The New York herald., 1873-07-12

log cabin, but the prisoners then eonnned 10 one o
sns upper % roc rooms S,oS on cold wnter's night took
$p jSsRss Hh We're " 'S W guards @ lsS sSs Sud sRp
inG SssgJ maze t6sil ESCAPE; the Are was rot
The present jail discredit TO the county It has
neither the security nor the accommodations such
puho,ngs should possess siao7N-
'a L tnat tSs mann richly deserved
bis fate, though there Is NOT that ieelng on the
had been a resident and wei known in the County
nstead OF an itinerant clock cleaner without rela
lions or acQuaintances.
THE VICTIM BURDELL N
@ @wao exIuenuy man superior to his assumed call
ing; ing; ne was Wen dressed, Of good appearance aud
tnat ne was relation Of the DR.. Burdell murdered
a ~ NeW M i0rk many years ago. and OF whose mur-
sed Mrs wnc known to be his mistress
@ snu VINO claimed TO be his wife, was accused. He
SPOKE several languages and was quite an artist.
a a day or two before, when ne had been at Mr..
tncn was not what no assumed 10 be every.
Wei assSred Il was found alter his dsatn that hs
nad made himself known to the captain OF the
steamer on which he was passenger from Balti-
sonic order. As soon as satisfactory evidence was
given 70 this effect the nearest lodge OF the neigh
pornood gatnered all the brethren belonging TO 1t,
and, visiting the strangers grave, took up his
oody anu reinlerred u In the cemetery OF the Epis
az Church tp near BY the scene OF ais murder
the Masonic ritual. Not until Wednesday aid the
prisoner realize mis- true position. Then the erec-
lion OF tne galiows 10 front Of his cell was the
PROOF that there was M W.
Looking at this work could not help thinking
how little we cared for the sufrerings OF others. IL
was true that the poor brute inside had been
guilty Of deliberate murder and had forfeited his
life TO the law, but still In the carrying out OF the
sentence II should have been done without un-
necessary Torture.
was q plain platform with two upright timbers
and the usuai cross piece. The back OF it was
Of the e Ms te S nS weqs at
work he sat looking at them, now and then turn
ing ns nanas as 0sSk aSS aaa holding his ns face sd IL
fold was completed his comm, which was
made of plain pine and unpainted, was carried In
He said he slept badly that night mo wonder), and
the next night he slept worse. He had heard them
assng his few the sca0d in
the three Methodist ministers OF the neighborhood
one OF whom was colored, were with him, and they
execution. Hindrey, the jaor, placed himself on
one side OF the prisoner, Sheriff Smith and the
Draper-immediately following them. The pris-
oner stepped out of his cell and to the platform
WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST APPARENT TEEMoR:
He was dressed In white pants. with long linen
frock or shroud, and on his head o black cap. He
seated himself for moment on the chair on the
on the steps, orered up o lervent prayer to the
good God for the soul OF the man that was thus
SuuQeny 10 De uSnered INTO the Otner WOrlQ. Alter
the prayer was over the prisoner said =
~ am innocent Of the crime Tor which am to be
hung; but my last words to those who hear me are
to Keep away from bad company and whiskey
shops" gntl
TIE jailor then adjusted the rope around the
prisoners neck, and no stepped forward to the
place to which he was directed on the platform.
Then the Sheriff, who was evidently abOring
under considerable excitement at the unpleasant
steps, pressing his foot as he got to the bottom on
the false step which drew the bolt uphOlding the
trap. AS 1t dropped the prisoner fell with heavy
thud. There was hardly a struggle he had passed
to the unseen world there to answer for his crimes
and misdeedS, with his poor ignorance and british
instincts as some thing that might be pleaded for
his pardon. After the body had been hanging
and Reed pronounced life extinct at hafpast
twelve, and hts relatives having claimed his re-
mains they were delivered to them Tor burial.
WITNESSES OF THE EXECUTION
There were perhaps 1000 people present to wit.
ness the execution. 1t was the largest crowd ever
seen In Prince Frederick. 1t seemed as though all
OF Calvert county were present, whites and blacks
land National Guard had been ordered out and
took position Immediately surrounding the scanold.
They were under the command Of Cap
tains Belt and Griffith. They were o fine
looking body OF men and remarkably well
mounted, every private being the owner OF his
blooded STOCK for which Maryland and Virginia in
times gone by were SO famous. They wore gray
jacket, with the Maryland coat Of arms on the but
tons, and blue pantalOOns, with yellow cord down
the seam. Nearly all OF them had seen service
during the civil war on the Southern side. Their
uniform was the gray and the blue
The past and the present but to the old flag true