Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-16

and double il around until the front and
rear of the line met Arriving at the gal
lows, Mr.. Carter, the Sheriff and OmiC
ascendcd the platform by n ladder. The
arms of the prisoner were loosely pinion
ed. A rope was around his neck with a
loop in one end. Another was let down
through a hole in the top piece, on which
was hook to attach to the rope round
the neck. The rope with the hook was
brought over 20 one of the rosts, and fas-
tened to it near the ground.
After some little time Mr.. Carter came
down, leaving Omic and Sheriff Baldwin
on the platform. As the Sheriff drew
down the cap, Omic was the most terri
fed being, rational or irrational, that
ever saw, and seizing the cap with his
right hand, which he could by bending
MS mead and stretching his neck iii that
direction, he stepped 10 one of the posts,
and put his arm around 1t. The Sheriff
approached him to loose his hold, and
! for moment it was doubtful whether
| Omic would not throw him to the ground.
Mr.. Carter ascended to the platform, and
4 negotiation in regular diplomatic style
was had. 1t was in the native tongue as
| | understood at the time. Mr.. Carterap-
| pealed TO Omic 10 display his courage,
narrating what he had said about show
in5 the pale faces how an Indian could
| die, bat it had no effect. Finally, Omic
made a proposition, that if Mr.. Carter
would give him half a pint of whiskey,
he would consent TO die. The whiskey
was soon on hand, N large glass tum-
bier, real old Monongahela, for which an
old settler would almost be willing to be
hung if he could obtain the like. The
glass was given 10 Omic, and he drank
the whisket in as little time as he could
have turned it out of the glass.
Mr.. Carter came down, and the Sheriff
again drew down the cap. and the same
scene was again re-enqcted, Omic express
ing the same terror. Mr.. Carter again AS
cended the platform, and Omic gave the
honor of an Indian in pledge that he
would no longer resist the sentence of the
Court, if he should have another pint ot
whiskey. Mr.. Carter, representing tIe
people of Ohio and the dignity of The
laws, thought the terms were reasOnG bic,
and the whiskey was forthcoming on
short order. The tumbler was not given
to Omic, but it was held to his mouth,
and as he sucked the whiskey out, Sher
Iif Baldwin drew the rope that pinloned
his arms more tight, and the rope was
drawn down to prevent the prisoner from
going to the post, and preventing him
from pulling oil his cap. The platform
was Immediately cleared of all but Omic,
who run the ends of his fingers on the |
right hand between the rope and his |
neck. The rope that held one end of
the platform was cut, and the body was ]
swung in strai ght line towards the lake |
as far as the rope would permit, and re-
turned, and after swinging forth and back |
wards several times, and the weight be-
ing about to be suspended perpendicular
under the center of the top of the gal
lows, the body turned in circle and f.
nally rested still
At that time a terrific storm appeared.
and came up from the northwest with
great rapidity, and it being doubtful
whether the neck was broken, and to ac-
so necessary part of a hanging,
the rope was drawn down with the de-
sign of raising the body, so that, 10y
sudden relaxing of the rope, the body
Tould fall several feet, and thereby dislo-
cate the neck beyond any doubt; but
when the body fell, the rope broke as
'eadily as a tow string, and it tell to the
ground. The coffin and grave were near
he gallows, and the body was picked up,
Iut into the coffin, and the coffin imme
isately put into the grave. The storm
vas heavy, and all scampered but Omic.
The report was at the time, that the
urgeons at dusk raised the body, and u
when it lay on the dissecting table it was
sasier to restore life than to cut it up
Exchange.