The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-22
THF END OF ALL.
Horribly Slow Death By Strangula-
tion-HaIlinger Not Nervous.

~S~AeS-~ AS1A IAo dOouh W oA uAu
TO Hallinger in his cell. Father Finne-
gan. Policeman Aldoretta. Constables
Wise, Egan and Mitchell, Jailer Davis
and Hangman Van Hise were present.
Hallinger gave no evidence of emotion.
A PICKLE HIS LAST REPAsT.
When Sheriff Stanton and Deputies
Aldoretto and Wise entered Hallinger's
cell he said "Good morning" pleasantly
and smiled. The Sheriff read the war
rant in the cell and produced the moose.
'If it isn't necessary, I wish you
wouldn't put that on until get there"
said Hallinger.
Il must put it on now," said the Sheriff
gently but firmly.
SIS 1t your dutys"
Eyes, SIR"
well, then, proceed" answered Hal
linger, and the Sheriff put the cord
about his neck. The remnant of Hallin-
gers breakfast was on the little table in
his cell. He picked up pickle and ate it
just as he left the cell.
Immediately afterward, Halli niger was
uNhSh AAOh obO CCll NOu5UdO10 w lSc
stood by his right side and Aldoretta on
the left. Van Hise strapped Hallinger's
arms and then he was taken to the scat
fold. Sheriff Stanton walked first, Father
Finnegan next and then came Hallinger,
Wise and AIdoretta. each holding him by
the arm. Jailer Davis walked behind
him,
Hallinger showed no other sign of ner-
vousness than the violent chewing of a
quid of tobacco. He even smiled as he
stepped under the cross beam Of the
scaffold and shook his head once IN jok-
ing way at the thirty-fve witnesses
present.
ON THE sCAFFoLD.
The scafold was on the second corridor
in Ward 6. All the prisoners had been
locked up in cells in other corridors. Hal
linger faced the cells of Corridor No. 2
and his back was to the windows
Sheriff Stanton then, in a voice filled
with emotion, said:-
edward w. Hallinger, have you any
thing to say?"
II have nothi ng to say" replied r al
linger; and then turning to Father Fin
negan, who stood by his right side, said,
"Pray for me. father"
The priest said he would.
sTRANGLED TO DEATH.
Van Hise at once drew the black cap
over Hallinger's face aud tightened the
moose until Hallinger convulsively
gasped. A second later the hangman
pulled the spring rope. and Hallinger
was jerked fifteen feet into the air. He
fell, gave great convulsive shake and
then almost quietly strangled to death.
His death was frightfully slow one, be-
ing caused purely by strangula alton. The
knot Of the moose had slipped from be-
hind the ear when Hallinger dropped.
The dying man made but two or three
convulsive actions, indicating great suf-
fering, 1t was horrible to hear him gurgle
for breath as a little air entered his
throat because of the opening left under
the moose by the slipping of the knot.
THE RBB OF LIFE.
AT seven minutes past ten o'clock Drs.
Converse. Chabert. McGill. Varick and
Nevin felt Hallinger's pulse and tested
his heart. DR.. McGi1l said the respiration
then was i've to the minute. Four minutes
later 1t weakened to two minute and
from then on it gradually grew NOR e
feeble. No more convulsive tremors
were seen In the body after that, except
those that were evidently purely mechan-
ical. The beats of the heart and pulse
n for mi Il
at seventeen minutes after ten DR..
McGill, who had his ear over Hallinger's
heart. said he was dead.
No. he isn't" said DR.. VaricK, who
held the dying mans pulse. there Is
still pulsarion."
"Yes, the heart does beat" DR.. McGill
said, after sounding that organ again.
AT eighteen minutes after ten, DR.. Nc
Gill said he couldn't detect any heart
beats. but DR.. Varick said there
was still pulsation. DR.. Nevin
sounded the heart and said he
detected its throbbing. One minute later
the heart beat once in every seven
seconds AT twenty-three minutes after
ten the beating of the heart was two or
three minute, and two minutes later
the doctors agreed that life was extinct.
1t was five minutes past ten when the
drop fell, and it was half-past ten when
he was officially pronounced dead. His
heart and pulse ceased to beat at twenty
i've minutes past ten.
AT thirty-five minutes past ten, Hallin-
gers body WAS taken down.
Father Finnegan took charge OF it aud
had it removed to Moran's undertaking
shop.
THE NEGRo's BODY,
William Moran's undertaking estab-
fishing at No. LAT Montgomery street has
been crowded with curious people, who
wanted TO get a look at the hanged negro,
since half-past eleven o'clock.
MISS johnson, who has remained stead
fast TO Halinger, was at the establish
lnent with Rev. Mr.. Tavlor and Father
Finuigan. The body will be inferred to-
morrow afternoon at two o'clock in the
new Catholic Cemetery.
Th9 body is encased in one of the
largest boxes Moran had, and stands in
Ii rear room. Mr. Moran permitted a
number of people to look at the body apd
was obliging enough 10 turn the head in
such q position as co very clearly show
the marks around the neck caused by the
rope.
THE MOOSE DIsTRIBUTED.
When The moose was talSSn from the
Waste no money Bi1v Sa nn.u 49,.