The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-03-27

the truth Of the charges be had made against
the third party, and he declared they were true.
A false alarm was here given oy the friends Of
the person he had accused, and deen1iug his end
had come, he sprang from his seat. turned asily
pale, staggered across The cell, and FELL hinting
upon the bed. Rev. Shinn knelt by his side
and asked him il the charges were true--if be
icould meet his God with that Statement upon
his lips. He agaia reiterated and declared
their truth, and positively denied any know
ledge Of the remaining $500
A strong guard of the Vigilance Committee
was on duly The whole night, and intercepted
every one going to or coming from the jail.
About twoso'clock Mayor Armstrong made
bis appearance at the jail, but seeing no Signs
OF violence returned.
THE EXECUTION BY THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
! FINAL cONFEssIoN-THE ACCUSED PATTY DE-
cLARED INNOCENT. asr flsass4b
Al fifteen minutes past three, on the morn
ing Of Saturday, without any prev ious warning,
some two hundred and fifty prominent citizens
OF the city, disguised in various WAYS, and well
armed with knives, pistols and rifles, snrroun-
ded The Jail and burst into the cell. Consta-
J bic Riley was present and made vigorous re-
sistancc, but was soon oEerpowersd by superb
or'nuInbers. A rope was thrown over DouVe's
| head, and the committee started to drag him
from the cell, As the rope tightened around
his neck he gasped "hoid on | want to talk
to teltof Wash Griffith, the innocent man up
stairs" but enough had already been cleaned
from him on that point, and be was forced in'o
the Hall. The rope was then slackened, and
he said he wished to unburthen himself Of one
thing before he passed into eternity:-"Wash.
4 Griffith who is up stairs, is innocent and knows
nothing about it. | made the charges against
him for the purpose of gaining time, in hope
1 the eexc!tement " would die away and that would
have a triaein Court. lknow nothing of any
more money" Five minutes was given him in
which to reveal the whereabouts Oft the money.
Fhel time being up, ten minutes was given him
to pray, and at the expiration of that time, the
1 rope having been inserted between the braces
| OF the joiee over head, be was pulled up
When he could just tip-toe the floor, he gasped
4 Il will tell.' He was then let down and said
I Il gave the balance ofthe money! don't know
4 howmuch there was OF it, for did not count it,
4 to-must | tell gentleman he is cousin of mine
| Ito man named johnson, who lives above
/ Elk Horns" This was pronounced unsatisfac-
tony, and he was asked if he had any thing
more to say. He did not respond, but com
menced praying, and after he was done he was
I pulled up for the second and last time, and the
rope tied fast. The rope untwisted rapidly as
soon as his feet were off the floor and stretched
sufficient TO allow them to touch, when board
/ from the floor was displaced so that he hung
between the joice. After remaining half an
4 hour the committee withdrew taking with
4 them the other prisoner. who was released in
1 conformity with the decision of the people; as
made in the meeting of Thursday morning
last. aol tf. .s.saz a.s .lr. .r.a
/ Tie unfortunate man was not yet twenty
four years olage. His parents reside in north.
ern Ohio, He was about five feet nine inches
high and finely proportioned; had dark com
\ plexion, black hair and whiskers. and large in
telligent looking black eyes, which would have
been beautiful but for slight defect
I According to his confession, he was the lea
der OF a gang ofSeyenteen desperadoes in Utat
for over year and halt, and also a small gang
at Denver. he has been engaged ostensibly as
a laborer at Shoemaker's Point, some one hun,
dred miles west OF this city, but really tor pur
pose OF ofassisting gang OF which he was a mem
sber He was undoubtedly young man OF fine
intellect possessing all the attributes to make
a useful member of society. lie had fair ed
ucation and in other callings would have beer
Eof use to himself and others, and yet at tht
time Of the writing of this article he hangs II
\ the hall Of our JAIL the sad wreck ofa iond
mothers hopes, fathers prayers and boys
high asperations-a warning to all whose fee
forget the path of virtue and honesty, tba
sooner or later the punishment which thel
clmes deserve will inevitably overtake them.s
His coiederate was spared partly because O
his colession and from the fact that he had in
terfered to save the life of Mrs. Taylor. HI
was not as shrewd man as Bouve, nor was h
as reckless or bad 1t was probably his fl st Of
; fence and 1t was well TO spare him. eva 'tst
l- ie ooRoNER's INQUEsT! 14a sd !
/ A coro ner's jury was empannelled on Satur
! day consisting Of Emmerson seymour Coroner
; Francis Smith, jesse Lowe, A. j Hanscou
M. w. Keith, Cenj. Rtickles and Thomas |
Shaw. They returned as their verdict, that h
came to his death by hanging by persons un
known to them. ers re& mgaf FfessR