The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-07-05
EXECUTION OF INQUIRY, AT
BALTIMORE.

IBallmore, according to sentence, on
Friday MOI ming 81 h ult There were not
less than 10000 persons present 10 wit
ness The horrd spectacle, and the per.
sons appointed TO perform The shocking
ceremony, either out Of compliance 10
he crowd, or form some request of the
law, had the gaIlows erected a sufficient
height above The prison walls 10 allow
all outside 10 see.
'McCurry had been engaged, with
his spiritual adviser, in religious exerci-
-es, which were subsequently, continued
with but slight Intervals of conversation
Iup TO the moment when he left the cell
for the place Of execution.
His coun,enance showed no trace
whatever of apprehension, or fear in
reference 10 The dreadful ordeal through
which he was about TO pass, On the
contrary, it indicated degree of calm
ness, humility and resignation 10 his
fate which could scarcely have been an
licipsled He conversed freely, if
spoken 10, and when any questions swere
addressed 10 him, answered them with
The utmost apparent cheerluness. His
deportmen, remained the same during
all the time the reporter remained in
the cell; aud, while mingling in the re.
Iigious exerci ses of the occasion. his re-
sponses were made in tone of voice
distinctly audible TO all around him.
When asked by Mr.. Coskery if he
felt afraid 10 die, he said he did moi.
and inlimaied his assent to the reverend
genleman's remarks that it was moi
death which morlsls were TO fear
bu, the judgment which came after it,,
as we'll as 10 The hope expressed by Mr.
&C.. that he had so used The time Of his
confinement as TO prepare him properly
10 meet that, relying upon saving faith
IN the Lord Jesus Christ.
Al eleven o'clock, Deputy Sheriff.
r Wilson and j. Il. Laws entered the
cell, and with the aid Of Mr.. Jacob
Cock, police officer, arrayed the prison
er in the usua! dress. Whec these Off
GERS first approached the prisoner, and
shook hands with him, he turned, for a
single instant, dea'hly pale, but his
counlenance almost instantly recovered
its former color.
A, twenty. five minutes past eleven
O'Clock he was taken from the cell 10
he place Of execution, followed BY a
procession limited 10 his attending
priests, the Warden Of the jail, the
High Sheriff, his deputies, and the re-
porte ers Of the press generally. On The
way the Psalm IN Mserere,' or 'Have
mercy on me, 0 God was sung. Al
wenly-three minutes before twelve he
Ascended The scafold, accompanied by
the Sheriff, the Warden and The priests.
After moment or two spent in prayer
with him, by the Rev. Mr.. Coskery,
all leit him, and al twenty minu'es De-
fore twelve he was launched into elernl.
l'y.
He struggled but very little, and
when lowered down il was found, by
the attending physician tina, the neck
lad been broken by the first shock.
The surrounding eminences, in every
direction, as well as The Jail yard, were
lilIed with dense crowd of men wo,
men aud children, comprising many
housand persons, who had assembled 10
witness The execution.
The body was taken down at twenty
wo minutes past twelve, and after being
examined by Doctors Pigott and Yates,
20 ascertain that life was extinct, was de.
ivered over 10 the charge of The Rev
Mr.. CoSkery, for inlerment.