The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-22
HANGING.
Jackson and walIing Pay the Pen.
alty Of Their Crime.
.AuRDERERS OF PEARL BRYAN
pltp,ayed AstonlshinR Nerve 20 the last.
ssptIato Etsrnity :. The iaamo Moment.
waliinE Believed he wouIld be Itnspltsd
Upta thsLa,t Moment JsOhsoa'. liody
CEssas,oa-The crime Recalled.

H. & u
NEWPORT. KY, NORTH 9i-scOtt
ac On and AlhnEo whllln,E wore hang
stefiaS for tie inutaer of Pparf
M on january 81, issa! The two
nisn aiadl bimultnneonsly 3 double trap
f5iiinG anpullingt the same Lever. Both
men were cool and nGrvy to the last,
ahd they died protesting their ins
d6cSgcC, and declaring that their con-
lions were ftlse and nude for eject
onl tie. gov rn0F.
The morning hours preceulng the eN-,
AtQtioRlwere full of exciting seetes' the
plRh 10 gain time for Jackson and posi-.
biz q respite for WRlling was lRoFkeu
rum early morning up until the men
started TO the gallOwA IN the IaOrnlnS
,Jaalrsoi made another confession. N
Which he SRid WnlllnE was not guilty OF
murder, and Governor Br0dleY was tel-
cgrapli6d accordingly,
Many false reports We're soon circus
lAtld about a respite being sttthte9
MAILING, and these reports caused
much excitement among the large
crowds assembled In the vicinity OF the
dall. At times there were nppre'nen9iOns
&c trouble. but the police force ana the
denuty RheriEts were assisted by u ltb.gS
f0fca % militia, and order WIS main
tAined through the forenoon.
When Il wns announced that Govern.
OF BrGdley had ordered the execution o.
both men to proceed, and that there,
would he no Interferenca whatever,
there were continued shouts Of approx
q. The gcRffotd was IN the court yard,
where it could be seen BY mRES th0uS'
antl OF people from the surrounding
Z hnilditssi and there was great DEM
oRgtTatiOn when the black nag was
holsted a. a signal that the execution
was over,
SIEnaled Their Death.
These signals were also holsted In
covington and Cincinnati. where there
was Us much excitement as here over
tho false reports about Walking being
fesDlted for four days.
Soon after Iae execution the cTowds
dlspdFBed and tho city was quleted.
Quite q IQrEe party OF the frie'dCiS OF the
BryGn family were present from Greun-
castle. Ind. and they were very mucn
exercised over the suspense OF the Tore
noon. -. ~.
TRe condemned men spent a quiet but
reEtleAA night, and were out AZ 9.N'
Th6v ate hearty breakfasts and lndulg-
4 "a ff cigars. At o'clock the jail yard
was fun and vast crowds we've o1tsiae
of'the enclosure, but jackson and Wall.
iIT were unmoVed and indifferent. Both
+ told friends there was nothing tt4s IN
thtif last confessions TO Governor BRAD
lgy, and that they played y as the Iast
FsFff, They did sumo Writing durlnE
the morning, but their mlssiVes were 10
tlieIr relatives.
II The scafIold was painted white. Short"
liz before the march to the GnlloW9 Was
commenced, Deputy MRurer entered ths
! ian with a letter to WalllhE from his
sent her love and told him 10 die game.
Mailing, utter reading the note. shook
hands with Maurer. and then JacRsou
stepped forward and shook MhuteE
warmly By the hand.
ExeaIeh waiting In the Cell.
early in the morning Jackson had
Pastor Lee. the death watch. wallinG
and all stand up and declared that Wal
ling was not guilty. This proceeding
1oppedt he march TO the gallOws, IS
Sheriff Plummer called IN Walling, at"
: torney and they wired Governor BRAD.
lev, Then WRlling dropped a note from
the laH window to the newspaper men
saving: Jackson has freed me.
WRiling then made a touching appeal
fbat he be permitted 10 see Mayor Rhi-
NOOK. The request was granted When
the mayor came In he was asked to sign
d dispatch 10 the governor to give MIN
1 reprieve Of thirty days. Walling said
Jackson can save my IRE u ne VIII ,i1, ou W
Eet lin TO do Il: but he will not. He
ought 70 save me-: -,
want you 10 tell me where Pearl BryHn's
Mayor Rhinocf. before God whom. I
shall soon meet, I do not know VIII
not lie now" ~.
Nor q brief consultation with the
oFISoners Judge Helm told Jackson that
ie must hang and II ne allowed Walllng
Ia hang with him he would have to
tlnsEer 10 his Maker for double crime
IJS.0lEo Impressed Jackson with the tncs
that II he went before his Maker with IA
iie IN his lips he would also be doing n
double wrong. He then gave Jackson
fiya minutes IN which 70 fneke ~ MF
mind, leaving MN unAttehueu ny '"e
death watch.
AZ the expiration Of the time Jackson
lSJd that he could not say that WallinE
1s.as, innocent. This settled the fate OF
hSth IjTfsoners, and the time for the
execution was fixed at 11:SO O'clock
AZ ll:g0 they started to the scOhold'
Protested Ills Innocence.
Just before leaving the cell WallinG
said:
II will tell you now at the last moment
Of my life that was not there and am
innocent Of the whole crime. Jackson
has said as much but II seems 1t Will
not save me. ] cannot say any more.
win say no more on the scaKOld"
Al the BcafEold the prisoners both
stood with bowed heads, saying a pray
m W8IIing's eyes were clOsed, Jacks
sons opeR. When Rev. MI. Lee ilniSh-
Cd the prayer Jackson bade farewell.
Walllng also bade farewell. WalllnS
Whispered, go. 30, go.
Both died in great agony. Both were
StranBied, the necks not having broken.
JackSon was dead in six minutes. Wall
Ing died first. Just before the bodies
were cut down the crowd rushed up.
hut was ordered back BY Sheriff Plum
mer. ,..,-,.,
Jnckson's remains were inclneratOd
InsE night at the Cincinnati CrematOry.
HIS mother took this course ~ she
cduid take the ashes to her home at
c;reecaStis, Ind, and not suffer the NOR
tIfcation Of being refused burial there,
"a the cemetery directors had decided
Ia do. WRlllngE body was removed TO
Hamilton.
praycr at the final scene on the scaftold,
and lind 10 be carried away.
FOR ThiS They Died.
The crime for which the men died
CAUSED an extended sensation on It's
discovery. Pearl Bryan, the daughter
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