Evening gazette, Wednesday, April 14, 1897 · page 8

 

' MURDERENSEXECUTED

l‘wo Slayers of Women ‘Die on the
Gallows In Jersey City.

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AooouMoDATnio MAOKIN.

In Order to leige Genz He Allowed Him-
self to Be Hanged Fi'rst—Crinies For
’ W'hicii the Two “v'l'etciies Suf-
ered the Death Penalty.

Jersey City, April 14.———.For the first
time in the history of Jersey City a
double hanging occurred today in the
Hudson “county jail. Paul Genz and
John Mackin, murderers of women,
were executed. Mackin was the first
to be hanged. The drop fell at 10:09
a clock In three minutes the body was
lowered. The heart was beating, but

‘ the pulse greVV fainter, and at 10:26 he
was pronounced dead. On the scaffold
he said a few words attributing his
cownfall to diink.

The hanging of Genz followed, the
drop falling about 11 o’.c10ck Death
was almost instantaneous. Genz had
requested that Mackin be executed
first, and as the latter did not object,
the sheriff obliged him. Hangman
Van Hise was in charge of the execu-
tion.

Last Hours of the liIurderers.

The two murderers passed their last
night quietly. Mackin fell asleep at
11:30 o'clock and slept soundly until
8:30 o’clockthis morning. Genz also
went to sleep early and did not awaken
until after 6 o’clock today. Both men
were apparently resigned to their fate.

Mackin’s family paid him a final visit
yesterday afternoon. His father, moth-
er, cousin and Zl/z—year—old child came
to his cell. His father and mother re-
mained until 10 o‘clock. then they said
a final farewell to Mackin his mother
became hysterical and had to be help—
ed to the warden’s private office, where
she fainted. Mackin took his son up in
his arms: and prayed that he be kept
from his 'father‘s fate.

Mackin wrote letters after they left
up to the time he went to bed, and be-
gan again as soon as he arose this
morning. He wrote a letter to Warden
Lennon thanking him for the kind
treatment he had received from the
warden, matron and other officers of
the jail. Then the murderer knelt and
prayed with Father Smith of St. Jo-
seph’s church, who had been his spirit—'
ual adviser for some weeks.

Both men had become deeply reli-
gious as the day of their hanging ap—
proached. Pastor Meury of the Dutch
Reformed church remained with Genz
until 10 o'clock last night, returning at
1 o’clock this morning. Although they
formerly did not speak to each other,
Genz and Mackin became reconciled at
the last.

Many visitors, including his counsel,
came to see Genz today. Genz express-
ed a desire to be cremated, so his body
will be taken to the Fresh Pond crema-
tory on Long Island. Arrangements
were made for Mackin’s interment at
Holy Cross cemetery.

Clara Arnim was murdered by her
lover, Paul Genz, in their rooms on the
third floor of 107 Hudson street, Hobo-
ken, on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1894,
because he learned that she had been
unfaithful to him. Genz had known
the woman for about six months. They
became engaged almost immediately
and went to live together. Genz ob-
tained a place as firéman on an ocean
steamship, and upon his return to Ho-
boken after one of his voyages heard
that the Arnim girl had been unfaith-
ful to him in his absence. He forgave
her, how ever, and went away on anoth—
er trip.

 

 

 

Genz’s Crime.

When he returned from this voyage
on Aug. 24, he found that the girl had
gone again to live with another man.
He went after her and coaxed her to
go with him to their rooms at 107 Hud—
son street, where the following day the
girl confessed that she had been un—
faithful to him. Genz then became very
angry, upbraided her and threatened
to shoot her lover on sight. The man
'he sought, however, had left town, as
Genz learned the following day in a

K Search for him.

Finding that he could not reach her
lover, Genz deliberately planned to mur—
der Clara Arnim. He bought a revolver
on the afternoon of Aug. 28 at a shoot-
ing gallery and received instructions as
to its use. He also purchased some
flowers, remarking to the storekeeper
that they were to be used at a funeral.
Then, about 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
Genz went to the Hudson street apart-
ments, passing the door of the second
floor rooms, where Clara Arnim was
with another woman.

The Arnim girl saw her lover pass the
door and immediately followed him up
stairs. He locked the door when she en-
tered; then, turning to face her, he fired
five shots at her. Four took effect. She
was still alive when the other tenants
of the building broke down the door,
‘ . and Genz was crying hysterically over

her body on the floor. The girl died al-

most immediately. Genz made no at—
tempt to escape, but continued to weep
over the face of the girl.
Genz received two trials on account of
'a technical error in the judge’s charge
in the first trial, which lasted two days.

The second trial was also of two days’

duration and ended likewise in a verdict

of murder in the first degree. "Genz
heard his sentence stoically.

Mackin Killed Two \Vomen.

Because possession of his child was re-
qued him, John Mackin shot and killed
his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Con-
ners, at the Conners home, at 110 Philip
street, Jersey City, on the night of Feb.

27, 1896. He also tried to kill his father-

in-law, Maurice Conners, but the bullet

inflicted only a bad flesh wound.

Mackin’s wife left him in January,

1896, because of his brutal treatment,

taking with her their only child and

going to live with her father. Mackin
called at the house about noon on Feb.

27, but went away when he learned that

his wife-was not there. He returned

about 6 o’clock in the evening with a.

revolver he had purchased in the after-

noon. Conners, who met him at the
rear door, refused to let his son—in-law
into the house or to see his child.

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father-in-law, hitting 'him in the neck.

Mrs. Mackin heard the shot and ranto

the door. Her husband fired two shots

. at her, killing her instantly. .Mrs. Con-
. 4., ners hurried to the door, and the mur—

' derer emptied his revolver of the two

 

' shots it contained.

Mackin then fired one shot at his

 

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She fell dead beside
her daughter. Then Mackin left.

To a barkeeper in a- neighboring sa-
loon Mackin said that he had killed the
Whole Conners family. The barkeeper,
although half incredulous, called a po-
liceman, who placed Mackin under ar-
rest. At the Conners home they found

the two dead bodies, with Maurice Con-'

ners moaning 0Ver them.

Mackin made an attempt to kill him
self in the police station by cutting his;
throat with a razor which he had con--
cealed in his shoe. He nearly succeed—

. ed, but his life was saved by care and

attention at the hospital, where he oc-
cupied a cot next to his father-in-law.
The jury was .out 45 minutes at his
trial, which occupied four days. Mack-
in received the verdict and sentence
with stolid composure.

THE YOiIKERS BANK HOLD UP.

No Trace Yet of the 311311 VVlio Robbed the
Institution of‘ $4,400.

Yonkers, N. Y., April 14.—The Yon—
kers police have as yet no clew of the
robbers who held up Lyman Cobb, Jr.,
cashier of the Yonkers Savings bank,
with a revolver and stole $4,400 from
the cash (l1awer.
a vague idea of what the men looked
like, .and the best info1mation as to
their identity was received from Joseph
Leadbeater and William Kenney, th0

men who work in one of the hat facto--

ries and who happened to be passing
the bank at the time on their way to
dinner. They saw the robbers come
down the steps and look around and
then start quickly down Hudson street
toward the Hudson River railroad.
Looking up at the bank 'window, they
saw Mr. Cobb come to the window and
wave his hands in an excited manner,
but they took no particular notice of
the occurrence and passed on. They
did not hear Mr. Cobb make an outcry,

,and he says himself that he was too

excited to speak at the moment. One
of the robbers is described as being of
medium height, stout and wearing a
sandy mustache. He was dressed in
light colored clothes“.

THE G‘LOBE BANK SCANDAL.

Part ‘of the University Endowment Bonds
0 Sold and Hypothecated.

Chicago, April 14.—The disappearance
of $400,000 of endowment bonds of the
University of Illinois has caused a gen-
eral scanning of securities held by the
different banking institutions in this
city, and it has been discovered that
the First National bank has in its
vaults nearly $200,000 of the bonds
which formed the endowment fund of
the university of which President C. W.
Spalding of the insolvent Globe Savings
bank, as treasurer of the university,
was the custodian; others are held as
collateral for loans made to Mr. Spald-
ing. Another national bank is said to
hold some of the bonds. Some trace
of the cash belonging to the University
of Illinois has also been found. On Sat—
urday, April 3, the last business day be—
fore the failure ~of the Globe Savings
bank, Herbert Skinner, Mr. Spalding' 5
private secretary, drew $15, 000 from the
Globe Savings bank and deposited it in
the Northwestern bank to Mr. Spald—
ing’s private account.

» Guarded In Death by His Dog. '

Middletown, N, Y., April 14.—The
dead body of John Ryan was found near
the Erie railroad tracks here today,
guarded by his dog. When a policeman
endeavored to put the corpse into the
undertaker's wagon, the dog attacked
him fiercely, biting him on the arm.
Ryan was run over last night by an
Erie train, and the dog had never left
his side.

Bald \Vill Race His Rivals.

Buffalo, April 14.—The Express prints
3. letter from Edward C. Bald, the bicy-
clist, in which he says he is ready to
take up some of the challenges hurled
at him in this order: First, Owen Kim-
ball, at Fountain Ferry track, first Sat-
urday in May; second, Tom Cooper, at
Detroit, on Decoration day; third, Wal-
ter Sanger; fourth, Hackenberger of
Denver.

Charges Husband \Vith Cruelty.
Dover, Del., April 14.—Mrs. Laura
Crocker Acklan of Cleveland. 0., ap-
peared before the joint legislative com-
mittee on divorce and testified in her

suit for a separation from William.

Hayes Acklan of “Washington. She
charged her husband with extreme
cruelty and desertion.

Asphyxiated by Natural Gas.

Pittsburg, April 14.—James Charles,
night watchman at the Alleghany
Heating company’s plant, and John
Steele, a friend who spent last evening
with him, were found dead today in
the regulating house. It is supposed
that they were asphyxiated by an ex-
plosion of natural gas.

Famous Correspondent Dead.

Lebanon, Pa, April 14.—Colonel D. C.'-

Forney died today at his home in this
city from brain trouble, aged 70 years.
Colonel Forney soon after the breaking
out of the war moved to Washington,
where he established a reputation as
correspondent for many newspapers.

Judge Hughitt Dead.’

Auburn, N. Y., April 14. -—Judge
Hughitt, who has been gradually sink—
ing since sustaining a stroke of apo-
plexy last Friday, is dead. He had been
county judge for 14 consecutive years
and was one of the leading members of
the bar. His age was 63.

No Advertising on Old Glory.

Albany, April 14.—Senat0r Grady’s bill
prohibiting the desecration of theAmer—
ican flag by using it for advertising pur-
poses passed tlie senate Without debate
today by a vote of 29 to 15.
Union Spinners Strike. T'

Blackstone, Mass.,April 14.—The spin-
ners employed at the Blackstone Cotton
mill here went on strike today. They
refused to work with one spinner who
would not join the union.

For an Additional Commissioner.
Albany, April 14. — The senate has
passed, by a vote of 30 to 8, the bill of
Senator Brackett providing for an ad-
ditional railroad commissioner at a. sal—
ary of $8,000.

“’holesale Liquor Dealers Fail. -
San Francisco, April 14. —— Coblentz,
Pike & Co., wholesale liquor dealers,
have failed, with liabilities of $100, 000.

. Nominally the assets exce:d the liabili-

ties.

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