Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-18

10 mshc preparation Tor Iutufe lie . anu
that lie believed he was fully prepared 10
meet his God. He also proposes 10 make
8 few remarks himself"
Ihe Prisoners Remarks. s." Well, The
few remarks have to make are these: A
man who convicts another man on this
earth or any Other. may he never have
"slraws in his boots" This slludes TO
the old English slory OF custom observ-
ed By those desiring 10 be heard as Wit
Cesses. But this man who swore agains,
me.swears false. The nsme Of that man
is Henry Winthrop. Thank God. !
swear it, in The face Of all. ,hs, he is the
man who convicted me OF murder. |
don't deny having Killed The man, but The
msn | murdered did me wong. lie
swore against my mother. who has been
dead twenty years. You may kill lhs
body, bot you cannot kill :he soul.
The sheriff then approached him and
resdjusted the moose, during which The
prisoner talked in rambling way, say
ing. "Tell the bows that die a Chris.
,isn nan forever" &c. The sheriff then
drew The whie cap OF his shfoud over The
prisoners face and descended ,he scat
told, the prisoner continuing TO talk. His
las. words were. "You may kill ihe body
but you cannot kill the"-,he sentence
was unfinished. Here the drop fell and
The soul Of the prisoner was in the pres.
ence Of ls God.
The emotion Of the crowd was mani.
(es, and audible TO every one many
turned away their heads from The spec,a-
Gle. The drop fell a, 81 minutes OF one
o'clock. The body sway ed hall down
slight con'ulsion of the chest aud shoul.
ders was visible for moment. and al
moiion ceased. Ii was evident that The
neck OF the prisoner was b. oxen, and that
he had escaped the painful deaIh by
sIrsngula,Ion. A. the end 81 ten uinv.es
ihe county physician. DR.. Duvsll. exam
ined The body, but could discover no
signs OF life.
The leng,h o! the drop was q feet
The body was permitted TO hang 25 min
uies. when il was lowered into a hand.
some coffin placed beneath the scsHold,
and The rope removed. There was
slight blood stain from the mouth. bit
the coun,ensnce exhibited no sign Of suf.
fering, the eyes were gently closed. The
complexion had lhe same cadsvorous hue
that presented in lie. The contacted
forehead and general appearance Of the
face indicated .he ptepOndersnce Of the
animal propensilies. and the absence in
degree Of those moral }aculues. which are
lhe attributes OF weiI.bsIsncet mind.
Remarks prevailed ,hs, The prisoner
was under lbe influence Of liquor ~ The
time OF his death, and in some instances
II was commented upon with severity, Va
voIVlng prominent parties.
The GrGue.-The body was shortly
afterwards taken to the grave. which had
been excassied on The opposite side Of
The hill Of Ihe county slnshorse property.
The following confession OF The crime
it is said was written Tor Howard by
Black who is also prisoner for the nur.
der Of McKsig.
Howard says: sn . native Of Geor-
gis. but moved To New York during the
war win my father. | afterwards turn
ed up IN Washington city and laid there
SICK some time IN the hosplsl with IN
asmmauon oi 'he lungs. After had Ie-
covered shipped as an extra hand sllh
Harry Miller IRON Georgetown. and came
TO Gun berlsnd. | worked al the latter
place with Mr.. Is. Zane. helping to build
. house. Alter Ihs, shipped on The
boat Mary A. Moore The owner and
| had fight about my wages. and ! left
him. then hmed viii Harry Miller
Tor the second Time. | made one ir,p
with hi1, and came back 10 Cumberland.
We dId not get sloog pleasantly and had
several qu.rrel.. He told the negro Joe
that he would knock NE over board some
day, at least Joe iold me So" Seveisi
other difficulties with his employer are
detailed, which sngered Miller. 'he cap
tain. who made final complaint sbuui
hsrnes,ing mules. Howard sdd,: IL told
him II was the negrU's place and not
nine to harness the mUle'. | went OUT
aud IIi The bow light, placed il on the
hay cabin and turned The reflector tot ards
ihe BERN bank. told Miller Ia sslile
with ne and would leave (hs owed me
some eleven doilsrs.) Tie ssId..l son'i
serIe ~rh YOU ! then bsn,sr.d him Tor
fight. He ssId II Was tov dsik. told
him u was as light Tor bin ss u wss Tor
me. We were both Ihrs on The BERN
bank. got on The boat and lie followed
me. told HIM not TO follow me. and
he Then turned away. ! picked up
spresder.snck and hid IL behind ms. and
lie called me son of q D.. He stepped
up on the cabin and | alter him. rsis-
ed lie stick and said Fake ihst you son
VI b., I've were then facing each 9th.
er) and struck him on 'h- head. Hs
dropped on hi. knees and uIed to pick
up a hsichsI that LAID near bin. srocs
hin again and he called for help. Joe
had got on The boa, and slood. by ,he CAB.
10. said to Joe Let Us get GU. Of lhis.'
joe was on 'he running plank and ! fell
against hin and dropped into the canal.
! soon regsIned The ,o~psih. juaped
over fence and got mired. | eKnicsted
myself with difficulty and took The
woods. heard some one alter me. and
picked up stone. and asked Who II
~s.. Joe answered. IL 70 me- We
continued our A,gh, Ioge'bef. and go' Lost