Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-06
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enquiries were proprounded in regard to the
prisoner, the hour of execution, when'he would
leave the Jail, and all the minutia of the ex.
pected proceedings OF the immense throng
there were comparatively few who desired to q
see man struggling in the agonies of death.
They; desired to see the fslon about whom SO
much had been said-the man who had been
convicted of one of the most heartless, mer-
cless crimes upon record, and made two desper-
ate attempts upon his own life. In short they
wanted to look upon a murderer. About half
past Soclock the German Riflemen, under
Capt Plank, marnhed up Market street towards
the place of execution, attracting in their wake
hundreds OF excited people, who fell back gra-
dually upon learning that the object Of the
company VAS to guard the erection of the Seaf-
fold. The streets continued tostlirong; oil the
roads leading into the city were dotted with
pedestrians of bothse and all. C olors, jog.
ging leisnrely along as il they had Obtained
leave of absence for holiday5Eaa He att
Towards ten oclock the people began to,col-
lect around the Jail, and when the carriages
drove up to oAconvey' the condemned and atten-
dants, they were immediately surrounded The:
crowd was rapidly increasing in number when
the State Fencibles, under Capt. Loring, marched
in front of tho Jail and dispersed the multitude,
forcing the people ctoial back, This movement
caused those upon the outside TO push forward
in expectation of u sight ofthe criminal. The
prisoner appeared at the Jail door in charge of
the Sheriff Is deputies andas hewas being'placed
clos in Ilar aI:I,
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their heads to afford them a sight of the unfor-
itunate man: When the carriages started the
people took the lead and sw1rmed up the
streets toward the place of execution. Hum
dreds, eager to see NIL that was to be seen, made
across Wheeling hiland around upon the east
etii stHe ol MOUNT llt "ooa cemetery. y 2e 2
a. THE PLACE OF 5ESEGIJTION
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.lfS ne ne SailoWs was erected upon small plat OF
gronna 10 anog5 i0rty ieet above the base OF two
nlgn, eternal nils hundred and titty yards from
me month ia @ OF WHAT'S known as Jonathan's Gut,
ana ma lnmedlate!y below the spot where the MUIR
I der was si committed: Inc ground asccnds on
tue HoFltnerh 9l H slQe 70 an altitude OF proonoly
two hundred feet; on the lower or! southern side
II llis OH 70 tne paSe or hollow and ascends to
a9out an equal neignt VI with me opposite hlll'
me me ground is SO prominently located that 1T
c9nno6 d., oe concea!ed by any number OF peo-
pie. Inc NH sides were black with people
overlooking each others heads, and wait
lng WIN intense interest Tor the execution
some sought shelter from the suns rays under
mnnris n5 aE nete et wore @ many SVhn no manifest
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