The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-12-17

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jailor, as though it were the most casual and
Indifferent question: ssAtlwhat hour am
TO be executed 2'' And on being told IL
O'Clock, be turned to his wife and said !.
VERY we'll sif | think of anything else to
say, I.willswrite it down and leave it for
you..s iilid 3ail sai1 sE.iGs.3 ee5a -
rs Previous, to starting for the gallows,
Brown was exceedingly cheerful. TI's.u
The departufeiof the commanding officer
from she town was the signal for the bring
ing .outof the prisoner. A furniture wagon
was driven in from the Jail, and the military
formed around it. Brown was then escorted
from his rooms s .,>.s 4s.4 sat-etfa.f sE
He was dressed in black suit. much
worm, the same, he had on when he made his
hat, shoes and red-colored stockings. His
arms had been pinioned, and he marched
out with a firm step and upright head. He
was assisted into the wagon, and took seat
on his coffin. s
On the road to the scaffold, Brown re-
marked to the undertaken, who was in the
wagon with him, in observing military in
the field: s'They have excluded all citi-
zens..' ~ Yes was the reply. Capt.
Brown said: Gentlemen, you are very
calm and coilected-mueh more so than l
am and yet your condition is much more
critical. am cool" said he; Il have suf-
| fered much more from modesty in my life
time than l have from fear. For thirty
years have been educated to look on fear
as a myth, and now l do not know what it
isl -ts.ts.E Is. ..t.t. zEa
No other conversation took place, and he
quietly proceeded to his death.
The gallows were soon reached, and
Brown was aided out of the cart. He as
cended the steps with a cheerful look, a firm,
unshaken step, and an unblanched eye.-
Not an exhibition of fear was given. As
soon as he reached the platform, the militia
rY which accompanied him filed to the right
and left, and took the positions which had
been previously assigned them. Brown
looked at the crowd. then glanced at the
seatfold, The Deputy Sheriff extended his
hand and took that of Brown, and, shaking
it., babe him farewell. -1 ang El1
No ministers were present, owing to the
fact that Brown had refused their Offices
The Sheriff approached him, shook his
hand, and babe him goodbye. Brown
stepped forward, when the Deputy Sheriff
tiedl his. legs, while the Sheriff drew the
Whiteleapgoyer his head, and placed the fa-
/ tai rope about his neck. AS soon as this
was done, Brown remarked to the Sheriff.
''you will have to guide ME from this out"
The Sheriff asked '.Captain Brown, have
you anything to say 20 To which he re-
piled, ''Nothing.'' a. &
Sheriff-''Will you take handkerchief,
and use it as signal, letting it fall when
you are ready 20
Captain Brown--''No sir, 1 am always
ready. Do not keep me unnecessarily
long," r
The Sheriff then stepped aside while the
doomed man engaged in prayer. In a few
minutes he stepped softly from the scaffold,
and, on leaving it, the Deputy Sheriff
sprung the trap, and John Brown was sus-
pended between the heavens and the earth
| Not a sound was heard except the creak-
ing of the timbers of the scaffold and the
whipping sound of the wind, as it played
with the naked branches of the trees.
| After he had hung for twenty minutes,
! he was pronounced dead by some twenty
doctors, and the body was put in coffin,
from whence it was taken to the Jail.
! The rope with which BrowH was hung
was taken in charge by an officer, and af-
forwards cut up into pieces and distributed
to those who were anxious to have it. Par
ties cut the iimbers of the gallows, and car
ried away the pieces, while others secured a
lock of his hair.
1t is said that Brown made dying dec
laration, which is now in the possession oil
the authorities at Charlestown, not having
been handed to his widow with other pa
Pers.