The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-22

relatives Of the dece.~,d 10 have his ssatenos oou,
mu,ed 70 irnprisnmen, FIR lie.. gyrdon,s vv,ss.
and his counsel, HS-Juds. Dean. v~. ,ndss..,0.'
bic IN their Effort. N save him trom ,h. u,I,o,,,
And the dooned man Almost until ,hs hour N, b,s
de,,h seemed 10 seal certain Of a reprisva p,, ali
they accomplished vas the eaini6q Of . razp,,a ~
two ve.ls the President fixing ye~,srd.v ,he ais.
inst, for his execution and warning him W pre-
pare for H. v,bou, retlno further bopes IN .nv pu,
his God Still hov.ve, tho s.,uOg,s WAS ,,e,,, nm
even the d.v h. for. an. .xac,,,ton .,,.,no.. -
made 10 get up a rvmp.,hv -a..,iog in h,. bs. ali
and W stay by Legal form. ,b. ~ aha law
The Presidan, c1rren.ed b,pos.lf a. n man. f.l,n0
deep syn patty with the criminal and his vlse and
child; but a. an executive officer he could ma in
tsffere with the established law and the decision Of
the Court
II was rot until the evening best re his execution
that Gordon gave up ali hopa
ON Thursday Ia was removed from his former
cell " ote In the lower corridor Of the pd,on,
in wins, Is termed "murdsre''s, row." Hs was
thoroughly searched by the DEPUTY L. 8 M,rshals,
and all his olo'hins' bench, etc. were made TO un
de'so rigid exsoinA'ion. In the afternoon, the
t,eN' msrS. Gan y oo'ee'' and Bingham visited
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mn no'n'i VI - suspicious
W." .,'oi "N ,"u'n up"n nin,' IN Tue m.rning Of
a. NJ '.'''e' na,' qua onu"A'Orod
saN,.D,I,ly ,'''.ns n'', VI '.o "S' strenuous
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deputy hsrshAiH Peel ard Buckley were station
ell inAide the cell to watch with Gordon through
he night special Deputies Finley and Roe, nigh'
keepers OIL 'he Prison watched outside. The now
hol "iess man SEATED himself at table, and from
early In the evening ubu amer one O'Clock, busted
himself In writing letters. He wrote 10 his wife,
another 10 his mothcr athird N ba ri en- n his in
FAINT son when be shall have reached years Of dis
erection, and ten others 10 different relatives and
friends lie thsr. without undressing, laid down
upon his bed, ami soon slept The vigil.nce Of his
keepers was relaxed, and when again their s,.en-
ton called 10 him, he was in arasms This
WAS At little after three o'clock ye aerday morn.
ing. DIS. Simmons, J II. Wood and II d,;ma a were
Il
say whether he had taken poison, or not Than be
told the doctors he had taken arsenic, bu, after
wards confessed privately 10 Deputy Marshal Bors,
that IL WAS strycrntne which he had taken. From
four o'clock until nine A. M, he was almost all
the time uucor s,o,A and on ,egait ing his senses.
said he had imagined himself in PAral,ss lie
could not de .tcribe il but said " s,erytbing was
happy there"
Al his own requea, no was then len alone with
Deputy Marahal II ,rst, and from time 1, tina. no
order Of Dr. Wood, vhisley WA piven him u oonn.
teract the effects Of the pos,nuip be mad rreouon,
and very severe rp,gms. the lAs, Of which WAS a,
quarter pas, eleven o'clock. and CONTINUAL sav.ra
minutes A,a little amer nine o'clock his laws wars
locked, and /, WAS necessary N prv then, oman N
pour down his ,l,r,a, a vbi.kov III. suesr,na.
wen in,ensa, and bis on,v mode q, oommun,o,,ion
for ab,u, two hours was by writing ON a aim n
paper. In ,bl. mole Ia saiI. ,Ivish I'M,
die and end my suIrnss" and to thu doctor be rs-
mark cd that he dit no, thank him ,,r his in,er.r
ence in prolonsiug his aRonie,, You do not know
how suffer. and what pains I am ia" lie also
wrote "a good many may accuse my wife OF q
hand In this affair tthe attempted suioide), have
only 10 say that In time Of peace prepare for war.
That little bench that YOU sit on, VI II been
fully examined, could possibly have tod some
tales"
The Deputy turned up the bench and @ yrdon
pointed 70 little crevice, between the top and sup
ports Of II, where he had concealed a paper Of
strychnin6 which he said was given him on the
second day OF bis hia. On being asked II he did
mot think bis Htsemp' Al seli-murdar a dreadful
crim' he answered ~ do not consider il 30, II won
have spared my wife and child the disgrace." HIS
statement Of the poisoning was, that when he laid
down al one o'clock, he Intended 10 feign sleep in
oruei 70 eiune inc u 'he harAhAS, 50
IN" 10 nigh' 'ake 1he poison he' however, iel
~sietP' ana only "Aked NJ 'nree O'CLOCK "hea ne
mAnageu' WIN VI p'ing oosefNeu' 70 secure 'he
deadly powder and '~auo" " some nme amer
WARD 'he spesmS came on speaking OF ms WIG,
ne SAID MS IaN' thoush~ IN TINS world Wouid DO OF
her. Simeon DrapT, E'q' one ofthe Commission
ers OF Charities and Corrections entered his cell In
the morning and Gordon was asked II he knew
IL lii gaIak H.