Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-29
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The Exeeurioa of s1eilogE, the weusrH
spy
At elaven O'Clock yesterday forenoon a detail
If one 10 dred men, under Caps Pos, from
ne city battalion, marched rom Cas,is Thn1-
deg vita Spencer Kellogg; the TecsHfly con-
d-JBned spy, IN custody The cOTtsqe moved uB
Alsin street in the following order. Dam corps
on The right, followed hy two eompsuifs Of miif
'ari- hack containing the condemned man bis
primal adviser, Dr. Burrows, and Dsrscivr
CaDehart snd another ufieeF The hack wss
ciosely guarded By mounted men, folosed By
two companies of infsntry. The eaYslcaie
rescsd the se=ns Of execution about half past
twelve O'Clock, where, IS usual q vast crowd Of
people, Of bOth sexes and Ell ages, were c3rgre-
gstsd. After E " moments spent ia p7ehmi-
nary arrange meats, the prisoner was escorted,
under guard. from the hack 10 the gsl0Es
While ssstad in the hack awsiiiDg the perfection
OF the arfsngemsnis for bis eKecu'ion. ha con
varsed yailY, with the Utmost nsHchaieHee with
D. B irrows, frequently smiling ct some remark
maie either By himself CT the raiuistef Auiv
ing usder the galloWs, Capt. A Asxander read de
ehlrFss preferred sgGinst the accused, and the
sentence Of the eourt-msriisl-"thst he be
haUgd By ths neck until dead" A short bat
impressive prayer was then Of red By the minis
ter. az the conclusion Of which, the condemned
msu, unsccompaned, m0unted the ses tf1ld. In
l1a AJ8teelHe 0tt0lte05 ana
commenced to adIgst the rope over the neck sf
the criminal, in which be assisted, sll the while
t-lking with The officer. On taking Of his hst 10
admit The moose over his bead. he threw it one
side and, falling fl he sca ia, Il struck gen
tlagnan, when the BrisOnsr TUNED quickly, and I
55HiHg sad; EJeHss ne. sir % After getting I
tha raps Gn bis neck sTauged 70 his satisfaction
D ,ective Cspshart commenced to pinion the
arn1s of the ennd amnod, 70 which be submitted
herd, csp'aiu p His Gakis5 were then tied to
Zsiher, and his hat given to him. which be held
in his hand behind him. CapabaTt then shook
asD6s aud left him A negro next came on the
sc Fl ID with q ladder, and proceeded TO fasfen
the rope to the upper beam, the prisoner meau-
Sbi.e regarding him wirh the gTsE'sst CON
DesRrs. The rope being fastened, tho negro
was inthe act Of coming down, when the prs-
0aeT, looking up as the rope Temsrked This
won't hrask my neck Tis'nt more than foot
fsll Doctor I wish you would come up and
srrsngs iris thing don't want 10 have 3 boteh
job oft 2" The rope was arranged to bis ssiisfsr-
son, aud the elo.h cap placed over his head
The condemned man then bowed his head and
engaged a few seconds ia pr yer. a. the cOnelu-
sigR Of which be raised himself, and, stsndiug
perfectly erect, pronounced, in a cissT voice
All ready ~ At I've minutes to one O'Clock
the drop. fn, ard the condemned man was
y
for few seconds, the rope swsying to and fro I
ike the pudalum Of click He was lef'
Ha0giHg thirty minutes. when he was cut down
and pronounced dead" by the attendant ply I
sieian his neck having been broken in the fall
rhe body was then placed in his coffin and sent
20 the burial ground
K-Dogz vas 3 nan Of rather pre2ossessing
pearsncs, about fve feet eight or nine inches
high, wi-b sparkling light blus eyes, sandy hair
sTd beard, snd slight mou5taehe HIS skin.
rom his loug confinement, some teen month
bad become 81 fair as a females He wore, at the
t1a Of his eIscution, a dark blue coat and brass
buttons, light blue pants, a blus check shirt and
h sex wool bat. He was about thirty five years
Of age
TIE wretch had previously confessed h.s
gniIf, the substance Of which confession wa
rha. be tsi hired himself in the Caniedersig
engineer corps, at Island 10 TO- for the pnrpaza
e gEinig Information FIR lhe bouef Of d
Federal Government and though At last detect
q, re Died with the conviction that Ia bsd fur
uishe6 m re valuable iuformation, inths charse
er Of a spy, 70 that varnment, than nny he
'er1 men IN the United States servics.-Riel1aozi
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