Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-30
perfect working order, each Of them having
stood the test with 20O-pound bags Of sand.
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give the condemned men o fall of six feet II
was made similar to the scaffoid in Washington
on which several murdersrs have been exc
cuted.
The Jail is inclosed BY fence Of ordinary
height and the scafold looms far above the top
OF 1t, giving the public good view from house
tops and neiEhboring fields, although under the
law the sheriff has a right to invite or summon
! twenty persons to witness the execution, which
the law says shall be % private a. the premises
Will permit. In this particular case, the premi-
ses will not admit Of . private execution and
consequently the affair was within the wording
Of the law
On the streets last night, when most of those
who gathered in the vicinity Of the Jail were
under the influence Of liquor, the murder and
execution was fully discussed, and Jack CLARK,
! one OF the men who did good work in the case,
but who was not called upon to testify. asserted
that the truth had not been told and that the
secret of the murder would die with the execu-
ton Of the men, There we're others who shared
In his belief, but Father Cunnane il thoroughly
| and that the only persous who were connected
with the crime we're Pinkney and Barber.
Guards ]. r. Farr and James Jones were on
| the death watch all night, but the condemned
men slept so soundly that Watching was not at
! all necessary.
IN THE EARLY MORNING.
At $50 O'Clock this morning there was not Q
single outward sign that anything out Of the
ordinary run was to take place, except that 1t
one saloon several persons were standing about
the place. some Of whom have been out all night
and showed plainly the effects of the all night de-
oauch. There was no trouble during the night.
except the noise about the jail which kept
| Pinkney awake until such q late hour.
Inc CHATTER OF horses hoofs and the rattle of
wheels OF all sorts Of vehicles from q broken
down sulky to a hack from a livery stable were
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AFFORD the luxury of hossesn aud vehicles walked
In to get look at the crowd ii nothing more.
The surrounding country was largely repre-
sented by both colors and sexes, and as soon as
| they reached town the visitors went direct to
the Jail to get look IL possible Of one or both
the condemned men, but those who arrived
after breakfast hour were disappointed. Pinkey
| had talked to some of the early morning visitors
and there WAS not a tremor In his voice. In
deed he showed less emotion than did those
outside. Barber kept from the window and
disappointed the crowd.
THE MEN WHO WERE HANGED.
Sketch of the Criminals Who Died by the
Rope Today.
Special to The Evening Star
MARLBORO, Nd, June S0.-William Pinkney
was about twenty-five years old and Was born
on the farm Of Mr.. Robert Clagett, several
miles from Marlboro, and lived in tho vicinity
all his life. He was powerful man. and it is
| rail, such IS is used on steam railroads. Resi-
| dents Of the locality always looked upon him as
| a cowardiy man. He was also known as petty
| thief, but was never known to steal anything
other than articles Of food, such as chickens,
meat and other such things that he would likely
| find in an clubhouse.
Singularly enough he was never drinking
man. He held the county record for being the
champion ginger cake eater and was generally
| liked by those who knew him.
Daniel Barber was more than five years Pink
| ney's senior. He was born In Charles county,
below woodville, and when quite young be
moved to Prince Georges county, and for the
last twelve year, he had been living on the farm
of Collector Snowden Hill Like his fellow
murderer, Pinkney, he always enjoyed the
| reputation Of being thief At one time he
stole hog from Mr.. Hill, father OF Collector
Hill, and WAS sent to the house Of correction.
Mr.. Snowden Hill got him out and he has since
| lived on his farm and performed the duties Of
coachman. Unlike Pinkney he was always fond
of his toddy and was always under the influence
OF liquor when he could get the Intoxicating
| fluid
The latest plea for Pinkney Is that he was
| an epiIeptic, and that he therefore insane
| to a certain degree This information was given
| to q STAR reporter by the Rev. Father Cunuane,
| pastor Of st. Mary's Church, who has been the
condemned mans spiritual adviser since his
arrest and Incarceration. Rev. Father Hughes.
pastor Of the Anacostia Catholic Church. was
| also at Marlboro, and has been there several
| times during the past few weeks. Father
Hughes is a visitor to st. Elizabeth's Asylum for
| the Insane, and he expressed desire to have
DR.. Godding examine Pinkney. This ia the
| first intimatiou given OF an unsound condition
| Of the murierer's mind.
The priests are fully satisfied that the men
are sincere in their religious convictions
They are both In earnest, " said Father Cum
| name to q reporter. THE crime was an atrocious
| one and was among the first to assist In the
| capture Of the guilty parties, but now that they
| are SO near their death am going to do all
| can for them in their last moments on earth. ="
| Father Cunnane was highly incensed at a
paragraph printed in a Washington afternoon
| paper in which he was made toappear as having
told Pinkney what to say in the confession. He
said that in one OF Pinkney's statements he WAS
| reported to have implicated shine white men,
and when he Father Cuunane) learned from
Pinkney that there was no truth in the state
meut he told him that he would have TO make
public PREPARATION for the wrong he had done.
and that was all he did.
Father Cunnane was satisfied that both men
were earnestly endeavoring to make their peace
with God.
Undertaken Arthur s. Hough took the coffins
for the condemned men to the Jail tonight and
put them in the guards bed room on the first
| floor. The cofins. which were made several
days ago, are plain poplar boxes stained with
| walnut. On the lids Of each of them ID o plain
wooden cross There are no handles on the
| collins and besides the crosses no effort was
made ct ornamentation. For several days they
| have been in the undertaker's establishment
where they were viewed by several hundred
| persons.
While Undertaken Hough was arranging the
collins in the Jail coiored men in Mt Carmel
| cemetery were digging the graves In which the
bodies will be lowered tomorrow afternoon.
NOTES
William Sedgwick. the town barber, was sent
for about O'Clock, and no used his razor and
scissors on the faces and heads of the con-
demned men in order to make them present q
| better appearance after death.
While waiting for the fatal moment the crowd
i, in front Of the Jail was treated to some fancy
bicycle riding by cyclists who came here to wit
ness the execution.
number Of police officers from Washington
were here, some Of them in uniform, but thew
! were not admitted within the Enclosure
| This was the first hanging here since 1871.
when Mary Wallace was executed for poisoning
| an infant child Of Jas. r. Read near Belts.
| Vile. In looking over the criminal annals of
| the county there is found the hanging of a man
Peter Jennings, for arson In the early part of
| the century. Many years afterward q colored
man, Bryon, on his death bed confessed to the
arson.
How the News Was Brought.