Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06

10 .uffer was the third. There may have been
more: bu, on this he'd no further authentic IN
formation can BIZ obtained.
Stewards first victim was quiet, kind, good
man. and while he held the poisoned d'aught,
by winch he was soon TO be beTeavrd OF hie, ne
exp,e sed his astoDishment al the aos'ensio'e
Kindness Of the murderers, and Inc most SIN
eere wishes for their prosperity: he was great
~ estee me- by all who knew MIN, ana "a man
who had lived without an enemy d'ed or '"e
hand Of pretended TREND. In our shor,
history Of the notorious Burke, was Sta'eo
that, ''for long lime alter he had ""roefeo
his first victim, he founG II utterly lmPossioie
to Danish for a single hour the recollection
Of the fatal s'ruggle-'he screams o' u's,'e "n
and dcspair-,hr agonising groaas-and all
The reali les of the dreadful deed. A. night
the bloody tragedy, accompanied by frighfu'
visions of So Der II stural beings, tormen'ed him
in his dreams bu, he Ultimately became SO
Gallons. tina, murder added but little TO his
mental aneuish." The same facts are appi'
cable 10 Mrs. Stewart When She first learn
ed that she was a murderer, she was plunged
INFO the deepes, alarm, horror and despair
She declared hat shr saw tue paid and dis
,or,ed counenance OF the murdered man FIRE.
quen ly Ia her Greams-'hat he actually start-
ed q, her out Of The stone walls Of the apart
mpo,. and tina, for some lime he followed and
tortured her wheree,r she VEN. Stewart
himself was made of "stcrHer stuff" ard was
far more alarmed and annoyed BY dread OF
the officers If Justice, thaH by any compunc-
,,ous visitines Of nature. II was then that
dark and gloomy forcbodings OF the awful
punishment ,bs, follows crime, sao! with ful!
force across his perurbed mind. Indeed, II
may be said ,ha, he almost bounciess circle
OF human wre,chedness and suffering canno,
cont ain more miserable beings than criminals
in Ihis state. Without .noney-without friends
without character or honest means OF SUBJ
sis,ence, aud tortured BY he calling conscious
ness that they have merited the adherence
Of all the good and viriuous part oil mankind {;
and, 10 crown all, they cannot s'aive-'hey
canno, obtain employmen,-they are almost
com oeled by dire Necessity TO hurry on in The
pa h Of destruction rashly chosen, till arrested
by the strong arm Of justice, they are cut OH
~ the common execuiloner.
From the hour in which DE was committed
for trial, s,ewar, was well convinced tina, hi,
death on the ealows was inevitable, unless he
effected his escape by breaking the prison.
He Instantly resolved 20 make every possible
ex-r,ion, 10 ron all hazards, and even 10 shed
more blood, if by additional murders he could
accomplish his design. While in Glasgow
gaol, he organized scheme by which he e1'
pec,ed TO accomplish his purpose; but II was
happily discovered, and he was subsequently,
confined in one of the iron rooms, or condemn
cd cells" A few days previous TO his trial, IN
conjunction with right stout and desperate rui
fans he resolved on another attempt TO break
the paol Of this city. Their plan was 10 seize an
opportunity when the turkeys were employed
with the prisoner in the other wards. and muir
der the one attending on them, and Mr. Fisher,
Deputy Governor of the gaol, and seize the
KEYS but failing in This atrocious PROJECT,
hey in,enGed 10 ,ake one Of hr massive seats,
which they had Ioosened for the purpose, dash
out he 5, auncheons Of he wind laws at the foot
Of their stair, break the interposing cast-iron
barriers, and force their way 10 The outer gate.
If The turnkey then offered the least resistance,
he was 10 be instantly despatched. When
hey reached The out side, they were to fly IN
different directions, and they were all bound
by oath never 10 disclose the names OF the ring
leaders. They had procured TWO OF the small
spikes from The Top Of one Of the ratings, which
hey had carefully sbarpeped for the purpose
of numbering The turkeys who opposed their
escape The conspiracy was discovered OF
curse, and, when the two spikes were taken
from Slewart's cell, he cody said he had done
TO more than any man would have done in his
circumstances When he found that all his
plans were discovered, and that he would be
watched, il possible, with redouLled vigilance,
IBIS hope turned black despair" and he resign
ID himself 10 his fate. In our report Of his trl-
al, il was stated that their confident behavior
:yinced that they had no, the least hope Of es'
Gaping the gallows.
II must be fresh in the recollection Of our
readers 'ha, the murder and robbery for which
these wre,caes were 10 he executed this day was
pc. pelra,rd on board the Toward Castle steam
boat while OH her passag. from rarbo, tn Glas-
gov. They had observed hawker's wifi, with
nearly 2oL in her possession, and they resolved
10 deprive her Of her properly, though at
he expense Of her life. Finding her too
prudent to b. easily ensnsfcd, and observ-
ing tina, Rober, Lamo: was possessed OF a sum
Of money, he next .ngrossed their whole stlen-
ton. Stewart sung, told him idle Legendary
tales, while his partner in spoila ion piled him
with offec,ed kindness. and gossip about "Rob