The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-02-17
fTem ihe Pirsi uiEh Dispatch, Feb. -.
XEcUTION
IIenrr BIC nnd Charloilc ,Ioncs.
ia frE Nthr-h qf
eso. WILSON & ELTZAREra MM.AsrEES


iIenrg Esks and Charlotte .Icnss we're execut-
el 90 Fr.iay, and tie EJrfit which the law ex-
srts. ai.d the Lsl Of The ianoceH demands, So
hras they are evneerieA, was paid.
... HESEY Fn2
Was Lern in .,e eisy Of MealFeal, Canada Nest,
oh' thsffii ~ Maneb. Ts36-his 2arehts being
irb,h--.. " psalIer died il ls5u. Fl e was sen;
70 schcet u Zen ears of agr, wkea lie a. put
~ she bench TO assist in The support ofthe fam.
ily. lie represents his klhcr 70 have been a
Witked man. aud ru iufiael-his mother grod
kut ignatsats aud saperSntious woman In his
sixleo1th tfaF Fife e. me to ths United SfsteS--
werke1sin iiUsisio. y. Y, where he was drs VA
nto halits Of dissipation by Siciaus assoc ateS.
lie Bext moved TO Eien--a small village near
that city--where, after seducing yOnng wo-
man INN The Inth ofvrtue he moved to James,
toHns Chatauqtis 60. remained five weeks, then
osErie in tlgis STATE, aud subsequently to Con.
neauixile, Gawiord co where he remained
E0meMeckzs Thence he came tn Rochester,
warled in sI1easer and Sheffield and passed the
winisr Of lsOA IN Seottsville. Iu the spring OF
lS5Sshe came 10 this city, went to Noblestown,
aRasthsEset TO Cbndor, Washington CO., where
hereinHiaed some eighteen months lie then
reuaeseatos Washington 'boro, and tlIeEce to
Hickory. where he made the acquaintance oi
Charloite and Stewart. From that paint his
history isssRclt known-a history that had ter
nina,cl 10 terrible death. HiScrrer has been
shert infamous and cyentiul. 1t is the record
of dSsipatinn---the wreck of life uncontrolled
bysprneipls and unrcstrained by moral conyic
Goaasss 4 d L8sscs ), 7. -se-t So.
s@@~ a1S eHAnLorTE JONES
Was born June 9th, 1881, in Elizabeth town,
ship, this county, ard her life has been passed
in this and Washington counties. From her
thirteenth year, she has borne character for
immortality, which has eliminated in inamy-
Her trcacherous visit to the house her uncle
Gspge Wilson--her deliberate determination
10 destroy them in order TO gain possession Of
their money-her promptinss Of Fife to partci
pate in the crime-,her whole career, in short
from. that fatal day, has cut her off from that
sympathy which her sex usually calls out
Her execution is the first of the kind in this
Commonwealth brlorty odd years. A number
oFfcniales have peen convicted Of murder in the
first degree, but have leen either par
doned, or the signing Of their death warrants
deferred from one Guheruatorial term to anoth-
er, and the condemned allowed 10 langush in
the confinement Of county prisons. So terrible
however, is the part this wretchcd woman had
playedintho Wilson tragedy, and no voice has
supplicated in her behalf with the Executive
and no one can regret her death.
A'A ~" * THE pRtsoS.
From the day the execution was fixed Fife
9ratihaIy became more serious in his deineanor.
Ministers of various denominations waited on
him during the few dayspFier to his execution.
Rcvs. john 6. Brown, Walter =. zen, and Mr..
Willia--.ss,,... a,,enrc1 Both They all express
Conviction that he was fully prepared to meet
his Maker A few nights ago he acknowledg-
ed tha. hehal been married to Elizabeth Bennett
at Eden, near Buffalo, New Iork, who, in his
published confession, he mentions merely as
having Been seduced By him-anl lived with
her about three months. He told her the day
they were married that he would remain with
heraS A three ounce bottle OF ether was in his
celi--half Of which he took at one draught Sun
day night last, rendering him quite dellrous.-
Otherwiss his peace OF mind or fiIniness of
nerve remained lnShaken Rev Mr.. Brown and
MrssyqWere wild him THURSDAY night, the for
u.ertil one the latter till three in the morning,
engaged " Religious deyotions
ChaIl0tte's demcanor was, at times, equivocal
though it is the eory!etion of her spiritual at.
tendants thai she was prepared for the last sad
act ofthe drama, and the realities beyond. Ar
4 incideut'Telated 10 us by worthy gentleman
n shows, that however much sho may have en-
leayprea to be repcntant and believing, her re
M ligiousa &C nyictionS were not vaTv deep--aS
" would be the case with SO unGultiVaed an intel
iecty clondcd BY a ffe Of deplavity. \ day oI
y tw0ago be called on her. and as be was about
Leaving said: Charlotte, / Shall not Zee YOU
gain. and now bid ydu fareWell-nay heaYer
have mercy on you. AS she look his hand She
'obbed, SAYING, "Wel!, D., you have been q
,ood friend, and it aaas,t die, shall endeavoI
. be prepared--wont yru give me quarter"
=. Thursday night she engaged feiYently in prayer
A-especially for File: Rev. Mr. Bell and Mr.. W
Aoined with her in deyotons. She manifested
good deal Of excitement and nervous az tatior
Up e her hast moment.
HAxGaAS's Day.
A ieycrish anxiety was visible throughout th.
,ity Friday morning. Knots Of men gathered
ground the vicinity OF the court house dc,issinJ
heqeEent about TO transpire. AS the hour
sere ON the crowd increased till, before on
4 t'cloek, it numbered several thousand. Tn
previous day Thousands visited the Jail yard I
@ ,,e gratfied with sight of tfe scatiod but tn
ihTong became so dense that the avenues lead
ingsto Che jaa had to be closed.
TIE SCENE WITHIN.
tN The Spiritual advisers Of the condemned wer
with them from eight O'clock to the last. Re
Iigieals devottoHs, of the. most affecting charac
n ter, were held in their cells, up to the momen
Of their removal TO the scaffold. They renew
4 ed their assurances Of preparation for DEATH
About half past one the condemned left thei
Il N ell, and proceeded to the scafold--the tw
MAJ mixed. arm in arm Revs. Brown and Bell pre-
$& ,edingaud Sheriff Patterson and Jaor Phil
I, M ipsifollowing them. Fife was dressed in hi
III isualelothes, sad justed with much care. Char
otte wore a white tarlton dress rufiled at til
leeyes, and drawn to the wrist with a sligl
s ord--a worked collar--slippers- and over he
Il houlders q shawl which she requested an
Il Fhich was given to her sister, Mrs. Wolf The
VI scsnded the scaffold and took chairs Rev NJ
Il brown offered in their behalf touching an
Il araest prayer, after which the following dsiu
Y tatements were read, Flies by himself an
a haflottes by Mr. Williamson. While readn
4 is statement File was greatly affected, and fl,
uently Espt. Iet. with a resolute nerve. raFt
exhibited on the scaifold, he spoke with
III rsn uushaken voice; w %a+aiHs& 4%'@H
u sgs f1FE' aDYTxe bEctARkTroy. Jt,4 ~
e Gentlemen --In fgw short moments of tim
y stialI have answered with my life for the tel
Bile crime have-committed and which hay
ready confessed II must not Be suppose
fss ON what has Seen published III the newspi
8 .rs here from time to time since my afres
5& lat nm Indifferent or careiess about the au
43 il fate / am now to suffer; nor must it
a ppossd .thasI have suffered no conpunciion
gs# aseience tor the deed that has brought me
G sI5hig Death Oh, no, have already unde
n ae, alnore torture of soul than ihousar
3ssss ,shs, and oh how often have wished. / eoul
s8 lore George Wilson and lis slstsiS back
slss8& IL. Vain thought. Madlened with a thir
8g@ gold, and stimulated BY drink, ! gave the
a3@f ,Estst EJs,,~. fb,,,, 90,