New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-08
SCENES AT TIE SCAFF0LD.


JU!i, aud AltilGl Tue thlt. luh"to 't''"'' " Wv "
assassin Booth have gone 10 ther reward. IL even
tlr mos, charitable conoade to Ire authors OF such
beinous crimes tle pa1doi Of forfising Heaven
General Harcook WIS hoily hcscsed last night
md this forenoon for cards OF admission but adhered
70 his purlo.e To admit oDly ihse who desired 10
be present as matter Of business instead Of curiosity
In consequence the asartaao inside the walls OF me
t,il.ysid was NOS lurc. lcrg posed Of dctach'
ment Of The Ist regiment Of ifncocks Corps selected
to act rs guard or tho on Representatives OF
.he press ard few other citizens TO whom lie priyi
lego Of beng preseut bad h,ea specially accorded.
For long tine previous to tie executions. sobs
means and cries were heard issaing from the grated
window fronting The Jail yard 10 the soutb. which al;
tracod large group of tue IoPgrtoria corps who were
sssiducusly ered m noting down every trilitg CIR
cumstence con iug under their limited observation
To the north Of the corridor IN cell Aizel odt IN
conversation with his former mistress could be dis
tinctly seem lie frequently used his handkerchief TO
remove tie rerspraou from hi face, and occasionally
sobbed quietly, as she addressed him. apparently IN
feeling manner None Il re oherproners were visible
In tie main hail or corridor slowly STROBE uumh'r
Of Military officers among whom the hue figure Of Gen.
Hancock appeared at intervals going to ard from the
cells Of the condemued, giving necessary instrnc'
tons to his officers.
Tie or es issuing from the cells were those Of the
sisters Of HaIrol and the daughter Of Mrs. SUN IT,
whose grief was naturally enough affecting AID uncon.
trolab.e.
Thus passed Tie interval from 10 ill Q p n, tie
.entries in the meantime slowly pacing their beats in
;lougital mood as il they dreaded tie aWiG. scene
soon 10 be enacted aud would eel relieved IS IL
WIS over; the blue cots on the walls looking down
silen IS upon tie scaled below and everyone exhibit
Ing the greatest decoram aud seeming TO be dcly in
pressed with tie ogegap ing soeuliy Of the occasion
From the cuu0a If dcta Led baAl.rg Urge CROW
looked down into the jaIlyard while GmdreF, tie
photographic with his Instruments posted ia tls old
shoe shop building, indrstrolsly Engaged IN
preparations for obtaining views Of Tie group
about to sppeer on TIE scafoid.
Atten minutes to O'Clock Gen Hancock personally
posted tie S, tes around tie hod, AID tie outer
guard ordered to come TO "altenton,' Trcp-It-
tory to the eqrearoico Of the prisoners
at precisely l o'clock, Gen. Hartfanit and - Fl
emerged irom the Prison. AID il moment after
followed by the condemned.
Mrs suratt cane first dressed In black. supported
OF either SIDE by on oceI and olowed By Der sp.ral
advisers Fathers Walter and Wiget Of tie Catho,it
Church. She wore back bonnet ard val. as on The
trial and had to be einost entirely supported BY Che
officers attending her.
Next came Atzerodt also necessarily supported by
soldier either SIDE and dressed about be was On
the Trial. and bare-headed. lie wes attended by lis
spiritual ADVISER, the REV. Dr.. BuJer Of tie Lutheiau
Church, and the Rev. Air Winchester, Chaplain Of
Douglas Hospital.
Th.n cane Harold. dressed in his ordinary prison
elothes, wi.l soucl cloth lat on, the bIim being
tnrse3 down. lie, too. much pros'r and Lad
70 70 supported by soldier either side. lie was
followed by the lev. Dr. Olds Of Christ Church, Navy.
Yard, and LeReY Mr. yaux Chaplain. United States
Army.
Payne alone cane bold and erect. without any sup
port agaard waking either side Of him. He was
dressed In blue Slant and pants. with rather jluniy
straw bat on, and wss followed By his spiritual cd
visers the Rev DR. Gillette q the TlIteenth.st. Dap
list Cblich ald ether atic ndaats.
Payne alone Of the prisoners asce1dcl the soalOd
WITHOUT i1e support Of lis attendants. -Four wooden
ssm-cbtrs had been placed there for the reception Of
me prisoners, and they seIe seated follows,
hcing West: Mrs. Slrratt On the North
next to Ue prisons; Payne sat ncxi;
hsiroh next, and Atzerodt next; Mrs. S1rratt ald
Payne opposite one drop, and Harold emo Atzerolt
opposite The other, the fye-eiglths Manila rope with
is ominous Moose dangling before each respectively
.ns nooses reaching TO within average of eighteen
Inches from the floor.
oa tie prisoners being seated or rather sinking into
'hsir chairs the finding agd seateuco Of tue Military
Sonmisson, approved By the President and already
pooAshed, vas read in clear, coln voice By Major.
Ser HaTtrant stand NJ in the middle Of tie platform
Inc appearance Of ac prisoners they eat o ere IL
row facing the West. aud the crowd aud GarGnef's
Photographic Instruments pee'ing from the
ups windows OF en- opposite building
@a Tie ropes swoyiug in the bre.zc
Immediately before them, thot Of agony inelable
iae thought cane rushing uroE tie mind Of tie spec
N'or' "Oll what would they not give if they could
'hoo The fatal nets that have eonsgaed them to this
agony an infamyi"
MIS- harTatt very much Frustrated. and seemed
~ sept alive almost entirely by The spiritual conso.
Noohs Of her advisers who we've unremitng in their
s"eniions I9ii tie end
Aier the reading Oftfe sentence by Cen Hsrtrann
Ae' Dr. Gillette stepped forward In behalf Of PAYNE.
NC stated thai be had been requested by the pris,rer
Ae~s Ahorntop Powell, alias Payne 10 publicly on this
0easor return his sincere thanks 10 Gen Uartr.nft
Nu We oijcers and men under his command for their
sNnofm kindne,s coward HIN during bis confinement
0' one urkhad word look Or gesture had been ivcp
FIN by any Que of them.
.ne heEerend Decor then led in feryent uraver In
'AaH OF the prisoner, in which the latter followed
Ag With feeling Amen, dis ewes at the same time
aH'ag with tears Payne Nroughou: wore an air of
H'oh as vel ~ courage and thereby excited the
'0s spectators fully much as amy Of the other
"''s WHO we're more unnerved
spiritual advisers Of Harold and Atzerodt also
'ns thanks OF their charges respectively toGen