The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

together with a description of the prisoner,
quently taken into custody.
The prisoner declared that she had never seen the con'-
The
until that day in Court, and although she ivaa ig
the habit of frequenting the public-house alluded to, yet she
was not there on the morning in question.
Mr. TRAILL sail he should remand the prisoner, to give
time to trace who was subse-
the 501. note, but at the request of the com
plainant, the magistrate subsequently discharged her.

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EXELUTIo,N (.017 'THOMAS HENRY
HO'_,KER.---(THIS DAY.) ..-.
This nicraing, at eight o'clock, the murderer of Mr.
Delarue expiated his offence on the flows, erected facing
debtors' door of the common gaol of ;:ewgate.
the
As early as two o'clock in the morning, small groups of
men, women, and children continued to assemble in the Old
Bailey, and to discuss the all- engrossing topic of the proba-
bility of the condemned criminalw ha
bving
ng made
ated a ofcoesion,
or of the last extremity of the laei mitig
vel
The multitude that had arrived byan seven o' loco sinc
ock was.i
numerous—the numbers exceeding y former oe
owever w
the execution of Cur‘Foisier Their conduct, h
direction .
ot
orderly and peaceable. The police, under the
Major Shaw, Supperintendant, and Inspectors 31'Cleananrod
Spray, took up their several positions opposite the 901
the clock of St. Sepulchre's chimed the hour of six.
The culprit was seen by the Rev. Chaplain
the condemned cell, to which he was removed after
re-
afternoon- service in the chapel. He expressed hirnsen..
yesterdaYtline
signed to his fate, although still professing his innocentcwe
elve
After being engaged in writing and prayer up to ,
...atit
o'clock last night, he retired to bed, and slept soundiy; ..
five o'clock this morning, when lie arose and dressed hi et,'
The Rev. Ordinary arrived at the gaol shortly aft,e,!_eeriff
o'clock, and was speedily followed by Alderman and Su ~„.
Hunter, Sheriff Sidney, Mr. Under-Sheriff Ashurt, a."
Under-Sherif Martin, and the other officers of justice.
.......
About a quarter past seven o'clock the convict wrs.nic
plied with coffee and toast for breakfast,,f which he asp.s "."7,„
but sparingly, and it was now evident that his spiriij.nr.:crie
rapidly forsaking him, and that he was gradually i ,'," °
under the certain conviction that all hope was at an en:d re,
The Rev. Chaplain continued at prayer with him' itio blur
ceived some letters for his relations, and one directed ,To
self (Mr. Davis) in the course of the preceding eveniegifeels-
latter document consists of four closely .written sidet %Tr be
cap; but whether the statements therein contact
__'eryigfi
relied upon or not is very questionable,. as our repor", ode
informed that the culprit, since his condemnation, had mad
half-a. dozen statements at variance with each other, _ the
1 e destroyed immediately after reading them over to
officers of the gaol. public
At half-past seven o'clock the representatives of the,_ _de,
press were admitted into the chapel-yard, where the Shiite:oo
Underslieriffs, Mr. Cope, the Governor, Mr. Wrig cony
Deputy. Governor, and Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Police
~
3e,
missioner, had already met. The latter gentleman
,Irlic, is
quainted with the father of the wretched young nine' ,iofill
a native of Colchester, in Essex, and during the more Pitta to
moments of the culprit, Mr. Harvey contributed hi'bieb be
bringing hini to a sense of the awful situation in
,f the
was placed. During this interview, which lasted which
"II
minutes, the services of Mr. Holding, the surgeon
the
et +.
pi ison, were obliged to be called into requisition, as
urinal was seized with several fainting fits. d ia
While the authorities in the Chapel-yard Were eleieusli
earnest conversation, the prisoner Connor WO ;en apii above
thrusting his head forward through the bar of Ne %beat to
in order to view the solemn ceremony that wits -
~,
take place. earier,
About a quarter to 8 o'clock Mr. Sheriff SidneY, l'ote /he
his chain of office and bearing a black wand, cam 1 in ett
centre of the Chapel-yard, and addressing the report:re:o,o
of what has appeared in a Sunday paper urging
under tone, said—"'!'lie sheriffs think it right in ope delay of
the 3 for the
the execution, to state to the gentlemen of the press with
information of the public, that they have con
the
the greatest kindness anxiously impressed upon th I I' which
the necessity of making. any statement to thent;ich which
might have the effect of mitigating his sentence, and w 4 stste•
could with this view communicate to the Secretary : ,e boo
Although this has been repeatedly urged upon iiill.;:ttiort
always declined to
of the Home Secretary, for being pressed this iner „wake
to do so, he has said deliberately that he shall I be hes
formal disclosures. The Sheriffs have oked hitt'
dil
make any statement for the conosiinug` gait;
anything to say about the money in his possession, centre4 th
him that he had made two statements on his trial, be hag
female after the murder ;t to which the onlY rePtYrui „11,!
made has been that what he stated at his trial %qt.' ;,t. ri"-r
great measure, and that Delarue seduced the .gi'eat that
Sheriffs told him that it appeared to be inenesl' lie 01-
liela.rue should have been so far his friend, and that_woeitf.
prisoner) should entertain such a feeling of silet,; tiiti
against him. The prisoner has most sole dectbiljes,rse
his was not the hand which struck the cl.e..llhad ins.e,
Mr. Sheriff'Sidney further added, that thee risonetrr. pas"!,l
a statement in writing, addressed to t..`ct KO's;
which would be given to the reporters after the). ',',htit tiler
it in the Lord Mayor's parlour, and ascartainean ~ ie,
_,,,,
The hour of eight now approaching.
was nothing of an improper nature for pablicatio„. the Feci
the verY l'codpionett
presentatives of the press were admitted into the .anditig.q,
cell, and the wretched culprit was at once seen
.si_arv. ti....
right. He was being addressed by the Oed:`;irilPee).it
face was pale, and his hands clasped together agered his eteij';
anytNi
cling low tone
edi
He took little notice of those persons wil" u,ienten °f pr
parnedssonwebreeinpgretsoolodt,bytf thhoeweihoripedlaitnothsol, the gell' for the 1-ef
forination of the public, he replied in a ' let ee&ci no
voice. "I cannot say anything now, Sir---I beenn cooling b
composed. If I had known that they had -;
the
I might perhaps." .i d to lluttia he
thei
Calcraft, the executioner, now proceeue- ,„,, ..---101
the chapel. yard,
tnrikxaroolc,easole,,s,owooned into the arms of two f!ieelese statte.;fr.el
erchief of the prisoner, and to pinion his '7l; offleTito
chair,sseraetmodosinedoinan a popoadresnotmlye in".l in 117
be
eepo'rritoicao
before lie slas brought to a state of sensibility. ,_„, heals,
soundedhe,lltnow_ a solemn knell, and the procegala°,sbn lie
aloud the t!oid—the former gentleros"
ib.l he. Rey. Chap, the Sheriffs, nd nder
_,,,°1 t'
8
gr,Tolet7) is4rClisYtatlong the winning aou u,e1,1,,y i'''„--°irer- "13
e sca
Burial-service. ooh
During these t • lpvß f the
violently, and Tying moments the unhappy e 1.„,„ o he
was obliged to be ted 11 ''''' roP '
turnkeys. suppor ." d_ of
On reaching
was carried up, and the steps leading to v".de toe. ,
"At
was, ay God
very faint receive my soul," which was ni „ the
. and querulous voice.
The cap having arnA"' 06
wretched
convict remained about half a minute .to a
drop, during which h in 'lg'
time his limbs tottered beneetd miv,,,,.' th
was then launched into eternity, amidst the mile „3 of
cheering, and hisses of the . concourse ~,t peg' ,
vast COACOU oe
sexe • s that were pre.ent. ncls,e
The criminal - ' ' eco- caw
his whole frameadid not appear to die for some s ich it
after the drop had fallen was ej rite the
valsed. The body having - suspend the rte
• it
t
was cut down, and been suspeni . the Wit
will be this evening in
precincts of the gaol. .

followed nevus mobvyemaenctrytoiovtar.d,
(From the Weeky DisPau°' ) death'
By AN EYE wtTNEs,-; ht, the. 010'
As the clock of St. Sepulchre's struck eig, ei'l it Slia 01,
bell within the prison commenced tolling, %by tte,crcto'
scaffoldAitvastri:
r„eridod
irt
v.,'„,at be
duct 138 a thets off. " edge ,of t
41
of the mob was, it must be acknowi on t
teat' ~,ge
coming. As soon as there was an
lad
.000 1.• gto
convict's approach to the gibbit, a solar butb one
,I;jaefi•l'
around, so much so that it appeared as If, gin „ 0'
animated the congregated masses. The,_,lle‘an' otties7yr,
the Ordinary of Newgate, dressed ill his coict 1-1,1 O.
cended the scaffold first, followed by the cgoner' limy Dell
who was supported by Calcraft, the exectl bad to be
of the turnkeys. He was deadly Pale, and he °Pe Illeflitl
up by the tunikey, while Calcr;ft adjustesd t,..ce. C_lolir
his neck, and placed the cap over hi l'expeditlsu 0'
discharged the duties of his tOee !nest of 11 bolt'
and having left the convict in the arnist. oma 1
oat
sistant, hurried underneath, and withdrew Ail at 10,i,01t
when he who but a minute before wag elfou;e lilac Ili°
life, swung an almost lifeless carcass b
to al; bil for ot
which, at that moment sprung up, refresbil eritne'oll,ll,,l4
who yielded his life in penalty for his 13"111 0 the of '''
second or two it was supposed that he died ttertions,ottie
in the course of a few minutes the violent cot; ,ovetlt .
body and limbs, and the writhings of his bean .1). din all
endured great suffering. rated,.Atiortls'
The tragedy having closed, the crowd seP,,b, dying,.
directions fellows were selling "the last aree' . ,
and confession of Thomas Henry Rocker..
fool
HOCKER'S STATEMEN'I n cool— le '
Rev. and Dear Sir, This is the last writte eme
sottgito
tion I shall make to —the world. My hour, arlioned, t 1 ori
that a babe might count them. lam not 3S rid tln%ness;
and ae-ai 11 the we rWo 0-
bn, to declare my innocence to a co heti ivy C 0
not guilty of murder. God and lily conscien.
_art 00
repaor,
and this I shall be able to shout 'from nIY 11700 to 110 A ,'
trance into eternity. It is the duty of eVer,t. verY . Plf
for death. I trust that lam prepared. thosein II e
men is not of himself worthy of a place in _ but oot,
ho e.erf,r rwl .ilt
pes beyond the gtave are not my own d - r 4
,ntu.de O._ ''' .4
another. My being innocent of the crime 01._ ion to
„, Ope,:
entitle me to an immortal crown, but a soli; with s,;'etid:ij
who has permitted me to be brought thee mid pastition 5010
and sincere confession of all my present •ne cuilt -le to - a
follies and imperfections, followed 13y genut e„tab atte
faith. TI I se i',, ed.
dietbe
iese have learned to believe are 1 have
lie
merciful and gracious Benefactor, when' try frienvise lie
offended. A man whom I have treated a 5„,,,, tact A. /
murderer of Delarue. His own admi,sionool "'thy eatimjb!
only wor , hap. ~o
means of extricating me from this 0 tore" bat P.,
has not come forward. Had I caused him to be ,
,_..4 t troy
been assur,__ea
would doubtless have denied it. I have id have n'ee die
I not been found guilty of murder, I shon
all aitern:-)0 tor
ported for life for highway robbery i seeli ~ resoletit`he to'
failed to induce me to divulge what it i 3 M. i
riog in roe, "to
with in my bosom. Let then this sentence a( veil Tee a
derer's ears, that he is not only the destro.Y:rdoeease 0' le 116 II
me likewise. I did not lift a hand against tli.o ~rand , _ wed
may even yet be found some harsh enough tr
~yiatt te7iffefe„
dying liar ; but oh, if they knew. what I Pi have bear
know, they would see the wrong they do me;e3k io vilAjj
too much, and am, while writing this, lc
‘1„, sorrel cea A
broken to qait this world like an Atheist. ." / hen) Dear"
been ;t ha, ho Ao.
more than my strength (great as an iv 06'
Tung lm an a r'i 6
support. lam no longer the stone ) •1 o e
`l. •tortioi .lo ,
.0.
sentence of death passed, without the ..lb .0 so go riFI
My troubles, both sleeping and awake, ha'.,___eceri Isetts,
that I find it more easy to weep than to sialleAireatiY, aiglii
sun dispels the dark mystery of futuritYLitcs, Alt so te
Death approaching me with increasing LI
sere I call c °i10;
when I
lay my poor, aching head to rest,
..
__A 0.1 p / ~,
eyes, rude forms of shame and infainy att_ers past.
cis spa
and oh ! what dreams. One moment, nod ' eager Pe pl'•,'
ith eab „OS ,cl
again at home, every one cheering me iN 0 longer " th 31
heart at my return—no longer condeinned—n a Lard hidee rof
Then to wake and find ml self stretched on
that der, it,
surrounded by iron bars and glcomY we. 11% nitternel'e:ttly,
anguish and mock at my distress. This is of L'il 131,3
deed / Then talk not to me of the totfends for awe',
Death is the only friend that can make asull an' werØd (ib'''
wreteliednet s I For me to continue such a a ccatfol
„rtill,
than ten thousand deaths. Even death one. lam hr oar
slirdneful end) to me is far preferable to
asnth*ough
et, eve.
sick of the world that has treated one
always been a criminal in its estinnit=h
until
,eaase!
suspected me guilty- of an unlawful hand '
b time 1.3k.01, yoi
hither, and yet no one would take me bycrime - .'`,0313e,
old spell and write, my poverty was and that +el the(
then my thoughts still 'lingered beb.ind.
'are e'er are leii
my days were renewed? My hopes of heaven
..,4 there , slot,
all. my home and an isolated friend here au,'
t that 'he fora
only attractions, anti I hope and trust t, inteit
meet them soon where all is light and jore'_ and pori 0 011,
of Cod ilia the only mystery—w here 11(iliness.,tude__t 1 0
lect go nd in hand ; and the tear of g. "
dr4ll those wil
tear! May you anti I, my dear Sir, it.e atirayer Of
dear to us, he welcomed there, is the dYi,n:g....rvant, „.0.
Your poor unfortunate but faithfu;,:l./. HOCP•
' 1845' '
The Rev. Mr. Davis, Ordinary, April 26 , jotter'
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the t„llowing ijae,
lit tIL., oiur,it ,i' ye terdav efternoon, ~.. sheriff A
written by lloelier, and addressed to . i.b.' O. Ilttiu
were politely handed 0 °hi reporter: -- ~,„ wornicat
Sir,—For some time before you left Ma w''