Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-03
VOLUME XIII, NO. 2IO.
The Execution OF Richardson, the Coun-
aprfe5fpr.

The Execution OF Rfehurds0n, the COun-
terfeiger.
John Richardson. alias Louis Napoleon, con
vjc-ed Of cOunierfsiJing Confederate Treasury
Notes, by the Confederate States district court,
[ at the last spring tern, was executed on ye5ter-
day 81 twelve O'Clock, IN the valley, a short dis
tance from the city powder magazine. The pTis-
/ ouer WIS taken from the city jail shortly after
| eleven o clock and conveyed, sitting upon his
c5fia, in a furniture wagon, accompanied by bis
| spiritual adviser, the Rev. Mr BaTratii cf tho
/ Catholic church, and Deputy Marshal Heury
/ Meyers, to the gallOws, escorted by Captain
/ Cleaners company, from the City Battalion
/ He was dressed in q grey summer coat, aspot,ed
/ linen Shirt brown linen pants, and light dTab
sIouch hat. Upon arriving at the ga-l0H5- the
| escort was drawn around, and the prisoner led
uDOu tie platform, upon ascending which MS
csat was taken eff, and his hands msnacled.
lie vas then permitted to address the Assem-
b!sge, which, to the credit Of the community
We are hsppy TO say was very small
He sGid, in substance, that he was innocent
Of the crime Of counterfeitiny; fJr, although he
was able to speak nine different languages, h5
was unable to write in one The notes which
be had passed of we're given to him By George
W. E.am, his accOmphce, he continued, ana
he thought that they were E Cd, and Il
ihey did bear forged names, Eiam or some ore
else must have forged them. As far as be could
tell h aud Elan had circulated about eighteen
hundred dollars Of them. In regard 20 his pre-
vious character, be could say that it had been
good. He had been through great many
scenes aad trials.
For long time he served in the army under
Louis Napoleon, who conferred upon him med
al Of honor. Il was owing % this Circumstance
that his fiends styled him " Louis Napoleon
and not to any design On his part % evais JUS
tice by changing his name. Hs closed his al
dress, which was Of some twenty minutes dura-
zion, by bidiiDg the sssemblsgs farewell, ami
expressing the hope that he would meet them Ia
Heaven.
The prisoner then kneeled AMI received ths
services Of consolation and benedictIOn from
father Barra;t, which occupied some ten min
utas. He then arose, and being placed about
the center Of the trap, his legs were FiCi5ned,
the rope adjusted to bis neck, and the cap
drawn over his face. He now, for the first tlmeY
evincei considerable emotion. At twelve O'c-ock
exactly, all was prepared and the trsp fell TIE
rope did not seem to have slipped with the pre-
cisOn calculated, and the felOn evinced his pain
by several violent struggles, which soon, how
ever, sub-idsd into the natural cJnvulsious OF
the muscles, and then were silencsd completely
He was left haEging for half an hour, when
he was pronounced dead by the attending SUP
geon, aud his body was placed in a coffin, and
conveyed for interment to the Catholic GENE
tery.
The oficeIs having in charge the ezecuti on Of
tho sentence, were Deputy Marshal Bass and
Baker, and the attending surgeons were Drs-
Ca5el Bel and Brock Richmond Enquirer