The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-06-19
The LAST ACT OF THE TnAaEDT-i

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street, in this city, o family whose null
tiplied misery and misfortune, is with
out a parallel in the history Of Louisi-
ana. The recollection ia yet too fresh
in the memory ofour people---the grief
too poigerit The footprints of the
cruel fiend, too fresh. to admit Of de-
tail, Of the heaft-renderihg scenes which
oar people were called upon 10 witness,
% they followed one another i'll quick
succession under The roof of that tated
family. A daughter, in the morning of
her existence, with the rose tinge on
her cheek, blighted. A brother but
chered in his manly hearted effort to
avenge the wrongs Of his sister, and
an honorable and high minded old
man-who had weathafed the storm
Of lifa to the frosty period Of four score
years, cut down withsthe madening
evidences Of bis daughters shame and
broken heart to the grave. All this
was stern fsalityy with the most aitgfa-
yetei details, took place but few
brief years ago, to sfAin the fan fame
ofour quiet little city and add another
page, 70 The vol4uie q crime. He
wh5 caused Il lt.s just finished His in
tamaus career.
We knew lim-inost -four citizens
wafa Oh toms Of intimacy with him
IL was aGable aud courteous, andread-
dy won his way into favor. After the
iagedf A Lafayette street he was
aided f. esaapg tue ighoiainieus doath
ho would have inst at Tie hands
Of on infatuated people, had be re-
manned an hqsr longer Hefed--the
following private letter which has been
kindly furnished US for publication will
show how tke author Of 80 much misery
ended his existence
AtHHrY, BANfp Co, GA, May 4.
Dcdy SIR. ! promised to write you
the result Of DR.. Birds trial. He was
tried at The fall form Of the Superior
Court fer this County, and found guilty
Of Voluntary rnanslaughter. When
tbe jury rendered the Verdict, he re-
quested The Court by his Attorney for
delay Of his sentence for a few holns.
Our Judge being a man Of amiable
disposition, granted the request with
out hesitation. Bird was retnanded
70 jail there were other prisoners in
the dungeon who stated that after the
door was locked, DIR, Bird shaved hiln4
sell. pHt on q clean linen, clean draw
urs aud socks, .-llilng bis boots on
peg Wlteresha was accustomed to hang
thenisaz-alf very quietly and as the
prisonetsHstae, with the coolest and
most ilnpertiifable sang tyoia. lie
then took out his pencil and wrote
quite an affeetionato farewell to bis
aged parents, Doth of whom were mt
the hotel in which he denied that he
was guilty. After folding and adj
dressing the noie to his parents, he
took & pbial from his pocket, poured
tn contents into glass, placed him.
self on the bed, locked his hands upon
his bosom and was in eternity, in two
minutes he had swallowed %.
Of Prussic Acid.
The Scene in the dungeon cannot
be described or imagined, There lay
in that dismal place, on Dtraa
hed, the Illuminate form of Dr. JNo;
O. BlRD, man who had been raised in
the very best circles Of society-who
wastlre. darling Of bis parents and
therefore had every advantage Of edu-
cation. In that gloomy room was
strange asseinblage Of character the
busting and busy in the
fruitless effort to rckindle the spark |
that had forever fled-the curious
crowd that had instantly rushed into
the prison, when the alarm was given
all without one exception, yielded
to the effect of the narrowing tragedy