A TERRIBLE SCENE.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3163, 8 April 1879, Page 1

A TERRIBLE SCENE.

I Aharrowingsoene^rthßireprwwtbf tiro criminals, t minute^ afte* «redotioni—occurred at a place called Mauch Cbank, in the United States;" - Telegram* 1 in twin Francisco paper describe the'- cirebm* stances' is follow;-^ -■■:>■■>>?■■■■'' -^"N'^ '■■"■''■.•■'Miiiilft CHtr^/iJantiaryl*. The drop ha;s just fallen, and ' jj"C ( '.is thought that the necks of Sharpe arid M'Donnell hare; b&eii brpken.. „.,^-lele« graphic reprieve' )has "just" arrived, * but .abii^Qn:einuiiiteJ'QQ.late A Thftjreprieje was receiTed in, Mauch Chunk by telegraph at 10.37, and the manager of the office rushed to the gaol wiui 7 ifr." He rang the bell riolently about half a minute before the drop fell, and started for the doorkeeper. ; Mrs M'Dbnnell ana her children were at the door weeping loudly, but the doorkeeper did not seem to understand that the, despatch was a reprieve. It was a despatch froni.jGoT^rftor.Hartranft, arid granted '& repcieVe until Monday. When the ,reprieTe arrived at the gaol this n»rmog,a Meue pfii^tonse excitement occurred, ; bujii although the culprits had only being hanging a few minutes, thereijra* toward! cutting them! dotKtiiiaihe telegraph messenger reaohedthe gnol fewore ithjß drop fell, ,bat;no iheedj was taken of his knocking,and Tgmgpg,. the wife of one of the culprits having previously been extrenieiy— violent on the outside,--When the drop fell,,.the,knookigg,aad ringiDg cbritlriuVd, atid' WMhtfif'.ss} w arrest the parties whom J fie 1 Hniagined to be creating a disturbanpea ; It,was then found to he a telegraph mewert^er with a reprieve. A brother °of S^DM^.irho had been: kneeling by aftiioaffold arose and ; exns\i(Mjisl charged the Sheriff and this—bystanders with. the.', murdert ofohisTbi^therxiitFJbA excitement spread,, and the Sheriff appealed to one o^tb9u.prieaii/owfr% ewnerAted him from blame. : i, Amid! ihisj exoitement*-the reproaches of .thdmadaeaed. brother of M'DonnoH.and the watllng of th« bereaved families outside—the culprits seem to have been forg6tt»Bvaiid:!ttiey remained hanging fo^ 80 fell. ThWW :^■ntt rVti»aj4bß«bl« I; doubt, however, tVa^thß^#Hi^«»W4>hen the reprieve clnk^Aft^'W f bodies were cut Aojn,t^m}s^nfsJM and giTea^to 4heig families, whose cries could l^efheard for'several blocks, adding