Smyrna times., 1867-02-13
the Banging Of A4ms3Tong

rs quite affecting. The preparations f1r ,bo &C.
- ecutlon were completed Thursday The ex
. clteinent concerning the execution was intense
e and but little If any sympathy was exnresscJ
:or M the prisoner A great many visited the
= jail yard to see the scafOld The nri,onnr w',s
!. alone IN his cell all night Thursday and was
very quiet. He was awake at an carI, hon.
: Friday morning and seemed very subd,Ied anJ
l composed In his demeanOr but said bo ooI,iJ
uleet MS fate without hinchng An imme'so
crowd led before the doors Of rho ST."
III house for hours before they were tb1ng po'gl
open. e1 were thrown
AN All tn the PREPARATIONS for the execution wero
nlaue Dy about | clock, and few ,m;n,.' "tte
AFTER the doors Of the hall of tbo SINUS GiiiuuIes
mouse We're thrown open and +b. onCIlI oIleil III III
ton.,L' un'I''eui between twelve hundred and ,b;r
Teen hundred were Admitted. Astbo' ,,,I. III!
/ - u"uer the door OF prisoner cnU bo oa,Iil
near me tramp and shuttle of tboir E'ot CoGu -;
''1G''I 0nI, ;Jr ah al hour before his execution
Uu'SI9e 'he weather was gloomy aS rho obo
n1rs - oi thc uuty to be performed Ly tba OK
=, 3,,, r'Ie raw The ram fell steadily
q Ie" minutes after II O'Clock tEe Sbo.;g
accompanied by tailor. rrfrral tIe nc HLf'IH,
M ohe prisoner and placed the n,nj"F ll' ,? ~
TilStS nS occupied some three. "" in.3
o,, :, niui procession Of death left the cell
on It's way to the fatal platform ma u,i- III
party arrived at the >catfod, a>cend.d ,r3 ,h
pIlA"her moved forward to the rr,,tor ~ tEe tI'e
1!o'. ;he Hhent standing at his left and tLo
tt, ~ "corge on hts right. The Lttcr
= ."I" ~ Ie"u Tue DIST Psalm, and followed il win
S,nli prayer During this time Arm,tront
o:o?u quiet and unmOvcd, LOOKING Jogn III
ewing =, no outward manifeStatio,. ~ o'r,; ''id
ne opportunity was then given him IA m.I, ,
in{ remarks he NIGH desire, bur he uas f'l'
~ &c 100 weak to dc SO He wbi>nrrsd Vn'l' ,'n :;
ne5l't 10 MI GeOrge, who then strnna1 f,~u,''nI "
'''u stated that the prisoner wished him n saw
- loigTve gay an men and hoped all woud forv1 =
,i r'ni me sheriff and jallor then stepped fnr. "
49,, "nI adjusted the rope ab Jut the nri.o- m
;,a u du operation which occupied some ..
i'He Al tins point, during the terrible 80" n,
'enSe which was natural to tbn oca.2 a,ioe SI' I II
t3 ISohcr showed the first signs of ,.mot;on ,n' al
I:eMPIiIing violently, his legs SHAKING LanaatL In
iin in IKE an aspen. The Sheriff nI,cod tI
ilte cap on his head and drew i nvn oo,, [,r' la
liIS MS lace. He seemed here to bns;tato su
Nv uTa| oack from his fate The iailor tbnn le'
'%ru I:t forward onto the drop and retired y
ao.uS 'r. hlln standing there There was an n' ne
;.h h. pau>, "hen the Sheriff struck the rome o
IN Ia us hatchet and the prisoner fell onivarpr, ca
no 70 tne ar a distance Of five feet ''''"S tr
EuIilS MS imprisonment he was ,,or,, nj. y c'
~ I"ITueriy' and gave the prison krnner5 NV 49,
uJie III Whatever. lie freely conyerSrd Win nal
VINO gained admission to him. and fr.onont
?uNl5t'ed @ that he killed his wife, tbonab h., sba
'oI ,a 'hat ne did it in the heat Of pa.,inn or
,oh I1 sue I1 4ad already attacked him witb = eac
=, a.! MS version OF the affair was that his be
HtU'@ched MIN with hatchet when hn ,vas vii
Iering the room, that She struck HIM ~ ~ was tS
al win the pole of the weapon and tL"o the
eIPIed 10 strike him with the edca tbot !" Grin
aueu on the blow, aud in a rage wreStnJ ,h1 witt
aPon from her and struck her tLo iJ',,. JI', aml
icn Lal Al5ed her, and then, frightened ~ wba, {
'i"n nav uohe, ne buried her in the pg ben to elec
Nea' as CRIME. This s:a.cr,or. i 7d, n,,, Mr.
49, "ilu lhe evidence as nothing was p,or bot
'rly proven than that the blow was str,,nt mai
9n the woman back was turned towarJn rJH to y
!; from the character o. :hc wound it could neal
+ nave been otherwise His whispers on the OF y
I9iui were that be whiShed il 10 he un,;ox mer
- - @ .ua' ne dld not deny the murder bnt tIs
= were clrcumstances connected which no cred
NV ing would ever know, but were Lno,rn tutil
TO- o. himself and his God. WV A'i0"n men
nc nc trustees OF the Presbyterian church - RC
uIcCo"n ~ va declined to have the remains in same
~ 49,. =. tHGr ground, and there is much ey- Th
n H. - .iid[ helghborhood, over the promo surel
=. new Ut GeOrge. Of New Castlr b,d on Il
leht interviews with him. and Arp1S,,rn@t nat was
sSseu 70 be thoroughly peniteut and said7 Ar
ay'. Ihat ne was prepared to meet bis tata day,
:. :. 'ueht irom his conversation thai Lo No. HID
ailst' ana 1t was probably this behafwb;oL In
nun mat stolcal indifference which bn tende
iJeu J through his trial and up to the time SuprC
~ u'SCu Considerable effort was made ~ recen
m "PCiseu Dy immersion, but none of tho A
Ill Ill "ouiu perform the ceremonv o | acres
iidiy anu good reasons for don ht;n passed
'lHcerlty OF his repentance. He cort.;IS been
u 3uC lew days before his executinn 49, Sevcra
'0u ~ justify the crime he had cornn;,,J panviI
es this he admitted that be wa. thereo
uS 10 De baptlsed to satisfy some oF IN ~; and e
iriall'eS than tor his own satisfact;on made
d;,'r, man about So or 81 years of are years
ni.L; SIC; ABOUT feet 9 or 10 inches in but tn
- iItner heaVy set. His features ,roro OF edit
'di y. u'di cast though they hahitu,IL refused
Wy, Hid 1lSagrceable expression. liz accept,
:, ~ '.TTnIed Dy eXpO,ure H., was bnr to caci
' O'1Iie county, a few mile, below MI them
nc was as apprentlc ID to bllrk,InitL Tor 81
, uiu not serve out his full timo 1t IN
,f;IIpiIcleu vicious boy. He rem,innj know t
'aauu;e:o"h aaa until he reachedomanbooI Gus Sta
~, G'Litloh OF California, about 1919 La Govern
mo;J 'oISt "a survey as chain bearer, Ec name t
fron T.,;ne ,;eere several years After his OF prld,
III N"!iioIHld ne married Miss Dn,o dletOWu
Id u''Ing some land by the marri,,T, most in
1u u9"n and went to farming at yh;'ooL ten to
'nueu @ up 70 the time of his arrest IT, State.
accounted vicious or doncnro',. ~ nc teriStic
m mmg'gh92orS, although he was not r, ndan all the
,dy son,e o was very fond of bragginp nI to the r.
;, i;f,.: "o PloleSSed TO have witness cOmmen
una was the
.rowv Dr, - - the new
vns tb5. DEaA WARE: Among the manv his way
antorta; arc sprlnglng up in our STATE Cassius
,lIrow~ lS n;, more enterprising asncct others,
bo Mn,,'ed i'udCed IN this county, on tho his scrvi
,bn ylaLu ana Delaware RailroaJ guard
w"l nne ol the two States Tho old hero
dnr;u Upened to this place in Augnst front of
and a 'ie laii and early winter f6;r saSsinatiC
,@o u nu Stantlal buildings were erected threatent
e., "u'iI1er ~, are ready to 20 un wbon The TO
'SHS' mere two cforo, '-~" tho fOuD,