The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-17

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EXECUTION OF CHANEY, TIE MuRDEEER.-
In pursuance of an order from the War
Department. Isaac Clancy, 4 negro, who
was convicted in February last, by mill
tarv commission, Of the murder OF Mr..
Gerald and his wife, in Rockbridge county,
was hung yesterday forenoon at the Libby
prison. The execution was witnessed by
the guard and few others who were
granted passes by General Granger. Out
side Of the prison large crowd OF negroes
had gathered, and endeavored to get q
glimpse of the execution. The scaffold
consisted Of trap door fixed in the
hatchway on the third floor, the rope being
attached to the windlass. AT ii o'clock
he came from his cell, on the second floor,
with four negro ministers, with whom he
had been engaged in prayer since morning.
He was dressed in black coat, white
pants, and white vest. His hands were
tied behind him, and as he walked along
he displayed no fear, mounting the steps
without assistance. No persons except
his ministers and cxecutiOners were allow
cd up on the third floor, consequently he
was out OF our sight until he was dropped.
From those who were with him we gather
the following facts as to his last words:
When he reached the scatiOld he said:
I'm satisfied. | owe a debt 10 the Go
vernment. I'll pay it to God. am GER
tainly going to Heaven. / desire every
one not to do as / have done" Addressing
himself to the ministers, he said: " have
come to eternity. | want my prayers to
rest upon the soldiers, the President, and
upon everybody around me. Goodbye,
Mr.. Brown. Goodbye, Mr.. Vanderbilt.
I'm willing to 60. Eve nothing against any
one. ] want everybody To meet me in
Heaven" lie had nothing further to say =;
50 black cap was drawn over his head,
and the moose adjusted around his neck.
At twenty minutes part II , all was silent,
and nothing was heard save the click OF
the bolt as the trap was sprung. CLANCY
fell, and the rope breaking, let him to the
floor beneath, a distance OF fourteen feet
from the third floor. For moment he lay
as if stunned, and then rose. lie was
again carried To the third floor, and, from
his firm step, seemed not TO have been
much injured by his TALL. lie remarked
AS he was going up the steps that he dldnt
object to being hung were ii not for the
choking part. Another rope was adjusted,
and at half-past IL the trap was sprung for
the second time. The fall broke his neck
Immediately, and after IL slight shrug Of
his shoulders and Il shake of his left foot
he hung motionless in the air. In twenty
minutes afterwards the body was cut down,
life was declared extinct, and all that
remained of Isaac CLANCY, the murderer,
was turned over TO the Frccdmen's Bureau
for burial.
Chaney was man about five feet ten
inches in height, weighing about one hun
drcd and eighty pounds. At first sight
his face was not rcpulsive, but upon close
inspection there conld be seen lurking
about his teaturesa mean and devilish ex-
preston. He was born in Ohio in 1884,
and continued to live there until the war
broke out, when he entered the army as
servant. When negro volunteers were re-
ccived, he enlisted in Sherman's army. In
the raid of Burbridge in southwestern
Virginia he was taken prisoner, carried to
Lvnchburg, and sold to Mr.. Gerald, far
mer Of Rockbridge. He remained with him
even after the fall of the Confederate
cause, and on the 9th Of October, 1865,
whilst engaged with his employer in the
field, Some words passed between them,
which resulted in Chaney's picking up o
hoe and striking him on the head, killing
him instantly. lie then went to the
house, murdered Mrs. Gerald, set the
house on fire, and made his escape. He
was subsequently recaptured, tried and
convicted before 4 military commission IN
Staunton, and sentenced, in February last, /,
to be hung on the 5th of May, 1866. de
was subsequently rcprievcd. His conduct
in prison since his arrival here has been
that of hardened wretch, without fear OF
God, man, or the devil. Some weeks ago
he came very near making his escape from
prison by cutting through the wall. Yes
tcrday he confessed in his cell to having
murdered Mr.. Gerald, but denied having
killed his wife.
But enough of the life and misdeeds OF
this criminal. Avenging justice has taken
his all, his life, in expiation for his crimes,
and he has passed into the hands OF the
Great Judge, who deals with all as they
deserve.
A CHILD POIsoSED.-A negro girl namcn
Matilda Fleming was arrested on ycstcr.
day for administering laudanum to the in
FAINT child of Mrs. Tooncy with evil intent
Matilda wanted 70 90 to frolic on Sunday
night, and gave th2 child scmo laudanum
to keep it quiet. On yesterday morning
the child was found asleep, and an empty
bottle. marked laudanum, by her side. BY
great eyertions the childs lite has been
saved. Matilda says that she has Away
been very fond Of the child, and thought
that the iaudanum was syrup of squills.
ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning Mr.