The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

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SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.
The New York papers report a fearful peens which
took place about a fortnight since at an execution at
Newport, Kentucky :

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A man named Allen P. Eggleston was apprehended some
months ago in an attempt to rob the house of Captain
Mentor, and, in endeavotuing to escape, shot at and killed
that gentleman. Aboat 15,000 persou assembled to witness
the execution. According to the reports, agglestoa,
pallid and weak, unable to walk without aid from the
wounds him chains had inflicted, but gam and resolute,
was led upon the scaffold. He looked around at the
vest crowd, 'with an. exprerion of weakness and resigna-
tion, • troubled look, • shade of korrow, not tintingel
with dhgust,' and than he fixed Ms eyes on the
bright sky and the forest-clad hills The death-warrant
wu read, and Eggleston, supported by two men, roes
to make his dying speech. It was the old story. Bad
company, a bad life, pmtestation—in many cues trua,
I we think—that murder was not Intended, repentance, and
willisguees to die, in was not drunk, as are tumally the
victims .4 the scaffold, for no drunken man would hen
thus gently, rebuked the crowd, eager for the horrible
tragedy. I feel qVy sorry," he said, "to me m many
people here, for 1 gel, teat most of them came heterthrougn
idle cariotity. I feet that they don't realise that they have
got to die tbemsalvesmnd that many may die on the gallows
Itke car, put or I us. rbbour to at.. I maa very, very sorry tor
see so many here to look at this, and to see so many women
and children here to-day.' Eggleaton'sarms were new bound
and the rope plead around In. neck. The white hood was
drawn over tils face, and, still unable to stand, strong bands
supported him on the trap. is he said "God blase you !" to
his executioners, the drop fell, and the body flashedin the air.
What followed was more horrible than death. The body
le/I through with great force—the knot slipped, and with • fell
of eight int the wretched man's body struck she ground,
his head bumping against the woodwork with • thug that
could be heard 100 feet off. The scene of horror elec-
trified the 15,000 spectator.. • murmur of horror and
disgust went the length and breadth of the crowd, and
they moved forward With a Motion like that of an immense
ware to see what would follow. It was at flee minutes
after one o'clock that the horrible event occurred The
ofhoen quietly raised the man, all stunned and bleeding
from his terribly lacerated neck as he wth carried him up
the stem to the death hole again, and gave him some
water. WithoUt a word of complaint or an expression of
pain, with the Old look of meekness and resignation light-
ing up hie face, and saying simply, "Gentlemen don't let
that oath, Vein I" he submitted to the preparation for his
execution He was again lifted on the gallows and hanged!
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The New York Tribune adds: "What became of his
soul we know not, but the crowd went home to dinner."

VERY PARTICOLAR!—A letter from Stockholm
in the French papers says that the Swedish corvette,
Naiad, during a late voyage on the Spanish °oast,
saved the crow of the English steamer the Geelong,
which way in distress. The Captain, it is added,
refused to follow his crew on board the Swedish vessel
before he had shaved himself. "It would be un-
gentlemanly," he said, '' to show myself on board a
foreign vessel before I have shaved; and the Swedish
captain sees obliged to wait until this operation had
been effected. Scarcely had the Captain got on board
the Naiad when his own steamer went down.