The New York herald., 1869-04-28


cannot realize the feeling of blank despair and utter
loneliness which creeps over an unfortunate prisoner
when the dread sentence Of death Is passed upon
him, and trust in God you never may. 70
my attorneys return my heartfelt thanks for their
Kindness 10 me and for their eXertOns to save nv
life also thank the Judge the jury ana the crow
lawyers for their courteous treatment OF me. They
doubtless dli their duty, and freely forgive them.
trust the living Judge before whom we all must
appear will forgive them as freely as do And
now, young men, would say to you, II any OF you
have vicious incnations or positive evil habits give
them up lest your fate, too shall be "a mlne And
grls'here the prisoner raised his voice, and again
exclaimed-''Girls to you would address a word OF
warning. Beware OF the seducerl Whenever a
| Young man addresses an improper word TO YOU, flee
from him as YOU would from deadly serpent. There
IL poison In his honeyed words. Parents, I" said the
prisoner, "on you ress great responsibility.
Train up your children in the way they
minds principles OF religion and virtue, and
obey Your parents. This is the sad cause Of my un-
| fortunate condition. To the SIN of disobedence 10
my parents attach all the blame OF my subsequent
career. Therefore 1t Is that would impress upon
children TO obey their parents" In conclusion the
prisoner said:-"To the jaer and his family tender
my sincere thanks for their lnvariable Kindness 70
| me. To the constables and others who watched me
since my confinement In jail | also tender my
| thanks. To the ministers OF religion who were 80
| Jealous for my spiritual as well as my temporal
welfare have no words to express my thanks. And
prayer for the unfortunate being who in few
moments Is to be ushered into the presence OF his
Maker Into thy hands. o Lord, | commend my
sou.'
When he concluded his speech he was conducted
back to the enclosed portion of the platform by the
clergymen i'll attendance, where they engaged in
prayer Tor five minutes, the prisoner earnestly join
ing therein on his bended knees. His arms were
then pinioned behind his back and he was led forth
by the sheriff to the trap. lie sat down on the
char the sheriff withdrew, and the hangman, dis
gulsed n large flaxen wig extending to his shoul-
large rubber coat and heavy TOP boots made his
appearance. and adjusted, IN a fumbling clumsy
sort OF way, the rope around the prisoners neck.
The knot was tied Immediately below the left ear
and the hangman retired. The prisoner, sitting In
the chair, prayed for few seconds IN low voice.
The sheriff again came on the trap when the
prisoner stood up and the sheriff brought the chair
away. The hangman appeared for the last
time and fastened the prisoners legs together and
drew the black cap over his face. Dewey continued
praying until the hangman withdrew and cut the
rope which held the trap. lie Immediately fell, and
In the descent
THE ROPE BROKE
about two feet above his neck and he fell heavily on
his side on the ground, having fallen distance of
about sixteen feet. lie appeared stunned for a few
seconds, when he raised himself to his knees and
attempted to loosen The rope around ms neck. There
was large crowd IN attendance, variousy est-
mated at from 900 to 800 persons, among whom,we
regret to learn were many females. guard, consist
ing OF sixty men, detailed from the lrsh Prince Of
Wales and Prince Edward companies, under COM
mand OF Captain Mcintyre, were stationed imme-
Giately IN front of the gaows. When the prisoner
fell great excitement prevailed in the multitude and
general surge was made to break In the semicrce
formed by the guard. Captain Mcintyre promptly
faced his men about with fixed bayonets which had
the effect OF repellng the crowd, while the police
who were on the spot unloosei the rope from
the prisoners neck and carried him into the jail,
where he was Immediately attended by DIR. Macke.
s1a. Although much shocked it was discovered that
he had sustained no fatal injury. While the carpen-
ters, under the superlntendence of Mr.. w. Long
worth, were reftting the galows, the prisoner who
appeared weak, was forced to lie down, and was Of
fered wine which he refused.
When everything was again ready-an hour
having elapsed IN the preparatlons-DOwey was
carried out of the jail and up on the scafold by
men. He was seated In a chair while the same
horrible prelimnares were again gone over by the
hangmen and IN tnls position the signal was given,
the fall OF three feet but the weight and force OF
the suspended man were so great that the ceat
around which the rope was fastened, 50 not to
allow Of more than the three feet fall, gave way>
and the rope rushed through until the prisoner'S
legs touched the ground Out OF sheer mercy seve-
raj OF those tue scaffold seized hold the rope
and hosted the criminal about eight feet from the
ground, and IN this condition he was allowed to
hang for forty minutes, when he was cut down and
the body placed In coffin in the JAIL whence 1t
removed tins morning for interment in the
We do not know how to speak in fitting language
OF the pungllng manifested at this execution; but
wherever the fault lay the refinement Of cruelty ami
torture which 1t inflicted on the unfortunate man
admits OF no excuse or palliation. Ine tortures OF
the hour or so which 1t took to execute him can be
better imagined than described. IL was prolonga-
ton of the agonles Of death and fearful atonement
for the life OF the man he murdered
The outline Of the address which we give is devoid
or the pathos and Chrstlanike earnestness OF the
original document, which at It's close contains a
PRAYER that God would bless the jailor ana his fam
NY. the Judge, the jury; the administrator, the
kind friends who minstered to his wants either
spiritually or temporarily.
INCIDENTS.
When borne back into the iaii Rev. Mr.. Pope an.
preached him as he lay on his back and said, 'Ths
Is too bad" The poor manned man opened his
"t Is just Praise Cod 1t is Just % lie uttered no
word OF complaint but In calm, piteous voice.
begged that sir Robert might be asked to permit
hun die in JAIL as he felt that he was dying and
made use OF the expressions, 40 my poor neck ~
and 81 am suffering ~ HIS waole demeanor was
quiet and resgaei-no repinng at his terrible lot
not word OF reproach. lie requested Rev. Mr.
Pope to read passage from little book which he
was fond of, "The Faithful PromIser.'r The little
volume was Of a religious character. and OF course
furnished comfort to him during the fearful ordeal
through which lie was passing.
whe preparations were In progress to take the
suffering man again to the Rallows Dr. MackesOn
offered him some wine. Dewey asked what it was
and hearing that it was wine he refused II. ali
will sustain you." SAID the physician. ''Ihe grace
OF God has sustained me thus far, and will sustain
me throughout" returned poor Dewey. Such a
manifestation OF Christian fortltude and reliance
has made deep impresslon upon the community,
his life astOnshed and reJoiced the clergymen and
other friends. We may here state that when he
again would taste iiauor let tbe result OF bis i'm
prlsonment be what 1t would.
1t Is stated that the attendant physician and the
sherin, In reply TO the tortured mans request that
the administrator should he appealed to, both used
expressions which their common humanity should
have shrtink from, but which In their public ca
pacify they had perfect right TO utter II they saw
1T.
While the suffering man lay In the jail Mrs. Ilar-
we, the JailOr's wife, aud who has throughout the
period OF DoNey's imprls0nment bestowed upon
MIN innuInerable klndnesses, pucked up courage To
approach him and threw herself upon her Knees he.
side hlm. Learning that she there he requested
Rev. VI Fitzgerald TO turn his heal that he might
look NJ her, and PRAYED that God would bless her
Tor all tlflt she had done for him.
a iull hour elapsed before the preparations for
the second scene In the frightmI drama were com.
peted when he was informed that he must again |
be taken to ihe scaifod. lie asked the constabes TO
carry him with his head up. The crop fell again,
and. "a has been stated he cli to the earth n dis'
tance OF some fourteen feet the chair upon which
he sat falling with him and brusing his forehead
gentleman who was In carriage near by Informs
us that horrihed at the second failure To end
the mans existence, he jumped out and
rushed through tile crowd to the close
vicinity OF the gallows and found the wretchel
being with his limbs on the ground and his
body leaning forward with the rope preventing him
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