The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-12-23
The End Communications more
Executions in Virginia.

Ferry tragedy. 1hO CINCINNATI udS'Hc
publishes special dispatch from llarpcrs
Ferry. giving detailed account of tho exc.
cutions, various incidents of tho day, &C.,
from which wo mako the following extracts
llARrER's FERRY, Va, Dec. lG.
LAST INTERVIEWS OF THE CONDEMNED WITH
TUEIR FRIENDS.
Cook since ne visit of his sisters, Mrs.
Crowley and Mrs. Stanton, on Tuesday
last has been very cheerful.
Their meeting was very alcctionaIc
one. Their meeting of a brother who
had been lost to them for years, under
such circumstances, was Of a character
that battles description. Governor Will
lard was present with them, and alter
they had spent some hours together, they
parted.
Coppic was visited by several relatives
during the week, and yesterday an uncle
came on TO whom will be gwen his body.
COOK AND CcrrIc vAINLY ATTEMPTED TO
ESCAPE.
About O'Clock on Thursday evening,
the two made an unsuccessful attempt TO
escape. Running between the window
and the floor in their room, was a plank
three and a half inches thick and twelve
inches in width. They had loosed this
plank so that they could remove it with
ease, and replace it with the sane facility.
For several days, with the help of n Bar
low knife and screw from out their bed.
stead, they had been employed in rcmov.
ing the plaster and inside brick, so that
on the night uf the 18Th, they had moth.
ING to DO but remove the outer bricks.
AT the hour named, when no guard
was near and the excitement Of the day
was over, the bricks were removed and
en- aperture made sufficiently large 10
admi, Of the cgrcss Of much larger men.
Cook. with the use Of his Barlow knife,
which he converted into saw, had re.
moved the irons from his feet One of the
links Of the chain Of Coppic's irons was
also cut, the rings still remaining on his
limbs.
70 avoid the rafting sound which
would attend his walking, he had tied the
piece Of chain, which was hanging to one
Of the rings, TO his leg with his handker.
chief. Coppic got out FIRST, feet foremost,
and allowed himself to drop distance Of
fourteen feet. Cook followed. The tim.
bcrs Of the scaHold on which Brown was
hung were III the yard, and they were
used for scaling the wall. Coppc ascend
cd first, and stretched himself en- the Top
OF the wall. Cook then held his hat up over
tie wall to see il he would be noticed, y
sentinel observed it as he attempted to
elevate himself TIE guard fired, but the
ball missed its mark. The two prisoners
then retrealcd into the yard towards the
Jail door. The alarm was given, and the
jailor on entering the yard, seized them
ana reconNeyed them 10 lhrir room Wnf''
they WIRE he"''y "o"e" ~ tue n'V'
The buoyant How OF sp'f''S wh,ch Tue!
had exhibited now sank, anu 'hey "P
/ peated much depressed
IN me morning v,c! "S"'n 3c'am' !,
e"eef'u'; IooE mummy o'SSea '"e JAN
or S pardon, ana Sala ne irteiy ana in''!
cNonera'cd INN from all compUcl'y;, lia'
" not Deen ior me m.,''ary guard 'Ne.
would nave undoubtedly escaped. som
OF me cInzenS ctnsure 'he Jai'or severely
""'le oIe'S 'h'nN '"at MS ch".''"",
'etI'ngS towards |Ne prisoners WAS IL
only iaui,' =, -,
hI uhG"No'eu'y utS'reu ,"a' we Pr'so'
ers should spcnI 'He'f last huutS oy 'hen
t selves unulSIutoeH even ny we leSu',
y jail guard A's A'"ohesS' MS 'eafeo' Id
g been MS rum =,
i y scHHo'o nae o[en er'c''H on u
}! same spot winch hnu Witnessed me .X
cnIlon OF Brown uh''hG 'he %"y OIL
of execution Which was m'u' VIII" GEM
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~ omI M tool ,Ie;r seats on their co,ins.
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