The Lambertville press., 1859-04-14
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EXECUTION OF THE Four MuRDERERs IN
BALTIMORE. Henry GambriU, for the Mur-
der of Officer Benton Marion Crop and Pc
Ter Corrie for the Murder Of Officer Rigdon !;
John Cyphus, fort Murder of Tim. King
The eventful day has at length rolled around,
and the Sth day Of a pril, 1859, will be memor-
able in the history of Baltimore, as the day upon
which four young men, N the prime of life, suf-
fered the death penalty The morning sun rose
brightly, but III b short time it was overcast
with clouds, and tie gloon Of the heavens ac-
corded with the sadness which prevaded our
community The neighborhood of, and the
entrance to, the city jail was crowded by a large
concourse of persons, male and female, whose
curiosity and interest in the fate of the persons
condemned to die seemed to outweigh all other
considerations.
The families and relatives of the condemned
men paid their farewell visit, and the scenes
which were enacted in the cells were truly heart
rending.
The city was crowded with strangers and
every train came laden with passengers. The
Philadelphia train, consisted of twenty six cars
filed to the utmost capacity. Every avenue to
the city was crowded with carriages, horsemen,
and hundreds upon foot, at an early hour and
long before the hour of execution every hill top
and house top within sight of the gallows was
filed and crowded with tens of thousands of the
vainly curious spectators.
few minutes past nines o'clock one of our
reporters visited the cell of Henry Gambrill, and
says he was neatly dressed in a suit of black,
presenting most interesting appearance. He
is very handsome young man. Rev. Mr..
Hedges. his spiritual adviser, was present read
ing the Scripture and praying with him. He
said his peace was made with God, and that he
ives prepared for his end that he should state
upon the scatfold that he died an innocent man
that he had no completely in the murder of Off
Ger Benton that he neither knew of any purpose
to destroy him, nor was he accessory thereto by
men.
Between nine and ten visited the cell of Ma
rion Crops. Rev. Messrs Hildt and Brooks
were with him. He conversed freely. He said
he had made his peace with God, and was pre-
pared for his change. He was neatly and gen
teelly dressed, and prepossessing in appearance.
| Cyphus, the colored man, was also very neatly
dressed in suit of black He also said he had
made peace with God andreiterated the declara-
tlon that he was innocent of the crime for which
he must soon suffer the death penalty In his
cell were his spiritual advisers, Revs. Hugh
Webb and Chase.
At ten o'clock Warden James surrendered
the prisoners to Sheriff Creamer, who placed in
each cell two of his deputies
The leave taking of Gambrill by Captain
James, as he was about to surrender him into
the hands of the sheriff, was exceedingly affect
ting. When the warden bid him adieu, Gambril]
by an irresistible impulse apparently, threw hi,
arms around his neck and kissed him on the
cheek
Every eye in the room was suffused with tears
and the warden, unable to control his feelings
rushed from the ROOM
At half past 10, visited Corries cell He
was attended by his spiritual adviser, Father
Foley. In this cell was an alter. He was also
neatly dressed in suit Of black, small and gen.
teel in his appearance
Twenty minutes to H. The prisoners arr
being bound preparatory to execution. They
appear calm and fully prepared for their fate.
| About Il o'clock, the sheriff andhis deputies