, 1864-04-20

. vlct he Nas doing. But he went back to
? wtu #. lie had LETT I4ip1eamcod, thinking he
might possibly lind Lim alive, and might do
li,, good, lie then had not tie remoteat
fflra Of robbery or murder; hut when he
,und the old man wss really dead, he shud-
dertd; but the effects Of the liquor SOON
Slut out all IlEr %, aDd lc took his money
. watch aud los2-.t k:if..
He was arrested, it will be re rc2ol1ec.ed, in
Cincinnati: lie next reviewed his trial. Dc.
nouneirg the Judge ruling, saving that he
him. !Iiere Sheriff Wasomau cGsckrL tic
ercalsr, telling him lie Should not use such
ErTsE larcunsc; 1t was w1oug and could not
tns,sl du auy possible good. Dobbins replied,
In undcrtone, :" Yes. res, it's too late now;
that's eo! ~ not say ant thing harsh-no,
I'll let that a,l pass--all rass."] He would
fraln from such language at this. hoar; AMI.
btstdes. gcutletnen present have prooaoly
formed different opinions from his. tAai,"
said he, "God forbid that ! should say any
thing wrong OF anybody! But I am con-
rl1:ced that the Jghge I'D murder. In his
heart-calm1y meei:atea my destruction.
God is my Judge! ] committed the deed,
but didn't mean to murder the old man. I
was DR. EuDk, and knew not the extent Of what
Twas doing I had no murder in my heart.
Ny conscience is clear; and can place my
i.snd o1l my heart Tor near Cd / eau get 1t
thcre,) and without Il s7aycrins or taltefin3
yolce, can dcclarc ! I'm not guilty Of willful,
deliberate nur1er.''
Ee afterwards denied having murdered a.
Citl in rtnnsylyania, Of which some persons
Lad accused h1m- This was iu response to 4
QUESTION from 4 bystandcr, he haying ex-
pressed q Willingness to answer any in1ui-
RIGS. One Of the clcrgyrlcn present then Of
and repeated some original lines Of poetry,
coInm+rcln. q AlleN to alf, Of ligh or i9W
/ detree," Wien ths Sheriff. adjusted the moose
about bis ugc5. &c WIS perfectly calm; w
insisted the Sheriff in the adjustment Of tue
repe, by moving his head, 20 Us to accommo-
duie the moose and lie several times eau
toned the officers to t'be sure that the rope
These were Ills last words, and he shook
hands with the Sheriff, uho stepped from the
fatel platform. The next instant, ut pre-
cis.ly lulf past one o'clock the trap sunk,
and DobbIns passed into eternity The
dreadful work had been done most thorough
II. Excepting the muscular motion Of one
arm, which Was partially raised the moment
the "drop" fell, theIc was not motion Of
the body, no contortions OF the features, no
wr;t1fug In i've minutes alter the cxee1-
tiop, the pulse ceased to beat. Thus died
john W. Dhbbins the murderer.
Among the papers lett b. Dobbins, is the
following, which was written on the eyenius
Of tic night in which he attempted self:
1estructlUu:
"DAr7oS, Ohio, April Il, 1854.
-" "aEr. Ccoge VIA. onan-
"slE: This Is perhaps my last night Oh
lines before make my final exit. When you
find this will be dead. My intention is to
take my own life Do you for one moment
suppose TINT am sheep or little child OF
an old woman to submit to this sentence Of
mine and walk out on the scaffold like
eherp and give 1ny life up in TINT kind Of
style. No not L 1 would stand all the tor
tnrcs that the human body was over known
to undergo. Nincty-ninc millions Of deaths
would suffer rather than submit to be hang-
cd. No stree, that kind Of stutf won't do. I
layc.tco much nerve for that. Not that I
have ANYTHING against you'l