The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-03
THE DAILY DISPATCH

T.r Fxrcurlos or Ann HoAGs-Wo havs
already given photographic account ofthe exc
cu,;on Of Ann Hoag, in Poughkeepsie, n. r.
We extract from the New York Times the fol-.
lowing brief narrative Of the events which led
to her untimely end
Meanwhile Ann became the mother OF i've
chilt'ren. Even ia her days OF adversely she
conducted herself with proprieiy, and proved
hiself faithful and afeclionaie wife until
about the beginning OF the year 1851, when she
coniracsesl an unholy passion for young man
named William Summers. whose paramour
she subsequently, became, and thus rapidly
travelled the road OF crime which has ended IN
an isnominious death. Led on hIindiy by guilty
passion, the iIl-stArred woman plunged into
misery and degradation, renounced virtue, re.
putaiion, husband and children, until, at last,
she murdered her husband, with the deliberate
nurnose of removing all barriers to the CON-
piete abandonment Of herself TO crime. 1t was
in JuIy. 1851, that she resolved 10 commit The
a,rocious crime Of taking the life OF her hus-
band. which purpose she accomplished by
mipglng arsenic with his daily food until he
died. In the month Of March following che was
tried and convicted. and the sentence of death
pronounced by Hon. Judge Barculo. who fixed
The day Of execution on the 9TH Of May, 1852
As the appointed time for the day Of execution
EVpTUuCUNus tCSptC was SIhuteu uHtit tUc
30ih Of July, as the unfortunate woman was
about again TO become a mother.
A negro was executed at the same time
The fact that woman was one of those who
thus paid the penalty of crime, renders the SUBJ
joined account painfully interesting:
The condemned were in separate rooms, ad-
joining the vestibule, in company with their
spiritual advisers, Rev. Mr.. Ferris and Rev.
Dir. Waldo; who had been in prayer with them
nearly the whole of the previous night. About
midnight, the unhappy woman was attacked
with fit of insanity, and remained in this
state of mind until daylight, when she became
calm, and appeared more recOnciled TO meet
the awful fate Shich awaited her. As the hour
Of i2 o'clock NJ, approached, she prayed fer
venily with the clergyman, and asked Ged to
forgive her and and receive her soul. The CO.
lored man exhibited penifent feeling. aud in
his prayers asked the forgiveness OF his Crea-
tor. The doomed prisoners We're atiired IN
dresses of white cambria. AT % minutes be-
fore 10 A. Nj they were conducted to the gall
lows, and placed side by side under the scat
fold. The female looked exceedingly pale
and her bright blue eyes beamed with an ex-
preston of sadness and dependency. She
was about five feet seven inches in heig hit, slen-
der for n small featured, with fair skin and
auburn hair. Her appearance was that OF u
female not over % years of age, although she
was, in fact, past 81 years.
The negro was five feet eleven inches in
height, of large muscular build, with dog
ged, animal looking counienance. And was
quite resoiuie, exhibiting much frmness to the
last moment.
At fourteen minutes to IL o'clock, sheriff
Morey shook hands with each oftbem, and said:
"God bless you: trust your sins are forg-
ven. Ann replied: feel that am to be saved.
God bless you, dear Sheriff. for your kindness
towards me. An appropriate and affecting pray.
er was offered by Mr.. Waldo. The arms of
the condemned were pinioned; and as the rope
was placed around the neck of each the death
warrants were read, and the white caps drawn
over their faces.
At three quarters past IL o'clock both ropes
were severed by the Sheriff and Deputy Mey-
ers, the weights fell, and the bodies were suss
pended about two feet from the floor. Ann
Hoag died comparatively easy, and in few
seconds her body was motionless. The negro
struggled for nearly FIVE minutes, during which
time he seemed to be in great agony. His
whole frame was convulsed, and shuddered at
intervals. His legs were drawn nearly double
After being suspended about half an hour
they were pronounced dead by Drs. E. DECO
Thorn and Cooper, jr., and were cut DOWN, de.
posted in collins, and inferred in grounds be-
longing to the Court House.
During the past week Ann Hoag made full
confession. which covers near 20 pages o.
foolscap paper, in which she declares "A lillian
Summers her confederate in the murder. Sum.
mers is now confined in the county Jail. await
ing his trial as an accessory before the fact in
the awful crime.