Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-07
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Hansing Of oliver ana H@tSp9 b
Cainp Chase-The orders for Caf-
rying dnte Effect the isentencoI
of the, Military oommissionr-aI
Scenes at the iExecutionsa1
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Our readers are doubtless all more or less
familiar with the fact that Hiram Oliyerand
John w. Hartun two young men U1atives
Of Ohio, had been until quitea recent period,
on trial for nearly or quite three months, be-
fore Military Commission sitting At Cam
bridges Ohio, on thsrchRrge Of killing John
b. Cook, Rroyost MaEshalof the 10th SDis-
trict of Ohio sometime early last tsspring.
The tfiall~as closedg and on the 30th hlt,
the 0pFisonefs were transfeTedTto to Camp
Chhse to-await the sentence-of the Military
Court befSfe,whieh they ySvHfS tried. *
Onlthe, morning Of Tuesday, last, the seh-
tened which was death BY banging, and
the order for carrying it into execution be-
tween. the hoursof 9rA1M5and P.JM. the
next day, were 1receiyed at Camp Chase,
andthe fact communicated To the prisoners
at about 10 "a. M?of't the fofmer day, thus
giving The unfortunate young men only
about twenty four hours, in which TO pre-
pare for their final exit from this world.
They receiSedIItHe news, as nearly as we
could learn, without any particular demon
strations Of trepidation OF bfayado. Cler-
. gymen,, the Rev. Mr. Ellis, Of Cambridge,
andI the Rev. Mr.. vananda, Of this city,
were sent for, and came to the camp to af-
ford the doomed men such spiritual advice
and comfort as they might be able to i'm
,,.k ss..aH aHagsa .
Hartup was an unmarried man; Oliver
had 4 Wife the sister Of Hartup, and two
children-one a little Sgirl about four years
of age, and the other p boy, Quite a young
infant, Mrs. Oliver arrived at the camp on
Friday last with her two children. When
the sad news was announced torher on FRI
day that her husband and brother We're to
be hung the-next day. it was of course
heart-rending in the extreme We would
gladly draw aveil over hersorrows and sdf-
ferings without attempting TO expose them
to public noticerg7rgg niW / h'ras1js 10
At the guard house, which is about one
hundred and fifty yards from THE place
wherelthe execution took place, Oliver had
an Interview between IL AIM. and 10 M
yesterday, with his wife and children. HI
was dressed IN black and appeared mnff
affected. He charged his wife TO properly
educatetheir children ana train tnem up u
a religious life: 9At length the parting
scene Came I; he kissed his wife and childrel
and bade them a final farewell, .,.,
At about half past twelve O'clock, Sit'k olive
made q statement Or confession lin tn
presence eaef the, Rev. Mr.. Nananda,to Gap
wilkinson, of Gen. I'D. Cox,s staff Pd re
Gently Provost Marshal VA ut Iod Baarrr9ack' j'ar9
We give It as Y was given to us fcople
verbatim from Capt Wilkinson's notes
is as follows: ND usposii,baai G,bhfi
Yes, Ididit, Hartppdidnot dot (the mul q u,
der; Why ala Y Mas ocfHsH ~ M; .ps oSs an
Srss rsot ~ me b a. be had done: ana IL lie did,
knew that I would XIII him, or he woul
xiii am tn the one Glleia1 pr my TO- %S
Observation-Disclosures Gsfsiminsd- but tew,minutes @ mute before MOTH
-(cbnfess!3 Ihad promised many not tod
it. did tteI did It 1the murdeDL Liaaa
snat tSss ba wss
moon alter me. I nave tSid' Some & Who Wi
never, 81 would never have told It! !ms
We did not learn that Hartup made Jan
statement In the form, 'of. q confession ,
guilt, He was, brought into the guar
house dressed In a checked shirt, without
coat, and wearing a checked vest and pant
He appeared more cool and collected tia
Oliver through The ewhoie scene and uht
the last fatal momnspt, AT the guard hons
theirons' were taken from both the prisor
ersI and bstweep9 one ,and. two o'elock the
were taken 10 the place of execution, abo,
onbhundredani 1iftyiyards distant, nd IL
RSbeaRfison1Ne. .lgig sSValsf fnis al
phe-military-euard.o or escort to. the -prisc
vard c9otnssdistsd,ofaa detachmentlof the \;
votsran Reserve Corps. ,undeu command
roVyi~I w,~ sr,;.,,1 p.arost' Nil
Capt. y. hearney onhea' taosoSp m"i - :,
of the DAY, and q detacnMehS'oi haneoch
Cotps. now on duty at Camp, Chase, vii
b ~ tha S3d Hesterranna str naR Reserves r1ss sr,la
I $3.50 m ~ s,ra sa,o,,,,, ~. ooo.s go, nj
trddpG as they moved oathe prison var
foLned ibo,,oyv anna ayel witbi the prisbne
sS1-r.tS.S,,.,,ssa,s,s tts u ~
and tne atten9lng ciergy meh III the oeh'e
The area within the Prison presented u
usual pafaphernalia OF an execution 4
S..,,nr-. rlat,ormS Sahout tourteen feet
nang'ng-a pi"'ioi" a1oa' .ou.seen ~ w.
heighsfwitn drop anu tae ropes ~ ,lol
Std two plain wooden collins, painted re
living on the ground below. Very few pe
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