The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

wee elftemmarlag to *keg him be 6 date of
.satritics, h. Ordered Mon to leave the mil sad take his
boa. with him. However as his time drew neer he
lieleseed with mere aiiimotiee, sod expressed IDOMOW for
hie Mese, led admitted the lesion of his deem
'abort :to murdered his sweeebeartb *Min her
da lbe 11th a palm, was ver7 oestritshad
be his haw, end was veiled every 'sonnet by the Ba.,
lather Gadd. The eaavice was dimity Weeded by
11.41611 with his widowed seethes, whish took place
after mere sham LS yam of as Thursday.
The two eroviste were Mete d ihe Med by the
mine el lie weak whited W west to bed
ft shoal tea 'Ol, hat he wee awe Teethe% had tho
aides m Me faft ptbsii.g wood in New Baileyetreet,
pisatostod iato prefteted him from
shieglng mere than a few minutes at ills., At me
etas*, however, the noire shifted seasiderahly, and tho
sonviel was enabled to obtain soft Um half an hoar's
sleep. The rear of the armed awoke him ft balf.past
two °Week, sad kept ap, determiniag to sleep no more.
The Bev. W. Calm, tabs prisms eloplain pro to.. sad
Hr. Thomas Wright were with Idat ; and they' bays
inforrami us that the oentift was in • mask les"
hoeciefteg elide ft eibid then he had ewer previmale
manifesisi. It Was not, however, deemed Prof" IC
administer the Holy Surameat to his. He refem",
to the elneamstamos of the marder, and said he it;
sorry fee idlo &radial, rain wild& be had =out"'
la Me fondly ef Ilr. Plow yils spout the remainder
of his time Is the ail in prayer end was f""
Ang whoa the smagelosor ;se Womb* into
assiellafth During the oftratioh at p 4400101
his arms the seavift's forlitede —MA
be ems manifeeted son of "
°ravened with the eh:plain .fla Mr. Wright w
sot the heat tremor or Isedsoloa. Fftswir wrh•
attended deriag the night by the BIM &ober Gadd.
g
He expressed the desporit had Onn.
amen, remotes°, for the dr0t0.`",..1.--. hi the Men.
emitted, and his spiracle' savior "d•"""" ( the
meat to him. ?Merl, slept during es boar. of
night, and when he awoke roped Prerft.
seemed prepared to me•t his fate with winsome, beidtt
appearame of Calms(' shook his ea a
• soe
threillied. mush-P:Od when the
thia state, however. h• "xt '
signal was glom for the sett.og out a the oa be
had recovered his woosed limness. Celereft was in.
trodueed to the coevift• at precisely a gooier to Melt
o'closk, sad at eight o'clock, whilst the prison hell was
so tho hoar, the procweeicm came in view of Me
ep= to the seaffold. Faherty walked ant, with
Father Gadd am his right Mod, and Calera( t
m his lett Flo unhappy mem was very yak,
bet remarkably Its. A. he approafted the foot
a the realness h• pee sae upward gimes as IS
memarlag the height wllob he bad be weed, sad thin
he somseeeeed the meant with • Sift military step,
whisk newer faltered ea be newer' the rensmit He
repeated the nemeses to the service eltioh Father Gad
woe reading in a elder and &edible nem Weathesill
eases next, and be sonned pot in the kftt dismayed at
his terrible position. He mounted the dere without
basitatioe, repeating a prayer as he amended. He Sem-
mes underwent a dreadful teat, but it did not fail bile.
WWI Calash got to the top of the stem We atherill
was ordered to stand below the plutons whilst Faherty
prepered foe death. Weasherill lastaatly stopped,
sad gaged amadily 11th. ateeetioner whilst he ma
harrylak Falserty forward to the drop. To those who
were gaging upon Use seem from below the integral
which stewed before the Wesel was given to mom oe
seemed iaterminable. All eyes were directed to
Weritherill, but be stood within three stops of the drop,
arca and undaunted. Gae of the warders held him by
the um, but the comb* shook him of, sad " Yon
need not boll m.; Ima stead by myself." Almost at
the same moment Galosh NOW book and boohooed
Weetherill to amend. His apse upon the drop
was the signal for an milord of miss from the mob. To
Mom watching lb* BOON from the Meet, It was not a
minute pact sight o'eloolc when Fahasty appeared span
the scaffold, wearing upon his hreast • brass woes, and
followed by Father Gadd. He walked with •UM step,
and was apparently ferveatly ensued is graver.
Calersft, lb. eiseatioser, who followed lomedisealy
behind tbe priest, at one. pleated the white am over
the oulprit's heed, aad adjusted the fatal noose.
The other owl* Weeftierill, thee appeared upon
the drop, with • Preyerbook in his head, followed
by Hr. Caine. He walked with the (resift% armoires,
and, like his fellowoelprit, We few moments which
he had to spare were menpied by him in prayer
Ooly on.. he leAred towels Ms crowd. He under.'
wont the Yalu proem as that to which Flaherty hid
bees subjected, and daring the whole time Father
Gadd and the chipthis were augaged in religious minis-
trations. Alter the drealfel preparations of death bed
hem sompleted, Calera% shook Nods with sash of the
aebappy young men, and then, 'Upping from the plate
form he withdrew the bolt Weatherhill seemed to
those who were upon the scaffold to die buten.
tausoualy, bet Flaherty struggled slightly. In
half a minute, however there was no sign of
life In either. Weetiftill's last words warr,
"God have mem on say seal." Faberty did
not speak after Weetherbill wee plaid *Ale him
upon tee trap, Th. Rev. Yr. Caine and Mr. Wright
were in attendants upon Weftberill to the lost moment.
After Me bodies bad hung an hour they were eat down
and conveyed into IWO prison, where they were bane
during the furottoos. It will be remembered that. when
Caleraft arrived ft the New Salley in November, on the
occasion of the exseution of the Fenian convifts, he
received • letter warning his that if he M
agid"soy of
the pollination" thee lying ander senteees "hi would not
li,. loos Liter it" On Fridm Calends remind mother
letter, of whisk the following ho copy r—
ife. C4cratt,-51r-1 write to tell you to take cure of your-
mil, for as sure me I love a pen In my Mod you will he .hot
U to-morrow mondot. about debt o'clock. I scappoceyou
think you eat Mee ree7 well when you hung the Fiulaoa
lest Remember, but you woe% wet has. ellme eclat.. 1. that
SM. Itagtl.b Then will be shout lee Fenian. In the mon,
kr with mewed maim. ready to tang of it you. So give
this up see bad job ; .o look out, ',thing can mare you this
U so my parting advice I. that you pray (Sod ore you
go on the acoloid. Good-bye.
14. b.uSt. Fero A ?MIA,.
An emeatioo took place it `fork on Saturday. At
noon Frederick Poker, who was °Deviated at the Tort
antis; of the murder of Daniel Drbeoll, it Broth
/Waft& was hanged outride tile walla of YOik 130444.
Parker earl his violin' were fellow- prisoafts In deft/1g
Home cf Corneae°, and there they made amaalatenee.
They were disch.rged from custody together, and in one
another's moiety they kept till the one foully turned
upon the other and murdered him for • little over £4
sad a watch. A great crowd aaeentbisel to wham the
eseciatioa. At half.pset 'knee the 'prisoner, drifted
lithe elothes he wore at the time of the murder, was
conveyed across the prron.yard to the piniming•room.
When he arrived there he fell on his knees mid
prayed cloud. .He then walked shoat the pinioning.
rom perfectly arm and rho, eluolatilear repeatedly
"Lord hoes, bale mercy upon ase.. A few
moment's before going to the seaffold he arpressed a
wish that a letter he Ind written to the master of a
band of music, syliish he (Parker) was sioneected with at
Herniegbrosigh, should be published. It gave counsel
to amoral of those of his former associates whom he
maid. He urged his associates to giee no drinking,
sail wall hie dying wish. To one who bad dome him
mow injury he sent his free forgiveness and good
adrift. He concluded by expressing • fervent hope
that he would meet thorn all in Heaven. A few
minutes bdore twelve o'clock Parker wen pia:aimed,
sod the procession to the scaffold wa formed.
is moos se the unhappy Man had reached
the drop he tweed his heek to the crowd and shook
Lands with the governor, the deputy-governor, and
the two warder' who had attended him sines his aentenee
He then knelt down, his facie ft the time being coo.
coaled from tbe gasn of the crowd by the Meek drapery
serrounding the scaffold, and engaged In enlifit prayer,
audibly responding to the Lord's Prom, reottod by the
chaplain. When he was pinioned his face was es.
orminely pale. on arriving on the scaffold. however,
his Annum resureed to him, and he regained • portion
of his oftoar sod ealmneft. Adorn, the eaftatemer,
now came forward, and having tied the prisomee legs, he
put on the white cop, and asor a painful flirty in
adjesting the rope, the lalt was withdrawet. just as the
prisoner wee saying " Lord Jesus, have" the menteme
Ina loft ananished. Whim the drop fell there was oaly
the &lightest stasealar twitehing obeervable, the prisoner
baring died almost Manihiki,.

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