The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-07

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! The ltllr hight uf day which usa,lly pens
+ rated into IT, was shut ont b. blinke
/ hung against the CRATE. 4 feble eaBdl,
+ awe the only light which slonr ia tin
fearful abode. The OILY entrance VA
/ thrpagb y trap door ahs,e, ~ which stood
= iadde.-Nlrs. Beauchamp commenced
talking With TIE guard GA the sntl-ct III
suiride. She asked lin wl"tnsr he
Thought any person would be fpfsiten foi
The commission 81 that crime. IL told
her lie thought MT that It wa one ol
tho-s cfimes winch d. nj leave time for
repentance aud could not bp forgiven. liz
begged her 10 dismiss ~ such thoughts,
aud told her she had long enough been "A
Gtlrf ~ her mother without btuging down
her grey hairs with sorrow to the gfase.
Brauehamp and hls wifc frequently
cnnyers.d IN u Whisper. A leugfh, size
requested Mr.. Edrington IN step ont for =
minute. alleging thu She wished to yet up.
lie assembled In ladder and shut the trap
door party down. but KEPT IN posi-
ton where he copid see what WAS going
on below. There was ~ movement and
he was III the act of returning, when Mrs /.
Beanchamp SAID, DDnt come vet .
yes. come down said Beauchaup. lie
then sad, his VIZ was top weak To get
up, and expressed wish thar she should
leave The iail, b t,r guald urged thu SAM
Ting. She end, -he would not lea'e her
husband MD h" was tAkeR out Tor exc
ca'to -t," again spoke Of suicide, aud
declared that she would not survive her
hand \ hal ola
guard observed them Whispering together
Tor some time. Al length, Bcanchamp
said aloud, Ny dear, yOn are not strong
enough Ia get up " Yes am sid she,
throwing her arms up, " see how slroeg |
nm" She requested her husband To give
her more ot the toddy he told her she
Wonld drunk tpp much, bat she said she
would not Heb on gave it 10 her and
'he drank, She then requested tue guard
to step nut Immediately, pretending great
urgency. He again went up The ladder,
turned the trap door partly down, aud 3
stepping htoIod INTO a position vht.H 60
ronld observe them, when he beard
leep sigh, & Bcaachamp caIledfo hm. IT,
went down & found Beaucbamp l8lpk "
his *, apparently III gteat aIaln and
ond and earnest prayer. Nrs. Beau
,hamp was laying partly On her left SIDE,
with her head on her husband, breast
md her night arm thrown over Inns The
guard supposed IN attempting 10 rise, she
lad, from weakness, fallen on hun. \ I
'osprctlng any thing very Serious hAd
he sat down resting his head
M the table, until Bcauchanp had finish
Il 4
lnned for some hmn jacmating d thop
iod of Justice, have mercy upon us y
.hDn God OF Justice, haze mercy upon us, y
nd the guard III ,k', that Two or thI,e
Times he cried, ~ taDn God Of mercy.
lave mercv upon US As soou as he had
rlosed his prayer, lie seemed 10 be entire
" conposnd, aud Obser,e ed 10 the guard,
- tell ny father, that my wife and myself
are solug straight to fieavrn--we are dy
ng.' The guard replied mo, | reckon
not Beauclamp SAID, yes IT +. so--we
have killed ourselves The guard Sprang |
up. snspocllng they had again taken Poi |
on but as he stepped around the bed, SAW
something in Mrs. Beauchamp'. right I
land. He raised her arm aud found it To !
le knit. II w.,s a common case knit |
a. the point aud bloody about
lnIf way up. Hrasked, where they got
hat knlf Both answered, that thry |
iad long Itenl it cnn 'ralrd for thit ncrl- !
sion. Ou discovering the bloody k4Ila, |
the guard looked Pon the bed aud disco
vered that Mrs Beau hAmp bad stab
little TO the right of HE centre of the ab
domen. which had been LAID bare for thai |
purpose. She dad not sig nor groaa, nor
'h"w any symptom OF pam. Hg asked |
Beapchamp, either he was stabbed TIA. |
liz replied yes, aud raised NJ Ii. Mn /
which had been drawn out Of his drd e.crs |
tnd foiled up on his body to leave It bare |
but II bad fallen back over the wound |
He was stabbed about the centre of the /
body Just below the pit of the stomach !
bat his wound was not SO wide as that of
MS wife. He said he had taken the knifr |
and struck first, and that his wife had |
parryrd his arm, wreotcd the knife nom |
him aud plunged II in herself. He said, |
he feared his wound was not mortal, and /
begged the guard 10 get some laudanum
Tor him.
As soon as he discovered they were
''h''' VI AiIN D'l'lh 'dltt ipl dSHlNldUtf, p
and the Jailar with others, immediately |
came in. Bcauchamp begged that they
would take his wife out aud attempt To
save Der. Without any opposition from
her She WAS Immediately removed into
one Oft the rooms of the iaiIer's house. To
the enquiries of those who surrounded her, |
she replied" struck the fatal blow my
self, and am dying for my dear husband"
She now suffered great pain aud was e,i
IDENTIFY in the agonifs of death Icr
7rreams reached the ears of Beauchamp
in his dungeon, and he asked, is that my
dear wife ? Do bring me word, what she
says"
The physicians, Roberts, Majors and
Wiki nson had examined her wound and
pronounced it mortal, especially in her
presrnt debitated state.
1t WAS now determined to take him 10
the gallo"s as sooH as possible. He was
taken out into the prison yard. The sher.
III, Nr. Walker, approached to put the
rope around hisneck. Not yet, said he.
VI.