The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-02
Farther Incidents Connected with the
EAecn.ion OF PLoIsss.h MsbsLnr.

tfrum the Boston Transcript Aug 81
The countcnagcc OF Professor Webster IN death
was serene, and even pleasant, ~ is expression cx.
hibiting 10 ditcoloraOn or sign OF distortion The
genial. beaIning smile with which he was wont TO
encounter a friend, seemed to have just passed
over ~, and left is trace.
Soon after the body was cut down. DIR. Putnam
repaired 10 Cambridge 20 communicate intelligence
OF the execution 20 the beresyed family. For some
days, through the vague cOnm1Lica ton OF friend,
they had been aHticp sting that each interview
VITA the prisoner might De The LAST although they
left the cell end the jail Thursday, not suppos.
ing that the execution would take place the next
day As they. entered their carriage, however,
they noticed a bustle about the itil and the gsss-
bling ~ n crowd, ifcm which they drew dreadful
auguries ~ the imuineuce q the fatal event: aud
when the visit Of Or. Putnsm was announced yes.
ierday morning, they at once knew that all was
over
We drop the CURTIN over the scene Of domestic
anguish that cnsued. 10 was not unrelieved by
hopes that the father and husband had deeply
and sincerely repented OF his crime; and that the
bitterness OF death was aleyiated by siacers reli-
gious preparation and prayer TO the Mos, High.
Dr. Putnam having inquired ~ the prisoner yes
terday morning, before The religious exercises ia
The cell, whether there VERY eny points he would
like to have touched upon IN the prayer. Prog ssor
Webster replied, that there we're two which Il
would be agreeable to his feelings TO have intro-
duced one was, that the hearts ol his fellow tneu
might be sohened towards him, AZ Jet he was goae
the other, that every consolation from Hcaven far
the suffering he had inflicted might be vouchsacd
to the famil, and relatives Of the late Dr. Parkman.
In the Interview before the prayer. Professor
Webster alluded 10 his hope Of meeting in the
werld TO which he was about 10 ass IN spirit, n
tenderly beloved child, who died some years siuce.
lie converted with perfect composure, on various
subjects, mostly Of a religious nature
During the walk TO the allows the conversation
was main, aimed mostly by DR. Putnam, whose OBJ
Jet IL to keep the prisoners thoughts so occl-
pied with sacred things that the appalling sqectacle
aroung him shoold not cause him 10 quail. But
the prisoner was f'm TO the last Not a nerve
shivered. To Dr. Pdtnsm's remark" DO not re.
gard anv thing about you--ds not look"-as they
entered the area, and approached the gallows, he
replied Z" do not. My thoughts are elsewhere"
All the while the death warrant was being read,
DIR. Putnam kept up cheering conversation with
priafely II would have been diticut 10 pre- scr,be
a denesnor more becoming under the crcumsisn-
ces, than that which he exhibited, or 10 have in
vented words more suitable than those which he
utfered. Dr. Putnam plied him with remarks 10
keep his thoughts in the right direction. and 70
prevent sny pause, during which he might quail
The prisoner gratefully seconded these humane ef-
forts, but without any Hurry OF sPluis OF n,rvous
with him. while the officers tied the prisoners's arms
and leas-while the moose was adjusted round his
ntcL-snd while the black cap was put on--nor
did he retire from his immediate vicinity iii just
az the fatal drop was about 10 descend.
The flushed appearance Of the prisoners face,
and the efinsou Of tears, were produced apparently
by the premature and motae nfsry Tightening OF the
rtpe, and net, as - me supposed, by agitation.
The " Il audible words Of Professor Webster, ne
the cap was drawn over his face, were " FArHss
INTO THY HANDS | coxsEND NY SPIRIT"
One of our contemporaries states, that the spot
selected fof the Rsliews was that where n would
he most conspicuous 20 the multitude. Directly
the contrary ~ th,s is the truth II was the object
81 MIR Andrews TO place II where Il would be as
little consrscuous ~ possible.
With regard to the statement that the PRISONER