, 1873-05-05
HANGING A WOMAN.
Tho Execution OF Supnn Ehcrlanrt, Mt |
Preston, tsns

The Execution OF s.,unn Ebcrlinrt, ut
Trcaton, tsu.
l't''o, Re''er c. S'tay p Dispateh to The 1'f'''s
To-day waa the a9ldest oycr T. wltnossoa n
bhc waa convicted on tho aoth Of My l0at ~ the
acoomplico OF Enool L. Spnnn fn tho murder OF
hls vito OH tho 4th Of May, 1872
At hor REQUEST etatomout Of What slio old IN
connection with tho murder waa writtor yoator-
day, and will bo published. In 1t sho anya sho
did nothing except bo1ng prcnont mud llanding
epnnn handkerchief whe1 lie called for it to
from a bod and accompanied him, being held BY
tho hand, at liB command and dompnlblon ant!
through fear, and that aho begged and ontreatea
him not to kill his wife. I1o Enid ho would II lle
wore llanged ayo minutes aftor, and ho forced
1Ic also forced hor to go OF, with him. sho
begged him with tears to leave hor, bat ho said
you don't 60 viii pick y9a Up and toto f,;t,,
AID aa 81 tho she sbo Rbeggea a na
such confessions "a her oaptoB swear to nna
sllo boliovos TINT il only Che aotual truth Ind
boon glvon in tho tostlmon1y, whatever might
havo been her punishment, ehe would not 10
hanged. But, considering her condition, she
Thought It was bcBt for her to dio now. She was
porfootIy willing sho did not fear doath.
She beloved that sho would be bottor of, md
| that 1t would DO batter for hor kindred. Whom
sho was frat brought to jail, sho determined to
sesh @ m earnestly God'a Forgiveness and salvation.
| Some Bfx months ago she found poAce; now re-
gardod death % dcliveranco to bo desired rath-
Or than droadod. a,,
This morning tho pastor Of the Daptiat Churcl.
visited tho jail, at o'clock, aud prayed with and
conycreod with hor. He found hor composed,
clleorful, confident and PERFECTLY willing to die.
At II tho guard nat at the 5an and t formed m si
onor e,neI rodo in q buggy. Tho ministors wafked.
and thus they marched to tho gallows, located d
quarter of o milo distant in grove OF tall pines
She told the shoriH az they went that she @ w@ae
not tho least Hhoolfed, and was no doubt leaf
troubled than any other prosont.
Sho had on o whito, smail-fgurod cambria
finished dreaB, nehtly arranged and trmmou Q
tho expense OF the ShoEir. Her lair WAS plainly
combod in two long bralda, one On onch aldo, tht
entla tied together ut the back bho wore b oalict
At tho gallowB tho Sheriff assisted hor t.
alight, md she took o Hoat on the steps Ih'
minister road tho 85th md 130tl Psalms, nns
ho had great confidence in tho gennineness
her professions Of conversion and faith. Tho
followed an earnest prayer, after which Bhe tool
loayo Of her friends. She spoke composedly
given all and loved them, and WAS ready to dio.
Thon tho ehcrif said "suaau' arc 20
ready p
up tho steps, taking stnnd On tho plasfGt1 ,sa
and adjusted tho ropo. She said, ''hIr. Mathew,
that's too tight; don't wish to be choked
, Tho Tho Sheriff slackened tho ropo 4 little an
D asked, IT'S TINT about right 2"
I Bhe said "Yes." ......
The Sheriff said, "susan, place your hant
behind you" mn
She did 30, and he tied thom. linen no sa
: again, 'Are you roady2" :,
a Bho replied, "Yes-roady- -willing:"' The
tho platform dropped, at precisely half-past ! !
She foil fivo feot, and struggled but SLIGHT
: 6ho was pronounced doad in eleyon minutes, CT
;, down in ninoteen minutes, placed In coffin a1
carried for tho night to her fathers house, to
+ buried from tho church at Preston to-morro'
sho was hanged on the samo gallows ana ~
o the gamc ropo that Bpann was three weeks ag
10 About soyen hundred personB were preson
7 half negrooH. There wero q dozen whtto wome
y Her mock WAS not broken. The doctors, ~
i. an electric battery tried to rosuscitato hor,
70 failed to produce u single symptom OF Il,
u Nono OF hor kindred woro present. She waa Il
IN second woman ever hanged in Georgia.