Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-19

approaching only one honr mora h,i,,, .uo,.l ,L.,
The military Inducements smil,, 10 ,he,a =, ,hs g., p
eeution wcr. rcnc.,.J .nd ,ha -, ~ . u's. "
collins was standing AZ the door M h.,en.., 49,,
Tho same military escort WAS I'M re.di,sss m, a.
of the prisoner. since ,hs sp-Pp ~ ~ ae ee'
cape last night their assumed eomnosare and
resignation had given way aud they now looked a. ,hs
reality of their fate with a fnn conv;c,or Of H. S
certainty They were reserved and rather ou;., hn,
joined with fervor in the religious ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| ed by Messrs. North, Lehr and Waugh
When called upon by the Sheriff th.y stood calm and
quietly whilst their arms were being pinioncd ami ..
bidding farewell the guards of the iai moved hrou.l
the corridor to the door, helped into the wagon
and took their seats ON their coins THAR
rather OF hopeless despair than of resipns,ion and
they seemed take ht,le notice of ANYTHING AZ the
procession slowly moved to the field of death.
The wagon reached the scaffold at thirteen minutes
before one o'clock and the prisoners asccndcd with a.
termned rmness that scarcely surpassed by that
Captain Brown.
brief prayer offered up by one of the ccrgym,p
the rope adjusted the cap drawn and both launch.
ed into eternity in seven minutes after ,b.v d.
scahoid They both exhibited the untiinchng firm.
SAYING nothing, with the exception of bidding
wen to the ministers and the sheriff After the rope
adjusted Cook exclaimed "Be quickas quick a. posi-.
oe. "hieh was also repeated by Coppic.
e, nangns ABOUT thirty minutes both bodies were
'aNcn uo"h anu p'seed IN the black walnut collins pre-
pared Tor them That OF Cook was placed in poplar
box, labelled aud directed followsAshbcll T. Will
AZ AaI .IoMSy' Ioi william street. New York,
vre ADAMS Express" Coppics body was placed in n
r ooA, 20 DC ior~arIed 70 ms mother IN Iowa
, s.uS rom 'ne JAIL Oook recognized several gen
~ L 1871 pon''t 10 'nem
- s s."oNs ,neH snook hands and bid each other
,;;. Lan 'Ts esps were urs"n COOK SAID stop
Nj" Son " -, c - manu- oook SAID Tod
possible.
st sPPN I y was 'ne SUBJECT OF general
ycry r,,,.rtah, ~ 'O'eo'ea Nuanner Vi ooth was
a., sn,,.,..II. a., 49,,
I,r,,, nnnbe nT -. SooN suook nahuS win
S.s "uVsr oi persons anu bowed politely TO Mayor
n, tho boot =; ~ oo On 'nS Trap ne glanced up
Cook Womb b,,e snol 80 Ia uuis,
ON their way IN The I,sTot ,ln - ,oa pctn,''ed
Cook and Connic wcr', In rc,s,;o, -, As i"ue py
$50 M SoPp,e "er' IN reIanon 10 the attempt to cs-
attach 10 them tbrourh ,b; cn,i., ''A '''s"'
one OF the min;s,eEs who .,,sn,isS - A., ..,
forms me that neither Cook or Conn .. i
rect profession of religion Connc - ~ n,Is "
src,t ,,d 60, -, So, ooIPo was oil quaker de-
Both however seemed boSe6 ana ,h.
hortation TO them ON the scsyoIJ Vas 90 ~, 49,
the redeen,nc blood of Cbr;s, 'rL P S .u n u
Mr.. North was approximate and uas ,hs III, ns "e,,
the scafo,d Wv ' 'e''Se y"
The bodies of Cook and C,,,;, ,,o-. ,L H.,
F.rry in n train wbich - 80 'nAen 70 hSfpets
bodies of the regross -, -. " 'e uePot' Inc
medical students " '' surgeons anu
INTER M rx,.r,r,-,ov
The ColloWins letter ~ L.n1., 80
Ii is written in bean6I s,xle 90 ', evening
curiosity coming from a man who WAS in a few hour 90
suffer death: ' "
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