The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-01-27

neiefeofing jssilce. The rest Of ihe par
y thea resuined with The Bao,s 10 tils
doUble-bedtsd room. shsre they found
fsrf hing - Boots bad described;
and. nnresses. discovered thai The towel
aud basin ~hlch frederick Psesol had
assd The nigh, bslGre. we're stained with
blood; and On pssping into The bed, where
~ lay sound sslsep. he face and pillow
iouad 10 be slightly bloody. while his rirh,
hard and arm. which was stretched oal
above the sed-clalhes, had good deal Of
blood ufon The fingers and upon the shirt.
The landlord wisely de,erminrd not 70
wake him till The constable came. and IN
he mean time further pefqsisitions sere
made. The si.irs we're covered with dfops
Of gore; traces ni the same hind sers m.l
with al he ssy through The garden 10 the
Top Of The bank above The ses; footsteps
wefs deeply sunk in The plashy ground. 40
ifs man heavily laden had psssrd along;
and in some faces long trailing marks
were found. which might very well have
been produced By person dragging along
adesd body 70 throw il into The sea below.
Al length The constable arrived: Frederick
Pfeyol was awakened with difficulty, and
gazed around ~llh look Of aslonishlpeni,
which IL ieisaed. was eerialnly very well
put on. That look Of establishment
changed 70 indlgnalisn on being charged
wiih The murder &c his friend. and lie
had well nigh knocked down The man = no
made the sccusslion. bur he RETAINED:
and whsl ~ss his horror, when. on rising
and dressing himself. 40 he was told 10 do,
The porkel-book Of William Gore. mark
ed with bloody thumb and 6ngrr. was
found under his pillow!
Were ss {. f.llow The fashion Of the
day, We should dwell upon This exsmin-
alton before The magistrates. end his trial
b,iore . jury Of his country; but CO
The sake Of being singular. or rather per-
hsps, of going q step even beyond our
contemporaries. We will pass over ell The
incidents Of his irisl. and dwell upon the
still more psinful incidents Of his rxecu-
llon. Yes. reader, upan his execution;
for the chain 81 circumsianiial evidence
was so sirong that The .sddI,ionsl facts
which came onl on the iIisl. nsmtly that
he had no money in the preceding night
10 pay The coachmsn. tina, the pocket
book which he had pretended was IN bis
portmsnleau could no, be discovered there.
aud ,hs, The ehamber-msiJ had heard a
man 20 out and come in, were quite sof
ficieni TO convince the jury OF his guilt.
Not q doubt indeed. renamed on The mind
Of any person bot one, and that vas The
sister 81 The murdered man--ihe promis-
ed bride Of bin who was abou, TO end
bic days upon The scaffold. She did not
believe him gully; she knew him we'll.
she loved him long, aud il would have
taken evidence ten times stronger, even
to raised houb, in her mind. She open
ly sni buddy declared her conviction Of
his innocence; she visited him in The
prison, she tack leave of him with ten
derness and devotion: she consoled him
with reiterated assurances that she vas
as certain Of his innocence, ss OF her
own. -. o.. .
The fatal morning dswned a, lens.h,
and 40 il Was then the GUSTAV 10 execute
persons condemned for murder in chains,
and as near the spot where the deed had
been committed as possible, The sentence
Of Frederick Prevot declared that he was
10 be hung in chains upon the moor,
about half mile from the Inn where he
had passed that inauspicious night.
The prison in which he hal been coutin.
ed was a, some distance, and though The
time appointed Tor bis execution was ear.
ly in the day. the gazing spectators, who
bad assembled 10 witness The agony and
death Of fellow-cresture, were disap
pointed for some hours Of that pleasant
pss.ime by ,arious accidents and misad
ventures which took place. aud inierrup.
ted the march Of the sad procession from
the far of county town.
|. seemed as Il nature opposed herself
90 the hanging Of an innocent man. The
cart. in which, loaded with heavy irons
and seated upon straw, he was drawn to.
wards the moor, broke down al the end
&C the first Eve miles, and i. TOOK long
time TO repair it, II was then discover
ed that The man Who had undertaken the
terrible office Of execu,ioner, and who not
outstanding certain savage propensiiies
Of his nature which led him that way.
was so much of novice as 10 be nervous
and uneasy. had slipped off secretly; nor
was It I'LL long search had been made, tina,
he was found. drinking large draugh,s Of
spirits 10 pubic house. He was then
placed in The same cart with the prison.
er, and the march Recommended; bu,
some way father on. in going up very
steep hill. The horse iha, drew the earl
fell down dead in the harness. aud a new
delay took place while another horse was
sent for. Thus the agony of that ,erri-
BILE journey vas prolonged 10 poor Frede
rick Prevo, for many hours, and bis
frame. worn with Imprisonment, with
the struggle &c hope and fear. with indig
nation. anguish. and despair. seemed res.
dy TO sink under The protrac,ed suffering
| ,h,,1 IN fli.sch IN him and m any NJ ,hAs q