The New York herald., 1870-08-01
THE GALLoWs.
Execution OF Joseph Meyers at shelbyville, H.
His Accomplce's Sentence Commuted-An
Indignant Mob Attempt to Rescue Him
His Last Address on the Scaifold.

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His Last Address on the SCaffold.
from tho she,bvv,,,e m ,yulv oo corresnon dance
r'N"' 'A' '"'''' N' .i v'J ~ correspondents
Chlcago I1mes.l
On the 10Th OF April, 1868, Plassibo Calhoun an
ola mo y ,,nwor,s nr .;vtv voor. -, orc ,as sho,
Vi" nN'n u'""i"eo' 'iA'y Jeaie VI ase' was s"oo
dead III front OF his own dwelling, at the village OF
Becks Creek, situated in the southwestern portion
VI '"e''J oou''J, i''' fNo iAieI "oi0 "''sso" io'
the deed, Hubbard Holder, william ana Pnilp
Grass Samuel Moore and Joseph Movers Al the
t,a, Tho iur ,ras o,, al, ,n, ona ro,nrnoa % Ton
ui' VIC jury was ou' al his"' "nu io'"i"o" "' '0
O'Clock in the morning with verdict sentencing
Hubbard Holder ana Joseph Movers 10 death
p,,,, C.a.'.s ~, no.,..s- -, ,.s 49,, ~, o
nnp uiass W 'he rehi'eh''aiy 'or me- anu HIS SUI
William to the same institution for twenty years.
Moore had turned States evidence and was there.
roro ocon,,,oa uo,nor .na ,,ovnrs ,rara oonnnoa
~ ,be % anu ~ noyeis iy WIZ h SI
~ uoS ie ,C nc'py Nv VIE S, anu ..e uas1 o Wy .uo asns
MSs nASu ar ior oav y', 'as All nopes 0i
tnraed their aitenti5n to Te,oious matters H Rev
W,,,o,o 'o TT S,aasn thn " n, -, ,an ~ eh
c,tv became rean,ar visitor a. thar csi, and ohonS
two weeks auo s,cceeded in eXtractinS c"nfession
from each ~ than, Navnra who oaa5ra1 ~ NO en-
cere in his renentance made wnat anneared m he a
clean breast His story was very hearty identical
n,th inc ,a,n boSv y, "Sa ,eS,yyr"nu snsmittoa
very small IRON cell In the next apartment 10
theirs was found Constantine Mas. German who
an NJ of frenyv had aIain man who was InsnIting
his wife. the deed having been perpetrated at the
town ol Windsor ahont Twelve miles away There
aiuo ad I'm ha b1,l m N
chr rce5 with infonticde ynarin, four nelnTs whnse
Sands had henn imSrncd IN their FELLOW crea,ures,
Hood sIeep,nr beneath the same small roof.
a narrow Corridor sfretcbed between the cell of
~ So0oa ,uo d ateT wojn ~ n,rac,iu
mnder this wndow, and almost m sight or Inc
yyretrnes % who were to danvle from IT, Was ereced
th ,,% %o The ,ai had heen o ro'n" - t"o % 30
allow Of the uolows nenU nrt mn inside or ita walls
and the f,pniewOrk OF death had consequently been
bnt within a hrll- boarded enclosure ab0ut twenty
feet souore iust oufsde The bniidlnp he nrisoners
could pniniy hear the sound OF the workmen,s
vateo while every word of The sherifY VINO was
superintendine the formation of the same was also
DainIy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
p"'A'' TrreaTs NO ppocrRr pARnoN
Few single murders have ever occurred I'm which
the sentlments of the community have been so
assassnated man was uenerally admitted Lo he n
Iard Character: hui there were few however pre-
aaeea Iney I rb nave 1eeo sSas % If % s
faking ofr
The sympathies of nearly the entire portion of
enlisted IN me e aar and Governor Palmer " was az
Sa.ie%ed ~ for .0 sevnrai davs before the date Of
c,fio, hv nortias anxions IN have him nperfera
IN the case ~ as as wei, az Inv those who wished him
To Iet The law take its conrse. The HANGING party
was strongly IN the majority. but those VINO were
% most inauentjai Jndce Gaia%her MeSsrs Tborn sc
tnn Harris Wende,inS and Hall General Lacan
and several other Gentlemen of prominence, Inter,
nnead in haboIT NJ Holder esnec,av cIa,m,nng thar
be was nIv an ACCESSORY and not an actiye nar.
t,at nc vy in h a ie anu no' I'LL "o''e par
'0'P"' ~ mon SnI nvp,S .pNrpncr co,,urrrp
The resn was iha o TSr
patch was VAST received ed from Springfield announcing anne
prisonment r%hs for fe n"u 'een 0onnu'eu " '
p'''onii'H' III '''f; PUBLIC FEELING.
iacant Iowns a~ainst this narticnIar criminal and
}na aha wac afra,d nst atamnts a. ,vnn H,n% n,nht
be made If the news of the aiiar should be noised
ornH Strict % Se"racu w ,uas n"nsanmoniIu 70 en,n,ned
mon the few who were aware Of The c9mmHtinS'
and it was moreover determines to st art The con-
vct n ror InIet 5 at dead of night The tram was to
Leave ar abopt tw" o.cncR in the morning No
y"rS was Uiven 70 the ren,,aved man nniit after
"a se " ~ ~
'"'S now THE pp,soNpp Rrcrrvrn THE Nrws
Shortly after twelve O'Clock the sherir came into
the cnrridor wthout lignt and str etched himself
mon ms he'd as lad been hs nsnal cnstom for
months mast Rnt the nrisoners knoyyinT well that
EFFORTS wore heinT made tn save them from the rome
had not fallen aseen hnt were waiting iongn1lv or
The Of their keener In learn n he hsd anv
tid,nrs of Iner fate Holder the uneaslest of the
nair could moi keen silent hut called ont to the
sheriff =
~ reckonn said the criminal "that you have
heard sometbinT sirgi
81 nave = was the replv
The men spring TO their feet and rush up TO the
breathing holes in the heavy iron door ..For Gods
sake tell ns mplores Holder sis it to live or die p,
ssYOu are TO he parted ,, is the slow response one
goes to JoIIeC for life and the other hangs.n
Not a sound comes from out the cage several min
utes save the long pantinps of the imprlsoned mur
derers each dreaJing to ask the final nuestion each
thar he NAV be the one that IS TO be saved for lie
lingering death OF the penItentary Al last Mey-
ers Struggling with mis- throat asks clearly and dis
tincty ..Well which ia itp' and then comes the
terrible answer lyon have got to dien
az am glad thai IL isn't HubD ia the
prompt reply IL Killed Calhoun and I am
ready to 90 to nv (iOd.u Lights are .hen brought
IN and the great doors of the cell are SWING Ouen
Holder a thin lank scoundrel with a yianOus
face from one side OF which rleans his solitary eve
is led blinking TO the ouiside Heavy irons are
loaded mon h,In mntl their weight bows him 70 the
figure OF a man Of eighty. He bids farewell to mis-
COMPANIONS i'm crime and is assorted INTO the cor
rdOr and then the thick metallic door clashes to-
pether rusty bolts are turned and JOseph Movers
whose white terroi-sricken face peers through the
tny slit In the cell as the party passes from his
sight Is left alone In the darkness his horrible
thoughts his only company and Just outside the win
0ows not a dozen feet from him the palows beams
from which he is to hang a swatied. linn corpse
Holder is marched as fast as his chains viii per.
init through The deserted streets to the DEPOT and in
q few minutes Is whirllng along toward the yellow
walls OF Joliet. ShelbyyIle awakes In the morning
and finds that it has been robbed OF victim Little
knots of men conuregaJe az the corners and earnest
excited and Oltimes angry conversations ensue. Il