TpP&AYt DEO. 11,
1t&riM Table. Under this new
chltl,'h mall and local freight
kara r.ltfray station &s follows :
WULVCST v.
:34
B:03
7:60
3:26
t Rldgajr Lodge No. 644 meets on
the fid and 4th Fridays of each month
at 8 o'clock. . ' - ,
PuItTid coffee A, granulated,
and all kinds of sugar at Morgester's.
In response to pyr request J the
laat jBSjip'-of The Advocate a great
: taany- aihooh 1 children and others
called and received one of our chromo
caroX...Jtftose 1io nave not rece,ve('
on . m-l'L 'm-ilLc n y time and they
! cash, 7 stops and
t, and they are fully war-
by them which is a sure mark
(merit. Send them your order?
i will pot be disappointed. j
i Juliana. Burlingame of Wll-
9mnienced teaching in the
School of this place fhis
ig...6n, -ha her school In the
. room up stairs, which is
'of forty of Miss Barrett's
pupils, ' while Miss Barrett takes,
iuai number from Miss Wilcox's
I "Grant's Tour Around the World'
Ijbllshed by H. W. Kelley & Co.,
viladelphli'1 lS . ppe,;of. the most ln1:
irestin.pooKs published, anu aiso ins
uy nthentlc. publication or trie
emarkaM ' travels of the wor,!df
host famous hero and- cjnrSillis the
spoudejice of ifin Russell Young
a toiT.amount of interesting mat
ter. A irge book of pages, pro
fusely Illustrated.- !Take no inferior
article. Q. W. Nichols, of this place,
has the agency, give him your order, j
Large stock of candy for the Holi
days at Molester's. -. ... - ' '
iuj-co;
event
Igiven
l)pera
for
tin a
will
fe the
ill no
ike up
npany.
is ex-
ill you
of the
IV fOBt-
Vtmpbell,
futertai li
ra son for
pr stock-
Vrvn . . tkln A
, V.V.U .... o
TA A
to say' that
entertainment
em the aervinpa of
of the Democrat, cam
called "tsKip" Miner, can De
. " ' 1 til . I .
r in hia to wrn ra ww i-
? . 1 :. Curtain, j
1 j
DIED- i
m iff w A in -innrwinv hvhii i i i lt
ruAAmlMf' .4fh. Ifi7y nt. lila rp&iHpnnb
. . A'WWH.n't i-v - .
I formerly a resident of McKean and
has nee two '-" u
I
i
Aless tl
i
I
I
. i . Elk counties.- . ' i . - '
C :' Broekport Scribbling.
Mud,, show; and sleet.
-Mrs, ElhvLouger has the fever.
. iIf we have no suow this winter
.'.' there will be dull timet here, the men
re nearly all out of the woods.
' j: The threes mills at Broekport and
' Keystone afe running, Also the grist
mm Mtieiien. .
, , We cojild not imagine what made
' '.- Aad Dleaainit look -and be so oblicriiiir
to hie " customers for the past few
' - wntka, but now we can guess. He
talks of soori mitt ins: him In the store
and says be is exceptionally fond of
a bim finding language totally lnatle-
mula in Hmurlh him. All he na.li sav
- Is just comi and see hlihjky yourseif
, tie u "whopper." - i'.
'.. ; We think that "Swamper" is not
. ' giving the devil his just due. We
me across , him the other night and
asked where, he had been for be was
; - coming off the mountain, but be was
taken dear at once ana not a woru
' eould we extract, all he said was,
. "what won't appear before a man
. when be baa no gun."
Nathan Hippie Is working on the
Shawmut railroad.
The mountain school lias no
teacher yet while all the other schools
are in session. ,
Vale loves good cake and ale, Vale
. . fovea Kood candy, Vale loves to kiss
' the girls when they are clean . and
handy. ' . .
A Brockwayville correspondent
In the Courier says the urockport and
Keystone arms nave consolidated, we
, ' think he made a slight mistake it is
- with the store only.
"D. C. I.1'. we did not see the Edi
tor's request we will try and watch
more closely hereafter.
, The hunters that are camping out
. think this a poor tracking snow. We
think some of them might start a bear
story.
Geo. Clinton is a quiet old bachelor
only going out once in a while (on the
yj.
Ambrose Strait came pretty near
getting crooked the other day.
Schmidt & Schnkideb
. r-Vy . " . T"
$u1o.a,. j t ' ' rt ,,t
piot appclitg, Wt .KU.CBS a. UemU-
Ingin tlie-stomach, pain, after eating
iartlrttm, ort-nfw And i gnawing'
4alnt ln ' the stomach, nervousness
'hH iv tired, constipation Vnd fcther
diseases of the bowels r arising from
jioor- digestion. One bottle lasts
nearly three weeks.,- Price $100. .,,.
tDr.: Day's Cure: for; Head-ache is
theonly remedy knowtf that will stop
an attack of sick 'of nervous head
ache In lte . commencemjpnj (ittl
.AftWHJfu1r'SsesJ haft an f hour
apart, are necessary .rice 60 cents
a bottle. . , t.4. , , , t.f .,.., -.
pr. Day's. Standard Cough Syrup
wfrj cure' a cough, with .fewer doses
than any medlclnen use. Price, 60
cents a bottle.'.tjDi'i . -.- ". . .
Df.' Day 'a "-'Ear' Drops 'will' give1
the greatest relief in neuralgia of the
I face and will cure ear-ache inimedl
ately. Price 25 Cents a bottle. , Ask
your druggist or storekeeper for these
medicines.. Manufactured by-D. B.
Day, M. P., Ridgway, Pa. -
Advertising Swindles. A dis
patch from Meadville to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, tells how. an advertising
swindler beat the Meadville people
out of money "On November. 13th,
T. C. Vauarsdale, a line appearing
gentleman representing himself to be
roniiSyrucuse, N". Y.rait officer from
he Postofflce Department authorized
p arrange advertising for and .decora
tloTiror poswiuces, iiaa an luterviewl roaa.iiwectiy in iront-otjjae sttipe.
with pW-miwtpitftr4TWrMnT'be'veral women and small children
after a force of men : was set to work
kalsomiuing and otherwise improving
our postoffloe,; (Whiletherinposter
nftnle a canvass, among our, business
houses, obtuinlng nearly $200 for the
privilege of advertising Jq a desk he
had caused ifo be placed' In the post
office.Early this inorniug' Vanars
dale waVrdisslng, leaving postofflce
improvements;" hotel -bills; etc-',' un
paid."," He playe'd"; his card fineTytand
diped our citizens Jn good style. If
business rupTwill. give these sharks a
wide berth1 when they come 'around,
theyl will, save, their , money. There
Is really no substitmV 'for ailyertislng
in"a-oewspuer fgooS circulutlon It
costs JwsgieJfa wider circulation, 4
.p.Vcf: no .chance of - being swin
dled. Very likely before this Article
gets before our readers there will be a
scheme presented to them which they
can bite at 'if they choose'.' Warren
Ledger.'' 1 '"'''' ' n. yc.-
Large assortment lamp chimneys-
all flint at Morgester's.
The Elk County iCoru mission ers
oflt forsali'',0" worth a month" of
uei.issue oi ummy oouas.
By a. recent order, of the post
offlce department, postmasters are
required . to stamp the date of the ar
rival of every letter on the back of
the envelope.
To neutralize the sting of a gnat
or mosquito. -French sportsmen rub
the part affeeted'with- a little ccrvnun'.
that is thejwax of their ear, extracted
by the little finger.
A niiee stock of clothing for men,
boys andchildren at P. & K's. '
Light running, Latest Improved
DOMESTIC, at prices never heard of
before, at Mrs. -WV 8. Service's.
. 1 -
" WAS-BILIO VS and M Y NERVES
WERE QUITE UNSTjR UNO."
Dr.-M.Jitrl' itHNKa. Fredonia, N. Y.. '
" Der Hlr : I hud liecn out ofhealth
for three months. 'Was bilious, my eys and
complexion being yellow and my nerves
were quite unstrung. Had lost my appetite,
my mouth tasted bad, my head wan stopped
np and felt dull and heavy and I had lost my
ambition. I have now taken one bottle of
our Illood and Iilver Remedy und Nerve
onlo ana feel entirely cured. Yours truly.
N. N. WHITAKK
Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver Rem
edy and Nerve Tonic may well be
called "The conquering hero" of the
times. It is- the medical triumph of
the age. Whoever has "the blues"
should take it, for it regulates and re
store the disordered system that gives
rise to them. It always cures Biliiougj
ness and Liver Complaint, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headaches,
Fever and Ague, Spleen Enlarge
ments, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Pimples,
Blotches and all Skin Eruptions
and Blood Disorders; Swelled
Limbs and Dropsy ; Sleeplessness, Im
paired Nerves and Nervous Debility;
Restores flesh and strength when the
system is running down or going into
decline; cures Female Weakness and
Chronic Rheumatism, and relieves
Chronic Bronchitis, and all Lung and
Throat Ji (Acuities.- It does these things
by striking at the root of disease and
removing its causes,
Dr. Fenner's Improved Cough
Honey will relieve any cough In one
hour.
Dr. f enner's uoiden Keller cures
any puln, as Tooth-ache Neuralgia,
Colic or Headache in 6 to 10 minutes,
and readily relieves RheumatUin, Kid
ney Complaint, Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
Dr. Fenner's St. Vitus Dunce Spe
cific. One bottle always cures. For
sale by Drs. T. S. Hartley and D. B
Day.
Prints. The most desirable assort
ment iu Western Pennsylvania, now
on exhibition at Powell & Kime's
mammoth sales rooms. .
Jam Poles.
Middletown X-Cut Saws.
Jeffard'H, White's and Mann's Axes.
Tubular and 99 Lanterns.
Files.
Distou's X-Cut Saws. .
Boyntou's Lightning Saws.
, Corn Poppers.
Coal Htds. '
Stove Slipvels. ' , .
Repairs furnished for any stove.
Ax Handles. , ,
' Pick Handles. ' . " ; . ;
t lb. Jiest Polish 10 cte. at No. 42
Main street, U89
Childrens' Sole Leather Tin shoes
I at P. & K's;
pile Churns briskly at
nlghta
t-retu and. Will IMuMackln have
gone to PbJttdolphla.:' . : : '.;.;
' -r-CJulte a number of our sportxinen'l
were out on aaeer nunt on Haturaay
last..- Henry at the Dagus City store
was-one of the partyi.' He reports
aruo- plenty, but thinks It was a poor
ay to hunt. ' j i
iarge numbei1 of the miners
nave already left the City, -i '
- v-The ; Northwestern Company are,
gjjujclng 'a shaft in coal Hollow,
whlcli jwAr-beoompTeled lil a few
days Y , . -i
. J. 'H. Steel & Co. of the Dngus
City store- have- recently added to
their large and extensive stock, a new
in voice of Dry Goods, Clothing Drugs.
Boots, Bhoes &o. Also splendid
brands of Tobaccos and Cigars. , '
Wonder If that, young mad got
home safe Sunday night after leaving
his girl at the gate. . Rather dark
wasint it D? "t
Messrs Zack and Hehry Kreiger,
of ScrabtoDy have the contract of sink
ing the sbafli for the N. W. & Ex Co.
The Eureka mines are running
steadily at present'.?
John Nt'leell and Lon English are
the-"boss" deerhunters in this section
so far this season, and' H , J and
F , ate the"boss' . ahots at chickens
in a barn vard. shoot mr into a flock of
seven aria not even stirring a feather
on any of t hem
Smash Hp,-As the train on the
Dngus. road One -day last week was
nearlns the ' store buildintr 6f J. H.
Steel & Co. one of the box cars jumped
the track rind made its wav across the
were onr the-road in front of. the store
but strance to sav all were lucky in
geting out of the road of the car. The
cause of the accident was on acount
of the car being loaded so heavily
with goods for the Dngus City Store
that au axle gave away throwing the
cur off the track. P. S. since writing
the above tne car has been replaced on
the traok and the goods were taken
into the store, and are now on the
shelves ready to be disposed of at as
tonishingly low ngures.
Our school will commence In a
few days, with Miss Maggie A hern as
teacner. - n .
Our 'drum corps under the leader
ship of Prof.- Walsh is fast Raining
ground,'' and should now receive some
encouragement from our citizens.
-'Ctol.' Ferris, appers . to. the busiest
man in thelcity.
Heavy rain storm on Saturday
last.
Chicken thieves appear to be quite
plenty nereauouts.
Quite a nnmber of tenant houses
have been erected in this place withtu
a few months, for the accommodation
or the miners. v
John-Frazer is building an ad
ditiou to the' back part of his house in
Uentreviiie,
More anon. TT. No
: : -
Mince meat, raisins, currants and
prunes at Morgester's.-
C. Nourse, Dennis Lynch and
Dennis Reardon were suffocated in the
flour mill of Ellis Packard at Brock
ton, Mass. They were shoveling grain
when the floor gave way precipitating
them into the cellar, burying them in
about 3,000 bushels of grain whlcli fell
with them. They all leave families.
Lizzie Falk, a laundry girl em
ployed in the Russell house, Detroit.
Mich., while decending in the front
compartment of the hotel elevator,
was caught between the elevator and
projecting beam and her neck und
lower jaw so terribly crushed as to
cause instant death.
1 4
If the Broekport and Dent's run
correspondents of the EAb Advocate
would exchange itluas with the Black
Lick correspondent of the Cuba Pal-
riot there would surely be a "feast of
reason and a flow of soul." "Four
souls without a single thought four
hearts that beat as oue'' Duliois
Courier.
Crocks and tinware at Morgester's
Grocery.
Execution of Andrew Tracy at Smctk-
port, ra., mursuay, liec. i, ibt.
On Thursday last Andrew Trucv.
scholar, poet, lawyer and murderer,
died like a dog, amid appalling hor
rors, on the gallows in the dim corri
dor of the Sniethport jail. In all the
history of legal murders In this county
this execution has pre-eminence for
the intense ghastlinlss of the details
ot its consummation.
The Intellectual accomplishments of
the murderer, the social-position of his
family, and the desperate efforts thut
were made to save him. attracted ate
tention to his case broadly over the
country, and the story of his crim
has grown to be a well-worn tale. In
the gloaming of the 18th September,
loio. iu a mad paroxysm of jealous
passion, he shot his beautiful cousin
and whilom sweetheart, Mary Reilly,
to death while her foot trembled al
most on the threshold of her faiher's
door. Catholics, though they loved,
their blood relationship was a fatal bar
to marriage, and parental authority
Intervened to prevent a violation of
tne laws or their church. With the
sentiment of a poet and the concentra
tiveuess of a recluse, Tracy enshrined
the image of this girl in his heart and
WORSHIPPED HIS IDEAL
with the abandonment and fervor of a
devotee. Love of her was the domin
ant passion ot his life, but while he
feltthttt, though for the time lost to
him, she would never be the bride of
another, he was sustained by the hope
mat ineir mutual devotion would in
the end abute the firmness of Mary's
father and that a way would be found
to set aside the objections of the
church. Suddenly mauy-tongued
rumor associated her name with that
of one whom both had united in con
teaming as unworthy, and the dis
tracted lover brought himself to be
lieve that bis idol wus to be forever
lost to him through a marriage witli
bis despised . rival. Reckless, he
plunged into dissipation, and at
moment when his frenzy wus made
furious with rum an untoward fate pre
cipitated the nnfortunate girl into his
very path. On
- . TH1j FATAL NIGHT
they met at the house of a mutual
friend, and with others passed an
hour in pleasant social amusement
At the door Mary aud a friend parted
with Tracy and his cousin, Frank
McCabe, and hurried in the direction
of Mis Reill v's . home. Tracy
watched the dissolving forms of the
Tlie ' co.e
criilu i .r a momoiiLi
u r "-iir'fi fnerxt.v.
sii.u tne qiiick tc .it
i ;dueod the girls to wim . t
Tracy conceived "the idea Uiati
had nccelerated hifr pace to avoid bio-'
Maddened at the Ahoupht", h sprang
after her; her band trembled at her
father's gate, there was a quick flash,
a sharp rcporl, and she fell dead With
a bullet in iier brain, and her crazed
murderenfled into the night. A few
days subsequently he was captured in
tlu,
.rortvufe, in. i., near tne estate lino,
and. (brought to the county tiail in
Sirtetliport, where he remained until
his corpse was taken thence on Jphurs
day lost. , ; ,: i f ; p
TMB TRIAL AND OONVICTIOK." ...
When bought to trial Traev nleaded
guilty to an indictment for murder
with the understanding that the. State
would agree to a commutation of the
sentence to imprison mont. - The de
fense pleaded temporary insanity in
mitigation, and the most strenuous ef
forts were made to Save his life. -. The
condemned man did nof entirely lose
hope until the last legal resort had
been tried lutllely, and many believe
that the Board of Pardons refused tn
entertain the plea of mental derange
ment because of the proofs of the true
grasp of mind and great intellectuality
iurnisaeu oy a poem written by the
prisoner while iu Jail, atid which
was given wide circulation by the
press. That he contemplated death
serenely when he wrohj' the poem,
wuicn mayhap proved his death war
rant, is shown by ..these concluding
lines: . ,
Why should my lips repluet Man's life at
best i
Is but a seasonmlne hnth ever been
Ho void of- siliishine thnt I long to frefil
its eioxmgfscene; lis interests ana iHslreg
Are dead within me. Health Its choicest
loom-, .
Is vanished. But a loftier aim attracts
My aspirations. Unto thee I turn,
O Ifenvonly Father! ns my splrli's hope:
Whose bounty can rennv a thotiMiml iiM
AU losses here? whose never fulling word
Utth promised comfort to the oue that
, A DIRE INFLUENCE.
Another dire influence which the
New l ork Herald says, operated on
the Board of Pardons was that created
by various notes written on newspa
per margins, and which were sent to
the Board by Sheriff Sartwell. "These
notes," the Herald correspondent
says, "which it was asserted hud been
confided by Tracy to ShafTer to be
smuggled out, were requests to certain
of his friends for poison 'with, which
to take his life. The writing was so
small as to be almost illegible. During
the last few days, however,' some
doubt has been cast upon the author
ship of these notes, h'i8" It' $ now
openly alleged that Shaffer, m hope of
securing favor with 'county ffjeers,
wrote the notes himself. 4. 1 have ' seep
the writing of the -two men side by
side, but do not dare to express an
opinion. Shatter is said to be oue of
the best penmen in the 'country..
Tracy's friends und Tracy himself ut
terly disclaim any intent. nn9t or pres
ent, of committing orabetting suicide.
Father Francis Dent, who passed
nearly two hours with the condemned
man this afternoon, stated to me most
emphatically that these stories about
Tracy's intended suicide were false
hoods." Tracy certainly had not the
faintest suspicion of Shaffer's perfidy,
if perfidious he was, as the last lines
that dropped from his pen, but a few
hours-before his execution, were dedi
cated to the man now charged with
being the author of those fearful for
geries, 'l he writing was as follows:
"To J. J). Shaffer:
"Thou hus been to me a brother,
Kind, affectionate, most dear;
And I triint we'll mofitoaulioDitr..
in a holler, better sphere.
December 1, 1870."
Ten days ago the last hope of saving
him was dissipated. On Monday last
he began to seriously prepare for the
end. On that day his brothers, Rev.
Michael Tracy, of Carrollton, Cumbria
county, and Rev. Thos. Tracy, of
Greenville, Mercer county, Pa., arrived
in Sniethport and remained constantly
in attendance upon their unfortunate
relutive until the morning" of his
death. They were joined in ministra
tions to his spiritual comfort by Rev.
Francis Dent, of St. Patrick's Church,
junaiu, lomieriy i racy s tutor,) itev.
j. Aicuinicy, otiiradlc
?V. of Bradford, and Itev.
M. Apple, of Meadville.
ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE GRAVE.
On Wednesday representatives of
the press were permitted to visit Tracy
in his cell on the third and topmost
corridor of the jail. The reporters
were received with as much cordiality
as the puinful circumstances of th
case would jrmit,-nnd in returning
their salutation Tracy said, "I am
feeling as well us any man could under
tne circumstances."
"How did you spend the night?"
"Poorly. was unable to iret nnv
sleep until nearly morning, and was
eariy awaKe, berore eight o'clock. I
have always been a regular night-
uuwk, anu nave generally preferred
darkness to daylight in which tostndv
and meditate upon whatever matters
were uppermost m my inind. I
doubt much whether I have ever been
a very companionable fellow."
the condemned man here mi used
and then said, "You, gentlemen, have
come a long distance to witness thi
terribly sad ceremony. Your people
mum ieci imeresieu in my case. 1 am
runy prepared to meet the awful fate
nun hub uuen assigned me with as
much nerve as I can muster at the
final moment. Yet I cannot tell what
my ability in that direction will be,
and as human nature is weak I cannot
calculate what my strength will bo
when the fatal moment comes. It is
nanny ngnt either, that I should at
tempt to speak with any certainty as
to what I will or will not do. To he
sure, I little expected that the end of
my existence would be in the form of
a felon's death: but the m-ennia of
youth are but illusionarv. 'I'hev ar
dispelled by the disappointments of
maunoou, ana mine are now suddenly
cnueu, uiiue mm iorever. '
' THE LAST SAD NIGHT
The aged mother, four brothers and
two sisters of the condemned passed
nearly the whole of Wednesday in his
cell. .All were prepared fe the final
parting, which took place at 8 o'clock
In the evening. The heartJ.mkMi fam
ily controlled their great grief so fur as
possible, and the demonstrations at
their leave-taking were of a very quiet
though excessively painful character.
Tracy preserved a fair composure until
the time came for him to embrace his
youngest, and favorite sister, when he
lost control -of himself aud wept long
and bitterly. His last'hold upon earth
seemed to fade away from him as his
sorrowing Kindred went In tears from
the narrow cell that has been his
home duriug the last fifteen months.
Rev. M ichael Tracy shared the mourn-
mt vigiis oi wie lost sad night with
Rev. i rancis Dent and Rev. McGinlv
For some time after parting with his
poor old mother, who has perceptibly
withered under her great affliction.
tho attenion of Tracy was turned to
exercises of devotion. For hours
sleep was denied him, and the passing
moments of dread omen were oc
cupied in writing letters to a brother
aud sister and in inscribing little
mementos ' to kindly-remembered
wit
this
u ted ft
Bad gi
Thy sc
mi nil
Oommn
Wrapt i
At tins
When o
I turn m
Are sunk
I alone wn
Thnt light'
hand
Of death I fe
S ow saDPln
xes i must u
And fifty years
1 ,1. nnn. an.,,1,.,. hue.
w li snrina un in tne mean
Will hold me in remembrance.
Pot better things. I hoped
should
leave .-r. . r
The enrm till T had (rained a soh
till T had Kalned a scholar's name,
. . . . . ,. , . i . , i
NomAre of human hope, the wanton vagrant
Ireleotall. Now other oares engross me
Ami my tired soul with emulative hast
Iinks to its God, and pruues its wings tor
r Heaven."
- .; Andrew Tract.
a fitful slumber.
Tired nature at last commanded
recognition, and about half-past four
he dropped Into afltful.dream-haunted
slumber; from which he aroused him
self after an hour and arose to see the
f;ray shadows of the early morning of
lis last day on earth. Then his rev
erend brother Michael prepared to
take his leave. "Be brave, Andy.
Nerve yourself to meet your fate like
a man, brother." "I will, Michael, I
will," replied the poor fellow. One
long, tearful embrace, a smothered sob
or two, and Andrew Tracy was parted
from the lust of his kindred in this
world. Andrew almost immediately
regained his composure ; His brother
Michael went out into the early morn
ing air sobbing like a child, with the
bowed head and abject air of a broken
hearted man.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
The day broke bright and beautiful,
with the gladsome sun beaming like a
bonison upon the pretty village and all
nature seemed to smile in the very
fulness of its living joy. The shadows
dunced as gleefully before the frown
ing portals of the crime-haunted jail
as upon the pure hillside yonder, yet
within, a sin-laden soul was even then
preparing to take Its last awful leap
into the dark. The slight eminence
upon which the jail stands was very
early peopled with curious village
idlers, aud before the sun wus well up
the front of the jail was surrounded by
a crowd, many of whom . remained
until after the legal tragedy was en
acted. Soon after 9 o'clock the solemn
tones of the priests celebrating moss
echoed through the cold and dusky
corridors of the jail. During this cer
eruony the last sacrament of his
church was administered to Tracy and
bo tar as human power availed he was
prepared for eternity.
THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
Inside the tail an imnressive atmos
phere of silence prevailed everything ;
outside a bustling c.owd made hide
ous mockery of death, and relieved the
monotony or waiting with bald aud
heartless gibings at the late ot the
doomed wretch, whose every pulsation
was as a toot-beat toward the grave.
The ceaseless clamor rung its changes
upon the chances of the morbid mob
to witness the lust agony of the law's
victim, and the owner of a Sheriff's
pass was regarded as a person to be en
vied. The time or the execution had
boou act at 1:30. The reporters, phy
sicians, jurymen, and those invited by
. 1 ti : . . i. .. . 1. . j- . i .
me ouemi, iu tne uumuui ui uuoui
fifty, were admitted between H and 1
o'clock.
THE MURDEROUS INSTRUMENT OF THE
LAW.
The scaffold was built in the main
corridor, on the first floor of the jail
A night ot ten steps led to the plat
form, eight feet square, and raised
abuve the floor seven feet, the ton
nearly reaching the landing of the
first gallery. The trap doors extended
from a point near the center to within
a few inches of the buck of the plat
form, where the sustaining rope was
fixed. From an eye-bolt in the ceiling,
twenty feet above, a thin and hooked
bar of iron was suspended. To the
lower hook a small log-chain was fas
tened, and from this the rope and
noose dunglcd. Three chairs were on
the platform, and, to complete the
paraphernal ia, Court-crier Ivnapp laid
a small broad-axe close to the railing,
on the floor of the gallery, at the rear
of the scaffold, where it would be
within easy reach of the executioner.
and where it was fully exposed to the
view or the sad procession on the way
to the gallows. Doors were placed be
fore till the cells, thus shutting oif the
view of the prisoners.
About Io cIock the twelve lurvmen
arranged themselves on either side the
scaffold in the main corridor. In their
midst Tracy's coffin with its funeral
covering, wus a conspicuous object.
The jury was composed of William F.
Ormsby, J. W. Starks, D. M. Wright,
la. O. Chadwlck, Jabez Jseckwith, Jr.,
Leslie H. Kurd, Herbert Bard, Joseph
Barnes, H. L. Wilson, Gilbert Ly
man, Tearney McCuen, B. Frank
Corwln. At 1:15 Tracy was notified
that his time had come, when the
Eriests assisted hiin in putting on a
lack gown which covered his entire
person like a domino. Then the
sheriff finally adjusted -the rope and
chain so as to give Tracy a fall of
nearly six feet, after which, accom
panied by Under-sheriff H. L. Sart
well and Deputies T. L. Sartwell and
P. L. Knap lie proceeded to the cell of
the condemned. The crowd was
hushed, every eye followed the Sheriff
and his posse, aud the dim corridors
were actually ghastly in the semi
gloom which pervaded them, and
which was accentuated by tne uncer
tain tiickeriiigs of a dull-flamed lan
tern that hung from the right gallery
above the scaffold.
THE MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD.
A very few moments and the
sheriff emerged from the cell closely
followed by Father Smith, or Mead
ville, and just behind the latter the
drooping form of Tracy, shrouded in
black aud supported on el. her side ny
Fathers Dent and McGinley. Father
McGiuley walked -a trifle ia advance,
holding within easy reach ef Tracy's
lips a crucifix, on which wus a graven
image of Christ. On this the eyes of
Tracy rested without ceasing, and
during nis passage down the nrst night
of stairs he kissed it repeatedly while
responding to the invocations or the
priests. His head was bowed, but his
step was slow and firm. Every hat
was off aud all eyes were fastened
upon him, but there was no responsive
look from the prisoner. The low in
toning of the priests aud the measured
tread of the awful procession were the
only sounds that disturbed the omin
ous silence. Through the half light
of the gallery and down the second
flight of stairs they passed into full
and sudden view of the engine of
death, yet Tracy never raised his head,
and he again came within the view of
the galleries, firmly mounting -the
steps of the scaffold. '
V
3
frl prX
t the w.V
1 w. I feelW
henoe wta.
was pro
whose voice wl
.
tion and his eyes
tears, as he completed
for the dying and prompted
repeating the Invocation given before,
While these services were proceeding !
he was pinioned at the ankles, above
the knees, and around the arms, aud
then the Sheriff said; , ! -. .; i
"Andrew Tracy, have you anything
to say why the sentence of death
should not be executed?" ' ' "', ,
Tracy faintly responded in the nega
tive, and Father Dent at the same
time speaking for him, said, "No, he
has nothing to say. He loves hu
manity and forgives all his enemies;
don't you, Andy?" Tracy faintly an
swered, "Yes, ldo."
. "on, god! this is butchery!"
At 1:49 the noose was adjusted, the
an
black cap wus put 'on, and while a
faint murmur came from behind the
hideous surroundings of his head, iu
response to the exhortations of the
priests, the attendants were signalled
away from the trap, there was the
sound of a sharp blow, then a second
shock, as the black object shot below
the surface of the platform, paused
for a moment, and, swinging to the
right, fell with a sickening thud in a
horrible heap close to the coffin on the
floor below, while the ravelling noose
spun swiftly from the neck of the dy
ing man and swung in seeming mock
ery over his tortured body. ''Oh,
God! this is butchery!" strong men ex
claimed, turning pale, and a great hor
ror swept over the spectators as the
cry went up that the rope had broken.
The greatest excitement prevailed and
a rush was made for the gallows.
Sheriffs' deputies kept back' the crowd
and the block and inanimate heap,
that a moment before was a man, was
hustled like a bug of salt through the
trap-doors to the platform of the scaf
fold. It was dumped on a chair, and
as men's eyes again turned in thut di
rection it was seen that Father Mc
Ginley had swayed over against the
railing almost in a fuinting condition,
and that Fathers Dent and Smith
were barely able to stand. Perspira
tion streamed from Sheriff Sartwell's
face, in which was an expression of the
utmost horror. A new rope was taken
and while another knot was being tied
the fearful discovery was made that
Tracy was rapidly recovering con
sciousuess. 1 he men at the rope
worked with frantic haste, but long
before things were again in readiness
for the certain dispatch of the poor
suffering wretch, in the black bag, he
had fully recovered his senses aud in
AGONIZING GASPS.
responded to the tearful invocations
of Father Dent. His last words died
away in a gurgling murmur, and as
he was moved to his pluce on tne trap.
and before the noose was adjusted the
second time, Tracy .hunted, and when
the drop fell he was unconscious, aud
died without a struggle, the victim of
one of the most frightful executions in
the criminal annals of this country
The noose had been tested the day
previous with an ltJO-pound bag of
sand, and Sheriff Sartwell believes it
was tampered with by curious specta
tors on the day of the execution. He
will, however, never cease to regret
thut he failed at the last moment to
make an examination so critical as to
provide against an accident of such an
appalling character. Ten minutes
after the drop fell life was extinct,
The remains were placed in the coffin
that had been provided by his sister
Mary, to whose bouse they were taken
and from thence to the Catholic
church of this village, from which
they were takeu for burial on Friday.
the lust mass having been celebrated
by his tutoi7 pastor, and friend.
Father Francis Dent. He was buried
at bis own request on his mother's
farm beneath the spot where bis mur
dered love first plighted her troth to
hiin.
A Brief Biography.
Tracy was born iu Smethport,
where he lived until he was twelve
years of age. At thut age he was re
garded as reserved and thoughtful in
uiuner, and this characteristic marked
him in alter years, lie was never
known to enter into any of the vil
luge sports, and at the school he at
tendee! he was noted as a very studi
ous boy. .Leaving home at twelve
years of age, he entered the Allegany
Divinity School, a Catholic institution
in Cattaraugus county, where his eld
est brotber Kev. Michael Tracy, was
then acting as u professor. Disregard
ing the earnest desire of his parents
thut he should enter the prieshood,
us his two brothers hud done, he re
turned to Sniethport in 18jSi, having
determined to fit himself for the legal
protession. Atter a brier visit to his par
ents he went to uouneuutviue Urow
ford county, and became a law student
in the office of S. J. Thomas. Here
for two years his application to study
wus so close that he was rarely seen
at social gathering, . his acquaintance
were few, and there were not many
who did not lock upon him with
favor. From Conneautville he went
to Greenville and became connected
with the office of A. D. Gillespie. It
was at this place that he made appli
cation to be admitted to the bar,
passed a fine examination and soon
after entered upon the practice of the
law, going to Mercer and connecting
himself with the office of Griffith &
Mason. He entirely lacked business
talent and uever prosecuted his pro
fesslou to the extent of having a case
in court. His Intellect was of an in
troupective character, and he was only
uappy wnen mined in nis boots.
- Tracy's Own Defence.
During his confinement Tracy wrote
several stories of his crime, and his
own instification.
The statement confided to Schuffer
is much the more exhaustive of all
those written. It was the wish of its
author thut it be retained until after
his death. It began with a review of
the trial. Aftejr thanking Judge
Williams lor his good intentions in
recommending him to mercy, Traoy
declares mat the Judge was dellber
ately tricked and deceived by the
District Attorney, several newspa-
thitr
Tracrw
endTC"rnw
Incr mine ?"
are propounaea oi Wi
nature, The condemns , .
to say that . the ,madna -oi
pointed love grew Vjxro fclrtt
tight. He at lasV, tp-" '4
into believlnp thaiL
tended to kill him. -,t
delusion soon took .
that whatever he 1. - '
was sanctioned cr. I II
train of reasoning
him was, he decia V 'incre
intemperance," iiiAk 1 1 tl:
night as he was folAt ' lAe
of his love, .me aaf U ' wn
suddenly began
tie viwH
ituker aa
thouirh she knew
aind and
wished to escape nm,'-. lw arte inetans
mounted to his brain ibedemon of
despair. He believed, ths, the "was '-.
about to forsake him. v ile-, was mad. " ,
He killed her at the ttoor'iof the b- v .
reaved father's bouse. 'He S-ys of her Y.
corpse that the sight oftt M -died' all:,.
the blows and 111 ust&e IwM the de- i
dares the father to have Indicted upon
the poor dead gl. " iie uien entered t
upon a defence jriVtbe -frHfrhg Vlady, '
whose character 'h! Hev been as
sailed. Thestatementhncralef With
an expression of hope toireJd'Aer ia
heaven. fhM'W' ""
His Story VJLoWy'
Anothed statement Was as foUOwflfV
lather Btnithuear i rTienar- j
y ano
Sweij
2i
rt
ioct ( V
anion iv,
are no doubt aware trun k nave oevst j- - .
traduced and - beKri'-by hialltolooa .
people. - Such blgotvd organs as thet . J
Miner and Era haw frequently stated .r r-
in ' editorials" (vMek iMweW, ea". '
erally bore niarksvef gratuitous fteipr.
from without) ibat 1 harbofed rev
vengeful feelihgs agatnst Mary because t
she would not act in opposition to the
dictates of her conscience. Never waa . .!
there a more glaring, more wilful false-
hood. Reveugeftil feelings, indeedl I
No one that knows me will believe it, )
unless those woo nate me tor my re- ;
ligion, and they Vilt only pretend t-i
believe it. As nr '-conscience, wb
both were awart of the rule in thev :
Catholic Church, but we also Were
aware that there had often been ex :
ceptious to that ruley and wtay not taJT.-
our caset -witnouv.maKing-us wore .
Catholics, since the Church allowed of
these exceptions? indeed, at no time
did she express such determination to:
remain nrm as sne aia aiter uie swriu
of opposition hadiieen madeonjrelig
ious grounds, - jsnertiy aujr ims iu
omened occurrence-: I lufwrnied her
that if it was" her WICN the might con
sider herself free5 from t ft t fcageinent
and might, with; myr-'seit, marry
whom she pleasfjd. twov.- 4 he were a
worth v person. ? Her tjsv it.was that
hIip would never mart? .ther: but '
. 1 . . . n1,n I.,,-,!, bfMM ttrffMII II .ftAVOP 'tin 'J J ' f
married. Pleased "with her constancy,
with her loyalty ,'desplte alii obstacles,
i nuoe n er nonw. it wa uu ium wn
gave utterance w tne most Boiemn r. y ; v;
vows or truth, caning upon uou w , .
witness those . vows, lhan,'wulch la y v'
my estimation.inothing could be more
Dinuing. liieuoeuMiu, , i.Kuuiu uut t
ICKHIU il Y uwiifljv,.',. r- o
... .4 ao. MllH f v mm binnA with : .
RUIUUiuiu w W ' ' ' - . .
sincerity. I don't b! o her for every- j
thing going wrongrt,,.. unsouie pun.- f
influence will do ry thing. But I :-.;.r
could not stand' the t !lght of seeing ii
her in unworthy hnv. Umaddened. f
me to hear stookea cf, as-a common".-:
tonic her association .With one whose?.
lewd character wfc notorious one
whose worthleene"., '' hypocrisy and ?
immorality hat rre:
zsiy excited ner
loathing, as cat! be f
It seems to m
i toy per letters.'.-
actions might
have been mac r
Mich a person
Jmjng to have
i . reasonable as
gainst me. . I
never credited
hef until the
by those hath; ?'
authority oblej; ...
those that warefc
don't blame her
the reports cpne
last moment. ,
matter In the tear 1
: to her of the r
f. others would!.;' .
( comment, ' jft ',)
t enough. , On ,y .'
lit I. had sonwf . '
only excite unpli
which there nao o.
that unfortunate ,11'
verses vine ttjJiJv" -wu v m "'"? f:, -naire
of that nrayeivoook I left witll
- , . l . 1 .... n.. tUA fl ili
you for John,) whlS I meant to have p'l
given ner in tne tur tnat uiey wuuip y ...
cause her innate sef '. of right to pr-, v H
vail over the devi of others, w , -
hope was dashed I artb at the ns . -I
kn Nothing. Make ..-
all this public whe (Bhall have lift . .
this SintUl world,;: sooner. . I uum . v f " '
in Christ, ' . . A TJtAC -...Ll-,
rprav for me. hcJ vjontlnue as' you
have always hH;p, tL? warm friend of :
niv neonle. .1 havaalways reitthat l;
was not iowin yomi ouihuhi. iwi
J I r . , v....
know that I ;.hve Jpal
been unfortu-
nate. very unfc;"' un
but not a wll- ' '
ful doer or wr-
lose who have- ,
been at th be. jin o'
U evil will be ,
judged by a higher t
unai than any-V
The day before h
death he ad-f-v -
dressed the for - ing
"atner ism tin: - ,
As the d , 'r-thirstdht after the ,
itrlht after the
fountain of If r wUew. even so my,'.. ::..
soul thirsteth
t tile Aimlghty God
T veurn Into l ..ovd ffinm thia rljay
or ureary iv ueueiwotfvuooTje.
ker, there w-enjoy me epieadors ol
day that shall sever "be ftllowd V
night, l feat my ownnmtor'blr- (
and yet I feel a perfect Wnridt-iH--. i
the internal r aiuer, ioriif mer
without bounds. I trus -lilt He
for the sake and
a suffering
arms. Deal
urougk . t jue
recel I into
erbmf.. Itr
will mentioL t
acquaintance tl
celebrate a ,1 "
aware that l . r
every i Jt
t I woulohav
i for "fiie.1
r .-ry ant fctr
not love of )
Uce, was tfc t
my being pe
uted as Us,
enemies eaft t jiurt meir m
Is all I have of real va! You v..
shown yoursejj whi vfsuan J
a friend to in. s" 1 1 hopJod will r-
ward you for i. I ask yclulso ia l
a friend to my brothers .;ir j
my motherr Prevent -1 . t
grieving in tlielef stove ul 3,
will be so immeasurah' ' Y s l0
X . xour in
:V '.-.','' AND
fit
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