Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13

FAITHFUL TO THE LAsT.-The Rev
Benjamin Eaton, first and only rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston. was
stricken with death while standing in his
pulpit one week ago Sunday The Gal
weston Nesos thus describes the affecting
scene:
He assembled the pulpit. Announcing
his text, There is yet room," all trem'
bling beneath the weight of his last mes
rsatsffsdh to xonfs s sbs the bbe9 Sam
municants of his church that had gone
before. He painted death ntering The
church door, passing up the broad aisle,
LAYING his hand to the right and to the
left, breathing his cold, clammy breath on
the cheek of beauty, and waiting the
silver hairs of age. Now touching the
father, then the SOD here the mother.
there the daughter, as the spectator 50
plain to his entranced vision gdeanees to
the chancel rail, and as be saw that hlT
time had come, his words struggled Tor
utterance. He faltered. His weakened
limbs staggered. A gentleman who adj
vapced to his assistance was waved back.
For ten minutes more he spok", his words
only audible TO those near him The tx
citement of the audience was fetrful
Three times he struggled 20 Continue,
saving 81 am very sick, hut | must y.
Again he staggered. He fell in'o the
arms of Mr.. @. R. Hughes, - he raised
his hands to pronounce the benediction.
Like Moses, that other servant OF God, he
was too weak to hold up his h4ndr, which
| was done BY Mr. Hughes, IA he said his
last pulpit words. ITO God, the Father
His tongue refused to speak further; his
hands dropped. He was carried to his
rectory, where he died.
EACKER, THE ST. louisville MUIR
DEFER, ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
He WILL CHEAT THE GALLONS BY
STARVATION The following full descrip-
ton of Eacker's attempted suicide is sken
from the Schenectady Star:
Charles Eacker, the convicted St.Johns-
vile murderer, who was, on Friday last,
sentenced to be hanged on the Goth May,
made desperate attempt at suicide at the
Fonda Jail, on Friday. The Jail has two
tiers of cells, the upper one of which is
reached by narrow iron stair and CORR
dor. Eacker was being taken from the
court room back to his cell in the Jail
They had reached the upper tier of cells
when Eacker made sudden rush to the
iron stair, sprang on the b 'lustrade. and
grasped some iron bars in the ceiling, then
twisted his body so as to bring bis feet
parallel with his hands,Hnd then intended
to drop headlong distance of sixteen feet
to the floor-a fall which would have been
fatal had he fallen as he intended. as the
flooring is of stone. In falling, however,
he struck the ballustrade in such q way
that it turned him 30 that he came down
on his feet, and then struck his head on
the floor, inflicting severe bruise. His
movements were like that of an acrobat,
and he would probably have succeeded
had not one of the prisoners who saw him
cried out in horror, and thus embarrassed
his movements. His fall of course was a
sc we're one, and drew blood from the tenn
Piles, but his head was soon bandaged up,
and he was again confined to his cell. A
thorough examination of the cell and the
prisoners clothing was made, and every
thing removed from his reach that he
could make use of in putting an end to
his life. Eaoker now refuses to eat, and
says he will never be hung but will die
from starvation.