Punxsutawney Spirit, 1887-11-16

              \ North & Morris, *tr#x8VT*wjrmr, P*. L ' «KW •ssssrjs&ssisz** Iff*. Pa. fjl R. MOWUSOK, D. D. 8. A* DENTAL BOOMS, rnamm»*, m. Buildinf, aw Jotaaoj^* T\B. X. F. PHELUPM, DKtmiT. Orno« la florae? room, TerfifBloefc. X B. MOBRI8, TOHlf T. WELL, 1 JVBTICJC OF TWXPtdOX, m*mAW**Y, »% Donble Murder. Pa. A V1BVT raXAir, THE ANARCHISTS SWING. olosihq some* ojth* hay. MA1KBT TBAOSDT. gptH, Pimii, Eiftl ui FUker Dan> (tefliMi • lUpt'iEai. LIN68 CHEATS THE GALLOWS BY COMMITTING SUICIDE—HIS HORRIBLE END. NE PBIOE ===== THE ===== LOTHIERS leai AT THE ===== of the Procession Q G. BENSCOTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, C. CAMPBELL, And Juatlce of the Fnoe, Pnusatawaey, P». OIh la Mundorff building, Mart? opposite iron building. Collection* ntde, depMitloni .taken, and *11 klnda of legal boalMM attended to. ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W, lioonnxi, Fa. Offlca in Mataon'a office, Mataon tralldfog, opposite the Ootut House. f JINKS A CLARK, ATTORNEYB-AT-LAW, Bbooitiixb, Fa, Office la llauon Rlock, opposite the public Doll dings. jgJDWARD A. CARMALT, ATTORNIY-AT-LA fT, Baoomui, Fa Office with Judge Jenki. Legal business care - ' ally attended «. NORTH & MORRIS 3. TBUTTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W, FumuiiTAwmr, Fa- Opposite Brian Building. Practice la the OmMso* adjacent counties rj. M. BKEW1B, A TTOSSIT-AT-LAW, Himmmt, ta. mm WOBUKB0 JHTMV 'WVKRHDDyLY • whtslow * caldekwood, ATTOKMtra-ATLAW, hmumr, Ta. Too Busy to Advertise! Every Day Like Saturday! A crash as of a falling house thundered throngh the corridors. The slender ropes were taut. In full view of the 200 men in front were the four white writhing shrouds. The ropes oould be seen slowly tightening about the necks that between cap and shroud could be notioed blackening and purpling. Nine mortal minutes passed. Then it waa known to a certainty that not a neck had been broken. The fonr Haymarket murderers had been literally throttled and strangled by the law. THE TRAP SPRUNG. August Spies was the first of the four doomed men to make use of his wits while he oonld. In a tone of inteuse bitterness of spirit he, the man who wrote the famous revenge circular, hissed out between his tightly olenched teeth :— "There will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voioes they are strangling to death." The last syllable of Spies' concluding words, hoarse with suppressed passion, had not reached an end when Engel, raising his voioe, wildly cried :— "Hurrah for Anarchy." Fischer caught the fire of the utterance, and still more loudly exclaimed, "Hurrah for Anarchy," adding, "This is the happiest moment of my life." This was broken abruptly by the slow, measured intonation of Parsons, like a white robed priest before the altar of saorifioe. Not as a dying request, but rather like a command or warning, he sounded forth "May I be allowed to speak f" Then with slow entreaty eame"Will you let me speak, Sheriff Mataon f" . There waa auother agonizing pause. Muffled through the shroud broke out in unnatural hollow accents:—"Let the voice of the people be heard." THB LAST WORDS SPOKEN. Tb* foot b«rly ia§m<Um etaading to th* HH JMMP OOQAmumiI FIMHI bino without dalaj to Ojwt to* ropae, Spies' BOOM batafto* *■>* first plaosd.He did not immi to niiri tt at any mow bo— qoin th—» — wiinaa ooUar. The knot fu slipped down «h* oocd don iptiut tbenook. Bplm did sot show * tremor, bat whtn to* MM prooees m being ear • riod oat with Flaeher he qaiatly whiapercd to the bailiff some suggestion oonoernlng the rape. Fischer's oooaaional ardor waa quite notioeably leaaened when ha felt to* hempen strand, and Engel bit hianndcr lip haid whan hie torn came. Joat than Dr. Mnn>by, a young physician, (tending back of Engls, whispering!? cracked a joke at Engu'e ear. Incredible aa it may •earn, the low-browed Anarchist laughed outright with the rope around hie neok, and while another waa being fastened on hie oomrade by hia aide. Bat the grotesque laughter was soon silenced. Parsona meekly as a aalnc oaat hia eyee upward at the dangling rope above bim. Before the four Anaronista had an inkling of what waa to be done the black cape were deftly slipped upon their heade and drawn quickly down to the necks, shutting off the view of each as completely and with less warning than doee the oamera-oloth of a photographer.W WMMCTBP. If you doubt the trnth of the above statement vistt our store and see for yourself. We have positively the largest stock of Clothing, Hats, Caps, and Gents Furnishing Goods in Punxsutawney, and are doing the leading business. Wells' neck is black and bin© all around and much swollen. "Hollered T You see I bad a bile on uiy neck and the rope hart it. Yoa'd hollered too if you'd been in my place. I tried to pray, but somehow or other the prayers of my babyhood had been stamped out and would not come back when I wanted 'em to and I was in a fix. I thought of all the meanness I had ever done in my life. A fellow thinks fast under them circumstances and I could only say law and every like, God save me." "Did they hurt you T" a newspaper correspondent inquired of Wells to-day. "Oh, not much," replied he. "How did yon feel hanging up 1" "How could I feel with my hands tied ?" "How old are you T" "Twenty-six." "Where were you raised t" "On Childers Creek Sunday night." "They do say you hallooed when you were hang up Sunday night I" "New John Moore's fence." your prayers," came the oommand. "I am not a prayer," Wells replied. Then two men stepped forward and one of them drew from his pooket a cord about twelve feet long, and the two bound Wells securely. Two more advanoed, and one of them dropped a noose over his head and drew it np, placing the knot, hangman faahion, back of one ear. The noose being made secure about the prisoner's neck the other eod of the lariat was tossed over a bongb. A dozen men pulled on it and drew Wells into the air. He was quiokly lot down. This was repeated throe times «n<t ouch time the question was asked about John Nail. He was also ordered to tell all he knew about Harney's horses. After the third hanging Wells said hoarsely, but with unabated pluok:—"Gentlemen, you may hang me if you wish to ; I am in your hands. I will die saying that I did not steal the horses, and I don't know anything against John Nail." Finding that Wells was iu earnest the vigilante unbound their prisoner and restored him to the Constable. Waco, T*x., Wot. Daniel Walls, charged with stealing two hoi—, was arfaetod Sunday night k; Ce—table Spark* and his brother. White thar «m oa their waj to the jail they van mat by fifty men, mo an tod and on foot, all diaguiaed with maaki. With Wlnehaatsr carbines lerelnd on the oonatable, his brother and Wells, they compelled all three to dia* mount. One of the first qneationa addressed to Wells was, "When did yon aee John Nail last f" "I saw him to-night,"Wells replied with" out a tremor. "Where did you geo him f" the lynchers oontinned. In Mep's Suits we show more stvles than any other house in this county from $3 up to $25. Men's Overcoats from $2 to $30. Boys' Suits, in endless variety, from $2.50 to flu. Child's Suits, all styles, from $1.50 to $8. Boys' and Children's Overcoats from $1.50 to ¥7. Time and space will not permit us to give but a few of the many bargains we offer. In Underwear we have no rivals. The Switz Conde Medicated Flannel, White and Scarlet Camel's Hair, and everything in this line from 50c. to $4.50 a suit. Hats and Scotch Caps for men, and boys fur and seal caps, best in the market, at lowest prices. Seal and Plush Caps for boys and children, nobbyest styles and so cheap that you will wonder where we g<>t Neckwear, Gloves, Mufflers and Handkerchiefs in endless variety. Satchels, Valises, Umbrellas, etc. A discount of 10 per cent, to ministers. TVL 8. J. HUGHES, svboeon dentist, PimxatiuwKiT, Fa. Office aooth end of Msdley atreet,  T"|B. w. J. CHANDLJCR, 8UMQM0V DENTIST, 0R. CHARLES 6. ERNST, PHYSICIAN AND SUBOXON, • FmrxfCTAwmr, FA. tonnd atall taMlt » afloat* th« Campbell taUdlu. tnu «aageapoken. Member ofBoardof Fenaioa ■SMtiBOH. Clattilm, Fa. AV*Oflooin Mr. Frederick Criaman's realdeSce. l*-7-ly. TVR. BYBON WIN8LOW> PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, r\B. 8. C. ALLISON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PmaaovAwrar, FA. Offer* bla aerricea to the people of Funxatitawney and vicinity. r)R. S. S. HAMILTON, PHYSICIAN AND SUBOXON, PUMMUTAWMFr, FA Office In dwelling. Offera hia aerrioea to the people of Pnnxratawney and the anrroondlng eountry.  T}R. WM. ALTMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SUBOXON, PumaoTAWinrr, Fa. Offfera hli profeaetonal aervleei to the eltiaeni of FonxaatawneT and vicinity. PHYSICIAN AND SUBOXON, PnrmrrAtmT, Fa. Office two door* eaat of the Poat Office. £)E. W.P. BEYER, •TVAXIKL BAMBY, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W 1807 Fat. N.-W., Washington, D. C. Practicing attorney in the acTcral courts in Washington and elMWherc. Proeecutes claims ts^tsnsstsrsssr^r Pakkersburg, W. Va., Nov. 15 —A terrible doable mnrder is reported here from near Harrisville, in MoDowell county, oft* from the railroads and telegraph lines. For a good many years the Belchers, and Tabors have been deadly enemies on aoeount of a feud which originated in a cattle sale a generation since. A day or two ago a horse belonging to J. Tabor strayed into a corn-field ot the BeloherB. They were notified to come and get it, but neglecting to do so James Belcher looked it in his stable. The next morning John and Samnel Tabor, armed with revolvers, went to the Belchers to take the horse by force, and James Belcher seeing them coming, took a double-barreled shotgun and got to the barn ahead of them. Whon they met - At they quarreled. After a few words ,T " Tabor reached for his no dutiable8 when Beloher raised his shotao dock by a friend,' him in his tracks. Befo»peot9r O. Hehorman ai smoking he turned to ho would P3*8 Barman's utleman would make it a! discharged the sejm if ho would call at hig ofllce him so that and Houston streets. ' Beloher has soector examined Biennan's trunks, Other than W°re f<v-nd to contain the foliowingci „ art'-vles: T books, a boxes of medic Das been r| llneQ sheet.i, Nkw York, Nov. 10.-8iduey F. .Sbelbourne, while inspecting tbe machinery at the American institute fair last evening, ■lipped when near the fly whee! of a Tienton engine and fell between the spoke* of the wheel. This wheel weighs 10 tons And w»» moving at tbe rate of 200 revolution* a minnre, and one part of the wheel paaaed th rough a pit abont two feet deep and one foot wide. He was oanght in the npokca and drawn into the pit and instantly killed, his body beiug crushed into a shaped Je«- mass and everylone ground to piece*. 11*. went around with the whoel once and " abont 10 » heap. Mr. Sbelbourne was 51 years old and a Uwyer by profession. English Spavin Liniment removes all or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs, splints rtifloi, sprains, nil swol- I Ln. te*' •S*"' et0: 8av« #6» by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by William Altmau, druggist. Punxsutawuey, Pa. 23-34w At 8:55 a terrific explosion, followed by a penetrating smell of smoke, startled the officers and prisoners in the Cook County Jail almost to the point of panic. That something terrible had happened was felt, and a moment of fearful suspense followed. The smoke pouring from Lingg's cell located tha explosion, and the officials hurried to the scene. Throwing open the door a ghastly sight presented itself. Through the smoke, whieh hung like a pall over the cot of the prisoner and spread itself throughout the narrow corupartmeht as if to hide the frightful scene from the gaze of the horror-stricken men. the mutilated form af the desperate young Anarchist was discerned. He was lying on his back with his face blown ont of all semblance of human shape. The lower part of his jaw was completely torn off ond his thick auburn hair still matted with blood. The eheaks were torn out and hung down in jagged pieces upon his neck, the teeth were knocked out, the gums torn away, and but a small stump of the tongue appeared protruding from the mangled throat. In the upper part of the thsoat, immediately under the lower part of the jawbone, a terrible gap had been torn out from the inside. The ball of the thumb of the left hand, with which he had touched off the explosive in his mouth, was torn open. The force of tbeexplosion was downward and outward, the soft tissues of the throat and mouth suffering almost total dost ruction. A piece qf the tongue was picked up in the cell. There were great holes in bis head from which the blood was rushing in torrents. Teeth, bits of jawbone, shreds of flesh and blood were scattered all over the narrow compartment. Ragged strips of flesh hung from the suicide's race. He had committed the act lying on his tace an the cot, having Imbedded the dynamite cartridge in a candle, lighted the wiok and placed It in his mouth. The bleeding, but yet breathing, body was carried into the jail office and placed on a table, a trail of blood marking the transfer. Bloorf poured from gaping wounds in his bead and from his mouth and nose, and efforts were at once directed to staunch the flow of the life torrent which threatened to crown with simost immediate success the Anarchist's desperate endeavor. At noon Lingg was breathing easier, owing to a delicate operation performed on the throat by Dr. Gray by means of an improvised electric illuminator. This relief led the physicians to bolieve that Lingg might possibly live Some days, perhaps weeks, though his tarrible appearance seemed to belie any inch expectation The chknce of recovery was set down as but one in a thousand. Short'y after noon, however, he began sinking, and in spite oi every ssrgical exertion continued in a dying condition uotil 2:60, when, after six hours of agony, be expired, being conscious almost up to the last. Snlclde of Anarchist I.lntrlC. CHICAGO, Nov. 10.—This morning Louis Lingg, who manufactured the bombs for the Havmarket riot, attempted suicide in a man - ner which resulted in horrible mutilation, agonizing suffering and finally deatt^. The self-murder was compassed by means of a dynamite cartridge, which he exploded in his mouth. Forming In doable flle, each of the fonr AiinhMi aid* by rid* with i deputy won now beaded Mat and atartad lor tka pi- Iowa. Aatoy«t tbe lion door of tbaeagea gave the fonr a obanee to tnra tbalr baada in the direction of tb« aeoond gallery of tbe jail and bid good-bra aarenu timea to FieHen and Schwab, reoaivlng brakm, guttnml farewell talnka in retnrn. Bare again apiritwd oonaolation waa offered by Rer.Dr, Bolton. now for the bat time. A aareaatlaaiila lit an tbe faoca of all four man aa they nanntad thair tnwd along tbe oorridoa and tamed elowly into tbo dark iw|k iiaanpiaring Ilka ghoata nptba «f tl'f gaUnwm. MARCH TO THE GALLOWS. "Sheriff, you are now about to commit a judicial murder." He mid nothing more,but stepped quickly from his cell threshold, giving himself to be pinioned, ui then to be hidden in one of the snow-white shrouds of whic i • deputy carried an armfnl. Spies while being bound was wen to be dressed in a pair of dark woolen trousers, Mid shirt of light gray flannel fastened at the throat with a tiny red cord. His feet were encased in a pair of embroidered slippers. Fresh beard was growing on bis chin and his light-oarly hair was brushed back carelessly. Taking his wateh from his pocket ha handed it to a deputy, requesting him to deliver it to his mother. A strong leather belt was then pssssd around his body, securely fastening Lis arms straight down to where a pair of Bright niokia plated manacles behind him fastened his wrists together. A moment later his body was oompletely enveloped in a shroud, loosely gathered about his neck. THE DEATH-WARRANTS READ. Sheriff Katson with quick breath and heart beating high carried unsteadily in his hand the documents ordering him to oarry out the sentence of the law. They were written on;a typewriter and all duly attested. The huge iron door swung back on its hinges and Spies stepped firmly forward in front of his guard to listen to the. reading of the document. With his head bared and slightly inclined forward the Sheriff began reading. Commencing in a low tone, soaroely audible five feet away, he slowly tad carefully pronounced every separate word. As the reading progressed he gradually assumed his natural tone of voioe and not a stumbling or mistake occurred from beginning to end. Not a syllable was uttered by anyone bnt the Sheriff, and no other sound bnt his voice was heard, save the subdued ticking of telegraph instruments a few feet away. Spies listened oarefuily to all that was said, but his faee did not ohange for an instant during the reading, though it ocoupied at least fonr minutes. When Sheriff Matson finished Spies looked at him a momentsteadily, bnt without malevolenoe, and then said sententionsly Chicago, Nov. 11.—More utter contempt of death was probably never shown by any four men. From tb* first momenta of the morning till the day cloaed upon them they would not see a shadow either of ignominy or the hereafter. The seven hoars from dawu until the four paseed to eternity were crowded full with events atirring aa a day of battle. Beginning with a fiat refusal in the very teeth of death to accept a word of comfort from a reverend miniater of religion, one of their number, Fischer, sang to the jail and the world the song of the French revolution, the famous "Marseillaise." Then, with seemingly not a thonght of the dread msssacre at the Haymarket, the fonr prepared for their marchtoward the gallows almost aa if it were a pleasant holiday excursion. Extraordinary as were the scenes presented at this moment, it was not till the first man stepped ont npon the gallows that the great climax came. The 800 and more writera with nimble fingers waiting to spread the news to the farthest boands of the earth had almost to a man gathered in the north oorridor of the jail. There for just an honr they were imprisoned in front of the dull, red scaffold. Not one of the 200 present that did not sit uneasily upon bis chair thinking rapidly of the ooming doom of fonr fellow-oreatures, or perhapa even more of the vagne possibility of the jail and all within ita walls being blown to the bine Bky by Anarchistio dynamite. The long hoar was not half completed when in the jail'a distant south corridor, unseen and nnheard by the main body of the reporters, big Sheriff Mataon, at 11:23 a. m., accompanied by grim old Jailer Foil, the manly-looking Rev. Dr. Bolton, and a score of stalwart deputies, stepped up close to the door of August Spies' cell, preparatory to reading the death-warrant to the four condemned men. Twenty minutea were oocnpied in this trying formality, rendered doubly an ordeal by the horrible silence prevailing and by the sickening odors coming from the room where lay the bloody corpse of their comrade, Lonis Lingg, the suicide. Directly above in their cell doors appeared the dark beards and darker eyes of the two commoted Anarchists, Sam Fielden and Schwab. —Ma t What make* that little girl in the ■treat cough ao mueh f She bu the whooping oongh, my dear, and bar mother ouarbt to nt bar a bottle of Huaoa'a Syrup of lW. Ton know yon took it and hardly ooushed at all ThU .pl.adld medicine U &r JSB. I Hendenon, PanxaaUwnay, Pa. —Itch, mange, and soi*teha<of etoiy M human or animals enrsd in Wmiautas by Weolford's Baaltary bstfon. TMs mm* Mia. Sold by William Allmai, dragSS Pause tawasy, Pa. l»8» ENO. 24. * AJ Ml Itf tt V ■'• Di . WDTlWiBIVi "V VATTFUDVP 1A 1 fifi7 JfU AJUsyTA W JlJfiXi rA.f WMIJNJfioilAI • JIUV MH nMt AO* iooi. i ■ .1 HOW THEY ACTED.. m f u