The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-10-20 00:00:00

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CIIAMPIONSIFIP or SITIDLNT.—Renry &miter,
end Henry Bush, two young men, have been charged
before the magistrates with asesulting Samuel Walters.
The complainant, it seems, bad dedared himself to be
the "champion of Stadia." and had expressed his
re,dinees ' to warm four dupe my morning before
breakfast." This appears to have been regarded in
throwing down the &mantled to the village &wenn, who
oonsidered their honour at steke. Consornently the
defendants accosted the complainant, and beat him
severely. The magistrates lined Bimister El and 7se
costa, and Bush 10s. and 7s. costa.
COLLISION ON TIN Oftirt WINTI/11 RAILWAY. —A
eollision happened on Friday on the Barks end Hint,
Betio/ion line, 'mind by the Orsat Western Hallway.
Company. Between Devine and Hiusgerford the tragic
Is winked by means of • single line, and accident' on
the braneh are of ism ocourrence. On Friday morning
the elver Wale due at Peddingke at a quarter-pest
eleven left Devisee station as usual at 810, and two.
eroded safely until within half • mile of &remake,
where there is • siding and goods shed, and into this
siding the express ran instead of continuing sta
along the line to lievernake station, where it =el:
to stop at nine o'doek. A number of goods trucks were
standing in the shed at the time, and with these the
express come into eollision with a tearful crash, causing
great alum to the whole of the paeungen. The engine
ens thrown up over the goods truaks and entirely
disabled, while several of the trucks were s in
addition to which • portion of the shed srs7ltted
down. information of the collision was forwarded to
Savereake and also to Reading as quickly as possible,
and labourers were soon 'wavered to the man of the
undant. A goods train stood at Sauenrake Junction,
end this engine being &tubed from it proceeded to Surbage and took on the express train, but not before •
delay of nearly three hours had been sedated. It
wonld appear that by some means on other the points at
Barbege siding were not properly tuned.

An Faterion Run took *so at smouth on
Thursday. A meeting of the electors vu celled to hear
Sir Lawrence Palk and Lord Courtenay, end about ek
a the Italie tenantry on horsebaok attended an a kind of
amateur body-guaad. In the course of the proesedlop.
which were oi every stormy alaroster, the mob attacked
the horsemen with stones, and the humus shamed the
mob, fortunately without fusing any loud life, thee
rural women sod Adidas bed seam seeepes.

A Palmist. Anstortres—• Waxer yam Maine
epos Use powers of 10171 U( soya*, to *ow
oe some esysbiog tsrps=lt. • bearer devesmid,
and issisaesd a young lady Tito seed to Minot him 13
miles every fias&y.

TaintnatogTil GAUT wad ottertereed toe day in Me
marriage, sad baring sod liberally reeled ble eager ea
the oreatuase, be asked eltai be 'odd nay in enrage .1him want it skill. " Did Foe sever au.t battlr r was
the interrogatory ot We tearless Jobe. The King wae
petaled.

Mumma WITH 811177.—A 'Mythic ma of hoes,.
sing tome before the Woolwich mrigistrstes on Friday,
in siklch • respectable man was stupefied, and DOD bee
ID • DeDIDIDDIe state from cenceetion of the brain. in
soosequenoe of snuff hayloft been put into his beer by •
sallovlike looking person who had futeeed upon
No evidence is given to show that the poor fellow was
robbed; but should he die, which trent the medical
testimony seems likely, the prisoner will be placed ins
most imprimis position..

Thu PIOPOSED Tun= Brim, Faison Amp
EMMA/D.—Au address, sigeed by about • hundred
influential persoos, including several noblemen, mem-
bers of parlament, and business men, has been presented
to the Emperor Napoleon, begging his Majesty to give
his support to the proposed plan fore submarine tunnel
between Franes and Ragland. The memorialists con-
sider that the work by strengthening the hoods which
unite the two countries will be of immense advantege to
both, and a " memorable example of onecord offered to
other nations."

MIL GLADSTOII IILiCTIONZZ/ING. Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Grenfell began their electoral campaign in
South-went Luicsaahire last week. Large audience,
sounbled to bear the leaders of the Opposition at
Warrington on Monday, when he enlarged upon hie
eooomnical excellencies; and at Liverpool on Tuesday,
when the hoe. gentleman expatiated upon his pre-
eminence as a Reformer. Mr aleditene made a speech
on Friday night at a plus called 01,1 Swan, near Lever.
pool, and visited Newton on Saturday afternoon, when
he spoke et great length upon the Irish Church question,
and contended that the proposal of the Commissioners
would never satisfy Ireland.
RODDEBT, AND AMON,
The New York papers give amounts of the
. useutioo,
on the 25th ult. of Piro men at Worseater, United
States, for murder.. The circumstance* of the murder
were as follows :—On the evening of the 25th day of
February last, Situ and Charles T. June, who came
here from Providence, Rhode Ward, ostensibly in
sun* of one Henry James, • brother of Charles, who
had defaulted his bail as an illicit distiller, eatimid
Joseph G. Clark's gambling-rooms' with the deliberaler
intention, it seems, of killing and robbing him. They
bad hem in the city three or form days, and deliberately
matured their plans. The younger condo. Chariot
had purchased • small board and a quantity
of rope„ both of which were to be used. Astha
entered one of Clark's rooms, they fund him .
in • chair in front of a stove. 'While Silas
engaged him in ronversitioci, Charles stepped
behind Clark, and with Pee blow Mined the
blade of an axe deep in the shall. A brief straggle
ensued, when the victim's watch chain and the rope
were tied about his neck, and tightened by the use of
• poker. A woman who lived in the block heard the
noise, and knocked on the door. The interruption
forced the murderen to remain quiet in the room witb
the dead body nearly an hoar, at the end of which time
they lifted the corpse and bore it to an adjoining room,
and laid it on • bed, after having taken possession of •
diamond pin worth 500 dotter*, • valuable watch, 800
dollars in bank notes, and • few gold coins. Here they
added to the crimes of murder and robbery that of anion
by pouring kerosene oil over the heed of the body amid
on the bed, and firing the same. They then godly with-
drew, muffled in cloaks, and went to the depot to take
the night train for New York. But the woman, Raton
or Thayer, saw them go out, hurriedly entered Clark's
rooms, &Oil ascertained that be had been murdered,
and gave the alarm almost instantly: The police
were prompt in the disinance of their duty, and
the elder James was arrested at the depot His
cousin, who had thrown the axe into • mud, seeing
Silas arrested, fled. They were tried and auricled,
and sentenced to be hang. At about half-past nine on
the morning of the execatioa, the Sheriff, accompanied
by sime of his deputies, brought together in the cor
riders of the gaol the two men about to suffer the
death penalty. It was the fine time they had mon
each other for a long time. They shook bands sod
manifested considerable emotion, one remarking and
the other agreeing that their situation waa • most
unfortunate one. Neither reemod inclined to indulge
in much conversation, and they were accordingly in-
formed that their time had nearly arrived and they
must prepare to suffer the execution of their sentence.
They then bid goodbye to the several officers of the
prison, and, their legs and urns being bound with
straps, they were brought forth from the gaol to the
scaffold, each being escorted on either side by one of
Sheriff's deputies. The gallows were the same from
which • dozen other murderers had been executed. and
consisted simply of • platform about fifteen feet square,
with • drop or trap about five feet square in the middle,
and with • heavy cross beam over the top from which
depended • couple of ropes with the fatal nooses
already prepared. All this NMI paraphernalia of death
was erected in that portion of the prison used as •
chapel, but which was originally set apart for the
infliction of the death penalty. The room was about
50 by St, and the chapel was loeatad in the eoutheast
*other. In front of it was Use pulpit from which the
Chaplain discourses every sabbeth, and on either
aide upon the walls were tablets bearing gilt inscrip-
tions of passages from Scripture, and in other por-
tions of the little house of worship were small pew.,
or settees, which the dying men had often occupied and
listened to the troths of the Gospel, but which were
now filled with • throng of men to witness their expia-
tion of a fearful crime. The day was may, cloudy,
dismal and In sad kaepeol with the gloomy seine shout
to be enacted, and in departing for another world it
must have been a warns of some little satisfaction for
them to leave this in WI most dismal aspect. Above
the scaffold were • couple of gaslights busing brightly,
and in the centre of the chapels chandelier shed its
luminous rays over the culprits as they entered the plisse
from which their mortal spirit was to Mks its flight.
They came in with • finn and steady step, both dressed
in inelegant suit of black made up in the latest fashion.
In ascending the scaffold both men gave • searching
glance to the speclotors who were assembled, emulating
of about fifty in number and including only the reporters,
legal labeler and a few of the leading citizens of the
vicinity. In taking that place upon the drop Charles
gave a sad look upwards to the depending hemp, while
Silas scanned closely the ugly 'tractors upon which
they were standing. The latter appeared cool, but the
other was nervous and agitated and apparently Nought
to control his feelings. For • moment all was silent as a
graveyard at midnight, and then the sad Album was
broken by Sheriff Knowlton, who stepped forward and
said :—Silas James and Charles T. JUDO& —Do you
wish toy anything at this time, or to have anybody
say anything for you? If so, you have now an oppor-
tunity. To this 13ilas, the " General," replied :—I have
nothing to say ; but I wish to thank the officers, who
have been very kind to me during my confine-
ment. They will please accept my cordial thanks.
After • moment of silence Charles stepped
forward and made the following remarks mani-
festing much nervonsoesi all the while. His
meson for whin the speech was that "people
always like to hear what persona who am hue have to
say as their last wants." "In regard to the execution
of myself," observed the younger primmer, Chula.
James,"l would say—and of sours, it would be natural
for me to my it under the cirounatenose—that I do not
believe in capital punishment under any eireamstenem."
And then be proceeded deliberately to annuli the
question with as much coolness as if he were addressing
a social science meeting instead of standing under a
gibbet :—" It is of course, he said, in accordance with
theflaws'of Massaahusette that we are to be exeented ;
but I don't know whether it will be justified is the eyes
of God or not. But I will not pretend to linger upon
these points. aa I know that it is useless to talk about it
now. But I would my, as we are to be executed, that
as are suffering the suns ignominious death that Mr.
Clark suffered, and our death is in the same sink of
ideas as the death of Mr. Clark, and therefore I say
' that I think the ineentiou is not really justified in the
eyes of God. You know God says 'Thou shalt nob
kill.' I know that I have not dose his bidding; but,
of curse, when we have done wrong all we can do is to
repeal of oar sins, and Hs has promised that He will
receive repentant sinners. For, He says, He that
believes in Me, and dolt truly repent, shall have
everlasting life.' But I do not pretend to quote
Scripture. But I wish to say that although I die
In aseordanise with the laws of Maamobtusites,
I have s kind word for the officers of the prison,
who have my doom thanks for their satettios.*
The salprit, curiously enough, wowed up his summit as
If be thought that he should have other opportunities
of reviving the subject. "I don't know that I can my
anything more to you to-day, Ito I bid you farewell.'
When the eoudentned man had finished his dying
words the sheriff called upon Chaplain Shippen, who
offered a fervent prayer for the Salvation of the *outs
of the men about to die. During this the *Teo of Silts
were fixed upon the floor of the scaffold, wilds Chutes
looked sadly and nervously upon those who were
gathered around him. When the chaplain had finished
he shook the pinioned hands of the condemned, saying
"Good bye, God bleu you and have mercy on your
souls," to which they both responded by saying " Fare-
well : Heaven biers you, Mr. Shippea." Sheriff
Knowlton then stepped forward and said that
he bad received a warrant direetiog him to
execute the death penalty upon Situ and Charles
T. James, and that the instrument would be read by
Mr. John A. Dana, assistant clerk of the county
mutt. Mr. Dana reed the document aceordingly.
During the reading of the fatal warrant the deputies
who accompanied the condemned men to the scaffold
CoMMOnaad &distilling the rope about their necks and
drawing the black caps over their heads. To this Silas
submitted without remark, but Charles wished to hold
on to life until the last moment and objected to the can
being drawn down until the reading of the warrant bad
been finished. Tbe officers were taintless, however.
and proceeded in the performance of their disagreeable
duty. When the Mpg had been drawn down and Mr.
Dana had finished reading, the votes of Charles was
heard uttering the Lord's prayer, and when he bed
reached that passage of "They will be due on earth se
It is dome in Rama," the signal was divan, the fatal
spring teethed, and the boats of the two unfortneatee
were dangling in the air, and their souls ushered into
the presence of their Maker. The General died without
• struggle, and his nook was apparently broken by the
fall. Charles, even while suspended from the terrible
scaffold, elms' to life with the utmost tenacity. He
straggled, drew up his legs • duets times or inore and
, his entire body shook violently, while ewer, now and
then his groans and usasiossal drawa breaths broke
the sad and painful statues wit' pervaded the prison
sancituary. The emu altogether was one of painful
interest, and amid hardly be tolerated except upon
recalling the hearts' aria» of which the rasa were
gouty. The bodies hung client half an hour when the
surgeon =moaned that death had mewed. They were
then cut down and pieced In canoe sod is a few
minutes were on board the Providence train en Tow to
their place of burial in West °roselike, R. L

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