The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-12-08
The Execution of Old John Brown.

Full particulars of the prison and gdt
Ioacs scene-He aorites has oscn epi-
taph-Ldst inter cie,o Nth his scite
and telloac1orison ers, de-, dc.
From the Dispatches of the Cincinnati Gazette.
HIS LAST INTERVIEW WITH HIS WIFE.
On Wednesday afternoon an escort
of cavalry accompanied Mrs. Brown
from Harper's Ferry, under command
of Capt. Moore, of the Richmond
Montgomery Guards. The carriage
which conveyed her was stopped at
the outskirts of the town.
Capt. Brown was informed of his
wife's arrival, and requested that she
might be allowed to enter his room as
soon as possible. In a few minutes the
jailor conducted her into his presence.
The meeting was affecting, and at first
neither party spoke.
Brown embraced her, pressed her to
his bosom and exclaimed, "My wife %
No tears were shed, but deep drawn
sigh told too well of the intensity of
the feeling which each was undergo
ing.
After few moments thus spent, the
Captain drew chair, and Mrs. Brown
sat down. He then spoke to her of his
condition, told her he was contented,
and if it was not for parting with her
and others whom he loved, he would
have no regret in dying. Mrs. Brown
entered fully into the feelings of her
husband, and both were resigned to the
fate which awaited him.
Capt. Brown referred to the DISPOSE
ton of his property and the welfare of
his children, and after spending an
hour in conversation, supper was
brought in by the kind jailor, and the
husband and wife sat down together to
partake of their last meal. The Cap
tain raised his hands, and asked God
to bless the meal, and then with a
cheerfuluess which has no parallel, they
commenced their repast. From the
time Mrs. Brown arrived old Captain
BIS spirits rose and he exhibited light
heartedness, which surprised those who
were around him. Mrs. Brown re-
manned with him during the night, but
the orders from headquarters were to
the contrary, and accordingly they
separated. While the parting scene
was one which showed much intensity
of feeling, there was no exhibition of
passion, and after an embrace and kiss,
and kind admonition from Brown they
parted forever.
Mrs. Brown was conducted to her
carriage, and under a singular escort
with Capt Moore, who was kind and
gentlemanly in his department, the
carriage started for the Ferry. The
substance of Browns interview with
his wife was relative to a settlement of
his monetary affairs and the disposition
of his body. Previous to her arrival
he had desired that his body should be
burned, and the ashes thereof urned,
and in that condition removed. He
also expressed a desire that the bodies
of his two sons who were killed at
Harper's Ferry should be disinterred.
and after undergoing similar process
he placed in the same urn with his
own. and taken North.
This would have been impossible
rs the physicians of Winchester had
secured their bodies and dissected
them.
Brown spent some two or three hours
last night, writing and reading, and
then retired to rest. lie slept soundly
and rose about six o'clock, cheerful and
apparently uncOncerned about the fate
which awaited him. About half past
seven o'clock, after partaking of his
breakfast, iailor Capt. Avis, who had
been very kind to Brown, and who had
endeared himself thereby, informed
him that he could visit Cook, Coppic,
and the other prisoners, if he desired.
Accordingly, he was conducted to the
room of Cook first.
INTERVIEW BETWEEN BROWN AND HIS
FELLOW PRISONERS.
On entering, kindly recognition
took place, when Capt Brown said, adj
dressing Cook: 81 am sorry you have
not confined yourself to truth in your
statement called your confession.
never sent you to Harper's Ferry as n
spy, and your statement to that effect
is false.
Cook-"You certainly did"
Capt. Brown { in q commanding tone)
=" l did not, sir, you have, by your
course, held yourself up as an object of
contempt, and deservedly So"
At this remark, Cooks head fell and
he made no reply. Brown was next
conducted to Stevens room. The
meeting between them was cordial.
Brown remarked that he was about to
die, Stevens said, 81 feel assured that
You will go to better world than this. -
Capt. Brown said, "Conduct yourself
like man, | know you will do so with
out advising" They again shook
hands and parted. He then repaired
to the room of Coppic, where CONVEX
sation almost similar took place.
Thence he went to the rooms of the
negroes, whom he said he expected to
die like men, and as became their con-
dition and position. The negroes gave
him the assurance that they would die
fearlessly, as they were fully assured
that their action was just and proper.
Brown then returned to his room, and
continued writing for some time.
THE EXECUTION.
AS the hour approached for his ex-
o,.n+;or tho Medical Eon,,Itu =, attend