, 1865-07-01

Gune, dxns ctIectly upoh htm.elf tho traces OF
ar M 4 sbt rn, Who csne ia and u7nife.te5 20 ne
excitement ttcHntc Bell had requested that he
thou1d not be present 1t The cxtru Ion. Bel
tet MT aI1ious TO hang nlm, and that he d,d not
wish 10 have him even prttent at The execution:
In this co1tyoyetty-parf OF IT quite warm. and
al. n one Of the leaat aeFeetrs tu'3eets which
eorld bc choseu for a cbat-8.ll lever lost hts
quiet ealrn .. uE betrayed sign Of weakDess or
tesr Of the dread event Of the coming morrow.
Finally, in bidoipg bis fT1enos good night, he re-
peahd thoee words which wc hive else Fhefe
ouuted: ~ an 1nnotent, 80 fe1D me God; my
Eeck Is going to be broken fer nothn2."
PREPARATIONS ROE TIE EXECUTION.
The arrangements fur the execution were made
uncer oisce,ion Of Sheriff J. L. Heath sno his dep
uty, NE. Buell., Al d were at ohIe simple md r.
Iective in :he highest degree. In that litte city
vhsrs Crimes are committed feld0m, ali the Jail
Nhi:b hrs been needed hsa been that under tho
Cot!t Houte- ana there = therefore no jau yard
IN Rhtch tho execuucn could tske place privately.
In view OF tkis fsr1 sheriff uEatn determined 10
execn,e Bell w'th,n The Cou,1 non.e, wheEe the
lx~ would be m0st ctstty compiled with IN reeata
II It's PRIVACY. and the county ne tsve4 IRON the
hcavJ expense which wonlt have bern Intend II I
upun the estct;on Of hlph fence erclos,ne j ii
yhsd. The ceurt aoose H. tatee-atore frame
tnllti1g, iocsted In tee middle VI espsc ou4
equa1r, Hho!t block tn exteni, in which benuti-
tires e.st tue eool sua oxs of tne hesf Hasiug
hr1nchee upon thick, l1Iurtant csfpet OF gtseB
eorantute The 5alt, and separated IRON tue cord.
our pEs0fG AtE0 ~ NJ 1tEu Q0oIs A9e several foQQE
| red By the Sher1n r family. Eho res ce here,
tn tso occupy some rooms on tho fec. nd floor.
where tre ibe sEellf.A aut othtr otices. Tne
court room ia IN the third flsot, md In the pas-
ssee wsy inst htfose it, eoo1t 1t wss decided that
Bell thculd mt ttt Aus t6te. Tho c1uIt room epokeu
| Of Ia y realization OF the ide al "corutsy court
| bouse" 1'8 floor ts thiekfy strcWn with sawdpst
-Ettsteht. tasd bench~s tot tue Of spectators
libe the wallis, md 1nsfdc horse shoc ghsped rail.
ing before the Judges 0e6k hre two lug tables,
| eovsred With gtetn baix". torn and tnkbtn1ne I'd.
| Several musical ,ne.fumente, belonging u to IN
| bard, Jay upVu the table, nsfr pupdcEuus tomC
ard upon medley u scraps Vi lA~yers
| rotes Of evidence nd ahctts u Ucssc. The
jumtle Of asw. tragedy and music seemed
ut rtt glance rather sts 4uge but the 1ncot gr9,ty
Vsa Icts wnen o1e noticed that all the in.tr1
| mt nts wtFe b&tf, Before tho docr OF tue CHR
| rom. ceN nGinE ftom The high &C lin, Ma.
ttrt nR rope Il portI f 1tfee anyl', huuE thcrs
s'tu take tnt E1nks out" AID It feet!tsAy Ewayet
10 tuo TO- tcc.llluE the line ~ ~ .he w1ud, yol
know. will twsy TIE body Of man." o. nas sid
narrow ttairwsy led 10 The 2sr1et, and here W..
ebel rvahle rtrapf tftn rot pissed through tn,
cheek Of the door, TO which was ernly atts he'd
1ere which led mp to the e1Efn', Tie cine to th,
mysterious md awfu. prepiFstlon. AFTlvra
before that simple spparn!ns in the Ra,stt
| nrt felt new and lively fppfeetatun Q
! what LIMB termed ''tb1 lnconyenlerce
, Of being harred:" The rope utut,ol ed q
lsah,ng up The Stairway pasted over book o
the "itfG fGe-pole" OF tie rpof snd c'oss tott tpl
no lhe weigh, OF \ tuge noek of Iron and tw
ltrce dumb b. lle. t67 prcnee altogether. Frot
thls y. light second zop: pf:sea over p71ity 4