The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-24

dirty smutty yellow, with light hair that made quite
a disagreeable impression anybody that looked
al him. lie was torneriya slave IN Isle OF wight
county IN this Stle AMI during the war he nan
away, came TO Norfolk all there enlisted An q reglr
ment known as sne second DISTRICT Of Columbia Vol.
unteers He served 1t Key West New Orleans and
on the RIO GRANGE and other points of fexas
until the close OF the wa, when he returned
TO tins vicinity and married sister OF
sawayer, his companion In crime nc,
has been vagapond, whose motto was 'sfhel WORLD
a Urn an %
occasion presented Itself lis necessities required
N he could nnd no other 'gane'' he stole me
chcSels OF his neighbours, who because OF mis- brutal
disposition. were In constant terror OF him. ~.
q. .,,., THE dAlhows .,o.o..
which John Per 'ans was executed In the same jail
yard IN -e,tenibsr last. Itconslses OF apiatfpfm
~ as ss ne centre Ss u the Plat
and from above hangs the moose, which 10 80 al
JusSed az to allow ABOUT dive feet fall nifssnf =
BrHAy OR or THE 0,iNDHMNED MAN.
When the last .nnisning touches wefs beng Etven
WIN could hear the hammer as each nan Was beIhgr
driven reniarSfd In fils cell, II hope they win make
It strong enough to break my neck. smiling ap4a-
rently, at MS own GOODNESS and fortltude Y4stkr-
day,ssun had set upon the last day Of Rid Mcx's
earthly existence. and after praying quite fervently
with Dr. Piunket ne retired. rested very peaOeaby
consiIeraSy fe,reshed. neissSSTtnS gs1tinea
hear heartily ana Win WIN evident rsi S a during Tie tine Tine
the priest was not with han he was In pleasant moDd
n aea As ana n % ds
Sire to hear confession from the condemned man,
but ne rensel to converse on the subject
About hsIi.past nine he sent FOR sheriff MsyhSw
and thanked MIN for the many acts Of kindness be
nsd no IL es5s = :siost anybody. hoped to
DO iorsiven and he freely iorgave everybody
saned his spiritual deyotscms With the priest who
remained In constant attendance upon him In these
rtrr rpouyn w,ru,x .,r, xv,wuoy,r ruu r.rr y
Notwithstanding that tile execution was private
only privileged few being admitted within the jail
icarfuy Oppressive large crowd OF both races cO-
ecaea N the the yclnty O. ne ian N yn
on the scanold. A large majority. of the
negroes present were women and children, Who
despite the s0leniry OF the OCCASION engaged In
obscene costs and made che air ring WITH laughter
One could hear frequently the impatient remark
coming from the lips Of negro women. 'When is
dcy gwine TO hang dat niger, anyhow ~ as they
them out OF the tragic event which they
could not witness. ,Tne scenes without con-
ssasted rar strangely WIN those within on me
a rev hours to i've was devontly ana solemnly
imploriDg forgiveness from that awful tribunal be.
crher hand, rabble were indulging IN obscenity
indecency, and often blasphemy-a very mockery Of
800 AN AcoiDESr NEAR NJ. anrJ4 :
BY eleven O'Clock A. NJ. the crowd outside had
been augmented by frequent accessions pltil 1t as
sumed vast proportions, numbering probably some
5000 OF oil ages sexes ana conditions, and the
clanor and noise became vocferous, ana Just
alle sa's in ''n about o quarter as fq4as m nns
from the iaiI Killing q number Of worKmen created
fashed IN body for tho scene Of Tue disastcr Rim
hopes perhaps, that another tragedy awaited their
et the q new 1--WE xc
KSsn0s & r. RsTS a ssSs ~ Asd given p1ssp
was soSe s sd aud hs Was VA but g poor eO
senbled at the jail, eagerly awaiting the culminae
1On OF the event hlch manly engaged their Gtten-
ton. i41 fgaI k,l. +. =. Iqa .e3l.t Z ",
NO MILITARY PRESENT. .si. y -
Unlike former executions the presence OF military
was dspsnsea WITH Ion On shs occasion MayoF lanes
enforced the necessary order and successfully car
red into effect the stern decree OF the law. Tho civil
independent OF any military aid and that Virginia
was sufficiently reconstructed IN this respect to be
'''s- V SCENES E. At THE oAfLows.
About haf-past twelve the sheriff. accompanied by
eeeded 60 che cell Of the condemned man and
shrouded him In rooe OF white muslin beneath
~ sSs s hes Tunss aSa @ s
condemned man was thus conveyed from his cell to
the jail yard, and with arm step he assembled
ana after reacfdna the platform both him
ana Rfddick kneit down and q solemn and Affecting
condemned man endeavorcd 10 follow. About 400
persons were present. and during the recital OF che
prayer the most solemn silence was maintained che
heads Of nearly every person present being unoSv:
cred. When the prayer was cOnciuded the priest
descended from the scafold 20 the ground consolin
the wreiched man with PRAYER all the while. -
HUNG TO DEATH. iA ~ III
The Sheriff ana his deputy, stevens, then assembled
the scaffold and pini0ned tine condemned. Deputy
Sherin Stevens then read the sentence OF the law
and luddlck was asked II he had any remarks to
make. he stepped forward on the platform and
said:--I sorry for all the sins have committed,
and thank Father Plunkefr for all he has done for
ne. The cap was then drawn over his head, forever
shuttinR out tho light OF heaven; che moose
was adjusted BY the Deputy sheriff, Riddick
exclaiming, "Don't choke me ~ At forry-hye
minutes past twetve O'Clock NJ the drop fell and the
soul Of Rdticx was ar the bar Of eternal Justice.
The fall was about four feet and has neck was not
broken. He struggled only slightly. There was q
cOnvuisive movement Of the chest end twltchfng Of
the lower limbs, and In eleven minutes and q han
life was pronounced by Dr.. James williams
the attending physician. After hanging about hnlf
an hour the pody was cut down. placed in o CONN
and buried IN the P0tters Field. The whole pro-
ceedng passed on quietly and creditably TO the city
authorities. l ssr...,r ......,q F 81