The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-16

that all laws faithfully executed, and NOT 10 inter
ss ne % e Ss on s Re
deny the application for communication q ssn!s1ss
was read 10 the doomed man yesterday morning,
anu Tor the brst lime since ne was sentenced 10
and covering ms face with his hands, he
wept bitterly Tor several minutes. From the
very nrst day OF his trial down to the day
OF the receipt OF this letter he had shown no signs of
repentance although he had been baptized BY the
attending minlster, and mad appeared as Indifferent
80 his fate though his passage from the scaod 10
eternity was an affair that concerned others more
tDaD himself All day yesterday he renamed IN
bed, for he was unable 10 stand on mis- feet on ac-
count either Of actual physical debility or weakness
that was well feigned, and, when asked "A question,
could reply but in Whispers. lie Was man OF slight
buld naturally and always had deathly look about
him. but after The reading OF the Governors letter,
as he lay gathered up on his col with his deeply
santiy gazing AT the wal before him which they ap-
parently saw not and with his thin blue lips scarce
conceang the teeth that chartered under them. he
was certainly an object more deserving OF pity than
contempt
THE EXECUTION.
The condemned man was visited last night by his
aged father, the only member of his family by the
way who called upon HIM since his Incarceration.
The interview between the two was quite affecting
and on leaving the cell the Old man asked the pfi-
sOner II he had any word to send his wife. The MUIR
derer started on hearing the question, raised him.
self up in his bed and clenchIng his teeth tightly
II endeavoring TO control some outburst of feeling
he Kissed out, Eyes, have. Tell her TO beware OF
her eDemies-shell know what / mean" and then
sank back on his pillow apparently exhausted
Ailer his father had lett, Bigelow kept to
ms bed, anu at an early hour in the
evening fell into deep slumber. from which
lie did not awake until about seven O'Clock this
morning. His breakfast, consisting OF bread and
butter and fruit, was at once brought to HIM, OF
which he partook rayenously, Just as though
he had not had good meal for a month and was
determined to make mp for the loss. AS the hour
for the execution drew nigh he became little ner-
vos but soon subsidized into his old state of perfect
indifference. About eleven O'Clock he was dressed
IN @ complete suit OF White-white pants and white
tunic, bound about the waist by black sash.
He renamed lying in hiH bed untllitne Snerin ana
his oiicers came into the cell and announced that
his final hour had come; and rs the moose was
placed about his neck he manifested no exterior
signs OF terror, although he had all the appearance
OF man who could not live u week under the best
Of circumstances. When the procession began to
move toward the gallOws-which was nothing more
rope run over pulley fixed in the ceiling-he
had 10 be supported by man on each
side OF him, and while the ministers
were praying at the gallOws foot he was unable to
stand up, and chair was placed under the dangling
ropes IN which he sat until theprayers were ended.
When the cap was about to be placed over his lace
he staggered to his feet and, In @ scarcely audible
whisper, said that he repented for the crime ne had
committed and hoped for forgiveness in the other
world. When asked il he had anything else to say
he shook his head to indicate that lie had not, and
then, while he was yet staggering IN his efforts TO
keep steadily on his feet, the Sheriff cut the
weight rope, ana the body shot up into the
with dull thug as the weights struck the floor. He
struggled but little Iand, after hanging for fifteen
minutes was pronounced dead by The county ply
siclans. The body was then cut down. placed IN a
PLAIN coffin and buried by the Sherffs officers In
one OF The village cemeteries. Sheriff Winner, who
managed the execution, was so nervous about the
affair that he excluded all the members of the press
from New York from the room where the murderer
was hung, on background that the law did not per-
init them 70 be present although all the reporters OF
the local papers were made special deputies for the
occasion.