The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
DOUBLE HANGING.
Craig and Mccarthy, Cincinnati Murder
ers, swung on

murderers, were hanged in the peni.
tentiary annex early Friday morning.
When the spectators entered the exc
cution room Warden James, Assistant
Deputy StaclShouse and Guard Grump
very standing as motionless as ghostly
pieces of statuary. They were Joined
by Deputy Playford, while the small
crowd arranged itself in readiness for
the horrible spectacle. twas just 1909
o'clock when a muffled "Good-by" was
heard in the adjoining room as the
leave-talSing of Craig and Mccarthy took
place.
A moment later Edward Mccarthy
stepped out upon the gallery of death.
His face was an ashen hue, his lips
colorless and firmly set, and his eyes
sent forth an expression of wild des.
pair. OF Mccarthy it may be said that
nothing in his life so became him as
the leaving of it." He walked with
firm step, and stood erect while the
awful ordeal Immediately preceding
death took place. He bade ali
the officials good-by, shaking
hands with each. Deputy Playford,
Assistant Deputy Stackhouse and Guard
the doomed mans legs. Then Father
O'Leary, who had followed Mccarthy
onto the scaffold, pressed the crucifix
to his lips. The murderer kissed it
reverently. Warden james, who stood
with his hand on the lever of the trap,
at this point said: "Mr. Mccarthy, if
you have any statement to make now
is your opportunity"
Mccarthy replied: "Gentlemen, 1 bid
you good-by, all and ALL"
In his excitement he made mistake,
for what he evidently intended to say
was zone and all" Continuing, he
said; IF have done any one an injury
hope they will forgive me- 1 ask God
to forgive all my sins, and hope to
meet you in Heaven" just after he
uttered the last word the black cap was
adjusted and the rope placed around
the neck by Deputy Playford. The
moose was carefully adjusted, and at a
signal from the deputy the warden
pulled the lever Mccarthy shot through
the trap at precisely 12:1eH.
A gasp and a gurgling sound were
audible as he went down. His body
drop. Then a ghastly scene occurred,
for Edward Mccarthy died hard
death. The black cap had caught in
the moose in going down and jerzed the
knot around to the back of his head.
He slowly strangled to death, while his
legs jerlled convulsively up and down,
and his finger tips pressed into the
palms of his hands with a deathly grip.
A choking sound from his throat was
plainly audible, while his breast heaved
spasmodically in efforts for breath. One
moment after the trap was sprung
| McJarthy's respiration was seventy
seven. 1t ran up to ia and then
! dropped back to ninety-nine moment
later. Again it reached III, and then
slowly declined until he was pro-
nounced dead at exactly 1925
His body was quickly cut down, and
| when the black cap was removed a
darll-blue mark encircled the throat
| The neck was not broken. Mccarthy
was just twelve and one-half minutes in
| dying, which is a remarkably short
period for person strangling. His
death was painful, but it came quickly.
| SCNSu dlIeT
was pronounced dead the trap was
sprung under Craig. The removing of
the rope from McCarthy's neck, the
bearing away of the remains the read
| justment of the scaffold, the soaping of
the rope to make it slip easy for the
next victim, was all accomplished with
remarka ple skill and dispatch.
The same assistants as before at once
! prepared for their ugly work second
time Craig kissed the crucifix and then
shook hands with all on the scaffold,
saying "Good-by" to each. He then
kissed the crucifiX again and the work
of pinioning his arms and legs was
quickly performed. He stood without
a culver. Now, Craig, if you have any
thing to say you have this opportunity" "
The condemned man, with choking
voice, responded: mo nothing. for
give every body and I want every body
to forgive me-"
That was all. He stopped talking,
and his last words were spoken.
In q twinkling the black cap was
drawn, the moose adjusted, the trap
sprung and Craig was in eternity.
| L hS WOrh was COlnplSptly SUCCESSFUL
There was no twitching, or jerking, OF
grrgling sounds, us marked McCarthys
death. His neck was broken, and he
evidently suffered no pain. No muscle
quivered while the body hung there in
the air. He went through the trap at
exactly 1888.
Craig died in twelve and hall
minutes and Mccarthy in thirteen. The
body showed no marks except the mark
of the rope. His features We're calm,
and the smile that he wore when he
met his fate was still present in death.
Through the kindness of Deputy
Warden Playford the condemned men
and their friends were served with an
elegant dinner Thursday. 1t consisted
of roast beef, with thiclsened gravy,
French fried potatoes, lamb chops,
bread, butter, coffee, grapes aud plum
dessert with dressing. The table was
decorated with flowers. The two
doomed men and Craig's relatives occu.
pied little table in the reception room,
and all seemed to relish the meal save
Mccarthy.
Engineer Roasted Alive.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Sept 9-Freight
train No. 81, west-bound on the Big
Four, was derailed Thursday morning
at Enon, eight miles west of here, from