The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-03
TRAGEDY OF A CENTURY AGO
How an American Patriot was Hanged
Drawn and CHARTERED

Drawn and CHARTERED.
Montreal. Canada, Aug "A rattle
| tragic anniversary was observed in til,
old City of Quebec this week Jus. 1O
years ago. on the 18th Of July, Davi(
McFarlane. an American subject ant
! sympathiZer. was executed there for higi
! treason. The execution took pace nea
| the summit Of the nil Immediately out
side the Qualifications on the landwarG
side OF the fortress, since known a.
''Gallows Hill" The tragic spot is now
crossed by the prolongation of Richeliel
street TO Mcmahon street through the
fertilization wall
Toward the close Of the last century
and the early years of the present the
citizens Of Quebec had on many occa-
sions TO witness the execution of those
upon whom the death sentence had been
pronounced. Hanging was of frequent
occurrence. as also military executions
On one occasion no .ess than seven SOL
diers were shot side by side on the plains
of Abraham for desertion.
But there was one exception that pro-
N0NNa q PAOAOuiid pii lIlc
minds of the inhabitants, it being the
solitary instance of carrying out, even
in semblance, OF hanging, drawing, and
quartering in America. II Is a case
which stands pre-eminent among the
causes celebres'' of Canada, and from
the madness OF the project which led up
10 il, tht novelty OF the judicial proceed
ings and the barbarity Of the execution
in conformity with the savage spirit OF
the English code in those days, is per-
haps without a parallel The case was
that Of David McFarlane, a native Of
Attleboro. Mass, VINO was employed and
sent 10 Canada by Adet, one Of the rep
resentativeS of the then French republic
in the United States TO arouse the
FIench-Canadians. with a view 10 the
re-conquest of Canada from England for
France with American aid. For this Nc
Far.ane was arrested at Quebec and
brought TO tria., when ne was found gull
~ and sentenced 80 De hanged. 10 be
taken down while still alive, cut open.
disemboweled, have his entrail burnt be-
fore his eyes, his head cut off. and his
body divided into four parts
On July -. 1897, this barbarous SEN
tence was carried out McFariane was
taken from prison on a hurdle. attended
by the sheriff and military guard. The
AK and block were carried With him. A
little after 10 o'clock they reached the
gallows erected outside I. Johns gate.
al the foot Of the glacis. an Elevated epo;
visible TO the surrounding country, and
now occupied by the convent or the iSs-
tiers of Charity. and also where former
" stood the Christian Brothers school.
McFarlane. who belonged 20 the Church
OF England. was attended by the Rev.
Mountain and NJ. Sparks. and after a
few words addressed 10 the people was
cas-. off the ladder.
After hanging about twenty-five min
utes he was taken down. MS head GU: of
and held up by the execudoner, crying.
Behold the head OF a traitor" A part
% the entrai,s was then taken on, and
burned. and the limbs cut. bu, 10; cut
off Never" says me historian Gar
neau. mad such a spectacle been seen
in Canada"
McFarlane had the sympathy % the
French Canadians. a; personal risk they
had bestowed care and consolation on
him before and during his trial; their
charity prompted them 10 give his re-
mains me rites Of buris,. Toward even
ing four F7ench-Csna6;sns dug a grave
on the place Of execution. On what Is
no~ the norsheas; corner of tae Richie
lea street. near tae glacis. and near III.
north angle o. The Sisters new building.
and there inferred decently ne mu;ila,ed
remains OF ne unfortunate stranger. o:
family, iit.le i known. ex-
cep5 that in 1895 q daughter OF his cana
to ouebec 70 remove his remains % a
more resoecta5ie tomb.