The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-22
received By ali but Williams with stold lndisrsnos

received By all but Williams with stolid indiderenco
iS 'eellngs peing expressed by the exclamation,
,c G9d mas come at last Heaven be praised
would not have known there was Godr'
AL eight O'Clock second visit was made to The
! men, IL having been arranged to leave the ial at
nine O'Clock Tor the gallows distant iour niles By
this hour the surrounding neghbornood was
! hled with armed men, there being no less than
seven hundred In attendance the IAN whla
crowds OF country people still poured IN on theiS
eaten breakfast and quite heartily too. the only
remnant thereof untouched being a biscuit, which.
ment to an army Of flies. Upon the moor were q
blanket, PAIR OF old boots, and several tattered
garments scattered about, II the had cast
more interest
each thrust through an iron ring fastened to bar
running through the cell at the height OF about six
head leaned llstiessy against the wall While Wi.
diams ana HAMPTON rocked constantly to and fro
Jesus P' ''Come Lord and take me home pj with ex-
pressions of q IKE character.
o TO The he As you happy and willing
want to go home to heaven, and live In glory.
AT halI-past eight O'Clock the Skerin appeared
! HABILAMENTs OF THE GRAVE,
in which they were 10 take their farewell Of earth
shirt and "the while cap" The men were quickly
dressed, and. surrounded by dozen guards
marched with pnioned arms down the stall way
and took their places In the
DEATH CART, :,
within which had been placed three cOlins EACH
bearing the name OF the condemned Each man took
MS place forward on the rough deal box, which in
two hours would be 10 him q last earthly home.
hailed by the sheriff with .Mr. Editor, l want
TO SHOW you something the ike Of which has never
again cell was opened, from winch was brought
very depressed , lookng negro man Of aboa! forty
man. charged with having killed another negro on
suspicion that the latter had seduced COleman's
a A shn hov
that he may witness the awful axample which the
law makes OF lnurderers." Accordingly Coleman
demned men. -
The driver OF the cart was
JAMES Parker,
the acc0mplce In inc murder oil Menteath, but who
saved MS lie by turning States evidence against ha
companions. At fifteen minutes past nine the pro.
cessl0n moved nom inc jail, armed men, mounted
ana on foot marching before, behind and upon
either side the cart while vehicles ana foot passen-
gers stretcned out !ar behind, giving TO the caval~
cade the appearance OF Oh army OF raw recruits con.
,e ana guarding crowd Of struggling relu!
ing venicle-a one horse open buggy, with an I'M
prQ a Top, composed OF white and black CLOTH,
Wltnn winch rode the eXecutiOner.
maj "A Journey OF four miles over rough road, with
i mud almost knee deep brought to opening in
'ne h'gn leVee, passing through which
THE GALLOws
suddenly appeared In view. The crowd already ON
the number to at least seventeen hundred souls I
slowly making Its Way through the multitude, tho
the ealOws was erected within a roped circle $50
feet in diameter while the armed guards were sta.
still appearing the curious populace. while over.
shadowing the scene were dark green woods rearing
scene Of death with wall Of green. ''n'ix IL Jug
owing to the narrowness OF The levee at the sce..
Ave Hundred Yards Distant The 9alows Consisted
OF two upright posts, twelve feet nigh. topped o.
beam Of the same length Midway from inc , .US
UsiJ De Nv lowgf 'A ,refifti u 6ffS OF Which
was attached rope. Ten feet behind the gallOws
and toward the river was deep grave intended for
the reception VI the three Victims.
Between the grave and the instrument OF death
there rose to the height OF tweay feet q slender
white in the centre, lazllv nutered In the breeze.
Directly in front OF the gallows were placed the cOf
fms while before them sat Randall Coleman the man
VINO mad been brought out to feel the force OF exam
ple his c0untenance expressing terrible agony
At quarter past ten the three mounted the SCI
fold and TOOK their seats upon small square DQaIIi
each beneath moose which dangled from the ''--
above ~ would
The sheriff now informed hem that s Icy Wo o
be permitted to ADDE'S i III peHe w6saePca ex
Sressioss the substance Of ali Of WHEN stale
ment that they were Wiling to DE as ey e,, pe
taken home TO Jesus - 60, ..,., Cans
At halt past ten O'Clock sheriff OVer creT colored
mani spraDg from his curious vehlce anu ,,.Hion-
ing the galOws performed the buallsf the caps over
ing adjusting the noOseaau: Whlle THIS Was bong
s"e AN UNHEAnp-or PROCEDURE
was instigated by sheriff Oliver wnO approached
Coleman, the negro charged, but not yet even
tried murder, and addressed him In ouu voice.
saying 80
''Do you see these murderers' have brought
you out here terrible late In store for you.
You murdered a man. aud you may depend upon
being put to death just AS these men before you.
have done something in bringing You here which mas
never been done III the State, and want you TO
look at these men well, Tor That Is the way you WILL
die.n
by this time the executcner had done his work.
and descending, he graSped the rope referred to az
being attached TO one OF the supports O1 the plat
FORM and at the cry OF Time" Dy the Sheriff ana
while the white s.eclres were singing q hymn the
man In black tugged suddenly and fercely, tho
prop gave way the platform came tumbllng down,
and with quick thud there dangled between
heaven ana earth the murderers OF Frank Men,
teatn.
The work Of the hangman was well compiished,
Hampton's neck being Instantly broken. and AL
though the nooses round the other two became dis.
tnem anu then were still. Hampton made no
movement after he fell and although, as remarked,
neither struggled much, the bodies hung forty-six
minutes, life not becoming entirely extinct until
thiyty-three minutes after the drop icll.
AT twenty SIX minutes past eleven O'CLOCK tho
bodies were cut down, and the friends Of HaInpto1
and DecarauX appearing 10 claim those bodies they
were thus delivered, while Williams was buried
alone in grave prepared for his Two companions
and himself. Although many left the sp0t directly
alter the execution hundreds still fingered near to
crafty morbid taste which such scenes SO well de.
veop, and 1t was not until after Williams had been
forever the last sragglec left the scene 10th to
take last look at The hideOus gbbct which seemed
TO stretch It's weird arms over the murdeTer5 graves
below.