Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-06-07
add, that they entertain not the slightest
doubt Of the Justice Of that verdict.

add, that they entertain not the slightest
doubt Of the justice ofthat verdict.
1t was, On your part, foul, ferocious
murder, without one palliating incident.
The brutality Of the act, has little parallel
in the annals Of criminal Justice. With
nothing to stimulate vindictive feelings,
but with heart hardened In crime, you
follow this unoffending and unsuspecting
woman, whose very helplessnesa was q
summons to the humane heart for protec-
ton. Just within reach Of her home,
which she had left few days before re-
turning in health, in hope and anticipation
of the bright welcome of its inmates, you
struck her down. Unknown to you, in
nocent Of offence to all the world, beloved
and respected in her home and neighbor-
hood, you discarded all human sympathies.
and BY this foul act, sent misery and des-
olation to the hearth Of a peaceful and In
nocent family. One spark Of honest and
manly feeling in your breast, would have
stayed your bloody purpose. But, regard
less Of the feebleness Of which God con-
stituted you protector-dead to all hu-
man sensibilities, you complete the bloody
intent, by repeated blows upon the head
Of your victim, with heavy stone; and
scarcely before the death struggles over,
rifle her pockets Of the small and scanty
plumber which they afforded. And It +
hardly credible, yet so it is, that with
hands scarcely washed Of the blood Of
your victim, you were found, seeking to
traffic the pitiful avails of this atrocious
and remorseless murder.
1t is difficult to conceive Of all this, a.
the act Of free moral agent, uninfuenced,
by personal malice or provocation, and
perpetrated solely to rob stranger, and
that stranger a harmless and innocent wo-
man. The plea Of insanity, 50 plapsibly
and ably argued by your COUNSEL :
been sustained by the Jury, wonldNIeast
have been some relief to the Court, and
the violated feelings Of the community
But they have declared the deed upon their
oaths, as your sane and deliberate act and
humanity shrinks at the contemplation Of
so wilful and barbarous homicide, under
such trifing inducements to its perpetra-
ton. In such startling offence, we trace
the sad evidence Of the depths Of depravi-
ty, to which idle and vicious courses, lead
the young and yielding offender. The
path to reckless crime, is by no sudden
leap. Step by step is the approach TO the
gate Of sin. Once, entered, the better i'm
pulses and feelings, are left behind; and
before long the career Of the offender, like
to your own, receives its first check in .
prison, among the refuse Of mankind,
reckless to infamy and disgrace. The es-
cape from this, is to life spent in rebell-
ious disobedence 10 the will Of God, and
the laws of man until finally, as in your
sad experience, it amounts to crime, that
shocks humanity, and almost slaggers be-
lief.
This course of remark, is not adopted
by the Court, to superadd single pang to
your sad condition and the fate that awaits
you. We would rather desire by it to
awaken and arouse your mind to due
sense of that condition. We do so, with
the hope that even such depravity, as you
are soon to expiate with your life, in vim
dication of human laws, has not entirely
extinguished the dread and fear Of high
er tribunal. When the sentence Of the
law is here pronounced upon you, this
earthly tribunal has done its allotted part.
The rest is in the hands of Almighty God!
Though your life may be here forfeited to
the laws of man, there is that which his
sentence may not control 1.-THE life to come.
And to prepare for this, time will be all
lowed TO you to gather up remorse for the
past, and 10 prepare for the dread prospect
of an eternal future. There was period
in your life, when, as has been testified
here, YOU were not wholly insensible, that
there is Being infinite in goodness and
mercy, who's ear is open to prayer.
And with whatever levity you may then
have treated il, turn nor, to that God, and
humiiate yourself before him. Repent
now for without repentance, there is no
hope hereafter. Inplore from him, pity
and pardon for your past life. Take to
your counsel, the ministers Of the pure
Religion of hrist.--With them, open your
heart to the consultations of Religion.
Cast not from you the only remaining re-
fuge that may assuage the bitterness of an
ipnominious death. From them may you
gather hope and strength for eternity, and
the assurance that there is final tribunal,
whose attribute is mercy, and to which you
may yet appeal for your immortal soul.
The sentence Of the Law, which this
court is now called upon TO pronounce is:
Tha, you be taken TO the Jail Of Baltimore
county, from whence you came, and from
thence to the place Of execution, at such
time as shall be duly appointed, and there
be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
And may God have mercy on your soul"
The sentence being finished, WINNER
was removed from the bar by the Warden
of the Jail, and soon afterwards reconduct-
ed to his cell in that institution. He bore
the ordeal with almost stoical Indifference,
standing erect, and looking the Chief Jus
tice fixedly in the face. But once or twice
could we observe the least tremor, and it
was instantly mastered. His eyes were
dry, and all show Of appreciation Of the
awful position in which he stood was BAN
ished by the inhexible will Of the harden
ed convict. In few moment. after SEN
tence was passed, we noticed him con-
ver.ing with light smile upon his conn
tenance. ...ans.-. aaH r.
FEMALEs.--The phrase female. as used