, 1870-04-08
TEE SCAFFOLD,
Execution OF Two NIurilcrnrx ue
fIt1I~horonrs, ,S.C.---Comp1cIe y. Com
frA>fon By Cue OF tho Conrfes3.-
Fearful Scene on tho Gallpvs.

Execution OF Two 1uricrrrn Mt
fIill~bnronFta,S S.C.---Comp1ess y. Com
fcA>ion By Cue OF the ConsEety-
Fearful Scene on thu Ganovs.
At Hl1sbororsh, y. c., On the IA. i:.s... t1o
,rG1oes, naue1 Tom Young aul Boz Eanu.
were taEecd fcr tie marte1, on Chi ..1aas
.jsEt last. It Martin T. Elalocs, q nh;so 1z4p.
fcw days ago Young made come1et: coa-
iese4on' de Ea;d tEgt tteJ llaancd t.; aaur-
der on Christmas morning, md went 10 lii
1ock't Eto OH tE.t light, a,lI CONTINUED:
'.Tl.1ocE crcucd the door for us, and w:s
under tho influence OF Gquo-. ard after lie tal
let us in h lay Gown On Lis bed IN the Ea2k
t1uek tho GsEt Elow 1;:a he cosv:.@el Tho
cnlE vor1e lc sald zero: tcl1t LozI:: Jo...4,
lift me up. ! don't inor WHO be mean; wisn
lie addressed 'JoAn,' ttcu sttu:k him e,y-
eral sinaes ritl. tic eogwl!eel, and in lis deash
struggle lie fell fro1a The bed to tae f1ar, aud
Si.h tic TcsEct-.rifc, and etlEcI the ciuoW
tase il Lis mouth. In the meantime Gum
Tut TIE rope aro1ad Lis neck and fastened
it tightly. ! cid usot: Of tic blosiv WORK
I'D used lie knife, Their v:s Imp tau.-
iEs C-.:l after We Killed D!=lock- We searched
Liz POCKETS, but found no mone=. To th.n
went into tie liquor tl.on, and found tho tin
box With tie cseE, rapese, etc took tie
ost he ismn. and, s;ter locking TIC door, We We
went out through the window Of the back
room, and closed it after us. Il tool us abou.
| thirty 1ainuses to Kill Blalock.~
Though it vss publicly known that the exc
cntion would take place IN the {ail, hidden from
| it. At ! p. n. the jail door vas besiesed b tho
raase, eager 10 gaiG admission, bat this taa
| sLcrin steznly refused, and tie t1oa becana
! still nore persistent The windows both IN
| frcct ard rear Of the jail, were also tlronsed,
! md most rin.eut trs@Ics fo1 eligible placcs to.
| ettaio look through the bars ensucd- Those
| wkote professional business required their
preserea in the tsil we're excluded By tho mob,
vlic1 lspt uR des1eIans ros5Pg and Yelling
About lLK-rast / o'clock p ra- the coz
! lauued we're coEdccted from their duucsou
With rorea and b1tck caps attached to thsir
recks. Young vtlked firmly down The Fight
e esere, tut Gum, yho vas ezsee<lagy
arts. 1he5 both ascended ths sc1nold and
took sests IN cl1i1e, when very Impressive
crzycr vas made by clergyman. both the
condemned zen joining; with him. Iris being
ended, > series Of arainAticns Haa
commenced By parties AEos;nd the tEsp<aoor
Young, whose eyes were bali c1osed, seemed
to be engaged IN prayer, soa, Judging from the
eva1iye replies he nsde to questions prppotud-
ed, his mind WIS evidently wandering: "a tho
fatal hour Heazed. bath the 11etched men be-
gan Hld, ineahercns haf.aonE, hAf5pr15er:
th;s up to The f.test moment, refusing to 80
interrupted by tbs father Of The murdered uar1.
who deslsed 70 aak then come 9nest1oua
Ata P. IT,, the Stenr sscendod the sc21oa
md read the ssath sentence OF both, which
could scarcely be beard between the prayers
and surpIcalCns Of the condemned within and
the din and tunu1t Of tia mob without The
ceremony concluded, the ropes vera attached
to the rings in the ceiling ahorc, tho legs OF
10th we're pinioned 1t the, Antles, and black
cans we're Tut over the forehead obscuriuc
sis.son to al earthly thinee. At ave minptea
r.et tic drnp fell, and the rnurdete.a were
et1ueElinG violently in The air. Neither Of tho
noosea were properly adjuEted, aad tha hang
mans knots. when the ropes reached their
utmost tension, clipped 70 tho buck Of tho
recks Of both
Young fen only about foot. and n ha
swung 10 and frn his limbs were conrulayeIT
drawn mp ard his struggles uere fearful. Guuu
feu nearly two feet, and, in consequence Of his
enfeehed couGihon, his ButYetines were not 80
intense as 3ouug's. After a few spasuodic
kick, big struggles ceaeed and bis soul waa N
the presence Of his Mixer. Turug continued
to 1e1k consulsiyclE fnr number Of minutes.
perhaps Eve, vixen be- too, bec7me stiI, and
both were Il the bar Of Eternal Justice
The execution WIS badly bungled affair
from beginning to end, zua showed tho peces-
slty OF having an cIpe1iecce1h hsEgnaf IN such
c3ses- The toTtutea Of tho wEetches were tar
nblc, which might haFs been avoided il
proper ec&noa Ind been erected and q haug-
! nan employed who knew how to do his work
| After hsnging nea<fy forty mtnutez, the bodiea
Wesn cut down and Placod IN cosiaa already
| prepared fe: teen.