Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-22
ExECUrIoN IN RIcHuoSa.

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Jetcr Phillips. the wife Nuracrer
Hang-He Cenfe~ses Hfs Crime m.
ftrst ktised ssd Then StrsuyIed
f,IesrspAed Enc ssirsly 70 fh Evessrs Say.
RTCHNoSp, IA. Jaiy 2a-Vesterdtv "a,
father OF deter Phillips bade h,n fasr s.I,.
when, for the first time. Philips broke daE1
and wept bitterly. Last night Rev. Mr. Wood
ward. OF the Methodist Church, stald with hirr
until ten O'Clock. The isil gusrithen wen iu
About one O'Clock in the mOraing Phillips Si'Es
an hour or two soundly and cot ~, bathcl Eut
5smained awake, reading the Bible al daylighi.
~. nus morning he sent his love 70 tae chaglaHo;
Aoont sunrise a number OF clergy a n visited
n, Philisps has made a confession tAat he tooS
n1s VIE oNl on Sunday. the 18th OF FehruArs,
walked her four miles from the e. a. nm
walked her about the woods until .,@ 49, s.,
on her, hut failed % kin her and ses -,
menced screaming Tor help ami struyyl,,'.
which he ended by leaping on her aud ssfan.
Cling her. lie returned TO kichmOna an sftia
that night NJ = hotel.
Second Dispstch3
ktCHNoND, July p, $50 p m--Ahegt one
O'c.ocA the prisoner Was brought oGt of kis cel
and Sscended tie scah0,d in the jail yard. Frni,
the remarkable character OF the murder there
was the most intense anxiety 10 witness the exc
c0iion. and the streets were CROW led several
blocks from the isil, although only oni0 han
drFd spectators were admitted to tie yard. The
confession OF PHILLIPS was real On ths Scsield
Nv Rev. Mr.. Dickinson. while the prisoner
stood with hls eyes intent on the Platform
L. the cvnisssicn he saws that he liNsd anhs'-
pily with Its wte. sud when tie brought l,cr 10
Richmond lis mind became fu,,v rlsls an fnd
he took her 20 the SPOT and mGTderea her. Hs
saws the reports of hiS being engaged 10 he mar
ried or in love are ali false, and denies having
had assistance before cr SITTER the murder. He
expresses his preparation for death, zng SAYS he
justly deserves all he suffers.
Rev. Mr. deter made G statement thas the
prisoner had never. 20 hrs reli gous Instructions.
denied his guilt During prayer Philips xcPt
bitterly.
After II he arose steadily embraced tie minis
tiers, the officers OF the prison, aud on. OF the
witnesses against hun, aud took his place on
the drop, which ten a few minutes after one
o'clock. Phillips struggled tor fsar or five
minutes, and then hung stiil and dead.
dieter Phillips served in the Confe lerate
army during the war, and while or sick LEAVE
was 30 kindly cared for by the family OF his
murdered wife in New Kent county IN al ne rs-
| NAMED with them long enough 20 WOO aud Nin
one who in return for her incessant attentions
and conjugsl affection was rewarded with des
/ at the very hands OF him whose bedside she m
comiortec- They were married just previous o.
the closc Of the war, and in February, ISL. ia,
citizens Of Richmond aud the adjoining cogn-
ties were horror-stricken at the finding OF tho
dead body OF a female in a piece of wOals .
/ few miles south of Richmond. The remais
awaited Identification for a number of day.
| and were finally buried Phillips aires; o..
suspicion soon followed: he WAS tried. convicted
and sentenced TO DC hung. and has. through the
manipulations OF his counsel since been re
I spited fourteen timeS, on four of which occa
SONS the scarfold was ready for his execution I
1 SS~-
| The ELrNDsKS-HAYwAEp TRAGEDY N VIE
| GIsIA.-The killing of Il. r. Lindsey a Chester
| Va, on Tuesday. by his fsther-in-law. Cant. w
| II. Bayward, for the seduction OF a daughter
and the dismissal of Hayward from custody
after examination before magistrate, have
| been announced by telegraph. Both Hayward
and Lindsey are well known in Richmond and
Petersburg and vicinity. The followlng facts
were elected before the coroner's jury Ben
Jamin II. Lindsey, the deceased, arrived a;
Chester on Wednesday afternoon on the J -
p. IN. train from Richmond. lie went to the
store and took a drink. Captain Hsywa
met him there. and told him that a gentlem an
i'm the hotel wished TO see him. lie foak
him up stairs very coolly, and, approaching
the bed, said -" Let me introduce yOu 90
Your son and the victim OF your yiliainy.' -
With this he turned the bed-ciothing down an 4
showed him n newborn infant. Turning 20 has
daughter, who was lying in the bed. he asked
her If this was not Llindsey's CHILD? She replied
that n was. He then remarked 80 Nou have
heard what my daughter says, Mr. Lindsey.
SO much taken by surprise that DO not know
what TO say Capt. II. put the question again,
and Lindsey replied, That l. my caild, ii she
says So" Cpon this Captain Hayward drew 4
small Smith & Wesson four-shoOter and com-
menced firing. Lindsey, who was sitting upOu
| the bed at this time, arose. but made no resist
| ance. Capt. III. discharged the four barrels, tive
Of the shots taking effect. one in the fleshy part
of the leg and the other in the abd,,nea. tn
| wounded man fell, and was taken 20 his 70 pnr
| where he fingered through the night aud died
| at ~ O'Clock the next morning.
The Richmond Dispatch says:-MisS Hay-
! ward, the young lady so foally wronysi, j.
| about eighteen years of age, Of pleasing NAV
| ners and retiring disposition. She resided "a
| this city since her father moved here. Her c5n
| dition was not suspected up TO the time OF he's
! delivery. Captain Hayward Is a well-knOwT
| citizen OF Richmond. Benjamin r. LinIsey,
| the deceased, was a man of great local puOmi-
| nence in Chesterfield. He has occupied various
positions of trust i'm that county, such a. pre-
siding justice, registrar. &c. He was married
| to Captain Hayward's eldest daughter last De
cfmber.