John H. Swift Hanged

Habtfoh, Conn., April Ifl. - John H. Swift was banjied here at 10:l(i o ciock for the muider of his wife. Tue prooesslon with the piisoix;r left the :i;ll of the doomed man atlUrlii His lega had been plnlonèd, and at 10:10 the black caj) was BÜpped ovei the prisoner's head and the drop instantly feil. The body was taken down after hauging twenty-four minutes. His ncck was broken, but the physicians say, notwithstandinjr this, the real cause of doath was stranguiation. lt wlll readily bo understood that there were no sensational features to report concerning an execution where ouly three minutes elapse from the time the prisoner leaves his cell until the drop falla, and when his ncck is broken by the fall. iSwift waa marriod when only !9 years oí ttge to a woman two years older than lilmsolf, but his idlo und dissipntcd hablts soon forced his wife to leave him. On July 7, 1887, while in a saloon whore ho had been employcd as a plano player, he expressed his intention oí killing bis Wlie. ut tbe same time clisplaylng a revolver. A few bours lator he met har returning from the stop wbeie sne worked and asked her to lire witb him. She refused and turned to run away; whrreupon he flred th fatal sbot. Sbo lived long enoub to make a brief sta temeot. I