The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-13
OUTSIDE SCENES.
The Morbid Street Crowd
Marching Of the Juries-
GEMS Queer Suspicion.

AS early as eight o'clock this morning
people began to gather in front of the
County Jail and in the Court House
grounds. There was not more than two
or three hundred, and the ma jority of
them eongregated on the opposite of the
street. They could see nothing but the
bare walls and windows of the jail, but
that seemed to satisfy their curiosity to
a sufficient extent, as they remained there
gsszing over at the Jail until the word was
sent out that the second execution was
all over. A suggestion was made that
the bodies of the two men be taken cut
of the jail by the rear door and into the
enclosed yard, and some of the crowd ran
in that direction.
Policemen We're stationed at intervals
all along the sidewalk on both sides of
the street, from the Jail down to the
end Of the Court House grounds They
We're under command of Inspector Lange,
Captain Kelly, Sergeant Cody and
Roundsman Frey and Jackson. There
were twenty men in all, and they had no
difficulty in preserving order. Some peo-
PIE got on roots in the neighborhood
something of the proceedings through the
windows.
The Courts and sheriff's juries began
Ter and County Clerk Fisher were kept
busy. answering questions, as nearly all
the jurors. like the Sheriff himself, were
posted as to what they should do. The
SheriT's juries assembled in the Sher-
IFS office ,,,s and remained there awaiting
to County Clerk Fishers office and were
sworn in. Shortly after nine o'clock
official notice came from the Sheriffs $
office that Mackin would be hanged first
MacKin tad fp
get themselves in readiness The roll
was called in the Sheriff's office at 9:45,
and iIIry mmedatey are5ed afterward the Gour
Clerks Office and fell in line. =. Charles ai.ies
": Laws, one Of the Courts jury COLI
tapsed tbp before the procession started for
stairs leading to the front court court II room, sne
Mr.. Laws was unable to account for the
weakness which came over him SO sud-
denly Somebody suggested that dose
OF brandy would brace MIN, but as Mr..
Laws Laws Is s strict temperance man, he de-
clined the prescription.
AT ten minutes before ten O'clock the
Mackn juIjes had all been gathered to-
gether, and the procession, headed by
started for the jail At 1910 word 1 dame DAME
from f. the jail that it was all over with
At 1890 the Sheriff and the witnesses
OF Mackin's execution returned from the
jail 10 the court House. The Court 5 iury
signed the certificates which had 6ees,
prepared by County Clerk Fisher.
Without any unnecessary delay the line
OF the jurors who were to witness the
execution of Genz was formed in the scor
ridor Of the Court House and the second
procession, headed by Sheriff ITeller.
moved over to the jail Shortly litter
eleven O'Clock word came back that
Genz,s life had paid for his crime The
crowd on the street fingered around for
some time after it was known that it was
all over. The ordeal was very TRYING on
Sheriff Heller, bu& he bore up reniark-
ably a well He said he realized that he
had duty to perform and he proposed
to perform it. Mackin's body was taken
IN charge by Undertaken Patrick Me-
Kenna and GEMS by Undertaken John
Y. Burke, who had been engaged by the
wiser. - -
A News reporter was Informed this
morning on authority which cannot be
doubted that GEMS earnest desire to be
hanged last was prompted by a morbid
fear that If he was hanged first MacIxin
would not be hanged at ALL He WAS
under the impression that a job wouI,f be
put up on him and that I'M some occult
manner Mackin would be saved from the
galloWs after he, Genz was hanged lrhis
Idea struck him after he read III some
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