Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-15
vov NE SPENT HIS LAST DAY.
sI,,I Interview With Solicitor Waters
A Painful Scene.
,,ornrn nrnpEaEn HANGED
p.,,,IIo strnugIcd TO Death
for KiilipF mis- bro'her'
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toxnoS. Nov. 14.-Dr. NELL was
,,,,,dat 0 O'Clock this morning. The
.vscutlon was strictly private, the only
,,,,ops who were present being lNyna'
,,on Me,calf, under sheriff OF TIC
county Of London; the execu'ioheF
sud prison officials.
Since Nelll was sentenced the closest
watch had been kept upon INN NJ
Nswgats prison. The warden vouch'
,,t,d early this morning only the In
nrms,lon that NELL, though III, re-
cured 10 writing throughout tho day,
tuouently leaving of, being obliged to
r.,, He was silent, irritable anu
moody.
Ellington, the hangman, saw
NELL today through the inspection
wicket taking a note Of his height and
build while the convict passed 10 aud
fro In the cell. Usually the hnngman
Ia, an interview with tho conuemned,
mailing the closest possible survey OF
M. physlque ana taxing u measure.
meht OF the strength OF tho neck aud
ynurIug the weight Of the body. Ths
spueafs TO have been spared Nell.
From the cell To the scailOld along the
tagged corridor IN minute'a walk.
The scaiiOli was erected In the
court yard, within the Gu.
closure, making It Invisible from
any point ON the surrounding build
ipgs. The Instant the drop was made
6lack flag wI holsted on the prison
flagstaff to make known 10 the outside
world that Justice had been satisfied.
The formal inquest will take place at
noon and be followed Immediately by
burial. The body will be encased Ia "A
oofiln filed with quiclSlime and placed
under tue nagstOner In the corridor
over which tho doomed man walked
GU bis wey to the scaflOld. This II,
leThaps, the ghGstlirst spot in the
world. Under the tagging Of this
corridor has been buried the LOdits
ola long succession OF notabler and Oh
scnre criminals.
Neil had two interviews yesterday
with Solicitor Waters. In the nrst he
gave Instructions Tor drawing up his
will. Waters called again last night
WIN AAN hUNhlNiuk FlkihN
iufr. Neill made no confession, but
Waters urged him 10 give heed TO the
minlttiRtion Of the chaplain during
the short time remaining 10 him, anu
advised him II lac desired 10 unburden
his mind to do ~ TO the chaplain. IL
was only when Waters finished ex.
horting him that NELL seemed fully to
fealizs his position. He broke down
completely, aud expressed indebted.
ness to the solicitor, and admitted that
the lawyer, had spared no effort TO
cave his life. The scene ut the parting
was painful.
PETmLLo PAYS THE PENALTY.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. a.
Angelo Petrillo was hanged here this
morning. Life was extinct In fifteen
minutes. PelrlllO's crime was the
murder OF his brother-in-law, Michael
Dumeo, In April, 1881. PetrillO accused
DemeO oi putting upa job on him by
which New York gambler swindled
him out OF $500 ut monte. When
Sheriff Tomlinson entered the cell and
began to read the death warrant
PetrillO became frightened and repeat.
.dly called "Police, police" His
spiritual adviser urged him not TO give
way, but TO no effect. Petrll!o strug.
gled like ma0m al ON the way 10 the
teatiold, and even while the nOose was
nelng adjusted he kept up the cry fol
Tue police. The moose being adjusted
INA bungling manner the knot slipped
under his chin az the drop fell, and the
man was slowly strsngiou To death.