The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-02

all think OF IT, We cannot call lives our own one
moment God has planted His spirit in our bodies and
we ought 10 consider our lives His. hope yon will
think OF me, my friends, and of what I now telling
you, when You go from this place. hope God will
receive me. My trust has been in him. ! will state
that my history ~ publication for tho reason
that II has bad influence Reporters WIN smbellish IL
to make il moro presentabie for sale wanted open
my heart and TO whom should have opened IL but to
man OF GodY have confessed my sins 10 my God and
trust In him. My request 10 that 10 NAV not be pub
iished 70 the world but that Mr. spman shall il for
good influence And want to say 10 all these peo
pie TO respect their parents II is terrible to be dis
obediont to parents Sabbath breaking and lying are
many here that have children want to state to them
that to their great duty TO God and 10 those children to
gnard them well In their youth and give them good
influences to surround them to take their children into
their confidence more; TO make home inviting and
happy TO their children, and talk 70 them more. My
father and mother church members but they
mover gave me advice They went TO their church
every Sunday ont they left their religion at the church
They never explained to mo the doctrines OF the Bible
All parents should that their children have love
Tor Cod and they should lei hom know what tho Bible
is. great many children running around the
makes them We should make homo happy and
blessing for them III duty that God devoyes uron
ns. hope that God may pardon oil sins, and that
he may receive my soul. Amen.
PRAYER
was then delivered, Esgcston kneeling down and join
inc 10 u with intense feeling The law called for bis
execution between Tho hours Of twelve and two. II
lacked only ten minutes Of the latter when the speech
was delivered.
The sheriff adjusted the rope and fastened il to tho
rusty ring the beam overhead slight shudder passed
through the frame oil tho condemned the white cap
drawn over his head and face; no muttered fare
wells AMI prayers in she midst Of which the door
fell obedent 70 tho Sherifa touch, and the wretched
culprit fell to the ground, fun ton feet beneath
GAiSows
The rope drew through the neck knot, some blunder
ing official having failed to tic the goard knot which
pre- tents such horrid result Horror and diesnay
spread The features Of the Sheriff and his deputies
but IN tho OF minute which must have seemed
centuries TO the condemned he token up from the
ground and carried upon tho galiows As he
was being picked up his husky voice from beneath the
CHASTITY cap exclaimed 'tOb gentlemen don't lcs that
occur AGAIN" The natural 10 tho occasion
and the fright impaired to tho officers by this
unantcipatcd circumstance, delayed tho execution
fully three minutes; but at last The rope was
readjasod trap resprnng and the body Of Allen p Egg
glestOn, now Struggling in It's death agony, hung
pended from tho galiows beam The horrd drawing up
or the shoulders peculiar TO those hung by the neck
until they dead observable for three minutes.
and u is probable that ut the expiration Of that brief
period life extinct
The body hung for half hour then cut
down and colned for nterment in the potter's field,
among the graves Of friends, provided any claim that
Christian office