The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-07-10
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EXECUTION OF CASEY AND CORA.

Inc 0an francisco Sun, of the 23d ult.,
has long account of the execution of Ca.
sey and Cora, from which we make the fol.
lowing extract:
At this time everything was in readiness
for the execution, bit long delay ensued,
which we understood was caused by Casey
being engaged in'prayor with clergyman.
At few minutes past one O'Clock, the gap
ing crowd outside were grati6ed with view
of Casey and Cora as they were conducted
to the windows, before reaching which a
thick white cap was drawn over Cora's
head, and they were assisted to the platform.
Casey's head was uncovered, and his face
very pale, but his step was in no wise fall
tering. He ewas neatly dressed, and his gen.
eral appearance testified that he was sensi.
Bile of the fate which awaited him. After
short conversation with his priest, during
which he several times convulsively pressed
the image of Christ on the cross to his lips.
he firmly stepped forward and addressed
those in front as follows:
........ .- cASEY's SPEECH.
/ have but little to say at this time; did
not think it would come to this; l hear it
said that am an assassin, but / am not; |
l am no murderer; the press Of this city
have, with one or two exceptions. done nae
great injustice; they nave branded me with
committing cold blooded murder; the
Globe, Chronicle, and Alta have all spoken
of me in harsh and bitter terms; but |
charge them not to repeat these false and
malignant assertions when am gone. Let
not them and no one else dare to call me
murderer hereafter, for am not; let them
not dare to do me this great injustice.
have my faults, am free to confess; they
were the results of a defective education;
was early taught TO resent injury, and have
always done it; in doing SO, | may have
sometimes done wrong, and would caution
others in indulging in improper resentments;
still, deny, gentlemen, that l am mur.
derer; | tried to get satisfaction for the
wrongs that were done me, and could not;
and when am gone l hope no one will dare
to condemn me as a murderer. | have an
aged mother, and it is for her that | care
the most; let her never hear me charged
with the commission of so foul a crime;
have only aimed to repel insult and injury
as | had been always taught to do, and in
this case not without cause.
(Here he was admonished that his time
was short, and exhortcd to direct his
thoughts to spiritual concerns, whereupon
he exclaimed:)
Oh, God! my poor, poor mother; the news
of this will break her heart, and 1t is that
gives me the greatest pain; it is worse to
nc than death itself; she will die of grief
that should have come to such an unhappy
end, but then know she will never believe
me to be murderer. Oh! mother, | have
but resented injury; may God bless and
comfort you, O! my mother, my mother!
These were his last words, and he died
with the name of his mother on his lips.
The delivery of his remarks occupied
about ten minutes, and at the end he fell
back into the arms of the priest, with whom
ne prayed a moment-kissing the cross as
before. From the moment Cora was assis-
ted to the platform, he remained firm until
the last. At precisely tN enty two minutes
after one O'Clock, Casey exclaimed: "Lord
Jesus receive my spirit" and stepped firmly
Onward, when, at given signal, the ropes
we're cut, and the two bodies were suspended
II the air., Cora's neck was evidently bro
Ken Immediately, as not struggle was Wis.
,le. e. .-. ....
The moose was badly placed on Casey's
leck, as he lived seven minutes after the
alling of the drop. He evidently suffered
for the first four minutes, as the
vorkiBgs of his fingers and the contortio MS
If his body were horrible to contemplate
t is asserted by some who were close by
hat Casey spoke once or twice during this
n an ineligible manner. At the end of
seven minutes he. evidently experienced
'iolent contortion, as he drew his legs up
hort distance, and all was over. During
I'll this time scarcely a sound was heard
rom the immense multitude gazing at the
lorrible scene. The bodies were allowed
o remain suspended for one hour, at the end
(which time the crowd gradually dispersed
rhe bodies were given in charge of Coroner
Gent.
SHOCKING BARBARfTY.-The Portland
Oregon) Argus has tale of horror. Some
hree weeks ago several Indians were mur-
cred at the Cascades. The Indians mur.
cred, consisted of the family of Spencer,
chief who resides at Vancouver, and was
nade upof his father, an old gray headed
ndian, his (Spencer's)wife, and four chill
ren--a daughter nearly grown, and three