, 1873-03-15

Of hie condition: He replied, II only siopt
half an hour. Il you had soen how disposed Of
that dish Of oyatora you wouldn't hayo thought
TINT ANYTHING troubled mo .much.' 11o was
so.s sh@ySa y tho , ysEe E y 9Sf s sssf snd s
whito shirt. provided for him by tho shor1fr. It
was remarked that ho looked handsome,
with with hfs .na regular foaturos no SHY 5yy
SSsoa look. tbd sns osacoa S 9 S9mpi1St pst aonos
Ho seemed liko anything hut coarse, brutal
nturldror. Now. and then. howover, q wicked
light flashed In hts eyes, that acemed to indicate
tho strange poBsibilitioa Of crime. Several 70.
portors cnteiod tho coll atter he was bnthed and
looked violously at ono who had worried him, as
he Expressed i, BY calling upon him several
tin, timoa In 9 his cell at aalehburg the day boforo'
Admission to tho @ jai was @ fsd not easy Tho door
aoiaia, who eeomed to have been reduced to 9
state ot tho most abJeot discipline and tAo most
@S ge IN 1Dsiass e as V ~bo s'" @afs en sies 70 i
Tho jail tsn two-story building, tho lower part
sush structures ssasralllx are 1' il tho midland
cast aud :, nol4 3 % So bud d by bS
tho . yard; W il : feet As' 1siae BY 20 IN
lcngth, had boen enclosed with fence Of hoavy
boards eighteen feet high. Tho scaffo'd etooa
buildinRe anfl An 7, nsod "A a raaideneo. Il WA
Of tho stylo familiar to ali ethor through per
eonnl observation or enRrnyinge, It Consists
at risht aneles % to tho vail. md % % plst{ % {om At
half Tho elevation, The drop was. at the eud.
psssns @ 1' ndsr % tho s'' sosode ee aSa Ry eo1a eon
nected With q 2 handle half way up tho
quarter inch hempen one, with niceiy sdiustod
nooso, wolf gohpod to destroy tho friction. Tho
condemned was expected to drop between flyo
hronga tho p.nae5 Window s %Sa
yard, tho aoaflold. and all appurtonancoa woro
inspected clriously by all those admitted during
tho forenoon, especially by tho journalists, fow
Of whom had ovor Witnessed 40 fearful d
The town Was filled with people by 10 o'clock.
They came from ali directions, BY wagon and
by rail, but especially from Yates City.
where tho terrible deed bad boen committed.
above tho inolosuro. Thcsc wero tho contro Of
obsezyation. Tho. foAr Of a riot seemed not
likely to be realized. Tho crowd gathered upon
tho fences Of the jail yard, which occasionally
quent qnsr css ot ntnF hn oat brne
him out and hang him hang lin" there wero ,e no
belonging to oapt. Larts % Company y snarded ] @ the
Intrusion. ' '-' f'~'''''> '''''
q. N. aud q p. m. Tho timo dragged heavily to
tho reporters: Betwoon Il and b it Was known
fasp Ss es but nss0na az s bon @ that a sahh within
deairod to see MatIowa, tho husband Of
the murdotod woman, but an interview was not
the coli, and tho confessions woro read in his
and leoinp pitsomav IN his faes n'f W." nsn, rs.
porters, and many Of tho inyiLod witueBa-
es. gathered in the inolosuro soon after
room. The minutes passed Rtill moro wearilY
until l.. Tho prisoner waa listening to tho last
prayers Of hin clerical nttondantg. Tic crowd
grow violent without tho walls, Those IN tho
about, and made chastity short Of The nrocoed.
ings. Tho solid mon Of Knox County, Of whom
there wore many present, pulled gold ropehtors
s & &Rasets es!a sSa oa % s1 a1oosy TO sec
ters, and went through the sauso operation.
onor, tho officers, anl tho oloreymen appeared APT
upOn the se As Osborne ssne out he ap
near tho gallows, and asked forgiveness, whioG
was granted. Ho asoondod Tho atopa OF
tho scaffold, leaning upon tho arm
Of Kretzinger. no waa pa1o, but moved without
Depnty-sheriff Patton, and City Marshal
Blood, Of aalcaburg, ascendod tho stops behiud
him; With the three, ,elergymon whose names
havo boen giyon. osborno sat down eo-
tweon Elder Griffith and Krotzin-
ger, with his arm aftcctionately
about tho former, and holding tue hand Of the
latter. When they we're all seated, Elder Gil.
bort roso, with paper In his hand, and stated
that 1t WAS tho confession Of Osborne that ho
bad murdered Mrs. Matthew'S, and that IL waa too
tho condemned, he said, IT wiah to ask You,
John Marion Osborne, II the paper which hold
in my hand, in which you have made con-
fesBion Of having killed MrH Mathows, is your
last dual and truthful statement ~
Osborne replied firmly, but in q low voice, att
is."
Another minute elapsed, Tho epootators to Tho
number Of ifty, not iucludine tho renortera.
stood back, forming eemi-circIo about tho
ecaffoId. The Sheriff read Cha orler for
tho execution. Tho prisoner did not move
q muscle, Il oven seemed as If eomo Of
the color was returning to his
blanohed face. He looked atcadily forward at
M at tho oblon0 of 9rey akv above I'is bnad