Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-05-29
scene in Il siurdcrer's Cell.

III view ork, and gives the following
interesting account Of his interview
with one of the convicis:
"On nv return to the prison office
l was Introduced to The chaplain, Rev.
y. Z. Morrill,, which reverend gentle.
man informed me that man by The
name OF Wyatt, then confined in one of
The cells. tor the murder of Gordon, on
The 10Th of March in the Auburn State
Prison. had confessed to him that he
had lived a gambler several wears in
the South and West, and he would
like should call upon him. accom-.
panied him to The cell of the murderer.
The door was thrown open upon It's
grating hinges, when the reverend oen
teman introduced me as an acInaint
ance of his who had travelled Sou,b
several years. and thought that he
(Wyatt) would be glad 10 converse with
HIM. He said he was happy 10 see me
and asked me to he seated. After shor,
discourse relative To the dfferen, class.
es OF men then IN confinement. | asked
hm what he followed IN his travels
through the South. He told me gam
bling asked how long he had been
engaged IN that nefarious business?
lie said twelve or thirteen wears. T
asked him if he knew many gamblers?
He said he did.
| asked him if he ever knew one by
the name of Green! II said he did.
| asked his name! He answered
John; said he knew him in 1892, 3.
A. and 5, and saw him in 1912 in ST.
Louis. asked him if he was intimate
with Green! He said he knew him
as one gambler knew another. |
asked if favored him! He SAID i'll
would stand In the light. he would
tell me. did so. = He said | looked
like The man. told him | was the
man, but that never knew him by
the name of Wyatt. He said did
not. that Wyatt was not his real name.
lie then told me another which was
not his real name, and asked me if
did not hear of man being murdered
near ST. Louis in the wear 1871. and
OF two men being arrested. both tried
anG convicted. one having new trial
g:anted him. the other being hung.
told him that | thought | had. lie
sand he was the man that had the new
trial granted. and was acquitted, and
SAID he. they hung the wrong man;
he wa, innocent; am the guilty man,
hat they hung him and cleared me
'Bui saws |. Won were under a differ.
en-, name sull. u, that time He said
Yes, BY none of those names do Won
know me, but NV real name YOU are
familiar with Your name sand he.
i knew in the wear 1882; the gamblers
called YOU John, but jonathan i yonr
real name, Nv curiosity was hlphlv
excited at the strange management of
the murderer. But vou NAV imagine
the increase Of it when he told me his
real name.
looked at the Murderer and could
scarcely believe my own ewes; vet he
stood before me living marvel.
have pledged secresv as to his real
name until AFTER his execution. | in
terrogatad him on his frs, steps in
vicee, and how he became so harden.
ed. He told me to remember the
treatment he had received from the
Lvncher-' lash al Vickshugh did.
but NV eyes could scarcely credit real
tv. had known him in 1882, 3, 4,
and in The early part Of '35, as bar.
keeper IN Vicksburg. He was never
shrewd card PLAYER. hut at that time
was considered an inoffersive youth.
The coffee house he kept was owned
bv North, who with four Others where
executed on the 9Th Of July, 1895. by
Lynch law. WYATT and three Others
were taken on the morning Of the 7 h.
stripped, and one thousand Iashes given
TO the four. tarred and feathered. and
put mo Il canoe and set adrifl on tie
mississippi river. II makes my blood
curdle and my flesh culver to think of
the suffering condirlon Of these unfor,u-
nate men, set adriit on the morning Of
the 7th of July, with the broiing sun
upon their mangled bodies. Two died
IN about two hours after they were Sc,
afloat. WYATT and another remained
with their hands and fee, bound FORTY
hours. suffering more than tongue can
tell or pen describe, when they were
picked up by some slave negroes, who
started with The two survivors 10 their
quarters. His companion died before
they arrived. Wyatt survives 10 tell
the horrors Of the Lynchers' last. lie
told me seven murders had been occa-
stoned by their unmerciful treatment 10
him, and one innocent man hung.
know his statements to be true, for |
had known him before 1895. and his
truth IN other particulars canno, be
doubted. He murdered his seventh
man, for which crime he will be exc
cuied. | have another communication
for your paper concerning the murderer
and his prospects in the world 10 come.
Yours truly
j. n. GREEN
Auburn, April 10. Is45.