The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-27
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,,,,r,s>,,opocuce OF the Richmond Dispatch.1
Rocky MOUNT, VA. August %. 1878. !.
Dayy Goggin, who, on the night Of the 6ti
- ,,,t January, murdered Thomas Starky ii
~, own house, was on yesterday hung b!
NE neck till dead.
VAST CROWD
,,.,, present. Indeed. there never was be-
,.~,. seem sj!ch an immense multitude OIL pco
.. -, Rocky Mount. From early IN the
.,,rninc til about II O'Clock people OF al
-,, rolorS. SEXES, and conditions came IN
r.,ut crowds from every direction unit! Thu
..,h,,, so,larC was literally thronged with
,or motley. >urCin@, hot>'cre"s mass OF hn
,..,n hriuws. MI anxious 10 W'tnesS Tic eNecu'
.nn o( An prrinS fri'oW-m"r'a'.
The number present was VaflouSiy eSti'
,.,atnd If from four 10 i've thousand. There
.,,',,, ~ l,a> four thousand present, mailing
+..,, nj rrr,Inn, Of Franklin and from the
.w,;n;nr counties Of Roanoke. Bedford
I,,.I,,l,ania. Henry. Patrick. aud Floyd.
IT rKrcISyIv ONE O'CLOCK
~, ,,r,-ouer was brought out of the .iail,
,r,nrglrd and under a strong guard, and
,,a,.,,1 to the Sc-,llold, which had been
,r,.,rd ON the public square some twenty or
,,,r,y.tyr PAGES III front OF the Jail. So
f,,, va, the crowd ahout the scatfoId il
,.,, with much difficulty that the sheriff
,..l,, In, way TO il with the condemned
IHrn.
DESCRIPTION or TuE ACttSEp.
Tho a,r,,sed was ABOUT five feet six inches
l...n. ~ heavy bald. and weighed about lSV
,,,rnd> He WAS between forty and TIT!
.,r, old: WAS Of dark gingerbread color.
ch,, huir -
,rt i,r,l,rc> were indicative Of weakness and
..gydIiy rather than mcanncsS.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
,y.ro conducted on the scatIold by Rev. ID. +
,In,l,r<. Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- -a preached most excellent sermon from
;,, ,rxt. The wages OF SIN Is death hu
,nr cir of God is eternal life through Je
~. hri>t orr Lord" n which he drew
lark ,T,turc Of sin ard its consequences
Inc sermon closed about twenty minutes
Alter O'Clock. and the
Prisoner MADE SOME REMARKS.
", confessed his guilt. but averred that HI
Hi il in a moment Of passion, and "lthou
..,,, rrtlrcditation. He thought his sentenc,
-, lard one. but was willing to die. He sale
III TODD WIS with him: that he was read,
u. 90. and thanked God for it. He urget
,nn>t. present TO take warning ut his fate
u. ,pnkt hui few moments. when be tolt
~. Sheriff hc was ready, and again thanked
l,oG for il. He was somewhat excited, bu
rrr,,lly resigned to his fate.
THE EXECUTION.
u about twenty-five minutes after
n'InaN The mmnaclcs were removed from TIT
hands oi the condemned and his arms wer,
,nicurh Sheriff llartweil now placed The
ra,r. about his neck, the meanwhile the &C
,y>.i It'd farewell to the ministers and som,
,.l,r, who were on the scatold. When th'
,n.mn WAS through adjusting the rope he
,,,. l.,ir him goOd-hyc. drew the black caI
p,,rAi, face. and launched him into eteruit,
'ya Quirk >pring OF the trap. lie dropped
upu.r,I> 81 thirty inches. but his neck wa
,ar ilrkcu. The struggles and convulSion
,,ihr diving man caused considerable excite
n,rlHud cUmmotiou in the crowd: many o
f0,. women cried and shrieked al the top 0
rrrir Voices. After hanging Il few minutes
III, mll>clr- relaxed aud the body ceased t.
lno,,, hut the heart beat distinctly for three
qllf1rrs Of an hour, and life was not pro
rolurrd extinct for more than an hour. Th,
h.riy hung Que hour and twenty-scven min
nj. when il WAS cut down. placed in ;
,fu. and uttered at the expense OF The
~ia,t BLASTrS.