Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-14
LOCAL n H w >.

T,r DOOMED MAN JACKsON.-Wm.G Jack
.,r now in the Jail i'll this city will, unless an
nusxpected respite intervenes, be hung IN the
a;l ward about noon tomorrow.
'1, RIO execution will be 10 charge OF |. o.
o,V",l Sheriff of Alexandria county, who will
y, ,.ssted by the officers OF the Jail.
,ns rxecutou of Manley some months ago, aud
s" v under the supervision of Sergeant Steuart,
~. MIR. K. |. Edelin,, of this city. 1t is de-
= ,r,J after the scaffod used during the Sheriff
IN. If Can't. Steuart In Tuolomne county, Cal.
All this morning there were crowds in the
,,ruity of the jail trying to look 10 through
N, cate at the erection of the scafold, the
,"0s of the crowd being divided between OBJ
.rryations on the broken up gutter ditch below,
and work inside the Jail yard.
representative OF the Gazette paid visit
;, The condemned man about noon to-day.
Linden Kent, esq, Of Kent q Neale, who was
,he counsel for Jackson at his trial was present
y. wa, also CourtIand H. Smith, esq.
Jackson stood at the door of bis cell in the
f,u, corridor and after bidding his visitors
,,,d morning." spoke with much feeling OF
the debt due by him to Mr.. Kent for his kind
ness in defending him as we'll as for his
.,sdui,y since the trial, In urging upon
ibe Governor the Communication OF his SEN
,rn,e. Il could not, Mr.. Kent, if l could get
nv liberty, and I could make four or five
dollars day, aud | worked all my life, re-
n,y YOU for what you have done for me, but
t;md will pay you tor it. He expressed an
abiding trust in the redemption of his soul;
said that at first be thought it was hard that he
should suffer thus, but chapter 10 the Testa-
,u,.pt had been read to him which reconciled
him 10 his fate He read that Jesus had COM
7nanded ,hcm to suffer uujustly with patience
lie had laid there 10 his cell and turned over
the matter in his mind, and while at first he
had sign that he would not be hung 90 the
day appointed, he had since that day felt Ger
tain that tue Governor would not interfere.
He heard them at the gallows now on which
he was TO die, but be was willing to 90.
He then talked of the evidence on hi, tria,
declaring that the principal witnesses lad malice
against him, and that they were drunk at the
time the woman died. They said they never
drank anything but coffee and water and yet
the principal witness had since died drunk
But all these things we're not worth talking
about DOW. He was sure that the Lord had
forgiven his sins and that he would soon be at
rest in the Lords Kingdom, but so sure as the
Lord was thee looking down 90 them he ought
not to have been convicted, and all the peo-
pie 10 the world ought to pray for him;
there were people who wanted him hung;
people who had malice against him, but he
hoped the Lord would forgive him all the sins
done in his body, and give him home in the
Kingdom of Glory. In concluding, he offered
prayer for the we'll being and future prospect
ty Of Mr.. Kent, praying, MAY the Lord give
you pleasant ways, and every good prosperity,
and make you like plant 10 good stroug
ground, branching out, and taking hold of
Christ He would not lie now in the presence
ofGod, and be would say that he ought not to be
hung; TO be in the States prison for life was bad,
hut lift was God S will. he was willing to suf
Ter. or if God wiIled, he was willing that mans
law should be executed upon him. This he
SAID was about all he had to say The visitors
then shook hands with the doomed man and
lett the Jail.
During the whole of the talk at every stop
iu the conversation, the noise of the workmen
quitting up the scaFold, came in distinctly; every
blow being heard. Jackson seemed to be in ex,,
rcen health, and showed much less mental
distress than was anticipated. He spoke with
much frmueSs, and when he spoke Of Heaven,
lie raised his eyes with most devout express
sion.
Jackson will certainly be hung tomorrow.