Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-12-08

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Thusma,sers stool athalf mast 10 q,
clocls. when Gen. Taliafsrro. with his staff
consisting Of thirty-seten men, in variou,
uniforms. and all mounted ON spiritea
h"rg"r~. entered the field. AMI proree,ler
with all military decorum, TO position il
irpnt Of tie gslEws and ID the rear of tho
Cx'iets from the Military Institute.
The departure Of the commanding off
Ger from the town was tho Tsigual for fht
Infringing osit of che prisoner "A fufnilnrs
wagon was driven in front Of tho Jail. and
The military formed around II. Brown
was then escorted from his room. He wa.
'lresscsI in black suif. amueh worn. the
same he hal mn when he male his attack on
the Ferry. lie wore a SLOUGH hat. shoes.
and rct colored stockings. His arms had
''een pinioned. and he marched out with n
Fl IN step and upright heal. He was as.
sistel into the wagon. aud took seat ON
his coflin. ees.st ttflfeeU
The train then proceeded to the scene Of
execution. The military escort was large
and imposing. There was no mn,ic, AMI
nothing was to DO heard save the slow
measur d treat Of the military. ani the
rnmbling Of the wheels Of the wagon which
was conveying Brown to his death. Fol-
lowing the military were abont two hun
'lrcl citizens. The gate was entered. anil
the command brought to halt. I'm q few
minutes it again started. and proceeded to
the gall"ws. The wagon Wa stopped a
few yards from the steps which led 10 the
| platform. aud Brown was assisted ont. and
Immediately started for the scaffol,l On
one side was the Sheriff. on the other st ooI
one of his deputies. t4at sli ~
Brown asrende,l the steps with cheer
hfnl look. firm. unshskcn step. anil an nm
hlanrhc'l eye. Not an exhibition OF fear
was given. There WAS no evidence, of
Consciousness Of the terrible Tragic scene
which was about to take place, and in
which he was Ia he the actor. As soon as
h reached the platforms. the military which
accom- anie,l him filcl to the right AMI
II. AMI took tho positions which had been
previously assigned them. Brown looked
At the crowd. then glanced a, the sraffold
The Deputy Sheriff extended his han,I anil
took that of Brown, and shaking it. ade
him farewell 81 a.. - &. -aa.
No ministers were present. owing to the
fact Brown hail refused their oifiscs.A The
Sheriff approached hiu,, shook his han.l.
aud bill him good-l.yc. B,own stepped
forward. when the Deputy Sheriff tel hi,
legs. while the Sheriff drew the white cap
over his heal. anil placed the fatal rope
about his neck. Asspon as this was dom.
Brown remarked to th- Sheriff. '.yon will
have to guide me from this out 1hr
Sheriff asked. Captain Brown. have You
any thing to say? 70 which he replied.
"Nothing''
Sheriff-"Will you take handkerchief.
,and use il a> signal. letting i, fall when
you are ready?"
Captain Brown-"No Sir. am always
really. DO not keep iue unnecessarily
long see<
The Sheriff then stepped aside while the
doomed man engaged in PRAYER. In a few
minutes he stepped sofly from the sca;iold
and. on leaving il. the Deputy Sheriff
sprung the trap. and John Brown WAS su>-
pended between the heavens and earth
After he had hung for twenty minutes.
Drs. Girard. ID. L. Mason j. a. Strath.
John Starry. and H. =. Cook. asrrn el
the platforms. and. after feeling his pulse.
holding their ears to his che>i. prnnoun-
ed him dead. Ten phy>irians. attached
to the different military corps, then vi tied
him. each one Of them 1t his pulse, AMI
pronounced him deal
! INCIDENTS.
| On the road to the &C ,f,ld. Brown rem rkcd 20
the undertaken, who was in the Iron with him. oi,
observing military in The field: ..Tac, hive ~xcu
led all citizens" YES" was the reply. Capt.
Brown said--"Ccntlcmcn, you are calm anl col
lected, much more than | am, and vet your con
dition IL much more critical. am cool." siid he.
al have suffered much more from majesty in NV
lifetime than have from fetr. For thirty wears
| have been educ tci % Look fear a 4 myth. and
nov do n,t know what il is'' After ridin som,
d'strncc further, ,nibsing beyonl the limI.s of
{, n, he SAL. "a lressns thr sumo y.ntlein.n IN:
What beautiful country YOU hive; hid no idea
of il. he .uties and tAr exceen, ofits SOIL THIS
Il the frs, time have had the pleasure ofseeingit'
! " other conversation took place, AMI he quietly
proc, edcd 10 his death.
just previous to starting for the EXECUTION. Brown
wrote the following aud handedit to Hiram o Ban
nm: .r..t.f,t.
al am now convinced that the crest iniqnity
which htn.s over thu country cannot BE- pur. ell
without immense booislied. When fir-t c ,rne t.
sis State Thought differently, bnt son-
| Weed that ] WAS mistaken" sf,f- $50
Aier the body Of Bowu hid hung for thirty
| eight m mites. il cut down AMI place 4 ia the
| c fin. The rope with which he was hung "a
ken in charge BIZ an oficer. and aiisrw ,rds cut W
| into pcces sal distributed 18th " anx-
ious to have il. Prsics Gu, the timhers of The
,lloxs AMI carried aw, the piec.s, while others
. cured iosk Of his hair. wir.-n tho body was
placed in the coffin IL WAS conveyed to town and
placed in the Jail n 800 g6 gfi
Mpy pers ms desired visit the Ill for the pur
tpose or seeing it but their curiosity graft
fed. spccial train off rs vas or cred from the
Ferry anil af ~ past six o'c"k. uncr strong mil
irary e.eert. the c'fin I'd from Vi, and
ken 70 the cars wher WIS placed in Especial one,
and an csc getting in. the train nrocecdsd Ia the
Ferry, where IL arrived ~ hsf past seven O'Clock.
| Not more thanCtwo hundred cfizens witnessed
the execution. Many more would h,ve been
ent hut the officer oil the day, in placing scntne,s
on the avenues leading TO the town., hid selected
men from the Military corps at distance. anil they
were xc',lded fr,m town thcr might be rcs-
cucrs Much Indignation was felt and expresssl
on account of this arrangement. and the c.am2rbc
came so great thst the ,nding off .cr CON-
pciled On remove those who were on sent mel duty.
and place M rnbcrs of the county military crmps-
mics on guard. 4raoa srfia steHi sisp
Gov Wise wrote sim lar letter n the Sheriff
| ri Jefferson county to the h wrote To Gen
Tsiiafrro rs To the disposition of Brs'w's holy