Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1873, Page 2

“had’ him_arrested. 2 TIHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1873. " HANGED. A Wife-Murderer Expi- ates His Crime. Henry McNulty Execut- ed at Peoria. Hanging Not Played-Out in lllinois. The History of a Cold- Blooded Tragedy. ‘A Long-Suffering Woman Killed by Her Brutal * - Hushand. ~ Arrest, Trial, and Conviction of the Murderer. The Sentence,of the Law Car- ried Out Yesterday. Filled with Brandy, the Doomed ' Man Ascends the Platform, The Spectators Harongued for Nearly an Hour, Launched Into Tternity Pro- claiming His innocence. HISTORY OF THE GRIME, Spectal Despateh to The Chieago T'ribune, Pronra, Feb. 7.—O0n Sunday morning, the 23d of Septembor, 1872, tho people residing in the City of Ghillicothe, on the Rock Tsland Hailroad," about twonty miles north ot Peoria, were throvn into a stato of groat excitoment by rumors of & murdor. Chillicothe, like all othor-inland cities of small proportions, seldom has o sensation, elther sanguinary or matrimonial. A tragedy in * ‘their midst was o unusual ‘an ocourrence that every one folt It to bo his duty to talk of the enormity of tho, erime, and sbout bringing the perpotrator to justico. There was no positive” proof as to the gnilty pernon, but the ciroum- stances pointed, as they thought, concluaively to en individual well known for his dissipated habite, The peraon immolated on tho allar of *revenge” was Mrs. Eliza or Eliza- beth MoNnlty, and tho individual sus- pectod of committing the deed waa Ler husband, Honry MeNulty, They had ‘tbeon married for ix years, but had Lad no chil- dren, and lived in the cutskirtsof the town, Ho ‘was very intemperate, and on one occasion as- saulted his wife with o beor-mug, for which she him ‘When tho cose was taken bofors thé Grand Jury, Mra. McNulty did not display any ill-will towards her husband ; in fact, 6ho testifled in éuch a non-committal way that no bitlwas found. BSubsoquently, ho threaten- od to kill Lier, and sho had Lim sgain incarcor~ ated in tho County Jail ot Peorin, DBeing unablo to give bail to keop thio ponco towards her, he was locked np for nonrly twomontls, Being lonesome without him, and listening to his urgent appeals, sho visited Pooria on Thursdny, Bopt. 7, 1872, and induced tho Justico of tho Peacs before whom he wns tried to releage him, The Dagistrate reluctantly ylelded, knowing the prisoner's reputa- tion, and would not discharge bim until Le had oxacted a solemn promise thut ho would cezgo drinking and troat Lis wifo ns he should. ‘When at liberty, Mre, McNulty gave him 91 to pay his fare home. 114 INNATE LOVE FOR WIISKEY, however, was too strong, and, stealing oway from her, he -expended tho money for liquor, Aftor loitering around Pooris for & week, ho was arreated for belng drnnk, and placed in the cala- booso. The Juetice soomed to pity him, and sont him home, where he arrived on the Thurs- day before the diacovery of the dead body of hia wife. Nothing more was heard of BMcNulty un~ 1l Saturday night, Sept. 270 At 7 o'clock on the evening of that day, Dr. J. 3. dorely, who lives -,out one huudred yurds from MceNulty’s houso, while golng out of Lis gate, heard a loud noiso vroceeding thence. Ho walked towards tho dwelling, and could plajuly distinguish the voices of MeNulty and hia wife, 1lo was acous- ing hor of recaiying or writing a lettor, and threatening her with violence. The Doctor knocked on the door, but receiving no answer, ho went away. Half an Lour aftorwards, Hiram M. Campbell, a boarder at Wood's Hotel, saw McNulty and his wife approaching the hotel, ho sbout five feot in’ advauce of her, and goaticus lating ea if angry. 1livam concluded thoy wero quarrelling, aml wos patisfed of it when they pussed him, ho Lesring McNulty eny, “If I knowed then what I know now, you would not Lave got that 35, damn you,—it {3 tho last timo sou will fool me " Phe’ two weut into o grocery Btore near this hotel, and in {en or fifleen min- utes came out and went up thoe slreot towards bome. At 8 o'clock on the Sunday morning fol- lowlng, Dr. Morely was awakenod by & rap on “Lig door, aud Leard & man ssking if the Doctor s iu. THE JAN WAS M'NULTY, and hie van awny immedistoly aiter making tho {uquiry, In half au hour he returned and asked the saime question, aud again retired hastily, The Doctor's wife and daughter gotup, and, upon enteriug & room facing toward MoNulty's drelling, heard a womnu's -cries. The mnolse soon ceaged, and tho physician did not loave his honso., About 4 o'clock Mrs. Mary Amen, on old ecquaintanco of the MoNultys, wasawak- ened from.a sound sleep by a pounding on her dQoor, 8l arose, and udmitted MoNully, who told her Eliza (his wife) was dead, She desired to striko a light, but ke said “XNo, I am in a burry; come,” Slo rojoined, *Eliza dond; my God! you have killed her.” ' Ha replied, *“No, £he just died, and' I want yon to come over.” Sho conacuted, und, on the way, stopped nt o Mrs, Anstin’s, and woke her, Tho throo then racoedod to the house, and found the Lody of Mra, MeNulty Iying on the bed, - Tho two women washed the daccased nud luid horout, Blrs. Amen did not see any brnises on the eurgsn .but noticed that tho littlo finger on the '1? b hand wias bruised up to tho flist joint, BoNulty, be- 102 guing to Rrra, Amou's -house, had nulmnd Dr, Witmot to call, as lis wife was **awful gick." The Dootor ?uuuuonnd him ns to tho causge, aud Lo yepliod {hat she had been eating rmpnu, but diil not inow that they had madehier ll.° He rencned tho house just aftor Mys, Amen and MeNulty, and on examining the arms of Mrs. MeNuily, tound thom to. be rigid. On tho pillow in the' bod was about a manthful of grapes, which had bean ejeoted .from her stom- ueh, A thundor-shower was coming up, and as ko coulddonothing, the Dactor went home, Five winutes aflor o got Lome tho vlock struck 4, Fram the uppearanco of (ho body he thought denth had taken placo two hours bolore, WHEN DAYLIOHT APPEARED, tho early rigors in the town lenrned of the death of Mrs, MoNulty, aud not a fow of them belloved ehe had heen murdered. 8o stroug did the sus- pleion bacoma thut & Corouor's lnguest was .| mains dovoloped those facts s domanded by the pooplo, and onrly on Bunday marning 'B:lulra Booth summoned Dre, Wilmot, ‘Thomas, Allen, and Morely, and & jury of twolvo mon. A .post-morfem oxuminntion of the ro- On tho loft side, juat below tho brenst, two or three incheslong b; au inch and a half wido, was found n dikcolore spot. Othor than this thero woro no oxtoral marka j D!flfiP‘l\thlfl[ ona on tho lefb thigh, which looked ns if it hind boen therosevoral days, Dissection showed the Lissuos to bo bruisod and fiurgud with blood, tho mombrane Immedintaly onoath tho ribs being cut through, and tlio spleon punoturod to tho oxtent of threo snd n hialt inchos, ITireo quarts of blood partinlly filled fu tho eavity of the abdomen, All the organs wora henlthy excopt tho #ploon, which eeamed to bo onlarged, but wolgliod no more than that of o hoalthy persou. THRCE DROKEN NInS had penctrated tho sploen, and producoed homor-- The conclusion renobiod was that the which was ovidontly the repult of o blow with n_ leavy blunt fustru- mont, cnusod her denth,” MoNully was 1n tho house whilo the inqueat waa holding, aud oald to Dr. Thomna: Are you_going to sond moup for burting hor chest? such & strango mannor that the jury folt war- rantod {n charging in thelr vordics that ho Lilled his wifo, IIowas not presont when tho vordiot whaa ronderod, having gona_down town to sco somo ono, or ot n drink. DoputyBhariff Storoy found him without troublo, and took him ton #nfo placo, aud kopt him in cuntody {ill Monday morning, when he was convoyed to Pooris, aud plnced in the County JIail. TIIE FXCITEMENT ADATED somowhat within a weel, and slihough the tragody was, froquontiy lluded to, dho- pooplo soomed to tako no _spocial intorest m the oceur- sonco, until tho day eot for tho trial. On tho 10th of Docombor, having, iu tho moantimo, been indictod, MoNnlty was nrralgned of the bar of {ho Circulf Court in Peoria and plonded no dlty, His counuol was A, M. Gibbons, tho g‘t‘uwa Attornoy, V. Kollogg, Jr., conducting tho prosecution: Tho oxamination of witnossen and the arguments of tho ctiornoys occupied two dnys, What ia rivon abova wns adduced in dotail, with tho additional fact that NMeNulty ad~ mitted to Doptuy Shiorlft Storoy that ho kioked his wife out of bed. No testimony wns offerod by the dofonco. Although tho evidenco was: wholly circumstantial, ~ it was consid- ered ~ conclusive by «the “jury, who, nfter six hours of .deliboration, rotwned n vordict of guilty of murder in tho firat dogrop, fixing tho punishment at death, Tho day fixed for tho exacntion wa# tho 2d of Jauuary, o) The dofendant’s connsol made tho wuanal motlon for & now trial, and within a weok ably srgued his cliont's causo. Tho ouly ground ho advanced was purely tochnical—tho feilure of tho proscention to prove tho umne of tho de- coased—and the Court not convidoring’ it suf- fleiont, overruled tho motion. . KEW ATTORNEYS LNITOYED. rhago. \\‘uugnd, Two well-known eriminel lnwye of Tooria, Mesma, Havmon nnd W, W, O'Brien, wero dissnt- lafied with the manner in which Gibbons had con- ducted tho defonco, and ot MeNulty's solicitation, toolt chargo of lnsonse. Harmon madea motion in the Court ons duy to, havo tho judgment nob nside, and introdacod toatimony of various kinds tosupploment Ing nrgument, 'Ho made up the recor:]p of thoe caso, and went to Bloomington to seo Justice Scott of the Supremo Court. o was favorable to granting n supersedeas, but did not like to do so boenueo Peovia wau not in his dis- trict, preforring that Chiof Justive Lawrence should bo conpulted. "Harmon waitcd on him, nud ho rofused to'grant what was desired, an-no oxcoptions lind boon takon on tho trinl, although the juryhad separated, nud, ng nlteged, ovorhonrd persons talk of tho murder. 'Tho rifornoy then went to Springfield to seo Governor Talmor, who, lhowever, delined to interfero, Ilo returnod to Dloomington and Baw Justico Beott ngain, and the Iatter tolographed to Govornor ilmor to knov if howould grant a rospito until tho case could he arguad hofors the full beneh of tho SBupromoe Court. Tho Governor acceded, granting uniil the 7th of Febraary, and the case was taken beforo the Court, thon sit- ting at Springficld. Elabornto arguments wera wmado by tho counael, but the Conrt refused- to grant o suporscdeas, on thio ground thab no excop- tiona were talken at the iime of tho trial, ALOUT A HONTII AGO; the indefatigable ITurmon discovored what ho belioved to bo an important witness for the do- fence, 'Ihin wifness wag o woman uened Moflit, who lives at Chillicotho, and” has tho reputation of being & good fomnlo physician, Sho aavertod that, on tho night of tho supposcd murder, sho was visiting siclk am'son, aod on her way home, about 10 o'clack at night, had to paes McNulty's house, ‘Tho.sidowalk torminated a short distauco from tho honso, and, to avoid {lio bronk, she went into the middlo of tho streot. When in ‘the middls of tha sircot, she heard somo ono cry outas il in distrons, Sho ap- pronched the place whence the sounds camo, and askod who waa Lhoro. Blie racognized tho voico of thoe porson who suswored ag that of Mrs, McNulty, who -eaid *It is mo.” ho wont " into tho yard through tho gato, aud asked whnt atlod hor. Bho was lying purtly on lior sido, supporting herselt with hor clbow. Sho #ni 2ho had fullen on or ovor tho fouco, which, Mre. Mofiit_Is uncortain ; that she wes going to soo Mra, McCarthy, & nolghbor, aud thut sho had firt hor bacl: falling on tho fenco, Mrs, Moflltt helped hor up and to the door, and inquirved if sho should go in and nssist hor. After doliber- sling a moment, sho £aid “No,” that eho felt better then, that ITaxry (her hushand) would bo homo pretiy soon., From this fact sue inforred thut he was not thoro et the Limo tho witneasos teatified lio wng. Dirs. Mofit then passcd on to Mra, McOarthy's dwolling, intending to gond help, but observing no light she continued to her liouso. Upon awnkening in tho morning tho first thing sho henrd was that MRS, A'NULTY WAS DEAD, end that hor husband was ageusod of killing hor. Aftor the trinl she called nt Mr. O'Brion's oftica in Pebrie, and told hita what sho had scen. Whon informed that sho wns movally guilty of murder by her silenco, sho burat into” tears, and snid shio would do anything and go_nuywhoro to avort tho hanging of McNully, = Bho said she had writton o lotter {0 Govornor Palmer, whon MoNuity was firat rontoucod, but had roceived no anawor ; that whon Harmon and O'Brion toolk charge of the cago sho suppoged & now trial would be granted, whon she could testily ns to what she Lhew. Whon eho learned the motion hnd Leen dovied, sle conld not sloop, and concluded to rolieve her mind. Whon usk why shoe had not medo tho statement beforo, sho roplied that McNulty wan n discolute fellow, and fu the habit of quarrelling with his wifo, andslio would juat 3 éoon na him go ta tho Poniten- tinry as not, but she nover dreamed of his bein{; hung. Sho added that anothier thing 'whicl causod hor to reticenco was tho statoment that the priut of n boot-heol wns fonnd on Mra. Me- Nulty's Dbody, This had beon proved to bo untrie, aud sho then realized that it was the fall which find killed tho woman, Afidavit was mads to thin offect. Many poo- plo donbted Mva. Mofitt's voracily, and othera thought sho must bo mistakon about tho date, Armed with this stutoment, Hurmon wout to GOVERSOR 00LTINY, who roceived him with apparent sympnihy, but declined to assumo thoe responsibility, esying ho was going to resign in o day or two, aid roferrod Harmon to Governor Boveridge. On Wednos- dey lasb » Committeo of citizons'who considorod MoNulty innocent, oy rather doubted his guilt, Todo over to Springtiold, carrying with_ them & potition signed by ten of the jurors who con- victod MoNulty, and by quite a numbor of other peoplo. Mra. Moflltt socompaniesd them, and ro- onted her statomont to Goyvornor Baveridgo. Zo carcfully considorad all tho cirenmstances, and said ho was dotorninod not to interposo his authority. Tho respite granted by Governor Palmer had encouraged tho hopo {n MeNnlty's breast that ho wonll eaano hanging. Honco ho was -ill-pro- tnl’cd for tho nnnonuncemont that ho must dio. Whon O'Brien informed him of ths ultimatum on Thureday afternoon, ho bogan cr¥lng and exolaimed, ‘'t 14 too bad; 1t is too bedl to hang an imfooont wan." Rucu\m’lni himsolf in o momont, he paid ho would meot his futo'ny an innocent man should—withont four or trembling, " 113 _CONFEREOR, Tather Halligan, of 8t, Mary's Cliurch, hind visit- ed him froquontly since his conviclion, and con- soled him ns much as possible, o did not ap- ear {0 bioa man of thorough roligious convio- iong, although in tho prosence of Tus L'RIBUNE roporter he was not at all profano, He hetrayed no signa of weeknons, rorolutely maintaining his x}nounucn, and asserting that he was willing to o, THE DOOMED MAN INTERVIEWED, A HAD HISTOBY, A roportor of Tue Tninusz ealled nt the County Jail, yostordny, and was permitted to in- torylow MoNulty, IIe was seated in what is called tho ! dining-room,—a soprrato apartment from thoe Jall propor, although within its walls, iron bars proventing Ingrees to tho eoll corrl- dors,—ongagod In writing a letter, MoNully is an Irishman, as bis name indicates, about & feot 4 inches fu hoight, stoutly built, wolghing proba- Dly 145 pounds. Ifis countonanco had a gonial look, and was froquently lighted up by prolonged smilos during the convorsation., Thero was no porcoptiblo ovidonco In Liy aotlons of ilio con- voutional murdoror; in faot, he looked like an fnnocont man, determined, howover, to moot doath unfligokingly, Whothor ho was Hlo actod in | dissoabling could not ho told by Ll conduet. Jic) censed writing whon tho roportor appromched, and in rosponso to the quostlon, * Ifow do yon foel this morning 7" mald, * Protty well.” MoNulty uad had o projudico agalnst reportors for somo Limo, engondored, na ho assorted, by their falso and maliolous statomonts regarding him and tho erimo of which lio hind boen convicted, Whon asnurad that Pue Tarpuxe would do him 1o injustico, ho booamo very communicative, and madoe tho BURJOINED BTATEMENT. onld liavo been 83 years of ngo on the 17th of mlx:'M:\r‘ch, nd linvo. 1lved_ in. Obflicotho Aince thio yenr 1660, working ot phoenaking, " I went futo tho army abont tho middio of tho war, and_remnined two yeara—nntil it onded, Then T camo homo and wont to Shoomaking again, witty Mt. Tandor, aud boardod will Diim for o good while, T got inarrlod six yenra ogo Iast New Year's dny, On tio 324 of Soptembir, T hind boon to work all day, and wont homa abont & o'elock i (ho afternoon, My wifo had complained of boing sick in tho morulug, but sho had gouo out to work —io holp 8 nojglbor do sonio domestlo work, T it g0 homo for auy diuner at all, and told hor I Awontld Ly homo at 6 o'clock, Whon got home, I had's Hittiomonoy—it was not much—and I gave it all to hier, Blo satd olio wanted to go down and buy something—X do not romomuer what it waa, Wo wont out togotlier, and slio wont to tho dry goodn atoro, and I sveut to tho arbior shop {0 got shaved, - Bhe cauto thore and walted for me, nad wo started for home 08 peaceablo aa any uan ntid wifo could bo, Wo went toward_ tho Louso,« and, when wa got within two blocks of it, I took & no- tion'to go down town ogain, T thought aiio could go Liomo a8 well slono us T could with ho, and I am sorry now I did not go homo, I turncd nnd loft hor, and_went down fown agnin, telling ler 1 would Lo lome—that I woull not atay lom —at 9 o'elock, but I did not go liome till 11 o'clock, 1 munt bavo beon 11 o'elock, as tho saloons wero shut up or about Lo slint up when T started, When I reachiod thio houso T found hor in bed; an T suppoaed, asloop. I did not disturb hier at all, bitt pullod oft my clothics aud got into tha back part of tho bod, I did not strike o lighit, booauso T did not want to swako hor, Sho had beon 'sick off and on for two .months with sguo, L supposo,—X don't know of iytiing alio, Ho was 'lylng on' tho front part of tho bed, T must ‘havo gewo to slecp an doon ws I latd- down, T might linvo alept Lo hourn,—T do not kuow Tow long, becauss I dldn't look at tho tirme, my clock Laving stopped, Wlen X awoke, 1t might havo beon Uotwoon 8 and 4 o'clock in tho morniug, I found ler Xind of moaning, and the contonta of hor stomnch ou. thobed cloibies, 'Sho hiad heon ovidently cating somo- thing,—{omatoos aliced up in vinegar, T think, Thoy #woro on the trlal it was grapes, but T know it waa not, 28 thero had not been o grapo in the Louso for & month, Thore was somothing on tho bed, and I thought tho tomatocs bad turned hor stomach, didu't think much of Lut gt up ond brovght o lfght spoke to her, Bho didn' answer, and I bocamo alermed, X nover waited to put on my baot or hution my pants, but staried right away for nssistanco, I went. - D, Moroly's, who lived on_iho cornor of tho bloc. _in'my house, and knocked, but didn’t get any suswor, 1w o mitch exalted that I did not walt to open tio gato, bnt Jumpod. over tho fenco both ways, As I conldn't unl an enswer, I Imocked lond enongh— 1o 8ald T didnit—to wako by man if ho was not in n very sound alocp, I went back to my hiomo and found my wifolying on tho floor, IBupporo, in hior dying mo- maents, sho twiated around in the bed, and comiug near tho sido, slippod off, 1lifted Lior up aud put hor juto bed agaln, aud placed pillows under her icad, and ran back agaln to Dr. Morely's, I couldu’t got any an. awer, 8o I went to Dr. Wilmol’s and aronsed him, and told birm my wife was oither doad or dylng, WhatT told him oxactly I do not romemuer, but’it waa to that effect, 1fasald ho would como over o8 soon s he could got his_clothes on, I didn’t walt for hiin, but went {0 Ars, McCarthy’s, a particular friend of my wife and mine, and knocked at her window. Sho gobup, andItold her my wifo was cither dylng or dead— thoso wero tho very words I _think, Bho put on lor clothes—I twaitod - for hor—and Wo wout. to_ my honso {ogeller, When wa gob therd Dr. Wilmot waa just golng in, nud wo wont in togeller, and found her dead. Bome remurks wero mude afterwards abont my having lald her out in Ded, I didnotdo so until Mra, MeCarthy told mo to doit, Shetold me to sirolch her hands out by her side, for fear ihcy would got sliff, and I alid, I conld not have dono it Lefore, becauso I did not think of it, I was a0 oxcitad. She tied g handkerchicf arotind Yor hiead to keap her mouth shut, It was thundoring and storming, and Mzs.McCarthy had togo and attend Lo her children, rndsho went awny, sud no did the Doctor, and left e alone, Imado the remark tha 1 way' nob nfrald fo Alay - with her (hon, thought I would go and seo Mrs, Amen, nnother friend of mmy wifo's, who lived four or five blotkn away, and T wont, leaving o light burning In tho house, - 1 woko hor up, oud she camo with me, with & woman named M, Austin, Wheu thoy came, thoy found hor ag 1 told'yan, Thoy nsked mo to go for Ars, Lander, tho wifoof tho man I worked for, tnd I did fo, Sho lived about & block and n half or twvo locks away, and whilo 1 was away tho women fixed up wmy wife—Iild hor out, Thiero havo been o grrcat many romarks mado about mo being in_ o hurry t0 got ¥id of my wife, Iwont to llio undertaker's the firat thing, belween G and 7 o'clock ou Sundsy morning. I ihct Dr. Thowss sealed in tho door, and told Liim what had Lapponed, making {hie remarls that as shio kad dled £o suddenly sho ought to o examinod, or something of that kind, ' Whon I went to Wabber's, tlio undertaker, wo talked the mat. tor ovor, nnd on account of it coming sosudden, I thoughti I shonld bo Liamod, I did oot know that tho womun yas Lurted any moro than you. iug Webber, I toll him I would go and aco "Square Tintos, and ave a Coroncr’s fury. I dldn't, but thoy camo anyway, Iwent to anofhor woman's, an nequalnte ancaof my wifo, and told ler, and it got ont of my head, X was 6o much gxclted ; ond 1 went homa agaig, X waan't there very long bLefors tho Corener's jury came .in, Thoy :mude 0 goud doal of fusd, I haddrank a few drinks ; and I belleve I was a littlo ‘moro excited than I would have been if Ihadn't dranlk 80 much, They talk about mo interfering with ths in. quest, Well, I'did ; but X will give you tho resson for it, I was standing outsido of my door, tho jury was in tho room ; I opencd the window and looked tn3 if I hadn't dono eo, nmhiug would Lavo been done on my art, Isaw they had the woman laid out, and tho idea E’hml was that they could oxamine tho woman and seo if shic was hurted without cutting hor to pleces, I saw oo of Lier breasts cut off, and it mndo mo mnd, and T hallogd in to kmow what_they wora' dotng. Tliat was why I {ntorford, Dr, Thonios told me tiint thoy had to do that {o soo Wherd sho was Lurtod, I wes kind of wiid, aud went down lown to Luvo it stopped. I thought thoy could ind out if sho was burted in some othier way tisn that. Toporter—1iad you over ahused hor 7 McNulty—Defora God, not then, I never In my 1ife, not to my knowladgo, toreliod hor. to burt Lior i any form with the mtentlon of Lurling her, 1t—1lad you been in tho habit of golug homo drunk? MeN.—Yea, considerablo, 1. —DBut you nover abused her 7 (oN,—Nover but twico, and then 1 aidn't intend to doit, Onco sho testifiod ngainst mo in the Court (hat sho forced mo to do it ; that was not this last timo [tio 4th of July], but o year ago, R.—Why Waroyou arrested tho last timo ¥ MoN,—3bo churged me with abuslog her then, on tho 4th of July, 8hosworo ihnt, but I did not think shio meant to, Mr, Glbbona was her lawyer, Sho told o whio would notJiavo eworn to o mucl only Lo made uerdodt. I eallhim my prosocutor—thio man who defended me in thoe case. Befors loav~ R.—How hava you boen treated slnco your convic tion of muvder ? MeN,~I have been treated as well as n men conld bo under the clrcumatancos, Thero wan nothing I nsked for but what T got, in reason, I aldn’tnsk for anything out of reason. R.—Havo any Cathollo fathers been {0 aco yon? Mel,—Yen, Thore aroe several olher' remarks T would Ilko to mako about the trial, but I donot Luow whother it would bo of any benofit'or not. R,—You czn gay oll you detira, © MoN,—Mr, Gibbons camo hore—I camo down with him o tlo train tho day T was arroslod—and ho sked mo if 1 hod any mesus or frionds who would huva 1no defended, 1 0ld bim I diduot know of any particu- Iax one, or what I could do, 1o advised ma to tell Pu- torbaugh whiat I know about it, to avald having o tal, Hosuld if T would confess {ho_crimo—overybody bee Hovod T dld t—T would fot off easy, and 1f I bnd Jonown this was fo camo o me [tho sentonce) I shiowld have done 1t and savod my lifo, R.~Do you belfeve thut a plea of guilty would have seyed your lifo? Mell.—I bellova g0, T lavo beon told so, That tloy could not hangmo it I had done so; whether thoy would or not I 0o not know, I was told by dif foront men- that if I pleaded guilty, the Judgo could not hang me, Under no other elrcumstances would T huve plasded guilty, for 1 om not guilty. Gibbous camo o {ho Jail thut eamo day, T was oxeited, and d not know what to do, and bo offered to do that much for mo #f T would plead guilty. Ifo wont awuy, aud T got my mind sottled, snd I mado up my mind © would® uot "o 1t, do, what they would with me. 3o camo dowui about {io wenks aftorwarda ‘nud ndvisod mo to keep my own counscl and not {o talk to nny- Lody; if 1. bad anything to say, to sey it to Mim, and if thero was snybody camo to sco’ mo’to_send for im; not fo mny auything to nnybody biut bit, A man Gamo hero about o wask afler T was urrested, and oftored to get mo as gaod o Iawyer u thoro was'in Peoria if I would fell him whioro 1 got {hoJiguor that night, na ho wanted to proaccuto tho men who gavo it to me. Ho said he blamed thom more thau he did me for tho crimo, i€ Tdid it, 1 told thia mon thod I was In & bad place; and liad fo havo help from somebody, and it was immaterial to mo wheroI yot it. Iubould linvo tald on thowm £ T could Linyo gat counrol, T bd nothing myself, and I neodod help, but I thought hie camo horo wore’ to pump mo than anything ele, and I told bim if Lo would go and Becitro e some lawyer, that I would tell. him where I got the liquor, Ho went off, aud that was tho lastI sawol hims Lo nover esma back, A day or two afters Wards, Gilbons found out that 1o Ly beon hero, and mado'mo an olfcr of his corvices, and fold o to keep still, nnd, by all means, not to {oll whore I got thollquor, 'Tcoilldhnve proved that_my wite that night got o pint or a quart of whiskoy—I thlnlk It was a piut, bul T understand it can boproved It was u quart— and'Twanted o prove that In evidenco, Glbbons would not hoar of 1t 1 Lie would not allow mo to do it 1 hollosa ta-day thnt T could linve proved that sho was {u the habil of drinking mors or TEB! liquor, which I itk would Lave beon u polut i my favor, she might haye drank somoe that nlght, aud, belug weak, she hurt Borelf, Talvaya lsd o idea that whi hurt herself fu nt AY. 1, —Wiero did you go when the Coronor'a jury canio to your hottso? - MeN,—I did not go boiiso, and never thoug] y placo, Tatatd around {he it of Lelng arrested. T went down' "fo “tho corucr valpon, _aud woild Livvo ono i, perliapy, iad baon _ opel, St 1 hot "3, Btoray, G T, {he_ Deputy Sher aud bo told me ho wanted wo, and T \IllEml aloog with B, and Do locked mo up, 1f I had thought that 1 Lind” dono anything,—cominftted any erime,—that I eated, Tdonot think T siould hve gone g thio neighbors, and calling men and womon .into tho liouseat {liat tine of night toseon murdor, if' Thad douo it, Tt would lavo boon vary likely that I would havogot out of tho way., Ihud plonty of timo to got out of ths way, and givo thom o chanco Lo seareh for mo unyhow, I iiover thouglit of auvibing of the kiud--jt novor cuterad my muind fora moment togo awny, Gibbons refared fo folsh m itnenson lidre, 1 ave him tho natmes of thirieon wt- mieased, Lt honovor fotched n withoss i fhio cann, Mrp, BeOdrtliy wan 8 mantorial witnoss in my favor, nnd - I want Lim to give hin rowons why ho didu't fetch hor Tioro, for who conld do mo* soma good. If hioenn aumwer {hat, I _cannok, Ifo novor coma near mo alneo I havo been convicted, 110 camo lioro s dny uftee homado tho motion for ‘snow trial andsald ho iitin't thinl ho conld_get {t—thnt tho beat thing T eauti dp was to mako n cloan brosst and facy it, 1 told him {liat I wa unusod to tallc about it—con- forsa erlno of which I vas ot quilty, 'Thnl motion, T bellove, Jio katd won bnaed on thio identitication of the body, ‘I 1o lnd ndviaud with mo, I_could linva pnt liin Eighit, My wifo's namo wan not Ellza, bt Jlizn. Doth, na tho ninrelagn rocords in Poorin will Aliow, T am {old that (it polut would Niavo given ma a fiw rinl, R.—Do you deny, absolutely, that you ald not as. st vour wifo tury mged ; DoN,—T do, positively, iti-hud, olalming to” bo tnnocont, you will dto wite gy HoN.—1 lisvo mot st to pmavwer for, T am not to bo forgiven of that becatso I dtd not do ft. T liavo too much withont that, T linve Lakon tho sneremont, aud oin roudy. Tho Fathora havo beon horo dovoral fhincs, and aleo tho Hlsters of Meroy, praylug with mo, R.—You o not intend muklng 40y contosnion 7 HoN.~I linve 1o confosslon {o oke; how can 1 mnko ono? T am a murdorod mon § iny wife a3 not murdered, I do not belfove, - Thora 1a 1o guilt on my concioncg for the murder of that woman; it ia fm. possiblo, it caunot bo, AT A BUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW MoNulty eald Governor Boveridgo was a wenl- minded mn to allow o fow Obillicotho maon to influonco him to such an oxtont an to pormit him to bo Lung for o crimo ho did not commit. Thoe Ohillicotho mon, ho sasortod, woro his enomien. Ile soomed to rogard tho roporter with nus- plolon, remarking that ho lind beon o ofton mis- rosonted that ho folt loth to communicato any- thing to tho nowspapors. Upon being “nesurad that bis statomont would bo published without any coloring, ho yaid: Evorything lins beon tried by my attornoys to get mo off, " Thoy (ool hold of mo whei avary hola wan shut’ up’; f thoy Lind only_known it in time, I would not Liavo boon convioted. Boveridgo doos wrong to allow ‘mo to dio whon therd 18 o much oyldenco in my favor, 1lo cannot bo an honest man, and I do not {hink Lo will slecp Bound. Thero 18 1o Ihw and no juatico. Thoso are my dying words, Mra, Moflit’a tostimony would mavo clearod me, I thinké dLor reason—staylig back, thinking I would go to tho Ponitontiary—is ovidonco. thiat hor utory {3 corcoct, Davoridgo in afraid of pube 1ic opinion, but fo that & reason why an innocout man should hang, when bo lias tho ovidence of his inno- cotico beforo him 7 I am innocout, nn truons I nhdll #co my God to-norrow—innocent of tho death of my wifo, - T nover toucliod hier, I novor fujured Ler—nob to kill her, i e x Tioporlor—DId yon not ndmit to Storay, tho Doputy Sherdft, that you kicked hor out of bed 7 MeNiity—I did not, I deny that, Iu tho testimony, ns far oa I know, Drako said that I told him I kicked my wifo out of bed, Tho words I eaid woro—Wobber wa3 in the room teying to got mo to confexs—~Drko shut 1110 door—ho was tho Constable, snd loft Webbor in tho zoom with mo, T ankod mo i T ever touched her, T Baid I nover touched Lor with my foot, but possibly riot to hurt hor, u gotiinn into bod. Webber would havo toatified to that i my connsol lind tried to got it out of him. Wobber is on honest man, but Drake is o noto- rlous scoundrel ; lie sworo falsely whon lio satd I eald 1 kicked my wifo out of bod. Idid nosuch thing, I havo sont for Gibbonk, but lio hasu't como, ¥ waut to forgive bim,—to forgive eyery ono, This will bo pub- lishod, aud I shall nover hear of it ferying], but I want o piulio fo Lo tist Tom o fnnocent faan. 1 did ot kill my wifo; I hind nothing to do ‘with her death, any moro_than yon had, Thatis on trao a9 1 have to meot my God, I did not know sho was hurted in sny shapo,, 5 INTERRUPTION. A The convoraationwas interruptod at this junc- turo by the entranca of a barber, who Lad beon sont for to'shavoe the condemued, Tho opers~ tion conoluded, tho prisonor resumed writing n lottor to hin brother, romuorking that tho * timo is gotting short.” During the day hoe wna visitad Ly two Bistors of Mercy, Fathers Hurley, of St. ary's Church, Doorin; Albrooht, of Briflold § and Camplell, of Lacon, He was yory choorful aud hopoful in tho afternoon, but whethor ho made confession, and recoived sbsolution, no ono but the fathers cau toll. A A BINOULAXR MAN, McNulty was cortninly o singularman ; no ons scemed to undorstand him, and many believed that lie would felter on tho gallows, o liad in- timated thnt he would mako a speech to thoso 'who witnessod his oxecution, and evory one felt confidont ho would dissipato. uul:: compunction of conscionco by rovealing all ho know of the cir- cumstances attending tho death of his wifa. Tickots for admission to tho jail wero issuod to o priviloged fow_on 'Ibm-udny‘ I read “ Admit —, Fob. 7, 1618," boing Dby Frank Hitcheock, Sherif. "Phoy simply dorsod THE LAST NIGHT. M'NULIY'S DISLIRE OF REPORTERS. On Thursdny afternoon quite o number of roprosontatives of tho pross called ot the jail, aud endeavored to intorview McNulty, Tothem, 88 ho had to Tus 'Friousc's roportor, ho ex~ prossed himgolt ns” projudiced against any ono who wrote for a nowspaper. Ono, reporter, wh 'waea accompaniod by tho city editor of the Demo- crat of this city, o particularly.obnoxiou indi- vidual, could loarn nothing .whilo-he remained with him, McNully calling tho city oditor o d—d scoundrel, and asgorting if ho was not bo- hind the bara lhe would kick him. Tho city cditor - disnppeared, and McNulty beeamo loquacious, and ropeated substantiolly what is given in tho interview above., His counsel, O'Bricn, callod on him about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and had a long consultation with him, chiefly devoted to preparing him for the ovent of to-day. O'Brion did not attempt to divert his mind from his im- pending fate; on tho contrery, ho ‘talked to him oponly of it, and TOLD IIT TO DIE GAME. MeNalty assured him that ho would. At6o'clock p. m. tho condemned man ate o hearty supper, and then lighted s cigar, Laving boen suppliod by O'Brien, About7 o'clock O'Brien and Me- Nulty's uistor visited bim again, and, with ono or two othors, conversed with him for over an Lour, Thelr conversation was interrupted by tho ADVENT OF SHERIFF IITCRCOCK, who whispered to O'Brien that tho carpenters who were to ercct tho seaffold liad arrived, and wera anxious to get to work. AMoNulty bad, during tho entiro doy, romained in tho dining- room, unfettered, and under no restrant, At 9 o'clock ho waas requested to go to his ‘cell. Fathors Albrocht und Campbell avriving just thon, thoy, with BIr. O'Brion and Mr. Henne- borry, a liquor dealer, accompaniod Lim to his cell door. Thoy stayod with him for nearly an hour aud a half, encouraging him and talking of his doom. O'Brien nssured him that 5 NANGING REALLY AMOUNTED To NOTHING moro than pulling a tooth ; the nock was twisted and snapped, and that wes all. Lhis certainly was consoling, and would hayo moved to toars any othor porson. MoNulty, howevor, rotained hils solf-posscasion, continually nsserting his in- noconce, and saying that, s Lo waa to meet his God to-day, ho wes innocont ; that ha had nover harmed ruyono whilo sober, and'if the spirit of bis dend wifo could return to_ carth sho_ would lwnulnlm that sho did not die by his hand. Tho "athora wore deoply improssed by his convornne- tion, and sald whon they loit thatif Lo wna dis- nombllng: ho wag tho” worst decelver in tho world. Thoy could not bolicve that ho was guilty. Whilo their convorsation with McNulty Way in progrese, tho carpeuntors woro busy in tho opposite cofridor (two rowa of colls, back to back, intervening) constructing 2 THZ GIDDET. Tlo could not mee the workmen, but could hear tho nolse very distinotly, The timbors had boen adjusted 8o 83 to bo placed together in u hurry, but somo of the boams boing too long, they had to basawed off. Noarly two houra were requived to build it, and fix tho tiap so that no mishap should oconr. Tho Shoriff, aftor sundry failures, succeedad in oaking o satisfactory Langnin's knot, and tha rope'was securely fast- enofi to tho beam at a quarter of 10 o'olock, Tho scaftold was somewhat differont from that uwnllr used at oxoen- tions, tho peoulinrity arising from tho position in which it hail to be placed. Four upright posts aupported the platform, which wns about ton foet from tho tloor, on a lino with the railing in front of tho- socond tier of colls, The bonm overhead, to which the ropo was attached, was about seven Killed my ,wife, -ono to bo * grit.” foot abova tho Ylalrurm, and restod on a joiet lacod agalnst tho wall and a coll doorin” tho Livd tier, M'NOLTY RETINED mbout 10 o'elock, having beon given eomo brandy to asalst him h\fimlu to sleop, Mr. Henne- berry and DMr. O'Brion kopt him company until about 4 o'clack thia morning, when lio was ap- purently asleep. 1o did not, howover, get auy roat, holug vory mugh oxhausted and de- sponidont Whon Fathor Hulligan visitod him at 8 o'ologk thia mm‘nln[.i‘ The prieat romainad with him for about an hour and p half, and nd- ministerod tho lazt rites cf the Ohurch, MeNulty beeama reaspurcd aud composed after partaking ot tho Holy Communion, and snid Lia had boon {rvitated by what the nowspapors had said against him, but if was ell past now, sud UE YORUAYE THE RCPONTERS, Ho inquired it he could make n fow romarks on tho seafiold, Tho Fathor thought thore would Do no improprioty in Lis doing #o, rdinonishing him, Lowevor, to veotraly Limsolf, aud not manl- fout any paenton. Mo ngreod to thlg, unylu(‘ that! ha lg'l\l![ml tho world to know that ko was funo- cent, \ 5 18 LETTIR. Thn letter altuded to in tho Interylow was fin. Ishod ’hout § o'elock this morning, and handed to M Harmon, o bo forwarded to Albany, Now Yorl, where tho Lrothor of tlio deosanod rosiden, Tho orthography wan oxegtablo, rivalling thet of Bproguo's 4 gdiwun,” and honco whab ls sube Joliod bind to Lo matle intelligiblot TrRORIA FAT, Jnn, 6, 1970, Dran Drotien: Inow ait down to wrlto you my Inst farowell Inttor, na 1 have Just rocolvod my flunl sentoneo, Me, Harntonand others lisvo Justcomy to nio with tin nows, it thero can ho nothing dotie for o, "Lhio woman, “* Mra, Moflith,? wont to- Uio Governot herself, but'1t wos too Inte, X consider ohio is gulity of my doath, You mny rest asmirod that I atn inno. cenl, Thenk God, T hava not that o ntawor for, Lut {ord s no ito_of’ iy waylny noyliing svont 1, 08 theroaro fow who will beliove ; but thers ara hune dredn of our host citizons, who do nat balleva for ono momant {hiat T atn gailly, 'which I know mysolf 1 om not, Dear brother, conisider for ono moment, If T % I Lad notling to gain. Tho moment I foat her T lost all I'had in tho world, Dest brothior, yon can_geo for yoursolf that Ihad no abjoct. imcommilting mucli 8 bloody deai ao fo kill tho bost friend I had fn the world, my own wifo, {hat T loved 80 much ne T did, Dear brothior, do not think, faz n mo- mont, that X over commitied Auch n arime, ' You know {hatnono of us was over rearcd in that way, It will break poor father's and mothier's heart when thoy hear of my mad misfors tune, but I mmst ho content, and_ I lor’;{\'« my, prosccutora us I hopa to bo forglvon, You will'sea in thn papors nn nccount of my exeeution, bt o not bollove thom, aa thoy enly give ono ride, A, Tormon_ whl ‘writh €0 Yo, aad o will ell you (g truth, You cannot think what that mnn has dono for me, Tt wan my fawlt I did not aend for him in time, 1fad T, It ooks ns i I could hnve oscaped thia aad fute, It i breaking my heatt to writo thfa lotter, when 1 know t fs tho last ono I aliall cver writo, T can think of nothing more, but havo no fesr but I shall gt justico from God for tho crime I am chiarged with, Yon know, dear brother, by tha way I wns taught, thnt T wiilnot dfo with o' lio tn my moutl, nor would T do {t it T was puilly, If X committed tha criine, I deservo worso puninhmiont thnn I have got, I don’t think any punishmont is cwough for such, .I cannot sny any more, Farowell, God-blees you, God Dleay mz ‘poor fatlier nud mother, and tell thom I dio innocent - IIExny MoNoury, ‘Tho poor_fellow wns complotely ovorcomo whon ko iad written ¢ Tunocont,” and could not sign his name to tho lattor, iir, Harmon taling tho pen from his hand, and sfixing MoNulty's signatire j the lattor making ¢ Hig X mark.” NISITORS,- Botweon 0 and 10 o'clock many poraons visited tho jail togat a lookat McNulty and the acaflold. Only o forr saw tho former, as ko wag in hia coll most of tho time, convorsing with O'Brion and threo others. The dissppointed woro eatisfled with gazing ot the AOAFTOLD, Athrough o small window from which the tu.mke{ overlooka tho prisoners. 'I'hero was a continual opaning of doora aud turning of koys I looks, edmitting and lotting out visitors, “Tho Shoritt looked TATT AND AGITATED, gf:bnbly rogrotting thet ho had to porform the isngroeablo tasl assignod him. Tho carpenters oxamiued the acaffold” to soa Uhat It wa mectire, aud fastoned somo looso Loards in_tho platform. Tho hammoring could bo heard inf\lcNulty's. coll, but ho did not apponr to take auy spocial notico of it. o soomed resignod, and would LAUOH at tho witly romards of his companions, who woro cheoring him up, Judzo Putorbangh, who_gat on_tho bonoh of the Circuit Court_during McNulty's trial, camo in about 10 o'clock, and in conversntion stated that if Mra, Moflitt’s aftidavit had been presontod to iim whon the motion for n now trisl wos ar- gued, ho should probably 1 ILLAVE ORANTED -it. Countor afidavits, by oitizons of Ohillicotho, getting forth that sho must be mistaken, wero predonted to Govornor Beveridgo. Tho Judgo 8aid tho Govaernor told him that, as an individ~ ual, ho might interfero, but_he had o duty to fi«;r{orm to_tho publio, and could not ignore oir domands, £ Dr, Wilmot had an intorviow with MoNulty at balf-past 10 o'clock, and was told thint Lo had sworn falsoly on tho trial. Wilinot denied it, aud was called o D—D ITAR, Ho was apparently satisfied with that romarlk, . aud, MoNulty refus{ng to forgivo him, hio loft. Judge Puterbsugh walked nervously around 'l,h.u gonldor, and would not visit tho man ho had riod, ‘Tlis papers horo had announced thet nono but authorized persons would ho admitiod to the ail, aud pnrlic\dur}fy ndvised the country people to stay nt Lomo, The admonition waa not heod- ©d, for tho peoplo—city folks and rustics—began TO ASSEMBLE In front of the jail at 10 o'clock, and gazo va-~ cautly at the windows. They could seo nothing whatavor, but wora determined to atay uutil the bonging was _over, aud they did, racoiving in- riaption from fheoa wie witnogsod tho oxecu- tion that McNully was dand. Within tho jall, st abons o quarter of 12, woro about fifty people walking up and down tho cor- ridor, talliing of tho coming ovent, and viowing tho seaffold.” MeNulty was i hiy cell, altornate- 1y talking and praying with Father lalligan. BEPRCSINMDNTS, At ten minutes of 12, helolt tho cell, and with Father Hulligan, ontored the dining-room, aud drank two cups of coffeo, and swallowed some oystor soup, Betweon tho sups, Lo talliod cheor- fully, 0'Brion and Harmon sitting opposlto to hin. '0'Brion £aid that ho (MoNully) promiscd to COME UAOK. to this world if ho could, McNulty romarked thnt ho would; that ho hoped to go to n place whera he could lool bagk upon thoso hero bolow nndA{Ly them; that bo did not oxpect to bo punished, v Aftor having ecten all ho desirod, Father Albrocht took him by the arm and tho two walked up to tho coll ngain, mnminint; thero praying togother for ton minutes. dleNully thou camo down cahnly, BAOKIZG A OIGAR, and scting a8l ho was enjoyiug himsolf s a rich mon in bis parlor. Othior porsons who had tickots to tho jail Lind, in tho neantime, gained admission, and tho orowd on Lho sidewnlk aud on tho opposito sido of tho streot had incrensed to botween 500 and 600, ‘THE EXECUTION, THE DEATII MARCIT, At 10 minutes aftor 12, the Sheriff appronched MoNulty and whisperod to him all is ready. “Iait time ? was tho roply. An afilrmative nod of the head from the Sheriff was a signal to Fathors Halligan and Hurley to tako hold of tho arms of tho condomned, They did so, Fathor Hurloy on tho right rud his assistant on the loft, marching elowly up tho steirs leading to tho socond tier of colls and toward the scaffold at tho enst ond of tho hinll. Wlen OX TOE SOAFFOLD BoNulty took a soat, and the clorgy began eny~ iug the approprinto prayors for o dying person, tho victim having o rosary in his hand and gaying his beads. During tho ‘roligious ser- vicos McNulty remnined quiotly seated, ooces sionally ewallowing tho plileghm which aroso in his throat, but making no other sign that ho was at oll afrald to die, Hiy sclf-possos- slon and opparont indiforonca to his ond was considered by evory HWhiat o gritty followho in f" could bo heard on all sides. Tho prayers lasted ton minutes. Doputy Sherlffs Gill and -Kenisoy and Sherilt Mitchoook wera aleo on the scalold,, and the Intter asked McNulty if ho had anything to nny. He roplied that ho Lad, and spoke sub- stantinlly us follows : HI3 DYING SPCCOH, g Wall, gentlenen, I have a few romovks to mako, Loolt at ing, cod uny 1F thero {3 guilt n we, In my heart I liavo s conviction that I om ‘s s dored mau, I could not faco death 46 I was’ guiity, I am butchored by o féw men who aro bound tq havo'the bivod of 1 mau whom - 10 ono with good sound aon3e can think for a momeut. guilty. Lho law ought to inve got tho right yiotim, not ino. I conslder that T had no trinl atall. Ithink 1 om dylug without a trfal, nnd tho neoplo of ilinals slhould’ Lo tbamed {0 tnko tho fifo of o min when there {s o possible doubt of, lis innaconce, When T enmo to thin jaf) I was alone, without a frlend, 1 think I havosomo uiow. Tu ‘ny dylug nioments I Lelievo that Mr, Qibbons had no other futention than to couviet mo. Tho only thlug be told mo to conceal wag \hero got liquor that night, Ife was paid for it, I belleve, Thoro are otliers [ wivh toopouls about, Idnpposo I havas Zight to cpenk ns much ns I want to, McNulty thon went over bLis statement made to 't TRioNE roporter on Lhuraday, repeating almost tho idontical lauguago, Father Hurley enutionsd him nob to o inlo dotail too much, but ho porsisted and apoke for NEANLY AN HOUR. 1Io understood that Judso Puterbangh favorod him whon hio wons to Springfleld, but_ho ot drunk aud cbandonod him, IIo had beon told that, and did not bolleve any ono would tell him n lo, snd thit ho eafd ho (Puterlaugh) told {ho Clovernor that tio lud b from private sowrces that ho (MoNulty) was guilty. . Aftor giying his boads a momont, ho aaid : Gentlemon, you hava murderod me, T ain a murdor- od man, No, Tdld no: wuvdor my wifo ug truo i I Linva iy God'to meot, You ¢4 bee what you liavo dona thvougi profidico, EXCITED, IIo wna gotting oxeite:d. - The blaod rushed to Lis cheoka and o wonld probaldy huvo oxbibited Bigna of weaknoss, bad not Fathor Hurloy told him not to bocome pnssionato, plieds i Nol 1 am getting coolor *{ho moro I talk, Ilinvg no hard foolings toward any ono, Iam nul{ BXpross- lnq my thoughts, I miean to proclaim my Innocence to tho world, It {s found out now that I nevor comn- mitted tho murdor, Thoro is ovidonco to eatablish that, Doveridgo Is o moftminded man, and in afrald of the ublio press, I would Jiko to know if ho thiuks moro of tha b llo press than ho doca of on innocont man'a life, o I8 & new Govornor, and ho & afraid tho pors will ery Litm down. - If hod .roprieved 'rm:l. oy would have abused him, They will now appluu; i for banglng on innocent man, o thon altuded to bia counsol, nxprenn(nf; the hopo that thoy would borewarded for thelr kind-*! nons horenfter, Ho ncousod Deputy Bhorift Sto- rn{ of tolling alio on the witnoss stand, and askod him to sy, in the prosouce of tha crowd, that ho Lad sworn falsoly. Btoray, who was prosent, did not answor, 1o wad again rominded by Pathor Hurley that Lo was onf lml¥ too_diffusiyo, MeNalty ro- having ontored into s history of confinomont, 6nd tho attempta mndo b{ me{ ond Wobber to induce him to acknowlodgo his guilt, Ho tromblod slightly snd patted the floor with Lis foot, and Fathor Iurloy romarked soflo voce that he sppearsd to bo. ro;?!mng himeolf. - " MoNulty roplied, ‘Do not be scarod; I am not a bit afraid, Youmon (tlio priosts) aro more afraid than Lam, Don't you know it, Mr, Hitch- cock 2" turning to him and ‘mfiln out his hand. Tho Bhoriff eafd ho know it, and MoNulty ro- suied : . Don't you know that X am n man_ who esn stand in tho face of death? Do you think, for-n moment, that 1 could meet my God with o llo {n my mouth?’ If T od killed my wifo, do-you_think I.cculd dio with it onmymind? No rossonsblo man living would bo. lovo that. I would rather bo dead than aliva i T had dono it. I couldn't have it on my consclouce,. . . Turning to tho Bheriff: “What time fait?" The Sheriffs ‘Boven minutes of 1.” MeNulty rosumed, Thioro 18 another romark T want to make, I havo only kind wards for the ofiicora of the jall, for Mr, Har- ‘mon and Mr, 0'Brien and others, who have bofriended mo, I cannot thank thom onough, but thoy know-my foclings hotter than X canexpross thom, r. Hitche ©oock and his sawiatants havouord mo-woll, 88 WOl 83 sny ono could Lo treated, undor the eircumstances, No prisouct ovor hod the' lberty T onjoyed, hocause lh?’kllu\v X would not destroy nn:ilafl. ‘o John Keniscy and ill, tho turnkoy, I am oléo thonkful, Judge Tuterdaligh ia not oy, The law roguires him to come, If Sheriff Hitcheock had tho power to do it, hio.would say I nm innocent, tor_ two .or throo slight sighs, ho continued,] Iam ready now ss any tiwe, but I om thinking of enothor matter, - - NO ENMITY. Mr, Harmon roquested him to state how he folt toward thoso who Lad Larmed him, as ho thought.”” The condomned roplied : I linve no onmity toward anyono. I forgivo thom a8 T Liopo and truat to bo forgivon mynolf, 1 hope to hcet thom §n hoaven somo day, and thnt thoy will nev- er como to this misfortuno which will end my career. I8 DYING BTATEMENT, 14 MoNulty then sat down calling to Harmon, who tool one of the two other chalrs boside him, Ho whisporod to his attorney, and handed him tho annexed dooument, saying it was his dying statomont : hore to-d: Pronta COUNTY - JAIT, Pront, 1ll,, Fob, 7, 1810—12 o'clock noon, | . T Iie Jizeeliency Governor John L. Deveridge, Gover- #ior of Tilinofs o e Dein 8in 2 Now that I am within'a few minutes of my doath, and a2 T oxpect to mestand bo Judged by o just God, I doom it omly proper that should _wrlto you o, fow words beforo my death, in ordor that tho causo of right and justice leroafter may be benefited by thd unjust snd unde- served iuominy that {s to-day infiicted on mo in the namo_of law., I desiro to stato that I havo been hounded to my doath by s peoplo who profess to bo Chriatians, lod on by newspapers that have, from the beginning’ o tho end, - misrepresontod every: thing aobont my cado, oxnggerating overya fhing tuat scemod sgainst, ond beliitling ovory- thing ‘esld_nnd dono. in - favor.s In relation to my trial X havo only to say, that the man who une dortook to défend mo was, boeauso'of his incapacity, ignorance, and habits, wholly unfit for the task, and, &nl by reason of this, T have boen dolivered over for slaugliter to salisfy {ho barbarona 24 of Cruclfy him | Grucify Lim,” In Folation to the Judge, who trled me, of ila manner during my trial and his modo of pontencing me, as well ne his conduct in your rescnco’ ut Bpringfield” o fow dayaugo, shall say ‘nothing uncharitablo, ow 0 conclusion, I fresly, fully, and abaolutely forgive sil and overy prrson who 1as in any manuer fujured ‘me o aselstod in bringing sbout_my death, Tocachs and every ono of thoso cilizons who' have irlad o eave my 1ifo X givo tliem the only rowntd I have o givo—thio lensifelt thanks of s man who dios guiltless of tho swful crimo for which Lo4s condomned, Now, sir, a8 1 hiopo for mercy, ond as I firmly boliovo that I svill bo zevarded for' tho truth and puniehed for falsoliood, hero {n tho presenco of doath and with th seafiold befors my eyes, I do most solemnly declaro beforo God, that I am whally and entiecly inniocent of o ertmo o murdoring iy wifo or curaing hoe death in any mannor, and that Lam wholly ignorant of the way I walch cho Tocolved tho injary that reaulted in her death, With great respect, yours, Hesuy MoNurry, Bigued fu presoncé of— FRag HITeUcoor, Jonx W, Bhor!r, Krxzsey, Doputy Sherldf, A1, D, Jo Al Rev, 3. Buntiiy, attending clergyman, TRE BENTENCE, ‘Harmon thenretived, and the Bherift to read the sontonce of tho Court and tho Gov- ornor's warrant authorizing the exceution. Me- Nulty remnined firm, moving vot o musclo, tak- ing from bis pooket & medium-sized plug of to- bacco, and taking o chow. Whon tho Bherilt consed rending, - McNulty stood up, the clergy raying, and he rnspond.in%in whispera and kiss- ng the cross attached to tho rosary. The prayors over, O'Brien and Harmon woro again roquested to como on tho platform, Tho did o, and shook bands with McNulty, who also bid several othors jo the jmmediato vicintty good-byo, oxclaiming, “Thunk God, we will moot somo duy." TILE LAGT PREPARATION, g + Ho then presonted his arms to tho Sheriff, who procesdod to tie them to his body sud nd- ust o cord around his logs, just above the au< iles, o was thon Y‘“wl on the centro of tho trap, facing north, the light shiulng oA his faco through a window in the wall, 3 TUE TOPE was placod over his head by the Bheriff and drawn_down tight., McNulty then bogan to waep, but did not cry alond. Ho again-cailed to O'Brion and Harmon, .aud at. his requost, tho) kissed him, ag did tho Sherif2: and Doputy Keni- sey. Whilo the- final ‘proparations woro being made, Father Iurloy was continually h"nrnylu ab the side of McNulty, commending his soul to_ God. | At ninetoen minutes past 1,88 tho - N - BLAOK CAP ° ' s belng placed-ovor bin ead, MeNulty eaid to Inymon, * Remecmber mol” = Thoso Yore his lagbwords, . oo .o . < At precisely 1:20, tho BherilX PULLED TILL BTRING, which drow tho -bolt from tho frap-door, snd MoNulty foll five fost, Thoro wasa_ “ ORACKING SOUND, Y end his neck must hayve boen broken.: The body« swung back and forward on account of the snd- den stop, and thero wus o porceptiblo twitching of tho legs onco or twico. Other than this thero wero no signs of lifd. - 4 DEAD, After the body had beon lmnfiing for govon minutes, tho rulau ‘was examined, and found to bo boating at tho rato of 183 g minuto, aud tho pulsation did nob cease for 17 minutes. In ton minutes Dra. Booth and Lucas cxam- ined the corpse and said the body was inanimate. It was permitted to hnnfi for LwnnlY minutes longer, when it waa cut down aud placed in & black walnut cofiin neatly linod. The romeins WERE DUDIED < in the Cathollo Comotery at tho exponse of the county. ‘The speotators were somewhat SHOCKED | when the trap foll from beneath McNulty, and 140 or threo of them hastenad out of tho' jail, not coming to seo- any more, - Tho others re- mained until lifo was pronounced extinct, when they too departed. AFTER TIE EXECUTION, The serffold ws talen down, and nt half-pnat 2 o porson ontering the jail would not hnve supposod thpt thore had ‘been -an exeoution. Very littlo oxcitomont was coueed in Peoria by the hanging, although it was tho topio of con~ vorantion among all olasses of tha people, 1OW 1B KEPT IS SPIRITS WP, Tho phystcians who examinod the body in- sisted Phut McNulty kept up his spirits with brandy. Ho did not appear o be undor the in~ fluence of liquor at any timo during tho day, al- though all lie desired wasat his disposal. ‘TUBLIC OPINION. . A fow oxprossed sympathy for the daceased, having doubts of his_guitt, but the larger por- Lion sincorely believed that ho killod Lifs wife. 118 CONDUOT during Thureday and this morning, and whila within tho very jaws of death, waa cerlninly ox- treordinery, and If he roally was noeemuE thoso who saw him, his heart muat have beon Dlacker than tho dcad of which hio had peon convicted. RETRCSTECTIVE. . There liavo beon about thirty-five murders in this county within the last_forty years, and only throo of tho gmgmh—mm bave been bung, two fn 1351, and MoNulty to-dny, Itisto bo loped that tho Iatier’s deathwill o & \mmhl;]x to blood- thirsty roughs, and show them hat influentinl Enmonn or money canrot always scouro them mmuuity from puuishmont, FORGOTTEN. ‘Tho hanging soems to have beon forgotten al- rendy, searcoly any roferencos botug mado to it in publioc places, AN INOENDIANY BPEECI, When thedrop fell, Harmon left the jail, and, taking position on tho steps of the Bherlls dwolllug in front, addressed the crowd, calling the hanging *“a dnmnudbutchu‘? " nnd assorts ing_that tho pnui)]n of Uiy city sud Chilicotho woro to blamo for it M nlso do- nouncad the umvn[mpcru of corla. Tle spoach praduced o sonontion among tho crowd, and tha gonoral oninfon was thnt Harman bad acted ridleulons AL hnlr- b 2 tho doors of the jail woro opon= od, anel sorno of those outaido were pormitied td viow tho body. —_——— THE PACKING BUSINESS. Momorinl of tho Hcef nnd Pork Pnolks ors of Ohlczgo to the Kogisiature of Itinolu, % To the HonorableSenats and House of Representatfvel Of the State of I1Tinofa : The undersigned, packers of Chlengo, having boon Informod thint logislation in roladion o th ] disposition of offul produced by tha packing and | slauglitor houses of this city i contemplated, waould rcnpcul(ullf presont the following facts in referoncd to the huainogs, tho diffi2ulties which surround it, aund tho nocossitics whiol tho aubs Joct prosents! Tho numbor of animnla slaughtered in Ohions go and at, tho Stock-Yards, hotwoon Jan. 1, 1872, and Jan, 1, 1873, waa aa follow; Hog slanghtered. ... Cattlo alavghtered| Bheop elaughiored. Totalissnnnnes Tho amount of offal produeod by nughte ering for one year, a4 computed by Dr. Rauch, Banitary Buperintondent ot tho Honlth Doparie ‘mont of tho Clty of Chicago, i no followat Cattla tank offal o tank offn),. Bheop tank offal Totalieserssaisassnass. .21,178 ‘Tho amouunt of blood produced fs as follows: Gailons, .. 847,600 teoereees2,208,838 TFormorly, whon the busiross was small, tha offal was buried and othorwise propor): disposed of with comparalive onze, hut now tlzu amount producod s 80 grent that 1t must bo utilized and consumed. No othor disposition i possible, It caunot bo doposited in the lako, for it will not _sink, and the winds aud ourronts would bring it to ko shoro. It cannot bo doposited fn the river, bacanso, sinco tho deopening of the canal, the current would enrry bho decomposed matter to the intorlor of tho Stato. It caunotbo buried, ‘becauso tho greator portion of it is produced in tho winter whon tho ground ie frozen: and, if this should bo attempiod, in the ?rin tho onor- mous quentity involved would, §uring the burial and oftewards, pollute tho air witl noxious gases, 5 - At presont thera nro but two establishmonta in which it ean bo utilized and consumed. One in that of Thompson & Edwarde, situated noar tho Union Stock Yards, tho capacity of which ja from 1,500 fo 2,000 £ons per aunum; and tha othor {8 tho Northwestern Pertilizing Company, ‘which was chalered by tho Legislaturo in 1867, and Is situnted on tha Calumot Liver, nlout 18 miles from Chicago. Tho capacity of the estabe roceoded lishmont Inat named is equal to tho whola amount of offinl produced. 'heso two catablish. mor]n‘ts now furoish tho only outlet for tho packors, Efforts aro now boing mado to closotho Northe wostern Fortilizing Company ; and tho under~ signod would ros] medlfi ropregont that, if thia should be dono during the prosont packing son= son, the nocessitios of tho cago would compel tha packers to doposit tho offal upon tho soll to docoy whon the summor comes. For tho period of ten days during tho month of January, this outlet was closod, which necensitated the cover ing of nbout two acros of ground at the Stock Yards with offal and blood from oue to four feot decp. Abont 8,000 tong of offal nnd 800,000 gollons of blood remain to bo produced durin, the prosent Pnc)liug season, which will tormi= nato the 1t of March, and wo are approhensive of grave and gerions consequences if it is cone fined in tho cily. During -tho packing senson, about 12,000 hogs arrivo to be slaughtored every dny, and more thau 100 tons of offal aro pro~ duced by each duy's slaughtoring. The undoraigned have no pecuniary connection with any establishment for the ufilization of offal. The custom of business has, boen to de- liver it to theso Companies, and they tako it off for what thoy can makoe out of it; nor would wo wish to bo underatood as desiring to interfero with or shicld any establishment from prosecu= tion for negligont or impropot conduct, Wo ore informed that tho Courts of Chicage have rereatedly hold that the Northwestern Fer~ tilizing; Compnuy 18 Eubject to proper police rog- ulations, and may bo progecuted for any violas tion thereof, aud we respectfully suggest that the interest of the whole public” will be better congerved by properly regulating such ostablizh- ments than by dostroying then. Wo would also_respoctfully invite your attene tion fo tho peeuliar difilicultico surzounding tho subject in Chicago, not applicable to other cities where similar busincss is curied on. At Bt. Louis, Cincinnati, Dubuque, Burlington, and ather points, tho offal is carricd off by awiftly~ tlowing rivers, Notwithstanding the absonce of natural advantages, tho slaughterivg and pack- ing intovest i larzer then auy other” in the city, and Chicago Io tho largost shanghtcring and pack= ing point.in tho world.. It emnploys directly in this business about 5,000 men ; about 80,000 ave engaged in varions branches of industry dopond= ent upon tho business; and about 100,000 peoplo in the city are supported by it. Ono of the objects of slaughtorng cattlo and Lioge in the West iuntead of tho Enst lics in the fach that tho freights upon. tho animals slaught ored are sbout one-ihird less thun upon tha shipmont of the live stoolk. ‘This saving entera .iuto tha prico which stock Drings, and is o ques- tion'in which tho farmer is equally intorested with the packer. To eripple or destroy the pack~ Ing businens in Chiongo i to cripplo or destro; ono of tho paramount interaats of the city, an takes from the farmor his largest market. Yot, importent 3 this intoraut o, It cannot bo sarried on here if the avenues for the disposal of the offelare to be closed. ‘Cho various towns adja- cont _to Chicago are innugurating local legisla~ tion and proseautions to provont tho carrying ib out, These proccedings embarrass aud cripplo our oporations, and wo avo apnrohensivo that ~unfriendly logislation will be demanded from your honorable body. Thero are annoyauces necersnrily attonding the.businass, but wo_foel that thay ean ba borne more casilythan the bual~ nosa can_ bo_ dispensed with, e, thereforo, ‘commend this intorcat to your considerntion, and hono no haaty or unwino logislation will be pormitled, S Your memorialiats would not wish to bo under< stood a8 countonuncing, or in any mannor ous couraging, tha carcless, negligent, or filthy man- ner of doing businesn by any one, whetlor it ba in wlaughtoring, packing, or handling offal. -On tho contrery, wo feel that reasonably etrin. gent lows nnd polico ve;nlations aro necess gary to tho proteotion of tho businoss itself, All wo desiro ig, that such lnws and regulations shall be carofully cousidered, and shall rocognize the fact that tho business mny be carried on, and shell not Lo crippisd or deatroyed, ud thatfome propor outlet for the wilizntion and_consump- tion of tho ofizl hall bo- recognized snd per~ mitted. 5 N 7 Mo nocessities of tho situntion stimulate {nvontions, and eyery year -tho procoskos nud machinery'’by which offal, is_ulilized and con- | Porkins, sumod ‘afo -improved; cud, by anothor year, through improvements now known, wo liopa ta carry on tha business without its being seriously offonsivo to any ono. Obleago Packing & Provis- Turner & Smith, Ian Qo., Tteld & Shorwln, | A E, Kent & Co,, Shgoneman & CO,; I, Botsfrrd & Co., 4. O, Mitchell, A, Ricker, G. W, Higging & Qo,, Armour & I8 W, Sanll, 3. %, Oronby & Qo Tabax & Dodth, Attorten Packing Co,, ancces, Nitward, Bvon & Co., Al D, Xrsigh & Cov ; Co,, Culbertson, Tiuir & Co.y Dapes & o, D, I, Murphy & Co., 0110100, Fob, 3, 1573, —— Shaughaoing in San Franclscos A Buu Francleco lawyer one day last week went down on the wharf to breatho.{ho invigor- ating atmosphara of tho bay, Hohad boou tiicra Lnt u few minutes, whon ho was solzeds by twa men, hustled into.n Loat, and rowed off. toa ship The Two Brathera, bound for Cork, and to BniP\vlth tho obb tide. 2 waa cast at onco into. tho forceastle; and his demaud to bo put ashoro was treatad with derision, and ho was told that the ehip had pnid 00 houuty for him, Inw ghort thno & man whom the lawyor happened to know cemo alongside, cud tho coudition of af- {nirs wan mado known to him. The master of tho ship, finding that he would o sure to ba overhauled and detnined if he povslsted in care zying off the lawyor, allowed him to dopart. This incidont shoiwa tho boldness with which kide napping by sailor Loarding house runuers is conducted; and the nccosaity of providing for tho thorough search of every vossol loaving s port, to provont {he teliug Lo'ven of any powion not rogularly shipped through the Shipping Commissionars, : et T S A ~—Amanda Smlith, describod as & plonaants looking colored lndy, wenrlng a brown bLounet, dreoy, and cape,” iy’ px'nMdlng uyer a ** protracte n}untfnu" nai in progrees nt Trinily Mothodist Ly lscopal Churoh (colored) of Cinolnatl, Hor convoriy alveady numbor over a dozen,