, 1864-03-02
EXECUTION Of STREETER The ME-
DINA MURDERER.
Great Excitement through the
Country.
10000 People Present.-Thc
Fence Around tIac GalIoHs
Torn DOVE and
Burned.

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The impending execution Of Frederick +.
Streeter, who murdered the Coy family, In
Medina, on the night Of the second of July
last, and was, upon conviction, sentenced to
be hing Oh Friday, January 2ed, between
the hours Of 10 a. IN. and4 ?. m. has createda
widespread excitement, To this the pecu.
1iar and extraordinary circumstances Of the
case have greatly contributed. The peculiar
atrocity of q treble murder ofa married cou~
pie aud their only child, boy OF Beven-the
attempted arEon-the3bold robbery-the Gu
rious, romantic and most wonderful identfd-
cation Of the criminal-the story Of the trial
the incidents Of bis cunning escape and the
extraordinary character and bearing Of the
prisoner, whose Life Was q romance, and
whose entire dcmeanor, though inconsistent,
e1travagant and unaccountable, was never
the1ess wonderfully collected and tlrm-a1l
this tended most powerfully to create md
femcnt IN almost uncomfortable excitement
as the day set for the final and closing: act Of
the mysterious drama rapidly approach
TIE DAT.
Friday dawned gloomily upon Medina. It
seemed that Nature, as If ii sympathy with
the awful solemnity Of the occasion, had
cloaked herself in mourning. Snow had fall
en-, the winds wers chilly, and ths sun w Was
clouds, and wsuld not smile. In spite of the
bitter weather, and the fearfn1ly bad roads,
however, thousands upon thousands Of peo-
pie from adjacent towns and counties, from
Cleveland, Akron, Wooster, Ashland, and
ing into the quiet village, remote as It was
from railroad md travelling facilities, until 1t
seemed that Medina should instead have been
called Mecca, 30 numerous were the pilgrim.
ages to this new and awful shrine. Tie roads
were all the morning crowded with the pil-
grirns,-in every nanner Of vehiclcs,-on
horseback, ,-on foot Strangers gathered all
along the sidewalks Of the still streets, which,
with their places of business closed. wore,
Of people congregated about the hotels, on
The Court House steps, about the scaffo1d,
and especially about the jail.
sp1R1T OF TEE PEOPLE.
The bitter and vindictivc spirit Of the peo-
pie preeent was especially manifest They
were largely composed Of the natural attend
ants upon such IN awful ceremony-the
roughs and brutes Of the country around
who were loud and coarse enough In fierce
inyective. Women, too, congregnted IN the
crowd, and, when they spoke, surpassed the
men in fierce yfndfctiyeness, Said one viza-
70, standing under the scatfold, IN the morn
Ing: "Ah, l hope the rope VIII hreak-he
aIanging is too good for him. anda third:
IT long to see him kicking up there" and
these arc but random utteEances.:
Many Of refinement, sensibllity and hu-
manftY, however, nl6Q 6Yeuea Inc vast
crowd, but, being less noisy, were less no.
| ticeah1e.
TIE FENCE ARQuSD TIE GALLONS BURNED.
As N, Illustration of the overwhelming
| tide Of public sentiment, 1t may be mention
| ed that during the night preceding the cxec9-
| tfpn, the high fence which, IN accordance
| with the law, had been erected around the
scaf1old, was turned up and burned down
and that everybody expected and nobody was
| indignant at the acts.
TIE LAST HOURS OF TIE coNDEdNED. d
streeter spent almost nll Of his last night
| of life in writing letters to his wife, mother
and sisters. The contents Of these letters
are not Of interest to the pnhiie, and into
these sacred secrets the public has no right to
infrude. Each contained fresh protestatloDs
! OF innocence. -,...
During Tie morning be conversed ration~
| ally and coolly with. visitors, never LOT mo:
| ment losing his perfect self-possession and
ease OF manner. At hnlf past eleven be had
| PRAYERS In bis room, the Rey. Mr.. Conent
ofIiciatipe. Soon after be was dressed for the
execution. He wore suit OF black, over
| which fell his white shroud, prepared with
! protesuue aud ghastly care me white cap
9uon bis hend added to his sep9lchral appear
| aice, A brief minute Bufhccd nm for q calm
| leaYo of his sister, ind he WIS ready Tor
| nYp.prunE FROM TIE JAIL.
Meanwhile the impatient crowd hadsWArm-
I'd Tie street md jail yard aa1acent roofs,
windows, stcps, and fence, ana Was hungrily
& whiting the coming Of the criminal 80
numerous was the throng that 1t vas mecca.