The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

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On Tuesday, about four o'clock, Hickie, the respited man,
by the permission of the Sheriff, and the kindness of Mr.
Brebner, was permitted to take a last farewell of his guilty
associates. He was brought down ironed, with a great-coat
over him, and when first introduced to Doolan, the right
reverend Bishop Murdoch and another clergyman were pre-
sent. The meeting was a very affecting one, and many
tears were shed, especially by Hickie. Doolan said, "Hickie,
since the Governors have been pleased to spare your life, you
will in a short time be removed to a distant colony, where,
if you behave yourself, and remember this awful business,
you may become a free man in seven or ten years." At this
Hickie became much affected, when Doolan extended his
hand through the iron bars, and said, " Hickie, behave like
a man, and don't put me down." Before leaving the cell,
they both kneeled down, and embraced each other, and
mutual assurances of forgiveness were passed betwixt them.
Dennis said, " Hickie, this is the last time we will meet on
earth, but I hope we will meet in heaven." And Hickie
replied, saying, " May God Almighty be with you, Dennis."
When Hickie was removed, Dennis said, " Oh what would
I give could I shed tears like Hickie." It is almost unne-
cessary to say that Hickie went over the same ceremony
with his other associate in crime, Redding ; but he being
much more reserved, the interview was less interesting. To
inquiries which we made, Doolan stated that his health bad
never been better than it was from the moment of his con-
demnation up to the time of his execution, and indeed this
statement was well borne out by the appearance of his
brawny arm and ample chest. He said, Since I came
here, there never was need for a doetor to come near me,
and I would wish it to be known that I sincerely thank Mr.
Brebner and Mr. M'Coll, and especially Mrs. M'Arthur,
for their kind attention." . .

On Thursday night Bishop Murdoch remained in the con-
demned cell till ten o'clock, administering all the spiritual
comfort in his power. The culprits were then left with three
laymen, who remained with them all night. About one
o'clock in the morning they went to bed, and rested till
about four, but slept none. They then arose and resumed
their devotions, and continued constantly employed in this
manner till it was time for them to prepare for their depar-
ture. They were then assisted to dress, and, during the
whole operation, they exhibited the most cheerful resignation.
So early as five o'clock, crowds were collected in front of
the Jail, and by seven o'clock they amounted to many thou-
sands. A square was formed by detachments of cavalry,
infantry, and police. Precisely at eight o'clock the culprits
were brought out, but having descended the steps, it was
discovered, rather late unfortunately, that the procession
was not completely formed, and in compliance with the
orders of the Sheriff, the men were again taken back to the
Hall, where they remained for nearly five minutes. During
the whole of this delay, not the slightest trepidation was
observable in the countenances of either of them. They
were then seated in an open carriage provided for the occa-
sion. They were handcuffed, and chained to each other by
the legs. They were respectably dressed in black. The
Right Rev. Bishop Murdoch and two priests took their seats
with the condemned men, and the exhortations which they
had commenced in the cell were continued in the open air.
During the progress of the cavalcade, the bishop and one
of the priests read alternately from the book, and Doolan
and Redding, from the moment of leaving the prison uhtil
within sight of Bishopbridge, never lifted their heads. The
crowd along the line of procession was great beyond all for-
mer occasions. In Saltmkket and High-street every window,
and even the tops of the houses, were crowded with onlookers,
and the solemnity of the parade was acknowledged by the
silence and thoughtful demeanour of all. About half-past
nine o'clock, the procession reached the scaffold, which had
been erected in the neighbourhood of Bishopbridge. It was
the Glasgow platform which had been taken out for the
occasion. Doolan and Redding were then taken from their
carriage, and attended by the bishop and priests, they as-
cended the platform. It was, however, intimated to them,
that the preparations were not complete, and they descended
the stairs, and entered a temporary wooden shed, where
both submitted themselves, with the greatest firmness, to be
pinioned. They then ascended the scaffold, and the ropes
were put round their necks. The scaffold faced the tempo-
rary bridge on which the crime was committed, and Doolan,
on mounting the scaffold, looked for a moment earnestly at
it. Bishop Murdoch offered up an impressive prayer, to
which the poor men responded heartily. The caps were then
drawn over their eyes, and at the moment that the bishop
repeated these words, " 0 Lord receive their souls," the
bolt was withdrawn, Redding having at the moment drop-
ped the handkerchief. Redding appeared to die almost
instantaneously, but the sufferings of Doolan were very
severe and long continued. In his struggles he was much
convulsed, and brought his knees almost to a level with his
chest. After hanging forty minutes, the bodies were cut
down, placed in their coffins, and brought into Glasgow pri-
son, the procession returning in- the same order as it had
gone out. So near as the crowd could be estimated by a
military gentleman, there must have been upon the ground,
and along the line, fully 50,000 people. Notwithstanding
such vast numbers, there was neither outrage nor accident
that we have heard of. All the infantry were present, with
the exception of a single company, and there were four
troops of cavalry. The revolting duties were performed by
the same hangman who operated upon Templeman.
Doolan is a native of King's County, in Ireland, and is
from 27 to 30 years of age, but be does not exactly know
how many years have passed over his head. He is one of a
large family, and his- father, Patrick Doolan, has been a
small or con-acre farmer all his life-time. He is now up-
wards of 70, and the criminal spoke with much pain, of the
effect that his ignominious fate would have upon the old
man. He said, "My father has only two sons in the three
kingdoms, but there are some in America, and there's my
ould brother in Ireland, who had taken out the mail for
Dublin, to come with me to the scaffold, and would have been
in this here city yesterday (Tuesday), but his reverence told
me to withhold him back." Doolan was a man of strong
mind and strong passions. He had received a good educa-
tion, and wrote a clerkly hand, and from his mental calibre
it would be difficult to believe, but for the convincing evi-
dence that was adduced during the trial, that he had played
the first part in the tragedy for which he suffered. He was
unmarried.
Redding was about 25 years of age, and belonged to Tip-
perary. Care and ill health had made much larger inroads
upon him than upon his companion, and he looked somewhat
older. He was less communicative regarding his personal
history than Doolan, and although he had received a tole-
rable education, he was in every respect inferior to his
accomplice. He was unmarried.
Hickie is the least interesting of the three. With a vacant
foolish stare, he never seemed conscious of the enormity of
the crime in which he had acted so conspicuous a part; and
though he frankly admitted from the beginning that he had
supplied Redding with the hooked bit of iron which the
latter used so fatally against Green, be conceived that
because he had not personally struck the blow, he was guilt-
less. He is a native of the county Carlow, and has a wife
and child there. He is twenty-two years of age.

MRS. WAYLETT, THE ACTRESS.—" Two days ago a gen-
tleman, who gave his name as Mr. A—, called on the sweet
warbler, and after some few apologies for intruding on her
as a stranger, informed her that a brother of his, a man of
considerable fortune, had heard her sing on more than one
occasion, and had felt such exquisite delight from her tones,
particularly from hearing her Kate Kearney,' that he had
on his death-bed made a will, leaving his brothers the great
bulk of his fortune between them, on condition that they
presented Mrs. W— with a small legacy in money, and the
heart of the entranced testator, which was to be carefully
preserved in spirits, and remitted to England, the family
being then resident abroad. In case this last stipulation was
not complied with within twelve months from his decease,
the whole property was to revert to the songstress, who,
though personally unknown to him, had so often delighted
him with her strains. Having thus explained, to the no
small surprise of Mrs. IV—, who, with shrinking horror,
expected him each moment to produce the dead man's heart,
he went on to say that his brother had been dead two yeats,
but they had never taken out his heart, and that, conse-
quently, if she insisted upon it, the whole fortune of the late
Mr. A—, of Liege, belonged to his astonished hearer. How-
ever, at the same time, he expressed a hope that she would
not be too hard on the surviving relatives. With her usual
good nature, Mrs. W— instantly consented to forego her
claim, accepting merely some trifling token of the gratitude
her noble conduct, in thus giving up a splendid fortune, had
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