St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-19
THRONGED T.ir GALLONS.
Scene of Men and Women Strug-
Cling for Passes.

IhisONGED I1isr GALLON
Scene of Men and Women strus-
Cling for Passes.
so intense was the excitement among
the morbidly curious that they acted
ike wild animals all day yesterday
Ihey crowded around the Jail and court
house and implored. begged and threat
ened the deputy sheriffs to give them
passes to see the prisoners, passes I'd
see the gallows and passes to the Jail.
or course, thousands wanted permission
to witness the execution of the sentence,
and many were given cards who were
not able to ge: within sight of the hang.
Ing at the eventful moment. TGe en-
tire day there was jam about the
Sherlff's Office and the Jail clamoring
TOR satisfaction of their curiosity. The
jam at the door Of the office was so great
that the deputies could neither get III
nor out most of the time. AS a means
OF relieving the pressure the sheriff de-
cided to give the people chance to
see the gibbet. Chief Deputy Irish
was given authority to issue passes to
the enclosure where the gallOws had
been erected. That deputy made
speech to the crowd besieging the door,
telling them to 20 out into the corridor
and he would give them passes. He
made flis way to the steps leading to
the second story and in a moment
crowd of men women and boys
surged around him in dense
mass, filling the hail and pinnlng
his arms so that he could
not move, much less write. They
even grabbed for his two blocks of
blanks and almost wrested them from
him. He had to give up the effort, as
the half dozen he had made out were
torn into shreds by the crowd that
fought for them. 1t became evident
that the people would be smothered or
even torn to pieces in the Wild rush.
Policemen were sent Tor, who entered
from the top story and opened the
way for Deputy Irish to escape He ran
quickly up stairs followed by the crowd.
some OF whom ran to the other stairway
and up to the second corridor. MIR.
Irish hid himself in the back room of
Judge Ollvier'S office while the crowd
rushed into the other rooms looking for
him. They almost broke down the
door of court room No. S, in which Judge
Kelly was trying case, and frightened
the few people in there. Judge Kellv
looked up i'll establishment at the peo-
| pie as they rushed into his room and
stopped for time the proceedings.
| Finding that Mr.. Irish was not there
they joined with others of the crowd in
| hunting through the other rooms of the
upper part of the court house.
Only Giving Up the Search
| after a vigorous inspection of all the
| rooms except the one in which Mr.. Irish
i had taken refuge, this being an extreme
corner room. The crowd then went
back to the sheriff's Office. An order
was then given to tell the people to
form in line with the crowd already ar
the Jail, and they would be eiyen3a
| Chance to see the gaiIows. A dozen
deputies were stationed in the CORR
doris of the Jail and two police
men at the front door. The crowd
was then allowed to file through
the jail and through the door into tina
lower corridor. and thence through the
door leading out to the scaffold. Here
Deputy Sheriff NJ. N. Goss and County
Commissioner Seng kept the people
from gathering upon the scaffold, and
| pointed out the beam with the ropes
formed into nooses, the lever for the
trigger and the two sacks of coal used
to test the ropes, and hurried them down
the steps under the scaffold, where thew
could see one trap in position and
one sprung and the space where the
men were to be suspended. They we're
then hurried on through the door cut
for taking the bodies out at, and we're
helped through by Deputy Sheriff Ken
ny and other assistants. Men clambered
out and women were lifted out. All the
afternoon and until long after nighifall.
the crowd poured through, gazing
with frightened looks at tn
gibbet and its accouterments and
surroundings. Had not such a course
been taken 1t Is probable that the peo-
pie would have torn down the Enclosure.
so wild were they. Men and women of
all conditions Joined In the Jam and
tore at each other to gain precedence in
satisfying their curiosity. Boys and
men Clipped pieces from the boards
forming the Enclosure, and knives were
used to make cracks larger, notwith.