, 1859-12-05
The Execution Of Old John Brown,
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE PRISON
AND G-iLL0WS scene,


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.tto4' 'ne opecaa p'spaehes OF Tic Cincinnati Gazette.
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cnce Tha ,aas;. 10.uue1sI nsr mo US pres.
| neither nsrtv snnEs "'9 "oec'ng' aoo a. hfs'
ns~"p pa sPo.s'
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sbaa H. . ~" ~ nAe 40 teafs merc
;ntrna;tr or utan slsu .oIa 700 wei OF the
;nr ;'''' W 'A' 'ec'ios WHICH Each "as undergo
fsf,er f.u .,.
drcw n ehs;r m"ss anJ M.s 'nas spent. tae captain
thcn snot.a - ~. - ,.:. s!.: s4t op"n. ue
~. .an,es.S W az" u ~ ~ eoaalion' toio her I'e
hnf str<N 4$k $kS- ~, l.
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pror;frtv and 10 .ra'f.ro ~ o. ~
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w. hepp...,,. ~ a1uT ~ envetsaton, supper
hand and s;fa a.; 49, ~ 1na1.h os' aoa lne nus.
the;r l1s, mel ~. To.1;s;s s1sr W pastaAe OF
M ns1oJ ~..a A.o .e HGIIt.a.n fusea Ills 1anas'
.;,i ',,oaS,, ~. ~ oMs9 tue niea's ana then
10; thar na,nn,ans*, "tnGu nas no Gafal-
H. tina NJ Wos'H. ..e.F 1epast- from
rs shirts rose aod he cxhilted lt E psasa Ssar.nS
1,css wh;cb sns-.r;s.J .ina. ~, '.s"e neaftea
hin NJ. nrn,En eHusg ;!i mno we're AROUND
nntii haif ~ ~ ~ rc1ns1E "'I nsa nosoano
- ~. ~. soIN. "heA aus ~ MAs 'h1o1tn-
des;rasl th,t II ~ enu. !ue captain
fnr,'1 .ts ,,;11.t i, 49,, !eaan T.a WIZ. nl!n
tara ,ycre T., tTn .on,-sr au5 .a,: mon
..n,r"tad Wi'io III ,t aao accordingly they
whicl, showed much intensity Of feeling. there
was no exhibition Of passisn and sftnr III I'm,
brasc and kiss, aud kind admunit1on from Drowu
tnty parted forever.
Nrs. Brown was conducted to her carriage,
and under Il similar escort with Capt. Moore,
who was Kind and geu1lemanly in his deport-
'nent, tie carriage started for the Ferry. The
substance Of Browns interview with lis wife
was relative TO settlement Of lis monetary
naa'rs and the disposition Of Ills body: Pre-
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should he burned, aud thc akllea thereof urued
and iu that condition removed, liz also e1.
pressed desire that tho bodies Of his two sons
who werc killed ut Harper's Ferry should be
dls'nterred, and after undergoing a similar pro-
cess. be PLACED in the same urn will. his own,
and taken North.
This would have been impossible, as ihe ply
s'cians Of Winchester had occurred their bodies
and dissected them.
Brown spent rome two or three hours, last
night, writing and reading, and then retired to
rest. lie slept soundly, aud rose about sir
o'clock. cheerful and apparently unconccrned
about the fate which awaited him. About half
past seven o'clock, after purtaking Of lis break
fast. jailor Capt. Avis, sllo had been very kind
to brown, and who had eildeared himself there
by, informed him that he could vis!t Cook,
Coppic, and tue other prisoners, il be desired
Accordingly, he was conducted to The room Of
Cook first
INTERVIEW nerwrrs npows .xn u,s rr,,ow
rn,soSEn.
~ 1st.'. ~. Aiau's %ooA p'"Se;
~ "nen Har' o n,oTu hs ea'u, "aatssns 1ooA
a11',t am a?lfy you nase aol Goanueu yoorse! 70
,'uth ~ your statement calleu Tour conleSsfoh'
never Sent you 70 Aarpctx fcFEy US spF.
ano tuuf = s.atea'en. - tnas S.ec1 Is 'alsc.
coos- ts ,,. ou eerIalnly ola. r.,
,gapt- 1:fo"n w eom1aaha1ne tone}|,ii
a.,r 94a no.t sa' you n.is. % " sous Soufse. nsta
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a. .us 'Gl.sas SooA ntaa ~ ana W. 'aaue a:.r
~ n'nWn T "as He' ,'.a eunuaseu ~ oae.
sens oon lug ansstlng os1%esn S .ufl.. i VIZ ~
n;d !. ~. tna. ~ ~ ~ aouu. @ ~
Me, stevens saia, 1eel assured laat you Will
so 70 osus. "o.'u iri;, ta'i t'ns. up n.o"n
shr'' eouun,t uu1 ~" i,Ae = n'an' Ano" wv
% HNt ao 30 Niln9"t ny "oTlsH'E. tne! aSa.n
SHOOK hanas ano patteo. lie tnen repaired 70
1le room Of CoPpic: y, Whesc conversation almost
sim!af TOOK pace: lhenee lle "eht 10 INC rooms
Q! tse negt"es' whom he SAD he expected 10
dc IKE men, ~ and as became Their condition and
position. 1he negroes eaTe him tue assurance
tl'nt 1hey would o's teaFlessy. rs fhes were
tullT assured mat theif acsion was just ana {,
proper hroWn then returned 10 Ills room' and
continued Writing for some time.
TIE EXECUTION.
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las1 1n lay 'u'uIe. .No.aa'E o. ans '''a'es'al III
3ete,t occurred ~ tnesc intsI'e"* a1l. s;
AZ nine oe.ock, asteeao's 10 tnc eeaelal Or
Der, the n'l'taty eon'iaa'es commenced assum-