Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-11-02

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We once heard of man who was ship
wrecked. and alter escaping the perils. Of
the sea, was thrown upon what he spp-
posed tobe an uninhabited island. Here
he expected to die of staIsatiou OF fall a
prey to savage beasts. BdtAfterexplefing
his new found country for some Tins, he
fouhd-the prints of naked human foot
IN The sand. He was. now, more alarmed
than ever He would not now haye to
contend with wild and fsrocious beasts,
but with more savage men.
In this state of oppressive apprehension,
he suddenly came upon "a man expiring
upon a SiJoef. At this joyful sight his
fears FL! left him. and he shouted aloud in
his gratitude, that he was in a. CIyILlzED
CoUNTRT! .g.rtl ,moaL lDt.R4l h
IF any evidence were re- needed TO PROV prove
that we are a highly civilized people, it
would be found In the annexed account of
the1hdSging of a sOonsan, while protesting
in the, presence Of the gallows and her
GOD, that she was innocent Of all crime.
'as What will be thought of such a scene,
when read BY ops children in after. times,
when 3 tfusf civilization shall have been
realized. iazii osii 5nsbio9D s1goa yd
:. Think Of II. A ,Uo,,tani-a peotherA
frantic but helpless. Her 'liltle children
who had slept in her arms all night. torn
fom herenbrace. and she, taken by strong
men and in the midst Of the assembled
crowd, with her earnest protestation of
innocence, rope is fastened around her
neck and she is swung up like dog until
she is dead! And all thisupon the merest
circumstantial evidence! 1hoL'
If before, God and tho Angels, such
scene.i is not a thousand times more MUIR
der than the killing Of man in passion,
then it is indeed an evidence of ciyili-
zationl We do not SO much condemnt the
actors in this scene; as we do the public
sentiment that sustains the barbarous law
which requires it. Who, in this or any
other. world, is made better by tie legal
murder Of that poor woman? The account
is as follows:s1zs eii 4a fasn -,G,l,
DANvILLE, (Pas) Oct 99.--The Clark
and Twiggs tragedy was to-day brought
to a conclusion by the execution, of Mrs.
Fwiggs, for having taken, part in the muir
der.of her husband and Mrs. Clark. The
condemned woman passed last night
rati ercomfortably, sleeping with her chill
dren IN her arms. She bade farewell to
her brother and cAildren this morning, and
after devotional exercises in her room, was
taken to the scaffold at a quarter past 10
O'Clock, leaning on the arm of her spirit
uai adviser. A. chapter having been read
and AN impressive prayer offered up on the |
scafold, Mrs. Twiggs spoke for six. or
eight minutes, protesting her Innocence,
declaring her readiness to die and her trust
i'm just Judge. only regretting to leave
behind her her two orphan children. She
was much affected throughout. The So !
lemniiy of the scene was made more i'm
pressive by her gr0ans and sobs. and even |
after the cap was drawn over her face, she
appealed to God in the most earnest man
her, asserting her innocence At half past
10 O'clock The drop fell, and after strug-
cling fora few minutes, the wretched wo-
nan hung lifeless. Hu} 9l7H elsl1o eo7s
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