The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-31


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ing IN the conviction Of his wife, It being proved
snat sue p1rcnAaed arsenic, and arsenic Was found
IN the ueceaseds stomach. II Nay last she
succeeded, by @eans Of outside aid, inescapinl
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sesws1ss snd ~ uccemnef Last, after repeated
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ner Acw ssal, - DAY . oxccatS0A was Gxed
TOT 20. sne xSd q 1ascn. her counsel and sympa-
tnisere Inn made last desperate e6osA TO induce
TIE Ainnesosa Legislature TO commute her cen
tencc, and succeeded 70 far M 10 have rcsola.
sion passed to that enect tina vas qnashed by .
Se.0 o. the 6ovefneeeA e. laslsrsss 4 10
iDere can oe NO donbt, aitef perusai OF the
ust'mony ON her trial, that she Was guilty Of the
horrsd deed OF which che Was convicted, her
nsesavs besng 70 get her husband ont Of the way,
ges posseeOn OF ms property and enjoy II with
her pAfamOur, Walker, whom she claimed as her
nephew.
she maintained an air OF deMance and reekless.
ness up to within few days OF her death. Pre-
vsous 70 her execution she was visited and con-
nrned by Catholic Priest, and she declared
tnaS ahe "f0rgave her enemies, and Vas pre-
pared to meet her God"
The scene ON the scaffold-the last scene Of
this terrible tragedy-is thus described:-
When the prisoner arrived upon the platform,
she was led forward, and kneelcd upesee drop,
the clergy, jalor. and the Sisters and other la
dies, In the same posture around her. About
hye minutes were thus spent ~ reading prayers,
~ sne ciergy, m when she seemed 20 TAKE
aeep interest. Upon rs1ng sne was asked II she
had anything 70 say. She spoke for minute,
perhaps. There1 Was some repccuon, but the
iVn0wang nvery nearly WHAT sne SAID; ~
dae witnoas having hsd any mercy SHOWN
me, or JuStlce. die Tor the gOO0 Oh my soul
ana not tor murder May you all profit by my
death. You. courts OF justice are nat courts Of
)astice-but will yet get justice in Heaven.
am guilty woman, know, but not OF this MUIR
DER, which was committed by another. Iforgive
everybody who did me wrong die sacrifice
70 the law. hope you all may he Judged better
than have been, and by more righteous
Judge. die prepared to meet my God" e
MIR. Hoffman then whispered goodbye" to
she showed some agitation, and said,
10, Mr.. Hoffman, you promised to stand by me
to the LAST lie assured her that he was not
going to leave her.
Mr.. Miller, the Deputy Sheriff, then approach
ed her with the rope, when she exclaimed 'Dr.
Miller, how can you stain your hands by putting
that rope around my neck-the instrument Of
my death !"
He assured her that duty compelled him to do
Il, and she made no resistance, and only said:-
'Do, for Gods sake, put it on it will not suf-
locate me-" .. ...,..
II became necessary in fixing the rope to lift
the veil that was tied about her neck, when she
said: ''Mr Hoffman, do leave that veil between
The rope and my neck" -s=.-45
lie explained in a word, the necessity of its
being removed, when she said Fix it any way,
80 as not to sutfocate me-"
After it had been arranged DIR. AillertOok the
black cap from his pocket and proceeded to put
i Oh her head, when she said: ''Be sure that my
face is well covered
MI this took place in less time than it will
take to read it, during which she said several
times: tod have mercy-God have mercy on
my soul.' Her last words were-"lsord Jesus
Christ receive my soul"
She was requested to take step forward on
the drop, and then. everything being prepared.
DR.. Miller made = lDoti0n to Sheriff Tullis, who
pulled the fatal rope, and in an instant she fell.
The fall was about four feet, and machinery was
SO nicely adjusted that the noise was scarcely
heard outside of the enclosure.
There was scarcely any movement IN the DOuy