last. Slavin was twenty-fOuryea
N age. and was a native OF this town,
His father being pensioner or British
government, having been through the
C,inssn and Chinese wars. Slayin left
ZANE in 1885, and worked on the Sud
Srrv division OF the Canadian Pacific
abroad. lie returned TO COrnwelr sew
s-sl times, and one thing
vb.cb was marked was that
he always carried loaded re-
volysr. On one Of his visits in January
800 be held up q maR named Nc
Crscken and robbed him Of his watch
and money. During the next winter he
vas heard Of at Brandon, Mani
,o5s. where he tried TO commit
pic.ds by shooting himself IN
he chest. Then be drifted tC
Chicago and returned to this place FOL
ibs last time on September 5. He haC
hen generated into tough" and des
,arsdo. On the night of his return h'
became engaged in q fight with motto
riors tough" named Black Diamond
Roach. A young man named Lefess at
tempted to separate them, and was sho
b. Slayin in the breast. Slavln theI
ilsisssS9dea OF a man named Lefavrs
lie latter caught Slayin and while
1.ng him was shot in the left shoul
T.. S.avin then broke away, only q
hized by Davey. He pointed his re
yOlver straight at the constable's breast
and fred, the bullet passing through
bis body, killing him instantly. Slsvin
vas captured by the crowd, and narrow
y escaped lynching. His trial took
place on October IS, when he was con
T.cted and sentenced to death.