The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-13

to other young men not to follow my
AS he said this Van Hise pulled the,
cap over his head and hooked the other
end OF the moose to the gallows rope.
The Sheriff gave the signal and Maclkin
snot up into the air/at 10:03N.
Or. Varick applied a phonondescope to
his heart at about 1910. 1t was still beat
ing. At 1913 Or. Everett said he could
not agree with him-Drs. Putnam and
At 1917 the muscles of Mackin's hand
It was handed to Father Smith. The
phonondescope was applied again and at
lo;ge ne was prono4nced dead.
back of the cells, out of sight of the gal
lows.
When Keeper Eagan returned from the
Mackin hanging to corridor No. 1, Genz
asked him how long it had taken to
hang Mackin He seemed impatient dur
ing the twenty minutes which elapsed be-
tween the leaving of the Mackin jury and
upon his death. At last the juries and
the witnesses arrived. 1t was about
1913 when the witnesses at last took
At 1851 O'Clock Hangman Van Hise en-
tered. Then came Keeper O'Donnell
E'ollowing him came Pastor Meury. Then
Genz entered, walking by himself
The jury and the witnesses were lined
up against the wall from the gallows to
the door of the corridor.
nesses and said, Good morning, gentle
men,.
He walked with brisk step and without
assistance from Keepers O'Donnell or
Eagan, who were assigned to support him
on the death march. He took his stand
directly beneath the rope.
shook bands ne dssepped wsb again and
Meury He said, Good bye, Doctor"
and then in German he told him not to
forget +, to communicate with his mother
q m CT nod -
Sheriff Heller, shook hands with him,
ana @ SAID, Thank you all for your kind
sssss;s ssas;ee He He grasped the hand Of ex-
Then he stepped back to the spot which
wSS sSariff arked 4s1,d Tor hlm m to : stand a upon
WISH New Jersey would legislate against
convicting anyone in the future on cir
cumStantial evidence
ana began strapping his ankles together
PsiL Pinl,or the .s rope too tight; I'm not high
sstrapping his feet started to adjust the
black cap
Don't put that thing down., said
It's the law said Van Hise. and uptIse GEM
replied:-'sOh, if it's the law, ali right. !"
Van Hise then took the knot .of the
moose moo and drew it tight. GEM said
YETI iiie
At that instant Sheriff Heller gave the
signal and the drop fell and Genz was
Jerked into the air. He struggled vio-
lently The drop fell at just 11:G.h
Before going to the gallows GEM said
to Pastor Meury:-..If have sense after
come down, will move my thumb to
the palm of my hand three times in sue
cession.'
Pastor Meury, DR.. Sneider of New York
and Sheriff Heller all say that they dis
tinctly saw this movement of the right
thumb after Genz came down.
The contortions of the body continued
for three minutes, and at the end of five
minutes his pulse was beating twenty
eight times minute. 1t was lis when
the doctors pronounced him dead
The doctors who witnessed the hanging
were Nevin, Brinckerhoff. Culver, Hem
ariel5s, Foley F'ogarty, w. L. Pyle and
Sneider.
The Rev. Mr.. Meury will take charge
OF the body. 1t was GEMS desire that
he be cremated, but Mr.. Meury says that
he hasn't the funds to defray the ex-
pense of cremation.