The Republican journal., 1874-03-05
Execution of Evans, the Northwood
Murderer.

CONCORD, Feb. II. Evans, the North
wood murderer passed the night quietly,
leeping five hours. Rev Mr. Church Of
Providence r. l., son-in-law of Chaplain
smith, staid with him through the night
He arose at s.: 30 o'clock. ate hearty
breakfast and drank tea. He said to Mr
Church: Il have confessed everything
and if the people do not believe | cannot
help ii" His conversation during the
night was confined to religious matters
He went to sleep about midnight
The Chaplain who staid with him fur
ni>hed the following statement for the
last three on four days:
Evans was very qaiet and resigned his
mind being fixed on his end. Sunday
night was passed with the chaplain and
Mr. Eaton, our excellent hospital steward
He slept ion several hours and was quite
composed, through Monday he was in the
same frame OF mind. The night was
spent with the chaplain and Rev Mr.
Church of Providence, r. |. Through all
these days and nights he had seasons OF
grcat distress in revealing the events Of
his life Of sin and shame, and occasional
cleans Of hope that God would Yet show
mercy Having slept several hours he
seemed more quiet.
All . \. NJ. the prisoner prayed long and
earnestly and with a most pungent sense
of his sins. PRAYER was then offered by
Rev Nh Church, and Il few minutes of
eleven by the chaplain. AT $ O'Clock he
wa, visited by his son and his wife who
STAYED with him till nearly eleven.
The galloWs was erected this morning
In the corridor between the guardroom
and cells, and was the same used to exc
cute Pike in 1869. 1t WAS raised twenty
inches to give an additional fall.
AT 10 minutes Of | spectators We're adj
nittea to the corridor and took positions
on the stairway leading to the cells and
upon float around the gallews.
At II o'clock he was lead through the
glardroom to the scaffold by Warden
fiNsbulv, and delivered to the sheriff He
was dressed in a suit Of black and seemed
quite calm an selt-possessed, slight
trembling OF the knees was the only Wis
ible sign of emotion After his limbs had
been made fast, the rope was adjusted
around his neck and the black cap drawn
over his face.
Sheriff Odlin then read the death war
rant. and at 1l:G placed his foot upon
the spring OF the drop and Evans was
launched lntO eternity. IHcfS WAS scarce
N any motion except the swaying occa-
stoned by the fall, and less of that than is
usually the case Dr. H. Crosby, of this
city, prison physician, and DIR. Burnham
of Epping, stationed themselves on either
noted the pulsations After hanging nine
teen minutes he was pronounced dead
ARRANGEMENTS for the execution were
id
etly and efficiently.
CONFESSION.
AS to the family to which Georgians
(the murdered girl) belonged, it consisted
Of Mr. Sylvester Day and wife, Deborah
their daughter Susan, who had been mar
red to a MI Lowering who had died. and
their daughter Georgiana | am a brother
of Mrs. Day, and was occasionally with
the family, working for different person,
IN the neighborhood for some time The
family was much given to intemperance
especially Mr.. Day who was often drunk
and abusive. His wife (my sister) was Z
good woman. Mrs. Lowering was yer,
loose in her morals. Georgiana some
times drank and was lewd in her CONVEX
sation. had for many years practiced
as doctor. Wishing to qualify myself
tor further practice / boug ht at {. cost Of
$3.50 treatise on female diseases, and
treating largely on child-bearing and mid
wifery, illustrated with drawings describ-
ing the organs of the female system
Unfortunately Georgiana and her mo-
Their got possession Of the book, but |
soon recovered it. Georgiana insisted on
having and further perusing it. declined
and she threatened to have me arrested
and sent to the State Prison for an alleged
rape, She has often done this before and
now she renewed the threats in much
anger. My fears we're much increased by
an event which occurred some six weeks
before this. | altered one-dollar bill to