Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-03

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+ eyer endured In the Basslae or nj saiut
Aarks. H1s eyes aseod aaas, his slsauassrs
{ dFtsped, and No aspen eseE sremhlsa i
: he al from foe b bead fE#Was pisifuI
3 10 Took at bin, and wifhaI aiekenine..-
: pagness eyes eth foflowssa stss thinnina
D white eleud. Harold wasIexuressioaless
4 shIle Mrs. Surrast sef ma less aad lcss
terrified submitted TO the lriug with ma
i appearance of conscience Then afher
: ttrps Of muslin were hrpnghs forth to
lie The legs hetween ankle ard Enee.
> TIE FATAL goosE.
/ Then over the bead Of each vas passed
j the fatal moose. Payne bent gracefuuv
, TO 1T. as ii be wire assuming a crov n !.
and when il eireled his powerful throat
be drew himself ap, and turning Bis heal
. slightly, addressed some aaiet words To
the officer who stiii ii the ropc. 70 alf
present. II was tie execution 81 a r1prder-
cri TO the murderer ii eTidently vas the
| Coronation OF martyrdem, and the noose
an dareola OF glory, Sone resided the
rope.
4 Tng CAP OF uoon.
Then over the facs and head of each
vas placed cap Of white muslin shared
som thing Ike jockeys skull cap, but
large enoagh TO reach below she chfa. and
now tia pent up fear Of Atzerots break !
| forth, and be exclaimed:
| " Gentlemen, bcware.n And as Har-a
olds cap was pulled On last of ell, Atze,
aots agaia buvst forth walI-- =
"Good-lEe. gentlauea.n A
At half-past one o'eiack, aa ihe sainis-
tsTs moved back, Aizer0tt again spsks: -
May We all meet in anotheiF world"
rHE TRAP sPEgxEg
A moment after the ofEcials draw ba2L
and down fell the trap. and sxnysng 10
and fro swung the four ho48as.
now THET pa8s.
There vas 90 struggle on the aart Of
Mrs. Surratt. She haugs asai swings NJ
| II within The dark fusag ef bcrl pnfFel
Idrass no life had beon ii ha< af olJ.
clothes it mighs be, bat far gaat aesh i e
| see between the rope anA ahe.eap. Atze-fI
rolt still shakes as If ska fcEF af death
were TO continue beJoai 1t. and butlFge
CONSCIOUSNESS itself. Harold struggle |
bis chest beaxes. PayHe stawly draws
himself up till he assaHas for second |
The shape AZ q man aisting I'd alrathcr /
low chair, his thighs forming fIrkH Ain |
gio with bis body, and fhe 10 asntar farfning |
similar angle With tbs gaarlion sf hss |
iegs from the knees d9sfq ards. H. +
straightens again, but tAa bread chest /
heaves and swellz and Elare il 4 SORT oil
wFithing Of the body Oh IN Ainss. Ii isI
tEenty-siK miHutes aud fifteen seconds
after oue. Six minutes ard half bave
they swung there, and agnin spasmoliel
euTVing of the body aRl e4n3nE Of thaI
lower parts proves Parse still alive, but
is Is the last. IT death must, for the
safety Of society, be igFsieted on the as
sassin, for the sake OF civilization. let
some moro summary meRds Of inficting
it be devised.
TIE ExrERToE EFs obEs.
On Monday, Mu3d. AruoIl, O'Laurh-
lin, and Spangier will 60 norshward TO
prison.
Applications for par34a we're made
yesterday and to-day to President Juhn-
son, hy Mrs. Samuel Mui3, who il quite
VOC begoue and disappointed. in behalf /
of her husband, by the sisters of Harold. /
and aY aIss Ann Sursit. HaroIa's ais
ssrst IN ftrsf fsssysEF rsssgs asexvv
II vciled. made their appearance at the
White House. for tbs purpose OF intereed.
ing With the President In behalf Of their
brother. Failing to see the, President,
they addressed note to Mrs, johnson, |.
and exprested hope that she would not
turn deaf ear TO their pleadings. Mrs. |
johnson being quite sick, ii was deemed
expedieat by the ushers not to deliver the
note, when, as last axpediens. the ladies
asked permission to forward q note to
Mrs. Patterson, the Presidents daughter,
which privilege vas not granted. as Mrs.
Patterson is also quite indisposed to dav.
The poor girls vent away with their last
hope shattered.
The misery of the pretty and heart
br-kcn daughter of Mrs. Sarratt is the
talk f the city. This gill appears to
have loved her mother With ali the petu-
liant passion of child. She visited her
constantly, and to-day n4da 50 stirring
an effort to obtain her life that her deYo- I
tioa takes half the disgraoa from her mo-
ther. She got the priests TO speak in her
behalf. Early to Gar shq knklt in The
cell at her mothers feet saa ssbbed. vita
now and then pftifss scream till The /
gloomy corridors rsng- Sac endbavoresl
to win from Payne staten shs that Der
mother was not acaassarY, and, do a last
resort, Gnng hcrsalf a3 90 tha steps of tAe
White House, and nbas that portal mem
orable BY her 6fiai taars Abeut hallf-
past s o'clock this assfaing, Aiss sutratt,
accompanied hy A faaaale7 friana, again
visited the White 1Hbaac fes the purbsse
ef obtaining an ihserTS sw with the FFesi-
dent. TIE latter hastng gives erders
THAI he would FedsiNa 20 uae te-aav, the
door keeper stoppea aIiss SuEratt ss the
foot Of the steps geadisg gip 10 ghe presi-
dents Office, ard w1utd roe permit ber TO
proceed farther. She shan ask I'd sesnais.
sion 70 see GeaeFal Apzzy, ths preas5sni's
military secretary. FT6o PrRmptly aaswcr
ed the summons and eame down stairs
where Miss suFvata was Standing. As
soon "a the GenRfnl made his appearances
Miss Surrats thaaw hrrssif upon her knees
before bin, and catBAing him by the coat.
With loud sobs knd streaming eyes, im.
rlored bim to Aseiss hef In abEhkning q
heal ing vim lhs pressdena. Gen. lAiuEsy,
Ia as tender q maDBer al possible, inform
ed Miss Sarratt kbht be eouad not comply
with her feeaesa ~ Presisient Johnson's
orders we're imperative, snEi be would rel
ceiYe no one.
Upon General Ma2zy Setarnsng to bis
Office, Miss SnsraGt etrew Aerseif upon the
stair stere, xhefa alie rexAained eonnid- L
erable iength OF einss sobting aioud In
the greatest angasaks eTasesting Der zaotia-
eI's Innocence, Had lmpso<ing every ene
who came near bes 10 inlsroeds ia her
mothes's behalf While thus sseping.
she deeisred hsw mother was too good
and kiaisto be- gailsy eE abe enprmous
czimc Of which Ake sAs aouyieaaa, ana
asserted that II brr mosaer was pat TO
death she wish3d to die slso. She was