The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-29
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jail As they approached the gallovs they gazed stead
fastiy at it, without however manufacturing trepida
ten Arriving under the beam Hewlett smiled and looked
up; but Saus eyes intently fixed upon the crowd
before in as he sndeav touring to recognize some
friends The moose each of their necks then at
,aehed to the rope suspended from the beam, by the
Saul then said" Don't be in such hurry, now to
jerk fellow right up for wish 70 shake hands and bid
some Of my frens,s good bye"
The SHERIFF ortered silence, and asked saul who he
| wished to
| SAUL replied-"Jack Sweeney and Tom Witty"
These two presented themselves and Saul shook them
warmly by the hand and whispered something in the
there any reprieye from Albany II there any newsS'
Tom Hyer, William Poole and several others, then
shook hands with him. On shaking hands with Dr.
Covelf OF the prison, he said
Pm rather down you for not letting me have some
rum when wanted i, but forgive you now.
ersatioa with the attendant priests occasionally shaking
hands with s friends The prisoners then shook hands,
feeling.
SAUL then desired to Mr. Woods, the keeper, who
had principally taken charge of him during his conne
ment; and that person having presented himself Saul
embraced hin and thanked him for his kindness and at
him farewell in a like manner.
The Rey Mr.. EVANS then read the burial service to
the itany OF The Dead to Hewlett and after this core
mony had concluded, Saul spoke as folows--
Oh, lord Jesus have mercy upon Oh, Lord cast US
not into hell for iknow deserve to be cast into hell
! have free heart thank Jesus Christ, but Lord
Jesus died the for me- Lord of Heaven hear my
prayer forgive every one, and may God have mercy
upon and protect my poor mother and my poor sisters
10 not let any cast reproach upon them Oh, Lord
Jesus Christ look down upon them and upon Hewlett and
myself We are very sinful We have strayed from the
path OF God We have left undone those things which
ought TO have done and done those things which we
ought not to have done Oh, God look down. Oh Jesus,
look down upon poor friends and those that follow
after leave all with good heart thank God, and
might be of than at this time. have had time
for repentance, and thank you for giving me. Oh
God these words from the bottom of my heart
You know oh Jesus, that never intended to take life.
If man does not know it Christ does that in
tended to kill any Protect all men, guide them safe,
and give them time for preparation feel am happy.
never fired pistol at the with intent to take his
lle Oh Jesus, It's hard-I die hard. Oh Jesus have
mercy upon forgive all men from the bottom
of my heart. Give a drink of WATER (fs request
Immediately attended to by the Deputy Sheriff. and
saul having drank heartily from the pitcher presented
him, went TO say)"Ton't be in such hurry; want
to shake hands with some more Of my friends"
Several persons presented themselves among whom
noticed Me Clarke the well known tragedan and the
following conversation ensued between them
sAuL-lf H. had taken warning, Mr. Clarke, by your
piece Of the x Degrees Of Crime should not be here
Mr. CLARKE replied that he sorry that he had not
taken toheart, the moral taught in his performance.
sArL-lw wish had If had done so, should. not
have been here now. 1t is nov too late
Ar. Clarke then shook hands with him and bade him
farewell
The Deputy Sheriff then came forward and commenced
tightening the moose aud adjusting the knot when Saul
said with considerable don't tighten
it tight
The Sheriff much affected then embraced and kissed
both OF the unhappy men. AT this moment, many of
those in sight of the cupts appeared much affected and
several of them wept The Deputy Sheriff then drew the
black caps over their faces.
saul said oh Jesus. oh Jesus Christ, have mercy
upon us. and conaued to repeat this expression for
time.
The usual signal given for the cutting of the rope
by the Sheriff dra wing his sword and at blow with
the rope severed the weight descended and the
murderers instantly elevated TO about six feet from
the ground.
saul struggled violently but Hewlett appeared to suf
fer little
After hanging the usual time the bodies were lowered
and Drs Fleet Qusckenboss Sands, Smith, end Briggs,
having declared that lie extict the
taken from the bodies which borne toanother part
of the prison ana deposited in their respective collins,
which arc composed OF mahogany highly polished and
furnished by their friends bearing the following inscrp
TONS
NICHOLAS HowLETT,
Died January 2Sth 1858,
y Aged 10 years, month, ami i days.
oo . { . , . 6 > > 81
WILLIAM sAur
Died January 2stlI 1853
Aged 70 years and months,
oa g - 60
away and buried BY his relatives and saur funeral will
| take place next Sunday.
Throughout the whole OF this dreadful the
duct OF the crowd most ndecorous The chain bari
cade erected BY the officials to keep the spectators
proper distance entirely disegarded and the spot
around the gaows filled by persons having Official
duty, which prevented the authorities from performing
their disagrecabe task ia prompt tia
cessity Of the case demanded 1t would be we'll any