, 1866-03-16
EXECUTION OF 4 COLORED S0L-
DER
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lFrom the New Orleans Delta, March 3d.1
Fortune Wright, Of The 06th Colored Intan.
try, yesterday paid the penalty of bis crime
With ILLS life. Soma months ago, as tTudre
Scott and Dr. Octavius Trczcyant we're yaIk.
tnS along the street In Carrolton, they o.
served negro soldier beating black woman
ind Ieprlmandel him lor his brutality.
INC soldier, Fortune Wright, was under The
tntlGence Of liquor, and as Tho two eentlemen
returned. hc picked q quarrel with them, du-
ring tho progress Of which 10 stabbed DR.,
Tlezerant with bowie knife, 1ionl TIC ctIects
OF which death ensued very shortly. Tho
murderer, after trial by Military Eom,nis.
sion, Of which Col. Hartwell, Of the 10th
colorcd heavy artillery, was President, was
sentenced 10 be hanged, and the fnIiues,
etc, WIRE approved by Gen. Canby,
The officers Of his regiment, however. peti.
toned President johnson tor reprieyc, md
Gen. Canby consequently postponed the exc
cution, on four different occasions, for d num.
ber OF weeks. But word was recently received
from the President that lie would In no way
Interfere, md tile carrying out ofthc sentence
coulA no longer be Delayed.
With q view Of making the nffafr as impress
slye as possible, the acting Provost Marshal
General, Major i. II. jackson, had company
D, lst New Orleans regiment, Cant, BooihhT.
and company A, a;th Ohio, Lieut.. Thorban'
under command OF Lieut.. Ludcckc, officer Of
the patrol, drawn up In front Of the Police
jail. Ihe prisoner was then brought ont and
escorted to the Parish Prison, where oil tho
arrangements are permanent fixtures, tho
drums tapping us at a funeral during the
march: The streets around the jail were by
this time crowded, thousands Of persons.
principally negroes, having been attracted to
the spot o,y curiosity to see the prisoner, aud
many, as IS always the case, by q supcrati-
tious desire to obtain piece Of the tataf cord
rs charm against youlous.
Fortune Wright vas large and very mus
cular negro, quite black, and with by no
means mild md gentle expression. HIS
seG-posse8slon was perfect, no traces Of emo
tion. Icing visible at any stage Of the p,o-
ccedings; ae was led out upon the drop By
guard with 1xed bayonets, the soldiers being
drawn up in the prison yard, where were also
a number Of spectators, while the windows
were crowded with prisoners. He was clean
II attired In IN uudress United States mi.
form. Majo Jackson, when the prisoner had
seated himself upon tho stool on the drop,
read the eourt-mastial order md the order
fur execution.
Father Dufau, Of the Jesuit Church, who
had suspended crucif1x arouud the neck of
the prisoner, then offered up terycnt appeal
to Hcaven Tor mercy, and WAS followed in
another prayer by Rev. Elijah Gnion, Chap
lain Of the 1st New Orleans regiment. Major
II he had anything to say, when he entered
into a long. rambling and disconnected OK
plapation Of his crime.
As the doomed nun concluded, white cap
was drawn over his tace, and therope adjust
cd. He began shouting "larcwell, fricnds,''
and was still repeating these words when the
ropes Of the drop were cut. He
~ fnnfs h1rf f1tr
having been properly CREASED, the knot iailesi
to slip, go that when the body rebounded, the
knot twisted around to his forehead.
Wright thus hung suspended By the loop
passing around his forehead and under the
very proHincnts Of the head, behind the cars
hung by the head instead Of the neck. A
shudder OF horror at the unfortunate occur
shock haring been sufficient to render him ill., 1
sensible, Wright did not suffer by the accl- |
lent. Af1cr hanging few minutes, a copfous |
,erspiration started out Of bis body, and soon !
its breathing became natural and regular.
Surgeon Avery and Doctors Hebert Smith 4
md Berthelot having examined him and de-
.lnred that he could not fie from the effects
If this hanging, the body Was lowered, taken
rom the rope, aud Carried up second time |
o the drop. The knot wns re-tied and the
ope placed about his neck, the body propped
Ip and the stay ropes again cut. The moose
{Eain failed to slip, the rope being new und
TIL and not soaped and the knot came around
0 the back oi his head.
The rope remained under the chin, how
yer, immediately strangllng the before un-
onscious man, and after a few conYulstve
hrobs, the soul Of Fortune Wright had fled
o Its last account. Afler hanging for nearly
II hour and being declared By the doctors
own and consigned to q coffin. There were
O friends or refntiyes TO ciafn the coFpse, |