Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-17
Last Act of the Tragedy.
EXECUTION OF THE PRISONERS AT
CHARLEST0WN.

DO There vas verv l;ttIo difiiruI+,r il, 9th,
;+o tba town +L ,;;Io,,oe oor,,,ifta 60 lie
inc 81 strirt as m the occssion of RroI,s
aa1t;on IN .;ol,,,s 80 ,;a;t>d -
dov hv Row Mr. Dntt,n pov NJ Eassa,
and Rev Mr. North Of the Preshvter;an
church and Row Rayariv Wangb Of tho
MothnJ;st cbnrcb The ssrv;oos syaro ~ af Wv. ar
interesting and solemn character and uera
narticnated in hv ali the mon althongh If ;S
now evident that Cook and Coppic were play
Jug possum. Their hopes must have been fix,
Gu On me anu liberty rathc[ t,i'th ueatu anu
eternity, AN gaze unquamn i assent 10 tne
conVlcI'onI Vi ie.esious uu'li, anu eacn eA-
presseu nope Vi salVa'ion LII lhe "oriu 10
come
All the prisoners acknowledged their guilt,
ana aanitteu that tneir doom was just one,
anu tnat IN tne man. they hao peen treated
WIN tlie utmost klnuness' Ihough tley thougnt
.i"t sunni VI 'he "ltuesseS "ele Lallei harsh
Ill tnelr teStitloly' Cook anu Copplc were
equally earnest IN their proteStauons OF re-
Hglous CONVICTIONS anu hopes Oh forgiveness
Night OF Excitement.
Mr.. Butler, Quaker gentleman from Ohio,
and, also, an uncle of Coppic from Ohio, visit.
ed him yesterday The interview lasted over
an hour. All was quiet until eight o'clock in
the evening, when the town was thrown into
commoton by the report of rifle under the
Jail wall, followed by several other shots from
the vicinity of the guard house, i'll close prox-
unity to the Jail The military were called to
arms, and the excitement was intense beyond
anything that has yet occurred. In few
minutes the streets were in the possession of
armed men, Rumors of every description
were ahoat and it was dangerous for citizen
to go out to ascertain the cause of the excite
ment. The following explains it -
A++o,~n@oJ E,.a.o &c noo1r - I'll.
a.
oh thursday morning. LOOK ana Oopple
a'tetnpCeu ~ ESCAPE lasI evening Ihey ilad
ouU 'iii0uSh Tue wan VI 'he JAN anu partlaiiy
euooeeueu' why" Why tney "ele hreu on ny Tue
seheiiels' AHey were afterwards heaVly
nVneu
oI sr',lulhs near the jan reporteu
tlia1 a' "a clocA ne saw man on Inc jail
wall ne cnaiieilseu nliii' anu receiving no
answer hreu; Ahotler heau was also seen
aooFe tiie wan, ou1 ne reGreateo as soon as the
nf rs lau Deel nred aV me man On the Top
VI tiie wan seenleu al lirst determined 10 Jump
Ilie ms liitei.loli
mn IN MS anu nc tlel
nv 1i,e J"tl 20 Hn
gay up "l'nou' iui tile! ieSis'dce;
1nl'el "'iu 'looA ie,i"iAeu 1'iat II nc Goulu
nv soI o'ei anI 'liiot'ieu t nv se Gt ne
~ maui liie n,ie ,',
uoal, % arc "isnii .e" ihliuSes run
VI the Jan Walls auu hau ne reacheu .here'
WIN ms hho"ieuge Vi tne ne liioul'allis' ms ar
ies' "oule nave peen ulinGui', esPeCN1iy as
puI lg" VI tne lnilI'aiy o0u'o nave io'io"eu
nun rt uuring tne night ,, a.
Inc PRISONERS hau suIceeueu altel Iwo
weeks iaooI-w heheter aiole, anu az hisn',
"ne I Une D1u o.o'ii"S !" uln0 l 1ne 'oinu
"a 'ie saw, which ''ieS nau niaue oI' oi an
olu DariTM AnlieLtl cu'tils through thei f
non snacAles, 80 Iia' uiey IoIlu piy 1neni on
at any moment tney ,S Shouiu nave theh otler
10y "'oo ~
maze OUT OF an ola Ded'screw' win whlcn tney
succeeded as opportunity "ould olier, IN re-
moving the plaster rom Tue wall anu tlleh'
urlcA aiter DrlcA' u,ltl space sulicient Ior
Iheih 70 pass through was opeheu 10 Ile re-
nio.Si =: tiie outeI oiioA VI Fai "a t'le wal 1
WHICH sue ihey Siept' ailI tue peu oelns push
ca against thG wan conpieteIy ma thelt WORK
from view Inc prlcks teey LOOK out were e.
Goncea,eu III Tue orulh oi stoVe' anu 'ile
uilt, pidseei, W. len'oseu IN tle eouiSe u
their work, was placed between the bed cloth
ing
Ahey acknowledged they Hau peen aI Work
1or week al tne aperture III ihe wan. lhelr
cen oelhe on tne nIst moor tne aperture was
NOV ilole 'nan nFe leet aoo'e slie paFeiileh' VI
ule yaru anu wHeh lreeu u Cheir slachies'
sleI aecess W INC yaru was easy Aiele, no"-
ever was stnootll ~ ofick wal, ABOUT hiIeen
ieet lisn, 20 Scale. n = nus was uone W alu ol
tillloels Vi tne scaioi1 On Which SaP' plos WI, Il
was nuns, anu "ii,cn was in's s u also vi
llielI e4ecu'ion: my IeaI aI the top, anu
moueu iaVe easnE uioppeu tnei r ~" II
put ior the sehtihel Oh guaro' ~ iuey were ar
rested IN tne jan ya[u ny 0en. lal'alerlo' VINO
tusheu W 'ne jan !le iiloiiiGie Vie a'''.h
gwen ne lnlheoialeiy teieeraPneu u "oT;
wise, VINO ulrected that 'he milltry snould
lmmediateiy take possession OF the interior OF
the JAM ana guard the prisoners until they
were executed. Gil.
no oi.an,O;oos IN tSn undartaIng Thnir
friorJs who wore still here were also fearful
that thev n,irbt he snsnacted of knowlad@e of
tta;r otton,nf II inv nod woiteJ tiiI mid.
-. .I'o,, ,,;.,tt hano ohad the n,onnta;ns
hu, IL ;n nros,5mod Nov wara fearful of being
, uut IN tho n;ght or desired to have as
,n%oh os nossihIe Of tba da knees 70 gain . Good
d;s um befnre dsvligbt would allow Of Sen.
us I' ,a',rsu,t
w Vdr;aus surn,ises wero ;ndnloed in TODAY
,r;th ragard to the attemnted eseane of Cook
and Co1pic. 1t was said that Cook refused to
tell how he came by the knife, and also that
he had the countersign whereby he would
have been able to pass the sentinel This,
however, needs confirmation, and is hardly
reliable. Much Indignation was expressed by
some of fine more headstronC. in reference to