The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-03


although bis head was "siIvered DER with age" AT
with standing the fate that awaited hin ne stoppeG
into the wagon that coatainsd his oofis. with sas
bueysscy q yousa and the vgor q ma ahood. scosc
Ing the aSsi-san,c that vas proffsr0d hum. With
Lipsey Il was sntire'y different. For weak he had
taken scarcely any food; he was debilitated In body
ana broken in spirit. Hs was assssed iuto the
sagor, sfd remalocd as one dead or c,aiued 70 his
aScended the scatoid With fl m step, Bibls In
hand. and for all The void with ths afr Of :
preacher Of the gospel, about TO address sinfal
people whom ne Is anxioos to exeort to repenssncs.
and presenting q vacant, deathnke stare.
Sheriff Buei. in loud. clear voice. read tbs
ceath warrant to William Liossy. He was In
formed by to Saefiff that II 90 had snyshiog 60
ssy. an opportunity would nor be afforded him. ia
reply, when diie tIy asked II he desired to speak,
he merely shook nis head BY way Of negstivs
response. The warrant was then read to James
Logan, Who tae while, vas apparently calling %
his kakfr FOR strength 20 support himself Ia his
hour OF trial. though Lot in audible voice. The
Bible was still in his hsn6, aud opeas wasra thsTe
WAS plate rspfesenting ths cuciiixion OF Jesns
Christ; The light pIeviors. in the jail. ne had
opeEtd the b'e st the some place aud p9ln,ed
out the Plate to ore of tie Dsputy B,eriTs, ~.
ms'kirg:-" Ihfre mine ia similar Gaze. haze
been bslfccuted even uEto death. aud am going to
&C. oe so,moSrew re the victim o. false testimony"
say, be laio down the Bible and turned to addsess
tie vast see of bnman heads that surrounded Eae
sc.field. Having listened attenuvely, and tsken
rotss at tue time we ale enabled to present 20 ns
reactisihe substance of his remarks, as fsliows;-
He felt that hc growing feeble, and would net be
able TO address at any great length those who had
to witness the execution lie stood before them
demned man, the victim OF false testimony II was true
that he had taken the life of fellow creature but he
had committed the deed in self defence He went to the
sa ssn the tragedy took place. not as had been
and he went to get possession of 1t. His rash
threats had brought him to the scaod In answer to
rf4l
bitration lie had rashly replied that there shorter
and better way-but he did not mean it. He won't to
the claim to get possession Of it, but did not snap
present his psto-he merely showed It, II merely
single barrecd pistol. Fennel went and got revol
YER and came back and presented 1t at him, cooked.
Fcnnel was'advancng upon him with u cooked revolver,
when he presented his single barrced pistol Any other
testimony than this was false He only snapped hs MIS-
tol moment before Fennel did his. The man who swore
that he snapped his first lie. They both snap
ped together. he had warned Fenne not to advance.
He got behind Swift, and il he Swift had stood his
and stepped aside He then had be killed himself kill
Fennel, or run away. He fred and Fennel fall He rel
peated that 1t was false that he snapped his pistol frst
was that snap that had brought him to the galows
and the testimony about 1t was false In view of the
halter Ito which he pointed his nger and in presence of
that God before whom he was so shortly to he was
speaking the truth. He would never have been
hung if he had not had principle Of courage in his
position that prevented him from running away. He
had said that he was not afraid OF pistol and that he
would not run from one lie could not run. He ex-
claimed would to God that he had away He did
mol the Claim 10 XIII fennel. lie murder
er. He had snned against Gods laws in not running
away from Fenne but not against the laws of his
try Behnks had sworn false when he testified that he
Uogan) had went to the claim to kill Fennel Ihave
lived forty seven years, fellow citizens noI not
fellow ctzen-forty seven years without committing
murder and il did kill man who otherwise wonli
have killed me, die innocent of murder. The Court
jury, and District Attorney had treated him az muir
derer for defending his lfe Everything had been
against him-nothing in his favor He had been persc
cuted. He upbraided one of the witnesses who had
sworn against him, but at the same time acknowledged
the truth Of what he had sworn Gentlemen all
on the broad road TO hell was once but l
going to heaven as sure you the way TO hell
The prisoner had spoken at consde able lengti,
though Re had stated that be would not be able to
90 70. He welt on repeating in an unconnec'ed
manner, what he had said before-statiag some
things in mar DER quite inconsistent With the Fore
going portion of his speech. Sheriff Baei informed
bim at the hour appointed for the execution was
g. 1 1apG No Logan ss9Gpsd sna sans to-
msIdtr Of The time in prayer" Tho prisoners wee
then Placed on the drop, the ropes put about their
Becks, the long, white sbrouds put on. and the
black caps drawn over their faces. Meanwhile
Logan uttered an insuaibls prayer; Mos.y ren,siu-
ed silent and motionless. Rev. Mr.. Taylor sd.
drrssed the Throne of grace in a. eloquent, sp-
propriate and sclemnly impressive maoper, when
ss it was impossible to prevent, both knots ship
ped, not Sithstanding they had previously sustain
ed q weight OF fout hundred and fifty pounds
each, dropped six and half feet the distance fixed
Immediately after striking the ground beneath
the scaold, Logan pulled toe cap from bis eyes to
zee If Lpsey had como down with him, than rose to
his feet and with little assistance (his feet having
been untie6), re-ascsnded the scaffold. Lpsey had
to be carried up, though he had not been seriously
injured By the fall No disturbance had been created
by the fall, except that neatly the entire crowd
seated on the hill side involuntariIy rose to their
feet.
The ropes were speedily re-a5justed. After the
oap had been drawn over his eyes, and Just before
the rope was to be cut, Lsgau asked the time OF dsy
and demanded to zee a watcn. The cap was raised
and watch presented. He remarked, :" All, you
have twenty minutes yeti i. was two o'clock
would demand my liberty under the law" and
turned away with . muttered laugh that we could
not have expected to witness coming from dying
man.
Lipsey required support to stand up. After
being placed on the drop the second time, he said,
in suppressed tone, II to himself, 81 don't thiuk
Pm murderer at heart" Just before the rope
io he us as a'k rsss Ss you rsq % a.
words. Logan's were, "Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit" brief prayer from Mr. Taylor, aud
Jemes Logan and William Lipsey passed into eter-
nifty, at the fall Of the drop, with scarcely strug-
gle.
Lpsey has left written confession. He said in
prison that he belonged to good family-that he
once conducted himself properly, but that liquor
had brought him TO terrible end. He was o young
man-about twenty-fv we should think. Logan,
also, hes left q written confession.
We are informed that Logan's wife and children
visited the scaold after the bodies had been placed
in the cofins. They were buried at the foot Of .
knoll near by, on the top Of which Ia the grave.
yard.
Later from Carson Valley.
ANNEXATION TO cALIP0isIA-h Az
RIVALS.
from the Sacramento Union
Mr. Sullivan, who .eit Carson Valley about week
since, says that the citizens there are exceedingly
anxious that the Vsllsy should be annexed to this
State, ard DR.. Charles Daggett has been empo ses.
ed to come en- and present petition on the subie,s
TO the Legislature on the opening OF the ensuing
session, in the hopes that, through their ipuenae,
Congress may take action in the premises Ths
citizens erievously complain of the expenses which
must be incurred by carrying to Salt Lake City
their Unsettled legal dsp1tes-in truth, say they,
the amount involved fn ninsty nine cases out Of .
hubdrd is less than the lost In carrying their
causes TO the Mormon tribunal. There are be-
tween 700 aud 500 persons Ia the Valley, three
saw and grist mills, either built or in process Of
erection and 10000 head of stock wintsring there.
There arc about fifty men mining ou the south east