The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-23

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TorsS has trade MSsl. lie Sas Essn
working on Saturday night spent the greater
part OF the might drinking In New York York and nd
SUNDAY morning. Moore tried to keep him
ont. but he forced the door open and I'd made Ia
tress and the two. children.
The woman had heard him at the front door,
and begged Moore for Gods sake not to ct
him In. as she was sure he would kill her. She
WAS sitting on the edge OF the bed when Hal
linger. from the doorway. flung his lnthers
skull. and remained there until no pulled It
out and began chopping her with It. She had
seSsns'R wounds on her head face and arms
cred Win Is mother's blood: and, taking !he
street. Blood dripping from his and the shiII;;
drens clothing left a trail on the sidewalk all
hs q sae
met a policeman before reaching there and
himself tina Court o, Over and
na5der f r. H an az" Tie
sseS1a May aS' s %sSss IN
fenced i'm to De hanged on, June 80. 4 few
s sn esar ds' 1f PesSa 'is
in the soud case; and be dsSSrsd
by Jury. to which tho Constitutions Of the
fs sp sIa Of hf Judge ss.es sPta a%d
pas: Iadse Green refused Il; sna Nj: Fsshal!!
Mhsn did %s SF IN
.pS xs' S'sRSssS Justice Knapp again
fenced Hallinger to be- hanged. fixing the 10th
ay. n: ssals mr. the
application to the United States Circuit Court
for a writ Of habeas corpus. II was refused;
tho appeal was dismissed. The murderer, was
.sntensed for The third time ., en- My s. Sen.
date Of execution, was 1xed for May 80. 49,,
United States Court and applied for q writ Of
error. There was the usual AL, refusal t followed
was allowed to reach an argument. and do
cision was given sustaining the constitution
% IL. i. ON 6re
%. Mr.. leshall applied to Coy. Albeit for q
reprieve; which was refused Then = hs had
Ieshail applied to Judges Atcheson and But
sums jurisdiction. He. was in Philadelphia
yesterday applying to Judge Dallas when his
client WAS hanged.
THE HANGMAS
James Van Hise self-constituted hangman
Of New Jersey. is tho only man in tho state
who owns a private Gallows. He acquired n
likiug for hanging people while employed BY
the Sheriff OF Essex county. Van Hise had
| ideas in rotation to gallows practice and was
pe:mt;eh to work them out The crude France
work which was stored In the cellar Of the
Court House was not to his taste and he i'm
proved uron it. Then he built n galiows for
himself and since then has hui another. SO
that now he has two on hand ready for any call.
Pride in his work made him expert at it, and
he now boasts Of having turned of" over n
score Of murderers. He takes an extraordi-
nary interest in homicides and reads with
avidity every line written about the crimes
His enemy is the lawyer who tries to save n
guilty man after sentence OF death has been
pronounced. and it is said that he once went
to Gov. Albeit to protest against the action OF
linger from the moose. This was about the
time that Van Hise was trying to procure tho
passage OF an act appointing State hang
man. and he told "a Sun reporter at the time
that he felt secure about tho office II 1t WAS
created. inasmuch as there was nobody In the
State SO we'll equipped or so eminently quail
fed to fill the place.
Van Hise is slightly over so years old. He
is stoutly built. below the medium height and
has thick neck. a round BALI head bushy
eyebrows. shading blue-Gray eyes: a fierce
and brstling rod moustache. hiding q mouth
Of generous size hut firm and hard lines. At
the hanging Of Mrs. Meierhoffer and Frank
Lammens he filed glass to the trim with
waite and held 1t out Mt arms length on tho
back Of his hand. calling attention to tho fact
that there was not a tremor OF his nerves.