New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-01
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The Fate o. 8 Murderer.
II 1aalaaa paper i the ash gives The follow


An Indiana paper Of the 25th gives the following
account:
George " Page, the child murderer, was hung
to-day, at Vernon, Indiana. a great excitement
was manifested at all the towns along the line OF
the Madison Railroad, which eliminated at the
unusually quiet village where the execution took
place. s3ls,A s.s. 4ss a
The condemned man was thirty.four years Of
age, and had eonfessedly been a criminal for some
time past. Aconfession was extorted from him BY
his spiritual adviser, in which be acknowledged the
murder of Todd's child but states it to have been
under an impulse to screen himself from detection
IN the robbery of the house. He wanted money to
pay off some debts upon lands in Illinois, and
formed the purpose to rob Mr. Todd to supply his
necessity. He attempted the murder OF three
children with brickbat, the eldest only being
killed. The childFenis ages were seven, four and
two years, respectively AT the time Of the muir
der the parents were absent. He denies the story
that he had ever murdered any one else, and says
the only public crime he committed was in being
On accessory to the burning Of hay stack.
F. Page left o wife and a child one and half years
of age, andsa father, who were present with him
up till noon to-day, at which time Sheriff Dixon
separated them. An Affecting scene took place
when his wife left him. Page maintained his com.
posture well, and walked firmly to the gallows.
The drop was sprung at fifteen minutes before
2 o'clock, and In twelve minutes his corpse was
given to his friends. He expressed the hope of
Gods pardon in his confession, and died with q
prayer upon his lips. After he had been hanging
a few minutes, his father asked the sheriff if he
when he replied, g ! think yoQ keep him hanging
a id long while. Pages father manifested the
greatest Indifference, and appeared to rather enjoy
the excitement Of his sons execution.
Page might have been taken for fne-looking
man, but he was very illiterate and seemed not to
comprehend the enormity Of his Ofisnse No at
tempt was made TO have reprieVe or commute
ton Of his sentence, for the people of Jennings
county seemed determined that he should die.
Business was quite suspended in Vernon during
the Whole day, and although, according to the law
of the State, the execution was private large pre-
rninms could have been obtained for an eligible
seat. There were present the officers Of the court
and jury which convicted him, and one or two re-
portefs. His family we're confined in a room in
the jail adjoining. Page died easily, and the only
manifestation of alarm was when his feet first
touched the drop. He started, and said /" o God
have got to g02A His body wasplaced in a
fine coffin and given to his friends, and by them
takent to his late home in the neighborhood of Yer
non.
The murderer appeared during his Imprisonment
wearied and worn by sorrow, fear and vigils; he
is gaunt hollow-eyed, nervous, and his voice has
ennk into sad, choking monotone, as if fearful Of
awakening the dreadful echoes Of his dungeon
Els complexion ID salloW, bis hair and beard long
giving, with the addition of his sunken and ustre.
less eyes and hollow cheeks, a wild and IN.
speakably wretched appearance to his face.
Elohety ne draws AROUND nls BnouIOefB a Qlngy
blanket shawl and whether from cold or name
less horror which comes upon him, he shivers, en-.
beavers 10 cover the motion by a cough and as he
raises his manacled hands TO his lips the long b0ny
hngeTs tremble as il pasied by a silent dread.
For an instant he meets his VISITORS gaze, then
nefVousy Chances over his shoulder towards the
gloom at the further end Of the dungeon, as If he
expected there to see some hdeous phantom.
invisible TO all eyes but his, being embodied Of
sin and death, linked to him in horrld brotherhood
by his damning crime. Sitting thus, lie speaks
monotonously in general, and in short sentences.
and that which he speaks is
MS coNPEssloN
by wife had been over thar to Toddis the 5ay
afore. spendin' the day with Mrs. Todd n She
left some work over thar n went over 10 cit it,
God knows there warnt bad thought in my mind
when went to the house, iist went over thar Ia
git my wife's work. Well went into the front
room n thar warn't nobody thar, Then / went
into the cookina room III they was all gone from
thar Then, when seed they was all gone from
the house, I thought I'd take some money. ] knew
Mr. Todd had some money, n l thought ia taxi
~ % get back 70 Fagette county, Illinois, luset
10 live thar. I'D been sick in indianer, with feve
u ager, since last june Hadn't been able to do
stroke Of work, IN peared like as if I'd never 81
well thought IA git well If got back 10 Illinoy
SO | went ii got the money. II was in the bureau
drawer. only got ten dollars. There was anothe
poc6etbook thar, with about four hundred dollar
ia it hut didn't Git that. Edidn't sec then wha
got. ] was too much hurried, list then the
eAildFen came in, N ! knocked them all onthe head
with piece Of brick. don't know what made
me doit. thought I'D killed them,n
Q1eFgrlhe tive Oldest children, the girls, have
Seeovared, have they not2
AHs,4-1 b'lepe SO. I've heerd so. Thank God
Aaery-H old was the little boy you killed
IN aehoking yoice) Bout two years.
isaefy--6hy did you kill the poor little one--you
b. WE said yoa hadne IN viii toward the Todds; the
i'm paeeaFhtee infant could not have told of your
rob 0ely and The murder Of the others2
A, fa.-J doa't know Mister; pears to me as If
ifI'd 6een at Hysel I'd never have done it.
At ana point ne was overcome by uncomfortable
emotio y. sobs shook his frame, and from between
the fling sfs with which he covered his ewes, tears
lf penit saee and grief poufedforth. When he re-
covered W self control ia some measure be vent
10, still h 'MeyeT, choking and weeping. He re-
1eated thai Ae had ne bad thoughts when be went
o tile house, called God to witness that he hadre-
vented Of bis great crime, and said that he was
prepared to geet his deserved punishment. on
lejng asked he ever attended church, he re-
Ned that he d, ea 20 90 to the Methodist church.
ut was never regular member thereof
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