, 1865-02-25

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! sooner said than done, and the prisoner Re.
cued from the hands Of the mob placed In
iodsed again Il jaii.94s vss q daring M sc
on the part Of those who rescued him, bu
they could not stand by ind see mob lsr rul
TURK.
On Wednesday evening, August 94th Nc
I Comb escaped from the jail, in brief Us fol
lows: Knowing that tho Sheriff (who reside
IN The 1al) was aosect from home, he by uesn
Of offering. little boy, the sheritf's onl.
son' About 4 years old. large sums Of money
back door, so that tho prisoner had uoshin:
to DO but TO walk out aud escape. He tool
tho boy with him short distance, but b,
some means drove him back home. It ap
peared that McComb and another prisoner L
the 1au ha3 2lecn5 iamperug with tho boy: fol
The she1 asecnee. se s,nsum%ated % t1aet theif de
~sign Qn thai. !. tfenfng. We will here state
! that after full Investigation of the mattcr
| nosb]ame was attached TO the Sheriff or his
| Deputy, as they had watched the jail alter.
nateiy every night and on that evening The
Sheriff supposed n9DHould be at home II f1me
to watch that night, which was at o'clock, e t,
The prisoners were followed In every direc.
ton, and on the following Saturday morning
McComb was rlcoptured some fifteen miles
east OF this city, and brought back, the same
day and once more lodged fn his old quarters.
ANOTHER MOB.
On Wednesday, August 3lst, another mob
assembled for the purpose Of again trying to
execute the'prisoncr. It was composed most
u OF the same persons who constituted the
arrival here, that the jail was so guarded by
the military as to render the execution Of
their purpose dangerous to those who at
tempted it. After having given the mob time
to surrey the prccautionS takcn.to presarYe
the Law, the Sheriff ordered them to disperse.
thew concluded to do. aud lid t7isnerse wiz. ;p
out apy further demonstration. THE citizens
Of This civ had determincd nreyions tn this
TINT moh inv shou}d never anotn rc;1n nver
civil law. N7@''' 10's'>' viva
- nrc1c,o,, ~, n..,r .rV,,v,,o oo
heAeAoS - - Al oo1 taHa'H .ooht.
ING supreme court con7ened IN the De-.
glnnlng OF Decemper last, and tne case Of
MGComp M vas argued IN IT, turn; The Court
4nsneu the deGls'm OF the District Cont.
II Was tnen ieit 70 the Governor to h3 me
aay 1 @ o. eSeen.lon S; ne nStng aose9t t1en, ana
iof some tlme n aiteiHa1ds, Inc Day vas not
n;e. n1ed Rniii ~ Sle" weeks ago, ana mdeea tne
W ttseu ot t1e ~ t,ne untM !ast A sa!!nroay, wren
&c ree91se9 3,tI tne warrant rom ne doTsrnor'
n.ars ny ~ itIa .ns.. oI tue caecutlon:
a u1n 'nb - pl'soner Ut ~, W. sf auslsea onelauy q
s.. - rms. ne, as on AZ occasions, received II
eaa., eamg ~ Gna snoineIently, SAYING nothing, and
IT.. ,,s TIE .1sCuI1oS: 1ye1
a. LUG c4naS nor4aS 9l M IMe Itn @ o. feprnalg, tne
u55 aPpo.h.Sa . s;a tne e5platlon ol 1ne great
S1atne, Gi,a "as clouay. ano saoWme moaetateiy'
,nnt,en mSIG m; met nna unPltasant 1oi ioSo
au;.s nusoa' IL mn.tat} eoApaay lauta hsAYine
r.
a ;aa anu g, tafs place. Tepa.teqa 70 tne conet
nousG e1; ~ ~ w. rs gnara pp 10 ~ caock, tne
a 10. " aI'an5sta - t9Hn "as GousluSta .s
Pc, Pc, oat % not noueeaoiy Mfge. Aoont tnat
freai,, uI, unt3 peoPtc oeRan 10 a511ve moFe
nda, ~ ~ +h hnesn 'ne cfo"o prooao15
,a,no.;n aen, " .e e.ty ~ a1u H. issaea US If9s ~
a1naa lamat1ou, rtgi4uta9s nv ~ us sal9ons 10 PC
c!osea, anu tne ofoef "as unlYofsal!y respect
t;a - ~ ~ ., as Is hnonn. II MAS "lse p1ecau-
tiEM ~ ~ pts ptesesss u5osl. ..s.,...
FL.soea t1 1a.sa ~ ~: saisp wei 1n. n.sn1
n;abts nrsviora r. US W aar nha t -, hero1
sRn.S ba b psgYsous h aa ac vas snees.u however,
as ne mas 9sen eeneIany during MS imprls-
onMn.. de.n;o, nc p1reook o. 19oa II Iae "1rn.ns
Kre"Iia ro,hn3tn .,a ueiofA nes w.; rata1s 1h
c1er;ce ,es;stonna fptr ahen.d ~ ,tI3dad % T.,
the rrisnner,a ce1, to nrenara him accord;n-
tos ihe, H.. ~ the frh,1rch IN ,ha astea3
fhannc abort to take nIace
The eallows was erccted dur;nc The n;oht
in the west end Of the shall. in If ffont Of II 1he m
the ground. 1t about 11X the Jury were
sworn and proceeded to the place Of c1ecu,
caI,1 IN t,,,n-J io,e,, o4o hrs,o1ans -
Ttt1,s ~ ITils5 saans' & ~.
Jcpreeenta,iyes Of tha nress. The hour Of Il
drew near. The off{riatine ngiests were sti1l
enpaetd with The prisoner n hin eli ~ ha st;ii
annea, inp calm and coi1cc+ad a
fhr c1srovmen 1eft. fhe cei1 ara hhe sfer1ff
asietcd by Denuty Reed. nrocee1ed to rohe
thf prisoner fnr fhe execution. While this
PROCESS was eoinr On NcCom1, remarked to
Reed, "Bill, I'd make good priest"
AZ precisely Ia o'cloci. allowance being
made ior difference Of time pieces. McComb,
accompanied by Rev. Fathers Krecklc and
McCaifiv.,. The Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff
Reed. came from The cell, He walked with =
firm etep. Al The foot OF The gaiIoYs. q parse
Of a few minutes Has made, while the Priest
altered nra1ers. the nriso1,er resnondjnr. at
the conciusion Of he erercisesf the pf,soner
walked nuickly baeE ACROSS the fenz,h n tha
hall. to the cells nj his fe]iow -r,snncrs frnm
whom h. took Ic1yt. Tet.,rrfna the fnnt ~
thr pallovs thror. ~ 5aasa ~ 1000 ~ ~ r
shock hands .nth sHcn trs nsrsons 1e ~ ho t5er
y" nVuSuss' ~ au4 bpe4k King III loH
VOICE 70 J1uee iilmole. re tncn asccuoe4
tne teauo!o, NHhiug steaauy anu 41tnl5, SUI
| at once dellbeIatciy TOOK nola o. Inc rope3
apparent? testhg lts sttengtn. oelnE ea1leo
upon fy Tue sheTfn, ne stepped iof1AIa neal
tue fIont OF the PLATFORM a2a spoke oastlnetly
as iQl!pWss
TIN CLOSING scrrrs-.u,a spx-<n .,,o,x -
ma 1xvn1ys1.. - 1.Sea sAoeAaAas
Wv, INV. u~e-. ~ -.
h 4ase come 10 see an innocent man
~ heIe upon INC ga4ows with but
FEY ~ mlnates 70 IRE, and saT to you
~ ~ i4uocent man. want Jon TO recol-
Nct tn"t AZ aoont 10 suuer on ialse testl-
mony. ny Me has been sworn away. There
: Is no otnef etste where could have been con-
Flcteo upon this evidence, but the State pf
Iowa. stu do not blame any Of you i
don't Know that naYe any enemies here. I
may have but don't known them. But al
n! 1nouGh my enemies may cheat me ont OF my
me, tney San,t cheat me ont OF Heaven. !
am EomG 70 heaven. have no confession to
make. 1haFe MADE none, ana can give you,
tncTe should be anything Published, pur-
pnIt1ne to.1c McComb's contesaou, that you
"all KnoE IT IS false. Wqnt JOE all to recol-
lect tnls repeated several times Il. the coafse
OF nis rcmarks) am an innocent MAI, and
III th1ee or ionr years, when 1t is tco late to
or' one ;sst ~ ~ ~ iahs, tnas ~ u
Honee apd e1h;hiied n those ~ - ens sot ~
enemies" - "''0 '''~
The rope wns now adjusted around the rcck
Of the prisoner, the black cap drawn over bis
'aee, saa n's na4os ano iee1 taea. ihe u sherM
iiron ~ iell. md the ami mi ~ aecamb w.s sss