, 1875-06-09
A BOY HANGED FOR MURDER.

correspondence fttf l6rE san.
CAnRoLL1oS, Ca, May 29.-On the afternoon
Of Oct. 80, 1874. "a Mr. lionfs ". Smith, Of
Carroll County. farmer. ~ well as 4 mor-
chant In sn.s'! way, WAS sitting In hs storo
enjoying n post-prAndial Pipe. . lad np-
pasensay abos,t l5 yeazs Of ago and
of rather prsposscs41g appearance en-
toll aud ho told It. lis namo w.s Elisha far
hrough. Ilo MAS homcosa aud frlendlosa, and
out Of work. 1Ie would 10 glad to eoouro a
steady 5ob. but, vt tho very least, he desired 10
earn nsgLt's lodging. Mr. Smith engaged him
to i!nthh digging a. vol that had boeh begun Oh
bis placo. Tho lad seemed pleaacd With tho
prospect Of warm supper. soft bod. nnd a
nook's work, and fell to chatting with tie pru-
verbal gArrnlity Of youth.
When bedtime camo, slr. Smith, who VAS
desous mnn, knoll tn prayer. mud offered up a
petition for hiriself lis frlends. and tho friend
loss Elsha farbrough. who wiz TO share bis bed.
Il "as the last formal prayer that he ever utter
cd on earth. Dlr. Smith shared bis bed with
before day the former got up, k,ndod , firs, and
returned 70 bod. Short hfte.war.i Ynrbough
arose. slipped on bin clothes, and ant before tho
fire. Smith was sound AHieep. tflancny under
tltful hreiiCht. Iio secured tho wcapon and TO-
turned to tho fireplace. Presently ho AROSE. mp
preached tho bed. and. with quick, nuerriag
blo~, cut short the lite OF tho nan who had been
tu him Tue gosI aImarttAn.
As aoon "A 1lo had struck tho fatht blow, Var
brougt! proceeded 10 posaess lnmseff of such
portable articles OF value as Aro to be found up-
on tho ehe{ycn Of modest county store. He
gathered few yards OF calico, few r1uga Of
tobacco, a aomo other articles, locked the door,
threw the key away, aud ilod III tho direction OF
Alabama.
The stcre Of 11r. amlth Was tho headquarters
OF the notehbortood, and the fact OF bIs murder
was eoop di4tuyered, l. was known lhst Yar-
hi y ~ }hM int hf1 nHf1 F1kh
night beforct and IL was but few hours befoIo
body of cIt[zons started In pursuit Of the fnRi-
tlTe. lilo saa funnd at tile hnuso Of his grand-
iather 10 Raldo!ph County, "here 10 was arrest
Cd and brought buck to the Bceue Of the murder.
lie confessed tho etlue as sooa a. arrestod but
nj tile sano timo Implicated two jisdo!uto whito
women. "nn, no sad, persaAded him to do tho
decd. He aftotwsrd leylBed Llis portion Of l,s
III no Nay co,ccsned In the killing Of Mr. Smith.
1atbrough MAS tried beforo tho Superior
Court, found guilty upon his own confession,
and aanteuced 70 hc haugod On tho 18th Of May.
Owing % hla txFrcmc youth. petition mas sant
to tho Governor asking that the eoutenco bo
comtnused to imprisonment for llfo. Gov
Smtl. lowever In tili* caso, Al II all othera Of 4
EEtI,liar character, refused 10 intetfcro Tno un-
fortunate criminal utterly refused to believe, up
to tue last moment, that he was really to suffer
the extronso poua ty Of tl,a Law. and It waa only
"hcn i,e was brought facr 10 face With the gcaf-
fold. md saw bis owu collin, that he lost oil
hope.
lhe execution WAS private only few persons
being n pnuI u enter the Btuukads which had
heen o. eetoi xr 1nd tho Ealloas. Yathrongh
vaa brought down flom hts cell III Tho iall ablnt
o'clock, and When lie sa,s tho 81 sburAto rropa-
ratinDs tlht taI been mad8, aud realized that
lie was to die. ho wept aud oned and tromLied,
and suPrlicatod @hoso pfoHcot to ease him from
this galtows. It MAS a moat narrowing Bcono.
at thirty Minutes l'aAt o'clock tho rti8eet OF
the ~ lows saB sprung BY shesig Urd.1lngleld,
aud tlIis l1-yo r old nurtlercr, shslsklux and