The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-07-12
THE EXECUTION.
The Hanging of Mrs. SuTatt, Payne
Atzerot and Harold.

The following narrative OF the eAoOu'i'',
If the assassins OF President Lincoln anu
Sacretarv seward. is furnished 10 The Ne"
York World, by their correspondent "eo
A. Townsend: ..t
entered large grassy yard, surround
"a l,y an exceedingly high wall On the
Ton 81 this wall soldiers with hu7NeIz ~
their hands were thickly planted Inc
,srI hel,,y wa- broken by irregular buiid-
in.,- of brick. climbed by higne u
ri,a II, outdoor stairs, 10 the central Ouili-
in., where many officers were scatter a1 'n'
ygi,,dnws and looked awhile al the strange
scene in the grassy piazza On tNo iei''
th,. lon,, barred impregnable penltenuafy
- The shady spots beneath II were Oc-
cuui.d by budding spectators H"i'iiels
,,..~. filling their cantecns at the pump.
fsca ar two looked ont from the barred jail
There were many umbrellas hOisted on Inc
esround to shelter civilians beneath iheH
Nnuad, oil officers and citizens lay along
th,. narrow shadow Vi the walls. The nOrlh
id. Of the ward WAS enclosed on three slides
~, r,lnton. of soldier- drawn up IN the reg
Mar order. the siie next 10 the peuitehliaIy
Lein,s too short To admit Of ingress from
the pri-oner's door. but the opposite
column reached entirely O." The north wall
THE GALLONS
Within this enclosed ascI q structure to
be- inhabited by neither The living nor the
dead was fast approaching completion II
stood eaunt, lofty. long saws and ham
mers made dOlOrOus music Oh H. Men, ~
their shirt sleeves were measuring II ana
directing It's construction ia business
way. Now and then some one would as
ceud IT, airy stair 10 test It's frnness; 9th
ers crawled beneath ~ wedge lis slim sup
ports. or carry away Tie iallen debris
Towards This skeleton ediiice all looked
with a strange mer1 ousne-s- IL vas III,
, thought and speculation Of the gravest ane
the gayest
II was the gail0ws.
4 beam reached horizontally Ia the air
twenty feet from the ground: four aw kwar,
robes. al irregular intervals. dangled from
- il. each nOosed at the end II was uphel,
: b, three props. one ia the centre and On'
, al each end These props came all The
way ~ the ground, where they We're NOR
Z ticed IN heaYy bars. Midway Of them
noOr was laid. 20 by IL feet, held in it, pO
z sition on the farther side by shorter props
: OF which there We're many. and reached b
fifteen cracking steps, nalei OH each side
But this floor had no supports ou the ED
: nearest the eye except two temporary rods
b. al the foot Of which two inclined beams ar
q pointed menacingly. held ia pOiso by rope
, from the gallOws floor.
And this floor was presently discOyere
q 10 be cheat, trap, pltiall
a. Two hinges only held IL 10 its former hal
y These were To give way AT the fatal mo
:. ment. and leave the shallow and uureliabl
mir for the bound and smotherimg 10 trea
IL upon.
e The traps were two sustained 10y tw
4, different props.
The nooses were on each -ite Of the cei
!, trail support.
)" Was This all
id Not all
10 C.a-. g., tho foot OF the -li'ow- ioi
a wooden boxes We're piled upON "t-i "ih'
ut the edge OF hour new. v.r., ticd PIT
the fresh earth of s..i,.. Was alrrAdN du'
and brittle ia The burning noon
Here were To De Inferred the broken ga.
cases when the salio"s had let 20 rs thro
= tie. They were 81 placed that ~ tho VI
to inns should emerge from the goal door Tia
D, would be seen near the stair directly in Il
''' line of march
And not fur from these in some pit b
or meath the prison where they had been
a. long and - forebOdingly, the body Oi J"l
il Wilkes Booth. sealed up IN the brick Hoo
e. had long been Wondering II the do.
a. can hear hc had listened many IL time
a. iho rattle OF their manacles up stairs.
f. lle droW,y hum of the trial. and the buz
l,- The e.srrulOus spectators; 10 the mOanin
.u- or The gibins. or the praying IA the bolt
,a- cells where those whom Kindred fate h-
nh given little lease upon life Lay waiting
"A the terrible announcement.
~ high house outside The Walls was seen
M be densely packed with people. Otht
aI kent arriving. Moment after moment -
nj diers kept wondering when the swin@i
H. would begin. and officers arguing thai 7
four folks deserved il. damn them.
How much those four dying, hupi
p" bringing dreaming. h'lons We're @rnd:;
he their little gasp of life. Ii WAS to be
he scene not a postpOnement ora proioSati'
tn " Would they lilo game. or grow "r'
a, kneed in the last extremity: An thrgsiil
Worknen have completed their luh' n
then. We should have il"
1ns Still there was delay The snn pul
ill into the new made graves. Hnd made 10
-, tering hot the sallows rloor The old pn
made ils familiar music Ia the coui spl'
10 of blessed water. The grass wilhcred
nth the ierNid heat The hron2ed faces az
in soldiers ran humps OF sweat The Tile ul
the iail wall looked down into the y
yawmngly No wind iluttered the two !
tie standards condemned 90 unfold q
his trophies upon this coming PROCLAMATION.
and vet arrived Why the extent 81 sr
the had almost been attained. The senie
=. gave them only tin two o'clecb Why
they 80 dilaior, M being hanged
ESrtc nE DlING
u, Suddenly the wicket opened the ir''
u spring to their l,-el and stand Ia order az
ION tho flags 20 up, The low orders from e.
Ets, pany 10 company. the spectators hudd
we're little nearer 10 the scd'loil. all Tine wiI
-, for the press produce thcir iieiicils amt D
books.
MRS. ~UKRAtr.
First came woman pihioned
h"- A middle-a@ed woman dressed in hl.
,unt bOnneicd and yelled, walking between
har- hare-headcd priests.
rom one ot these held against his hrea
cruci.iN Of jet. and in the folds Of his
fringed sash he carried an open brew
the while both OF them muttered the service
lted the dead.
nce Four soldiers. with musket ut shOul
followed and CAPTAIN led the way 10