Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-15


and chaplain. He entered the cell of the DOOM
cd man With countenance full Of the deepes,
grief He looked on his father for momen,
then with convulsiye cry be threw himself upon
his bosom. and with bursting emotions exclaim-
ed. sss ..zl.
MY father. my dear father!'' & e '77sss
The father. equally moved cried.
My con! my sons my darling! o, my darling
hoyla and almost devoured him with kisses
Tears flowed copiously; the fountain of affection
seemed broken up, and nature triumphed.
AS soon as the son could command the power
ofspeech. be said, so beseechingly,
ss.Oh, my father my father, have pity on me;
oh have pity and tell the truth. Do, oh do, say
am innocent, Oh, you know L am. My dear,
dear father you know am innocent
The father. thus appealed to, groaned aloud,
and strained him to his bosom the most in
tense ELECTION, answering. s:5 as5saz5
alfy son, my darling, win tell the whole
truth 55a,ss.sf $50 -. .e@zz 80
Eagerly seizing on the expression, the son
followed up his weeping request SIS /
aoh my father. have, pity on me; oh do say
am innocent. You know L had nothing to do
with the murder of the women.
a1Iy dear, dear boy-I will do whatever I can
for you; will die for you !.
Another gush of grief relieved the. swelling
bosom Of the weeping youth, and again in the
most affecting manner he said:
so, my father, my dear father, you know I love
you: o that could die in your stead. For what
is life to me now, NV course of misery is al
ready begun. The gloomy future grows darker
every day. You are soon to die; few brief pain
ful hours will close your earthly suferings; but
mine, o, my father my sufferings where are they
to terminate. i am already pointed at and avoid
cd. Where shall l hide my head if you die with:
ont clearing me from the dreadful crime, Worse
than Cain, shall be regarded as the murderer of
r:y father. o, how can l bear to liver
Then in an agony Of grief he gently upbraided
him.
20, my father, my father, you have no pity.
you have no pity. You see me bowed down with
grief, and you will makeit deeper and darker, by
withholding the truth. o, tell the truth, and die
happy! Now while clasp you to my arms, let
me bring you to God and ask forgiveness, ard die
in peacc! ., how can you die without telling the
tr,ith.n
To all these touching appeals, the deeply agi-
sated father returned indirect or evasive answers
us i in the storm Of grief, he took counsel in his
gloomy soul, so to answer as not to grieve his
son, nor commit HIMSELF
Their excited feelings being somewhat calm,
they could speak with more composure. The
father gently npbraided his son as being tae in
strumental cause Of his convictionI This brought
ou,a passion Of grief. And he convusively sob
bed out:
20, my father, what could do! When COM
peIied to testify. IIad to speak the truth. o,
forgive me, forgive me, dear father; my heart was
with you. while my lips spoke the painful truth
@, forgive me-
II do forgive you, my darling, but not Burnnor
Rafgan.,,
80 yes my dear fahter,. all. o, forgive all,
and make your peace with heaven
The gentlemen present knelt in solemn prayer
for the weeping parent and agonized child
Afterwards they proposed toleave them alone for
a little while, thus addressing the father
Arthur, the world has condemned you as no
longer ftto live. 81 It has been reported that you
said, that ii you got hold Of your son, you would
Kill him. We shall now give you an opportunity
to show the world that You are not the heartless
man you are reported to be- With aface suf-
fused with tears, he elasped him to his bosom, ex-
claiming:- z SO.
my darling, my darling, would notinjure a
hair of your head :, ..s.-. !. p
They remained alone an hour, during which
the most tender manifestations Of affection were
interchanged; the son never relaxing his arm
from his fathers neck. a
The gentlemen re -entered the cell and fetnd
them calm; the son APPARENTLY having exhausted
!. all his means to bring about the much desired
confession; the father soothingly promised to
do everything that lay in his power TO crafty his
unhappy boy; but maintaining the most unwaver-
ing frmness in reference to the grand point at
issue, the innocence of the boy 3. +. SO
At closing the interview, the father requested
linn to cut of lock of hair to take to his poor
orphan daughters. The poor youth performed
this operation with trembling agony, while the
scalding tears fell upon the hand of the father of
-.the unhappiest children in the land. s'4.sl .
spring the Murderer Executed--Asser-
u ti0n Of his Inn0cease. 5sse -
PH1LAnELpH1A, June le.--Spring thu, murderer
! was hung to-day at o'clock. =.
He died asserting his innocense. to the LAST
and 70 the last question put to min he answered
believe my son is innocent. ssA z - ~
He had no more tdao with the murder than ]
had. sy-,. - ..z-ss1 {. J.
These words were greeted BY a general groan
from the spectators f. $sssss q I=.
He died easy.&s3s{ss 80 q -