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heavy end Of tho fnil, Tho old man locked up at
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heavy end Of tho fail, Tho old man looked up at
tho aasanelne, mud, In bis fright nnd bonilder.
mont: exclaimed, s u T. my must 60 to TUG house!"
morcons negro brought down tho club on lha
head with ylolont forco. hfr. Dohm callcd for
bis brothor for assietnnco. which Moods ,a,l-
sTerod By Administering aevorai additional
faint Indication of 1ifo being atlll porceptlblo,
tho negro esutchot tho Eolplosa old imnn BY tho
throat mud strangled him 10 doati,. When tho
little Ktrl cnno to tho barn ho attempted 10 kilt
tine eaueht his arm wi,iio ho was In Tho act oi
strkug. Ho also mado move to murdor A1r.
DchmB brotfor mud the ho,,sekoopcr, but his
associato again prevented lli,n from executing
hta dseigna; After tho murder. Moody etAo pro"
posed tu Kill the old shoemaker and rob him.
TnErAnATioNs ron TIE EXECUTION.
Tho execution WAS Witnessed by. about 200
poopio oonBrcEnted In tho prison yArd, hna about
as many More from tho Court -uonao, located r!
temple Of justice. was covered With mon and
boys ihtont on sooing tho neEroeg ushoroa into
oterntty. Tho order maintained among tho
morbid spectators with fow exceptions, .,Yas
4 fow days before tho execution, tho negroes
modified their original confessions, 1sosontine
ndmittinE that no Ind struck Abraham Bohna,
aud Moody nlaking number Of important cor
Tho negroes passed their 1aat night on earth
in carnoBt devotional oxercisoy. Thoy woro at-
tended by minlatern until u O'clock from whtch
s Ss essa9sa sss s syas aoa eS % T. sass
~, snstced fow hoara non of reposo '' Ehoy woro both
provided with = substantial breakfast, Of which
they l'artook with considerable a1l!,l lo}ish'
During tue morning Moody waa ytattcd
by LIS wife, two brothers. md hlB aged
tathor. Tho interviow, which was Of tho
most Affecting character, brought tearn 3 t9
him. to had boforo profcsBod to havo
On aftorwatd by Ills spiritual advisor he Tau much
1iatresscd. Several prayor-neettnga we're hold
In tho coils Of tic prisoners subsequently,, and,
| ~ tho hour for their dissolution approached.
/ both appeared cheerful and indicated thair
Willingness to did, At Il o'clock thoy woro
brought together md ate their last meal: While
| partakiuE Of tho food; Rosentino remarked that
ho expected to cat hiH next moal III Hoaven.
At THE BUAFFOLD.
| At 1927 they wore escorted to the aoafro1d, to
| which thoy walked with a firm step; they aR-
| oondod a flight Of steps to tho gallowa without
ronohed the platfann both. smiled. The final
ccrofnonios were NTH singing, In which tho n1ur-
dercra outsang the ministers III carne8tneea.
After prayer BY tho olorsJnei they shook hnnds y:
with tho condemned and descended from tho
/ Bcnffoid.
Rosontlne, being asltcd whether ho bud dying
declaration to mako ,apoke fcw mtnutoH, admit
| ting TINT ho murdered Abraham Bolm; md de-
served hanging. He declared tint ho had boon
FORGIVEN or GOD,
md naked that those prosont would also forgive
him. As An evldonoo Of that fact 1c requested
| them to ratao thoir hats, to which noarly all
favorably responded. Moody made Tow inco-
| horont romarks [lo confessed that he was along
whom Abraham Bohrn was murdered. and aaid
that l1o had carnod tho gallows. He gestioulated
wildly while making his speech.
Tho nooso WAS thon adjusted and q white cap
drawn ovcr The .hoads OF tho murdorcrs, and.
while q hymn waH being, sung, tho drop fell
Rosentino's neck was brokon, but Moody, hay,
| ing muscular neck, struggled violently, and
| died by Btrangulation.