Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-15
NEILL'S END IS NEAR,
he Will Be Hanged at Newgate
Prison Early This Morning.
no CONFESSION MADE AS YET.
English Views on the Effect of Democratic
Tariff Theories.
A CABINET CRISIS BOBs UP IN FRANCE

LONDON, Nov. 14.-All the preparations
for the execution of Thomas Neill, other
wise Cream, are completed. The execution
will be strictly private, the only persons
who will be present being Kynaston Met
calf, Under. Sheriff of the County of Lon
don; the executioner and the prison officials.
Since Neill was sentenced the closest
watch has been kept upon him at Newgate
prison. The wardens will not permit access
to the prisoner, beyond the corridor which
leads to the condemned mans cell. Through
this corridor Neill will pass alive to-mor-
row, to be brought back a corpse, soon after
ward.
The wardens vouchsafed only the infor-
nation that Neiil. though i'll, had recurred
to writing throughout the day, frequently
leaving off, being obliged to rest. He is
silent, irritable and moody. The wardens
hail their early relief from the responsible
ity of their charge. Their vigil has been
an anxious one, as they are haunted with
suspicion that this adept in the fatal use of
poison has some unknown resources which
he may effectually use at the last moment
to cheat the avenger of fjustice.
The Hangman Inspects Him.
Ellington, the hangman, saw Neill to-day
through an inspection wicket, taking note
of his height and build, while the convict
paced to and fro in his cell. Usually the
hangman has an interview with the con-
demned, making the closest survey of his
physique and taking an eve measurement of
the strength of the neck and gauging the
weight of the body. This appears to have
been spared Neill. The hangman will not
appear at the cell until nearly o'clock.
Billington performs the work of pinioning
in five minutes.
From the cell along tagged corridor is
a minutes walk. The scaffold, which has
movable gibbet, is erected in the court
yard within an inclosure, making it invis-
1ble from any point on surrounding build
ings. The drop will be made promptly at
o'clock, and at the same instant black
flag will be hoisted on the prison flagstaff
to make known to the outside world that
justice has been satisfied.
No Confession Yet Made.
The inquest will take place at noon and
will be followed Immediately by the burial
The body will be encased in coffin filled
with quicklime and placed under the flag
stones in the corridor over which the doomed
man treads on his way to the scaffold. This
is, perhaps, the ghastliest spot in the world
Under the tagging of this corridor have
been buried the bodies of long succession
OF notaDle ana OBSCURE criminals. Initials,
or numbers cut in the walls indicate the
more recent sepulchres. Earlier inscrip-
tions have been detaced by time and the
CRIME.
Neill had two interviews to-day with his
solicitor, Mr.. Waters. In the first he gave
instructions for the drawing up of his will
Mr.. Waters called again tonight with til
document for NeilPs signature. Neill
made no confession, but Mr. Waters urged
him to give heed to the ministratlons of the
chaplain during the short time remaining
to him, and advised him if he desired TO
his mind to do so to the chap |
lain. 1t was only when Mr.. Waters finished |
exhorting him that NeilI seemed to fully |
realize his position. He broke down co m |
pletely and expressed his indebtedness to |
the solicitor, and admitted that the lawyer
had spared no efforts to save his life. The |
scene at parting was painful.