The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-15

from Yarmouth and other places came in loaded with
passengers and the population Of the whole surround
Ing country poured towards the spot. There might
nave been $4,000 or $4,000 people present. large
number certainly to be attracted by curiosity and tho
love Of excitement to spectacle painful as pub
lie execution: Among them, as Is usual such occa-
Hons were large number OF women and boys eagerly
looking forward for the appearance of the prisoner
and passing the interval very much in the same man
ner as the galleries of great theatres do between
the acts on Shakespeare night with Macready as the
star Some housetops had few spectators upon them,
and we observed great of people perched upon
the square tower Of one of the city churches The
short space between the castle entrance and the drop
was lined side by the magistrates of the county
and on the other by the representatives of the press
last the death kne began to toll from the spire OF
st. Peters Mancroft. and shortly after IL O'Clock the
Dreadful procession emerged from the castle and took
lin men, and then followed the convict attended tho
Governor and executioner; on their way they
met by the chaplain who read the funeral service with
aloud voice. The wretched prisoner moved along with
great frmness He was dressed in black, patent
leather boots, and had his shirt collar which
pulously clean turned As his head was bare the
features Of his face could be distinctly marked They
had undergone perccptible change since his trial.
Perhaps he might have looked somewhat paer,
but his determined expression had not changed and
the man in all respects the
waveriDg resolute being who for six days conducte
not only by the conviction Of his guilt blu
also by the knowledge that it had been so clearly
brought home to him His step never faltered and he
regularly marched to his doom On catching sight of
the scaold he lifted his eyes to Heaven raised fa
Us he conld, his pnoned hands and shook his head
mournfully from side to side once or twice The pan
tomme was perfect conveying almost as clearly as
t;on - ba at comoinea WIN resgna
rsrnor ,.hot tb d wan ;. n,onk ne ~. heu .ne w
Vice ended He vas told thst ~ . ;th ~" th hmasi
ton The grace of onr Tord Iesms chr;st ), g. am,
he ed that the dron might fa,i vben tho chan
lain came 10 those words ~ ~ ~ P
The wretched man then mourtoa tbo sooeo,a hut In
stead of looking to the crowd withaut turned his co
10 the castlo walls Cacraft imwad,atai,, draw W.
white nicbtcsn over his head and fsten;rr tbs ftI
rome to tbe beam adjusted the nooso to h;s neL The
unhappy man even at this drendfn moment boa not
lost his' cooipess 9,Tbs dos mnt no nan h s;J
G mt the THING III HIGHER toIos vo~r tma d"nt
he in burrv These wsro hs Inst yvords TSh r"ns
was In tho riobt niacctbo dror CsuNand IN a., 81
slant the murderer was dead No strugrles ensued
and the dreadful ceremonv was nerfor,ea os ou;cky
and we'll az ia and with fewer revotjng c;
cumstances than usual During the whole time the
crowd witbont maintained Solemn siIencc and the
onv sounds TINT the fail of the bodv and
Jerking of the frightened rome were one or two faint
sbrieks After being susnepded for ono honr n was
cut down and carried back TO the castle nm litter
There n cast was taken from r. aftcr which n ,yas
naced In shell previous To intermcnt within Tho nrc
cipcts At five O'clock the features had undergone 40
great change that no one could recocnise them The
hair had then becn shaved OF and The genealogical
deyelonement might he accurately observed The an
verdict ~ tho iurv Thus ncrishcd wbile st; II; The
prime fife James Bloomfield Rush the pernetrator Of
The Stanaeld Hall murders LONDON Times anr;I 81
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