Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-07-04
Mo, ut Carii6s, iue-Suicide Of the Murderer Nash

MOI ut C.ir6sy ii.e-Suicide of the Murderer Nash.
We copy from the Macoupn Statesman of Sat
lrday, the following account of some peculiar
vents which took place in Carlinsvlic upon tn
lay on which tho murderer Nash was to be exccu-
ed for the murder Of Alex. Lockeiman. The
Statesman saws:
The storm is over, and we now have a moment
Of calmncss to review the scenes of the past n
hours; and may the citizens Of Carlinsville re.
ioicc that il calm has coma--for never in the his
tory of the town has a day passed that was filled
up with scenes OF more intense interest.
Yesterday, our readers all know, WIS the day
on which 4. j. Nash was to have been executed
for the murder of Alex Lockerman; with the cir
cuinstances of this murder and his subsequent
arrest and conviction, the public already ia
miliar. Early Yesterday morning the streets OF
our town were thronged with wagons and horses
and by noon thSre were from three to four thou
sand people here-mcn women and children, who
had come here not knowing that Nash's punish
ment had been committed. Things passed of
quietly until about three O'Clock, although there
| seemed to be an under current that indicated not
the most quiet disposition. At 3 o'clock, Nicho-
las Lockerman, brother of the murdered man
placed himself upon an eminence in the street
west of the Court House, and commenced har-
arguing the crowd, in favor of tearing down the
Jail and hanging Nash at all events. Very soon
mob of four or five hundred people had crowded
around him, when they repaired to the Jail. At
ter arriving there they were met by Maj. Burke
Sheriff, ID. Mcdaniel, jailOr, and several others,
who reasoned with them, and desired that they
should desist from any violence.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Chestnut, II. Fish
back, and j.. Cherry, in favor of law and order
but they were all met 10y mad and fierce yells, such
as, $ bring him out hang him ~ and impreca-
tions on the Governor and the Attorney who OBJ
tanned the Communication. No demonstration was
made, though the only thing that prevented it.
was the want of leader. Lockerman was from
time to time urging the mob to action, but refused
to do anything himself. The crowd still fingered
aroung the jail until l-2 O'Clock, when II. Fish
back and \. II. Cornman marched to the assist
ance of the Sheriff with 80 men, armed with
double barrel guns, heavily loaded. These mer
were ordered to surround the jail and prevent
any one coming inside. which was done, the mol
giving back without any resistance. This put ar
end to all action, and nothing was heard but few
oaths of Indignation from the crowd. Nothing
more took place of interest, the crowd dispersed
by degrees, and by O'Clock the mob had gone
and the town was restored to peace and quiet.
But the most heart-rending spectacle of the
day was vet to open to view. About Z ID o'clock
on entering the Jail, Nash was found dead, having
hung himself with bed quilt, secured to small
cord around his neck, and at the other end at.
ached to the ceiling of the Jail. What picture
There he was, dead, and vet by strengthening him
self might have had at least foot of slack in the
quilt that served as rope. In order to produc,
death, he had been compelled to raise his feet tc
keep them off the floor. A more deliberate anC
perscvering suicide, a more determined, desperate
purpose, perhaps never entered the heart of man
Theirs he had in the midst of the wells of the mol
around. made that awful expiation for his crime
and buried their deafening shrieks in expiring life
and doubtless, too, were many oaths uttered upoi
him which he needed not-a power more poten
than the strong arm of the law, more certain
than the guard that surrounded the Jail, had res
cued him from the bloody design of the mob
Surely, yesterday, the 23d day Of June, 1854