The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-30
A SCENE IN THE AUBURN STATE Pm.
SON

fecen'y h'doe an EXCLUSION through The
Auburn State Prison. He gives the fol.
lowing account of his interview with a
murdercr.-Nat Iafeihseactr.
"On my return to tho prison Office |
vas introduced to the Chaplain, Rev. O.
/. Morrill,, which reverend gentleman in.
formed me that a man by The name or
WYATT, then confined IN one of the cells
lir the murder Of Gordon, Oh the 10Th Of
March, IN the Auburn State Prison, had
confessed to bum tina, he had lived a aam.
bier for several years in the South and
West, and no would like should call upon
hun. | accompanied HIM to The cell az
The murderer. The door uas thrown omen
upon It's grating hinges, " hen the reverend
gentleman Introduced me as an acq,iaiol.
aoce Of his who had travelled Suu,h sey.
cral years, and thought that he lWyaul
aou j be & lad 10 converse with him. Tie
sad he vas happy TO see me, and asked
ne u he scaieJ. After short discourse
relative 10 The different classes II mon then
IL confinement, | asked him What he fol.
lowed 10 his travels through the South.
He tod me gambling. asked him how
long he had been engaged IN that ucfariuus
business He said Twelve or thirteen
Years. asked him II he knew many
gamblers tie sal he did
=" asked him # he ever knew ono Inv
The name Of Green lie sad Ac did.
a,Ard his name lie answered John :
81 he knew him Ia l-32-'3-'i, and y
sad saw hun 10 1872 in St. LOUIS. /
s,keJ liIni II Le Was intimate itb Green
H. said lac knew h.H as one gambler
hng~ another. asked han Il favored
Jun lie said II would stand in the hrhi.
he would icll me. ! did 50. He SAID |
boxed Ike the man, told h,m | was
the man, bu, that / never knew him by tho
name Of Wyatt. He SAID did ir.! tia,
WATT was not his real name. lie then
~ me another, which was not h,. real
name. and usked the il did not hear ot a
nan being murdered near ST. LOUIS in The
leaf ! SAL, and Of two men beng arrested.
both triej and convicted, one having anew
lna granted him, and the other being
taas ! told him that though, | had.
He said he was the man that had the new
tsl granted, and was acquitted and
sal he, they hon. the wrong man; he
vas innocent; am the gully man; bu,
isy hung han and cleared me. Bur,'
uy. |, you were under dif.ren, name
ml at that time He said, Yes, by
hns Of those names do sou know me, but
10y real name YOU are familiar with.
Your name, said he, ! knew N the year
l-32, the gamblers called YOU John, bu,
!lnl,hln Is your real name NV curios.
~ was highly excited at the stfanre mar.
f.lHc OF the murderer. Blu, YOU may
imagine the Increase Of i, when he told me
ia real name.
IL looked al the murder and could
satce,y believe my own eyes vet he
sod before me living marvel. have
iseI srcresy as 10 ls real name until
-'.s' ~ Av.u'iuu. tmvii"sqtvd him
" his fret steps IN vice, and how he be.
me 50 hardened. lie told me to rcmem. l
~ lAo treatment lie had received from
ynohers' lash al Nicksburg. did,
mS eyes could scarcely credit reality.
bad knlwn HIN IN 1882, 3, :, and IN
carly part of IS, as a bllkeeper m ,
L ..Abutg. lie was never shrcwd
/ .'d.pllyer, but al that time was consld.
/ 81 an lnotiensiye youth Thc coffee
use he kept was owned by North. wAo /
Il p Tour others we're executed 90 the 5th ,
4 'ly, ls!j, By lynch law. Wyatt and
&c others were taken on the morning of I
TN, stripped, add Que thousand lashes
zen 70 the four, tirrIcd AMI lea,hercd.
put Inlo canoe and SGT aJrit on The
'N"'Ppl riser. /, make. my blood {
,Ie az my flesh quiyer TO think Of the i,
'''nhg condition Of these unfortunate
'' sell Sdnit on the morning Of the 7ih of
r. win the brol!ing sun upon their l.
A'g'ed bodies. Two died IN about Two \
y" alter they were set ahoat. Wyatt I,
sho'her renamed with their hands and -,
- bound about forty hours, suffering "
IRE 'hah tongue can tell or pen describe, 81
zen they were picked up by some slave |
sfpe', @ho started with the survivors 10 9
| curriers'. Ill. companion died be.
r. They arrived. Wyatt survives to tell "
horrors OF the lyncher's lash. lie told Ia
seven murders bal been occasioned hy "
"N unmcrcdul trealmcn, TO him, and &
= innocent man hung know his state. -
rus to be true, for had known him he. "
$780, aud h's,ruth in other particu. Is
eanaoi he doubted. lie murdered his in
'en'h man Tor which crime he will be-
''c1'ed. have another communication
| ioaf paper concerning tho murderer +
as prospects in tho world 10 come. -,
Yours truly, :,
H. GREEN
AUBURN, April 10, 1915"