The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-11-17

'it Hct iiitii ilr reached the sCafOld
leaving the wirz the maftti and with
as much nonchalancoas If he had been in a bar.roorn
as & d DOWN E fna nSTpg Is9's, out E5 c
isT whS Sw @ Sc h, h. gpa Els pSS f s
two pric, then wir tue guards nest and raps . WsI nt
brdgr in n the rear IN which order they Sbiied the
movements Steppips iip0nthe trip nc stattd Himself
a%.n %n" s'"% "Sr 'f hi. Gn% G% e AgGR t e S his a
rS"a the "rrdfn rgS The he alpg the ca ana the
ing, conicl"ratins and consprine With Jts4son D ays
i; a. y; S.,doi Howell Cobb John H. wnilsr ,Eirhar
r. r. Stevenson S. p Moore Kerr late Hospital
steward steward at.Anders9nyie; James Duncan. Wesley W.
unknown anil Who wore Then engaged in SrSd Rebel
n " Ssa,9st 9 TIE United States in Iaicios traitor
sn H 5Grsys 1 svsst ;St Gy Jonns nugksay
%%mny c of w nwint ama :. ths !iews and burning Of
3 S&ss so Ma1l os and by
numbers, of Fedcral prsoirefs to Wit the fnnbcr or
within the Of oGaIs Of %aF as ss,ss
or before ihs21th of March 1864. and at divers times
s. .sts3 fsa %s, ssss ss ~s'a n
The order states that thu prisoner Vas found siif,y o
and customs Of war and guilty Of all the spGcirations
eNccs the fourth, tenth. and tirteeith which three
revolver that lsqrdereA tcniin. El lire mpon an,
revolver, 80 that hc died. ~ ..'
The order concludes as sfollows..:...-.,-. ~
S'"i'Mc"-AnI the court do Therefore sentence him.
Henry Wrl, to he hanged by the nctk Until hr b dead
STATE may drrt twothrtS of tl.e, mcmbcrs OF III
guilty OF having caused the DEATH i'll tnc ;ilann rs al
rGc'i in specification H. cldrlc 9, D. Hans dog II
United States, ONE otq,rtifs on ot about TIT I5 iay If
Nay 1851 another StyFrinA.3a ot, about the lih day
day Of @ f 2SSFaS vn & d &sSS' Is hlrS nf tx *!
Ir.-ra has no, and Inc9lsr 1nt3 he OF
HS%'i Ha%t$S rGd q sfi'sTr% tss rr!i{ !" r
~ ' nv SIS3ES MsSs eGS SoHi%ss9 Ris e DER. is
,l The M hhr9r%eIi"ss finding aTa seit,ts e he
a@ t tn fareafa p"paSnt to s & S%rr %fy fG ,s
1oui day 81 November 1866. between hours of SIX
- u" - :" ANDREW, ,JomNSoH.
rdSaoJif fIts''lcnaS ic ASrsr ss ena i,.t r.,
Dcrartmcnt Of -wasnstonaif eunnsny1 to caiisc Tie
duly in atforiae With ti iS rrssacS tStS o.ay ID D
eM MSMag Mls%s GSa GG2ass of Sn"h Major
President, herG!t dissattt by command OF the prr.
dent iti!be G. h. riate4 sisse' s n:.rovSsrxn
The reading was fnisltcd,at 1920 and wrz was d.
5Sina & % y Major Russell asked him if lie had
Father Boyle then rected the service Of the catholic
eaSre9 ta"s a'neasaF to sDondsd in low
During these aw moments sheuts could be heard from
the soldiers in the tree tops Of g Hang him." 1Andet-
sonvillc. "Remember Andersonville, aud others not
attention to them. and preseryed his cheerf,, r
sion of countcnauce throughout. 49,
At thirty minutes past ten, his hands legs having
been pinioncd by straps, the adju stcd bv
L. ]. Rclards9n, Military Defective, and doomed
man shook hands 'vH Hh .tiHt priests and officers At
another detective at tic signal Of the Provost darsaI
put his foot upon the fatal spring. the trap fen with
heavy noise, and the AndersonSillc jaor dangling
N q He nj ion of
the chest slight movement of the extreitis ana ali
was When il was known-in the street that wirz
was hung. the toidiers; stht mp loud ringing cheer
field after successful charge The suferlngs Snder
sonvic too great to the soldiers to do other
wise than rejoice at such death of such man. .
After hanging fourteen minutes the body was exam
incd by Post-Sgeon Forl and life pronounced 10 be
extinct 1t vas then taken down. placed upon stretch-
and carried to the hospital where the surgeons
charge of it.
No had the scafold rope done its work.
and become historically famous. than relic seekers
gan their work Spntcrs from the sraod were cut off
like khiliag wood and dozen feet Of rope disappeared
almost INSTANTLY The intctpnstion bf the guard only
saved the Whole thing from being carried i'll this
| manner -. '.'':
l. rseohsheld post-mortem. aud an examination
on the neck showed the Yertebrp to he dislocaed His
right prnu which has been, the chief Of his phys
cal tiF{y, waa Ga t9Fy bad copdiqI in consequence
of an old wound having broken out Aitcsh His body
also showed severe scrofuIitid eruptius. t...
Agreeably 10 arequcst from .Wira Father Boyle re-
ceived the body to-day, and delivered 1T undcrtA
ker who VIII inter it, to await tho arrival of Mrs Wirs
who is expected wirz left few.or, no earthly
eftcts The only things in his aor the execution
were few articles of clothing. tobacco littt
1 1at Ssa sa yss as Sss thS Mp9s
This il all there is ieft OF him.: -: - M
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