Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-15

for drink of water Sometime was occu-
pied in getting the water from the JAIL the
doomed man meanwhile standing upon the
gallows and praying aloud, God forgive
me; give me help in that terrible world, !"
aud other broken sentences. The water was
brought and he drank; then he said This is
nothing strange, | saw this rope Sunday hight
Father in Heaven catch my soul. " Tile cap
was here adjusted and the drop fell
The body fell with thud at - a, but III
moment it became evident it had not broken the
neck of the doomed man; his head moved and
the limbs We're convusad for some time, and 1t
was full fifteen minutes before the body became
still
At l2 so the remains were lowered, pro-
nounced dead by DIS Adam and Garrett; placed
into the coffin, and given III the charge OF Mr..
| Wheatley, the undertaken. At | O'Clock the
yard was clear.
The crime of which Jackson was convicted
was accompanied by many circumstances,
making it one Of marked brutality. JarksoD,
who was laborer at the briuk-yard near the
Lous Bridge lived in that neghborhood with
| his wife, Two families occupying one house
Early in February the wife gave birth to child
suffering much after her delivery with child
birth fever, and being often delirious. Jack
sou seemed to be displrased that she occasion
cd him so much trouble (at least this is the
statement of the witnesses tor the prosccution)
aud on the 18th OF February he came III aud
found her sitting up 10 her bed He had pre-
viously told her that she must lie down all the
time, and keep quiet, but she in her deliriun
| paid no heed 10 him. On this occasion, when
he found her sitting up he said, "Now, you
lay down there" She paid no attention 10 his
command, whcrcupon he seized Il large stick OF
wood aud struck her with such force on the
head that it was afterwards discovered in the
post norton that her skull was fractured. She
| fell back Senscless aud thencetorward suffered
almost continually with Spasuls until . clock
upon the morning of the 10th OF February,
when she died.
During her sickness after the blow, the only
exclamation made by the stricken woman was,
ooh nv head, while the only information
about the matter which Jackson vouchsaied
was that she was in his way anyhow, and he
rather she'd be gone" The blow was struck
about ten O'Clock Oh Thursday night, and the
woman died on Friday morning about $ 0 clock:
When Jackson found >he was dead, he told
the woman there to cover up the remains he
boltcd the door of the room aud went OF, say.
lug, Don't let the ladies know she Is dead,
| We no money to bury her, ami he was never
seen again until his arrest.
Information of her death being communlcat-
ed to ueighboriug magistrate, a jury OF in
quest was held, and Jackson arrested and car
RED to jail at Alexandria, where he remained
until his execution.
There was much talk after the execution was
over concerning piece OF paper which Jackson
dropped from the scaffold just before the drop
fell. 1t Was said that this paper contained Il
confession. The facts about it are these:
Mr. Bernard Cline, Deputy Warden OF the
Jail at Jackson's request wrote this morning
three names, II. Thompson, and TWO others
upon piece of paper, and jackson put it in
his pocket. During the exercises jackson told
Mr. Hecken, Of the Christian Association, that
he had paper he intended to give to Mr..
Beadle, containing full. information relative TO
his family, &C., and as Mr.. Beadle was not
there he Qieckeu) must watch aud see when
he dropped it from the scafold and pick 1t up.
Hecken accordingly watched; the paper was
dropped. Hcckeu picked it up and he and Mr..
Bruner opened it, but it contained only three
names and was evidently the same paper writ,
ten in the morning by Mr.. Cine.