Show Death from Fright PHILADELPHIA Pa March 6 Yesterday Yester-day when Dr Goersen was hanged two convicts confined in the prison were terribly ter-ribly affected by the knowledge of what was going on Joseph Barrett 55 years old confined in a cell near the gallows showed intense interest in the hanging but information was denied him His cell wassealed during the execution but Barrett must have heard the footsteps of the solemn procession on its way to the gallows When his cell was opened he was found dead Death is attributed to fright The other man Joseph Taylor under sentence of murder became delirious with fear He heard the noise as he satin sat-in his cell The echo of the falling doors had hardly died away when the murderer was found writhing convulsions |