The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-19

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beam and trap five and Q half feet from the
ground. The trap bein b too low, @ pit one
and half feet deep was dug for the trap
to swing into. Aftsr hyrnn b. .ho minis. s.
Coachman mounted the ladder accompanied
by Cox and Lee. The sentence Of the court,
and the respite of the Governor from the 18th
Of April to the 18th Of June,4 were read to the
prisoner by Cox. Lee then read the confession.
which the prisoner had made at II O'Clock A.
n. Coachman pronounced it correct and sign
ed it with his mark. At twenty minutes past
.P. M. Piuckney. the minister, mounted ths
scaffold and said: by request Of the prisoner.
the crowd viii sing, 'Hark from the Tombs a
Doleful Sound, My ears attend the Cry.'' The
crowd complied. Pinckney then prayed, say
ing that it was source Of consolation 70 know
that the prisoner felt that death had lost it's
sting and the grave it's victory. He hoped that
this lesson would be q, warning to all the col
ored people in the district. glass Of water
was then brought to the prisoner, and Cox be-
gan to adjust, the, cap, but desisted in conse-
quence Of the remonstrance of the crowd. The
minister's sang another hymn, during which
the rope was put about his neck. At this point
dispute arose between the sheriff and his
deputies and the crowd whether the prisoner
should fall three feet or one aud half feet,
but 1t was finally decided IN favor Of the for
mer distance. The prisoner then, addressing
Cox, said: Before you put on the cap. want
to say something Permission being granted,
he said:
* Last SPEECH OF THE CONDEMNED
Well, my friends, I have to say (s'good
bye !" from five hundred throats.) am going
fS Py Go save wsns ens % IN seos
Christ. Tell my wife, Marie, to meet me ip
Heaven. T want all OF you 70 meet me there.
I do not mlpd that have, to die this death,
please Almighty God. tomorrow this time VIII
be in o better place than this. thank
Almighty God that no person can say have
done any thing against him, and Ihave nothing
in my heart AGAINST any one. Tell Marie to
meet me in heaven, and want all Of you to
meet me thete. ttt j,
The speech was distinctly uttered, but with
pause between each sentence, as If he were
gasping for breath. The key to unlock the
handouts was sent for. AMI willis waiting, the
prisoner said: II wish Mr.. Wyndham was hsre,
that might tell him to tell the truth about
my being the man that committed the MUIR
der" [Wyndham was the witness who idonti-
fed the prisoner.1 sag &.a.
THE CLOSING SCENE.
At 4:25 the key came, the handouts taken
off, and the hands tied behind the prisoners
back. The white cap was then put on, and five
minutes spent in adjusting the knot behind
the left ear. The sheriff then asked the pr1s-
oner s.f he was ready" to which he replied
distinctly, Eyes," The sheriff then stepped
down, the ladder was removed. the signal given,
and at $3.50 O'Clock Deputy Sheriff Calvin cut
the rope holding the trap with hatchet; the
trap feil and the prisoner with it. His neck
was broken by the shock. The feet Of the
corpse. in swinging around. touched the bot
tom Of the pit, and shovel was sent for to
dig the pit deeper, negro holding the feet on
one side during the operation.
Dr. Lunney examined the corpse after it
had swung five minutes, and let it hang half
an hour. It was then cut down and turned
over to his friends for burial. There was only
one ehervous movement Of the body when the
the knot slipped the back of the neck. c
t HOPES OF RESCUE.
From the time of reaching Darlington until
his death the prisoner was perfectly cool.
Early this morning he said, Il do not think
Til be hung, as belong to a league the men,
bers of which are sworn to protect each other,
and do not believe they will let me be hung"
Whenever q noise was made the prisoner
would turn suddenly in the direction OF it with
q beaming countenanse, as if he thought it
was the noise OF rescuing party. HepraJ ed
with the minister's and expressed himself late
in the day as being converted. Previous to
this he said that he was sorry Governor Scott
had respited him; il did him harm as he had
commenced to make his peace with Jesus, but
as soon as he heard that he thought he was
going to get clear, he stopped praying right
short off.
On the way to the gallows he walked firmly,
and during al OF the exercises lin which he
took no audible part, neither in singing nor,
praying, the nervous twitching Of his lips
might have been occasioned by prayer,) he was
perfectly unrnovsd and apparently Indifferent
to bis fate. he was evidently i'm mpressed with the
belief that he had received full pardon for all
Of bis sins, and would. .as he expressed it, soon
be in q better place. 'as ., IN &. u .:,ssl
The crowd behaved remarkably we'll, Very
few citizens witnessed the execution. The
negro guards seemed more anxious that the
prisoner should not escape or be rescued than
the whites. and obeyei all oraers to keep the
crowd Of negroes and whites back with the
frrnness and alacrity Of veteran soldiery. A.
ter the body was cut doFn the crowd slowly
dispersed @isgeca sen IA se
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