Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-05-23
SCENES MIN hanging.

Scenes at "a hangiug.
Not long since aud ais wife, who had been
con, cttd If numbering per.m for his money, were
hanged in tie ciiv of l. nj n. The which
took place are described hs G aries Dickens, as
copied below. We leave uls rvzicr. /" estimate
their m,raI effects. We many years .gn wi messed
something similar. aud have fr'm at day been OPP
posed to thai mule of punsh'urni.
The MAHsIkes-"I was a wr;ne., II The execution at
Hmsemoi ge this muraiaS went thee for the
Of oh.evng the ewd ga'he'ed u behold H. had
csrn opportunities uf dug ~ iu'e va al through the
n h. aud coninuouy frUm diy-bicss until stio he spec
tscie
IL simply wish to to tuun lh, dreadful experience
for the good and 10y tking the Ieadest aud
mo pu lie Of adveTIing 10 intmain given BY
Sir Gray the session % Parliament, that the Gov
might be induced give support measure
making the infection IL capital punishment private soen-
niy within The prison walls with such guarantees for The
last Of the law being incxoraby surely admin
Uttered 'hould be satisfactory 10 the public at lase AMI
Of most earnestly bsseeehng Sir G. GRAY solemn duty
which he TO soci'ty, aud responsibility which he
fur put away, II originate such legislative
change himself.
II believe that sgh neonceivshly awful the wick
edness levity collected that
ecuiun this morning could be Imagined by and could
be presented IN heather land under The The horrors
Of the gbbe and Of the crime which brought the wTeiched
faded my mind before atIpcious bear
ing looks and language Of the assembled spectators When
upon the at mdu.h the shrilness OF The ees
and bowls that raised fom time to time den ting that
they from the of boys and grl' already
ssmbled in the best places made my blood cold. As
The nigh went on, sereaching and laughing AID yelling in
siTong chorus of paodes Negro meadies with subsu-
trns Of Mrs MauniEg for susann-h aud the like. we've
added 10 these.
"When The day dawned thieves low prostitutes rufians
and vsgabrds OF kind, hOcked the ground with
every aIety of offensive foul behavior. FIgh ing
fsnlng. whstng', limitations Of punch. uta jokes. u-
mntuous demuns atoms Of indecent delight when
ing ds eyed Of the crowd by the polics
with thei dresses disoTdeed gave 10 the gene
ral When the br Chilly. il did,
gded thousands thousands Of upturned faces, in
expessibl uus in heir brutal ninth caouness, that
had feel ashamed Of the shape he wore, aud
10 shnk fom himself, fashioned in the image of the
D~vil. When the miserable creatures who atusetrd
all the ghaily sight about them TUNED quiverig into
The air. the was 40 mo, emotion no more ply, mo,e
that immortal souls had gone Judgment, noe
tsiut in Of the previous "bscetes, than If the
Of Oh Isl had been heard in this world and that there
belief among but that they peIshed like the
bssst.
Il have seen habitaally of the Of
and corruption this country snd
think there not many phases OF Lond life that could
surprise me. | soemnly convinced that nothing thai
ingenuity could devise TO be done 10 This city, In the
compass of time could work ruin public
on and stand asounded and appalled, by the wickednsss
il exhibits. do believe that any community pIos-
per- such scene Of horror and demon
was enacted outside. Horsemongelane Gaui is presented
81 the doors Of good citizens aud passed by uuknow
or forgotten. Aud when ~ prayers and the hanksgv-
ing for the season. humbly before God
our desire the moral evils fom the land woul
ask your readers TO consider whether il time think
oil This and root II out faithful servant
DEvoEsHIRE, Tuesday, Nov. 10. CHARLES DICKENS
Not less than $4,000 persons, il stated, were
present at the execution One female was Known
to have been Killed by The pressure of the crowd
and several others severely injured. But hundreds
there hardly be doubt, moro OF less dam
aged physically, while the souls of thousands receiy
ed stein which may never be washed out III lime
Manning and his wife, who had been esirauge,
from each other from the period of their arrest wer
finally rcconciled on the scaffold Manning. it will
be remembered. directly accused his wife of the muir
der, while she implicated third party, protested he
innocence of the crime. and loaded her husband
with bitter reprodches. During their imprisonment
u while svNaIiIng execution he did everything he cou
to bring about meeting; on the scaffOd, however
they came together, face face. when reconcilia
: tion took place. The husband made the fret advan
ces, after which they embraced kissed each other
. shook hands and passed farewels.
The husband Was greatly excited, on the way t
execution, and overcome that he had 10 be support
y ed the scaff1ld by attendants. The wife
I" though pale, walked up with a firm steP-lhe Lad
" Macbeth Of the scene;-and when final appeal wa
made to her by the attending clergyman. in the hop
of softenlng her obduracy, she told him calmly tina
. she had nothing 10 say, except 10 thank him kind
for the interest he bad manifested In her behalf
Though no doubt entertained by any one @
e their guilt neither made confession; and when til
:" platform knocked from under them, they drop
/" aud died almost without struggle.