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• Kinging ot Gallion.We are fold that Sheriff Yannice, of Henry coujity, is overcrowded with appli* cations for permission to see the hanging? ni _ n* • i o 4 t_ .of Clem. Gallion, on Friday, September U th. The J ldge having w isc y ordered him hung wit! in the prison enclosure, the number oft persons who can be admittedto the scene is necessarily small.We neve- saw a man hung, and wenever want to. While we believe the sentence against Gallion is legally and morallv just, we haVe no desire whatever to see itexecuted. [In*a certain sense it may be an elevating sight to witness a fellow mortal swung inta eternity. But we w'ould farrather attend Gal lion's funeral, to a quiet graveyard, {after a death caused by disease or accident! in the line ot his duty.If the Htnry county Sheriff be wise, he will not only build a strong gallows and equip it sokhat it will be beyond the per-adventure Of an accident, but he will sternly limit the number of spectators of the hor-No man nor woman can beriblemorally benefited by the gratification of amorbid cu The desire who give c:iosity to see somebody hung itself is not creditable to thosepression to it.
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Moline Review Dispatch
Moline, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 22, 1881
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