Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-23

that night. Soon as the murder was discov-
cred, search was made for him, and he could
nowhere be found. Suspicion naturally set
lied upon him, and the hue and cry was Civ
en-.
Sheriff W sent out his deputies and a
strong posse, and accidentally receiving in
formation that led him to believe that the
murderer had fed down the Mississippi, he
instantly set out alone in hot pursuit. lie
t,accd what he believed to be the ''trail" Of
the miscrclnt down as far as st. Louis, and
there lost it entirely, and gave up the chase
IS f%fuiiless. As he was preparing to return,
he was taken suddenly i'll Of a fever, aud for
many weeks lay in a hdIl-delirious and very
critical state. At the end Of that time he be-
gan to convalcsco, and ere long recovered SO
far as to be able to return home.
Daring his absence, Winchelsoa had been
apprrhenIed, tried, aud convicted upon proof
50 positive tint the Jury found a verdict of
Guilty Of WiiIiui Murder,' without leaving
their boV,-and sentenced 10 the ignoniai0us
death Of the scalold.
Mjor W alched home on the dlyap-
pointed for the execution. Being yet feeble,
ne begged to be relieved from the painful du-
ty Of hlngilg the poor wretch, and so it fell
upon one Of his deputies.
The hour fixed upon for the dreadful muir
der which the law had legaiized cane round.
At that moment a messenger arrived to in
form Major W that the deputy had fall
en- upon tho scllfold in an ap0piectjc G, and
tina, the execution stayed his arrival. There
was no alternative. The sheriff, though weak
and totally unfit for the terrible trsk, felt it 10
be his duty to promptly obey the
In a few minutes, a rolling, heavy hum,
and an unusual comnotion ia the ranks Of
the tbpueADls. u, f,arnl r., hoh,1I IT.. l---
full death of a fellow creature, rave evidence
OF he arrival Of the sheriff. The culprit was
dressed for the grave, the fatal rope encirclcl
his neck, the cap, drawn over his face by the
deputy before the fit took him, at his request,
relnliGad as it had been adjusted. Al brief
prayer was offered up to God in behalf of the
poor wretch. whose last minute had come
The clergyman and the sheriff then took him
by the hand and babe him farewell. All
things were ready. The vast crowd were
hAFhed to breathIess silence. With a sud-
den movement the sheriff cut the cord, the
drop fell, and the murderer was hanging hy
the neck between the heavens and the earth.
A Faw conyul5ive struggles, aud all vas o.
vcr-ius'ico was satisfied. The multitude
dispersed to their homes
But the tragedy had not yet reached its
close. After HANGING the usual lenutl Of
Tine, the body WIS 'crt down." to be dpliy-
cred to the rhysicians-for friends the dead
nan had nonc-no, not one. The sheriff re-
EIainei TO assist ii the last ceremony. One
removed !he shoes, and a%notlor the long rown,
T." sheriff nin-ci! pulled OF the crp.-
fhe body was then lying fee d~owuWuI.- ,
A moment after it was turned over, and in
itvtI, distorted, gitstIy TEXTURES present.
ed 10 view, Sheriff W recognized the
coanieaGJce Of his o,ca son his eldest, his
best beloved, his long lost son!
Oar long minute he stood, with s~training
eyes and upiiftal haul4, speeches. as the
clay he glzrd mpon. Thrn, with a gfoan of
utter agony. he fell upon the body, crying
out. /" My son! oh my son! my son :"
lie never spoke again. Death came to his
The son was indeed the murderer. Bad
company lei him astray after he left his home
IN Connecticut. He soon squandered his
and with that went his Eienh.-
" INT stared him in the face. HUNGER pinch
him soreIy. Shame and pride stuffed the
laIf expressed desire to return, like the prod
gal son, to his fathers house. to confess and
'ePent. Temptation took him captive, and he
became a petty larceny thief, then a robber,
counlcrfeiler, and finally, after a lonr
course OF crime, closed the catalogue Of his
with the capital crime OF murder
murder committed for the sake Of a few hun
lred dollarS-aS we have related.
The other son lived long to bless and COM
his g'iafstricken mother; but she never
-ecovorcd entirely from the dreadful shock.