Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-02-15
4 Remarkable Address Preceding aSsn.
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4 Remarkable Address Preceding d Sen.
feaes of Death. a4Aa
a JEI,GE WITH THE SHADOW OF i DARK
SPIRET OIL Y ENGEAEoE il MS, Sour.
The most extraordinary address ey-
er was made tot prisoner BIZ d Judge
about 10 sentence hun to death, was
certainly that by Judge PEFoE 10 Ma
RIoN GRoPPs, as he was about Is pass
sentence Of death upon him; iorsthe
murder Of RoBERr M. RIGDoNs The
address was spoken BY the Judge, as
we are informed BY the reporters for
the Baltimore press, sin the mostsoi-
emh tone Of voice. Z The Judge was
also much affected, and 'lnanysof the
persons present III Court we're seen
to shed tears, and the greatest degree
of silence and so1ennitv pervaded the
Court room. Not a muscle fl the
face fthe prisoner changed. No part
|ofthe eloduence Of. the Judge seemed
to move him. The andacious wretch
chewedhis tobacco quietly as usual,
and regarded his Honor with 81 fixed
stare When the Judge asked him
if he had anything toI say. why sen,
tence should not be passed upon him,
he replied sIts
III am Innocent T$iiave not had j
fair trial. a witness that swore q
gainst me periured himself and inr.
6rs also That Is all d have to saw
The Judge proeeeded 10 inform the
prisoner that that case ofmHder was
a most extraordinary one:
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and bsan tra1S,an ,9ntlss IN 3 M E
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- For eight long days Fon and ! sat
lac Ell 20 % lace. AS the case progressed
and ~ Il was Va deyeloped--as witness was
added tofWitness to testl-
monyy-iacts piled on facts proof on
proof, could not lot help looking into
Your countenance, TO see II there was
any an emo o,lft! 2 there. There was none
Inc caiionsness, the sfolcal indiffer-
ence, th q !, nxedness, the hardness. tLs
,sa.. 49, ~ n, 1872, go II ~ Il rs IS
t .,e. sIa.a g5osu,e ~ Y
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never lronnaa .thrangha,,t those e;s,bt
days If Tine and mi evan ~ she
rendition II iba ,vers;ct nh i dsa;.
cnIt II bel:ey,. that j human In +
throbs ii yonri bnsa,,,S Wbaf ! IN,
frast yo,, uera' ~ Ill Elba,ns,s All Is
and eioanent c5i,,,stl ard Neon, Il ' ;sbI
al gentleman IL whom, yo,,r .l9s.,,ss
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