Show PLEASANT A Best Execution Ever Put on Record Rec-ord in Chicago Chicago Feb 19 Daniel McCarthy was hanged at noon today for the murder mur-der of his wife The execution was marred by no accidents at d was pronounced pro-nounced the best that has ever taken place in the Cook county jail McCarthy Mc-Carthy was cool and collected I was expected that he would make a statement state-ment on the scaffold but he did not utter a word 9j uter I t THE CRIME U The crime for which Daniel McCarthy C 1 Mc-Carthy today gave up his life was the r murder on Mav 1 1896 of his wife Adeline McCarthv Mrs McCarthy had left her husband on account of his drunken habits and abuse and had Bone to live with her mother Fain after several attempts to induce her to return McCarthy while Intoxicated on the morning of MaY 12 shot and in stamly killed her He fled but three days later surrendered At his trial he plead guilty attributing the deed to drunkenness He was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged October 2 1896 Thedeath sentence was unexpected unex-pected by McCarthy who claimed that the assistant states attorney had agreed upon a plea of guilty to recommend J rec-ommend a life sentence Governor Altgeld at the request of the assistant states eranted stay of i Sif e attorney eg3 a execution from October 23 to Feb 19 Governor Tanner was appealed to to ii commute the death sentence to life fer imprisonment but he refused to inter Another HopeStretcher Wilmington Del Feb 19Thomas Willis was hanged In the jail yard at New Castle at noon today Willis I murdered his 1Smpnthsold daughter near Newark on lay 4 last |