The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-05-26
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Am6rder 6nonntlIe ssea6oId, trans
cending in repulsive horror any mod
efn traGedys an account of which We
remember 10 haverseen, was commit
ted about the 10th. of April on, q
Lcr1m1nal named Dewey, at, Clarlotte
toWH5 5Frlnee EDWARDS lsland. The
prisoner eecoEdlng f. q report in the
had previously to listen to three dAyst
continuous hammerIng, during the,
cOnstrtletion OF the .gibbef near his
cell,j His Courage was so little shaken
by this that heY devoted nearly the
Whole Of Monday, prior to the day OF
execntion, TO writing g remarkable
history of his life and exhortatIou TO
those whom he expected to witness,
his death. When he had Concluded
the reading cf, this address apon the
aheld where his demeanor appears
% have been perfectly calm and heroic
| from 6Fst 20 last, he was nducted to
the trap The hangman, attfred In q
nideous disgnise, Consisting of an
which descended to- MS der. q
black mask, tIlong rubber coat, and,
heavy top boots then aappeared. -
While the laughterHnd iaerS provoked
by such 8 disguise were haldlH re-
pressed out Of respect 48r the eouFaSS
b. the criminal, fhe hangnIanf nljnss
ted tsia 81 e1nhling, clumsy sort Of
way, - the Sope AFo0nd his Victims
heck. Then ne withdrew, cut the
rope, and Dewey ieIf. The account
Pzoceed5f fi5zId bnR gsluzs8a4 aHT
5sFhe rope broke ehout two fest
above his Heeks and he fell heavily on
his sl9e on tbe ground having fallen
aiaAtancepz abeut sixteen feet,zo He
ApReaEed stunned Tor q few seeOlds.
FeAeA she fAieea Almeeif 70 his knees
Aqd atta1aRted 70 loosen the rope
knonad bis neck There was a large
mated at iron l,00o TO : 500 D0rsons,
among whom, we regret 70 teara, were
n44ly aemaleas "A, guard, combating
o. lsixty men Detailed from the IFtsh,
BEiace Of Wales and Prince "a ward
companies, under command OF Can't.
Melntire, were stationed named diately
In front OF the RaltoWs. When the
prisoner fell, great excitement Dre.
waited i'm EEiaan1lEi titude, and d Esner{
al isurgs Was made to break in the
semieiEcle formed by, the guard, Cap
tain McTntire promptly faced his men
about with liked bay NETS, " hleh had
the effsct of rspeRiRg the crowd, while
the policemen Who were sn, the spot
unloosed the rope from the prisoners
neck and carried him into the jail,
where he was im media t6Iys attended
| by Dr.. Mack lee0n. q "A lth0nglU nzueh
sh0ekel, IL was, discJvered that he
had sustained no fatai Injury. While
the csrRenters under the superinteu-
denee OF Mr. W. lHOngWoftl, were
retittingo the gaIIo@s. aoprisOner,
who eBReAFed Feak was forced 70 lie
SSgns 90 Eas,,sa. and vas offered vine, which Which
saA full hour elapsed beEsre tie prep
aTaIiOhs for the second sCenST Of thls
fFightfut tWo-act tragedy were com
Pleted. !, when everything WIS agalu
sd DoWey WascaFxiea ont u jaIpand
! ~ On thu 6eaGold bE CohstabEs Heart
and McQQAlleRs aRd two policemen.
1 lie Kas seated 10 q chair While the
Ral1e horrible preltLninaries wers
Hgaln gone ever By the lIang gnan, and
in.this position the signal 'WasogiNep.
Hhe trap fell the rope rushed thro'
the pulley for the faIl of three. feet
but the weight and Iorce of the susz
/ pended man Were so great that the
0lsat ar0Gnh which. the rope WasfAs-
tened, so as not TO allow OF more than
the three feet falI, gave way, and the
rope rushed through until the the
] pFls0neEss 1eeS etouel1ed the igroduda
u kaT - he feIl to the eaEtl1,ya dis
lance OF some fourteen feet, the chair
/ upon which ne sat falling with him
and bruising his Gorehead.A - 4 gehtIe-
man who WaSZtG U.caEElage near by
informs rs 4hatS h0rEI6e1 sc the sec
ond failure to ehdthe mans existence
die jumped out and rushed l4hrough
the cEowd to the Vicinity of the gal
lows. and found the. Wretched being
with his limbs on the ground and hls
bod 81 lea1.s .s1e forVg lI9, with the rope
fPFeVedti1S him ltom falllnR prsstra6a.
SeVeral minutes elapsed E6e6sr6 the
i paRaly lyk6d OnciAls mopsdytO do am
ti1ine, atVAen Hes0bserySR the S1ssFffl
eeIze The rope aaG hoist this man lIhR
geSK tees, and saaai1p Let VQD,a lIay ua-
SIDED Ras uneqoAl 70 the task he9ae'
teIAp pteda5 He then ordered hhls Goa
stables to asBists And 5lthnsS Saseeal
pulls OF jerks Of the rope were eEiVel
e6iog9 sbSidg glng mans bogly. reached
fth8 ee9alfed olSvsSElon, ami thu last
t5een6 6fSke sbrutzt trAF8Sly zeaGed.'i
JCyY hen, aiup tbs Interval bEtiesenst the
TIVE hGngiHg5, Dewey tay,9 Ouly, 1haii
dead on his back iu the Jail, 0une oi
the ministers In al ltenllangB baI1 over
him and sad .'thiS.is too bsIslsP HThe
/ P09r sIaaimeSt WEsIcl raised lEiaiey
tAu6 tepliedsd eft is Just q iiyPnAEse GDa,
RfE Is iu56llD E1sq requested an0theT
IiRORefe1dsg sgentlQuAu tOHeadla passAEe
llr9m little book which a18 US fond
tio6p Tha # Faithful HrOmisss9ni His
demgan0C, we AFe9 f0IdT tsasGohisitsd
and IsiGleea heel9Egy ymen and daitheI
4fiez1s '1-SWhIoh is about sklzea only
eona0latiDneif fit isaays; that The pEls.
0n8f 8f'5relati0 0esl Or ll1Enanitya atslaEge
ean derive fnen his bls Era8l,
barbarous taking ofSii yd91aus EsTs