The New York herald., 1866-07-22
HANGING or NEGROES.
Execution Of Nrgro nj BOWL Green. ky.-
lie Makes singular speech Protesting His

Innocence, &c.
from the Bowling Green tKv.l Gazette, JAY IA
Al half past eight ocock yesterday morning iarye
crowd assembled about the jail and square IN
of the hanging o Sheridan the negro for the murder OF
Patrick Donovan The execution bad been set for thai
day and an immense coneourse OF people had assembled
TO zee u. AZ ten minutes after nine tho cuprt
taken from the jail and conveyed TO the sa'low., about
haf mile from town, at the fork of the Rnsseliye and
Norganto~n road. The wagon surrounded by
large guard under command OF Lieutenant kinnard, and
accompanied by large crowd. In The wagon the
cuipri his spiritual adviser Rev Father Iacosie Sheriff
Potter the jasr, porter aud two Others. On tho
way his conessor talked 10 him freely a. 10 tho state or
HI SOUL and he seemed 10 be- confident that ha
peace with hs God He repeated tho Lords prayer
several me and also prayed for the repose Of his soul
ON reaching the spo, the guard surrounded the paows
aud tho prisoner asrendcd tho scafoi with Father
IAcos,c aud the sheriff H. TUNED 10 ths crowd and
askei permission 70 speak which granted him lie
spoke Tor about I'VE minutes 10 closf steady voice
the following being ~. substance ~ bir remarks
f,sbrs GKsriEsg>-yon have MI here 20 soc
= man hung suppose, nnd who knows what hes hung
iory ask any man 20 ssy N hc knows what am hung
dead for, That man HoGse worked this thing TO
himself of hs friends He told three tpen
IA jail when wss tried won THAI watch from H6nss
the night went 70 Nashville and put up for Eve
dollars Aficr went 10 Nashville House down on
sunday and wanted have the watch hack told him
he could get for FIVE dollars but had traded II on
Rob Con He said well IL Con got a. never mind
Hc tbon gave keys 70 keep tili he called FOR
them. ftook thoin and locked them np In my vsiis~
House never called for thcm Ho came back on Thurs
day and asked me n i would 20 and take drink with
him. We went ont 10 get = drink % gin, whom
policemen arrested They aid tell what FOR
1t 'his get away he's arrested for murder That
the hrst knew of tho murder did not get un.
' then, for I knew had dono nothing HE hers
some particulars 10 tho which he
the watch snd challenged actual proof of h- guilt
am Innocent Of .l- murder any fhf crowd
before God have done many had thing. bit nothing
had murder Ia 70 his confcssor he sald sff
God win forgive House and the other don't know
who they are will. ! am not drunk under tho IN
nuence % liIpof IA any way. AN ali night don't
bow man can be hung without you know he's guilty
There proof sinst but wha, that House
NUEr AM l4K4f~ ata
I snow going 20 te hung. but there. being
10 hurry, That man House had -ouethirg - DO with
H. don't believe It's right % lerk the life out 0f 4
Ike jerking the stopper ogt OF bottle. know m
gong 90 be hung. but amt afraid
The Shcri then PLACED tho eoEd over the beam and 4
secured below. IAth.r fscosie then administered
The last religious rites, and BID the condemned goad
b5. After the cap had btcn duwn his face he
aid he innocent Had luck and bah cDtntany
had brought him 70 this. w. hoped no ons present
would ever meet such mlsf0rans. He w.a wisg to
20 hat ready. He swayed ngiily and frD after
speaking. bat not iferaor disturbed III, nerves. He
spike clearly snd distinctly and III singular musical
voice. he -kcd II he 70 be knocked 90 ani vas
told not Tue cap replaced the shefin deseenfei
and ~ eif, minutes b. ten o'rik the drop fe and tha
pcor ,~law launched into eternity Tie body ssnng
around a few times a moment az tso ~ consnixigna
and aii stili the body hong netoblrw.
After hanging olghtr~n minutes the body cram.
ined by Drs Wright and Hnrnbson and ife pronounced
extinct. The neck broken The crowd then dis
prrscd, hut Hi'ie sympathy having been manifested.
Not more than one fourth "a the ssarrlbsgs vers
grOes but they seemed - fec bot little Interest Tits
j. tho nrs' execution Al this psor N a.esp years ant
tho crowd pr.fcnf estimated NJ rpsAri ~ fhfrs
thousand sl day the town crowded ~ people
from the country and ne streets pfersuisf tsy ap
pcnrance