NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5064, 8 April 1885, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

One of the most singular incidents ever connected with *.an execution or an attempted execution for murder happened on Feb. 23 at Exeter; on the occasion of carrying out a/death senterice passedupon' John' Lee, recently condemmed to, bo hanged for the murder of Miss Emma A. W. Keyse, at Babbacombe, near Torquay, November 15th last. Three attempts were made;. to execute Lee, but each, prored futile; th^ drop failing to work. When the murderer was first made to realise that this gibbet had not done,its work and he was not yet hanged, he appeared to start as if from a nightmare, but quickly recoTered himself. The machine was then carefully oTerhftnledjjand the .woodwork was found wet and swollen, so that the trap refused to work. !Afte^ being;;biled and tried until thought all right,,the prisoner was again; brought; forth, anil the same scene as before was then enacted. Ocee again the trap .was oiled and; pronounoed:,: ally right^.and^jfb'r^'-'the; ;;!thjrdv^a^;tbe:; prisoner took his, stand npoa the tnp^ and the third time did the gibbet refuse to do itp'-wrk;: f ;:Tljo; 1 :i)ri^;; : a.od:-WiWnie^o^

. oyertaxed Lee. ;, Hejsajifcidbwii w-^i^wpo% and had to be (carried'\sway rfrpm : the^plaißev/#$ No yi-orcte can give adequate idei of tbi'iS : painfulness .' of ih'e>fi scene. 1.// .: Ai-v kind ;of *£;■ overpowering dismayi lite ]tha)t; pf;J«ip*r"j ; atitipn/ see mcd ; -to take obntrol £ qfcjtbi /fe |:sheriffs ■!ahd-/bscersH/;TJta;"; gi^ | deserted;:.Vand':-po.v--onev-i''made:;.; any more >/;■; attempts; to )>ut it in working order. - This ? man who^was to bavo been banged;- was/-:;; limp, motionless, and./in a most pitiable f condition, lying in his piisppfleH dazed ;/! and atupified and physically exhausted. ■:-Tbe^heriff:;de:maed^i^^ He closed up the execution yard and tele* graphed Sir? William' Yerhou Harcourt, :- Home Secretary, the fall bistorj of vthe - horrible failure, and asked for ins truetions. ;•■ ™^3*-^#f^?;^:f &;? The /'Frisco Post of Miiroh 5 Myi:— ; The terrible siory telegraphed on Saturday last is confirmed * by^ a^yioes/!tt direct from Las ?!N6riaß,; where "Joie Gallegosj an insane Mexican., killed hii v f owns;.family arid.:rttijjjnel-.^l^%^^iC-vir^ Mexican man and woman found dead DM' Gallegos* ranch on lail are also H believed to be. the crttxy* Tictims. ■ . Wpdjiesday morning last ;;Creßencio Lucero^Gallegos' Jgrandsbn^orj^iiecl?*'; posse, of;twrentyv men,.; went to 6*llegoi' - residence, siirrpunded? this" 1 nqirteV^ »nd; ; captured the lunatic; without: lesisUnoe. He whs led outside of the house, and, ai Lorenzo Mtohtanp' saysi: VA. shower of bullets as fronihearenriddlad his woftilo • less body." / As the; pwty/ap^i^heathe--;;:.J house they saw |Le murdew'rwiFßViiad ten-year old; i daughter lyingf perfectly; mude near the building. The daughUr badabullet-hole in her breast, and the wife lay upon her back, displaying » ghastly hole iih the? head, from which the brains - oozed. Both pf.her breasts haa been cot entirely frpm the body, »• if the fiend had V• done what he could to make the Bufferings of bis rictim as terrible as posiible. The jparty ; went r :into>^^ :• murderer's son, about -"threeVjewfiJcMiSv lying upon the!bed; with; both hands and feet .tied, and, almost,s|anred;;%Ke inttijt ' have' 'lam^th%e;;seTerajL^ys.:;: He^war'':' ■ released" arid ; Beibtf / to 1 "Ef tPino to > ' v A prominent military officer at Kingstown; Gntarib; hask received a letter jnformiDg him ;„thfttiithere^we,^f^o ':l\ Fenians at Buffalo, drilling, with a riew of making a raid onjCanada. ' --'r. ; The Iriahjmmigrajtiofls; to; America has iv ;been,;'small:; thiß.-:{year,]-pwin^ ■ Serous;season 'in lrel|n| ;|n'elf!iet that '•■;:■' ;the English-GiOTrernmenit ihirn^alllf'ii y/ many 'over to avoid supporting them at h;6me;'v ■■ -":"-'!^ '"r^^iky^m'. *%i$M: v': ' ■• i. A jWarsaw /'^elegrMn^of;*s»Mirlh' 9th-:'": says .t—A'i bread riot»#as suppressed by abe police at Cracow totdty. A great: number of. .poor unemployed'; workmeh '■':: gathered in front;'of a inch iwh'rcairtle to? the suburb of<.Cracow,,and> made a great ■ disturbance, demanding work; or bread. ; ; The, Roiice'arrested:i6p::r^^slof;-:^^ ■"'. ■„..■■■ '.>;:< ■:• General'GbrdbnVdMpi|^hftß? edited with uonecesiaryaoTerityi and the editing harinoti'beeniibninea to the '■■'. omission of passage* .which cannot be published on personal, grounds. To gire only one instance. A.: rumour, to which Sir H. Tyler /alluded on Monday night, asserts that the ofEciil censor has; struck out the most important clause of all in one of Gordon's despatches, in which he aayi that he' was sending Stewart down in order to tell the Gorernmeht that ji^ they: made'a, \. cqnvent'jo^ wjth^ Turkey, they > might evacuate the/Soudan in January, '■•"■•' 1885, but /that if, they refused to d» so ;; ; they>buld be there for another twelve ; mpnths.^yPall' Mall Gazette, f /if %^- \ / Thje bust/of ■• Sbbert '■ Burns, in? marble/ by Sir John/Steel^to be^ plaj^^'iiiT^ief t- •" i minister Abbey, is now finished. Itis the outcome of a shilling subscription amongtt • Sbntchtnen in/all^artf M t|e' J^orld. '\ ,*%./:: , / The Mowspw Gazette, which is ?lii»-;;'v most Beriou3 organ of public opinion/io Bussia, has the following observatipos :•-*• "' Shame and disgrace.' In these wbrds ;we may sum up the reproachea addressed '■ • by the Press of Europe to Mr Gladstone'i Cabinet in regard to thedeath of; Gprdon. :The attempts' of catrtain members Cabinet to justify, themselves at publio meetings before-'tM SFntifid'n//,;.:iiittttvr-be";, acknowledged 1 to hare been miserable, > failures. There js/rib doubt whatever that the time when Gordon should bjaveiibeeii delivered waif' let'¥lip^: The/life of'thir ; friend •' of the hSfinistry was knowingly staked and lost. The death of Gordon, if true^is a deep disgrace for England. The lamentable/endingof this man, deceived! •by his own country, fully .iustifies the sevorestjudgment on. those who made use ■Of -Mm-"' V;%^r : ;\ -S^vH v ""''^ Some faith-healing^miracles meonntfi^r' ;tio*\with the Salvation Army are reported ■frbm^Hanley.Sr;:Majbr..^a|i»o^^ „. (esses apower of restoring the blinds I&tm\:':'-'' deaf, and the lame, held servtoes in the Street .Cirfeul^ Hanleyy Many: ' thousands of persons atte^e^nioitfdiS^p :\ jOver^lCWliavaljdaf^^ iwhom were h brought; =^%'tpjfe:/ciicut ''m'--/:; Bath/ chairs^ ljejifg'junabte Jtb use their lower limbs^/tilfter^"the/ ordiinanr sermenced. The .msjori^ ai|d i bis subalterns threw off" thefr \<mt«i: ■ garments and descended into ih» jarena; AIM vwho bad been a cripple, from an early age first operated ilflijilfjSthe; major vigorously- v r ubbeil|sibMiilto"';'-' „ Hnibjiii follower and thevebß«SSi. at 'thet?^ue^^bif|th4^inm^W^ prayer/ They pray^ eai«eatly-«ij'io«g, 'i t andfioally thelaxi wasinduoadtortaiand I ■JitUe^'l]^ greatest excitement, prooUimed that the Almighty" had answered ibeirl^riiyers^//:,v/ Before this- result' was brought about ihix/" major's followers had" dispersed- thefii-»j selves, over the/ hall, the detachment*' surrounding onejTof pejjnjfcny w)m> bid^ come to be healed. They ipftyeo! laßted* until i'midnigh^4ii^:y2 i stf '"' ;exciting t; char^tei.,.vAuv:/:Old:'; : ;.wo«t^ yvho represented xhat'she Jhld beei^deif * J ' for forty yearsi, stated that; she had reyho.i;.yy!n* )° buil4ihg stone S testified to-hM^ror^nke^om woman, ihTalid, who wt* oircuiin A BaWclwir, ww 1:.:-^' woman walked feebly tcroii^E building v her Bathf chair, beinf »/ over the head* of the people, thethwwS making use of expressive 5 : ' ned>to; thturttinr*;* ntH | £;tht^tajiaiailJa;"'" 'V;";'