The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-17
GEORGE DRIER HANGED.
THE SLAYER OF MISS FANNIE FAD.
DEN EIPIATEs THE CRIME.
He Claimed to Have Made His Peace with
God and Hoped Others Would Profit
by His Misfortune.

CAPE CHARLES. VA, June is.-Spe-
clal.-In the ancient and quiet town OF
Eastville. the county seat of Northamp-
ton county. George Drier, Polish Jew
was harged to-day for one Of the most
atrocious and cod-blooded murders ever
committed in the history Of this county
lie slept well last night and ate very
hearty breakfast this morning about
o'clock and remarked that he did not want
TO meet death on an empty stomach. The
scaffold on which the prisoner met death
was an old style platform, erected within
the immediate wall surrounding the Jail,
and could be viewed from the condemned
mans cell. and in speaking Of it, he called
IL his summer house.
Sheriff Jarvis having completed all the
ARRANGEMENTS. had Colonel b. +. Kellogg.
sergeant OF this city-~sworn in as deputy
sheriff. who acted as hangman, Mr. Jarvis
having declined TO do it. Exactly at 1
o'clock the sheriff announced that all
was ready. and al 1905 the prisoner was
conducted from the cell 10 the scaffold by
Deputy Shelf Kellogg. accompanied by
Rev Meade and Lindsay. Prayer was
offered on the platform by Mr.. Meade
the prisoner kneeling. after which he bade
all goodbye. and with a gesture OF the
left hand said. II hope you will all meet
me hereafter" He said before he left his
cell he had made his peace with God.
He spoke I'm a firm voice and did not
evince the least sign OF emotion during
the entire ceremony. but TO n fellow
prisoner he said he felt that II would be
relief having been kept in suspense so
long. and he hoped OTHER people would
profit by his misfortune.
Deputy Kellogg having arranged the
straps around his legs and the handouts
on his wrists. placed the moose around his
neck. and. as the black cap was about 20
be pulled down over his head. there
seemed 20 be a slight semblance OF
smile ripple over his countenance. and
in one more minute all that was dear
10 a man was gone. for he made his
last move, which was at HAP o'clock
when the supports were knocked from
under the trap doors, and he fell six
feet and six inches. His neck was not
broken by the fall. twelve minutes after
which he was pronounced dead by
strangUlatiOn by Doctors Moore. Fitz-
hugh. Kellam McMutt. Hyslop and Dali
by. and I'm exactly thirty minutes after
the fan he was cut down and placed in
lA.r LDlliu anu Adii ltA III Il TART To HDlltI =
field. where he will be inferred without
ceremony, there being no friends 20 claim
his body. The execution was witnessed
by twelve guards, six doctors and five
reporters. including The Times corre-
spondent.
Drier was about thirty years old. and
came 10 this town four years ago as a
laborers on the Hollywood Truck Farm,
and was hanged for the murder Of Miss
Fannie VI. Fadden on the night OF OctO-
Der 10, 1892 He broke I'm her store. where
she slept, and secured about four hum
dred dollars in money. He was suspected
Of the crime next morning. and. after
being questioned very closely. made a
full confession Of the whole affair Drer
was placed IN the Eastville Jail. and
tried i'm the circuit court Of this county
before Judge Gilmore Kendall in Novem-
Der. last year, and sentenced 10 be
hanged June Is. 1893. Drier was the first
white men ever hanged i'm this county. The
last victim was Spencer Robinson, alias
Wright (colored). hanged June 3, 1871, for
the murder Of J. G. Westcoat.