The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-09-05
Execution Of DR.. John White Webster at
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BosToN, Aug. 30
This morning, Professor John White Web
ster suffered the extreme penalty of the law,
for the murder Of DR.. George Parkman in the
Boston Medical College, on the 23d of No
vember, 1s49.
The execution took place in the yard OF
the Leverett street Jail, in presence OF about
three hundred persons, who were invited to,
attend by Sheriff Eveletk, =,
Long before the time fxed Tor the execu-
ton, the streets in the vicinity exhibited an
extraordinary excitement, and thousands
gregated on the roofs and in the windows Of
all the buildings in the vicinity, in the hope
of getting view of the prisoner, either as
he stood upon the scafolG, or as he passed
through the yard 10 it. Premiums were
freely offered and given for choice places
where the scaffold might be viewed.
Strangers poured into the city by thou
sands, and We'd with the citizens in exer-
tons to get good view of the last sad
scene. A large awning was erected over
the scaffold. which to considerable extent
obstructed the view. II was announced that
the execution would take place at nine o.
clock, though the persons admitted were no.
tilted TO be present at eight o'clock.
Among those admitted 10 the Jail yard
were several reporters for the press of this
and other cities.
The. prisoner was attended in his cell, be-
fore the execution, by Rev. DR.. Putnam and
few others, and appropriate and deeply af-
fecting religious services were held.
Considerable time was consumed by these
and orher causes of detention. The prison
er was at length conducted from the Jail
through the yard to the scaffold, walking
firmly and conducting himself with the COM
posufe that he has all along exhibited.
He assembled the scaffold, the rope was adj
ius,ed by Sheriff Eveleth, and at precisely
twenty minutes before ten o'clock, the drop
fell, and he was swung into eternity.
He died without struggle, and after be-
ing suspended for some time, the body was
taken down and carried into the prison a.
gain.
Professor Webster's bearing up to the
time Of the execution was firm as ever. He
expressed the deepest peni,enca for his
crime, and his sense of the full justice of his
sentence and execution.
No new confession was made, as was re-
ported would be the case, and no new state
ments have come 10 light as yet, since the
execution. The report that he left any 9th.
er statements, to be opened after his death,
is not believed.
In compliance with one of the last re-
quests of the unhappy mum, his body will
be laid out in the prison, and remain there
until to-night, when it will be removed to
his late residence in Cambridge, from
whence it will probably be inferred privately
at Mount Auburn.
Mrs. Webster and her daughters are as
yet unacquainted with the fact of his execu-
ton. Their last visit TO the prison was yes.
terday, the usual day foi their visits, and as
they always parted as if they were never to
meet again, nothing unusual occurred to in
dictate TO them that the day of execution was
so near The sad intelligence will be com
municated TO them as quietly as possible, to-
day, to prepare them, in measure, for the
reception of the corpse to-night.-EUen,ng
Bulletin.