Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-05

there was still Il chance for us TO break
jail, as most of us bad done already.
But, he declared, that Us he was return-
ing to ScuflletOwn he repenied of what
he had done and made up his mind to
devise some plan to prevent our falling
into the hands of the South Carolina
authorities; he said he thought he could
persuade us not to start at the time
fixed, or failing i'll that, to take another
road.
sol cOur @, we W Re not in the least
moved by his representations or en-
treaties, and after breakfast VIC took
him about two miles east of here
to placce where he had never been
with us; you see, we feared he might
possibly have told the authorities of
this still. We had bound his hands
when we first captured him, and over
there we tied him to a pine tree.
There he renewed his prayers for life;
he asked only for live, and he would
be our slave; he would join us, and in
every way show the sincerity of his
penitcncc; if we doubted his GOOD
faith he would willingly make an out
law of himself; he would kill any
man we would name and in the pres
encc of any witnesses, so that he would
be denounced. a reward put upon his
head, and his cause made identical
with ours.
"It was on Monday morning he
fell INTO our hands, and it was not I'M
til noon of Tuesday that he realized
there was no hope for him. When he
seemed first to understand this he be-
came much calmer, and asked per-
mission to write a last letterto his wife,
who was then in Boston, | believe.
This favor we readily granted him.
furnished him with writing materials.
and released his right hand. Heasked
It's at this time that the Photograph of
his wife. which he had in his pocket
book. might be buried with him. lie
had always before assured US he was
unmarried, and that the picture WAS
that of his sister.
"Whcn we informed him that he
had but IL short time to live. he begged
that he might not be shot. but thai we
would allow him to take some of his
a"Scn G. This. after q consultation, we
agreed to. and he swallowed nearly Il
teaSpoOnful in water. 1t caused him
intense pain Immediately, and made
him very sick. but at the end OF AN
hour there was nothing to indicate his
speedy death. About this time he re-
neWed his prayers to lis to spare him.
crying like Il child, and swearing to do
or be anything we would wish. Find
ing us ineNhorable. he asked that he
might be blcd to death. and with our
permission he opened vein in his left
arm with his own pcn-knite.
at was fully half an hour after
wards, when, weakened Ivy loss of
blood, and faint and sick from the
poison, calling for water every five
minutes, he said to my brot her,
: Henry, can't do it; if must die,
You VIII have to kill me; only do It
quickly We. five of us in all. drew
lots to determine who should he the eX-
ecutioncr. Andrew, who was excused
from drawing on the condition that he
would lury him, held the sticks, which
were of unequal length: the man
who drew the shortest was to kill him.
and it fell to my lot. When l told
aS have done, steve Tcllin. him |
prepare to meet his God, | bound up
his eyes and cooked one of my guns,
both barrels of which were heavily
loaded With buckshot. and took my
position in front of him, about two
yards or; the rest Of our men were
lying about on the ground, No. more
than fifteen minutes of the time had
passed. and not word had been ut
tered by any of us, when Saunders
said in hollow tones, so altered |
never would have known it if had
not seen the movements of his lips.
steve, are you iherc:' YES For
Gods sake don't keep me in this sus-
p"nse.' Those We're his last words. |
discharged both barrels into his heart.
"That evening Andrew placed his
wife'S picture in his hands, which he
cla>ped over his bosom, wrapped him
III one of our own blankets. and buried
him at the foot of the tree to which he
was tied. Ills body is Still there"