The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-14

Wade, the turnkey OF the jail:
EAST CAMBRIDGE, April Ito RUFUS r. wade.-My
life rem IS earthly habiatIon eesre TO wtite to you
eT @ SsSSeo ScSeSt my
for the MAJ kind Iayots which have received nom
time have been Under your ant care a1d charge
beyond anything can exptess to YOU must say that
you hSye treated every respect with Kindness, and
SNs SS and easSn p'Tor al % "a Very to
future weaie a. prosperity. So win no bid ySG
farewell adeu Yours most Kg% KtesPsc,lRab' w GREEN
HIS LAST HOURS.
Or ems last hours were spent chiefly in prayer, in
readng the words Of alton written upon every
page OF the Coco Book, and in writing touching
iarewe letters to his dtarest friends. AL day yes
terday be attended at his own request bV cergV
men, who prayed many times with him and con-
verse about the hidden glOues OF the other wor d,
which would so soon be revealed 10 MIN. The con-
demned man mainta ned an outward cal and serene
there was plainly visible inward excitement that
was betrayed by the restless expression his eyes
and the alternate flush and pallor winch mantled his
countenance.
Dunng the afternoon of Yesterday the noise of the
busy hammers OF the workmen ENGAGED upon the
erection of tue gRlOws waited to tie OF the
condemned man, and the ominous sounds dispolied
even the last glimmer OF hOpe 10 which he cung
with pertmnciOus teDaclty almost to the day aD'
pointed Tor his execution The wretohe0 man Tor
the moment gave way to the anguish that was III his
heart, and weDt scslding tears.
BEFORE THE GALLOws
The time for the execution, as stated above. was
somewhere between the hours of ten and twelve.
Those persons 70 whom tickets had been furnished
by sheriff Klmoal beUan to assemble before nine
O'Clock, 10 tho number OF fully four hundred. rhe
doors were thrown open at nme O'Clock and the
ticket-hoders passed THROUGH the Office into the
NaId where they renamed until the scene was over.
The shops connected with the prison were closed, all
confined in their cells. Among those present
were, Mr.. Gideon Haynes, Warden OF the
Suffolk, and all of Shenif kimbal's deputies.
eighteen in number, who preserved order IN the
yard an6 superiDtended all Of the MINOR details of
The execution; representatives OF the police depart
ment OF Boston and numerous other cities in this
vicinity. The press of Boston, Lowell, and other
cities was largely Represented. All the window, in
the jallors Office and the hospital were occupied by
interested spectators shorty reiore the last scene
| was commenced the clouds which had been lower
| ing all the morning. as if III sympathy with the
solemnity OF the vending scene, opened and poured
forth shower, cansing the Tor unate few who pos
| sessed umbrellas to uDfurl ana make use OF them.
THE PROCESSION TO TIE GALLows.
The hands OF the clock pointed 10 quarter to ii
| issuing slowly from the jail. 1t was led OH by
Deputy sher Bancroft OF Lowell, VINO was fol-
supported by his spiritual adviser Rev. MIR. Adams
! OF Lowell and followed BY three deputy sherhs,
| ana hessrs. Adams and Wade. the officers OF the
| jail. GreoD was dressed IN grey pants and vest a
| black cap and light pair of slippers. With firm
sep he walked up the avenue to the scafod, his eyes
fImiy fixed upon the ground, apparently noncng no
| one but the clergyman at his side His hands
firmly bound with leather strap, and subs quentlY
his legs and feet were or ,he same way.
He ked mp the fatal steps the scafold with the
same firm step, anu took position noon the elevated
trap through which he was to fall Rev j. q. Adams
| then SAID :-"1 have been requested TO say, for
Edward w. Green, that the crime for which ne sto
suffer was committed IN COILS quence OF any pre-
| medlated mai1ce against the one whose lire was
taken; tnat he had no feelings of malice 6ut is TO
DIE IN reconciliation with al men and as he trusts,
with his God" The Clergyman neXg read apprOpri.
ate se cons from the Scriptures, Green the mealI-
| time Standing motonless upon the drop, h eye IN
| the Scripture readings Rev Mr. Adams offered
most fevent PRAYER for the soul of the about 10
| die saying that as SINFUL as he may have been, as
great as as the enormitv OF his aud as deeply
as he may have transeressed, God still his Judge
| and he hoped to receive mercy from Him, AT the
close OF the prayer the clergyman stepped forward
and shook hands with Green, MIR. Wade did the
| same Then Sheriff Kimball stepped 10 = ward and
| read the warrant for the execution.
| THE FALL OF THE DROP.
During the reading of the above the deputies
upon the scaffold adjusted the rope the neck
OF tine criminal, and placed the black cap over hIs
eyes shutting out the light of tins world forever.
When Sheriff kimball had finished reading the
orSanca PS Se ana % aa ac
shall new execute the sentence OF death upon
Edward W. Green" pressed his foot upon the
spring The drop fell and an involuntary Ishqdder
ran through the spectators at the terrible sight of
the body swaying to and fro IN the The fall
| at least Six 1eet-too far by few inches for the
| height OF the scaffold The rope, being one,
stretched TO such an extent thatthe feet Of the
touched the ground, and 1t was a necessary a1d
from the ground and hold it thus suspended until
| he judged life to be extinct.
|
1t to see the hanging man draw his legs 10 several
times, and neTv0usly twltch hls hands and fingers
for over six long minutes His neck was notSbroken
by the iall, and II appeared II he was literally
choked to death. Alter hanging about halfaO-hOar
| he was examined by Drs. Hooker, Taylor anu Hail.
who found slight beating OF the heart He then hung
about ten minutes longer when he was lowered into
bls coffin and CONVEX ed to the prison hospital from
| where his remains were subsequently taken by his
friends and buried beside those OF his father IN the
! village cemetery in Maiden.
| THE END.
! And this is the final end of a matter which has
been discussed in ali classes of the community for
| over two yeals. Notwithstanding the shudder
which invountarily passes over one at the idea OF
| strangng TO death feow-man, there are very few
even among those who knew and associated with
| Green, who would have made single effort to de
| feat his execution. Those who have labored so in
dustnousy ms behalf are only those VINO are op-
| posed to capital punishment in all cases In the
midst all appeals for mercy, the terrible enormlty
of his crime overcame the sympathy, which
| IN most cases would have been excited
There appear TO be mitigating circum
| stances. He cruelty deprived young man OF
| his hie in the Joy and promise and hope OF his
| youth-one VINO had given him no proyOcatlon, who
had no suspicion OF danger from ms presence, but
| VINO felt in him the confidence OF nelghbory secu
| rty. II such young man as this whom Green
| sent to his final account without preparation
| warning and If such a crime has aDV eXtenuation
or paliatiOn it appears to bave Deen the prevailing
wish that il should be exercised bV the Great For
Ryer to whom he has been consigned for mercy rather
Court of Massachusetts,. 1t Is TO be hoped that the
! guilty Tetch wlll obtain forgiveness from Him
who will not despise broken and cOntrite heart.